Masterclass & Workshops

Monday 29 March 2010: Pre-Conference Masterclass

Masterclass A | Masterclass B

Masterclass A: 9:30am - 5:30pm

Effective CSG Water Management

Led by: Ralph Gunness, Managing Director, Green Footprint Company

The intent of this class is to enable the participant to have information to make more informed decisions concerning the management of CSG water. This class will educate the participant in the issues associated with the management of CSG water.

Effective CSG Water Management discusses such issues as; CSG water characteristics; quality and quantity and then considers a "Cradle to Grave" approach to managing CSG water in which options for utilisation in an untreated and treated form will be outlined. A guide to risk assessment is given with each option.

The topics discussed include:

• Typical CSG water characteristics, such as quality and quantity;
• Legislative issues;
• The impact of quality and quantity on storages;
• Impacts of CSG water without an environmental management plan: the direct effect on soil: the direct effect on plants: the effect on animals: & long term sustainability matters;
• Desalination & reverse osmosis techniques;
• Untreated water uses;
• Treated water uses;
• Brine management; &
• The case for an integrated management and monitoring solution

About your Workshop Leader:

For the past sixteen years Ralph has been the Managing Director of Environmental Planning & Audit Pty Ltd, now trading as the Green Footprint Company. In this role he has worked on environmental matters associated with Australia's largest resource projects in the mining, metalliferous & gas industries, e.g., coal mining operations, nickel smelting & zinc refining, upstream and downstream coal seam gas projects.

For the past eight years Ralph has held the position of Corporate Environmental Manager for Arrow Energy Limited. He was responsible for the corporate governance and direct management of environmental& community affairs associated with upstream & downstream gas field development and operations, e.g., CSG water management projects, gas field preparation and management to pipelines, compressors, power stations, recently with LNG planning & development and participating on several State & Local Government Water Utilization panels.

Masterclass B: 9:30am - 5:30pm

Coal Seam Gas Production Analysis

Led by: Scott Thomson, Coalbed Concepts, and Steve Hennings, Coal Gas Engineering

This 1-day course outlines the unique characteristics of developing natural gas from coal seams and the methods applied in evaluating and forecasting gas production.

The course also provides a basic review of the key coal properties and how variations in those properties impact well performance and development strategies. Information is also provided on due diligence techniques and on the latest development activities in the industry.

The course is designed for engineers, geologists, managers, investors, and others who are interested in learning more about evaluating coal seam gas prospects, especially during the exploration and early production stages.

Summary Agenda:

1. Coal gas introduction
2. Geologic aspects
3. Key coal properties
4. Other coal properties
5. Coal log and core analysis
6. Development and exploration activity
7. Production analysis
8. Production forecasting
9. Due diligence
10. Industry news and trends

About your Workshop Leaders:

Steve Hennings, M.S., P.E. is a Senior Petroleum Engineer with Coal Gas Engineering, in Colorado. Steve is a registered professional engineer and holds a bachelors degree in Petroleum Engineering and a masters degree in Finance.

His 28 years of experience are split evenly between reservoir engineering assignments and operations engineering assignments ranging from rig foreman to computer simulation engineer to operations superintendent.

Scott has more than 30 years experience in coal seam geology, exploration, and the practical application of geophysical methods to mine problems. He has worked as a private consultant in the resource industry since 1998 specialising in coal seam gas and technology development. Scott has managed several small service businesses in addition to being involved in the development of advanced geological, drilling, and geophysical technologies. Over the past ten years, his focus has been on private consulting and research activities related to coal seam gas, geology, and drilling technology.

Masterclass A | Masterclass B

Workshop A: 9:30am - 1.00pm

(This workshop has been cancelled)

Workshop B: 2:00pm - 5.00pm

(This workshop has been cancelled)

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