Fundamentals of Shale Reservoir Characterization: Why Shales are Different from other Lithologies

Friday, Sept. 23, full day Postconvention workshop

Core organizing committee: Dan Ebrom, Azra Tutuncu, Ali Mese, Stephanie Nowak

Extended organizing committee: Stephan Gelinsky, Cengiz Esmersoy, Jacques LeVeille, Bob Tatham, Ivar Brevik

Format: Oral presentations will be 15 minutes in length, followed by 15 minutes of discussion. Discussion leaders will be present to catalyze and facilitate discussion. The morning sessions will have a group discussion before lunch wherein questions can be posed to any of the morning speakers. A summary and synthesis of the day will be given by Ivar Brevik prior to the afternoon group discussion. The afternoon group discussion will allow questions to be posed to any of the afternoon speakers.

Poster presentations will be given after lunch, before the afternoon oral presentations begin.

Agenda

Morning Sessions 8:30-12:00 noon

8:30-8:35 Plenary comments from shales workshop lead organizer: Dan Ebrom

Session 1 What can lab and well measurements tell us about resource shales?

Co-chairs : Stephanie Nowak and Bob Tatham

Discussion leaders: Azra Tutuncu and Dan Ebrom

8:35-8:40 Introductory comments for lab and well measurements: Stephanie Nowak

8:40-9:10 Kevin Chesser

Shale reservoir characterization: are shales really that different from other formations?

9:10-9:40 Joel Walls

Relationship of shale porosity-permeability trends to pore type and organic content

9:40-10:05 Coffee Break

Session 2 What do geophysically constrained models predict about resource shales?

Co-chairs: Bob Tatham and Stephanie Nowak

Discussion leaders: Dan Ebrom and Azra Tutuncu

10:05-10:10 Introductory comments for geophysically constrained models: Bob Tatham

10:10-10:40 Arthur Cheng

How to build an anisotropic rock physics model for shales from vertical wireline logs"

10:40-11:10 Teruhiko Hagiwara

Electromagnetic Properties of Shales

11:10-11:40 Mark Zoback

Seismic and aseismic deformation in shale gas reservoirs during hydraulic stimulation

11:40-12:00 noon Morning speakers Group Question and Answer

Lunch 12:00 noon-1:00

Posters from academia and industry 1:00-1:30

David Dewhurst Impact of water saturation on shale rock properties

Niranjan Banik Shale anisotropy: How it impacts shale reservoir characterization

Yasser M. Metwally & Evgeni Chesnokov Measurement of the Effective Pressure- Permeability Tensor Relationship for Gas-shale

Afternoon Sessions 1:30-5:00

Session 3 What do seismic and acoustic techniques have to offer in characterizing resource shales?

Co-chairs : Ali Mese and Jacques LeVeille

Discussion Leaders: Azra Tutuncu and Stephan Gelinsky

1:30-1:35 Introductory comments for characterization: Ali Mese

1:35-2:05 Arcangelo Sena

Seismic reservoir characterization in shale plays: sweet spot identification and completion optimization

2:05-2:35 Brian Hornby

Field and Laboratory characterization of shales: implications for imaging and pore pressure analysis

2:35-2:50 Coffee Break

Session 4 What do integrated studies have to offer in guiding development of resource shales?

Co-chairs: Jacques LeVeille and Ali Mese

Discussion Leaders: Stephan Gelinsky and Azra Tutuncu

2:50-2:55 Introductory comments for integrated studies: Jacques LeVeille

2:55-3:25 Julia Gale

Fracture propagation in shales

3:25-3:55 Marita Gading

Relationships between organic content, rock properties and seismic attributes

3:55-4:25 Joel Starr

How the world has changed: political, operational and geophysical challenges of a shale play

4:25-4:40 Summary Speaker : Ivar Brevik

4:40-5:00 Afternoon speakers Group Question and Answer

5:00 Adjourn