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Resource Plays in Tight Unconventional Reservoirs: Multi-Disciplinary Issues, Problems, Opportunities, Directions

Theme: How to transition from dry gas to liquids-rich unconventional resource plays?

12-14 June 2011 | The Banff Centre | Banff, Alberta, Canada

Final Schedule

Objective

Canada, considered one of the few remaining onshore frontiers for unconventional resources, continues to excite the imaginations of geoscientists. Resource plays represent significant new opportunities to expand production across Canada. The workshop objective is to develop knowledge of the cutting-­-edge science involved in unconventional resource plays. With the potential of a higher market price for oil, GTW Canada will look at tight oil and the hydrocarbon continuum producible from shale, rather than on shale gas exclusively.

	On-site Registration - badge and materials pick-up
	Evening Ice Breaker Reception

Breakfast
Opening Plenary Session	Welcome and Introduction Carol Cain McGowen, AAPG AAPG Canada Region President's Remarks David Dolph, Nexen General Co-Chair's Opening Remarks Fran Hein, ERCB, and Ross Clark, Kallisto Energy
Morning Session	SESSION 1: Geological Learnings from Shale Gas Deposits and Their Application to Liquids-rich Reservoirs
	Overview of Unconventional Gas and Oil in Alberta Dean Rokosh, Project Manager Shale Gas, Energy Resource Assessment, Energy Resources Conservation Board, Edmonton Evaluation of the potential of an unconventional resource play in a frontier basin: Frederick Brook Shale of the Maritimes Basin, New Brunswick, Canada N. J. Atkinson, Southwestern Energy, Houston, Texas, USA Quebec's Emerging Shale Plays - The Utica and Beyond Peter K. Dorrins, P.Geol., Chief Operating Officer, Junex Shale Stratigraphy – Why It Matters and How To Do It Nicholas B. Harris, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta Aspects of Seismic Reservoir Characterization of Shale Plays Scott Singleton, Seismic Technology Advisor, RSI
	Coffee Break
	Open In-the-round Discussion followed by Breakout discussion groups who respond to questions,and pose questions to presenters Report Outs, Q&A Networking Lunch
Afternoon Session	SESSION 2: Evaluating Resource Potential
	Laboratory Evaluation for Determining Fluid Saturations and Understanding How Pore Networks Impact Deliverability in Liquid-Rich Shale Plays Jerry Shaw, Senior Technology Coordinator/Unconventional Resources Advisor, Devon Canada Corporation Tight Oil Reservoirs Producing Past the SRV: Application to the Bakken Jacob Shumway, P.E., Group Lead, New Ventures USA, Play Assessments, Encana Lower Shaunavon Tight Oil Resource Play: Penn West's Experience Scott R. Smith, P.Geol., Exploration Group, PennWest Exploration Cutting the 'Tech­edge' on Grandad's Oil Field David Hills, Carbonate Sedimentologist, Geotechnical Group, Devon Canada The Marcellus Shale Revealed with Full Azimuth 3D Multi-Component Seismic Data Mike Hall, Geokinetics
	Coffee Break
	Open In-the-round Discussion followed by Breakout discussion groups who respond to questions,and pose questions to presenters Report Outs, Q&A
	Cocktails, Dinner and Entertainment

Breakfast
Morning Session	SESSION 3: Completion Strategies - Do They Enhance Connectivity?
	Comparative Oil Production from Bakken Horizontal Wells in the Viewfield area, Saskatchewan: Is it the Completion or the Reservoir? David W. Flint and Robert K. Dixon, Forward Energy Group Inc., Calgary, Alberta Shale Horizontal Production Logging Measurements and Challenges Duncan Heddleston, PE, MBA, RECON General Manager –Specialty Logging Division A Workflow for Characterizing and Understanding the Impact of Natural Fractures in Gas Shales: An Example from the Horn River Basin, NEBC, Canada, Rory Dunphy, Carl Reine, Doug Bearinger & David Campagna, Nexen Hydrogeochemistry & Gas Chemistry of Uinta Basin: Implications for Genesis & Migration of Unconventional Resources Ye Zhang, Assistant Professor, Geological Modeling & Simulation, University of Wyoming
	Open In-the-round Discussion followed by Breakout discussion groups who respond to questions,and pose questions to presenters Report Outs, Q&A Networking Lunch
Keynote Lunch	Public Engagement - the Elephant in the Room: Testing Solutions to a Key Development Issue for Unconventional Resources George Eynon, P. Geol., Board Member, Energy Resources Conservation Board
Afternoon Session	SESSION 4: Technological Advances for Evaluating Unconventional Reservoirs
	Interpretation of AVO Intercept and Azimuth Gradient Cross-Plots for Fracture Identification: An Example from North-East Echo Springs, Green River Basin, Wyoming Joe Zhou, Staff Geophysicist, Reservoir Description, ConocoPhillips Identifying Geomechanical Sweetspots for Improved Fracs (A Montney Shale case study) Shawn Maxwell, Chief Geophysicist and Advisor for Schlumberger's microseismic services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Redevelopment of the Cardium Formation Using Fractured Horizontal Wells: Reservoir Engineering Perspectives and Early Case Histories Eseoghene N. Omatsone, Sproule Associates Limited Talisman Energy's Integrated Approach to Ccompletion Optimization in Farrell Creek, British Columbia Colin Anderson and Chris Pan, Talisman Energy
	Open In-the-round Discussion followed by Breakout discussion groups who respond to questions,and pose questions to presenters Report Outs, Q&A
	Closing Remarks and Recognitions

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