Date	No.	Workshops	Provider
Sat 21-Sun22nd	1	An Integrated Coalbed Methane Exploration Model: Defining Coal Seam Methane Sweetspots	Andrew R Scott
Sat 21st	2	Geophysics for Uranium Exploration	James Reid
Sun 22nd	3	Borehole Seismic Monitoring	Peter Malin
Sun 22nd	4	EM in Africa	Chris Wijns
Sun 22nd	5	Developing geophysical skills in Australia - What are the opportunities and future prospects?	Richard Lane
Thur 26th	6	Airborne Surveys	John Issenman
Thur 26th	7	Short Course in Magnetolluric (MT) Methodology	Graham Heinson
Thur 26th	8	Alteration Mapping Workshop	Alan Mauger
Thur 26th	9	Constrained inversion and presentation of AEM data	Andrea Viezzoli & Esben Auken
Thur 26th	DISC	Petroleum Engineering: Integration of Static and Dynamic Models	Dr. Patrick Corbett, Heriot-Watt University
Thur 26th	Post Conference Field Trip - Uranium Mines of Australia

No. 1
Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February

An Integrated Coalbed Methane Exploration Model: Defining Coal Seam Methane Sweetspots

This coalbed methane short course is valuable to geologists, hydrologists, geophysicists, and petroleum engineers, who want learn the basic fundamentals and/or review latest technologies that are applicable to coalbed methane exploration and resource development. This two-day course is designed to review the basic fundamentals of coal seam methane for those new to the play, and to provide additional details about various aspects of coalbed methane exploration and development for those who are already familiar with coal seam methane.

This course focuses on a geologic/hydrologic-centered approach to coal seam methane exploration and development of an integrated in a basin-scale coalbed methane exploration model. The course will provide a “hands-on” overview of the fundamentals of coal seam methane including how coal reservoirs and coal seam methane production differs from conventional gas plays. A coalbed methane exploration model emphasizing key geologic and hydrologic controls on coal-gas production will be reviewed during the course. Each of the key factors affecting coal seam methane producibility will be reviewed in detail.. Additionally, the applicability of seismic data for predicting structural and stratigraphic attributes of coal seams and coal packages will will be discussed

Several exercises will provide participants with practical hand-on experience.

Topics covered in the short course include:

• Overview of the coalbed methane exploration model
• Coal Depositional Systems
• Tectonic and Structural Setting
• Seismic applications for CSM exploration
• Coal Rank and Gas Generation
• Gas Content Distribution
• Permeability and Hydrogeology

Andrew R. Scott has more than 18 years of coalbed methane experience and has published more than 70 senior author papers and abstracts on various aspects of coalbed methane exploration and development. He has participated in many coalbed methane workshops and short courses in the United States as well as internationally, and has received more than a dozen awards for his research efforts. Prior to starting Altuda Energy Corporation, Mr. Scott held a position at the Bureau of Economic Geology, the University of Texas at Austin, where he worked on a wide variety of research projects, served as Program Director of Domestic Energy Research and Director for the Texas Region of the PTTC. Mr. Scott is a recent Past-President of the Energy Minerals Division of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the 2004 Distinguished Visiting Lecturer for the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA), and Keynote Speaker for the 2005 Gussow Conference sponsored by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Geologist.

Presenter: Andrew R Scott
Cost per person: $930
Min number of people: 10
Max number of people: 30
Cut off date: January 15, 2009

No. 2
Saturday 21 February

Geophysics for Uranium Exploration

With the current high level of uranium exploration activity worldwide, I am attempting to organize a workshop on uranium exploration to be held in conjunction with the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists meeting in Adelaide, South Australia during 22-25 February 2009. The workshop is pencilled in for the 21st February (Saturday preceding the conference), with the venue TBA.

Although the emphasis will be on geophysical methods, I would also like to include as many integrated exploration case histories as possible. The focus of the workshop will be firmly on exploration, but talks on applications to resource definition and grade control etc will also be considered.

• Proposed topics for the workshop include:
• Review of uranium deposit styles and petrophysical properties
• Airborne and surface gamma ray processing and interpretation
• Soil Radon detection
• Borehole logging methods including Prompt Fission Neutron (PFN)
• Airborne electromagnetic methods
• Ground electromagnetic methods (moving and fixed-loop EM, CSAMT, MT, AMT)

Integrated case histories

Other suggestions for technical topics are welcome. Please forward this email to anyone else you think may be interested.

I propose to issue a CD which will contain expanded abstracts/full papers/powerpoint slides for the workshop presentations.

A CD will be issued which will contain expanded abstracts/full papers/PowerPoint slides for the workshop presentations.

Provider: James Reid
Cost per person: $500
Min number of people: 20
Max number of people: 100
Cut off date: January 5, 2009

No. 3
Sunday 22 February

Borehole Seismic Monitoring of Energy Reservoirs: Instrumentation, Installation, Interpretation, and Illustration

Course Summary and Objectives: This one day course is designed to give an overview of the emerging science and technology of Borehole Seismic Monitoring of Energy Reservoirs. The aims of such monitoring effort can range from tracing a steam flood or hydrofrac, observing the creation of an Engineered Geothermal System or production fluid injection operation, or monitoring for environmental compliance or CO2 sequestration issues. In all of these cases, the borehole seismic monitoring technique offers many advantages in terms of signal detection and processing for both natural and active seismic sources. Advantages include improvements in signal-to-noise, increased bandwidth, and greater sensitivity to small changes in reservoir conditions.

Borehole seismic monitoring science and technology can be broken down into to 4 areas: 1. Instrumentation, 2. Installation, 3. Interpretation, 4. Illustration, each with its own set of theories and practices. In this one day the basic components of each of these areas will be presented in both theory and practice. Borehole sonde construction and deployments will be demonstrated through hardware displays and case histories. The basic quantitative relations associated with borehole seismic networks and arrays, and the processing of the data they produce will be reviewed. Special techniques that make use of the improved observational abilities of borehole sensors will be introduced. These include high resolution seismic velocity tomography, S-wave splitting analysis, and fault zone guided wave studies. The problems of displaying these inherently multidimensional data and the results of their analysis will also be addressed.

Provider: Peter E Malin, The University of Auckland
Cost per person: $375
Min number of people: 6
Max number of people: 10
Cut off date: January 23, 2009

All aspects of Risk Assessment and Risk Mitigation, Best Practices, IAGSA Standards and the Safety Management System (SMS) approach to aviation supported Exploration and Airborne Geophysics will be covered. The nature and content of safety training for Field Personnel and the shared responsibility for safe aviation operations will be covered.

Question and answer periods are included at the end of each segment. A copy of our entire workshop will be provided to all attendees in CD / DVD format.

Provider: John Issenman
Cost per person: $380
Min number of people: 25
Max number of people: 75
Cut off date: January 5, 2009
Contact: issenman@iagsa.ca

No. 7
Thursday 26 February

A Short Course in Magnetotelluric (MT) Methodology

Sessions: MT theory and application Magnetic and electric field data sets Processing of raw data from instrument raw format to corrected time-series. We will discuss issues of calibration, precision and correction for a variety of effects. Methods of acquisition will be examined, with a brief overview of sensors and data recording.
Morning break

MT response processing Fourier transforming from time-series to frequency domain. We will discuss the use of a remote reference and robust statistical methods. MT responses will be processed to electrical data interchange (.edi) format, and its structure will be reviewed. MT distortion analysis Concepts of strike direction, electric field distortion and static shifts. The use of Mohr circles and phase tensors to plot out elements of twist and shear of the MT response.
Lunch

MT modelling and inversion How and when to apply 1D, 2D and 3D forward and inverse modelling. Hands-on session using WinGLink and Occam inversion. Afternoon tea MT model interpretation How to interpret MT models. The relationship between electrical conductivity and geophysical/geological data. We will review aspects of mineral and fluid conduction.

Provider: Associate Professor Graham Heinson, University of Adelaide
Cost per person: $150
Min number of people: 20
Max number of people: 40
Cut off date: January 31, 2009

No. 8
Thursday 26 February

Alteration mapping in the virtual core library - semi-quantitative mineralogy for geophysicists using HyLogging.

Description: This full day workshop will be a hands-on introduction to HyLogging  and The Spectral Geologist (TSG) software. With the advent of the CSIRO HyLogging systems, and the AuScope National Virtual Core Library, semi-quantitative mineralogy has become a tool for geophysicts and geologists seeking objective tools to assist in logging of diamond drill core and percussion chips. This workshop will address the basics of mineral spectroscopy, examine the various means of acquiring data and provide an introduction to the TSG Software with an explanation of delivered products. The use of this technolgy for alteration mapping will be explained and demonstrated. The Auscope NVCL South Australian node may be open to visit during the workshop or conference.

Typical data sets will be provided. Temporary TSG-Core license can be provided by visiting www.thespectralgeologist.com  BEFORE the workshop.

Requirements: Laptop computer.
TSG Viewer downloaded from Ausspec over the internet at http://thespectralgeologist.com

Cost: $500 includes TSG Viewer license

Provider: Alan Mauger, PIRSA
Cost per person: $500
Minimum number of people: 2
Maximum number of people: 10
Cut off date: February 1, 2009

No. 9
Thursday 26 February

Constrained inversion and presentation of AEM data of different system with the Aarhus Workbench

The main focus of the workshop will be the application of laterally and spatially constrained inversion to AEM data from different airborne systems, both in time and in frequency domain.

Short introductions will be given on:
1) Constrained inversion theory, highlighting pros and cons with respect to other inversion techniques;
2) Different challenges arising when inverting data from different systems
3) The Aarhus Workbench, a software package for processing, inversion, results evaluation and visualization of (among the others) AEM data, fully integrated in a GIS environment.

We will then move onto the interactive part of the workshop where the participants will use the Aarhus Workbench to import, process and invert AEM datasets, on preprepared examples. They will be guided through each step of the workflow. It will be a mixture of small seminars and active data processing on computers. A guideline for installation will be emailed prior to the workshop.

Provider: Andrea Viezzoli
Cost per person: $300 (50% rebate for students)
Min number of people: 8
Max number of people: 20
Cut off date:January 15, 2009

2009 SEG Distinguished Instructor Short Course

Petroleum Engineering: Integration of Static and Dynamic Models
Dr. Patrick Corbett, Heriot-Watt University

Overview This course in designed for a broad range of geoscientist and engineers working in the petroleum industry. The course provides improved linkage between the techniques used at various scales to describe and model petroleum reservoirs. The ultimate objectives are to enable technical staff to maximise the recovery of hydrocarbons. The impact of petrophysical heterogeneity at various scales on the recovery of oil and gas provides the focus for the course.

Summary
1. The course introduction shows how Petroleum Geoengineering concepts have developed along with the requirement for more integrated and synergistic technical teams addressing reservoir development projects
2. The course emphasises the links between the stratigraphic controls on geobody architecture (and properties), the connectivity and the ultimate recovery factors
3. Petrophysical and rock physics properties are measured at a variety of scales. An exercise will explore how averages can be used to determine effective properties at larger scales
4. Reservoir models are built by industry using a range of geostatistical techniques and these require calibration by dynamic measurements at various scales. The role of seismic in modelling is considered at the appropriate stage.
5. Sweep efficiency and recovery factors are determined by scales of lateral and vertical heterogeneity. The use of the Lorenz and Modified Lorenz plots is demonstrated in an exercise to illustrate the importance of internal reservoir architecture in controlling recovery factors
6. The course challenges subsurface teams to consider strategies for improving oil recovery and with the high demand and price to target ever higher recovery factors

Who should attend:
The integrated nature of this course means that it is suitable for individuals from all subsurface disciplines (geology, geophysics, petrophysicists, geomodelers, reservoir and petroleum engineers). Additionally the course is very suitable for teams of subsurface staff. Managers are encouraged to attend in order to consider technical and organisational aspects of integrated subsurface teams.

This DISC presentation has been arranged by SEG.
Please contact Dennis Cooke for further information and bookings. EMAIL