2 day crucial workshop for all CBM players on Getting your CBM exploration and production planning right.

Indonesia is estimated to hold huge CBM reserves of about 453.3 trillion cubic feet (TCF) spread across 11 hydrocarbon basins. Out of these estimated reserves, as much as 112.47 TCF has been categorized as proven reserves and 57.60 TCF is still seen as potential reserves.

The South Sumatra Basin, the largest CBM basin in Indonesia, is estimated to contain in-place resources of approximately 183 Tcf; and the Kutai Basin, the third largest CBM basin in Indonesia, is estimated to contain in-place resources of approximately 80 Tcf (SPE, 2004)

To cope with increasing domestic gas demand , the country is aggressively searching for unconventional gas reserves, such as CBM and shale

To date, the government has awarded 20 CBM contracts .Although there are ambitious targets for some of the CBM blocks to start production as early as 2011, experts say that realistically CBM production in Indonesia will only start 3-4 years from now.

For the moment , all current activities in CBM in Indonesia are exploration related. Hence, many companies are desperate for exploration knowledge in this stage

• How do you identify potential CBM targets ?
• What is the gas composition, gas content, coal thickness and permeability ?

Requirements for accurate estimates of CBM reserves and production forecasts have become increasingly important.

• How do you evaluate CBM data ? - what makes a good CBM prospect ?

It is important for every CBM developer to know how to develop a cost effective strategic exploration program.

• How do you determine the CBM project economics ? What factors must be considered ?
• What is an effective drilling & completion program ? What are the issue and technical challenges faced ?
• How do you best manage your water production plans ?

Obtain all these practical knowledge from this workshop and you will be on the right track in your CBM exploration & production planning program ! Sign up now at www.cmtevents.com.

Key Benefits of Attending

• Understand the 'big picture' of CBM, exploration strategy, reservoir fundamentals and drilling. This results in greater job confidence, enthusiasm and productivity for CBM exploration projects.
• Assess how gas bearing coal basins are formed, the history ofCBM exploration and development of cost effective CBM projects.
• Using samples of maps, sections, wells, cores, cuttings and geological data, the participants will develop an understanding of how CBM exploration companies assess a particular region.
• Use examples from the basins of Australia, America and Turkey and review the techniques used for finding CBM, such as geochemical, seismic surveys, and drilling including how gas in place estimates are made.
• Maximise information and confidence level with cost effective CBM exploration program.

Target Audience

Managers from Operations, Production Planning, Exploration, Geologists, Geoscientists of major Oil, Gas Companies, CBM Operators, Govt Officials, Coal Producers, Equipment & Technology Providers, Oil & Gas Consultants, Potential investors

About the Course Leader

Dr Alan Bayrak

Alan is a multi-disciplinary exploration geologist with over 18 years of local and international exploration experience in oil-gas and coal areas in various geographical territories, including Queensland, New South Wales, Otway Basin, Irish Midlands, Thrace Basin and Western Black Sea.

Alan's experience includes district exploration, target development, reserve assessments and CSG acreage management, Gas-in-Place estimations (deterministic and probabilistic) and technical evaluation of the CSG prospects, qualitative and quantitative analyses of sedimentary basins, analysis of existing geological data, generation of exploration targets and producing technical reports, management of CSG exploration drilling programs, quantitative assessment of the CSG prospects, including desorption, gas composition, adsorption, saturation, coal tests, permeability and reservoir properties.

Alan holds a BSc (Geological Engineering), MSc (Petroleum Geology) and a PhD (Exploration Geology).