Unconventional Gas 2010

Overview

Design data acquisition and drilling programs in shales to model and then effectively affirm the value of lease/license with the fewer exploratory wells: Review existing data, acquire new data (logs and seismic), coring program, microseismic program, production profiling, completion design, risk analysis and value-modeling. This workshop will deal with unconventional shale gas exclusively.

About the workshop leader

Mr. Alden McCall has participated in exploration programs through various stages in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Alaska, California, Denmark, France and Australia. They have included clastic reservoirs, carbonate reservoirs, enhanced heavy oil recovery and shale resource plays. As General Manger of AMX Consulting Services, he has served as consultant to Triton-France, to a heavy oil processing technology start-up, to the U.S. Department Of Energy in Russia (as subcontractor), to drilling companies and to drilling services companies. In addition to the Master of Science degree in geology from the University of Texas in Arlington, he holds the Master of Business Administration from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix, Arizona.
Beginning in late 2007 and throughout 2008, Mr. McCall directed the overall drilling and data acquisition strategy for a 60,000 net mineral-acre program in Western Oklahoma’s Woodford Shale of the United States. The program was designed to project and then efficiently affirm the value of the lease holdings with fewer exploratory wells. Under his direction was the approval of lease purchases and sales in the core area, Monte Carlo risk analysis design, seismic acquisition and layout design, coring program, micro-seismic design and cluster analysis.
The one-year program was intended to commence in the spring of 2009. It was designed as a US$ 300Million tactical investment in 30-wells, utilizing eight large land rigs in continuous operation. The locations of the 30 wells were optimized to acquire the required valuation metrics for future joint ventures, lending, acquisition or divestiture.
 

Many E & P companies are either actively involved in developing gas shale reservoirs or are exploring for new potential gas shale reservoirs. This short-course will highlight the key parameters and data relationships that are critical for identifying productive gas shales. These include reservoir geology, mineralogy, geochemistry, petrophysical properties, gas adsorption, geomechanical properties, fluid compatibility, and stimulation design and reservoir simulation. In addition, core-log integration techniques for gas shale petrophysical log models will be presented along with gas-in-place calculations and estimates of ultimate recovery. Case histories of different gas shale plays will be utilized to demonstrate the critical elements of Gas Shale Evaluation.

About the workshop leader

Randall S. “Randy” Miller is President of Integrated Reservoir Solutions, a division of Core Laboratories located in Houston, Texas. Randall Miller received his B.A. in Chemistry and Geology from the University of California at San Diego and pursued graduate studies at Scripps Institute of Oceanography and the University of Houston. He has 28 years of experience in the analysis and evaluation of reservoirs both domestically and internationally. He has conducted and directed over 50 joint industry projects including a Tight Gas Sands of North America - Reservoir Characterization and Fracture Stimulation Optimization, Gas Shales –Reservoir Characterization and Production Properties, Regional Study of the Haynesville and Bossier Shales, Regional Study of the Marcellus Shale, Regional Study of the Eagle Ford Shale, and Global Gas Shales. His special interests are integrating geology, petrophysics, stimulation and production analysis for optimizing the exploitation of unconventional reservoirs. He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Houston Geological Society.