Coal and Coalbed Gas

Dr. Romeo M. Flores is a consulting geologist and conducts assessments, workshops/lectures, and field trips on coal and coalbed gas for energy companies and scientific organizations. He is an Associate with Cipher Coal Consulting, consulting, advising, lecturing, and training personnel/staff of clients on assessments of coal and coalbed gas. Expert member of Science Advisory Board/Technical Consultant with Next Fuel Inc. advising and providing expertise on coal and biogenic gas in projects on sustaining gas production in low rank coals worldwide. Scientist with AECOM Technical Services Inc. advising AECOM/BLM on hydrostratigraphic modeling of groundwater using coalbed gas wells in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming. Consultant with Mitchell (Beijing) Energy Technology Services Ltd Co. (China) on shale gas. He has advised and conducted workshops on coal reservoirs as well as conducted field trips in the Powder River Basin for the CBM Group of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Denver, Colorado). Carried out lectures and advised on shale gas for Chongqing Energy Group (China). Consulted and conducted lectures/workshops on coal, coalbed gas, and biogenic gas for Shanxi Lanyan Coalbed Methane Group Co., Ltd (China). Trained/lectured on coal and coalbed gas for the staff of Ephindo CBM Energy (Indonesia). Dr. Flores is a retired Research Scientist of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) where he assessed and investigated coal and coalbed methane resources in the United States from 1975 to 2010. He was project chief and group leader managing estimation of coal and coalbed methane reserves in the conterminous U.S. and Alaska coal basins. He worked with State Geological Surveys, Federal Agencies, and coal mining and coalbed methane companies to implement the USGS National Coal, Oil, and Gas Assessments Programs. Dr. Flores managed Technical Assistance projects on coal and coalbed methane in Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Philippines, and South Africa. He advised and trained staff of foreign government and non-governmental agencies to explore, develop, and commercialize coal and coalbed methane. Dr. Flores authored over 500 publications in national and international scientific journals, edited 15 special journal volumes, and presented over 250 talks at national and international scientific conferences. He graduated BS from University of the Philippines, MS from Tulsa University, and PhD from Louisiana State University. He is a recipient of the U.S. Department of Interior Meritorious Service Award and Distinguished Service Award, Geological Society of America Gilbert Cady Goal Geology Award, University of the Philippines Distinguished Alumni in Geology Award, and a Erskine Fellow of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Coal Geology for two decades. Since 2010 Tim has been the Managing Director of Cipher Consulting, specialising in the understanding of, and exploration for, organic-rich sediments, including coal, coalbed methane and shale gas. He holds the positions of Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Australia and as Distinguished Visiting Professor at China University of Mining and Technology. Tim has also been Principal Advisor - Subsurface for Sinopec Oil & Gas Australia Pty Ltd., Principal Geologist/Asset Geologist for Origin Energy Ltd, Chief Geologist & Senior Advisor for Ephindo Energy Ltd. and Senior Advisor for Dart Energy Ltd. He has acted as an Expert Witness for international arbitrations and for civil and criminal cases. He is also on the Editorial Boards of the International Journal of Coal Geology, the Indonesian Journal on Geoscience and Adsorption Science & Technology. Tim has over 250 papers in international refereed journals, reports and abstracts.