T10: Appraising and Developing Shale Gas Reservoirs
Instructor:
Creties Jenkins, P.Eng., Vice-President, DeGolyer and MacNaughton
Who should attend:
Reservoir and exploitation engineers, geologists and engineering technologists.
Tutorial Description:
The purpose of this tutorial is to review the fundamentals and describe the techniques used to appraise and develop shale gas reservoirs. The tutorial will begin with an introduction to shale gas reservoirs, followed by discussions of those reservoir descriptions and engineering techniques used to evaluate them. Three case studies will then be presented to show how the techniques have been successfully applied to develop different types of shale gas reservoirs (Barnett, Antrim and Lewis Shales).
Instructor Biography:
Creties Jenkins is a Vice-President for DeGolyer and MacNaughton in Dallas, TX where he specializes in the characterization and modelling of clastic reservoirs, including coals and shales. He has conducted modelling studies, resource/reserves assessments and training for companies in the U.S., Canada, Venezuela, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Algeria, China and Russia. Creties began his career with Tenneco Oil in 1986, and worked for ARCO from 1988-2000, spending most of that period assigned to ARCO’s research and development center. Jenkins served as a 2000-2001 Distinguished Lecturer for SPE, was named an outstanding Technical Editor for SPE in 2003 and served as the 2005-2006 Vice-President of the Energy Minerals Division of AAPG. Jenkins received an M.S. degree in geology and a B.S. degree in geological engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines. He is a registered professional engineer and a registered professional geologist in Texas.
