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RMAG August Board of Directors Meeting By John Ladd, Acting Secretary

The Board of Directors met on August 21st, 2013 at the RMAG office. I filled in as secretary for Jacinda Nettick Brown, who is on maternity leave. The association’s finances continue to be negatively affected this year by the loss of a summer event, due to the conflict with the URTeC conference, and the Fall Prospect Fair and Technofest, which is being replaced by NAPE-Rockies in December. The budget is tight, but our staff is coming up with some innovative ways of reducing expenses to match the decreased income. Most significantly, they have found somewhat smaller and significantly cheaper office space on the 12th floor of our current building. They proposed, and the Board approved, moving to this space in November. We will have a new five year lease with a guaranteed rent, so that means the savings will continue for several years. There will no longer be space for a meeting room in our own office, but we will continue to have use of the 2nd floor conference room, which is where most committees already meet. Speaking of budgets, Emily Tompkins reported that she sent out budget request forms to all the committee chairs, that were due back at the end of August, and she will compile a proposed 2014 budget for Board review in September. Issues of The Mountain Geologist for January and

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CONTENTS Features

44 20th Annual 3D Seismic Symposium Invitation and Speaker Commitment Form 46 Thank you to 2012 RMAG Foundation Donors 47 RMAG 2013 Summit Sponsors 49 Assistant Editors Needed 49 Colorado Oil and Gas Commission New Rules 53 Submit a Manuscript to The Mountain Geologist

8 Lead Story: New AAPG/ RMAG Application of Structural Methods Volume Dedicated to Don Stone 14 33rd Oil Shale Symposiium

Association News

2 Rockbusters Ball 13 Studies in Geology 65 Pre-Sale Form 15 Looking to the Future 16 Outcrop Deadlines 16 Have you written a book? 17 Attention Advertisers! 18 RMAG 2014 Board Candidates 30 RMAG Announces 1st Annual Sporting Clay Tournament! 31 We want you back! We need you! 32 2013 RMAG Dues Renewal 34 Authors and Editors Needed 35 Special Session at the October GSA (150th

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Departments 4 RMAG August Board COVER PHOTO Carissa Shear Zone, South Pass greenstone belt, Wyoming. Photo by Dan Hausel.

Anniversary) in Denver 37 2013 RMAG Professional Award Recipients 42 Connect with RMAG Online! 43 20/20 3D Vision Call for Papers

of Directors Meeting 4 Advertising Rates 6 President's Column 42 New Members 50 RMAG Luncheon Programs 51 AAPG Studies in Geology 65 54 In the Pipeline 57 Advertisers Index 57 Calendar of Events

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President’s Column By Debra Higley

The Joy of Sussex The Upper Cretaceous Sus sex Sandstone is primarily visible in core. The above of the older Upper Cretac is an outcrop eous Shannon Sandston e that displays interbedd porous and low-permeab ed cross-bedded ility strata (Higley and oth ers, 1997, fig. 18).

Two new events this month are the October 11th First Annual RMAG Sporting Clay Tournament and the October 22nd RMAG/PTTC “Sussex Sandstone Tight Oil Reservoirs, Hornbuckle Trend, Powder River Basin, Wyoming” core workshop by Rich Bottjer and Mike Hendricks. Production from this field since 1984 has totaled more than 8.6 million barrels of oil and 4.3 billion cubic feet of gas from 98 wells, and wells drilled since 2008 are mainly horizontal (Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 2013, http://wogcc.state. wy.us/). Please register for these other RMAG events, including the monthly luncheon, on our website. I can’t write about the sporting clay tournament because I have limited shooting experience, and my clay exposure is limited to bentonite mud and a collapsed pottery bowl from my high school art class. However, the Upper Cretaceous Sussex Sandstone in the Powder River

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Basin, Wyoming, was my PhD dissertation at Colorado School of Mines. Roger Slatt was my advisor (this, Roger, is finally my official notice that the Sussex was deposited closer to shore than I stated in the thesis). The Sussex is a fascinating unit that shares a lot in common with the older Shannon Sandstone in the Powder River Basin, Upper Cretaceous Cardium Formation of Alberta, and various sandstone members of the Pierre Shale in the Denver Basin. There are also conflicting interpretations of what depositional environments formed these sand bodies (Suter and Clifton, 2012). Sussex Sandstone heterogeneity is complex at field to microscopic scales, and understanding the stratigraphic sequences and depositional environments of these mostly shoreface to nearshore-marine shale to sandstone beds is important to maximizing production, and predicting where the next reservoir is hiding. This

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President's Column decreased porosity and permeability, but as pointed out by George Pemberton in their excellent RMAG/PTTC carbonate ichnology workshop last spring, there are other reservoir strata in other basins across the world in which the burrowed intervals contain the greatest porosity, permeability, and petroleum production.

heterogeneity is also driving the increased horizontal drilling of these strata, particularly for the Hornbuckle Trend. Sand ridges are somewhat like pancakes, pancakes that are elongate on a mostly northerlysoutherly axis. These sandstone pancakes (with oil instead of butter) can stack vertically into perhaps a shoreface sequence, or can be stacked and offset shoreward or seaward, depending mostly on the level of the Cretaceous epicontinental sea during deposition. There can also be erosional events, such as indicated by a capping chert pebble lag in the House Creek field (Higley et al, 1997), which raises the question of whether the erosion removed shoreward sand ridges, or not. So, where were there other sand ridges hiding in the House Creek field since Higley et al 1997)? Most of the new wells were infill, but subsequent sand-ridge reservoirs were discovered that step landward from the northern field area. Thin- to thick-bedded strata in the Sussex can also be highly burrowed and bioturbated. In Higley et al (1997) these burrowed strata mostly exhibited

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References Higley, D.K., Pantea, M.P., and Slatt, R.M., 1997, 3D reservoir characterization of the House Creek oil field, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, V 1.00: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series 33, 200 MB. http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-033/USGS_3D/ homepage.htm Suter, J.R., and Clifton, H.E., 1999, The Shannon Sandstone and isolated linear sand bodies: interpretations and realizations: Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Special Publication 64, Isolated shallow marine sand bodies; sequence stratigraphic analysis and sedimentologic interpretation, p. 321-356.

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LEAD STORY New AAPG/RMAG Application of Structural Methods Volume Dedicated to Don Stone EDITORS NOTE: The following dedication is reprinted from the new Application of Structural Methods to Rocky Mountain Hydrocarbon Exploration and Development book edited by Constance N. Knight, Jerome J. Cuzzella and Leland D. Cress. Please see page 13 for an order form.

Skilled in the arts and sciences is one way to describe Donald Sherwood Stone, who is truly the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists’ (RMAG) “Renaissance Man.” He is an accomplished geologist, artist, painter, sculptor, model shipbuilder, author, and musician. Having fur thered advancements and methodologies over the years, he has been a major contributor to the science of geology. Since 1957, Don has contributed over 75 publications to geologic literature. For over 40 years, he has performed musically at various RMAG social functions. Born in 1928, Don was brought up in Garden City, Long Island, New York. During summer months, Don lived on the shores of Lake Champlain, where he cultivated his interest in geology among the fossils and sedimentary structures of the Paleozoic carbonates there. He attended Garden City High School and then Hamilton College, located in Clinton, New York. At Hamilton, Don excelled in his geology courses under Professor Phil Oxley, such that upon graduation in 1950, he received the Rogers

Prize in Geology. He was awarded the Eleanor Tatum Long Graduate Scholarship in structural geology and attended Cornell University. There he earned his master’s degree within one year. Upon graduation in 1951, Don accepted a position as an exploration geologist with Standard Oil Company of California (SOCAL). He worked in SOCAL offices in Rio Vista, Salinas, Point Reyes, Sacramento, and Bakersfield, California. In those young years, Don worked as a well-site geologist and as party geologist on an advanced seismic crew out of Richfield, Utah. He also did field work and made subsur face geologic interpretations. In 1953 Don was transferred to a new offshore group in Los Angeles. He later spent seven years in La Habra, developing the structural interpretations that supported SOCAL’s bidding on California state offshore exploratory leases offered in the Santa Barbara Channel in 1958. It was during those early years that he developed his seismic analysis and interpretation skills for which he is well known today. Several oil and gas fields were discovered

Skilled in the arts and sciences is one way to describe Donald Sherwood Stone, who is truly the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists’ (RMAG) “Renaissance Man.”

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on the leases won by SOCAL, for which Don was largely responsible. Following the discoveries, he was assigned to the producing department, where he helped develop the new fields. Don longed to be working in exploration, and in 1961 he joined Franco Western Oil Company in Denver as the company’s district geologist. Don, his wife Charity, and their four daughters took up residence in Littleton, Colorado, where Don and Charity reside today. After Franco Western was acquired by Mobil in 1964, he resigned his position to join Chevron (formerly SOCAL) in Denver, only to leave again for an opportunity with Baumgartner Oil Company as geologic manager. It was at Baumgartner that he acquired the skills to develop and sell geologic prospects on his own. There he became adept at data gathering, borehole review and correlation, seismic integration, lease acquisition, presentation, and sales. Baumgartner decided to leave the oil business, which provided a new opportunity for Don. With his newly developed skill set, he became an independent

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geologist and consultant. In 1972 Don formed Sherwood Exploration Company, where he developed and sold many successful prospects. In 1985, he returned to operating as an independent geologist and consultant. Don has authored many papers emphasizing the subsurface details of oil and gas-bearing Rocky Mountain structures. Four of his most frequently referenced papers include: “Theory of Paleozoic Oil and Gas Accumulation in the Big Horn Basin, Wyoming” (published in the AAPG Bulletin, 1967); “Wrench Faulting and Rocky Mountain Tectonics,” including a tectonic map of the Central Rocky Mountains, (published simultaneously in the RMAG’s Mountain Geologist and WGA’s Earth Science Bulletin and reprinted in AAPG’s Treatise of Petroleum Geology, 1969); “Basement-involved Thrust-generated Folds as Seismically Imaged in the Subsurface of the Central Rocky Mountain Foreland” (published in GSA’s Special Publication 280, 1993); and “Morphology of the Casper Continued on page 10 »

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Mountain Uplift and Related, Subsidiary Structures, Central Wyoming: Implications for Laramide Kinematics, Dynamics, and Crustal Inheritance” (published in the AAPG Bulletin, 2002). The last paper received the Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Award for the best paper in the AAPG Bulletin. Particularly noteworthy is Don’s detailed “Wyoming Transect,” a regional structural cross section that depicts 410 miles of Wyoming geology. The original transect was constructed at a scale of 1:24,000 and was 95 feet long. Paper copies and digital images of this transect have been offered for sale through the RMAG and AAPG. The net proceeds from the sales support the StoneHollberg Graduate Scholarship in Structural Geology administered by the RMAG Foundation. Don has worked tirelessly in his service to the AAPG and the RMAG, and he has been awarded numerous honors. He has delivered many talks at AAPG, RMAG, WGA, and other venues. In 2009, Don presented an all-day RMAG sponsored seminar entitled: “Review and

Interpretation of Rocky Mountain Foreland Structures: Exploring Descriptive, Kinematic, and Dynamic Analysis with Simple Tools, Models, and Methodologies, and Avoiding Pitfalls.” One of his recent contributions has been to AAPG’s Search and Discovery Web site in the form of a multimedia presentation entitled “Kinematic Analysis Using Profile and Time-slice Animations of 3-D Seismic Volumes with Three Examples from the Rocky Mountain Foreland Province.” At the 2012 Prospect Fair in Denver, Don delivered a talk entitled “So You Want to Be an Independent Geologist.” Prior to earning the Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Award in 2004, Don distinguished himself as a first-class author and editor when in 1986 he was the sole editor of an RMAG guidebook entitled New Interpretations of Northwest Colorado Geology. In addition to editing the volume, he included three of his own papers. In the late 1970s, Don initiated the “Rocky Mountain Structures” series for The Mountain Geologist. He remains the current editor of that series and has contributed many articles himself. Don has served as RMAG second vice president, president (1987), and managing editor for The Mountain Geologist. He was honored as RMAG’s “Scientist of the Year” in 1985 and granted RMAG honorary membership in 1988. Within AAPG Don has served on the research and geophysics committees, on the visiting geoscientist program, as a member of the House of Delegates, and as an associate editor of the AAPG Bulletin. Quality Mudlogging He was awarded AAPG Honorary Geologic Interpretation Membership in 1994, and became an honorary member of the Wyoming Wellsite Geology | Geo-Steering | Coring Supervision Geological Society in 2011. Don is Serving the Williston Basin Horizontal Bakken, a past member of the SEG, SEPM, and Rocky Mountain Mission Canyon, Red River, and AIG, an emeritus member of the Region Dupero, Three Forks and American Geophysical Union, and a Ratcliff formations Fellow of the Geological Society of Joseph H. Large America. President

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Table of Contents Title Page . . . . . Copyright . . . . . Editorial . . . . . . Acknowledgments About the Editors . Dedication . . . . .

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Application of Structural Methods to Rocky Mountain Hydrocarbon Exploration and Development Connie Knight

Chapter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Using Freehand Three-dimensional Drawings to Clarify and Verify Subsurface Structural Interpretations Donald S. Stone

Chapter 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

An Introduction to Low-temperature Thermochronologic Techniques, Methodology, and Applications S. Lynn Peyton and Barbara Carrapa

P r ev i ew o f t a b l e o f contents - Application of Structural Methods to Rocky M o u n t a i n H y d ro c a r b o n Exploration and Development book edited by Constance N. Knight, Jerome J. Cuzzella and Leland D. Cress. Please see page 13 for an order form.

Chapter 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

An Overview of Low-temperature Thermochronology in the Rocky Mountains and Its Application to Petroleum System Analysis S. Lynn Peyton and Barbara Carrapa

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Using Detrital Zircon Geochronology to Solve Complex Structural Problems: An Application with Pitfalls in the Helena Salient of the Montana Disturbed Belt, West Central Montana P. Ted Doughty, Kevin R. Chamberlain, and Michael C. Pope

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Regional and Local Fractures of the Bakken Petroleum System, Williston Basin: Integrating Field Studies and 3-D Seismic Analysis Stephen J. Angster and J. Frederick Sarg

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The Role of Wrench Faults and Fractures in Creating â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sweet Spotsâ&#x20AC;? in Tight Gas Exploration and Production at Rulison Field, Colorado Thomas L. Davis and Robert D. Benson

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Fracture Control of P-wave Azimuthal Anisotropy in a Laramide Basement-cored Anticline at Casper Arch, Wyoming: Insights from Correlations with Surface Analogs and Curvature Analyses Duke Cooley and Eric Erslev

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Natural Fractures and Strain Accommodation in the Tensleep Formation at Beer Mug Anticline Scott P. Cooper

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Fractures, Hydraulic Injections, and Strain Accommodation in the Tensleep Formation at Flat Top Anticline, Carbon County, Wyoming John C. Lorenz

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Natural Fractures in Folded Sandstones of the Tensleep Formation, Wyoming John C. Lorenz and Scott P. Cooper

Chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Beaver Creek Detachment System: Syn-Laramide Gravity Detachment and Folding Oblique to Regional Compression Sara Smaltz and Eric Erslev

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talents to students attending local universities, where working with faculty and staff, he has presented lectures and is ready to assist young geologists looking for advice. Don is always available to anyone desiring a stimulating conversation about geology or the arts. His search for vibrant, if not controversial, geologic discussion is endless. Don remains a solid role model as a dedicated scientist and artist, whose accomplishments are to be acknowledged and celebrated. The editors of this book are privileged to dedicate this volume to Donald Sherwood Stone, in recognition of his contributions to furthering our understanding of Rocky Mountain structural geology. The geologic community is grateful for his devotion and service to the science. Don has had a fulfilling career; however, he is most proud of his OUR COMMITMENT children. Don and Charity, his wife Â&#x2021; 3URYLGH KLJKHVW TXDOLW\ RI of 61 years, have four daughters, JHRORJLFDO ZHOOVLWH VHUYLFHV all with fulfilling careers. Kathy is WR RXU FOLHQWV employed as a senior risk analyst by Markwest Energy Partners in Â&#x2021; 2IIHU UHDO WLPH LQWHUSUHWDWLYH Santa Fe, New Mexico; Sue, with LQWHJUDWHG VHUYLFHV VXFK a PhD in botany, is working as the DV JHRVWHHULQJ registrar and as a science teacher for a private school in Wilmington, Â&#x2021; ,QWHJUDWH FRRUGLQDWH ORQJ Delaware; Donna, with a PhD in WHUP UHVRXUFH SODQQLQJ ZLWK pharmacology, is working as a senior FOLHQWV principal scientist for Pfizer in San Francisco, California; and Jenny is an Â&#x2021; ,QWHURSHUDWH PRUH ZLWK engineer for Boeing in Los Angeles, JHRORJ\ DQG GULOOLQJ California. Don and Charity have six RSHUDWLRQV DQG H[SORUDWLRQ WHDPV grandchildren.

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33rd Oil Shale Symposium Colorado School of Mines, along with the Center for Oil Shale Technology and Research, will host the 33rd Oil Shale Symposium at the Green Center on the campus of Colorado School of Mines, October 14-16, 2013. An optional field trip is available on Thursday and Friday (October 17 - 18). The Symposium is the premier international meeting on oil shale, and will review development of oil shale resources worldwide, including research and development, impact analysis, regulatory framework, and project and program status. The Symposium will consist of a broad overview session on Monday afternoon (October 14th), followed by two days of technical sessions in many different program areas on

Tuesday and Wednesday (October 15 - 16). Information on the Symposium, including registration, is available at: http://csmspace.com/events/oilshale2013/. Production of shale oil from oil shale continues in Estonia, Brazil, China, and Australia, and is expected to begin production in the United States in 2014, and in Jordan by 2020. Projections based on current plans of companies engaged in development suggest that global production of shale oil from oil shale could reach 450,000 BOPD by 2030, with significant upside potential. The largest oil shale deposits in the world are in the Green River Formation of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, making this area the center of a nascent industry whose time may finally have arrived. The Symposium is an excellent opportunity to hear myths busted, learn vital technical information, and find new resources on the richest source rocks in the world. Find out more at the website listed, or contact one of the Symposium Co-Chairs, listed below.

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Looking to the Future By Cat Campbell

The Young Professional Geologists of AAPG and RMAG are gearing up for a fall/winter season full of educational opportunities, networking events, and ways to give back to your community. If you are interested in learning more, please email us at RMSGeoYP@gmail.com. We are always looking for new ideas from new professionals to geologists with years of experience. Thanks to our committee member Jenny Jones for summarizing what it means to be a young professional and what our committee is hoping to accomplish this year. As a young professional I recognize that growing my career means both growing my network of professional contacts as well as growing my technical skills and base knowledge of geology. The RMS Young Professionals group in Denver is working to provide opportunities for this kind of growth. As we grow in our careers, it’s important that the group offer activities to accommodate people in various levels of development. As Donald Stone once said in regard to motivation “first was appreciation by my superiors for a job well done. Then it was acceptance of my ideas by my peers. Then it was financial success. But overall it was the fun and challenge of the ‘race’ and the pride of accomplishment.” I think the progression of career growth couldn’t be put into better words. The desire to achieve in technical aspects is (for me) in part a striving for appreciation by my superiors. The YP group offers Dine and Discuss events, USGS tours, and talks to help grow technical skills and base knowledge of geology. In order to provide opportunities to present our ideas to our peers we are developing a series of field trips designed for YP’s involved in research to lead trips visiting outcrops. These trips will allow for exchange Continued on page 16 »

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an opportunity to learn from someone more senior. The field trips will be geared towards peers teaching peers in an informal arena, allowing for ideas to be challenged or accepted. It’s difficult to grow without opportunity, so by creating the opportunities our goal is to help our peers grow in their careers and for us all to grow together as the future of the Rockies geological community.

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RMAG 2014 Board Candidates Marvin D. Brittenham Candidate for: President Elect Education:

1969-University of Montana-BS-Geology 1973-University of Montana-MS-Geology

Professional Experience: 1970-75 1975-78 1978-85 1985-89 1989-96 1996-2002 2002-12 2012-Present

Texaco Inc. District Geologist Impel Energy Chief Geologist Snyder Oil & Gas Senior V.P. Exploration & Land Brittenham & Associates Owner Columbia Gas Development Team Lead U. Gulf Coast Flying J Oil & Gas V.P. Exploration EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. Team Lead New Ventures USA Retired

Professional Affiliations:

Mountain geology, teamwork in E&P and recent forums on exploration experiences and discovery thinking.

RMAG - Past Editor The Mountain Geologist - Past Managing Editor The Mountain Geologist - Past 1st Vice President - Distinguished Service to Earth Sciences Award - AAPG HOD two terms - Co-Chair Energy Expo 2010 - Outstanding Explorer Award RMS SEPM -President Utah Geological Association - President (three year term) AAPG - DPA Member - HOD Delegate (two terms) - DPA Advisory Council (two terms) -AAPG Annual Convention Vice General Chair Salt Lake & Denver - Vice President Sections - AAPG Certificates of Merit (two)

Recent:

The Future is Resource, RMAG/COGA Energy Epicenter 2008. Gas Shale Mega-plays, A Challenge for the Rockies, keynote RMAG Fall Symposium 2009. Unconventional Discovery Thinking in Resource Plays, Haynesville Trend & John Amoruso Field, E. Texas AAPG Discovery Thinking Forum, AAPG Annual Meeting 2009. Unconventional Discovery Thinking in Resource Plays, Haynesville/Bossier Trends, N. Louisiana AAPG Discovery Thinking Forum, AAPG Annual Meeting 2010.

Community Service:

Colorado Career Transition Resource Center â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Director mid-80s Rocky Mountain PBS volunteer Volunteers of America volunteer

Publications and Interests: Past:

Various publications and presentations on Rocky

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RMAG 2014 Board Candidates Jane Estes-Jackson Candidate for: President-Elect Education:

1987 University of Southwestern Louisiana-BS-Geology 1992 Colorado School of Mines-MS-Geology

Professional Experience: 1992-93 1994-96 1996-97 1997-99 1999-Present

Gerrity Oil & Gas Corp. Snyder Oil Corp. Whiting Petroleum Corp. Snyder Oil Corp. McElvain Energy, Inc.

Professional Affiliations:

J.E. Estes-Jackson, S.W. Shefte, and S.G. Siguaw, 2008, Reservoir characterization and development of the Wasatch Formation in the Hanging Rock Area, southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah, in M.W. Longman and C.D. Morgan, (eds.), Hydrocarbon Systems and Production in the Uinta Basin, Utah: RMAG/UGA Publication 37, p. 267-281.

RMAG - Distinguished Service Award, 2007 - 1st Vice President, 2006 -Publications Committee, 1995-2007 Chair, 2007 Outcrop Associate Editor, 1997-2001 Co-Editor 2001-2007 Co-Editor, 2011 Guidebook Revisiting and Revitalizing the Niobrara in the Central Rockies Co-Editor, 2001 Guidebook Gas in the Rockies Internet Committee, 1996-1998 RMS-SEPM - Secretary, 1996 - Treasurer, 1997-99 AAPG - Certified Petroleum Geologist #6063 - House of Delegates 2008-2010 SEPM WTGS - Licensed as a Professional Geologist in Wyoming and Utah

J.E. Estes-Jackson, D.W. Shewmake, and S.G. Siguaw, 2000, Changes in attitudes, changes in attributes: Using 3D seismic to identify new opportunities in old fields—Riverton Dome Field, Wyoming: The Mountain Geologist, v. 37, p. 33-45. J.E. Estes-Jackson, 1996, Depositional cycles and sequence stratigraphic interpretation of the Devonian Guilmette Formation, Pahranagat Range, Nevada, in M.W. Longman and M.D. Sonnenfeld, (eds.), Paleozoic Systems of the Rocky Mountain Region: RMS-SEPM guidebook, p. 85-96.

Publications and Interests:

S.G. Siguaw and J.E. Estes-Jackson, 2011, Fault patterns in the Niobrara Formation—examples from the eastern and central Denver Basin, in J.E. Estes-Jackson and D.S. Anderson, (eds.), Revisiting and Revitalizing the Niobrara in the Central Rockies, RMAG guidebook, p. 41-54.

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Heather LaReau Candidate for: First Vice President Education:

2007-University of Wyoming-PhD-Geology 2001-McMaster University-MSc-Geology 1998-Cleveland State University- BS-Geology

Professional Experience:

2013-Present Noble Energy Inc 2007-2013 EnCana Oil& Gas 2003 BP Alaska Summer Intern

Professional Affiliations:

RMAG - Secretary, 2011 - BOD Nominating Committee, 2009 & 2011 AAPG - Young Professionals Committee, 2008-2009 DWLS SEPM SPE

Publications and Interests:

Sed/Strat, Archaeology (Palaeolithic), Tectonics, Climbing, Hiking, Camping, Music, Yoga, Family

Professional Papers:

Maiden name Jones Heller, P.L., Hajek, E.A. & LaReau (Jones), H.L. (2011) Insights into Avulsion Offset Distance using Stratigraphic Indicators: Example from the Morrison Formation. GSA Abstracts with Programs, 43, No. 5, p. 153. Oral Presentation Rink, W.J., Wei, W., Bekken, D. and Jones, H.L. (2007). Geochronology of Ailuropoda-Stegadon Fauna and Gigantopithecus in Guangxi Province, southern China. Quaternary Research 69: 377-387. Jones, H.L., and E.A. Hajek (2007).Characterizing avulsion stratigraphy in ancient alluvial deposits. Sedimentary Geology 202: Issues 1-2: 124-137. Jones, H.L. and Hajek, E.A. (2006). Avulsion Stratigraphy in Ancient Alluvial Systems: A Tool for Predicting Fluvial Sand-Body Connectivity. Rocky Mountain Section of

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the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Billings, Montana. Poster Presentation Soressi, M., Jones, H.L., Maureille, B. and Tillier, A.-M. (2006). ESR, Uranium Series and AMS C14 dating of Pech-de-l’Azé I Neanderthal child’s archaeological context. Journal of Archaeological Sciences. Jones, H.L. and Hajek, E.A. (2006). Avulsion Stratigraphy in Ancient Alluvial Systems: A Tool for Predicting Fluvial Sand-Body Connectivity. Rocky Mountain Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Billings, Montana. Poster Presentation Jones, H.L. Hajek, E.A., Lynds, R. & Heller, P.L. (2005). Distribution of Avulsion Styles in Ancient Alluvial Systems. 8th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology Abstracts, Delft, Netherlands: August 7-12, 2005, p.146. Oral Presentation Heller, P.L., Hajek, E.A., Jones, H.L., Paola, C. & Sheets, B.A. (2005) Avulsion Clusters in Alluvial Basins: Examples from Wyoming, USA. 8th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology, Delft, Netherlands: August 7-12, 2005, p.127. Oral Presentation Heller, P.L., Jones, H.L. & Paola, C. (2004) Autocyclic Avulsion Clusters in Alluvial Basins: Examples from the Maastrictian/Paleocene of Wyoming. GSA Abstracts with Programs, 36, No. 5, p. 462. Oral Presentation Jones, H.L., Rink, W.J., Schepartz, L.A., Miller-Antonio, S., Huang, W., Hou, Y., & Wei, W. (2003). Coupled Electron Spin Resonance (ESR)/Uranium-series Dating of Mammalian Tooth Enamel at Panxian Dadong, Guizhou Province, China. Journal of Archaeological Sciences 31: Issue 7: 965-977.

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RMAG 2014 Board Candidates Michael P. Dolan Candidate for: First Vice-President Education:

1996-University of Illinois at Chicago-BS-Geology 1998-Colorado School of Mines-MS-Geochemistry

Professional Experience: 2006-Present 2005-2006 1999-2005 1998-1999 1997-1998

Professional Affiliations:

Dolan Integration Group, LLC., Co-founder and President Ellora Energy, Inc., Senior Staff Geologist ExxonMobil, Senior Petroleum Geologist Mobil E&P US, Senior Geologist U.S. Geological Survey, Physical Sciences Technician

Community Service:

Active Member AAPG, SPE, RMAG, RMS-SEPM AAPG Certified Geologist #6085 2009-RMS AAPG Awards Committee

While I have been involved in various community-based volunteer efforts, I have been searching for opportunities to be more involved in the geology community which has always been so generous through its efforts. This is why I feel privileged to be nominated by RMAG to seek the First Vice-President position within this great organization. My efforts will be focused on supplementing the great work that has been the hallmark of the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists.

Publications and Interests:

Lewan, M.D., Dolan, M.P., Curtis, J.B., 2013(In Print) Effects of smectite on oil-expulsion efficiency of the Kreyenhagen Shale based on hydrous-pyrolysis experiments, AAPG Bulletin. Sherwood, O.A., Travers, P.D., Dolan, M.P., 2013 Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analysis of Natural and Produced Hydrocarbon Gases Surrounding Oil and Gas Operations, in Ferrer, I. and Thurman, M., eds., Advanced Techniques in Analytical Chemistry. (In Print) Lillis, P. G., Dolan, M. P., Warden, Augusta, King, J. D., 1998, Organic geochemistry of oils from Oil Spring and Florence oil field near Canon City, Colorado, USGS Open-File Report 98-617.

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Michele Bishop Candidate for: 2nd Vice President Education:

1981 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; University of Colorado 1988 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Duke University

Professional Experience:

1972-1994 Marathon Oil Company 1995-2005 Consultant 2005-Present Gustavson Associates

Professional Affiliations:

Publications and Interests:

RMAG - Publication Committee, 1995-2011 - Web Committee, 1996-2001 - First Vice President, 1997 - Publications Committee Chairperson, 1998 Executive Editor, The Mountain Geologist, 2000-2002 - Distinguished Service Award, 2000 -Co Editor RMAG Library, 2004 -Guidebook Coordinating Editor, 2005 - Ballot Committee Chairperson, 2009 Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society, 1982-present SEPM 1981-Present 2009-Present AIPG - Certified Professional Geologist - Wyoming Professional Geologist

Publications and presentations include topics on sedimentology, diagenesis, petroleum systems, basin analysis, rift tectonics and sedimentology, and CBM in basins world wide. Interests include petroleum system analysis, risk analysis, frontier evaluation and exploration, rift basin systems.

Community Service:

Community Garden, neighborhood board.

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RMAG 2014 Board Candidates David A. Taylor Candidate for: 2nd Vice President Education:

2002 – Queen’s University – MBA – Finance 1996 – University of Wyoming – MS – Geology 1991 – Montana State University – BS - Geology

Professional Experience: 1991-1993 1996-2000 2000-2004 2004-2006 2006-2008

Mudlogger, Sunburst Consulting Geologist, Chevron USA Consultant Geologist, Patina Oil and Gas Asset Manager, Mid-Continent Business Unit, Noble Energy, Inc. 2008-2010 Geoscience Manager, Northern Region, Noble Energy, Inc. 2010-Present Geoscience Manger, Rockies/Frontier Business Unit, Noble Energy, Inc.

Professional Affiliations:

Community Service:

RMAG AAPG

2002-2008: Finance Committee, Foothills United Way for Boulder and Broomfield Counties: 2006-2009: Treasurer, University Hill Elementary PTA, Boulder CO

Publications and Interests:

Interests include structural geology; petrophysics; relationships between geology and well completions; risk and resource prediction in unconventional plays.

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Nick Nelson Candidate for: Secretary Education:

April 2006-Fort Lewis College, BA-Geology 2010-Present-Graduate level coursework, Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO

Professional Experience: 2010-2013 2009 2007-2009 2006-2007 Geologist 2005-2006

Whiting Oil and Gas. Denver, CO., Geologist / SEM Engineer GeoSearch Logging. Northern PA., Wellsite Geologist Redwine Resources, Inc. Denver, CO., Geotech/Geologist International Logging, Inc. Grand Junction, CO., Wellsite Softrock Geological Services, Durango, CO., Mud Logger

Professional Affiliations: 2004-Present 2006-Present 2007-Present 2011-Present

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Geological Society of America (GSA) Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG) Microscopy Society of America (MSA)

Publications and Interests:

is not limited to, designing educational events and meetings to help teach recent/future grads for what the Oil and Gas Industry is looking for and where new technologies are headed.

Professional interests include exploration for unconventional reservoirs in the continental United States. I also continue to work on increasing and advancing the research in cutting edge technologies such as; SEM, EDS, XRD and core analysis.

Community Service:

Returning Guest Lecturer, (Lifecycle of Oil and Natural Gas) University of Colorado Denver Returning Guest Lecturer, (Advanced Formation Evaluation), Colorado School of Mines Volunteer/Tutor, Goodwill Energy Education, (General Geology), George Washington High School

As a member of the RMAG 2014 Board of Directors I hope to increase the membership of Young Professionals in the organization, as well as help with the retention of new members as they progress in there careers. This will include, but

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RMAG 2014 Board Candidates John South Candidate for: Secretary Education:

2008 – Brigham Young University-MS-Geology (emphasis in geophysics) 2001 – Adams State College-BS-Geology (All-Conference wide receiver 1998 and 1999 and NCAA Division II All American 1998) 1997 – Snow College-APE-Pre-engineering (member of NJCAA football team)

Professional Experience:

2006-present Fronterra Geosciences – Geologist 2004-06 BYU-Crew chief for seismic data acquisition in California, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming

Professional Affiliations:

Tingey, B.E., McBride, J.H., Thompson, T.J., Stephenson, W.J., South, J.V., Bushman, M., 2007, Study of a prehistoric landslide using seismic reflection methods integrated with geological data in the Wasatch Mountains, Utah, USA: Engineering Geology, Vol. 95, pp. 1-29. Cook, F.A., Patterson, J.E., McBride, J.H., Vasudevan, K., Gochenour, D.S., South, J.V., Brinkerhoff, A.R., Okojie-Ayoro, A.O., 2007, Analysis and Interpretation of Ultra-High Resolution Seismic Reflection Data Across the Cryo-Genie Pegmatite, San Diego County, California: AME BC Mineral Exploration Roundup. Bexfield, C.E., McBride, J.H., Pugin, A.J.M., Ravat, D., Biswas, S., Nelson, W.J., Larson, T.H., Sargent, S.L., Fillerup, M.A., Tingey, B.E., Wald, L., Northcott, M.L., South, J.V., Okure, M.S., Chandler, M.R., 2006, Integration of P- and SH-wave highresolution seismic reflection and micro-gravity techniques to improve interpretation of shallow subsurface structure; New Madrid seismic zone: Tectonophysics, Vol. 420, No. 1-2, pp. 5-21. Co-author and presenter at 2010 DWLS Spring Workshop – “Horizontal Image Logs – Expectations and Reality”

Committee member for 2010 Rocky Mountain Prospect Fair and Technofest Co-committee chair – Volunteer committee for 2009 AAPG-ACE Member of RMAG, AAPG, DWLS and past member of SEG, GSA, SEPM, AGU

Publications and Interests:

I love to spend time in the outdoors, hiking, camping, hunting, and fishing. I enjoy playing sports, working on home improvement projects, and being with my wife and four children. I enjoy interpreting image logs and interacting with clients. Author and co-author on several convention posters and talks.

Professional Papers:

McBride, J.H., Stephenson, W.J., Williams, R.A., Odum, J.K., Worley, D.M., South, J.V., Brinkerhoff, A.R., Keach, R.W., II, and Okojie-Ayoro, A.O., 2010, Shallow subsurface structure of the Wasatch fault, Provo segment, Utah, from integrated compressional and shear-wave seismic reflection profiles with implications for fault structure and development, Geological Society of America Bulletin; 122; pp. 18001814. Okojie-Ayoro, A.O., McBride, J.H., Keach, R.W., II, South, J.V., Anderson, T.C., and Black, B.J., 2008, High-resolution seismic mapping of a shallow petroleum reservoir, World Oil, Vol. 229, No. 5, pp. 142-146.

Community Service:

Scoutmaster, Troop 718, Boy Scouts of America, 2011present Various Boy Scout leader positions, 2000-11 High school football coach, Payson, Utah, 2002-04

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Paul G. Lillis Candidate for: Treasurer-Elect Education:

1976-San Jose State University-BA-Geology 1978-San Diego State University-MS-Geology 1992-Colorado School of Mines-PhD-Geochemistry

Professional Experience:

1978-1986 ARCO Oil and Gas Company 1987-Present U.S. Geological Survey

Professional Affiliations:

system, Bighorn Basin of Wyoming and Montana, USA: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v.118, p. 312-330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.04.021 Lillis, P.G., 2007, Upper Cretaceous microbial petroleum systems in north-central Montana: The Mountain Geologist, v. 44, no. 1. p. 11-35. Lillis, P.G., Warden, A., and King, J.D., 2003, Petroleum systems of the Uinta and Piceance Basinsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; geochemical characteristics of oil types, Chapter 3, in Petroleum Systems and Geologic Assessment of Oil and Gas in the Uinta-Piceance Province, Utah and Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-69-B, 25 p. Lillis, P.G., 1994, Soda Lake-Painted Rock(!) petroleum system in the Cuyama basin, California, U.S.A., in Magoon, L. B. and Dow, W. G., eds., The Petroleum System - from source to trap: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 60, p.437-451.

RMAG - co-editor of guidebook 2008 - First Vice President 2012 - Publications Committee Chair 2013 American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG-SEPM - Pacific Section European Association of Organic Geochemists Geochemical Society

Publications and Interests:

The application of petroleum geochemistry to identifying and mapping petroleum systems in the Rocky Mountains, Alaska and California.

Selected Publications:

Community Service:

Lillis, P.G., 2013, Review of oil families and their petroleum systems of the Williston Basin: The Mountain Geologist, Geologist, v. 50, p. 5-31. Lillis, P.G. and Selby, D. 2013, Evaluation of the rheniumâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; osmium geochronometer in the Phosphoria petroleum

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RMAG 2014 Board Candidates Ryan Thompson Candidate for: Treasurer-Elect Education:

2010-Colorado State University-MS-Geosciences 2007-University of Texas at Arlington-BS-Geology

Professional Experience:

2011-current: Prolific Petroleum 2011: Fronterra Geosciences 2009-2010: Encana Oil & Gas

Professional Affiliations:

Publications and Interests:

RMAG - 2008 Norman H. Foster Memorial Scholarship recipient, 2011-current RMAG Summit Sponsorship Committee. AAPG - 2012-current RMS Young Professionals Committee (sponsorship and treasurer) -2014 RMS Meeting Committee (signage and technical). DWLS and RMS-SEPM lifetime member

Exploring for new plays, structural geology (postLaramide fracturing); the Rocky Mountain great outdoors, sustainable small-scale farming, and my 2 kids.

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Mike Kozimko Candidate for: RMAG Counselor Education:

1972–University of Nevada, Reno-BS-Geology 1977-Iowa State University-MS-Geology

Professional Experience:

1977-2001 Conoco Inc. 2001-Present Yates Petroleum Corporation

Professional Affiliations:

Member – AAPG – 1977 to Present Member – Wyoming Geological Association – 1992 to Present Member - Houston Geological Society – 1998 to Present Member – West Texas Geological Society – 1998 to Present Member – Geological Society of America – 2010 to Present

RMAG Treasurer - 2013 RMAG Treasurer Elect – 2012 Wyoming Geological Association AAPG House of Delegates – 2003 to Present AAPG HOD Nomination Committee – 2012

Publications and Interests:

Hobbies – hunting, camping, hiking, collecting antique glass, and working on my property near Franktown, CO.

Community Service:

President – Mount Zion Lutheran Church – 20112012 Secretary – Mount Zion Lutheran Church – 2013 Advisory Board – Denver Oil Field Christian Fellowship - 2008-Present

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RMAG 2014 Board Candidates Terrilyn Olson Candidate for: Counselor Education:

1989-Amoco Petrophysics School 1983-Dartmouth College-MA-Geology 1980-Colorado College-BA-Geology

Professional Experience: 1982-99 2000-2004 2004-2008 2008-Present

Professional Affiliations:

RMAG: - 1st VP, 2005 - Chair, Publications Committee, 2006 - Committee member 2001-08 - Co-editor, The Outcrop, 2002-08 - Distinguished Service to RMAG Award, 2007 AAPG - Senior Associate Editor, 2012-present - Associate Editor, 2000-12 - Chair, Publications Committee, 2009-12 - Vice-chair, 2006-09 - Committee member, 2003-present - AAPG member 1982-present DWLS - VP Technology 2009-10 - Director 2004-05 - Member 2001-present

Amoco Production Co. Tom Brown Inc. Encana EOG Resources

Various publications, with the following highlights: Co-editor, 2003 RMAG Piceance Basin Guidebook White River Dome Field: Gas Production from Deep Coals and Sandstones of the Cretaceous Williams Fork Formation, in 2003 RMAG Piceance Basin Guidebook Reservoir characterization of the giant Hugoton gas field, Kansas, AAPG Bulletin, 1997 (first author).

Community Service:

Past volunteer in Denver Public Schools, Girls and Women in Science, Colorado School of Mines Geophysics Department mentoring program for women, and Faces of Freedom service dogs

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Publications and Interests:

Current professional interest pore scale imaging and modeling Organized DWLS workshop October 2012 Organized SPWLA workshop June 2013 Co-chaired URTeC session August 2013 Organizing AAPG short course April 2014 Other interests: skiing, social dance, piano, hiking, travel

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Exploring for Permian Traps Using Seismic Volumes Conditioned with Well Data, Northwest Shelf Texas WALKER, Dale A.1, WEBER, Galina1, KALYANARAMAN, Nishanth1, RUSSELL, Judy1, CHATTLE, Glenn1, and WILLIAMS, Leon2 9:00 AM Discussion 199-3 9:05 AM

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Erosion–Based Parasequences and Parasequence Amalgamation in Mixed Sandstone–Dolostone Depositional Systems, Lower Grayburg Formation (Permian), Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico

Session No. 199 Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Colorado Convention Center Mile High Ballroom 2C Special Session: Cutting Edge Applied Geoscience in Exploration: The Best of AAPG I Robbie Gries and Paul Weimer, Presiding Paper # Start Time 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks 199-1 8:05 AM

HOLTERHOFF, Peter F., OJEDA, Sergio, and NAGIHARA, Seiichi, 9:30 AM Discussion 199-4 9:35 AM

Assessing the Impact of Recording Geometry on Microseismic Data: An Example from the Marcellus

Shale-Gas-Reservoir Families: Their Common Characteristics and Genetics, Essential Differences, and Recognition Criteria

HNAT, James S.1, REYNOLDS, Andrea1, LANGIN, William1, LE CALVEZ, Joel H.2, and TAN, Jeff3, 10:00 AM Discussion 10:05 AM Break 199-5 Continued on page 36 » 10:20 AM

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Development of Regional Stratigraphic Frameworks and Geological Implications In Upper Devonian Carbonates Using Integrated Chronostratigraphy, Canning Basin, Western Australia

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PLAYTON, Ted E.1, KATZ, David A.2, HILLBUN, Kelly3, TOHVER, Eric4, HOCKING, Roger5, HAINES, Peter6, TRINAJSTIC, Kate7, MONTGOMERY, P.8, HANSMA, Jeroen3, and PISAREVSKY, Sergei A.9, 10:45 AM Discussion 199-6 10:50 AM

Identifying the Amount and Timing of Layer Parallel Shortening In Compressive Regions Using Thin-Sections and Analog Model

A Comparison of Upper Cretaceous Deepwater Depositional Systems in the Deep Ivorian Basin. Influences of a Rift Dominated Versus Shear Dominated Margin

BURBERRY, Caroline M. 1:25 PM Discussion 274-2 1:30 PM

Halokinetic Drape-Fold Model for Caprock in Diapir-Flanking and Subsalt Positions

TOWLE, Philip J., ADDIS, Danny, BROWN, Allen, and LAYMAN, John 11:15 AM Discussion 199-7 11:20 AM

GILES, Katherine, LAWTON, Timothy L., SHOCK, Austin L.,KERNEN, Rachelle K., HEARON, Thomas E. IV, and ROWAN, Mark G. 1:55 PM Discussion 274-3 2:00 PM

The Final North America Conventional Oil Frontier: The Intracratonic Hudson Bay Bain In Northern Canada LAVOIE, Denis1, PINET, Nicolas1, DIETRICH, James R.2, HU, Kezhen2, ZHANG, Shunxin3, CHEN, Zhuoheng2, DECKER, Vincent4, ARMSTRONG, Derek5, NICOLAS, Michelle6, and DUCHESNE, Mathieu J.1, 11:45 AM Discussion Lunch.

Sedimentation in an Active Fold and Thrust Belt, Santa Barbara Basin, California: Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Sedimentation from 1 Ma to Present MARSHALL, Courtney J., BEHL, Richard J.,SORLIEN, Christopher C., and NICHOLSON, Craig 2:25 PM Discussion

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Asperity and Joint Failures, Overall Surface Ruptures, Identification of and Role In the Interpretation of Discrete Fracture Networks

De-Risking Fold and Thrust Belt Hydrocarbon Plays with Structural Modeling

URBANCIC, Ted, BAIG, Adam, KARIMI, Sepideh, and VIEGAS FERNANDES, Gisela 4:20 PM Discussion »

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Template Matching to Build a High Quality Earthquake Catalog of the 2011 Youngstown, Ohio Seismic Sequence and Test Its Relation to a Local Wastewater Injection Well HOLTKAMP, Stephen, CURRIE, Brian, and BRUDZINSKI, Michael 3:50 PM Discussion 274-6 3:55 PM

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Monday-Tuesday, October 14 and 15, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Colorado School of Mines, Berthoud Hall room 201 Fee: $500, 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).

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DOE-NETL has recently funded development of a new PC-based reservoir simulator by Denver based reservoir engineering firm, NITEC LLC. The user focus was on small to mid-size operators who may have limited simulation expertise in-house or who may not wish to deal with the cost of commercial simulation software. This workshop will lead the attendees through the process of building a simulation model, submitting prediction cases and evaluating the simulation results. While there are many features to ease the process of simulating CO2-EOR, the finite difference, 4-component, compositional simulator can also handle more conventional reservoir exploitation process – primary depletion, water injection, and hydrocarbon gas injection at the well, pattern or field levels. The software has been validated against other commercial compositional simulation software. The user interface, complete with graphical plots and 3D displays, is focused on setting up the prediction cases.

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Assistant Editors Needed The Mountain Geologist is looking for two assistant editors to join a wonderful, volunteer team dedicated to publishing well-written manuscripts relating to the Rocky Mountain region. One editor should have some paleontological background. Assistant Editors copy edit submitted and revised manuscripts for adherence to The Mountain Geologist style and for readability. Assistant Editor skills should include excellent command of English and the RMAG “Author Style Guide” and being good with details. Sometimes fast turn-arounds are required. Please contact Joyce Trygstad Nelson, Executive Editor, jtpetr@aol. com. »

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Hydrocarbon Maturity and Migration Analysis Using Production Gas Stable Isotopic Signatures in the Wattenberg Field, Denver Basin, Colorado By Owen A. Sherwood, Patrick Travers, Michael P. Dolan, October 2

In particular, isotopic analysis of mud and production gases is useful in the analysis of hydrocarbon maturity, migration and reservoir compartmentalization.

The stable carbon (δ13C) and hydrogen (δ2H) isotopic composition of hydrocarbons has been used in petroleum exploration and development since the 1960s. With the development of tight oil and gas plays over the last decade, analysis of stable isotopes has re-emerged as a powerful interpretive and predictive technology. In particular, isotopic analysis of mud and production gases is useful in the analysis of hydrocarbon maturity, migration and reservoir compartmentalization. Here, we report on a publicly available Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) database of discrete and co-mingled production gases from the Lower to Upper Cretaceous Dakota “J” Sand, Codell, Niobrara and Sussex formations of the Wattenberg Field of Colorado. Production gases are characterized as early-mature to post-mature, oil-associated gases, ranging from -55 to -40‰ in δ13C methane and 5-45% C2+ concentration. Going down-section from the Sussex to J Sand formation, δ13C of methane, ethane and propane components all increase by up to 6‰, reflecting both increasing maturity with depth, and the presence of multiple, discrete source rock/petroleum systems. Using a previously established calibration developed for the Upper Cretaceous Uinta Basin in Utah, we convert δ13C ethane and propane values to a Vitrinite Reflectance Equivalent (VREiso) maturity scale. Mapped VREiso coincides with the regional thermal gradient.

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These results indicate that production gases from the Codell through Sussex have generated and accumulated in situ, with no apparent migration from distant source areas. Highest maturities, up to 1.5 VREiso, are centered over the thermal hotspot, and indicate an area of gas–prone hydrocarbon production. Lower maturities (VREiso > 1.2) are located around the margins of the field, and indicate the liquids-rich “sweet-spot.” By contrast, some Muddy formation production gases located along the Longmont wrench fault exhibit maturity values as high as 2.1 VREiso, implying upward migration of these gases from a deeper source. These results highlight gas stable isotope signatures as a useful and reliable hydrocarbon phase prediction and migration analysis tool. Continued on page 52 »

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Using PSDM Seismic Volumetric Curvature Attributes in Paleokarst Reservoir Characterization Studies: Results from an Arbuckle ExtendedReach Lateral

By Jason Rush and John Doveton, Kansas Geological Survey, Energy Research Section, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, November 6

We propose that collapsed paleocaverns promoted the formation of dolines, which then functioned as small basins characterized by interior drainage.

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This DOE-funded project evaluates the utility of seismic volumetric curvature (VC) attributes for predicting stratal and structural architecture diagnostic of paleokarst reservoirs. VC has been championed for identifying faults that cannot be imaged by conventional 3-D seismic attributes such as coherence. The objective of this research is to prove-up PSDM VC-techniques for reducing uncertainties in reservoir compartmentalization studies and seal risk assessments. A 2000-ft horizontal lateral was purposefully drilled across VC-imaged radial lineaments — interpreted to record a fault-bounded collapsed paleocavern — to confirm their presence by evaluating triple combo, full-wave sonic, and image logs. The 15-mi2 study area is located in southeastern Bemis-Shutts Field and is situated along the crest of the Central Kansas Uplift (CKU) in Ellis County, Kansas. Here, the uppermost Arbuckle (Early Ordovician) records extensive paleokarst features including collapsed paleocaverns and dolines related to exceedingly prolonged pre-Simpson (Sauk–Tippecanoe) and/or pre-Pennsylvanian subaerial exposure. A horizontal lateral was successfully drilled across the full extent of a VC-inferred paleokarst doline. Mud losses were unexpectedly minor (i.e., from seepage), which provided excellent hole conditions for the logging program. Results from the formation evaluation reveal breccias (e.g., crackle, mosaic, chaotic), fractures, solution-enlarged faults, touching vugs, well-rounded pebbles, and unaffected host strata. VCinferred lineaments coincide with 20–80-ft wide intervals of high GR values (100+ API), matrix-rich breccias, and faults. Interpretations of the PSDM volume, 3-D VC-attributes, and drill pipeconveyed logs provide an integrative assessment of paleokarst architecture and karst geomorphology. Cycle-scale, strata-bound breccias observed in flat-lying host strata are interpreted to record evaporite karst. The upper Arbuckle in northwest Bemis-Shutts is characterized by large dolines (>1000-ft wide) that coincide with radiating lineaments as imaged by the VC-attributes. In contrast, the Arbuckle in southeast Bemis-Shutts forms a gently sloping peneplain. We propose that collapsed paleocaverns promoted the formation of dolines, which then functioned as small basins characterized by interior drainage. Surface water runoff would have been focused into the dolines along channels preferentially formed along radial fractures associated with brittle failure of paleocavern roofs. We believe that a karsted plateau developed where runoff was diverted into a groundwater system via dolines (i.e., disappearing streams), moved laterally along an aquitard, and emerged as spring-fed streams at the base of an escarpment. » 52

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october 10, 2013 RMS/AAPG Young Professionals Happy Hour. Paramount Café 4:30-6:30 p.m. october 11, 2013 RMAG Sporting Clay Tournament. Kiowa Creek Sporting Club.

october 3, 2013 PTTC Course. “Basic Reservoir Engineering.” CSM, Golden, CO.

october 14-16, 2013 33rd Oil Shale Symposium. Sponsored by Colorado School of Mines and the Center for Oil Shale Technology and Research. http://csmspace.com/ events/oilshale2013/

october 8, 2013 Desk and Derrick Luncheon. For reservations, please contact RSVP@deskandderrick.org october 10, 2013 DGS Luncheon.

october 15, 2013 DWLS Luncheon. Speaker Ted Watson. “NMR Probes of Heterogeneous Permeable Media.”

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In the Pipeline October 17-18, 2013 33rd Oil Shale Symposium Field Trip. http://csmspace.com/events/ oilshale2013/ October 22, 2013 RMAG Core Workshop. October 22, 2013 DWLS Fall Workshop. “Geomechanics.” October 23, 2013 Oilfield Christian Fellowship Luncheon. To RSVP call Barb Burrell at 303-675-2602 or e-mail OCFDenverChapter@pxd.com.

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Advertisers Index AAPG .............................................. 38

Gustavson, John B......................... 21

Stoner Engineering, LLC.............. 48

Bowler Petrophysics ..................... 31

Horizontal Solutions Intl........... 7, 14

Summit Mudlogging Services ..... 21

Breckenridge Expl. Inc. ................ 54

Karo, James C. .............................. 31

TGS ................................................ 56

Canadian Discovery ...................... 39

Kestrel Geoscience, LLC .............. 34

Columbine Logging ....................... 12

Kluth and Associates .................... 31

Vista GeoScience, David Seneshen ........................... 14

Decollement Consulting, Inc ..........9

MJ Systems ................................... 15

Vista GeoScience, John V. Fontana ............................ 39

The Discovery Group, Inc. ............. 39

Mazzullo Energy Corp. .....................6

Weatherford Laboratories .... 16, 39

Dolan Integration Group ............... 34

Noble Energy ................................. 49

Weber Law Firm, LLC ................... 14

Donovan Brothers Inc. .................. 49

PTTC ............................................... 40

Whitehead, Neil H. ....................... 22

Fluid Inclusion Technologies .41, 55

Quantum Water Consulting.............6

Geosteering ................................... 28

RPM Geologic, LLC ...................... 10

October 2013 SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

RMAG Luncheon: Michael Dolan

Desk & Derrick Luncheon

DWLS Luncheon

THURSDAY

DGS Luncheon

RMS-AAPG YP Happy Hour

SATURDAY

RMAG Sporting Clay Tournament

33rd Oil Shale Symposium Field Trip

33rd Oil Shale Symposium

PTTC Course

FRIDAY

DWLS Fall 23 Workshop Oilfield Christian Fellowship RMAG Core Luncheon Workshop

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GSA Annual Meeting SPWLA Fall Topical Conference

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