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2015 OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

RMAG STAFF

PRESIDENT

SECRETARY

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Marv Brittenham president@rmag.org

Stephanie B. Gaswirth sgaswirth@usgs.gov

Carrie Veatch, MA cveatch@rmag.org

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Paul Lillis plillis@usgs.gov

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CONTENTS FEATURES

DEPARTMENTS

28 Lead Story: Where It All Began: Induced Seismicity and Colorado

6 RMAG February 2015 Board of Directors Meeting

ASSOCIATION NEWS

18 RMAG Luncheon Programs: Speaker – Jeremy Boak

2 RMAG 2015 Summit Sponsors 33 RMAG Symposium Hot Plays

10 President’s Letter

21 RMAG Luncheon Programs: Speaker – Daniel A. Krygowski

34 RMAG Foundation

24 Welcome New RMAG Members!

35 RMAG Night at the Zoo

27 In The Pipeline

37 RMAG Short Course

41 Advertiser Index

38 RMAG & AAPG ACE Events

41 Calendar

COVER PHOTO The Baker’s Bridge Unconformity approximately 15 miles north of Durango, CO.

39 2015 Award of Excellence for Teaching of Earth Science

Silicified McCracken Member Sandstone of the Upper Devonian Elbert Formation lies on 1.7 Ma Precambrian Baker’s Bridge Granite. The unconformity represents 1.2 - 1.3 billion years’ missing time.

40 RMAG Annual Golf Tournament

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RMAG FEBRUARY 2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING By Stephanie Gaswirth, Secretary sgaswirth@usgs.gov

popular luncheons so you don’t get turned away! In publication news, The Mountain Geologist and Outcrop are utilizing a new web host, so please take a look if you haven’t already; the Outcrop is now online back through 2013, so you can reread articles you enjoyed or perhaps read them for the first time. The recent 3D Seismic Symposium was a success, and the 2016 Symposium is already in the planning stages. If you have ideas, suggestions, or would like to help make the 2016 symposium a notable event, please contact Carrie Veatch (cveatch@rmag.org) or Chris Eisinger (chris.eisinger@state.co.us). Registration is open for the 2015 AAPG ACE meeting in Denver, May 31-June3. The adult-only special event on June 2 at the Denver Zoo featuring ® PetroFecta from Scott Sampson will provide an opportunity to buy a copy of his new book: How to Raise a Wild Child: The Fluid Inclusion Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature. Technologies Registration for the RMAG Spring short-course,

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“Seismic Interpretation for Explorationists,” taught by Bruce Trudgill on April 16, 2015 is also open. We are aware that the downturn in oil prices has meant economic hardship for some of our members, therefore RMAG will be offering a special discounted rate to both students and those who are currently unemployed for the spring short-course. If you are interested in taking advantage of the discounted rate, please call the RMAG office for details. Enjoy the last few weeks of winter, and all of the fun upcoming RMAG events!

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER By Marv Brittenham

Career Paths… and the 800 pound gorilla

of the background. Since then I have had a number of people ask for advice.

As I have watched the news unfold at the beginning of March, with my column deadline looming, I abandoned the draft I had started. That subject, the strategic plan, can wait. The biggest issue facing RMAG and its members, the majority

employed in energy industry activities, continues to be the stress of low oil prices. Some of you have lost jobs; others are concerned with budget cuts or for their jobs and students nearing graduation are concerned about their ability to get jobs and sustain a career. Last month I covered some

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Not much has changed over a month as you can see from the EIA spot price chart; except that the price has leveled for a few weeks in the $50 to $60 per barrel range. Unfortunately though, there is still more negative news than positive regarding the near

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STUDENT PICK AWARDS Join us at the RMAG May Luncheon where the Student Pick Awards will be handed out.

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May PTTC Workshops GeoGraphix Training: An Overview and Refresher Course

Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 8:30 am – 5 pm, Colorado School of Mines, Berthoud Hall Rm. 201 Fee: $250, includes food at breaks, workbook, and PDH certificate. Instructor: Fred Poland, Littleton, CO

This full-day hands-on computer training course is designed for the person who has had some past experience with GeoGraphix and would like to get some basic training in the functionality of the newest version. It may also serve as a demo for those considering the purchase of GeoGraphix. GESxplorer and PRIZM modules will be utilized. New users will acquire tips and tricks to create projects, maps and cross sections, employ zone manager, perform multi-well log analysis, and more

PETRA – Intermediate Mapping

Thursday, May 21, 2015, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Colorado School of Mines, Berthoud Hall room 201 Fee: $250, includes food at breaks, workbook, and PDH certificate. Limit 20 people Instructor: Jewel Wellborn, Hydrocarbon Exploration & Development, Inc.

The Intermediate Mapping class is designed for those participants who have completed the Petra Introductory course and are ready to advance their use of mapping features, gridding, and computational options available in the PETRA Map module. Workflows using contouring algorithms, gird to grid manipulations, computations, residual and curvature processes will be discussed. Map options such as directional well posting, drainage radii, rose diagram and lineament analysis, dip and strike calculation and presentation, 3D visualization, and posting of engineering data may be offered as class participants request. A discussion of overlay options and management may also be reviewed. (This class is designed with professional Geoscientist in mind).

PETRA – Intermediate Cross-sections

Friday, May 22, 2015, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Colorado School of Mines, Berthoud Hall room 201 Fee: $250, includes food at breaks, workbook, and PDH certificate. Limit 20 people Instructor: Jewel Wellborn, Hydrocarbon Exploration & Development, Inc.

The Intermediate Cross Section class is for those participants who have completed the Petra Introductory course and are familiar with the basic uses of the Petra Cross Section Module. Workflows designed for detailed structure and stratigraphic analysis, correlations, fault placement, color fill and log displays will be discussed. Raster log review, maintenance, ad display options will be covered. Exercises using the Raster Correlation tool, Log Correlation Module, Directional Well Module and the Slip Log option will be used. (This class is designed with the Professional Geoscientist in mind).

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President’s Letter the EIA spot price chart, late 1998 to early 2010, was below $80 per barrel for seventeen months. That was mostly related to the recession while this is a more fundamental oversupply situation. I can’t tell you how deep or long this cycle will be. My best advice is to be knowledgeable yourself and make your own judgment. It’s not hard in the modern world to follow the news or to get the relevant data.

Advice and strategies during a career transition are personal and vary with your situation. This month I’ll illiterate the top ten steps for survival and success in a career in the energy industry. Most of these are common to any career, but

future. Crude oil stocks in early March indicate a million barrel per day oversupply as shown in the U.S. Crude Oil Stocks chart. Although that may mean that refiners and traders think crude at $50 is now a good buy implying support for a $50 floor, oversupply and a glut in crude stocks is more likely a harbinger of further erosion of the price. We all know the energy industry is cyclical from history. Some of us have experienced it. Others have at least the benefit of the historical knowledge. Unfortunately it only becomes real when you experience it. Many young geologists haven’t. Long cycles tend to be a decade or more. The last cycle as seen on

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IT’S PERSONAL

My concern and willingness to give counsel is for the affected geoscientists, RMAG members or not. RMAG has some programs in place and the board is considering further action.

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1. Take care of yourself and your colleagues –keep a positive forward view; interact regularly with your family, colleagues, mentors, advisors; networking is critical! 2. Conduct regular self assessments – is petroleum geoscience your passion; are your skill sets and your track record desirable and marketable; are you contributing to the team; are you indispensible to your employer? 3. Plan for the best, prepare for the worst – build a one year rainy day fund; have a plan to cut expenses; continuously explore alternative employment opportunities; keep your resume and contact list Established 1927 updated; use the social media. 4. Be patient – that’s difficult, but WWW.LARIOOIL.COM your career is not a ten second ¼ mile drag race, it’s a 24 hour endurance race; this price stress will abate, there are good times ahead. 5. Have an agenda for success in your career - if you’re laid off it’s important to re-establish a daily work routine; the job now is you! 6. Find a mentor – someone who can advocate for you, advise you and help you through good and bad times. 7. Training and education – the basics, like job hunting skills Proud sponsor of the come first; consider further Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists educational opportunities,

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advanced degrees, business training. 8. Take control – to own your career you need to be more than a geologist; understand the business; develop your educated view of the risks and opportunities including the company that employ’s you. 9. Be flexible – employer, salary, job, location, even a different career; even if only to buy some time to get back on track. 10. Consider transitioning to another career – those answers to step 2, if not positive may indicate that you need a major change. Next month I’ll expand on these ten points. I would appreciate any feedback. If you have questions I’m available at president@rmag.org and at most RMAG events.

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RMAG LUNCHEON PROGRAMS Speaker: Jeremy Boak — April 1, 2015

Oil shale and shale oil: Some myth busting, some crosscutting ideas, and the state of oil shale development in the world By Jeremy Boak, Director, Center for Oil Shale Technology and Research, Colorado School of Mines, Golden CO

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for future progress in developing this multi-trillion barrel resource. In addition, the talk will discuss what we know and don’t know about the formation of the richest source rock in the world, the Eocene Green River Formation, and what these rocks may be able to tell us about the formation of organic rich sources

Oil shale is the Rodney Dangerfield of the petroleum family. Starting with its name, myths surrounding oil shale and production of shale oil from it are legion. This talk will address some of these common myths, talk about oil shale projects, prospects, technology, barriers and concerns in the Western United States and the world, and offer a cautious prognosis

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rocks beyond the confines of this complex lacustrine system. Drawing on the work of the Center for Oil Shale Technology and Research over the past seven years, the talk will highlight mineral and chemical evolution of the Green River Formation, primarily in Colorado.

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Jeremy Boak is the Director of the Center for Oil Shale Technology and Research (COSTAR) at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM), Co-Chair of the Oil Shale Symposium, 2006-2014, and a member of the Board of San Leon Energy. Before CSM, he was a project manager in environmental and nuclear materials management at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and project manager for the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) for performance assessment of Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Boak also served as the DOE’s representative to the Performance Assessment Advisory Group of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee of the OECD’s International Energy Agency. Prior to working for DOE, Boak was an exploration geologist at ARCO Oil and Gas, Inc., in Anchorage, Denver, and Bakersfield. Dr Boak received his doctorate in Geological Sciences from Harvard University in 1983, for work on some of the oldest shale on earth, the 3.8 billion year old Isua supracrustal suite, West Greenland. He received MS degrees from Harvard and the University of Washington, and his undergraduate degree from Harvard, all in Geological Sciences.

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RMAG LUNCHEON PROGRAMS Speaker: Daniel A. Krygowski — May 6, 2015

Pattern Recognition in a Digital Age: A Gameboard Approach to Determining Petrophysical Parameters Daniel A. Krygowski, Robert M. Cluff The Discovery Group, Denver, CO, USA determine the parameters needed in Archie’s water saturation equation(1942), so that the parameters and associated well log data can be used to calculate water saturation in much more detail and with more precision than before. An extension of those graphical techniques is shown here, where Hingle, Pickett, and Buckles (1965) plots (Morris and Biggs, 1967) are displayed simultaneously. In this “gameboard” display in Excel (© Microsoft), data is displayed on all the plots. The selection and modification of computational

Graphical pattern recognition interpretive techniques have been part of petrophysics since quantitative interpretation began, as a way to quickly determine properties of interest with a minimum of calculations. When calculators and computers were introduced to petrophysics, the focus of the techniques changed from determining the quantities themselves to determining the parameters needed to calculate those quantities. As an example, Hingle plots (1959) and Pickett plots (1966, 1973), first used to quickly determine water saturation for a few points in a reservoir, can now instead be used to

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Daniel A. Krygowski is a Senior Petrophysical Advisor at The Discovery Group, in Denver, Colorado, USA. In this role, he has worked petrophysical interpretation projects in a variety of international and US domestic locations. Currently he is spending the majority of his time providing and developing courses in basic and intermediate openhole petrophysics. The courses include the common instructor-led formats, as well as longer-term, lower intensity formats that allow participants to spend more time with the course material while delving deeper into areas of personal interest. Since the late Cretaceous, Dan has taught the AAPG Basic Well Log Analysis course with Dr. George Asquith. In 2004, the AAPG published Basic Well Log Analysis, co-authored by Dan and George, with Steve Henderson and Neil Hurley, the second edition of George’s similarly-named book which was one of AAPG’s all-time best sellers. Dan earned a BA in Physics from the State University of New York at Geneseo. He then earned MS and Ph.D. degrees in Geophysics from the Colorado School of Mines, where he focused on petrophysics under George R. (Dick) Pickett. After completing his formal education, Dan worked for Cities Service Company (now part of Occidental Petroleum), Atlantic Richfield (now part of bp), Petrophysical Solutions, Landmark Graphics (a Halliburton company), and Chevron. At several of those companies, he held positions in petrophysics and petrophysical software development, with both technical and management responsibilities. He joined The Discovery Group in late 2006. Dan has been active in the Denver Well Logging Society, serving two terms as Director, and terms as Vice-President Technology, and Vice-President Membership. Dan is a member of SPWLA, AAPG, SPE, SEG, DWLS, and RMAG. Vol. 64, No. 4 | www.rmag.org

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WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: Induced Seismicity and Colorado

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eismologists are buzzing in the United States. Not just over the August earthquake in Napa Valley, nor over the next “Big One” that will shake Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle. No, seismologists are buzzing about Colorado and Oklahoma because Colorado and Oklahoma are buzzing with earthquakes. As noted in a recent article in Outcrop, Oklahoma has become ground zero for earthquakes in the continental United States. Over 34 years from 1975 to 2009, Oklahoma experienced 45 earthquakes of magnitude (Mw) 3 or greater.

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ON LEFT: A semi pump truck works at a header and storage tank at the Rangely Oil Field in Colorado. Scientists conducted a landmark experiment here from 19691974. Fluid was injected into a known fault, allowing researchers to monitor the magnitude of added pore fluid pressures. Photo by David Parsons/iStock.com

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mechanism behind induced seismicity. In recent years, the energy industry adopted new techniques to stimulate oil and gas reservoirs through the large volume addition of fluids to the subsurface. One technique is hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) which entails pumping large volumes of fluids into rock units to create fractures. The generation of these fractures alone can be considered a type of earthquake. Fortunately, the vast majority of fracking-induced earthquakes are very small, imperceptible to a human standing right on top of the induced earthquake. A secondary process is likely the culprit behind larger, and potentially damaging, earthquakes: wastewater disposal. During oil and gas recovery, large volumes of fluids may be produced as

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fault that slips to produce shaking-inducing seismic waves, and strains across that fault that would cause it to slip. Faults exist everywhere (even under this author’s home in Iowa), and all faults are strained. But faults in California are much more strained than faults in Oklahoma, which is why California is more commonly thought of as earthquake country. The strength holding a fault tightly locked can be weakened if the fault is forced open. Clasp your hands together tightly. In this situation, a lot of shear strain is needed for your hands to slip past each other (try sliding them and see). Now imagine a garden hose between your hands with the water turned on. The water forces your hands open, allowing them to slide past each other easily. This is the basic

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a result of normal operations. These naturally and anthropogenically contaminated fluids are then sequestered in deep, porous geological units through injection by EPA-regulated disposal wells. In many locations, injection occurs in sedimentary units that are proximal to naturally occurring stressed faults in the continental crystalline basement. Over time, fault-weakening pore pressures induced by injection migrate into adjacent geological units, onto faults, and, potentially induce an earthquake. The largest suspected induced earthquake in the U.S. occurred in November 2011: an Mw5.6 in Oklahoma; the second largest induced earthquakes to date occurred in August 2011, an Mw5.3 event in the Raton gas basin near Trinidad, Colorado, and another Mw5.3 in August 1967 at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Numerous studies have attributed all of these earthquakes to wastewater injection. While Oklahoma is currently ground zero for induced seismicity, Colorado is the birthplace of the

Injection induced earthquakes were first recognized in the 1960s at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, just west of the new Denver airport (Evans, 1966).

phenomenon in the U.S. Even though induced seismicity has only recently entered the public lexicon, scientific understanding of the process originated in the 1960s and 1970s just outside of Denver and in the Rangeley Oil fields of northwest Colorado. Recent induced earthquakes outside of Trinidad and Greeley merely mark the return of a process that calls the Centennial State home, even though it never really left. Injection induced earthquakes were first

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recognized in the 1960s at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, just west of the new Denver airport (Evans, 1966). In 1961, a well was drilled into fractured Precambrian basement to dispose chemically contaminated water, and injection began a year later. From 1962 to 1965, 710 earthquakes occurred, ranging in size from Mw0.7 to 5.0. In August 1967, 16 months after injection ceased, an M5.3 struck followed by an M5.2 three months later. This earthquake activity began shortly after the start of injection, decreased in frequency substantially during a yearlong hiatus in injection, resumed with resumed injection, then finally ceased altogether within two years of when the well was permanently shut down (Evans, 1966). The strong spatial and temporal correlation between the onset and cessation of fluid injection and earthquakes provided the first indication that wastewater injection could induce earthquakes. Following up on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal

earthquakes and the hypothesis that wastewater injection could lead to earthquakes, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a landmark experiment in the Rangely oil fields of northwestern Colorado from 1969-1974, appropriately named “An Experiment in Earthquake Control at Rangely, Colorado” (Raleigh et al., 1976). In this experiment, fluid was injected into a known fault, allowing researchers to monitor the magnitude of added pore fluid pressures. As predicted, the experiment produced a series of small earthquakes that followed increased

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through high-pressure wells into deeper geological units where they have led to substantial low magnitude seismicity since injection began in 1996. The largest earthquakes to date included an Mw4.3 in 2000 and an Mw3.9 in 2004. Paradox Valley is particularly prudent because it reminds us that induced seismicity can occur within many contexts, not just oil and gas exploration. Induced seismicity has

now been identified in Colorado, Oklahoma, California, Kansas, Arkansas, and Ohio. As this phenomenon proliferates throughout portions of the central U.S., it is useful to understand the sources of these earthquakes and to recognize that the rudimentary science behind this process has been well understood since the 1960s and1970s from observations made throughout Colorado. Still, our understanding of induced seismicity remains rudimentary. Induced seismicity is a particularly enticing process for earthquake scientists as these events can be thought of as small, controlled earthquake experiments. Lessons learned in such experiments could be invaluable to the Earth science community as a whole in elucidating the physics, mechanics, and ability to forecast the next natural “Big One” that will inevitably happen along a major plate boundary (and there will be more than one “Big One”). As the scientific community moves forward on induced seismicity, the lessons that have and that will continue to be learned in Colorado will help us gain a more complete understanding of the specific factors that drive induced seismicity, including the complex interplay between existing faults, local

pore fluid pressure gradients. This experiment confirmed definitively that earthquakes could be induced through wastewater injection. (Imagine the headlines if such an experiment were to take place today: “Scientists trigger earthquakes…on purpose!”). The Rangeley oil field experiment did not mark the end of induced seismicity in Colorado. Paradox Valley in western Colorado is one of the most famous loci of induced earthquakes globally. Here, natural salty runoff from the Paradox Valley salt formation is captured to prevent over salination of the Colorado River. Brines are then injected

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April 16, 2015 The RMAG and PTTC Present a 1-Day Short Course Held at Newfield Exploration 1001 17th Street #2000, Denver, CO 80202

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Associate Professor at the Colorado School of Mines PhD in Structural Geology from Imperial College, London This course is aimed at petroleum geologists and engineers seeking an introduction to the interpretation of seismic reflection data. The basic concepts of the seismic reflection method will be addressed, but the course will focus on the practical geological interpretation of seismic reflection data, applying structural and stratigraphic concepts to a number of seismic interpretation exercises. Outline of Topics covered • The seismic reflection method: Advantages and Pitfalls • Key geophysical concepts for seismic interpretation • A geological approach to seismic interpretation • Methodologies for interpreting faults in seismic data • Rift systems: Seismic packages and evolution • Salt Systems: Key concepts and strategies • Fold and Thrust Systems and Foreland Basin: interpretation strategies in structurally complex regions • Inverted Basins: rifting followed by shortening • Passive margins: large-scale evolution of linked systems

Teaching Currently Professor Trudgill teaches both undergraduate and graduate classes at CSM in applied structural geology as well as field and seismic interpretation courses for industry through Nautilus. Research Professor Trudgill’s main research interests are in the evolution of geological structures through time and how this influences depositional systems. Currently he is working on both sub-surface and field-based projects from around the globe.

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geology, hydrology, and the pore pressures exerted by wastewater injection wells. These lessons in turn will better guide hazard and risk assessment in regions that are not prepared for earthquakes, ideally allowing scientists and policy makers to properly balance the risks of a preventable catastrophe with the nation’s and world’s increasing energy needs.

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