GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 276
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 2B (Colorado Convention Center)

T19. Unconventional Energy Resources

GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
J. Fred Mclaughlin, Marc L. Buursink and Brett J. Valentine, Advocates
8:00 AM
CONTROLS ON FRACTURE NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS IN THE BAKKEN FORMATION AT ELM COULEE SUPERGAINT
KHATRI, Shashank, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska Lincoln, 312 Bessey Hall, University of Nebraska Lincoln, 1400 R St, Lincoln, NE 68588, Lincoln, NE 68508 and BURBERRY, Caroline M., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, skhatri@huskers.unl.edu
276-2
8:30 AM
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8:15 AM
DIAGENESIS AND PORE CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH-MATURITY MARINE SHALES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LONGMAXI AND NIUTITANG SHALES FROM SICHUAN BASIN EDGE IN CHINA
SUN, Mengdi, school of earth science and resources, China University of Geoscience (Beijing), Haidian district xueyuan road no.29, Beijing, 100083, China, pauldi@126.com
8:45 AM
CONNECTED PORE SYSTEMS OF SHALE CORE, CHEMICALLY-TREATED SHALE SAMPLES, AND BULK MINERALS
KIBRIA, Md Golam1, HU, Qinhong1, ZHANG, Yuxiang1 and MADDEN, Andrew Elwood2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates Street, Arlington, TX 76019, (2)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd St., Rm.S106, Norman, OK 73019, md.kibria@mavs.uta.edu
9:00 AM
THE ARCHITECTURE AND STRATIGRAPHIC VARIABILITY OF AN UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCE PLAY: SCREENING THE JURASSIC HANIFA INTERVAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST
BROMHEAD, Alexander, Halliburton, 97 Jubilee Ave Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RW, United Kingdom, Alex.Bromhead@halliburton.com
276-5
9:30 AM
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9:15 AM
Break
9:45 AM
NOBLE GAS, HYDROCARBON, AND NITROGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF COALBED METHANE RESERVOIRS FROM THE ILLINOIS BASIN
MOORE, Myles T., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, VINSON, David S., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., McEniry 324, Charlotte, NC 28223 and DARRAH, Thomas H., School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, Moore.3222@osu.edu
10:00 AM
ACETATE AS A POSSIBLE METHANOGENIC SUBSTRATE IN THE ANTRIM SHALE? - RELATIONSHIP TO SALINITY AND THE MICROBIAL COMMUNITY
VINSON, David S., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., McEniry 324, Charlotte, NC 28223, MARTINI, Anna M., Geology Department, Amherst College, 11 Barrett Hill Road, Amherst, MA 01002 and BLAIR, Neal E., Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd. Rm A228, Evanston, IL 60208, dsvinson@uncc.edu
10:15 AM
STABLE ISOTOPES OF PRODUCTION GASES FROM HORIZONTAL WELLS OF THE MIDLAND BASIN, TX: PREDICTION OF GAS-OIL RATIO AND SETTING A BASELINE FOR THE FUTURE
STRAUSS, Josiah, TRAVERS, Patrick and DOLAN, Michael, Dolan Integration Group, 1317 W 121st Ave, Westminster, CO 80234, jstrauss@digforenergy.com
10:30 AM
IDENTIFYING THE SOURCE, PATHWAYS, AND RATES OF ENHANCED MICROBIAL COALBED METHANE PRODUCTION
DAVIS, Katherine J.1, GERLACH, Robin1, SCHWEITZER, H.D.1, CUNNINGHAM, Al1, BARNHART, Elliott P.2 and FIELDS, M.W.1, (1)Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, 366 EPS Building, Bozeman, MT 59717, (2)Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, 366 EPS Building, Bozeman, MT 59717; U.S. Geological Survey, 3162 Bozeman Ave, Helena, MT 59601, katherine.davis@montana.edu
11:00 AM
SUPERMICRO SPHERICAL OBJECTS IN TIGHT RESERVOIRS—A POSSIBLE HYDROCARBON GENERATION MATERIAL FOUND IN JUNGGAR BASIN, NW CHINA
ZHANG, Xu, LIU, Yiqun and GAI, Yunfei, Department of Geology, Northwest University, No.229 Taibai North Road Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710069, China, liu-yiqun@263.net
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