Michael J. Miller

Michael J. Miller, P.E. Vice President

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Education Master of Science - Petroleum Engineering, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1982
Graduate Education Studies, St. Bonaventure University, Allegany, NY, 1975
Bachelor of Science - Physics, St. Bonaventure University, Allegany, NY, 1973

Licenses Licensed Professional Engineer, State of Tennessee, No. 22668

Experience Michael J. Miller, P.E., a petroleum engineer with more than 26 years of engineering and petroleum operations experience, provides clients with a full range of drilling, production and reservoir engineering services. Since 1988, he has been involved in all phases of coalbed methane (CBM) and coal mine methane (CMM) evaluation and development, including resource assessment, field development, production optimization, and well completion and gathering system design. Mr. Miller has assisted clients to determine the safest and most effective means to plug and subsequently mine through horizontal CBM wells. He also has worked on deep gas, secondary and tertiary oil recovery, gas storage, salt water disposal and environmental projects, and has extensive experience assessing and developing tight sandstone and organic shale reservoirs.

Prior to joining MM&A, Mr. Miller worked as a Production and Reservoir Engineer for Getty Oil Company, as a Senior Development Engineer for Texaco, as Engineering Manager and Vice President-Production for Equitable Resources, as Operations Manager for DTE Energy and AMVEST, and as an independent engineering consultant. He has directed the drilling and production operations of thousands of wells and the construction of gathering systems and other infrastructure. He has worked in many regions and on both domestic and international projects with particularly extensive experience in the Central Appalachian, Cherokee, Michigan, and Permian Basins.

Select Listing of Publications and Presentations

  • "Review of Abandonment and Mine-Through Options for Horizontal Coalbed Methane Wells," presented at the Coalbed Methane Plugging, Abandonment, and Mine Through of Horizontal Laterals Issues Conference, West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, Daniels, West Virginia, January 2007.
  • "Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Coal Seams, Central Appalachian Basin," presented at the Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Initiative Review Meeting, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 2006, co-authors: J. Matthew Conrad, Michael Karmis, Nino Ripepi.
  • "Characterization of Central Appalachian Basin CBM Development: Potential for Carbon Sequestration and Enhanced CBM Recovery," presented at the North American Coalbed Methane Forum, Morgantown, West Virginia, September 2006, co-authors: J. Matthew Conrad, Josh Phillips, Nino Ripepi.
  • "SECARB Field Test 2, Central Appalachian Basin Sequestration in Coal Seams," presented at the Eastern Coal Council Annual Meeting, Bristol, Virginia, September 2006, co-authors: J. Matthew Conrad, Nino Ripepi.
  • "Carbon Sequestration in Central Appalachian Coal Seams," presented at the Society of Petroleum Engineers, East Kentucky Section Meeting, Paintsville, Kentucky, October 2005.
  • "Heterogeneous Permeability in Appalachian Coals: Implications for Carbon Sequestration and Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery," presented at the Fourth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration, Alexandria, Virginia, May 2005, co-authors: Jack C. Pashin, Richard E. Carroll, Michael T. Karmis, Nino Ripepi.
  • "Coalbed Methane Production and Completion Optimization," presented at the Midcontinent Coalbed Methane Symposium, Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 2004.
  • "Utilizing On-Site CBM to Power Mining Operations," presented at the 29th Mineral Law Conference, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, Lexington, Kentucky, October 2004, co-authors H. Naumann, M. L. Ray.
  • "Coalbed Methane," presented at the Fireside Pumpers Meeting, Bradford, Pennsylvania, December 2003.