CBM, Tight Gas and More: Developing Non-Shale Unconventional Gas Resources

There is more to gas resources than shale. This panel focuses on a comparison of North American CBM plays, the booming gas plays of East Texas, the Rockies, and the Granite Wash.

Moderated by Peggy Williams, Sr. Exploration Editor, Oil and Gas Investor

Estimated recoverable reserves per well by operator in the Cherokee Basin are 130 Mcf/d, Quest Resources; 150 Mcf/d, Admiral Bay Resources; 212 Mcf/d, Layne Christensen; and 140 Mcf/d, Petrol Oil & Gas, says Chris Ryan, vice president, corporate development, for Admiral Bay Resources. The eastern half of the Cherokee Basin is currently the most productive.

The Mancos shale's gross thickness is 3,500 feet, compared with 100-500 in the Barnett. Gas in place in the Mancos is 280-350 Bcf per square mile with a recovery factor of 5%-15%, the Barnett's is 140-160 and 8%-15%, says Michael Decker, chief operating officer, Gasco Energy Inc.

Granite Wash thickness ranges from 50-400 feet and has nine potential benches, says Kamil Tazi, vice president, engineering and planning, for Cordillera Energy Partners III. IP ranges from 1-4 MMcfe/d; EUR is 0.5-2.5 Bcfe per well.

Deep Bossier wells in East Texas have had an average production increase of 25% from the third to the fourth quarter of 2008 and this is expected to increase sequentially by more than 38% in first-quarter 2009, says Russ Porter, chairman, president and CEO of Gastar Exploration Inc.

Featuring:

• Cherokee, Forest City, Arkoma: Latest on Midcontinent CBM Resource Development
  Chris Ryan, Manager of Business Development, Admiral Bay Resources Inc.
• Operator Results in the Rockies
  Michael Decker, Executive Vice President and COO, Gasco Energy, Inc.
• Letting the Tight-Gas Out of the Granite Wash: Operators' Results
  Kamil Tazi, VP of Engineering & Planning, Cordillera Energy Partners III LLC
• Screamers in East Texas: What Deep Bossier, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley Can Do
  Russell Porter, Chairman, President & CEO, Gastar Exploration Ltd.

Total Length: 01:05:42

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