Monday, January 16, 2012
Weatherford Laboratories to present a Pre-Convention Short Course at this year's AAPG Annual Convention.
Course Title: Shale Gas Reservoir
Assessment - An Integrated Approach
Dates: Saturday, 21 April-Sunday, 22
April
Time: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Location: Convention Center
Instructors: Christopher D. Laughrey and
Chad Hartman (Weatherford Labs, Golden, Colorado) and Pat Lasswell
(Weatherford Labs, Houston, Texas)
Fee: AAPG Members $995 (Increases to $1,095
after 23 March); Nonmembers $1,095 (Increases to $1,195 after 23
March); AAPG Student Members $115 (limited)
Includes: Course notes and
refreshments
Limit: 50 people
Content: 1.5 CEU or 15 PDH
The class is particularly appropriate for professionals who are new to shale-gas reservoirs and for specialists in one area who want to acquire general knowledge of other aspects of shale-gas science and technology.
By the end of the course, participants should be able to:
- Apply the principals of petroleum systems analysis to the exploration phase of shale-gas reservoir prospect evaluation.
- Plan and execute a shale-gas core acquisition and analytical program.
- Understand the methods of petrophysical characterization of shale-gas reservoirs.
This course is a practical and applied introduction to laboratory
techniques routinely employed in shale-gas reservoir assessment and
their relationship to some of the other tools used in the industry.
Class emphasis is on explaining which analytical techniques can
best address specific questions, what caveats must be kept in mind
when employing these tools, what are the strengths and limitations
of laboratory analyses in shale-gas assessment, and how to
interpret conflicting data from different analyses.
Theory is kept to a minimum and selected practical exercises will help participants learn to review laboratory data, recognize problems with the data, and to cultivate a feel for interpreting laboratory data and integrating these interpretations with other geological and engineering information.
