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CONTENTS FEATURES 6 Lead Story: Part III The RMAG Newsletter: A Technological Aphrodisiac?

10 Colorado's Loss is the Smithsonian's Gain 13 Colorado Geological Survey Honored

19 RMAG – Horizontal Drilling and Completion Symposiium 19 Membership Notice 23 Save the Date for the RMAG/PTTC Fall Symposium

24 Check it out!

28 Prospect Fair and Technofest

30 Where in the West Am I?

34 The Outcrop Needs YOU!

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19 Geologic Art Show

2 2012 RMAG 33rd Annual Tennis Tournament Registration Form 8 Determine Future Guidebooks 8 Call for Papers: The Mountain Geologist 9 2012 Summit Sponsorship

4 RMAG July Board of Directors Meeting 12 Luncheon Program

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14 President's Column

Bobcat strolls underneath casing. The well is located north of Medicine Bow, WY, at the Horse Shoe Anticline. Photo by William (Bill) Donovan.

18 New Members 20 On-the-Rocks Field Trips 26 In the Pipeline 32 Advertisers Index 32 Calendar of Events

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By Kimberley Alanis, Secretary (Kimberley.Alanis@vantageenergy.com) The Board of Directors meeting was held on July 12, 2012 LQ WKH 50$* RIÀFH ERDUGURRP The meeting began with a review of RMAG’s June income and expenses. We are continuing to increase our income from the same time last year. The income in June was largely due to the RMAG Golf Tournament. Our expenses are still down from last year, as well.

The Continuing Education Committee is staying very busy with several upcoming events. The Summer Speaker Series is wrapping up for this year. Mike Lewan gave a wonderful talk about hydrous pyrolysis in July, followed by John Horne’s presentation on “Conventional Wisdom� in August. Please don’t forget to sign up for John Lorenz’s talk on September 24th at the Marriott

City Center. There are still several events coming up this year, the Prospect Fair which will be held at the Convention Center on October 2nd, the Fall Symposium set for October 23 nd at the Marriott, and the Rockbuster’s Ball on November 17th at the Columbine Country Club. The committee is also in the process of planning a core workshop for January.

The Publications Committee held their meeting on July 12th, just before the Board of Directors meeting. The Mountain Geologist, released a new issue in July. I hope everyone enjoyed this release.

If you did not get it, please make sure RMAG has your updated contact information. The Outcrop seems to be in good hands. I am looking forward to some of the next issues. The 2012 publication, “Structural Application to Rocky Mountain Hydrocarbon Accumulations� has been submitted to AAPG for layout. Look for this publication sometime next year. From what I have heard, it is filled with wonderful papers. Be sure to check Q Traditional and Roth IRAs out the RMAG website to purchase any Q Mutual Funds publications you might have missed.

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By Hugh N. Krye, former Outcrop Roving Reporter Editors note: The following history of the RMAG Outcrop was previously published as a three-part series in June, July and August of 2003. It was originally written for the special issue of the Mountain Geologist to commemorate the 90th anniversary of RMAG. This is the 3rd DQG ÀQDO SDUW 7KH ÀUVW WZR SDUWV ZHUH SUHVHQWHG LQ ODVW PRQWK V LVVXH Once you have read the history of the Outcrop please consider volunteering to help edit, write a story or submit your photos! We need YOUR help.

As the boom topped out in 1980-82, pleas for contributions, only sporadic reports from PAAC, a few items relative to the 60th anniversary and a lengthy report RQ JHRORJLVWV¡ GLVHDVH &RFFLGLRLGRP\FRVLV UHà HFWHG WKH possible arrival of mid-life crisis among the lovers.

In 1983, an attempt to counter this state of affairs was successfully mounted by Executive Committee Liaison Robbie Gries, the editor, and George Musselman, who persuaded PI to shoulder the added burden and expense. The result was a major transformation and renaming of the old Newsletter.

Making its debut in August as Vol. 32, No.8, “The Outcropâ€? was immediately and enthusiastically acclaimed worldwide. Utilizing state-of-the-art format, front cover artwork by Bill Chesser, professional typesetting and creative layout by Nona Jones, excellent photo rendition on upgraded hard surface stock and accepting paid advertising, The Outcrop succeeded beyond all expectation and immediately attracted a deluge of copy IURP HDJHU FRQWULEXWRUV %HIRUH \HDUHQG WKH Ă€UVW RI 0DWW 6LOYHUPDQ¡V LQVSLUHG ´3URĂ€OHV Âľ D ´*HR7HFKÂľ VHULHV RI articles and a plethora of activities reports, with pictures, had been published along with the old standby items of routine business.

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By the mid-1980’s tax reform issues relating to new rules, deductions and vagaries of the code began to be addressed in ongoing articles by Higgings, Merrit and Burdick, RMAG’s accountants. The public issues column had disappeared, but the commercialization of Landsat data was a hot issue and a “Legislative Review� column and a second cartoonist came on board.

In 1986, the golden age of Matt Silverman’s HGLWRUVKLS EHJDQ DQG WKRXJK KLV ´3URĂ€OHVÂľ EHFDPH less frequent, new columns entitled “After the Factâ€? and “From the Campuses,â€? to review RMAG and college news, EHJDQ ´2Q WKH 5RFNVÂľ Ă€HOG WULSV ZHUH LQYHQWHG DQG WKH HIIHFWV RI WKH RLO SULFH FUDVK ZHUH UHĂ HFWHG LQ QHZV RI employment problems. The Career Transition Resource Center (CTRC) as well as the Denver Earth Science Resource Library (DERL) were often featured.

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Lead Story other career alternatives appeared, while Pete Varney began his marvelous and long-running monthly columns on “Micro Methods� computer technology.

By 1990, much Outcrop space had been devoted to the “Rocky’s News� column, the brew pub frenzy, started by earth scientists John Hickenlooper and Jerry Williams, and the ongoing activities at the Dinosaur Ridge project, to which 89 volunteers responded when an appeal was published. A late-decade deluge of letters to the editor explored many subjects, including the culmination of the 16-year cycle of complaints questioning whether humor of any description has a legitimate-place in a professional society publication. Could the love affair be entering old age at last.

The 1990s opened with attention directed toward such current attractions as coalbed methane, the fractured Niobrara and horizontal drilling. Ripley Marks was abducted by aliens to the planet Benwa and, although Lamina hung in with reports for a while, the Markses quietly faded into obscurity. ,Q /DUU\ $QQD UHVLJQHG DIWHU DQ DUGXRXV ÀYH years as editor and , in September, assembly of The

Outcrop was taken over by a newly acquired Mac II at WKH 50$* RIĂ€FH 7KH LPPHGLDWH UHVXOW ZDV D decrease in copy and the disappearance of Higley’s Humor cartoons, the wonderful “Micro Methodsâ€? series and a number of other “non-essentialâ€? features.

From 1993 onward, as RMAG forged bravely ahead in the face of continued declining membership and revenues, The Outcrop was essentially in survival mode as well. In addition to the traditional housekeeping essentials, an “Environmental Geosciences Notesâ€? column began and periodic attention was given to sequence stratigraphy, the USGS Core and Sample Facility, numerous AAPG awards won by RMAGers, and 3-D Seismic. A series of articles by Bill Thoen on RMAG’s BBS and use of the Internet, as well as effective promotion of the AAPG-SEPM annual meeting, were highlights of 1994. ,Q IRU WKH Ă€UVW WLPH The Outcrop became editorless, and production was taken over entirely by Manzanita Graphics. The masthead disappeared from its former prominent place, probably to make room for the longest President’s Messages in history, penned non-stop by Gary Nydeggar. What space remained was devoted to coalbed methane, 3-D seismic, surface geochemistry, Waulsortian mounds, and promotion of RMAG’s RV production on the Florence Field “Lighting the Frontier.â€?

1996 and early 1997 saw additional attention given to reservoir characterization, including Low-ResistivityLow-Contrast and fractured varieties, as well as basincentered gas systems and the announcement of RMAG’s website on the Internet. Mark Longman accepted the position of Technical Editor. His avowed mission was to DIIRUG VRPH VFLHQWLÀF RYHUVLJKW DQG WR UHLQWURGXFH VRPH of the old romance.

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next 90 years? Hopefully, the renewed upturn that many are seeing in the energy industrial arena today, will continue and grow into yet another boom. Will the exponential advances in technology, and the periodic shots in the arm that each provides, carry us onward and upward to a revitalization of the old loves and

the launching of new ones? In any event, ZH DUH FRQÀGHQW WKDW those who shoulder future responsibility for The Outcrop will, aided by a plethora of antioxidants and other technological miracles, keep the communication channels open and the love affair ever new and exciting.

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Please contact Dean DuBois at Dean.Dubois@ encana.com or Paul Lillis at plillis@usgs.gov.

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Kirk Johnson, the chief curator and vice president of research and collections at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science will become the new director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History starting this October. Johnson will replace Cristian Sampler who is leaving to become chief executive and president of the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Johnson has written or co-authored several books including, Prehistoric Journey: A History of Life on Earth, Ancient Denvers, Snowmastodon, and Crusin’ the Fossil Freeway. Since joining the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in 1991 he has lead the Denver Basin Project, the installation of the Prehistoric Journey Exhibit and the 2010 Snowmass dig which unearthed thousands of Paleocene fossils.

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Luncheon Program – September 5th Mississippian oil and gas in the Anadarko Basin; where is it and where did it come from?

By Debra K. Higley, USGS, September 5, 2012

Scattered horizontal wells in these strata date as far back as the 1950s; however, most horizontal wells were completed after 2006.

The USGS in 2010 assessed undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Mississippian Assessment Unit (AU) in the Anadarko Basin Province as a conventional AU of the Woodford Shale Total Petroleum System; mean undiscovered resources were 17 million barrels (MMB) of oil, 417 billion cubic feet of gas, and 11 MMB of natural gas liquids. This assessment incorporated analysis of well and production data and construction of 1D and 4D petroleum system models of the province. Assessing undiscovered petroleum resources for the Mississippian, as well as other strata in the basin, is complicated, as most leases produce from multiple units and production is commonly reported commingled.

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Colorado Geological Survey Honored The Colorado Geological Survey has been awarded the Frye Award by the Geological Society of America.

The award is to John T. Neubert, Jeffery P. Kurtz, Dana J. Bove, and Matthew A. Sares, 2011, Natural Acid Rock Drainage Associated with Hydrothermally Altered Terrane in Colorado, Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 54.

This is the 4th time in 14 years that the Colorado Geological Survey (CGS) has won the John C. Frye Memorial Award. During that same time the award was given to publications of nine other State Geological Surveys. Only two other surveys won the award twice during that period. The Frye Award is given each year to a nominated environmental geology paper published in one of the three preceding calendar years either by GSA or by a state geological survey. A shared $1000 prize and D FHUWLÀFDWH WR HDFK DXWKRU LV SUHVHQWHG DW WKH $$6* 0LG Year meeting, held at the GSA annual meeting.

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All of the awards that the CGS has received since 1998 are listed below.

2010 Ian Campbell Medal – American Geological Institute 2009 Frye Award – Geological Society of America 2009 Best Poster Award – Geothermal Resources Council 2009 Best Presentation Award – Geothermal Resources Council 2009 AAPG – (0' 3UHVLGHQW·V &HUWLÀFDWH IRU Excellence in Presentation Award 2006 John C. Frye Memorial Award – Geological Society of America (Groundwater Atlas of Colorado) 2005 Burwell Award – Geological Society of America 2004 Best Paper Award – &RORUDGR 6FLHQWLÀF 6RFLHWy 2004 Journalism Award – Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists 2004 Colorado Book Award – Colorado Center for the Book 2004 Outstanding Book Award – Association of Earth Science Editors 2004 Notable Document – American Library Association 2004 Best Paper Award – Society of Construction & Structural Engineers 2003 Award in Excellence – Western States Seismic Policy Council 2001 Award in Excellence – Western States Seismic Policy Council 2001 Best Paper Award – Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists 2001 Burwell Award – Geological Society of America 2000 Best Technical Presentation – Northwest Geotechnical Workshop 1999 Best Paper Award – &RORUDGR 6FLHQWLÀF 6RFLHWy 1998 Frye Award – Geological Society of America 1998 Research Award – American Association of Petroleum Geologists

2012 Frye Award – Geological Society of America (Natural Acid Rock Drainage)

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President’s Column

By Pete Varney

A Well Deserved Commendation...

Before I continue the energy discussions from last July, I want to publicly acknowledge Carol Dalton’s extraordinary service to RMAG. In the two months before Emily Tompkins joined us as Executive Director, Carol took on the full-time role of managing the association...

This involved not only her regular duties of bookkeeping and accounting, but also scheduling events, mastering the web page, producing mass mailings and countless other tasks that are too easy for us to take for granted. During this transition period, Carol maintained her sense of humor and was always cheerful and helpful. She has elected to continue with RMAG in her position as bookkeeper. Please join me and the Board in saying “Well done, Carol – Thank you!”

are unstable and, following the concept of dynamic equilibrium, some of the neutrons in the nucleus eject one or more alpha or beta particles on the route to reaching a stable FRQÀJXUDWLRQ 7KLV LV XVHIXO $Q DWRP VXFK as uranium, element 92, atomic weight 238, ejects nuclear material on its path to becoming lead, atomic weight 206. This process results in one half of the original uranium reverting to lead in 4.5 billion years – a time interval quite familiar to Earth scientists! This characteristic of uranium and several other radioactive Continuing from July’s Energy elements is the basis of radiochronology. Here Carol Dalton Rambles... the story could end, but did you ever wonder Let’s talk about the atom and its role in what happens to the ejected nuclear material besides the production of electrical power. Of course, atoms being deleterious to biologic systems? Read on. themselves are packets of electrical energy that in a Any energy ejected from a nucleus has to go PHWDOOLF ERQG DOORZ HOHFWURQV WR ÁRZ WKURXJK D VXLWDEOH somewhere.

Now, remember, energy can be considered conductor such as copper. If you change the number heat and if the nuclear particles go into the atmosphere, of electrons surrounding an atomic nucleus, you the heat energy will likely be diluted to the point where produce an ion of a particular element – a charged it is unmeasureable. Surround a decaying element particle capable of a universe, literally, of chemical with rock and the heat will transfer to the rock and reactions. All of this, however, is well known and these eventually reach a temperature at which the rock will days considered unremarkable. The interesting stuff melt. Thus, radioactivity keeps the Earth much hotter happens when an atom spontaneously changes during than it would be if the only heat were residual from what we call nuclear decay. cooling following Earth’s formation. This fact caused Bear with me for a bit of review. Some atomic nuclei some degree of embarrassment for Lord Kelvin in his contain such an abundance of neutrons that they Vol. 61, No. 9

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1866 paper that aimed at destroying the concept of Uniformitarianism by showing the age of the Earth as no greater than 400 million years. So, radioactivity can heat things...such as water.

We commonly describe a highly radioactive area as “hotâ€? for a reason. If we build a heat exchanger in which radioactive isotopes heat a Ă XLG PHGLXP DQG WUDQVIHU WKH KHDW WR ZDWHU ZH FDQ generate steam. Steam drives turbines connected to generators and the result is electricity. Of course, the age old question is what do you do with the spent fuel and contaminated metals. That’s a concern, but not the immediate focus of what I’m trying to say here.

Mr. Einstein showed the relationship between matter and energy with his famous equation.

According to the Nuclear Energy Institute, a single XUDQLXP IXHO SHOOHW DERXW WKH VL]H RI D ÀQJHUWLS contains the energy equivalent of 17 MCF of natural gas, nearly a ton of coal and 3.5 barrels of oil.

Incredible. But, remember that we use 19+ million energy equivalent barrels of oil a day or about 5+ million uranium fuel pellets, per day. A pellet weighs just under a quarter of an ounce so 5 million pellets weigh about 81,500 pounds – nearly 41 tons. This assumes that electrical energy from nuclear is the only energy source available, and of course, it is not. Suppose one tenth of our electrical energy were produced with uranium fuel. The spent fuel weight would likely be less than four tons per day, perhaps far less. Still, how do we dispose of this arguably extraordinarily hazardous material with long decay time? That’s the purpose of the Yucca Mountain, Nevada project that was designed to be a long term nuclear waste repository.

There is no denying the problems with nuclear energy, particularly following the disaster at the Fukushima Daiitche powerplant in Japan. Still, it’s hard to ignore this abundant, though hazardous, HQHUJ\ VRXUFH 3HUKDSV VRPHRQH ZLOO ÀJXUH RXW D way to deal with the waste that everyone can agree on and that agreement may pave the way to a large part of the energy mix post-petroleum. There are other ways to get there too, and that’s where we continue next month.

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SEPTEMBER LUNCHEON PRESENTATION When: September 24, 2012 Speaker: John Lorenz Location: Marriott City Center Registration: 4:30 p.m.

Talk Starts: 5:00 p.m.

Please Register at www.rmag.org under the "events" tab.

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New Members Welcome to New Active Members...

Dr. Kimberlee Miskell Gerhardt

Jeffrey Nuttall

Dr. Gerhart lives in Durango, Colorado.

Jeffrey is currently located in Superior, Colorado.

Shawna Gilbertson

Dr. David A Pollitt

Shawna is a Geologist with Encana, located in Denver, Colorado.

Dr. Pollitt is an Exploration Geologist at Chevron in Houston, Texas.

Brad Hickenlooper

Steve Royer

Brad is a Technical Sales Associate with Hampson Russell Software in Houston, Texas.

Steve is Vice President of Exploration & Development for Cascade Petroleum in Denver, Colorado.

Kathryn Jackson

Cassandra Shenefelt

Kathryn is a Geologist at SM Energy in Midland, Texas.

Cassandra is currently located in Denver, Colorado.

Troy Johnson

Isaac J Smith

Troy is a Senior District Geologist with Samson Resources in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

Isaac is currently located Erie, Colorado.

Reinhard Suchsland

Bruce Keen

Reinhard is a Senior Geologist at Venoco Inc. in Yorba Linda, California.

Bruce is a Technical Sales and Marketing Manager for Halliburton in Denver, Colorado.

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Dirck is currently employed at Pegasus Oil & Gas in Denver, Colorado.

Chris is currently located in Denver, Colorado.

Chris Sutton

Alex Mankin

Chris is currently employed with Crescent Point Energy in Denver, Colorado.

Alex is currently located in Benbrook, Texas.

Matt Edward Larson

Carl Vandervoort

Matt is employed at True Oil LLC, located in Casper, Wyoming.

Carl is an Exploration Geologist at Angus Natural Resources in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Vivian currently lives in Houston, Texas.

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Jennifer is a Business Development Manager for WesternGeco/Schlumberger in Denver, Colorado.

Andrew is currently located in Kingwood, TX.

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Tyler has recently relocated to Greeley, Colorado.

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Mark Merline Mark is a Principal Environmental Scientist at MegAnnum, Inc. in Denver, Colorado.

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RMAG – Horizontal Drilling and Completion Symposium Practical Applications from Select Plays; the Niobrara, Bakken, Mississippi Lime, Mancos, Sussex, Shannon and Mowry.

learned from the practical application of the techniques used in specific plays. This includes the Niobrara, Bakken, Mississippian Limestone, Mancos, Sussex, Shannon and Mowry.

Potential speakers are requested to submit an abstract concerning one or more of these plays no later than July 27, 2012. Submittals and questions can be sent to staff@rmag.org.

Date: October 23, 2012 Locations: Marriott City Center, Denver With a variety of industry presentations keyed to the basics of horizontal drilling, the RMAG Fall Symposium is looking for presentations on case studies and lessons

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Here is a list of the contact information as of December 1, 2011.

All Accounting: Carol Dalton Custom Accounting Solutions, LLC cdalton@rmag.org or cdalton@custom-accountingsolutions.com 202-573-8621 ext. 2 Please update your contact information accordingly.

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On-the-Rocks Field Trips

Field trip participants scramble over boulders at the Pinedale moraine at Lake Creek, downstream from Twin Lakes.

Glacial Floods On-the-Rocks Field Trip Review

By Sandra Mark, smark@wispertel.net On July 21, 2012, twenty participants enjoyed a day of Pleistocene glacial immersion along the Upper Arkansas River. Keenan Lee, professor emeritus Colorado School of Mines, led the group to view spectacular glacial landform features as ZHOO DV ÀHOG HYLGHQFH IRU JODFLDO LFH GDPV WKDW FUHDWHG D KXJH ODNH FDWDVWURSKLF ÁRRGV ZHUH produced when the dams broke. See the June 2012 issue of the Outcrop for a comprehensive article on the topic.

Lunch stop atop the Pine Creek lateral moraine offered an eye-popping panorama.

Here, Keenan is standing on Pinedale till, discussing the “whamout” or glacial impact scar that the Pine Creek glacier created when it took out bites along the granite cliffs east of the Arkansas River (in the background).

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On-the-Rocks Field Trips The boulder cluster at the feet of the participants may be ice-rafted boulder erratics (IRBEs). The GPS unit showed an elevation of 9358 feet, so they may have been dropped along the eastern shore of the lake, with an elevation of about 9400 feet. During the discussion, some participants speculated that they may have been brought in by claim surveyors or hunters.

Neogene Dry Union Formation overlain by one of the older (640 ka) catastrophic glacial flood deposits.

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Pre-Convention Short Course #3: Petrophysics of Unconventional Reservoirs

Saturday, September 8th 8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Morning and afternoon snacks provided) Fee: $225 (Professionals) $100 (Students); Instructors: Robert Cluff, The Discovery Group, Inc.; Michael Holmes, Digital Formation, Inc. Limit: 60 persons

Course description: The course will cover the petrophysical approaches to the evaluation of Shale Oil, Tight Gas Sands, and Shale Gas Techniques using both open and cased hole logs. Attendees will learn basic interpretation procedures to determine porosity, hydrocarbon saturation, TOC, volumes of in-place hydrocarbons, recoverable hydrocarbon estimates, and net pay criteria. Worked examples from a number of North American reservoirs will be part of a comprehensive workshop manual to be provided to all attendees.

Denver Area Workshops Exploring for Strat Traps using Multi-well Pressure/Depth Plots Wednesday - Friday, October 10-12, 2012, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Colorado School of Mines, General Research Lab (GRL) Conference Room Fee: $850, includes food at breaks, workbook, and PDH certificate. Limit 30 Instructor: Hugh W. Reid, Hugh W. Reid & Associates, Calgary, AB, Canada

By the end of the course, participants should be able to accomplish the following: x x x x x x x x

Screen sources of field pressure data to select valid reliable stable Formation pressures to plot Use pressure vs. depth plots to correlate reservoirs (Are zones separate or continuous?)

Predict depth of gas /oil/water contacts downdip from wells of interest or discovery wells Make reservoir continuity maps based on the Pressure information to show areal extent of traps & reveal the areas of best permeability from the pressure contour spacing Avoid less prospective areas which may be flushed by updip water flow or are depleted by closeby production Reveal more favorable areas where downdip flow water preserves oil pools with weak barriers Assess trap holding capacities of seals particularly Unconformity traps by knowing pressures of the reservoirs above & below subcrops edge Identify “Central Basin Gas” type areas of continuous gas phase continuity- resource plays from the pressure signature. These are in essence also stratigraphic traps.

Horizontal Drilling and Completions Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Denver Athletic Club Fee: $250, includes food at breaks, workbook, and PDH certificate.

Instructor: Dr. Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines &ODVV 'HVFULSWLRQV DQG 5HJLVWHU 2QOLQH ZZZ SWWFURFNLHV RUJ For more information, contact Mary Carr, 303.273.3107, mcarr@mines.edu

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RMAG/PTTC Horizontal Drilling and Completion Fall Symposium — Oct. 23, 2012 Focus of the RMAG/PTTC Fall Symposium horizontal drilling and completion October 23,on2012 will be on understanding rock Fall properties of these unconventional Focus of the RMAG/PTTC Symposium on horizontal drilling and resources. completion This will be on understanding rock properties of these unconventional resources.

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includes geologic and geochemical characteristics, as well as petrophysical

Bakken and Woodford Shales, the Cretaceous Niobrara and Mowry Shales, Sussex Included with the symposium are continental breakfast and luncheon, refresh-

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In the Pipeline September 20, 2012 DAPL/DGS/SPE Networking Happy Hour – Marlowe’s from 4-6:30 p.m.

September 5, 2012 RMAG Luncheon – Speaker Debra Higley.

“Mississippian Oil and Gas in the Anadarko Basin; where is it and where did it come from?”

September 21, 2012 RMAG Tennis Tournament – Pinehurst Country Club. See page 2 for more information.

September 5-9, 2012 AAPG Preconvention Field Trip #3 – Regional Stratigraphy and Sandstone Reservoirs of the Mesaverde Group, Uinta and SW Piceance Basins.

September 24, 2012 RMAG Summer Speaker Series – Speaker John Lorenz.

September 8, 2012 AAPG Preconvention Shor t Course #3 – Petrophysics of Conventional Reservoirs.

September 26, 2012 2LOÀHOG &KULVWLDQ )HOORZVKLS /XQFKHRQ ² To RSVP call Barb Burrell at 303-675-2602 or e-mail OCFDenverChapter@pxd.com.

September 9-12, 2012 Rocky Mountain Section AAPG Convention – Grand Junction, CO. To register, visit www.rmsaapg2012. com.

September 26-28, 2012 2012 WTGS Fall Symposium – See page 31 for more information.

September 11, 2012 Desk and Derrick Luncheon – For reservations, please contact RSVP@deskandderrick.org.

October 2, 2012 Prospect Fair and Technofest – Colorado Convention Center. See pages 28 and 29 for more details.

September 15, 2012 On-the-Rocks Field Trip – “Geology of Glenwood Canyon Bicycle Trip.”

October (TBA), 2012 On The Rocks Field Trip – “Geology of the Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming.” Date to be announced.

September 18, 2012 DWLS Luncheon – Speaker Thaimar Ramirez.

“Comparative Study of Formation Evaluation Methods for Unconventional Shale Gas Reservoirs: Application to the Haynesville Shale (TX).”

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Where in the West Am I? (Continued from September issue, answers below.)

Trace fossils from Jackass Canyon.

The many faces of sediment deformation in the Shinumo Quartzite in 75 Mile Canyon.

Photos are from one of John Warme’s “last” Grand Canyon adventures. Photos include trace fossils of mammals and worm burrows and the many faces of soft sediment deformation.

Photos by Cat Campbell.

Burrows visible on a hike to Upper Deer Creek.

Crinoids at an undisclosed location!

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2012 WTGS Fall Symposium

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