COURSE OUTLINE

1. Background
    a. What is Unconventional Gas
    b. Where is CBM found?
    c. Current exploration and production trends

2. Coal fundamentals
    a. How is coal formed?
    b. The chemistry of coal
    c. Is structure important?
    d. Stratigraphy
    e. Different types of coal beds and shale layers

3. Reservoir Engineering
    a. Gas Saturation
         i. What is gas saturation?
         ii. How fully saturated coals favour CBM production
         iii. Under saturation and the desorption process
    b. Gas Composition
    c. Permeability
    d. Core Analysis

4. Operations
    a. Drilling
    b. Completions
    c. Pilots
    d. Production
         i. Overview of the CBM production process
         ii. Comparison to conventional production
         iii. What are the similarities to conventional petroleum?
         iv. Are there economies of scale?

5. Reserves
    a. Making the important distinction between resources and reserves   
    b. Communicating resource/reserve differences
    c. Determination of reserves
    d. Reporting reserve calculations

6. Designing an exploration Program

7. Economics
    a. Comparison of CBM fiscal regimes
    b. Optimization of CBM resources and reserves
    c. Basic overview of project economics, cost of production, price of gas and margins
    d. Utilization of coal bed methane
         i. Pipeline gas
         ii. Power
         iii. Small scale LNG
         iv. CNG

8. A review of Indonesian CBM basins

9. An Overview of Tight Gas and Shale Gas

This course will cover Unconventional gas industry, including tight gas and shale gas, but will emphasize coal bed methane (CBM), as it is more pertinent to the Indonesian, and Asian, industry.

The course will discuss the entire Unconventional Gas project spectrum, and will provide an introduction to those who are new to the CBM industry, and will also review the Indonesian CBM sector.

The CBM industry, due to the nature of coal, has much more variable characteristics than the conventional oil and gas industry, and needs a different E and .P approach. The course will illustrate the similarities and differences and how to manage the risk for CBM projects.