Details
This course is designed to assist individuals throughout the financial, coal and petroleum industries to better understand CSG principles and fundamentals.
You will examine the entire CSG project spectrum, which is intended to provide an introduction to those who are new to the CSG industry yet show relevant case histories for those currently working on ongoing CSG projects.
The course will identify the unique characteristics of the Australasian CSG scene, with relevant comparison to the historical development of the industry in North America, and other current global developments.
CSG projects are highly variable in fundamental reservoir properties, perhaps more so than conventional oil and gas.
The course is designed to unveil the differences that exist between many projects and provide a level of understanding that will facilitate reasoned analysis and informed commentary on project commercial viability.
For more information and discounts, please contact Sushil on 02 9080 4395 or email us at [email protected]
Outline
Background to the CSG industry
- The global context of CSG development
- The impact of unconventional gas generally
- CSG from the broad energy perspective – Why now?
- The development of the Australian CSG industry
- Major projects in Australia
- What’s happening around the world?
- ‘CBM’ in North America: Is the dog alive?
Coal seam gas fundamentals
- Background to coal formation
- Where is coal and CSG in the global context?
- How coal stores gas and how it is released
- What drives gas content in coals? The concept of coal rank
- Coal quality and CSG properties
- How does gas composition vary? What are the implications for CSG development?
- What fundamental reservoir property governs the delivery of gas to the wellhead?
- Gas and water: Strange bedfellows?
- Coal continuity and geological structure: How they impact upon commercial decisions
CSG exploration
- Looking for elephants in elephant country
- Where do we find CSG in Australia and beyond?
- What we need to do to establish a CSG project?
- Geophysics and CSG: What works and what does not?
- Equipment and contractor requirements
- Desorption and adsorption: Why and what do we learn?
- Well testing: When and what to test?
- Borehole spacing, data quality and reserve certification
- Understanding coal morphology and its impact upon economics
- The pilot project: Why and when? Impact upon certification
CSG drilling and completion
- What methods are commonplace?
- Drivers for D & C choice
- Vertical or horizontal?
- To fracc or not to fracc? Which horizons?
- Drilling methodologies and equipment
- Completion equipment and design
- History matching: Actual versus predicted well performance
- Total field management
CSG resources and reserves
- Definitions and standards: What does it all mean?
- Due diligence and property assessment
- How to get the most out the project for the least expenditure
- Managing the independent certifier: What to look out for to get the best outcome
- Monetising your project: What is needed?
- Reporting reserves to the ASX: Dos and don’ts
Environmental aspects
- The water problem: How much and how long?
- Water management solutions: Beneficiation options
- Where to put that water: Reinjection and approved disposal alternatives
- The ‘F’ word: Fraccing–What are the risks?
- Groundwater monitoring and CSG: Why this is so important
- Can agriculture and CSG prosper together?
CSG economics
- Domestic or overseas markets? Impact upon CSG development strategy
- The basic economics of CSG: What turns a good project bad
- Review of project economics, cost of production, price of gas and margins
- Infrastructure, connection to the grid, and costs
- CSG and other sources of unconventional gas: Future economic scenarios
- How can CSG economics be improved?
Speaker/s
Scott is a geologist with over 30 years of experience in the coal mining and energy sectors.
He has held leadership roles in industry and has worked as a consultant to the Coal Seam Gas (CSG) and coal mining industry for the past 30 years. Scott has worked for major coal mining operators including BHPB and Rio Tinto and has been involved in bringing coal mining projects to fruition. He has also been a managing director of a leading directional drilling service and technology supply company, and a research leader in coal seam gas associated with a major Australian CRC.
Scott is currently Managing Director of CoalBed Energy Consultants (www.coalbed.com.au), which provides project management, technical services, business development, due diligence and consulting services in CSG, Coal Mine Methane (CMM), fugitive emissions and related areas.
CoalBed counts in its client list all of the major mining companies in Australia and many CSG players. Scott and his son Duncan have developed a popular training course in CSG fundamentals and coal industry fundamentals, which has been delivered to a range of clients in Australia and overseas.
In recent years, CoalBed have developed unique skills in the evaluation of fugitive emissions from open cut mining operations and act as estimators for companies reporting to the national greenhouse office for carbon tax compliance. The company also manages surface to inseam directional drilling programs for geological exploration and degasification at mine sites, and have developed expertise in the use of directional drilling data for improved geological modelling.
Scott has worked in most of the major coal seam gas basins throughout the world, and assisted with technology transfer of advanced directional drilling technology into emerging markets such as China, India, South Africa, and Eastern Europe. Recent CSG related experience includes developing fields in Indonesia, Mongolia, South America and Southern Africa.
He holds a BSc in geology from the University of Newcastle, an MSc in geology from the University of New England and an MBA from Deakin University. He is a member of the Geological Society of Australia and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Scott was also awarded the prestigious Stefanko Award for best paper at the 2008 Society of Mining Engineers conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Special Offer
Brisbane // 19-20 October 2017
Super Early Bird rate: $2,495 (Save $300 + GST). Use code P17GR08BR. Expires by 8 Sept 2017.
Early Bird rate: $2,695. Expires by 29 Sept 2017.
Standard rate: $2,795.
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