Evaluating and Developing Shale Resources - SRE

This course will cover current practices for evaluating, drilling and completing these challenging reservoirs. Discussion will include a focus on the limitations of many of the current tools and technologies. Information and opportunities for international shale plays will be described. The participant should leave the course with a foundational understanding of value-adding shale gas resource practices and an insight into determining the critical reservoir parameters used to predict a potential commercial resource play.

Reservoir, production and completion engineers, petrophysicists, geologists, geophysicists and other professionals who desire a thorough overview of both current and emerging concepts, technologies and processes related to shale gas and shale oil resource development.

You will Learn:

Participants will learn how to:

• Describe the resource potential and economic importance of shale gas and shale oil resources
• Describe the similarities / differences between shale gas, tight gas and coalbed methane
• Recognize and describe shale play differences and critical reservoir properties to identify the "sweet spots"
• Estimate Gas and Oil in place for resource plays
• Apply different resource evaluation techniques recognizing the advantages & disadvantages of each technique
• Apply drilling, completion and stimulation technology to shale gas and shale oil formations
• Evaluate and forecast individual well and reservoir performance
• Determine how to estimate well reserves in both PDP (proved developed producing) and PUD (proved undeveloped) categories.