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Niobrara to Star at RMS

The potential of Wyoming's Niobrara shale play will be in the spotlight during this year's AAPG Rocky Mountain Section meeting, set June 25-29 in Cheyenne, Wyo.

The meeting's theme is "Energy on the Rocks," and while the technical sessions will offer a varied program, the relatively new focus on the Niobrara will be featured.

The Niobrara focus will include a field trip, core workshop and a plenary session that offers papers on such topics as:

• Exploration and development history.
• Facies and stratigraphy.
• Models for accumulation and preservation of organic matter.
• Kerogen type and thermal maturity trends across the Rocky Mountain region.
• Mapping wireline log properties.

Also, meeting organizers have planned a public session addressing Niobrara exploration and production concerns, addressing questions on geology, land, water and governmental regulations that surround Niobrara oil and gas development. Other technical sessions will address:

• CO2 EOR and sequestration.
• EMD sessions on geothermal, uranium and coal.
• Evaluation of unconventional plays.
• Rocky Mountain structure.
• Stratigraphy and sedimentology.

To register or for detailed information, go online to rms-aapg.org/2011_meeting.