John P. Seidle, Ph.D., P. E.


Vice President
 

 

Education

B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, University of Colorado, 1972
M.S., Aeronautical Engineering, Stanford, 1973
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, 1981

Professional Profile

More than 28 years of industry experience including:
Multiple domestic and international coalbed methane plays
Rate and reserve calculations for coal, shale, and tight formation gas wells
Pilot and commercial enhanced coalbed methane projects
Pressure transient test design and analysis
Reservoir simulation studies
Laboratory rock and fluid tests, various coal property tests
Industry coalbed methane class instructor
Expert witness for litigation and regulatory commissions
Property evaluation, acquisition and divestitures
Reservoir and economic evaluation coal and shale gas
24 technical papers, one monograph chapter, six patents

COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE

USA, Canada, Australia, India, Poland, South Africa, Colombia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Mexico, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia

WORK EXPERIENCE

MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS LLC, Denver, Colorado:
(June 2006) Vice President and Senior Reservoir Engineer
Project manager and reservoir engineer involved in coalbed methane and gas shales including exploration, development, production optimization, and enhanced recovery projects as well as reserves and economics evaluations, acquisitions and divestments, and technical support for investors and banks.

SPROULE ASSOCIATES INC., Denver, Colorado
(March 1999 to May 2006) Senior Reservoir Engineer
Primarily coalbed methane and unconventional gas reservoir and economic studies, pressure transient test analyses, reservoir evaluations, simulation studies, reserves determinations, property evaluations, litigation support, acquisition and divestiture support.

AMOCO PRODUCTION CO., MIDCONTINTENT BUSINESS UNIT, Denver, Colorado:
(August 1998 to February 1999) Reservoir Engineer
Reservoir Engineer for Red Oak Field, Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma. Duties included production analysis, well test interpretation, reservoir studies, and simulations.

AMOCO PRODUCTION CO., RESEARCH CENTER, Tulsa, Oklahoma:
(August 1981 to August 1998) Research Engineer, Senior Research Engineer
Involved in all phases of coalbed methane research including laboratory studies, field work, pressure transient analysis, development of reservoir simulators, rock properties testing, and enhanced recovery.

Professional Memberships

Society of Petroleum Engineers
Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers
Petroleum Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum
American Association of Petroleum Geologists

Registered Professional Engineer, Colorado
Registered Professional Engineer, Oklahoma
Registered Professional Engineer, Wyoming

Publications

  1. Seidle, John P. and O’Connor, Leslie S., “The Impact of Undersaturation on Coal Gas Economics”, SPE 107731, presented at the 2007 SPE Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Technology Symposium, Denver, Colorado, U. S. A. 16-18 April 2007.
  2. Clarkson, C. R., Jordan, C. L., Gierhart, R. R. and Seidle, J. P., “Production Data Analysis of CBM Wells”, SPE 107705, presented at the 2007 SPE Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Technology Symposium, Denver, Colorado, U. S. A. 16-18 April 2007.
  3. Clarkson, C. R, Bustin, R. M., and Seidle, J. P., “Production Data Analysis of Single-Phase (Gas) CBM Wells”, SPE 100313, presented at the Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, 15-17 May, 2006.
  4. Seidle, J. P., and O’Connor, L. S., “Production Based Probabilistic Economics for Unconventional Gas”, SPE 82024, presented at the SPE Hydrocarbon Economics and Evaluation Symposium, Dallas Texas, 5-8 April, 2003.
  5. Seidle, J. P., “Coal Well Decline Behavior and Drainage Areas: Theory and Practice” SPE 75519, presented at the SPE Gas Technology Sypmosium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 30 April-2 May 2002.
  6. Seidle, J. P., “Lessons Learned, Lessons Lost – Review of Selected Coalbed Methane Pilots” in Coalbed Methane of North America II, Schwochow and Nuncio, eds., Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, 2002.
  7. Seidle, J. P., “Reservoir Engineering Aspects of CO2 Sequestration in Coals”, SPE 59788, presented at the 2000 SPE/CERI Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 3-5 April 2000.
  8. Seidle, J. P. “A Modified p/Z Method for Coal Wells”, SPE 55605, presented at the 1999 SPE Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, Gillette, Wyoming, 15-18 May 1999.
  9. Yee, D., Chaback, J. J., Raterman, K. T., and Seidle J. P., “Technology for CBM Recovery from Deep Coal Beds – I. Primary Recovery and I I. Enhanced Recovery by Nitrogen Injection”, papers presented at the Workshop on Coalbed Methane Recovery and Prospects for a Hydrogen Economy, China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, Beijing, China, 18-19 January 1999.
  10. Combes, J. M., Chaback, J. J., Prasad, K. V. K., and Seidle, J. P., “The Southern Boundary of the San Juan Basin Coalbed Methane High-Production Fairway, New Mexico”, Proceedings of the 1997 International Coalbed Methane Symposium, 1997.
  11. Seidle, J.P., Sigdestad, C.A., Raterman, K.T., and Negahban, S., “Characterization of Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery Injection Wells”, SPE 38861, presented at the 1997 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, 5-8 October, 1997.
  12. Seidle, J.P. and Huitt, L.G., “ Experimental Measurement of Coal Matrix Shrinkage Due to Gas Desorption and Implications for Cleat Permeability Increases”, SPE 30010, presented at the International Meeting on Petroleum Engineering, Beijing, PR China, 14-17 November, 1995.
  13. Seidle, J.P., and McAnear, J.F., “Pressure Falloff Testing of Enhanced Coalbed Methane Pilot Injection Wells”, SPE 30731, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, 22-25 October, 1995.
  14. Seidle, J.P. and Erickson, D.J., “Use of Vogel’s Inflow Performance Relation for Coal Wells”, SPE 26201, presented at the SPE Gas Technology Symposium, Calgary, Alberta, 28-30 June, 1993.
  15. Kemp, R. G., Nixon, D. B., Newman, N. A., and Seidle, J. P. “Geologic controls on the occurrence of methane in coal beds of the Pennsylvanian Hartshorne Formation, Arkoma basin, Oklahoma (abs.)”: AAPG Bulletin, v. 77, no. 9 (September), p. 1574. Paper presented at AAPG Midcontinent Section Meeting, Amarillo, Texas, October 10-12, 1993.
  16. Yee, D, Seidle, J.P., and Hanson, W.B., “Gas Sorption on Coal and Measurement of Gas Content”, Chapter 9 in Hydrocarbons from Coal, AAPG Studies in Geology #38, edited by B.E. Law and D.D. Rice, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1993.
  17. 17.Palmer, I.D., Mavor, M.J., Seidle, J.P., Spitler, J.L., and Volz, R.F., “Openhole Cavity Completions in Coalbed Methane Wells in the San Juan Basin”, SPE 24906, presented at the Society of Petroleum Engineers 67th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Washington, D.C, October 4-7, 1992.
  18. Seidle, J.P., Jeansonne, M.W., and Erickson, D.J., “Application of Matchstick Geometry to Stress Dependent Permeability in Coals” SPE 24361, presented at the SPE Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, Casper, Wyoming, May 18-21, 1992.
  19. Seidle, J.P., “A Numerical Study of Coalbed Dewatering”, SPE 24358, presented at the SPE Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, Casper, Wyoming, May 18-21, 1992.
  20. Metcalfe, R.S., Yee, D., Seidle, J.P., and Puri, R., “Review of Research Efforts in Coalbed Methane Recovery”, SPE 23025, presented at the SPE Asia-Pacific Conference, Perth, Australia, 4-7 November, 1991.
  21. Puri, R. and Seidle, J.P., “Measurement of Stress-Dependent Permeability in Coal and Its Influence on Coalbed Methane Production, In Situ, 16(3), 183-202 (1992). Originally presented as paper 9142 at the 1991 Coalbed Methane Symposium, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May 13-16, 1991.
  22. Seidle, J.P., Kutas, G.M., and Krase, L.D., “Pressure Falloff Tests of New Coal Wells”, SPE 21809, presented at the SPE Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting and Low- Permeability Reservoirs Symposium, Denver, Colorado, April 15-17, 1991.
  23. Seidle, J.P. “Long-Term Gas Deliverability of a Dewatered Coalbed” Journal of Petroleum Technology, June 1993, p. 564. Originally presented as SPE 21488 at the SPE Gas Technology Symposium, Houston, Texas, January 23-25, 1991.
  24. Seidle, J. P. and Arri, L. E., “Use of Conventional Reservoir Models for Coalbed Methane Simulation”, paper CIM/SPE 90-118, presented at the International Technical Meeting hosted by the Petroleum Society of CIM and the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Calgary, Alberta, 10-13 June, 1990.