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2013 Officers and Board of Directors RMAG Staff

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President – Debra Higley-Feldman higley@usgs.gov

Treasurer – Mike Kozimko mkozimko@yatespetroleum.com

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RMAG February Board of Directors Meeting

By Jacinda Nettik Brown, Secretary (jacinda@caerusoilandgas.com) The Board of Directors meeting was held on February 20th, 2013 in the RMAG office. We began as we always do with a review of the Financial Report. RMAG’s income and expenses are both slightly higher than budgeted; financially RMAG is looking great at this point in the year.

Denver looks to be an exciting hub for prospect expos this year with NAPE Denver coming in December and PLS Dealmakers Prospects and Property Expos holding event an event in April. These events have led RMAG to not hold its own RMAG Prospect Fair/Techno Fest as it has in years past, but have some sort of participation in one or both of the events above.

RMAG nominated 15 candidates to the AAPG House of Delegates, nine of which will be elected. The House of Delegates is made up of members from AAPG’s affiliated societies and international regions throughout the world. RMAG would like to thank its members for acting as delegates on our behalf: Peter Bucknam , Jerome Cuzella, Walter Johnson, Laura Mauro Johnson, Bruce Kelso, Steven Kirkwood, Constance Knight, Susan Landon, Jay Leaver, Paula Mohseni, James Mullarkey, Douglas Neese , Paul Ozanich, Natasha Rigg, and Stephen Sonnenberg.

Keep your calendar open for the return of a big industry happy hour. Six societies are in the early stages of planning for a “Big Society Happy Hour” or “BSHH” in May 2013. We hope this event will offer our members the opportunity to BS with many of their oil & gas friends from AADE, DAPL, DGS, DWLS, RMAG and SPE. RMAG and the other societies feel a cross-society event is an important event to offer and one that has been missed in recent years. More details on this event to come.

The RMAG Tennis Tournament has been left off the schedule this year due to low participation in recent years. However, RMAGs Continuing Education Committee felt it was important this event be replaced with another great social event for our members.

Please mark your calendars for the very first RMAG Sporting Clay Tournament coming October 11th.

Additionally, a committee for membership issues will be resurrected. This committee will be cross-generational. It will focus on memorials, recruiting and engaging our members.

If you’d like to serve on this committee please contact the RMAG office.

RMAG Members don’t forget to renew your memberships for 2013 if you have not already done so. Year to date we are behind on our membership renewals. You can renew online at www. rmag.org.

As always it’s been a pleasure to serve on the 2013 RMAG BOD of directors.

Denver looks to be an exciting hub for prospect expos this year with NAPE Denver coming in December and PLS Dealmakers Prospects and Property Expos holding an event in April.

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CONTENTS Features

8 Lead Story: RMAG On-the-Rocks Informal Field Trips – 2013 10 Northern-eastern Colorado Hydraulic Fracturing Ban 15 Check it out!

COVER PHOTO The white to orangeishtan Peralta Tuff was deposited during a period of intense ryolitic volcanism in the Jemez Mountains of north-central New Mexico about 6.5 to 7 million years ago. Large clasts in the tuff protect the soft matrix below from erosion resulting in these conical formations from which the name "Tent Rocks" is derived.

Photo by Dean DuBois.

Association News 2 RMAG 2013 Summit Sponsorship 7 New Exhibit at Museum of Nature and Science 10 Authors and Editors Needed: RMAG Oil & Gas Fields of Colorado 19 Connect with RMAG Online!

14 RMAG Golf Tournament 26 Submit a Manuscript to The Mountain Geologist 27 2013 Spring Symposium "Making Money with Science" 29 Published in 2012-2013 in The Mountain Geologist

Departments 4 RMAG February Board of Directors Meeting 6 President's Column 17 New Members 25 In Memoriam

28 In the Pipeline 30 RMAG Luncheon Program 35 Advertisers Index 35 Calendar of Events

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President’s Column

By Debra Higley

RMAG/PTTC Spring Symposium host the Rocky Mountain Expo (Prospect Fair and Technofest) with the Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen (DAPL), Denver Well Logging Society (DWLS) and Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). The Prospect Fair and Technofest will not be held this fall because NAPE Mountain is planned for next December in Denver. RMAG is commonly a partner when the Rocky Mountain Section meeting is in Denver (2014) and the AAPG National Convention is in Denver (2015).

Ideally, the Continuing Education events are separated by at least 5 weeks from other geoscience events that RMAG members may wish to attend.

That, plus reserving rooms for the events, is the main reason event dates change from year to year. This year we cancelled the RMAG Fall Symposium because the SPE-AAPG-SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) will be in Denver from August 12-14, and conflicting dates of other events listed at the end of this paragraph left no space.

We requested to be part of the planning process for URTeC, especially since we now had some free time with this new every-other-year convention

April 23rd is the date of the “Making Money with Science” RMAG/PTTC Spring Symposium. RMAG is a mostly volunteer organization composed of numerous committees that organize and produce our communications, awards, publications, sponsor contributions, and events.

One of the impor tant c o m m i t te e s i s C o n t i n u i n g Education, chaired in 2013

by Greg Anderson. Along with the Spring Symposium, events include the Fall Symposium, short courses, and field trips. Field trips are also organized by the On the Rocks committee, with Ron Pritchett as chair. Let us know if you would like to join any of the RMAG committees.

Some events are organized almost independent from the Continuing Education committee and are in cooperation with other organizations, such as the 3D Seismic Symposium of the Denver Geophysical Society (DGS) and RMAG. Many of our events are planned in cooperation with the regional Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC), of which Mary Carr is the Rocky Mountain Director. We commonly

Some events are organized almost independent from the Continuing Education committee and are in cooperation with other organizations, such as the 3D Seismic Symposium of the Denver Geophysical Society (DGS) and RMAG.

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President's Column moving into Denver, but they decided not to involve any local or regional organizations. Hmmm, maybe we can add a field trip just before or after URTeC since the conference is limited to oral presentation.

The Rocky Mountain Section Meeting is in Salt Lake City from September 28-30th, the Mid-Continent Section Meeting is October 12-14th, and the GSA Annual Meeting is October 27-30th in Denver.

On a totally non-associated topic, at the USGS, we like freeware and download-for-free data and other juicy

tidbits. Below are several websites for free LAS-format well logs for areas I am working. These and other digital data are increasingly available from states and countries.

Last accessed Feb. 19th, 2013. http://ogccweblink.state.co.us/Search.aspx Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission website (select “Well Logs” under “Type”) http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Magellan/Logs/index.html Kansas Geological Survey digital well logs for Kansas http://www.gov.mb.ca/iem/petroleum/logs/ Manitoba Innovation, Energy, and Mines well logs http://www.dwd.gov.sk.ca/Pages/BasePages/Main. aspx?UseCase=WIDGIS Saskatchewan Energy and Resources digital well logs

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New Exhibit at Museum of Nature and Science A new exhibit entitled Mammoths And Mastodons: Titans Of The Ice Age, is now open through May 27, 2013.

Created by the The Field Museum, Chicago, the exhibit is augmented with material from the recent Snowmass Village ice-age discoveries that has not been displayed before. The 13,000 square-foot exhibition examines the role of human predation and other factors such as climate in the extinction of mammoths and mastodons.

The exhibit includes many interactive displays and videos as well as the opportunity to view material from the Snowmass discovery being prepared.

The Museum is located at 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205. To learn more visit www.dmns.org or call 303-370-6000.

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LEAD STORY RMAG On-the-Rocks Informal Field Trips – 2013 Introduction The On the Rocks field-trip committee is planning five trips in Colorado and Wyoming in 2013 to celebrate the geologic wonders of the Rockies.

The first trip will be Saturday, May 11th, and four more Saturday trips are in the works through September. The trips are designed to begin and end in one-day; some will be round-trip from Denver; others are “destination” trips that officially begin and end at the location of interest. Though RMAG does not charge for these trips, participants should be prepared to offset costs that may include park fees, sharing gasoline, lodging and lunches. All participants are asked to sign a liability release form before joining a trip. Sites for 2013 are (see Table on page 9):

accidents will include limiting the number of people in each trip, and trip leaders will provide plans for tour stops to minimize exposure to traffic.

RMAG On the Rocks trips p rov i d e p a r t i c i p a n t s w i t h opportunities to explore site geology, together with a trip expert and the camaraderie of those who are willing to share geologic knowledge. Each person attending these group events is asked to be mindful of the welfare and safety of others. As we seek educational, enjoyable, and memorable outings, success in each tour will also be defined by participants’ safe return.

We ask all interested participants to register through the RMAG website (www.rmag.org\Events\On the Rocks) so that the trip leaders and the organizing committee can refer to: names of parties; contact information; sequence of interest; wait-list as needed. Trip Abstracts and logistics descriptions will be posted on the RMAG website and in the Outcrop magazine.

The On the Rocks Committee members are: Catherine Campbell, Dan Plazak, Denis Foley, Jeff Glossa, John Ladd, Sandra Mark, Phyllis Scott, and Ron Pritchett. If you would like to participate in trip plans and lend your skills and ideas for these fun and educational trips, please contact your 2013 On the Rocks Field Trip Committee Chair: Ron Pritchett, pritchett61@msn. com.

Though RMAG does not charge for these trips, participants should be prepared to offset costs that may include park fees, sharing gasoline, lodging and lunches.

• Pueblo State Park and exposures of Cretaceous source/reservoir sequences significant for hydrocarbon exploration and production in the Rockies • Eagle Basin, CO – Structure and sedimentary exposures of the Central Colorado Basin • Mt. Princeton Geothermal Area, CO – “hot spots” in Central Colorado • Medicine Bow-Snowy Range, WY – see rocks that record 2 ½ billion years of geologic history • Vineyards and Terrains of the North Fork of the Gunnison River-Geology and wine-tasting The mission of RMAG On the Rocks informal field trips is to provide guided tours to natural sites where principles of geology are on display. Action to avoid

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Lead Story

2013 Proposed On-the-Rocks Field Trips Month/Day

Topic/Destination

Leader(s)

RMAG OTR Logistics Contact

May 11th

Mudrocks of the Southern Denver Basin, Pueblo, CO: Graneros, Greenhorn, Carlile, and Niobrara Formations

Jeffrey A. May, Geologic Consultant; Donna Anderson, EOG Resources

Ron Pritchett

June 22nd

Eagle Basin, CO

Bob Raynolds, Denver Museum of Natural Science

Denis Foley, Phyllis Scott

July 20th

Mt. Princeton Geothermal Area, upper Arkansas Valley, CO

Paul Morgan, Sr. Geothermal Geologist, Colorado Geological Survey

Phyllis Scott

August 17th

Medicine Bow-Snowy Range, WY

Art Snoke, University of Wyoming

Cat Campbell

Sept. 7th

Vineyards, Adobes, and Gravels-Oh My! Wine-tasting and geologic exploration of the North Fork Valley of the Gunnison, Western Slope, CO

Dave Noe, Colorado Geological Survey

Sandra Mark

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Authors and Editors Needed: RMAG Oil & Gas Fields of Colorado!

RMAG is working toward the publication of a guidebook dedicated to short field studies of a set of selected oil and gas fields in Colorado. In large part the format will be similar to earlier publications of this type: a several page article that will include a one page summary with a small set of maps and cross-sections adequate to give the reader a lot of information in a short amount of time. The RMAG committee working on this publication has selected 85 fields for review. In addition, we expect to have extended discussion around several large “resource play” areas such as the Piceance Basin or the Greater Wattenberg complex including the recent horizontal Niobrara play.

The committee is currently looking for authors to do field studies and to put together material for publication.

Each author may contribute one or multiple field studies.

We will also need a group of editors for both technical and copy (grammatical and graphical) review.

Please volunteer! Committee contacts below:

The RMAG committee working on this publication has selected 85 fields for review.

James Rogers, 303-832-2328 jim_rogers1@comcast.net Steve Cumella, 720- 979-0718 steve.cumella@endeavourcorp.com Marshall Deacon, 303- 228-4215 mdeacon@nobleenergyinc.com

Dean DuBois, Committee Chair; 720-876-5366 dean.dubois@encana.com

Tom Feldkamp, 303- 228-4146 tfeldkamp@NobleEnergyInc.com

James Milne, 303- 894-2100 x5117 james.milne@state.co.us

Chris Martin, 720- 440-6134 CMartin@bonanzacrk.com

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Northern-eastern Colorado Hydraulic Fracturing Ban Timeline of Events- Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing 1951 – The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Act

and Wellness Act, which prohibits hydraulic fracturing and the disposal of associated wastes.

1992 – Greeley’s total ban on the drilling or any oil, gas, or hydrocarbon wells within city limits was overruled by Colorado courts

1/14/13 – Longmont filed a motion for a change of venue as well as a motion to dismiss the unconstitutional takings portion of the COGA lawsuit.

12/20/11 – 120 day moratorium bans drilling in Longmont

1/31/13 – Boulder County commissioners impose a six month moratorium on new permits for drilling in the county (including unincorporated).

2/10/12 – Draft of regulations released in Longmont

3/5/13 – Fort Collins city council votes 5-2 on a ban of hydraulic fracturing within city limits.

5/12 – Draft conditionally approved in Longmont

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12/17/12 – Colorado Oil and Gas Association filed a lawsuit in Weld County District Court against the City of Longmont’s Article XVI, The Longmont Health, Safety, Vol. 62, No. 4

Editor’s Note – Can you help expand or elucidate upon this timeline? If so, the editors want to hear from you!

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Coming Early 2013...

Studies in Geology 65

Application of Structural Methods to Rocky Mountain Hydrocarbon Exploration and Development Edited by C. Knight, J. Cuzella, & L. Cress

Co-published by Tulsa, OK and Denver, CO www.aapg.org/www.rmag.org

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists

The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

With increasing industry emphasis on developing “unconventional” tight reservoirs and on enhancing recovery from existing fields, geologists are facing new challenges. Identifying fracture characteristics within petroleum systems is essential. Understanding the timing of tectonics and the formation of structures is

important, as these factors strongly influence hydrocarbon generation, migration, entrapment, and preservation.

As a means of addressing complex interrelationships between structural geology and hydrocarbon exploration and development, the editors are pleased to present this compilation of key papers.

Studies in Geology 65 Table of Contents

• Using Free-hand 3-D Drawings to Clarify and Verify Subsurface Structural Interpretations — D. Stone • Introduction to Low-temperature Thermochronologic Techniques, Methodology, and Applications — S. L. Peyton & B. Carrapa • Overview of Low-temperature Thermochronology in the Rocky Mountains and its Application to Petroleum System Analysis — S. L. Peyton & B. Carrapa • Using Detrital Zircon Geochronology to Solve Complex Structural Problems: Application with Pitfalls in the Helena Salient of the Montana Disturbed Belt, West Central Montana — P. T. Doughty, K. R. Chamberlain, & M. C. Pope OUTCROP

• Regional and Local Fractures of the Bakken Petroleum System, Williston Basin: Integrating Field Studies and 3-D Seismic Analysis — S. Angster & F. Sarg • Role of Wrench Faults and Fractures in Creating “Sweet Spots” in Tight Gas Exploration and Production at Rulison Field Colorado — T. L. Davis & R. D. Benson • Fracture Control of P-wave Azimuthal Anisotrophy in a Laramide Basement-cored Anticline at Casper Arch, Wyoming: Insights from Correlations with Surface Analogs and Curvature Analyses — R. D. Cooley & E. Erslev

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• Natural Fractures and Strain Accommodation in the Tensleep Formation at Beer Mug Anticline — S. P. Cooper • Natural Fracture Patterns in Folded Tensleep Reservoirs, Wyoming — S. P. Cooper & J. C. Lorenz • Fractures, Hydraulic Injections, and Strain Accommodation in the Tensleep Formation at Flat Top Anticline, Carbon County, Wyoming — J. C. Lorenz • Beaver Creek Detachment System: Syn-Laramide Gravity Detachment and Folding Oblique to Regional Compression — S. Smaltz & E. Erslev

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Spring PTTC Workshops Tectonic History of the Rocky Mountain Region

Thursday, April 4, 2013, 8:30 AM-5:00 PM Colorado School of Mines, Ben Parker Student Center Ballrm A Fee: $250; Includes: refreshments, workbook, and PDH certificate Instructor: Dr. Chuck Kluth, Colorado School of Mines

This one day short course will review the tectonic framework and history of the Rocky Mountain region. It will begin with a short review of tectostratigraphic analysis and tectonic maps. The tectonic analysis will begin at the bottom of the geologic column with a brief discussion of the basement underpinnings of the region and Lower Paleozoic cratonic-shelf setting. These shelf deposits are variably preserved in the region but in some areas provide hydrocarbon reservoirs. This cratonic-shelf was interrupted by crustal-scale intraplate deformation in the late Paleozoic, that resulted in widespread development of the Greater Ancestral Rocky Mountains. The uplifts produced arkosic sediments but the voluminous Late Paleozoic sands are from a distal source. The early Mesozoic represents a return to the stable cratonic-shelf that, in late Jurassic, begins to reflect orogeny to the west. The data support the presence of a low-dipping subduction zone along the western plate margin that resulted in crustal shortening and the development of the Cordilleran thrust belt and the basement-cored 'Laramide' Rocky Mountain uplifts and basins. Hydrocarbons, generated by the earliest subsidence related to thrusting began migrating toward the craton, only to be captured by the Laramide structures. Erosion of the uplifts filled the adjoining basins to spillpoints. Later Cenozoic regional uplift or climate changes have resulted in exhumation of the basins. This process is continuing today and was accelerated during the Pleistocene glacial event.

How to Find Bypassed Pay in Old Wells Using DST Data

Tuesday-Thursday, May 21-23, 2013, 8:30 AM-5:00 PM Colorado School of Mines, Ben Parker Student Center Ballroom C Fee: $650; Includes: refreshments, workbook, and PDH certificate Instructor: Hugh W. Reid

Geologists, engineers & technicians who encounter or utilize DST results and reports in their exploration & production decisions. In fact any professional who needs to make more sense of the numerous old DSTs which are present in so many wells, often with confusing results. Particularly appropriate for those prospecting for bypassed pay using logs and geology, who may wish to verify their conclusions from the DST or for regional geologists using show maps of DST results. A key emphasis of the course is to show how to identify missed (damaged) pay in competitor’s ‘dry’ wells & additional pay in your own producing wells. This is an important skill to complement log skills!

Objectives By the end of the course participants should be able to accomplish the following:  understand DST pressure charts to identify obvious formation damage & depletion (small reservoir) and mechanical problems (eg. tool plugging).  recognize high vs. low permeability tests.  understand why data from cores and logs often conflict with DST data.  “make more sense” of DST results printed in PI well cards and field reports where no chart is available and even estimate approximate permeability & damage in some cases.  identify presence of limited natural fractures.  appreciate where recoveries of “oil cut mud” and gas rates of “TSTM” may be significant from an exploration standpoint.  determine when a gas test is co-producing water.  identify gas presence even where no gas was reported in certain tests.  identify potential oil zones from DSTs which recovered no oil (from the chart shape and air blow description).  estimate the approximate gas rate in DSTs of “GTS TSTM” by knowing the time gas took to reach the surface and the air volume of the test string.  make a decision as to whether old DSTs can be recompleted as commercial wells today from limited information.

Class Descriptions and Register Online: www.pttcrockies.org

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RMAG Foundation Sponsors the Excellence in Teaching of Earth Science Award

Breaking News: COGCC Rule 609 requires Baseline Water Quality Monitoring.

In 2000, the RMAG Foundation instituted an award to honor elementary or secondary school teachers who have promoted teaching of earth science to K-12 students. The winner receives a commemorative plaque and a $1000 cash award provided by the RMAG Foundation, and is recommended as the RMAG’s candidate to compete for the AAPG Rocky Mountain Section, Teacher of the Year award. This award honors the best earth science teacher in the Front Range area from either an elementary or secondary school. If you are a teacher or know of a teacher who could be a candidate please contact the K-12 Public Outreach Committee through the RMAG office at 910 16th Street, Suite 1125, Denver, CO 80202, by telephone at 303-573-8621, or email at staff@rmag.org to receive an application form. The application deadline this year is Friday May 3, with the winner to be announced on or before May 11.

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Check it out!

New COGCC rules for location setbacks: http://cogcc.state.co.us/, link under Public Announcements.

Weld County offers landowners free water testing for 59 compounds, just finished 100th sample, article details results. http://www.greeleytribune.com/ news/local/5403323-113/countyweld-testing-gas New second round of quadrangle revisions, Kansas and Oklahoma; http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/ article.asp?ID=3503.

New basin-wide coal assessment, Powder River Basin, Wyoming; http://www.usgs.gov/ newsroom/article.asp?ID=3518.

New USGS Hydraulic Fracturing Website, includes links to videos such as Hydraulic Fracturing State of the Science and the Produced Water Website. http://energy.usgs.gov/ OilGas/UnconventionalOilGas/ HydraulicFracturing.aspx

New Books Nicolaus Steno: Biography and Original Papers of a 17th Century Scientist. Troels Kardel, Paul Maquet, Springer Heidelberg Dordrect London New York, February 28, 2013, $118.58, Amazon.com.

New Vitrinite Reflectance Data for the Cretaceous Marine Shales and Coals in the Big Horn Basin,NorthCentral Wyoming and South-Central Montana, open-file report 2012-1254, Mark J. Pawlewicz and Thomas M. Finn. Report in pdf format. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1254/

Volcanic Reservoirs in Petroleum Exploration, Caineng Zou, Elsevier, March 19, 2013, $135.52, Amazon.com.

The Great Extinctions: What Causes Them and How They Shape Life, Norman Macleod, Firefly Books, February 14, 2013, $17.61, Amazon.com.

Update of plate 2, Digital Data Series 69-G, Stratigraphic Cross Section of Measured Sections and Drill Holes of the Neslen Formation and Adjacent Formations, Book Cliffs Area, Colorado and Utah, Openfile 2012-1260, Mark A. Kirschbaum and Brianne D. Spear. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1260/

Landscape Evolution in the United States: An Introduction to the Geography, Geology and Natural History, Joseph A. DiPietro, Elsevier, February 22, 1013, $103.99, Amazon.com.

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UPCOMING

EDUCATION SCHEDULE L a s t Chanc e Deep-Water Siliciclastic Reservoirs Northern California

April 14-19, 2013

Basic Well Log Analysis Austin, TX

April 15-19, 2013

Petrophysical Analysis and Integrated Approaches to the Study of Carbonate Reservoirs Austin, TX

April 16-18, 2013 April 16, 2013

E-Symposia: Successful Oilfield Water Management 2:00 p.m., CST Clastic Reservoir Facies and Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of Alluvial-Plain, Shoreface, Deltaic, and Shelf Depositional Systems Utah

April 20-26, 2013

Short Courses Basic Tools for Shale Exploration Pittsburgh, PA (with AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition)

May 18, 2013 Early-bird rates end April 19!

Integrating Data to Evaluate Shale Resources Pittsburgh, PA (with AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition)

May 18-19, 2013 Early-bird rates end April 19!

Faults in the Northern Appalachian Basin and Their Effects on Black Shale Pittsburgh, PA (with AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition)

May 19, 2013 Early-bird rates end April 19!

Application of Organic Petrology for Shale Resource Evaluation Pittsburgh, PA (with AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition)

May 23, 2013 Early-bird rates end April 19!

June 10-14, 2013

Summer Education Conference – 11 courses over 5 days!

Fort Worth, TX

Field Seminars Geology of Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park Nevada

June 1-7, 2013

Play Concepts and Controls on Porosity in Carbonate Reservoir Analogs Almeria, Spain

June 2-7, 2013

Folding, Thrusting & Syntectonic Sedimentation Central Pyrenees, Spain

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New Members

Welcome to New RMAG Members...

David Bickerstaff David is from Greenwood Village, CO. David works at Meagher Energy Advisors as a Geologic Manager.

Eden Espino Eden is from Denver, CO. Eden works at Zia Geological.

James Blattman James is from Sugarland, TX.

Peter Falk Peter is from Albuquerque, NM. Peter works at Laramide GeoServices, LLC.

Daniel Burggraf Daniel is from Houston, TX. Daniel works at Canadian International Oil (USA) Corp. as a Senior Geoscience Consultant.

Russell Frazier Russell is from Katy, TX. Russell works at Weatherford.

Frances Carson Frances is from Denver, CO. Frances works at Carson GeoConsulting as a Consultant.

Kenneth Grove Kenneth is from Lafayette, CO. Kenneth works at Kenneth William Grove Consulting Geologist LLC.

Kaitlin Clark Kaitlin is from Denver, CO.

Jeff Hislop Jeff is from Evergreen, CO. Jeff works at Tesla.

William Duggins William is from Denver, CO. William works at Incremental Oil and Gas as a Geologist.

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Scott Tinley Scott is from Houston, TX. Scott works at CGG. Michael Tischer Michael is from Boulder, CO. Michael works at Dolan Integration Group as a Petroleum Geologist.

Richard Rondeau Richard is from Denver, CO. Richard works at Venoco, Inc as a Senior Geologist.

Robert Wilcox Robert is from Rio Rancho, NM. Robert works at SandRidge Energy as a Senior Field Geologist.

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In Memoriam: William Albert Newton

By Germaine and Clare Gregg, Eugene Shearer and Dudley Bolyard William (Bill) A. Newton, a longtime member of RMAG born in 1912, celebrated his 100th birthday last July 21 and passed away at his home in Littleton, Colorado on December 24, 2012. Bill grew up in Decatur and Urbana, Illinois and St. Petersburg, Florida. At 12, he joined the Boy Scouts and achieved the rank of Eagle with 42 merit badges. Majoring in geology, Bill received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in 1935 and 1937, respectively, from the University of Illinois. He worked for the Illinois Geological Survey during this entire period. While working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he attended Stanford and completed all of the course work required for a Ph. D. in geology.

In 1940, Bill left Stanford and joined the Carter Oil Company (a predecessor of Exxon) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and remained with Carter until 1949. By then Bill had arrived in Denver. Inspired by early successes, he became a consulting geologist. Bill was instrumental in the discovery of the Battleship Field in North Park near Walden,

Colorado. His surface and subsurface geological expertise, coupled with his promotional abilities, were c r i t i c a l to t h i s discovery. He also found oil and gas in the Piceance and Denver Basins. Bill is perhaps best remembered for founding and becoming the first president and chairman of Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Company, which laid the first pipeline in the Piceance Basin, bringing natural gas to Aspen and other towns on Colorado’s western slope.

An avid golfer, Bill built one of the first homes on the Columbine Country Club golf course and is said to have been playing a round there as the tragic flood of 1965 roared down Plum Creek and the Platte River valley. Determined to sink his last putt, he ignored the insistent warnings broadcast from the government helicopter flying overhead. Bill’s attachment to Columbine is legendary. The community needed water, prompting Bill to have a friend in the seismic business drill a dozen wells that delineated a shallow aquifer about 80 feet thick. Water from this aquifer is still used to irrigate the golf course. Bill twice served the Town of Columbine as Mayor.

Bill joined RMAG soon after Quality Mudlogging moving to the Denver area. He Geologic Interpretation served as Counselor in 1958 and as 2nd Vice President in 1963. He also Wellsite Geology | Geo-Steering | Coring Supervision was a member of AAPG and other Serving the Williston Basin Horizontal Bakken, scientific societies, and the author and Rocky Mountain Mission Canyon, Red River, of at least 7 technical papers. His Region Dupero, Three Forks and many friends will always remember Ratcliff formations him as affable, outgoing, sincere, Joseph H. Large and a highly competent organizer, President administrator, and geologist.

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Submit a Manuscript to The Mountain Geologist Back Issues A bibliography and index is available on the RMAG website (1964-2009, see The Mountain Geologist web page, www.rmag.org). See also, “Cumulative Bibliography and Index to The Mountain Geologist, 1999-2010” by Michele Bishop, The Mountain Geologist, July 2011, v.

48, no. 3, p. 59-80 .

Back issues of the journal are available on DVD (The Mountain Geologist 1964-2005 except 1985, v. 22, no. 4; The Mountain Geologist 2006-2010 with 1985, v. 22, no.

4) available through the RMAG office, 303-573-8621, or online on the RMAG website. Some issues in hard copies are also available from the RMAG office.

The Mountain Geologist is a quarterly, online, peerreviewed journal published by the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists since 1964. Circulation is about 2600. Editors for The Mountain Geologist welcome manuscripts that focus on or relate to geology of the U.S. Rocky Mountain region and environs.

When writing a manuscript for The Mountain Geologist, please refer to the downloadable “Author Style Guide” found under “Publications – The Mountain Geologist” on the RMAG website: www.rmag.org It is important to write your manuscript according to this style guide to mitigate revision time for both authors and editors. The style guide is being updated in 2013; please send inquiries to the Executive Editor at jtpetr@ aol.com or refer to issues published in 2012-2013 when questions arise.

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The RMAG and PTTC are proud to present the 2013 Spring Symposium "Making Money with Science" Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at the Denver Marriott City Center

Using Science to Profitably Explore for or Develop Oil and Gas Fields Keynote Speaker: Chris Wright – CEO of Liberty Resources Roy Aneed with NGP, will present on how to create a start up oil and gas company using equity capital Lynn Watney with KGS, will present on Mississippian play in Kansas and Oklahoma Don Hall with Fluid Inclusion Technologies, will present on advanced mud gas and cuttings analysis Katie Kocman with QEP, will present on hand held XRD to identify facies in the Middle Bakken Maynard Johnson and Dick Leonard with Protechnics will present case studies utilizing proppant and fluid tracers coupled with post-stimulation production profiling and spectral gamma imaging to optimize completion effectiveness and production performance.

Member pre-registration (until 4/17/13 at 4 pm): $180 Non-member pre-registration (until 4/17/13 at 4 pm): $220 Member onsite registration: (after 4pm on 4/17/13): $220 Non-member onsite registration: (after 4pm on 4/17/13): $260

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In the Pipeline April 2-4, 2013 Hart DUG- Permian Basin. Fort Worth, TX.

Tectonic Setting of Miocene Extension and Magmatism in the Northern Great Basin.” Speaker Joe Colgan. Federal Center, Denver, CO.

April 4, 2013 PTTC Course. “Tectonic History of the Rocky Mountain Region.” Instructor Dr. Chuck Kluth, CSM, Golden, CO.

April 23-24, 2013 Hart DUG-Midcontinent. Tulsa, OK. April 24, 2013 Oilfield Christian Fellowship Luncheon. To RSVP call Barb Burrell at 303-675-2602 or e-mail OCFDenverChapter@pxd.com.

April 9, 2013 USGS Rocky Mountain Science Seminar. “Petrogenesis and Metal Budget of the Chichinautzin Monogenetic Field, Mexico: A Melt Inclusion Study.” Speaker Julie Roberge. Federal Center, Denver, CO. April 9, 2013 Desk and Derrick Luncheon. For reservations, please contact RSVP@deskandderrick.org.

April 25, 2013 SIPES Luncheon. Speaker, Chris Esinger, “Niobrara Tight Oil Success in Colorado: What do the Numbers Indicate.”

April 10, 2013 RMAG Monthly Luncheon Program. Speaker: Pete Dotsey, "MaxG Basin Temperature Modelling."

April 28-30, 2013 SPWLA Spring Topical Conference. “High Angle Well Placement and Evaluation.” Santa Rosa, CA.

April 10-12, 2013 NAPE East. Pittsburgh, PA.

April 30, 2013 RMS-SEPM Luncheon. Speaker Marieke Dechesne.

“Cenozoic Synorogenic Sedimentation and Structural Deformation of the Colorado Headwaters Basin.”

April 11, 2013 DGS Luncheon.

May 13-14, 2013 Bakken and Three Forks, Completions Congress 2013, Denver, CO. See page 17 for more information.

April 12, 2013 DIPS Luncheon. Speaker John E Warme. “Contrasting Geology and Cultures: Morocco and Algeria.”

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April 16, 2013 DWLS Luncheon. Speaker Tom Bratton. “The Interpretation of Stress from Sonic Logs.”

If you have any events that you would like to post in this column, please submit via email to Holly Sell at hsell@nobleenergyinc.com or to the RMAG office at staff@rmag.org for consideration.

April 17, 2013 DAPL Luncheon.

April 23, 2013 RMAG 2013 Spring Symposium. “Making Money with Science.” Denver, CO.

For Independents and Small Companies

April 23-24, 2013 Denver SPE Continuing Education. “Hydraulic Fracturing Design and Treatment.”

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April 23, 2013 DWLS Spring Workshop. CSM, Golden, CO.

Jack Bowler – Bowler Petrophysics, Inc. 303 860 1641 www.jlog.biz jack@bowler-petrophysics.com

April 23, 2013 USGS Rocky Mountain Science Seminar. “Regional

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5-31. Papers published in The Mountain Geologist in 2012 include October “Pycnodonts from the Lower Ferron Sandstone Member of the Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale (Middle Turonian), Emery and Carbon Counties, Utah”

by Martin A. Becker, Harry A. Maisch IV, and John A. Chamberlain, Jr., p. 101-114.

“Quantifying Low Net:Gross, Fluvial-Lacustrine Reservoirs Using Proportional Tops and Zonation: Green River Formation, Monument Butte Field, Utah” by Darrin Burton, Bobby Sullivan, and Steve D. Adams, p. 115-127.

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“Additions to the Vertebrate Faunal Assemblage of the Middle Miocene Fort Randall Formation in the Vicinity of South Bijou Hill, South Dakota, U.S.A.” by Darrin Pagnac, p. 19-34.

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RMAG Monthly Luncheon Program – April 10th

MaxG Basin Temperature Modelling

By Ian Deighton and Pete Dotsey with TGS

We can apply a lithologic thermal conductivity shift to the interval geothermal gradient layers to more closely approximate formation temperature, if necessary.

A new methodology for basin temperature modelling has been developed that utilizes a large amount of properly indexed and QC’d bottom-hole temperature data for a basin or area. To construct the temperature volume, we first define a curve (depth varying function) that depicts the envelope of the maximum bottom hole temperature cloud for each major lithostratigraphic unit to define the interval geothermal gradient. We then construct the temperature volume by stacking the interval geothermal gradient layers for the basin or area. We can apply a lithologic thermal conductivity shift to the interval geothermal gradient layers to more closely approximate formation temperature, if necessary. Results for the Delaware and Midland Basins are shown.

Speaker Bio Pete Dotsey is the North and South America Business Development Manager for the TGS Geological Products Division. He attained an MS in Geology from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1983. His professional career includes: • 3 years working for Sohio Petroleum Company in exploration; • 9 Years working in the environmental field as a hyrdo-geologist and project manager; • 4 years working for Landmark Graphics Corporation as a geoscience application consultant; and

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Luncheon Reservations & Information Luncheon will be held at the Marriott City Center at California and 17th St. Please check the event listing in the lobby for the room. Check-in/walk-in registration begins at 11:30 a.m., lunch is served at 12:00 noon, and the talk begins at 12:20 p.m. The luncheon price is $30.00. To listen only to the talk, walk-in price is $10.00. If you make a reservation and do not attend the luncheon, you will be billed for the luncheon. Online registration closes at 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday before the luncheon. Cancellations are not guaranteed after that time.

Call 303-573-8621 email staff@rmag.org, or register online.

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USGS Rocky Mountain Science Seminar (Lecture BuildingFederal 25, 10:30 am)10:30 a.m.

Lecture Hall, BuildingHall, 25, Denver Center,

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Title Linking geology and health to help understand a

Geoff Plumlee Seminar Already Held deadly outbreak of childhood lead poisoning from

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1/15/13

1/22/13

artisanal gold mining, northwest Nigeria

Potential links between climate change and water Andy Manning Seminar Already Held (USGS Denver) quality degredation in a mineralized watershed

Zach Sharp

(U of New Mexico)

Chlorine isotope geochemistry of Earth,

Seminar Already Held Moon, and beyond

Epeirogeny of eustasy? the rise and fall of continental SeminarDeciphering Already Held interiors and implications for mantle dynamics

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Becky Flowers

2/19/13

Distal Facies Variability within the Upper Triassic Kate Whidden Seminar Already Held

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David John

3/5/13

part of the Otuk Formation in Northern Alaska

(USGS Denver)

(USGS Menlo Park)

Miocene volcanoes, hot springs, and gold deposits

Seminar in Already HeldHills, California and Nevada the Bodie

3/26/13

Christian Teyssier

4/9/13

Julie Roberge

Petrogenesis and metal budget of the Chichinautzin monogenetic field, Mexico: A melt inclusion study

Joe Colgan

Regional tectonic setting of Miocene extension and magmatism in the northern Great Basin

5/14/13

Dirk Wallschlaeger

Soluble arsenic-sulfur compounds in ambient waters - where geochemical knowledge gaps and analytical problems collide

5/28/13

Darius Semmons

Where's the value? New approaches to mapping the benefits we derive from nature

(U of Minnesota)

Seminar Oceanic Already and Heldcontinental core complexes

(Mexican Polytechnical Inst.)

4/23/13

(USGS Menlo Park)

(Trent University)

(USGS Denver)

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Decollement Consulting, Inc. 19 Discovery Group.........................7 Dolan Integration Group......... 13 Donovan Brothers Inc............. 18 Donze, Terry................................7

Mazzullo Energy Corp................9

Vista GeoScience, John V. Fontana....................... 18

Neuralog.................................. 23

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Weber Law Firm, LLC.................7

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Quantum Water Consulting.... 19

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