January 17th
Speaker: Stephen A. Sonnenberg, Dept. of Geology & Geological Eng., Colorado School of Mines Abstract Title: The Niobrara Petroleum System, a Major Tight Resource Play in the Rocky Mountain Region Bio: Dr. Steve Sonnenberg is a Professor of Geology and holds the Charles Boettcher Distinguished Chair in Petroleum Geology at the Colorado School of Mines. He specializes in unconventional reservoirs, sequence stratigraphy, tectonic influence on sedimentation, and petroleum geology. A native of Billings, Montana, Sonnenberg received BS and MS degrees in geology from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. degree in geology from the Colorado School of Mines. Steve began teaching at Colorado School of Mines in 2007 after working in the petroleum industry for over 25 years. Steve has served as President of several organizations including the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, and Colorado Scientific Society February 21st
Speaker: David W. Hume. Canadian Discovery Ltd. Calgary AB, Canada and Graham R Davies. GDGC Ltd. Calgary AB, Canada Abstract Title: Facies, Environments, Diagenesis, Sequence Stratigraphy and An Oil Migration Model for the Bakken Petroleum System of the Williston Basin. Bio: Dave Hume is a professional geologist with 30 years of experience. He received his Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Alberta in 1982. His expertise straddles sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy and geological modeling as it relates to the development of exploration and development prospects.
Prior to joining Rakhit Petroleum Consulting Ltd. (RPCL) — the predecessor to Canadian Discovery Ltd. (CDL)—in 1990, Dave was the senior geologist of an intermediate oil and gas production company in Calgary, where he gained direct experience in exploration and development geology and oil and gas operations. Dave later left RPCL to work as the senior stratigrapher with Trident Exploration for a year, and subsequently rejoined CDL as Director of Consulting Services and Multi-Client Studies. During his Tenure with RPCL/CDL Dave has authored or contributed to over 500 studies in North America, South America, the North Sea, Asia and the Middle East. He has presented numerous papers to the CSPG, The AAPG, RMAG and the Geological Society in London. His current focus is a study of the oil potential of the Second White Specks Zone in the Colorado Group of the Upper Cretaceous in Western Canada. March 6th
Speaker: Dr. Rick Lewis, Petrophysics Technical Manager, Unconventional Reservoirs for Schlumberger Oilfield Services. Abstract Title: Key Reservoir and Completion Parameters that Define a Shale Reservoir Bio: Petrophysics Technical Manager, Unconventional Reservoirs for Schlumberger Oilfield Services. Rick was a developer of the gas shale evaluation workflow that was initially fielded nine years ago and has been applied to well more than 2000 wells in North America. In his current position, Rick manages a group responsible for the continual improvement for this workflow, and for its introduction and application to the international market. He is also the interface to the Schlumberger research and engineering groups for the development of evaluation technologies for unconventional reservoirs. Prior to this assignment, Rick was responsible for wireline interpretation development for the central and eastern United States. He is located in Oklahoma City. Rick has also worked for Shell Oil and the U.S. Geological Survey. He received a BS degree from UCLA and MS and PhD degrees from Cal Tech, all in geology. April 17th
Speaker: Dr. Bob Loucks, Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas at Austin
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Title: Ellenburger Core Workshop with Dr. Emily Stoudt and Toyly and Dr. Bob Loucks
May 15th
Speaker: Dr. Sal Mazzullo, Wichita State University
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Title: Mississippian Carbonates | 