MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11
– Oral Presentations – |
Integrated Sequence Stratigraphic, Diagenetic, and Reservoir Architectural Analysis of Cretaceous Carbonates, Gulf of Mexico Basin (Part 1)
Chairs: Charles Kerans, Robert Loucks, and Lowell Waite
Room 202A/B, Concourse Level
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Break |
10:30 |
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Organic ‘Shales’ of the Gulf Coast—Controls on Reservoir Quality and Producibility (Part 1)
Chairs: Randy Miller and James Rine
Ballroom B, Street Level
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8:30 |
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8:50 |
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9:10 |
William Dawson and William Almon: Eagle Ford Shale Variability: Sedimentologic Influences on Source and Reservoir Character in an Unconventional Resource Unit |
9:30 |
Brian Lock, Lauren Peschier, and Nick Whitcomb: The Eagle Ford (Boquillas Formation) of Val Verde County, Texas—A Window on the South Texas Play |
9:50 |
Break |
10:30 |
Charles Cusack, Jana Beeson, Dick Stoneburner, and Gregg Robertson: The Discovery, Reservoir Attributes, and Significance of the
Hawkville Field and Eagle Ford Shale Trend, Texas |
10:50 |
Andrea D. Cicero, Ingo Steinhoff, Tony McClain, Kimberly A. Koepke, and Jim D. Dezelle: Sequence Stratigraphy of the Upper Jurassic Mixed Carbonate/Siliciclastic Haynesville and Bossier Shale Depositional Systems in East Texas and Northern Louisiana |
11:10 |
John Rhodes: Stratigraphic and Tectonic Control on Sweet Spots in the Haynesville Shale |
11:30 |
David Spain and Glen Anderson: Controls on Reservoir Quality and Productivity in the Haynesville Shale, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Basin |
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Water for a Growing Region—Geology, Water Quality, and Resource Management
Chairs: Amy Clark and Allan Clark
Room 201, Concourse Level |
8:30 |
Larry Land, Brian Hunt, and Brian Smith: Hydrologic Connection of the Edwards Aquifer between San Marcos Springs and Barton Springs, Texas |
8:50 |
Brian Smith and Brian Hunt: A Comparison of the 1950s Drought of Record and the 2009 Drought, Barton Springs Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, Central Texas |
9:10 |
Paul Knox, Steven Young, Scott Hamlin, Ernest Baker, Jr., Robert A. Kalbouss, and Trevor Budge: Heterogeneity of the Gulf Coast Aquifer, Brazos River to Rio Grande, Texas |
9:30 |
Jeffrey Nunn: Seasonal Groundwater Withdrawal in Southwestern Louisiana: Implications for Land Subsidence and Resource Management |
9:50 |
Break |
10:30 |
Ian Floyd, Thomas Orsi, and David Patrick: Wetland Function Versus Value: Impact of Anthropogenic Activity at Camp Shelby Training Site, Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
10:50 |
William Schramm: Achievements in Site Cleanup through the Application of Multiple Remediation Technologies: An Ongoing Success Story |
11:10 |
Allan Standen and Paul Kirby: 3D Hydrostratigraphic Model of the Tertiary Aquifers, Fayette County, Texas |
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– Poster and Core Presentations – |
(Note: Poster and core presentations will be displayed from 8:30 am, Monday, October 11, to 3:30 pm, Tuesday, October 12. In-person presentations will be from 9:00-10:30 am on both Monday and Tuesday.)
Chair: Jim Stolle
Exhibit Hall B, Street Level |
P1
Mexico |
Jaime Patiño Ruiz, Miguel Olivella Ledezma, Fernando Sánchez Lú, Víctor M. Chávez Valois, Amado Marín Toledo, and Ramiro Ríos Rojas: Tuxpan and Artesa-Mundo Nuevo, Two Middle Cretaceous Reef Platforms in Mexico: Similarities and Differences |
P2
Central Texas |
Toyly Abdullayev and Emily L. Stroudt: Correlation of Shallow Water Depositional Cycle Packages in the Ellenburger Group from 3 Cored Wells in Central Texas (No Abstract Available) |
P4
Texas Gulf Coast |
Janell Edman and Janet Pitman: Geochemistry of Eagle Ford Group Source Rocks and Oils
from the First Shot Field Area, Texas |
P5
Texas Gulf Coast |
Tucker Hentz and Stephen Ruppel: Regional Lithostratigraphy of Eagle Ford Shale: Potential Gas-Shale Play Areas from Maverick Basin to East Texas Basin |
P6
Texas Gulf Coast |
Nathanael Banda and Brian Smith: Three-Dimensional Geologic Model of the Barton Springs Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, Central Texas (No Abstract Available) |
P7
Texas Gulf Coast |
Regina Dickey and Thomas Yancey: Palynological age control on the Calvert Bluff-Carrizo section, Wilcox Group, Bastrop, Texas |
P8
Texas Gulf Coast |
Thomas Yancey, Thom Hull, and Regina Dickey: Depositional Environments of Sediments Bracketing the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary, Bastrop, Texas |
P9
East Texas |
Ofori Pearson, Elisabeth Rowan, Russell Dubiel, and John Miller: Mesozoic-Cenozoic Structural Evolution of East Texas—Constraints and Insights from Interpretation of Regional 2D Seismic Lines and Structural Modeling |
P10
E. Texas / N. Louisiana |
Marty Horn: Problems and Progress in Defining Louark Group Lithostratigraphic Boundaries: Results from Examination of Well Samples and Recent Geophysical Logs |
P11
N. Louisiana |
Adam D'Aquin and Jeffrey Nunn: Enhanced Geothermal Potential of South Bossier Parish, Louisiana |
P12
S. Louisiana |
Lauri Burke: Temperature and Preservation Rates in the Deep Tuscaloosa Formation, Judge Digby Field, Louisiana |
P13
S. Louisiana |
Mark Etienne, Carl Richter, and William Schramm: Geoelectrical Imaging of a Hydrocarbon Plume at the Lookout Release Site (St. Helena Parish, Louisiana) |
P14
S. Louisiana |
Clint Edrington, Harry Roberts, and Syed Khalil: Establishing Geochronologic Order of the Early and/or Middle Holocene Mississippi River Delta: Tiger and Trinity Shoals |
P15
S. Louisiana |
Taylor Gray and Jeffrey Nunn: Geothermal Resource Assessment of the Gueydan Salt Dome and the adjacent Southeast Gueydan Field, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana |
P16
S. Louisiana |
Matthew Smith and Jeffrey Nunn: Delineation of a Produced Water Plume in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana |
P17
S. Louisiana |
Thomas Van Biersel: Natural History, Geology, and the Civil War Battlefield at Port Hudson, Louisiana |
P18
Louisiana |
Douglas Carlson: Influence of Lithology on Scaling Factors for Permeability of Louisiana Geologic Units |
P19
Louisiana |
Douglas Carlson: Influence of Lithology on Vertical Anisotropy of Permeability at a Field Scale for Select Louisiana Geologic Units |
P20
Northern Gulf Coast |
Lloyd Glawe, John Anderson, and Dennis Bell: Morphologic Variation in the Bivalve Odontogryphaea thirsae (Gabb, 1861), and Upper Paleocene Wilcox Correlation in the Northern Gulf Coastal Province |
P22
Gulf of Mexico |
Dong Feng and Harry Roberts: Massive Barite Deposits on the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope: Precipitation Processes |
P23
Gulf of Mexico |
Leonardo Macelloni, Simona Caruso, Laura Lapham, Carol Lutken, Charlotte Brunner, and Allen Lowrie: Spatial Distribution of Seafloor Biogeological and Geochemical
Processes as Proxy to Evaluate Fluid-Flux Regime and
Time Evolution of a Complex Carbonate/Hydrates Mound,
Northern Gulf of Mexico |
P24
Offshore Florida |
Joe Erickson: Evaluation of the Structure, Stratigraphy, and Hydrocarbon Play Types of Offshore Florida Using Seismic Reflection Data |
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MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 11
– Oral Presentations – |
Integrated Sequence Stratigraphic, Diagenetic, and Reservoir Architectural Analysis of Cretaceous Carbonates, Gulf of Mexico Basin (Part 2)
Chairs: Charles Kerans, Robert Loucks, and Lowell Waite
Room 202A/B, Concourse Level
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1:30 |
Robert Loucks, Charles Kerans, and Xavier Janson: Architecture, Lithofacies, and Depositional Processes in the Deepwater Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Tamabra Formation, Poza Rica Field Area, Mexico |
1:50 |
Ryan Phelps, Charles Kerans, Lowell Waite, and Chris Zahm: Stuart City Margin Architectural Variability
and the Effect of Regional Structural Heterogeneity |
2:10 |
Chris Zahm and Milton Enderlin: Characterization of Rock Strength in Cretaceous Strata along the Stuart City Margin, Texas |
2:30 |
Ryan Phelps, Charles Kerans, and Robert Loucks: High-Resolution Regional Sequence Stratigraphic Framework of
Aptian through Coniacian Strata in the Comanche Shelf,
Central and South Texas |
2:50 |
Break |
3:30 |
Peter Holterhoff and Matthew Oyedeji: Lithofacies, Depositional Systems, and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Fredericksburg Group (Cretaceous) in the Callahan Divide Region of West-Central Texas |
3:50 |
Linda McCall, James Sprinkle, and Ann Molineux: Comparison of Two Mollusc-Dominated Faunas from Cavity Layers in the Lower Cretaceous Edwards Formation of Central Texas |
4:10 |
Krystal Pearson: Geologic Controls on Austin Chalk Oil and Gas Production:
Understanding a Dual Conventional-Continuous Accumulation |
4:30 |
David King, Jr., and Lucille Petruny: Wetumpka Impact Structure, Alabama, and its Impact Ejecta |
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Organic ‘Shales’ of the Gulf Coast—Controls on Reservoir Quality and Producibility (Part 2)
Chairs: Randy Miller and James Rine
Ballroom B, Street Level |
1:50 |
James Rine, William Dorsey, Marvin Floyd, and Patrick Lasswell: A Comparative SEM Study of Pore Type and Porosity Distribution in High to Low Porosity Samples from Selected Gas-Shale Formations |
2:10 |
Richard Haut, Tom Williams, David Burnett, and Gene Theodori: Balancing Environmental Tradeoffs, Societal Issues, and Energy Production |
2:30 |
Robert Loucks, Robert Reed, Stephen Ruppel, and Ursula Hammes: Preliminary Classification of Matrix Pores in Mudrocks |
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Eastern Gulf of Mexico—Depositional Systems and Exploration Potential
Chairs: John Wagner and Kristin Wood
Room 201, Concourse Level |
1:30 |
Ezat Heydari: Dolomites of the Smackover and Buckner Formations
in the Mississippi Salt Basin: A Key to
Understanding the Dolomitization Process |
1:50 |
Kurtus Woolf and Lesli Wood: The Regional Character of the Lower Tuscaloosa Sandstone Depositional Systems (Late Cretaceous) and Implications for the Influence of Basement Structure on the Depositional Trends |
2:10 |
S. W. Douglas, John Wagner, Steve Dworkin, and S. G. Driese: The Jurassic Norphlet Formation of the Deep Water Eastern Gulf of Mexico: A Sedimentologic Investigation of Aeolian Systems and their Stratal Relationship with Extradunal Facies Types |
2:30 |
Ezat Heydari: Hydrocarbon Potential of the Lower Smackover Formation in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico (Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi) |
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Preparing for the Crew Change in the Geoscience Workforce: Outreach, Training and Education
Chairs: Mike Loudin and Susan Nash
Room 203A, Concourse Level |
1:30 |
Cheryl Collarini: How the Geoscience Experience and Technology Gaps can be Filled |
1:50 |
Susan Nash: Effective E-Learning for Geoscientists in the Global, Multi-Generational Workplace |
2:10 |
Gretchen Gillis: Geoscience Publication: Learning to Write Well is Worth the Effort |
2:30 |
Eleanour Snow and Doug Ratcliff: GeoFORCE Texas at UT Austin; Six Years of Experience Turning Rural and Urban, Mostly-Minority High School Students into College Science Majors |
2:50 |
Break |
3:30 |
Leila Gonzales and Christopher Keane: Examination of the Geoscience Workforce Supply Dynamics |
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– Poster and Core Presentations – |
(Note: Please click here for poster and core listing. Poster and core presentations will be displayed from 8:30 am, Monday, October 11, to 3:30 pm, Tuesday, October 12. In-person presentations will be from 9:00-10:30 am on both Monday and Tuesday.) |
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TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12
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Stricklin Symposium: Forming and Filling the Gulf of Mexico Basin: Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Tectonics, Source Rocks, and Petroleum Systems (Part 1)
Chairs: Thomas Ewing and Ernest Mancini
Ballroom B, Street Level |
8:20 |
Thomas Ewing: Introduction to the Stricklin Symposium (No Abstract Available) |
8:30 |
James Pindell: History of Tectonic Modeling and Implications for Depositional Architecture in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM): Where we Should Go from Here |
9:00 |
Jim Harris, Rob Crossley, Nick Stronach, Paul Valdes, and Roger Proctor: The Plate Tectonic, Paleogeographic, and Paleoclimatic Context for the Development of the Mesozoic Gulf of Mexico |
9:30 |
Steve Creaney: A View of the Genetic Development of Gulf of Mexico Petroleum Systems |
10:00 |
Break |
10:30 |
Ernest Mancini: Jurassic Depositional Systems, Facies, and Reservoirs of the Northern Gulf of Mexico |
11:00 |
Thomas Lovell and Amy Weislogel: Detrital Zircon U-Pb Age Constraints on the Provenance of the Late Jurassic Norphlet Formation, Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Paleogeography |
11:30 – 1:00 |
GCSSEPM and Stricklin Symposium Luncheon (ticketed event): Roger Sassen: Preservation of Methane in Deep, Hot Reservoir Rocks |
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Integrated Answers in Subsurface Exploration for Shelf-to-Ultradeep Opportunities (Part 1)
Chairs: Lesli Wood and Vishal Maharaj
Room 202A/B |
8:30 |
Walter Wornardt: Well-Log Sequence Stratigraphy of the Ultra Deepwater Shell #1, Alaminos Canyon Block 557 in the Gulf of Mexico |
8:50 |
James Stolle and Leigh Page: Avoiding the Pitfalls in Interpretation Efforts Caused by Legacy Well Databases—Basics for Every Interpreter and Manager |
9:10 |
Walter Wornardt: Seismic, Well Log, and Biostratigraphic Correlation of the South Marsh Island Blocks 222 and 234 and an Attempted Correlation to the “Davy Jones” Block 230 Shallow Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico |
9:30 |
Chuck Segrest: Reservoir Characterization by Rock/Log Modeling |
9:50 |
Break |
10:30 |
William Ambrose, Brandon Johnson, Ursula Hammes, and Dean Johnstone: Sequence Stratigraphic Framework and Depositional History of Oligocene Frio Slope-Fan, Lowstand Prograding Wedge, and Shallow-Marine Transgressive-Regressive Deposits in the Lavaca Bay Area, Texas |
10:50 |
Sean O'Brien, Royhan Gani, and Abu K. M. Sarwar: Comprehensive Study of the Reservoir Sand and Depositional Setting
of Garden Banks Field 236, North-Central Gulf of Mexico |
11:10 |
Raquel Cepeda, Paul Weimer, and Geoff Dorn: 3D Seismic Stratigraphic Interpretation of the Upper Miocene to Lower Pleistocene Deepwater Sediments of the Thunder Horse–Mensa Area, Southern Mississippi Canyon, Northern Deep Gulf of Mexico |
11:30 |
James Willis: Positive Versus Negative Thickness: Implications toward Reservoir Navigation |
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Carbon Sequestration—Risks, Opportunities, and Implications for EOR
Chairs: Susan Hovorka and Joe Finneran
Room 201, Concourse Level |
8:50 |
Timothy Meckel, David Carr, and Ramon Treviño: An Offshore Carbon Repository in Miocene Strata under Texas State Waters, Gulf of Mexico Basin: Initial Results |
9:10 |
Silvia V. Solano and Jean-Philippe Nicot: Gas Cap Impact on CO2 Plume Migration for Long-Term Storage in Saline Aquifers |
9:30 |
Masoumeh Kordi, Susan Hovorka, Kitty Milliken, Ramon Treviño, and Jiemin Lu: Diagenesis and Reservoir Heterogeneity in the Lower Tuscaloosa Formation at Cranfield Field, Mississippi |
9:50 |
Break |
10:30 |
Susan Hovorka: Strategy for Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Sequestration |
10:50 |
Stuart Coleman, Carey King, and Yihua Cai: Cost Comparisons for Mitigating Fluctuations in Power Plant CO2 Capture in Integrated Carbon Capture and Sequestration Network by Using a Stacked Storage Geologic System |
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– Poster and Core Presentations – |
(Note: Please click here for poster and core listing. Poster and core presentations will be displayed from 8:30 am, Monday, October 11, to 3:30 pm, Tuesday, October 12. In-person presentations will be from 9:00-10:30 am on both Monday and Tuesday.) |
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 12
– Oral Presentations – |
Stricklin Symposium: Forming and Filling the Gulf of Mexico Basin: Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Tectonics, Source Rocks, and Petroleum Systems (Part 2)
Chairs: Thomas Ewing and Ernest Mancini
Ballroom B, Street Level |
1:10 |
Robert Scott: Cretaceous Stratigraphy, Depositional Systems, and Reservoir Facies of the Northern Gulf of Mexico |
1:40 |
Thomas Ewing: Pre-Pearsall Geology and Exploration Plays in South Texas |
2:10 |
Marco Flores Flores, Jorge Lavín, Noemí Aguilera, and Marco Peña: The Kimmeridgian Oolitic Banks and their Exploration Potential in the Marina de Campeche Zone, Southeastern Mexico: Biostratigraphical and Sedimentological Implications |
2:40 |
Roger Sassen: Laminated Lime Mudstone of the Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation: Source of High-Sulfur Oil and Gas |
3:10 |
Andrew Petty: Stratigraphy and Petroleum Exploration History of the Smackover Formation (Oxfordian), Northeastern Gulf of Mexico |
3:40 |
Russell Dubiel, Peter Warwick, Laura Biewick, Lauri Burke, James Coleman, Kristin Dennen, Colin Doolan, Catherine Enomoto, Paul Hackley, Alexander Karlsen, Matthew Merrill, Krystal Pearson, Ofori Pearson, Janet Pitman, Richard Pollastro, Elisabeth Rowan, Sharon Swanson, and Brett Valentine: Geology and Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in Mesozoic (Jurassic and Cretaceous) Rocks of the Onshore and State Waters of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Region |
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Integrated Answers in Subsurface Exploration for Shelf-to-Ultradeep Opportunities (Part 2)
Chairs: Lesli Wood and Vishal Maharaj
Room 202A/B, Concourse Level |
1:30 |
Van Mount, Keith Mahon, and Samuel Mentemeier: Structural Restoration and Basin Modeling in North-Central Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Subsalt Plays |
1:50 |
Jorge Diaz, Paul Weimer, Geoff Dorn, and Renaud Bouroullec: 3D Stratigraphic Interpretation of Quaternary Sediments in the
Mensa and Thunder Horse Intraslope Basins, Mississippi Canyon,
Northern Deep Gulf of Mexico |
2:10 |
Morgan P. Brown, Joseph H. Higginbotham, Cosmin Macesanu, and Oscar E. Ramirez: Applications of Wave Imaging Technologies to
Improve Deep Gulf Coast Prospecting |
2:30 |
Richard Bain: Hidden Structure Revealed by a Simple 3D Velocity Model, McAllen Ranch Field, Hidalgo County, Texas |
2:50 |
Break |
3:30 |
Shamik Bose and Shankar Mitra: Salt Cored Convergent Transfer Zone in the South Timbalier Block 54, Offshore Gulf of Mexico: New Insights from Balanced Cross Sections and Three Dimensional Structural Models |
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Texas/Mexico Borderlands—Structures, Resources, and Lessons Learned
Chairs: Corine Prieto and Rebecca Lambert
Room 201, Concourse Level |
1:50 |
Lee Billingsley: Recognition of Vertical Versus Horizontal Water Drive Offers Infill Opportunities in Mature Reservoirs: Portilla Field, San Patricio County, Texas |
2:10 |
Mark Robinson: Delineating Parasequence Boundaries with High-Density Digital Well-Log Displays in the Olmos Formation, Webb County, Texas |
2:30 |
John Morony: Hydrovolcanism and the Origin of the Catahoula Formation, Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain |
2:50 |
Break |
3:30 |
Alfredo Marhx Rojano and Eduardo Aguayo: Impact of Morphology and Slope Type along the “Golden Lane” to Produce Oil Reservoirs in Slope Facies of the Tamabra Trend |
3:50 |
Constantin Platon and Amy Weislogel: Depofacies and stratal geometry of the Viento Formation: Implications for evolution of the La Popa Weld, Viento Formation, Northeastern Mexico |
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– Poster and Core Presentations – |
(Note: Please click here for poster and core listing. Poster and core presentations will be displayed from 8:30 am, Monday, October 11, to 3:30 pm, Tuesday, October 12. In-person presentations will be from 9:00-10:30 am on both Monday and Tuesday. |