■ Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists 2004 Executive Committee
■ Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists 2004 Executive Committee
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AAPG CANADA REGION VOLUNTEERS WANTED!
The Canada Region of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) needs you – if you are a member of the AAPG and interested in volunteering please consider how you can assist.
Members of the Canada Region are wanted to serve on various committees,and if you are an Active,Honorary,or Emeritus Member of the AAPG you are also eligible to take advantage of one or both of the opportunities below.
1) Call for Nominations for Officers for the Canada Region
The three positions of President,Vice President/Treasurer,and Secretary/Foreman,each of which has a one-year term,will be falling vacant for the 2004-2005 term.These officers serve on the Region’s Executive Committee, a body that helps promote AAPG services in Canada and provides feedback to AAPG HQ,amongst other responsibilities.
2) Call for Nominations for Delegates, AAPG House of Delegates
The Canada Region is currently represented in the AAPG House of Delegates by fourteen Delegates from the Region,and there will be six vacancies in these 3year positions for the coming term of office (2004-2007).There are also additional opportunities to serve as Alternate Delegates.
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My year as President has come and gone with such speed I don’t know what hit me,and I’m sure the Executive Committee is still wondering what hit them!
During my tenure as your President,I had set out a few,modest goals for our Society.So how did we do on those goals?
First off,let me reassure each of you that our Society is in strong financial shape.Our 2003 conference held in conjunction with the CSEG was a great success,with a first-class technical program,a wonderful exhibit area,a great icebreaker,and strong field trips and short courses.That,in combination,created a strong balance sheet for both societies.The coming year will bring another joint conference – this time in conjunction with CWLS and CHOC. Your Executive is confident that the 2004 conference will provide good value to members of all three societies and help support CSPG programs in the coming year.
One of the goals of 2003 was to establish the position of Corporate Relations Manager.In late 2002 we interviewed and hired,initially on a contract basis,Kim McLean for the position. The results have been outstanding and Kim has done a great job of pulling together many aspects of the job,from our Reservoir and Calendar advertising,to helping the Education Trust Fund (ETF) with their corporate and individual giving programs.In November,2003 the Executive Committee decided to add Kim to our full-time staff count as of January 2004.
In February 2003,we took over the publishing and advertising of the Reservoir,which had been farmed out to a third party during 2002 at no cost to the Society.Since we have taken over our Reservoir,Kim and Jamie Croft have done a fabulous job of adding both content and advertisers to the monthly magazine.The move to a digital document is still desired at some point in the future,however,feedback from the membership shows that many of you still like to read the hardcopy version rather than having a digital version.So it looks like our monthly offering will continue to be delivered via snailmail to your mailbox monthly.
The third item that this Executive wanted to address was the Education Trust Fund (ETF).
A MESSAGE FROM THE PAST PRESIDENT
The fund is now responsible for all of the previously run CSPG outreach programs including the Honourary Address,the Link Lecture Tour,SIFT (SIFT has always been run by the ETF),and the newly formed University Outreach committee (under the guidance of Past President Brad Hayes) and other philanthropic efforts aimed at the education of the public to our science and profession.The ETF continues to struggle with corporate and individual funding,which leads to the CSPG supplementing the Fund’s coffers in order that it be able to conduct its outreach programs.This is especially important at a time when young professionals are turning away from our industry and the average age of the membership is now closer to 50 than 40!
It appears that the industry is still in a state of denial concerning the ever-approaching lack of young professionals entering the industry.The need to recruit,hire,and most importantly, train,a new group of young geoscientists before the baby boomers,including myself,start to look forward to the “freedom 55” plan in the next five to seven years is now becoming critical.I keep expecting to see a round of hiring by the industry that will resemble the one in the late seventies or early eighties before the much-hated National Energy Policy closed the door at many of the large operators.Junior and intermediate companies should not feel that they are immune to the upcoming problems of geoscience staffing.In the past,the large companies hired with the expectation of a loss of a certain percentage of new graduates over the first five years to the independents.Today, from what the Society sees in our demographics,the majors are only hiring on a skeleton or just-in-time basis so to pull away those young individuals from the majors over the next several years will be much more difficult as the junior staff become much more valuable than in the past.
If I can tell you one thing to do,it’s to get involved with your Society.Volunteers run the majority of our programs and services.In combination with our full time staff,we generate for you,the members,all of the technical programs and social services that you have come to expect from your Society.Secondly,spread the word about our profession;hire a young geologist or,better yet,hire a young geologist and have them join the CSPG as a new member with you as their sponsor.Also,try to find time to talk with a student or new graduate about our profession and the CSPG and ask if they know about our Society and the many benefits of membership.
In closing my year as your President,I would like to say thank you to the staff – Tim,Lori,Jamie, Deanna,and Kim – for running things and helping both the Society and the membership in the day-to-day operation of the CSPG.
John Hogg Past President
JANUARY LUNCHEON
3D seismic visualization from a geological perspective:examples from shallow water and deep water environments
SPEAKER
Henry W.Posamentier
Anadarko Canada Corporation
11:30 am Thursday,January 8,2004
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In recent years,3D seismic has become an essential tool for the interpretation of subsurface stratigraphy and depositional systems.Seismic stratigraphy in conjunction with seismic geomorphology,calibrated by borehole data,has elevated the degree to which seismic data can facilitate geologic interpretation.3D seismic data has enabled interpreters to visualize details of complex depositional systems that can be incorporated into borehole planning for exploration as well as development needs so as to improve risk management significantly.Common techniques for geologic visualization include 1) imaging
stratigraphic horizons,2) time slicing and flattened time slicing,3) interval attribute analysis,4) voxbody interpretation and mapping,5) 3D perspective rendering, and 6) opacity rendering.
Stratigraphic horizons can be interpreted and horizon attributes – such as reflection amplitude,dip magnitude,dip azimuth,and curvature – can then be imaged directly in 2D or 3D space. Techniques such as variable illumination can enhance geomorphologic interpretations and,when integrated with stratigraphic analyses,can yield insights regarding distribution of source,seal,and reservoir facies.Stratigraphic intervals bracketing sections of geologic interest can be evaluated for amplitude and frequency content and can contribute to geologic interpretations.Time slices and flattened time slices can bring to light geologic features that other techniques might overlook.Voxel picking can further bring out features of geologic interest. This method involves auto-picking of connected voxels of similar seismic character,a technique that can illuminate discrete depositional elements in three dimensions.Similarly,opacity rendering, which makes opaque only those voxels that lie within a certain range of seismic values,can further bring out features of stratigraphic interest.Examples of fluvial, shallow marine,and deep marine are shown.A variety of visualization techniques are applied to these examples in an effort to illustrate the variety of
JANUARY LUNCHEON
Sedimentologic and stratigraphic constraints on kimberlite emplacement: examples from Fort à la Corne,east-central Saskatchewan
SPEAKER
John-Paul Zonneveld Geological Survey of Canada,Calgary 11:30 am
Tuesday,January 20,2004
TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE CALGARY, ALBERTA
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Vertically oriented,elongate,carrotshaped diatremes are the most commonly described kimberlite bodies. Because kimberlite usually occurs in ancient cratonic settings dominated by prolonged erosional histories,pyroclastic kimberlite is rarely observed.Even the most complete described examples to date (i.e.,Orapa,Botswana and Mwadui, Tanzania) have experienced considerable erosion and pyroclastic rocks are limited to crater in-fill deposits.This
interpretation techniques available to the geoscientist.These examples will highlight the integration of seismic stratigraphic and seismic geomorphologic analyses essential for maximum benefit to be derived from geologic analyses of 3D seismic data.
BIOGRAPHY
Henry W.Posamentier is the General Manager of Geoscience and Technology for Anadarko Canada.Prior to joining Anadarko in 2001,he was with Veritas Exploration Services (2000-2001),the Atlantic Richfield Co.(1991-2000),Exxon Production Research Co.and Esso Resources Canada, Ltd.(1979-1991),and at Rider University, Assistant Professor of Geology (1974-1979).
Dr.Posamentier’s research interests have been in the fields of sequence stratigraphy and depositional systems analysis,where he has published widely.Most recently,he has employed an interdisciplinary approach using 3D seismic visualization integrated with borehole data to interpret depositional systems and develop basin-fill histories,in particular with reference to deep-water depositional settings.In conjunction with this,he has been active in advancing the discipline of seismic geomorphology.In 1971-1972,Dr.Posamentier was a Fulbright Fellow to Austria.He has served as an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer to the United States (1991-1992),an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer to the former Soviet Union (19961997),and an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer to the Middle East (1998-1999).
preservational bias has had a significant effect on the nature and evolution of kimberlite emplacement models.
Diamond-bearing kimberlites in the Fort à la Corne kimberlite field of eastcentral Saskatchewan are exceptional in the completeness of their preservation of their volcanic edifices and extra-crater pyroclastic deposits. Variably shaped feeder pipes are associated with dominantly planar to tabular,variably extensive,horizontally bedded kimberlite aprons.Sheet-like kimberlite deposits from the Fort à la Corne area are the first well described
examples of extensive extra-crater primary airfall kimberlite.
Kimberlites in the Fort à la Corne region consist primarily of pyroclastic deposits which are interstratified with Lower Cretaceous (Albian and Cenomanian) marine,marginal marine,and continental sediments.Approximately 70 individual kimberlite occurrences have been documented.Radiometric age determination and micropaleontologic evidence support the hypothesis that multiple kimberlite eruptive phases occurred at some of the Fort à la Corne kimberlites.The oldest kimberlites erupted during deposition of the predominantly continental strata of the lower Mannville Group (Cantuar Formation). Kimberlites within the Cantuar Formation include terrestrial airfall deposits as well as fluvially transported kimberlitic sandstone and conglomerate.Successive eruptive events occurred contemporaneous with deposition of the marginal marine upper Mannville Group (Pense Formation).Kimberlites within the Pense Formation consist of terrestrial airfall deposits,hot pyroclastic flows,and massive kimberlite vent deposits within the feeder pipes.Fine- to medium-grained,crossstratified kimberlitic (olivine dominated) sandstone in this interval reflects reworking of airfall deposits during a regional marine transgression.The youngest eruptive events occurred contemporaneous with deposition of the predominantly marine Lower Colorado Group (Joli Fou,Viking,and Westgate Formations).Kimberlite beds, which occur at several horizons within these units,consist of subaerial and marine fall deposits,the latter commonly exhibiting evidence of wave-reworking.
The proportion of extra-crater kimberlite and the degree to which these kimberlites were reworked varies considerably between individual Fort à la Corne kimberlites, depending on the timing and nature of individual eruptions.Several examples exhibit multi-eruptive histories.Sedimentologic, volcanologic,and stratigraphic evidence indicate that these kimberlites evolved from simple feeder vents with overlying shallow asymmetric tuff rings,into positive-relief tephra cones.In most cases the final shape of the volcanic edifice (tuff ring or tephra cone) was modified during marine transgression, resulting in wave-reworked kimberlite sand along the fringes of the cone and kimberlitic event deposits (tempestites,turbidites,debris flows) in more distal settings.
Bulk-sampling to assess diamond grades has been,and continues to be,conducted on several kimberlite bodies in the Fort à la Corne area.Understanding the eruptive history and the degree to which post-emplacement sedimentary processes have affected these
kimberlites is crucial for assessing resource distribution and the economic viability of individual kimberlite bodies.
BIOGRAPHY
John-Paul Zonneveld,Ph.D.,is a Research Scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada specializing in Mesozoic sedimentology and stratigraphy.He is Project Leader of the Diamondiferous Kimberlites of Saskatchewan Targeted Geoscience Initiative,a multi-disciplinary federal-provincial-industryuniversity partnership designed to facilitate and promote further diamond exploration in central Saskatchewan.Zonneveld received his B.Sc.in 1988 from Calvin College,Michigan after which he worked as a geologist with a Mississauga, Ontario environmental consulting firm.He received his M.Sc.in 1994 from Michigan State University and his Ph.D.in 1999 from the University of Alberta.After a brief tenure as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Calgary,Zonneveld accepted his current posting with the Geological Survey of Canada in Calgary in 2000.
Zonneveld has authored and co-authored numerous papers on the sedimentary geology, ichnology,and paleontology of Mesozoic and Cenozoic successions in western North America. Much of his research,both past and present,has focused on providing stratigraphic and sedimentologic support to the Canadian Petroleum and Mining Industries.
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Core examples of all Alberta Basin sandstone and conglomerate reservoir facies-criteria for recognition, reservoir geometries.
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FEBRUARY LUNCHEON
Understanding the impact of variations in incised valley fill systems on reservoir development:examples from the Pennsylvanian and Cretaceous strata of the Rocky Mountain region
SPEAKER
David W.Bowen, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer Consultant,Bozeman,Montana
11:30 am Tuesday,February 10,2004
TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE CALGARY, ALBERTA
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Incised valley-fills are a significant reservoir class throughout North America,accounting for many billions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of gas.Understanding the stratigraphic complexities of these systems is a critical step in maximizing the output from this resource.Reservoir trapping mechanisms and productivity is highly facies dependent in these incised valley-fill systems.Incised valley-fill heterogeneity varies along-valley as facies tracts are transected and also locally,due to highfrequency sea level cycles that complicate internal facies tract dislocations.
This talk will focus first on a Lower Pennsylvanian Morrow Formation incised valley-fill system located in eastern Colorado and western Kansas.This is a
unique petroleum-producing valley-fill system because of the extensive drilling and production along a 175-mile segment, and the high degree of variability in production.Three facies tracts with unique reservoir properties characterize this incised valley-fill:(1) the updip facies tract is dominated by amalgamated fluvial channel sandstone,(2) the transition facies tract consists of fluvial channel sandstones interbedded with finer grained estuarine sandstones,and (3) the downdip facies tract consists of ribbon-like fluvial channel sandstones isolated within estuarine shale. These facies tracts reflect the response of valley-fill sedimentary processes to highfrequency relative sea level changes resulting from glacio-eustacy.This stratigraphy is shown by a cross-section through one incised valley-fill drainage trunk with continuous control for 175 miles (283 km) down depositional dip. Along this traverse,internal valley-fill strata change significantly as a function of the interplay of varying depositional systems down-gradient in the valley.Key contrasts in reservoir performance are documented as a function of changes in reservoir characteristics,trap controls, and trap configurations from updip to downdip within this valley.
The strata of the Morrow Formation were deposited during an icehouse phase of the Earth’s history in a cratonic basin. High-frequency changes of sea level across an extremely low-gradient depositional surface controlled erosion and deposition.The resultant valley-fill systems have many characteristics in common with published valley-fill models but have significant differences as well. The second part of this talk will discuss
FEBRUARY LUNCHEON
Underbalanced drilling as a reservoir exploitation tool:assessing the potential of underbalanced drilling in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
SPEAKER
Dave Kimery
Weatherford Underbalanced Systems
11:30 am Tuesday,February 24,2004
TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE
CALGARY, ALBERTA
comparisons of the Morrow incised valley-fill system with published valley-fill models,and also will also compare and contrast the Morrow incised valley-fill systems with other North American examples of incised valley-fills from both icehouse (Pennsylvanian) and greenhouse (Cretaceous) periods of geologic time.
A more detailed discussion of this subject can be found in Bowen,D.W.and P.Weimer,2003,Regional sequence stratigraphic setting and reservoir geology of Morrow incised-valley sandstones (lower Pennsylvanian), eastern Colorado and western Kansas: AAPG Bulletin,v.87,no.5,p.781-815.
BIOGRAPHY
David W.Bowen graduated in 1978 with his B.S.Honours in Geosciences from Hobart College,he then went on to receive his M.S.in Earth Sciences from Montana State University in 1980 and he received his Ph.D.in Geology from the University of Colorado in 2001. Between 1981 and 1990 David worked for Champlin Petroleum Company and then Union Pacific Resource Company,during which time he held various positions.From 1994 to 2003 David was an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Montana State University.From 1997 to 2000 David was a Reservoir Geology Consortium Researcher at the University of Colorado. Presently David is an Associate Research Professor at Montana State University and president of D.W.Bowen Exploration Inc..
David has authored and co-authored 20 publications on clastic depositional systems and petroleum geology.David is involved with AAPG, Rocky Mountain Association of Geology,Society for Sedimentary Geology,Geologic Association of America,and the Montana Geological Society.
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Although the technology of underbalanced drilling in its current form has been employed since the early
1990s,it has yet to achieve widespread acceptance throughout the petroleum industry in western Canada.There are several reasons to explain this phenomenon including,but not limited to,increased drilling costs,perceived additional safety and environmental risks,and a lack of a method to properly evaluate the economic benefit that underbalanced drilling can provide.There are, however,significant gains to be realized through the proper application of this technology to the appropriate candidates.
This presentation will outline the findings of an intensive evaluation of gas reservoirs within the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin that could greatly benefit from the proper application of underbalanced drilling.The industry is beginning to realize the need of many operators, particularly junior oil and gas companies,to implement year-round drilling programs in order to achieve continual growth and smooth out cash flow throughout the year instead of focusing drilling activity on the traditionally busy winter months.In recognition of this necessity, initial screening considered the regions of Alberta with year-round access.Recognizing the relative economics of applying underbalanced drilling,the study focused on intermediate depth reservoirs (1000 - 3000 m TVD) where the economics are most favourable.Due to the prevailing high prices for natural gas and accompanying high demand,only gas reservoirs were reviewed during the course of the analysis. Notwithstanding these seemingly tight restrictions,several candidate reservoirs were identified,examined and ranked according to the economic benefit that underbalanced drilling can provide over conventional drilling, completion,and stimulation techniques.In addition to the analytical evaluation,case studies of proven underbalanced drilling success will be presented to support the assessment.
BIOGRAPHY
Mr.Kimery has several years of experience in both conventional and underbalanced drilling technology in both the service sector and with major E&P companies.This experience was gained through both field and office assignments and involved engineering design,planning,and implementation.Throughout his career with Weatherford,Dave has been involved in both domestic and international underbalanced drilling projects,including work in Egypt,Pakistan, United Arab Emirates,and Indonesia.Most recently,Dave has been involved in developing tools and processes suitable for assessing the applicability of underbalanced drilling to candidate reservoirs and determining a risked economic value for the expected benefit.
CSPG VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
If you are looking for a volunteer opportunity within the CSPG,Blythe will be happy to help you find your volunteer niche.
She can also provide information about any of the Society’s numerous committees if you require it.
Blythe will also assist with finding replacements for current committee volunteers who need a change and help them to find different volunteer opportunities in the Society,if desired.
Blythe Lowe can be reached in Calgary at 403-290-3516. Give her a call!
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PALAEONTOLOGY DIVISION
Mammoth tales:the story of the decline of Alberta’s megafauna told from Wally’s Beach,a late Pleistocene site,St.Mary Reservoir, Alberta,Canada
SPEAKER
Paul McNeil
University of Calgary
7:30 PM
Friday,January 16,2004
Mount Royal College, Room B108 4825 Richard Road SW Calgary, Alberta
Discovered in 1996,the Wally’s Beach Site (DhPg-8),is an important palaeontological site and,at just over 11000 years before present,one of the oldest archaeological sites in Canada. Located on the eastern shore of the St. Mary Reservoir in southwestern Alberta,this site marks the end of the Pleistocene,a time of retreating glaciers,
the expansion of humans,and extinction of most large North American mammals.Much debate has raged over the role that these early humans played in this most recent of large extinctions. The Wally’s Beach Site provides a rare look at the interaction of man and late Pleistocene megafauna just prior their final disappearance.
The paleogeography of the site attracted both megafauna and man,resulting in a rich assemblage of skeletal remains, trackways,and human artifacts.Tracks of camel,mammoth,and horse record the behavior of these extinct animals.Looking at the size distribution of mammoth tracks,and comparing them with modern African elephants,determines their age distribution.Containing far fewer juveniles than would be expected for an expanding or stable population,these tracks provide the first evidence that a living mammoth population,coexisting with human inhabitants,was in decline.Additionally,the same site provides corroborating evidence of humans hunting megafauna
HYDROGEOLOGY DIVISION
Steps of developing a hydrogeological model of the Quaternary succession in the Cold Lake-Beaver River Basin
SPEAKER
Karsten Michael Alberta Geological Survey Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
12:00 Noon
Thursday,January 22,2004
EnCana Amphitheatre, Tower Center, Room 498 (TC498), 2nd Floor - East End of the Calgary Tower Complex 1st St and 9th Ave SE Calgary, Alberta
Groundwater from the Quaternary succession is an important source of water for both domestic and industrial
use in the Cold Lake – Beaver River drainage basin.The growth of thermal in-situ heavy oil extraction projects in the basin causes an increasing demand on water resources.Therefore,the detailed mapping of the Quaternary sediments and the development of a regional groundwater numerical model will help in the proper assessment of groundwater flow in the basin.
Preliminary results show that the numerical model is very sensitive to the distribution of hydraulic rock properties and recharge from the ground surface. Also,lake- and wetland- groundwater interactions play an important role in this area.Therefore,a proper geological characterization of the subsurface,as well as the adequate representation of fluid sources and sinks are essential for developing a well-calibrated numerical
(horse and bison).This suggests that humans played a significant role in the end Pleistocene extinctions in North America.
BIOGRAPHY
Paul McNeil received his B.Sc.Eng.from Queen’s University at Kingston and is currently finishing up a Ph.D.in vertebrate palaeontology at the University of Calgary. He has worked with the Royal Tyrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, AB,and the Yoho-Burgess Shale Foundation in Field,BC.His current research concentrates on the behavior,taxonomy, and extinction of late Pleistocene mammals.
INFORMATION
This event is jointly presented by the Alberta Palaeontological Society,Mount Royal College and the CSPG Paleontology Division.For information or to present a talk in the future please contact CSPG Paleo Divison Head Philip Benham at 403691-3343 or programs@albertapaleo.org.
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The luncheon talks are free and open to the public.Please bring your lunch. Refreshments are provided by Norwest Laboratories and Encana.For further information,or to present a talk,please contact Stephen Grasby at (403) 2927111 or sgrasby@gsc.nrcan.gc.ca.
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The kinematics of normal faulting:lessons from mapping and geochronology in the Basin and Range Province
SPEAKER
Robert J.Brady
Department of Geology and Geophysics,University of Calgary
12:00 Noon
Tuesday,January 27,2004
EnCana Amphitheatre, Tower Center, Room 498 (TC498), 2nd Floor - East End of the Calgary Tower Complex 1st St and 9th Ave SE Calgary, Alberta
Mapping and geochronology from a variety of locations in the Basin and Range Province (southwestern U.S.) have resulted in a new kinematic model of normal faulting.This model suggests that normal fault systems commonly consist of imbricate stacks of faults,in which steeply to moderately dipping faults merge downward into a basal
detachment.This kinematic model is inconsistent with the widely accepted view that any near-horizontal normal faults were rotated to their present orientations by later,cross-cutting normal faults,and slip rates on any given fault rarely exceed 1 mm/yr.Evidence from geological mapping of the South Virgin Mts.,Nevada and Arizona,as well as the Yerington District and Egan Range in Nevada shows that,in all of these areas,extension was initially accommodated on moderately to steeply dipping listric normal faults.As the early faults and fault blocks tilted, secondary faults broke witihin each fault block,soling into the early faults,rather than cross-cutting them.Thus,some of the early faults became basal detachments,which remained active as they were rotated to dips of less than 20°.Geochronology from a number of large-offset fault footwalls suggests that the most significant of these basal detachments have a characteristic slip rate of ~5 mm/yr.
BIOGRAPHY
Robert received his B.Sc.from the University of Calgary and his M.S.and Ph.D. from Caltech.Since receiving his Ph.D.in 1998,he has worked on a variety of projects,including:natural gas exploration in the Canadian cordillera,interpretation of borehole geophysics at the Yucca Mt. proposed nuclear waste repository,seismic hazard studies at Los Alamos National Lab, and the kinematics of strike-slip faults in California.He recently joined the faculty at the University of Calgary,where he is continuing research into the evolution of both strike-slip and extensional structures, and the physical properties of crustal rocks.
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There is no charge.Non-members of the CSPG are also welcome.Please bring your lunch.Beverages are provided by HEF Petrophysical.For details or to present a talk in the future,please contact Luc Lalonde at 403-645-5528, e-mail:luc.lalonde@EnCana.com or Eric Hanson at 403-233-3250,email: Eric.S.Hanson@conocophillips.com
The mandate of the Emerging Petroleum Resources Division (EPRD) is to provide a forum for CSPG members that are engaged in the search,characterization, and evaluation of resources that are commonly regarded as "unconventional" here in Canada.As we look ahead for future petroleum resources,much of the production is expected to come from less conventional plays.Some of the primary emerging resources include coalbed methane,gas and oil shales,gas hydrates, and very-low permeability reservoirs.All
of these emerging resources have large resource estimates attached,however they are currently challenged by technological or economic limitations.
Monthly luncheons are held at noon on the second Wednesday of every month in the ConocoPhillips Auditorium.The ConocoPhillips Auditorium can be found on the +30 level at the west end of the building at 401 - 9th Avenue SW,Calgary. Speakers for the luncheons are sought from industry,academia,and research
institutions to present topics on coalbed methane,gas hydrates,gas and oil shales, very-low permeability reservoirs,and other resources that gain attention in these "unconventional resource" arenas.
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For information on last-minute speakers, changes in date or venue,and the latest information on unconventional petroleum resources,please join the EPRD e-mail distribution list by contacting caddelem@bp.com with title "EPRD list".
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2004 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
DATE: March 19-20,2004
EVENT: Water Resources & Energy Development - William C. Gussow Geoscience Conference (A CSPG Seminar)
LOCATION: Raddison Hotel,Canmore,Alberta
INFORMATION: SESSIONS:
Water resources for petroleum exploration and production (Dr.Kevin Parks,Alberta Geological Survey - Chair);Resources for waterfloods,steam generation,etc.
Resource Conflict (Dave McGee,Alberta
Environment - Chair):Industrial impacts on surface and shallow groundwater resources.
Handling and disposal of produced water (Dr.Ian Hutcheon,University of Calgary - Chair); Coalbed Methane waters,co-produced freshwaters from shallow gas,SAGD produced water,treatment and compatibility,disposal of acid gases into aquifers,etc.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Dr.Marios Sophocleous,Kansas Geological Survey
Dr.Bill Gunter,Alberta Research Council
Dr.David Percy,Dean of Law,University of Alberta
CALL FOR POSTERS:
Oral talks will be by invitation only.However delegates are welcome to submit abstracts for poster presentations pertaining to the subject of the three main themes of the conference.Deadline for abstract submission is December 10,2003.For more information,registration,and electronic submission of abstracts contact Lori Humphrey-Clements at (403) 264-5610,Ext.202 or email to lori@cspg.org.
DATE: April 18-21,2004
EVENT: AAPG Annual Convention
LOCATION: Dallas,Texas
INFORMATION: For more information visit www.aapg.org
DATE: May 10-13,2004
EVENT: 2004 CSEG National Convention Theme:Great Explorations – Canada and Beyond
LOCATION: Calgary,Alberta
INFORMATION: For more information visit www.csegconvention.org
INFORMATION: For more information watch the Reservoir and CSPG website.
DATE: September 19-22,2004
EVENT: ICAM 2004,8th International Congress on Applied Mineralogy
LOCATION: Aguas de Lindoia,Brazil
INFORMATION: For more information contact EPUSP,Av.Prof.Luciano Gualberto,Trav.3,nº 380,05508-900,Sao Paulo,SP, Brazil;(55) 1130915420;fax (55) 38145909; www.icam2004.org.
DATE: May 2 - 4,2004
EVENT: Twelfth Williston Basin Horizontal Well & Petroleum Conference
LOCATION: Holiday Inn Riverside,Minot,North Dakota
INFORMATION: Informal talks,poster discussions,and workshops on new technology and developments in petroleum exploration and production within or applicable to the Williston Basin.Conference is co-sponsored by the North Dakota Geological Survey and the Saskatchewan Industry and Resources.For information call either (701) 328-8000 or (306) 7877662.Registration information and forms will be available at www.state.nd.us/ndgs or www.ir.gov.sk.ca in mid-January 2004.
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GEOSCIED IV A GREAT SUCCESS - YOUR CSPG WAS THERE!
JON DUDLEY, CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED, GEOSCIED IV PUBLICITY CHAIR
This past August Calgary hosted "Earth Science for the Global Community” the fourth GeoSciEd conference of the International Geoscience Education Organization (the outreach arm of the International Union of Geological Sciences).The GeoSciEd conferences are designed for Earth science teachers from elementary to university level to meet Earth scientists who deliver educational outreach programs through their communities,museums,or science centres.GeoSciEd IV was a great success attended by over 260 delegates from 24 countries.The Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists,realizing the importance of reaching out to the public to help develop an appreciation of the Earth and how its study relates to our lives,was a strong supporter of GeoSciEd IV.It provided financial support through the CSPG Educational Trust Fund,
sponsored a special workshop for K-12 level teachers,and participated as an Exhibitor.In addition,numerous CSPG members were involved in organizing the conference (Godfrey Nowlan,Conference Chair;Jon Dudley,Publicity Chair;Grant Mossop,Fundraising Chair;John Cox, Technical Program Co-Chair;Dave Eberth,Field Trip Chair;Sandy McCracken, Treasurer;Ken Drabinsky,Exhibits CoChair;Jon Greggs,Technical Services).
Earth scientists and educators shared ideas and concepts in Earth science education and in the development of programs that lead to an integrated understanding of the Earth.The innovative technical program included keynote addresses,workshops,and oral and poster sessions.Field trips visited many worldrenowned sites of interest including the Rocky Mountains,the Burgess Shale
(Figure 1),Dinosaur Provincial Park,the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, the Frank Slide,and the Athabasca Glacier.
The CSPG Educational Trust Fund provided financial support for GeoSciEd IV,which was used for field trip guide preparation.“It was critical for the success of the conference and very much appreciated” says conference chair Godfrey Nowlan.
Brad Hayes (CSPG Past-President) and Frank Stokes (CSPG member) designed a special workshop entitled “Alberta Rocks – Underground” for K-12 teachers.This was held at the AEUB Core Research Centre and introduced participants to important reservoir rocks from the subsurface of western Canada.The teachers were shown cross-sections, core,scout tickets,and logs and were
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given an excellent tour of the Core Research Centre by AEUB staff.
Kim MacLean (CSPG Corporate Relations) and Stan Stancliffe (CSPG Public Affairs Committee Member) represented the CSPG at the Society’s exhibition booth.The CSPG booth had brisk sales of both the Alberta Geological Highway Map and Geological Wonders in Alberta,which were favourite souvenirs for some of the international delegates.Long-time CSPG member and renowned local geologist,oil finder,and author/historian Aubrey Kerr kindly spent some time at the CSPG booth and most generously gave away 146 free autographed copies of his book “Leduc”, one to each delegate who requested one.
GeoSciEd IV has left a fabulous legacy in seed money for future conferences as well as some funding to help subsidize the attendance of teachers and delegates from developing countries.GeoSciEd IV has also benefited the local community in partnership with the CSPG.All of the
GeoSciEd IV field trip guides are going to be made available in PDF format on the CSPG website.Many of these guides are unique in having been co-written by teachers and geologists,and include useful exercises for teachers to help deliver geological themes to their students.The guides are currently being revised to take advantage of improvements suggested following their use during the conference.As conference chair Godfrey Nowlan notes,“Thanks to the CSPG,this will provide a lasting legacy for the Calgary educational community”.
GeoSciEd IV was an unqualified success and received rave reviews from the delegates. The organizers have received many letters of thanks.Your CSPG was a proud participant in the conference and is pleased that this public awareness event was such a success.Thanks to the CSPG members who helped organize and deliver such a wonderful conference and congratulations to all whom attended and organized GeoSciEd IV.You have all left the Earth a slightly better and more appreciated place!
Figure 1 - Delegates take a well earned rest after hiking with The Yoho Burgess Shale Foundation guides up to the Walcott Quarry site of the Burgess Shale. This was the realization of a lifelong dream for many of the intrepid hikers.(Photo courtesy of Alan V.Morgan, University of Waterloo,GeoSciEd IV National Chair)
JACK PORTERVIGNETTES OF CANADIAN PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
Continued from the December Reservoir
The Extraordinary Odyssey of R. G. McConnell
Prior to Samuel Hearne’s three attempts to reach the copper “mines”,in his search for the North West Passage,from his base at Fort Prince of Wales (Fort Churchill),an earlier fort known as York Factory,had been founded in 1684 by its first Hudson’s Bay governor,George Geyer.It was situated on the north bank of the Hayes River,less than two miles from its outpouring into the west side of the Bay,some 138 miles south of Fort Prince of Wales.The latter Fort’s first site had been built five miles upstream from the mouth of the Churchill River at Munk’s Point by Governor James Knight.It was here that the intrepid explorer,Captain Jens Eriksen Munk,a Norwegian by birth,with his two vessels and a combined crew of 65,had landed on September 7,1619,to spend the winter.Munk had set sail on May 16 of the same year under commission by the King of Denmark to search for the presumed North West passage to the Orient.Apart from their seemingly adequate stock of provisions,including beer and wine,they had anticipated securing additional food by fishing and hunting game in the immediate area.His plan for winter survival was
met with unanticipated misfortune.In addition to paucity of game and a lack of wood,the entire crew was tragically strickened with scurvy,the sailors’ scourge of the period, resulting in the deaths of all but three of the crew.Munk and two other members of his expedition survived.The three were able to secure the smaller of the two naval vessels, leaving the Churchill harbour on July 16,1620 for Norway where they miraculously arrived safely on September 21,1620.(1963,Oleson, Tryggvi J.:Early Voyages and Northern Approaches 1000 - 1632,pub.McClelland and Stewart Ltd.,pp.171,172).
Arthur Morton,the preeminent historian of the pre-1870 history of Western Canada,describes the macabre evidence that James Knight viewed in 1717 at Munk’s Point,some 97 years following the expedition’s tragic events.He writes: “There over bones of the Danish dead,looking down on Munck’s (sic) brass cannon in the tidal mud-flat,Knight built Fort Churchill,or as it soon came to be called,Prince of Wale’s Fort.” Three of Munk’s ships’ cannon were retrieved by Knight and loaded aboard the supply frigate Hudson Bay.She was returning to England after delivering food and other provisions to Knight’s fledgling fort on August 14,1717.According to
Knight’s report:“Ye Ship came in a very Good time,wee having nothing but a little Oatmeal & Cheese left,besides Flower.” Following the Company’s supply ship departure,Knight further notes that the fort was well stocked, “haveing flower and Pease enough for 2 years.” (1939,Morton,Arthur S.:A History of the Canadian West to 1870-71,pub.Thomas Nelson and Sons,London,pp.138,139).
As a protective measure to guard Churchill Harbour from attack by warships of the French navy,a massive stone fortification,located on Eskimo Point,at the entrance to Churchill River, was commenced in 1731 by Joseph Robson,a surveyor and stonemason during the first four years of its development.By 1739 the massive stone walls and bastions were completed. Trading at the original timbered post on Munk’s Point was phased out and commenced at the new stone fort in 1740.Richard Norton was made governor of Fort Prince of Wale’s in 1731 and remained at the stone fort until his retirement in 1741.His son,Moses Norton, replaced him as governor and served there until his death at the fort,in 1773.
Although trafficking in fur was the defining reason for the establishment of Fort Prince of
Wales,its subsidiary role involved whaling. Company-operated sailing expeditions hunted for whales along the Bay’s west coast as far north as Marble Island,which lays off the northwest coast of Ranken Inlet.In June of 1686,a sailing expedition from York factory sailed north along the west coast of Hudson’s Bay to investigate the mouth of a river,latter to be named Churchill River,where Jens Munk ‘s crew perished.During their voyage the captain reported that:“many thousand of white whales were seen.” Morton wrote that:“The Committee planned a summer settlement for whale fishing.” and further that:“The party organized in 1688 devoted itself to whalefishing and sent home sixty tons of blubber.” (Ibid.,pp.105,106)
Previous to the opening of Fort Prince of Wales, York Factory was the lightening rod which attracted various native groups from southern and east-central Alberta;central,north-central, and southeastern Saskatchewan;Manitoba;and northwestern Ontario who arrived by canoe to trade their furs for European-produced articles. Guns and ammunition,were understandably,in great demand.It was during this early period that the Chipewyan (Northern Indians) conveyed their furs by sled to the post.
The varying terrestrial belts,covering portions of both the Precambrian Shield and Sedimentary Basin of Central Canada,as represented by the tundra,stunted transitional,forested,parkland, and prairie grassland,were each the environs of a distinct group of natives.Their constant search for food,dictated by the migrating herds of buffalo and caribou,resulted in their nomadic life-style whose territorial boundaries were illdefined.This phenomenon was the bane of the Hudson’s Bay traders.the establishment of space pacts among the warring factions was ever forefront on their minds.James Knight, while governor at York Factory,noted in his fort journal for the attention of the Governor and Committee at Beaver House in London that:“I am endeavouring to make peace in the whole
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CORRECTION
A few lines of text in the Dolomites conference article were inadvertently dropped in the December issue of the Reservoir.The correct information is as follows:
HONOURARY CHAIR
Eric Mountjoy
McGill University
CO-CHAIRS/ORGANIZERS
Graham Davies
Graham Davies Consulting
Jeff Packard
Burlington Resources Canada
We apologize for the oversight.
- Editor
Twelfth Williston Basin Horizontal Well and Petroleum Conference
May 2 – 4, 2004
Holiday Inn Riverside Minot, North Dakota, USA
For more information, please call: (701) 328-8000 United States or (306) 787-7662 Canada
Informal talks, poster discussions and workshops on geology, engineering, and geophysics pertaining to new developments in petroleum exploration and production within or applicable to the Williston Basin.
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Country Round from N to S Wt for 1000 Miles.” (Ibid.,p.133)
The spoken language of those natives who had contact with Hudson’s Bay traders associated with either York Factory or Fort Prince of Wales can be categorized into four major groups,each covering immense geographic areas.These linguistic stocks and the natives who communicate through their use,include: Algonquian (Cree,Blackfeet,Gros Ventres,and Ojibwa);Siouan (Assiniboin);Athapascan (Chipewyan,Beaver,Slave,Dogrib,Yellowknife, Sarsi/Sarcee,and Eskimo-Aleut (Inuit/Eskimo). Distinctive dialects,within these major families, were characteristic of individual tribes.
Following the opening of Fort Prince of Wales in 1717,the Cree inhabiting the Churchill River region,as well as the Chipewyan,abandoned their trading practices at York Factory in favour of the more accessible Prince of Wales post. (1974,Ray,Arthur J.;Indians in the Fur Trade: their role as trappers,hunters and middlemen in the lands southwest of Hudson Bay 1660 - 1870, pub.Univ.of Toronto Press,pp.53,54 and 55).
The Cree and Assiniboin Indians inhabitating the forested,parkland,and eastern prairie regions, laying southwest of Hudson’s Bay,were the first
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natives to travel by canoe with their fur cargoes to trade at York Factory.Numerous alliances had been consummated between the two parties but these,at best,were fragile.
The more aggressive Cree,after obtaining guns and ammunition,were able to expand into areas beyond their traditional habitat.They annexed potions of the eastern prairie as well as the north and northwest forested areas,initiating a domino effect,shifting other tribes progressively to new regions.In particular,the Chipewyan, whose environs had formerly been the wooded areas of the Churchill River system,were routed north and west into the transitional forested belt fronted by the tundra.When the Chipewyan established trading practices with the Hudson‘s Bay Company,they were,on occasion,ambushed by the Cree and robbed of their fur cargoes.These pilfered furs were subsequently transported by the Cree to York Factory and traded.
Two noteworthy indentured servants of the Hudson’s Bay Company had independently made lengthy journeys inland from their base at York Factory predating Samuel Hearne’s exploits in his quest to reach the Northern Ocean and the copper “mines”.These intrepid adventurers,whose mandates had been to
establish peaceful relationships amongst the more far-reaching tribes so that they would trade their furs at York Factory.It was hoped that,through their counseling,they could give some assurance to the more reticent tribes of safe passage to York Factory.
Henry Kelsey,at age 14,had entered the service of the Hudson’s Bay Company in March of 1684 and was posted from London to York Factory where he arrived later the same year.At age 17 he was designated by Governor Geyer as a courier to deliver correspondence to the governor of Fort Severn.This post was located at the mouth of the Severn on Hudson’s Bay,a distance of 200 miles southwest of York Factory. Kelsey was assigned a young Indian lad as his companion and together,travelling overland, they were successful in dispatching Governor Geyer’s correspondence to the resident governor at Fort Severn and returning with the latter’s replies within a month of their departure from York Factory.
Governor Geyer was so impressed with Kelsey’s performance that in 1689 he elected him,as well as his young Indian companion,to reconnoiter the Barrens north of the Churchill River.They travelled north by ship along the Bay’s northwest coast to the mouth of a river
where a post to be named Fort Churchill (The river and fort were named in honour of Lord Churchill/Duke of Marlborough,the third governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company),was under construction.Kelsey and his companion had been directed by Geyer to make contact with the Chipewyan and to inform them of the fort under construction and its proximity to their subarctic habitat.The two were taken a short distance north of the Churchill River in an open boat and were dropped ashore when navigation became difficult.From the desolate shoreline,the two young stalwarts set off overland in search of natives.In his journal, Kelsey succinctly records a summation of their journey on the Barrens by an entry which reads: “In ‘89 Capt.James Young put me and ye Indian boy ashore to ye Northward of Churchill River
in order to bring a commerce to ye Northern Indians but we saw none although we travelled 200 miles in search of ym.” (1936,MacKay, Douglas:The Honourable Company,pub., McClelland & Stewart,Toronto,p.59).
Unfortunately,the embryonic Fort Churchill was destroyed by fire before it became operational. This,coupled with Kelsey’s failure to encounter any Chipewyan resulted in a decision by Goveror Churchill and his Committee in London to hold in abeyance an immediate replacement of the fire-ravished Fort Churchill. It was not until 1717 that the first operational Fort Churchill was built at Munk’s Point.
It was during Kelsey’s search for the Chipewyan on the Barrens in 1689 that he can be credited
as being the first white man to have seen and described the muskox.His journal reveals that on July 9,1689 he reports:“in ye Evening spyed two Buffillo – left our things and pursued ym –we Kill’d one – they are ill shapen beast – their Body being bigger than an ox – leg and foot like ye same but not half so long – a long neck and head a hog – their Horns not growing like other Beast but joyn together upon their forehead and so some down ye side of their head and turn up till ye tips be Even with ye Buts – their Hair is near a foot long.” (Glover,Richard G.: OVIBOS MOSCHATUS,The Beaver,September, 1947,pub.by Hudson’s Bay Company,p.14).
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COMING TO GRIPS WITH SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY
ASHTON EMBRY, VICE CHAIRMAN-ELECT, ISSC
I expect most CSPG members know little,if anything,about the International Subcommission on Stratigraphic Classification (ISSC) which is part of the International Stratigraphic Commission (ISC).The Subcommission is composed of stratigraphers from many countries and the main objective of the ISSC is to produce recommendations on stratigraphic classification,terminology, and procedure.These consensus recommendations are published in the International Stratigraphic Guide and two editions (Hedberg,1976;Salvador,1994) have appeared so far.More background information on ISSC can be found at http://www.geocities.com/issc_arg/index.html.
ISSC has been wrestling with various forms of sequence stratigraphy (e.g., unconformity–bounded units,synthems) for over 20 years with seemingly little success in reaching any agreement in
regards to terminology and methodology. The 1994 edition of the International Stratigraphic Guide was a disappointment due to its failure to adequately deal with sequence stratigraphy,which,by that time, had become a very important and widely used stratigraphic practice.A blue-ribbon ISSC Working Group was subsequently formed to resolve the inadequacies of the Guide regarding sequence stratigraphy. They spent six years trying to come up with a definition of a sequence but failed to reach a consensus.Given this lack of progress combined with the importance of the discipline,the obvious question for ISSC is,“What do we do next on this issue?” In answer to this,I thought I would provide my perspectives on sequence stratigraphy and on how ISSC is planning to move forward on this important topic.
Firstly,I would like to relate some of the things that 30 years of field work and
countless hours of attempting to correlate subsurface cross-sections have taught me about the practical usage of sequence stratigraphy.First and foremost I use sequence stratigraphy as a methodology for constructing a quasichronostratigraphic framework for constraining facies analysis and for interpreting depositional history and paleogeographic evolution.I expect many others use it in the same way and that is why sequence stratigraphy has become the dominant form of stratigraphic analysis.I would emphasize that I do not equate sequence stratigraphy with chronostratigraphy because the sequence stratigraphic correlation lines (e.g.,subaerial unconformities,maximum flooding surfaces,maximum regressive surfaces,etc.) are not isochronous (i.e., time surfaces).However,in most cases such surfaces have a low diachroniety or are time barriers.Importantly,there are lots of them available.
It would be great to have a framework of closely spaced time surfaces for guiding facies analysis but our current concepts and technologies do not allow such an ideal situation to be realized.For the time being I have to be satisfied with a quasi-chronostratigraphic framework provided by non-isochronous sequence stratigraphic surfaces.Biostratigraphy of course contributes to any correlation framework and,most importantly, provides critical constraints on sequence stratigraphic correlations.However, compared with sequence stratigraphic data,biostratigraphic data are much sparser in most situations and are much harder and costlier to obtain.Other stratigraphic disciplines such as magnetostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy also have potential to contribute to a framework but such data are usually very rare,especially for the subsurface. Overall,sequence stratigraphic correlation lines,because of their abundance in both surface and surface sections and their relative ease and low cost in attainment,have constituted the
bulk of any quasi-chronostratigraphic correlation framework I have ever built.
I have come to the realization that sequence stratigraphy is very similar in many ways to the other types of stratigraphy,which provide correlation horizons that approximate time surfaces (e.g.,biostratigraphy,magnetostratigraphy). Basically such stratigraphies are based on the recognition and correlation of changes in a specific property of the strata.For example,biostratigraphy depends on various changes in fossil content whereas magnetostratigraphy depends on changes in magnetic properties (e.g.,magnetic polarity) of the strata.This begs the question of what type of property change is utilized in sequence stratigraphy.The best answer I can come up with is that sequence stratigraphy uses changes in depositional trend as its foundation. Examples of changes in depositional trend utilized in sequence stratigraphy are the change from deposition to subaerial erosion and the change from a shallowingupward trend to a deepening-upward one. Within each type of stratigraphy,each type of change can regarded as a specific type of surface or boundary and it is best if each is given a specific name (e.g.,subaerial unconformity for the change from deposition to subaerial erosion).
For the creation and correlation of a sequence stratigraphic framework,I use four different types of surfaces,which are produced by four different types of change in depositional trend.More may well exist. Importantly each of these surfaces can be objectively recognized by scientific analysis and each is either of low diachroniety (time lines pass through it at a very low angle) or is a time barrier (time lines do not pass through it in most cases). Surfaces which cannot be objectively recognized or which have substantial diachroniety (time lines pass through at a high angle) would not be suitable for such a framework.The useful surfaces are:
1)Subaerial unconformity that represents the change from deposition to subaerial erosion (time barrier).
2)Shoreface ravinement surface that has eroded a subaerial unconformity.
This represents changes from sedimentation to subaerial erosion, back to sedimentation and finally to transgressive shoreface erosion (time barrier).
3)Maximum regressive surface that represents the change from shallowing-upward deposition to deepening-upward deposition (low diachroniety).At the shoreline position this would be called the onset of transgression.
4)Maximum flooding surface which represents the change from deepening-upward sedimentation to shallowing-upward sedimentation (low diachroniety).At the shoreline position this would be called the onset of regression.
These surfaces are determined mainly by sedimentological analysis and geometric relationships and I correlate as many of the different types of sequence stratigraphic surfaces as I can on a stratigraphic crosssection.Notably if I cannot put a specific
surface-type name on a correlation line (e.g.,a maximum flooding surface) then it doesn’t remain on the cross-section.I do not use the vague term “marker” for a correlation line in this methodology.In terms of nomenclature,I think it is important that agreement be reached on how to define and what to call each of these specific surfaces.Each of them is referred to by at least two different names in the literature. It is essential to formulate a clear definition of each type of sequence stratigraphic surface and to reach consensus on a specific name for each.
The recognition,correlation,and naming of the surfaces of sequence stratigraphy can be done without any concern for naming the units that are bounded by these surfaces.However there can be little doubt that units of sequence stratigraphy should also be defined and named for the purposes of regional mapping and clear communication.Larry Sloss and colleagues proposed the term sequence over 50
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years ago for the unit bounded by unconformities that are represented by either a subaerial unconformity or a shoreface ravinement that has eroded a subaerial unconformity.Such a unit did not gain widespread acceptance mainly because it was plagued by an intractable nomenclatural problem related to the fact that most such unconformities die out basinward.Every time an unconformity terminated basinward,a new sequence had to be named and the end result was nomenclatural chaos.Peter Vail and his Exxon colleagues resolved this nomenclatural nightmare with a revised definition of a sequence that extended the sequence boundary along a “correlative conformity”.This simple and brilliant suggestion allowed unconformitybounded sequences established on a basin margin to be extended into parts of the basin where the unconformities were no longer present with no changes in nomenclature.Many people do not realize that this critical change in sequence
definition which resulted in the cutting of the Gordian knot is the main reason for the ascent of sequence stratigraphy.I have little doubt if this had not had happened, sequence stratigraphy would still be languishing in the backwaters of stratigraphic thought.
Any attempt to revert to the Slossian definition of a sequence,that is a unit bounded solely by unconformities,would be folly and must be avoided at all costs. The inclusion of a “correlative conformity” as part of sequence definition is absolutely essential in any pragmatic and acceptable approach to sequence stratigraphy but it leaves us with the not-so-trivial problem of what constitutes a correlative conformity.To me,a scientifically acceptable correlative conformity must meet the following selfevident criteria:
1)It needs to tie to the termination of the corresponding unconformity so as
to form a through-going sequence boundary.
2)It must be delineated by objective scientific criteria compatible with the tenets of sequence stratigraphy (i.e.,it must represent a change in depositional trend) just as any biostratigraphic boundary must be defined on paleontological criteria.
3)It must be widespread in most basins.
4) It must have low diachroniety.
There is no doubt we need a clear definition of a practical correlative conformity that meets the above criteria and any others that become evident.
Once a decision is made on the definition of a sequence (i.e.,what types of surfaces are used to form both the unconformable and conformable
portions of the boundaries),then the question of how to define component units of a sequence can be examined. Such units are now referred to as systems tracts and this topic represents perhaps the most hopelessly confusing aspect of sequence stratigraphy.I defy anyone to provide a workable (scientific) definition of a forced regressive systems tract or a shelf margin systems tract.
Once again some straightforward definitions of systems tracts that are deemed to be scientifically acceptable and useful are required. This seemingly can be accomplished by following a few practical guidelines such as ensuring that any defined systems tract is bound by well-defined surfaces of sequence stratigraphy.
In summary,to bring sequence stratigraphy from its current part science/part dogma status,we need to:
1)Define and name the surfaces of sequence stratigraphy.I have mentioned four surfaces which need to be dealt with and there are likely others that would qualify.
2)Define what constitutes a sequence by defining what surfaces of sequence stratigraphy are used for both the unconformable and conformable portions of the sequence boundary. More than one type of sequence may be necessary.
3)Define component systems tracts by defining what surface of sequence stratigraphy is used for each boundary of each systems tract.For example a transgressive systems tract would be a unit bound by a maximum regressive surface,subaerial unconformity or unconformable shoreface ravinement below and a maximum flooding surface above.
The chairman of ISSC,Dr Maria Bianca Cita,has recently asked me to form an ISSC Task Group to examine sequence stratigraphic terminology and
methodologies and to make proposals to ISSC on these topics.I am hopeful that we will be able to make substantial progress in the three areas listed above so as to provide some stable nomenclature and pragmatic methodologies for the practice of sequence stratigraphy.
Biography
Ashton Embry,a research stratigrapher at GSC-Calgary,has been involved in issues
concerning stratigraphic methodology and nomenclature for a long time.He is a past Chair of the North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature and is the current Chair of the CSPG Stratigraphic Nomenclature Committee.He was recently elected Vice Chair of the International Subcommission on Stratigraphic Classification and will be leading a Task Group which will examine the terminology and methods of sequence stratigraphy.
We are pleased to welcome the worldrenowned speaker Simon Winchester to this year’s Conference Luncheon on Monday May 31,2004.He brings with him a background in geology,and several years of experience as an author, journalist,and broadcaster.
Simon Winchester graduated from Oxford in 1966 with a degree in geology and spent a year working as a geologist in the Ruwenzori Mountains in western Uganda,and on oil rigs in the North Sea, before joining his first newspaper in 1967.
His journalistic work,mainly for The Guardian and The Sunday Times,has based him in Belfast,Washington DC,New Delhi,New York,London,and Hong Kong,where he covered such stories as the Ulster crisis,the creation of Bangladesh,the fall of President Marcos, the Watergate affair,the Jonestown Massacre,the assassination of Egypt's President Sadat,the recent death and cremation of Pol Pot,and the Falklands War.During this latter conflict he was arrested and spent three months in prison in Ushuaia,Tierra del Fuego,on spying charges.He has been a freelance writer since 1987,and when not traveling spends his time in New York and Berkshire County,Massachusetts.
In addition to his books,Simon has contributed to a number of American and British magazines and journals, including Harper's,The Smithsonian,The National Geographic Magazine,The Spectator,Granta,The New York Times, and Civilization.Since its inception in 1987 he has been Asia-Pacific Editor of Conde Nast Traveler. His writing has won him several awards,including Britain's Journalist of the Year.
He writes and presents television films including a series on the final colonial years of Hong Kong and on a variety of other historical topics and is a frequent
contributor to the BBC radio program, From Our Own Correspondent.
Simon Winchester also lectures widely, most recently before London's Royal Geographical Society (of which he is a Fellow) and to audiences aboard the cruise liners QE2 and Seabourn Pride.
His books cover a wide range of subjects,including a study of the remaining British Empire,the colonial
architecture of India,aristocracy,the American Midwest,his experience of the months in an Argentine prison on spying charges,his description of a sixmonth walk through the Korean peninsula,the Pacific Ocean,the Balkans,and the future of China.His most well-known books include: The Map That Changed The World: William Smith And The Birth Of Modern Geology and Krakatoa:The Day The World Exploded.
Simon Winchester
Invitation to Exhibitors:
If you are a company who demonstrates an active and direct contribution to the geological and/or engineering and geophysical fields, research or other related fields, we invite you to exhibit at ICE 2004! What better place to showcase your products and services than the one location that is guaranteed maximum exposure to more than 2500 delegates!
This year’s CSPG – CHOA- CWLS Joint Conference offers two great opportunities to exhibitors: an indoor location spanning 50,000 square feet, and an outdoor exhibit area for larger displays and optimal viewing! Two booth sizes are available for indoor exhibits, 10’ x 10’ and 20’ x 20’, and a minimum outdoor exhibit size of 20’ x 20’. Booth locations are determined by the Exhibits Committee and will be based on the size of the booth purchased, the order in which the Exhibitor Application is received, and the Exhibits Points System. Points can be accrued with sponsorship commitment, early application, and past conference participation.
Note: Exhibit Space will be sold on a first come first serve basis. Deadline for Exhibitor Application and receipt of full payment is Friday February 20, 2004, but don’t wait, space could sell out before this date!
Sponsorship Opportunities
This year’s ICE 2004 Joint Conference theme is Innovation, Collaboration and Exploitation. Our Sponsorship Committee is determined to be innovative in approaching new sponsorship opportunities that benefit long-standing sponsors, as well as attracting new sponsors. We will collaborate with sponsors to ensure that you receive maximum value for your support. We will ensure that as a sponsor, you are able to exploit the potential opportunities created by your participation and support for the ICE 2004 Joint Conference. This year our committee will recognize five levels of sponsorship opportunities:
Shareholder $25,000 + this sponsorship level offers an exclusive opportunity that will be negotiated on a one to one basis
Strategic Alliance $15,000 + at this level a strategic or semi-exclusive sponsorship is available to one of the following:
Simon Winchester Luncheon – May 31
BBQ Beef & Beans Lunch, Exhibits Display – June 1
AEUB Core Conference – June 3 & 4
Joint Venture
$10,000 +
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Technical Halls (1 of 5)
Ice Breaker – May 31
Partnership $5,000 +
A partner sponsorship to one of the following: Conference CD of Abstracts
Breakfast with the Exhibitors – June 2
Student/Faculty/Industry Mixer
Poster Session – May 31-June 2
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CANADIAN SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS 2004 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists takes great pleasure in announcing the Executive Committee for 2004.The new Executive will take office following the Annual General Meeting at the Telus Convention Centre on Thursday,January 8th,2004.
PRESIDENT – CRAIG LAMB
BIRTH: Arbroath,Scotland (1946)
EDUCATION: B.Sc.Geology,University of Manitoba (1968);M.Sc.Geology,University of Manitoba (1974);M.B.A.,University of Calgary (1985)
EXPERIENCE: 1970-80,Geologist,Manitoba Energy & Mines;1980-82,Geology Team Leader,Canstar Oil Sands;1982-83,Geologist, AGAT Consultants;1983-86,Staff Geologist,Canterra Energy;1986-91,Manager,Geology & Technology Development,GEOTECHnical resources;1991-98,President,Lonach Consulting;1998-2002,Optimization Manager Canada & Geoscience Advisor,Schlumberger Canada;2002-present,Chief Geoscientist,Husky Energy Inc.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG;AAPG;APEGGA
CSPG ACTIVITIES: AAPG House of Delegates (1991-93);CSPG/CWLS Conference Committee (1995);GeoCanada 2000 Committee;CSPG Conference Committee (2002)
AWARDS: CSPG Volunteer Award (1994);CSPG Service Award (2001)
VICE PRESIDENT – JEFF PACKARD
BIRTH: Montreal,P.Q.(1952)
EDUCATION: B.Sc.Geology,Concordia University (1976);Ph.D.Geology,University of Ottawa (1985)
EXPERIENCE: 1974-77,uranium exploration,Urangesellshaft Canada;1983-86,NSERC Visiting Scientist and contract, Geological Survey of Canada;1986-90,carbonate specialist,Texaco Canada Resources;1990-92,Senior Geologist,Imperial Oil;1992-98,consultant and senior partner in Rhomb Carbonate Consulting;1998-2001, Senior Geologist,Poco Petroleum;2001-present,Senior Geologist,Burlington Resources
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG
CSPG ACTIVITIES: General Chair of Canadian Reef Inventory Project (1985-89);CSPG Executive candidate (1988);co-founder of Carbonate Liar’s Club of Calgary (1988);Geological Atlas Project (1989-94);CSPG Visiting lecturer (1992-93), technical coordinator for carbonate papers at CSPG Annual Convention (1994);CSPG Winterburn Advantage Committee (1995);Co-General Chair,Joint CSPG-SEPM Convention 1997 (1995-97);Co-Convener 2004 Dolomite Conference (2002-04)
PUBLICATIONS: Numerous written papers and oral presentations on carbonate geology of WCSB and Arctic Canada
AWARDS: CSPG Tracks Award (1987);CSPG President’s Award (1999)
PAST PRESIDENT – JOHN HOGG
BIRTH: Hamilton,Ontario (1958)
EDUCATION: B.Sc.Geology,McMaster University (1981)
EXPERIENCE: 1981-84,Exploration Geologist,Gulf Canada Resources Inc.;1984-88,Senior Geologist,Husky Oil Operations;1988-97,Exploration Geology Specialist,Petro-Canada Inc.;1997-present,Exploration Manager, Atlantic Canada,PanCanadian Energy Inc.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG;AAPG;SEG;AGS;APEGGA
CSPG ACTIVITIES: Publications Sales Committee,(1982-88);Publications Sales Committee Chairman (1985-88);Annual Meeting Field Trip, Committee Chairman (1990);Chairman Government Grants Committee (1989-91);Co-Chairman Technical Luncheon Committee (1993-95);Associate Editor CSPG Bulletin (1993-95);General Chairman 1996 CSPG Annual Convention (1994-96),Editor Pools '96 Special Publication (1996-97);Chairman Stanley Slipper Award Committee (1998-2001)
AAPG ACTIVITIES: Membership Committee (1982-86);Member House of Delegates (1986-2003);Chairman Canadian Delegates (1988-90);Chairman AAPG Calgary Conference Field Trip Committee (1990-92);Advisory Council (19942000);Secretary House of Delegates (1995-96);Chairman AAPG House of Delegates (1999-2000);AAPG Executive Committee (1999-2000);Chairman HOD Honours and Awards Committee (2001-02);Visiting Petroleum Geologist Committee (2000-02)
PUBLICATIONS: Numerous publications on regional geology,and oil and gas exploration in extensional and passive margin basins of Atlantic Canada.
AWARDS: CSPG Tracks Award (1987,1998);CSPG Certificate of Merits (1989,1994);CSPG Service Awards (1996, 2000);CSPG President's Award (1995);CSPG Best Paper Award,(2001);AAPG Certificate of Merit (1998, 1999);AAPG Eastern Section Levorsen Best Paper Award (2000);AAPG Distinguished Service Award (2001)
FINANCE DIRECTOR – PAULINE CHUNG
BIRTHPLACE: Sabah,Malaysia
EDUCATION: B.Sc.,Adv Geology,University of Saskatchewan;M.Sc.,Geology,University of Calgary
OTHER ACTIVITIES: Organizing Committee XIV World Permo-Carb Congress (ICCP) (1999);Co-Chaired Core Conference XIV ICCP (1999)
ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR – AL SCHINK
BIRTH: Dawson City,Yukon (1951)
EDUCATION: B.Sc.Geology,UBC (1974);M.Sc.Geology,Queen’s University (1978)
EXPERIENCE: 1977,Hudson’s Bay Oil and Gas;1978-1981,Amoco Canada Petroleum;1981-2001,Canadian Hunter Exploration Ltd.;2001-2003,Burlington Resources Canada Ltd.;2003-present,Berland Exploration Ltd.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG;AAPG;APEGGA
CSPG ACTIVITIES: Technical Luncheon Committee
PUBLICATIONS: Co-author of a Stratigraphic and Structural study of Cardium Reservoirs at Winchell Coulee;Co-author of a Study of the Falher D Stratigraphy exposed on Mt.Spieker,B.C.
AWARDS: CSPG Service Award (2000)
PROGRAM DIRECTOR – LAVERN STASIUK
BIRTH: Canora,Saskatchewan (1959)
EDUCATION: B.Sc.,Geology,U of Regina (1984);M.Sc.,Geology U of Regina (1988);Ph.D.Organic Petrology,U of Regina (1991)
EXPERIENCE: 1980-84 (summers),Energy Research Unit,University of Regina;1985-88,Geological Survey of Canada;1992Present,Organic Petrologist & Research Scientist,Natural Resources Canada,Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG;CSCOP;TSOP;ICCP
PUBLICATIONS: Thermal maturity,organic petrology,source rocks,petroleum migration in CSPG and other journals
AWARDS: TSOP Best Paper Award (1991);CSPG Ph.D.Thesis Award (1992);NATO ASI Outstanding Poster Award (1993);AAPG Vincent E.Nelson Memorial Best poster Award (2000);NRCAN Earth Sciences Sector Merit Award (1999,2000)
ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR – DOUG HAMILTON *No photo or bio available
SERVICES DIRECTOR – WAYNE DWYER
BIRTH: Calgary,Alberta (1953)
EDUCATION: Exploration Technology,Mining,Northern Alberta Institute of Technology,(1972);B.Sc.Specialization in Geology,University of Alberta (1975)
CSPG ACTIVITIES: Digging Deeper Convention – Core Conference sub-committee (1999);Rock the Foundation ConventionSpecial Events Chair (2001);Diamond Jubilee Convention - Publicity & Marketing Chair (2002);Educational Trust Fund – Director (2003)
AWARDS: CSPG Service Award (2001),CSPG Tracks Award (2002)
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR – ASHTON EMBRY
BIRTH: Washington DC (1946)
EDUCATION: B.Sc.(Hon),U of Manitoba (1968);M.Sc.,U of Calgary (1970);Ph.D.,U of Calgary (1976)
EXPERIENCE: 1970-72,Exploration Geologist,Mobil Canada;1976-77,Exploration Geologist,BP Canada;1977-present, Stratigrapher,Geological Survey of Canada
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG;AAPG;ISSC
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: CSPG Volunteer since 1973 - currently Ex-officio member of the Executive as the Senior Managing Editor; Chair,Publications Committee;Chair,Stratigraphic Nomenclature Committee;Member,Honorary Membership Committee;Technical Program Coordinator,2005 AAPG/SEPM Convention;Vice-Chair, International Subcommission on Stratigraphic Classification (ISSC)
