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February 2012 Luncheon- LF Seismic at Jonah and Pinedale Fields on 14-Feb-12 11:30 AM

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:30:00 GMT

February 2012 Luncheon- LF Seismic at Jonah and Pinedale Fields
Start Date: 14-Feb-12 11:30 AM
End Time: 14-Feb-12 1:00 PM
Location: Brookhaven Country Club, Dallas, TX 75234
Speaker: Brad Birkelo

Event Details:

Locating high-productivity areas of tight gas-sand reservoirs using LF seismic surveys at Jonah and Pindale fields.

Birkelo, B., A. Goertz, and K. Cieślik, Spectraseis AG and E. LaBarre, EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc

Jonah and Pindale fields in southwest Wyoming are prolific tight gas reservoirs. Jonah may have up to 8 TCF of recoverable gas, and estimates at Pinedale exceed 27 TCF. Primary production is from more than 5000 feet of discontinuous, sandstones from Upper Cretaceous Lance and Mesa Verde Formations. A low-frequency passive seismic survey was acquired over the Jonah and Pinedale gas fields to verify whether changes in the ambient seismic wave field could discriminate the higher productivity areas. The 2D profiles of the survey crossed the field in places that show maximum contrast in well productivity. As part of the ambient wave-field characterization (AWC) processing, the anthropogenic noise generated by the operations and the infrastructure of the field was captured and analyzed. Results of this analysis show that the AWC seismic attributes correlate well to reservoir properties like estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) and hydrocarbon pore thickness (HPT or SgPhiH) while the anthropogenic noise was not responsible for the measured AWC seismic signal anomaly. This opens the door to the use of AWC seismic surveys to extend existing tight gas-sand fields and to locating the high-productivity areas in tight gas-sand exploration plays.

Brad Birkelo is VP Geosciences at Spectraseis, where his work focuses on further developing microseismic and passive seismic techniques and integrating these data with conventional oil & gas data.
Prior to joining Spectraseis, Brad managed the Houston office of Digital Prospectors, Inc., an oil and gas consulting firm and, prior to this, worked for Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and Odessa, Texas where he processed and interpreted seismic data on numerous exploration and development projects. Brad received his MS in Geophysics from The University of Kansas (1987) and degrees from the University of Minnesota (BS Geology, 1982 and BS Geophysics, 1983). Brad served as SEG Secretary-Treasurer in 2006-07 and is an active member of the SEG, AAPG, EAGE, Denver Geophysical Society, and the Geophysical Society of Houston. The SEG awarded him Life Membership in 2010.

Brookhaven Country Club

3333 Golfing Green Drive

Dallas, TX USA 75234

DGS International Committee Dinner Meeting - Alaska North Slope Exploration and Development: Pioneer's Arctic Experience on 15-Feb-12 5:30 PM

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:30:00 GMT

DGS International Committee Dinner Meeting - Alaska North Slope Exploration and Development: Pioneer's Arctic Experience
Start Date: 15-Feb-12 5:30 PM
End Time: 15-Feb-12 8:30 PM
Location: Brookhaven Country Club, Dallas, TX 75234
Speaker: Robert Cook

Event Details:

Alaska North Slope Exploration and Development: Pioneer's Arctic Experience

Pioneer Natural Resource has been conducting E&P operations on Alaska's North Slope since 2004. Several plays were tested across the area, resulting in an offshore development, Oooguruk, which produces from horizontally drilled laterals, some undulating. The three target reservoirs are reached from a single drill site, ODS, and is conducted from a man-made island approximately 5 miles offshore in the Beaufort Sea. Although a prolific oil basin, and relatively shallow target zones, the project faces many challenges. Rock quality, reservoir pressure management through injection, and steep operating costs in a challenging environment combine to make this project a world class investment with world class operational obstacles. A range of these challenges and mitigations will be presented and discussed. Pioneer’s strong commitment to operating in an environmentally sensitive manner resulted in no wildlife harmed during the assembly of this material or during the life of the project.

Brookhaven Country Club

3333 Golfing Green Drive

Dallas, TX USA 75234

DGS International Committee Dinner Meeting - Petroleum Geology and Recent Exploration Activity in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq on 21-Mar-12 5:30 PM

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:30:00 GMT

DGS International Committee Dinner Meeting - Petroleum Geology and Recent Exploration Activity in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq
Start Date: 21-Mar-12 5:30 PM
End Time: 21-Mar-12 8:30 PM
Location: Brookhaven Country Club, Dallas, TX 75234
Speaker: Van Odell

Event Details:

The petroleum geology of and recent E&P activity in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq

Van Odell* – Dynamic Global Advisors

Dr. Jim Granath – Dynamic Global Advisors

Dr. Tim Wawrzyniec – The Lidar Guys

Kurdistan lies at the northwestern end of the Zagros Foldbelt, which is an active tectonic domain that is also a highly prospective and productive oil and gas province. The Kurdistan section of the fold belt is the site of recent major discoveries, including Shaikan, Akri Bijeel, Sheikh Adi, Atrush, Swara Tika, Miran West, Taq Taq, and Tawke.

The Zagros Foldbelt borders the northern and northwestern Arabian Plate. Conditions suitable for hydrocarbon accumulation occurred on the Arabian plate to the southwest of the Zagros. Subsequent deformation along this plate margin modified and enhanced the occurrence of hydrocarbons along the deformed Zagros Foldbelt.

The early Paleozoic history of this province was dominated by clastic deposition, which was followed by deposition of several source-seal-reservoir triplets during the Mesozoic including potential source rock intervals inn the Triassic, Middle Jurassic, Upper Jurassic, Lower Cretaceous, and Middle Cretaceous. Source rocks are intraformational shale or organic rich carbonates. Seals are shales or extremely thick anhydrite beds.

Carbonates dominate the reservoirs of the Mesozoic stable platform of the Zagros Foldbelt. Eight hydrocarbon-bearing formations (reservoirs) are present in most discoveries. All are of Mesozoic age, from the Cretaceous to Triassic. They are the Sarmord, Barsarin, Sargelu, Alan, Mus, Butmah, Baluti, Kurra Chine Formations.

Recent exploration activity has been very successful for small and medium-sized companies that ventured early into Kurdistan. Numerous structures have been tested with results of resources of several to tens of billion barrels each. Wells have been tested at rates of tens of thousands of barrels per day. The recent entry of US independents and a supermajor will further accelerate activity.

The conventional wisdom is that “the area has simple and well understood geology and is largely unexplored with uncomplicated structures most which are expressed at the surface.” With more data and continued study of the surface and subsurface we find this statement not to be accurate. The true structural and stratigraphic aspects of the area are more complicated than first thought.

Kurdistan has significant potential and is experiencing some of the most active exploration efforts in the world. This presentation will build on work for a number of clients during the last few years involving integrated subsurface and surface interpretation.

Brookhaven Country Club

3333 Golfing Green Drive

Dallas, TX USA 75234

DGeophS Luncheon - Dr. Jack Schuenemeyer - Gas Hydrate Resource Estimation on 22-Mar-12 11:30 AM

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:30:00 GMT

DGeophS Luncheon - Dr. Jack Schuenemeyer - Gas Hydrate Resource Estimation
Start Date: 22-Mar-12 11:30 AM
End Time: 22-Mar-12 1:00 PM
Location: Ellison Miles Geotechnology Institute, Farmers Branch, TX 75244
Speaker: Dr. Jack Schuenemeyer

Event Details:

Modeling Gas Hydrate Resources in the US Federal Offshore Regions

John H. (Jack) Schuenemeyer

Southwest Statistical Consulting, LLC

Cortez, Colorado

Gas hydrate, which is essentially methane in ice, is a potentially important worldwide energy resource that could one day supplement domestic and world-wide natural gas resources. There is evidence of significant in-place gas hydrateresources in offshore deepwater areas of the world.

Earlier assessments of gas hydrate resources in the United States followed the protocol used for the assessment of conventional oil and natural gas resource where sizes and frequencies of occurrences were specified by expert judgment. More recently, research and data availability have lead the U.S Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to develop a mass-balance cell-based model using stochastic simulation to obtain estimates of available gas hydrate resources.

The principal components of the mass balance model are a subsea floor container, the fraction of container volume that may be filled with hydrate, and available charge. The distribution of resources is estimated via stochastic simulation.

Preliminary in-place results have been published for the Gulf of Mexico where the assessment model structure consists of over 200,000 cells that measure 2.32 km². Models are currently being developed for the Atlantic, Pacific and Alaska Federal Offshore regions.

Dr. John H (Jack) Schuenemeyer, President of Southwest Statistical Consulting, located in southwest Colorado, USA, has over 35 years’ experience as a statistical consultant, teacher, and researcher specializing in energy and earth science applications.

Dr. Schuenemeyer is Professor Emeritus of Statistics, Geography, and Geology at the University of Delaware. He holds a PhD in Statistics from the University of Georgia and degrees in Applied Mathematics from the University of Colorado.

He is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association . He is a recipient of the International Association of Mathematical Geoscientists (IAMG) Griffith’s Award for outstanding teaching. He is IAMG’s 2011-2012 Distinguished Lecturer.

He is currently a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Committee on Resource Evaluation, and is a member of the American Statistical Association Committee on Energy Statistics.

He has published over 100 research papers and is the coauthor of a recently published book, Statistics for Earth and Environmental Scientists.

Ellison Miles Geotechnology Institute

3939 Valley View Ln

Farmers Branch, TX 75244

13th Annual Crawfish Boil Oil & Gas Industry Event on 12-Apr-12 5:30 PM

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:30:00 GMT

13th Annual Crawfish Boil – Oil & Gas Industry Event
Start Date: 12-Apr-12 5:30 PM
End Time: 12-Apr-12 11:00 PM
Location: Winfrey Point, Dallas, Texas
Event Details:

Crawfish, Catfish, Beverages, Conversation, Music and more Crawfish

Come out and visit with the Dallas Oil Community at Winfrey Point on White Rock Lake.

Sponsored by the Dallas Chapters of SIPES, the Dallas Geological and Geophysical Societies, the Dallas Association of Professional Landmen, SPE - Dallas and the Texas Energy Council

Payment by Credit Card is required for Advanced Registration.

If you are not a DGS member, click on the yellow highlighted text & you will need to create a login id to the DGS website to register and pay. To pay by mail send a check made out to: Crawfish c/o Dallas Geological Society, 4925 Greenville Ave., Suite 600, Dallas, TX 75206

Winfrey Point

950 East Lawther

Dallas, Texas

DGS International Committe Dinner Meeting on 18-Apr-12 5:30 PM

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:30:00 GMT

DGS International Committe Dinner Meeting
Start Date: 18-Apr-12 5:30 PM
End Time: 18-Apr-12 8:30 PM
Location: Brookhaven Country Club, Dallas, TX 75234

Brookhaven Country Club

3333 Golfing Green Drive

Dallas, TX USA 75234

DGS Ineternational Committee Dinner Meeting on 16-May-12 5:30 PM

Wed, 16 May 2012 22:30:00 GMT

DGS Ineternational Committee Dinner Meeting
Start Date: 16-May-12 5:30 PM
End Time: 16-May-12 8:30 PM
Location: Brookhaven Country Club, Dallas, TX 75234

Brookhaven Country Club

3333 Golfing Green Drive

Dallas, TX USA 75234

AAPG SWS Convention on 19-May-12 8:00 AM

Sat, 19 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT

AAPG SWS Convention
Start Date: 19-May-12 8:00 AM
End Time: 22-May-12 5:30 PM
Location: Hilton (downtown Ft. Worth)
Event Details:

Subject: “Leading the Stampede”: Call for Papers, and Posters, May 19-22, 2012, SWS AAPG Convention, Ft. Worth Texas

Howdy from Southwest Section of AAPG. As Poster and Paper Chairs, we are delighted to invite you to participate in the Poster and Oral Presentations at the 2012 Southwest Section Convention, to be held in Ft. Worth, at the downtown Hilton, May 19-22, 2012. We anticipate a lively crowd from the Metroplex, as well as Central and West Texas, and even attendees from the Mid Continent. Our Program, “Leading the Stampede”, will highlight numerous topics of new exploration and development within the entire Southwest and beyond.

Attached is the SWS Convention Website, Topics for the Technical Program, and our contact information for any questions. We heartily invite FWGS members and students to present their work, theses and dissertations. We would like to cultivate an interactive atmosphere, even having the poster participants “advertise” between technical talks. We also hope to have multiple participants from local universities, generating areas for various schools, and alums to congregate and exchange ideas, and data.

The website provides all the information about submitting abstracts for papers, and posters, and also a call for judging volunteers. WE NEED VOLUNTEER JUDGES! Students who present posters or papers will get a free Student Presenter Day Pass to the Convention.

http://www.swsaapg2012fortworth.org/

Look forward to hearing from you with comments, questions, and abstracts.

Regards,

Jenny Hope cell: 817-798-4167 Janice Brown cell: 817-301-2332

Hopej@dteenergy.com Janbrown@slb.com

Poster Chair Technical Paper Chair

SWS 2012 Convention

"Leading the Stampede”

The 2012 AAPG Southwest Section Convention

May, 21-22, 2012, Ft. Worth, TX

I. Reservoir Characterization
Real-time Decision Making
Developments in Reservoir Modeling
Enhancements in Integration
Reservoir Quality and Outcrop Analogues
Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
Low Matrix Porosity Reservoirs
Recovering and Identifying By-passed Hydrocarbons and Reservoir Compartments
New Approaches to Reservoir Characterization and Modeling
Accelerating the Transfer from R&D to Production
Advancements in Geo-statistical Methods

II. Petrophysics
Lab Core Studies
Rock Properties, Rock Typing
Core to Log Calibration
LWD – Logging While Drilling
Borehole Imaging
Fracture Identification / Analysis
Low Resistivity Pay
Carbonate and Clastic Stratigraphic Tools and Techniques
Reducing Uncertainty of Hydrocarbon Saturation

III. Exploiting Unconventional Resources
Tight Gas Reservoirs / Shale Gas
Heavy Oil
Oil Shale
Coal Bed Methane
Basin Centered Gas (Deep Gas)
Fractured Shale / Basement
ApplyingNorth American Shales as Analogues for Global Exploration

IV. Geological Studies and Basin Modeling
Petroleum Systems Analysis
Models for Developed Fields
Hydrocarbon Systems
Salt Exploration Plays
Regional Geology of the Southwest
Recent Depositional Systems

V. New Play Concepts in Exploration
New Exploration Concepts
“Berry” Plays & New Discoveries
Stratigraphic Traps
Analogues
Breakthroughs in Reservoir Prediction
Managing HP/HT Reservoirs
Carbonate and Clastic Stratigraphic Tools and Techniques
Risk and Portfolio Management in Exploration
Accelerate the Development of Geologists and Geophysicists
Partnerships with Academia

VI. Environmental and Government Affairs
Permitting / Drilling
Water Supply Resources
Fluid Disposal
Environmental Footprints

http://www.swsaapg2012fortworth.org/

Hilton (downtown Ft. Worth)