This 2-day course will cover recognizing the factors controlling gas-in-place, reserves, and productivity. You will understand how to collect, quality-check, and interpret critical data, and determine how to select the optimum well completion and stimulation methods. Other topics include:

• Review the steps for calculating reserve volumes and forecasting production
• Recognize why various successful projects have required different development techniques 
• Review the CBM development steps, costs, and timelines
• Gain practical insight and techniques for performing due diligence
• Review the global CBM activities, technologies, and future opportunities

Get a detailed review of the data, techniques, and strategies needed for evaluating and developing coalbed methane projects.

This course is for engineers, geologists, geophysicists, researchers, managers, government officials, planners, and technical support staff.

Participants are assumed to have an understanding of general engineering and geologic terms. It is recommended each participant bring a laptop or calculator to solve example problems.

0.8 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) awarded for this 1-day course.

To receive a full refund, all cancellations must be received in writing no later than 14 days prior to the course start date. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not be refunded. Send cancellation requests by email to trainingcourses@spe.org; by fax to +1.866.460.3032 (US) or +1.972.852.9292 (outside US); or mail to SPE Registration, PO Box 833836, Richardson, TX 75083.

For more details, please contact us at trainingcourses@spe.org.

Steve Hennings is the unconventional gas manager for Source Rock Engineering in Littleton, Colorado. He has over 30 years of field and reservoir experience in a large number of basins, covering every phase of development. His focus for the past decade has been on coal gas, coal mine methane and shale gas development. He has been involved in technical evaluations of development and exploration prospects in eight different countries including China, Australia, Canada, India, and the United States.

In 2008, Hennings was awarded the prestigious annual Stefanko Award from the Society of Mining Engineers for his technical contributions. Hennings is a registered professional engineer. He holds a BS in petroleum engineering and an MS in finance.

• Coalbed Methane Development
• Hydraulic Fracturing Fundamentals for Unconventional Reservoirs
• Shale Evaluation and Development
• Unconventional Gas Fundamentals