Meeting Program

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Featured Theme Sessions

• Eastern Shale Gas
• Carbonate Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Diagenesis - in honor of Fred Read upon his retirement from Virginia Tech
• Carbon Sequestration
• Geochemistry of Produced Waters

List of Abstracts (Alphabetical by Author)

A

A New 3D Structural Modeling Technique Unravels Complex Structures within the Marcellus Shale: Utilizing Borehole Image logs
Aimen Amer, Steve Collins, Daniel Hamilton, Helena Gamero, Carmen Contreras, and Manish Singh

Variability of thin grainstone units in the Trenton and Black River (Ordovician) of the Michigan Basin and the significance to high resolution cycle stratigraphy and reservoir characterization
Tarek Anan and G. Michael Grammer

Subsurface Lithostratigraphy of the Cambro-Ordovician Knox Group in Illinois; Regional Correlation of Potential Reservoirs and Seals for CO₂ Sequestration
Zohreh Askari, Y. Lasemi, Z. Lasemi, and H. E. Leetaru

B

Chemostratigraphy of the Marcellus Shale: Insights into Depositional Environments and Implications for Play Fairways
David R. Blood and Gary G. Lash

Stratigraphic completeness of carbonate-dominated records from cratonic interiors versus continental margins: stratigraphic thinning occurs via condensation and truncation at multiple scales
Mara E. Brady

Depositional History of the Central Appalachian Region During the Cambrian-Ordovician Sauk Megasequence
David K. Brezinski, John F. Taylor, and John E. Repetski

Depositional model of the Marcellus Shale in West Virginia based on facies analysis
Kathy R. Bruner, Margaret Walker-Milani, and Richard Smosna

Assessing Composite Storage Formations for Geologic Carbon Sequestration
Marc L. Buursink, Ernie R. Slucher, Matthew D. Merrill, and Peter D. Warwick

C

The Case for CCS as a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Steven M. Carpenter

Preliminary Evaluation of Offshore Transport & Storage of CO₂
Steven M. Carpenter

Empirical Evaluation of Procedures to Detect Spatial Anomalies in the Devonian Antrim Shale (Michigan Basin), and Potential Effects on Resource Assessment
Timothy C. Coburn, Philip A. Freeman, and Emil D. Attanasi

Reservoir Porosity Characterization for a Carbon Sequestration Target: Citronelle Field, Alabama
Keith Coffindaffer, George Case, and Amy Weislogel

Investigations into the Oil and Natural Gas Resource Potential of North Carolina State Waters
James L. Coleman, Jr.

Examination of the shale gas potential of Devonian shales in the Broadtop Synclinorium, Appalachian Basin (Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and southern Pennsylvania)
J. L. Coleman, Jr., C. B. Enomoto, P. W. Niemeyer, F. T. Dulong, C. S. Swezey, and G. W. Van Swearingen

USGS Re-assessment of the Undiscovered, Technically-recoverable Oil and Gas Resources of the Marcellus Shale, Appalachian Basin, USA
J.L. Coleman, Jr., R.C. Milici, T.A. Cook, R.R. Charpentier, M.A. Kirschbaum, T.R. Klett, R.M. Pollastro, and C.J. Schenk

Shark Bay Carbonates after the Pioneers: some Current Research
Lindsay B.Collins and Ricardo Jahnert

D

Predicting Total Dissolved Solid Concentrations in Appalachian Basin Formation Waters from Spontaneous Potential Logs
Colin Doolan

The Role of Matrix and Fractures on Appalachian Basin Upper Devonian Gas Production
Ashley S.B. Douds

Well Site Techniques for the Study of Unconventional Reservoirs
Jerad Dudley and Ken Bohnert

E

Shifts in Depocenter Locations during the Mississippian in the Michigan Basin (USA, Canada)
J.A. East and C.S. Swezey

Comparison and Hydrocarbon Potential of Two Large-Scale Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic Systems of Benthic versus Pelagic Origins - Offshore Nova Scotia Shelf, Canada
Leslie Eliuk and Grant Wach

Forensic petroleum system analysis of drilling results and hydrocarbon potential of Georges Bank Basin
Erin T. Elliott and Paul J. Post

Examination of inferred third-order structural features of the Marcellus Shale using wireline logs in the Broadtop Synclinorium, Virginia and West Virginia
Catherine B. Enomoto, Ricardo A. Olea, and James L. Coleman, Jr.

F

Evaluating the effects of lithofacies and thin shales on the lateral distribution of hydrothermal dolomite reservoirs, albion-scipio and stoney point fields, michigan basin
Peter J. Feutz and G. Michael Grammer

Preparing for and Handling Common Complaints by Private Water Well Owners Related to Coal Bed Methane, Shale Gas and Other Unconventional Development Programs
John V. Fontana and David M. Seneshen

G

Natural Fracture Characterization in Shale-Gas Reservoirs: Spatial Organization and Fracture Sealing
Julia F.W. Gale, L. Pommer, X. Ouyang, and S. E. Laubach

NEMS-CTS: A Model and Framework for Comprehensive Assessment of CCS and Infrastructure
Rodney Geisbrecht, Charles Zelek, and Tim Grant

H

New ASTM Standard Test Method for Determination of the Reflectance of Vitrinite Dispersed in Sedimentary Rocks
Paul C. Hackley, Carla V. Araujo, Ángeles G. Borrego, Brian J. Cardott, Alan C. Cook, Mária Hámor-Vidó, Kees Kommeren, João G. Mendonça Filho, Jane Newman, Mark Pawlewicz, Judith Potter, and Isabel Suárez-Ruiz

Petrology of Stromatoporoid-Coral Framestones and Rudstones in the Upper Keyser Formation (Silurian) of the Water Sinks Area, Highland County, Virginia
John T. Haynes, Selina Cole, Richard A. Lambert, Philip C. Lucas, Stephen A. Leslie, Steven J. Whitmeyer, and Timothy Rose

Stratigraphy and Petrology of Sandstones in the McKenzie, Williamsport, Tonoloway, and Keyser Formations (Silurian) of the Valley and Ridge Province in Highland County, Virginia
John T. Haynes, Aryn Hoge, Richard A. Lambert, Philip C. Lucas, Steven J. Whitmeyer, and Timothy Rose

Sequence and Carbon Isotope Stratigraphy from the Aptian carbonate platform interior, southern Croatia
A. Husinec, S.P. Regan, C.A. Harman, D.A. Mosher, and J.F. Read

I

J

Seismic Signatures of Faults in the Appalachian Basin of NYS, and the Effect of These Faults on Devonian Black Shales: An Update
Robert D. Jacobi, Cheri Cruz, Al Leaver, and Jodi Fisher

CO₂ Sequestration in Central New York State: Update
Robert D. Jacobi, Teresa Jordan, Matthew Becker, Beata Csatho, Louis A. Derry, Rick Frappa, Jason Phipps Morgan, Larry Brown, Kathryn Tamulonis, Marta Castagna, Jodi Fisher, Melissa Zelazny, and John Martin

Factors Affecting CO2 Storage Potential in Unmineable Coal Beds
Kevin B. Jones and Margo D. Corum

Testing Depositional Models and Basin Geometry for the Utica Shale, Mohawk Valley, New York State
Kyle Jones, Charles E. Mitchell, Langhorne “Taury” Smith, Gerald Smith, and Robert D. Jacobi

K

Assessment of Spatial Variability in the Marcellus Shale from High Resolution Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Finger Lakes Region, NY
Ceren Karaca and Teresa E. Jordan

A Tale of Two Shales: Time-Series Geochemistry of the Devonian Marcellus and New Albany Formations
Alan J. Kaufman, Benjamin T. Breeden, III, and Tyler Baril

USGS Assessment of In-Place, Oil-Shale Resources of the Upper Devonian Antrim Shale in the Michigan Basin, Eastern United States
Alex W. Karlsen, Tracey J. Mercier, Frank T. Dulong, Sandra G. Neuzil, Ronald C. Johnson

Biomarkers in the Upper Devonian Lower Huron Shale as Indicators of Biological Source of Organic Matter, Depositional Environment, and Thermal Maturity
John Kroon and James W. Castle

L

Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of the Uppermost Cambrian and the Lowermost Ordovician Deposits in Illinois: Implications for Recognition of the Poorly Defined Cambro-Ordovician Boundary in the Deep Part of the Illinois Basin
Yaghoob Lasemi and Z. Askari

Chemostratigraphic trends of the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale, Appalachian Basin; preliminary observations
Gary G. Lash and Randy Blood

Generation and Modification of Natural Gases in the Marcellus Formation, Central Appalachian Basin, USA: Evidence from Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Christopher D. Laughrey, Tim E. Ruble, and Mark H. Tobey

Carbon Sequestration Potential of the Cambrian and Ordovician of the Illinois Basin
Hannes E. Leetaru, Alan L. Brown, Donald W. Lee, and Ozgur Senel

Data Mining Methods for Assessing Public Attitudes of CCS
Kalev H. Leetaru and Hannes E. Leetaru

Shale Gas Sweet Spot Identification Using Play Fairway Analysis and Shale Gas Reservoir Simulation
Jay E. Leonard, Deepankar Biswas, Lucy T. Ko, Sarah C. Smith, Oliver Musekamp

Vertical and Lateral Extent and TOC Content of Middle and Upper Devonian Organic-Rich Shales, New York State
James Leone and Langhorne Smith

Evaluation of the Newburg Sandstone as a CO₂ Storage Unit in Central West Virginia
Eric Lewis

An Overview of Marcellus and other Devonian Shale Production in West Virginia
Eric Lewis, Mary Behling, and Susan Pool

M

The Horton Bluff Formation Gas Shale, Frontier Shale Play Fairway Analysis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Adam W.A. MacDonald

Thermal Maturity of the U. S. Atlantic Coastal Plain, Maryland to North Carolina, Based on Legacy Exploration and Stratigraphic Test Wells
MaryAnn Love Malinconico

Thermal Maturity of the Early Mesozoic Richmond and Fundy Basins, in the Context of Newark and Taylorsville Basin Thermal Histories, Eastern USA and Canada
MaryAnn Love Malinconico and James C. Hower

Could gas hydrate in fine grained sediments be a precursor for some shale gas deposits?
M.D. Max & A.H. Johnson

3-D Reservoir Characterization of the South Buckeye Field, Dundee Formation (Devonian), Michigan Basin, USA
Shawn M. McCloskey and G. Michael Grammer

Dust in the Wind: Aeolian Sediment in Middle Ordovician Carbonates of North America
Ronald R. McDowell

Geochemical and Isotopic Variations in Waters of an Area of Accelerating Shale Gas Development
Michon L. Mulder and S. Sharma

N

Revising the 2006 USGS Assessment of In-Place Oil Shale Resources of Devonian-Mississippian Black Shales in the Eastern United States
Sandra G. Neuzil, Frank T. Dulong, Joseph A. East, Alexander W. Karlsen, Michael H. Trippi, Tracey J. Mercier, and Ronald C. Johnson

O

Fabric of Shales Relating to Sedimentary Processes and Gas Shale Characteristics
Neal R. O’Brien and Roger Slatt

Nature and Origin of Dolomitization of the Boat Harbour Formation Carbonates in Northern Peninsula, Western Newfoundland, Canada: Implications for Porosity Controls
Babatunde J. Olanipekun and Karem Azmy

P

Fluid Evolution in Cambrian-Ordovician Knox Group Reservoirs
Thomas (Marty) Parris, M.W. Bradley, D. H. Doctor, C. Bruner, K.G. Takacs, and S. Webb

Norfolk Basin Pseudo Well Modeling: Lessons Applicable to Triassic–Jurassic Syn-rift Prospectivity
Paul J. Post, Stephen L. Palmes, and MaryAnn L. Malinconico

Central Atlantic Conjugate Margin Development: Paleoreconstructions, Basin Evolution, and Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration
Paul J. Post, Erin T. Elliott, William G. Dickson, and Mark E. Odegard

Atlantic OCS Geology and Resource Potential
Paul Post, Erin Elliott, Thierry DeCort, Ralph Klazynski, Elizabeth Klocek, Kun Li, and Thomas Riches

Q

R

North Carolina Shale Gas: Dan River Basin – Stokes and Rockingham Counties
Jeffrey C. Reid, Kenneth B. Taylor, and James D. Simons

Silurian “Clinton” Sandstone Reservoir Characterization for Evaluation of CO2-EOR Potential in the East Canton Oil Field, Ohio
Ronald A. Riley, John Wicks, and Christopher J. Perry

Integrating Depositional Facies and Stratigraphy in Characterizing Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs: Trenton Group of the Albion-Scipio Trend, Michigan Basin
Marcel R. Robinson and G. Michael Grammer

Geological Controls on Geological Carbon Storage Capacity, Efficiency, and Security in the Middle Devonian Sylvania-Bois Blanc Saline Aquifer, Central Lower Michigan, USA
Farsheed Rock, Katherine Pollard, and David A. Barnes

Reservoir Characterization and Facies Architecture of the Chesterian Clore Formation (Upper Mississippian) at Mumford Hills Field, Southwestern Indiana
Polly Root, M. Parke, M. Khadhrawi, and L. Pratt

A High-Resolution Regional Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for the Lower Pennsylvanian Breathitt Group: Insights from Coal-Bed Methane Fields in the Pocahontas Basin
William A. Rouse, Ryan P. Grimm, and Kenneth A. Eriksson

Major and minor element and radium geochemistry of produced water samples from the Marcellus Shale in New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
E.L. Rowan, M.A. Engle, T.F. Kraemer, and C.S. Kirby

A USANS/GP-SANS Study of the Accessibility of Pores in Gas Shale to Methane, Water,
and Brine
Leslie Ruppert, Richard Sakurovs, Tomasz P. Blach, David F.R. Mildner, Lilin He, and Yuri
B. Melnichenko

A Regional Perspective of the Devonian Shale and Ordovician Utica Shale Total Petroleum Systems of the Appalachian Basin
Robert T. Ryder, Michael H. Trippi, Christopher S. Swezey, Robert C. Milici, John E. Repetski, Leslie F. Ruppert, and Elisabeth L. Rowan

S

Enhanced Gas Recovery and CO₂ Storage in Coal Bed Methane Reservoirs: Optimized Injected Gas Composition for Mature Basins of Various Coal Rank
Karine Schepers, Anne Oudinot, and Nino Ripepi

Sequence Stratigraphy, Reservoir Properties and Preservation of Organic Carbon in the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale
Roy L. Sexton and Timothy R. Carr

Mineralogical, Microtextural and Geochemical Analysis of Subsurface Rocks in Southwestern, Southern, and Eastern Ohio: Initial Observations for Evaluating the Suitability of Materials for Sequestering Carbon
Julia M. Sheets, Susan A.Welch, David R. Cole, Jeffrey D. Daniels, Beverly Z. Saylor, and Michael V. Murphy

Potential for Supercritical Carbon Sequestration in the Offshore Bedrock Formations of the Baltimore Canyon Trough
Brian Slater, Langhorne Smith, and Alexa Stolorow

Effective Fracture Treatment Determination in Unconventional Reservoirs
Charles H Smith and Eli Menendez

Impact of Syndepositional Faulting on the Distribution of Organic-Rich Utica Shale, New York State
Langhorne Smith

Upper Ordovician Trenton and Black River Carbonate Reservoirs in New York State
Langhorne Smith

Vertical and Lateral Extent and TOC Content of Middle and Upper Devonian Organic-Rich Shales, New York State
Langhorne Smith and James Leone

Development of a Pennsylvanian fan delta within a carbonate shelf sea
Richard Smosna and Kathy R. Bruner