05-06 Nov, 2009 - Jakarta, INDONESIA
Le Meridien Jakarta
Le Meridien Jakarta
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With technology and geological knowledge advancing, Coal Bed Methane deposits now have a bigger share in the natural gas supply picture in Asia. However, using this ‘new’ unconventional natural gas source raises key questions including…
Are you seeking answers to these questions?
Then you must plan to attend the CBM Production Techniques Workshop in Jakarta!
CMT’s CBM Production Techniques workshop on 5-6 November 2009 in Jakarta INDONESIA provides a step-by-step guide to coal bed methane production, and addresses the growing need for technical understanding and expertise to manage Asia’s CBM resources.
The workshop will examine pertinent issues relating to the coal bed methane (Coal Mine Methane/ Coal Seam Gas) production value chain, and offer a valuable learning experience, where insights & information received will transfer well to the workplace!
Coal Bed Methane experts from US Geologic Survey & Lucas Drilling Services teach & share insights for Asia's CBM sector at workshop.
Two leading CBM experts who collectively have over 50 years of experience in the Coal Bed Methane industry will lead the CBM Production Techniques workshop.
Our first workshop leader, Dr. Romeo M Flores has over 35 years of experience in coalbed methane (CBM), coal geology and reservoir/resource assessments. Dr. Flores works with the US Geologic Survey (USGS), and has worked on assessing CBM potential in the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains and Alaska.
He also provides official intergovernmental consultation and technology transfer to assess CBM in Colombia and the Philippines.
To date, Dr. Flores has conducted CBM lectures and workshops in Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, and United States. He has also authored over 300 articles and reports and edited 15 special publications and books covering Coal Bed Methane.
Our second workshop leader, Doug Henderson is Manager of Engineering Services at Australia’s Lucas Drilling Services, where he supervises the engineering team who design, survey and steer directional drilling project boreholes for Lucas Operations. As Manager since 2005, Doug Henderson has overseen significant upgrades to engineering capability and operational support mechanisms for his division’s continuing growth.
Doug Henderson’s extensive experience in CBM spans directional drilling guidance techniques and systems, electronic systems, design installation, fault diagnosis and repair, operations and R&D.
Dr. Romeo M Flores and Doug Henderson add unparalleled value to the CBM Production Techniquesworkshop, as they bring their wealth of experience and technical knowledge into the classroom for two very intensive days of learning.
Valuable learning on CBM potential, drilling, recovery & completion.
The CBM Production Techniques workshop provides participants with a wealth of knowledge on CBM prospecting, and drilling, and addresses key strengths and weaknesses in the process to improve their understanding of CBM development criteria and the CBM production value chain.
Dr. Romeo M. Flores will lead Day 1 of the workshop, which concentrates on “Assessing CBM and Managing Co-Produced Water Resources”. Dr. Flores’ sessions offer extensive coverage on:
--> CBM Basics & U.S Models
- What is Coal Bed Methane and where does it come from?
- What are the different types of CBM?
- Conflicting ownership of CBM between coal and gas industries.
- Review CBM Production from various coal ranks.
- Pinpoint geological and hydrological factors for CBM assessment
--> Methodologies of CBM Assessment and Coal Bed Methane Exploration
- Coring methods to assess coal reservoir properties and gas volume
- Gas content measurement for assessing gas-in-place resources
- High-pressure methane adsorption to assess gas holding capacity and saturation of coal reservoir
- CBM resource assessment methodology
- CBM reservoir properties
- Two-phase gas and water flow with dewatering CBM wells
--> Water Management- Dealing with sub-surface CBM Co-Produced Water
- Assessing volume of co-produced water from CBM wells
- Analyze quality of co-produced water
- Environmental regulations
- Surface and subsurface disposal of co-produced water & viable alternatives.
- Challenges in management of co-produced water
Doug Henderson will lead Day 2 of the workshop, which concentrates on “Effective Methods of CBM Drilling & Completion” and will touches on the different techniques employed in CBM Drilling and Completion. Doug will apply his extensive experience in directional drilling to address different drilling techniques, and highlight pros and cons in drilling and completing CBM wells. Topics on the agenda include:
CBM Production Techniques workshop facilitates networking and exchange of perspectives between regulatory and commercial players in Asia’s Coal, Oil & Gas Sector.
Your classmates at the two-day CBM Production Techniques workshop will include top executives, CEOs, MDs and Researchers and Regulators in the Asia’s energy sector, including:
and other key industry executives who want to know more about the Coal Bed Methane CBM production value chain.
CBM Production Techniques offers focused learning & high value insights, so make sure you don’t miss out on the most important CBM workshop in 2009!
The CBM Production Techniques is part of the CBM World conferences held annually in Jakarta. CBM World has welcomed participants from over 30 countries at the crucial meet, and made its mark as one of the key events in the annual CBM calendar of events.
Our workshop leaders Dr. Flores & Mr. Henderson deliver relevant & up-to-date information in 14 critical sessions to ensure optimum benefits for all participants!
The reviews, discussions and project sharing sessions between industry peers will contextualise your learning to your workplace realities, and help you transfer this knowledge to your workplace.
>> CLICK HERE to visit our Registration Page & confirm your team’s Participation at this critical conference. <<
Who Should Attend
Geologists (coal and petroleum), surveyors, petroleum engineers, hydrologists (surface and subsurface), coal miners and operators, drillers, planning & co-ordination managers, exploration managers, operations directors and country managers, consultants (minerals, hydrocarbons) government officials, academicians, environmentalists (surface and subsurface,) carbon traders, and general public who want to know about CBM.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
A Certificate of Completion will be awarded upon successful completion of each course. This serves as evidence of your personal and professional commitment to your career.
Asia’s Coal Bed Methane industry is growing rapidly, and coal bed methane (coal mine methane)has gone from being a coal-mining hazard to a valuable source of energy. Most recently, India concluded their CBM IV 6-city ‘road show’ tour announcing 10 new CBM blocks attracting significant international interest.
However tapping on these vast reserves is a challenge. Simply put, the way of determining whether Coal Bed Methane gas can be produced commercially varies from site to site.
According to a report by Gaffney Cline & Associates, “Coal Seams are often highly variable in terms of their thickness and coal properties, with further variations in gas content, saturation and permeability…” This makes drilling for the gas a challenge.
Horizontal drilling is the most preferred choice to access CBM formations because CBM deposits are often found in depths shallower than natural gas formations. Other popular techniques include directional drilling, which allows multiple wells to be sunk from a single well pad, therefore greatly decreasing potential impact to the land, wildlife, and habitat on the surface when well density is greatly reduced.
Determining the right well plan and drilling techniques are the key to maximizing return on capital investment and minimizing surface impact, and the “CBM Production Techniques” workshop on 5-6 Nov. 2009 in Jakarta offers much needed clarity on CBM drilling techniques.
In fact, a half-day session has been dedicated to a detailed examination of drilling techniques, led by CBM drilling expert Doug Henderson, currently Manager of Engineering Services at Australia’s Lucas Drilling Services. During his session, Doug will touch on:
He will also present case studies on Horizontal and Directional Drilling and how these techniques have Improved Production Potential in some CBM fields.
Those keen on participating in the CBM Production techniques workshop are welcome to submit their registrations >>HERE<< or email Ms. Nadia Albahar at nadia@cmtsp.com.sg for more information.
07 Oct, 2009
Indonesia’s ambition to produce Coal Bed Methane gas by 2011 is picking up steam with 14 PSC contracts signed since 2008. The CBM Production Techniques workshop on 5-6 November in Jakarta seeks to provide answers, information and technical understanding of the value chain of natural gas production from Coal Seams in Indonesia & the region.
Indonesia, which has the world's second largest coal bed methane reserves, aims to encourage domestic industries and power plants to use alternative sources of energy such as coal, coalmine methane and natural gas due to fluctuating international oil prices.
The country, Asia-Pacific's only OPEC member, has ambitious plans to start producing Coal Bed Methane gas by 2011 and is on track to fulfilling its goal. Since 2008, Indonesia has signed over 10 PSC contracts, 3 of which were signed during the 33rd Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) on May 5, 2009. Another 4 more were signed on 4-6 August at the Society Petroleum Engineer Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition (SPE APOGCE) 2009 at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC).
As the race to produce Coal Bed Methane gains steam in Indonesia’s CBM sector, industry executives need to scale the steep CBM learning curve to maximize CBM's potential to strengthen natural gas supplies.
CMT's CBM Production Techniques workshop in Jakarta on 5-6 November is designed to provide information and answers to industry executives on the Coal Bed Methane production value chain. The workshop addresses the growing need for technical understanding and expertise as Asian countries like Indonesia embark on ambitious Coal seam gas production programs.
CBM Production Techniques Workshop will be led by two internationally renowned experts from the US Geologic Survey (USGS) and Lucas Drilling Services, who have over 5 decades of combined experience in Coal Bed Methane exploration.
The 2-day workshop will address issues central to CBM Production including:
Those seeking more information on participation and sponsorship & media exchange opportunities at CBM Production Techniques can contact Ms. Nadia at +65 6346 9114 or email her at nadia@cmtsp.com.sg
04 Sep, 2009
Dear Participants,
Find out how coalbed methane (CBM) expands and strengthens your unconventional and coalmine gas portfolios.
CBM prospecting methods begin with modeling properties of coal basins in comparison to productive fields in the United States (U.S.), which has produced CBM up to 8 percent of the Nation's gas production. These CBM properties are origin of CBM, coal rank and depths, coal gas content, permeability, gas and water production, and well completion and water extraction.
Initially, we assess CBM along with historical active coal mine and abandoned mine gas, and implement drilling, coring, testing for gas content and reservoir gas storage capacity, and coal/CBM reserves assessment methodologies.
Next, we integrate these assessments to determine production forecasting and feasibility of development. To this end, we will consider CBM reservoir properties (e.g., permeability and porosity) along with ability of coal to flow gas by dewatering reservoirs from completed pilot CBM wells. Best management plans of CBM produced water are presented that are environmentally acceptable and economically feasible.
The workshop concludes with optimal CBM development criteria and plausible economic scenarios. Attend and learn about a revolutionary unconventional energy source.
We look forward to meeting you at the workshop.
Sincerely,
P.S. Your Key Benefits of attending?
| - | Weigh potential for and problems of developing CBM as part of the national energy mix |
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| - | Improve assessment techniques for CBM resources and integrate there assessments to determine production forecasting and feasibility of development |
| - | Evaluate the geological, geochemical composition of the coal and how these factors relate to gas content, composition, distribution, recoverability |
| - | Assess the envinronmental implications of developing this resource and help plan for disposal of co-produced water |
| - | Learn about the pros & cons of each different drilling technique and select the best drilling, completion and stimulation method for coalbed methane reservoirs procedure
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03 Aug, 2009
Coal bed methane has gone from being a coal-mining hazard to a valuable source of energy across Asia. But, Accessing these vast CBM reserves is a major challenge for CBM drillers! >>Read more here...<<
09 Oct, 2009
Coal Bed Methane Experts from USGS & Lucas Drilling to lead intensive workshop on 5-6 Nov in Jakarta covering coal bed methane value chain from exploration to production. >>Click here to find out more.<<
05 Oct, 2009
