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Workshops to Improve Your Skills Petroleum Geology for Non-Geologists
Monday, October 17, 2016, 8:30 am – 5 pm, Colorado School of Mines, Berthoud Hall rm. 243 Fee: $250, includes food at breaks, class notes, and PDH certificate Instructor: Laura Wray
In this one-day course, lectures, discussions, and exercises will focus on the manner in which geologic concepts are woven together both factually and creatively in the search for accumulations of petroleum. More specifically, the class is designed to provide an overarching summary of basic petroleum topics and how they are used in the search for oil and gas.
Petroleum Engineering for Non-Engineers
Tuesday, October 18, 2016, 8:30 am – 5 pm, Colorado School of Mines, Berthoud Hall rm. 243 Fee: $250, includes food at breaks, class notes, and PDH certificate Instructor: Dr. Jennifer Miskimins
This one-day short course provides a broad, basic understanding of various petroleum engineering topics for non-engineers. The focus of the course is placed on the design, construction, stimulation, and production of wells. Specific topics discussed include the drilling of wells, rig types, wellbore integrity and design, completion types, casing and tubing definitions, downhole tools such as packers, formation damage, and stimulation including hydraulic fracturing. As the title implies, the course is designed for those who work in the oil and gas industry but do not have a technical background in subsurface topics. Previous attendees that have found the course useful include landmen, technicians, accountants, financiers, and field personnel.
Field Trip: Paleozoic Stratigraphy and Reservoirs, Permian Basin – Guadalupe, Hueco, and Franklin Mountains, West Texas and New Mexico
Date: Saturday, October 15, evening to Wednesday, October 19, early afternoon. (Departs and returns to the El Paso, Texas airport) Location: El Paso, Texas and travel to Carlsbad New Mexico Leader: Dr. Rick Sarg Fee: $1500, Includes: 4 nights lodging (single occupancy), ground transportation, course notes, lunch and refreshments. Limit: 30 people
The field trip will begin in the Franklin Mountains of west Texas and examine the cyclically deposited carbonates of the Ordovician Ellenberger Formation, the subtidal mud-rich Devonian Montoya Limestone, and the paleo-karst features of the mid-Ordovician unconformity at the top of the Ellenberger. Continuing east over to the Hueco Mountains, we will examine reservoirs in the Pennsylvanian shelf limestones and algal buildups, and the major mid-Wolfcamp unconformity containing channel-fill conglomerates. The second half of the trip will focus on the Permian rocks of the Guadalupe Mountains, including the deepwater basin filling siliciclastics of the Brushy and Cherry Canyon formations, analogous to the subsurface Spraberry and Bone Spring tight oil sands of the Delaware and Midland basins, and the stratigraphy, lithofacies, and reservoir architecture of the San Andres and Grayburg formations. Traverses will include organic-rich lime mudstones and siltstones of the Bone Spring and Brushy Canyon formations, analogous to the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring source intervals of the Wolfberry unconventional resource play. The field trip will conclude with a visit to the world famous Carlsbad Caverns that contains karst features like the ancient karst developed during major Paleozoic unconformities in the region.
Reservoir Engineering for Petroleum Professionals Wednesday, November 9, 2016, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Colorado School of Mines, Ben Parker Student Center, Ballroom E
Fee: $250, includes food at breaks, workbook, and PDH certificate. Instructor: Dr. Luis Zerpa, PhD. Assistant Professor, Colorado School of Mines
This one day short course presents an overview of the fundamental concepts used in petroleum reservoir engineering. Starting with the definition and classification of petroleum reservoirs, and with the presentation of fundamental rock and fluid properties, the instructor will guide the participants in the application of engineering methods for estimation of initial fluid distribution in a reservoir and the estimation of initial volume of hydrocarbons in place. Additionally, this short course will include a brief introduction to unconventional reservoirs, and the application of engineering methods to the estimation of reserves of unconventional reservoirs.
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CONTENTS FEATURES
ASSOCIATION NEWS
26 Lead Story: Gold King Nears Superfund Designation
2 RMAG 2016 Summit Sponsors
30 2017 Board of Directors Candidate Bios DEPARTMENTS
14 RMAG Foundation 16 3D Seismic Symposium: Call for Papers
6 RMAG August 2016 Board of Directors Meeting
22 Denver Geophysical Society: Change the Colorado Constitutional Amendment Process
8 President’s Letter
25 RMAG Core Workshop
18 RMAG Luncheon Programs: Jon White
33 RMAG/DAPL GeoLand Ski Day
20 RMAG Luncheon Programs: Katie Dahlberg
37 Fall ‘Hot Plays’ Symposium – Thank You
29 Welcome New RMAG Members
41 RMAG 2016 Publications Sale
29 In The Pipeline
43 2016 Sporting Clay Tournament Results
47 Outcrop Advertising Rates 48 Calendar 48 Advertiser Index
COVER PHOTO Toxic waste in the Animas River. Photo credit: Waldemar Winkler, Creative Commons, Flickr
45 RMAG Rockbusters Ball 47 2016 RMAG Award Recipients
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RMAG AUGUST 2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING By Sarah Hawkins, Secretary shawkins@usgs.gov
the measures 1) change archaic language in the organization’s bylaws, and 2) makes changes to the board structure, ensuring that at least 50% of the board are returning members each year. Check out the proposed changes on the RMAG membership page (http:// www.rmag.org/membership) for more details, and look for your opportunity to vote on these measures next month. RMAG has had a successful year - attendance at events and membership is up. The organization has had some fantastic technical exchanges, like the fall symposium last month, the luncheons, and the summer On the Rocks field trip series. In addition, the organization has had excellent participation in events for networking and career development opportunities, like the mentorship program and the career panel. Be sure to keep an eye on the RMAG website for more events in the coming months!
The August meeting of the RMAG Board of Directors meeting took place on August 17, 2016 at 4 p.m. Treasurer Tom Sperr reported that the organization is doing well financially by keeping our cumulative expenses below budget for the year. The luncheon programs continue to be well attended this year, so RMAG has scheduled the October luncheon for the second Wednesday of the month, on October 12, to avoid conflict with the joint meeting between the Pacific and Rocky Mountain sections of AAPG this year. Be sure to register as soon as possible, because Jon White from the Colorado Geological Survey will be speaking at the October luncheon. He will be talking about West Salt Creek Landslide in Mesa County, Colorado that occurred in 2014, and it looks like it will be an interesting presentation! Last month, the RMAG Board of Directors finalized two ballot measures upon which RMAG members will be asked to vote later this fall. Broadly speaking,
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PRESIDENT’S LETTER By John Ladd
Colorado’s White Whale Earlier this summer, I found myself with several hours to kill in New Bedford, Massachusetts while waiting for a ferry to take my wife and me out to the island of Nantucket, where we were going to spend a vacation with some old friends. I wasn’t looking forward hanging around a dreary, hot ferry terminal, but as we drove into the port area, I discovered that the terminal is only a couple of blocks from the New Bedford Whaling Museum. In the very small pond of museums dedicated to the history of the whaling industry, it may be the biggest fish. I had been there once, when I was in middle school, and I had a vague recollection that it was a very neat place, but that was so long ago that middle school wasn’t even called middle school. It definitely had to be worth the $16 admission fee, and plus that, it had air conditioning! So suddenly, and unexpectedly, I was immersed in whaling memorabilia. There are lots of exhibits that you might expect in such a place: a ½ scale replica of a whaling ship that you can walk around in, a big collection of 200 year old nautical maps as well as harpoon guns and other weapons that the sailors used to hunt the whales with. There were also some surprises, like a collection of corsets that used whale bones for their frame and an exhibit about the Azores Islands. Despite what you may have heard from the many presidential candidates this year, outsourcing of jobs didn’t just start during
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the Obama administration. The whalers, being good businessmen, quickly realized that the supply of competent locals who were willing to spend months at sea, risking their lives sailing in often stormy seas without the benefit of weather reports was sort of limited. They could find cheaper, more enthusiastic sailors in the Azores, which had a very poor economy with limited opportunities for work other than subsistence farming and fishing. Plus, the islands were often on the way to many of the prime whaling grounds, so they could pick up crews part way into the journey. Finally, I got to room that showed examples of the many products made from whales. There were jars of cosmetics and perfume, candles and soap, even a tennis racket that was strung with whale tendons. But the best part was three little glass jars, filled with different colored oils, one red, one tan and one green, coming from different species of whales. Other than the fact that the lids were made of wood that had been impregnated with some kind of wax, they looked, in size and shape, just like the little jars of crude oil that sit on the desks so many operations engineers that I have worked with through the years. The jars could have been from the high, moderate and low GOR parts of the Wattenberg Field or perhaps from different producing horizons in the Spraberry Trend. That’s when I was reminded, despite all the other byproducts like bone meal fertilizer and dried whale meat for animal feed, that
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the real purpose of all this effort to hunt down and kill whales was one thing: oil. Until Colonel Drake drilled his well in Pennsylvania, there was no other source of oil for lighting and people valued being able to work and read after the sun set so much that they were willing to pay a lot of money for the stuff. It’s hard to imagine how much a gallon must have cost in 2016 dollars, given all the time, distance and labor that was required to obtain it. Certainly a whole lot more than the $1.99 I paid for gasoline to fill up my truck last week. Even the biggest whales only produced about 25 tons of oil, less than 200 barrels. Yet profitable it must have been. Step outside the museum, and you find yourself in the middle of the old historic district, a several block area that has been restored by a combination of local historical societies and the National Park Service. Evidence of past wealth is everywhere: ornate banks, an exchange house where a ship’s load was auctioned off, and all the mansions, the stately houses of the ship owners. In a sense it is a well preserved example of an early 19th century oil boom town. Of course the boom was shortlived. Petroleum was discovered in Pennsylvania and even with slow-drilling cable tool rigs, a gallon of kerosene could be produced much more cheaply than a gallon of whale oil and the light it gave out what just as good. In addition, cheap paraffin wax quickly replaced whale-derived wax for candles. The whaling industry continued on for another century in a
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much diminished form, producing a few niche products, but cheaper replacement products and overfishing did it in. There are now three countries that allow limited whaling for meat but otherwise it is a dead industry. Walk outside the restored historic district and you enter a place that looks like it has seen better days, and in this case those better days ended around the time people were building the first cabins along Cherry Creek and what is now LoDo. There’s a sort of post-apocalyptic feel to the place, the way I imagine Midland, Texas will look like 20 years after we stop drilling for oil in the Permian Basin. There is, however, something to be learned from this. Despite the depressing sight of $40/barrel crude and gasoline under $2/ gallon, it is heartening to remember that people will pay a whole lot more for our product, if they don’t have a cheaper alternative. $100+ oil seems like a distant memory and it is easy to grow pessimistic and think the price will never come back, but we must remember that no one, probably not even the Saudis, are making much of a profit at today’s prices. Eventually, supply will drop and demand won’t. Those of you who are my age may well be retired before it happens, but for the rest of you, there will be more opportunities to hit it big. Which brings up a paradox: if people value what oil provides so much that they would be willing to pay other people to sail around the word hunting giant sea creatures just so they could have fuel for their lanterns, why do so many
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people want to shut the oil industry down? I am referring specifically to proposed Amendments 75 and 78, which fell just short of the number of valid signatures needed to get on the ballot, in spite of the millions spent on advertising trying to convince people not to sign the petitions. Although supporters talked about local government rights and health and safety issues, the real purpose of these amendments, especially the one requiring a 2500’ set back from any structure, was clearly to make oil drilling in Colorado virtually impossible. Groups helping to get signatures for the measures, such as 350.org, make this an explicit goal, to “keep it in the ground”. Personally, I accept the idea that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have some effect on global mean temperature and that having a goal of reducing levels to around 350ppm is a good one. But the way to do that is through some sort of engineering of the carbon cycle, not by shutting down the oil industry wherever it is politically expedient to do so. Any change in how abundant, relatively cheap energy is provided to the world is going to be technically difficult and extremely expensive to bring about. It will require a well-functioning economy that is generating a lot of wealth, part of which can be used to pay for the change, not an economy hampered by self-imposed restrictions on existing sources of energy. Coming up with economic alternatives to fossil fuels will take a lot of hard work and creative thinking. I know that’s a lot more difficult to do than standing out on the
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16th Street Mall collecting petition signatures, but it is also the way to achieve real solutions. Where does RMAG fit into all of this? Although our membership is open to all geoscientist, not just petroleum geologists, the fact remains that most professional geoscientist in Colorado are employed, either directly or indirectly, in the oil and gas business. If a ballot measure making oil drilling impossible in the state passes, it will negatively affect a large percentage of our members, as well as the organization itself. For that reason, it suggests we should take an active role in working against these types of ballot initiatives. However, our 501(c)(3) tax status limits our ability to be involved in political lobbying, so anything we do has to be done carefully and perhaps with legal guidance. A few members have approached me this year about RMAG becoming more involved in this or other political issues, such as opening up the City of Denver to mineral leasing, the rights of which are mainly owned by the city itself. I am open to ideas, but this is probably a more long term topic will have to be taken up by future boards and presidents. The proposed constitutional amendments didn’t make it onto the ballot this year, but don’t relax. There are several Whack-a-Mole type issues that keep getting on the ballot and gaining at most 25% of the vote, but then they reappear in another form two or four years later, only to get voted down again. I’m sure the 350.org folks will be back with more ballot initiatives as well.
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RMAG LUNCHEON PROGRAMS Speaker: Jon White — October 12, 2016
The West Salt Creek Landslide in Mesa County, Colorado Jonathan L. White, Mathew L. Morgan, Karen A. Berry; Colorado Geological Survey: Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401 yd3 of rock and soil down 2,100 ft of elevation and caused a 3-minute seismic wave train and 2.8 magnitude earthquake. The H/L (height to length) mobility index was 0.14 and angle of reach a very flat 8 degrees. The most rapid avalanche surges overtopped a 280-ft high ridgeline at an outside bend on the west side as well as a 180-ft high ridgeline on the east side of the valley. Velocity estimates at these locations, based empirically on the overtopped ridge heights and trim lines above the pre-landslide valley floor, range from 40 to over 85 mph. Independently, USGS velocity calculations from analyzing the seismic data lie within this range of avalanche speeds. Approximately half of the volume was incorporated into the rock avalanche. The remainder is now a half-mile-wide rotated disturbed block that slumped down to expose a 450-ft high headscarp. The back-tilt
On May 25, 2014, a large rock avalanche (sturzstrom) occurred in rural Western Colorado, about 38 mi east of Grand Junction at an elevation of ~9,500 ft. The rock avalanche was initiated by a disturbed 2,900ft wide and 900-ft deep block of Green River Formation that slipped along a preexisting landslide shear plane. As the rockmass (composed of shale, marlstone, and oil shale) rotated, the heaved and oversteepend front disaggregated and the pulverized rockmass “flowed” in discrete rock avalanche surges 2.8 mi down valley. The deposits ultimately covered nearly one square mile of the West Salt Creek valley. There was small, precursor landslide activity early that morning that blocked an irrigation ditch. Three local men investigating the blockage were killed by the main catastrophic failure at 5:45 PM MDT. The valley-constrained toe narrowly missed a producing oil and gas well pad. The rockslide and avalanche mobilized 39 million
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Jon White is a licensed professional geologist with 32 years of experience. Jon received his BS in Geology from Eastern Illinois University in 1983. After a 3-year stint in the Rocky Mountain oil and gas industry he retrained as an engineering geologist. After 3 years in temporary positions for the Colorado Dept. of Transportation, he gained a full-time position at the Interstate 70 Glenwood Canyon Project Geotech Office in 1990 that was staffed by the Colorado Geological Survey, and has been with them ever since. At the completion of the I-70 project he returned to Denver and took graduate courses from the University of Colorado and Colorado School of Mines, as well as other supplemental training in Quaternary geology, soils, and engineering geology. Jon’s current focus is geologic mapping, geologic hazard assessments, surficial processes, and geomorphology in semi-arid to arid terrains. He is the senior author of most of the recent geologic hazard investigations at CGS. Jon has authored over 60 published abstracts, maps, posters, and papers, including a GSA/AASG award-winning book - Collapsible soils in Colorado, and twelve 1:24,000-scale geologic quadrangle maps. He has also written several geologic field-trip guidebooks, managed the state-wide landslide inventory program, and was the senior author of the CGS 2015 West Salt Creek Landslide publication. Jon retired as a senior engineering geologist from the Colorado Geological Survey in February 2015 but has been retained as a half-time emeritus research geologist. He is currently mapping the Fountain quadrangle. OUTCROP | October 2016
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of the block formed a large depression that filled to form a 420 acreft sag pond. Concerns were raised about the long-term stability of the existing headscarp, the instability of the rotated block, and the potential for mud/debris flows if the pond were to breach. The first spring (2015) following the event, water drained from the pond by percolation to a natural pipe that outlets from the exposed base of the slump block. This caused the pond level to stay within its banks. The following spring, on May 27, 2016, a landslide from the head scarp slid into the pond and displaced a wave of water that spilled over and cut a channel
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into the rotated block. This event dropped the pond level about 6 ft., generating a mud/debris flow that extended beyond the original avalanche to block Salt Creek and the county road. The debris flow bifurcated and buried two well pads in mud where there are multiple producing well heads. From a regional perspective this landslide has prompted a need for landslide mapping and bare-earth LiDAR elevation models, caused re-evaluation of long run-out landslide morphology previously assumed to be coalesced mud flows, and consideration of the current density and siting of oil and gas well pads that may be near landslide-prone areas.
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RMAG LUNCHEON PROGRAMS Speaker: Katie Dahlberg — November 2, 2016
Making Unconventional, Conventional
Lithologies and Petrophysical Characteristics of the Upper Cretaceous Baxter Shale Gas Reservoir Canyon Creek Field, Sweetwater County, Wyoming Katie Dahlberg, Mark Longman, and Katerina Yared; QEP Resources, 1050 17th Street, Suite 800, Denver, CO 80265 carbon content ranges from 1.5® to 2.3 wt% in the PetroFecta from thermally mature (>1.4% Ro) shales and from 0.25 Fluid Inclusion to 0.75 wt% in the siltstones. Measured porosities in both the shales Technologies and siltstones are typically 4.5 to 7.5% with low matrix permeabilities ranging from is a unique approach combining about 80 to 700 nanodarcies. ® ), Trapped FluidofAnalysis XRF (PDQ-XRF Lying between the sandstones the Fron® and High Resolution Photography (FIS tier and Blair, the), Baxter Shale appears to be gas® ) ofthickness the entire wellbore from (RockEye its charged throughout in Canyon Creek Field. The entire Baxter interval is highly overpreswell cuttings or core samples of any age. sured (0.72 to 0.88 psi/ft) and exhibits fair to exare conducted on theagainst same mud cellent showsAllofanalyses gas during drilling weights of 13 to 17 pounds per gallon. Multi-stage 1 gram sample (up to 575 samples per well) hydraulic fracture stimulation of this interval along with an analytical cycle of four days. with the underlying Dakota and Frontier sandstones allows vertical wellsontoa DVD be completed with Data provided with
The Baxter Shale, stratigraphically equivalent to the Cody, Steele, and Mancos shales of Wyoming, was deposited in the Western Interior Seaway about 90 to 85 million years ago. In Canyon Creek Field, it consists of about 2700 ft of dominantly carbonate-rich, siliceous and illitic marine siltstones 1 and 2 man Mudlogging and shales. Siltstone beds range in thickness from Summit Gas Referencing™ a single layer Mudlogging of grains to ~3 cm and are separatGeosteering ed by shalier beds in coarsening-upward packagServices es that average about 200 ft thick in the upper part Mike Barberfor miles. Bioturof the Baxter and are correlative Manager Serving the Rocky Mountain bation ranges from non-existent toRegion minor in most beds. The thinnest planar siltstone beds represent 230 Airport Rd. Ph (435)657-0586 dominantly hypopycnal flow or eolianCell dust whereUnit D (435)640-1382 Heber City, Utah 84032 email: mbarber@summitmudlog.com as the thicker beds contain ripple laminae and were www.summitmudlog.com deposited by bottom currents including hyperpycnal flows. In Canyon Creek Field, the total organic
Katie Dahlberg received her B.S. in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in 2010. After interning three years with Questar Exploration and Production, now QEP Resources, she started full-time work for ®the company in Information about PetroFecta 2010, focusing on the Williston The first five years of and other Basin. FIT services, her career were spent exploring and developing the Williston call 918.461.8984 or visit Basin, during which time shewww.fittulsa.com also earned her M.S. in Geology from the Colorado School of Mines in 2014. Her most recent work has focused on the Baxter Formation in the Greater Green River Basin.
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IPs of 1 to 5 MMCFGPD. The best production generally comes from the silt-rich intervals as determined with production logs, but the extremely thin-bedded character of the siltstones and shale complicates petrophysical interpretation and quantification of gas in place. Natural fractures in the Baxter are mostly cemented with calcite and quartz, but localized open fractures may enhance production. Despite the significant overpressure and encouraging shows of gas, Baxter drilling results in four horizontal wells located in and around Canyon Creek Field during 2007 and 2008 have been
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disappointing with cumulative production of less than 0.5 BCF/ well over about 8 years. This is even less than several of the vertical wells in the field. Optimization of horizontal wellbore orientation, changes in drilling strategy and mud weights, along with improved fracture stimulation techniques are being evaluated with the goal of turning the Baxter resource in Canyon Creek Field into an economic play that may potentially extend across several townships. There is no doubt that the Baxter contains significant amounts of gas but a better strategy for production must be developed to tap this large resource.
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Change the Colorado Constitutional Amendment Process By Rachel Stocking Olson
Our industry received great news from Secretary of State, Wayne Williams, on Monday, August 29. Two ballot initiatives that would have greatly affected oil and gas operations in Colorado did not end up on the 2016 ballot. These are the anti-oil-and-gas initiatives No. 75 and No. 78. Initiative No. 75 would have allowed Colorado towns, cities and counties to have more control over oil and gas operations, and this could have been as far reaching as to ban industry operations altogether within their borders. No. 78 consisted of a mandatory setback that would have required new oil and gas facilities and operations to maintain a buffer of at least 2,500 feet from buildings or structures “intended for human occupancy,” as well as bodies of water and public open spaces, like sports fields, playgrounds, parks, and amphitheaters. The two initiatives did not acquire the requisite number of verified signatures – every Colorado initiative must acquire 98,492 verified signatures. A five percent random sample of petition signatures is pulled by a separate state agency under the Department of Personnel and Administration. To be placed on the ballot, the random sample must project the number of valid signatures to be 110 percent of the requisite number of
verified signatures. Initiative No. 75 collected 107,232 total signatures, but the projected number of verified signatures was only 79,634. Initiative No. 78 collected 106,626 total
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signatures, but only 77,109 signatures were deemed verifiable from its random sample. The No. 78 petition is also being investigated by the Attorney General for several suspected forged signature lines. I will begin by admitting that I am a new Coloradan and am still learning the politics here. I moved from California to Colorado in 2014 after having worked for a Southern California oil and gas operator in community relations and government affairs, so the anti-oil-and-gas mindset - without regard for facts - is not new to me. A few things came to mind while I read about these two anti-oil-andgas initiatives. First, where does the 98,492-required-verified-signatures number come from? Second, it seems much too easy to change the Colorado constitution with this signature process, and if it’s that easy, why hasn’t anyone done anything to change that? To answer my first question, according to the Colorado Legislative Council, a ballot proposal must receive five percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for the office of Secretary of State in the previous year general election, for 2016 that number is 98,492. Only registered voters may sign petitions, but there is no rule about where the signatures come from within the state. This means that signatures typically come from the Denver Metro area and do not represent Western Colorado and rural areas. The answer to my second question came about randomly during
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lunch with a friend that works at Anadarko. This year, in fact, someone is trying to make it more difficult to change Colorado’s constitution, the initiative is called Raise the Bar – Protect our Constitution. I don’t know how I missed it. Our industry has apparently been promoting it. My husband, who also works in oil and gas, had also not heard of it, and his boss is very active in the political scene. Perhaps we can blame it on the fact that we became first-time parents in March this year. We’ve been distracted. KES T
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ballot initiative that secured enough verified signatures
to be placed on the November ballot as Amendment No. 71. The amendment aims to make it more difficult to
change the state constitution. It would do two things: first, it would require the signatures for a proposed
amendment to be collected from 2% of registered voters in each of the state’s 35 senate districts – no more
of the Denver/Boulder “special interest playground,” as
it is referred to. Second, once the proposed amendment is on the ballot, it would need 55% of voters’ approval, instead of a simple majority (over 50%).
Raise the Bar rose over $1 million and submitted
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citizens can bypass state legislature and place proposed changes to state law and the constitution on the ballot. In summary, it is clear that the Colorado constitu-
tional amendment process needs to be changed. I plan on voting for proposed Amendment No. 71 to make
it harder for special interest groups to mess with our
state constitution, especially those that target our in-
dustry. Thankfully, initiatives 75 and 78 did not make it to the ballot.
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By Eliza Carter, The Colorado Independent Originally published on The Colorado Independent, 9/9/2016: www. coloradoindependent.com/161116/ gold-king-superfund-designation-priorities-list-mining-reform
The Environmental Protection Agency decided this week that the Gold King Mine near Durango is a top priority for Superfund designation. The mine, which was abandoned in 1923, spilled about 3 million gallons of mustard hued, toxic sludge into the Animas River in August 2015 and continues to leach today. The agency added the Bonita Peak Mining District, which includes Gold King, to its National Superfund Priorities List, meaning that congressional approval is the only remaining obstacle to Gold King becoming a Superfund site. The designation would unlock millions of dollars for the EPA to investigate and address years of contamination. Environmentalists, however, aren’t optimistic about swift action from Washington. Erica Brown, a spokeswoman at the Durango-based environmental group San Juan Citizens Alliance, called Congress “wholly uninterested in acting.” Brown noted that the area around Gold King receives funds for cleanup under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, so cleanup will continue, but Superfund money is still out of reach. The fact that it took more a year after the spill to access Superfund dollars has some wondering why there wasn’t a swifter federal
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Coloradans say they want their elected officials to do more about cleaning up mines. reaction. According to Brown, it was actually a rapid Of particular concern is the fact that Gold King is response by the standards of federal bureaucracy. The still leaking. On the one-year anniversary of the spill, EPA only considers sites for National Priority listing the mine was estimated to be spewing 500 gallons twice a year – and Gov. John Hickenlooper asked that per minute into the river, which serves as a backbone they do so for Gold King’s district last winter. for the region’s economy and way of life. It’s an alarmThe agency then assessed the district’s needs ing number, but not cause for alarm, thanks to mitigaand held a public comment period. Wednesday’s antion efforts from the EPA. The agency installed a treatnouncement marked the end of the review process, ment plant at the mine in the wake of last year’s spill, which actually took less time than usual. so the water emerging from the mine is not likely to Overall, Brown said that the spill helped to highcause environmental damage. light the gravity of the mining industry’s legacy in ColWhile the Gold King disaster grabbed the counorado. State estimates put the number of abandoned try’s attention, environmentalists say it’s only a sympand inactive mines in Colorado at about 17,000. But tom of a much more widespread and grave problem. Brown says that, in the past, the potential hazard Some are looking ahead to wholesale reform of the those mines presented wasn’t perceived with urgency. mining industry and mining clean-up – but there are “A lot of folks in the downstream communities did not serious challenges. understand how bad the problem really was, so was At issue is the fact that taxpayer-funded governthere very little engagement.” ment agencies are often on the hook for the impacts Now, public opinion research shows that Coloraof mines abandoned by private companies, which is dans are pmore concerned about their waterways in X 1/1/2; 1permitted RMAG ublication Ad-‐-‐-‐prof card size 2 5/8 2 issues @ 144 law from 1872, just before Coloby $ mining the wake of the mine spill. According to a poll conrado gained its statehood. Sen. Michael Bennet introducted by Chism Strategies in Colorado, 67 percent of duced legislation in November 2015 that would reform how the law works, but it has not yet been voted on in the Senate.. Brown expressed profound frustration about congressional apathy, saying that elected leaders are “more concerned with making the mining industry happy than they do the American people.” Gold King is among ten other toxic sites being added to the priorities list, including a plastic manufacturing site in New York and a lumber site in Florida.
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IN THE PIPELINE OCTOBER 25, 2016
OCTOBER 12, 2016 RMAG Luncheon. Speaker Jon White. “The West Salt Creek Landslide in Mesa County, Colorado.” Maggiano’s Little Italy, Downtown Denver.
RMS-SEPM Luncheon. Speaker: John McLeod. “When Clastics and Carbonates Collide: Preservation and Exposure of a Unique Upper Pennsylvanian (Missourian) Fossil Assemblage from the Fort Worth Basin of North Texas.” Wynkoop Brewing Co. RVSP to Luncheons@rmssepm.org or call 720-272-6697.
OCTOBER 18, 2016 PTTC Rockies Short Course. Instructor: Dr. Jennifer Miskimins. “Petroleum Engineering for Non-Engineers.” CSM, Golden, CO.
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RMAG Rockbusters Ball. The Warwick Hotel.
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2017 Board of Directors Candidate Biographical Sketch
Name: Cat Campbell Candidate For: Second Vice President 5 Words that Describe Me
Education
Creative Diligent Motivated Reliable Adventurous
MS Geology- University of Wyoming 2007 BA Environmental Studies- Connecticut College 2004
Professional Experience Senior Geologist- Robert L. Bayless, Producer 2012-Present - Exploration throughout Rockies and Australia Geologist- Encana Oil and Gas 2007-2011 -Development and operations in Wyoming and Colorado
Involvement within RMAG and other Professional Organizations 2014 General Co-Chair: RMS AAPG Meeting Denver 2014-present RMAG Rockbusters Ball Chair 2013- present CU Denver Global Energy Management Geology Instructor 2012- present RMS-AAPG Secretary/Treasurer/President Elect/President 2011-2014 RMAG NeoGeo and RMS YP Committee Member and Chair 2009/2015 AAPG ACE Denver Volunteer Chair 2008-2014 RMAG Outcrop Editor
First Concert Attended Britney Spears
Favorite Food Campbell's soup
Most Significant Publications Tobey, M and Campbell, C.E., 2016. Hydrogen Index as a Maturity Proxy - some pitfalls and how to overcome them, PS-RMS 2016 Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. Serafin, K.A., Campbell, C.E., and Thompson, D.M., 2011. A Comparison of a Seawall-Constrained and Unconstrained Beach in Groton, Connecticut, Northeastern Geographer v. 3, p. 35-59. Campbell, C.E. and Tobey, M. 2010. Mud Gas Mass Spectrometry Applications, Unraveling Frenchie Draw, COGA 2010 Meeting, Denver, CO. Campbell, C.E., Pearson, B.N., and Frost, C.D. 2008. Strontium isotopes as indicators of aquifer communication in an area of coal bed natural gas production, Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana, Rocky Mountain Geology , v. 43, no. 2, p 149-175.
Why do you want to be a part of the RMAG board? The opportunities offered by RMAG, both socially and educationally, are outstanding. As a geologist at a small company, I value the work RMAG does to engage geoscientists and enhance our careers. I want to be part of this process. As second VP, I will work to ensure the highest quality educational opportunities are available at low cost to the membership. I look forward to giving back to an organization that has done a lot for me.
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2017 Board of Directors Candidate Biographical Sketch
Name: George Coryell Candidate For: Treasurer-Elect 5 Words that Describe Me
Education 1975 – University of Washington – BS Geological Sciences 1978 – Oregon State University – MS Geology Petroleum Research Fellowship - Amoco, Shell, Gulf, & Amer Chem Soc 1994 – University of California, San Diego – PC Environmental Assessment
Professional Experience 2002-present Robert L. Bayless, Producer LLC 1996-2002 Mallon Oil Co. 1986-1996 Consultant 1981-1986 Forest Oil Corp. 1979-1981 Sohio Petroleum Co. 1977-1979 Texaco Inc.
Family man Friend Dreamer Scientist Practical
First Concert Attended Roberta Flack Don Ellis
Involvement within RMAG and other Professional Organizations Board of Directors, Denver Earth Resources Library, 2014-present, Current President AAPG, Judge, 2013 Imperial Barrel Award, RMS RMAG PG, California and Wyoming
Favorite Food From the sea Whether in a shell Or swims with fins
Most Significant Publications Banta Ridge field, in Oil and Gas Fields of Colorado 2014: RMAG Guidebook
Why do you want to be a part of the RMAG board? Throughout my career I have turned to RMAG for a community of colleagues and friends as well as a source of knowledge and ideas. It's about time for me to return the favor and contribute to the continued success of a great professional organization.
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2017 Board of Directors Candidate Biographical Sketch
Name: Michael P. Dolan Candidate For: President-elect 5 Words that Describe Me
Education
Husband, Father, Geologist, Professional and Homo sapiens (Is that two words?)
Colorado School of Mines M.S. Geochemistry 1996-1998 University of Illinois at Chicago B.S. Geology 1992-1996
Professional Experience Dolan Integration Group (DIG) 2006-present Ellora Energy 2005-2006 Exxon Mobil Exploration 2000-2005 Mobil E&P US 1998-2000 USGS Central Energy Team 1996-1998
First Concert Attended Genesis, Chicago Stadium
Involvement within RMAG and other Professional Organizations
Favorite Food
Although I had been passively participating in many local geological and geochemical societies throughout my career, a dear friend and colleague convinced me to run for RMAG 1st Vice President in 2014. This involvement has led to many great opportunities including: 2015 Hot Plays Co-Chair, Co-Editor of soon-to-be published Hydrocarbon Source Rocks in Unconventional Plays, Rocky Mountain Region, Active Membership in AAPG activities and paper reviews, RMAG Corporate Advisory Board. I am also a certified petroleum geologist (#6085) in AAPG and an active in SPE.
Combo Beef Sandwich, double-dipped with hot and sweet peppers.
Most Significant Publications Lewan, M.D., Dolan, M.P., and Curtis, J.B., Effects of smectite on the oil-expulsion efficiency of the Kreyenhagen Shale, San Joaquin Basin, California, based on hydrous-pyrolysis experiments. AAPG Bulletin, V. 98, No. 6 (June 2014), P. 1091-1109. Dolan, M. P., Travers, P., & Cumella, S. (2014). Predicting Fluid Quality from Regional Thermal Maturity Studies. Paper presented at the Rocky Mountain Section - AAPG Annual Meeting, Denver. Clauer, N., Lewan, M.D., Dolan, M.P., Chaudhuri, S., & Curtis, J.B., (2014). Mineralogical, chemical and K-Ar isotopic changes in Kreyenhagen Shale whole rocks and <2Îźm clay fractions during natural burial and hydrous-pyrolysis experimental maturation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 130, 93-112.
Why do you want to be a part of the RMAG board? At RMAG, we all stand on the shoulders of those who have preceded us. That legacy is very important to me. In my work and my professional development I am always pursuing the great scientific work and knowledge that can help build my own framework of understanding. The transfer of technologies in the geological sciences is always upon us. There is not a specific time we can carve out to conduct this transfer, we have to strive always to be inclusive of geology, in all of its important sub-disciplines, to our greater scientific community. Generations before and after us rely upon RMAG membership to steward our science with professionalism and integrity. As RMAG President-elect, I feel that I will have a golden opportunity to support my peers in building their own foundation of understanding in the science of geology. OUTCROP | October 2016
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2017 Board of Directors Candidate Biographical Sketch
Name: Jim Emme Candidate For: 1st Year Counselor 5 Words that Describe Me
Education
Curious Energetic Creative Strategic with a sense of Humor
B.S. Geology, 1978, University of California at Davis M.S. Geology, 1981, Colorado School of Mines (R.J. Weimer, advisor)
Professional Experience 35 years as a staff geologist, exploration manager and senior executive overseeing domestic and international oil & gas exploration/development activities, including: ARCO Oil & Gas geologist in Midland, TX (1978-1979); Anadarko Petroleum (1981-2004), in US onshore/offshore, Algeria, Alaska and Canada, including VP worldwide exploration and president Anadarko Canada Corp.; Domestic/International exploration consultant and small cap senior executive (2004-2015), including, Elk Resources president & COO (2006-2008), Max Petroleum senior VP exploration (2009), and Endeavour International executive VP North America (2010-2015).
Involvement within RMAG and other Professional Organizations
First Concert Attended Hollywood Bowl (1972?) Emerson, Lake & Palmer + Humble Pie (Peter Frampton) + Edgar Winterʼs White Trash.
Favorite Food
RMAG: Mentorship Program Mentor (2016); ʻHot Playsʼ Fall Symposium Best Speaker (2015), Continuing Education Committee (2007-2008), RMAG-DGS-COGA Conference Fund Raising Committee (2006); AAPG: Vice Chairman Denver ACE Annual Convention (2015); Committee on Resource Evaluations (2009-2011); RMS-COGA Conference Sponsorship Chair (2008); Colorado School of Mines: graduate student mentor and thesis committee member for Geology/GE and Geophysics departments (2006 – present), including advisor board member for Niobrara, Bakken and MUDTOC consortia and Reservoir Characterization Project (RCP); Geology/GE Dept. Enhancement Committee (2006 – present) and Visiting Committee (2008).
All things spicy, especially, chili rellenos and fish tacos.
Most Significant Publications Weimer, R.J., Emme, J.J., Farmer, C.L., Anna, L.O., Davis, T.L. and Kidney, R.L., 1982, Tectonic Influence on Sedimentation, Early Cretaceous, East Flank Powder River Basin, Wyoming and South Dakota, Colorado School of Mines Quarterly, Vol. 77, No, 4, 61 pages. Emme, J.J. and Driggs, A.F., 2000, International Business of Exploration – Algeria Case Study, in G.E. Kronman, D. Felio and T. OʼConnor, eds., International Oil and Gas Ventures – A Business Perspective, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK, pages 399-414.
Why do you want to be a part of the RMAG board? These are interesting and challenging times for our organization and membership. I have enjoyed a wonderful and diverse career in the oil & gas exploration industry, working in domestic and international settings for large independent and small cap companies as an exploration geologist and senior executive. Through all of the price cycles over the past 35+ years, I have appreciated the support and sense of community provided by RMAG. Now that I am recently retired I feel that I can provide thoughtful guidance and service to our organization in the counselor role. In collaboration with the board I hope to ensure a sustainable future for RMAG in support of our membersʼ needs, including, quality technical & social programs, professional education & training, networking and mentoring. Thank you for your consideration. OUTCROP | October 2016
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2017 Board of Directors Candidate Biographical Sketch
Name: Jennifer Jones Candidate For: Secretary 5 Words that Describe Me
Education B.S. Geology, Baylor University M.S. Geochemistry/Economic Mineralogy, Colorado State University (pending)
Professional Experience 2015-present: U.S. Dept. of Interior, Division of Minerals Evaluation, Geologist (Denver, CO) 2013-2015: Baker Hughes, Geoscientist III (Denver, CO) 2011-2013: CAE Mining/Datamine, Geology Consultant (Denver, CO) 2009-2011: Barrick Gold, Intern (Elko, NV); environmental laboratory asbestos analyst (Denver, CO)
Involvement within RMAG and other Professional Organizations Member of RMAG, AWG, GSA, SEG; RMAG luncheon participant; conference attendant.
Responsible Analytical Determined Curious Ambitious
First Concert Attended I honestly don't remember the first, but probably something embarrassing.
Favorite Food Any Asian food, or s'mores
Most Significant Publications Seitz, J., Dworkin, S.I., Nordt, L., and Atchley, S., 2008, Temporal Trends in Mineral Assemblages and Abundance from Paleosols that Span the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary, Big Bend, TX, GSA Abstracts w/ Programs, v. 38.
Why do you want to be a part of the RMAG board? I would love the opportunity to engage with and contribute more to RMAG, as well as expand my professional network and learning opportunities!
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2017 Board of Directors Candidate Biographical Sketch
Name: David Katz Candidate For: 1st VP 5 Words that Describe Me
Education B.A. Geology degree, Hamilton College, Upstate New York, 1999 MSc Geology degree, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, 2002 PhD Marine Geology and Geophysics degree, University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), 2008
Professional Experience Chevron Energy Technology Company, 2006-2013 Teams: Stratigraphic Services, Carbonate Technical Services, Carbonate Research and Development Whiting Oil and Gas, 2013-Present Team: Rock Laboratory Senior Geoscientist
Involvement within RMAG and other Professional Organizations Involvement since 2014 with RMAG Review papers for numerous organizations including RMAG, SEPM, AAPG, PPP
Nerdy Geologist Wine Food Exercise
First Concert Attended U2 and Public Enemy 1992
Favorite Food Not a fair question . . . . I like it all when done well.
Most Significant Publications *Katz, D., Jung, M., Canter, L., Sonnenfeld, M., Odegard, M., Daniels, J., Byrnes, A., Guisinger, M., Jones, K., Forster, J. 2016. Mineralogy Derived Brittleness from the Qemscan: Niobrara Case Study. Low Permeability Symposium, SPE 180251, p. 1-9. *Katz, D., Playton, T., Bellian, J., Harris, P., Harrison, C., Maharaja, A. 2010. Slope Heterogeneity and Production Results in a Steep Sided Upper Paleozoic Isolated Carbonate Platform Reservoir, Karachaganak Field, Kazakhstan. Caspian Carbonates Technology Conference, SPE 139960, p. 1-7. *Playton, T., Hocking, R., Haines, P., Hillbun, K., Katz, D. (in press). Carbonate Margin and Slope Sequence Stratigraphic Models from the Devonian of the Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia, SEPM, p. 1-65. *Katz, D., Buoniconti, M., Montanez, I., Swart, P., Eberli, G., Smith, L. 2007. Timing and Local Perturbations to the Carbon Pool in the Lower Mississippian Madison Limestone, Montana and Wyoming. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 256, p. 231-253.
Why do you want to be a part of the RMAG board? I would like to support the greater Rocky Mountain Geology community by volunteering time and have benefited from RMAG publications and sponsored events as far back as my PhD (2002). I hope that by volunteering I can give back to the community by providing similar resources and opportunities to other Geologists.
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2017 Board of Directors Candidate Biographical Sketch
Name: Erik R. Kling Candidate For: Second VP 5 Words that Describe Me
Education Colorado School of Mines, B.Sc. Geological Engineering Colorado School of Mines, Ph.D. Geology Professional Experience EOG 2005-2014 Geologist I, Geologist II, Senior Geologist QEP 20014-2016 Senior Geologist
Independent Inquisitive Unique Persistent Determined First Concert Attended The Irish Ramblers
Involvement within RMAG and other Professional Organizations
Favorite Food My momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.
AAPG Member since 2004
AAPG Student Chapter Secretary 2004, Treasurer 2005
RMS-SEPM Lifetime Member GSA Member since 2005 National Weather Service Severe Weather Spotter Most Significant Publications None
Why do you want to be a part of the RMAG board? Both to give back to, and to more actively support an organization who has given so much for the geosciences in our community.
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Name: Michael Madison Candidate For: Secretary 5 Words that Describe Me
Education
Enthusiastic, Dad, Curious, Adventurous, Handy
BS Geology, Illinois State University, 2004 MS Geology, Northern Illinois University, 2010
Professional Experience Right after undergrad, I worked a few years as a geologist for some environmental companies in the Chicago area. After Grad school, I worked on conventional projects as well as some chemical and waterflood projects in the Illinois basin for Rex Energy. Since moving to Denver, I have been working the Williston, primarily in the Bakken / Three Forks play first for Kodiak Oil and Gas, and now for Whiting Petroleum.
Involvement within RMAG and other Professional Organizations Active RMAG member since moving to Denver in 2011.
First Concert Attended The Black Crowes
Favorite Food Depends on mood, but freshly caught back country trout cooked on an open fire is tough to beat.
Illinois Basin Geological Society, Secretary, 2011 AAPG Member
Most Significant Publications My Master's Thesis - "ORIGINS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CLASTIC DIKES IN THE SAGE CREEK AREA OF BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK" 2010 RMAG/PTTC Geosteering Forum Talk - "Assessing Uncertainty in Geologic Data: Implications for well planning and Geo-Steering in the Bakken Petroleum System and Beyond" 2014
Why do you want to be a part of the RMAG board? I would like to get more involved in the organization that has helped me develop both my professional network as well my geological skill set and help ensure it continues to do the same for others.
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2017 Board of Directors Candidate Biographical Sketch
Name: Terri Olson Candidate For: President Elect 5 Words that Describe Me
Education
trustworthy collaborative diligent inquiring independent
1989--Amoco Petrophysics School 1983--Dartmouth College-MA Geology 1980--Colorado College-BA Geology
Professional Experience 1982-1999 2000-2004 2004-2008 2008-2014 2014-2016 2016-present
Amoco Production Co. Tom Brown Inc. Encana EOG Resources FEI Digital Rock Petrophysics
First Concert Attended Irish folk music
Involvement within RMAG and other Professional Organizations RMAG Counselor, 2015-2016 First VP, 2005 Chair, Publications Committee, 2006 Pubs Committee member, 2001-2008 Co-editor, The Outcrop, 2002-2008 Distinguished Service to RMAG Award, 2007
Favorite Food
AAPG Distinguished Service Award, 2016 Senior Associate Editor, 2012-2015 Assoc. Editor, 2000-2012, 2015-pres. Chair, Publications Committee, 2009-12 AAPG Member, 1982-present DWLS: VP Technology 2009-10
dark chocolate
Most Significant Publications Editor, 2016 AAPG Memoir 112, Imaging Unconventional Reservoir Pore Systems (and coauthor of 2 papers) Co-Editor, 2003 RMAG Piceance Basin Guidebook (and lead author of paper on White River Dome Field) Olson. T.M. et al, 1997, Reservoir Characterization of the Giant Hugoton Gas Field, Kansas: AAPG Bulletin. Other professional activities: Organized workshops and short courses on pore scale imaging and modeling for DWLS (2012), SPWLA (2014), AAPG (2015 & 2015) Organized and co-chaired petrophysics and imaging sessions for URTeC (2013-2016)
Why do you want to be a part of the RMAG board? To put it simply, I want to be part of the RMAG board because: --serving as president elect and president would provide an opportunity to give back to my local professional community by serving our society in a leadership role; --having a strong technical background in geology and petrophysics would contribute to technical focus by the board when appropriate; --I would learn a lot; and --it would be fun. OUTCROP | October 2016
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Name: Orion Skinner Candidate For: 1st Year Counselor 5 Words that Describe Me
Education
Curious, thoughtful, dependable, intellectually honest, quiet
BS - University of Wyoming 1980 MS - University of Wyoming 1982
Professional Experience Over 34 years as a Petroleum Geologist with exploration and development success covering five states, six basins and rocks ranging in age from Ordovician to Cretaceous. The last 11 years has been with Whiting Petroleum concentrating on the Williston Basin Bakken petroleum system with key discoveries of Sanish Field, the Pronghorn interval in Stark and Billings counties in North Dakota and other Whiting projects within the basin.
Involvement within RMAG and other Professional Organizations Membership in RMAG, AAPG and hold a Wyoming Professional Geologist certification
First Concert Attended ZZ Top
Favorite Food Lasagna
Received the 2012 Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Explorer of the Year award for work on the Pronghorn zone of the Bakken petroleum system and the AAPG Norman H. Foster Outstanding Explorer Award in 2014.
Most Significant Publications No formal publications to date. Several presentations captured on the AAPG Search and Discovery
Why do you want to be a part of the RMAG board? Geology has instilled within me a life-long passion and curiosity to understand the detailed geologic history of the various petroleum provinces through detailed mapping, core reviews and regional outcrops that are important to the petroleum industry and to the greater perception of geologic history and sequences. It is important to help foster a similar passion in other geological efforts for current and future geologists. Becoming part of the RMAG board would provide an avenue to utilize my background, experience and expertise to benefit the organization and its members, especially with the challenging times we are currently facing.
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Sturm Name: Stephen Stephen Sturm Name: Vice President Candidate For: 1st Candidate For: 1st Vice President Education Education
B.A., 1980, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Queens College (CUNY), New York B.A., & Environmental Sciences, Queens College (CUNY), York M.S., 1980, 1982, Earth Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, Univ. of North Dakota, GrandNew Forks M.S., 1982, Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks
Professional Experience Professional Experience
- Geological Consultant, 2015-Present Geological Consultant, 2015-Present -- Principal Geologist, Schlumberger Data Services, 2003 - 2015 -- Lead Principal Geologist, Schlumberger Data Services, 2003 1995 - 2015- 2003 PetroTechnical Expert, Schlumberger GeoQuest, -- Senior Lead PetroTechnical Expert, Schlumberger GeoQuest, 1995 - 2003 1991 -1995 Geologist/Project Manager, Intera Information Technologies, -- Senior Geologist/Project Manager, Intera Information Technologies, 1991 -1995 Research Geologist, RPI International, 1984 - 1991 - Research Geologist, RPI International, 1984 - 1991
Involvement within RMAG and other Professional Organizations Involvement within RMAG and other Professional Organizations + RMAG Member, 1984 - Present + RMAG Member, 1984 - Present ---Technical Program Chair, 'Hot Plays' Fall Symposium - 2015 & 2016 ---Technical Program Chair, 'Hot Plays' Fall Symposium - 2015 & 2016 ---Publications in 1987 & 2001 Guidebooks ---Publications in 1987 & 2001 Guidebooks + AAPG, 1984 - Present + 1984- -Present Present + AAPG, HGS, 2005 + + HGS, DWLS,2005 2014- Present - Present + DWLS, 2014 - Present
5 Words that Describe Me 5 Words that Describe Me Practical Practical Decisive Decisive Dedicated Dedicated Creative Creative Curious Curious
First Concert Attended First Concert Attended
Jefferson Airplane, 1972, Central Jefferson Airplane, 1972, Park. (Does sneaking intoCentral Forest Park. (Does sneaking into Forest Hills Tennis Stadium for Beatles Hills Tennis Stadium for Beatles 1964 show count?) 1964 show count?)
Favorite Food Favorite Food
Southern Italian Southern Italian(combination of Middle Eastern Middle Eastern (combination of three continents) three continents)
Most Significant Publications Most Significant Publications
+ A New Play in an Old Basin: Integrated Evaluation of Cretaceous Gallup Sandstone Reservoir in San Juan Basin, NM. + A New Play in an Old Basin: Integrated Presented at URTec, San Antonio, 2015 Evaluation of Cretaceous Gallup Sandstone Reservoir in San Juan Basin, NM. Presented at the URTec, San 2015 + Evaluating Impact of Antonio, Mineralogy, Natural Fractures, and In-Situ Stress on Hydraulically Induced Fracture System in + Evaluating the Impact of Mineralogy, Natural Fractures, and In-Situ Stress on Hydraulically Induced Fracture System in Horizontal Wells, SPE #163878-MS, 2013 Horizontal Wells, #163878-MS, 2013 + Recognizing theSPE Impact of Hydraulic Expulsion Fracturing on Reservoir Pressure in Mud-Rock Systems, AAPG, 2011 + theFracturing Impact of in Hydraulic Expulsion Fracturing on Reservoir Pressure in Mud-Rock Systems, AAPG, + Recognizing Role of Natural the Bakken Fm, Williston Basin, ND, presented at AAPG Annual Convention, 2009 2011 + Role of Natural Fracturing in the Bakken Fm, Williston Basin, ND, presented at AAPG Annual Convention, 2009 + Multi-Disciplinary Analysis of Tight Gas sandstone Reservoir, Almond Fm., Siberia Ridge Field, Wyoming, RMAG + Multi-Disciplinary Guidebook, 2001. Analysis of Tight Gas sandstone Reservoir, Almond Fm., Siberia Ridge Field, Wyoming, RMAG Guidebook, 2001. ----- Also published as GRI #00/0026 (339p), 2000 ----Also published as and GRI Cyclicity #00/0026in(339p), 2000 + Depositional History the Tyler Fm. (Penn), Southwestern North Dakota, published in RMAG Guidebook. + Depositional History and Cyclicity in the Tyler Fm. (Penn), Southwestern North Dakota, published in RMAG Guidebook. 1987 1987
Why do you want to be a part of the RMAG board? Why do you want to be a part of the RMAG board?
I have been a member of RMAG since I began working in Denver in 1984. RMAG is one of the largest, and most diverse I have been a member of RMAG since representing I began working in Denver in 1984. RMAG is one ofgroundwater the largest, and diverse groups of geoscientists and engineers O&G, academia, government, mining, and most environmental groups of geoscientists engineers O&G, academia, government, mining,including groundwater and environmental disciplines. The 1st Viceand President hasrepresenting responsibilities specifically related to publications the Outcrop, Mountain disciplines. TheGuidebooks. 1st Vice President responsibilities specifically related to publications the insightful Outcrop, Mountain Geologist and During has economic downturns it is always a challenge to solicit including relevant and publications. Geologist and Guidebooks. During economic downturns it is always a challenge to solicit relevant and insightful publications. However, I am confident that our membership can (and will) contribute publications that are of the highest quality, However, I am confident that our membership can (and will) contribute publications that are of the highest quality, enlightening, and disseminate new technologies, and provide practical application. I look forward to the opportunity to enlightening, and disseminate new technologies, provide practical application. look forward to the opportunity continue the standards of the board members thatand proceeded me, and to utilize my Iexperience from consulting and to service continue the standards of the board members that proceeded me, and to utilize my experience from consulting and service industry towards encouraging cross disciplinary interchange. industry towards encouraging cross disciplinary interchange. OUTCROP | October 2016
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Energetic Honest Witty Engaging Flexible
M.S. in Geology: Colorado School of Mines B.S. in Geology: University of Cincinnati
Professional Experience 20-year petroleum geologist experienced in prospect generation, acquisition and divestiture evaluation, risk analysis, petrophysics and reservoir modeling. Extensive real world experience managing successful drilling programs by coordinating geologic expertise with requirements of field personal, engineering, land, service companies and regulatory agencies to produce viable, economic and efficient full field development. Currently consulting at the USGS but working for Whiting prior to March-2016
Involvement within RMAG and other Professional Organizations Member of RMAG for 20 years RMS SEPM Member and Vice President since 2014 AAPG member and Member of the House of Delgates since 2015 Member of SPE Coordinator for "The Study Group" the one that meets at Thomson and Associates the 3rd Tuesday of every month.
David Lee Roth Skyscraper Tour - 1987
Favorite Food I'll eat anything that doesn't put up too much of a fight.
Most Significant Publications Ausbrooks, R. L., "Quantification of vuggy porosity and lithology using borehole images, core and logs, Bohai Basin, Offshore China,". Colorado School of Mines Unpublished Master's Thesis (1999) 164 p. Ausbrooks, R. L., Hurley, N. F., May, J. A., and Neese, D. G.: "Pore-Size Distribution in Vuggy Carbonates from Core Images, NMR and Capillary Pressure," paper SPE 56506 presented at the 1999 SPE Annual Technical Convention and Exhibition Houston, Texas, October 3-6. R. L. Ausbrooks was my legal married name at the time these were written.
Why do you want to be a part of the RMAG board? In the past I've enjoyed being part of a vibrant and active geologic community in Denver and the surrounding Rocky Mountain Region. There's great knowledge about evolving ideas and technologies presented and captured at meetings and talks. But there's also the ability to reach out to the members and form lifelong connections for business networking, friendship and shared scientific passion. Because I've benefitted greatly from these aspects in the community in the past, I'd like to ensure that they extend into the future. Being involved on the board of RMAG seems a great way to give back.
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