Technology Team
Research-level
laboratory analysis is required to determine if prospective
geological plays offer the right geological characteristics
to be considered valid exploration targets for East West
Petroleum. Prospective unconventional resource plays are
being analyzed under the experienced leadership of Dr. Marc
Bustin at the University of British Columbia who has assembled
a team dedicated to this purpose and is a world-renowned
expert with 30 years of experience in unconventional resource
plays including oil and gas and coalbed methane.
Dr. Marc Bustin is a co-founder of Cuadrilla Resources which began drilling the first shale gas well in the UK near Blackpool in the summer of 2010. Recent reports indicate that the results of this shale gas well look positive and could move onto fracturing tests in January of 2011. According to AJ Lucas, a company that invested in Cuadrilla, initial indications are that the well “confirms and possibly exceeds the original expectations of management as to the prospectivity of the Bowland Shale”.
With
this proven experience, Dr. Bustin is managing specific research including
reservoir characterisation of gas shales and oil producing shales,
assessment of factors that influence the reservoir characteristics
of coal, organic maturation studies, the impact of diagenesis on pore
systems in tight rocks, reservoir production modeling as it pertains
to certain reservoir fractures and completions techniques and mechanical
stratigraphy studies to optimize our understanding of reservoir deliverability
and design of fracturing and completion techniques.
We believe the East West technology team provides us with a competitive advantage needed to maximize the value of our prospects.
Dr. Marc Bustin - Director
Dr. R. Marc Bustin (Ph.D., P. Geol., FRSC) is Professor of
petroleum and coal geology in the Department of Earth and
Ocean Sciences at the University of British Columbia and
president of RMB Earth Science Consultants and former president
of CBM Solutions Ltd. and a founding share holder of Cuadrilla
Resources Ltd. Bustin has over 30 years experience in unconventional
gas exploration and exploitation in industry, research
and consultancy. Professional experience includes employment
by Mobil Oil Canada, Gulf Canada Resources prior to joining
The University of British Columbia and subsequently with
Elf-Aquitaine (France), CSIRO (France) and CNRS (Australia).
Dr. Bustin has consulted in the area of fossil fuel resource
evaluation and functioned as director and technical advisor
for a variety of small through large petroleum companies
in Europe, Africa, North America and Asia. Dr. Bustin has
published over 180 reviewed scientific articles on fossil
fuels. Dr. Bustin has designed and managed gas shale and
coalbed methane evaluation and development projects world
wide, including China, Botswana, Europe, Australia, SE
Asia, India and basins throughout North America. Dr. Bustin
received his PhD in geology in 1980 from the University
of British Columbia and is a registered Professional Geoscientist
in the province of British Columbia. He is or has been
an associate editor of the Canadian Society of Petroleum
Geology Bulletin, Sedimentary Geology, International Journal
of Coal Geology and the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.
He is member of the ICCP, AAPG, TSOP and GSA.
Dr. Bustin
is the recipient of the A. L. Leverson memorial award from
the AAPG, received the Thiesson Medal from the International
Committee for Coal Petrography for his contributions to
coal sciences/organic petrology, the Sproule Award in 2003
for contributions to the study of unconventional gas resources
and the Gilbert H. Cady Award (2009) from the Geological
Society of America for his contributions to coal science
and the Medal of Merit from the Canadian Society of Petroleum
Geology (2009). Bustin is an elected Fellow of the Royal
Society of Canada. Bustin is a registered professional geologist
in the province of British Columbia.
Dr. Amanda Bustin – Technical Advisor
Dr. Amanda Bustin holds a BASC in geological engineering from the University
of British Columbia and a PhD in geophysics from the University of Victoria.
She has worked as a post-doctoral fellow and research associate at the University
of British Columba on a variety of unconventional gas projects with the main
focus on reservoir assessment and exploitation including projects throughout
North America, Europe and India. Her expertise includes petrophysics, unconventional
reservoir modeling, geophysical analyses and interpretation, geomechanics,
laboratory analyses, and general applied organic geochemistry and petrology.
Gareth R.L. Chalmers – Technical Advisor
Gareth Chalmers holds a Master of Science (Geology) from the University of
Newcastle, Australia and a PHD in geological sciences from the University of
British Columbia. He currently works as a Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate
for Dr. Marc Bustin. In this role, a variety of research projects have been
completed or are in process including: 1) evaluation of gas shale resources;
2) vitrinite suppression in coals; 3) isotopic gas fractionation during diffusion
experiments for a suite of coals; 4) CO2 sequestration experiments in organic-rich
shales; 5) the effects of oxidation on shale samples; 6) pore size distribution
analysis of gas shales and FESEM images of micropores; and 7) sequence stratigraphic
analysis of a paralic peat mire, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Duties
include running analysis and maintaining scientific apparatuses, management
of databases, liaison with department, industry and other scientific personnel,
company and conference presentations, compilation and editing scientific manuscripts
as well as reports to government and industry.