Southeastern Section - 64th Annual Meeting (19–20 March 2015)

Session No. 33
Friday, 20 March 2015: 3:00 PM-5:00 PM
Kelley (Chattanoogan Hotel & Conference Center)

T4. Gas Shale and Oil Sands Resources of the Southeastern United States

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Ibrahim Çemen and Denise J. Hills, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
3:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1
3:05 PM
DETERMINING FACIES AND ELEMENTS OF PRODUCTIVITY IN GAS SHALE PLAYS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE DEVONIAN CHATTANOOGA SHALE IN ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE
ÇEMEN, Ibrahim1, HILLS, Denise J.2, LU, Yuehan1, CLARK, Jeffery1, LU, Man1 and IKEJIRI, Takehito1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, (2)Energy Investigations, Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, icemen@as.ua.edu, icemen@as.ua.edu
2
3:25 PM
LIDAR IMAGING OF NATURAL FRACTURES IN THE CHATTANOOGA BLACK SHALE OF NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA
CLARK, Jeff and CEMEN, Ibrahim, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, jclark70@ua.edu, jclark70@ua.edu
3
3:45 PM
SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS REVEAL A MAJOR SHIFT IN DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF THE DEVONIAN CHATTANOOGA SHALE IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA
LU, Man, LU, Yuehan, IKEJIRI, Takehito and IBRAHIM, Çemen, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, mlu8@crimson.ua.edu, mlu8@crimson.ua.edu
4
4:05 PM
SHALE GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION IN ALABAMA
NEWTON, Seth A., Geological Survey of Alabama, 420 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 and ROGERS, S. Marvin, State of Alabama Oil and Gas Board, 420 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, snewton@gsa.state.al.us, snewton@gsa.state.al.us
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4:25 PM
THE OIL SANDS OF ALABAMA: AN UNTAPPED RESOURCE
HOOKS, Christopher H., Geological Survey of Alabama, Energy Investigations, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, HILLS, Denise J., Energy Investigations, Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999 and MCINTYRE-REDDEN, Marcella R., Energy Investigations Program, Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, chooks@gsa.state.al.us, chooks@gsa.state.al.us
 
4:45 PM
Discussion
 
4:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
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