2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 20
Sunday, 19 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
215/216 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T191. What Do We Know about Fluids Produced from Unconventional Reservoirs?

Petroleum/Energy Discipline; GSA Coal Geology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; Geochemical Society; GSA Hydrogeology Division

 

Robert C. Burruss and Leslie F. Ruppert, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
RESERVOIR COMPLEXITY REVEALED BY STABLE ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF PRODUCED GASES FROM HORN RIVER BASIN SHALES
NORVILLE, Giselle, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6F2E3 and MUEHLENBACHS, Karlis, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 ESB, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3
8:20 AM
EVOLUTION OF PRESSURE AND GAS MIGRATION DURING UPLIFT AND DENUDATION OF HIGH THERMAL MATURITY FORELAND BASIN SHALE GAS ACCUMULATIONS
BURRUSS, Robert C., Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, MS 956, National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192
8:35 AM
INVESTIGATING THE GEOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY OF NATURALLY OCCURRING CARBON DIOXIDE IN SEDIMENTARY BASINS IN THE UNITED STATES
CORUM, Margo D., U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 956, Reston, VA 20192 and DEVERA, Christina, U.S. Geological Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192
8:50 AM
DISSECTING BLACK SHALES AND ASSOCIATED FLUIDS FROM THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN MARCELLUS FORMATION, APPALACHIAN BASIN, USA
STEWART, Brian W. and CAPO, Rosemary C., Department of Geology & Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
9:05 AM
SUPERCRITICAL CO2 EXTRACTION OF HYDROCARBONS FROM THE MARCELLUS SHALE
JARBOE, Palma J.1, CANDELA, Philip A.2, ZHU, Wenlu3 and KAUFMAN, Alan J.3, (1)Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 956, Reston, VA 20192, (2)Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (3)University of Maryland, Department of Geology, Geology Building (#237), College Park, MD 20742-4211
9:20 AM
MOLECULAR SIGNATURES OF PALEOGENE BIOTAS FROM CRUDE OILS AND ROCKS, EASTERN INDIA
RUDRA, Arka1, DUTTA, Suryendu1 and RAJU, Srinivasan V.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India, (2)R & D, Oil India Limited, Duliajan, 786602, India
9:35 AM
VARIABILITY OF PORE ACCESSIBILITY TO GAS IN CLOSELY-SPACED BARNETT SHALE SAMPLES
RUPPERT, Leslie F., Eastern Energy Resource Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 956, Reston, VA 20192, SAKUROVOS, Richard, CSIRO, Riverside Life Sciences Centre, Sydney, 2113 NSW, Australia, BLACH, Tomasz P., Queensland University of Technology, Institute for Future Environments, Brisbane, Q4000, Australia and MELNICHENKO, Yuri, Neutron Sacttering Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6393
 
9:50 AM
Break
10:05 AM
STATISTICAL AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF INORGANIC ANIONS, CATIONS AND RADIONUCLIDES IN CALIFORNIA’S GROUNDWATER: ESTABLISHING A BACKGROUND AND ANALYZING SPATIAL VARIABILITY
RENSHAW, Andrew M.1, MORAN, Jean E.1, ESSER, Brad K.2 and BIBBY, Richard K.2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, East Bay, 25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard, Hayward, CA 94542-3088, (2)Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-231, POB 808, Livermore, CA 94551
Handouts
  • Renshaw_GSA_2014_FINAL_JEMed.pdf (16.5 MB)
  • 10:20 AM
    MONITORING METHANE LEVELS AND SOURCES IN GROUNDWATER BEFORE AND AFTER THE ONSET OF FRACKING IN THE UTICA SHALE OF OHIO, USA
    BOTNER, Elizabeth C., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology-Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, TOWNSEND-SMALL, Amy, Department of Geology and Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, 605 Geology-Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, NASH, David, Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 345 College Court, Room 500, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and FEEZEL, Paul, Carroll Concerned Citizens, Carrollton, OH 44615
    10:35 AM
    COMPARATIVE ORGANIC PETROGRAPHY OF PENNSYLVANIAN MARINE SHALE BEDS FROM THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN AND EASTERN INTERIOR BASINS
    EBLE, Cortland F. and GREB, Stephen F., Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0107
    10:55 AM
    "PETROVISION – A STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYTICAL TOOL FOR THE ‘OIL & GAS’ INDUSTRY"
    BARRIE, Craig David, elementar Americas, Inc, 520 Fellowship Road, Suite D-408, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054-3409
    11:10 AM
    ACCUMULATION MODEL OF SHALE GAS IN COMPLEX SYNCLINE --A CASE STUDY ON SANGZHEPING SHALE GAS FIELD, SICHUAN BASIN, CHINA
    WANG, Chao and LU, Yongchao, Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Lumo Road No.388, Hongshan District, Wuhan, 430074, China
    11:25 AM
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