Coal Bed Methane and Shale Gas Evaluation and Development
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Coal Bed Methane and Shale Gas Evaluation and Development Course
Introduction:
This five-day course is specifically tailored for technical professionals engaged in the assessment or advancement of unconventional gas reservoirs. While the oil and gas industry has long recognized the substantial natural gas reserves within unconventional reservoirs, it is only in recent times that the industry has developed the necessary techniques to accurately evaluate and exploit this resource.
The delay in this development can be attributed to the fact that most gas extraction technology and course material taught in universities were primarily designed for conventional reservoirs, rendering them inadequate for unconventional reservoirs, which require specialized approaches.
Course Objectives:
- Explain key geologic and development differences between CBM, Shale and Conventional Reservoirs
- Cover the unique tests and methods applied to evaluate CBM and Shale
- Outline how commercial potential is identified and calculated
- Review common features of successful plays and the reasons different plays have required different development approaches
- Cover the unique terminology, technology and emerging trends
- Present class examples on determining gas-in-place, estimating production profiles, calculating gas
Who Should Attend?
- Petroleum Engineers
- Petroleum Geologists
- Production Engineers
- Technical Support Staff
- Business Development Specialists
- Technology Managers
Course Outlines:
- Introduction
- Class Exercise – Pre-Course Exam
- Terminology
- Coal Formation and Maturation
- Gas Generation
- Coal Mine Methane
- Coal Gas Development History
- Coal Gas in Australia
- Development Teams
- Class Exercise – Symbols and Abbreviations
- Coal Permeability
- Gas Adsorption
- Class Exercise – CBM Reservoir Terminology
- Net Thickness
- Coal Gas Volumes
- Vertical Well Drilling
- Drilling Issues
- Wellheads and Lift
- Class Exercise – Drilling and Completion Terms
- Organic Variability
- Class Exercise – Coal Rank Characteristics
- Electric Logs for CBM
- Fluid Flow in Coal
- Class Exercise – Isotherm Characteristics
- Pressure Gradient and Drawdown Concepts
- Class Exercise – Pressure Continuity Calculations
- Horizontal Drilling
- Class Exercise – Horizontal Well Terms3
- Relative Permeability
- Permeability Testing
- Pressure Transient Tests
- Class Exercise – Coal Characteristics
- Microbial Gas
- Depth Impacts
- Class Exercise – Australia Coal Gas Analysis
- Lateral Perm Variability
- Extended Isotherms
- Coal Gas Development
- Class Exercise – Horizontal Well Length Impact
- Decline Curve Analysis
- Type Curves
- Class Exercise – Forecasting Terms
- Gas Reserve Issues
- Class Exercise – Development Terms
- Production Case Studies
- Botswana Studies
- Class Exercise – Well Characteristic Terms
- Select Global Activities
- Coal Fracturing and Cavitation
- Fracture Mechanics
- Fracturing Equipment
- Fracturing Concepts
- Insitu Stress
- Fracture Design
- Gas Content Technology
- Coal Saturation
- Class Exercise – Calculating Saturation
- Desorption time
- Class Exercise – Exploration Terms
- HSE Issues
- Class Exercise – Adsorbed Gas-in-Place
- Vertical Well Options
- Class Exercise – CBM Review Test
- Selecting a Well Type
- Class Exercise – Development Strategy
- Computer Simulation
- Class Exercise – Quality Control of Indonesia Data
- Future Opportunities
- Class Exercise – Shale Preview Test
- Energy Overview
- Traps, Seeps and Migration
- Consumption Trends
- Ten Milestones in Shale Development
- 2015 Development and Forecasts
- Technical Terms and Concepts
- Shale Oil, Oil Shale and Oil Sands