Technical Program

Unconventional I: CBM and Shales

Chair(s): Jim Davidson & Marc Bustin
Date: Tuesday, May 13th
Room: Hall D - Room 2
Sponsored By:Talisman Energy
1:15 Successful Identification of Complex Cleat Systems in Coals (Withdrawn)
Salman Khalid, Ahmed Al-Jubori*, Thanos Natras and Ian McIlreath
1:40 Shale Gas Regulations in Alberta: Control Well Requirements
Sharleen Ramos*
2:05 Coal Characterization in CBM/ECBM Processes Using X-Ray CT Analysis
Rong Guo* and Apostolos Kantzas
2:30 Practical Applications for Horizontal CBM Drilling, Nova Scotia: A Case Study
Derek Krivak*
2:55 Coffee Break & Poster Sessions
3:10 The Cadotte Member in Subsurface: Beyond a Sheet of Sandstone, Beyond Trends of Paleo-Shoreline
Curtis Lettley*, S. George Pemberton, Murray Gingras and Mike Ranger

Poster Successful Identification of Complex Cleat Systems in Coals
Salman Khalid, Ahmed Al-Jubori*, Thanos Natras and Ian McIlreath
Poster Characterization of the Upper Mannville CBM Play in South Central Alberta
Ian McIlreath*, Thanos Natras, Christian Abaco and Randy Hnatuik
Poster Lithotypes, Macerals and Coal Facies Studies of Lower Cretaceous Medicine River Coals in South Central Alberta: Applications in CBM Exploration, Depositional Environments and Tectonic History Studies
Judith Potter*, Ian McIlreath and Thanos Natras
Poster Maximizing Wireline Coring Efficiency in Upper Mannville Coals in South Central Alberta
M. Anna Ilhan*, David Gardner, Thanos Natras and Ian McIlreath
Poster Vitrinite Reflectance, Thermal Maturity and Coal Rank in Lower Cretaceous
Medicine River Coals of South Central Alberta: Reflectance Suppression and the Role of Liptinite Macerals in Hydrocarbon Generation - Implications for CBM Exploration

Judith Potter* and Ian McIlreath
Poster Acquiring Micro-Resistivity Borehole Images in Deviated and Horizontal Wells Using Shuttle Deployed Memory Tools
Rob Christie*, Ian McIlreath and Thanos Natras