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SOUTH DAKOTA
SCHOOL OF MINES
& TECHNOLOGY
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RMUGC - Short Course
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Educational Programs and Professional Conferences
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2009 Rocky Mountain Unconventional Gas Conference
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Appraising and Developing Unconventional Gas Reservoirs
 October 6 & 7, 2009 (Tuesday & Wednesday)
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Registration fee: $300 per person (includes box lunch)
*Limit: 25 participants
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WOW! This course is a significant value! Mr. Jenkins teaches this course
globally. This course is usually a 5-day course for over $2,000. Mr. Jenkins
brings it to you because he is an alumni of the South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology.
Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to provide practical insights and tools that
can be used to identify and appraise unconventional gas reservoirs including
coalbed methane, shale gas, and tight gas sands. We
will review the origin and mechanisms of gas production, discuss various
techniques to analyze reservoir parameters and performance, and assess their
value and limitations. Multiple case histories will be presented to
compare and contrast different play types, appraisal activities, and development
strategies. Geoscientists, engineers, and managers will benefit
from the course, especially those with experience in conventional reservoirs who
want to develop unconventional gas expertise. A course notebook will be
provided with copies of PowerPoint slides and a bibliography of key papers.
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Coal Bed Methane
- Coal depositional systems, origin of coal and coalbed gas, fracturing
- Petrophysics and laboratory analyses of cores
- Sorption, isotherms, and the importance of gas saturation
- Determination of gas-in-place
- Well testing and reservoir performance
- Numerical simulation
- Drilling and completions
- Appraisal and piloting strategies
- Case studies: Spanish Peaks, Castlegate, Drunkard's Wash, South Shale
Ridge
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Shale Gas
- Geology and geochemistry
- Use of 3D-seismic
- Petrophysics
- Well testing and reservoir performance
- Drilling and completions
- Resource and reserves estimation
- Case studies: Barnett, Fayetteville, Antrim, and Lewis shales
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Tight Gas Sands
- Sandbody deposition, geometry, and continuity
- Origin of gas and abnormal pressures
- Petrophysical characteristics
- Reservoir performance
- Drilling and completion practices
- Field development practices
- Case studies: Jonah and Wamsutter Fields
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Instructor's Biography
Creties Jenkins is a Vice-President for DeGolyer and MacNaughton in
Dallas where he specializes in the characterization and modeling of
sandstone, coal, and shale gas reservoirs. At D&M, he has
conducted integrated studies, reserves work, and training for numerous
companies in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, Libya, Venezuela,
Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Algeria, China, and Russia. Creties began
his career with Tenneco Oil in 1986 as a geological engineer and worked
as a reservoir engineer, petrophysicist, and production geologist for
ARCO from 1988-2000. Jenkins has served as a Technical Editor,
Distinguished Lecturer, and Distinguished Author for SPE and is the
2008-2009 President of the Energy Minerals Division of AAPG.
Jenkins received a M.S. degree in Geology and a B.S. degree in
Geological Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines. He
is a registered professional engineer and a registered professional
geologist in Texas.
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