Program

Welcome and Introduction:

• AAPG - Susan Nash, Director of Education and Professional Development

• EMD - Jeremy Platt, Electric Power Research Institute and Observer, PGC

• EMD - Stephen Testa, California State Mining and Geology Board

• DEG – Kevin Hopson, DEG Gulf Coast Section Representative

• Steve Sonnenberg, Colorado School of Mines

Issues and Challenges in Shale Gas Development (Chair and Keynote)

Alan Krupnick, Resources for the Future

The Outlook for Emerging Shale Gas and Tight Oil Resources

Michael Schaal, EIA

USGS Overview of Unconventional Resources of the U.S.

Christopher J. Schenk, USGS

Remembering Undiscovered Resources are Undiscovered, incl. Synopsis of Potential Gas Committee (PGC) Procedures

Jeremy Platt, Electric Power Research Institute and Observer, PGC

A GIS Approach to Shale Gas and Tight Oil Resource and Economic Assessments

Harry Vidas, ICF International

FracFocus and Other Regulatory Tools Used for Hydraulic Fracturing Disclosure

Stan Belieu, Nebraska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission

Wellbore Integrity Related to Wellbore Stray Gas Intrusion

Dan Arthur, ALL Consulting

Shale Reservoir Production Results: Everything Matters, But Some Things Matter More Than Others (Chair and Keynote)

Randy LaFollette, BJ Services/Baker Hughes

New Proppant for Hydraulic Fracturing Improves Well Results and Decreases Environmental Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing Operations

Mark Parker, Pinnacle/Halliburton

Distributed Sensing Diagnostics for Completion and Infill Spacing Optimization

Paul Huckabee, Newfield

The Unconventional Niobrara Petroleum System of the Rockies

Steve Sonnenberg, Colorado School of Mines

Hydraulic Fracturing: New Opportunities in Other Industrial Applications

Sheila Lucas, Dalhousie University

Extracting Formation Properties from Hydraulically-Induced Microseisms, Seismic Attributes, and Impedance Inversion

Xavier Refunjol, Swift Energy Operating, LLC

Science and Horsepower

Jim Hemingway, Schlumberger

Chemical and Analytical Methods

Uni Blake, Gastem

Correlating Drilling and Completions Parameters with Well Production - Using E&P Analytics

Murray Roth, Transform Software and Services, Inc.

Hydraulic Fracturing Safety from a Rock Mechanics and Fluid Chemistry Perspective

Kevin Fisher, Flotek Industries

Integration of Seismic, Microseismic and Engineering Data Provides Insight into Well Prospectivity and Productivity: Examples from the Eagle Ford

Ross Peebles, Global Geophysical Development

Proppant Selection in Unconventional Reservoirs (Chair and Keynote)

Terry Palisch, CarboCeramics

All Water is not Equal – and That Makes Hydraulic Fracturing More Interesting

Cal Cooper, Apache

Geologic Evidence for Naturally Occurring Shallow Source, Thermogenic Methane Gas in Northeastern Pennsylvania

Brent Wilson, Chesapeake Energy

Shale Gas and Tight Oil Development: An Adaptive resulting form Real Long-Term Solutions that Incorporate Water Resources Management and the Public Trust

Gary Hanson, Red River Watershet Management Institute, LSU Shreveport

Geomechanics Overview / Importance (Chair and Keynote)

Daniel Moos, Geomechanics International/Baker Hughes

Long Period, Long Duration Seismic Events during Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation of a Shale Gas Reservoir

Mark Zoback, Stanford University, Stanford

Discrimination of Fracture and Stress Effects Using Image and Sonic Logs for Hydraulic Fracturing Design

Randy Koepsell, Schlumberger

Geomechanics of Hydraulic Fracture Induced Microseismicity

Seth Busetti, ConocoPhillips Subsurface Technology

Can the United States Count on Having 100 Years or More of Natural Gas Supply?

Richard Nehring, Nehring Assoc.

Mythbusting Case Studies: How Did We Get Into This Mess? (Chair and Keynote)

Dan Arthur, ALL Consulting

Addressing Water Well ‘Problems’ and Complaints in Areas of Unconventional Resource Development: Appearances are Deceiving and Solutions are Many

John Fontana, Vista Geoscience

Hearing and Not Believing: The Strange Case of Hydraulic Fracturing

Susan Nash, Director of Education and Professional Development, AAPG

PRESENTATION AND OPEN DEBAT