GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 14
Sunday, 22 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 3B (Washington State Convention Center)

T83. Unconventional Energy Resources: Advances and Evolution in Tight Reservoir Assessment and Production

GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
J. Fred Mclaughlin, Marc L. Buursink, Laura Suzanne Ruhl and Brett J. Valentine, Advocates
8:00 AM
A MULTI-SCALE EXPERIMENTAL AND SIMULATION APPROACH FOR IMPROVING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
VISWANATHAN, Hari1, CAREY, J. William2, FRASH, Luke3, KARRA, Satish4, HYMAN, Jeffrey5, KANG, Qinjun6, ROUGIER, Esteban5 and SRINIVASAN, Gowri7, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS T003, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (2)Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS D469, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (3)Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS D462, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (4)Computational Earth Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (5)Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (6)Computational Earth Science Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (7)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos, NM 87545, viswana@lanl.gov
8:15 AM
OPTIMIZING MARCELLUS FORMATION FIELD DEVELOPMENT, WELL PERFORMANCE, AND OPERATIONS BY INTEGRATING GEOLOGIC AND ENGINEERING DATA INTO A VOLUMETRIC GEOLOGIC MODEL
TAMULONIS, Kathryn, Department of Geology, Allegheny College, 520 North Main Street, Meadville, PA 16335, ktamulonis@allegheny.edu
Handouts
  • Tamulonis_Seattle_GSA_2017v2.pdf (1.4 MB)
  • 8:30 AM
    EFFECT OF PORE STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION ON GAS SORPTION CAPACITY OF TRANSITIONAL SHALES, NW CHINA
    XIONG, Fengyang1, AMOOIE, Mohammad Amin1, SOLTANIAN, Mohamad Reza1, JIANG, Zhenxue2 and MOORTGAT, Joachim1, (1)School of Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, 125 South Oval Mall, COLUMBUS, OH 43210, (2)Unconventional Natural Gas Institute, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, 18# Fuxue Rd Changping District, Beijing, 102249, China, xiong.291@osu.edu
    8:45 AM
    NATURAL GAS FROM TERTIARY-AGE COALBEDS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: RENEWED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY FAVORABLE ENERGY OPTIONS FROM COOS COUNTY, OREGON
    PAPPAJOHN, Steve, GeoTrends Energy Associates, Maple Valley, WA 98038 and HAMPTON III, George, Inflection Energy, LLC, Denver, CO 80101, sppappajohn@gmail.com
    9:00 AM
    COMBINED SEM AND REFLECTED LIGHT PETROGRAPHY OF ORGANIC MATTER IN THE NEW ALBANY SHALE (DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN) IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN: A PERSPECTIVE ON ORGANIC POROSITY DEVELOPMENT WITH THERMAL MATURATION
    LIU, Bei1, SCHIEBER, Juergen1 and MASTALERZ, Maria2, (1)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, 1001 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, (2)Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, 611 N. Walnut Grove Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405, liubei@umail.iu.edu
    9:15 AM
    ORIGIN, SOURCE-ROCK, AND RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTICS OF NOVACULITIC CHERT (DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN) IN THE SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT
    PASHIN, Jack C. and CECIL, Kyrsti A., Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, jack.pashin@okstate.edu
     
    9:30 AM
    Break
    9:45 AM
    DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN GAS SHALE PLAYS IN SOUTHERN USA
    CEMEN, Ibrahim, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406, PASHIN, Jack C., Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078 and PUCKETTE, James, Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74074, icemen@as.ua.edu
    10:00 AM
    REGIONAL HYDROGEOLOGY AND HYDROCHEMISTRY OF THE BAKKEN FORMATION IN THE WILLISTON BASIN
    SKOREYKO, Daniel and ROSTRON, Benjamin J., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, Ben.Rostron@UAlberta.ca
    10:15 AM
    LITHOFACIES, DIAGENESIS, AND RESERVOIR QUALITY OF THE UNCONVENTIONAL WOLFCAMPIAN SUCCESSION IN THE SOUTHEAST MIDLAND BASIN, WEST TEXAS
    ZHANG, Hualing1, FU, Qilong1 and JANSON, Xavier2, (1)Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geoscience, University of Texas at Austin, 10611 Exploration Way, Austin, TX 78758, (2)Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713, hualing-zhang@utexas.edu
    10:30 AM
    HETEROGENEITY OF MICROLITHOLOGY IN A CRETACEOUS EAGLE FORD GROUP HORIZONTAL CORE
    REED, Robert M., Bureau of Economic Geology, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Box X, University Station, Austin, TX 78713-8924, RUPPEL, Stephen C., Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, The Jackson School of Geoscience, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, SIVIL, Evan, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Box X, University Station, Austin, TX 78713 and ROWE, Harry, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758, robreed@utexas.edu
    10:45 AM
    GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CAMBRIAN-EOCENE HYDROCARBON SOURCE ROCKS IN THE INDUS BASIN, PAKISTAN
    AHMAD, Faizan, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Science and Research Building 1, 3507 Cullen Blvd, Houston, TX 77074; Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, University road Peshawar, Peshawar, 25000, Pakistan, fa_swati939@yahoo.com
    Handouts
  • Abstract.docx (19.1 kB)
  • 11:00 AM
    ARE ALL SHALES CREATED EQUAL?: A COMPARATIVE, MULTI-PROXY GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC PRODUCING SHALE BASINS IN NORTH AMERICA
    RITZER, Samantha R.1, FARRELL, Úna C.1, MWINDE, Chiza N.2, PATCH, Austin3, BUSSIAN, Isabella4, JUNYAO, Kang5 and SPERLING, Erik A.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, (3)Geoscience Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Walsh Hall, Room 111, 302 East Walk, Indiana, PA 15705, (4)Geology Department, Colorado College, 14 East Cache La Poudre St., Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (5)School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, No.5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, China, sritzer@stanford.edu
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