tight gas—looking ahead

Well worth reading the following recent pesa published article about tight gas:

http://www.pesa.com.au/Publications/pesa_news/latest_edition/images/pn100_95-100.pdf

Extract:

"Tight gas clearly has the potential to occupy the
energy headlines in precisely the same manner
as has occurred with Queensland/NSW coal
seam gas, where both domestic and offshore
energy needs have led to rapid infrastructure
developments."

Also this Thursday & Friday week there is a conference where Stephen Keenihan, Managing Director, Latent Petroleum is one of the 'Leading industry expert speakers'

"The Tight Gas Alternative 2009

The Tight Gas Alternative Conference will establish key objectives in the national tight gas market, incorporating legislation, project development, technological improvements and future projections for unconventional gas.
25 - 26 June 2009, Novotel Langley Perth"

Key areas of discussion include:

Prospects for Unconventional Gas in Western Australia

Warro Project the tight gas era arrives

An overview of tight gas developments a commercial perspective

Project Optimisation techniques

Advancing a tight gas project in WA regulatory burdens
Operational Case Study: Wombat tight gas field
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: the effectiveness of seismic fracture data techniques in tight reservoirs examples from WCSB
Central Petroleum Limited Large Scale Tight Gas Opportunities:

Systematically understanding tight gas reservoirs in the context of the earths active stress field

Tight Gas Reservoirs: Key Research Needs with a Focus on Stimulation"

http://www.iired.com.au/conferences/mining-resources/the-tight-gas-alternative-2009