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INVITATION FROM THE GENERAL CHAIR
On behalf of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
(AAPG), its divisions, the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM),
and our host, the Utah Geological Association (UGA), it is my pleasure
to invite you to join us at the 101st Annual Convention and Exhibition—
ACE 101: Bridging Fundamentals and Innovation
20-23 May 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
ACE 101 will provide an opportunity to return to the rocks and
to remember the importance of fundamental geologic concepts,
but also to look to the future, to harness and embrace new
technology and innovation. The organizing committee has worked
hard to deliver what we think will be an unparalleled geologic and
technical experience.

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 The technical program team received more than 2,100 abstracts, the second highest ever
behind Houston’s 2017 ACE that celebrated the 100th-year anniversary of AAPG. After an
extensive review process, submissions were narrowed down to the best of the best. Nearly
400 oral and 600 poster presentations were accepted and then organized into ten major
themes. With the bulk of our program authored by industry professionals, what you learn at
ACE can be applied when you return to work.

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All your favorite topics will be covered,
from siliciclastic systems, to carbonate
reservoirs, to geochemistry, to structure,
to geophysics. Unconventional exploration will
undoubtedly be a highlight of the program,
with several sessions on North American and global
unconventional systems. Furthermore, having ACE 101
in Salt Lake City, with its close proximity to perhaps
the most famous lacustrine deposits in the world,
the Eocene Green River Formation and modern analog
Great Salt Lake, provides a unique opportunity to focus
on the importance of lacustrine systems in hydrocarbon
exploration. The program also includes two
Green River field trips, an exciting trip to Great Salt
Lake, and an entire theme dedicated to
lacustrine deposits including an
unprecedented oral session on the
South Atlantic pre-salt play.

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 Unquestionably, the biggest attraction of any Utah-based geology-related
convention is the field trips. The local committee has organized 13 field trips
which will take participants to every corner of this picturesque state.
A highlight will be the geotourism trips planned for Utah’s “Mighty 5”—Arches,
Canyonlands, Zion, Bryce, and Capital Reef National Parks. Several other
trips will include classic reservoir outcrop analogs and geologically famous
locales such as the Book Cliffs, San Rafael Swell, Ferron Sandstone, Uinta
Basin, Paradox Basin, and the Wasatch Front.

If you can’t join

an official field trip,
May is a wonderful time
to explore downtown
Salt Lake City and
the surrounding foothills.

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An additional highlight of the meeting
will be the extraordinary core session,
which will host one of the most impressive
core displays ever under one roof. Confirmed
core includes: the public debut of the PR-15-7c
core that captures nearly the entire Green River
Formation in one continuous 1600-foot set of rock,
three lacustrine cores from the Kwanza Basin pre-salt
play of offshore Angola, core from the lacustrine Eocene
Elko Formation in Nevada, a sampling of Pennsylvanian
carbonate cores from the Greater Aneth oil field
(the largest producing oil field in Utah), and cores
from several different domestic unconventional
basins including the Williston, Anadarko,
DJ, and San Juan.

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 Several other events will take place in conjunction with
the main technical program including luncheons
(don’t miss an extraordinary presentation on the Permian
Basin at the All-Convention Luncheon), special sessions
(invited talks from industry leaders on super basins,
innovation, machine learning, the business of oil and gas,
and the future geoscientist), short courses
(16 amazing training opportunities),
an educator field trip, and guest activities.

Furthermore, a packed exhibit hall will host

companies, universities, and nonprofits
featuring the most current research, science,
and technology.

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I sincerely hope to see you in Salt Lake City
for ACE 101. For those of us that make Utah
home, we are very spoiled when it comes to
accessible rocks, and we would love to share
the spoils with thousands of our closest
geology friends.

Michael Vanden Berg

General Chair
AAPG 2018 Annual Convention and Exhibition

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Highlights
History of Petroleum Geology...................................................17
AAPG/AAPG Foundation Imperial Barrel Award (IBA) Ceremony..... 17
Opening Session and Awards Ceremony...................................17
Awards Ceremony Honorees....................................................18
Super Basins Forum.................................................................19
All-Convention Luneon.............................................................19
Discovery Thinking Forum........................................................20
Michel T. Halbouty Lecture.......................................................20
SEPM Research Symposium.....................................................21
The Business of Oil and Gas: The Many Pathways to Success....22
Special Executive Forum: Great Innovation Leaders...................22
DPA Special Forum: The Future Energy Geoscientist..................23
Machine Learning “Unsession”.................................................23
Core Like Never Before!...........................................................24
Field Trips...............................................................................26

Networking and Events

Luncheons..............................................................................31
Networking Opportunities........................................................33
Career Center..........................................................................33
Earth Science Educator Program..............................................33
Students.................................................................................34
Young Professionals................................................................34
SEPM Annual Meeting.............................................................35
Exhibition................................................................................36
Social Activity.........................................................................38
Guest Program........................................................................39

Technical Program
Theme Chairs..........................................................................41
Oral Sessions at a Glance........................................................42
Poster Sessions at a Glance.....................................................44
Technical Program Sunday.......................................................47
Technical Program Monday......................................................47
Technical Program Tuesday.....................................................63
Technical Program Wednesday.................................................77

Short Courses
Pre-Convention........................................................................92
Post-Convention......................................................................93

Register and Travel

How to Get Around..................................................................94
Where to Stay..........................................................................96
How to Register.......................................................................98

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 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Michael Vanden Berg Paul B. Anderson Lauren Birgenheier Cat Campbell Alair Emory Stephanie Carney
General Chair General Vice Chair Technical Program Chair Sponsorship Co-Chair Sponsorship Co-Chair Social Event Co-Chair
Utah Geological Survey Consulting Geologist University of Utah Camino Natural Resources Utah Office of Utah Geological Survey
Energy Development

Julie Lemaster Mary Ann Wright Mary Chidsey Mark Milligan Jim Davis Ellen Jayne Reat
Social Event Co-Chair Guest Program Co-Chair Guest Program Co-Chair Educator Program Co-Chair Educator Program Co-Chair Student Volunteer Chair
Goolsby, Finley, & Associates, Utah Geological Survey Utah Geological Survey University of Utah
Rocky Mountain Section President

Angela Isaacs Weiguo Li Tom Chidsey Jason Blake Howard Harper Alan R. Carroll
AAPG Judging Chair SEPM Judging Chair AAPG Short Course Chair AAPG Field Trip Chair SEPM Short Course Chair SEPM Field Trip Chair
Sinclair Oil BP Utah Geological Survey Consulting Geologist SEPM University of
Wisconsin-Madison

Cari L. Johnson Stephen M. Testa David A. Wavrek Steve Schamel Julia F. W. Gale Caleb Pollock
SEPM Vice Chair DEG Vice Chair DPA Vice Chair EMD Vice Chair PSGD Vice Co-Chair PSGD Vice Co-Chair
University of Utah Testa Environmental Petroleum Systems GeoX Consulting Inc. Bureau of Economic Pioneer Natural Resources
Corporation International, Inc. Geology, Jackson School of
Geosciences, The University of
Texas at Austin

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ACE AT A GLANCE (as of 22 December)
All events take place at the Salt Palace Convention Center unless otherwise noted.

Friday, 18 May Tuesday, 22 May

1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Registration
Saturday, 19 May 8:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. SEPM Research Symposium
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Guest Hospitality Suite
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Earth Science Educator Program (Hilton Salt Lake City Center)
6:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. PROWESS Reception 8:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. Oral Sessions
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Guest Tour
Sunday, 20 May 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Guest Tour
8:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Registration 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Poster Sessions
11:55 a.m.–2:40 p.m. History of Petroleum Geology 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Exhibition
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Young Professionals Meet & Greet 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Core Like Never Before!
3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. AAPG/AAPG Foundation Imperial 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Student and Faculty Lounge
Barrel Award (IBA) Ceremony 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Career Center
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Opening Session and Awards 9:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Refreshment Break
Ceremony 10:05 a.m.–11:50 a.m. The Business of Oil and Gas:
5:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Exhibition and Icebreaker The Many Pathways to Success
Reception 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. DPA Luncheon
5:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Core Like Never Before! 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. SEPM Business Meeting Luncheon
Monday, 21 May 1:15 p.m.–5:05 p.m. SEPM Research Symposium
7:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Registration 1:15 p.m.–5:05 p.m. The Business of Oil and Gas: The
8:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Super Basins Forum Many Pathways to Success
8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Guest Hospitality Suite 1:15 p.m.–5:05 p.m. Oral Sessions
(Hilton Salt Lake City Center) 2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Refreshment Break
8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Guest Tour 3:20 p.m.–5:05 p.m. Special Executive Forum:
8:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. Oral Sessions Great Innovation Leaders
8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Career Center 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. End-of-Day Reception
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Poster Sessions 6:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Social Activity: Rocky Mountain
9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Exhibition Section A Night at the Natural
9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Core Like Never Before! History Museum of Utah
9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Student and Faculty Lounge 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. SEPM President’s Reception
9:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Refreshment Break and Awards Ceremony
9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Guest Tour (Marriott City Center)
11:30 a.m.–1:15 p.m. All-Convention Luncheon Wednesday, 23 May
1:15 p.m.–5:05 p.m. Oral Sessions 7:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Registration
1:15 p.m.–5:05 p.m. Discovery Thinking Forum 8:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. DPA Special Forum: The Future
2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Refreshment Break Energy Geoscientist
4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Student Career Seminar 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Guest Hospitality Suite
(Hilton Salt Lake City Center) (Hilton Salt Lake City Center)
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. End-of-Day Reception 8:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. Oral Sessions
5:10 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Michel T. Halbouty Lecture 8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Career Center
5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. All-Alumni Reception 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Guest Tour
(Hilton Salt Lake City Center) 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Poster Sessions
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. AAPG/SEPM Student Reception 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Exhibition
(Hilton Salt Lake City Center) 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Core Like Never Before!
7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. SEPM Research Group 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Student and Faculty Lounge
Meetings and Reception 9:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Refreshment Break
(Marriott City Center) 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Unconscious Bias Luncheon
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. EMD/DEG Luncheon
1:15 p.m.–5:05 p.m. Oral Sessions
1:15 p.m.–5:05 p.m. Machine Learning “Unsession”

Pre and post-convention Field Trip and Short Course information can be found on pages 26-27 and 90-91.

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 HIGHLIGHTS
• History of Petroleum Geology
• AAPG/AAPG Foundation Imperial
• Special Executive Forum:
Great Innovation Leaders
Barrel Award (IBA) Ceremony • DPA Special Forum:
• Opening Session and The Future Energy Geoscientist
Awards Ceremony • Machine Learning “Unsession”
• Awards Ceremony Honorees • Core Like Never Before!
• Super Basins Forum • Field Trips
• All-Convention Luncheon
• Discovery Thinking Forum
• Michel T. Halbouty Lecture
• SEPM Research Symposium
• The Business of Oil and Gas:
The Many Pathways to Success

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HIGHLIGHTS
History of Petroleum Geology (AAPG)
Date: Sunday, 20 May
Time: 11:55 a.m.–2:40 p.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: Included with registration
Co-Chairs: A. Haddad and M. Silverman
The History of Petroleum Geology Committee will again hold its annual
forum in a special session of high-quality papers. Subjects from three
continents are included, with topics that range from the roots of our key
geologic concepts, through the development of exploration, modeling,
and drilling technologies.
Drielli Peyerl will lead us off with a review of the revolution in the use
of seismic in Brazil in the mid-Twentieth Century. She’ll be followed by
Mary Barrett, speaking on historic natural gas losses in the U.S.
Jeff Spencer will offer a look at the earliest over-water drilling in
America. Next up, Matt Silverman will introduce us to America’s most
famous petroleum geologist, John T. Scopes, that you didn’t know was
one of us.
Rasoul Sorkhabi’s paper will chronicle the early ideas about source
rock. Then, William Meddaugh will offer a history of reservoir modeling.
Mike Simmons will present his review of the origins of sequence
stratigraphy. Finally, Mu Liu will take us to China for his insights into the
discovery of the giant Daqing field.
This promises to be a memorable session, with plenty of time for
questions and discussion.
The purpose of the History of Petroleum Geology Committee is to
preserve and promote the history and heritage of the evolution of
geological concepts and technologies used in the search for oil and gas
worldwide, and honor the memory of the men and women who moved
history forward

AAPG/AAPG Foundation Imperial Barrel Award Opening Session and Awards Ceremony
(IBA) Ceremony Date: Sunday, 20 May
Time: 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Date Sunday, 20 May
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Time: 3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Fee: Included with registration
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: Included with registration One of the grand traditions of the AAPG Annual Convention
Join the excitement and make sure to attend as the winners of and Exhibition, the Opening Session and Awards Ceremony is a
this year’s global AAPG/AAPG Foundation Imperial Barrel Award highlight of every ACE. This year, General Chair Michael Vanden
competition will be announced in a thrilling awards ceremony that Berg opens the meeting with a positive forward-looking message
is open for all to attend — giving you the chance to experience it in for both new and experienced energy geoscientists. Mr. Vanden
person. It’s also a great way to start your ACE 2018 experience, as Berg is the head of the Energy and Minerals Program at the Utah
the awards presentation will take place just prior to the convention’s Geological Survey and a powerful advocate for AAPG in the region.
Opening Session and Awards Ceremony. Come a bit early and be Following Mr. Vanden Berg, AAPG President Charles Sternbach will
part of the excitement. deliver his address to the membership, honoring both AAPG and the
awardees for their numerous accomplishments in 2017-18.
The AAPG/AAPG Foundation IBA program is an annual competition
in evaluating prospective basins, featuring teams of the top AAPG’s annual awards ceremony recognizes the leaders who
geoscience graduate students from around the world — all of shaped the organization, industry, and future of energy. The
whom have qualified for the finals by first winning IBA Region and fast moving, colorful event will showcase the best of AAPG and
Section competitions. The fast-moving presentation will include recognize lifetimes spent benefiting others.
an introduction of the IBA program and all the teams who made
it to the finals and recognition of the many generous sponsors
who make the program possible. It all leads to the grand finale
— the announcement of this year’s winning teams. Come help us
celebrate the accomplishments of these hard-working students —
and see which teams win scholarship funds for their geosciences
departments and applaud the school that leaves Salt Lake City with
the title of IBA champion. Visit iba.aapg.org to see a list of finalists.
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 AWARDS CEREMONY HONOREES
Sidney Powers Memorial Award Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Award
Michael C. Forrest (Presented to honor and reward the author(s) of the best AAPG
Michel T. Halbouty Outstanding Leadership Award BULLETIN article published each calendar year.)
Hans H. Krause Benjamin Kneller
Mason Dykstra
L. Austin Weeks Medal Award Luke Fairweather
John J. Amoroso Juan Pablo Milana
Honorary Member Award Robert H. Dott Sr. Memorial Award
Jeffrey Brooks Aldrich (Presented to honor and reward the author/editor of the best
Edward A. (Ted) Beaumont Special Publication dealing with geology published by the
Gretchen M. Gillis Association.)
Jeffrey W. Lund Claudio Bartolini
David G. Rensink Paul Mann
Paul Weimer
J. C. “Cam” Sproule Memorial Award
Norman H. Foster Outstanding Explorer Award (Presented to recognize and reward younger authors of papers
Susan Morrice applicable to petroleum geology.)
Robert R. Berg Outstanding Research Award Jinyu Zhang
Carlo Doglioni Ronald Steel
Mark G. Rowan William A. Ambrose
Distinguished Service Award John W. Shelton Search and Discovery Award
Peter Baillie (Presented in recognition of the best contribution to the “Search
Richard Ball and Discovery” website in the past year.)
Steven Brachman Andrew D. Miall
Cynthia Huggins George C. Matson Award
Jon R. Schwalbach (Presented to honor and reward the best oral presentation at the
Michael L. Sweet 2017 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition in Houston, Texas.)
Grover E. Murray Distinguished Educator Award Paul G. Lillis
Frank R. Ettensohn Jules Braunstein Memorial Award
Phillip Steven Simony (Presented to honor and reward the best poster presentation at
Public Service Award the 2017 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition in Houston,
Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr. Texas.)
Katie Joe McDonough
Pioneer Award Kenneth McDermott
Ian David Maycock Elisabeth Gillbard
Geosciences in the Media Award Kyle Reuber
Wayne Ranney Jim Pindell
Brian W. Horn
Young Professional Exemplary Service Award
Ola Adly Fakhry Mohamed SEG/AAPG Best Paper in Interpretation Award
Dwandari Ralanarko Andar (Presented in recognition of the best contribution to the new
SEG/AAPG journal, “Interpretation.”)
Vlastimila (Vlasta) Dvořáková International Ambassador
Krzysztof M. (Chris) Wojcik
Service Award – New This Year
Irene S. Espejo
David C. Blanchard
Adebukonla Kalejaiye
Gilbert E. Odior
Otuka Umahi

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HIGHLIGHTS
Super Basins Forum
Date: Monday, 21 May
Time: 8:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: Included with registration
Chair: C. Sternbach
The Super Basins Forum will be the inaugural presentation of a Topics Include:
new focus for high impact energy related forums for AAPG. This • What makes your super basin special and unique and what
forum will become a recurring theme in the coming years with can we learn from it?
follow-up papers in AAPG publications. • What are the critical geoscience elements that contribute to
success?
These presentations will also show how geoscience matters
• What is the exploration/production history, and what are
and how rocks tell the story. We want to frame the world’s most
the major plays with remaining potential - conventional,
petroliferous basins with an understanding of the boundary
unconventional, and field growth.
and layer conditions. This includes the richness, distribution,
• What are key innovations in your super basin (i.e.: adoption
maturity, and position in the stratigraphic column of the source
of horizontal drilling, hydraulic stimulation, completing and
rocks. It also includes an appreciation of the reservoirs, seals,
drilling techniques, and seismic imaging) that helped unlock
and structural configuration.
the potential? What is needed to grow it further?
Super basins are shifting attention away from frontier exploration • How do “above ground” issues like politics, access, mineral
toward established mature basins as a key source for tomorrow’s ownership, and geography influence realizing the full resource
oil and gas supplies. Super basins are established producers potential of your super basin?
with at least 5 billion BOE produced and 5 billion BOE remaining • Will the basin be a regional or global disrupter?
recoverable, two or more petroleum systems or source rocks, Speakers:
stacked reservoirs, existing infrastructure/oil field services and • Basin Strategies – Supers, Mini, and More: Pete Stark, Bob
access to markets (IHS Markit). Fryklund, IHS Markit
• How Super Basins and Shale Plays May Evolve: Scott Tinker,
Bureau of Economic Geology
• A Tale of Two Superbasins: Comparing Basin Geometry
and Petroleum Systems in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and
the West Texas (Permian) Basins: Thomas Ewing, Frontera
Exploration Consultants
• Basins and Petroleum Systems of the Middle East: Sa’id Al
Hajri, Saudi Aramco

All-Convention Luncheon: The Permian Basin – A View From a Local Independent

Date: Monday, 21 May
Time: 11:30 a.m.–1:15 p.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: $60
Speaker: Travis D. Stice, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Diamondback Energy
Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) went public in October 2012. Diamondback’s strategy has always been
to acquire and develop the best rock in the best basin, a relentless focus on execution with low-cost operations,
and to maintain financial and operational flexibility. Diamondback’s growth over the last five years has been a
result of this strategy. Diamondback Energy strives to be the most attractive place to work for both experienced
industry talent as well as the next generation of young professionals by offering the opportunities, challenges,
and tools to achieve personal and company success.
Mr. Stice has served as our Chief Executive Officer since January 2012 and a director of Diamondback since
November 2012. Prior to his current position, he served as our President and Chief Operating Officer from April
2011 to January 2012. Mr. Stice has more than 32 years of industry experience in production operations, reservoir engineering,
production engineering, and unconventional oil and gas exploration, and more than 24 years of management experience. He started
his career with Mobil Oil in 1985. He then held a series of positions with increasing responsibilities at Burlington Resources until
it was acquired by ConocoPhillips in March 2006. Before joining Diamondback, he served as a Vice President of Laredo Petroleum
Holdings, Inc., from September 2008 to September 2010. Mr. Stice graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science
in Petroleum Engineering and serves on the Industry Advisory Board of the Petroleum Engineering department at Texas A&M. Mr.
Stice is a registered engineer in Texas and a 30-year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He also serves on the board of
the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and is on the Board of Trustees at Manor Park Retirement Center in Midland.

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Discovery Thinking Forum – Awakening Sleeping Giants
Date: Monday, 21 May
Time: 1:15 p.m.–5:05 p.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: Included with registration
Co-Chairs: C. Sternbach and P. Weimer
The “Discovery Thinking” Forum will be the 20th presentation of the AAPG 100th Anniversary Committee’s program recognizing “100
Who Made a Difference.” These Forums, co-sponsored by AAPG’s Division of Professional Affairs (DPA), will feature invited speakers
who will describe major and significant discoveries. We are pleased to announce this Forum will continue at the Salt Lake City, Utah
ACE with four very notable discovery presentations.
Each speaker and their colleagues overcame significant business, technical, and professional challenges. Topics to be discussed will
include philosophy of exploration, stories from remarkable careers, professional insights, colorful anecdotes, and lessons learned on
the path to success. As technology advances and younger geoscientists enter our profession, the organizers see continued interest in
forums such as these. These forums provide a venue for explorers to discuss the personal side of success and what has been called
the “art of exploration.” As always, the audience is fortunate to hear the speakers share abundant technical data and insights derived
from costly and hard-won experience.
AAPG offers many technical sessions. “Discovery Thinking” forums fill an important gap in how technical and professional skills
combine to turn prospects into discoveries. Speakers are encouraged to share personal stories about discoveries they know well, to
bring forward appropriate technical data, and to address questions from the audience. As a resource to fellow explorers, many previous
Discovery Thinking presentations can be found on the AAPG Search and Discovery website, under the Special Collection tab.
This year, AAPG is pleased to present “Awakening Sleeping Giants.” Salt Lake City is a center of innovation and well-positioned to
feature significant exploration discoveries of the western hemisphere.
• Unlocking the Secrets of Zama – The Discovery of a Giant Oil Field in the Shallow Waters of the Sureste Basin, Mexico: John Parker, EVP
Exploration, Talos Energy LLC, Michael Albertson, and David Kosmitis
• Brazilian Pre-Salt Province – History of Success and a Promising Future: Marcos Francisco Bueno de Moraes, Lemuel de Paula, João
Alexandre Gil, Petrobras S.A. – Exploration
• Nanushuk Formation Discoveries Confirm World-Class Exploration Potential in a Newly Proven Stratigraphic Play, Alaska North Slope: Paul
L. Decker, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas
• Case Study of a Large Conventional Oil Pool Discovery in a Mature Basin – The Upper Mannville of the Western Canada Sedimentary
Basin: Rob Pinckston, VP Exploration, Altura Energy

Michel T. Halbouty Lecture: The Discovery of the Pikka Field on the North Slope of Alaska
Date: Monday, 21 May
Time: 5:10 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: Included with registration
Speaker: William D. Armstrong, President, Armstrong Oil & Gas
The Michel T. Halbouty lecture series – funded by the AAPG Foundation – is an ongoing special event at the AAPG Annual
Convention and Exhibition. Lecture topics are designed to focus either on wildcat exploration in any part of the world
where major discoveries might contribute significantly to petroleum reserves, or space exploration where astrogeological
knowledge would further mankind’s ability to develop resources on Earth and in the Solar System.
This year’s Michel T. Halbouty Lecture speaker is Bill Armstrong, owner and founder of Armstrong Oil & Gas and
Armstrong Energy. He will discuss the discovery of the Pikka Field on the North Slope of Alaska. In 1982, Michel T.
Halbouty authored the AAPG Memoir “The Deliberate Search for the Subtle Trap.” Thirty five years later a new chapter
could be added to this memoir describing the search and discovery of the Pikka field on the North Slope of Alaska.
The North Slope is one of the world’s great petroleum provinces where multiple mature source rocks have generated and expelled in excess
of 1.5 trillion barrels of oil. It is home to the largest field in the U.S., the 13 billion barrel Prudhoe Bay Field, plus an additional twenty-four
fields in excess of 100 mmbo. Despite these many successes, the North Slope is lightly explored. One of the primary reasons for this is the
lack of easily identifiable four way structures to drill. In 2010, Armstrong Energy and its partner Repsol took a page out of Halbouty’s memoir
and deliberately began the search for subtle stratigraphic traps on the North Slope. Through these efforts they discovered a field that is “old
school” in almost every respect. Although still being delineated, the Pikka field is believed by many to be one of the largest fields ever found
in the U.S. and represents what many experts said would never be found again: a multi-billion barrel onshore, shallow, conventional oil field.
Pikka is a subtle, stratigraphic trap that is difficult to image; it opens up a new play in an old producing province with lots of running room.
Pikka is revitalizing a petroleum province thought to be well past its prime.
Bill founded Armstrong Oil & Gas, Inc., a privately held oil and gas exploration company headquartered in Denver, Colorado, in 1985 from the
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Bill graduated in 1982 from Southern Methodist University (SMU). He left SMU with a B.S. degree in geology, a Phi Beta Kappa key, and a wife
that he met in Geology 101. He and his wife, Liz, are active in numerous business ventures, investments, and philanthropies. In 2004, they
founded Epoch Estate Wines, an ultra-premium vineyard/winery operation located west of Paso Robles, California. Bill currently serves on the
Boards for Tourmaline Oil Corp. (Calgary) and Southern Methodist University. He is a former Board Member of the Denver Art Museum and is
a Trustee Emeritus of Colorado Ballet.
After spending time doing what one-man companies are “supposed to do” – chasing small boring deals in Kansas, the DJ, the Permian, and
other independent-friendly regions – Bill shifted the focus of Armstrong Oil & Gas, Inc. (AOG) to internally generating, assembling, and drilling
large company impact exploration opportunities. By seeking out top geologic and geophysical talent and pursuing big potential “wildcats,”
Bill has created a unique business model in the energy sector that has been very successful for AOG and the companies with whom they
have worked and partnered.
Over the last 15 years, AOG has been involved in the discovery of over a dozen new fields with ultimate recoveries in excess of five billion
barrels while having one of the lowest F&D costs in the industry. AOG’s recent areas of activity are the North Slope of Alaska, the Cook Inlet,
the Gulf of Mexico, the San Joaquin Valley, the Williston basin, the Michigan basin, and the Wyoming/Utah Overthrust Belt.

SEPM Research Symposium: Dynamics of Sediment Transfer Between Linked

Depositional Systems – From Rivers to Lakes and Oceans
Date: Tuesday, 22 May
Times: 8:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. & 1:15 p.m.–5:05 p.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Co-Chairs: J. Aschoff and A. Owen (morning), P. Plink-Bjorklund and B. Romans (afternoon)
The SEPM Research Symposium focuses on records of sediment transfer, with particular attention to stratigraphic perspectives on
sediment production, bypass, and storage. Studies may highlight allogenic versus autogenic signals, and the influence of long-term
sediment extraction and preservation along source to sink networks in different tectonic settings, climate regimes, etc. Sessions will
also explore the petroleum implications of such research, including reservoir and source rock characterization and prediction. The
all-day oral sessions will be on Tuesday and a poster session is scheduled for Wednesday.
Morning Session: Afternoon Session:
• Hinterland Screening: The First Step Toward a Fully • Improving Paleohydrologic Source-to-Sink Estimates by
Integrated Source-to-Sink Understanding: G. Nicoll, Merging Big Data and the Fulcrum Approach: N. Wilson,
J. Wilson, F. Kohlmann J. Holbrook
• Signal Propagation From the Himalayan-Sourced Ganges- • Implication of River Hydrological Regime and Precipitation
Brahmaputra Rivers to the Deep-Sea Bengal Fan From on Source to Sink Analyses: P. Plink-Bjorklund, E. Jones,
Detrital Zircons: M. Blum, K. Rogers, J. Gleason, Y. Najman M. Hansford
• Evaluating the Effects of First-order Climatic State and • Sediment Delivery to the Gulf of Mexico by Glacial Outburst
Climate Transitions on Sediment Dynamics Using Detrital Floods During Plio-Pleistocene: Z. Wang, M. Gani
Zircons in the Amazon Source-to-Sink System: C. C. Mason, • Source-to-Sink Sediment Routing and Environmental Signal
B. W. Romans, A. Fildani, D. F. Stockli, T. Gerber Propagation in an Uplifted Foreland Basin, Lower Cretaceous
• Deciphering Tectonic Influence on Sediment Routing Alberta Basin, Canada: W. A. Matthews, S. Hubbard,
System Configuration via Large-n U-Pb Detrital Zircon B. G. Daniels, G. Quinn, B. Guest
Geochronology, Cretaceous Magallanes-Austral Basin, Chile • Locating Reservoir Rock in Powder River Basin Using
and Argentina: B. G. Daniels, S. Hubbard, B. W. Romans, Sediment Mass Conservation: K. L. Hoppes, B. McElroy
W. A. Matthews • Chronostratigraphic and Paleoenvironmental Re-evaluation
• Stirring the Detrital Pot: Intrabasinal Sediment Recycling of Wilcox/Carrizo Outcrops, Bastrop County, Texas:
and Mixing Revealed Through Strontium Isotopes, Implications for Sediment Bypass to Shelf Edge Delta and
Cretaceous Magallanes Basin, Chile: N. C. Auchter, Deepwater Plays: C. Denison, T. D. Demchuk, J. M. O’Keefe
B. W. Romans, B. G. Daniels, S. Hubbard • Eocene – Lower Miocene Reservoir Facies Presence and
• Balancing Sediment Budgets in Deep Time and the Nature of Source-to-Sink Seismic Evidence, East Mexican Perdido
the Stratigraphic Record: J. P. Bhattacharya, A. D. Miall Fold Belt: R. Torres, G. Murillo-Muneton, J. Mendez
• The Shelf Revisited: Critical Interface on Continental • Depositional and Geomorphic Characteristics of Ocean
Margins and in Source-to-Sink Systems: O. J. Martinsen Basins at Different Stages of Their Evolution – The Wilson
• Morphodynamics and Stratigraphic Architecture of Shelf- Cycle Revisited: P. T. Harris, M. Macmillan-Lawler
edge Deltas Subject to Constant vs. Dynamic Environmental • Deep-Water Fan Sedimentation on Mars: An Example From
Forcings: K. Straub the Murray Formation at Pahrump Hills Locality, Gale Crater:
• What Conditions Are Required for Deltas to Reach the Shelf E. Heydari, F. J. Calef III, J. F. Schroeder, J. Van Beek,
Edge During Rising Sea Level?: J. Zhang, R. Steel, C. Olariu S. Rowland, A. G. Fairen, T. J. Parker

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The Business of Oil and Gas: The Many Pathways to Success
Date: Tuesday, 22 May
Times: 10:10 a.m.–11:50 a.m. & 1:15 p.m.–5:05 p.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: Included with registration
Co-Chairs: R. Fritz and S. Nash
The goal of this session is to examine the convergence of geology and business strategy and review strategies that have yielded
success in times of rapid technological change and uncertainty.
• Capital Markets: Private Equity, Venture Capital, • Tuning Businesses With Innovation – The Story of a Novel
Transformational Finance: Steve Ilkay, Angle Capital Viscosifier for High Temperature Drilling: Ashok Santra,
• Being Realistic About Risk: Bill Haskett, Haskett Consulting Saudi Aramco
• Growth Through Strategic Acquisitions: How Geology • Concessions and Joint Ventures Success: Case of Suriname:
Matters: Joe Dumesnil, Overland Oil and Gas Clyde Griffith, Staatsolie
• The Small Company Environment – Business Strategies That • U.S. Department of Energy Initiatives to Support the
Work: Shane Matson, Jericho Oil and Gas Business of O&G: Alan Cohen, U.S. Department of Energy
• How Surface Information Can Be a Company-Maker: • The Small/Medium-Sized Operator: Geology and Agile
Examples: Deborah Humphreville, DigitalGlobe Decision-Making: Steve Tedesco, Running Foxes Petroleum
• Managing Valuations in Changing Times: Reserves, Planning, • Progress and Outlook for the Department of Energy’s Office
PUDs, and More: Daniel Guzman, Ryder Scott of Oil and Natural Gas R&D Activities: Timothy Reinhardt,
• Building From Scratch – One Geologist’s Story of Starting a U.S. Department of Energy
New Company in Partnership With Private Equity: • Becoming a Registered Professional Geologist and Making
Don G. Burdick, Oliphant Energy Mineral Remoteness Opinions – Another Way for Consulting
Geologists to Make a Living: Scott Hector, Hobby Energy

Special Executive Forum: Great Innovation Leaders

Date: Tuesday, 22 May
Time: 3:20 p.m.–5:05 p.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: Included with registration
Co-Chairs: C. Sternbach, H. Pettingill, and N. Shumaker
Innovation creates a desired future by transforming what is possible into what is valuable.
This forum will feature well-known industry leaders, each of which was the driving force behind the creation of enormous value,
while at the same time turning yesterday’s dreams into today’s realities. Each achieved this in their own unique way, yet they all
share several common attributes and behaviors that were central to their achieving great value through innovation.
Many of us tend to equate innovation with invention, or with those amongst us who have discovered oil and gas where those before did
not. However, long-term value in our industry is not simply a result of successful drilling—it usually relies on underlying technologies,
capabilities, and other underlying factors. Nor are invention and creativity alone sufficient to create value – there is much more to the
story. During this forum and the stories of these leaders, we will observe five genres of innovative behaviors that produce extraordinary
outcomes: Invention, Process Innovation, Collaboration Innovation, Relationship Innovation, and Boundary-Hopping.
This session will be moderated by the session chairs, who will also provide a brief introduction and context to value creation
through innovation in Upstream E&P. We have selected featured speakers based on the criteria that their contributions to industry
have produced significant, measurable, and enduring long-term value to our industry. They will represent a diverse array of industry
functions and types of innovations. Each will share their stories with the audience and then participate in a moderated discussion.
Featured Panelists:
Sidney (Sid) Green, Founder and President of Enhanced Production, Inc., and Research Professor, University of Utah; former founder,
Chairman and CEO of TerraTek, Inc.
History-making Innovation storyline: Pioneered laboratory geomechanics testing including rock properties measurements and
full-scale drilling under deep reservoir conditions; Utah Entrepreneur of the year and member National Academy of Engineering
Allen Gilmer, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Drillinginfo
History-making Innovation storyline: Allowing tens of thousands of geoscientists and users to analyze big data, integrate drilling,
production, and well information to arrive at faster solutions in already happening workflows
Tom Smith, President and CEO of GeoInsights; former founder, CEO and president of Seismic Micro-Technologies
History-making Innovation storyline: The democratization of workstations and how it led to a revolution in integrated geoscience
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DPA Special Forum: The Future Energy Geoscientist
Date: Wednesday, 23 May
Time: 8:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: Included with registration
Moderators: L. Birgenheier and L. Billingsley
The Salt Lake City ACE will mark the second consecutive AAPG annual convention which will provide a forum specifically geared
to Young Professionals (YPs) and Students. The recent downturn has reduced employment opportunities for YPs in our industry
and also the availability of experienced mentors. In addition, the rise of the shale plays is creating the need for new skills for
geoscientists, particularly in the areas of multidisciplinary integration and digital literacy. From the classroom to the wellsite to the
workstation, the skill development process must meet the changing needs of the marketplace. This Forum devoted to The Future
Energy Geoscientist will bring together some of our industry’s leading authorities from a broad spectrum of backgrounds on what it
takes to compete in today’s E&P workforce, and what it will take to train the workforce of tomorrow.
Topics include: What types of opportunities and career paths are available to current and future energy geoscientists? What digital skills
will be essential to the future energy geoscientist’s career? Can industry and academia dialog be improved to better prepare students?
Should courses such as GIS, petrophysics, geomechanics, and economics become part of mainstream geoscience degree programs?
Panelists:
• Andrea Reynolds, Technical Manager, Shell Appalachia Asset
• Andre Griffin, North American Vice President, XTO
• Daniel D. Domeracki, Vice President, Government and Industry Relations, Schlumberger
• Lesli Wood, Professor and Weimer Distinguished Chair, Colorado School of Mines
• Rick Fritz, CEO, Council Oak Resources
• Richard Ball, Vice President of Geology, Detring Energy Advisors
Special Session Committee: Chandler Wilhelm, VP Portfolio and Emerging Basins, Shell; Stephanie Nwoko, Senior GeoModeler,
Premier Oilfield Laboratories; and Tim Rynott, CEO, Ridge Resources

Machine Learning “Unsession”

Date: Wednesday, 23 May
Time: 1:15 p.m.–5:05 p.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: Included with registration
Co-Chairs: M. Hall, B. Hall, and Y. Zaretskiy
The Machine Learning “Unsession” is a new kind of session for AAPG. Instead of scheduled presentations, we invite you to
participate in an interactive, dynamic conversation. More than just talk, we will be generating tangible output — and we need your
help!
Using a semi-structured facilitated meeting format, we’ll be exploring some key questions in quantitative and computational
petroleum geology. Among them:
• What is the state of the art in machine learning for geoscience?
• Who are the active researchers, and where are they working?
• What sort of problems are they attacking, and with what tools?
• How can we flatten the speed bumps in this research?
• What are the big problems and debates that analytics can shed new light on?
• What data or conditions do we need to attack these questions?
• Which datasets exist already, and which still need to be collected?
• What, if any, are the fundamental differences between machine learning in the geosciences compared to other fields?
We will capture the outcomes of these questions, creating the documentation as we go. At the end of the session, we expect to be
able to generate the following deliverables:
• An open list of recent achievements in geoscience machine learning.
• An open list of researchers and research groups working in the field.
• A list of open-source tools the research community is using.
• Documentation of machine-learning-ready open datasets in geoscience.
• A ranked list of the most pressing geoscience questions in machine learning.
• A collection of ideas and sketches for attacking some of these questions.
Whether you’re new to machine learning and artificial intelligence, or have been working on these topics for years, we welcome you
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 CORE LIKE NEVER BEFORE!
Like moths to a flame, if rocks are displayed, geologists will swarm. An unprecedented display of core is being prepared for ACE
101 with more than 3,000 feet of rock on display in the Exhibition Hall. The first goal will be to highlight cores from both lacustrine
and marine settings representing some of the hottest oil and gas play areas. ACE 101 in Salt Lake will be the first public display of
some of these cores. The second goal is to emphasize the importance of regional core centers. State- and federal-run core centers
are vital repositories of this priceless material. The work conducted at these facilities is often overlooked, but their collections
represent hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of investment. Please stop by the core, explore its wonders, and thank those who
work to preserve this important material for future generations of geoscientists.

1. Lacustrine Eocene Green River Formation 2. Three Lacustrine Cores From the Kwanza
Core, Uinta Basin, Utah Basin Pre-Salt Play, Offshore Angola
Hosted by the Utah Geological Survey’s Hosted by the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
Utah Core Research Center These very rare cores (Pitanga #1, Mucua #1, and Maboque
The PR-15C-7 is a one-of-a-kind core that captures nearly the #1) from the important South Atlantic “pre‐salt” play will also
entire Eocene Green River Formation (GRF) in one continuous make their first appearance at the AAPG 2018 meeting. The
1600-foot set of rock. Track the evolution of ancient Lake pre‐salt reservoirs, both off‐shore Angola and off‐shore Brazil,
Uinta as it progresses from a fresh body of water teeming contain lacustrine carbonates (including microbialites) similar
with mollusks to a saline pond similar to modern Great Salt to deposits in the Green River Formation and at Great Salt
Lake. The GRF is also the largest oil-producing formation in Lake. These cores, drilled in the early 1980s, were donated to
the State of Utah. Drilled in 2015 by TOTAL and donated to the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology in the late 1980s. It
the Utah Core Research Center, this special core session will is a huge privilege to display these remarkable cores in Salt
be the public debut of this spectacular core. Lake City and to compare them to local lacustrine rocks.

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Elko County, Nevada the Williston Basin
Hosted by the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Hosted by the North Dakota Geological Survey
This core allows comparison of the lacustrine Elko Formation Core will be displayed from several non-Bakken formations
of Eocene Lake Elko, which was deposited in the highlands within the Williston Basin that have received recent (<5 years)
of northeastern Nevada, with the slightly older Green River drilling and exploration activity and have significant future
Formation, deposited in the lower elevations of Utah's Lake potential. Three formations will be featured: Ordovician
Uinta. This display of the Elko core, which penetrated the marine carbonates of the Red River Formation, Mississippian
heart of the formation's organic-rich interval, will be the first marine carbonates of the Madison Group, and Pennsylvanian
time it is unveiled for viewing by the public. Noble Energy marine-brackish water siliciclastic-carbonate upper Tyler
cut this 300+ feet of continuous core in 2014 as part of their Formation. Both source rock and reservoir facies will be
unconventional exploration program in northeast Nevada. displayed for each unit in order to examine both conventional
and unconventional play opportunities.
4. Lacustrine Microbialite Slab Display
Assembled and displayed by renowned microbialite 8. STACK Play Cores From Oklahoma
Hosted by the Oklahoma Geological Survey’s Oklahoma
researcher Dr. Stanley Awramik (University of California,
Petroleum Information Center
Santa Barbara) and Green River Formation expert Dr. Paul
Buchheim (Loma Linda University). Drs. Awramik and The STACK play in west-central Oklahoma is one of the
Buchheim have spent long careers researching and collecting most recent and prolific plays in the United States. Although
remarkable microbialites from around the world and spanning named for its geography (Sooner-Trend Field, Anadarko Basin,
the geologic ages. They have generously agreed to share Canadian and Kingfisher Counties), this liquids-rich play does
and display many of their most special finds of lacustrine in fact offer several stacked horizons for exploration. This
microbialites with the AAPG audience. display represents core from some of the play’s impressive
producing zones, such as the Mississippian Woodford, Osage,
5. Mancos/Niobrara Cores From Colorado and Meramec.
Hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Core Research Center
A series of upper Cretaceous Mancos and Niobrara cores 9. Mancos Core From San Juan Basin,
highlighting the facies transitions from the Piceance Basin New Mexico
in western Colorado to the Denver-Julesburg Basin, one of Hosted by the New Mexico Bureau of Geology &
the hottest play areas in the United States. According to the Mineral Resources
curator at the U.S. Geological Survey Core Research Center, The Cretaceous Mancos Shale play in the San Juan Basin of
the DJ Basin Niobrara cores are the most requested materials northwest New Mexico has become much more active within
for viewing in their massive collection. the past five years. Although marginally productive for several
decades from vertical wells, horizontal drilling has breathed
6. Greater Aneth Field Core Display The Largest
new life into this play. On display will be a portion of the
Producing Oil Field in Utah Amoco No. 14 Jicarilla A118 well, which was cored through
Hosted by the Utah Geological Survey’s Utah Core Research Center the major productive zone within the Mancos.
A sampling of the recently donated Aneth core collection,
highlighting the largest producing oil field in Utah. This core
collection (125 wells) represents the highest resolution
sampling of a Pennsylvanian carbonate reef build-up in the
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Pre- Title Leader(s) Date(s) / Time(s) Fees

Convention
1 Predictive Models Amanda Owen (University of Wednesday, 16 May, 9:00 a.m.– Professionals/Students
for Fluvial Reservoir Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland) Saturday, 19 May, 5:00 p.m. $730 (double occupancy)
Development and and Adrian Hartley (University
Properties: Salt Wash of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United
Distributive Fluvial Kingdom)
System, Morrison
Formation (UGA)
2 Geology of Bryce Canyon Grant Willis and Bob Biek (Utah Thursday, 17 May, 7:00 a.m.– Professionals/Students
and Zion National Parks, Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, Saturday, 19 May, 4:00 p.m. $470 (double occupancy);
Southwestern Utah Utah) $620 (single occupancy)
(UGA)
3 Exploring the Diverse Thomas H. Morris (Brigham Young Thursday, 17 May, 7:30 a.m.– Professionals/Students
Geology of Capitol Reef University, Provo, Utah) Saturday, 19 May, 6:30 p.m. $420 (double occupancy)
National Park (UGA)
4 Stratigraphic Elements Diane Kamola (University of Thursday, 17 May, 8:00 a.m.– Professionals $350
of Shoreface and Deltaic Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas), Kirt Saturday, 19 May, 6:00 p.m. (double occupancy);
Strata, Upper Cretaceous Campion (Consultant, Wimberley, Students $100 (limited)
of the Northern Book Texas), and Jesse Thompson (double occupancy)
Cliffs (SEPM) (Chevron, Houston, Texas)
5 Fluvio-Deltaic Dave Keighley (University of New Friday, 18 May, 7:30 a.m.– Professionals/Students
and Lacustrine Brunswick, Canada) and Ryan Gall Sunday, May 20, 4:30 p.m. $575 (double occupancy)
Interpretations of (University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
Potential Source and Utah)
Reservoir Rocks:
Examples From the
Green River Formation,
Uinta Basin, Utah (UGA)
6 Great Salt Lake: Jaimi Butler and Bonnie Baxter Friday, 18 May, 7:30 a.m.– Professionals/Students
Microbialites, Past and (Westminster College, Salt Lake Saturday, 19 May, 5:30 p.m. $310 (hotel not included)
Present (UGA) City, Utah), Carie Frantz (Weber
State University, Ogden, Utah),
Peter Homewood and Jean-
Charles Schaegis (Fribourg
University, Fribourg, Switzerland),
Monique Mettraux (GeoSolutions
Training, Research Development,
Can, France), Michael Vanden Berg
(Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake
City, Utah), and Genevieve Atwood
(University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
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Post- Title Leader(s) Date(s) / Time(s) Fees

Convention
7 Upper Cretaceous Janok P. Bhattacharya (McMaster Wednesday, 23 May, 4:00 p.m.– Professionals $1325
Stratigraphy, University, Ontario, Canada) and Sunday, 27 May, 5:00 p.m. (double occupancy);
Depositional Christopher R. Fielding (University Students $700 (limited)
Environments, and of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, (double occupancy)
Reservoir Geology of the Nebraska)
Henry Mountains Region,
Southern Utah (SEPM)
8 Fault Zone Structure Yannick Kremer, Zoe Shipton, Wednesday, 23 May, 5:30 p.m.– Professionals/Students
Controls on Fault Sealing Rebecca Lunn (University of Saturday, 26 May, 6:00 p.m. $730 (double occupancy)
and Fluid Migration in Strathclyde, Glasglow, United
Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Kingdom), Elizabeth Petrie
and Carbon Capture (Western State Colorado
and Storage Prospects: University, Gunnison, Colorado),
Examination of Jim Evans (Utah State University,
Natural Analogs From Logan, Utah), Dave Richey
Southeastern Utah (Anadarko Petroleum, Salt Lake
(UGA) City, Utah)
9 Classic Geology of Thomas C. Chidsey (Utah Thursday, 24 May, 7:30 a.m.– Professionals/Students
Arches and Canyonlands Geological Survey, Salt Lake Saturday, 26 May, 6:00 p.m. $440 (double occupancy)
National Parks, and City, Utah) and Michael D. Laine
Spectacular Points (Retired, Utah Geological Survey,
Along the Way (UGA) San Jose, California)
10 The Changing Power Rick Allis (Utah Geological Survey, Thursday, 24 May,7:30 a.m. – Professionals/Students
Generation Scene in Salt Lake City, Utah) and Joe Friday, 25 May, 6:30 p.m. $350 (single occupancy)
Utah (UGA) Moore (Energy & Geoscience
Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah)
11 Shelf to Basin Marc S. Hendrix (AIM Thursday, 24 May, 7:30 a.m.– Professionals/Students
Transect Through the Geoanalytics, Missoula, Montana) Friday, 25 May, 7:00 p.m. $400 (double occupancy)
Phosphoria Formation
in Northeastern Utah
and Implications for
Hydrocarbon Exploration
(UGA)
12 Lake Type Evolution and Alan Carroll and Andrew Walters Thursday, 24 May, 8:00 a.m.– Professionals $715
Microbialite Facies of (University of Wisconsin, Saturday, 26 May, 6:00 p.m. (double occupancy);
the Eocene Green River Madison, Wisconsin) Students $350 (limited)
Formation, Wyoming (double occupancy)
(SEPM)
13 Overview and Timing Doug Sprinkel and Zach Anderson Thursday, 24 May, 7:30 a.m.– Professionals/Students
of the Northern Utah (Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake Saturday, 25 May, 4:30 p.m. $235 (hotel not included)
Sector of the Sevier City, Utah), Adolph Yonkee and
Fold-and-Thrust Belt: Elizabeth Balgord (Weber State
Its Interaction with University, Ogden, Utah)
Laramide Structures and
Ultimate Collapse During
Tertiary Extension (UGA)

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• Luncheons
• Networking Opportunities
• Career Center
• Earth Science Educator Program
• Students
• Young Professionals
• SEPM Annual Meeting
• Exhibition
• Social Activity
• Guest Program

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LUNCHEONS
Division of Professional Affairs (DPA) Luncheon: Global Natural Gas Markets –
Their Rapid Expansion and the Implications to the Western United States
Date: Tuesday, 22 May
Time: 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: $55
Speaker: Tim Rynott, Owner/Operator, Ridge Resources LLC
Five years ago, the U.S. overtook Russia as the number one gas producer in the world, and now U.S. operators
are setting their sights on becoming the top natural gas exporter. After only seven years, the U.S. is shipping
almost 7 BCFD internationally, quickly becoming the third largest exporter on the planet. Due to the vast
resources and the steadily rising global demand for natural gas, the U.S. is currently developing 14–16 BCFD
of additional export capacity (LNG and pipelines). However the intricacies of global competition and politics
have large implications on which nations will be the most competitive. The fate of many U.S. operators will
hinge on takeaway capacity and netback charges. For instance, while pipeline bottlenecks vex some parts the
country (e.g. – Marcellus), the Rockies are methodically gaining traction. The Southern Rockies (50-100 TCFe
of recoverable reserves) have direct pipeline access to the Mexican high demand center, and the Central and Northern Rockies (100-
130 TCFe of recoverable reserves) are keenly anticipating the proposed SW Oregon LNG facility. From the west coast perspective,
the netback implications of bypassing the Panama Canal have very high strategic advantages.
While other gas basins grab national headlines, notable smart money is quietly moving west. Early in the next decade, natural gas
supply/demand re-balancing will result in revitalized profit margins and job creation; and by mid-decade, crude oil’s prodigious
2004–2014 Bull Run could look like a distant memory.

SEPM Business Meeting Luncheon:

Geoconservation – Preserving Classic Outcrops, Resources, and Accessibility
Date: Tuesday, 22 May
Time: 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: $50
Speaker: Marjoire A. Chan, Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah
Sedimentary geologists are privileged to work in some of the most remarkable and remote areas on Earth, and
now remotely on distant planets, too. As a profession, we must care for important outcrops and resources
so they can continue to enlighten and educate Earth scientists well into the future. Rocks archive valuable
information, but outcrops can be damaged and access to these can be lost by a few thoughtless actions. The
consequences of unauthorized access, and the impact of rock hammers, painted section numbers, drill plug
holes, and cumulative evidence of visits on classic sites has serious consequences. The geologic community
must act responsibly by getting proper permits where required, conserving and protecting classic localities, and
respecting land use rules.
In a case of the “missing marbles,” more than 30,000 golf-ball sized iron oxide concretions were illegally removed from a national
monument to sell for profit. Sedimentary expertise supported a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) effort to prosecute the criminals
and propose ways to restore the evidence, and save the marbles for educational purposes.
Looking into the future and taking lessons from what we’re learning by working on Mars, we can increase knowledge of some
important sites through virtual reality and unmanned aerial vehicles that can capture data and different perspectives in high
resolution images, without damaging outcrops. Technology combined with conservation and sampling ethics can help sustain
geologic treasures across multiple scales, ages, and terrains.

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 LUNCHEONS
Energy Minerals Division (EMD) and Division of Environmental Geosciences (DEG)
Luncheon: Oil Shale – From Yesterday to Today, From Eastern Europe to Eastern Utah
Date: Wednesday, 23 May
Time: 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: $55
Speaker: Rikki Hrenko-Browning, Chief Executive Officer, Enefit American Oil
The old joke about oil shale – “It’s the energy source of the future … and it always will be” – is woefully out-
of-date. The reality is that oil shale is used daily to produce power and liquid fuels in countries around the
world, including Brazil, Estonia, China, and soon Jordan. Estonia, for example, has spent decades perfecting
the production of energy from this sedimentary, kerogen-rich rock. The national power company, Enefit, is the
world leader in using oil shale to produce electricity, steam heat, and liquid fuels. Estonia’s oil shale has played
a pivotal role in the country’s history, providing domestic energy security and supporting the nation’s transition
to, and continued independence from, Soviet occupation. Its U.S. subsidiary, Enefit American Oil (EAO), acquired
one of Utah’s, and America’s, most-promising oil shale properties in 2011, and has been working to develop the
site since. In this talk, Rikki Hrenko-Browning, CEO of EAO, will share experiences about working for the company in Estonia, Jordan,
and Utah, along with perspectives on oil shale history and on environmental issues, permitting and developing a project designed to
eventually meet one-third of Utah’s liquid fuels demand.

Unconscious Bias Luncheon

Date: Wednesday, 23 May
Time: 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: Tickets required. Student and academic rates available.
Speaker: TBA
Data show that no, matter our background and training, we all display unconscious
bias, i.e. attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions
in an unconscious manner. Understand the role of unconscious bias in the workplace
and the challenges it poses to developing a workforce that is diverse in creative
thought and background. Learn the steps each of us can take to uncover and minimize that effects of unconscious bias in the
workplace. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to learn more about the cutting edge science from leaders in this field. Then,
bring it back to your desk and your meeting rooms.

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NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
Icebreaker Reception Career Center–Open to All Job Seekers
Date: Sunday, 20 May Dates & Times: Monday, 21 May, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Time: 5:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 22 May, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Location: Exhibition Hall Wednesday, 23 May, 8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Fee: Included with registration Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
ACE 101 opens the Exhibition in style with drinks and hors The Career Center in Salt Lake City is an AAPG benefit for both
d’oeuvres. Connect with your colleagues and form new business employers and job seekers. The room is accessible to the
relationships while networking with exhibitors. public and convention registration is not required to utilize this
service. We also have a private interview room available during
Refreshment Breaks the hours posted.
Dates: Monday, 21 May – Wednesday, 23 May The AAPG Career Center helps job seekers and employers
Times: 9:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m. connect in an environment specifically designed for petroleum
(Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday) geosciences professionals, saving them both time and effort.
2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. An assistant will be will be in the room to answer questions and
(Monday and Tuesday only) assist with scheduling interviews, as well as posting résumés
Location: Exhibition Hall and jobs.
Fee: Included with registration
Job seekers — Bring your résumé to post to the Career Center
Explore the latest products/services and learn best practices to bulletin board at no charge. AAPG members also have the
help deliver results for your business. Grab a coffee or tea and option of posting their résumés online.
see what the industry offers inside the Exhibition.
Employers — Post jobs on our bulletin board and contact us to
reserve a table to meet with job seekers or share promotional
End-of-Day Receptions material about your company. Those with paid postings to
Dates: Monday, 21 May – Tuesday, 22 May our online Career Center have access to our online résumé
Time: 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. database as well. Companies may reserve half-day, full-day or
Location: Exhibition Hall all three days at no cost. Table must be staffed by your company
Fee: Included with registration representative. Limited space is available.
Cap off your day in the Exhibition by relaxing with a drink and Prior to the show, contact our staff to inquire about posting
appetizers. Meet with suppliers, vendors, and service providers jobs on our website to receive special discounts. To post a job
from more than 40 countries representing world-class petroleum online, go to careercenter.aapg.org. To reserve a table, contact
E&P companies looking to provide you with the newest Brian McBroom in the Customer Experience Center at
innovation and emerging technologies. bmcbroom@aapg.org.
All-Alumni Reception Earth Science Educator Program
Date: Monday, 21 May An exceptional professional development opportunity for
Time: 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Utah teachers! The American Association of Petroleum
Location: Hilton Salt Lake City Center Geologists (AAPG) presents a field course highlighting the
Fee: Included with registration rocks, landforms, and the geologic history of Utah by way of
Mingle with former classmates at the All-Alumni Reception while an excursion along the foot of the central Wasatch Range.
enjoying cash bars stationed throughout the room. Signs will Participants receive eight hours of relicensure credit, a
identify tables for participating colleges and universities. Any classroom-ready rock kit with large specimens of each rock
alumni group wishing to participate in the All-Alumni Reception type, and locally-oriented supplementary educational materials.
or sponsor your own private function should contact Amy Mahan The class is directed toward the 4th, 5th, and 7th grade Utah
with AAPG at amahan@aapg.org by Tuesday, 27 February. Science Core Standards for Earth science. Space is limited
and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis for actively
AAPG PROWESS/DEG/SEG employed school teachers and specialists. Educators from
grade levels not specified will be placed on a waiting list and
Networking Reception Diversify Your contacted as space is available.
Geoscience Network! Geologic Field Trip (Saturday, 19 May 2018)
Date: Saturday, May 19 Date: Saturday, 19 May
Time: 6:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Time: 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Location: Hilton Salt Lake City Center Location: Department of Natural Resources Building
Fee: No charge with advance registration 1594 W. North Temple
$10 at the door Salt Lake City, Utah
Includes: Hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine cash bar
Enjoy the day touring with Utah Geological Survey (UGS)
Professional Women in Earth Sciences and the Division of geologists examining landslides, faults, Ice Age relict features,
Environmental Geosciences invite you to a networking reception and rocks of the Wasatch Front.
inspired by the women and men who have encouraged diversity in the
geosciences. This year’s guest speaker is Dr. Christine L. Williams, Interested educators are encouraged to contact Jim Davis at
Professor of Sociology, from the University of Texas at Austin. jmdavis@utah.gov for questions.
Williams is an award-winning scholar and lecturer whose most recent
work analyzes gender inequality and diversity culture within the oil
and gas industry. This event is open to all interested individuals.

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 STUDENTS
Student and Faculty Lounge AAPG/SEPM Student Reception
Dates: Monday, 21 May–Wednesday, 23 May Date: Monday, 21 May
Time: Exhibition Hours Time: 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Location: Exhibition Hall Location: Hilton Salt Lake City Center
Fee: Included with registration Fee: Included with registration
Refreshments will be provided compliments of Chevron every All students and faculty attending the convention are invited to
day during the convention. The purpose of the lounge is to the AAPG/SEPM Student Reception sponsored by ExxonMobil.
provide students a place to network with industry professionals, The reception will begin with a brief introduction by an
students, and to develop career contacts and lifelong friends. ExxonMobil representative followed by the top three poster
authors receiving their awards sponsored by Shell. The Jim
Student Career Seminar Hartman Service to Students Award will be presented to AAPG
Date: Monday, 21 May member(s) who contributed exceptional service to AAPG’s
Time: 4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. student programs. The awards program will continue with
Location: Hilton Salt Lake City Center the presentation of the Schlumberger sponsored Outstanding
Fee: $10 Student Chapter awards, the Shell sponsored Student Chapter
Limit: 64 Students YouTube Video competition and recognition of the top Imperial
This workshop, hosted by the AAPG Student Expo Committee, Barrel Award teams. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres and refreshments
is designed to assist students in their employment search while mingling with your peers after the presentation.
endeavors within the petroleum and environmental industries
by introducing them to the activities of the day-to-day life in AAPG/AAPG Foundation Imperial
these industries and offering specific job search strategies and Barrel Award (IBA)
tips for finding employment. There will be a brief introduction
to the table discussion leaders, made up from industry The IBA program is an annual prospective basin evaluation
managers and technical professionals, followed by a series of competition for geoscience graduate students from
30-minute facilitated round-table discussions where students universities around the world. Team winning IBA Region and
are encouraged to ask questions and converse with the Section competitions qualify for an opportunity to compete
discussion leaders. The discussion leaders will rotate among in the international finals during ACE. Sponsoring company
the tables periodically, maximizing interaction between industry representative are allowed to watch the team presentation.
professionals and students. For more information, please go to iba.aapg.org/sponsorship
or contact a Programs Coordinator at iba@aapg.org. The
Students may also choose to sign up for a résumé review announcement of the winning teams for this year’s IBA
with an industry recruiter during this workshop. The résumé competition will be open for all to attend and will take place right
review offers practical guidelines for résumé development and before the start of the Opening Sessions and Awards Ceremony.
interviewing tips.

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
Young Professionals Meet & Greet
Date: Sunday, 20 May
Time: 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Location: Salt Palace Convention Center
Fee: Included with registration
Make plans to participate in the Young Professionals
Meet & Greet event sponsored by Noble Energy and
Shell– a great networking opportunity that serves
as a link to connect students and early career
professionals with experienced attendees (mentors) at
ACE. Attendees are paired up and learn and/or share
industry knowledge as well as help guide newcomers
through the convention experience. Professionals
may be paired with one or more students/young
professionals. These paired groups of students/young
professionals will be shown around the exhibition hall
Convention Volunteers Needed
Students and Young Professionals — Sign up online to be a volunteer at ACE
during the Icebreaker Reception and introduced to
and benefit by earning cash and spending valuable time at the convention.
other AAPG members and colleagues. This program
Volunteers are needed in the following areas: Judges’ Room, Opening
grows in popularity every year with positive reviews
Session, Oral Sessions, Poster Sessions and Registration. Receive $25 for
from all who participate. Please indicate your interest
every four to five hours you volunteer. Select the day(s) and time(s) you are
in this program during the registration process. The
available as well as the location(s) you prefer when you register online. If
Young Professionals Special Interest Group oversees
you register on printed registration form, indicate interest by marking box
this event.
by “I want to be a student volunteer” and you will be contacted about your
preferences. To be eligible for benefits, volunteers must be either students or
recent (2017-2018) graduates.

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SEPM ANNUAL MEETING (Visit sepm.org for updates)

SEPM President’s Reception and Awards Ceremony

Date: Tuesday, 22 May
Time: 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Location: Marriott City Center
Fee: Included with registration
SEPM President Maria Mutti invites you to an evening of celebration to honor the 2018 award winners of
SEPM – Society for Sedimentary Geology. This is a great event at which to network and visit with colleagues
old and new. The Twenhofel Medal, the highest award of SEPM given in recognition of a career of outstanding
contributions to sedimentary geology, will be presented to Don Lowe. SEPM Honorary Membership, given for
both scientific contributions and service to the society, will be awarded to Charlie Kerans. The other science
award recipients are Peter Harris, who will receive the Francis P. Shepard Medal in recognition of excellence in
marine geology; William Ausich, the Raymond C. Moore Medal in recognition of excellence in paleontology; Pete
Decelles, the Pettijohn Medal for excellence in sedimentology & stratigraphy; Sara Pruss, the Wilson Award for
excellence in sedimentary geology by an early career geoscientist, and SEPM’s newest medal – the William Dickinson Medal – for
mid-career impact on sedimentary geology going to Brian Horton.
SEPM will honor the recipients of the Outstanding Paper Awards for both of its journals: Journal of Sedimentary Research and
PALAIOS. SEPM will also recognize the Outstanding Student Presentation Awards from the 2018 Annual Meeting, where cash prizes
will be presented to the top student presenters from the SEPM Student Awards Poster Session scheduled for Monday in Salt Lake
City, sponsored by Nexen. As always, SEPM will recognize the members of the 2018 Annual Meeting Organizing Committee, without
whom the meeting could not take place, and SEPM Foundation Student Grant recipients. The reception will begin at 7:00 p.m., with
cocktails available at cash bars and substantial hors d’oeuvres. The awards ceremony will start at 7:30 p.m.

SEPM Research Group Meetings and Reception

Date: Monday, 21 May
Time: 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Location: Marriott City Center
Fee: Included with registration
The Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) would like to invite anyone who is interested in research group activities to attend the
SEPM Research Group Meetings. Individual Research Groups will meet on Monday, 21 May. Specific locations will be announced at a
later date. Check the SEPM website for updates at www.sepm.org.

SEPM Field Trips and Short Courses

Be sure to check out the great array of trips and courses available for this meeting. Students should especially be aware of the
Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students sponsored by Chevron and the other SEPM courses that have some discounted
student seats sponsored by multiple companies. Field Trips and Short Courses are listed on pages 26-27 and 90-91.

SEPM Best Student Poster Presentation Competition

SEPM will be recognizing the top student presentations from the SEPM Student Awards Poster Session (Monday). The top student
presenters will be recognized with cash prizes at the SEPM President’s Reception and Awards Ceremony on Tuesday evening. For
additional information contact Howard Harper (hharper@sepm.org) at SEPM headquarters.

SEPM Research Symposium: Dynamics of Sediment Transfer Between Linked Depositional

Systems – From Rivers to Lakes and Oceans
See page 21 for symposium information.

SEPM Business Meeting Luncheon: Geoconservation: Preserving Classic

Outcrops, Resources, and Accessibility
See page 31 for luncheon information.

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 EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
Looking to find the latest products/services, learn best practices, and
discover new innovations to help deliver results for your business?
Visit the exhibition:
• 600 Poster Presentations focusing on all aspects of geosciences
• More than 3,000 feet of core samples highlighting both lacustrine
marine settings
• Suppliers and vendors from more than 40 countries representing world-
class Petroleum E&P Companies
• The latest innovations and emerging technologies
• Product and service demonstrations
• Networking opportunities with colleagues and industry professionals
• AAPG Center & Bookstore
• The International Pavilion exhibitors from around the globe

Exhibition Hours: Networking in the Exhibition:

Sunday, 20 May ����������������� 5:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. (Icebreaker) Refreshment Breaks
Monday, 21 May ���������������� 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Monday, 21 May ���������������� 9:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m. &
Tuesday, 22 May ���������������� 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 23 May ����������� 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Tuesday, 22 May ���������������� 9:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m. &
2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 23 May ����������� 9:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m.
End-of-Day Receptions
Monday, 21 May ���������������� 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, 22 May ���������������� 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

Turbinator II at ACE 2018

Make sure to stop by the AAPG Center to see DPA’s presentation The 300, 400, 500, and 600 mph land speed record barriers were
of the world’s fastest wheel-driven car. broken on its natural straightaway. Since the 1920s, automakers,
Team Vesco’s Turbinator II streamliner will be on display speed equipment manufactures, and tire companies have
throughout the convention, part of DPA’s ACE theme of used Bonneville as a testing laboratory for products we all
“Supercharge Your Career Join DPA.” And while your admiring rely on today. All this adds up to a rich land speed racing
the car, be sure to get information on DPA and how to join – and legacy including the world-famous annual Speed Week event.
YPs, ask about the new Provisional Membership status. This Bonneville has earned protected status that recognizes the
new level of membership within DPA was established to help importance of land speed racing as a compatible use
bridge the gap for those who have not yet met the experience • Owner: Rick Vesco
required to pursue certification. • World’s fastest wheel-driven car
• FIA World Record: 458.481 mph
Partnered with the Save the Salt Foundation, a nonprofit • National Record: 427.832 mph
organization whose mission is to protect the Bonneville Salt • Length: 36 feet
Flats in Utah and to promote its history and motorsports legacy, • Powered by: a 4,300 horsepower Lycolming 255 engine out of
Rick Vesco and his team will be available to answers any a Chinook troop transport helicopter
questions about the car and the foundation.
The Bonneville Salt Flats International Raceway (BSF) is the
densely packed salt remnant of an ancient lake bed formed over
thousands of years. Beyond its irreplaceable beauty, the flats
possess rare physical qualities which make it a destination for
land speed racing, filmmaking, rocketeers, and tourists from all
over the world.

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EXHIBITORS (as of 22 December)
ACT Geosciences Excellence Logging / Horizon Oklahoma State University - Texas A&M University,
Alaska DNR, Division Gems & Crystals Unlimited School of Geology College of Geosciences
of Geological & Geo-Link, Inc. Paladin Geological Services TGS
Geophysical Surveys Geo-Microbial Paradigm BV TOTAL
Alaska Division of Oil and Gas Technologies (GMT) Petroleum Abstracts/ Tre Altamira
ALS Oil & Gas Geo-Steering Solutions, Inc. The University of Tulsa U.S. Geological Survey
ALT–Advanced Geochemical Insight PDS Group Ulrich's Fossil Gallery
Logic Technology GEO ExPro Petro Skills United Oil & Gas Consulting
Amplified Geochemical geoLOGIC systems ltd. Petrosys USA University of Houston,
Imaging GmbH Geologix Limited PGS EAS Department
ASD Inc. (Panalytical) Geomark Research Ltd. Pitkin Stearns University of Kansas
Beicip Inc. Geophysical Insights PML/Edge Systems University of Leeds
Beijing GridWorld Software Geoteric Polarcus University of Miami,
Technology Co. Ltd. Getech, Inc. Real World Globes CSL Center for
Belmont Technology Inc. GPT International Rigaku Americas Corporation Carbonate Research
BGP Inc. Horizontal Solutions Rockwell Consulting Ltd. University of Texas
Brigham Young University - International Rocky Mountain Association Austin Jackson School
Geological Sciences Houston Geological Society of Geologists of Geosciences
Bruker Corporation iBall Instruments ROGII Inc. University of Tulsa, CESE
C&C Reservoirs IHS Markit RPS Group, PLC University of Utah, College of
Cabral Energy Ikon Mining & Exploration Saudi Aramco Mines and Earth Sciences
China University of Petroleum Imperial College London Seisware, Inc. W.W. Little Geological
(East China) Inspire Environmental Selman & Associates Consulting LLC
Chinook Consulting Integrity Geological SEPM Society of Wagner Petrographic LLC
Core Laboratories Services LLC Sedimentary Geology Weatherford
Crown Geochemistry ION SGS WellDog
DeWitt Systems Incorporated King Canyon Buffalo Society of Exploration WellSight Systems Inc.
dGB Earth Sciences King Fahid University Geophysicists (SEG) West TX Geological Society
Digital Formation Komodo Dragon Southern Utah University Western State
DigitCore Library, Inc. Mackay School of Earth Southwest Research Institute Colorado University
Dino-Lite Scopes Sciences Engineering Spectro Analytical Wildcat Technologies
Drillinginfo Math2Market GmbH Spectrum Geo Inc. Zeiss Microscopy
Dynamic Graphics Inc. MetaRock Laboratories Springer Nature American Association of
EAGE MicroSeismic, Inc. Stone Quilt Design Petroleum Geologists
EasyCopy Company Midland Valley Exploration Structure Solver AAPG|Datapages
EGI Energy & Geoscience Inst. Multiclient Geophysical Subsurface Consultant
ELSEVIER Natural Creation Association
EMGS Nautilus Sunburst Consulting Inc.
Enefit Neuralog Task Fronterra
Enthought Terra Guidance
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Contact your representative today to book your space before it’s gone!
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 SOCIAL ACTIVITY
A Night at the Natural History Museum of Utah –
Hosted by the AAPG Rocky Mountain Section
Sponsored by: Sinclair Oil and Helis Oil & Gas
Date: Tuesday, 22 May Includes: Food, beverages, music, transportation to and
Time: 6:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m. from the museum, and private access to all
Fee: $50 museum galleries
Limit: 250
Join us for a private party at this extraordinary museum. The night will include food and
beverages, music by the local folk band Otter Creek, and private access to all museum
galleries. The annual Rocky Mountain Section awards will be presented during the event.
The 163,000 square foot Natural History Museum of Utah, clad in 42,000 square feet of
copper, occupies a prominent place at the edge of Salt Lake City and the University of
Utah. Its systematic collections in the fields of earth sciences, biology, and anthropology
rank among the largest and most comprehensive in the western United States.
While emphasizing the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau, they also include material
from throughout the world. Experience the dinosaurs of Past Worlds and Utah’s rich
archaeology in First Peoples, walk through dramatic geology in Land, enjoy stunning
views from Great Salt Lake and Sky, discover diversity in Life, and explore the stories of
Utah’s American Indian peoples in Native Voices.

GUEST PROGRAM
Welcome to Salt Lake City!
Registered guests of AAPG members or non-members are invited to enjoy the comforts of the Guest Hospitality Suite in the Hilton
Salt Lake City Center located just a short walk from the Salt Palace Convention Center. This is the perfect place to visit with friends,
relax, and enjoy refreshments.
Volunteers from the Guest Program Committee will be on hand to answer your questions about the tours and about the Salt Lake
City area. Let us help you get acquainted with our city and the surrounding area. If you arrive before the convention or plan to stay
late, please check out the guest program website at ACE.AAPG.org for additional free offerings.
Whatever your interest, Salt Lake City has something for everyone! Don’t forget to come by and pick-up your guest gift in the Guest
Hospitality Suite.
Guest Hospitality Suite Hours:
Monday, 21 May ���������������� 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, 22 May ���������������� 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 23 May ����������� 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Location: Hilton Salt Lake City Center

GUEST TOURS
All Guest Tours will depart from the Guest Hospitality Suite at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center. Participants should plan to arrive in
the Hospitality Suite 15 minutes prior to the published departure times and check in with the AAPG Guest Tour Host. Participants
need to wear comfortable walking shoes and wear appropriate clothing for both indoor and outdoor conditions.

See the Main Sights of Salt Lake, Including the Lake!

Date: Monday, 21 May
Time: 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Fee: $45
Includes: Transportation and tour guide
Limit: 52
Drive through downtown Salt Lake City up to the University of Utah and
view the 2002 Olympic Cauldron. Visit This is The Place State Heritage
Park for a short video about the early pioneers and photo opportunity
of the Salt Lake valley. Drive through historic Ft. Douglas and Federal
Heights neighborhood then down historic Brigham Street to the Utah
State Capital. See the most elegant mining mansions, ornate churches,
grandest architecture, and stunning mountain views. Visit the Great Salt
Lake, this one-of-a-kind inland sea.

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GUEST TOURS
“Alps of Utah” Snowbird Spa Day Red Butte Garden
Date: Monday, 21 May Date: Tuesday, 22 May
Time: 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Time: 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Fee: $105 Fee: $40
Includes: Day Pass to the Cliff Spa, transportation, and lunch Includes: Entry to the gardens and transportation
Limit: 27 Limit: 10
This tour will get you to the mountains to spend the day doing what Visit Red Butte Garden located on 100 acres in the foothills on
you like. Enjoy the mountains in an internationally known leisure the eastern edge of the University of Utah with over 21 acres
setting at the spa or hike trails that begin right at the Cliff Lodge. Use of developed gardens and five miles of hiking trails winding
the steam room or the outdoor, glass-enclosed pool or hot tub in an through an extensive natural area.
amazing setting on the top floor of the Cliff Lodge. The spa features
21 treatment rooms, yoga studio, fitness center, rooftop pool and hot
tub, and a salon. Booked treatments at the spa are extra and include
massage, mountain healing, energy work, body scrubs and wraps,
skin care, facials, manicures and pedicures, and other salon services.
Please arrange your own spa treatments at 801-933-2225 starting at
10:15 a.m. and no later than 3:45 p.m. Treatments booked in advance
will receive 20% off if you mention AAPG.

Heber Valley Historic Railroad,

Provo Canyon Excursion
Date: Tuesday, 22 May
Time: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Fee: $65
Includes: Transportation, train ride, and boxed lunch
Limit: 50
Have some fun and experience the Old West while
witnessing its scenic mountain beauty complete
with bells and whistles aboard an original 1907 old-
fashioned steam engine train. Ride vintage coaches
through the alpine countryside of the lovely Heber
Valley along the shores of Deer Creek Reservoir and
through the breathtaking Provo Canyon. The train ride
lasts three hours and a light jacket is recommended.

See the Main Sights of Salt Lake City!

Date: Wednesday, 23 May
Time: 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Fee: $40
Includes: Transportation and tour guide
Limit: 52
Drive through downtown Salt Lake City up to the
University of Utah and view the 2002 Olympic
Cauldron. Visit This is The Place State Heritage Park
for a short video about the early pioneers and photo
opportunity of the Salt Lake valley. Drive through
historic Ft. Douglas and Federal Heights neighborhood
then down historic Brigham Street to the Utah State
Capital. See the most elegant mining mansions,
ornate churches, grandest architecture, and stunning
mountain views.

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 TECHNICAL PROGRAM
• Theme Chairs
• Oral Sessions at a Glance
• Poster Sessions at a Glance
• Technical Program Sunday
• Technical Program Monday
• Technical Program Tuesday
• Technical Program Wednesday

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ACE 2018 TECHNICAL PROGRAM THEME CHAIRS

Technical Program Chair

Lauren Birgenheier, University of Utah
Theme 1: Siliciclastics
Gary Hampson, Imperial College London
Zane Jobe, Colorado School Mines
Theme 2: Carbonates and Evaporites
Steve Bachtel, Chevron, Retired
Theme 3: Unconventional Resources
Sam Hudson, Brigham Young University
Theme 4: Geochemistry, Basin Modeling, and Petroleum Systems
Cat Campbell, Camino Natural Resources
Ron Hill, EOG Resources
Theme 5: Structure, Tectonics, and Geomechanics
Julia F. W. Gale, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin
Caleb Pollock, Pioneer Natural Resources
Tim Buddin, Redwing Geoscience
Theme 6: Geophysics
John Byrd, ByrdGEO (Consultant)
Ted Stieglitz, PGS
Theme 7: Lacustrine Systems
Jenni Scott, Mount Royal University
Kevin Bohacs, ExxonMobil
Theme 8: Energy and Environment
Jeremy Boak, Oklahoma Geological Survey
Theme 9: Energy Innovation
Susan Agar, Saudi Aramco
Theme 10: SEPM Research Symposium
Cari Johnson, University of Utah
Howard Harper, SEPM
Theme 11: Student Research Presentations
AAPG, Gregory Janevski, Shell
SEPM, Cari Johnson, University of Utah
SEPM, Rick Sarg, Colorado School of Mines
History of Petroleum Geology
Matt Silverman, Robert L. Bayless, Producer
Amanda Haddad, BHP Billiton

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 ORAL SESSIONS AT A GLANCE
Theme 3: Global Super Basins Forum (AAPG) Theme 6: Getting the Theme 7: Green River
Unconventional Systems I Most Out of Discoveries: Formation and Other
Mon A.M.
(EMD/SEPM) Geophysical Techniques and Ancient Lacustrine
Advances (AAPG) Analogs (SEPM)

Theme 3: Global Discovery Thinking Theme 6: Seismic Imaging Theme 7: Lake

Unconventional Systems II (DPA/AAPG) Applications (AAPG) Basins and Their
(EMD/SEPM) Deposits, From Rifts,
Mon P.M.
to Forelands, to Mars
(SEPM)

Theme 9: Computational, Theme 7: Lacustrine SEPM Research Symposium: Theme 2:

Sensing, and Experimental Hydrocarbon Systems of Dynamics of Sediment Fundamental Controls
Methods for Energy the South Atlantic Region I Transfer Between Linked on Carbonate
Innovation (AAPG) (SEPM) Depositional Systems: From Reservoir Quality: In
Tue A.M. Rivers to Lakes and Oceans I Honor of Clyde Moore
(SEPM)

Theme 3: North American Theme 7: Lacustrine SEPM Research Symposium: Theme 2: New
Unconventional Systems I Hydrocarbon Systems of Dynamics of Sediment Insights on the
(EMD/SEPM) the South Atlantic Region II Transfer Between Linked Complexity of
Tue P.M. (SEPM) Depositional Systems: From Carbonate Diagenesis
Rivers to Lakes and Oceans II (SEPM)
Special Executive Session:
Great Innovation Leaders

Theme 3: North American DPA Special Session: The Theme 1: Understanding Theme 2: Carbonate
Unconventional Systems II Future Energy Geoscientist Continental Reservoirs Slope-to-Basin
(EMD/SEPM) (SEPM) Deposits (SEPM)

Wed A.M.

Theme 3: North American Theme 6: Hydrocarbons Theme 1: Using Experiments Theme 2: Carbonates
Unconventional Systems III and Geothermal Exploration and Models to Understand of Western North
Wed P.M. (EMD/SEPM) Techniques: Opportunities Depositional Patterns and America (SEPM)
for Technical Exchange and Reservoir Architecture
Advances (EMD) (SEPM)

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Theme 1: Capturing and Theme 6: Induced Seismicity Theme 4: Geochemistry Theme 5: E&P in
Evaluating the Impact of (DEG) – From Exploration to Compressional Belts
Sedimentologic Heterogeneity Production (AAPG) (AAPG/PSGD)
in Reservoir Models (SEPM)

Theme 1: Deep-Water System Theme 2: Carbonate and Theme 4: New Applications Theme 8: Carbon
Interactions With Static and Evaporite Depositional and Workflows in Basin and Management (DEG/EMD)
Dynamic Seafloor Topography, Systems: Subsurface, Petroleum Systems Modeling
Relative Roles of Autocyclic Outcrop, and Modern I (SEPM) (AAPG/SEPM)
and Allocyclic Modulation
(SEPM)

Theme 1: Diagenesis Theme 2: Carbonate and Theme 3: Finding the Sweet Theme 5: Structure and
and Reservoir Quality Evaporite Depositional Spot: New Tools and New Evolution of Oceanic Basins,
in Conventional and Systems: Subsurface, Outcrop, Ideas to Get the Most Out of Margins, and Transforms
Unconventional Clastic and Modern II (SEPM) Unconventional Systems I (AAPG/PSGD)
Reservoirs I (SEPM) (EMD)
The Business of Oil and
Gas: The Many Pathways to
Success (AAPG)

Theme 1: Diagenesis The Business of Oil and Theme 3: Finding the Sweet Theme 5: Salt-Involved
and Reservoir Quality Gas: The Many Pathways to Spot: New Tools and New Systems: Processes,
in Conventional and Success (AAPG) Ideas to Get the Most Out of Architecture, and Evolution
Unconventional Clastic Unconventional Systems II (AAPG/PSGD)
Reservoirs II (SEPM) (EMD)

Theme 1: New Insights Into Theme 9: New Discoveries in Theme 4: Source Rocks – Theme 5: Structural Geometry,
Deep-Water Depositional the Solar System: Implications Geochemical Characterization Evolution, and Strain Modeling
Processes and Products; for Energy and Mineral and New Methods (AAPG) – Integrated Geomechanical,
Effects on Reservoir Quality, Resources (AAPG/EMD) Geometrical, and Analog-
Distribution, and Architecture Based Approaches
(SEPM) Theme 9: Machine Learning (AAPG/PSGD)
for Seismic Interpretation
(AAPG)

Theme 1: Shallow-Marine Theme 8: Energy and Theme 4: Advances in Theme 5: Faults, Fractures,
Depositional Systems, Plays, Environment (DEG) Understanding Hydrocarbon and Fluid Flow (AAPG/PSGD)
and Reservoirs (SEPM) and Non-Hydrocarbon Gases
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 POSTER SESSIONS AT A GLANCE
AAPG Student SEPM Student Theme 1: Using Theme 1: Using Theme 1: Using
Research Poster Research Poster Experiments and Experiments and Experiments
Session I Session I Models to Understand Models to Understand and Models
Depositional Patterns Depositional Patterns to Understand
and Reservoir and Reservoir Depositional
Architecture I (SEPM) Architecture II (SEPM) Patterns and
Reservoir
Architecture III
Mon (SEPM)

Theme 3: Finding Theme 4: Source Theme 6: Integration Theme 6: Searching Theme 5: New
the Sweet Spot: Rocks: Composition, of Non-Seismic for and Discovering Structural Insights:
New Tools and Kinetics, and New Geophysical Stratigraphic Traps Onshore North
New Ideas to Get Methods Techniques (AAPG) (AAPG) America (AAPG/
the Most Out of (AAPG/SEPM) PSGD)
Unconventional
Systems II (EMD)

SEPM Student Theme 1: Deepwater Theme 1: Deepwater Theme 1: Deepwater Theme 1: Deepwater
Research Poster Depositional Depositional Depositional Depositional
Session II Environments I Environments II Environments III Environments IV
(SEPM) (SEPM) (SEPM) (SEPM)

Tue
Theme 3: Theme 6: Integrating Theme 6: Getting Theme 5: Fault Theme 5: Fault
Petrophysics of Petrophysics, Lab the Most Out and Fracture and Fracture
Unconventional Analyses, and of Discoveries: Characterization I Characterization II
Systems Geology (AAPG) Geophysical (AAPG/PSGD) (AAPG/PSGD)
(EMD/SEPM) Techniques and
Advances (AAPG)

AAPG Student AAPG Student AAPG Student SEPM Research Theme 1: Capturing
Research Poster Research Poster Research Poster Symposium: and Evaluating
Session II Session III Session IV Dynamics of Sediment the Impact of
Transfer Between Sedimentologic
Linked Depositional Heterogeneity in
Systems: From Rivers Reservoir Models I
Wed to Lakes and Oceans (SEPM)

Theme 3: Global Theme 3: Global Shale Theme 3: Global Shale Theme 4: Assessing Theme 4: New
Shale Systems I Systems II Systems III Source Rock Methods and
(EMD/SEPM) (EMD/SEPM) (EMD/SEPM) Properties (AAPG) Approaches in
Source Rock
Analysis (AAPG)

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Theme 1: Using Theme 1: Diagenesis Theme 1: Diagenesis Theme 3: Finding
Experiments and and Reservoir Quality and Reservoir Quality the Sweet Spot: New
Models to Understand in Conventional and in Conventional and Tools and New Ideas
Depositional Patterns Unconventional Clastic Unconventional Clastic to Get the Most Out
and Reservoir Reservoirs I (SEPM) Reservoirs II (SEPM) of Unconventional
Architecture IV (SEPM) Systems I (EMD)

Theme 5: Integrated Theme 7: Lacustrine Theme 7: Microbialites Theme 8:

Structure & Basin Hydrocarbon Systems and Associated Environmental Impacts
Analysis: Regional of the South Atlantic Features in in the Oil and Gas
Studies (AAPG/PSGD) Region (SEPM) Hydrocarbon Systems Industry (DEG)
of Lakes and Oceans
(SEPM)

Theme 2: Carbonate Theme 2: Carbonate Theme 3: Theme 3: North

and Evaporite and Evaporite Unconventional American
Depositional Systems: Depositional Systems: Systems of the Unconventional
Subsurface, Outcrop, Subsurface, Outcrop, Western United States Systems (EMD/SEPM)
and Modern I (SEPM) and Modern II (SEPM) (EMD/SEPM)

Theme 4: Tools Theme 7: Lake Basins Theme 7: Green River Theme 9: Theme 9:
and Techniques for and Their Deposits, Formation and Other Computational, Computational
Modeling Petroleum From Rifts, to Ancient Lacustrine Sensing, and Geoscience for Energy
Systems (AAPG) Forelands (SEPM) Analogs (SEPM) Experimental Methods Innovation (AAPG)
for Energy Innovation
(AAPG)

Theme 1: Shallow- Theme 1: Shallow- Theme 1: Understanding Theme 5: Salt-Involved

Marine Depositional Marine Depositional Continental Reservoirs I Structural Styles
Systems, Plays, and Systems, Plays, and (SEPM) (AAPG/PSGD)
Reservoirs I (SEPM) Reservoirs II (SEPM)

Theme 4: Theme 8: Carbon Theme 8: Kemper, Theme 2: New Insights Theme 2: Fundamental
Understanding Source Management (DEG) Mississippi CO2 on the Complexity of Controls on Carbonate
Rocks From Generation Sequestration Site Carbonate Diagenesis Reservoir Quality: In
to Production (AAPG) (DEG) (SEPM) Honor of Clyde Moore
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SUNDAY & MONDAY

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SUNDAY & MONDAY TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Sunday Afternoon Oral Presentations Super Basins Forum (AAPG)
11:55 a.m.–2:40 p.m. Chair: C. Sternbach
See page 19 for more information on this special forum

MONDAY ORAL PRESENTATIONS

History of Petroleum Geology (AAPG)
• Basin Strategies – Supers, Mini, and More: P. Stark,
Co-Chairs: A. Haddad and M. Silverman
B. Fryklund
See page 17 for more information on this special session
• How Super Basins and Shale Plays May Evolve: S. W. Tinker
• A Revolution in Applied Geophysics in Brazil (1930-1960):
• A Tale of Two Super Basins: Comparing Basin Geometry and
D. Peyerl, S. Figueirôa
Petroleum Systems in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and the
• U.S. Natural Gas Losses, Late 1870s to Early 1950s:
West Texas (Permian) Basins: T. E. Ewing
A Compilation and Evaluation of Numerical Estimates:
• Basins and Petroleum Systems of the Middle East: S. Al-Hajri
M. L. Barrett
• Early Over-Water Drilling in the United States (1862-1917): Theme 6: Getting the Most Out of Discoveries: Geophysical
J. Spencer Techniques and Advances (AAPG)
• John T. Scopes: A Summer in Hell and a Career in Petroleum Co-Chairs: W. Shea and R. White
Geology: M. Silverman • Enhancing Sedimentary and Structural Features With
• Back to the Source: A Chronicle of Ideas and Techniques on Seismic Attribute Extraction Methods: Case Studies From
Petroleum Source Rocks: R. Sorkhabi Shallow and Deep Water 3-D Seismic: C. R. Sheya, M. Vögele,
• Reservoir Modeling – An Insider’s History of a Key Enabling C. Asmar, M. Fallah, N. Khaled, C. Rosales Rodriguez
Technology: W. S. Meddaugh • New Drilling Results Based on 3-D Seismic Interpretation in
• Catastrophism and the Deep Historical Roots of Sequence the Red Wing Creek Meteorite Impact Field, Williston Basin,
Stratigraphy: M. Simmons Western North Dakota: D. Behringer, B. Herber, P. Weimer,
• The Discovery of Daqing Oilfield in China: M. Liu R. Bouroullec, R. Barton
• Three-Dimensional Seismic Reconstruction of the
Monday Morning Oral Presentations Anisotropic Tectonic Stress for Cap-Rock Integrity in the
8:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta, Canada: D. A. Talinga,
Theme 3: Global Unconventional Systems I (EMD/SEPM) C. C. Dumitrescu, G. Larson
Co-Chairs: B. Hill and S. Jiang • Effective Seismic Workflow to Improve Carbonate Drilling
• Unconventional Hydrocarbon Potential of the Weald Basin, Efficiency: F. Xue
Southern England, United Kingdom: F. Palci, A. Fraser, • Coherence Attribute Applications on Seismic Data in Various
M. Carles, M. Neumaier, S. Sanderson, R. Wollace Guises: S. Chopra, K. Marfurt
• Comparing the Potential Bowland Shale Play (Pennine Basin, • Estimations of Fault Connectivity and Fault Fragmentation:
United Kingdom) to the Established Barnett Shale Play Predicting Geohazards With Network Analysis:
(Fort Worth Basin, USA): A Geochemical and Palynological R. Pires de Lima, S. Sinha*, K. Marfurt
Analysis of Mississippian (Carboniferous) Mudstones: • Prediction of Residual Oil Saturation by Using the Ratio of
J. A. Hennissen, E. Hough, C. Vane, V. Moss-Hayes, Amplitude Attributes of Time-Lapse Seismic Data: M. Li,
M. H. Stephenson W. Zhang
• Periplatform Ooze Within the Vaca Muerta Formation, • Seismic Characterization of Natural Fractures in the Buda
Neuquén Basin, Argentina: L. Rodriguez Blanco, G. Eberli, Limestone of Zavala County, Texas: A. Smirnov, C. L. Liner
R. J. Weger, M. Tenaglia, L. Rueda • Discrete Frequency Ant Tracking: Method and Application:
• High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphic Framework of the D. Sun, W. Zhao
Middle Tithonian – Lower Valanginian Interval (Vaca Muerta- Theme 7: Green River Formation and Other Ancient Lacustrine
Quintuco Formations), Neuquén Basin, Argentina: G. Godino, Analogs (SEPM)
D. Giunta, L. Smith, J. L. Massaferro Co-Chairs: A. Carroll, E. Jagniecki, and J. Pietras
• Thebes Formation Unconventional Resource Assessment, • Xenoconformities in the Green River Formation: A. R. Carroll,
Gulf of Suez, Egypt: Z. Elsisi, W. K. Kassem, T. Levi, A. Agam M. E. Smith
• Shale Gas in Western Ukraine – Hype Versus Hard Facts: • A Deterministic Model for Outcrop to Subsurface Wireline
W. Nachtmann, R. Sachsenhofer, S. Kozytskyy, Y. Nesplak Log Correlation, Eocene Green River Formation, Eastern
• A Comparison of Najmah Kerogen Adsorption and Uinta Basin, Colorado and Utah: J. E. Peacock, J. Sarg
Desorption Gas Characteristics With North American Source • Characteristics of Sandy Hyperpycnite Deposits on the
Rocks: J. D. Rao, Q. Dashti, S. Al Ashwak*, N. Neog, Shallow, Southern Margin of Eocene Lake Uinta, the Green
A. Mutairi, D. Hume, G. Salter, C. Hall, A. Kumar, A. W. Britton River Formation of Northeastern Utah: R. Brinkerhoff,
• Pore Connectivity Characterization of the Wufeng and K. Woolf
Longmaxi Shales From Sichuan Basin, China Using Wood’s • Fluvial Depositional Variability in the Douglas Creek and
Metal Intrusion and High-Resolution 2-D and 3-D Imaging: Parachute Creek Members, Green River Formation, Uinta
L. Yu, K. Liu, M. Fan, F. Bao Basin, Utah: R. D. Gall, L. Birgenheier, M. Vanden Berg
• Effect of Lithofacies on Gas Storage Capacity of Marine and • Microbialite Investigations of the Douglas Creek Member of
Continental Shales in the Sichuan Basin, China: L. Chen, the Green River Formation (Eocene), Evacuation Creek Area,
Z. Jiang, K. Liu Uinta Basin, Utah, USA: D. Cupertino, M. Vanden Berg,
S. Awramik, P. Buchheim, C. Frantz, R. Biaggi, T. C. Chidsey

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• Multiscale Characterization of a Microbialite-Rich Lacustrine • Microseismic Monitoring of a Vaca Muerta Hydraulic
Reservoir of the Green River Formation (Eocene, USA): Stimulation: Evidence of a Subseismic Fault (Re)activation:
R. Deschamps, Y. Hamon, M. Adelinet, K. Labat, C. Bailly, P. Roux, D. Kolos*, D. E. Curia
MONDAY ORAL PRESENTATIONS

J. Mengus, J. Terrier • Investigating the Complexity of Reservoir Response to

• Osmium Isotope Stratigraphy and Radiogenic Age Hydraulic Fracturing Through the Lens of Microseismic
Determinations of the Green River Formation in Utah, USA: Collective Behavior Characterization: E. P. Ardakani,
J. T. Pietras, D. Selby, A. Dennett T. Urbancic, A. Baig, D. Cannon
• Multi-Isotope Geochemistry of the Eocene Elko Formation, • Regional Induced Seismicity Collaborative: Integrating
Northeastern Nevada: A. Canada, E. Cassel, M. E. Smith Research Approaches in the Southern Midcontinent:
• Heavy Metal Oil Shale From the Upper Green River M. H. Young, J. Boak, R. Mandel, N. Dunbar, M. Timmons,
Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah: D. Keighley, A. Ani R. Miller
Theme 1: Capturing and Evaluating the Impact of • An Integrated Approach to Understanding Different
Sedimentologic Heterogeneity in Reservoir Models (SEPM) Geotechnical Zones Using High Resolution Microseismicity
Co-Chairs: G. Hurd, K. Sementelli, and L. Stright in Deep Underground Mines, South Africa: S. Mngadi,
• Capturing Reservoir Heterogeneity in Reservoir Models – R. Durrheim, M. Manzi, H. Ogasawara
How Much is Enough?: W. S. Meddaugh Theme 4: Geochemistry – From Exploration to Production (AAPG)
• Surface-Based Reservoir Modeling: Generating Realistic Co-Chairs: J. Dahl, M. McCaffrey, and Y. Wang
Sedimentologic Heterogeneity for Reservoir Modeling and • Application of Diamondoids for Correlation of Very Mature
Simulation: C. Jacquemyn, G. Hampson, M. D. Jackson Oil and Oil-Mixtures: J. M. Moldowan, J. E. Dahl, D. M. Jarvie,
• Capturing Multi-Scale Geologic Heterogeneity With Logical D. D. Walker, H. Akbar, I. Yurchenko
Rules in Sketch-Based Reservoir Modeling: M. P. Rood, • Advanced Biomarker and Diamondoid Correlations Identify
C. Jacquemyn, M. D. Jackson, G. Hampson, F. Carvalho, Sources of Mixed and Altered Petroleum Charges in New
C. Coda Marques, J. Machado Silva, M. Costa Sousa, Exploration Plays Across the Alaska North Slope: P. Jarboe,
Z. Zhang, S. Geiger J. Moldowan, S. M. Barbanti, J. E. Dahl, P. G. Lillis,
• Resampling From Reservoir Analog Models: M. Pyrcz, D. W. Houseknecht
H. Yang • Noble Gas, Hydrocarbon and Water Geochemistry of
• Relating Deposition Process to Reservoir Behavior Using Groundwater in the Northern Appalachian Basin: Insights on
Computational Stratigraphy to Define Complex Hierarchical the Mechanisms and Pathways for Hydrocarbon-Rich Brine
Scales of Reservoir Heterogeneity Within River-Dominated Migration: R. Kreuzer, T. Darrah, G. Mitra, R. J. Poreda
Delta Deposits: B. J. Willis, T. Sun • Characterization of Rocky Mountain Paleozoic Oils – Not the
• Geocellular Modeling of Fluvial Meander-Belt Reservoirs: Usual Suspects!: J. E. Zumberge, J. B. Curtis*, S. W. Brown
A Rule-Based Method Conditioned on Seismically Imaged • A Multiproxy Geochemical Approach to Unraveling
Geometries: L. Colombera, N. Yan, T. McCormick-Cox, Hydrocarbon Charge History of the Triassic Shublik
N. P. Mountney Formation of Arctic Alaska: I. Yurchenko, J. Moldowan,
• Basin-Scale Static Models for Unconventional Resource K. E. Peters, L. B. Magoon, S. Graham
Plays, Examples From Permian Midland and Delaware • Evaluation of Downward Hydrocarbon Migration Model
Basins: T. Gladczenko, J. Hardt, M. Houston, R. Mays, in Smackover-Norphlet Petroleum System in Mobile Bay,
M. Lessenger Alabama Using Trace Element Analysis of Pyrite:
• Geobody Detection and Multi-Point Statistical Facies S. W. Gomes, A. Weislogel, S. Kuehn
Modeling – An Integrated Seismic Approach for Modeling • Fluid Inclusions of Multi-Source Hydrocarbon Accumulation
Deepwater GOM Intra-Slope Turbidites: F. Evans, in Cambrian Dolomite Buried Hill and Its Significance for
S. Greenhalgh, B. Payne, M. Murat, D. Rice History of Hydrocarbon Accumulation: An Insight From Yaha
• A Multi-Scenarios Integrated Modeling Approach for Oilfield, Tarim Basin: Q. Fang, H. Zhang, S. Fan
Uncertainty Assessment in a Deep Water Reservoir in West • Integrated Approach to Decipher Reservoir Fluids Processes
Africa: A. Dufournet, M. Miley, J. Villa, J. Pan, M. Bentley and Monitor Production in the Tornado Development, Gulf
Theme 6: Induced Seismicity (DEG) of Mexico: A. Stankiewicz, S. Mehay, E. Mahmoodaghdam, J.
Co-Chairs: J. Boak and J. Shemeta Cassidy, B. Bennett, J. Nighswander, T. Wilkinson,
• Induced Seismicity in Oklahoma: An Update: J. Boak, B. Winkelman
K. Murray, J. Walter • Fracturing Fluid and Rock: Best Friends or Sworn Enemies –
• The Role of Pressure Diffusion in U.S. Midcontinent Nano-Scale Chemical Reactions During Hydraulic Fracturing:
Seismicity: E. Ansari, T. S. Bidgoli, A. Hollenbach D. P. Cercone, J. Bargar, A. Jew
• Investigating the Link Between Brine Disposal Practices and Theme 5: E&P in Compressional Belts (AAPG/PSGD)
Induced Seismicity in Kansas and Oklahoma: A. Hollenbach, Co-Chairs: D. Medwedeff and G. Schoenborn
T. S. Bidgoli, E. Ansari, G. Bohling • Finding Additional Oil Volumes by Structural Analysis,
• Potential for Induced Seismicity Near Conductive Faults: Section Balancing and 3-D Restorations in the Upper
Examples From Fashing (Edwards) Field and Newark East Magdalena Basin, Colombia: D. R. Richards, C. Ceballos,
(Barnett) Field: T. W. Reynolds A. Salamanca, J. W. Granath
• State of Stress in the Permian Basin, Texas, and New • Lateral Variations in Compressional Structural Geometries
Mexico: Implications for Injection-Induced Seismicity: Along an Active Plate Margin; The Assam-Arakan Fold-
J. Lund Snee, M. Zoback Thrust Belt of Northeast India: D. D. Schelling

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FIELD TRIP 11
Shelf to Basin Transect Through the
Phosphoria Formation in Northeastern Utah
and Implications for Hydrocarbon
Exploration (UGA)
For more information go to page 28

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 MONDAY TECHNICAL PROGRAM
• High Fidelity Record of Orogenic Exhumation and Basin • New Insights Into the Exploration Prospects of the Central
Subsidence Patterns Through Integrated Isotopic Analysis: and Northern Karoo Basin, South Africa: B. Richards,
Cacheuta Basin, South-Central Andes: J. Mahoney, L. Taylor, R. Levey, P. J. Mulligan
MONDAY ORAL PRESENTATIONS

J. Suriano, D. Kimbrough, J. Mescua, L. Giambiagi, E. Buelow, • The Bazhenov Play – A New Frontier for the West Siberian
B. Burton, J. Metcalf Petroleum Basin: A. Gayazov
• Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Foreland Basin Development Theme 3: Discovery Thinking (DPA/AAPG)
in the Subandean Zone and Oriente Basin of Ecuador: Co-Chairs: C. Sternbach and P. Weimer
Provenance, Geochronological, and Structural Insights: See page 20 for more details on this special recurring session
E. G. Gutierrez, B. K. Horton, C. Vallejo, L. J. Jackson, • Unlocking the Secrets of Zama – The Discovery of a Giant
G. Sarah Oil Field in the Shallow Waters of the Sureste Basin, Mexico:
• Structural Wedge Model and the Antelope Uplift, West-Side J. Parker
of the San Joaquin Basin, California — The Possibility of • Brazilian Pre-Salt Province: History of Success and a
Additional Large Hydrocarbon Traps: T. L. Davis Promising Future: M. F. de Moraes, L. de Paula, J. A. Gil
• Beating the Bit – Using 2-D Structural Cross Sections to • Nanushuk Formation Discoveries Confirm World-Class
Drive Rapid Development of Highly Deformed Monterey in Exploration Potential in a Newly Proven Stratigraphic Play,
the Elk Hills Field, California: C. Marshall, J. Namson Alaska North Slope: P. L. Decker
• Laramide Deformation and Flexural Effects in the Upper • Case Study of a Large Conventional Oil Pool Discovery in a
Cretaceous: A Basin in Transition: K. W. Rudolph, J. Saylor Mature Basin: The Upper Mannville of the Western Canada
• “Thin-Skinned” and “Thick-Skinned” Structural Control Sedimentary Basin: R. Pinckston
on the Evolution of a Foreland Basin Petroleum System —
Cabuyarito and Medina Anticlines, Eastern Cordillera Llanos Michel T. Halbouty Lecture (AAPG): The Discovery of the Pikka
Foothills, Colombia: I. K. Hafiz, J. Kellogg, E. Saeid, Field on the North Slope of Alaska
Z. Albesher Chair: M. Vanden Berg
• Effects of Fault Throw and Mechanical Stratigraphy on Fault See page 20 for more details on this special presentation
Architecture in the Lenghu Fold-thrust Belt, Qaidam Basin, Speaker: William A. Armstrong, President, Armstrong Oil and
Northeast Tibet: Y. Pei, K. Wu, D. Paton, R. Knipe, L. Xie Gas and Armstrong Energy

Monday Afternoon Oral Presentations Theme 6: Seismic Imaging Applications (AAPG)

1:15 p.m.–5:05 p.m. Co-Chairs: B. Kilsdonk and T. Stieglitz
• Revitalizing Seismic Facies Analysis: H. Zeng
Theme 3: Global Unconventional Systems II (EMD/SEPM) • Brazil Pre-Salt: Role of Seismic Technology in Full Cycle
Co-Chairs: W. Camp, R. Lindsay, and H. Shammery Hydrocarbon Maturation Process: A. Zarkhidze,
• Formulation of Appraisal Strategy and Process Workflow for J. Hernandez, R. Ysaccis, L. Mulisheva, M. El-Toukhy
Testing the Deep Unconventional Oxfordian-Callovian Age • Observations on Structural Styles in the Northern GOM
Reservoir of North Kuwait: A Case Study: Q. Dashti, (Flextrend Area): W. Beck, M. El Hariri, A. M. Mast, H. D. Lebit
V. Kidambi, E. Quint • Integration of Passive-Source Methods in Shell’s Exploration
• Deducing Processes of Shale Deposition, Erosion, and of Albania’s Fold-Thrust Belt: D. L. Kirschner, E. McAllister,
Transport From Textural Attributes and Insights From C. Davies, X. Campman, B. Duijndam, J. Li
Experimental Studies: Observations From the Middle • High Resolution Shallow Crustal Imaging Using Passive
Velkerri Member of the Beetaloo Basin, Northern Australia: Seismic Dense Arrays: F. Lin, K. M. Ward
J. Schieber, S. Menpes, M. Archer, R. Johns • Seismic Evidences for Subsurface Sediment Remobilization
• Experimental Study of Hydraulic-Mechanical Coupling for and Fluid Flow Systems in Vema Dome Area of Vøring Basin,
Shale Under CO2 Migration: Y. Wang, J. Ji, X. Wang, M. Li, Offshore Mid Norway: O. Owolabi, M. Huuse
T. Wong • Enhancing Subsurface Imaging and Reservoir
• Relationship Between Canister Desorption Behavior and Characterization in the Marcellus Through Advanced
Composition of Upper Paleozoic Shales in the Ordos Basin, Reprocessing of Wide Azimuth 3-D Seismic: J. Zhu, C. Perll,
Northwest China: F. Xiong, M. Amooie, M. Soltanian, Z. Jiang, T. Coulman
J. Moortgat • Perdido Reimaging: Overview of Model Building and Imaging
• Applied Petroleum Source Rock Evaluation and High- Challenges and Solutions: K. Glaccum, S. Chen
Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy for Unconventional
Reservoirs in La Luna Formation (Cenomanian – Santonian) Theme 7: Lake Basins and Their Deposits: From Rifts, to
Northwest Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela: A. Liborius Parada, Forelands, to Mars (SEPM)
R. P. Philp, R. Slatt Co-Chairs: M. McGlue, A. Nutz, C. Scholz, and M. Schuster
• Integrated Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy Using • The Source-to-Sink Evolution of the Central Lake Malawi
Well Cuttings in the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous (Nyasa) Rift, East Africa and Implications for Deep-Water
Quintuco-Vaca Muerta System, Neuquen Basin, Argentina: Lacustrine Reservoirs: C. A. Scholz, D. Shillington
L. Smith, G. Godino • Integrated Stratigraphy of the ~1.2 Ma Lake Malawi
• Assessing Unconventional Resource Potential of the (East Africa) Scientific Drill Core 1B — Exploring New
Mesoproterozoic Roper Group, Beetaloo Sub-Basin Region, Evidence for Transitions in Lake-Basin Type: M. McGlue,
Australia: T. Ruble, D. Revie, E. Roberts, E. Barcelona, G. Ellis, S. Ivory, A. Cohen
N. Gupta, B. Hankins, C. Smith, C. Edgoose • Distribution of Synrift Lacustrine Source Rocks and
Reservoirs in Continental Rift Basins: R. C. Shoup

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• The Brown Shale Formation: Lacustrine Deposit in the • Persistent Sediment Entry Points to Deep-Marine Slope
Central Sumatra Basin (Indonesia): R. Brito, R. Slatt Systems — Stratigraphic Relationships and Up-Dip
• The Rarity of Bifurcation in Shallow Lake Deltas: Pinch-Outs of a Coarse-Grained Slope System Overlying

MONDAY ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Implications for Reservoirs and Overall Delta Processes: Carbonates: I. Kane, A. D. McArthur, D. M. Hodgson, M. Arthur
J. Holbrook, T. Howe
Theme 2: Carbonate and Evaporite Depositional Systems:
• Wave-Dominated Clastic Coasts in Lakes: M. Schuster,
Subsurface, Outcrop, and Modern I (SEPM)
A. Nutz, J. Ghienne, F. Bouchette
Co-Chairs: S. Purkis and P. Tesch
• Distribution and Relationships of Traces, Sedimentary
• Controls of Depositional Facies Patterns on a Modern
Facies, and Physicochemical Conditions in Lake Eyre
Carbonate Platform: Guidelines for Stratigraphic
(Australia) and Lake Tanganyika (East Africa), and
Correlations in Ancient Systems: P. M. Harris, S. J. Purkis,
Their Comparison to Marine Systems: Implications
G. Cavalcante
for Ichnofacies, Paleoenvironmental, and Sequence
• Hydrodynamic Control of Whitings and Mud Production on
Stratigraphic Analysis: S. T. Hasiotis, M. Reilly, J. McPherson,
Great Bahama Bank: S. J. Purkis, G. Cavalcante, L. Rothla,
S. Lang
P. M. Harris, A. Oehlert, P. Swart
• A Sequence Stratigraphic Perspective on the Murray
• Diverse and Spatially Extensive Microbial Mat and Ooid Sand
Formation, a Martian Mudstone Succession in Gale Crater,
Depositional System, Little Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos
Mars: J. Schieber, K. Bohacs, M. Minitti, R. Williams
Islands: J. Grotzinger, M. Gomes, U. F. Lingappa, N. Stein,
• Rapid Inundation of Gale Crater, Mars, by an Expanding
E. Trower, J. Alleon, A. M. Bahniuk, M. Cantine, H. Grotzinger,
Ocean: E. Heydari, T. J. Parker, F. J. Calef III, J. F. Schroeder,
K. Metcalfe, D. K. Morris, S. O’Reilly, E. Orzechowski, D. Quinn,
J. Van Beek, S. Rowland, A. G. Fairen
C. Sanders, E. Sibert, J. Strauss, M. Tarika, M. Thorpe,
Theme 1: Deep-Water System Interactions With Static and W. Fischer, A. Knoll
Dynamic Seafloor Topography, Relative Roles of Autocyclic and • Anatomy of an Intrashelf Basin: Relative Influence of
Allocyclic Modulation (SEPM) Differential Aggradation vs. Differential Subsidence on the
Co-Chairs: A. Fildani, I. Kane, and S. Southern Evolution of the Maverick Basin, South Texas: B. Rendall,
• The Stratigraphic Evolution of a Migrating Submarine P. J. Moore, A. S. Buono, S. M. Fullmer, C. Kerans
Channel System in a Tectonically-Confined Basin: Driving • 3-D Reconstruction of Clinoform Geometries Using Drone-
Factors and Implications for Reservoir Prediction — The Based Photogrammetry, Upper San Andres Formation, Last
Gorgoglione Flysch Formation, Southern Italy: C. I. Casciano, Chance Canyon, New Mexico: P. Tesch, J. Markello, M. Pope,
M. Patacci, C. Di Celma, S. Longhitano, M. Tropeano, R. Reece
W. D. McCaffrey • Reef Complex Development During Lowstand in Mixed
• Submarine-Channel Pathways and Reservoir Architecture Carbonate/Siliciclastic Systems – Seismic Evidence From
in Response to Sedimentation and Salt-Related Structural the Browse Basin, Australia: V. Abreu, D. Dunlap
Deformation: J. Covault, C. Ceyhan, M. Hudec, Z. Sylvester, • Depositional Sequences and Relative Sea-Level Change in
W. Fisher, D. Dunlap Jamaica Determined by Biostratigraphic Data: D. P. Gold,
• Influence of Structural Styles on the Architecture, Stacking J. P. Fenton, M. Bent, D. Kay, M. Norman, N. Nembhard,
Patterns, and Evolution of Deepwater Systems — Insights H. Thompson
From the Colombian-Caribbean Margin: A. Ortiz-Karpf, • Seismic Morphology of a Late Paleozoic Isolated Carbonate
J. Naranjo, P. A. Galindo Amaya, J. C. Llinas Platform: Karachaganak Field, Republic of Kazakhstan:
• Carbonate Channel-Levee Systems Influenced by Mass- J. A. Parker, J. Bishop, S. Bachtel
Transport Complexes, Browse Basin, Western Australia: • Early Post-Salt Differential Topography and Its Impact
D. Dunlap, X. Janson, C. Sanchez Phelps, J. Covault on Source Rock and Shallow-Water Carbonate Facies
• Interaction of Multiple Deepwater Sediment Pathways With Distributions — Examples From the Jurassic of the North
Evolving Seafloor Topography: Implications for Intra-Slope Atlantic and the Southern Gulf of Mexico: N. Ettinger,
Reservoir Architecture, With Examples From the East Coast R. Forkner*
Basin of New Zealand: A. D. McArthur, W. D. McCaffrey
Theme 4: New Applications and Workflows in Basin and
• Channel and Lobe Interaction With Basin Floor Topography in
Petroleum Systems Modeling (AAPG)
Deep Water Rift Basins — Pliocene-Pleistocene Syn-Rift of
Co-Chairs: T. Matava, M. McCaffrey, and N. Rigg
the Corinth Rift, Greece: M. Muravchik, G. A. Henstra,
• Petroleum System Evaluation, Mexican Perdido Fold Belt:
G. T. Eliassen, R. Gawthorpe, M. Leeder, H. Kranis,
G. Murillo-Muñeton, A. España-Pinto, J. Rosales-Rodriguez,
E. Skourtsos, J. Andrews
R. Castro-Govea, R. Torres, M. Bernabe, S. Ortega-Lucach,
• Surficial (Topography) Matters: Channel to Lobe Transition
J. Mendez
Zone (CLTZs) Morphodynamics as a First Order Control on
• Pore Pressure Prediction From Basin Simulation of Heat and
Submarine Lobe Sedimentation Patterns: M. Tilston,
Fluid Flow: Application to a Realistic Earth Model in the Gulf
E. T. Joris, Y. Spychala, F. Pohl
of Mexico: F. Medellin, M. Fehler, N. Louni, J. Laigle
• The Interplay of Channel-Levee Systems and Mass-
• Structural Restoration and 2-D Basin Modeling in Fold and
Transport Complexes in the Pliocene-Quaternary Rakhine
Thrust Belts – A Case Study From Western Newfoundland:
Basin, Offshore Myanmar: D. Shao, L. Fuliang, F. Guozhang,
M. Schwangler, N. Harris, J. Waldron
H. Ma, H. Wang, L. Ding, J. Covault
• Fundamental Pressure Controls in Unconventional Petroleum
Systems: T. Matava, D. Jacobi, J. Sheremata

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• Thermal Maturation Considerations and the Significance • Application of a Training-Image Library to Fluvial
of Phytoclasts in the Upper Member of the Lodgepole Meandering Facies Models Using Multi-Point Statistics
Formation in the North-Western Williston Basin: M. Dighans, Conditioned on Analog-Based Forward Models:
M. Zobaa J. M. Montero, L. Colombera, N. P. Mountney, N. Yan
MONDAY POSTER SESSIONS

• Thermal Maturity Modeling of Organic-Rich Mudrocks in the • Tectonic Controls on Along-Strike Variations in the
Delaware Basin Using Raman Spectroscopy of Carbonaceous Bathymetry, Width, and Structural Style of the Mexican
Material: T. A. Manos, N. Perez Ridges Deepwater, Fold-Thrust Belt, Western Gulf of Mexico:
• Predicting API in Basin Modeling: New Kinetic Models: J. Kenning, P. Mann
F. Baur, S. Banerjee, D. Barber, J. Little, D. Goff • Improved Pressure Prediction That Couples Velocity With
• Integrating Basic and Advanced Mud Gas Analysis With Mean and Shear Stress at the Mad Dog Field, Gulf of Mexico:
Classical Formation Evaluation for Enhanced Compartmental L. P. Lockhart, P. Flemings, M. Nikolinakou, M. Heidari
Characterization: J. Kaiser, N. Ritzmann, T. Haldorsen, • Re-Evaluating Petroleum Potential of the Birdbear
S. Wessling Formation, Williston Basin in McKenzie County, North
• Variations in Organic Content of the Kolje Formation in the Dakota: F. C. Nwachukwu
Western Barents Sea; A Stochastic Modeling Approach: • Unraveling the Impact of Sea-Level Changes and Early
K. J. Zieba, M. Felix Diagenesis on the Reservoir Quality of Eocene Carbonates in
Qatar: B. H. Ryan, S. E. Kaczmarek, J. M. Rivers
Theme 8: Carbon Management (DEG/EMD)
• Discrete-Element Modeling of Diapirism and Sedimentation
Co-Chairs: T. Irons and B. McPherson
on Continental Margins: A New Modeling Approach of Salt
• Methodology for Capacity Estimation for Waste Disposal and
Deformation: L. M. Pichel, E. Finch, R. Gawthorpe, M. Huuse,
Carbon Management: Y. Holubnyak, T. Birdie, T. S. Bidgoli,
J. Redfern
J. Hollenbach
• Establishing a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for the
• U.S. DOE’s Economic Tools to Assess the Cost of CO2
Hare Indian and Canol Formations (Central Mackenzie
Capture, Utilization, Storage, and Transportation (CCUS):
Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada) by Integrating High-
T. C. Grant, D. Morgan, D. Remson, A. Guinan, C. Shih, S. Lin,
Resolution Chemostratigraphy With Sedimentological and
D. Vikara
Ichnological Datasets: M. LaGrange Rao, B. Harris*,
• A Study of Multiphase Flow in CO2-EOR: Impacts of Three-
S. K. Biddle, K. M. Fiess, M. Gingras
Phase Relative Permeability and Hysteresis Models: W. Jia,
• Sedimentology and Palynology of Late Pliocene-Early
B. McPherson, F. Pan, Z. Dai, N. Moodie, T. Xiao
Pleistocene Syn-Rift Succession, Corinth Rift, Greece:
• Leveraging a Legacy Sample and Data Collection for Carbon
G. T. Eliassen, M. Muravchik, R. Gawthorpe, G. A. Henstra
Storage Resource Assessment: M. A. KunleDare,
• Laboratory-Based Lithological and Geomechanical
P. P. McLaughlin
Characterization of the Woodford Shale — A Tale of Two
• Assessment of Upper Cretaceous Strata for Offshore CO2
Rock Types: D. Becerra, R. Slatt
Storage, Southeastern United States: K. F. Almutairi,
• The Origin of H2S in Lower Cambrian Longwangmiao
C. Knapp, J. Knapp, D. Terry
• Fluvial Channels and Boundary Conditions in Relation to the Dolomites in the Central Sichuan Basin, Southwest China:
Success of CO2 Geological Storage Into Deep Saline Aquifers P. Zhang, G. Liu, C. Cai, P. Gao
• Sediment Routing of Deep-Water Syn-Rift Depositional
at the Shenhua Site, Ordos Basin: M. Nguyen, X. Zhang,
Systems Across Faulted Terraces — Late Jurassic Lomre-Uer
N. Wei, J. Li, X. Li, Y. Zhang, P. Stauffer
Terraces, North Sea Rift: F. Tillmans, R. Gawthorpe,
• Precambrian Basement Tectonics Beneath a CCS Site,
A. Rotevatn, C. A. Jackson, G. A. Henstra, W. Helland-Hansen
Illinois Basin: J. McBride, R. W. Keach, II, H. E. Leetaru
• Coeval Structural Evolution of Late Mesozoic Gravity Slides
• Using Ultrasensitive Surface Detection to Evaluate Potential
on the Northern Yucatan and Northeast Gulf of Mexico
and Actual CO2 Sequestration Sites: R. Schrynemeeckers
Conjugate Margins with Implications for Late Jurassic
• Project ECO2S — Characterization of a World Class Carbon
Reservoir Distribution: A. Steier, P. Mann
Dioxide Storage Complex: D. E. Riestenberg, G. Koperna,
R. Esposito SEPM Student Research Poster Session I
Co-Chairs: H. Harper and J. Sarg
Monday Poster Sessions • Sedimentologic and Stratigraphic Investigation of
AAPG Student Research Poster Session I Carboniferous Formations in Northern Utah and Central
Chair: A. Janevski Montana: A Record of Late Paleozoic Climate Change:
• Spatial-Temporal Evolution of Channelized Depositional J. Ahern, C. Fielding
Systems in the Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Alberta, • Facies Architecture and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Lower
Canada: Implications for Delineation of Oil Sands and Middle Triassic of Western Canada Sedimentary Basin:
Reservoirs: S. C. Horner, C. Hagstrom, H. Martin, S. Hubbard C. M. Furlong, M. Gingras, J. Zonneveld
• Crustal Structure of Jurassic Oceanic Crust and Thinned • Influence of Ocean Redox Conditions and Carbonate
Continental Crust Separating the Conjugate, Rifted Margins Saturation State on Carbonate Factories and Platform
of Eastern Florida and the Yucatan Peninsula: P. Lin, P. Mann Architecture: Examples From the Permian and Triassic
• Controls on Carbonate Platform Growth Within the Lower Nanpanjiang Basin, South China: X. Li, N. Adams,
Carboniferous of the Pennine Basin: L. E. Manifold, C. Hollis, L. Stepchinski, K. Lau, D. Lehrmann, M. Minzoni, M. Yu, J. Payne
I. Korneva, R. Gawthorpe, A. Rotevatn, P. Burgess, I. Masiero

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• High-Resolution Depositional and Sequence Stratigraphic Theme 1: Using Experiments and Models to Understand
Analysis of the Woodford Shale Combining Sedimentary Depositional Patterns and Reservoir Architecture I (SEPM)
Facies, Elemental Chemostratigraphy and Organic Contents: Co-Chairs: L. Hajek, D. Hodgetts, and K. Straub
H. A. Galvis Portilla, R. Slatt • Experimental Characterization of the Conversion of Dilute
MONDAY POSTER SESSIONS

• Tectonic Uplift of the Wet Mountains and Southern Front Turbidity-Currents Into Transitional-Flows at the Channel to
Range in the Mesozoic Inferred From Detrital Zircon U-Pb Lobe Transition: E. Prokocki, D. Mohrig, J. Buttles, A. Ponten
Geochronology of Middle to Upper Jurassic Strata in the • Quantitative Prediction of Three-Dimensional Facies
Paradox Basin, Western Colorado: J. I. Ejembi, Architecture and Heterogeneity in Meandering Fluvial
S. L. Potter-McIntyre Successions: N. Yan, N. P. Mountney, L. Colombera
• Characterization of a Seismic-Scale, Outcropping Channel- • Three-Dimensional Modeling of Facies Architecture and
Levee Complex, Tres Pasos Formation, Southern Chile: Connectivity Variations of Meandering River Successions in
S. A. Kaempfe, B. W. Romans, S. Hubbard, L. Stright, Evolving Rift Basins: N. Yan, L. Colombera, N. P. Mountney
B. G. Daniels, S. Southern • Upstream Control in a Coastal-Plain Fluvial Setting:
• Early-Mid Holocene Cultural and Climate Shifts in Northwest An Architectural and Stratigraphic Analysis of the
Africa — Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction Using Stable Campanian Masuk Formation: A. M. Hess, C. Fielding
Isotopes of Land Snail Shells: A. Padgett, Y. Yanes, D. Lubell • Sea Level Fluctuations as the Primary Control on the
• Stratigraphic Evolution of a Submarine Slope Channel Emplacement of a Deltaic Clinoform Package in an Active
Complex Set: Implications for Reservoir Connectivity and Rift Setting: G. A. Henstra, M. Muravchik, R. Gawthorpe,
Reservoir Quality Distribution: D. Bell, I. Kane, A. Ponten, A. Rotevatn, J. M. Munoz-Barrera, S. H. Berg
S. Flint, D. M. Hodgson • Quantitative Outcrop Characterization of Incised Valley Fill
• Climate of Mid-Latitude Northeast Pangea in Early Permian, Combining UAV-Based Photogrammetry and Traditional
Southern Bogda Mountains, Northwest China: Evidence From Geologic Field Methods: C. Meirovitz, L. Stright, C. Johnson
Sedimentology and Organic Geochemistry: X. Zhan, W. Yang, • Stratigraphic Evolution of the Eolian Navajo Sandstone,
F. Qiao, H. Lu, Y. Zhang Southeast Utah: P. Sansom
• Detailed Petrographic Studies of the Late Cretaceous • Studies in Contemporary Sand Seas Inform Better Reservoir
Tununk Shale Member of the Mancos Shale Formation Models: C. Hern, D. Tatum, R. Westerman, G. Kocurek,
— Prevalence and Types of Mud-Dominated Composite S. Fryberger
Particles in Mudstones: Z. Li, J. Schieber • Facies Architecture of an Ancient Distributary Channel
• Sequence Stratigraphic Architecture and Favorable Complex, Cretaceous Gallup Sandstone, New Mexico:
Reservoir Sandbodies of the Hanjiang Formation on the C. Ferron, J. P. Bhattacharya
Northern Slope of the Baiyun Sag, Pearl River Mouth Basin:
Theme 1: Using Experiments and Models to Understand
J. Zhou, Y. Wang, M. He, W. Chen
Depositional Patterns and Reservoir Architecture II (SEPM)
• Response of Unconfined Turbidity Currents to Complex
Co-Chairs: L. Hajek, D. Hodgetts, and K. Straub
Bathymetry in Deepwater Fold and Thrust Belts:
• Quantification and Prediction of Braided Fluvial Systems
D. M. Howlett, Z. Ge, R. Gawthorpe, W. Nemec, A. Rotevatn
Using Digital Outcrop Models: D. M. Taylor
• Comparing Source Rock Maturity With Pore Size Distribution
• Quantitative Spatial Variability of Dune and Interdune Facies
and Fluid Saturation in the Bakken-Three Forks Petroleum
in the Aeolian Navajo Sandstone, USA: Implications for
System of the Williston Basin: A. Adeyilola, S. H. Nordeng
Reservoir Characterization: D. Cousins, S. Clarke, P. Richards,
• Paleodischarge and Sediment Budget Analysis of the
C. L. Priddy
Late Cretaceous Torrivio Sandstone, San Juan Basin, New
• Outcrop-Based Geological Modeling of Fluvio-Deltaic
Mexico, USA: S. Sharma, J. P. Bhattacharya
Successions From the Middle Jurassic Ravenscar Group,
• Stratigraphic and Sedimentological Evidence for Accelerated
Yorkshire, Northeast England: M. M. Rahman, J. A. Howell,
Washover Rates: Case Study of Follets Island, Texas:
D. Macdonald
C. I. Odezulu, J. Lorenzo-Trueba, D. J. Wallace, J. B. Anderson
• Relationships Between Fluvial Architecture and Fault Growth
• Water Chemistry Evolution of the Green River Formation,
in Continental Rift Settings — A Database Approach:
Piceance Basin: A Signal Extracted by Mineral Assemblage
D. J. Somerville, N. P. Mountney, L. Colombera, R. Collier
in Different Lake Stages: T. Wu, J. Boak
• Reconstructing 3-D Fluvial Channel Belt Stratigraphy Using
• Three-Dimensional Geometry and Reconstruction of a
Time-Lapse Satellite Images: R. Sech
Backwater Trunk-Tributary, in the Cretaceous Ferron
• Understanding Fluvial to Shallow Marine Clastic Reservoirs
Sandstone, Utah: D. Kynaston, J. P. Bhattacharya
From Modern Analogs Resolved by GPR and Drone Imagery:
• Understanding Sediment Supply to the Atlantic Margin
P. D. Duff
(Maryland and Delaware, USA) During Paleocene-Eocene
• A Two-Dimensional, High-Resolution Model of Submarine
Thermal Maximum: A. Shamsul Anuar, L. Hajek, S. Trampush
Channel Sedimentation — Implications for Heterogeneity:
• 3-D Characterization of Sandy, Upstream Accreting, Slope
Z. Sylvester, J. Covault, C. Pirmez
Turbidites in the Fish Creek-Vallecito Basin (California,
• What’s That You Splay — A Depositional Model for the Humid
USA): Antidunes, Cyclic Steps, and More From a Proto-Gulf
Terminal Splay? A Comparative Analysis of the Modern
of California Deepwater Supercritical Fan: L. M. West,
Rio Seco, Argentina and the Cretaceous-Paleocene Raton
R. Steel, C. Olariu
Formation, Colorado: R. J. Horner, G. McGregor, J. Holbrook
• The Impact of Bed-Scale Sedimentary Heterogeneities on Oil
Recovery in Basin-Plain Thin-Bedded Turbidite Successions:
B. A. Omoniyi, D. Stow

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Theme 1: Using Experiments and Models to Understand • Reservoir Architecture and Economic Implications of the
Depositional Patterns and Reservoir Architecture III (SEPM) Trail Member Fluvial Sandstones, Ericson Sandstone,
Co-Chairs: Z. Jobe, A. McArthur, and N. Nieminski Mesaverde Group: A. D. Bertoch, B. Steeves, S. Hudson,
• Applications of Virtual and Augmented Reality in the A. A. Treviño, C. A. Jolley

MONDAY POSTER SESSIONS

Petroleum Geosciences: D. Hodgetts • Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Middle Jurassic
• Understanding Frequency Decomposition Results Using Dhruma Siliciclastic Deposits: Northern Central Arabia,
Forward Modeling to Correlate Geology With Frequency Saudi Arabia: A. Al-Hussaini, R. Steel, J. Melvin, C. Olariu,
Responses: H. M. Garcia, R. Moore N. Hooker, K. Ertug
• The Catchment-Integrated Response to Rapid Climatic • Are Bed Thickness Statistics From Well Bores Valuable
Warming During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: for Assessing Flow Confinement in Turbidite Basins?
Wilcox and Claiborne Groups, Gulf Coast USA: G. Sharman, Experimental Insights From Tertiary Basins of Apennines
P. Flaig, P. Fussee-Durham, T. Larson, J. Covault* (Italy): M. Marini, F. Felletti, S. Milli, M. Patacci,
• Scaling Relationships of Channel-Lobe Deposits in Large W. D. McCaffrey
Fluvial Fan Systems — Implications for Subsurface Reservoir
Theme 1: Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality in Conventional and
Prediction: J. Wang, P. Plink-Bjorklund, Z. Jobe
Unconventional Clastic Reservoirs I (SEPM)
• Combining Terrestrial Photogrammetry, Applied
Co-Chairs: P. Desjardins and K. Taylor
Sedimentology and Hand-Held Gamma Ray Spectrometry to
• Using UAV Photogrammetry to Quantify Differential
Characterize the Cretaceous Lower Castlegate Formation,
Cementation of Turbidite Sandstones: An Example From the
Tuscher Canyon, Utah, USA: A. J. Mitten, S. Clarke,
Gremiasco System (Upper Oligocene, Tertiary Piedmont
J. K. Pringle, P. Richards
Basin of Northwest Italy): M. Marini, F. Felletti, G. Della Porta,
• Three-Dimensional Architecture of Modern Large-Scale
V. Casella, M. Franzini
Fluvial System Incorporating Geological, Geophysical, and
• Three-Dimensional Quantitative Characterization of Pore
Geotechnical Investigations — An Example From Varanasi
Throat Space of Low and Ultra Low Permeability Sandstone
City, Central Gangetic Basin, India: A. Shaw, O. Wakefield,
Reservoir in Bohai Bay Basin by Combined Constant Velocity
A. Newell, M. Layek, P. Das, A. Mukherjee, P. Sengupta,
Mercury Injection and X-CT: L. Wan
A. Finlayson, M. Smith, J. Sen
• Provenance and Porosity of Onshore Reservoir Sandstones
• Controls on Fluvial and Lacustrine Facies and Stacking
of the Anticosti Basin, Western Newfoundland, Canada,
Patterns of the Paleocene-Eocene Hanna Formation, Hanna
Using Scanning Electron Microscopy Combined With Mineral
Basin, Wyoming: P. Flaig, G. Sharman, A. F. Wroblewski,
Liberation Analysis (SEM-MLA): S. Lode, L. Beranek, D. Grant,
J. Covault
D. Goudie
• Estuarine Deposits of the Neslen Formation Near Harley
• Evaluation of Clay Mineral Distribution Within the Bute Inlet
Dome, Book Cliffs, Utah — An Outcrop Analog for
Turbidity System, British Columbia, Canada: C. McGhee,
Heterolithic, Tidally Modified Estuarine Channels and Tidal
S. Acikalin, S. Hage, M. Azpiroz-Zabala, M. Cartigny,
Flats: A. Murphy, P. Flaig*, S. T. Hasiotis
J. H. Clarke, J. Hunt, G. Lintern, D. R. Parsons, C. Stacey,
• Statistical Characterization of Reservoir Attributes and Their
E. Sumner, P. Talling
Variability in a Seismic-Scale Deep-Water Slope Channel
• Controls on Reservoir Heterogeneity of Tight Sand Oil
System Outcrop: S. Southern, L. Stright, B. W. Romans,
Reservoirs in Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in
S. Hubbard
Longdong Area, Southwest Ordos Basin, China: Implications
Theme 1: Using Experiments and Models to Understand for Reservoir Quality Prediction and Oil Accumulation:
Depositional Patterns and Reservoir Architecture IV (SEPM) Y. Zhou, Y. Ji
Co-Chairs: Z. Jobe, A. McArthur, and N. Nieminski • Impact of Deep Hydrothermal Fluids and CO2 on Carbonate
• A Case Study on Understanding Subsurface Stratigraphy for Cementation of Deepwater Sandstone Reservoir in Baiyun
Environmental Remediation Using Modern Analogs: Sag, Pear River Mouth Basin, the South China Sea: J. Luo,
J. Sadeque C. Zhang, L. Mi, C. Lei, B. Liu, C. Li, J. Pang, Y. Ma
• Simplicity Versus Complexity in Lobes Deposited by • Lithofacies Prediction and 3-D Geological Model in Tight
Transitional Sediment-Gravity Flows: Results From 3-D Gas Sandstone Reservoirs by Integration of Well Logs and
Flume Experiments: W. Koo, D. Mohrig, J. Buttles, Geostatistics Modeling: B. Cao, X. Luo, L. Zhang, Y. Lei,
D. M. Sturmer, A. Ponten B. Qin, Z. Zhang
• Heterolithic Bedding Formed by Froude Supercritical Flow • Diagenetic Evolution and Mass Transfer of Deep-Water
Bedforms With Broad Grainsize Distributions: K. Ono, Mudstones in the Middle of the Third Member of the
M. Cartigny, E. T. Joris, P. Plink-Bjorklund Shahejie Formation in the Dongying Sag, Jiyang Depression,
• Detrital Zircon Geochronology — A Novel Approach for Eastern China: T. Yang, Y. Cao, K. Liu, Y. Wang
Stratigraphic Correlation of Late Mississippian-Early • Impact of Diagenetic and Depositional Fabric on Reservoir
Pennsylvanian Strata in Southwestern Kansas and Quality – A Synthesis From Late Cretaceous and Early
Northwestern Arkansas: T. S. Bidgoli, W. Wang, A. Moeller, Paleocene Sandstones in Eastern Sulaiman Range, Pakistan:
D. F. Stockli I. Khan, Z. Ning-Ning, B. Gul, E. Ul Haq
• Soft-Sediment Deformation Features and Their Influence on • Reservoir Characterization of the Permian White Rim
Fluid Flow and Reservoir Characteristics — Jurassic Navajo Sandstone: Outcrop and Core Assessment for Carbon
Sandstone, Southeast Utah: M. A. Chan, D. F. Wheatley, Capture and Sequestration: S. Hollingworth, D. F. Wheatley,
S. T. Hasiotis, J. T. Parrish M. A. Chan, P. A. Steele

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Theme 1: Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality in Conventional and • Searching for Sweet Spot: Multi-Facies and Multi-Scale
Unconventional Clastic Reservoirs II (SEPM) Approach for Gas Shale Reservoir Characterization:
Co-Chairs: P. Desjardins and K. Taylor A. Avanzini, P. Balossino, M. Brignoli, E. Spelta, C. Tarchiani
• Targeting Mechanical Facies in the Green River Basin to • Tight Gas Reservoir in the Upper Triassic Sichuan Basin,
MONDAY POSTER SESSIONS

Improve Completions Strategies: J. Havens, J. Gumble, Western China: Q. Li

E. Scott • Characteristics of Shale Lithofacies Evolution in the Wufeng
• Real-Time Advanced Mud Returns Flow Analysis Combined — Longmaxi Formation and Its Controls on Shale Gas
With Advanced Mud Gas and Elemental Analysis on Drill Productivity: Z. Hu, W. Du, C. Sun, R. Bian, J. Wu, T. Zhu
Cuttings Aids Fracture Detection and Interpretation in • Predicting Shale Play Fluid Phase Equilibria Pressure
Unconventional Reservoirs: A Case Study: B. Chiniwala, Saturation With PVT Compositional Kinetic Modeling: From
I. Easow, A. Martocchia, E. Russo Black Oil to Dry Gas Exhumed Basins: G. Pérez-Drago,
• SEM Petrography of Organic Matter in the Devonian- M. Dubille, J. Couchard, F. Medellin
Mississippian New Albany Shale and Its Implication for • Acoustic Facies Characterization, Vaca Muerta Formation,
Organic Pore Development With Thermal Maturation: B. Liu, Argentina: R. J. Weger, M. Yüksek, P. Swart, G. Eberli
J. Schieber, M. Mastalerz • Applications of Diamondoids to Unconventionals: J. E. Dahl,
• Natural Microfractures in Quartz Grains — A New Tool to J. Moldowan, D. Koskella, H. LaReau
Evaluate Maximum Paleo Effective Stress and Overpressure Theme 3: Finding the Sweet Spot: New Tools and New Ideas to
Onset in Sandstone Reservoirs: K. Mehrkian, J. Girar,
Get the Most Out of Unconventional Systems II (EMD)
O. Chailan, C. Aubourg, G. Hoareau, M. Artzrouni, Co-Chairs: I. McGlynn and T. Tuttle
S. Dossou-Gbete
• “Sweet Spot” Identification and Optimization in
• Multi-Attribute Analysis of Six Upper Cretaceous and
Unconventional Reservoirs: J. Aldrich
Jurassic Structural Closures in Belo Profond, Morondava • Biotic and Sedimentological Attributes of the Organic-
Basin, Offshore West Madagascar: I. Ayodele, J. E. Smith*,
Rich Shales – Is It a Sufficient Tool for Sweet Spot
A. Orimolade, G. Penfield, B. Falaye
Identification? An Example From the Polish Ordovician-
• Depositional Processes and Multi-Scale Variability Within
Silurian Unconventional Petroleum System: T. Podhalanska,
the Mudstone-Dominated Early Jurassic Mudstones,
J. Roszkowska-Remin, A. Feldman-Olszewska, M. Janas
Cleveland Basin, United Kingdom: N. ElSayed, K. Taylor
• Evaluation on the Adsorbed and Free Oil in Lacustrine
• Diagenetic Sequence, Genetic Mechanism and Hydrocarbon
Shales: J. Li, S. Lu
Charge of Silurian Tight Sandstone Reservoirs in the Eastern • Identification of Volcanic Ash Beds Using In-Situ Rock
Tarim Basin, Northwest China: J. Guo, Z. Jiang, W. Wang Mechanical Properties – A Comparison With Core Data in the
• Diagenetic Controls on Reservoir-Scale Enhanced Oil Lower Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford Reservoirs: A. Hildick,
Recovery and CO2 Storage: A Case Study of the Morrow S. Neale
Sandstone, Farnsworth Unit, Texas: L. Rasmussen, T. Dewers, • A New Logging Model for Assessing Adsorbed Gas Content
J. Heath, A. Luhmann, W. Ampomah, M. Cather, P. Mozley, of Continental Shale and Its Application: Y. Liu, D. Chen,
R. Grigg N. Qiu, J. Fu
• Trace Element Geochemistry of Late Pennsylvanian Shales • Geologic and Well Performance Analysis of the Haynesville
of the Anadarko Basin (Oklahoma) – Implications for Shale in East Texas and North Louisiana: B. Johnston
Sediment Provenance and Shale Diagenesis: B. Segvic, • Improved Geomechanical and Hydraulic Fracture Calibration
G. Zanoni Workflow for Unconventional Wells: P. Pankaj
• Tight-Reservoir Micropore Formation and Evolution in • Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Shale Gas
Sedimentary Organic-Matter-Bearing Tuff: A Case Study Production Decline in Weiyuan Gas Field, China: Y. Wan,
From the Permian Tiaohu Formation in the Santanghu Basin, Y. Su, X. Zhang
Northwest China: J. Ma, Z. Huang • Characterization of Limestone Interlayers in Marcellus Shale
Theme 3: Finding the Sweet Spot: New Tools and New Ideas to and Its Effect on Production in Southwestern Pennsylvania:
Get the Most out of Unconventional Systems I (EMD) G. Wang, A. Shahkarami, Q. He
Co-Chairs: L. German and D. Tripathy • Redefining the STACK Play From Sub-Surface to
• Mechanism of Hydrocarbon Accumulation and Enrichment Commercialization: Identifying Stacked Pay Sweet Spots in
of Tuffaceous Tight Oil With Separate Reservoir and Source the Northern Anadarko Basin: L. Droege, I. Kugler
Rock — A Case Study of Tuff Reservoir From the Permian • Finding the Sweet Spot Unconventional Resources Using
Tiaohu Formation in the Santanghu Basin, Northwest China: Onsite Isotope Analysis and Tight Oil Analysis During
Z. Huang, J. Ma* Drilling in the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma: A. C. Sneddon,
• Geomechanical Properties of Organic Matter in Fine Grained S. Wu
Source Rocks: T. Fender, C. Van Der Land, M. Rouainia,
T. Wagner
• Evaluation of Thinly Laminated Zones from the Granite Wash
Using an Integrated Workflow Including Logs, Core Data, and
Digital Rock Analysis: J. Walls
• Novel Insights to the Unconventional Reservoir: Unlocking
the Mystery of GOR Variations: D. A. Wavrek, S. Field
• Evidence the Eagle Ford Reservoir Principally Produces
Migrated Oil on the San Marcos Arch: A. S. Kornacki

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Exploring the Diverse Geology of
Capitol Reef National Park (UGA)
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Theme 4: Source Rocks: Composition, Kinetics, and New • Integrated EM Technologies Map Contamination Plumes,
Methods (AAPG) Seeps, Geohazards – Faults and Possible Migration
Chair: M. Slack Pathways – at Barite Hills/Nevada Gold Fields EPA
• The Importance of Evaluating Initial Kerogen Potential and Superfund Site in South Carolina, USA: K. S. Haggar,
MONDAY POSTER SESSIONS

Restoring Kinetic Schemes From Mature Samples, Example H. R. Nelson, L. J. Berent

From Late Jurassic Source Rocks in Kuwait: M. Dubille, • Three-Dimensional Inversion of Airborne Time-Domain
S. Al-Ali, A. Al-Khamiss, G. Maury, E. Marfisi Electromagnetic Data for the Exploration of Geothermal
• Determination of Source Rock Kinetic Parameters for Resources: M. Endo, L. Cox, M. S. Zhdanov, A. Johmori,
Petroleum Systems Modeling of the Mexican Perdido Fold Y. Sasaki, T. Mouri, SEGJ Airborne Geophysics Research
Belt: S. Ortega-Lucach, G. Murillo-Muneton, R. di Primio Committee
• Regional Paleoenvironmental Influence on OM Sequestration • 3-D Inversion of Magnetotelluric Data Collected for
and Carbon Isotope Segment C5 in the Hemipelagic Hydrothermal Exploration: A. V. Gribenko, M. S. Zhdanov,
Sequence at the EL Pujal Section, Organyà Basin, Northeast M. Endo
Spain: J. Socorro, F. J. Maurrasse
Theme 6: Searching for and Discovering Stratigraphic Traps
• Effect of Pore Fluids on Methane Adsorption in the Lower
(AAPG)
Bakken Shales, Williston Basin, USA: X. Tang, T. Zhang,
Chair: T. Chisholm
X. Sun, C. Wu
• Oil Below Water: Perched Water and High Order Sealing
• Integrated Geochemical Analysis of the Woodford Shale:
Elements, Implications for Exploration in Stratigraphic
Understanding the Relationship Between Sequence
Traps: M. Lee, C. Clechenko
Stratigraphy, Organic Richness and the Late Devonian Mass
• Seismic Geomorphology by Spectral Decomposition
Extinction Event: L. C. Jones, R. P. Philp
Volume Interpretation for Basin-Scale Depositional System
• Using XRF Data to Estimate XRD Mineralogy and TOC as an
Delineation, Cuyo Group, Argentina: T. Santana,
Exploration Tool: A. Thapalia, M. Tobey, R. Newhart
D. L. Sanchez, W. Brinkworth
• Methodology and Interpretation for Rare Earth Elements
• Detection of Fluvial Systems Using Spectral Decomposition
(REE) in Various Hydrocarbons: V. M. Stevanovic, D. Patrick
(Continuous Wavelet Transformation) and Seismic Multi-
• The Geochemical Origin, Hydrocarbon Accumulation, and
Attribute Analysis – A New Potential Stratigraphic Trap in
Fluids Prediction of Multiple-Phase Reservoirs in the East
the Carbonera Formation, LIanos Foothills, Colombia:
Tabei Uplift, Tarim Basin, China: Z. Zhang, G. Zhu
E. Saeid, J. Kellogg, I. K. Hafiz, Z. Albesher
Theme 6: Integration of Non-Seismic Geophysical Techniques • Heavy Oil Stratigraphic Traps Modified by Contractional
(AAPG) Deformation in the Colombian Eastern Foothills:
Co-Chairs: V. Egorov and T. Martin C. Villamizar, J. Gelvez, E. Cardozo, A. Mora, V. Caballero,
• Subsurface Structure in Southeastern Gulf of Mexico From J. Ortiz, A. Velasquez, F. de la Parra
Integrative Geophysical Analysis: L. R. Hartford, I. Filina • Recent Yucatan Seismic Survey Revealing a New Frontier
• Reconstruction of a Holocene Carbonate Strand Plain From Exploration in the Gulf of Mexico: E. Gomez, M. Doe,
Integration of High-Resolution GPR and Carbon-14 Dating: S. Villarroel, K. Noel, R. Ysaccis, D. Kornpihl, M. El-Toukhy,
K. Markert, J. McBride, S. M. Ritter, D. Tingey G. Forrest
• Far-Field Resistivity Monitoring of SAGD Reservoirs: • Stratigraphic Traps in the Llanos Basin of Colombia – Styles
C. Weiss and Petroleum Systems: A. Mora, C. Villamizar, E. Cardozo,
• Potential Fields Modeling in the Northeastern Gulf of V. Caballero, J. Gelvez, R. Gomez, S. Lozada, A. Valencia,
Mexico: M. Liu, I. Filina R. Beltran, M. Franco, M. Tejada
• Detection and Avoidance of Karst Related Shallow
Theme 5: New Structural Insights: Onshore North America
Geohazards Using Ultra High Resolution Full Tensor Gravity
and Integrated Structure and Basin Analysis: Regional Studies
Gradiometry in the Delaware Basin, Texas: R. A. Morgan,
(AAPG/PSGD)
G. Jorgensen, S. Payton, K. W. Stafford
Co-Chairs: J. Granath and C. Pollock
• Unconventional Geophysics for Hydrocarbon Exploration: An
• State of Stress in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico:
Example From the Michigan Basin: R. Hearst
Impacts on Tight Oil and Gas Development: J. Lund Snee,
• Seismically Guided Inversion of Magnetotelluric, Gravity, and
M. Zoback
Magnetic Data in Yamagawa Geothermal Area, Japan:
• Permeability Architecture of the Hidden Valley Fault Zone in
M. Endo, A. Gribenko, D. Sunwall, M. S. Zhdanov, T. Miura,
the Glen Rose Formation: Canyon Lake Gorge, Comal County,
H. Mochinaga, N. Aoki, T. Mouri
Texas: R. N. McGinnis, D. A. Ferrill, G. R. Walter, S. Johnson,
• Mapping Subsurface Faults With Lightning and Resistivity:
M. K. Todt
L. J. Berent
• Structural Architecture Below the North Slope’s Sub-
• Multi-Point Statistics Inversion — The Test and Evaluation of
Mississippian Unconformity: Constraints From Geological
a New Approach: Y. Yin, W. Feng, L. Zhao, S. Liu, J. Huang
Mapping in the Brooks Range, Alaska: B. G. Johnson,
• Integration With Non-Seismic Methods: An Example From
W. P. Frier, G. J. Hammond, J. Toro
the Northern Gulf of Mexico: I. Filina
• Restoration of a Crustal-Scale Trans-Colorado Rocky
• Using Surface-Based Electromagnetic Imaging to Identify
Mountains Cross Section in the Interstate-70 Corridor:
Geologic Controls on the Extent of Fluid Emplacement
J. W. Granath, E. J. Sterne, R. G. Raynolds, S. P. Cumella,
During Hydraulic Fracturing Operations: M. S. Hickey,
J. J. Miller
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• Tectonic Versus Non-Tectonic Origin of Complex Fault • Differential Tectonic Deformation and Controlling Factors on
and Fracture Patterns in the Niobrara Formation, DJ Basin, Deep and Shallow Strata in the Kelasu Structural Belt, Kuqa
Colorado: C. Luneburg Depression, Northwest China: X. Kong, Q. Luo, C. Zhang
• A Synthesis of Paleo-Present Stress and Structural Evolution • Stages of Development of Jaccobabad-Khairpur High and

MONDAY POSTER SESSIONS

in the Western Anadarko Basin: E. Gragg, J. van Wijk Its Impact on Petroleum Plays of the Region, Southern Indus
• The Role of the Western Laurentia Plate Margin in the Basin, Pakistan – An Overview Based on Well Data:
Ancestral Rocky Mountains Orogeny — Insights From N. Ahsan, F. Shah, M. A. Miraj
Tectonic Subsidence Analysis: D. M. Sturmer • Fault Reactivation in the Southern North Falkland Basin:
• Tectonic Subsidence Analysis and Evolution of the Complex Fault History or Partitioned Transtension?:
Pennsylvanian to Early Permian Oquirrh Basin, Utah: D. J. McCarthy, T. J. Dodd
A. Jones, D. M. Sturmer
Theme 7: Lacustrine Hydrocarbon Systems of the South
• Identifying Underdeveloped Oil and Gas Resources on the
Atlantic Region (SEPM)
West Flank of the Appalachian Basin on the Nashville and
Co-Chairs: K. Bohacs, D. Cupertino, and P. Homewood
Jessamine Domes in Tennessee and Kentucky Using GIS
• Sand-Rich, Lacustrine Turbidite Fans of the North Falkland
Databases: K. S. Boling, R. Hatcher, G. Bible, P. Lemiszki,
Basin, South Atlantic: An Emerging Hydrocarbon System:
A. Wunderlich, M. Strissel
T. J. Dodd, D. J. McCarthy*
• Examining Natural Fracture Characteristics at Multiple
• Origin and Significance of Thick Carbonate Grainstone
Depths in the Appalachian Basin: T. B. Walsh, L. Ditzler
Packages in Non-Marine Successions: A Case Study From
Theme 5: New Structural Insights: Onshore North America the Barra Velha Formation, Santos Basin: A. J. Barnett,
and Integrated Structure & Basin Analysis: Regional Studies II M. Obermaier, J. Amthor, R. Camara, K. Juk, M. Sharafodin,
(AAPG/PSGD) M. Bolton
Co-Chairs: T. Buddin and D. Richards • Seismic Characteristics and Distribution of Hydrothermal
• Structural Restoration in Sedimentary Basins: A Tool to Vents in the Rift Section of the Campos Basin, Offshore
Analyze the Evolution of Adjacent Plate Boundaries – The Brazil: R. Alvarenga, D. Iacopini, J. Kuchle, C. Scherer,
Case Study of the Levant Basin and the Dead Sea Transform: K. Goldberg, L. F. De Ros
R. Ghalayini, J. Abi Kkhalil, W. Chbat • Pre-Salt Lacustrine Carbonates, Diagenetic Silicification
• Structural and Kinematic Analyses Across the Dinarides and Hydrothermal Overprinting in Kwanza Basin (Offshore
Mountain Chains in the Mediterranean Orogen: Inferences Angola): A Tale of Two Silicas: J. Tritlla, R. Loma, M. Esteban,
on the Petroleum Potential: M. van Unen, L. Matenco, C. Sanders, V. Sánchez, V. Benito, A. Carrasco, J. Peña,
F. H. Nader, R. Darnault A. Herra, M. Gerona, G. Levresse
• The Influence of “Cimmerian” Exhumation on the • Hydrothermal Flushing Coupled With Calcite Precipitation
Hydrocarbon Potential of the Southwest Approaches, as Main Modifiers of a Pre-Salt Reservoir in Kwanza Basin
Offshore Northwest Europe: J. Imber, S. Clarke*, S. Egan, (Angola): R. Loma, J. Tritlla, M. Esteban, C. Sanders,
S. Daniels, R. England, J. Henderson, B. Holdsworth, S. Jones, A. Carrasco, A. Herra, M. Gerona, M. Mañas, C. Boix
J. Lee, K. McCaffrey, J. Moore, D. Selby, S. Stricker • Presalt Reservoir Analogs: Lacustrine Microbialites Fed by
• Provenance and Thermal-Burial Histories of Upper Shore Zone Hot Springs, Lakeside Utah: P. W. Homewood,
Jurassic Reservoir Sandstones, Terra Nova Field, Offshore M. Mettraux, M. Vanden Berg, A. Foubert, J. Schaegis
Newfoundland: The Source-to-Sink Evolution of a North • Small-Scale Sandstone Injectites Surrounding Oil-Filled
Atlantic Rift Basin: A. Hutter, L. Beranek Reservoirs – Examples From the North Falkland Basin, South
• Seismic Fault Mechanical Stratigraphy of a Complex Impact Atlantic and West of Shetland, UKCS: T. J. Dodd,
Structure, Chukchi Sea, Offshore Alaska: A. Ruiz Lozano, D. J. McCarthy, M. A. Stewart
J. D. Pigott, L. Niglio • Sedimentary Characteristics and Factors Controlling of the
• Structure, Tectonics, and Petroleum Systems Offshore Shell Beach in the Itapema Group the Santos Basin:
Newfoundland: P. J. Webb, D. Sagi, K. Wilson, S. Cheyney, W. Yi Ping, W. Lunkun*
D. Tierney • Reservoir 3-D Static Modeling Using Multi-Attribute Seismic
• Tectonic Evolution of the Durban/Zululand Basin; Facies Characterization: Example of a Carbonate Lacustrine
Implications for Exploration in An Poorly Understood System From the Kwanza Basin of Angola: M. Mañas,
Frontier Margin: D. Paton, A. Coventry, K. Rodriguez, R. Loma, A. Carrasco, M. Bento
M. Bhattacharya, G. Duval, E. Mortimer, M. Gouiza • Integrated Analysis of the Geological Controls on the
• Reconstructing Basin Evolution Through Unconformities: Lacustrine Source Rocks of the Cuyana Rift Basin,
Hiatus Mapping Across the Northern Alpine Foreland Basin: Argentina: S. P. Barredo, L. Stinco, F. Abarzúa, G. Fernández,
E. Yildirim, A. Friedrich Y. Farías
• Evolution History of the Cretaceous Gyeongsang Basin, • Key Conditions and Exploration Direction of Pre-Salt Giant
Southeast Korea: Evidence From U-Pb Detrital Zircon Ages Oil-Gas Fields in Santos Basin, Brazil: W. Hongping,
and Comparison With Southwest Japan: T. Lee, K. Park*, Y. Xinghe, Y. Liu, W. Chaofeng, L. Fuliang, F. Guozhang,
Y. Song L. Yanhong, Z. Yonggang
• 3-D Structural Modeling and Restoration of the Western • From Seismic Space to Pore Space: Models That Support the
Sicilian Fold-and-Thrust Belt: M. Balestra, W. Sassi*, Exploration in the Pre-Salt Play of Santos Basin, Southeast
J. Rudkiewicz, S. Corrado, M. Gasparo Morticelli, A. Sulli Brazil: S. Lepley, J. Daudt, G. Skripnikova, D. Paul, J. Greff,
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Theme 7: Microbialites and Associated Features in Theme 8: Environmental Impacts in the Oil and Gas Industry (DEG)
Hydrocarbon Systems of Lakes and Oceans (SEPM) Chair: S. Nash
Co-Chairs: E. Bowlin, B. Morgan, and J. Sarg • Density-Driven Flow vs. Groundwater Flow Systems Theory:
• Climatic and Tectonic Controls on Lacustrine Microbial and What Drives Variable Density Subsurface Flow on Land?:
MONDAY POSTER SESSIONS

Metazoan Buildups From the Oligocene-Miocene Limagne K. U. Weyer

Basin (Massif Central, France): A. Roche, E. Vennin, • Update on Environmental Issues Raised by Litigants Related
A. Bouton, N. Olivier, I. Bundeleva, A. Virgone, A. Wattinne, to Injection for Disposal: R. Bost
J. Deconinck, P. Visscher • Optimization Model to Regulate Methane Emissions From
• Reservoir Properties of Lacustrine Carbonate Buildups Unconventional (Shale) Gas Production: Application to the
From Pleistocene Lake Lahontan: Analogs for South Atlantic Permian Basin: L. L. Correa
Reservoirs: L. M. DeMott, J. D. Muirhead, C. A. Scholz • Using Passive Ultrasensitive Hydrocarbon Detection to
• The Lacustrine Microbial Carbonate Records of Bonneville Elucidate Nascent Pipeline Leaks: A Colombia Pipeline Case
Basin, Utah, USA: E. Vennin, A. Bouton, R. Bourillot, A. Pace, Study: R. Schrynemeeckers
A. Roche, A. Brayard, C. Thomazo, A. Virgone, E. Gaucher, • A New Low-Cost Alternative for Onsite Treatment of
P. Visscher Wastewater: J. Lazerson
• Microbialites and Microbial Mineralization in the Great Salt • Environmental Impact Assessment of Carbon Capture and
Lake, Utah: C. Frantz, M. Matyjasik, K. Thompson, Storage: Social Perspectives and Environmental Restrictions
Weber State Geomicrobiology and Geochemistry Students for Natural Gas in Brazil: H. K. Costa, E. M. Moretto,
• Deposition and Diagenesis of the Bonneville Salt Flats: D. Peyerl*, E. M. Santos, D. Mouette, M. R. Konrad, S. M. Pulice
J. A. Bernau, B. Bowen • Arsenic Mobilization in Shallow Aquifers Due to CO2 and Brine
• Microbialite Morphologies as Tools for Paleoenvironmental Intrusion From CCUS Reservoirs: T. Xiao, B. McPherson, Z. Dai,
Analysis: Lessons From the Great Salt Lake, Utah: W. Jia, R. Esser
R. L. Baskin, V. P. Wright • An Overview of Trends Within Hydraulic Fracturing in
• Lacustrine Microbialite Architectural and Haynesville Shale Gas Play, Louisiana: D. Carlson
Chemostratigraphic Trends: Green River Formation, Eastern • Application of Infrared Imagery for the Assessment of Well
Uinta Basin, Colorado and Utah: A. Eljalafi, J. Sarg Integrity: W. M. Green, D. Arthur
• Ecology and Biogeochemistry of Microbial Mats on Little • Results From a Brine Sampling Project: Investigating the
Ambergris Cay: U. F. Lingappa, M. Gomes, K. Metcalfe, Mineral Potential of Brines in Saskatchewan, Canada, in
L. Riedman, S. O’Reilly, N. Stein, E. Trower, T. M. Present, Particular the Lithium Potential: G. Jensen
W. Fischer, A. Knoll, J. Grotzinger • Dolomitization in Cambrian and Upper Ordovician Sediments
• Investigation of Multiscale Heterogeneities of Microbialite of the Intracratonic Michigan Basin — Diagenesis and
Reservoirs Using Forward Modeling: A Modern Analog From Paleofluid Migration: R. Crowe, I. Al-Aasm
Shark Bay, Western Australia: X. Huang, C. Griffiths, K. Liu, • Differential Petroleum Migration Behaviors in Faults and
X. Yuan Carrier Beds — A Case Study From the Northeastern Part of
• Influence of Water Chemistry on Carbonate Factories and Baiyun Depression, South China Sea: C. Wang, J. Zeng, Y. Yu,
Reservoir Quality Distribution in Carbonate Ramp Systems: Z. Zhang, N. Shi, Q. Zhao, F. Wang
Comparison of Jurassic Smackover and Cambrian Wilberns
Formations: C. Atkins, M. Minzoni, D. Lehrmann, B. Prather
• Microbial Mounds in the Timpoweap Member of the Lower
Triassic (Smithian) Moenkopi Formation, Hurricane Cliffs,
Southwest Utah: C. M. Perfili, S. M. Ritter

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Tuesday Morning Oral Presentations • Petrology of the Hydrothermal and Evaporitic Continental
8:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. Cretaceous (Aptian) Pre-Salt Carbonates and Associated
Rocks, South Atlantic Santos Basin, Offshore Brazil:
Theme 9: Computational, Sensing, and Experimental Methods
R. S. Souza, L. M. Arienti, S. M. Viana, L. C. Falcão,
for Energy Innovation (AAPG)
M. A. Cuglieri, R. P. Silva Filho, C. O. Leite, V. C. Oliveira,
Co-Chairs: E. Larsen and Y. Zaretskiy
D. M. Oliveira, C. Anjos, R. Amora, I. D. Carmo, C. E. Coelho
• Integration of High Resolution Well Data to Reservoir Models
• Diagenesis of Pre-Salt Carbonates, Brazil Margin –
in a Multiuser E&P Collaboration Environment:
Challenging Paradigms of Reservoirs in Evaporite Basins:
S. Gerbaudo Laronga, G. Murphy
J. Amthor, C. Taberner, E. Manzo
• Automated Salt Recognition in 2-D Seismic and Mapping
Basin-Wide Salt in the Gulf of Mexico: S. Morris, T. Dupont, SEPM Research Symposium: Dynamics of Sediment Transfer
S. Li, J. D. Grace* Between Linked Depositional Systems: From Rivers to Lakes
• Photogrammetric 3-D Rock Slope Modeling, Discontinuity and Oceans I
Mapping, and Analysis Utilizing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: Co-Chairs: J. Aschoff and A. Owen
E. V. Zorn, J. Wagner, A. Zorn See page 21 for more information on this special session.
• Metaheuristic Rock Property Determination Driven by Rock • Hinterland Screening: The First Step Toward a Fully
Type Constrained Global N-Dimensional Analysis: T. Ramsay, Integrated Source-to-Sink Understanding: G. Nicoll,
C. Lu, J. He J. Wilson, F. Kohlmann
• Deep Learning Used in Permeability Prediction of Channel • Signal Propagation From the Himalayan-Sourced Ganges-
Sand Bodies With Strong Heterogeneity: G. Zhang, Z. Wang Brahmaputra Rivers to the Deep-Sea Bengal Fan From
• Core-to Pore-Scale Characterization of Heterogeneous Detrital Zircons: M. Blum, K. Rogers, J. Gleason, Y. Najman
Petroleum Geosystems — Multi-Scale (cm to sub-nm) 2-D • Evaluating the Effects of First-Order Climatic State and
and 3-D Imaging of Mancos Shale With Correlative Light, Climate Transitions on Sediment Dynamics Using Detrital
Zircons in the Amazon Source-to-Sink System: C. C. Mason,

TUESDAY ORAL PRESENTATIONS

X-Ray, Electron, and Ion Microscopy: J. Goral, A. A. DeReuil,
M. Deo, L. Birgenheier, M. Andrew B. W. Romans, A. Fildani, D. F. Stockli, T. Gerber
• Design and Development of Data-Driven Screening Tools for • Deciphering Tectonic Influence on Sediment Routing
Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes: E. Artun, G. Yalgin, System Configuration via Large-n U-Pb Detrital Zircon
N. Zarepakzad Geochronology, Cretaceous Magallanes-Austral Basin, Chile
• Interaction of Surfactants at Nanoscale With Water-Wet and and Argentina: B. G. Daniels, S. Hubbard, B. W. Romans,
Oil-Wet Calcite Surfaces at Reservoir Conditions: W. A. Matthews
M. R. Kawelah, S. Alzobaidi, G. Thomas, A. I. Abdel-Fattah, • Stirring the Detrital Pot: Intrabasinal Sediment Recycling
A. Gizzatov* and Mixing Revealed Through Strontium Isotopes,
• Experimental and Statistical Investigation of In-House Cretaceous Magallanes Basin, Chile: N. C. Auchter,
Surfactant Formulations and Their Imbibition Capacity for B. W. Romans, B. G. Daniels, S. Hubbard
Selected Core Substrates: T. Khamatnurova, L. Ke, D. Hu, • Balancing Sediment Budgets in Deep Time and the Nature of
K. Holan the Stratigraphic Record: J. P. Bhattacharya, A. D. Miall
• The Shelf Revisited: Critical Interface on Continental
Theme 7: Lacustrine Hydrocarbon Systems of the South
Margins and in Source-to-Sink Systems: O. J. Martinsen
Atlantic Region I (SEPM)
• Morphodynamics and Stratigraphic Architecture of Shelf-
Co-Chairs: K. Bohacs, D. Cupertino, and P. Homewood
Edge Deltas Subject to Constant vs. Dynamic Environmental
• The State of the Art of the Brazilian Pre-Salt Exploration:
Forcings: K. Straub
M. Abelha, E. Petersohn
• What Conditions Are Required for Deltas to Reach the Shelf
• Understanding the Diversity of Lacustrine Hydrocarbon
Edge During Rising Sea Level?: J. Zhang, R. Steel, C. Olariu
Reservoirs — The Utility of Outcrop Studies: K. Bohacs,
K. Lamb-Wozniak, E. Bowlin, G. Jones, T. M. Demko Theme 2: Fundamental Controls on Carbonate Reservoir
• The Paleogeography of the Lacustrine Rift System of the Quality: In Honor of Clyde Moore (SEPM)
Pre-Salt in Santos Basin, Offshore Brazil: M. Fetter, Co-Chairs: E. Heydari, Z. Li, and A. Saller
H. Penteado, V. Madrucci, A. Spadini • Dolomite and Palygorskite — An Alternative Pathway for the
• Characterization of the Pre-Salt Microbialite in the Kwanza Formation of Palygorskite Clay: B. H. Ryan, S. E. Kaczmarek,
Basin, Angola: N. Rochelle-Bates, S. Schröder, R. Dixon J. M. Rivers
• Facies Association, Depositional Systems, and • Modern Analog for Ancient Ooid-Grainstone Diagenesis
Paleophysiographic Models of the Barra Velha Formation, and Pore Networks; Holocene Cancún Eolianite Ooids, Isla
Pre-Salt Sequence – Santos Basin, Brazil: L. M. Arienti, Cancún: R. G. Loucks, K. Patty
R. S. Souza, S. Viana, M. A. Cuglieri, R. P. Silva, S. Tonietto, • Integrating Geological Processes and Petrophysics in
L. de Paula, J. A. Gil Carbonate Reservoir Rock Typing: A. G. Meyer
• Libra — A Newborn Giant in the Brazilian Pre-Salt Province: • Hydrothermal Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality in the
M. A. Carlotto, R. C. da Silva Pre-Salt Carbonate-Clastic Series of the Kwanza Basin,
• Carbonates That Are No More: Silicified Pre-Salt Oil Offshore Angola: J. Girard, G. San Miguel
Reservoirs in Campos Basin (Brazil): J. Tritlla, M. Esteban, R. • Thermochemical Sulphate Reduction Can Improve Carbonate
Loma, A. Mattos, V. Sánchez, C. Boix, P. Vieria da Luca, Reservoir Quality: L. Jiang, R. Worden, C. Yang
J. Carballo, G. Levresse • Modeling Early Marine CaCO3 Cementation in a Giant
Carbonate Reservoir, Saudi Arabia: P. Lu, S. Zhang, R. Zuhlke,
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• Comparative Diagenesis of Smackover Formation, Northern • Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Ooid Sands Buried
U.S. Gulf Coast: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Beneath Microbial Mats, Little Ambergris Cay, Turks and
Alabama: E. Heydari, L. Baria, B. Kirkland Caicos Islands: T. M. Present, E. Trower, M. Gomes,
• Reservoir Quality in Salt-Encased Microbial-Dominated U. F. Lingappa, N. Stein, M. Thorpe, M. Tarika, J. Alleon,
Carbonates From the Late Neoproterozoic Ara Group (South A. M. Bahniuk, D. K. Morris, E. Orzechowski, C. Sanders,
Oman Salt Basin): S. Becker, P. A. Kukla*, J. Smodej, E. Sibert, W. Fischer, A. Knoll, J. Grotzinger
L. Reuning
The Business of Oil and Gas: The Many Pathways to Success
Theme 1: Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality in Conventional and Co-Chairs: R. Fritz and S. Nash
Unconventional Clastic Reservoirs I (SEPM) See page 22 for more details on this special session
Co-Chairs: P. Desjardins and K. Taylor Session continues on Tuesday afternoon.
• How Hard? How Porous? How Permeable? Compositional • Capital Markets: Private Equity, Venture Capital,
and Diagenetic Control of Physical Properties in Highly Transformational Finance: Steve Ilkay, Angle Capital
Siliceous Sedimentary Rocks of the Miocene Monterey • Being Realistic About Risk: Bill Haskett, Haskett Consulting
Formation, California: R. Behl, R. Weller, T. Kassa • Mr. Geologist, Meet the Investment Committee:
• Rock Fabric, Rock Composition, and Reservoir Quality in the Joe Dumesnil, Overland Oil and Gas
Montney Formation, Western Canada: N. Vaisblat, K. Ayranci, • The Small Company Environment – Business Strategies That
N. Harris, R. Chalaturnyk Work: Shane Matson, Jericho Oil and Gas
• Petrographic and Micro-FTIR Study of Organic Matter in Theme 3: Finding the Sweet Spot: New Tools and New Ideas to
the Devonian-Mississippian New Albany Shale During Get the Most Out of Unconventional Systems I (EMD)
Thermal Maturation: Implications for Oil-Prone Kerogen Co-Chairs: R. Brinkerhoff and A. Roark
Transformation and Primary Migration: B. Liu, M. Mastalerz, • Defining Unconventional Sweet Spots: J. R. Davis
TUESDAY ORAL PRESENTATIONS

J. Schieber • Controls on Reservoir Development in the Ordovician

• Origins of Quartz in Organic-Rich Shales of Upper Devonian Point Pleasant Limestone and Devonian Marcellus Shale:
Duvernay Formation, Central Alberta, Canada — Implications Comparing and Contrasting Two Appalachian Basin
for Geomechanical Behavior: T. Dong, N. Harris, J. McMillan, Unconventional Reservoirs: D. Blood
L. Knapp, C. Debuhr, F. Krause • Saturation Isn’t What it Used to be: Towards More
• Shale Porosity Compaction and Gas Leakage During Realistic Petroleum Fluid Saturations and Produced Fluid
Exhuming: A Case From the Fuling Shale Gas Field, Eastern Compositions in Organic-Rich Unconventional Reservoirs:
Sichuan Basin, China: R. Liu, T. Engelder, F. Hao, S. Xu A. S. Pepper
• Factors Influencing the Development of Diagenetic • Geological Controls on Fluid Distribution in Unconventional
Shrinkage Fracture of Shale in Marine-Continental Hybrid Plays — Example From the Montney Formation of
Transitional Facies: Z. Huo, J. Peng, J. Zhang, P. Li, Z. Dong, Western Canada: T. Euzen, A. Mort, J. Chatellier
J. Ding • United Kingdom Shale Gas: Using Geochemistry and
• Carbonate Cementation Patterns, Potential Mass Transfer Biostratigraphy to Correlate Wells in the Upper Bowland
and Implications for Reservoir Heterogeneity in Eocene Shale Formation: J. Walker, C. van der Land, M. Jones,
Tight-Oil Sandstones, Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay C. Vane, T. Wagner
Basin, China — Evidence From Petrology, Geochemistry, and • SCOOP/STACK – Evolving Play Boundaries: D. Yee,
Numerical Modeling: B. Ma, Y. Cao, K. Eriksson G. Johnston, S. Ahmed, J. Wakter, D. Howard
• Carbonate Cementation in L Jurassic Jeanne D’Arc • Optimizing Well Engineering for Permian Geology/Fluid
Formation, Terra Nova Oil Field, Newfoundland — Using Model-Based Analytics: M. Roth
Implications for Reservoir Quality: B. J. Olanipekun • Seismic Reservoir Characterization of Utica-Point Pleasant
• Diagenesis and Compositional Partitioning of Quaternary Shale With Efforts at Quantitative Interpretation – A Case
Cool-Water Carbonate Aeolianites; Southeastern Australia: Study: S. Chopra, R. Sharma, M. Nemati, J. Keay
N. James • A Rock Type Based Evaluation Method for Unconventional
Theme 2: Carbonate and Evaporite Depositional Systems: Reservoirs: R. Lieber
Subsurface, Outcrop, and Modern II (SEPM) Theme 5: Structure and Evolution of Oceanic Basins, Margins,
Co-Chairs: P. Harris, J. Laya, and S. Ritter and Transforms (AAPG/PSGD)
• Physical, Chemical, and Microbial Controls on Growth and Co-Chairs: M. Nemcok and G. Schoenborn
Degradation of Ooids on Ambergris Shoal, Little Ambergris • The Relationship Between the Development of Seaward
Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Overseas Territories: Dipping Reflectors, Oceanic Crust, and the Maldonado Triple
E. Trower, M. Cantine, M. Gomes, U. F. Lingappa, S. O’Reilly, Junction During Early Gondwana Break-up: P. Thompson,
T. M. Present, N. Stein, J. Strauss, M. Lamb, J. Grotzinger, G. Badalini, C. Heine*, D. Paton
A. Knoll, W. Fischer • Influence of Proterozoic Heritage on Development of Rift
• Wings and Wedges — Architecture of a Miocene Carbonate Segments in the Equatorial Atlantic: A. Krueger, I. Norton,
Buildup and Associated Basinal Strata — Central Luconia E. Casey, R. D. Matos
Province, Offshore Sarawak, Malaysia: E. C. Rankey, • South Atlantic Rift Segmentation From Demerara to Walvis —
M. Schlaich, G. Ghon, S. Mokhtar, S. A. Haroon, The Interplay Between Strike Slip Deformation and Rifting:
M. Poppelreiter R. D. Matos, I. Norton, A. Krueger, E. Casey
• Statistical Pattern Analysis of Dolines in the Pleistocene • The East African Transform Margin: From Anza to Madgascar —
Miami Oolite of South Florida: S. J. Purkis, P. M. Harris, A Relic and Active 4,000 km Intraplate Strike Slip Fault System:
B. Reyes A. J. Long

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• An Integrated Model for the Syn-Rift Structural Evolution of • Chemical Constraints on Carbonate Sedimentation and
the Santos and the Campos Basins: D. Paul, B. David, Fabric Development, Barra Velha Formation, Santos Basin,
S. Lepley, J. Daudt Brazil: N. J. Tosca, B. Tutolo, R. Wood, H. Nina
• Tectonics and Depositional Systems of Trinidad and Tobago • Early Diagenetic Evolution of Fabric in the Barra Velha
Deepwater Provinces — Petroleum Systems Implications and Formation, Santos Basin, Brazil: R. Wood, N. J. Tosca,
Prospectivity: T. Alvarez, A. Thomas, P. Mann, L. Wood H. Nina, A. Hosa, B. Tutolo
• Regional to Prospect-Scale Structural Styles in the Deep-
Water Sinu-Magdalena Accretionary Prism, Offshore Special Executive Forum: Great Innovation Leaders
Colombia: M. Molinaro, K. Zahid, E. Lee, D. Reed, Moderators: C. Sternbach, H. S. Pettingill, and N. Shumaker
O. Davogustto, S. Johnson See page 22 for more details on this special forum
• The Role of Oblique Slip in the Eastern Niger Delta • Sidney (Sid) Green, Founder and President of Enhanced
Deformation History and Reservoir Development: F. Mondino, Production, Inc., and Research Professor, University of Utah;
J. Caudroit, C. Nwosu former founder, Chairman and CEO of TerraTek, Inc.
• Shearing and Stretching the Porcupine Basin – A Tectonic History-making Innovation storyline: Pioneered laboratory
Model Based on Integrated Geophysical Analysis: T. J. Grow, geomechanics testing including rock properties measurements
R. Armstrong, A. Belopolsky, A. Derewetzky, N. Huber, and full-scale drilling under deep reservoir conditions; Utah
B. Kilsdonk, J. Wolters Entrepreneur of the year and member National Academy of
Engineering
Tuesday Afternoon Oral Presentations • Allen Gilmer, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Drillinginfo
1:15 p.m.–5:05 p.m. History-making Innovation storyline: Allowing tens of
Theme 3: North American Unconventional Systems I thousands of geoscientists and users to analyze big data,
(EMD/SEPM) integrate drilling, production, and well information to arrive at

TUESDAY ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Co-Chairs: S. Egenhoff and P. Pahnke faster solutions in already happening workflows
• Are All Shales Created Equal? A Comparative, Multi-Proxy • Tom Smith, President and CEO of GeoInsights; former
Geochemical Study of Paleozoic and Mesozoic Shale Basins founder, CEO and president of Seismic Micro-Technologies
in North America: S. Ritzer, C. Scott, T. Fraser, C. Henderson, History-making Innovation storyline: The democratization
S. Schoepfer, E. Sperling of workstations and how it led to a revolution in integrated
• New Insights Into Upper McMurray Stratigraphy, and Its geoscience interpretation
Influence on Reservoir Quality: J. Noad, G. Hu, D. Soderberg SEPM Research Symposium: Dynamics of Sediment Transfer
• A Commercial Examination of Canadian Unconventional Play Between Linked Depositional Systems: From Rivers to Lakes
Development: S. Kallir, N. Nemeth and Oceans II
• Sedimentological Characterization of the Eagle Ford Co-Chairs: P. Plink-Bjorklund and B. Romans
Formation in the Southwest of the Maverick Basin, Coahuila, See page 21 for more details on this special session
Mexico: J. M. León-Francisco, G. Abascal-Hernández, • Improving Paleohydrologic Source-to-Sink Estimates by
R. Torres, D. E. Garduño-Martínez, S. P. Franco-Navarrete, Merging Big Data and the Fulcrum Approach: N. Wilson,
J. Mendez, G. Murillo-Muneton J. Holbrook
• Depositional Models and Sequence Stratigraphic Framework • Implication of River Hydrological Regime and Precipitation
for the “Upper Devonian” Geneseo Formation in the Northern on Source to Sink Analyses: P. Plink-Bjorklund, E. Jones,
Appalachian Basin, New York: Implications for Hydrocarbon M. Hansford
Play Element Quality and Distribution: R. Wilson, J. Schieber • Sediment Delivery to the Gulf of Mexico by Glacial Outburst
• An Integrated Study of Facies, Depositional Context, and Floods During Pliocene-Pleistocene: Z. Wang, M. Gani
Porosity Development in the Eagle Ford Shale of Southwest • Source-to-Sink Sediment Routing and Environmental Signal
Texas: J. Schieber, O. R. Lazar, K. Bohacs Propagation in an Uplifted Foreland Basin, Lower Cretaceous
• Multiple Generations of Hydrocarbon Charge in the Alberta Basin, Canada: W. A. Matthews, S. Hubbard,
Mississippian Reservoirs of the STACK Play, Central B. G. Daniels, G. Quinn, B. Guest
Oklahoma: Evidence From Structural, Production and • Locating Reservoir Rock in Powder River Basin Using
Geochemical Data: T. C. Peryam, S. Parks, D. Veach, Sediment Mass Conservation: K. L. Hoppes, B. McElroy
M. Rahman • Chronostratigraphic and Paleoenvironmental Re-Evaluation
• U.S. EIA Expects Future U.S. Tight Oil and Shale Gas of Wilcox/Carrizo Outcrops, Bastrop County, Texas —
Production to Depend on Resources, Technology, Markets: Implications for Sediment Bypass to Shelf Edge Delta and
O. Popova, G. Long, J. Little, N. Davis, S. Grape, E. Panarelli, Deepwater Plays: C. Denison, T. D. Demchuk, J. M. O’Keefe
E. Geary, A. Volke • Eocene – Lower Miocene Reservoir Facies Presence and
Theme 7: Lacustrine Hydrocarbon Systems of the South Source to Sink Seismic Evidence, East Mexican Perdido Fold
Atlantic Region II (SEPM) Belt: R. Torres, G. Murillo-Muneton, J. Mendez
Co-Chairs: K. Bohacs, D. Cupertino, and P. Homewood • Depositional and Geomorphic Characteristics of Ocean
• Geological Characterization and Modeling of an Aptian Basins at Different Stages of Their Evolution – The Wilson
Carbonate Reservoir in the Santos Basin, Brazil: A. Tanaka, Cycle Revisited: P. T. Harris, M. Macmillan-Lawler
D. Faria*, J. B. Gomes, O. G. de Souza Jr. • Deep-Water Fan Sedimentation on Mars: An Example From
• Petrophysical Challenges in Pre-Salt Carbonate Rocks the Murray Formation at Pahrump Hills Locality, Gale Crater:
Requiring Sympathy, Synergy and Synthesis: P. W. Corbett, E. Heydari, F. J. Calef III, J. F. Schroeder, J. Van Beek,
L. F. Borghi de Almeida S. Rowland, A. G. Fairen, T. J. Parker

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Theme 2: New Insights on the Complexity of Carbonate • Diagenetic Modification of Glaciomarine Reservoirs: Insights
Diagenesis (SEPM) From an Analog From the Cenozoic Succession in the
Co-Chairs: S. Fullmer and S. Kaczmarek Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica: M. Yang, T. D. Frank,
• Fake Rocks: How Triassic Carbonate Sediments Converted C. Fielding
to Siltstones — An Example From the Montney Formation of • The Zama Discovery in Salina del Istmo Basin, Offshore
Western Canada: R. Wust, S. Tu, B. Nassichuk, A. A. Cui Tabasco: “New Dawn” for Offshore Mexico Exploration:
• Calculating Regional Diffusivity of Bahamian Carbonates by D. K. Kosmitis, T. Hall, J. Parker, M. C. Dix, I. Drew, M. G. Rowan
Analysis of Tidal Oscillations in Wells, Boreholes, and Karst
The Business of Oil and Gas: The Many Pathways to Success
Features: C. Breithaupt, J. D. Gulley, P. J. Moore, Co-Chairs: R. Fritz and S. Nash
S. M. Fullmer, B. M. Kelly, A. S. Buono See page 22 for more details on this special session
• Evaluating Dolomite Stoichiometry as a Proxy for the • Capital Markets: Private Equity, Venture Capital,
Chemistry of Dolomitizing Fluids: C. Manche, Transformational Finance: Steve Ilkay, Angle Capital
S. E. Kaczmarek • Being Realistic About Risk: Bill Haskett, Haskett Consulting
• Centimeter-Scale Early Calcite Cementation Heterogeneity • Growth Through Strategic Acquisitions: How Geology
Resulting in Interlaying of Collapsed and Uncollapsed Ooid Matters: Joe Dumesnil, Overland Oil and Gas
Layers Producing Intense Variation in Porosity Creation, • The Small Company Environment – Business Strategies That
Destruction, and Preservation; Permian San Andres Work: Shane Matson, Jericho Oil and Gas
Formation, West Texas: R. G. Loucks, L. Waite • How Surface Information Can Be a Company-Maker:
• Temperature of Dolomitization Derived From Clumped Examples: Deborah Humphreville, DigitalGlobe
Isotopes: A Word of Caution: C. Taberner, P. Ghosh, D. Mishra, • Managing Valuations in Changing Times: Reserves,
L. Kleipool Planning, PUDs, and More: Daniel Guzman, Ryder Scott
• Depositional and Diagenetic Controls of Flow Properties in
TUESDAY ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• PRMS Updates and Changes: Bill Ritter, Occidental

Early to Middle Eocene Aquifer Rocks of Qatar: J. M. Rivers, • Concessions and Joint Ventures Success: Case of Suriname:
S. Skeat, R. Yousif, E. Stanmore Clyde Griffith, Staatsolie
• Increasing Rock Strength and Reservoir Quality With Early • U.S. Department of Energy Initiatives to Support the
Microbial Cements: G. Eberli, M. Diaz, R. J. Weger, E. Karaca Business of O&G: Alan Cohen, U.S. Department of Energy
• Widespread Dolomitization by Extremely Evaporated • The Small/Medium-Sized Operator: Geology and Agile
Seawater Associated With Late Permian Halite Deposition, Decision-Making: Steve Tedesco, Running Foxes Petroleum
Permian Basin: A. Saller • Progress and Outlook for the Department of Energy’s Office
• Hybrid Model of Dolomitization, Permian Basin: R. F. Lindsay of Oil and Natural Gas R&D Activities: Timothy Reinhardt,
Theme 1: Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality in Conventional and U.S. Department of Energy
Unconventional Clastic Reservoirs II (SEPM) Theme 3: Finding the Sweet Spot: New Tools and New Ideas to
Co-Chairs: P. Desjardins and K. Taylor Get the Most Out of Unconventional Systems II (EMD)
• Deep Burial Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality Evolution of Co-Chairs: J. Allen and W. Gapp
High-Temperature, High-Pressure Sandstones: J. Lai, • Development of Raman Spectroscopy as a Thermal Maturity
G. Wang Proxy in Unconventional Resource Assessment: G. A. Myers,
• Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality in the Deep Taranaki Basin, K. Kehoe, P. Hackley
New Zealand: S. O’Neill, S. Jones, J. Gluyas, P. Kamp, • Geological Controls of the Organic-Inorganic Distributions
R. Crookbain Within the Woodford Shale in Northern Oklahoma USA:
• Diagenetic Characteristics and Quantitative Evaluation of the Integrating for Finding the Unconventional Sweet Spots:
Porosity Evolution of Tight Sandstone Reservoirs: A Case E. J. Torres-Parada, A. Liborius Parada, L. E. Infante-Paez,
Study of the Yanchang Formation in the Southern Ordos J. Zhang, R. Slatt, K. Marfurt, A. Sneddon
Basin, China: M. Xiao, G. Qiu • Production Metric Analytics in the Wolfcamp Formation:
• The Sources of Quartz Grains Influencing the Quartz C. P. Ross
Cementation and Reservoir Quality in Ultra-Deeply Buried • Upscaling a Shale Pore System Across Multiple Scales From
Sandstones — Examples From Lower Cretaceous Bashijiqike nm-Scale to mm-Scale: L. Ma, P. Dowey, E. Rutter, K. Taylor,
Formation in Keshen-2 Gas Field, Kuqa Depression, Tarim P. Lee
Basin of Northwest China: H. Shi, H. Li • Integration of Digital Outcrop and Multisource Subsurface
• Pore Characteristic Analysis of Deep Tight Sandstone Data for Reservoir Modeling and Sweet Spot Mapping in
Reservoir in the Dongpu Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, China: Unconventional Resource Plays: A. Grechishnikova
K. Wang, X. Pang, Z. Zhao, S. Wang • Explaining Well Performance Patterns — Application of
• Non-Destructive Barite Cement in Upper Jurassic Scaled Hydrocarbon Head Potential to Permian, Anadarko
Sandstones, Danish Central Graben, North Sea: R. Weibel, Basins and Eagle Ford for Better Resource Assessment and
M. Whitehouse, M. Olivarius, M. Nielsen, F. Jakobsen, Development: C. Varady, J. Pantano
K. Nielsen, H. Midtgaard, M. Larsen • Using Sequence Stratigraphy to Optimize Target Selection in
• Diagenesis of a Condensed Section Atop a Flexural Arch, Shale Plays: J. A. May
Western Canada Foreland Basin: O. Al-Mufti, A. Plint, • Customized Chemistry Design of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids
M. Ibrahim, B. Cheadle to Potentially Improve Hydrocarbon Recovery Factors:
D. Benoit, K. Holan, A. Recio III, A. Potty
• Integrated Multiscale Research of Fluid Flow in Shale:
Molecular-to-Core Scales: F. Javadpour

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Geology of Bryce Canyon and
Zion National Parks,
Southwestern Utah (UGA)
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Theme 5: Salt-Involved Systems: Processes, Architecture, and • Sequence Stratigraphic Controls on Lower to Middle
Evolution (AAPG/PSGD) Carboniferous Siliciclastic Deposition in STACK, North-
Co-Chairs: M. Rowan and J. Thompson Central, Oklahoma, USA: J. Bynum
• Structural Styles, Architecture, and Evolution on the Bay of • An Integrated Depositional Model for the Late Pennsylvanian
Campeche Shelf: M. G. Rowan, M. Albertson, P. Gabbard, to Early Permian Mudstone Deposits in the Midland Basin,
D. K. Kosmitis West Texas: J. C. Luna Gonzalez, L. Birgenheier
• Sub-Seismic Deformation in Traps Adjacent to Salt Stocks/ Theme 1: Deepwater Depositional Environments I (SEPM)
Walls: Observations From Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico: Co-Chairs: A. Fildani, Z. Jobe, S. Southern, and Y. Spychala
S. Wilkins, V. Mount, T. Butaud, B. Lindsey, H. Adiguna, • Scaling Relationships Between Stratigraphy and Morphology
T. Fowler, J. Syrek, C. Fenn, C. Morris, P. Gamwell, J. Leedy, of Submarine Channels: L. Shumaker, Z. Jobe, J. Moody,
B. McDonald D. Cai
• Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic Palinspastic Restoration: • Quantifying Longitudinal Changes in Deep-Water Slope
Interplay of Halokinetics and Sedimentation, Northwestern Channel Fill Over a 40 km-Long Segment of a Submarine
Gulf of Mexico: J. Dickinson, A. Krueger, M. Murphy Slope System, Cretaceous Tres Pasos Formation, Chile:
• Revisiting Salt Mechanics in the Light of Enhanced Seismic B. G. Daniels, S. Southern, S. A. Kaempfe, L. Stright,
Imaging in the Santos Basin, Brazil: H. D. Lebit, J. Tilton, B. W. Romans, S. Hubbard
N. Roy, P. Ollagnon, S. Arasanipalai, S. N. Opdyke • Drift Influence on Deep-Marine Slope Channel Facies and
• Shoulder Formation in the Paradox Basin — A Record of Geometries — Implications for Reservoir Quality Distribution
Progressive Diapir Narrowing and Minibasin Expansion: – Block 2, Offshore Tanzania: A. Fuhrmann, I. Kane,
R. Langford, K. Giles, J. A. Thompson, M. G. Rowan R. Ferguson, S. Barker, C. Siversen, R. Brunt
• Structural and Stratigraphic Response to Thin-Skinned • Core- and Log-Based Recognition Criteria for Deep-Water
Gravity-Gliding in the São Paulo Plateau, Santos Basin, Channel Bodies — Using Outcrops to Inform Stratigraphic
Brazil: L. M. Pichel, F. Peel, C. A. Jackson, M. Huuse
TUESDAY POSTER SESSIONS

Architecture Predictions Beyond the Wellbore: S. Hubbard,

• Observations and Interpretation of the Salt Keel Features in B. W. Romans, S. Southern, L. Stright, B. G. Daniels,
U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Keathley Canyon Protraction Area and S. Fletcher, A. Jackson, S. A. Kaempfe, R. Macauley,
2-D Restoration of a Cross-Section: J. Kang, T. Heyn, A. Nielson, D. Niquet, C. Meirovitz, E. Pemberton,
J. Evenick, S. Sahoo, G. Pfau, G. Ritter, B. Schupack A. P. Reimchen
• Halokinetic Features in the Paradox Basin, Utah and • Outcrop-Based Quantification of Short-Scale Heterogeneity
Colorado: J. A. Thompson, K. Giles, T. E. Hearon, B. Trudgill, in Hybrid Event Beds (HEBs) to Inform Modeling of HEBs-
M. G. Rowan, R. P. Langford Prone Turbidite Reservoirs: M. Carnevale, F. Felletti*,
• Cenozoic Inversion of a Regional Scale Mesozoic Normal M. Marini, M. Patacci, M. Fonnesu, W. D. McCaffrey
Fault: Structural Analysis of the Dowsing Fault, Southern • Insights Into Internal Structure of a Megabed From
North Sea United Kingdom: H. Anderson, E. Macaulay, Long Distance (130×30 km) Correlation — The Contessa
J. Corcoran, F. M. Cram Megaturbidite of the Miocene Marnoso Arenacea Formation
Tuesday Poster Presentations (Serravallian; Northern Apennines, Italy): F. Felletti, M. Marini
• Prediction of Reservoir-Scale Sand Body Geometry From
SEPM Student Research Poster Session II Mud Cap Thickness in Ponded Basins: L. Amy, M. Patacci,
Co-Chairs: H. Harper and J. Sarg W. D. McCaffrey, B. Kneller
• Tidally Influenced Deposits and Their Relative Importance in • Stratigraphic Architecture of Turbidite and Mass-Transport
the Dakota Sandstone/Naturita Formation of the San Rafael Deposits in the Outcropping Bone Spring Formation,
Swell, Utah: S. P. Phillips, J. A. Howell, A. Hartley Delaware Basin, Texas: W. Walker, Z. Jobe
• Comparing Fluvial Sand-Body Stacking in Paleocene-Eocene • Mass Transport Complexes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Willwood (Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA) and Wasatch and Their Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration:
(Piceance Basin, Colorado, USA) Formations: S. Alpheus, M. Arthur, M. Gani
L. Hajek, E. Greenberg, T. Baisden, E. Chamberlin
• Amazon Fluid Mud Impact on Wave- and Tide-Dominated Theme 1: Deepwater Depositional Environments II (SEPM)
Pliocene Orinoco Delta (Trinidad) Shoreline: Y. Peng, Co-Chairs: A. Fildani, L. Hansen, I. Kane, and S. Southern
R. Steel, C. Olariu • 3-D Seismic Analysis of Cenozoic Slope Deposits and Fluid
• Comparative Analysis of Oncoids From the Upper Flagstaff Flow Phenomena on the Nigeria Transform Margin:
Formation, San Pitch Mountains, Central Utah: M. Sheban, O. A. Olobayo, M. Huuse
S. Judge, E. Werthmann, P. Hurst, E. Luna, J. Charlton • Compound Seismic Forward Modeling of the Atiart
• Predicting Geomechanical Behavior — Empirical Submarine Canyon Outcrop, Spain: Application to the
Relationships Between Mudstone Strength and Fluid Submarine Canyon System on the Subsurface Loppa High,
Saturation: J. Ammon, A. A. DeReuil, L. Birgenheier, Barents Sea: D. Harishidayat, S. E. Johansen,
J. McLennan C. Puigdefabregas, K. O. Omosanya
• Sediment Transport and Dispersal in the Appalachian Basin, • Advanced 3-D Forward Stratigraphic Modeling of the East-
Observations From the Rock Record and Flume Experiments: Mediterranean Frontier Deepwater Basins: An Approach for
Z. Yawar, J. Schieber Enhancing Reservoir Fairways Predictions: F. H. Nader,
• An Analysis of Caddisfly Larval Cases From Domal Bioherms C. Souque, J. Lecomte, R. Deschamps, B. Chauveau,
in the Upper Green River Formation, White Hill Cuesta, D. Granjeon, R. Staples, E. Woon, P. Tricker, A. Frascati
Ephraim, Utah: P. Hurst, S. Judge*, E. Werthmann, M. Sheban,
E. Luna, R. Reynolds

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TUESDAY TECHNICAL PROGRAM
• Interpretation and De-Risking of Ultra-Deep Water Prospects • Slope Channel Downslope Facies and Architectural
in the SEAL Basin, Brazil, Using a Cognitive Interpretation Heterogeneity in Medium-Relief Basin-Margin Clinoforms,
Approach and High Integrity AVO Information: T. Wooltorton Jurassic Neuquen Basin, Argentina: Y. Gan, R. Steel,
• Cyclic Steps at the Channel-Lobe Transition Zone in C. Olariu, C. Carjaval, F. De Almeida
Offshore Mozambique, East Africa: X. Xu, L. Fuliang, Y. Lu • Predict Sandstone Distribution by Integrated Study of Mass
• Structure and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity in the North Transported Deposit Using Borehole Image and Seismic
Panama Deformed Belt — Observations From Latest Seismic Data: A Case Study From Northern Gulf of Mexico: W. W. Xu,
Reflection Imaging: A. Goswami, K. Reuber, J. Pindell, B. Winkelman, T. Wilkinson, A. Kumar, L. Chen, R. Hayden,
B. W. Horn, A. Bliss J. Gendur, R. Hearn, D. Shan, J. Meyer, J. A. Canas, O. Mullins
• Bridging the Gap Between Giant Gilbert-Type Bottomset and • 3-D Turbidite Forward Modeling for Exploration and
Associated Mixed Turbiditic-Contouritic Systems in High Geohazard Studies: C. Babieri, L. Gnavi, G. Davoli,
Sediment Supply Setting: R. Rubi, S. Rohais, S. Bourquin, A. Consonni, F. Podenzani, R. Pirovano
I. Moretti, G. Desaubliaux • Geologic Origin of the Mari Mound Complex From Sediment
• Stacking Patterns in Submarine Fan System of Linked Rifting Injection, Deep-Water Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean
Grabens — Insights From Integrated Numerical Stratigraphy Sea: S. Heron, P. Weimer, H. Pettingill, A. Hurst, R. Bouroullec,
Modeling: X. Wang, P. Lu, J. Carvalho, R. Borsato, G. Dorn
T. Alshammasi, H. Shakhs, R. Asuaje, A. Hajji, M. M. Mezghani • Giant Submarine Landslide Triggered by Paleocene Mantle
Theme 1: Deepwater Depositional Environments III (SEPM) Plume Activity in the North Atlantic: E. Soutter, I. Kane,
Co-Chairs: A. Fildani, I. Kane, A. McArthur, and S. Southern M. Huuse, K. Helland-Hansen
• Impact of Channel-Fill Asymmetry in Field-Scale Dynamic • Regional Evaluation of Mesozoic Chronostratigraphy,
Reservoir Performance Prediction for Deep-Water Paleoenvironment and Source Rock Systems in the Southern
Channelized Turbidite Systems: C. Meirovitz, L. Stright, Ocean (South Atlantic): E. Setoyama, M. D. Greb, S. Kanungo
• The Impact of Hyperpycnal Flows on the Character of Deep-

TUESDAY POSTER SESSIONS

S. Hubbard, B. W. Romans
• Systematic Approach in Reservoir Prediction Within the Marine Sedimentation: F. J. Laugier, P. Plink-Bjorklund
Mud-Rich Deepwater Depositional System of Northeastern Theme 2: Carbonate and Evaporite Depositional Systems:
Bay of Bengal: Integration Between Geomorphological Subsurface, Outcrop, and Modern I (SEPM)
Characterization and Quantitative Interpretation: M. Abdul Co-Chairs: J. Bishop, J. Hsieh, and L. Zahm
Wahab, F. M Khatib, T. Kurniawan, F. Darmawan • Application of Handheld ED-XRF for High-Resolution
• Structured Analysis of Analog Data Sets as an Aid to Deep- Chemostratigraphy in Texturally Homogeneous Carbonate
Marine Reservoir Characterization: S. Cullis, M. Patacci, Mudstones: Salina A-1 Carbonate (Silurian), Michigan Basin:
L. Colombera, W. D. McCaffrey M. A. Hemenway, S. E. Kaczmarek, K. G. Rose
• The Turbidites That Never Were: Sedimentological and • Stable Carbon Isotope Chemostratigraphy of Shallow-Marine
Petrological Characterization of Fine-Grained Sandstones, Carbonates, Lower Cretaceous Adriatic Platform, Croatia:
Neoproterozoic Isaac Formation, Windermere Supergroup, What is the Curve Telling Us?: A. Husinec, J. F. Read
British Columbia, Canada: T. Billington, R. C. Arnott • Late Guadalupian Evolution of the Delaware Basin: Insights
• Clearing the Muddy Waters: Sedimentological From Stable Isotope and Trace Element Geochemistry:
Characterization and Comparison of Matrix-Rich Sandstones B. P. Smith, C. Kerans
in the Neoproterozoic Windermere Turbidite System (British • The Role of Ocean Currents on Platform Drowning in the
Columbia, Canada) and Ordovician Cloridorme Formation Straits of Florida: S. Bashah, A. Ling, G. Eberli, T. Mulder
(Quebec, Canada): J. Ningthoujam, R. C. Arnott • Wolfcampian Carbonate Platform Sequence Stratigraphy of
• Surge Propagation in Debris Flows: P. A. Allen, O. Harlen, the Wylie Mountains, Van Horn, Texas: Implications for a
R. M. Dorrell, W. D. McCaffrey, R. Thomas Platform to Basin Wolfcamp Framework: T. W. Canada,
• Quantifying Tabularity of Turbidite Beds: Methodology and C. Kerans, C. K. Zahm
Applications: L. Tokes, M. Patacci* • Seismic Geomorphology of the Early and Late Miocene
• The Early Evolution of the Molasse Basin, Austria: Carbonate Systems in an Active Tectonic Margin, Offshore
Depositional Environment and Stratigraphic Architecture of East Java, Indonesia: R. Fifariz, X. Janson, C. Kerans
Deep-Water Deposits: C. Jaikla, D. R. Lowe • Sea Level and Paleotopographic Controls on Mixed
• Three-Dimensional Forward Stratigraphic Modeling of Heterozoan-Large Benthic Foraminifera-Siliciclastic
the Gravel- to Mud-Rich Fan-Delta in the Slope System of Sequences, Middle Miocene, Dominican Republic:
Zhanhua Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, China: Q. Liu, X. Zhu, H. Zhu, Implications for Reservoir Characterization: E. E. Core,
K. Liu E. K. Franseen
Theme 1: Deepwater Depositional Environments IV (SEPM) • Oceanographic Controls on Sedimentology and
Co-Chairs: Z. Jobe, I. Kane, N. Nieminski, and S. Southern Geomorphology of a Modern Shallow Marine Carbonate
• Progressive Confinement and Downslope Propagation of Platform: Pulau Layang-Layang, South China Sea: T. C. Neal,
Submarine Slope Channels: R. Ferguson, I. Kane, E. C. Rankey, C. M. Tiwol, D. Awang, K. P. Jakobsen
A. Fuhrmann, S. Barker, C. Siversen, R. Brunt, O. J. Martinsen • Integrated Outcrop and Subsurface Evaluation of Permian
• Erosion and Bypass Records in Upper Slope Submarine Reservoir Trends and Paleostructural Controls on Facies and
Canyons: K. Ono, P. Plink-Bjorklund Reservoir Rocks, Eastern Big Horn Basin, Wyoming, USA:
E. B. Coalson, R. F. Inden

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 TUESDAY TECHNICAL PROGRAM
• Application of XRF, Biostratigraphic, and Carbon Isotope • Solving Geological Complexity of the Bakken Shale Using
Data to Establish a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework Slim Micro Imaging Tool, Implications for Fracture and
and Depositional Facies Model for the Burnt Bluff Group, Facies Characterization: E. Haddad, J. S. Herrera, E. Velez
Michigan Basin, USA: M. Al-Musawi, S. E. Kaczmarek • Unconventional Oil Exploration in Wyoming Using Regional
• Facies and Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in Permian Cold- Chronostratigraphic Correlation: R. M. Lynds, J. S. Slattery,
to-Warm Water Carbonate Cycles in the Big Horn Basin, R. N. Toner
Wyoming, USA: R. F. Inden, E. B. Coalson • Tidal-Channel and Flood Tidal-Delta to Mud-Flat Lithofacies
Associations and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Famennian
Theme 2: Carbonate and Evaporite Depositional Systems:
Three Forks Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota:
Subsurface, Outcrop, and Modern II (SEPM)
T. D. Wulf, C. R. Handford, P. Holterhoff, M. Kloska
Co-Chairs: J. Bishop, J. Hsieh, and L. Zahm
• Sedimentologic and Stratigraphic Controls on Reservoir
• Palegeographic Reconstruction of the Louann Salt Basin in
Sweet Spots in Wolfcamp ‘A,’ Howard County, Midland Basin:
the Gulf of Mexico: J. W. Snedden, I. Norton, M. Hudec,
A. Flotron, E. K. Franseen, R. H. Goldstein
A. Eljalafi, F. Peel
• Identifying the Fabric Controls on Mudstone Reservoir
• Hydrochemical Evidence of Diagenesis in a Mixed
Quality — An Integrated Geomechanical and Sequence
Siliciclastic – Carbonate Sabkha: Evaporite Cements and
Stratigraphic Approach: R. Wilson, K. Huffman,
Reflux Dolomite: S. M. Ooi, J. Jameson, F. Whitaker,
P. Montgomery, S. J. Prochnow
C. Strohmenger
• Mapping Lower Austin Chalk Primary and Secondary
• Marine Calcite Concretions as Base Level Markers —
Porosity Using Modern 3-D Seismic and Well Log Methods in
Examples From the Transgressive and Lowstand Systems
Zavala County, Texas: D. Kilcoyne, C. L. Liner
Tract in the Mixed System: D. F. McNeill, J. S. Klaus, P. Swart
• Proximal Bakken Facies – A New Play Type in the Late
• Distribution of and Environmental Impacts on Microbial Mat
Devonian-Early Mississippian Williston Basin Succession,
Ecosystems of Little Ambergris Cay, Turks, and Caicos:
North Dakota: S. Egenhoff, T. Nesheim, J. Bader, S. Nordeng
TUESDAY POSTER SESSIONS

N. Stein, D. Quinn, J. Grotzinger, W. Fischer, B. Ehlmann,

• The Upper Mancos Shale in the San Juan Basin: Three Oil
M. Gomes, A. Hayden, U. F. Lingappa, A. Knoll, E. Trower
and Gas Plays, Conventional and Unconventional:
• Identification of Lateral Carbonate Caprock Flanking
R. F. Broadhead
Paradox Basin Salt Walls, Utah and Colorado: P. L. Poe,
• Strategies for Effective Petroleum Systems Analysis: SCOOP,
K. Giles, B. Brunner, K. Lerer, R. Kernen, A. Labrado
STACK, Wedge, CANA, and MASS Plays of Central-South
• The Challenge of Porosity and Facies Variability Along
Oklahoma: M. N. Slack, C. W. Slack, D. A. Wavrek
Lateral Wells — A Case Study From The San Andres
• Second Bone Spring Borehole Image Derived Depositional
Formation, Permian Basin: O. Zened, V. Vallega, G. A. Sultan,
Facies Characterization: Case Study From the Delaware
S. Das
Basin, West Texas: V. Vallega, E. Haddad, S. Das, B. Driskill,
• Multiscale Characterization and Simulation of Acidizing-
T. Croft
Induced Pore Structure Evolution in Low Permeability
Carbonates: M. O. Abouelresh, E. Abdelfatah, S. R. Hussaini, Theme 3: North American Unconventional Systems (EMD/SEPM)
M. Pournik Co-Chairs: N. Fishman and D. McGee
• Influence Factors and an Evaluation Method Study About the • Reservoir Characterization of the Mississippian Meramec
Breakthrough Pressure of Carbonate Caprocks: X. Zhou, and Osage Series of Canadian, Kingfisher, and Blaine
X. Lü, Z. Bai, Y. Hou, T. Cheng, W. Yang, Z. Wang Counties (STACK Trend), Oklahoma: Relating Reservoir
• Quality Reservoir Bed Development and Karst Cycle of Characteristics to Productivity: G. J. Hickman, M. Pranter,
Carbonate Rocks Buried Hill — A Case Study From Bozhong Z. Reza, A. Cullen
Sag: X. Hua • Lateral Heterogeneity of Microscale Lithology and Pore
• Integration of Seimic-Sedimentary Modeling With Source Development in an Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Group
Rock Prediction Methods to the Study of Lower Cambrian in Horizontal Core: R. M. Reed, S. C. Ruppel, X. Sun, E. Sivil,
the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: R. Xiong H. D. Rowe
• H2S Generation in the Montney Tight Gas Siltstone Reservoir
Theme 3: Unconventional Systems of the Western United
— Petrographic and Isotope Geochemical Evidence:
States (EMD/SEPM)
M. H. Liseroudi, O. Haeri Ardakani, H. Sanei, P. K. Pedersen*,
Co-Chairs: D. Blood and W. Morris
J. M. Wood
• Freshwater Facies of the Lower Bakken Shale: Lost
• Post-Orogenic Exhumation of the Northern Appalachian
Observations Updated by New Palynology Redefine Lower to
Basin and the Timing of Hydrocarbon Generation: Low-
Middle Bakken Surfaces and Sequences: P. Doughty,
Temperature Thermochronological Constraints From New
M. di Pasquo, P. Filipiak, M. Kondas, B. J. Rice, G. W. Grader
York and Pennsylvania: C. Shorten, P. G. Fitzgerald
• Controls on Reservoir Quality of the Carbonates of the
• Integrating Core, Wireline Log, and Chemostratigraphic Data
Wolfcamp A in the Eastern Midland Basin (Howard County,
With Biostratigraphic Data and High Resolution U-Pb Zircon
Texas): A Case for Active, Open-System Diagenesis:
Geochronology to Determine Timing Constraints on the
E. de Zoeten, R. H. Goldstein
Eagle Ford Group Depositional Processes and Stratigraphy:
• High-Resolution Eustatic Sea Level Reconstruction
R. A. Conte, M. Pope
Across the Devonian-Carboniferous Boundary From the
• Evaluating the Stimulation and Production Shadow in Drilled-
Tri-State Area of Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri: Conodonts,
Uncompleted (DUC) Wells: Drivers for Creating an Asset
Carbon Isotopes, and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Type
Optimization Strategy: P. Pankaj, H. Xue
Kinderhookian Region: B. D. Cramer, B. Stolfus, R. J. Clark,
N. Hogancamp, J. E. Day, B. J. Witzke, S. Surine

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• Natural Fractures and Their Relations With Facies, Sequence • The Impact of Capillary Condensation on the Hydrocarbon
Stratigraphy, and Rebound Hardness, the “Mississippian Storage and Mobility: S. Zhang, A. Lei, N. Ionkina
Limestone” Play, North-Central Oklahoma, USA: Y. Wang, • Fracture Development in Middle Permian Lucaogou
G. M. Grammer, P. Pankaj Formation Tight Oil Reservoir, Junggar Basin, Northwest
• The 2017 USGS Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and China: Main Controlling Factors and Formation Stages:
Gas Resources in the Eagle Ford Shale and Associated C. Zhang, Q. Luo
Cenomanian Strata, Texas: K. J. Whidden, J. Pitman, • Innovative Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in
O. Pearson, S. Kinney, N. Gianoutsos, S. T. Paxton, L. Burke, Probing the Pore-Structure of Tight Sandstone Reservoirs:
R. Dubiel D. Xiao, S. Lu
• Multi-Scale, Multi-Modal Imaging for Upscaling Rock • Fracture Detection and Structural Dip Analysis From Oil-Base
Properties: L. A. Hathon, M. Myers, K. Hooghan Microresistivity Image Logs in Horizontal Well: A Case Study
• Microstructural Analysis of the Transformation of Organic From the Longmaxi Shale: D. Wang
Macerals During Artificial Thermal Maturation: W. Camp, • Regional Distribution of Rock Properties, Hydrocarbon-
W. Knowles, K. Hooghan, T. Ruble Water Contacts, and Hydrocarbon Migration Derived From
• Provenance and Depositional Controls On Reservoir Quality Carbonate Petrophysical Analysis of the Austin Chalk Across
of the Lower Permian (Leonardian) Spraberry Formation, the Onshore Gulf of Mexico Basin, USA: L. Burke
Midland Basin, Texas: N. Hu, D. F. Stockli, G. Sharman, Theme 6: Integrating Petrophysics, Lab Analyses, and Geology
H. S. Hamlin, J. Covault (AAPG)
• Lateral Facies Relationships of Organic-Rich Chair: D. Handwerger
Mudstones: Implications for Depositional Processes and • Eagle Ford Shale Petrophysical Characterization Using
Paleoenvironment Interpretations of Mud-Dominated Deterministic Models Calibrated With Core Analysis From
Successions in Ancient Epicontinental Seas: E. Percy, USGS Gulf Coast #1 West Woodway Research Borehole,
P. K. Pedersen
TUESDAY POSTER SESSIONS

McLennan County, Texas: L. Burke, R. Sharma, S. Cluff,

• The Williston Basin Famennian (Devonian) Shale S. Paxton
Succession: Stratigraphic Units and Facies of the Lower • Analysis and Integration of Well Logs, Geochemical Data,
Bakken and Upper Pronghorn Shales: N. Hogancamp, and Ultrasonic Velocities of Productive Facies in the Upper
J. Guthrie, J. Hohman Viola Formation in Southwestern Kansas: W. K. Hagood,
• Where Are the Hydrocarbons? Siliclastic Versus Carbonate V. Cimino, M. Totten, A. Raef
Micropores in the Middle Member of the Bakken Formation: • Measuring Pore Throat Geometry and Angularity Through
T. Kosanke, S. Egenhoff, J. Greene, X. Liu, B. Porter, Mathematical Morphology: A. G. Meyer, L. Stemmerik,
N. Fishman P. Frykman
• Spectral Gamma-ray (K-U-Th) Response of Upper Cretaceous • Carbonate Rock Physics and Sequence Stratigraphy in
Woodbine Formation and Eagle Ford Group Mudstones in the Central Luconia, Malaysia: Towards an Integrated Acoustic
USGS Gulf Coast #1 West Woodway Borehole Near Waco, Facies for Partially Dolomitized Platforms: G. Ghon,
Texas: S. T. Paxton, J. Birdwell, L. Burke, R. Dubiel, G. Baechle, E. C. Rankey, M. Schlaich, S. Ali, S. Mokhtar,
N. Gianoutsos, S. Kinney, J. Pitman, O. Pearson, K. J. Whidden M. Poppelreiter
• The Sedimentary Geochemistry and Paleoenvironments • Movable Fluid Distribution and the Permeability Estimation
Project: A Community-Oriented, Database-Driven Effort to in Tight Sandstones Using NMR: C. Lv, Z. Ning, Q. Wang,
Track Changes to Sedimentary Systems in Deep Time: M. Chen
E. Sperling, The SGP Collaborative Team • Quantifying Velocity-Geology-Pressure Relationships in
Theme 3: Petrophysics of Unconventional Systems (EMD) Core: The Foundations of a 4-D Seismic Feasibility Study in
Co-Chairs: T. Olson and E. Ortega the Ichthys Gas-Condensate Field, Northwest Australia:
• A New Method for Conformance and Compression L. J. Knapp, T. Fukunari, K. Yoshimatsu, A. Kato, M. Suzuki,
Corrections of Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure and Its T. Hattori, K. Furuya, R. Matsui
Application in Petrophysical Evaluation of Mudrocks: • Facies Classification and Geophysical Signature of
S. Peng Lacustrine Carbonates, Case Study of a Presalt Analog
• Quantification of Porosity, Permeability, and Saturations in Outcrop in the Green River Formation: M. Adelinet, K. Labat,
the Middle Bakken Reservoir; Williston Basin, North Dakota- J. Terrier, R. Deschamps, Y. Hamon
A New Approach in Establishing Best Practice Petrophysical • Integrated Cores, Well Logs, MRI, and NMR Data for
Methodologies From Core to Log Scale Analysis as a Carbonate Pore Type Characterization — Case Study of the
Precursor to Generating Deterministic Models in Hybrid Cretaceous Mishrif Formation in Southeast Iraq: Y. Li, B. Liu,
Tight Oil Plays: M. S. Cameron, R. Skopec, M. Johnson, Z. Jiang, B. Song
M. Kloska, N. Fishman, E. Stine, G. Siimpson, S. Hari-Roy • The Port Isabel Fold Belt: Neogene Gravitational Spreading
• Low Field NMR Evidence of Geo-Polymeric Behavior of in the East Breaks, Western Gulf of Mexico: H. D. Lebit,
Organic Matter in Shale and the Implications on Recovery: M. Clavaud, S. Whitehead, S. N. Opdyke, C. Luneburg
R. L. Krumm, J. J. Howard, E. Krukowski
• Petrophysical Characterization of Unconventional Carbonate
Mudrocks of the Southern Mid-Continent: Mississippi Lime
and the STACK plays (Sooner Trend Anadarko Canadian
Kingfisher Counties): I. Bode-Omoleye, C. Zhang, B. Vanden
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Theme 6: Getting the Most Out of Discoveries: Geophysical • Fracture-Enhanced Permeability in Tight Carbonate
Techniques and Advances (AAPG) Reservoir Analog: T. Miranda, S. G. Zihms, H. Lewis,
Co-Chairs: W. Shea and R. White T. Falcão, J. Souza, J. A. Barbosa, V. Neumann, I. Gomes
• Improving Frame Flexibility Factor Extraction From Seismic
Theme 5: Fault and Fracture Characterization II (AAPG/PSGD)
Inversion Using Rock Physics Analysis to Characterize
Co-Chairs: D. Ferrill and J. Gale
the Pore Type of Carbonate Reservoir Rocks of the Early
• Fault Zone Deformation and Fluid History in Mechanically
Miocene Baturaja Formation, MLD Area, Northwest Java
Layered Eagle Ford Formation and Austin Chalk: D. A. Ferrill,
Basin: D. Agustianto, Y. Sun, R. W. Widodo
R. N. McGinnis, A. P. Morris, K. J. Smart, K. D. Gulliver,
• Integrated Quantitative Distributary Channel Reservoir
M. A. Evans, D. Lehrmann
Characterization Based on Seismic Variational Mode
• The Iron Wash Fault Zone as a Natural Laboratory for Along
Decomposition: R. Zhai, F. Li
Fault Fluid Flow: Implications for Long Term Integrity of
• The Application of an Improved Deconvolution Method
Carbon Capture and Storage: R. J. Lunn, Y. Kremer,
Based on Mixed-Phase Wavelet Estimation for Thick
Z. K. Shipton, M. Heather-Cooley
Reservoir Connectivity Analysis: P. Zhang, H. Chen, H. Jia,
• Characterizing Dynamic Stress Sensitive Fracture Apertures
B. Ren
in a DFN Representation — An Example From the Island of
• Seismic Deposition Analytical Technology and Its
Pag (Croatia): R. Prabhakaran, P. Bruna, G. Bertotti,
Application to Complex Lithologies: M. Su, Y. Dou
S. Mittempergher, A. Succo, A. Bistacchi, F. Storti, M. Meda
• The Use and Applicability of Non-Seismic Methods in
• Distribution Of Natural Hydraulic Fractures (Beef Veins)
Exploration, Frac Monitoring, and Reservoir Monitoring:
Within the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquén Basin,
R. Hearst
Argentina: S. Larmier, A. Zanella, A. Lejay, R. Mourgues,
• Austin Chalk Fractured Play Characterization Using Well and
F. Gelin
Seismic Data in Wilson County: A. Khadeeva, C. Beck,
• Tectonic Controls on the Formation and Saturation of
B. Sarmah, S. Evans, J. Magness

TUESDAY POSTER SESSIONS

Conjugate Shear Fracture Networks — Combining Outcrop
• Application and Extension of Fine Fault Recognition
Analogues With Modeling Studies: Q. D. Boersma,
Technology in Surrounding Area of Penglai 19-3 Oilfield,
N. Hardebol, A. Barnhoorn, G. Bertotti
Bohai Bay Basin, Eastern China: X. Ma, D. Zhou, D. Lv,
• Integration of Core Fracture and Lithofacies Descriptions
D. Guan, H. Zhang
in the Wolfcamp Shale: Implications for Mechanical
• A New Structural and Stratigraphic Analysis of the West
Stratigraphy and Deformation History: A. Salem, S. Naruk,
Natuna Basin Indonesia: M. Arisandy
J. Solum, D. Minisini, P. Desjardins, M. Gross
Theme 5: Fault and Fracture Characterization I (AAPG/PSGD) • Facies-Controlled Fracture Stratigraphy in Organic-Rich
Co-Chairs: P. Eichhubl and L. Thompson Unconventional Petroleum Systems: Implications From
• The Influence of Mechanical Stratigraphy on Thrust-Ramp Outcrop and Core Analysis of the Turonian Second White
Nucleation and Thrust Fault Propogation: Outcrop Data, Specks Formation, Southwest Alberta: B. Komaromi,
Cross Section Reconstructions, and Finite Element Models P. K. Pedersen, P. A. MacKay
of Thrust Structures in Utah: S. S. Wigginton, J. P. Evans, • Tectonic Implications of Fracture Network Evolution Model,
E. S. Petrie, S. Janecke, K. J. Smart, D. A. Ferrill Sole Pit Basin, Southern North Sea: L. Alhamra
• Damage Zone Structure and Structural Diagenesis • Polygonal Fault System in the Great South Basin, New
Associated With Thrust Faults – Emery County, Utah: Zealand: J. Li, J. Qi
E. S. Petrie, A. J. Sundal, S. S. Wigginton, J. P. Evans • Seismic Modeling and Expression of Common Fold-Thrust
• Using Outcrop Analogs to Improve Fault Seal Workflows: Belt Structures: J. Li, S. Mitra
Y. Kremer, R. J. Lunn, Z. K. Shipton, S. Sosio de Rosa
Theme 4: Tools and Techniques for Modeling Petroleum
• Along-Strike Variations of Fault Zone Architecture and
Systems (AAPG/PSGD)
Deformation Mechanisms of Normal Faults in Poorly
Co-Chairs: T. Matava and N. Rigg
Lithified Sediments, Miri (Malaysia): S. Sosio de Rosa,
• Thermal Maturation Modeling of the Michigan Basin:
Z. K. Shipton*, R. J. Lunn, Y. Kremer, T. A. Murray
J. Hybza, K. Wagenvelt, M. Kominz
• Natural Fracture Patterns in Fault-Related Folds in the Tight
• Petroleum Systems and Favorable Exploration Direction in
Sandstone Reservoirs, the Southern Margin of Junggar
the Donghe Area, Tarim Basin, Northwest China: H. Xu,
Basin, Northwestern China: G. Liu, L. Zeng
Z. Lei, H. Fang
• Fracture Characterization and Its Relation to Geomechanical
• Application of Magnetic Techniques to Lateral Hydrocarbon
Stratigraphy in a Heterogeneous Reservoir Analog:
Migration – Lower Tertiary Reservoir Systems, United
Implications for Fractured Sandstone Reservoirs From
Kingdom North Sea: S. Badejo, A. Fraser, A. Muxworthy
Outcrop Analysis, Cretaceous Mannville Group, Southwest
• New Tools for New Challenges: Petroleum System Modeling
Alberta: B. Komaromi, H. Mai*, P. K. Pedersen
of the Kurdish Foothills: M. Callies, R. Darnault, Z. Anka,
• Synthetic Transfer Zone Characterization Using Seismic
T. Cornu, E. Le Garzic, F. Willien, R. Giboreau
Data, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand: P. Karam, S. Mitra,
• Tectono-Thermal Reconstruction of the Western Bohai
K. Marfurt
Bay Basin (East China) and Its Implication for Hydrocarbon
• Lithofacies Controls on Deformation Band Development;
Generation and Migration: J. Chang, N. Qiu, N. Liu
Implications for Reservoir Quality: K. Clark, I. Stimpson,
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• Chemometric Identification of Geochemically Distinct Oil • Effective Reservoir Identification and Controlling Factor
Tribes as a Tool to Advance Understanding of the Petroleum Analysis for Mixed Sediments in Saline Lacustrine Basin,
Systems in the Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia: Shizigou Area, Qiadam Basin, China: S. Zhang, F. Wu*, J. Wu,
W. Thompson-Butler, K. E. Peters, J. Moldowan, L. B. Magoon, W. Guo
A. Hosford Scheirer, S. Graham
Theme 7: Green River Formation and Other Ancient Lacustrine
• A Virtual Field Laboratory for Data Integration and
Analogs (SEPM)
Characterizations in Unconventional Reservoirs: Y. Tang,
Co-Chairs: A. Carroll, E. Jagniecki, and J. Pietras
L. Lu, L. Gao, J. Chen
• Mg-Clay Characterization of a Lacustrine Carbonate Deposit,
• Quantitative Fluorescence Techniques for Investigating
Green River Formation (Eocene) Sanpete Valley, Utah, USA:
Hydrocarbon Charge History in Carbonate Reservoir: N. Liu,
D. Cupertino, C. Anjos, S. Awramik, P. Buchheim
N. Qiu
• Paleoredox Conditions, Paleoproductivity, and Depositional
• Quantitative Evaluation of Hydrocarbon Migration Pathways
Environment of an Eocene Black Shale: Mahogany Zone,
in Tight Sand Reservoirs Based on Multi-Parameters: A Case
Green River Formation, Eastern Uinta Basin, Utah: K. Worms,
Study From Yanchang Formation of Upper Triassic in Honghe
L. Birgenheier, M. Vanden Berg
Oilfield, Southwest Ordos Basin, China: J. Jia, N. Qiu, W. Yin,
• The Hydrological Cycle During Deposition of the Mahogany
M. Tian, W. Liu
Oil Shale Interval of Eocene Lake Uinta, Green River
Theme 7: Lake Basins and Their Deposits, From Rifts to Formation, Utah: A. L. Elson, M. Rohrssen, R. Pancost,
Forelands (SEPM) J. Marshall, J. H. Whiteside
Co-Chairs: M. McGlue, A. Nutz, C. Scholz, and M. Schuster • Geochemical Aspects of Organic-Rich Mudstones (Oil
• Form and Fill of Rift Basins Along Strike-Slip Fault Systems; Shales) From the Parachute Creek Member, Green River
Lower Talangakar Formation, Jatibarang Subbasin, Offshore Formation, Eastern Uinta Basin, Utah, USA: A. Ani,
TUESDAY POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Northwest Java, Indonesia: E. H. Sihombing, L. Wood, D. Keighley

P. K. Setiawan, P. Syuhada • Tight-Oil Resource Potential of the Mahogany Zone Within
• Reconstructing the Early Depositional History of a Failed the Eocene Green River Formation, Uinta Basin: J. Birdwell,
Ocean Basin From a Large 3-D Dataset Acquired in the R. C. Johnson*, M. Vanden Berg
Colombia Basin, Western Caribbean Sea, Offshore Colombia: • Periods of Rapid Environmental Change Identified by High-
B. R. Frost Resolution Analysis of an Oil Shale/Stromatolite/Oil Shale
• Deep Lacustrine Sedimentary Fills in Multi-Segment Rift Succession, Laney Member, Eocene Green River Formation,
Basins: Insights From 3-D Forward Modeling: C. Zhang, Wyoming, USA: K. L. Wright, T. R. Logan, P. Buchheim,
C. A. Scholz R. Biaggi, S. Awramik, D. Cupertino
• Toward Systematics in Sedimentation of Continental Rift • Early Coarse Clastic Deposition in the Western Elko Basin,
Basins — Example From the Revisited Pliocene-Quaternary Piñon Range, Northeastern Nevada — Implications for Basin
Nachukui Formation (East African Rift System, Turkana Evolution and Petroleum Potential: E. Hollingsworth,
Depression, Kenya): A. Nutz, M. Schuster M. W. Ressel*, C. Henry
• Closed Basin Hypsometric Curves Influence on Lacustrine • Characteristics of the Eocene Elko Formation, a Lacustrine
Stratigraphy: C. Olariu, R. Steel, Z. Zhang, C. Zhou Sedimentary Section Located in North Eastern Nevada and
• Lake-Type and Lacustrine Deposits of an Early Foreland Comparison of Open Hole of Wireline Logs With Well Site
Basin — An Example From Alberta, Canada: J. J. Scott, Geologic Observations and Core Data: W. J. Ehni
S. McLeod • The Eocene Elko Basin and Elko Formation, Northeast
• Unincised Perched Lake Versus Incised Valley During Lake Nevada: Paleotopographic Controls on Area, Thickness,
Lowstand and Early Expansion Stages at the Steep Margin of Facies Distribution, and Petroleum Potential: C. Henry
Dongying Depression, Eastern China: Z. Li, W. Yang, L. Zhang, • Inferred Middle Miocene Ages for Reservoir Rocks of
X. Luo, H. Luo, S. Liu Western Snake River Plain Production, Idaho: S. H. Wood,
• Architecture and Reservoir Quality of Low-Permeability V. H. Isakson, M. D. Schmitz, R. Breedlovestrout, R. S. Lewis,
Eocene Lacustrine Turbidite Sandstone From Dongying D. M. Feeney
Depression, East China: M. Munawar, C. Lin, C. Dong, • Lacustrine Shale Characterization and Shale Resource
J. Gluyas, X. Zhang, M. Zahid, C. Ma Potential in Ordos Basin, China: T. Zhang, X. Wang
• Characteristics and Genetic Origin of the Saline Lacustrine Theme 9: Computational, Sensing, and Experimental Methods
Oil — A Case From the Shahejie Formation in the for Energy Innovation (AAPG)
Wenmingzhai Oilfield, Dongpu Depression, China: Y. Xu, Co-Chairs: L. Banfield and E. Larsen
X. Pang, T. Hu • Probabilistic Uncertainty Modeling to De-Risk Fault Seal
• High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Analysis: C. Reilly, S. Muecklisch, H. Anderson, R. Muir,
Reservoir Quality Evaluation of the Yaojia Formation in the E. Macaulay, A. Vaughan
Longxi Area, Songliao Basin, China: H. Bi, J. Li, Z. Tang, • Measured Water Saturations in Mudstones: Preliminary
L. Wang Evidence for the Introduction of Water Through Drilling and
• Redox Condition Variations During Deposition of Lacustrine Completion Practices: A. Douds, M. Stypula, D. Blood
Mixed Sediments for the Lower Ganchaigou Formation • An Integrated Model for EOR Using Downhole Steam
(Oligocene) in Yingxi Area, Qaidam Basin, China — Evidence Generation: J. Jiang, S. C. James
From Pyrite Framboids and Geochemical Data: Q. Jiang,
B. Liu, Y. Ma, R. Guo, Y. Shen

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• Machine-Learning Assisted Reservoir Property Prediction Theme 9: Computational Geoscience for Energy Innovation
— A Case Study From the Triassic Snadd and Kobbe (AAPG)
Formations, Norwegian Barents Sea: D. Oikonomou, Co-Chairs: B. Hall and Y. Zaretskiy
E. Larsen, B. Alaei, C. A. Jackson, I. A. Kjørlaug, K. Helle, • Mass Failure Complex Morphometrics as an Indicator of
R. Sakamoto Flow Rheology and Composition: A Comprehensive Study in
• Reconstruction of 3-D Pore Space Using Multiple-Point the Gulf of Mexico: H. Deng, L. Wood, Z. Jobe
Statistics Based on a 2-D Training Image: Y. Wu, C. Lin, • Interrogating Lithology and Age Data in Sediment Source
L. Ren, W. Yan, Y. Wang, S. Wu Terranes for Source-to-Sink and Exploration Applications:
• Hyperspectral Imaging, XRF, and High Resolution Scanning E. Szymanski, E. J. Reat, A. Gary, D. O’Grady
— The Key to Quick Accurate Core Analysis: G. Sandon, • Visual Analytics for Reservoir Analogs: E. Vital Brazil,
M. Trobec, R. Stancliffe* V. Segura, R. Cerqueira, R. de Paula
• Fabrication of 3-D Mini-Model System With Controllable • Transfer Learning Applied to Seismic Images Classification:
Micro- and Nano-Scale Porosities for Carbonate Reservoirs: D. Chevitarese, D. Szwarcman, R. D. Silva, E. Vital Brazil
W. Wang, S. Chang, G. Thomas, A. Gizzatov • Multiattribute Analysis of a Fractured-Vuggy Carbonate in
• Automation Provides Unique Insights of the Rock Record the Tarim Basin: J. Qi, H. Gu, J. Li, K. Marfurt
and Subsurface Through the Delivery of a Robotic Sample • Characterizing the Spatial Scale of Structural and
Collection and Analysis Device: D. Tonner Stratigraphic Features Through Fourier Analysis:
• An Improved Method of Electrofacies Analysis for Fractured- C. W. Bomberger, M. Hofmann, B. Berg, J. Andersen
Vuggy Reservoirs Using Data Mining and Geological • Acceleration of Geostatistical Seismic Inversion Using
Constrained Approach: F. Tian, X. Luo, S. Li, Y. Lv, X. Shan, TensorFlow: A Heterogeneous Distributed Machine Learning
C. Shen, B. Guan, X. Liu, X. Wang Framework: M. Liu, D. Grana

TUESDAY POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• Petrophysical Characterization of 3-D Printed Rock and Its • Improving Seismic Interpretation Efficiency and Accuracy
Substitution in the Validation Experiment: L. Kong, Using Supervised Machine Learning to Optimize Fault
M. Ostadhassan, C. Li Interpretation Workflows: Y. Mao, T. O’Toole, K. Rangarajan,
• Development Optimization of Horizontal Wellbores Using S. Angelovich
Lamé Elastic Constants From 3-D Seismic: M. L. Shoemaker, • Semi-Automatic Seismic Interpretation Through the
J. Peacock, J. Becher, J. Lacy, N. Zakhour, S. Narasimhan Extraction of Unconformities and Faults: A. J. Bugge,
• An AI-Based Workbench for Knowledge Capture and S. Clark, J. Lie, J. Faleide
Integration in Sub-Surface Characterization: R. Cerqueira, • Bridging Information Gaps in Reservoir Studies — Archiving
E. Vital Brazil and Retrieving Data With Relational Database Management
• Seismic Facies Analysis From Well Logs Based on Machine Systems: A. Linsel, M. D. Greb, K. Bär, M. Hinderer, J. Hornung
Learning Techniques: F. Tian, S. Li, X. Shan, Y. Lv, C. Shen, • Petrophysical Characterization of a Clastic Reservoir in the
B. Guan, X. Liu, X. Wang, W. Xin Middle Magdalena Valley Basin in Colombia Using Artificial
Neural Networks and Seismic Attributes: U. Iturraran-Viveros,
A. M. Muñoz-Garcia

Free Professional Development Opportunity for Utah Teachers

AAPG presents a free Earth Science Educator Program highlighting the rocks, landforms, and geologic history of Utah by way of
a workshop and field trip along the foot of the central Wasatch Range. Participants will receive eight hours of relicensure credit, a
classroom-ready rock kit with large specimens of each rock type, and locally-oriented supplementary educational materials.
The program is directed toward the 4th, 5th, and 7th grade Utah Science Core Standards for Earth science and will be led by Utah
Geological Survey geologists. Space is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis for actively employed school
teachers and specialists. Educators from grade levels not specified will be placed on a waiting list and contacted as space is
available. Stipends for long-distance travel may be available.
Date: Saturday, 19 May 2018
Time: 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Location: Department of Natural Resources Building
1594 W. North Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah
Registration deadline: 5 April 2018
For registration information and other questions, please contact Jim Davis at the Utah Geological Survey
(jmdavis@utah.gov | 801 537 3306).

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Wednesday Morning Oral Presentations • Triassic North American Paleodrainage Networks and
8:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. Sediment Dispersal of the Chinle Formation — A Quantitative
Approach Utilizing Detrital Zircons: K. F. Umbarger, M. Blum
Theme 3: North American Unconventional Systems II
• Accommodation – Not a Significant Control on Riverine
(EMD/SEPM)
Stratigraphy?: P. Plink-Bjorklund, E. Jones, M. Belobraydic
Co-Chairs: B. Horton and R. Wilson
• Progradational Successions of Distributive Fluvial Systems
• Shale Gas Dominates U.S. Gas Resources: Results From
Affected by Eustatic Forcing: New Model From the
2016 Assessment of the Future Gas Supply by the Potential
Carboniferous Upper Breathitt Group (Kentucky, USA):
Gas Committee: A. V. Milkov
D. Ventra, A. Moscariello, R. Jerrett, S. Flint
• Provenance Analysis of Permian (Guadalupian) Deposits:
• A “Big Data” Approach for Studying Modern Alluvial and
Implications for Sediment Routing and Stratal Geometry,
Delta Plain Channels and Channel Belts: B. K. Vakarelov
Delaware Basin, Texas: G. M. Soto-Kerans, X. Janson,
• Fluvial Stratigraphy at the Shoreline Interface: G. Nichols
D. F. Stockli, J. Covault
• A Comprehensive Bakken Sequence Stratigraphic Model for Theme 2: Carbonate Slope-to-Basin Deposits
the Williston Basin: P. K. Pedersen, D. Cronkwright Co-Chairs: C. Betzler and G. Eberli
• Quantifying Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Pore Networks of • Giant Canyons and Chute Pools in Deep-Sea Carbonate
the Bakken Shale: Y. Zhang, Q. Hu, T. Baerber Environment (Bahamas): T. Mulder, H. Gillet, V. Hanquiez,
• Innovative Data Science Approach at Unconventional Pay E. Ducassou, K. Fauquembergue, A. Recouvreur, N. Fabregas,
Characterization and Production Prediction — Identifying M. Principaud, J. Reijmer, G. Conesa, A. Droxler, T. Cavailhes,
Key Production Drivers in the Permian Basin Unconventional J. Le Goff, J. Ragusa, S. Bashah, S. Bujan, D. Blank,
Plays: S. J. Prochnow, M. Richey, Y. Lin L. Guiastrennec, J. Borgomano, C. Seibert
• Sequence Stratigraphy and Environments of Deposition for • Morphometric Analysis of Plunge Pools and Sediment Wave
the Springer Shale at Carter-Knox Field, Anadarko Basin, Fields Along the Slopes of Great Bahama Bank: J. Schnyder,
Oklahoma: A. Roark, B. Horton, D. Tripathy G. Eberli, C. Betzler, M. Wunsch, S. Lindhorst, T. Mulder,
• Fine-Scale Geochemical Evaluation of a 350-ft. Long E. Ducassou
Complete Stratigraphic Section of the Woodford Shale, • Carbonate Shelf to Basin Architecture and Slope Seismic
Oklahoma USA: R. P. Philp, E. J. Torres-Parada, Geomorphology, Lower Miocene, Browse Basin, Northwest
H. A. Galvis Portilla, D. Becerra, R. Slatt Shelf of Australia: X. Janson, D. Dunlap, L. Zeng, C. Sanchez
• Utica-Point Pleasant Shale Structural Modeling in Carroll Phelps, J. Covault
and Harrison County, Ohio: G. Wang, G. Zheng, J. Shank, • Carbonate Platform Slopes — The importance of Contour
Q. He Currents: C. Betzler, G. Eberli
• A Continuous Mineralogical Record of an Eagle Ford • Quantification of Architectural Variability and Controls in an
Group Core and Related Formations in South Texas Using Upper Oligocene to Lower Miocene Carbonate Ramp, Browse
Hyperspectral Imaging: A. Alnahwi, T. Kosanke, R. G. Loucks Basin, Australia: P. Tesch, R. Reece, J. Markello, M. Pope
• Revisited Play Concept for Distally-Steepened Carbonate
DPA Special Forum: The Future Energy Geoscientist
Ramps — The Relevance of Sediment Density Flows in the
Moderators: L. Birgenheier and L. Billingsley
Stratigraphic Record: A. Moscariello, D. Pinto, M. Agate
See page 23 for more details on this special forum
• Facies Architecture and Evolution of a Cretaceous,
• Andrea Reynolds, Technical Manager, Shell Appalachia Asset
Tectonically-Controlled, Carbonate Slope From Western
• Andre Griffin, North American Vice President, XTO
Sicily (Italy): P. Di Stefano, V. Randazzo, M. Cacciatore,
• Daniel D. Domeracki, Vice President, Government and
S. Todaro
Industry Relations, Schlumberger
• Large-Scale Carbonate Slope Gravity Failures: From
• Lesli Wood, Professor and Weimer Chair, Colorado School of
Stratigraphic Evolution to Numerical Failure Prediction:
Mines
J. Busson, V. Teles, H. Gillet, A. Bouziat, N. Guy, P. Joseph,
• Rick Fritz, CEO, Council Oak Resources
T. Mulder, J. Borgomano, E. Poli
WEDNESDAY ORAL PRESENTATIONS
• Richard Ball, Vice President of Geology, Detring Energy Advisors
• Integrated Quantitative Seismic Sequence Stratigraphic
Theme 1: Understanding Continental Reservoirs (SEPM) Characterization of Leonardian Carbonate Depositional
Co-Chairs: N. Mountney and A. Wroblewski Architecture on the Eastern Shelf of Midland Basin, West
• Reproducing Spatial Anisotropy and Connectivity of Aeolian Texas: R. Zhai, J. D. Pigott, Z. Wang, C. Xu
Systems Using Virtual Outcrops, Multiple Point Statistics
Theme 1: New Insights Into Deep-Water Depositional
and Forward-Based Process Geometrical Methods:
Processes and Products: Effects on Reservoir Quality,
J. Mullins, C. S. Pierce, J. A. Howell, S. J. Buckley
Distribution, and Architecture (SEPM)
• Complex Architecture in a Low Accommodation Eolian
Co-Chairs: A. Fildani, A. McArthur, and N. Nieminski
System Stack – Lateral Translation Versus Bedform Climb?:
• Controls on Turbidity Current Flow Modes — New Insights
C. S. Pierce, J. A. Howell, H. Rieke
From Direct Measurements Worldwide: D. Vendettuoli,
• Application of System Scale Fluvial Models to the Basin
M. Clare, P. Talling, M. Cartigny, M. Azpiroz-Zabala, S. Hage,
Scale: A. Owen, A. Hartley, A. Ebinghaus, G. Weissmann,
E. Sumner
M. Santos
• Deepwater Channel Trajectory Controls on Resultant
• The Role of Discharge Variability in the Formation and
Reservoir Connectivity: P. D. Morris, J. Covault, R. Sech,
Preservation of Alluvial Sediment Bodies: C. Fielding,
Z. Sylvester, Z. Jobe
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• Morphometric Scaling Relationships in Submarine Channel- Theme 4: Source Rocks: Geochemical Characterization and
Lobe Systems: Implications for Turbidite Depositional New Methods (AAPG/SEPM)
Processes and Stratigraphic Architecture: L. Pettinga, Co-Chairs: N. Harris and R. Hill
Z. Jobe, L. Shumaker, N. Howes • The Monterey(!) is a Significant Undercharged Petroleum
• Quantifying Depositional Architecture of Basin-Floor Fan System in the Onshore Santa Maria Basin, California, USA:
Pinchouts: Implications for Improved Stratigraphic Trap L. B. Magoon, A. Hosford Scheirer
Prediction: L. Hansen, D. M. Hodgson, A. Ponten, C. Thrana, • In-Situ Chemical Analysis of Hydrocarbons at a Nanopore
S. Flint Scale, Cretaceous Niobrara Formation, Denver Basin,
• Deepwater Channel-Lobe Transition Zones (CLTZs): Loss of Colorado: R. Simon, O. Khatib, D. A. Budd, M. B. Raschke
Lateral Flow-Confinement Controls Patterns of Erosion and • Geochemical Characterization of Organic Matter and
Deposition: F. Pohl, M. Tilston, E. T. Joris, M. Cartigny, Depositional Environment of Tuffaceous Source Rocks in the
Y. Spychala Jimsar Sag of Junggar Basin, Northwest China: C. Gao,
• Recently Revealed Hybrid Turbidite-Contourite Systems of X. Ding, M. Zha, J. Qu
the Tanzanian East Africa Margin: P. Sansom • Primary Migration of Petroleum in Organic Rich Shale:
• Turbidite Termination Against Confining Basin Slopes: Observations From Eagle Ford Horizontal Core, Southwest
Implications for Stratigraphic Trapping and Reservoir Texas: X. Sun, T. Zhang, D. A. Enriquez, S. C. Ruppel
Heterogeneity: E. Soutter, I. Kane, M. Huuse, • Adventures in Programmed Pyrolysis I: R. Drozd, J. Dall,
K. Helland-Hansen S. Palmer
• Tracks, Outrunner Blocks and Barrier Scours: 3-D Seismic • Calculation of a Rate Index for the Bakken Formation
Interpretation of a Mass Transport Deposit in the Deepwater (Devonian-Mississippian) in North Dakota Using
Taranaki Basin of New Zealand: F. J. Rusconi, Experimentally Determined Kinetics, Current Formation
T. A. McGilvery*, C. L. Liner Temperatures and Total Reactive Kerogen Mass:
• Stratigraphic Controls on Connectivity and Flow S. H. Nordeng, C. J. Onwumelu
Performance in Deepwater Lobe-Dominated Reservoirs: • Effects of Hydrous Pyrolysis on the Organic and Mineral
F. J. Laugier, M. D. Sullivan, M. Pyrcz Components of the Boquillas Formation, Del Rio Texas:
Theme 9: New Discoveries in the Solar System: Implications A. R. Boehlke, J. Birdwell, P. Hackley
for Energy and Mineral Resources (EMD) • Hyperspectral Imaging and Geochemical Characterization of
Co-Chairs: W. Ambrose and D. Cook an Eagle Ford Shale Core: J. Birdwell, B. Martini,
• Volcanogenic Resources for a Sustained Human Presence L. Fonteneau, K. J. Whidden, O. Pearson, S. T. Paxton,
on the Moon: W. Ambrose T. Hoefen
• Near Earth Objects (NEOs) — Population Distributions, • New Insights of the Cretaceous Source Rock Potential in the
Origins, and Implications on Earth Impact Threat and Central Atlantic Ocean Using a New End-Member Workflow
Asteroid Mining Resources: D. Cook Based on Palynofacies and Rock Eval Data: A. Chaboureau,
• HiRISE Observations of Martian Ground Ice — A Possible S. Garel, Y. Mourlot, F. Behar
Resource for Exploration: C. Dundas, A. Bramson, L. Ojha, Theme 5: Structural Geometry, Evolution, and Strain Modeling
J. Wray, M. Mellon, S. Byrne, A. McEwen, N. Putzig, D. Viola, – Integrating Geomechanical, Geometrical, and Analog-Based
S. Sutton, E. Clark, J. Holt Approaches (AAPG/PSGD)
• The Development of Regolith as a Resource for Establishing Co-Chairs: P. Connolly and A. DeReuil
Quasi-Closed, Agro-Ecological Systems in Our Solar System: • Incorporating Erosion Into Structural Forward Models:
M. Irons Reconstructing Burial and Deformational Histories From
Theme 9: Machine Learning for Seismic Interpretation (AAPG) Angular Unconformities in Growth Strata: N. Eichelberger,
Co-Chairs: L. Banfield and E. Larsen A. Nunns, D. Claroni, S. Ball, I. McGregor, R. Liu
• Understanding Geomechanical Deformation by Coupling
WEDNESDAY ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Seismic Facies Segmentation Using Deep Learning:

D. Chevitarese, D. Szwarcman, R. D. Silva, E. Vital Brazil Distinct Element Forward Modeling and Structural
• Attention Models Based on Sparse Autoencoders for Restoration — Insight From Compressional and Extensional
Seismic Interpretation: M. Shafiq, M. Prabhushankar, Z. Long, Numerical Models: B. P. Chauvin, A. Plesch, J. H. Shaw,
H. Di, G. Alregib P. J. Lovely
• Bootstrapping Machine-Learning Based Seismic Fault • Regional to Reservoir-Scale Structural Modeling in the
Interpretation: S. Purves, B. Alaei, E. Larsen N. Iraqi Zagros – Regional Balanced Cross-Sections and
• Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Seismic Salt-Body Reservoir Scale Finite-Element-Based Geomechanical
Delineation: H. Di, Z. Wang, G. Alregib Models: T. Buddin
• Texture-Based-Similarity Graph to Aid Seismic • Characterizing the Growth of Structures in Three-
Interpretation: E. Vital Brazil, R. Ferreira, R. D. Silva, Dimensions Using Patterns of Deepwater Fan and Channel
R. Cerqueira Systems in Growth Strata: J. Don, J. H. Shaw, A. Plesch,
D. Bridgwater, G. Lufadeju
• Numerical Modeling of Cenozoic Basin Inversion of the
Western Barents Shelf: M. A. Miraj, C. Pascal,
R. H. Gabrielsen, J. I. Faleide

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• Experimental Geomechanics on Heterogeneous Mudstone • Assessment of the Woodford Shale Petroleum System Within
— Developing Predictive Relationships Between Facies, a Deep Subbasin on the Central Basin Platform, Permian
Reservoir Quality, and Fracture Propagation: A. A. DeReuil, L. Basin: W. R. Drake, M. Longman, A. Moses
Birgenheier, J. McLennan, J. Ammon, S. A. Moore, • Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of Late Cretaceous Tununk
J. Luna-Gonzalez Shale Member of the Mancos Shale Formation, South-
• Understanding the Structural Evolution of Structurally Central Utah: Parasequence Styles in Shelfal Mudstone
Complex Area Through Integration of Data: K. Das Strata: Z. Li, J. Schieber
• Discrete Element Modeling of Extensional Fault-Related • Multidisciplinary Analytical Approach to Evaluating the
Monocline Formation and Fault Zone Evolution: K. J. Smart, Niobrara Formation Within the Wattenberg Field, Denver-
D. A. Ferrill Julesburg Basin: A. P. Reimchen, K. Repchuk, D. Gregoris
• A Basin-Scale Modeling Methodology to Link The Poro- • Slump Structures in the Middle Bakken Member, Williston
Mechanics of a Source-Rock Formation and the Tectonic Basin, North Dakota – In Search of Active Synsedimentary
Faulting in Fold-and-Thrust Belts: W. Sassi, J. Berthelon Fault Systems: A. Novak, S. Egenhoff
• The Depositional Environment of the Lower Bakken Shale
Wednesday Afternoon Oral Presentations Member in the Williston Basin, Upper Devonian, North
1:15 p.m.–4:40 p.m. Dakota, USA: S. Egenhoff, S. Albert
Theme 3: North American Unconventional Systems III (EMD/SEPM) • Wolfcamp Facies and Stacking Patterns in the Delaware
Co-Chairs: M. Hofmann and S. Hudson Basin, West Texas: Insights Into Mechanisms and Patterns
• Permian Basin Regional Burial and Exhumation History — of Sediment Delivery and Facies Architecture: S. C. Ruppel,
Implications for Source Rock Distribution, Maturity, and R. Baumgardner
Charge Access: A. Doebbert, A. S. Pepper • Geology vs. Technology — How Sustainable Is Permian
• Contrasting Styles of Basin Fill and Shelf Margin Stacking, Production Growth?: R. G. Clarke, A. Beeker
Wolfcampian-Leonardian-Guadalupian Succession, Eastern
Margin of Central Basin Platform and Western Midland
Basin, Fasken Ranch Area, West Texas: R. Dommisse,
C. Kerans, C. K. Zahm, S. Pollack, R. Bianco, C. Draper,
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Theme 6: Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Exploration • Preservation of Upper-Flow-Regime Bedforms and Their
Techniques: Opportunities for Technical Exchange and Recognition in the Stratigraphic Record: Comparisons From
Advances (AAPG/EMD) Modern and Ancient Active Margin Settings: R. G. Englert,
Co-Chairs: R. Allis and J. Moore S. Hubbard, D. Coutts, Z. Jobe, M. Cartigny, S. Hage
• The Utah FORGE Site: A Laboratory for Enhanced Geothermal • Quantitative Analysis of the Bed-Scale Facies Architecture
System Development: J. Moore, R. Allis, K. Pankow, of Submarine Lobe Deposits: R. C. Fryer, Z. Jobe,
S. Simmons, J. McLennan, W. Rickard, M. Gwynn, L. Shumaker
R. Podgorney
Theme 2: Carbonates of Western North America (SEPM)
• Geothermal Exploration in Switzerland for Heat Production
Co-Chairs: A. Byrnes and L. Canter
and Storage — The Key Role in Knowledge and Technology
• A Detailed Study of the Red River Formation (C and D
Transfer From the Hydrocarbon Industry: A. Moscariello,
Members) in the USA Portion of the Williston Basin:
G. Unige
R. B. Hill, C. Harman, J. G. Ross
• Characterizing Deep Basin Siliciclastic Reservoirs for
• Lithologic and Petrophysical Characterization of the Upper
Geothermal Use Near Hinton, Alberta: C. Noyahr, N. Harris,
Silurian Interlake Group, Nesson Anticline Area, North
J. Banks
Dakota and Eastern Montana: R. F. Inden, A. P. Byrnes,
• Bottom-Hole Temperatures in Oil and Gas Wells: Window
R. M. Cluff, S. G. Cluff
to the Deep Thermal Regime and Geothermal Potential of
• Petrographic and Petrophysical Characteristics of the Upper
Sedimentary Basins in the Eastern Great Basin: M. Gwynn,
Devonian Three Forks Formation, Southern Nesson Anticline,
R. Allis, D. Sprinkel, R. Blackett, C. Hardwick
North Dakota: M. Longman, R. Johnson, B. Ruskin
• Geothermal Resource Characterization of the Slave
• Disambiguation of the Knoll Limestone, a Regional Late
Point Formation in Clarke Lake Field, Fort Nelson, British
Devonian Reservoir-Prone Litho- and Allostratigraphic
Columbia, Canada: E. Renaud, N. Harris, J. Banks
Carbonate Bench That Caps the Three Forks Formation
• VSP Survey in the Thonex Geothermal Well — New
Logan Gulch Member, Western Montana: G. W. Grader,
Characterization of Potential Carbonatic Geothermal
L. Schwab, P. Doughty, J. Hohman, J. Guthrie
Reservoirs: L. Guglielmetti, A. Moscariello, A. Bitri,
• Sequence Evolution and Hierarchy Within the Lower
C. Dezayes, F. Poletto, P. Corubolo, C. Schmelzbach,
Mississippian Madison Limestone of Northwest Wyoming:
H. Maurer, F. Reiser, M. Meyer
M. D. Sonnenfeld
• Geophysical Signatures of the Utah FORGE Site, Northern
• Preliminary Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for a
Milford Basin, Utah: C. Hardwick, W. Hurlbut, M. Gwynn,
Mississippian Madison Group Shelf Margin, South Boulder
R. Allis, P. Wannamaker, J. Moore
Canyon, Southwest Montana: M. Gilhooly, J. Weissenberger
• Geothermal Heat Sources From Oil Wells Using Binary
• Carbonate Slope Detrital Aprons and Fans — A Potential New
Cycles: S. P. Barredo, H. Wiemer, D. Kuhn, L. Stinco
Play Type in the Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation, Paradox
• Re-Evaluation of Bottom-Hole Temperature Corrections: New
Basin, Southeastern Utah and Southwestern Colorado, USA:
Insights From Two Hot Wells in West-Central Utah: R. Allis,
T. C. Chidsey, D. E. Eby, J. Burris
M. Gwynn
• Chemical and Biotic Responses to Mid-Permian
Theme 1: Using Experiments and Models to Understand Paleo-Environmental Dynamics, Phosphoria Rock Complex
Depositional Patterns and Reservoir Architecture (SEPM) (Permian, Kungurian-Wordian), Rocky Mountain Region,
Co-Chairs: L. Hajek, D. Hodgetts, and K. Straub USA: M. Pommer, J. Sarg
• An Experimental Perspective on Co-Deposition of Marine • Depositional and Stratigraphic Complexities of the Niobrara
Organic Matter With Clays and Silt: J. Schieber, B. Liu, Formation and the Relationship to Producibility, DJ Basin,
C. Stewart, A. Schimmelmann Colorado: M. Deacon, K. McDonough
• Meander-Bend Migration Style Controls Bar Type and
Theme 1: Shallow-Marine Depositional Systems, Plays, and
Resulting Heterogeneity: P. R. Durkin, Z. Sylvester, S. Hubbard
WEDNESDAY ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Reservoirs (SEPM)
• Revisiting the Link Between Curvature and Migration Rate:
Chair: C. Olariu
How Meander Cutoffs Rejuvenate River Migration and
• Stratigraphic Architecture and Reservoir Characteristics
Initiate Counter Point Bars: Z. Sylvester, P. R. Durkin,
of Slumped Distributary Mouth Bar Deposits, Cretaceous
J. Covault, S. Hubbard
Ferron Sandstone, Utah: An Analysis of Sedimentary Fabric
• High-Performance Stratigraphic Modeling of Shelf to Deep-
and Facies Utilizing Outcrop and Core Data: R. Campbell,
Water Plays: D. Granjeon, P. Have, J. Coatleven, S. Pegaz-
J. Wagner
Fiornet
• Tectonic Forcing, Subsidence, and Sedimentary Cyclicity in
• Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Submarine Lobe Deposits
the Upper Cretaceous, Western Interior USA: K. W. Rudolph
and Their Grain-Fabric: Y. Spychala, E. T. Joris, M. Tilston
• Structurally-Enhanced Accommodation and Preservation
• Slope-Fan Depositional Architecture From High-Resolution
of Shallow Water Reservoir Units: Brookian Clinoform
Forward Stratigraphic Models: N. Hawie, J. Covault,
Succession, North Slope Alaska: E. Pemberton, T. Hearon,
D. Dunlap, Z. Sylvester, E. Marfisi
J. Moutoux, J. Goyette, L. Unger, A. Berger, T. Wagner III,
• Synthesizing Outcrop Data to Develop Vertical Facies
D. Hansen
Proportion Curves That Capture the Internal Variability of
• Regressive Tidal Systems: Lessons Learned From Studying
Depositional Elements: L. Stright, P. R. Durkin, S. Southern,
the Variability of Holocene Tide-Dominated and Tide-
B. W. Romans, S. Hubbard
Influenced Deltas: B. K. Vakarelov

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Cretaceous Park:
ACE 101 + Utahraptor!
Visit the exhibition hall to see the full skeleton of
the famous Utahrapter, courtesy of Gaston Design.
Formally named in 1993 by Utah State Paleontologist
Dr. James Kirkland, Utahrapter stood more than six
feet tall and was more than 12 feet in length. At ACE
101, you will have a chance to meet Dr. Kirkland and
get up close and personal with one of Utah’s greatest
dinosaur treasures brought back to life.

Also learn about the more recent Utahrapter Project.

After discovery in 2001, Utah Geological Survey
paleontologists spent 12 field sessions excavating
a 9-ton block of sandstone containing several
preserved Utahraptor fossils, including several
juveniles. After removing the “mega-block” from the
field, work began on prepping this amazing treasure
trove of early Cretaceous fossils.

Find out more about the Utahrapter Project,

as well as see several other Utah dinosaur
specimens at the ACE 101 Exhibition.

Exhibition Hours:
Sunday, 20 May.............5:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. (Icebreaker)
Monday, 21 May............9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, 22 May............9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 23 May.......9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

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• No Evidence for Significant Sea Level Fall in the Cretaceous • The Life Cycle of a Large Gas Reservoir in a Glaciated Basin,
Strata of the Book Cliffs of Eastern Utah: J. A. Howell, Melville Bay, Northwest Greenland: D. Cox, M. Huuse,
C. H. Eide, A. Hartley P. Knutz
• Facies Distribution and Stratigraphic Architecture of • Petrology and Geochemistry of Pb-Zn Mineralization in
Continental to Shallow-Marine Deposits on a Lowstand Upper Sinian Dengying Dolomites in the Central Sichuan
Wedge: Basin-Scale Analysis of the Mulichinco Formation, Basin, Southwest China: Implications for the Origin of H2S:
(Neuquén Basin, Argentina): M. E. Pascariello, M. F. Rincon, P. Zhang, G. Liu, C. Cai, P. Gao
S. M. Arismendi, E. Schwarz • The Surface Geochemical Expression of Some Utah Oil and
• High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy and Shoreline Helium Fields: D. Seneshen
Trajectory of the Cretaceous Gallup System, New Mexico, • Helium in Southwestern Saskatchewan: Accumulation and
USA: W. Lin, J. P. Bhattacharya Geological Setting: M. Yurkowski, G. Jensen*
• Stratigraphic and Sedimentary Architecture of Tectonically • Novel Compact Gas/Gas Isotopes Sensor for Exploration and
Influenced Shallow-Water Delta Complexes — An Example Reservoir Design: S. Csutak, A. Sampaolo, P. Patimisco,
From the Lower Cretaceous, Maestrat Basin, Spain: G. Cole, M. Giglio, F. Tittel, V. Spagnolo
M. Watkinson, R. Jerrett, M. Anderson Theme 5: Faults, Fractures, and Fluid Flow (AAPG/PSGD)
• Shelf-Margin Architecture and Shoreline Processes at the Co-Chairs: S. Busetti and P. Lapointe
Shelf-Edge With Controls on Sediment Partitioning and • Quantification of Fracture Systems Using Fourier Analysis:
Deep-Water Deposition Style: Insights From 3-D Quantitative
P. A. MacKay, T. H. Jobe, C. Oswalt, D. Paez
Seismic Stratigraphy: V. Paumard, J. Bourget, T. Payenberg, • Rock Fracture Mechanics Under Chemically Reactive
B. Ainsworth, S. Lang, H. Posamentier, A. George
Conditions: P. Eichhubl, X. Chen, J. Major, O. Callahan,
Theme 8: Energy and Environment (DEG) J. E. Olson
Co-Chairs: S. Nash and S. Testa • Lithologic Controls on Shale Rheology: A Lookback on 7
• Challenges to the Social Contract for International Funding: Years of Mechanical Testing: S. Busetti, Z. Fang
New Demands for Public Involvement and Transparency in • Hydraulic Fracturing: Breaking Intact Rock or Stimulating
Oil and Gas International Developments: R. Bost Natural Fractures?: A. Agharazi
• Monitoring Environments From Space: D. Humphreville • Stochastic Trap Analysis: Regional Validation of Traps in the
• The Unexpected Nature and Extent of Arsenic in Soil, Based Otway and Bass Basins: T. A. Murray, D. R. Richards,
on the RCRA Facility Investigation at the Elk Hills Oilfield, W. L. Power, T. Johnson, G. Christie
Former Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1, Kern County, • Loss of Containment and Leakage up Fault Zones: S. Naruk,
California: A. Blake J. Solum, J. Van Berkel
• The Geochemistry of Formation Waters and the Challenges • Fault Zone Heterogeneity, Scaling, and Application to
and Opportunities for Re-Use of Produced Water: R. Bost Exploration and Reservoir Modeling: J. Solum, S. Naruk,
• Leveraging Sequence Stratigraphic Concepts to Refine A. Cilona
Conceptual Site Models: Magothy Aquifer, New Jersey • Development of a Deterministic Seismicity Potential
Coastal Plain: R. Samuels, J. Sadeque, M. Ohr, S. Lloyd Assessment of the Fort Worth Basin: P. Hennings,
• Documenting Past Oilfield Arsenic Corrosion Inhibitor J. Osmond, R. Dommisse, J. Nicot
Usage: A Pit Groundwater Example From Lake St. John Field,
Louisiana: M. L. Barrett Wednesday Poster Session Presentations
• Using Thermal/IR and Multispectral Sensors on Drones AAPG Student Research Poster Session II
to Find the Origin of and Extent of Contamination From Chair: A. Janevski
Saltwater Spills From Producing Wells: S. Nash • Deep-Marine Reservoir Distribution Against the Flanks of a
• Complex Petrophysical Studies to Evaluate the Safety of an Syn-Depositionally Active Salt Diapir: Z. A. Cumberpatch,
Underground Gas Storage in Porous Rocks: C. Dietl, R. Braun, I. Kane, E. Soutter, B. Kilhams, C. Jackson, D. Hodgson,
WEDNESDAY POSTER SESSIONS

H. Baumgartner, E. Jahns, T. Rudolph M. Huuse

• Fault Displacement Hazards at Aliso Canyon and Honor • Source-to-Sink Analysis of Rift-Related Basement Highs —
Rancho Natural Gas Storage Fields, Southern California, Late Jurassic Frøya High, Mid-Norway: J. M. Munoz-Barrera,
USA: T. L. Davis R. Gawthorpe, A. Rotevatn, G. A. Henstra
Theme 4: Advances in Understanding Hydrocarbon and Non- • A Novel Approach for the Sweet Spots Prediction of Shale
Hydrocarbon Gases (AAPG) Oil – A Case Study on the Es3L Sub-Member of Bonan Sag,
Co-Chairs: C. Campbell, A. Thapalia, and D. Wavrek Jiyang Depression, China: J. Li, S. Lu, M. Wang, G. Chen,
• Big Gas Data: First Insights From a Global Database of C. Jiao
>20,000 Natural Gases: A. V. Milkov, G. Etiope • Temperature From Seismic Data: Application in the Lüderitz
• Investigation of the Role of Rock Fabric on Gas Generation Basin, Offshore Namibia: A. Sarkar, M. Huuse, B. Campbell
and Expulsion During Anhydrous Closed-System Pyrolysis • Penetrative Strain Related Porosity Loss in Clastic Reservoir
Experiments: G. Ellis, D. Shao, Y. Li, T. Zhang Units of the Denver-Julesburg Basin: M. E. Hatfield,
• Relationship of Helium and CO2 to Other Gases in New C. M. Burberry
Mexico Reservoirs: R. F. Broadhead • Assessing Thermal Maturity of Different Oil Shale Samples
• Comparison of the Origin and Secondary Processes of Using Laser Raman Spectroscopy: M. G. Kibria, S. Das, Q. Hu,
Natural Gas From the Polish Outer Carpathians and the U.S. A. R. Basu
Bighorn and Wind River Basins: M. J. Kotarba, P. G. Lillis

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• Facies Architecture and Controls on Reservoir Behavior in • Microfacies and Reservoir Heterogeneity and Architecture
the Turonian Wall Creek Member of the Frontier Formation in of the D5 and D6 Members of Middle Jurassic Carbonates
the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: N. La Fontaine, Dhruma Formation in Outcrops, Central Saudi Arabia:
M. Hofmann, T. T. Le, T. Hoffman I. M. Yousif, O. Abdullatif, M. Makkawi, M. Bashri, M. Salih
• Reconciling Taxonomic Discrepancies in the Globigerinoides • Parasequence Stacking and Facies Control on Reservoir
Ruber-Elongatus Plexus, and Isotopic Implications in the Quality and Productivity of Early to Middle Miocene Fluvial-
Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Basins: E. A. Brown, Deltaic Deposits, Formation 2, Gulf of Thailand: P. Henglai,
M. Pamela, M. F. Weinkauf M. Pranter
• Characterization of Lateral and Vertical Trends in Deep • Pore Characterization of the Organic-Rich Devonian-
Marine Distal Levee Deposits of the Neoproterozoic Isaac Mississippian Bakken Shales in the Williston Basin: J. Xu,
Formation, Windermere Supergroup, British Columbia, S. Sonnenberg
Canada: C. Cunningham, R. C. Arnott • Geochemical Characterization of the Eocene Organic-Rich
• Deep-Water Sedimentation and Stratigraphic Evolution of Shales in Dongying Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, China: H. Zhang,
the West Xylokastro Fault Block of the Pliocene-Pleistocene H. Huang, H. Lin, L. Ma, Q. Wei, C. Chai
Corinth Rift, Greece: Implications for Syn-Rift Reservoir • Reservoir Characterization and 3-D Modeling of Silurian
Distribution: T. Cullen, R. Collier, R. Gawthorpe, Reef Slopes: Pipe Creek Jr. Quarry, Grant County, Indiana:
D. M. Hodgson J. Karsten, A. Santiago Torres, G. M. Grammer,
• Influence of Bioturbation on the Reservoir Quality of D. Prezbindowski, J. Havens, B. Datillo
Miocene Slope Carbonates: R. Mustacato, T. D. Frank
AAPG Student Research Poster Session IV
• Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Geochemistry of East
Chair: A. Janevski
Texas the Upper Jurassic Smackover Carbonate Ramp
• Dolomitization Influenced by Microbes at Low Temperatures:
Succession: P. J. Schemper, R. G. Loucks, Q. Fu
S. Jambulapati
• Significance of Microbialites in Reservoir Development and
• Three-Dimensional Seismic Stratigraphic Architecture
Evolution in Silurian Reef Slope Deposits at Pipe Creek Jr.
and Geomorphology of the Jurassic Deltaic Succession,
Quarry, Indiana, and the Michigan Basin: A. Santiago Torres,
Northeast Exmouth Plateau, North West Shelf, Australia —
J. Karsten, G.M. Grammer, D. Prezbindowski, J. Havens,
Implications of Delta-Front to Pro-delta Turbidity Flow and
B. Dattilo
Syn-Tectonic Erosion and Sedimentation: P. Chen, C. Elders
AAPG Student Research Poster Session III • Allogenic and Autogenic Controls in Appalachian Basin,
Chair: A. Janevski Middle Pennsylvanian Allegheny Formation, Central –
• Fluid Flow Behaviors Under Architectural Controls of the Northern West Virginia: O. Abatan, A. Weislogel, M. Blake
Wall Creek Member in the Frontier Formation: Western • Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for the Upper Devonian
Powder River Basin, Wyoming: T. T. Le, T. Hoffman, Ohio Shale in the Appalachian Basin: P. Cullen, B. Currie
N. La Fontaine, M. Hofmann • Bio-Sequence Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironmental
• Geostatistical Analysis of Meandering Processes and Reconstruction of the Cretaceous – Tertiary Successions of
Channel Migration — Case Study of Modern Analogs for the Anambra Basin: U. P. Agharanya
the Long Nab Member, Scalby Formation, Yorkshire, United • Regional Stratigraphy and Organic Richness of Meramecian
Kingdom: S. W. Saadi and Equivalent Strata, Anadarko Basin, Central Oklahoma:
• It’s About to Get a Lot Less Salty – Comparison of a Fluvial J. Miller, A. Cullen, M. Pranter
Outcrop to Estuarine Outcrops Using UAV-Based Outcrop • Characterization and Origin of Oxfordian Dolomites in the
Modeling in the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Western High Atlas, Morocco: N. Al-Sinawi, C. Hollis,
Northeast Alberta, Canada: D. Hayes, E. Timmer, M. Ranger, S. Schröder, J. Redfern
M. Gingras • Constraints on Carbonate Platform Geometry as it Relates to
• Creating an Initial Exploration Framework for the Berea the Fabric of the Upper Slope: A. LeBeau, X. Li*, J. Payne
WEDNESDAY POSTER SESSIONS

Sandstone in the Appalachian Basin: S. L. Rice, P. Cullen, • Dune-Scale Cross-Stratification in Turbidite Systems:
B. Currie, J. Miles I. S. de Cala, L. Amy, M. Patacci, R. M. Dorrell,
• Systematic Lithologic Characterization of Neogene Mass- W. D. McCaffrey
Transport Deposits, Mississippi Canyon of the Northern Gulf • Dry Well Analysis of Well 10-5 in the Norwegian Sea:
of Mexico, USA: M. A. Gutierrez, J. W. Snedden, P. M. Parr J. Qamar, B. Wang, N. Cardozo, L. Schulte
• Seafloor Mounds and Shallow Subsurface Anomalies • Petroleum System Modeling as an Important Technique for
Offshore Namibia: Evidence for the Lifecycle of Gas Hydrate Oil and Gas Search Within the Arctic Shelf: I. A. Sannikova,
Pingos: B. Campbell, M. Huuse A. V. Stoupakova, R. S. Sautkin, M. A. Bolshakova,
• Mass Transport Deposits (MTD) Seismic Facies Control A. A. Suslova
on Topography Creation for Later Turbidite Deposition in • Mesozoic Tectonostratigraphy of the Guinea Plateau, West
Taranaki Basin, Offshore New Zealand: J. Nwoko, M. Huuse, Africa, Records Successive Rift Phases of the Central and
I. Kane Equatorial Atlantic: B. E. Serrano-Suarez, P. Mann
• Intracanyon Sands Delivery and Distribution of the Baiyun
Submarine Canyon System — An Integrated Study Using
Piston Cores, 3-D Seismic Data and Numerical Modeling:
S. Gao, Y. Wang, H. Zhuo, X. Wang, W. Li, L. Yang, J. Zhou

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THIRSTY? SALT LAKE HAS YOU COVERED!
Unwind after a day of ACE events by grabbing a drink
with friends and colleagues at one of the several tap
houses serving up local favorites.
Fisher
Located in the Granary District of Salt Lake City, Fisher serves
fine ales and lagers on draft in their brewery taproom featuring
a rotating cast of local food trucks.
RoHa
RoHa Brewing Project in Salt Lake City, Utah, is rooted in
passion for life, for people, and for enjoying great beer. Headed
up by award-winning brewmaster, Chris Haas.
2Row
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attention to detail, call or visit 2 Row Brewing today. You’re sure
to find a beer you’ll love.
Epic
Epic handcrafts and carefully bottles its unique product in
22-ounce bottles, perfect for sharing or a long savor, solo style
Proper
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Kiitios
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Uinta
On top of exploring all beers in one place, the Uinta Brewhouse
Pub has a full food menu featuring selections that complement
their brews in the best way possible.
East Liberty Tap House
Danish-modern influenced space, this neighborhood hangout
serves updated classic bar food made from high-quality,
locally sourced ingredients with a small, well-curated
selection of craft beers.

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SEPM Research Symposium: Dynamics of Sediment Transfer • Geostatistical Integration of Multiscale Data to Construct
Between Linked Depositional Systems: From Rivers to Lakes a Hunton Group Geocellular Model: Upscaling Logs and
and Oceans Downscaling Seismic Impedance Volumes: B. Milad, R. Slatt,
Co-Chairs: C. Johnson and M. Olson K. Marfurt
See page 21 for more details on this special session • Empirical Characterization of the Geometry of Fluvial
• Accommodation and Supply Driven Sequences: Insights Channel Deposits — Implications for Object-Based Reservoir
From Stratigraphic Forward Modeling: J. Zhang, P. Burgess, Modeling: L. Colombera, N. P. Mountney, G. Medici
D. Granjeon, R. Steel • Heterogeneity in the Lower Paleozoic Shales From the
• Comparing Aggradation, Superelevation, and Avulsion Peri-Baltic Basin (Central Europe) – How Lithology and
Frequency of Submarine and Fluvial Channels: Z. Jobe, Sedimentary Features Affect Geochemical and Mechanical
N. Howes, I. Georgiou, D. Cai, H. Deng, F. J. Laugier, Properties of Rocks: J. Roszkowska-Remin, R. Pachytel
L. Shumaker • Geologically Realistic Fluvial Point Bar Geocellular Models —
• Depositional Facies and High-Resolution Sequence Conditioning Algorithms with Outcrop Statistics:
Stratigraphic Analysis of a Mixed-Process Influenced Deltaic A. L. McCarthy, L. Stright, P. R. Durkin, S. Hubbard
System in a Stormy Ramp Setting: the Cretaceous Gallup • Exploring Multi-Scale Heterogeneity of Braided-Fluvial
System, New Mexico, USA: W. Lin, J. P. Bhattacharya Reservoirs — Implications for Reservoir Performance:
• Assessing the Role of Detrital Zircon Sorting on Provenance J. J. Tellez, K. Lewis, S. Clark, R. Cole, M. Pranter
Interpretations in an Ancient Fluvial System Using • Fluvial Architecture of the Burro Canyon Formation Using
Paleohydraulics – Permian Cutler Group, Paradox Basin, UAV-Based Photogrammetry; Implications for Reservoir
Utah, and Colorado: C. P. Findlay, R. C. Ewing, N. Perez Performance, Rattlesnake Canyon, Colorado: K. Lewis,
• Leeuwin Current Activity Controls Benthic Foraminifera on M. Pranter, Z. Reza, R. Cole
the Carnarvon Ramp, Western Australia — From Inception to • Sedimentation and Diagenesis of a Miocene-Pliocene
Flow Optimum: C. Haller, P. Hallock, A. C. Hine, C. G. Smith Narrow, Restricted Shelf Mixed-System: Cibao Basin,
• A Potential Source For the Early Cretaceous Barents Dominican Republic: B. Burke, D. F. McNeill, J. S. Klaus,
Sea Sink Through Discharge Estimations of the Fluvial P. Swart
Festningen Sandstone in Svalbard, Norway: C. Myers, • Mechanical Stratigraphy in Cyclic Platform Carbonates,
J. Holbrook Arrow Canyon, Nevada: J. Bishop, V. Heesakkers, E. Earnest,
• Effects of Highstand Mud Accumulation on the Evolution of S. Banerjee, D. Goff, K. Kelsch, J. Mohan, N. Raterman,
the Central Texas Coast: C. I. Odezulu, T. Swanson, A. Whitaker
J. B. Anderson • Complex Reservoir Heterogeneity Identification by
• Mapping Fluvial Injection Points and Sediment Provenance Integrating the Geological Multi-Scale Studies and Seismic
in Rifted Basins Using Detrital Zircon U-Pb Geochronology, Inversion: A Case Study in the Wadi El-Rayan Field, Western
Paleogene of the Raoyang Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, China: Desert, Egypt: A. S. Ali, T. H. Farag*
H. Chen, X. Zhu, L. Wood Theme 1: Shallow-Marine Depositional Systems, Plays, and
• Origin and Stratigraphic Significance of Phosphatic Beds Reservoirs I (SEPM)
in Fine-Grained Thin-Bedded Turbidites of Neoproterozoic Co-Chairs: C. Olariu and B. Vakarelov
Upper Kaza Group, Windermere Supergroup: Implications for • Detailed Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Potential of the
Source and Sink: L. Navarro, R. C. Arnott Devonian-Mississippian Pilot Shale, Western Utah, USA:
• Source-to-Sink at Continental Margins: A Novel Approach to S. Bereskin, T. C. Chidsey, J. S. Pratt, D. Taff
Reservoir Prediction in Offshore Deep-Water Settings: • Database-Driven Analysis of Geologic Controls on the
B. H. Lodhia, G. G. Roberts, A. Fraser, J. Jarvis Geometry of Incised-Valley Fills — Implications for Facies
• Sedimentology and Provenance of an Alluvial Fan and Sequence Stratigraphic Models: R. Wang, L. Colombera,
Progradation, Middle Thumb Member, Horse Spring N. Mountney
Formation, Western Lake Mead, Nevada: B. Demircan
WEDNESDAY POSTER SESSIONS

• Late Pleistocene Bryant Canyon Turbidite Facies:

Theme 1: Capturing and Evaluating the Impact of Implications for Gulf of Mexico Mini-Basin Petroleum
Sedimentologic Heterogeneity in Reservoir Models (SEPM) Systems: J. E. Damuth, H. C. Olson, C. H. Nelson
Co-Chairs: G. Hurd, K. Sementelli, and L. Stright • Intra- and Intersequence Process Changes of Mixed Energy
• Reservoir Geology Aspects of Lula Supergiant Field, Santos Deltas in Outcrop and Subsurface — Maastrichtian Fox Hills,
Basin – Brazilian Pre-Salt Province: S. Pedrinha, V. Artagão, Washakie Basin, Wyoming: M. Olariu, C. Olariu, R. Steel
T. P. Moreira, L. S. Freitas, E. Richter, B. T. Santos • Transregional Sequence-Stratigraphic Correlation of the
• Testing Regional Depositional Models and Capturing Maastrichtian Fox Hills Sandstone — Colorado, Wyoming,
Stratigraphic and Diagenetic Heterogeneities in Carbonate South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana: C. B. Rust,
Reservoirs Using Forward Numerical Modeling — A Case J. L. Aschoff
Study From the Lower Cretaceous of Oman: C. M. John, • Paleogeographic Evolution of the Andean Cordillera,
M. Al-Salmi, N. Hawie Associated Drainage Systems and Sediment Supply to
• Controls on Carbonate Tidal Grainstones – Examples From Offshore Basins: A. Ashley, J. Harris, S. Otto, J. Watson,
the Delaware Basin Outcrop and Midland Basin Reservoirs, S. Agostini, D. Kay, M. Norman, P. Valdes, P. Allison, A. Avdis,
Permian Basin: C. Kerans, J. Rush, C. K. Zahm E. Santoro
• Effects of Erosional Scours on Reservoir Properties of Thinly • Transgressive Reworking and Its Impact on Sandstone
Bedded, Distal Lower Shoreface Sandstone Reservoirs: Porosity Improvement: The Vivian Formation, Marañón
G. Onyenanu, G. Hampson, P. Fitch, M. D. Jackson Basin, Northern Perú: O. Lopez-Gamundi, C. Lopez-Gamundi

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• Differentiating Stacked Tight Gas Reservoirs of the Spirit • Tide-Modulated Fluvial Sedimentation in a Highly
River Formation in the Deep Basin of Western Canada Using Meandering Channel Near the Dry-Season Tidal Limit of
QEMSCAN Analysis on Cuttings: E. Street, R. Harris, Sittaung River, Myanmar: K. Choi, J. Jo, D. Kim
B. Beshry, M. Enter • Scaling of Fluvial Sand Body Lateral Dispersal Patterns
• Muddy Shorelines of the Paleogene Wilcox Deltas, South From Normal Flow to Backwater Hydraulic Conditions —
Texas Gulf Coast: M. Olariu, H. Zeng Implications for the Cretaceous McMurray Formation,
Alberta, Canada: A. Wahbi, E. Prokocki, M. Blum
Theme 1: Shallow-Marine Depositional Systems, Plays, and
• Reconstructing Sedimentary Environments and Biota Within
Reservoirs II (SEPM)
the Nanushuk Formation, Kukpowruk River, Western North
Co-Chairs: C. Olariu and B. Vakarelov
Slope, Alaska: P. J. McCarthy, A. R. Fiorillo, G. T. Shimer,
• Stratigraphic Architecture and Bayfill Classification in the
E. J. Orphys
Upper Cretaceous Neslen Formation, Eastern Book Cliffs,
• Characterization of the Neogene Fluvial Reservoirs in the
Utah: J. M. Kjærefjord, C. Thrana, S. Bullimore, T. C. Stenbakk
Qinhuangdao (QHD) 32-6 Field — An Integrated Approach
• Depositional History and Shoreline Evolution of the Upper
Using Seismic Spectral Deconvolution, Sand-Constrained
Wilcox Group and Lower Reklaw Formation, Northern Bee
Seismic Forward Modeling, and Densely-Spaced Well Data:
County, Texas: W. Ambrose, H. Zeng, M. Olariu, J. Zhang
W. Li, D. Yue, S. Wu
• Revised Stratigraphic Synthesis of the Baltimore Canyon
• Pattern of Dual Sequence Structures and Their Forming
Trough — Implications for Reservoir Identification and
Mechanism in A Compressional Basin — A Case Study of The
Analysis: W. J. Schmelz, K. G. Miller, G. S. Mountain,
Junggar Basin, West China: X. Du, Y. Lu*, P. Chen
J. V. Browning
• New Ideas in Old Places: Raton Basin Depositional Model as
• Links Between Short-Term Beach Evolution and Resulting
a Distributive Fluvial System (DFS): S. C. Horne,
Heterogeneities in Wave-Dominated, Upper-Shoreface-
R. I. Harrison, J. Holbrook, A. Hartley
Foreshore Sandstone Bodies: E. Schwarz, G. Veiga, M. Isla
• Regional Fluvial Architecture and Reservoir Modeling of the
• Halokinetic Controls on the Evolution of Shallow Marine
Trail Member of the Ericson Sandstone, Mesaverde Group in
Facies Architecture — Upper Jurassic Fulmar Formation,
Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado: C. A. Jolley, A. A. Treviño*,
UKCS: J. A. Foey, S. Clarke, I. Stimpson, T. Randles
S. Hudson
• High-Resolution Facies Analysis of the Upper Mancos Shale
• Structural Interpretation, Trapping Styles and Hydrocarbon
in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico: M. Leung,
Potential of Block-X, Northern Depobelt, Onshore Niger
J. P. Bhattacharya
Delta: O. C. Adeigbe, O. O. Alo
• Basin Scale Study of a Tight Gas Reservoir:
• Applicability of Sequence Stratigraphic Models to Thick
Paleoenviromental Evolution of a Shallow Marine System in
Fluvial Successions in Tectonically-Active Basins:
the Early-Middle Jurassic, Neuquén Basin, Argentina:
W. W. Little
G. N. Vocaturo, W. Brinkworth, M. L. Loss, E. M. Mortaloni,
• Reservoir Characterization and Comparisons of Permian and
D. Giunta, J. L. Massaferro
Jurassic Eolian Sandstones From Central Utah:
• Incised Valleys and Shoal Water Deltas; Depositional Model
D. F. Wheatley, P. A. Steele, S. Hollingworth, M. A. Chan,
for the Middle Jurassic of the Danish Central Graben:
N. Moodie, B. McPherson
J. Andsbjerg
• Integration of the Effects of Bioturbation on Reservoir Theme 5: Salt-Involved Structural Styles (AAPG)
Quality Into Reservoir Modeling of CRAMA Field, Niger Delta Co-Chairs: T. Buddin and M. Rowan
Petroleum Province: C. A. Jackson, M. Oti, W. Mode, • Estimation of Permeability, Porosity, and Rock
P. Osterloff, G. Pemberton Compressibility Properties Using Digital Rock Analysis
• Geomorphology, Sedimentology, and Architecture of the Technique for Heavy Oil Unconsolidated Sandstone Offshore
Ancient Pearl River Delta System, Northern South China Sea: Brazil Post-Salt: M. Marsili, P. Rocha, M. F. de Siqueira*,
W. Chen F. Silva, C. Sisk, A. Grader, J. Toelke, A. Jordan
• Structural and Stratigraphic Evolution of the Sinbad Valley WEDNESDAY POSTER SESSIONS
Theme 1: Understanding Continental Reservoirs (SEPM)
Salt Wall, Northeast Paradox Basin, Southwest Colorado:
Co-Chairs: A. Owen, P. Plink-Bjorklund, and A. Wroblewski
J. A. Thompson, K. Giles, T. E. Hearon, B. Trudgill,
• Analysis of Fluvial Facies Variations of the Price River
C. Gannaway, Z. Jobe, M. G. Rowan
Formation, Mesaverde Group, Book Cliffs, Utah, USA:
• The Tale of 3 Megaflaps, Paradox Salt Basin, Utah and
J. J. Saroni, A. Hartley, A. Owen, J. A. Howell
Colorado: K. Grisi, K. T. Deatrick, J. A. Thompson, K. Giles
• Tectonomorphic Influence on Late Cretaceous-Paleogene
• Controls on Sedimentary Fill in Salt-Walled Mini-Basins
Sediment Provenance and Dispersal Through West and South
of the Triassic and Jurassic, Melville Basin, Western
Texas From Detrital Zircon Geochronology: C. D. Kortyna,
Approaches, United Kingdom: S. Jones, S. Clarke*,
J. L. Corchado Albelo, D. F. Stockli, G. Sharman, J. Covault
S. Stricker, J. Imber, J. Henderson, S. Egan
• Chronostratigraphic and Architectural Analysis of a Modern
• Geomechanical Characteristics of the DeSoto Canyon Salt
Point Bar, Powder River, Montana: B. Warwick, A. Torres,
Basin, Eastern Gulf of Mexico: J. Meng, J. C. Pashin,
J. Holbrook, J. Moody
A. Chandra
• Clastic/Evaporitic Interactions in Arid Continental Settings —
• Lateral Variations of Tectonic Shortening in Kuqa Fold-
Implications for Reservoir Characterization and Modeling:
and-Thrust Belt, Northwest China: Implication for Sub-Salt
R. P. Pettigrew, S. Clarke, P. Richards, A. E. Milodowski
Hydrocarbon Explorations: B. Zhao, Y. Gu, J. Liu, X. Liu,
• Fluvial-Aeolian Interactions Within Arid Continental Basins
N. Gao
— Implications for Reservoir Characterization and Basin
Modeling: C. L. Priddy, S. Clarke, P. Richards, T. Randles

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• Patterns of Up-Salt Faults: A Geomechanical Indication for • A Quick Analytical Approach to Estimate Both Free Versus
Petroleum Exploration: S. Song, J. Hou, Y. Liu, Q. Kang, Sorbed Hydrocarbon Contents in Organic-Rich Source
R. Yang Rocks: M. Romero-Sarmiento, G. Letort, S. Youssouf
• Structural and Stratigraphic Reconstruction of the Whiting • Experimental Study on the Variation of Porosity and
Dome Salt Structure in Viosca Knoll-Mississippi Canyon, Permeability of Shale With Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
GOM, Using 3-D Seismic Data: M. R. Worrell Fracturing: L. Tao, H. Zhu, Q. Liu, X. Tang
• Comparison of Fractal-Based Pore Structure Characteristics
Theme 3: Global Shale Systems I (EMD/SEPM)
Between Marine and Continental Shale: Q. Li, X. Pang,
Co-Chairs: L. Baez and T. Chidsey
X. Shao
• Stratigraphic and Regional Distribution of TOC in the Vaca
• Models of Shale Gas Content in Open/Closed Shale-Gas
Muerta Formation: M. Tenaglia, R. J. Weger, G. Eberli, P. Swart
Systems Under Geological Conditions: S. Wei, S. He, W. Yang
• A New Tight Oil Recoverable Resources Assessment Method
• When the Syn-Depositional Climatic Variations Influence
Based on Multiple Regression Analysis: X. Zhang, H. Wang
My Source Rock Properties – The Case Study of the Vaca
• Pore Structure Characterization for Organic-Rich Lower
Muerta: A. Lejay, J. Monkenbusch, L. Martinez, G. Boitnott,
Silurian Shale in the Upper Yangtze Platform, South China: A
L. Louis, F. Gelin
Possible Mechanism for Pore Development: L. Chen,
Z. Jiang, K. Liu Theme 3: Global Shale Systems III (EMD/SEPM)
• Rock Thermo-Acoustic Emission, Laser Raman Spectroscopy Co-Chairs: Q. Hu and S. Kanungo
and Infrared Spectroscopical Technique Applied to the Study • Research Initiative From the Council for Geoscience: Karoo
of Organic Matter Maturity of the Lower Paleozoic Marine Deep Drilling and Geo-Environmental Baseline Program:
Shales in Southern China: X. Yuan, F. Wang, W. Yang H. Mosavel, L. Chevallier, D. Cole
• Effect of Acidification Pretreatment on the Deep Shale • Diffusion Process, Diffusion Capacity and Controlling
Mechanical Parameters of Longmaxi-Wufeng Formation in Factors of Shale Gas in the Longmaxi Formation, Southeast
China: C. Lu, L. Ma, S. Xiao, J. Guo, Q. Feng of Sichuan Basin, China: L. Tang, Y. Song, Z. Jiang, X. Tang,
• Emerging Proterozoic Unconventional Gas Plays in the Q. Li
Beetaloo Sub-Basin, Northern Territory, Australia: D. Close, • Pore Structure and Fractal Characterization of Transitional
E. Baruch, C. Altmann, A. Cote, B. Richards Shales — A Case Study of Sha-3 Member Shales within
• Evaluation of the Oil Shale Resource Potential Vryheid Shahejie Formation in Qikou Sag, Huanghua Depression,
Formation Northeastern Karoo Coalfields, South Africa: Northeast China: S. Pan, M. Zha, C. Gao, X. Ding, J. Qu
S. C. Motsoaledi • Fractal-Based Pore Structure and Gas Adsorption of Shales
• Relationship Between Pore Characteristics and Occurrence Across a Maturation Gradient: Q. Li, X. Pang, X. Shao
State of Shale Gas: A Case Study of Lower Silurian Longmaxi • Gas Experiments in Shale Formation to Determine Intrinsic
Shale in the Upper Yangtze Platform, South China: L. Chen, Permeability, Adsorption Effects, and Kinematic Porosity:
Z. Jiang, K. Liu G. Berthe, M. Romero-Sarmiento
• Nano-Scale Pore Structure Characteristics of Organic-Rich • Sedimentological and Geochemical Responses of Black
Longmaxi Shale Using Argon Gas Adsorption: H. Zhu, A. Jia, Shale to Late Ordovician-Early Silurian Geological Events in
Y. Wei, J. Xu the Upper Yangtze Area: L. Wu, Y. Lu, S. Jiang
Theme 3: Global Shale Systems II (EMD/SEPM) • Pore Type and Pore Size Distribution of Tight Reservoir in
Co-Chairs: M. Abrams and M. Greb Permian Lucaogou Formation of Jimsar Sag, Junggar Basin,
• Laboratory Research and 3-D DEM Investigation on Northwest China: Y. Su, M. Zha, X. Ding, J. Qu, S. Iglauer
Mechanical Properties of Gas Hydrate Sand Under Different • Multidisciplinary Approached for Assessing the
Temperature, Confining Pressure, and Hydrate Saturation: Unconventional Shale Gas Prospect of Cambay, Assam
H. Zhu, J. Shen, Q. Gao, Y. Dang Arakan, Krishna Godavary and Damodar Basins, India:
• Drilling and Completion System of Shale Gas Based on A. Boruah
WEDNESDAY POSTER SESSIONS

Drilling Robot With Multi-Branch Micro-Wellbores: H. Zhu, • Simulation on Heavy Oil Production With In-Situ Combustion
J. Zhao, Q. Liu in the Northern Oilfield of Thailand: K. Maneeintr, K. Sasaki
• Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization of Technological Theme 4: Assessing Source Rock Properties (AAPG)
Parameters During Coupled Liquid CO2 Fracturing-Huff and Chair: C. Campbell
Puff Treatment in Tight Oil Reservoirs: B. Xiao, T. Jiang, • Assessing the Spatial Variability of Shale Maturity Estimates
S. Zhang, J. Ma* From Raman Spectroscopy: A. M. Jubb, P. Jarboe, J. Birdwell,
• Integrated Assessment of Thermal Maturity of Upper R. Burruss, P. Hackley, B. Valentine
Ordovician–Lower Silurian Wufeng–Longmaxi Shale in • Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Estimation and Generation
Southern Sichuan Basin, China: Y. Wang, N. Qiu, Y. Yang Potential of the Ordovician Maquoketa Shale, Illinois Basin –
• Formation Mechanism and Controlling Factors of Organic Using a Modification of the ΔlogR Technique: M. Khosravi,
Pores in Organic-Rich Shale: J. Ding, J. Zhang, C. Yang, D. C. Willette
Z. Huo • Geochemistry and Microstructure Characterization
• Microseismic Monitoring: A Tool for Evaluating of Kerogen in Chinese Cambrian Shale — A Combined
Hydraulically-Induced Fracture Network Complexity in Experimental and Molecular Simulation Study: L. Huang,
Various Geological Settings: J. Le Calvez, Z. Ning, Q. Wang
S. Hanson-Hedgecock, C. Fredd, M. Williams
• A Dynamic Reserve Estimation Method for Both Methane and
Water in Coal Reservoirs: Q. Zeng, Z. Wang

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Classic Geology of Arches and
Canyonlands National Parks,
and Spectacular Points Along
the Way (UGA)

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• Geochemical Characteristics of Environmental Conditions • Geochemistry of Trace Elements as a Tool for Geochemical
Favorable to OM Preservation During the Barremian-Aptian Production Allocation: Case Study of Crude Oils From the
in the Cabo Formation, Organya Basin, Northeast Spain: Arabian Basin: M. E. Abu Alreesh, J. Casey, Y. Gao, W. Yang,
C. M. Herdocia, F. J. Maurrasse I. Al Atwah, D. Jacobi
• Lacustrine Environment and Organic Matter Enrichment • A New Method to Improve the Prediction Accuracy on TOC of
Mechanism for Source Rock of the Third Member of the Source Rock by BP Neural Network Model: C. Li, Z. Liu, W. Li
Shahejie Formation in the Raoyang Sag, Bohai Bay Basin,
Theme 4: Understanding Source Rocks From Generation to
Eastern China: J. Yin, H. Zou
Production (AAPG/SEPM)
• From Carbonate Factory Collapse to Recovery — Insights
Chair: A. Kornacki
Through Box Modeling of Carbon Isotope Excursions of
• Charging of JZ20 – A Oil Field on the Northern End of Liaoxi
Oceanic Anoxic Events (OAEs): T. Larson, B. P. Smith,
Uplift From Multiple Lacustrine Source Rock Intervals and
N. Ettinger
Generative Kitchens, Bohai Bay Basin, China: L. Tian, D. Tian,
• Reliable Solid Organic Matter Thermal Maturity Assessment
C. Xu, K. Wu, W. Pan, R. Zhang
Using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Case
• Discovery and Exploration Potential of the Cryogenian High-
Studies: L. Gao, C. Jiang, M. Rahman, J. Shaw, Y. Tang*
Quality Source Rocks in Southern China: T. Li, G. Zhu,
• Constraining Maikop Source Rock Stratigraphy, Deposition,
Z. Zhang
and Timing Using Chemostratigraphy of Redox-
• Geochemically Distinct Oil Families in the Onshore and
Sensitive Metals, Platinum-Group Elements, and Re-Os
Offshore Santa Maria Basins, California: K. E. Peters,
Geochronology: A. Washburn, S. Hudson, D. Selby,
P. G. Lillis, T. D. Lorenson, J. E. Zumberge
N. Shiyanova
• Geochemical and Isotopic Signatures of Thermochemical
• Dominant Controls on Upper Triassic Organic-Rich Shale
Sulfate Reduction in Hydrous Pyrolysis vs. Long-Term
Deposition: Geochemical Evidences From the Chang 7 Shale
Hydrous Heating Experiments: M. A. Alrowaie,
in the Ordos Basin, China: R. Chen, G. Liu, W. Yuan
A. Schimmelmann, P. E. Sauer, L. M. Pratt
• Applications of Multivariate Curve Resolution to the
• The Origin, Accumulation, and Escape of Natural Gas in the
Interpretation of Geochemical and Mineralogical Data
Songdong and Baodao Regions in the Eastern Qiongdongnan
Relevant to Petroleum Systems: J. Birdwell
Basin, South China Sea: A. Su
Theme 4: New Methods and Approaches in Source Rock • Hydrocarbon Fluid Charge History and Pore-Pressure
Analysis (AAPG) Evolution in the Pinghu Slope Belt of the Xihu Depression,
Co-Chairs: A. Thapalia and D. Wavrek East China Sea Basin: A. Su
• The Identification and Origin of Diamondoid and • CO2 Utilization in Tight Oil Formation: Interfacial Properties
Thiadiamondoid Products From Condensate of LS2 Well, and Minimum Miscibility Pressures in Nanopores: K. Zhang,
Tarim Basin: Significance for Oil Exploration Potential of N. Jia
Ultra-Deep Strata: G. Zhu, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhang, T. Li, • Origins and Accumulation Characteristics of Crude Oil in
P. Greenwood, N. He, K. Grice, Y. Neng Northeastern Part of Baiyun Sag, Pearl River Mouth Basin:
• Unraveling Oil Migration and Mixing History From Different F. Wang, H. j. Zeng
Structural Belts in Mahu Depression of Junggar Basin, • Organic Geochemical Characteristics and Factors Controlling
Northwest China: Constraints From Molecular Geochemistry the Organic Matter Accumulation in Silurian Black Shales
and Fluid Inclusions: Z. Chen, J. Li, G. Liu, F. Yang From the Ovacik District, Central Taurus Region, Turkey —
• Unraveling the Caribbean Petroleum Habitat: L. M. Bernardo, Implications for Source Rock and Gas Potential: Z. Doner,
J. R. Bonelli M. Kumral, I. Demirel, Q. Hu
• Advanced Geochemical Technologies Determine Source- • Paleolimnological Environments and the Formation of
Rock Depositional Environment, Crude Oil Thermal Maturity Organic-Matter-Rich Rocks in the Bohai Bay Basin — An
and the Extent of Oil Cracking in the Frontier Pegasus Basin, Integrated Geochemical Study of Biomarkers, Stable Carbon
WEDNESDAY POSTER SESSIONS

New Zealand: Z. F. Burton, J. Moldowan, A. Hosford Scheirer, and Oxygen Isotope, and Trace Elements: Q. Wang, F. Hao,
S. Graham H. Zou
• A Multiple Isotope (C, H, S, and O) Approach to Theme 8: Carbon Management (DEG)
Characterizing Crude Oil Families Within Oil Basins: Co-Chairs: W. Jia and T. Xiao
C. D. Barrie, K. W. Taylor, J. Zumberge • Pre-injection Reservoir Characterization for CO2 Storage in
• Geochemistry of Oil-Bearing Fluid Inclusions Insight Into the Near Offshore Areas of the Texas Gulf of Mexico:
Hydrocarbon Charge in Devonian-Mississippian Petroleum R. Sabbagh, T. Meckel
Systems, Anadarko Basin: I. Al Atwah, S. Mohammadi, • Integrated Geologic Storage Prefeasibility Study Proximal to
S. Sweet, A. Knap, m. Becker Dry Fork Power Station, Powder River Basin, Wyoming:
• Enhanced Understanding of Fluid Variability in Pliocene S. A. Quillinan, N. Bosshart, B. S. Oster, Z. Jiao, Y. Ganshin,
Reservoirs of the South Caspian Basin: S. Mehay, E. Philips, T. Moore, J. F. McLaughlin, C. Nye, D. Bagdonas,
M. Hashem, L. Rouis, E. Mollianiyazov, B. Bennett, N. Jones
A. Stankiewicz • Controls of Cement Texture and Composition on Sandstone
• Using Statistical Techniques to Identify End-Members Mechanical Property Changes From Reaction With CO2-Rich
for Allocating Commingled Oil Samples Produced From Brine: Z. Wu, A. Luhmann, A. Rinehart, P. Mozley, T. Dewers,
Unconventional Reservoirs: A. S. Kornacki, D. K. Baskin, J. Heath, B. Majumdar
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• CarbonSAFE Rocky Mountain Phase I: Seismic • Petrologic Assessment of Diagenetic Evolution in Temporally
Characterization of the Navajo Reservoir, San Rafael Swell, Equivalent Carbonates of the Marcellus “Shale” From West
Utah: K. Haar, R. Balch, R. Will Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York: J. C. Root, T. E. Jordan
• CO2 Plume Tracking and Monitoring at Wellington Field CO2 • Interpretation of Recrystallization Processes of
EOR Pilot: Y. Holubnyak, W. Watney, C. Jackson, B. Campbell, Sedimentary Dolomites as Deduced From Crystal Structural
J. Victorine and Geochemical Data With Implications for Reservoir
• Characterization of the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone of Characterization: G. Lukoczki, P. Sarin, J. M. Gregg, C. M. John
Central Utah: A Potential Carbon Capture and Sequestration • Effect of Bioturbation on the Porosity and Permeability of
Reservoir: P. A. Steele, M. A. Chan, D. F. Wheatley Shelf Carbonates: Examples from the Ulayyah Member of the
• Raman Spectroscopy for Detection of CO2, SOx and NOx in Hanifa Formations, Central Saudi Arabia: H. Eltom,
Precipice Sandstone: G. A. Myers, L. G. Turner, A. Cookman, S. T. Hasiotis, E. C. Rankey
J. Pearce, S. D. Golden, J. Parkins, P. Christian, B. Wiseman • Subaerial Exposure and Diagenesis of the Miocene Kardiva
Platform, Maldives: K. Prince, J. Laya, C. Betzler, G. Eberli,
Theme 8: Kemper, Mississippi CO2 Sequestration Site (DEG)
C. Zarikian, P. Swart, J. Reolid, J. Reijmer
Co-Chairs: G. Koperna and D. Riestenberg
• Carbonate Chemostratigraphy Caveat: Micrite Undergoes
• The Paluxy Formation in the East-Central Gulf of Mexico
Diagenesis: F. Hasiuk, S. E. Kaczmarek
Basin — Geology of an Ultra-Giant Anthropogenic CO2 Sink:
J. C. Pashin, M. Achang, A. Chandra, A. Folaranmi, S. Martin, Theme 2: Fundamental Controls on Carbonate Reservoir
J. Meng, S. Urban, C. Wethington, D. E. Riestenberg, Quality: In Honor of Clyde Moore (SEPM)
G. Koperna, M. Redden-McIntyre, D. J. Hills, R. Esposito Co-Chairs: M. Mettraux and J. Rivers
• Advanced Reservoir and Seal Characterization at the Kemper • Diagenesis of a Lower Cretaceous Limestone Reservoir in a
Storage Site: J. F. McLaughlin, P. Walsh, E. Lowery, S. Saraji, Giant Oilfield, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Comparison
M. Akbarabadi, M. Piri Between the Crest and Flanks: M. Alsuwaidi, S. Morad,
• Evaluation of Potential Geochemical Reactions and Changes H. Mansurbeg, M. Paganoni, D. Morad, S. Ehrenberg,
in Hydrologic Properties at the Kemper County CO2 Storage A. Al Harethi, I. Al-Aasm
Complex: L. E. Beckingham, F. Qin, I. Anjikar, B. L. Kirkland, • Diagenesis and Quality of Deep Cambrian Carbonate
S. Cyphers Reservoirs From the Tarim Basin, Northwestern China:
• Investigation of Reactions Between Glauconite and Carbon K. Goldberg, B. Li
Dioxide, With Implications for Carbon Sequestration: • Reservoir Characterization and Fracture Network Modeling
A. V. Nguyen, R. Gabitov, L. Beckingham, T. Hossein, F. Yu, of the Highly Fractured Dolomitized A-2 Carbonate (Silurian)
B. Kirkland Gas Storage Reservoirs in the Michigan Basin: C. Joupperi,
• Seismic Reflection Data Interpretation to Support Project D. Reeves, J. Garrett
ECO2S, Kemper County, MS: D. J. Hills, J. Koster, J. C. Pashin • Primary Depositional Facies Controls on Diagenetic
• Lessons Learned From Recent CCS Well Construction Susceptibility and Porosity Evolution in Mixed Carbonate
Projects: A. Duguid, J. Kirksey*, G. Koperna, D. E. Riestenberg and Chert Intervals, Northwest Arkansas and Southwest
• Project ECO2S: Commercial Scale Risk Management for CO2 Missouri, USA: B. Price, G. M. Grammer, A. El Belasy,
Storage: K. Hnottavange-Telleen, J. MacGregor, C. M. John
D. E. Riestenberg, D. J. Hills • Origin of the “Rim Dolomite” at the Salt-Sediment Interface
• Sequence Stratigraphy of Cretaceous Cycles in the Southern of Patawarta Allochthonous Salt Sheet, Flinders Ranges,
Margin of the Black Warrior Basin, Mississippi — A Potential South Australia: R. Kernen, P. L. Poe, K. Giles, C. Fiduk,
Reservoir for Geologic Carbon Sequestration: C. Kyler, T. Hearon, M. G. Rowan, B. Brunner, K. Lerer, A. Labrado
B. L. Kirkland*, D. E. Riestenberg, G. Koperna, S. Cyphers • A Novel Approach to Productivity Prediction of Carbonate
Gas Reservoirs Ffrom Electrical Image Logs: D. Wang, B. Xie
Theme 2: New Insights on the Complexity of Carbonate
• Pore Types, Origins, and Control on Reservoir Heterogeneity
Diagenesis (SEPM) WEDNESDAY POSTER SESSIONS
of Carbonate Rocks in Middle Cretaceous Mishrif Formation of
Co-Chairs: F. Hasiuk and C. John
West Qurna Oilfield, Iraq: H. Liu, Z. Tian, R. Guo, D. Li, D. Yang
• Imaging the Interface Between Organic Matter and Calcium
• Evidence for Karst Controlled Reservoirs in the Jurassic
Carbonate Precipitates: M. P. Testa, B. L. Kirkland*,
Cretaceous Success Formation and the Mississippian
R. Thirumalai, A. Lawrence
Madison Group of West-Central Saskatchewan: D. Kohlruss
• Evaluating the Effects of Fluid Chemistry on Dolomite
• Sulfate Source and Model for Thermochemical Sulfate
Stoichiometry and Reaction Rate: H. F. Cohen, S. E. Kaczmarek
Reduction in the Triassic Feixianguan Carbonate Gas
• The Influence of Fault-Controlled Dolomitization on Porosity
Reservoirs, Sichuan Basin: G. Wang, F. Hao, H. Zou, P. Li
Modification in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin:
• Seismic Fracture Prediction Constrained by Strain
J. E. Stacey, C. Hollis, H. Corlett, A. Koeshidayatullah
Distribution in a Tight Carbonate Reservoir, Hojagurluk Fold
• Unravelling Reflux Dolomitization: Why Size Matters?:
and Thrust Belt of Amu Darya Right Bank, Turkmenistan:
C. Teoh, J. Laya, F. Whitaker, T. Gabellone, M. Tucker,
K. Guo, L. Fan, X. Cheng, L. Li
C. Manche, S. E. Kaczmarek, B. Miller
• Diagenesis of the San Andres Formation in the Seminole Unit
• Fluid Histories of Middle Ordovician Fault-Fracture Dolomite
in the Central Basin Platform, West Texas: L. Jiang,
Oil Fields of the Southern Michigan Basin: R. F. Dunseith,
I. J. Duncan
J. M. Gregg, G. M. Grammer
• Prediction of Hydrothermally Altered Permian Gas
• Genetic Origin and Diagenetic Transformation of LMC
Reservoirs From Thailand: P. A. Lapointe
Microcrystal Textures in Limestones: M. Hashim,
S. E. Kaczmarek

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 SHORT COURSES AT A GLANCE (For detailed information visit ACE.AAPG.org)

Pre- Title Instructors Date(s) / Time(s) Fees

Convention
1 Petrography of Mudrock Lyn Canter (Whiting Petroleum, Denver, Saturday, 19 May Professionals $300
Hydrocarbon Reservoirs (RMAG) Colorado); David Hull (Devon Energy, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Students $150
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Mark
Longman (QEP Resources, Denver,
Colorado); Joe Macquaker (ExxonMobil
Upstream Research Company, Houston,
Texas) and Terri Olson (Digital Rock
Petrophysics, Denver, Colorado)
2 An Introduction to Core Michael Hofmann (University of Montana, Saturday, 19 May Professionals $560
Analytical Techniques (MGS) Missoula, Montana) and Richard 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Students $280
Patience (APT and Albion Petroleum
Geochemistry, Missouri City, Texas)
3 Dissecting a Cretaceous Fluvial- M. Ryan King (Consultant, Gunnison, Saturday, 19 May Professionals $250
Deltaic Succession in Core, Colorado) and Paul Anderson 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Students $75
Ferron Sandstone, Utah (UGA) (Consultant, Emery, Utah)
4 Fracture Characterization Julia F. W. Gale (Bureau of Economic Saturday, 19 May Professionals $100
(PROWESS) Geology, Austin, Texas) 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Students $50
5 Concepts, Models, and Case Hans Machel (University of Alberta, Saturday–Sunday, Professionals $895
Studies of Dolomitization - With Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) and Jay 19–20 May Students $115
Applications to Hydrocarbon Gregg (Oklahoma State University, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Exploration and Development Stillwater, Oklahoma)
(AAPG)
6 Sequence Stratigraphy for Morgan Sullivan (Chevron, Houston, Saturday–Sunday, Students $50
Graduate Students (SEPM) Texas) and Art Donovan (Texas A&M, 19–20 May
Houston, Texas) 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
7 Advanced Sequence Vitor Abreu (Consultant, Houston, Saturday–Sunday, Professionals $700
Stratigraphic Applications for Texas) and Keriann Pederson 19–20 May Students $150
Exploration (SEPM) (ExxonMobil, Houston, Texas) 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
8 Mechanical Fundamentals Ian Walton (University of Utah, Salt Lake Sunday, 20 May Professionals /
for Production from Low City, Utah) and John McLennan (Energy 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m Students $200
Permeability Reservoirs (UGA) & Geoscience Institute, Salt Lake City,
Utah)
9 Chemometric Tools to Establish Kenneth Peters (Schlumberger, Mills Sunday, 20 May Professionals $515
Petroleum Systems, Predict Valley, California) 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Students $115
Physical Properties, and De-
Convolute Mixed Production
(AAPG)
10 Tricky Carbonates Made Simple Peter Homewood and Monique Mettraux Sunday, 20 May Professionals $450
(UGA) (GEOSOLUTIONS Training, Research & 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Students $100
Development, Gan, France)

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 11 Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis Kevin Bohacs (ExxonMobil Upstream Sunday, 20 May Professionals $600
of Shales and Mudstones: Research Company, Houston, Texas); 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Students $100
Key to Paleoclimate Archives, Ovidiu Remus Lazar (ExxonMobil
Subsurface Fluid Flow, and Upstream Research Company, Houston,
Hydrocarbon Source, Reservoir, Texas); Joe MacQuaker (ExxonMobil
and Seal (SEPM) Upstream Research Company, Houston,
Texas); and Juergen Schieber (Indiana
University, Bloomington, Indiana)
12 UAVs and Virtual Outcrops – John Howell (University of Aberdeen Sunday, 20 May Professionals $515
from Data Collection to Final King's College, Aberdeen, United 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Students $115
Interpretation (AAPG) Kingdom)
13 Applied Petroleum Geochemistry Richard Patience (APT and Albion Sunday, 20 May Professionals $600
(EMD) Petroleum Geochemistry, Missouri City, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Students $300
Texas) and Joe Curiale (Geochemical
Advisory Services, Sugar Land, Texas)
14 Unconventional Resource Gary Citron (Rose and Associates, Santa Sunday, 20 May Professionals $570
Assessment and Valuation Barbara, California) and Creties Jenkins 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Students $285
(EMD) (Rose and Associates, Santa Barbara,
California)
Post-
Convention
15 Petrophysical Evaluation of Jack Breig (Precision Petrophysics, Thursday, 24 May Professionals $300
Unconventional Reservoirs Denver, Colordao) 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m Students $150
(PTTC)
16 Rock and Seismic Sequence Rick Sarg (Colorado School of Mines, Thursday–Friday, Professionals $700
Expression of Carbonate Golden, Colorado) 24–25 May Students $150
Systems – Exploration and 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m
Reservoir Characterization
(SEPM)

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 HOW TO GET AROUND
Salt Lake City is the capital and most populous city in Utah. Airport Information
Bordered by the buoyant waters of the Great Salt Lake and the Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
snow-capped peaks of the Wasatch Range, Salt Lake offers an 776 N Terminal Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84122
immense amount of outdoor activities, dining, shopping, and other Phone: +1 801 575 2400
attractions for you to enjoy. Website: slcairport.com
Below you will find important information about Salt Lake which Distance from the convention center: 6.2 miles
can help you plan your trip or may be useful to you during your visit. Drive time: 10 minutes

Airport Transportation
Taxi
Salt Lake City has maximum rates for ground transportation
providers servicing city-bound customers. The fare limits apply
to transportation from the airport to destinations within Salt Lake
City boundaries and are determined by two geographical zones.
(www.slcairport.com/assets/Uploads/GT-Rate-Zones-Web.jpg)
• Zone 1: Maximum rate from Airport to within 500 East is $25
• Zone 2: Maximum rate from Airport outside of 500 East is $30 Rental Car – (AVIS / Budget)
Shuttles and Limousines AAPG Members can take this opportunity to receive discounts
Passengers may arrange transportation from Salt Lake City off vehicle rentals through either AVIS or Budget. You will need
International with onsite shuttle and ground transportation to have your membership card available for reservations and to
companies located in the baggage claim areas of both Terminal pick up your vehicle. Please visit the AVIS and Budget websites
One and Terminal Two. In addition, companies providing to begin saving on your car rental.
transportation are available outside Door #7 in Terminal One Transportation Networking Companies
and Door #11 in Terminal Two. Contact the shuttle provider of Transportation Networking Companies can pick up and drop off
your choice to arrange transportation service. passengers at Salt Lake City International Airport, if they have
TRAX Service and Bus an airport operating permit. Two popular companies, Lyft, and
Public transportation to and from the Salt Lake City International Uber, legally operate in Salt Lake City and at the airport.
Airport is provided by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA).
The TRAX Green Line leaves the airport every 15 minutes on
weekdays and every 20 minutes on weekends. The TRAX stop
is located at the south end of Terminal One. For more visit
(rideuta.com).

Convention Center Information

Salt Palace Convention Center
100 South West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: +1 385 468 2222
Website: visitsaltlake.com/salt-palace-convention-center

Convention Center Parking

The Salt Palace Convention Center offers two convenient
underground garages that are open seven days a week:
• South Lot – Enter off of 200 South between West Temple
and 200 West (600 stalls). Open 24 hours Monday-Friday at
a flat rate of $14 per day.
• West Lot – Enter off of 300 West between 100 South and
South Temple (400 stalls). Open 24 hours Monday-Friday at
a flat rate of $12 per day.

In addition to parking on-site at the Salt Palace, downtown Salt

Lake City has over 30,000 parking spaces available.
Visit www.parkingslc.com/index.php for more information on
parking options.

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Public Transportation
Buses
A connecting service to many of the TRAX and FrontRunner stations, Buses
allow you to get almost anywhere in the Greater Salt Lake Area. Bus routes can
be found across the Salt Lake Valley, Ogden, Utah County and up to Brigham
City. Fare prices start at $1.25 for a one-way pass and $6.25 for day passes. Get
complete route, schedule, and fare details for Salt Lake’s transportation buses
at rideuta.com.

TRAX
Gain access to Downtown from across the valley on three color-
coded lines. Downtown Salt Lake provides a great transfer point
as all the lines run through downtown.
• The Green line begins at the Salt Lake International Airport,
runs through downtown Salt Lake, and then out to West
Valley City. At the airport, riders can board at the station
and Welcome Center just outside Terminal One. Fare is
$2.50 and trains run every 15 minutes. Weekday service
runs from 5:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., with a more limited
schedule on weekends.
• The Red line provides service from the University of Utah,
through downtown, South to 6400 South and then west to
the Daybreak community.
• The Blue line begins in downtown at the transfer station
and runs south through the valley to Draper.
For full schedule and fare rates visit: Utah Transit Authority.
(rideuta.com)

FrontRunner
FrontRunner trains provide transportation access from Ogden to
Provo, with limited stops along the way. Weekday service starts
as early as 4:30 a.m., with the last stop just after midnight.
Saturday service begins at 6:00 a.m. with the last stop just after
2:00 a.m. There is no Sunday service. One-way base fare prices
start at $1.25.

Visa Information Obtaining a Visa

The United States requires the citizens of many foreign It is your responsibility to apply for a passport, visa or any other
countries to obtain visas to enter the U.S. If you are not a U.S. required documents and to demonstrate to consular officials
citizen and are intending to attend ACE 2018, please ensure that you are properly classifiable as a visitor under United States
that you obtain the correct visa to enter the country. Detailed law. You may request a letter by selecting the box either online
information on the U.S. Visa Policy can be found at the U.S. or on the printed registration form. Letters will be sent to those
Department of State website, travel.state.gov/content/travel/en. that are registered and fully paid. AAPG supplies this letter for
visa purposes only. All expenses involved with attending the
convention are the responsibility of the attending party. If your
visa application is denied and AAPG receives a copy of the
denial by email (convene@aapg.org) or fax (+1 918 560 2684)
before 20 May 2018 your registration fee only will be refunded,
less a $75 processing fee.

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 WHERE TO STAY

Please book your rooms through the AAPG Housing Bureau. This helps AAPG meet hotel room block commitments and avoid
penalties that could ultimately increase convention expenses. New hotel reservations must be booked with the Housing Bureau by
23 April 2018. Additional details, policies, and deadlines can be found at ACE.AAPG.org.

Hotel Address Single/ Extra Person In-Room Parking* Guest Room

Double Charge Dining Internet
Hilton Salt Lake City Center 255 South West Temple $185 $20 Yes Self-Parking - $18 Free
(AAPG Headquarters) Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Valet - $24
Salt Lake Marriott 75 South West Temple $199 $10 Yes Self-Parking - $9.95
Downtown at City Creek Salt Lake City, UT 84101 $20 Daily/$16 Overnight
(SEPM Headquarters) Valet -
$25 Daily/$21 Overnight

Rates Online
To receive the convention room rate, all hotel reservations must All reservations made online will require a valid credit card
be made through the Housing Bureau. Hotel rates are listed number and expiration date through May 2018 to guarantee your
above and online. reservation. Make reservations online at ACE.AAPG.org.

Deposits Changes/Cancellations
All reservations will require a credit card guarantee equal to the Changes and cancellations to existing reservations may be
first night’s stay, inclusive of tax, as a deposit. A valid credit card made online or by contacting the Housing Bureau prior to
and expiration date should be provided with your room request. 30 April. Any changes or cancellations after 30 April must
The hotel may cancel room reservations without notification if be sent directly to the hotel. Guaranteed room reservations
one night’s deposit is not received prior to your scheduled arrival. not cancelled 72 hours prior to arrival and not used will
subsequently be billed by the hotel to your credit card account.

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 HOW TO REGISTER Use promo code ACE18A
for best available pricing.
All registration details and policies can be found on ACE.AAPG.org. You can also download a registration form online.
For more information call +1 781 688 8000, Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EST)

Registration Type On or before On or before After

22 March Midnight EST 19 April Midnight EST 19 April Midnight EST
Member* $545 $650 $755
Emeritus Member** $275 $325 $378
Join and Save $545 + dues $650 + dues $755 + dues
Full Four-Day Technical
Program & Exhibition Nonmember $650 $755 $860
Student Member* $55 $55 $75
Student Nonmember $70 $70 $90
Includes: Access to the Opening Session and Awards Ceremony, Icebreaker Reception, Oral and Poster Sessions,
Refreshment Breaks, End-of-Day Receptions, and Exhibition as well as the access code to the Digital Library
for the Abstracts.
One-Day Member* $355
One-Day Nonmember $420
One-Day Technical
Program & Exhibition Includes: Access to the Oral and Poster Sessions, Refreshment Breaks, End-of-Day Receptions, and
(Select Day) Exhibition for the day you register as well as the access code to the Digital Library for the Abstracts.
You will need to purchase a one-day Sunday Exhibition Pass in order to attend the Opening Session and Awards
Ceremony and the Icebreaker Reception.
One-Day Member*
$100
One-Day Nonmember
One-Day Exhibition Only
(Select Day) Includes: Access to the Refreshment Breaks, End-of-Day Receptions, and Exhibition for the day you register.
You will need to purchase a one-day Sunday Exhibition Pass in order to attend the Opening Session and Awards
Ceremony and the Icebreaker Reception on Sunday.
Guest $100
Guest of Emeritus Member** $50
Guests Includes: Access to the Opening Session and Awards Ceremony, Icebreaker Reception, Oral and Poster Sessions,
Refreshment Breaks, End-of-Day Receptions, and Exhibition as well as a guest amenity. (May not be
a member of any of the listed associations or a professional in the industry and must be accompanied
by a convention registrant.)
Field Trip/Short Course Only $30 + cost of trip/course
Non-Convention Includes: Access only to field trip(s) and/or short course(s) for which you register. If you do not register
Activity Fee for the convention and exhibition in addition to the field trip(s) and/or short course(s), you will not receive
access to any activities or events during the convention and exhibition.

* Member Rates apply to members of the following societies: AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists), AASP (American
Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists), AWG (Association of Women Geoscientists), CPC (Circum-Pacific Council for Energy &
Minerals Resources, Inc.), GSL (Geological Society of London), GSA (Geological Society of America), IAMG (International Association of
Mathematical Geology), NABGG (National Association of Black Geologist & Geophysicists), SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists),
SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), SIPES (Society of Independent Earth Scientists), SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers),
SPWLA (Society of Professional Well Log Analysts), TSOP (The Society of Organic Petrology), and UGA (Utah Geological Association).
** Emeritus Members must be current members of one of the above associations with 30 years and be 65 years old before you qualify.
Confirmations
A detailed confirmation, including information about the registration type, products selected, payment information, receipt, etc. will be
emailed to you within 24-48 hours. Please retain this acknowledgement for your records. Should you not receive a confirmation, please
contact the AAPG Registration Center/TPN by email at: aapgregistration@thepulsenetwork.com or phone at + 1 781 688 8000. Save
time on site by bringing your confirmation that includes a barcode. Badges and tickets will be printed when you check in on site.
Cancellations/Refunds
Cancellations can be made by following the instructions on your confirmation or contacting the AAPG Registration Center/TPN by
email (aapgregistration@thepulsenetwork.com), telephone, or mail by 5 April. Cancellations received on or before 5 April will be fully
refunded less a $75 processing fee. Refunds will not be issued after 5 April or for “no shows.” You may substitute one participant for
another. Refunds for field trips, guest tours and/or short courses can be made until 19 April. No refunds for field trips, guest tours and/
or short courses can be made after this date.

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