D250 Evaluation Methods for Shale Reservoirs (Distance Learning)

Dan Jarvie

Background
Dan Jarvie is a petroleum systems analyst specializing in assessment of unconventional shale resource systems.  He has studied or been involved in evaluation of both conventional and unconventional petroleum systems around the world including Europe, Africa, Asia (China) and Australia.  His work on these systems includes complete source rock analysis and assessments as well as detailed assessment of gas and oil.

Mr. Jarvie’s work history includes both laboratory analyses and interpretive assessment of these data.  He has published papers on basic source rock characterization, source rock kinetics from open and closed systems for bulk and compositional kinetic parameters, detailed light hydrocarbon analyses, Williston Basin oil and source rock systems, organoporosity-nanopore imaging in association with the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas, identification of bypassed pay zones, catalytic activity, producibility assessment including pre-drill GOR and API gravity estimations, and numerous papers on unconventional shale gas and shale oil/hybrid resource systems.

He founded Humble Instruments and Humble Geochemical Services in 1987, which were sold to Weatherford International in 2007.  From 2008 to early 2013, Mr. Jarvie worked as a consultant to industry and taught geochemistry classes relevant to unconventional shale resource systems.  He spent 2009-2010 as visiting scientist at Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP) in Rueil-Malmaison, France, where he worked on compositional kinetic modeling with Francoise Behar and shale resource systems in Europe.  From 2013 to 2015 Dan was the Chief Geochemist at EOG Resources, the leading producer of oil in the onshore lower 48 states.  He is also an adjunct professor at Texas Christian University (TCU) and a member of the TCU Energy Institute Advisory Board.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1969-1975 and was assigned communications responsibility for the Commander, Pacific Submarine Fleet, Pt. Loma Naval Station, San Diego primarily on the USS Sperry AS-12, but also with duty at Treasure Island (San Francisco), Norfolk, VA and Charleston, SC.

Mr. Jarvie earned a B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and was mentored in geochemistry by Wallace Dow and Don Baker of Rice University.  He was the recipient of the EMD Best Poster Award in 2008, the AAPG National Convention Top Ten Oral Award and the AAPG A. L. Cox Award in 2007, the AAPG Levorsen Best Paper Award in 2005, and the AAPG EMD Best Poster Award in 2004.

Affiliations and Accreditation
BS University of Notre Dame - Organic Chemistry
Member: 
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, West Texas Geological Society,
American Chemical Society-Geochemistry Division, Society of Petroleum Engineers, The Society for Organic Petrology, and European Association of Organic Geochemists.

Courses Taught
N250: Evaluation Methods for Shale Reservoirs

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Rick Lewis

Background
Rick was the developer of the gas shale evaluation workflow that was initially fielded ten years ago and has been applied to more than 3000 wells in North America. In his current position, Rick manages a group responsible for the continual improvement for this workflow, for its introduction and application to the international market, and for the development of workflows for the evaluation of liquids-producing shales. He is also the interface to the Schlumberger research and engineering groups for the development of evaluation technologies for unconventional reservoirs.

Prior to this assignment, Rick was responsible for wireline interpretation development for the central and eastern United States. He is located in Dallas. Rick has also worked for Shell Oil, Battelle, and the U.S. Geological Survey.

Affiliations and Accreditation
PhD California Institute of Technology - Geology
MSc California Institute of Technology - Geology
BSc University of California - Geology

Courses Taught
N250: Evaluation Methods for Shale Gas Reservoirs

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Neal Nagel

Background
Dr. Neal Nagel, Chief Engineer at OilField Geomechanics LLC based in Houston, has 30+ years of industry experience, having started as a college professor in 1987 and then joining Phillips Petroleum in the 1989. He has taught extensively since the mid-1980s via open and in-house training courses as well as through SPE and AAPG courses. Nagel worked with ConocoPhillips for nearly 20 years and has been an industry consultant and testifying expert witness in geomechanics and completions since 2009. Nagel, an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2004 and again in 2017, is also currently chairman of the Geomechanics Technical Section of SPE, a member of the SPE RDD committee, was chief editor of the 2010 SPE Monograph on Solids Injection, has served on the SPE Drilling and Completions Committee, and is a past local SPE section officer. He is a well-known expert in the geomechanics of Unconventionals and has given many invited SPE, AAPG, HGS, SEG, and SPWLA presentations. Nagel has also authored or coauthored more than 50 technical papers, with 20+ related to Unconventionals, including a keynote presentation at the 2014 SPE HFTC.

Affiliations and Accreditation
PhD University of Missouri-Rolla - Mining Engineering
MSc University of Missouri-Rolla - Mining Engineering
BSc University of Missouri-Rolla - Mining Engineering

Courses Taught
N250: Evaluation Methods for Shale Reservoirs
N437: Geomechanics for Unconventional and Tight Reservoirs

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Andy Pepper

Background

Andy Pepper began his career as a geologist at BP in 1981. In 1985 he was assigned to the Geochemistry Branch at BP’s research center, where he helped BP’s exploration teams perform geochemistry and basin modeling assessments, and went on to research, among other subjects, kinetic models of petroleum formation. These models remain industry standard today - becoming a core component of the Trinity software (for example) offered by Zetaware in 2000. Transitioning back to the exploration business in the North Sea, he co-authored BP’s Petroleum Geoscience Handbook and was then posted to Jakarta to support BP’s exploration team in geochemistry and basin modeling in the East Java Sea. In 1994, he was posted to Houston where he supported the BP team that opened the deep water Gulf of Mexico sub-salt play including application of early 2-D sectional modeling of pressure, temperature, petroleum charge and column capacity. While in Houston, Andy became the leader of the Global Geochemistry Network which at the time of the Amoco/Arco merger was expanded to integrate basin modeling into the new Petroleum Systems Network - regarded as one of the four "pillars" of geoscience in the company, with requirement for all geoscientists to attend a purpose-designed in-house class. Andy’s served on the ‘Exploration Excellence’ prospect assurance team and his prospect evaluation risk matrix was adopted as a global standard in the early 2000’s.

Andy joined Hess in 2003 as Chief Geologist on the Exploration Leadership Team; was seconded to the head office as Advisor to the head of E&P in 2006 and returned to Houston to New Ventures in 2008 culminating in a role as Director of New Ventures (conventional and unconventional). From 2007 onwards, he gained increasing experience in unconventionals beginning in Hess’ Bakken play and culminating in a screening of unconventional opportunities globally, including play analysis in China and Australia.

in 2012, Andy joined BHP Billiton as VP of Geoscience on the Exploration Leadership Team: a functional role including provision of expert skills with a team of ~80 staff in all geologic, petrophysical and geological disciplines. He established BHP’s Volume, Risk and Value prospect evaluation methodology. BHP had just bought PetroHawk and this provided a rare opportunity to design BHP’s integrated unconventional geoscience workflows from scratch. From 2014 onward, he served as VP Unconventional Exploration, with emphasis on the Permian Basin which was in the early stages at that time. Andy led this team to perform a Global Endowment study for unconventionals that informed BHP’s corporate view of future global potential.

In 2015 Andy left BHP to set up This is Petroleum Systems LLC (aka TIPS), dedicated to ‘unfinished business’ in advancing the role of petroleum systems in E&P. TIPS delivers training, research, tool development and studies in both unconventional and conventional E&P. Current emphasis in unconventionals is in developing tools to better understand true (potentially producible) fluid saturations.

Andy has co-authored numerous written papers in Marine & Petroleum Geology, and presented oral papers at AAPG and other conventions, all in the field of petroleum systems analysis.

Affiliations & Accreditation
BSc University of Leeds - Geologic Sciences 1st Class Honors
AAPG, GCSEPM and Geol. Soc. London - Member
AAPG/EMD Unconventional Research Group - Co-Chair
School of Earth & Environment, Faculty of Environment at Leeds University - Visiting Academi

Courses Taught
N471: The Petroleum System in Unconventional Exploration & Production: Geology, Geochemistry and Basin Modeling
RM03: Introduction to Fluid Saturations and Properties in Unconventional ‘Shale’ Reservoir

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John Randolph

Background
John has over 40 years experience in the Oil and Gas Industry and is currently Technical Manager for Nautilus geophysical programs in North America.  During his career, John worked as a seismic interpreter for Texaco, a geophysical project manager for The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, and he served in the role of Chief Geophysicist for Burlington Resources. John retired from Burlington Resources in 2005 as General Manager of Exploration responsible for the company’s exploration activities in the US, Latin America, the UK, Algeria, and China. While working as Chief Geophysicist, John was also responsible for training and career development for Burlington’s geoscience professionals.  Since 2005, John has also worked as a consultant to independent oil and gas companies and also national oil companies assisting them with various project management issues.

In addition to his passion for teaching seismic interpretation, John enjoys travel, biking, and hiking.  John also taught scuba diving classes for many years.

John and his wife Cheri live in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Affiliations and Accreditation
MS Business Administration
BS Physics and Mathematics
SEG -Member
AAPG - Member

Courses Taught
N080:  Geophysics for Subsurface Professionals
N085:  Introduction to Seismic Interpretation
N165:  Fundamental Concepts of Seismic Techniques

N250:  Evaluation Methods for Shale Reservoirs
N281:  Introduction to Seismic Interpretation for Exploration and Production
N394:  3D Seismic Interpretation Workflow
N408:  Seismic Imaging for Coal
N420:  Introduction to Seismic Interpretation for Coal Mining
N443:  Essentials of Geophysics

John is a contributer to the following courses:
N092:  Reservoir Geophysics
N286:  Seismic Acquisition Principles and Practice

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