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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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AAPG Conference Staff 3AAPG Membership Application 71About Calgary 64Accommodations

• Hotel Rate Table 58• Hotel Locator Map 59• Reservation Form 60

Conference at a Glance 4CSPG Core Conference 18CSPG/AAPG Unconventionals Day Program 19Exhibition 10Field Trips 20General Information

• CTCC 61• Exhibition Hall Hours 61• Airport Information 61• Cyber Café 62• Driving Directions 62• Electronic Capturing 63• GST Tax 63• Visa Information 63• Itinerary Planner 63• Public Transportation 63• Shuttle Bus 63• Temporary Health Insurance 63

Guest Tours 53Highlights 5

• Opening Ceremony 5• Plenary Session — Canada: Our Resources to International Exploration 5• Management Forum — E&P Challenges in Complex Environments: From the Arctic to Deep Water 5• Special Lecture — Burgess Shale Tales—Mud Volcanism and Chemosynthetic Communities on the Middle Cambrian Seafloor of Southeastern British Columbia 5• Business Forum — Unconventional Exploration and Development Geoscientists’ Toolbox: What New Tools do Geoscientists Need in the Next Decade? 6

• Special Lecture — Geology of a Major SAGD Bitumen Development — A Case Study from Long Lake, Northeastern Alberta 6• Forum — The Value of Diversity in Leadership: Global Perspectives 7

Luncheons 7• Featured Speaker Luncheon — The Unconventional

Future: Where Ideas and Technology Converge 7• Unconventionals Day Topical Luncheon — Global Challenges in Shale Reservoir Development: Why a Statistical Approach Won’t Work 8• DPA Luncheon — Evaluation and Classification

Issues of Unconventional Resources 8• Exhibitor-Sponsored Luncheon 9

Letter from the General Chair 2Networking Opportunities 9Organizing Committee 3Registration

• Registration Types 65• Registration Information 66• Registration Form 68

Short Courses 12Social Activities 52Student Activities 33Technical Program

• At a Glance 34• Themes 35• Monday Morning Oral 36• Monday Afternoon Oral 37• Monday Posters 39• Tuesday Morning Oral 41• Tuesday Afternoon Oral 43• Tuesday Posters 45• Wednesday Morning Oral 46• Wednesday Afternoon Oral 48• Wednesday Posters 50

Volunteer Opportunities 33

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FRONTIERS OF UNCONVENTIONAL THINKING: SADDLE UP FOR THE RIDE


12–15 SEPTEMBER 2010 | CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA | CALGARY TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE

LETTER FROM THE GENERAL CHAIR

On behalf of the AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists), its divisions and host AAPG Canada Region, as well as SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) and CSPG (Canada Society of Petroleum Geologists), it is my distinct pleasure to invite you to join us 12–15 September 2010 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, for the AAPG International Conference & Exhibition (ICE).

This year’s ICE theme is Frontiers of Unconventional Thinking: Saddle up for the Ride. Our science and profession continues to change and many factors impacting the geosciences profession in the last three years related to resource plays, tight sands, coal, oil sands and shales are developing new technologies. On the international side, events continue to change our industry and the resource plays that started in North America are now being explored for around the world. The focus for many geoscientists is our passion and love for the science of

petroleum geology, and we hope to capture that for you here in Calgary. Calgary has never hosted the AAPG International Conference and we’re excited to share with attendees the favorable late-summer climate and dynamic E&P community this leading energy city has to offer.

There’s no better time to invest in your profession than now. Join us at ICE where you can:Choose from 400+ technical presentations addressing topics ranging from unconventional resources to international discovery • thinking.Explore the exhibition, where exhibiting companies will display the latest in technology and services.• Network with fellow geoscientists and other energy professionals from around the world.• Participate in any of the 16 field trips and “get on the rocks” of Western Canada to see exposures of classic geology.• Update your skills with one of the 11 short courses taught by experts from around the world.• Spend an extra day or two and see the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Core Conference with more than 20 cores • from Canada and throughout the world.Listen to featured speakers such as Dr. Scott Tinker as he envisions the energy future.• Visit a youthful city invigorated by the energy industry and our Western heritage.•

Students are invited to experience all that our ICE has to offer and take advantage of the opportunities to meet future employers and colleagues. No matter what stage of your career, our meeting will ignite your passion for the geosciences. We will inform you of the latest exploration, development and technologies available to the unconventional plays along with an exceptional line-up of international themes. You’ll have the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of late summer in the Canadian Rockies.

Calgary provides a wide variety of opportunities for outdoor activities both inside and outside the city. We have added a couple of evening events; a Monday night social at one of our best Irish pubs and a Tuesday night event at the Calgary Zoo, which is known for its array of animals and animated dinosaurs.

These activities add to the pleasure and excitement of an outstanding technical program. Please take a look at the comprehensive line-up of technical and networking activities described and secure your place at the most exciting professional event of the year.

Join us in the heart of the new West — we look forward to seeing you this September.

John R. Hogg, General Chair




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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chair ................................................................... John Hogg ............................................... MGM Energy Corporation

General Vice Co-Chair and Sponsorship Chair ...............Bob Dick ................................................ RPS Energy

General Vice Co-Chair, Sponsorship Vice Chair and Canada Region President ........................................David Dolph ........................................... Nexen Inc.

General Technical Program Co-Chair .............................Ross Clark ............................................... Kallisto Energy Corporation

General Technical Program Co-Chair ............................. Ian Dawes ............................................... Talisman Energy Inc.

EMD Vice Chair .............................................................. Fran Hein ................................................ Energy Resources Conservation Board

SEPM Vice Chair ............................................................. Dale Leckie ............................................. Nexen Inc.

Core Conference Co-Chair .............................................Nathan Bruder ........................................ Statoil Canada

Core Conference Co-Chair ............................................. John Cody* ............................................. Statoil Canada

Short Course Chair ......................................................... Julia Baumeister ..................................... Compton Petroleum Corporation

Field Trip Chair ............................................................... Dennis Meloche ..................................... Devon Energy

Social Activity Chair .......................................................Randy Smith ........................................... RPS Energy

Sponsorship Vice Chair ...................................................Marty Hewitt ......................................... Nexen Inc.

CSPG Past President .......................................................Graeme Bloy ........................................... Canada Capital Energy Corporation

John Hogg Bob Dick Ross Clark Ian Dawes Fran Hein Dale Leckie

Nathan Bruder Dennis Meloche Randy Smith

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Steph Benton ......................... Conventions Sales ManagerTheresa Curry ........................ Operations CoordinatorTerri Duncan .......................... Technical Programs CoordinatorRanda Reeder-Briggs ............. Operations ManagerJean Reynolds ........................ Events CoordinatorJulie Simmons ........................ Marketing ManagerKerrie Stiles ............................ Administrative AssistantMike Taylor ............................ Exhibition Sales RepresentativeKim Van Delft ......................... Exhibitor and Attendee Services SupervisorKyle Walker ............................ Graphics and Production CoordinatorAlan Wegener ........................ Global Development and Convention Director

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ABOUT ICE 2010Head to Canada

for the AAPG 2010 International Conference & Exhibition (ICE) 12-15 September in Calgary, where advances in unconventional resource recovery are driving exploration & production

Field trips and short courses are available before and after the show, as well as a two-day core conference following ICE.

See specific sections for times and locations.

Calgary is situated in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin where for the last 80 years conventional oil and gas reserves built Canada’s energy storehouse. Today, one of the unconventional resources, oil sands, found in provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, contains the largest known reserve of bitumen in the world – an estimated 1.7 to 2.5 trillion barrels. About 10% of this is estimated to be recoverable with current technology.

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, with the AAPG Canada Region as host, invite you to be a part of the unconventional thinking that will drive the world’s energy future by participating in ICE.

The comprehensive technical program is complemented by a dynamic exhibition floor that attracts the innovators and decision-makers in petroleum geosciences and related industry worldwide.

Sunday, 12 September Monday, 13 September Tuesday, 14 September Wednesday, 15 September

Opening Ceremony Technical Program and Posters Technical Program and Posters Technical Program and Posters

Icebreaker Reception Exhibition Exhibition Exhibition

Exhibition Plenary Session — Canada: Our Resources to International Exploration

Business Forum — Unconventional Exploration and Development Geoscientists’ Toolbox

Forum — The Value of Diversity in Leadership: Global Perspectives

Management Forum — E&P Challenges in Complex Environments: From the Arctic to Deep Water

Special Lecture — Geology of a Major SAGD Bitumen Development — A Case Study from Long Lake, Northwestern Alberta

DPA Luncheon — Evaluation and Classification Issues of Unconventional Resources

Special Lecture — Burgess Shale Tales — Mud Volcanism and Chemosynthetic Communities on the Middle Cambrian Seafloor of Southeastern British Columbia

Unconventionals Day Topical Luncheon — Global Challenges in Shale Reservoir Development

Exhibitor-Sponsored Luncheon

Featured Speaker Luncheon — The Unconventional Future: Where Ideas and Technology Converge

Calgary Zoo Social Activity

Student Reception

James Joyce Pub Social Activity

CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE

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HIGHLIGHTS

Opening Ceremony

Date: Sunday, 12 SeptemberTime: 17:00–18:00Location: South Building, Lower Level, Macleod AFee: Included with full conference registration or Sunday Exhibition PassSaddle up for the Opening Ceremony — Calgary style. Join John Hogg, General Chair of the AAPG 2010 International Conference & Exhibition (ICE), and AAPG President David Rensink as they kick off a week of unconventional discovery. You’ll be dazzled by the multimedia event highlighting the culture, music and heritage of Western Canada, and inspired to make the most of your conference experience. Whether you’re attending ICE for the first time or the fifteenth, you’re sure to enjoy the celebration.

Plenary Session — Canada: Our Resources to International Exploration

Date: Monday, 13 SeptemberTime: 08:00–11:25Location: South Building, Lower Level, Macleod AFee: Included with conference registrationCo-Chairs: D. Dolph and R. DickA special session with invited speakers from government, institutions and the energy industry intended to inform and provide an overview of the current state of the Canadian energy industry and the current state and the future potential of our undeveloped resources and the work of Canadian independents as they explore around the world.

Management Forum — E&P Challenges in Complex Environments: From the Arctic to Deep Water

Date: Monday, 13 SeptemberTime: 13:15–16:40Location: South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206Fee: Included with conference registrationCo-Chairs: P. O. Yilmaz and S. Al-HajriSignificant oil and gas resources are available to meet the increasing global energy demand. In order to ensure timely delivery of necessary volumes, increasingly complex exploration and development challenges must be met. Developing these volumes will also require large investments as well as a long-term relationship and commitment between resource owners and our industry.

As the resource base matures, future projects will face increasing technical, financial and execution uncertainties and risks that must be successfully managed to ensure adequate volumes are brought to market. Industry have known about the existence of these resources for decades but lacked the technology to make them commercial. The secret of developing in remote and harsh environments, as well as resources such as the unconventional, have been solved through multidisciplinary approach between geoscientists and engineers, technology and highly talented staff.

Speakers will address many of the challenges and opportunities in this area. Selected topics include unconventionals of North America, the ultra-deep waters of the Atlantic, onshore and offshore remote Arctic, Sakhalin, Kazakstan, deserts of the Gulf region and China. Themes also include development of new technologies, environmental impact and relationships between governments, companies and communities.

Special Lecture — Burgess Shale Tales—Mud Volcanism and Chemosynthetic Communities on the Middle Cambrian Seafloor of Southeastern British Columbia

Date: Monday, 13 SeptemberTime: 17:00–18:00 Location: South Building, Lower Level, Macleod AFee: Included with conference registrationCo-Chairs: R. Clark and I. DawesThis special lecture will feature P. A. Johnson of Mount Royal University speaking on Mud Volcanism and Chemosynthetic Communities on the Middle Cambrian Seafloor of Southeastern British Columbia. His co-authors are Kimberley J. Johnston, Palaeontographica Canadiana and Stanley B. Keith, MagmaChem.

Famous for exquisitely preserved “soft-bodied” fossils, the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of southeastern British Columbia figures importantly in discussions of early animal evolution associated with the “Cambrian Explosion.” Until recently, research has focused mostly on the fossils, but sedimentological and structural observations reveal an intriguing story. Recent studies show that metre- to decametre-thick lithosomes composed of nearly pure clinochlore are relatively common in the Burgess Shale, at or near a fault contact with Cambrian platformal carbonates on the Kicking Horse Rim. Because clinochlore is a Mg-rich product of hydrothermal alteration of mafic minerals, it could not have been deposited by normal basinal sedimentary processes. We propose that it arrived at the Cambrian seafloor via mud volcanos.






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Seeping hydrogen sulfide-rich brines, arriving with the mud, fueled microbial chemosynthesis that, in turn, attracted animal communities now preserved as localized concentrations of fossils. Regional dolomitization and ore emplacement including Pb-Zn and magnesite can also be explained by brine migration in a syngenetic hydrothermal system. The evulsed mud and brines were probably generated from serpentinization associated with subducting oceanic lithosphere along the north (now west) edge of Laurentia. Consequently, the Burgess Shale is not necessarily a “typical” marine shale, and most of its fossil assemblages do not represent “normal” distal shelf communities. Rather, the Burgess Shale records deposition in a mud volcano field and preserves the oldest known examples of chemosynthetic animal communities in the fossil record.

Business Forum — Unconventional Exploration and Development Geoscientists’ Toolbox: What New Tools do Geoscientists Need in the Next Decade?

Date: Tuesday, 14 SeptemberTime: 13:15–14:40Location: South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206Fee: Included with conference registrationCo-Chairs: R. Herbert and J. FrasierAn invited panel of E&P professionals will discuss the next decade of unconventional exploration and exploitation of oil and gas resources, along with what tools and techniques will be needed to exploit these resources. The panel will include professionals from major oil companies, independents and the service sector.

Special Lecture — Geology of a Major SAGD Bitumen Development — A Case Study from Long Lake, Northeastern Alberta

Date: Tuesday, 14 SeptemberTime: 17:00–18:00Location: South Building, Lower Level, Macleod AFee: Included with conference registrationCo-Chairs: R. Clark and F. Hein

This special lecture will feature Dale A. Leckie of Nexen Inc. with co-authors Milovan Fustic, Nexen Inc., and Christopher Seibel, Nexen Inc.

Nexen Inc. and OPTI Canada Inc. have constructed the largest integrated SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage) operation in the world to recover a portion of the billions of barrels of bitumen

in place on oil sand leases in northeastern Alberta. The sole purpose of this infrastructure is to recover and upgrade bitumen trapped within sands of the Cretaceous McMurray Formation. With the billions of dollars required to acquire land, delineate deposits, drill SAGD well pairs, build steam generation facilities and an upgrader, it is critical that the geological and geochemical complexity of the reservoir be fully understood.

Kicking Horse Rim—the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of southeastern British Columbia






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Since the inception of this project, Nexen has been committed to developing a thorough understanding of the deposits of the McMurray Formation through an integrated workflow of detailed geological, seismic and geochemical data sets. Dale’s talk will summarize and integrate the broad range of geosciences that are critical to secure the feedstock to feed the Nexen/OPTI upgrader culminating in a high-quality 39º APG synthetic crude.

Dale Leckie , Chief Geologist at Nexen Inc., is a specialist in sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, basin analysis and unconventional hydrocarbons. He has received numerous awards from AAPG, SEPM and CSPG and has co-edited Memoirs and special publications for those societies. He is past President of SEPM and Associate Editor for AAPG Bulletin.

Forum — The Value of Diversity in Leadership: Global Perspectives

Date: Wednesday, 15 SeptemberTime: 08:00–11:25Location: South Building, Upper Level, Glen 203/204Fee: Included with conference registrationCo-Chairs: G. Gillis and D. CookOrganizations recognize that diversity of thought contributes to innovation, and diversity among employees helps make that happen. In this forum a dynamic group of international speakers will review and discuss the experiences of companies in discovering and documenting the added value of cultural and gender diversity in their leadership ranks. In addition, speakers and attendees will discuss the obstacles to having diverse

leadership and the means to overcome these obstacles. Panelists from each of the AAPG Regions will present a wide range of views. This forum will be convened jointly by PROWESS and the International Regions committee.

LUNCHEONS

Featured Speaker Luncheon — The Unconventional Future: Where Ideas and Technology Converge

Date: Monday, 13 SeptemberTime: 11:30–13:00 Location: South Building, Lower Level, Macleod CDFee: US $50 + 5% GST Speaker: Scott W. Tinker, Bureau of Economic GeologyThe convergence of ideas and technology has created an unconventional gas resource base that could supply natural gas to the North American consumer for 50 to 100 years or more. Although not as far along in terms of resource development, oil from the Bakken shale and the oil sands in Alberta could have a similar magnitude of impact. The oil and gas industry has been built on ideas and technology developed by some of the best scientists and engineers in the world, and all signs indicate we are not slowing down!

Scott W. Tinker is Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology, the State Geologist of Texas, Director of the Advanced Energy Consortium, a Professor holding the Allday Endowed Chair and acting Associate Dean of Research in the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Tinker spent

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17 years in the oil and gas industry prior to coming to UT in 2000. Tinker is past President of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (2008-09) and the Association of American State Geologists (2006-07). Tinker was a Distinguished Lecturer for the AAPG (1997), Society of Petroleum Engineers (2002) and Distinguished Ethics Lecturer for the AAPG (2006-07) and won best paper awards in two major journals. Tinker holds appointments on the National Petroleum Council, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission and serves on several private, professional and academic boards. Tinker’s passion is building bridges between academia, industry and government globally, and he has given over 300 invited and keynote lectures and visited over 40 countries towards this end. Tinker’s degrees are from the University of Colorado (Ph.D.), the University of Michigan (M.S.) and Trinity University (B.S.).

Unconventionals Day Topical Luncheon — Global Challenges in Shale Reservoir Development: Why a Statistical Approach Won’t Work

Date: Tuesday, 14 SeptemberTime: 11:30–13:00 Location: South Building, Lower Level, Macleod CDFee: US $50 + 5% GSTSpeaker: Chris Hopkins, SchlumbergerShale reservoir development in North America has been nothing short of explosive. New technologies and lessons learned in the Barnett Shale encouraged rapid expansion into other shale

basins in North America. This high level of activity has not necessarily optimized developments in the different North American shale basins because each of the shale plays is unique and the “well factory” approach attempts to make one size fit all. While the shale plays are attracting the most attention, the challenges of other unconventional reservoirs are similar — intense competition and steep learning curves

mean success is not guaranteed, especially when the outlook for natural gas prices remains so uncertain and technology is advancing rapidly.

Interest in the potential of shale and other unconventional reservoirs is now expanding outside North America. Many reconnaissance studies are underway with leasing and deal

structures around the globe as many players in the industry do not want to miss out on significant reserves. However, shale development overseas will be vastly different from North America. The limited availability of seismic and well data as compared to North America will require a much more structured approach to exploration and delineation. Market drivers, infrastructure and geopolitical issues will also influence the expansion of unconventional plays outside North America. This talk will contrast the statistical approaches to developments in North America with likely scenarios for overseas expansion and the technology that will be required for success.

Hopkins, recently appointed Vice President of Unconventional Resources, is responsible for the R&D strategy, operational support and marketing of Schlumberger services for shale gas, coalbed methane and tight gas. From 2005 until just prior to his current assignment, Hopkins was president of Schlumberger Data & Consulting Services. He joined Schlumberger in 1999 following the Schlumberger acquisition of S. A. Holditch & Associates. Hopkins has 25 years of petroleum engineering experience, beginning with Chevron in North Dakota.

Hopkins earned M.S. and B.S. degrees with honors in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University and West Virginia University. An elected Distinguished Member of SPE since 2003, he chaired the SPE Learning Innovation Task Force and served on the Well Completions Committee. A member of SEG, Hopkins is a Registered Engineer in Pennsylvania, author of many publications and presentations and instructor for workshops on hydraulic fracture stimulation.

DPA Luncheon — Evaluation and Classification Issues of Unconventional Resources

Date: Wednesday, 15 SeptemberTime: 11:30–13:00Location: South Building, Lower Level, Macleod CDFee: US $50 + 5% GSTSpeaker: David C. Elliott, Alberta Securities Commission

So you want to go to the market to develop an unconventional resource, do you? Before you go, get some advice that could save you time, money and frustration. Our speaker, David Elliott, professional geologist, is the Chief Petroleum Advisor for the Alberta






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Securities Commission in Calgary, AB, Canada. One of David’s many roles is to advise and review the Canadian National Instrument Standard, NI 51-101 for the acceptable reporting of both conventional and unconventional resources using the guidelines of the Canadian Oil and Gas Handbook for publically traded company’s reserves and resources reports in the province of Alberta.

Exhibitor-Sponsored Luncheon

Date: Wednesday, 15 SeptemberTime: 11:30–13:00Location: North Building, Upper Level, Exhibition HallFee: Included with conference registrationAttendees are invited to lunch — courtesy of the exhibitors. Complimentary lunch for all attendees and registered guests will be available in the Exhibition Hall on Wednesday. Take advantage of this opportunity to converse with exhibitors in a relaxed atmosphere while enjoying an informal lunch. AAPG and AAPG-Canada Region wish to thank the exhibitors for their generous sponsorship of this event.

Networking Opportunities

Icebreaker Reception

Date: Sunday, 12 SeptemberTime: 18:00–20:00Location: North Building, Upper Level, Exhibition HallFee: Included with full conference registration or Sunday Exhibition only passGet a sneak peek at the Exhibition Hall and enjoy food and drinks with attendees from around the globe during the Icebreaker Reception. This is a great way to network, catch up with colleagues and make new friends.

Refreshment Breaks

Dates: Monday, 13 September–Wednesday, 15 SeptemberTimes: 9:25–10:05 and 14:40–15:20Location: North Building, Upper Level, Exhibition HallFee: Included with conference registrationConferences shouldn’t be all work — relax a little with colleagues old and new during our complimentary refreshment breaks. Every morning and afternoon you’ll have an opportunity to enjoy

a beverage and light snack during the times noted while you peruse the Exhibition Hall. Mingle with exhibitors, explore what’s new, stretch your legs — and enjoy a bite.

End-of-Day Receptions

Dates: Monday, 13 September–Tuesday, 14 SeptemberTime: 16:30–17:30Location: North Building, Upper Level, Exhibition HallFee: Included with conference registrationAfter the oral presentations conclude Monday and Tuesday, make your way to the exhibition hall to enjoy refreshments. While visiting exhibitors and discussing their technologies and services, enjoy an array of snacks and beverages.

Student Reception

Date: Monday, 13 SeptemberTime: 18:00–19:00Fee: Included with conference registrationAll registered students and faculty are invited to attend this networking event. Read more about this and other student activities on page 33.







EXHIBITION

Angola• Bahrain• Barbados• Benin• British • ColumbiaColombia ANH• Cote d’Ivoire• D. P. Congo• Eritrea• Falkland • IslandsFrance•

Gabon• Ghana• Greenland• India• Indonesia• Ireland• Jamaica• Kenya• Liberia• Mali• Madagascar• Morocco• Mozambique•

Namibia• Peru• Poland• Senegal• Somaliland• South Africa• Tanzania• Trinidad and • TobagoTunisia• Uganda• Vietnam•

International Pavilion

The International Pavilion (IP), an AAPG subsidiary, focuses on bringing together countries with oil and gas resources with the oil and gas companies looking to explore and produce them. By showcasing E&P opportunities, disseminating information and providing an environment for meaningful discussion and negotiation, the IP helps facilitate the process of identifying and evaluating international exploration opportunities.

The International Pavilion has evolved into a worldwide showcase for the direct promotion of international exploration and development opportunities by national oil companies and government agencies. By providing information and networking opportunities, the IP helps foster early interaction that results in the creation of successful business relationships.

The ICE exhibition hall offers an unparalleled opportunity to see the latest technologies, products and services for the geosciences in a dynamic, hands-on environment. From leading international oil and gas corporations to independents, you’ll find what your company needs and have the opportunity for face-to-face interaction.

The Icebreaker Reception, daily Refreshment Breaks, End-of-Day Receptions and Exhibitor-Sponsored Luncheon provide an opportunity to mingle with exhibitors and other attendees in a pleasant environment, so take a break from the conference and come see what’s new.

Benefits of attending the ICE exhibition

Attend product demonstrations and/or • presentationsCompare technologies, products and • servicesNetwork during Refreshment Breaks, • End-of-Day Receptions and Exhibitor-Sponsored LuncheonFind solutions to specific business • problemsMeet face-to-face with sales reps• Enjoy the vibrant atmosphere• Find global opportunities in the • International Pavilion

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EXHIBITION FLOOR PLAN AND EXHIBITOR LISTING

Activation Labs (ACTLABS) • 504

Blueback Reservoir • 609

C&C Reservoirs, Inc. • 502

DATACON Core Imaging/Petrocraft Prod • 309

DownUnder GeoSolutions • 524

Energy & Geoscience Institute • 514

Envoi Limited • 618

EZDataRoom • 519

Furgo Group of Companies • 219

Gatan, Inc. • 505

GeoKnowledge • 213

GeoMark Research, Ltd. • 521

GETECH • 714

Gore • 314

Horizontal Solutions International • 512

Infoterra Ltd • 509

ION Geophysical • 313

Neuralog • 503

OilSERV • 525

Platte River Associates, Inc. • 415

SeaBird Exploration • 508

Seismic Micro-Technology • 419

SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology • 229

Thermo Scientific Niton Analyzers • 608






SHORT COURSES

IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING SHORT COURSES

Short course enrollment is limited.• Short courses are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis and registration must be accompanied by full payment.• If you do not plan on attending the conference, a US $30 enrollment fee will be added to the short course fee. This fee may be applied • toward registration if you decide to attend the conference at a later date.A wait list is automatically created if a short course sells out. The AAPG Convention Department will notify you if space becomes • available.Before purchasing non-refundable airline tickets, confirm that the course will take place, as courses may be cancelled if • undersubscribed.If any of these short courses meet your needs or the needs of your professional staff, you are strongly encouraged to register early. • To help us better anticipate the number of attendees and avoid premature cancellation of short courses, please register before 12 August 2010. Short course cancellations due to low enrollment will be made at this time.Courses will be held in corporate training facilities in downtown Calgary. Participants will be advised of the specific locations • approximately one month prior to the course.

There are a limited number of discounted registrations available for students on a first-come, first-served basis. If you wish to register for one of the discounted spots, please register online at www.AAPG.org/Calgary. If discounted space is no longer available, you can register at the full fee and/or you can place your name on the waiting list for a discounted space in the short course.

PRE-CONFERENCE

1 Clastic Facies and Depositional Environments in Core (CSPG)

Wednesday, 8 September–Friday, 10 September

08:00–17:00 Professional US $2,000 + 5% GST; Student US $1,000 + 5% GST (limited)

2 Seismic Interpretation of Structural Styles(CSPG)

Wednesday, 8 September–Sunday, 12 September

08:00–17:00 Professional US $2,850 + 5% GSTStudent US $1,425 + 5% GST (limited)

3 The Alberta Oil Sands: Regional Geologic Framework, Environmental and Regulatory Issues: A Core Workshop (EMD)

Thursday, 9 September–Friday, 10 September

08:00–16:30 Professional US $640 + 5% GST Student US $320 + 5% GST (limited)

4 Writing for the AAPG Bulletin (AAPG) Saturday, 11 September 08:00–17:00 Professional US $40 + 5% GST (increases to US $50 after 13 August); Student US $20 + 5% GST (limited) (increases to US $25 after 13 August)

5 Creative Petroleum Exploration (AAPG) Saturday, 11 September–Sunday, 12 September

08:00–17:00 Professional US $895 + 5% GST (increases to US $995 after 13 August); Student US $450 + 5% GST (limited) (increases to US $500 + 5% GST after 13 August)

6 Image Log Interpretation (AAPG) Saturday, 11 September–Sunday, 12 September

08:00–17:00 Professional US $895 + 5% GST (increases to US $995 after 13 August); Student US $450 + 5% GST (limited) (increases to US $500 + 5% GST after 13 August)

7 Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students (SEPM)

Saturday, 11 September–Sunday, 12 September

08:00–17:00 US $25 + 5% GST (graduate students only)

POST-CONFERENCE

8 Completions and Stimulations for Geologists (PTTC)

Thursday, 16 September 08:00–17:00 Professional US $450 + 5% GST Student US $225 + 5% GST (limited)

9 Fault Seal Analysis (CSPG) Thursday, 16 September–Friday, 17 September

08:00–17:00 Professional US $1,500 + 5% GST Student US $750 + 5% GST (limited)

10 Practical Geomechanics for Unconventional Oil & Gas (CSPG)

Thursday, 16 September–Friday, 17 September


11 Sequence Stratigraphy (CSPG) Thursday, 16 September–Friday, 17 September


The deadline for registering is 12 August.






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Pre-Conference Short Course 1 Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)Clastic Facies and Depositional Environments in CoreDates: Wednesday, 8 September–Friday, 10 SeptemberTime: 08:00–17:00 Location: Calgary, AB, Energy Resources Conservation Board of Alberta (ERCB) Core Research CentreInstructor: Bill Arnott (University of Ottawa, ON, Canada)Fee: Professional US $2,000 + 5% GST Student US $1,000 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Manual, refreshments and lunchesLimit: 20 peopleContent: 24 PDH

This is a hands-on core workshop that emphasizes the understanding of physical and biogenic structures in the interpretation of sedimentary depositional environments. Environments are then related in both time and space using sequence stratigraphic principles. Course time is split approximately 70:30 between core observation and lecture presentations. Practical exercises include core observation and interpretation, which then are used to correlate well-log cross-sections from subsurface examples in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. Course is especially useful for entry-level geologists and those looking for a refresher course in siliciclastic sedimentology and stratigraphy.

Pre-Conference Short Course 2Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)Seismic Interpretation of Structural StylesDates: Wednesday, 8 September–Sunday, 12 SeptemberTime: 08:00–17:00Instructors: Mark Cooper (Sherwood Geoconsulting, Calgary, AB, Canada) and Marian Warren (Jenner GeoConsulting, Calgary, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $2,850 + 5% GST Student US $1,425 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Manual, refreshments and lunchesLimit: 20 peopleContent: 40 PDH

The class is designed as a seismic workshop-style class and will consist of presentations and lectures interspersed with numerous seismic exercises.

Topics include:Introduction: Basic structural concepts, geometries and • common seismic interpretation issuesExtensional Structural Regimes: Examples, analytical • techniques, petroleum systems and interpretation exercises in 2-D and 3-DCompressional Structural Regimes: Examples, interpretation, • petroleum systems and balancing and correlation exercises in 2-D and 3-DTectonic Inversion: Seismic examples, interpretation exercises • and the impact of inversion on the petroleum systemGravitationally Driven Systems: Balancing downdip • compressional shortening with updip extensionStrike Slip Structural Regimes: Transtension, transpression and • reconciling map and seismic dataSalt and Mobile Shale Structural Regimes: The basics of • salt tectonics, application to shale diapirism and seismic interpretation exercisesFault Seal Analysis: Integration of seismic and well data for • fault seal analysis

Pre-Conference Short Course 3Energy Minerals Division (EMD)The Alberta Oil Sands: Regional Geologic Framework, Environmental and Regulatory Issues: A Core WorkshopDates: Thursday, 9 September–Friday, 10 SeptemberTime: 08:00–16:30Location: Calgary, AB, Energy Resources Conservation Board of Alberta (ERCB) Core Research CentreInstructors: Fran J. Hein (Energy Resources Conservation Board, Calgary, AB, Canada) and Laurence Andriashek (Energy Resources Conservation Board, Edmonton, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $640 + 5% GST Student US $320 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Course notes, refreshments and lunchesLimit: 20 peopleContent: 16 PDH

This course is targeted to AAPG, CSPG and SEPM members as well as energy industry, university and government workers. Its key message is an overview of Canada’s oil sands industry, from both a geologic and regulatory perspective.

Over the two days, we will have a series of lectures on the geology and hydrogeology of the three oil sands areas of Alberta






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— the Athabasca, Peace River and Cold Lake deposits. Hands-on core exercises will be done on each of the main deposit areas, and will examine different parts of the geologic framework including: Quaternary glacial deposits, bedrock channel deposits; caprock; bitumen reservoir deposits; and underrock, including karst deposits along the unconformity. Specific geo-risk issues, including Quaternary-bitumen reservoir connections, caprock integrity and under-rock karstification will be addressed from both an environmental and regulatory perspective.

Pre-Conference Short Course 4American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)Writing for the AAPG BulletinDate: Saturday, 11 SeptemberTime: 08:00–17:00 Instructor: Gretchen Gillis (AAPG Editor 2007-2010 and Editorial Advisor for Schlumberger, Houston, TX, USA)Fee: Professional US $40 + 5% GST (increases to US $50 after 13 August) Student US $20 + 5% GST (limited) (increases to US $25 after 13 August)Includes: PowerPoint slides, sample papers from the AAPG Bulletin and Bibliography, including writing resources; refreshments and lunch. Attendees will receive a coupon for the AAPG Getting Started Series CD redeemable at the AAPG Bookstore.Limit: 40 peopleContent: 0.7 CEU; 7 PDH

Students, young professionals and experienced professionals considering publishing their work in the AAPG Bulletin will benefit from this course. Attendees will learn how to write for publication in the AAPG Bulletin, from creating an abstract to outlining, writing and illustrating their work. During the full-day course, attendees will work on abstracts and outlines. Lectures will provide guidance for finishing other parts of the manuscript. In addition, attendees will learn how to reduce their time to publication and how to support the AAPG Bulletin as reviewers.

Topics include:Why do we write?• Writing an abstract (exercise)• Parts of a manuscript – abstract, introduction, methods, • results, discussion, conclusions, references and acknowledgements

Writing an outline (exercise)• Figures and figure captions• Examples from the AAPG• BulletinDealing with a journal – following instructions to authors, • increasing the likelihood of manuscript acceptance and learning about and supporting the journal by serving as a manuscript reviewerTips on writing• Resources for writing•

Note: Attendees should bring laptop computer or writing materials. Discounted registration fees made possible by generous support from Schlumberger, The AAPG Foundation and AAPG Bulletin.

Pre-Conference Short Course 5American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)Creative Petroleum ExplorationDates: Saturday, 11 September–Sunday, 12 SeptemberTime: 08:00–17:00Instructors: Edward Beaumont (Tulsa, OK, USA) and Douglas Strickland (Jaden Consulting, LLC, Grand Rapids, MI, USA)Fee: Professional US $895 + 5% GST (increases to US $995 after 13 August) Student US $450 + 5% GST (limited) (increases to US $500 + 5% GST after 13 August)Includes: Course notes, refreshments and lunchesLimit: 40 peopleContent: 1.5 CEU; 15 PDH

This course is for geologists, geophysicists, engineers and any other geoscientist needing to learn the skills necessary to “think outside the box” and be more creative in exploration for oil and gas.

Oil and gas-finding is an art that requires a creative flair. Modern theory says that creativity is a skill that can be learned and developed through attention and practice. If oil is “first found in the mind” as Wallace Pratt taught us, then developing skills that enhance creativity should be a goal of all explorationists.

The purpose of the workshop is to enable participants to begin developing a conceptual understanding of successful exploration, and from that understanding develop their own philosophy of oil and gas finding. The workshop illustrates the application of modern creativity theory to petroleum exploration using numerous case histories and exercises.






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Many pertinent issues to successful exploration are covered during the workshop. Participants have the opportunity to consider and learn about:

What creativity is and how it can be applied to petroleum • explorationHow oil and gas is found as illustrated by case histories• What characterizes successful explorationists• The importance of multidisciplinary teams to the creative • processMethods for enhancing individual and team creativity skills•

Pre-Conference Short Course 6American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)Image Log InterpretationDates: Saturday, 11 September–Sunday, 12 September Time: 08:00–17:00 Instructor: Laird Thompson (UF3, Auburn, CA, USA)Fee: Professional US $895 + 5% GST (increases to US $995 after 13 August) Student US $450 + 5% GST (limited) (increases to US $500 + 5% GST after 13 August)Includes: Course notes, 2 CDs (AAPG Image Atlas and a CD with software and problem sets), refreshments and lunchesLimit: 40 peopleContent: 1.5 CEU; 15 PDH

This course will benefit geologists, geophysicists, engineers and others who are working on image log interpretation for their company and are looking to expand their knowledge of the application of image log data sets to solve a variety of industry problems.

The primary objective is to show the range of interpretations possible with image log data sets — qualitative, quantitative, geological (sedimentological, structural and diagenetic analyses) and to allow participants to work on examples of these diverse opportunities. This will be accomplished through brief lectures interspersed with numerous workshop exercises.

Topics include:Getting started with the software• The data — their acquisition, quality control and processing• Looking at lithologies with image logs• Artifacts on the images• Working a sedimentology problem•

Image textures — sedimentology vs. diagenesis• Working a carbonate problem• An introduction to structural geology and geomechanics• Working a fracture problem• An introduction to SCAT• Working a fault problem • Working a geomechanical problem• Quantitative image log analysis• Working a quantitative problem•

Note: Attendees need to bring a laptop computer of sufficient power to run the software and examples.

Pre-Conference Short Course 7Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate StudentsDates: Saturday, 11 September–Sunday, 12 SeptemberTime: 08:00–17:00 Instructors: Vitor Abreu and Jack Neal (ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Houston, TX, USA)Fee: US $25 + 5% GST (limited to graduate students)Includes: SEPM Student Membership, US $20 SEPM book coupon, SEPM CSP # 9 Exercises in Sequence Stratigraphy, refreshments and lunchesLimit: 40 peopleContent: 1.6 CEU; 16 PDH

Every graduate student in geoscience who needs to better understand theory and application of sequence stratigraphy should attend this course, which is designed to teach graduate students the principles, concepts and methods of sequence stratigraphy. Sequence stratigraphy is an informal chronostratigraphic methodology that uses stratal surfaces to subdivide the stratigraphic record. This methodology allows the identification of coeval facies, documents the time-transgressive nature of classic lithostratigraphic units, and provides geoscientists with an additional way to analyze and subdivide the stratigraphic record.

Using exercises that utilize outcrop, core, well log and seismic data, the course provides a hands-on experience to learning sequence stratigraphy. The exercises include classic case studies from which many sequence stratigraphic concepts were originally developed.

The main objectives are to review:Basic concepts and terminology of sequence stratigraphy• The stratigraphic building blocks of depositional sequences•






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Recognition criteria for the identification of depositional • sequences and their components in outcrops, cores, well logs and seismicThe application of sequence stratigraphy in non-marine, • shallow marine and submarine depositional settings

Post-Conference Short Course 8Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC)Completions and Stimulations for GeologistsDate: Thursday, 16 SeptemberTime: 08:00–17:00 Instructor: Jennifer Miskimmons (Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA)Fee: Professional US $450 + 5% GST Student US $225 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Manual, refreshments and lunchLimit: 40 peopleContent: 8 PDH

This one-day short course provides a basic understanding of completion and stimulation techniques for geoscientists. The design of wells, from casing schematics through initial stimulation, is covered including the following topics: single completions, multiple completions, tubing sizes and designs, packers and other downhole equipment, perforating techniques, formation damage, acidizing, hydraulic fracturing and other stimulation techniques. The course approaches these topics from a multidisciplinary viewpoint to facilitate the input of geological and petrophysical components into completion and stimulation operations. Data and information that should be considered and shared by all disciplines will be discussed.

Post-Conference Short Course 9Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)Fault Seal AnalysisDates: Thursday, 16 September–Friday, 17 SeptemberTime: 08:00–17:00 Instructor: Russell K. Davies (Rock Deformation Research USA Inc., McKinney, TX, USA)Fee: Professional US $1,500 + 5% GST Student US $750 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Manual, exercises, refreshments and lunchesLimit: 20 peopleContent: 16 PDH

The objective of this course is to introduce fault seal concepts and methods to geoscientists (geologist and geophysicist) and petroleum engineers in the hydrocarbon industry to apply in their exploration and development projects. This course includes basic fault flow characteristics, but will also develop more complex concepts.

This course is a two-day classroom lecture overview of principles and modern methods in fault seal analysis with exercises to emphasize the main points. Key topics include:

Fault geometry and fault zone architecture• Flowbasics•

Permeability and Darcy’s LawCapillary seal concepts and sealing capacityRelative permeabilityHydrodynamic seal

Fault rocks• Description and deformation mechanismsFlow properties

Fault mapping methods• Juxtaposition sealFault rock seal

Shale gouge ratio Clay smear potential

Mapping fault rock distributions: review of basic principles including triangle and juxtaposition diagrams

Applications of fault seal analysis in exploration and production• Predicting sealing capacityFault rock properties in reservoir flow simulation models

Note: Attendees should bring a calculator, pencils, colored pencils, rulers and graph paper (4-5 sheets per attendee).

Post-Conference Short Course 10Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)Practical Geomechanics for Unconventional Oil & GasDates: Thursday, 16 September–Friday, 17 SeptemberTime: 08:00–17:00 Instructor: Pat McLellan (McLellan Energy Advisors Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $1,250 + 5% GST Student US $625 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Manual, list of references and Internet resources, spreadsheet program for basic wellbore stability and stress analyses, demonstration of advanced geomechanical software, refreshments and lunchesLimit: 40 peopleContent: 16 PDH






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Petroleum geomechanics play an increasingly important role in exploration and well planning in many unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs. This course provides a concise overview of basic rock mechanics principles and their application to many practical problems encountered in the E&P process.

Topics include:In-situ stresses and formation pressures: What you need to • know about measuring and calculating in-situ stresses and pore pressures. Stress changes due to depletion or injection. Rock mechanical properties: How to determine them in the • laboratory, from wireline logs, and other methods. When log-lab calibration really matters.In-situ stress and natural fractures: Concept of “critical shear • stress” and how to use it to your advantage in finding fracture permeability and understanding well productivity.Natural fracture networks: Introduction to stochastic fracture • network modeling using core and log data. Forecasting fracture connectivity in reservoirs and caprocks.Wellbore stability: Fundamental mechanics of borehole • collapse and lost circulation. Cause and effect. Determination of the appropriate “mud weight window”. When will an openhole completion work. Practical guidelines for drilling and completions.Hydraulic fracturing: Basics steps for planning and executing a • well stimulation campaign.Oil sands geomechanics: What’s new in thermally enhanced • recovery with SAGD and CSS. Assessing caprock integrity for steam injection projects.Geomechanical monitoring: Basics of microseismics; • tiltmeters, InSAR, GPS and other techniques that rely on the measurement of ground or subsurface movements.

Post-Conference Short Course 11Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG) Sequence StratigraphyDates: Thursday, 16 September–Friday, 17 September

Time: 08:00–17:00Instructor: Ashton Embry (Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $1,000 + 5% GST Student US $500 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Manual, refreshments and lunchesLimit: 25 peopleContent: 16 PDH

This two-day course presents the concepts and practical applications of sequence stratigraphy for petroleum exploration. The course will involve both lecture and workshop formats. Lectures will be informal and discussion will be encouraged at all times. Workshop exercises will emphasize the recognition and correlation of sequence stratigraphic surfaces on well log cross sections and their use in facies prediction.

By the end of the course, participants will have a clear understanding of the principles of sequence stratigraphy. They will readily be able to recognize and use sequence stratigraphic surfaces as the main correlation lines on their cross sections and to use sequence stratigraphy for predicting facies types and geometries away from control points and for interpreting depositional history and paleogeographic evolution.

Topics include:Sequence stratigraphy, sedimentology and other stratigraphic • disciplinesSequence stratigraphic surfaces; origin and recognition • Units of sequence stratigraphy• Sequence hierarchies• Applications to marine clastics• Applications to non-marine clastics and incised valley fills• Applications to carbonates• Factors influencing sequence development • Hydrocarbon traps•

Stay on the cutting edge of technology.The short course program is designed to provide you with access to the information, skills and technology you need to make your practice of the geosciences more valuable to you and your employer.

Register for a short course today to improve your job skills and enhance your career. www.AAPG.org/Calgary




CUTTING TO THE CORE OF OUR BUSINESS — CSPG CORE CONFERENCE

Dates/Times: Thursday, 16 September, 08:00–16:00 Friday, 17 September, 08:00–12:00Location: Calgary, AB, Energy Resources Conservation Board of Alberta (ERCB) Core Research CentreCo-Chairs: Nathan Bruder and John Cody (Statoil Canada Ltd., Calgary, AB, Canada)Fee: US $130 + 5% GSTIncludes: RefreshmentsLimit: 1,500 people maximumContent: 8 PDH

Following the convention will be a two-day core conference held at the ERCB Core Research Centre, the world’s largest and most functional facility of its kind. The core conference will showcase up

to 30 integrated core and poster displays and will be focused on unconventional, frontier and international hydrocarbon systems.

The core conference is targeting unique and interesting core displays ranging from unconventional exploration in tight oil sands of Western Canada, tight gas sands and shales of Canada and the United States and conventional frontier exploration such as the Canadian Arctic and the North Sea and countries such as Peru, the United Kingdom and Yemen.

This event will afford all attendees the opportunity to examine the rocks in detail, while interacting with the authors. Take this opportunity to reconnect with the rocks and remember what geology is really about.

Photo illustration by Dennis Meloche



Featured One-Day Program

CSPG/AAPG Unconventionals DayUnconventional Resources continue to be in the spotlight worldwide. That’s why CSPG and AAPG have planned an entire day highlighting the importance, future and development of these resources. Whether you’re attending ICE all week or just wish to purchase a one-day registration, you won’t want to miss Tuesday’s informative presentations on some of the most timely topics affecting petroleum geology.

Luncheon:• Unconventionals Day Topical Luncheon: Global Challenges in Shale Reservoir Development: Why a Statistical Approach Won’t Work. Come listen to Chris Hopkins, Vice President of Unconventional Resources for Schlumberger, at this informative luncheon. See details on page 8. Fee: US $50 + 5% GSTBusiness Forum — Unconventional Exploration and Development Geoscientists Toolbox:• What New Tools do Geoscientists Need in the Next Decade? An invited panel of E&P professionals will discuss the next decade of unconventional exploration and exploitation of oil and gas resources, along with what tools and techniques will be needed to exploit these resources. See details on page 6. Included with conference registration.Management Forum — E&P Challenges in Complex Environments: From the Arctic to Deep Water.• The secret of developing in remote and harsh environments, as well as resources such as the unconventional, have been solved through a multidisciplinary approach between geoscientists and engineers, technology and highly talented staff. Speakers will address many of the challenges and opportunities in this area. See details on page 5. Included with conference registration.Special Lecture — Geology of a Major SAGD Bitumen Development — A Case Study from Long Lake, Northeastern Alberta,• with speaker Dale A. Leckie from Nexen Inc. See details on page 6. Included with conference registration.Choose from numerous technical presentations and posters• related to unconventionals in Tuesday’s lineup, including two EMD sessions on oil sands/heavy oil, both regional and Alberta case studies and two EMD sessions on the Bakken Shale.

Register through 30 June for maximum savings! See complete details on member type/discount deadlines on page 65 or online at www.AAPG.org/Calgary.






FIELD TRIPS

Hands-on training keeps you current on the job and allows you the opportunity to explore a part of the world you may not have seen before. Geosciences professionals at any stage of their careers will find a variety of field trip options to choose from.

PRE-CONFERENCE

1 IHS Development in a Tidally Influenced River, Fraser River, British Columbia (SEPM)

Tuesday, 7 September, 19:00– Thursday, 9 September, 17:00

Professional US $500 + 5% GST Student US $250 + 5% GST (limited)

2 Sequence Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Reservoir Facies of the Montney Formation (CSPG)

Wednesday, 8 September, 09:00– Friday, 10 September, 21:00


3 Sequence Stratigraphic Evolution of an Upper Devonian (Woodbend and Winterburn Groups) Reef-Off-Reef Transition, Cripple Creek Outcrop, Ram Range, Alberta (CSPG)

Thursday, 9 September, 08:00– Sunday, 12 September, 16:00

Professional US $3,700 + 5% GST Student US $1,850 + 5% GST (limited)

4 Cambrian-Hosted Structurally Controlled “Hydrothermal” Dolomite: Rock Fabrics to Reservoir Implications (CSPG)

Friday, 10 September, 08:00–18:30 Professional US $310 + 5% GST Student US $155 + 5% GST (limited)

5 A Revised Regional Stratigraphy and Stratigraphic Architecture for the Horseshoe Canyon Formation: Outcrop and Subsurface (CSPG)

Friday, 10 September, 07:00– Saturday, 11 September, 18:00


6 Structural Geology of the Rocky Mountain Foothills and Front Ranges, Banff and Kananaskis Region, Alberta, Canada (CSPG)

Friday, 10 September 07:30– Saturday, 11 September 20:00


7 Seafloor Hydrothermal Processes in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, Yoho National Park, British Columbia (CSPG)

Saturday, 11 September, 06:30–21:00 Professional US $475 + 5% GST Student US $240 + 5% GST (limited)

8 The Horseshoe Canyon-Bearpaw Transition: Challenging Sequence Stratigraphic and Depositional Paradigms (CSPG)

Saturday, 11 September, 07:00–16:30 Student US $45 + 5% GST

9 Calgary to Banff – Geology of the Bow River Valley Corridor from the Plains to the Mountains (EMD/SEPM)

Saturday, 11 September, 08:00–21:00 Professional US $200 + 5% GST Student US $100 + 5% GST (limited)

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10 Folds, Faults and Hydrocarbons in the Southern Canadian Cordillera — Principles and Practices (AAPG)

Thursday, 16 September–Sunday, 19 SeptemberSee page 27 for times

Professional US $1,595 + 5% GST (increases to US $1,695 after 13 August) Students US $800 + 5% GST (increases to US $850 + 5% GST after 13 August)

11 Triassic Rocks of the Kananaskis Valley — A Montney Formation Outcrop Analogue (CSPG)

Friday, 17 September, 08:00–18:30 Professional US $275 + 5% GST Student US $140 + 5% GST (limited)

12 Shales and Sandstones of the Upper Cretaceous in the Southern Alberta Foothills; Outcrop Analogs of Shale and Thin Bedded Shelf, Pro-Deltaic and Shoreface Sandstone Reservoirs (CSPG)

Friday, 17 September, 08:00– Saturday, 18 September 18:00


13 Geology of the Athabasca Oil Sands: Exploring an Oil Field in Outcrop (CSPG)


Professional US $2,275 + 5% GST Student US $1,140 + 5% GST (limited)

14 Regional Aspects of Marine and Non-Marine Sandstone Gas Reservoirs: Belly River Group, Southern Alberta Plains (CSPG)



15 Tidal Deposits Including Sandy Inclined Heterolithic Stratification (IHS) at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta – An Analog for the McMurray Formation (SEPM)

Friday, 17 September, 16:00–Sunday, 19 September, 17:00

Professional US$500 + 5% GST Student US $250 + 5% GST (limited)

16 An Upper Cretaceous Tide-Dominated Delta in the Eagle Formation of North-Central Montana: Milk River Formation Low-Permeability Reservoir Equivalent (CSPG)

Friday, 17 September, 11:00– Monday, 20 September, 22:00


The deadline for registering is 12 August.






Pre-Conference Field Trip 1Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)IHS Development in a Tidally Influenced River, Fraser River, British ColumbiaDates: Tuesday, 7 September, 19:00–Thursday, 9 September, 17:00 (departs from Holiday Inn Vancouver Centre, 711 W. Broadway, and returns to Vancouver International Airport). Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from Vancouver, BC, Canada.Leader: Shahin Dashtgard (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada)Fee: Professional US $500 + 5% GST Student US $250 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Two nights’ lodging based on double occupancy, field transportation, two lunches and field guideLimit: 20 peopleContent: 1.6 CEU; 16 PDH

During this two-day field trip we will visit a variety of sites along the Fraser River, B.C. where Inclined Heterolithic Stratification (IHS) is developed. At each site we will consider the depositional processes and conditions that favor IHS development, and the sedimentological and ichnological characteristics of the deposits. Observations in the field will be compared to similar structures preserved in Middle McMurray Fm point bars. Stops include

channel-margin, point bar and mid-channel bar deposits within the mesotidal (brackish water) reach of the Fraser River. The environments visited provide an interesting backdrop to compare the sedimentological and ichnological characteristics of mixed tidal-fluvial settings. As well, the distribution and diversity of ichnological structures in these brackish-water settings will be considered.

IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING FIELD TRIPS

Field trips are limited in size and are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis and must be accompanied by full payment.• If you do not plan on attending the conference, a $30 enrollment fee will be added to the field trip fee. This fee may be applied toward • registration if you decide to attend the conference at a later date.A wait list is automatically created if a field trip sells out. The AAPG Convention Department will notify you if space becomes available.• Before purchasing non-refundable airline tickets, confirm that the trip will take place, as trips may be cancelled if undersubscribed.• It is important that you note your gender on your registration form for hotel room assignments.• Several weeks prior to the trip, you will receive an itinerary with details of meeting points, transportation within the trip, phone and fax • numbers and e-mail addresses of hotels and trip leaders, etc. Please indicate your fax number and e-mail address on your registration.Proper clothing and supplies are needed for the outdoors (hat, wind breaker, sturdy footwear, sunscreen and rucksack).• To help us better anticipate the number of attendees and avoid premature cancellation of field trips, please register before • 12 August 2010. Field trip cancellations due to low enrollment will be made at this time.Neither AAPG nor trip leaders and their employers maintain insurance covering illness or injury for individuals.•

There are a limited number of discounted registrations available for students on a first-come, first-served basis. If you wish to register for one of the discounted spots, please register online at www.AAPG.org/Calgary. If a discounted spot is still available it will show up during the registration process. If discounted spaces are no longer available, you can register at the full fee and/or you can place your name on the waiting list for a discounted spot in the field trip.

This mid-channel bar is situated in the brackish-water reach of the Fraser River. Steeply dipping sand and mud beds (Inclined Heterolithic Stratification; left inset photo) and muddy flasers (right inset photo) are common sedimentological features observed in this setting.






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Pre-Conference Field Trip 2Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)Sequence Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Reservoir Facies of the Montney FormationDates: Wednesday, 8 September, 09:00–Friday, 10 September, 21:00 (departs from and returns to downtown Calgary – one block east of the Calgary Tower)Leaders: Thomas F. Moslow (Midnight Oil Exploration, Calgary, AB, Canada) and John-Paul Zonneveld (University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $970 + 5% GST Student US $485 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Transportation, two nights’ lodging based on double occupancy, breakfast, lunches and guidebookLimit: 24 peopleContent: 20 PDH

This field trip provides for the examination of siliciclastic and bioclastic sedimentary facies of shoreface, turbidite and basinal paleo-environments of deposition from vertically and laterally continuous outcrop exposures of the Lower Triassic (Montney equivalent) strata in the Front Ranges of the Cadomin and Jasper National Park areas. Outcrop localities provide for the unique opportunity to examine distal through proximal facies associations directly analogous to reservoir fairways along the Montney subcrop edge in west-central Alberta through to the basinal and turbidite reservoir facies in north-eastern British Columbia.

Defined as western Canada’s first “shale gas” reservoir, the Montney Formation has become one of the Basin’s hottest and most aggressively drilled resource plays. The target of most exploitation is through horizontal drilling in facies and depositional settings equivalent to those observed in this trip.Outcrop exposures are placed into a sedimentologic and sequence stratigraphic context. Significant surfaces and facies associations are calibrated to outcrop gamma ray logs providing for correlation to subsurface equivalents. Vertical and lateral variability of facies in outcrop will be related to subsurface reservoir scale heterogeneity and drilling strategies for resource exploitation. Field sites provide the opportunity for observation of varying patterns of bedding, lithology and fracture geometry that are inherent to the reservoir characterization of the tight gas / shale gas plays that have become the mainstay of hydrocarbon exploitation in the Montney Formation.

Note: Weather conditions in Alberta are highly variable. Be prepared for rain and cool conditions as well as very warm weather. Hiking conditions are moderately aggressive. Hiking boots and extra socks are strongly recommended.

Pre-Conference Field Trip 3Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)Sequence Stratigraphic Evolution of an Upper Devonian (Woodbend and Winterburn Groups) Reef-Off-Reef Transition, Cripple Creek Outcrop, Ram Range, AlbertaDates: Thursday, 9 September, 08:00–Sunday, 12 September, 16:00 (departs from and returns to downtown Calgary – one block east of the Calgary Tower)

Exposure of the Early Smithian MacKenzie Dolomite Lentil, outcrop equivalent of the Coquinal Dolomite member of the middle Montney formation, calibrated to an outcrop derived spectral gamma ray log and graphic litholog.






FIELD TRIPS

Leaders: John Weissenberger and Murray Gilhooly (Husky Energy, Calgary, AB, Canada), Pak Wong (ExxonMobil International, Leatherhead, England), and Ken Potma (ExxonMobil, Calgary, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $3,700 + 5% GST Student US $1,850 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Guidebook, meals, transportation and two nights’ lodging based on double occupancyLimit: 13 peopleContent: 32 PDH

With the dawn of a new age of exploration for unconventional oil and gas, the Cripple Creek outcrops are well suited to examining the nature of and relationship of basinal shales, such as the Duvernay/Muskwa formations, to nearby age-equivalent reefs. The field seminar will begin at the ERCB Core Research Centre in Calgary examining age-equivalent core. After a drive through the spectacular Foothills and Front Ranges of the Alberta Rocky Mountains to the Nordegg Alberta area, two full helicopter supported field days will be spent on the Ram Range, examining these classic outcrops.

The Cripple Creek outcrop in the Front Ranges of Alberta, near the town of Nordegg, is one of a series of classic localities exposing Upper Devonian carbonate platform to basin facies successions. For over 60 years academic and industry geoscientists have visited these outcrops to gain understanding of Upper Devonian geology in Western Canada, and to integrate

knowledge gained from these outcrops to aid in exploration and development of large oil and gas reservoirs in the adjacent subsurface, like the Leduc Formation reefs at Leduc, Redwater and Golden Spike.

Note: Traverses will commonly be over loose, often steep slopes. Participants must be physically prepared for this and equipped with proper footwear and clothing for weather which can range from 5 to 25 degrees Celsius, with rain/snow, wind and sun exposure typical of mountain environments.

Pre-Conference Field Trip 4Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)Cambrian-Hosted Structurally Controlled “Hydrothermal” Dolomite: Rock Fabrics to Reservoir ImplicationsDate: Friday, 10 September, 08:00–18:30 (departs from and returns to downtown Calgary – one block east of the Calgary Tower)Leader: Graham Davies (GDGC Ltd., Calgary, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $310 + 5% GST Student US $155 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Guidebook, lunch, snacks, pizza and park entrance feeLimit: 15 peopleContent: 8 PDH

For those participants wishing to attend both this field trip and Field Trip #7 (“Seafloor Hydrothermal Processes in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale”) on 11 September, arrangements can be made to stay overnight at participant’s cost at either Lake Louise or Field BC.

The main focus of this field seminar is on Cambrian-hosted dolomite characterized by extensive saddle dolomite fabrics in outcrop and roadcuts in southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia. Stops or viewpoints include vertical dolomite pipes, breccias and breccia domes, internal dolomite sediments, zebra fabrics, replacement textures, shear fabrics and other rock types.

The section will be placed in tectonic and structural setting, with discussion of the role of faults in dolomitization and mineralization. Supporting data will include fluid inclusion and conventional isotopic analyses, plus newly acquired Mg isotope data that point to deep ‘magmatic’ Mg fluid source and tie to the Burgess shale and fauna (World Heritage Site). Posters will

Cripple Creek skyline section, Ram Range Alberta. Field day 1 is spent traversing through bedded tidal flat and subtidal dolomites of the Upper Devonian Leduc Formation, Woodbend 1 sequence, in foreground and through massive, thick bedded Leduc reef margin facies (resistant ledge in midground), Woodbend 2 sequence.






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be used to place the Cambrian dolomite fabrics and controls in broader global context and relevance to hydrothermal dolomite reservoirs.

Note: This is a long day (~ 550 kilometres) of bus travel and stops. Only one stop requires very minor low-gradient climbing, and even that can be bypassed on an individual basis. Dressing for changeable weather is recommended.

Pre-Conference Field Trip 5Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)A Revised Regional Stratigraphy and Stratigraphic Architecture for the Horseshoe Canyon Formation: Outcrop and SubsurfaceDates: Friday, 10 September, 07:00–Saturday, 11 September, 18:00 (departs from and returns to downtown Calgary – one block east of the Calgary Tower)Leader: David A. Eberth, Ph.D. (Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $425 + 5% GST Student US $215 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Guidebook, lunches, BBQ dinner, entry to Tyrrell Museum, drinks, one night’s lodging based on double occupancy and transportationLimit: 34 peopleContent: 16 PDH

This field seminar will focus on classic and newly examined outcrops in the areas of Dorothy, East Coulee, Willow Creek,

Drumheller, Horsethief Canyon, Morrin Bridge, Kubinec Ranch, Tolman Bridge (some stops may be precluded by wet weather). Participants will interpret stratigraphic changes within the context of non-marine sequence-stratigraphic concepts and examine proposed correlations of the outcrop stratigraphy with subsurface cross-sections that extend north to Edmonton, west to Calgary, and south to the international border. There will also be a trip to the world famous Royal Tyrrell Museum to view dinosaur and other fossils.

A revised outcrop and subsurface stratigraphy for the 255 metre thick Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation reveals subunits whose boundaries reflect changes in sediment supply, rates of subsidence, climate and sea level during a time span of ~6 million years. Some of these changes are marked by variation in sandstone body thicknesses, sandstone-mudstone ratios, and coal development.

Note: Moderately aggressive hiking, uneven and steep terrains, rain/sunshine, biting insects, cactus; hiking boots are strongly recommended.

Pre-Conference Field Trip 6Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)Structural Geology of the Rocky Mountain Foothills and Front Ranges, Banff and Kananaskis Region, Alberta, CanadaDates: Friday, 10 September, 07:30–Saturday, 11 September, 20:00 (departs from and returns to downtown Calgary – one block east of the Calgary Tower)

Cambrian-hosted floating-clast dolomite breccia with geopetal internal sediment enclosed in saddle dolomite cement, Whirlpool Point field stop.

Stacked paralic sandstones of the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation.






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Leaders: Greg Soule (Devon Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada) and Paul MacKay (University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $625 + 5% GST Student US $315 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Guidebook, transportation, refreshments, one breakfast, one dinner (en route home on second day) and one night’s lodging based on double occupancyLimit: 21 peopleContent: 16 PDH

The first day will examine a dip transect of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Foothills and Front Ranges between Calgary and Banff, Alberta. The tectonic setting, structural geology and hydrocarbon trap types will be observed and discussed. The focus is in the outcrop of the Front Ranges where the exposed Paleozoic carbonate strata best show the structural relationships and geometries of the thrust belt. Observations made throughout the trip are related to the subsurface exploration and development of the hydrocarbon resources in the Foothills belt.

The second day will focus on the strike dimension of the observed structures. This completes the third dimension of the thrust belt model, and expands the discussion to mapping and interpretation issues including structural closure.

Note: Although there are several roadside stops, participants should be prepared for moderate hiking across uneven ground for up to two hours, and for anything from sunburn to frostbite. You will need sturdy footwear, a raincoat, warm layers such as sweaters, a windproof jacket, a sun hat and a winter hat and gloves in your bag. We will hope for pleasant weather, but be prepared as the mornings are likely to be cool regardless! Some meals will be provided including a group dinner en route home the second day; however, participants will be responsible for their breakfast before departure and for dinner on the first evening.

Pre-Conference Field Trip 7Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)Seafloor Hydrothermal Processes in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, Yoho National Park, British ColumbiaDate: Saturday, 11 September, 06:30–21:00 (departs from and returns to downtown Calgary – one block east of the Calgary Tower)Leaders: Christopher J. Collom (University of Calgary, AB, Canada) and Randle Robertson (The Burgess Shale Geosciences Foundation, Field, BC, Canada)Fee: Professional US $475 + 5% GST Student US $240 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Transportation, lunch, pizza dinner, park entrance and guidebookLimit: 12 peopleContent: 8 PDH

For those participants wishing to attend both this field trip and Field Trip #4 (Cambrian-Hosted Structurally Controlled ‘Hydrothermal’ Dolomite: Rock Fabrics to Reservoir Implications) on 10 September, arrangements can be made to stay overnight at participants cost at either Lake Louise or Field, BC.

This 22 km round trip hike will take participants through 800 m elevation gain to the historic Walcott Quarry in the Burgess Shale on Fossil Ridge, Yoho National Park. Commencing at scenic Takakkaw Falls in the Yoho Valley, participants will hike the century-old Highline Trail through Yoho Pass.

Nearby Mount Wapta provides excellent views of mountain-side-scale hydrothermal dolomite cones within the Eldon Formation (Middle Cambrian). Rounding the south side of Mount Wapta, participants will ascend part way up Fossil Ridge to the Walcott Quarry. The Quarry exposes an excellent section of basinal argillites of the so called “Greater Phyllopod Bed” of

Folded Mississippian limestone strata near the northern termination of the Lewis Thrust, Mount Kidd, Alberta. Photograph by G. Soule.






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the Burgess Shale, which is famous for abundant fossil remains of non-biomineralized organisms such as sponges, worms and diverse arthropods. Adjacent rocks of the dolomitized platformal Cathedral Formation are exposed at this locality and host hydrothermal dolostone breccias. The return hike through Burgess Pass provides a spectacular view across the Kicking Horse River valley of Mount Stephen, which hosts mountain-side exposures of the Middle Cambrian platform to basin transition.

Note: Participants should be reasonably fit and will need sturdy hiking boots, a wide brimmed field hat, a day pack and a rain poncho. The Burgess Shale and Canadian mountain parks are a UNESCO World Heritage site and consequently collecting of samples is strictly prohibited.

Pre-Conference Student Field Trip 8Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)The Horseshoe Canyon-Bearpaw Transition: Challenging Sequence Stratigraphic and Depositional ParadigmsDate: Saturday, 11 September, 07:00–16:30 (departs from and returns to downtown Calgary – one block east of the Calgary Tower)Leader: Dennis Meloche (Devon Canada Corporation, Calgary, AB, Canada)Fee: Student US $45 + 5% GST

Includes: Transportation, guidebook, lunch, dinner and museum entranceLimit: 29 people (Students only)Content: 8 PDH

This is a one day field seminar to the town of Drumheller, Alberta, designed to experience the famous ‘Badlands’ of Alberta. It is a full day of travel and sightseeing that combines geology with paleontology and history.

Several horizons of intertonguing non-marine, marginal marine and marine rocks southeast of Drumheller comprise the Horseshoe Canyon and Bearpaw formations. Because of the nearly continuous outcrop exposure along the river, a 50-60 metre thick section of strata can be walked out for over 15 kilometres in the dip direction and 3.5 kilometres in the strike direction. These rocks represent marine to marginal marine deposits of a late Cretaceous delta complex fed by a river system that followed a course similar to the present day Red Deer River Valley.

The focus of this field seminar will be to examine the depositional facies, stratal architecture and sequence stratigraphy of a low accommodation, prograding delta complex exposed in world class outcrops. After lunch we will visit the Royal Tyrrell Museum to see one of the world’s most extensive collections of dinosaur fossils and exhibits on prehistoric life. We will allow 2-3 hours to tour the museum before heading back to Calgary.

Participants in the Burgess Shale guided hike, with Mount Wapta (Fossil Ridge) in the background.

Inclined heterolithic distributary channel deposits (IHS beds) overlain by flat-bedded distributary mouth bar and lower delta plain deposits of the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Willow Creek, Alberta.






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Pre-Conference Field Trip 9Energy Minerals Division (EMD) of AAPG and Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)Calgary to Banff — Geology of the Bow River Valley Corridor from the Plains to the MountainsDate: Saturday, 11 September, 08:00–21:00 (departs from and returns to downtown Calgary – one block east of the Calgary Tower)Leaders: Fran Hein (Energy Resources Conservation Board of Alberta, Calgary, AB, Canada) and Dale Leckie (Nexen Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $200 + 5% GST Student US $100 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Transportation, refreshments, lunch, BBQ dinner at Rafter Six and guidebookLimit: 48 peopleContent: 8 PDH

Basic understanding of the geology of Alberta leads to efficient development of these vast resources, and a framework for assessments for multiuse areas of the province, including municipal, federal, provincial and industry interests.

This field trip is a general interest trip for geologists and their spouses. It will show a general overview of the geology from the plains of Calgary, Foothills and Front Ranges, ending up in Banff for a shopping trip or a scenic walk in the historic Banff townsite surrounded by the inspiring Rocky Mountains. Come enjoy some geologic highlights as we explore some of the magnificent parts of Alberta. This is supported by the Energy Minerals Division (EMD) of the AAPG and the SEPM.

Post-Conference Field Trip 10American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)Folds, Faults and Hydrocarbons in the Southern Canadian Cordillera — Principles and PracticesDates: Course: Thursday, 16 September–Friday, 17 September, 08:00–17:00 Trip: Saturday, 18 September, 17:00—Sunday, 19 September, 17:00 (departs from and returns to downtown Calgary – one block east of the Calgary Tower)Leader: Peter B. Jones (International Tectonic Consultants, Ltd., Calgary, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $1,595 + 5% GST (increases to US $1,695 after 13 August) Student US $800 + 5% GST (limited) (increases to US $850 + 5% GST after 13 August)Includes: Course notes, refreshments, lunches, guidebook, field trip transportation, and one night’s lodging based on double occupancyLimit: 25 peopleContent: 2.5 CEU; 25 PDH

The course and field trip are designed for mid- to senior level exploration geologists and geophysicists. The objective of this course is to develop an understanding of the geometric, mechanical and allied factors governing the entrapment of hydrocarbons in structurally controlled reservoirs. The theme — no oil or gas field is entirely unique — is illustrated by examples from different structural settings and emphasized by workshop problems. Participants should complete the course capable of recognizing potential hydrocarbon traps in new and mature regions of exploration and development.

The two-day classroom portion of the course will focus on key topics including:

Day OneProblems with fault terminology. Physical properties of layered • sedimentary rocks.Thrust and wedge tectonics. The role of overpressure in • deformation. Duplex structures — the most important reservoirs in fold and • thrust belts.Wedge tectonics and increased of hydrocarbon potential • worldwide.

Mount Yamnuska from the Trans-Canada Highway — The Beginning of the Rocky Mountain Front Ranges Between Calgary and Banff.






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Day TwoDeveloping new exploration plays from existing seismic and • geologic data. Balanced cross-sections, laboratory models and their • limitations. Exploration case histories.•

Days Three and Four — Two-Day Field Trip: Southern Canadian Rocky Mountains and Foothills from the Triangle Zone to the Rocky Mountain Trench. The two-day transect extends from the east edge of the foothills to the west limit of the Rocky Mountains, marked by the Rocky Mountain Trench. Initially the route crosses the Triangle Zone into the foothills and Rockies, crosses five gas fields and follows the Lewis thrust southward along the Continental Divide. Beyond the Divide, the route crosses the flathead extensional fault, leading into the Fernie coal basin, whose west edge is an exhumed triangle zone. The trip overnights in the town of Fernie, British Columbia.

On the second day, the trip continues westward to the Rocky Mountain Trench, a tectonic and physiographic lineament stretching from Montana to Alaska. Returning eastward, the route includes stops at a regional-scale gravity glide before traversing the Lewis thrust sheet at the Crowsnest Pass. Further east, participants will visit the interpretive centre at the smaller but famous Frank Slide, a catastrophic and fatal rock slide caused by coal mining. The route finally follows the Triangle Zone back to Calgary via the Turner Valley oilfield.

Note: No special gear is required, but mountain passes reach elevations up to 7,000 ft (2100m) and evenings in the valleys are cool.

Post-Conference Field Trip 11Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)Triassic Rocks of the Kananaskis Valley — A Montney Formation Outcrop AnalogueDate: Friday, 17 September, 08:00–18:30 (departs from and returns to downtown Calgary – one block east of the Calgary Tower)Leader: Dan Edwards (Krishelle Enterprises Ltd., Priddis, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $275 + 5% GST Student US $140 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Guidebook, transportation, lunch and refreshmentsLimit: 21 peopleContent: 8 PDH

This one-day field seminar to the Kananaskis Valley in the nearby front ranges of the Rocky Mountains will examine the Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation at easily accessible outcrops. These rocks are a good analogue for similar aged Montney Formation reservoirs in the Peace River Arch area of Alberta and British Columbia. The Montney Formation has long been a target for conventional reservoirs from a variety of facies. It is currently enjoying resurgence as a world class unconventional reservoir.

During the four geological stops we will see a variety of facies from deep to shallow water, including organic shales, sands and

View of outcrop alongside Hwy 40, Kananaskis Country. Beds are near vertical with the bedding plane exposed.

On Day One you will see the Kananaskis Valley, Eastern Rockies, southwest of Calgary. The ridge to the right of the valley is the Lewis thrust sheet, Mississippian carbonates thrust over Jurassic.






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a turbidite complex. The outcrops are in a near vertical position which allows for a unique perspective walking across, and parallel to bedding planes. Stream cuts allow for a more three dimensional perspective.

A box lunch will be available and enjoyed at a small waterfall across a sequence boundary (Lower-Middle Montney equivalent). The final stop of the day is at the Delta Kananaskis Lodge, where the day’s insights can be discussed over refreshments.

Note: This trip is in the mountains, so please dress accordingly. Further details will be provided prior to the trip.

Post-Conference Field Trip 12Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)Shales and Sandstones of the Upper Cretaceous in the Southern Alberta Foothills; Outcrop Analogs of Shale and Thin Bedded Shelf, Pro-Deltaic and Shoreface Sandstone ReservoirsDates: Friday, 17 September, 08:00–Saturday, 18 September 18:00 (departs from and returns to downtown Calgary – one block east of the Calgary Tower) Leaders: Per Kent Pedersen (University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada) and Karsten S. Nielsen (Plain Entity, Calgary, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $725 + 5% GST Student US $365 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Guidebook, transportation, one night’s lodging based on double occupancy, lunches, refreshments and dinner Limit: 25 peopleContent: 16 PDH

In this field seminar, outcrops of some of the major shale and sandstone intervals of southern Alberta will be examined, including the Upper Colorado Group and Milk River Formation, which hosts large gas accumulations in the Canadian Plains. We will discuss and compare the sedimentology, bedform architecture, sedimentary and reservoir facies, depositional environments and the organic geochemistry of the various units. In addition, we will examine key stratigraphic surfaces and tie them to producing pools in the subsurface of the Alberta Basin, and place the outcrops within paleo-environmental and paleo-geographic context.

During the course the following questions will be discussed: How do we recognize and correlate sequence stratigraphic surfaces within shale dominated successions, and which tools should be used? How to recognize major clinoforms and the sequence stratigraphic aspect of shaly intervals, and does it matter for evaluating shale and thin bedded gas potential and identifying fairways within thick shale dominated clastic wedges?

Note: Most outcrops are along rivers so expect to get wet feet. Bring extra socks and boots. Also, there are some steep slopes on the banks of Highwood River. Bring clothes for all kinds of weather and sunscreen.

Post-Conference Field Trip 13Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)Geology of the Athabasca Oil Sands: Exploring an Oil Field in OutcropDates: Friday, 17 September, 08:00–Saturday, 18 September, 17:30 (departs from and returns to the Fort McMurray Airport, AB, Canada) Participants must arrange their own flights to and from Fort McMurray.Leaders: Mike Ranger and Murray Gingras (University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $2,275 + 5% GST Student US $1,140 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Guidebook, lunch, breakfast, one night’s lodging based on double occupancy and local transportation in and from Fort McMurray (dinners not included)Limit: 17 peopleContent: 16 PDH

Superb exposed Cretaceous shales along the Highwood River, foothills of southwestern Alberta.






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This field seminar to the Fort McMurray area provides an excellent opportunity to observe the geology of the Athabasca Oil Sands, as well as the mining technology related to recovery of the bitumen. Numerous outcrops along the Athabasca, Christina and Steepbank Rivers will be visited by high speed jet boat and helicopter. These outcrops in and around Fort McMurray will be explored in order to expose the participants to the stratigraphy, sedimentology and facies associations of the McMurray Formation. The trip includes a fly-over of the open pit Suncor Mine.

The McMurray Formation is a complex deltaic system, initially tide-dominated, evolving to become wave-dominated towards the top. Alluvial, estuarine and marine distal, as well as offshore marine environments will be examined in detail and placed in regional context. Concepts regarding the sedimentology and stratigraphy of the McMurray Formation will be discussed and demonstrated. This provides a context for discussion of reservoir heterogeneity and distribution of resource.

Trace fossils have provided key evidence for the interpretation of the McMurray Formation. This trip provides a unique opportunity to observe this evidence, which can also be directly applied to core studies. Brackish trace fossil suites are well-developed in the McMurray Formation, and will be compared to marine trace fossil suites in the overlying Clearwater Formation.

The basal bitumen/water contact is exposed at several locations, providing the context for a field discussion of the migration, timing, and trapping mechanism of the Athabasca bitumen as well as the regional structure of the basin.

Post-Conference Field Trip 14Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)Regional Aspects of Marine and Non-Marine Sandstone Gas Reservoirs: Belly River Group, Southern Alberta Plains Dates: Friday, 17 September, 07:00–Saturday, 18 September, 17:00 (departs from and returns to downtown Calgary – one block east of the Calgary Tower)Leaders: Jim Barclay and Andy Vogan (ConocoPhillips Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada) and David Eberth (Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $850 + 5% GST Student US $425 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Guidebook, transportation, one night’s lodging based on double occupancy, lunches, refreshments and dinner Limit: 16 peopleContent: 16 PDH

This field seminar is designed for exploration and development geoscientists, production engineers, E&P managers or anyone wanting a comprehensive review of sandstone reservoirs. We will visit terrific outcrop examples of fluvial channel, shoreline, offshore rocks and their relationships that form exact analogies for the main gas sandstone reservoirs in the Western Canada Basin and many world basins. The intent of the trip is to see and visualize reservoirs rocks in terms of their variability, geometries, and maybe most importantly, their size or scale.

We will examine the sedimentology and stratigraphic arrangement of the sandstones, often in expansive three-dimensional outcrops. We will also look closely at the actual grains and porosity and internal reservoir character of the sandstones.

We will see fluvial channel sections with fluvial channel, channel margin and off-channel floodplain facies in the Medicine Hat area and Dinosaur Provincial Park (a UNESCO World Heritage Site famous for dinosaur fossils). These Belly River outcrops are the same rocks that produce from extensive shallow gas fields in Alberta.

Note: Instructors will be taking all necessary precautions to avoid risks. The trip is weather-dependent; excessive rain before or during the trip could cause trip cancellation.

Steepbank River outcrops reveal the stratigraphic elements of the Athabasca Oil Sands. Vertically aggrading parasequences of the upper McMurray Fm. overlie estuarine point bars of the middle McMurray Fm.






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Participants should be in reasonable physical shape to participate in moderate hiking. Hiking boots are mandatory. Open-toed shoes/sandals are not permitted for the semi-desert. Expect a variety of weather conditions (extreme heat, rain, thunderstorms, cold winds, even snowstorms). Participants should bring clothing for hot and cold weather. A hat and sunscreen are essential. There are slight risks of the following: tripping or falling, sunburn, heatstroke, small cactus and rattlesnakes.

Post-Conference Field Trip 15Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)Tidal Deposits Including Sandy Inclined Heterolithic Stratification (IHS) at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta – An Analog for the McMurray FormationDates: Friday, 17 September, 16:00–Sunday, 19 September, 17:00 (departs from and returns to downtown Calgary – one block east of the Calgary Tower)Leaders: Dale A. Leckie (Nexen Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada), John Suter and Mark Dahl (ConocoPhillips, Calgary, AB, Canada) and Stephen Hubbard (Department of Geosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada)

Fee: Professional US $500 + 5% GST Student US $250 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Transportation, two nights’ lodging based on double occupancy, guidebook, lunches and Saturday social eventLimit: 20 peopleContent: 16 PDH

Brought to the surface along the axis of the Sweet Grass Arch, sediments of the Santonian Virgelle Member (Milk River Fm) outcrop along several kilometers of superbly exposed 3-D hoodoos formed along the meltwater channel of the Milk River in Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, southeastern Alberta. The sediments were deposited in a mixed energy coastline as tidally-influenced fluvial-estuarine deposits or as a tidal-inlet complex. 3-D exposures of tidal deposits similar to those of the McMurray Formation and other tidally-influenced reservoirs, including sandy and muddy IHS, allow detailed observations of lateral and vertical variability that permit better visualization and understanding of these complex stratigraphic relationships.Middle Belly River Formation amalgamated fluvial channel sandstones with

siderite-cemented hoodoos, Dinosaur Provincial Park, southern Alberta.

Exposure of the Virgelle Member at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta.






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Post-Conference Field Trip 16Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)An Upper Cretaceous Tide-Dominated Delta in the Eagle Formation of North-Central Montana: Milk River Formation Low-Permeability Reservoir EquivalentDates: Friday, 17 September, 11:00–Monday, 20 September, 22:00 (departs from and returns to downtown Calgary – one block east of the Calgary Tower); U.S. participants may join or leave the trip at Great Falls, MT, USA, with prior notification.)Leader: Shaun O’Connell (Belfield Resources Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada)Fee: Professional US $825 + 5% GST Student US $415 + 5% GST (limited)Includes: Breakfast, lunch, group dinner the first night (other dinners are not included), drinks and three nights’ lodging based on double occupancy, transportation and guidebookLimit: 18 peopleContent: 24 PDH

This field seminar visits a scenic area of north-central Montana where the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Formation is exposed within the deeply incised Judith River valley and its tributaries. There is a dual focus to this trip: (1) to examine a world-class section of clastic tidal sediments that have only recently been described for the first time; and (2) to examine the outcrop equivalent of the Alderson Member of the Milk River Formation, a complex succession of very fine-grained muddy marine sediments that host the giant low-permeability unconventional gas fields of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

There are two stacked prograding shoreface cycles in the Upper Eagle Member that were deposited in tide-influenced river deltas. These laterally extensive cycles are up to 10 metres thick, and are prominent cliff-forming units. There is an upward-

coarsening facies trend, from shallow marine tidal bars, to subtidal channels, intertidal bars, and tidally-influenced fluvial channels. Steep, seaward-dipping clinoform bedding is present, accompanied by mass-flow deposits.

Tidal influence is indicated by: (1) mud drapes or mud couplets; (2) lateral thickness variations – neap-spring cycles and sigmoidal bedding; (3) diurnal thickness variations; (4) uni- and bi-directional reactivation surfaces; (5) oppositely dipping ripple and dune scale strata; and (6) herringbone cross-bedding.

Note: Participants must have the ability to hike approximately 3km over rugged terrain, and be able to scramble up and down steep slopes. Good hiking boots are essential, hiking gaiters are highly recommended. A geological hammer or small pick is also highly recommended.

This is the Judith River Valley with Eagle Formation outcrops and the Judith Hills in the background. There is an abandoned 19th century settlement in the meander belt of the river.

Get back to the rocks.Trade in your briefcase for a backpack and head out to see some of Western Canada’s unparalled exposures of classic geology.

Register for a field trip today. www.AAPG.org/Calgary






STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Student Reception

Date: Monday, 13 SeptemberTime: 18:00–19:00Fee: Included with conference registrationAll registered students and faculty are invited to attend the Student Reception for food, fun and networking. Meet AAPG leaders and officers as well as executives from the sponsoring organization. In addition to these industry connections, you can also meet up with fellow students — all in a fun and relaxing environment.

Student and Faculty Lounge

Date: Monday, 13 September – Wednesday, 15 AprilTime: 08:00–17:00Location: South Building, Upper Level, Glen 210Food, friends and fun always get high marks. Take a break from conference activities and visit the Student and Faculty Lounge located inside the Exhibition Hall. Here you’ll find complimentary snacks, beverages and a comfortable chair where you can relax with friends or make new contacts with industry professionals.

Meet ‘n’ Greet

Are you a student or new to the conference? Are you looking to expand your network with working oil and gas professionals? Interested in mingling with cool geology types?

We realize that navigating the convention can be as confusing as that first mapping project at field camp. But have no fear—we’re

here to help! Participate in the Meet ‘n’ Greet, where we pair an experienced conference attendee with a newcomer. This popular networking event begins before the Opening Session so you’ll get off to a great start at the meeting. Benefits of participating:

Connect with working professionals and expand your network • Find out what the industry is really like • Access the benefits of AAPG • Share field camp stories • All of those past students your professors warned you about…• meet them! See a friendly face around the exhibition hall•

Professionals — share your experience and help a neo geo. Students — learn the ropes and start your networking now. Look for Meet ‘n’ Greet signups before ICE.

Field Trips and Short Courses

See the Field Trips and Short Courses descriptions on pages 12 through 33 and see the opportunities for students to participate at a special student rate. Space is limited, so register early. You’ll also find these student-only events:

Pre-Conference Short Course 7 • Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students See details on page 15Pre-Conference Student Field Trip 8 • Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG) The Horseshoe Canyon-Bearpaw Transition: Challenging Sequence Stratigraphic and Depositional Paradigms See details on page 26

Conference Volunteers Needed

The ability to create a positive and smooth-flowing conference is greatly enhanced by the participation of a strong pool of volunteers. Please consider contributing to the success of this year’s conference. We need volunteers in the following areas:Technical Sessions, Posters, Registration, Opening Ceremony andJudges’ Room.

Volunteer for at least four hours and receive:$25 for every four to six hours worked• Attendee amenity• Program Book• CD-ROM of Abstracts•

By registering online at www.AAPG.org/Calgary you can select the day(s) and time(s) you are available, as well as the location(s) you prefer. If you are unable to register online, select “I want to be a student volunteer” on your completed registration form and you will be contacted for your preferences. To receive benefits, volunteers must be either current students or employees in the industry who are recent (2009-2010) graduates.

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

MONDAY PLENARY SESSION – Canada: Our Resources to International Morning Oral South Building, Lower Level, Macleod A Exploration (AAPG)Theme XII: North American Unconventional Gas – Morning Oral North Building, Main Level, Telus 104/105/106 Shale Gas, Tight Sands and Coal Bed Methane I (AAPG)Theme VI: Rift to Drift, Passive Margin, Transition Tectonics I (AAPG) Morning Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 201/202Theme VIII: Reservoir Management Techniques and Workflow I (AAPG) Morning Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 203/204Theme XIII: International Unconventional Oil I (AAPG) Morning Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206Theme I: High Latitude Systems Modern and Ancient (SEPM) Morning Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 208/209Theme XVI: Unconventionals A-Z (AAPG) Afternoon Oral South Building, Lower Level, Macleod ATheme XII: North American Unconventional Gas – Afternoon Oral North Building, Main Level, Telus 104/105/106 Shale Gas, Tight Sands and Coal Bed Methane II (AAPG)Theme VI: Rift to Drift, Passive Margin, Transition Tectonics II (AAPG) Afternoon Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 201/202Theme VIII: Reservoir Management Techniques and Workflow II (AAPG) Afternoon Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 203/204AAPG MANAGEMENT FORUM – E&P Challenges in Complex Afternoon Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206 Environments: From the Arctic to Deep Water Theme III: Mixed Carbonate/Evaporite Successions (SEPM) Afternoon Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 208/209SPECIAL LECTURE – Burgess Shale Tales – Mud Volcanism and Afternoon Oral South Building, Lower Level, Macleod A Chemosynthetic Communities on the Middle Cambrian Seafloor of Southeastern British ColumbiaTheme IV: Petroleum Systems Source Rock, Migration, Trap, Seals (AAPG) All Day Poster South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-functionTheme VIII: Reservoir Management Techniques and Workflow (AAPG) All Day Poster South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-functionTheme II: Circum-Arctic Geology and Petroleum Resources (AAPG) All Day Poster South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-functionTheme VII: Exotic Plays (AAPG) All Day Poster South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function

TUESDAYTheme XVI: Heavy Oils/Bitumen North American Regional I (EMD) Morning Oral South Building, Lower Level, Macleod ATheme XI: North American Unconventional Oil – The Bakken Session I (EMD) Morning Oral North Building, Main Level, Telus 104/105/106Theme V: Geophysics – Harsh Environment (AAPG) Morning Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 201/202Theme VII: Reservoir Management Case Studies I (AAPG) Morning Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 203/204Theme XVII: Frontier Reservoirs (AAPG) Morning Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206Theme XIV: Low Permeability Tight Oil Reservoirs I (AAPG) Morning Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206Theme XIV: International Unconventional Gas I (AAPG) Morning Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 208/209Theme XVI: Heavy Oils/Bitumen Alberta Field Studies II (EMD) Afternoon Oral South Building, Lower Level, Macleod ATheme XI: North American Unconventional Oil – The Bakken Session II (EMD) Afternoon Oral North Building, Main Level, Telus 104/105/106Theme I: Depositional Systems and Sequence Stratigraphy I (SEPM) Afternoon Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 201/202Theme VIII: Reservoir Management Case Studies II (AAPG) Afternoon Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 203/204BUSINESS FORUM – Unconventional Exploration and Development Afternoon Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206 Geoscientists Toolbox: What New Tools do Geoscientists Need in the Next Decade?Theme XIV: International Tight Gas Techniques and Case Studies I (AAPG) Afternoon Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206Theme XIV: International Unconventional Gas II (AAPG) Afternoon Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 208/209SPECIAL LECTURE – Geology of a Major SAGD Bitumen Development – Afternoon Oral South Building, Lower Level, Macleod A A Case Study from Long Lake, Northeastern AlbertaTheme IV: Petroleum Systems – Source Rock, Migration, Trap, All Day Poster South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-functionTheme XII: North American Unconventional – Exploration and All Day Poster South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function Development Technologies (AAPG)Theme XV: Geoscience Investigations and Petroleum Search Beyond All Day Poster South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function Traditional Exploration Confines (AAPG)Theme VI: Rift to Drift, Passive Margin, Transition Tectonics (AAPG) All Day Poster South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function



TECHNICAL PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

TECHNICAL PROGRAM THEMES

Theme I: Sedimentology — Depositional Models for High Latitude Systems, Modern and Ancient, Deepwater Deposits, Outcrops to AnaloguesTheme II: Circum-Arctic Tectonics and Basin Formation — Arctic Basin Tectonics, Deepwater and Ultra-Deepwater Arctic Basins, UNLOS SurveysTheme III: Mixed Carbonate/Evaporite Successions — Depositional Models and ReservoirsTheme IV: Petroleum Systems — Source Rock, Migration, Trap, SealsTheme V: Geophysics — Advances in Harsh Environment Acquisition and Processing: On Ice, Under Ice, Under BasaltsTheme VI: Rift to Drift, Passive Margin, Transition Tectonics — Source Rocks, Reservoirs, Migration from Rift to DriftTheme VII: Exotic Reservoirs of the World, What Produces Where in the World? — Chalks, Cherts, Phosphates, Granites, HydratesTheme VIII: Reservoir Management, from Discovery to Abandonment — Geological and Reservoir Modeling, Secondary, Tertiary Recovery, Multi-disciplinary Teams of ProfessionalsTheme IX: Risk Analysis and Assessment — Oilsands, Shales and Tight SandsTheme X: Environmental — Environmental Concerns of Unconventional DevelopmentTheme XI: North American Unconventional Oil — Oilsands, Heavy Oil, Tight Oil in Sands and Carbonates, Oil Shale Reservoirs, i.e., Bakken and Second White SpecksTheme XII: North American Unconventional Gas — Coal Bed Methane, Tight Gas Sands and Carbonates, Shale Gas ReservoirsTheme XIII: International Unconventional Oil — Minable Oil Shales, Tight Oil ReservoirsTheme XIV: International Unconventional Gas — Coal Bed Methane Shale Gas ReservoirsTheme XV: Geoscience Investigations and Petroleum Search Beyond Traditional Exploration Confines — Remote Exploration, “First-ever” Basin Exploration; Ultra-Deepwater Drilling and Development in Shallow Productive BasinsTheme XVI: Unconventional Reservoirs — Oil Shales, Gas Shales, Tight Sand Reservoirs, Oil Sands and Heavy OilTheme XVII: Frontier Reservoirs — Arctic and Deepwater Discoveries, High Porosity and Permeability Systems in Giant Fields

WEDNESDAY Theme IV: Petroleum Systems – Source Rock, Migration, Trap, Seals I (AAPG) Morning Oral South Building, Lower Level, Macleod ATheme XII: North American Unconventional – Exploration and Morning Oral North Building, Main Level, Telus 104/105/106 Development Technologies I (AAPG)Theme XV: Geoscience Investigations and Petroleum Search Beyond Morning Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 201/202 Traditional Exploration Confines I (AAPG)FORUM – The Value of Diversity in Leadership: Global Perspectives Morning Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 203/204Theme IX: Risk Analysis and Assessment (AAPG) Morning Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206Theme VII: International Regional to Reservoirs – Case Studies (AAPG) Morning Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206Theme II: Circum-Arctic Geology and Petroleum Resources I (AAPG) Morning Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 208/209Theme IV: Petroleum Systems – Source Rock, Migration, Trap, Seals II (AAPG) Afternoon Oral South Building, Lower Level, Macleod ATheme XII: North American Unconventional – Exploration and Afternoon Oral North Building, Main Level, Telus 104/105/106 Development Technologies II (AAPG)Theme XV: Geoscience Investigations and Petroleum Search Beyond Afternoon Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 201/202 Traditional Exploration Confines II (AAPG)Theme VII: Exotic Plays I (AAPG) Afternoon Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 203/204Theme IV: Sources and Seeps (AAPG) Afternoon Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206Theme II: Circum-Arctic Geology and Petroleum Resources II (AAPG) Afternoon Oral South Building, Upper Level, Glen 208/209Theme XIII: International Unconventional Oil (AAPG) All Day Poster South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-functionTheme XVI: Heavy Oils/Bitumen Carbonates/Oil Sands (EMD) All Day Poster South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-functionTheme I: Depositional Systems and Sequence Stratigraphy (SEPM) All Day Poster South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-functionTheme III: Mixed Carbonate/Evaporite Successions (SEPM) All Day Poster South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function






TECHNICAL PROGRAM * denotes presenter is other than first author

Monday Morning Oral Sessions

Plenary Session — Canada: Our Resources to International Exploration South Building, Lower Level, Macleod A Co-Chairs: D. Dolph and R. Dick8:00–11:25 See summary page 5

Theme XII: North American Unconventional Gas — Shale Gas, Tight Sands and Coal Bed Methane I (AAPG) North Building, Main Level, Telus 104/105/106 Co-Chairs: J. McCracken and M. Tietz

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 M. Roth: North American Shale Gas Reservoirs — Similar,

Yet So Different...8:25 B. Faraj: Shale Gas Attributes of Selected Canadian Shales8:45 J. C. Gilman, C. Robinson: Success and Failure in Shale

Gas Exploration and Development: Attributes that Make the Difference

9:05 D. Cant: Unconventional “Basin-Centre” Gas Accumulations are Trapped Conventionally

9:25 Break10:05 J. Bhattacharya, J. A. MacEachern: Re-evaluating

Depositional Models for Shelf Shales10:25 P. H. Nelson: Underpressured Gas Accumulations with

Pressure Control at the Outcrop10:45 F. Mango, D. M. Jarvie: Co-Generated Alpha Gas in

Unconventional Gas Production11:05 G. D. Stricker, R. M. Flores, M. H. Trippi: Coalbed

Reservoir Characterization of Coal Lithotypes and Cleat Spacing in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming

Theme VI: Rift to Drift, Passive Margin, Transition Tectonics I (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 201/202 Chair: A. Fraiser

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 R. Huismans, C. Beaumont: Dynamical Models of Depth-

Dependent Lithospheric Extension at Rifted Continental Margins

8:25 N. J. Kusznir, A. Roberts: Subsidence and Heat Flow History Prediction for Hyper-Thinned Continental Crust at Rifted Continental Margins

8:45 S. Fraser, K. Casey, K. K. Reimann, F. Love, R. J. Davies: Complex Poly-phase Extension during South Atlantic Rifting — A New Kinematic Perspective

9:05 S. G. Henry, N. Kumar, A. Danforth, P. Nuttall, S. Venkatraman: Mapping the South Atlantic Continental-Oceanic Boundary: Rift to Early Drift along Extensional and Transform Margins

9:25 Break10:05 L. H. Rupke, D. W. Schmid, E. Hartz: Opening of the

North-Atlantic and Formation of the Jan Mayen Micro-Continent — Tectono-Thermal Modeling of a Dual Breakup System

10:25 R. Pereira, T. M. Alves: Multiphased Rifting and Margin Segmentation across Southwest Iberia and South Newfoundland Conjugate Margin

10:45 M. A. Durcanin, Z. Syamsir, M. O. Withjack, R. W. Schlische: Synrift, Postrift, and Salt-Related Deformation on the ‘Passive Margin’ of Nova Scotia and Southern Newfoundland, Canada: Is It Really Passive?

11:05 T. M. Alves, D. Soares: Syn- to Post-Rift Transitions on Passive Margins: The Case of the Western Iberian Margin (NE Atlantic)

Theme VIII: Reservoir Management Techniques and Workflow I (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 203/204 Co-Chairs: G. Prost and N. Dawson

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 L. M. Murray, M. Portillo, J. DeSantis, A. Manzoor:

Integrated Earth Model Workflow for a Comprehensive Redesign of the Permian Vacuum CO

2 Asset Reservoir Model

8:25 P. Michel, P. Chimienti, J. Booth, G. Ageneau, J. R. Ruiz Corregidor: Multidisciplinary Modeling, Development and Uncertainties on Tsiengui Field, Gabon. A Case Study

8:45 P. Chimienti, J. Booth, R. Van Tilburg, A. Aramowicz, J. R. Ruiz Corregidor: Case Study on Pragmatic Utilization of Multiple Realizations to Understand Reservoir Performance in a High Permeability Aquifer Supported Reservoir System, Etame Marin Permit — Gabon

9:05 R. Wen: A New Workflow of Modeling Sub-Seismic Reservoir Heterogeneities to Improve Production Forecasting

9:25 Break







10:05 F. Ben Amor, J. Collinson, M. Leathard, E. Tyler: Integrated Workflow Reduces Green Field Modeling Uncertainties — A Complex Field Modeling Case Study

10:25 J. Cole, I. Ozkaya: Significance and Modeling of Fracture Corridors in Carbonate Reservoirs

10:45 G. Walker, L. Danard: What is the Best Frequency to Update a Reservoir Model?

11:05 O. P. Rueda, M. Bernal, E. Santafé: Development of a Methodology for New Producer Wells Allocation from the Computational Modeling Based on Streamline Simulation

Theme XIII: International Unconventional Oil I (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206 Co-Chairs: D. Rokosh and R. Johnson

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 J. Chatellier, M. Urban: Williston Basin and Paris Basin,

Same Hydrodynamics, Same Potential for Unconventional Resources?

8:25 B. Granger: The York River Formation: A New Unconventional Light Oil Play in Eastern Gaspe (Quebec, Canada)

8:45 T. J. Mercier, R. C. Johnson*, M. E. Brownfield: Estimates of In-Place Oil Shale of Various Grades on Federal Lands, Piceance Basin, Colorado

9:05 Y. Bai, Y. Zhao, L. Ma*, W. Wu, Y. Ma: Geological Characteristics and Resource Potentials of Oil Shale in Ordos Basin, Center China

9:25 Break10:05 J. C. DeWolfe, E. Horne, C. A. Morgan: Geology and

Geochemistry of the Al Lajjun Oil Shale Deposit, Central Jordan

10:25 H. Verweij, S. Nelskamp, E. Guasti, G. Kunakbayeva, M. Souto Carneiro-Echternach, N. Witmans: Key Conditions Controlling the Jurassic-Cretaceous Chalk Petroleum System, Dutch Central Graben

10:45 W. Liu: Organic-Geochemical Evaluation and Oil Source Analysis for Well Fang 4 in Block-Fault Fangzheng Structure

11:05 H. Shouzhi, L. Shuifu, F. Xiaowen, L. Yanjun: Significance of Solid Bitumen for Petroleum System in High Evolution Area

Theme I: High Latitude Systems Modern and Ancient (SEPM) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 208/209Co-Chairs: P. Hill and J. Suter

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 J. R. Martin, B. Williams, J. Redfern, A. J. Mory,

M. S. Horstwood: Sedimentology and Depositional Evolution of the Glaciogenic Early Permian Grant Group, Canning Basin, NW Australia

8:25 P. P. Flaig, P. J. McCarthy, A. R. Fiorillo: Tidally-Influenced Sedimentation on a High-Latitude Cretaceous Coastal Plain: The Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska

8:45 D. J. Piper, D. C. Mosher, C. Campbell, M. E. Deptuck, F. Saint-Ange, A. Novak, G. Li: Deep-Water Sedimentation Patterns Seaward of Shelf-Crossing Glaciations, Eastern Canadian Margin

9:05 J. E. Davison, S. M. Hubbard, T. Hadlari, D. Meloche: Insights into Basin Architecture from the Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Lower Cretaceous in the Mackenzie Corridor, Northwest Territories, Canada

9:25 Break10:05 G. Shimer, J. Davis, P. J. McCarthy, C. Hanks: An

Integrated Outcrop and Subsurface Facies Analysis of the Albian-Cenomanian Nanushuk Formation near Umiat, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska

Monday Afternoon Oral Sessions

Theme XVI: Unconventionals A-Z (AAPG) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod A Co-Chairs: F. Hein and D. Russum

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 G. Turcotte: Changing the World’s Perspective on Heavy

Oil13:40 D. A. Russum, A. Belonogov: The Emerging Oil Revolution

in Western Canada14:00 S. Sewalk: Shale Oil, the USA’s New Strategic Petroleum

Reserve14:20 R. Boyd, J. Suter: Facies Models for Transgressive Coasts14:40 Break15:20 J. Adams, S. Larter, B. Bennett, N. Marcano,

T. Oldenburg: Alberta Oil Sands Charge Allocation: Mapping Source Rock Contributions

15:40 I. Gates, S. Larter, H. Lei, H. Huang: Impact of Oil Viscosity Variations and Mixing on SAGD Performance







16:00 D. C. Elliott: Evaluating, Classifying and Disclosing Unconventional Resources

Theme XII: North American Unconventional Gas — Shale Gas, Tight Sands and Coal Bed Methane II (AAPG) North Building, Main Level, Telus 104/105/106 Co-Chairs: J. McCracken and M. Teitz

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 N. B. Harris, C. A. Mnich, N. T. Hemmesch, K. Aoudia,

J. Miskimins: An Integrated Geological and Petrophysical Study of a Shale Gas Play: Woodford Shale, Permian Basin, West Texas

13:40 C. M. Prince, C. A. Devier, D. D. Steele, R. Zelaya: Shale Diagenesis and Permeability: Examples from the Barnett Shale and the Marcellus Formation.

14:00 E. B. Manning, S. Pannalal, D. P. Dennie, J. C. Deng, M. S. Zechmeister, R. Elmore: Sulfate and Silicate Diagenetic Mineralization in the Barnett Shale, Texas

14:20 I. Steinhoff, A. D. Cicero, K. Koepke, J. Dezelle, T. McClain, C. Gillett: Understanding the Regional Haynesville and Bossier Shale Depositional Systems in East Texas and Northern Louisiana: An Integrated Structural/Stratigraphic Approach

14:40 Break15:20 U. Hammes, H. Hamlin: Haynesville and Bossier Gas

Shales of East Texas and West Louisiana: Intrabasinal Variations in Organic-Rich Facies and Lithology Related to Preexisting Geomorphology and Sea-Level Fluctuations

15:40 P. Clarke, G. Barzola, M. Poole, M. Millard: Shale Gas Exploration, Eagle Ford Trend of South Texas: Lessons Learned From a Multi-Well Pilot Program

16:00 D. P. Laycock, P. K. Pedersen, R. Spencer, H. Huang, S. Larter, I. Gates: A Sedimentological and Sequence Stratigraphic Approach to Correlating Clinoforms within Shale Dominated Clastic Wedges and Implications for Shale Gas Exploration: Upper Colorado Group Shales, Wildmere Area, Central Alberta

Theme VI: Rift to Drift, Passive Margin, Transition Tectonics II (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 201/202 Chair: A. Frasier

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 D. Abeinomugisha: Development of a Petroleum System

in a Young Rift Basin Prior to Continental Break Up: The Albertine Graben of the East African Rift System

13:40 B. Williams, P. Shannon, J. Redfern, S. Leleu, S. Tyrrell, C. Baudon, I. Fabuel Perez, K. Stolfova, X. Van Lanen, D. Hodgetts, P. Haughton, S. Daly: North Atlantic Permo-Triassic Rift Basins: Their Evolution, Infill Architecture and Implications for Future Exploration

14:00 N. Kumar, S. Henry, A. Danforth, P. Nuttall, S. Venkatraman: Tectonic and Stratigraphic Evolution of Pelotas Margin (Southeastern Brazil): Deep Seismic-Reflection Images from Long-Offset, Prestack Depth Migrated (PSDM), Regional 2-D Data.

14:20 A. Frasier: Structural and Stratigraphic Evolution of the Offshore Sirt Basin, Libya

14:40 Break15:20 A. Danforth, S. Henry, K. Komba, P. Nuttall,

S. Venkatraman: Understanding the Evolution of the East African Extensional / Transform Margin in Tanzania and Kenya, Using Deep PSDM Seismic Images

15:40 R. Singh, P. Bhaumik, M. Akhtar, H. Singh, S. Mayor, M. Asthana: Tectonic Control on Major Hydrocarbon Accumulations in Dhansiri Valley, Assam and Assam Arakan Basin, India.

16:00 O. S. Matthew, J. Won, G. Udoekong, O. O. Ibilola, D. Dixon: Resolving the Structural Complexities in the Deepwater Niger-Delta Fold and Thrust Belt: A Case Study from the Western Lobe, Nigerian Offshore Depobelt.

16:20 M. F. Khan: Separation, Northward Drift and Collision of Indian Plate is Responsible for the Present Petroleum System in Pakistan: Enlighten the Idea “Present is the Key to the Past”

Theme VIII: Reservoir Management Techniques and Workflow II (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 203/204 Co-Chairs: G. Walker and L. Danard

13:15 Introductory Remarks







13:20 S. Mondal, S. Ghanbari*, J. Mongrain, D. Misra: Tight Gas Exploitation: A Stochastic Modeling Study of a Low Sinuosity River System Representative of Tight Gas Sandstone in Cook Inlet, Alaska

13:40 D. Cant: Well-Log Correlation of Individual Sand Bodies for Efficient Reservoir Development

14:00 H. E. Barrios Molano, E. R. Santafé: Construction of a Software Tool for Improving the Well Placement for the Development of a Mature Hydrocarbon Field Using Neurosumulation

14:20 J. B. Kozman: Emergence of New Data Types in Unconventional Plays

14:40 Break15:20 C. Piedrahita, E. R. Santa Fé, E. A. Bastidas, O. Y. Duran*:

Use of the Finite Element Method on Stress Calculations and Definition of Unstables Areas in Elastoplastic Media.

15:40 C. R. Berg, A. Newson: The Importance of Bedding Orientation When Looking for Fractures

AAPG Management Forum — E&P Challenges in Complex Environments: From the Arctic to Deep Water South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206 Co-Chairs: P. Yilmaz and S. Al-Hajri13:15 – 16:40See Summary Page 5

Theme III: Mixed Carbonate/Evaporite Successions (SEPM) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 208/209 Co-Chairs: A. Al Tawi and C. Lehman

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 M. L. Borrero, H. G. Machel: Sedimentology and

Diagenesis of Hondo Evaporites within the Grosmont Giant Heavy Oil Carbonate Reservoir, Alberta, Canada

13:40 G. Jones, B. Garcia-Fresca: Preservation of Limestone in Dolomitized Carbonate Evaporite Reservoirs

14:00 E. A. Busbait, T. Smith: Sequence Stratigraphy and Facies Analysis of the Subsurface Late Jurassic Arab-C and Sub-C Reservoirs, Khursaniyah Field, Eastern Saudi Arabia

14:20 R. Al-Dukhayyil, A. Al-Tawi, J. Read: Facies Distribution and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Permian-Triassic Upper Khuff Carbonates, Ghawar Field, Saudi Arabia

14:40 Break15:20 C. T. Lehmann: Contrasting the High-Resolution Sequence

Stratigraphic Concept of Two Mixed Carbonate/Evaporite Platform Interiors

15:40 A. D. Keswani, G. Pemberton: Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in Deeper-Water Carbonates: Paleobiological Breakdown of Permeability Barriers in Mississippian Dolomudstones, Midale Beds, Weyburn Oilfield

16:00 E. A. Mancini, W. M. Ahr, W. C. Parcell: Development of Geologic Models to Facilitate the Exploration for Microbial Carbonate Buildups and Potential Reservoir Facies in Mixed Depositional Systems

16:20 M. M. Al-Hajeri, S. A. Bowden: Application of Formation Water Geochemistry — A New Approach to Understand the Evolution of Kuwait Petroleum System

Special Lecture — Burgess Shale Tales — Mud Volcanism and Chemosynthetic Communities on the Middle Cambrian Seafloor of Southeastern British Columbia South Building, Lower Level, Macleod A Co-Chairs: R. Clark and I. Dawes17:00–18:00 P. Johnston: Speaker, K. Johnston, S. Keith See summary page 5

Monday Poster SessionsPresenters in their booths (9:00–10:30 and 14:00–15:30)

Theme IV: Petroleum Systems Source Rock, Migration, Trap, Seals (AAPG) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function8:00–17:00 Chair: J. Adams

• O. A. Ehinola, C. Evbuomwan*: Geochemical and Biomarker Characterization of Source Rock and Crude Oil from Evbu Field, Niger Delta

• D. Cheong, S. Cha, D. Kim: Sedimentary Simulation to Analyze Burial Diagenesis and Petroleum System of the Upper Tertiary Sequences in Southern Ulleung Sedimentary Basin, East Sea (Sea of Japan)

• M. Garcia-Gonzalez, R. Mier-Umaña, L. E. Cruz-Guevara: Petroleum Geology of the Vaupes-Amazonas Basin of Colombia

• A. F. Viera, E. J. Gobbo: New Dry Gas Discovery in Tertiary Deposits. Western Guarico Sub-Basin, Venezuela.

• R. Borsato, R. Findlay, J. Greenhalgh, M. Martin, F. Moukoumbi, M. Moussavou, S. Raussen, H. Zhu: Potential New Reservoir Targets Discovered in Channel and Canyon Features, Offshore Gabon







• M. Ullah, S. Chowdhury: Diagenetic Controls on the Reservoir Properties of Plio-Pleistocene Tidal Channel Sandstones in the Teknaf Anticline, SE Bangladesh

• C. Li, H. Chen, H. Liu, H. Qing, G. Chi: Paleopressure Evolution Controlled by Activities of Hydrocarbon and Faults, Linnan Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, East China

• Z. Feng: Controls on Oil Secondary Migration and Reservoir Distribution: A Case Study from Songliao Basin, China

• J. Ko, J. Yoon: Current Understanding of Stratigraphy, Structures and Petroleum Geology of the Ulleung (Tsushima) Back-Arc Shelf Basin in East Sea of Korea

• T. Gebregergis, W. Yusoff: Burial and Thermal History Model to Evaluate Source Rock, in Tatau Province, Offshore Sarawak Basin, Malaysia

• Y. Y. Yonghong Sun, W. Fang, W. Liu: Application of Organic Inclusion in Research of Oil-Gas Migration and Filling Periods of Fuyang Reservoir in Northern Songliao Basin

• S. Guoqi, S. Fenggui, Z. Leqiang: The Structural Type, Hydrocarbon Transporting Capacity and its Reservoir Forming Control Model of Unconformity in Continental Faulted Basin

• O. A. Ehinola, O. Babatunde*, L. Yuhong: The Main Oil Source Formations of the Anambra Basin, Southeastern Nigeria

Theme VIII: Reservoir Management Techniques and Workflow (AAPG) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function8:00–17:00 Co-Chairs: G. Walker and L. Danard

• E. J. Cavallerano, P. Zarian, J. Vaughan: Application of a Slimhole LWD Electrical Borehole Imaging Technology for Oil-Recovery Enhancement

• E. Hartanto, A. Sukmatiawan, G. W. Agusetiawan, A. Setyadi, A. Fauzi, D. D. Putra: New Technical of Seismic Approach to Detection Jatibarang Volcanic Natural Fracture Reservoir, Onshore West Java, Indonesia

• G. Gonzalez Uribe, E. Rieser, M. Kornberger, T. Kuffner, A. Ballauri: Seismic Expression of Low-Angle Clinoforms in Ancient Deltaic Systems: Implications for Stratigraphic Modeling

• R. K. Park, I. Asjhari, W. Suhana, D. Mandhiri: Small is Beautiful and Effective — A Case Study from Kodeco Energy’s Decade of Success in the East Java Basin, Indonesia

Theme II: Circum-Arctic Geology and Petroleum Resources (AAPG) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function8:00–17:00 Chair: A. Embry and S. Drachev

• T. Marianna, S. Sokolov, V. Verzhbitsky: Depositional Environment and Structural Style of Permian and Triassic Sequences of Wrangel Island, Russian Arctic

• J. Dietrich, Z. Chen, G. Chi, J. Dixon, K. Hu, D. McNeil: Petroleum Plays in Upper Cenozoic Strata in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Arctic Canada

• R. Scott, O. K. Bogolepova, V. L. Pease, A. P. Gubanov, J. P. Howard, A. Carter, A. Soloviev, M. Reichow: The Uralian Orogen in Arctic Russia, and Its Significance for Adjacent Hydrocarbon Basins

• R. Bouatmani, S. Campbell, S. Mazur, L. Gill, P. Markwick: Mesozoic Marine Connections across the High Arctic Reassessed — Inferences from a New Palaeogeography Study and Plate Tectonic Model

• S. Campbell, S. Mazur, J. Whittaker, R. Bouatmani, P. Markwick: The Nares Strait Problem Re-examined — A Large Left-Lateral Displacement or Vast Frontal Shortening along the Eurekan Orogen Due to the Palaeogene Northward Drift of Greenland?

• M. K. Runge, N. P. Arendt, M. P. Brandt, J. Stilling: Exploration Opportunities in the Davis Straight Offshore Southwest Greenland

Theme VII: Exotic Plays (AAPG) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function8:00–17:00 Chair: R. Clark

• Y. Chen, J. Pan: The Integration Geophysical Description Technique and Application of Volcanic Reservoir — A Case from Fengcheng Group Volcanic Reservoir of Permian in Xia-72 Well Field, Northwestern Margin of Junggar Basin

• S. M. Selim, W. A. Saleh, K. A. Toghian: Role and Contribution of Depositional Model and Facies Development in Maximizing Economic Recovery and Production Efficiency from Hydrocaron Bearing Carbonate Reservoir, Ras Fanar Field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt







Tuesday Morning Oral Sessions

Theme XVI: Heavy Oils/Bitumen North American Regional I (EMD) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod A Co-Chairs: F. Hein and R. Marsh

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 B. Bennett, N. I. Marcano, S. Larter, M. Ranger: The

Application of Oil-Source Correlation Tools towards Understanding Oil Charge Systematics in the Carbonate Reservoirs of Northern Alberta

8:25 K. R. Barrett, J. C. Hopkins: Stratiform Carbonate Breccias of the Grosmont Formation, Alberta

8:45 P. D. Wagner, R. A. Nelson, J. S. Lonnee, M. S. Costello, R. H. Whale, W. J. McKinzie, J. W. Jennings, M. A. Balzarini, D. A. Reed, A. S. al Bahry, R. C. Watson: Fracture Characterization of a Giant Unconventional Carbonate Reservoir, Alberta, Canada

9:05 E. A. Dembicki: Exploration of the Upper Devonian Leduc Heavy Oil Carbonate Reservoir in Northeastern Alberta, Canada

9:25 Break10:05 J. Jay: San Joaquin Basin Outcropping Oilfields —

Conventional and Unconventional Reservoir for Analysis10:25 M. Fowler, T. Brent, K. Dewing, M. Obermajer: Origin

and Significance of Surface Hydrocarbon Seeps on Melville Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago for Sverdup Basin Petroleum Systems

10:45 N. K. Ahmed: Sedimentation Processes of the Meghna Estuary: Possible Modern Analog of the Middle McMurray Open Estuary Sedimentary Systems

11:05 M. Fustic, B. Bennett, H. Huang, S. Hubbard, T. Oldenburg, S. Larter: Differential Entrapment of Charged Oil — New Insights on McMurray Formation Oil Trapping Mechanisms

Theme XI: North American Unconventional Oil — The Bakken Session I (EMD) North Building, Main Level, Telus 104/105/106 Co-Chairs: N. Fishman and S. Egenhoff

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 D. M. Jarvie: Unconventional Oil Petroleum Systems:

Shales and Shale Hybrids

8:25 G. R. Davies, D. W. Hume: Facies, Environments, Diagenesis and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Bakken, SE Saskatchewan and North Dakota: Role of Residual Structure Mapping as Framework

8:45 S. Angulo, L. Buatois: The Upper Devonian — Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation of Subsurface Saskatchewan Revisited: Sedimentary Facies, Trace Fossils and Sea-Level Changes

9:05 S. Egenhoff, N. Fishman: The Critters are Innocent! Organic Matter Preservation in the Bakken Formation, North Dakota — A Function of Primary Production and Proximality to the Shoreline, Not Bioturbation

9:25 Break10:05 J. LeFever, S. H. Nordeng: Cyclical Sedimentation Patterns

of the Mississippian-Devonian Bakken Formation, North Dakota

10:25 N. Fishman, S. Egenhoff, A. Boehlke: Diagenetic Variability in the Upper Shale Member of the Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation of North Dakota — Implications for Source Rock Quality and Rock “Fracability”

10:45 D. W. Waples, J. E. Leonard, R. Coskey, S. Safwat, R. Nagdy: A New Method for Obtaining Personalized Kinetics from Archived Rock-Eval Data, Applied to the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin

11:05 J. E. Leonard, R. Coskey*, D. W. Waples, M. Said: Spatial and Temporal Maturity Variations of the Bakken Shale Using True Kinetic Parameters

Theme V: Geophysics — Harsh Environment (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level. Glen 201/202 Co-Chairs: T. LaPierre and M. Enachescu

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 H. Nguyen, N. Quoc Quan, N. Hoang, N. Nguyen Do: Role

of 3-D Seismic Data in Prediction of High Potential Areas within Pre-Tertiary Fractured Granite Basement Reservoir in Cuu Long Basin, Vietnam Offshore

8:25 S. Chopra: Interpreting Fractures through 3-D Seismic Discontinuity Attributes and Their Visualization

8:45 F. Oghenekohwo, G. Smith: Comparison of an Estimated Shear Wave Model with a Measured Shear Wave Log.

9:05 H. Bui, P. Ng, J. Durrani, D. Becker, M. Smith: Well-Seismic Tie in the Sub-Salt Wells, Deepwater Area in the Gulf of Mexico: A Valuable Indicator of Anisotropy

9:25 Break







10:05 F. Kierulf, M. Watts, J. Hostetler, S. Gall, J. Palmer, M. E. Enachescu: Arctic 3-D Seismic across the Transition Zone from the Beaufort Sea onto the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada

10:25 P. Dhelie, L. R. Miller: Successful 3-D Seismic Exploration Offshore West Greenland Using Dual-Sensor Streamer Technology

10:45 A. R. Chatenay, M. E. Enachescu: Acquiring Seismic Data in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories of Canada: Operational Challenges and Potential Solutions

Theme VIII: Reservoir Management Case Studies I (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 203/204 Co-Chairs: G. Walker and L. Danard

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 Y. Li, C. Deutsch: Facies Tracts Modeling Using Higher

Order Markov Transition Probability Matrix8:25 W. Narr, T. Tankersley, G. King, Y. Pan, M. Skalinski:

Reservoir Modeling to Characterize Dual Porosity, Tengiz Field, Republic of Kazakhstan

8:45 U. A. Olimma, I. A. Olayinka*, J. F. Olimma: Hydrocarbon Characterisation of the Channel Level Deposits of the Bema Field, Niger Delta, Nigeria

9:05 T. M. Sodagar, D. Lawton: 2-D Seismic Modeling of CO2

Fluid Replacement of the Redwater Leduc Reef for CO2 Storage Project, Alberta

9:25 Break10:05 P. Chimienti, P. Michel*, S. Cloninger, J. Baillie:

Redevelopment of a Thin Oil Rim Reservoir Utilizing Lessons Learned, Tsiengui Field, Gabon

10:25 L. E. Soto: Cusiana Field: Understanding the Reservoir and Improving Depletion History

10:45 U. A. Olimma, I. A. Olayinka, J. F. Olimma: Applying the Sequence Stratigraphy Concept to Delineate the Irregular Internal Facies Configurations of the Bema Field, Western Niger Delta, Nigeria

11:05 J. F. Olimma, B. D. Ako, C. S. Nwajide: Central OML 35 Hydrocarbon Habitat Study and Depositional Sequence Analysis

Theme XVII: Frontier Reservoirs (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206 Chair: I Dawes

8:00 Introductory Remarks

8:05 G. Chiamogu, O. A. Ehinola: Distribution Patterns of Porosity and Permeability in the Hydrocarbon Bearing Sands of the Agbada Formation, Niger Delta Continental Shelf, Nigeria

8:25 A. Chakhmakhchev, P. Rushworth: Global Overview of Recent Exploration Investment in Deepwater — New Discoveries, Plays and Exploration Potential

8:45 D. Morrow: The Liard Basin Manetoe Dolomite: An Arctic Frontier Deep Gas Play

9:05 K. Jackson, P. K. Pedersen, L. S. Lane: New Hydrocarbon Play Opportunities in Cenomanian Strata of Eagle Plain Basin, Northern Yukon Territory

Theme XVI: Low Permeability Tight Oil Reservoirs I (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206 Chair: J. McCracken

10:05 Introductory Remarks10:10 L. T. Billingsley: Influence of Second-Order Faults on Low-

Permeability Oil Reservoir (Turner Sandstone), Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA

10:30 J. McCracken, G. Langdon, M. Cooper, S. Millan, D. M. Jarvie, B. Nickerson, S. C. Farner: Upper Cambrian-Lower Ordovician Green Point Shale, Port au Port Bay, West Newfoundland: Evaluation and Delineation of an Offshore Allochthonous Oil-in-Shale Resource Play

10:50 B. S. Franklin, J. C. Martin, R. E. Holdsworth, K. J. McCaffrey, M. M. Krabbendam, A. Conway, R. R. Jones*: Characterizing Fracture Systems within the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, Northwest Scotland: An Onshore Analogue for the Clair Field?

Theme XIV: International Unconventional Gas I (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 208/209 Co-Chairs: R. Flores and J. Chatelier

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 M. Asrar, S. Amir Mahmud: Development Trend of

Unconventional Gas Resources in Pakistan8:25 R. Hildebrand: Challenges of Coalbed Natural Gas

Development in Northwestern Bangladesh8:45 M. Garcia-Gonzalez: Coalbed Methane Resources in

Colombia9:05 R. M. Flores, G. D. Stricker: CBM Adsorption Isotherms

of Philippines Versus U.S. Coals: From Tectonic Control to Resource Evaluation







9:25 Break10:05 C. Che, C. Liu*, J. Zhu, H. Yang: Unconventional

Petroleum Geology and Resources in China10:25 W. Liu, W. Fang, Y. Y. Yonghong Sun: Genetic Type and

Source of the Gas in Well Wangs Jia Tun Region10:45 H. Huang, S. Zhang, X. Zhang, A. Su, O. Jokanola, Y.

Shuai, S. Larter: Biogenic Gas Systems in the Qaidam Basin, NW China

11:05 Y. Li, C. Lin: Exploration Methods for Late Quaternary Shallow Biogenic Gas Reservoirs in the Hangzhou Bay Area, Eastern China

Tuesday Afternoon Oral Sessions

Theme XVI: Heavy Oils/Bitumen Alberta Field Studies II (EMD) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod A Co-Chairs: F. Hein and R. Marsh

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 M. Caplan, W. Fu, C. Sato, C. Heron, T. Podivinski,

B. Kearl, L. Sullivan, R. Wong, E. Herle, I. Atkinson: Sedimentological and Stratigraphical Summary of AOSC’s MacKay River and Dover Thermal Projects, Northeastern Alberta, Canada

13:40 T. R. Nardin, B. Carter, N. E. Bassey: Braided River and Avulsive Depositional Systems in the McMurray Formation — LIDAR and Subsurface Data Integration at Syncrude’s Aurora North Mine, Alberta

14:00 M. E. Connelly: West Athabasca Grand Rapids Bitumen Deposit — A New SAGD Play

14:20 L. W. Bellman, M. E. Connelly: 3-D Reservoir Characterization in the Grand Rapids Oil Sands

14:40 Break15:20 F. Delbecq, R. Moyen: SAGD Well Planning Using

Stochastic Inversion15:40 P. Bauman, B. Hansen, D. Parker: Routine Geoelectric

Exploration for Shallow Gas and Oil Sands Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT)

16:00 T. B. Oldenburg, M. Brown, H. Huang, J. Adams, B. Bennett, N. Marcano, S. Larter: Applications of FTICRMS towards Evaluating Source Charge Contributions in Severely Biodegraded Oils; Examples from the Alberta Oil Sands and the Liaohe basin, NE China

16:20 O. Babak, C. Deutsch: Reservoir Continuity Assessment with Mass Moments of Inertia

Theme XI: North American Unconventional Oil — The Bakken Session II (EMD) North Building, Main Level, Telus 104/105/106 Co-Chairs: N. Fishman and S. Egenhoff

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 R. Hill: Bitumen Filled Fractures in the Bakken Formation

and Implications for Gas Shale Systems13:40 D. W. Hume, G. R. Davies, R. Crain: A New Oil Migration

Model for the Bakken Petroleum System of the Williston Basin

14:00 S. A. Sonnenberg: Source and Reservoir Characteristics of the Bakken Petroleum System in the Billings Nose Area, Williston Basin

14:20 R. Liu, A. Newson, T. Buchanan: Modeling the Impact of Deep Structures on Liquid Production in the Bakken Oil Shale Play of the Williston Basin of Canada and the USA

14:40 Break15:20 K. Mba, M. Prasad, M. L. Batzle: The Maturity of Organic-

Rich Shales Using Micro-Impedance Analysis15:40 S. L. Stockton: The Use of 3-Component Seismic Data to

Identify Sweet Spots in Fractured Bakken Reservoirs16:00 J. Bray, E. Menendez, C. H. Smith*: Three Dimensional

Shear Data to Design Effective Completions in Unconventional Reservoir

16:20 P. J. Bennett, P. Philipchuk, A. Freeman: Arthur Creek “Hot Shale”: A Bakken Unconventional Oil Analogy in the Georgina Basin of Northern Territory, Australia

Theme I: Depositional Systems and Sequence Stratigraphy I (SEPM) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 201/202 Co-Chairs: J. Lavagne and P. McCarthy

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 D. Eberth: A Revised Stratigraphic Architecture and

History for the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Southern Alberta Plains

13:40 A. Bachtiar, M. Syaiful, Y. S. Purnama, J. Wiyono, M. Rozalli, L. Jr, A. Krisyunianto, P. Suandhi: The Dynamics of Mahakam Delta, Indonesia, Based on Spatial and Temporal Variations of Grab Samples, Cores, and Salinity

14:00 Y. Li, W. Li, Y. Zhu, D. Garza, A. Summiyah, J. Bhattacharya: 3-D Geometry and Facies Architecture of Fluvial-Dominated Mouth-Bar Deposits, Ferron Notom Delta, Utah, USA







14:20 O. A. Ehinola, O. A. Falode, T. A. Ologun*: Sequence Stratigraphic Framework of Nemo Field, Onshore Niger Delta

14:40 Break15:20 J. Thompson, D. Kamola: Hydrodynamic Interpretation

of High-Energy Wave-Dominated Shoreface Successions, Cretaceous Mount Garfield/Illes Fm, Colorado

15:40 P. Liyin, J. Shou, Z. Jingao, Z. Xingping: Dolomitization and Reservoir Characteristics of Chx-Fxg Formation in Sichuan Basin (SW China)

16:00 G. S. Bellos: Sedimentology Diagenesis Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Lower Cretaceous Rock Sequence in Lebanon

16:20 A. Al-Tawi, C. T. Lehmann: Mixed Carbonates/Evaporites: The Need for Advancing the Understanding of a Complex System

Theme VIII: Reservoir Management Case Studies II (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 203/204 Co-Chairs: G. Walker and L. Danard

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 J. Chen: Application of Chronostratigraphic and

Lithostratigraphic Concepts to Deep-Water Reservoir Characterization

13:40 P. Chimienti, P. Michel, R. Van Tilburg, A. Aramowicz: Production Rate Controls for Thin Oil Rim Reservoirs in High-Quality Sands, Case Study Gabon

14:00 L. C. Mwakipesile, B. Nandlal, R. Ramdajal: A New Approach for Field Development of Complex Heavy Oil Reservoirs in a Wetland Environmentally Sensitive Area, Tambaredjo NW Field, Suriname

14:20 M. L. Belobraydic, W. J. Clark, G. S. Forrest, Y. Ma, F. O. Iwere, H. Gao: Applying an Integrated Reservoir Model in Field Development of a Brownfield, Canfield Ranch, California

14:40 Break15:20 G. S. Titaley, B. W. Adibrata, T. Sasongko: Back To Basic

Approaches: A Preliminary Study on Layer B/600 for Tempino Waterflooding Project, Jambi — Indonesia

15:40 V. F. Eveline, B. W. Adibrata, S. Yudha: Petrophysical Property Estimation for Miocene Ngrayong Sandstone, Using Integrated Core-Log Analysis; A Case Study in Building Reservoir Geomodel Using Limited Data, Kawengan Field, Indonesia

16:00 Y. Mi, A. Ruiter, R. Quinn: Quantitative Reservoir Characterization of PM3 Block, Malay Basin

16:20 L. Huang, J. Pan, D. Wei, Y. Wang, P. Li: The Research of Composite Reservoir Evaluation under the Control of Palaeogeomorphology

Business Forum — Unconventional Exploration and Development Geoscientists Toolbox: What New Tools do Geoscientists Need in the Next Decade?South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206Co-Chairs: R. Herbert and J. Frasier13:15–14:40See summary page 6

Theme XIV: International Tight Gas Techniques and Case Studies I (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206 Co-Chairs: G. Reinson and C. Lamb

15:20 Introductory Remarks15:25 D. Sun: Correlation and Study of the Genetic Type and

Source of Natural Gas of Fault-Depression Volcanic Formation of Xujiaweizi of Daqing

15:45 C. Zou, X. Li, P. Tang, J. Dai, S. Tao, Z. Yang, X. Gao, Q. Guo: Geological Features and Exploration for Tight Gas, Shale Gas and Other Unconventional Oil/Gas Resources in China

16:05 J. Zhang, T. Fan, B. Yu: Shale Gas Potential in Yangtze Area, South China

Theme XIV: International Unconventional Gas II (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 208/209 Chair: S. Nelskamp

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 U. Berner, T. Kahl, G. Scheeder: Hydrocarbon Potential of

Basin Sediments of the Wealden — A Shale Gas Target in Germany

13:40 S. Nelskamp, H. Doornenbal, T. van der Putte: Gas Shales in the Netherlands — A First Inventory

14:00 V. Kidambi, N. S. Rao, S. Al-Ashwak, B. Al-Qadeeri, D. Kho, S. Chakraborty, K. Khan, D. Nieuwland: Fracture Characterization Challenges in Developing the Jurassic Tight Carbonate Gas Reservoirs of North Kuwait

14:20 M. Garcia-Gonzalez: Shale Gas Potential in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia

14:40 Break







15:20 U. Ahmed, S. Hannan: Tiering of International Shale Reservoirs

15:40 M. A. Al Duhailan, A. A. Al Naim, M. J. Al Mahmoud: Potential for Basin-Centered Gas in Saudi Arabia; Southwest Ghawar Basin — A Case Study

16:00 M. Silverman, T. Ahlbrandt: Mesoproterozoic Unconventional Plays in the Beetaloo Basin, Australia: The World’s Oldest Petroleum Systems

16:20 J. Underschultz, L. Connell, R. Jeffery, N. Sherwood: Coal Seam Gas in Australia: Resource Potential and Production Issues

Special Lecture — Geology of a Major SAGD Bitumen Development — A Case Study from Long Lake, Northeastern Alberta South Building, Lower Level, Macleod A Co-Chairs: R. Clark and F. Hein17:00–18:00 D. Leckie: Speaker, M. Fustic, C. SeibelSee summary page 6

Tuesday Poster SessionsPresenters in their booths (9:00–10:30 and 14:00–15:30)

Theme IV: Petroleum Systems — Source Rock, Migration, Trap, Seals (AAPG) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function8:00–17:00 Chair: J. Adams

• N. C. Azambuja, M. Mello, A. A. Bender, P. Schmitt, B. Swanson: Petroleum System of Deep-Water Offshore Namibia

• X. Wang, M. Li*, Z. Feng, W. Fang, Z. Li, Q. Huo, S. Achal, M. Milovic, R. Robinson, C. Huang, G. Song: Revised Oil-Source Correlation Models in the Chao-Chang Region and Implications for Lower Cretaceous Petroleum Play Concepts in the Songliao Basin, NE China

• O. Haeri-Ardakani, I. Al-Aasm, M. Coniglio: Fracture Mineralization and Fluid Flow Evolution: An Example from Middle Devonian Carbonates, Southwestern Ontario

• A. Hartwig, D. Boyd, G. Kuhlmann, S. G. Adams, C. Campher, Z. Anka, R. Di Primio, T. Albrecht, V. Singh: Characterization of Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration Dynamics Based on Seismic Interpretation and Basin Modeling: An Integrated Study of the Orange Basin, South Africa

• G. W. Lowey: A Petroleum Events Chart for Cretaceous Strata in Eagle Plain: An Under-Explored Foreland Succession in Northern Yukon, Canada

• L. Berbesi, R. Di Primio, B. Horsfield, S. Dallimore, D. Higley-Feldman: Beyond Conventional Petroleum Systems Modeling: Thermogenic and Biogenic Hydrocarbon Emissions through Geologic Time

• K. Bogoslowski, L. R. Miller: Petroleum Source Potential in the West Disko Area, Offshore West Greenland: Regional Evidence from Multiple Data Sets

• S. Best, S. O. Sears, C. Willson: Integration of Imaging Techniques over Multiple Scales

• M. C. Daszinnies: A Workflow for Routine Application of Apatite Fission Track Analysis in Petroleum Systems Analysis and Modeling Exemplified in the Hammerfest Basin, Southern Norwegian Barents Sea

• A. F. Scherrenberg, C. E. Bond: Understanding Fold-Thrust Belt Architecture to Identify New Plays

• J. Chatellier, M. van der Vreede, M. Chatellier: Earthquakes Alignments Linked to Hydrocarbon Sweet-Spots in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

• S. O. Akande, M. D. Lewan, M. Pawlewicz, S. Egenhoff, O. J. Samuel, O. A. Adekeye, O. J. Ojo: Comparison of Hydrous Pyrolysis Petroleum Yields and Compositions from Nigerian Lignite and Associated Coaly Shale in the Anambra Basin

• Y. Kettanah, L. Eliuk, G. Wach: Reservoir Characteristics of the Chalk of the Wyandot Formation, Scotian Margin: Case Study of the Eagle D-21 and Primrose A-41 Wells

• J. Lukaye, L. Kiconco, D. Worsley*: The Neogene Succession of the Lake Albert Rift, Uganda — Challenges and Opportunities

Theme XII: North American Unconventional — Exploration and Development Technologies (AAPG) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function 8:00 - 17:00 Co-Chairs: J. McCracken and M. Teitz

• A. Mitra, D. Warrington, D. A. Sommer: Characterization of Unconventional Shale Gas Reservoirs Using a Shale Gas Facies Expert System to Identify Lithofacies and Optimal Completion Intervals

• C. K. Miller, E. I. Rylander*, J. Le Calvez: Detailed Rock Evaluation and Strategic Reservoir Stimulation Planning for Optimal Production in Horizontal Gas Shale Wells







• L. A. Cassel, D. Schultz: High Resolution Spectral Gamma Ray Log (HRSGR): Applications for Unconventional Reservoirs

Theme XV: Geoscience Investigations and Petroleum Search Beyond Traditional Exploration Confines (AAPG) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function8:00–17:00 Chair: I. Dawes

• W. Dickson, C. F. Schiefelbein, M. E. Odegard: East, West, Which Is Best? Brazilian Versus West African Transform Margin Hydrocarbon Play Elements

• A. Mustaqeem, V. V. Baranova*: Using Advanced Seismic Attribute Analysis to Reduce Risk in Frontier Exploration — West Newfoundland Offshore

• L. Fernando, F. Francisco, L. Claudio, L. Daniel: Geochemical Anomalies Characterization by Microbial and Trace Elements Analysis Related to Hydrocarbon Migration, Neuquén Basin, Argentina.

• M. A. Bedregal, M. A. Bedregal, M. Tenorio: Análise de métodos de determinação de limiares e interpoladores em dados geoquímicos de superfície aplicada a exploração de hidrocarbonetos

• G. Hatch, J. Erickson: Evaluation of the Structure, Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Play Types of Offshore Florida using Seismic Reflection Data

Theme VI: Rift to Drift, Passive Margin, Transition Tectonics (AAPG) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function8:00–17:00 Chair: A. Frasier

• N. Baristeas, Z. Anka, R. Di Primio, F. Dominguez, G. Kohler, E. Vallejo, J. Rodriguez, D. Marchal: Seismo-Stratigraphic Analysis and Characterization of Hydrocarbon Leakage Indicators in the Malvinas Basin, Offshore Argentine Continental Margin

• W. Dickson, J. M. Christ, P. J. Post, M. E. Odegard: What’s Cooking? Source Rock Descriptions and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Western Central Atlantic Margin

• A. Lowrie: Major Hydrocarbon Generation in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Apparently Resultant of Interactions between Mantle, Lithosphere, Sedimentosphere, and Hydrosphere

• A. Lowrie: Basement and Continental Margin Dynamics Commence, Maintain, and Terminate Hydrate Accumulations along the Seafloor of Prolific Continental Margins Such as the Northern Gulf of Mexico

• W. Dongtao, Z. Yingcheng, W. Pingsheng, L. Zhenhua, J. Pan: Uplift History of the Bogda Range Retrieved from the Foredeep Sequences, Northwestern China

Wednesday Morning Oral Sessions

Theme IV: Petroleum Systems — Source Rock, Migration, Trap, Seals I (AAPG) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod A Chair: J. Adams

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 F. Wang, J. Chen, B. Wang: How to Describe

Heterogeneous Source Rocks in Basin and Petroleum System Modeling?

8:25 S. Nelskamp, T. Donders, J. van Wees, O. Abbink: Influence of Surface Temperatures on Source Rock Maturity

8:45 S. Tao, C. Zou, Z. Yang, X. Gao, X. Yuan, L. Song: Geologic Characteristics and Hydrocarbon Accumulation Mechanism for Continuous Oil Reservoirs in Songliao Rift-Depression Basin in NE China

9:05 Y. Sun: Deciphering Hydrocarbon Accumulation Processes for the Oil Pools in Superimposed Petroliferous Basins within Mass Fractions

9:25 Break10:05 J. Scott, J. Guthrie, S. Crews, G. Gordon, B. Hansen,

N. McCormack, D. Griffin, L. Lawton, R. Graham, T. Grow, A. Pepper, C. Burke: Petroleum Systems of the Northern Red Sea

10:25 A. A. Bender, M. Mello, N. C. Azambuja, M. B. Araújo, E. de Mio: New Insights into the Petroleum Systems of the Solimoes Basin: Checking Petroleum Occurrences with 3-D Modeling Results

10:45 G. Gordon, B. Hansen, J. Scott, C. Hirst, R. Graham, T. Grow, A. Spedding, S. Fairhead, J. Miller, D. Pocknall, L. Fullarton, D. Griffin: Prospectivity in the North Red Sea Egypt — New Data, New Challenges, New Opportunities

11:05 N. I. Marcano, S. Larter, B. Mayer: The Utility of the Stable Isotopic Composition of Severely Biodegraded Oils as Petroleum System Correlation Parameters







Theme XII: North American Unconventional — Exploration and Development Technologies I (AAPG) North Building, Main Level, Telus 104/105/106 Co-Chairs: N. Wilson and H. Pitts

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 T. Engelder, J. Hayward: Pervasive Strain the Marcellus

Gas Shale of the Appalachian Plateau as Revealed by CAT-Scan Analyses of Core.

8:25 J. Bray, C. H. Smith, S. Ramakrishna, E. Menendez: Magnetic Resonance Utilization as an Unconventional Reservoir Permeability Indicator

8:45 C. N. Smith: Rapid Handheld X-ray Fluorescence (HHXRF) Analysis of Gas Shales

9:05 J. H. Deng, N. Solano, R. Aguilera: Facies Modeling of Tight Gas Reservoir Using Neural Network: Case Study of Nikanassin Formation in Canadian Foothills

9:25 Break10:05 K. Schmidt, M. Poole, G. Hildred: A Triumvirate of

Targeting — A Three-Pronged Approach to Keeping a Horizontal Well in the Desired Eagle Ford Reservoir Interval

10:25 A. Newson: Geosteering Horizontal Wells into the “Sweet Spot” of Thin Non-Conventional Reservoirs, Examples from the Cardium Sand of the Alberta Deep Basin.

10:45 M. Pavlovic: An Integrated Approach to Shale Gas Evaluation, Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Stimulation

11:05 J. Le Calvez, J. Stokes*, W. Xu, R. Zhao, M. Thiercelin, H. Moros, S. Maxwell: Unconventional Approach for an Unconventional Reservoir: Example of Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments in Adjacent Horizontal Wells in a Faulted Reservoir

Theme XV: Geoscience Investigations and Petroleum Search Beyond Traditional Exploration Confines I (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 201/202 Chair: R. Clark

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 L. Giraldo, A. E. Calle: Fizz and Commercial Gas

Discrimination in the Colombian Caribbean Sea through AVO Attributes and Fluids Substitution Modeling

8:25 A. Newson: The Mountain Front Fault and Its Impact on Exploration in Kurdistan, Zagros Fold and Thruist Belt

8:45 M. Mello, N. C. Azambuja, H. P. Lima, A. J. Catto, E. Rosseti, P. Schmitt, M. B. Araújo, A. A. Bender: The Last Frontier for Supergiant Oil and Gas Accumulations in the Onshore Brazilian Basins: The Solimoes Province, Amazon Area, Brazil

9:05 K. Peters, O. Schenk, K. Bird: Timing of Petroleum System Events Controls Accumulations on the North Slope, Alaska

9:25 Break10:05 H. Wilson, S. MacMullin: Plate Tectonics Reconstruction

of Nova Scotia’s Offshore10:25 J. F. Weston, P. Ascoli, M. Cooper, R. A. Fensome,

R. A. MacRae, D. Shaw, G. L. Williams: Biostratigraphic and Well-Log Sequence Stratigraphic Framework of the Offshore Nova Scotia Margin, Canada

10:45 D. Schumacher: Petroleum Exploration in Environmentally Sensitive Areas: Opportunities for Geochemical and Non-Seismic Geophysical Methods

11:05 H. W. Meurer: A Novel Remote Sensing Technology for Frontier Exploration

Forum — The Value of Diversity in Leadership Global Perspectives South Building, Upper Level, Glen 203/204 Chair: G. Gillis and D. Cook 8:00–11:25See summary page 7

Theme IX: Risk Analysis and Assessment (AAPG) South Building,Upper Level, Glen 206 Chair: B. Haskett

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 B. G. Langhus: Implications and Impacts of Peak Oil for

the Small- and Medium-Sized Petroleum Producer.8:25 C. Bynum, M. Weller, B. Haskett, D. McManus: Steam

and Glean: Planning to Learn in a Potential World-Class Heavy Oil Project

8:45 F. R. Chaban, G. T. Gibson, J. L. Garduno: Strategic Business Approach to Turn Exploration Data into Drilling Prospects.

9:05 W. J. Haskett, P. Brown: Recurrent Issues in the Evaluation of Unconventional Resources







Theme VII: International Regional to Reservoirs — Case Studies (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206 Chair: I. Dawes

10:05 Introductory Remarks10:10 Y. Zhanlong: Tectonic Evolution and Hydrocarbon

Occurring of Block-Type Basins in Hinterland of Asia10:30 S. Bunditchayakorn, P. Intasalo, N. Prapasanobon:

New Exploration Targets in Northern Offshore Bahrain: Integration of Seismic Sequence Stratigraphy and Seismic Inversion

10:50 S. K. Tanoli, M. D. Al-Ajmi, H. Al-Ammar, N. Banik: Where to Find the Reservoir? Late Valanginian Unconformity Associated Play in Kuwait.

11:10 J. J. Mhuder, R. A. Abdulsadah: Reservoir and Geological Properties of the Middle Cretaceous Nahr Ibn Umr Field, Nahr Umr Formation-South Iraq

Theme II: Circum-Arctic Geology and Petroleum Resources I (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 208/209 Chair: A. Embry and S. Drachev

8:00 Introductory Remarks8:05 Y. M. Chevalier: Circum-Arctic Region: Plate Tectonic

Evolution and Hydrocarbon Provinces8:25 B. Ady, M. G. Dinkelman, J. A. Helwig, N. Kumar:

Deformable Plate Tectonic Reconstructions Incorporating Interpretations from Newly Acquired Geophysical Data Support a Multi-Phase Plate Tectonic Model for the Origin and Evolution of the Amerasian Basin

8:45 N. J. Kusznir, A. Alvey, N. Lebedeva-Ivanova, C. Gaina, T. H. Torsvik: Arctic Crustal Thickness, Oceanic Lithosphere Distribution and Ocean-Continent Transition Location from Gravity Inversion

9:05 V. Verzhbitsky, S. Sokolov, E. Frantzen, M. Tuchkova, G. Bannikov: The Structure of the Wrangel Arch (Russian Chukchi Sea), Based on Marine Seismic and Onshore Observations

9:25 Break10:05 D. Houseknecht, K. Bird: Geology and Petroleum

Potential of the Rifted Margins of Arctic Alaska and the Chukchi Borderland

10:25 T. E. Moore, K. Bird: Is the North Slope a Displaced Part of the Caledonian Orogenic Belt?

10:45 K. Peters, L. Ramos, J. Zumberge: Circum-Arctic Petroleum Systems Defined Using Biomarkers, Isotopes, and Chemometrics

11:05 D. L. Gautier: U.S. Geological Survey Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal (CARA)

Wednesday Afternoon Oral Sessions

Theme IV: Petroleum Systems — Source Rock, Migration, Trap, Seals II (AAPG) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod A Chair: J. Adams

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 J. Chesterman: Arc-Continent Collision: A Comparison of

the SE Caribbean and Taiwan-Ryukyu Margins13:40 N. Ellouz-Zimmermann, J. Faure, E. Frery, R. Deschamps,

A. Battani, J. Schmitz, O. Vincke: Dynamics of the Faults in the Colorado Plateau in Utah. Impact of Tectonic Heritage and Reservoir Architecture on the Fault Sealing Efficiency

14:00 E. Frery, N. Ellouz-Zimmermann, J. Gratier, C. Aubourg, D. Blamart, J. Faure, A. Battani, J. Schmitz, O. Vincke: Chronology of Leaking Events and Sealing Processes in Fractured Reservoir : A Natural Example in Utah (USA)

14:20 H. Doornenbal: Overview of Petroleum Provinces in the Southern Permian Basin

14:40 Break15:20 M. Deriszadeh, R. Wong: Determination of the

Coefficients of Volume Change with Respect to Concentration and Pressure in Saturated Shale

15:40 M. A. Prince, R. A. Acevedo, C. Sanchez, D. Rojas: Upper Cretaceous in the Middle Magdalena Valley, Colombia: A New Exploratory Target In and Old Mature Basin

16:00 L. Waite, T. Loseke, A. Stephens, M. Millard, J. King, N. Burnett, G. Barzola: Integrated Analysis of the Lower Cretaceous Edwards Reef, Stuart City Trend, South Texas, USA

16:20 J. Booth, G. Ageneau, P. Chimienti, P. Michel, J. R. Ruiz Corregidor, J. Baillie: Evolved Understanding of Reservoir Distribution and Connectivity in a Complex Fluvial System — A Case Study from Development of the Dentale Formation in the Tsiengui and Obangue Fields, Onshore Gabon







Theme XII: North American Unconventional — Exploration and Development Technologies II (AAPG) North Building, Main Level, Telus 104/105/106 Co-Chairs: N. Wilson and H. Pitts

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 M. Suhrer, E. Diaz, A. Grader, C. Sisk: 3-D Visualization

and Classification of Pore Structure and Pore Filling in Gas Shale

13:40 R. Slatt, R. Portas, N. Buckner, Y. Abousleiman, N. O’Brien, M. Tran, R. Sierra, P. Philp, A. Miceli-Romero, R. Davis, T. Wawrzyniec: Outcrop/Behind Outcrop (Quarry), Multiscale Characterization of the Woodford Gas Shale, Oklahoma

14:00 M. Holmes, A. Holmes, D. Holmes: A Petrophysical Method to Evaluate Irregularly Gas Saturated Tight Sands Which Have Variable Matrix Properties and Uncertain Water Salinities

14:20 J. A. Ward: Estimating Organic Porosity from TOC Data on The Marcellus Shale

14:40 Break15:20 C. Keegan: Understanding Porosity and Permeability

Relationships to Mineralogy and Organic Matter in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs Utilizing New Technologies

15:40 N. B. Harris, T. Ko, P. Philp: Applying Natural Gas Compositions from Large Tight-Gas-Sand Fields to Reservoir Filling Models

16:00 L. Dabek, R. Knepp, J. Boyles: Enhanced Permeability Prediction in Wave-Dominated Shoreface Rocks of the Spring Canyon Member, Utah, U.S.A.

16:20 S. T. Knopp, F. F. Krause: Beyond Traditional Fluvial Heterogeneity Models — Investigation of Tight Sandstones and Near-Surface Diagenesis in Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Paleovalley Outcrops of the U.S. Western Interior

Theme XV: Geoscience Investigations and Petroleum Search Beyond Traditional Exploration Confines II (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 201/202 Chair: D. Schumacher

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 S. L. Perry, F. A. Kruse: Evidence of Hydrocarbon Seepage

Using Multispectral Satellite Imagery, Kurdistan, Iraq

13:40 D. Sutherland: Organic Geochemistry Detects Hydrocarbon Signatures in Surficial Samples to Locate and Identify Deeply Buried Exploration Targets

14:00 S. Schmid, J. Bourdet: Fluid Migration and Diagenetic Homogeneity in the Amadeus Basin, Australia

14:20 D. Schumacher, L. Clavareau, D. C. Hitzman: Hydrocarbon Exploration Survey Strategies for Frontier Basins

14:40 Break15:20 D. Seneshen, J. V. Fontana: Unique Geochemical

Methods for Regional On-shore Petroleum Exploration in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada.

15:40 M. Swan, S. Keith, S. L. Perry*: Vectoring Petroleum Systems Using Satellite Imagery Calibrated to Geochemistry

16:00 L. A. LeSchack, J. R. Jackson, J. K. Dirstein, W. B. Ghazar, N. Ionkina: Major Recent Improvements to Airborne Transient Pulse Surveys for Hydrocarbon Exploration

16:20 L. Fernando, V. Maximo, F. Francisco, L. Claudio: A Modified Method of Microbial Analysis for Oil Exploration and its Application on Five Basins of Southern and Western Argentina

Theme VII: Exotic Plays I (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 203/204 Chair: K. Gerdes

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 K. Hoshi, S. Okubo: Hydrothermally Dissolved Dolerite

Reservoir in the Akita Basin, Japan13:40 S. Yudha, B. Benyamin, A. Setyadi, A. Handoyo: The

Identification of Top Volcanic Reservoir of Jatibarang Field, Onshore West Java, Indonesia

14:00 C. Hanks, J. Mongrain, A. Dandekar, P. J. McCarthy, V. Godabrelidze, C. Shukla, K. Venepalli, O. Levi-Johnson, G. Shimer, R. Wentz: Integrated Geological and Engineering Studies in Support of Producing Light Oil from a Frozen Reservoir: A Case Study from Umiat Oil Field, Northern Alaska

14:20 J. Majorowicz, J. Safanda: Melting of the B-M Natural Gas Hydrate by the Heat Released During Formation of the Carbon Dioxide Hydrate After CO

2 Injection — A New Method Proposed

14:40 Break15:20 K. Johnston, S. Keith, P. Johnston, M. Swan: Origin

of the Green River Kerogen by Serpentinite-Powered Hydrothermalism






15:40 J. Zhou: Barrier-Lagoon Sedimentary Model and Reservoir Distribution Regularity of Lower-Ordovician Majiagou Formation, Ordos Basin, China

Theme IV: Sources and Seeps (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 206 Chair: R. Clark

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 G. Thyne: Anatomy of a Gas Seep, Piceance Basin,

Colorado13:40 M. Li, Z. Chen, D. Issler, S. Achal, M. Milovic,

R. Robinson: New Insights into the Effective Petroleum Source Rocks in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin from an Integrated Molecular and Isotope Approach

Theme II: Circum-Arctic Geology and Petroleum Resources II (AAPG) South Building, Upper Level, Glen 208/209 Chair: A. Embry and S. Drachev

13:15 Introductory Remarks13:20 P. A. Emmet, N. Kumar, M. G. Dinkelman, J. A. Helwig:

Tectonic Framework and Regional Seismic Expression of Exploration Plays, Canadian Beaufort Sea

13:40 M. E. Enachescu, J. Hogg, P. Price, F. Kierulf: Seismic Imaging of Major Unconformities and Disconformities in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin of the Canadian Arctic

14:00 M. G. Dinkelman, J. A. Helwig, J. Gagliardi, R. Whittaker, N. Kumar: Tectonic and Stratigraphic Insights in the Development of NE Greenland Margin through Deep, Long Offset, Prestack Depth Migrated (PSDM), 2-D Seismic Data

14:20 J. C. Olsen: Baffin Bay, Davies Strait and Labrador Sea. A Summary of Hydrocarbon Geology and Structural Elements — News

14:40 Break15:20 A. Alvey, N. J. Kusznir, T. H. Torsvik, C. Gaina: Assessing

Plate Reconstruction Models Using Continental Extension Predicted by Gravity Inversion for the NE Atlantic and Labrador Sea Rifted Margins

15:40 O. A. Anfinson, A. Leier: Detrital Zircon Analysis Applied to the Neoproterozoic-Devonian Franklinian Basin, Canadian Arctic Islands

16:00 A. Embry, T. Brent: Paleo-Ballantyne Strait of the Sverdrup Basin — Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic Gateway to Alaska

16:20 D. Bonté, R. Abdul Fattah*, S. Nelskamp, J. van Wees, R. Stephenson: Heat Flow Modeling and Tectonic Evolution of The Sverdrup Basin

Wednesday Poster SessionsPresenters in their booths (9:00–10:30 and 14:00–15:30)

Theme XIII: International Unconventional Oil (AAPG) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function8:00–17:00 Chair: I. Dawes

• K. Dasgupta, S. Samin, B. R. Bharali: An Analysis of Pre-Tertiary Plays in Matimekhana-Deohal Area — A Case Study from Oil’s Operational Area in Northeast India

• T. GuangRong: Petroleum Accumulation Dynamics of Lithologic Pools in Fu-Yang Reservoir, Daqing Placanticline

• M. Jian: Characteristics of Lujiazhuang Paleo-Oil Reservoir in Mid-Upper Proterozoic of Northern Part of North China

• C. Gang, Y. Qingzhou, L. Shuangwen: Identification of Subtle Oil/Gas Reservoir in Junggar Basin of West China

Theme XVI: Heavy Oils/Bitumen Carbonates/Oil Sands (EMD) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function8:00–17:00 Co-Chairs: F. Hein and R. Marsh

• T. Villarroel, A. Zambrano, R. Garcia: Technological Challenges in the Integral Development of the Orinoco Oil Belt, Eastern Venezuela

• M. Cevallos, C. Rojas, P. Hernán: CHOPS Experience in Argentina, Application in the Development of the Rio Colorado Shallow Heavy Oil Belt, Neuquén Basin

• C. Sisulak, S. Dashtgard: The Development of Inclined Heterolithic Stratification in a Tidally Influenced, Fluvially Dominated River, Fraser River, British Columbia

• S. Kotadia, D. Wallace, L. Slipp*: Characterizing Ore Body with Process Performance Indicators using Pattern Recognition

• J. C. Hopkins, K. Wilde, S. Christensen, K. R. Barrett: Regional Stratigraphy and Reservoir Units of the Grosmont Formation, Saleski and Burnt Lakes, Alberta




12–15 SEPTEMBER 2010 | CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA | TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE

Plan now! Register online at www.aapg.org/calgary


• J. Russel-Houston, R. McRory, S. Christensen, J. Carey: Reservoir Architecture and Spatial Recognition of Stratal Packages of the Lower Grand Rapids Formation, Taiga Project, Cold Lake, Alberta

• E. Hulm, G. Bernaski, C. Bridge, P. Gromek, B. Kostic, S. Lowe, R. Matson, C. Munn, D. Yancey, A. Duncan: Integrated Reservoir Characterization in Pursuit of a Heavy Oil Giant in the Arctic

• C. Baturin-Pollock, N. Sitek, T. Hurst, D. Chan: Geology and Bitumen Resource Assessment of the Grand Rapids, Cold Lake, Alberta Canada

• E. Wo, L. Song, T. Hurst, N. Sitek: Geological Review and Bitumen Resource Appraisal of the Grosmont Formation within the Athabasca Oil Sands Area

• M. B. Dahl, J. Suter: Landscape Evolution of the Pre-Cretaceous Unconformity in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Assessing the Relationship between Antecedent Pre-Cretaceous Topography and Overlying Cretaceous Deposits

Theme I: Depositional Systems and Sequence Stratigraphy (SEPM) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function8:00–17:00 Co-Chairs: J. Lavigne and P. McCarthy

• S. E. Taylor, P. K. Pedersen, D. P. Laycock, R. Spencer, H. Huang, I. Gates: Using Bedforms and Stratigraphic Architecture to Indicate a Shallow Shelf Depositional Setting of Carlile and Niobrara Formations, SW Saskatchewan and SE Alberta

• A. A. Werdaya, D. Noeradi: Significant Influences of Paleogeographic and Sedimentation Study with Sequence Stratigraphic Method on Petroleum System of Telisa Formation, Central Sumatera Basin

• N. C. Ngek: Cyclostratigraphic Analysis of Pienaarsfontein se Berg Deltaic Sequence, Tanqua Sub-Basin, SW Karoo Basin, South Africa

• X. Li, Z. Yingcheng, L. Huanqing, W. Yanrong, W. Lihua: The Characteristics of the Sandy Debris Flow of the Triassic Yanchang Formation and Its Exploration Significance in the Ordos Basin, China

• J. Hauer, O. Oswald, M. S. Hendrix, J. R. Staub, D. E. Jarvis: Evidence for Forced Regression in the Santonian-Campanian Eagle Formation in South-Central Montana

• K. Hoffmeister, D. Kamola: Forebulge Influence on Deposition of the Cretaceous Castlegate Sandstone, Book Cliffs, Utah, USA

• R. Deschamps, M. Gasparrini, O. Durand, E. Kohler, T. Euzen, F. Nader: Impact of Mineralogy and Diagenesis on Reservoir Properties of the Lower Cretaceous Upper Mannville Formation (Alberta, Canada)

• J. Shou, C. Si, Y. Shen, H. Zhang: Dynamic Diagenesis and Porosity Preservation of Sandstone in Bearing-Hydrocarbon Basins of China

• M. Brunhart-Lupo: Triassic-Jurassic Deposition in the Clarence-Moreton Basin, Springfield Lakes, Queensland, Australia

• D. A. van der Kolk, M. T. Whalen, M. A. Wartes, R J.Newberry, P. J. McCarthy: Geochemistry, Sedimentology, and Stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous Pebble Shale Unit, Northeastern Alaska

Theme III: Mixed Carbonate/Evaporite Successions (SEPM) South Building, Lower Level, Macleod Pre-function8:00–17:00 Co-Chairs: R. Clark and I. Dawes

• N. Neog, N. S. Rao, R. Al-mayyas, T. DeKeyser, C. Perrin, C. S. Kendall: Evaporite Facies: A Key to the Mid Mesozoic Sedimentary Stratigraphy of North Kuwait





SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Get Your Irish on at the James Joyce PubDate: Monday, 13 SeptemberTime: 18:00–20:00Fee: US $40 + 5% GSTLocation: 114 Steven Avenue Mall, CalgaryIncludes: Appetizers, two drinks and live music

Take a trip back in time — and across the world — at the James Joyce Irish Pub, located downtown in the old Molson’s (TD) Bank building. Named after the celebrated Irish author, this pub is filled with artifacts from all over Ireland, complimented by original works of Celtic art and craftsmanship by local Irish artists and designers. Relax with food, drinks and music while you network with friends old and new.

Have a Roarin’ Good Time at the Calgary ZooDate: Tuesday, 14 SeptemberTime: 18:00–21:00Fee: US $50 + 5% GSTLocation: 1300 Zoo Road Northeast, CalgaryIncludes: Barbeque buffet, admission and round-trip bus transportation from the Calgary Tower (alcoholic beverages are not included; cash bars will be open)

Embrace your animal instincts and join us at the Calgary Zoo for an evening of barbecue, drinks and fun. This event also includes tours of the zoo, botanical gardens and the prehistoric park featuring Dinosaurs Alive!, a collection of 20 animatronic dinosaurs.




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All Guest Tours will depart and return to the Calgary Tower, located at 101 9th Avenue SW in the heart of downtown Calgary. It is serviced by many bus routes and is only a short walk from many C-Train stations. It is on the South side of the street across from the Calgary Marriott’s main entrance.

1 Banff and Lake Louise Saturday, 11 September CAD $137 + 5% GST

2 City of Calgary and Canada Olympic Park Sunday, 12 September CAD $69 + 5% GST

3 Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Monday, 13 September CAD $129 + 5% GST

4 Drumheller/Badlands Tuesday, 14 September CAD $107 + 5% GST

5 Heritage Park Historical Village Wednesday, 15 September CAD $65 + 5% GST

GUEST TOUR REGISTRATIONAnderson Vacations is handling guest tour registration. To register for guest tours online, please visit www.AAPG.org/Calgary, then click the Guest Tours Registration link and follow the instructions online. Or complete the Guest Tours registration form on page 57 and fax as directed.

Guest tour photos courtesy of Anderson Vacations.

#1 Banff and Lake LouiseDate: Saturday, 11 SeptemberTime: 08:00–18:00Fee: CAD $137 + 5% GSTIncludes: Transportation in a modern, air-conditioned coach to and from Banff and Lake Louise with professional driver/guide, Gondola trip to the top of Sulphur Mountain, buffet lunch at Banff Springs Hotel, free time to visit/shop in Banff Townsite and time to explore Lake Louise and Chateau Lake LouiseLimit: 25 minimum

You will be transported across Alberta’s rolling countryside to the beautiful town of Banff with visits at Hoodoo Lookoff, Hidden Corner and Bow Falls along the way.

Your first stop in Banff is the Sulphur Mountain Gondola. Here you’ll take an eight-minute ride in a glass-enclosed gondola to the 2,288 m (7,500 ft.) summit of Sulphur Mountain, where three levels of outdoor observation decks offer a panoramic 360-degree view of Banff and the surrounding area.

After your Sulphur Mountain Gondola adventure, enjoy a buffet lunch at the Banff Springs Hotel. Then take time to visit Banff Townsite, where you can tour the many fine museums and natural history centres in addition to sampling an array of interesting and unique gift shops.






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After visiting Banff, your journey continues to Lake Louise, known as the “Jewel of the Rockies.” Not only have international royalty, Hollywood stars and heads of state come to Lake Louise to relax, but, increasingly, the rest of the world is discovering its simple charms as well. Lake Louise, with its blue-green water set against the stark backdrop of Victoria Glacier, is one of the most beloved and most photographed scenes in the Canadian Rockies. Chateau Lake Louise presents lakeside views of the glacier, while offering old-world charm and elegance amidst the wilderness.

#2 City of Calgary and Canada Olympic ParkDate: Sunday, 12 SeptemberTime: 08:30–12:30Fee: CAD $69 + 5% GST Includes: Transportation in a modern, air-conditioned coach with professional driver/guide, guided tour and admission to Canada Olympic Park and Olympic Hall of Fame and MuseumLimit: 25 minimum

Join one of the most popular city tours and visit Calgary — Alberta’s “Heart of the New West.” As you tour this dynamic city, you will journey from past to present, where you will experience the excitement of its young, vibrant culture. Our first photo stop will take you back in time to 1875 where Calgary’s historic origin was started at Fort Calgary. We will drive through the streets of quaint Inglewood, one of Calgary’s oldest communities, on our way to the Calgary Stampede grounds. We’ll catch a glimpse of the Talisman Centre and the Calgary Flames’ Pengrowth Saddledome. As we continue through the city, we will see the Glenbow Museum, Chinatown, home of the beautiful Chinese Cultural Centre, and also pass Eau Claire Market, one of the trendy shopping and festival areas of downtown near Princess Island Park. Next stop will be at City Hall and Olympic Plaza for an interpretive stroll.

Well known for its competitive spirit, Calgary boasts world-class sporting facilities. From downtown, our tour takes us into the Olympic Speedskating Oval, where speed skaters skate on the fastest ice in the world. On to Canada Olympic Park — home of the 1988 Winter Olympics. Canada Olympic Park is a must-see attraction. Visit the Olympic Hall of Fame and Museum, and the 90-metre ski jump tower. Ride the chairlift (summer only) and venture inside the Ice House, a totally unique facility with the only fully enclosed refrigeration building in the world serving the three sliding sports: bobsleigh, skeleton and luge. The Ice House

was developed to provide year-round push-start training on ice. Create your own Olympic memories!

This vibrant city, reminiscent of the Old West mixed with contemporary culture and framed by a modern cityscape of office towers, is nestled in the foothills of the majestic Rocky Mountains.

#3 Head-Smashed-In Buffalo JumpDate: Monday, 13 SeptemberTime: 07:30–18:00Fee: CAD $129 + 5% GSTIncludes: Transportation in a modern, air-conditioned coach to and from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, with professional driver/guide, journey down the scenic Cowboy Trail (Highway #22), buffet lunch at the Head- Smashed-In Café, escorted tour and visit to Head- Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site and native dance demonstrationLimit: 25 minimum

Depart downtown Calgary and start your journey down the Cowboy Trail. Along the foothills of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains is a narrow band of mixed forests and grasslands known for its moderate climate, a wide variety of wildlife species and broad ecological diversity. Alberta ranching families first settled the territory in the 1880s and transformed the rolling grasslands into cattle country. Today, communities along this corridor are linked






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together by The Cowboy Trail, a ribbon of pavement extending from Cardston to Mayerthorpe. Along the way, you may see families on horseback or cowboys herding cattle.

Your first stop is Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. Located 18 kilometers north and west of Fort Macleod, at a place where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains meet the Great Plains, this is one of the world’s oldest, largest and best-preserved buffalo jumps. Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981, Head-Smashed-In has been used continuously by aboriginal peoples of the plains for more than 5,500 years.

Enjoy your escorted tour of the Head-Smashed-In interpretive centre. The centre blends unobtrusively into the ancient sandstone cliff. Its interior is made up of five distinct levels depicting the ecology, mythology, lifestyle and technology of Blackfoot peoples within the context of available archaeological evidence. Interpretation of these themes presents the viewpoints of both aboriginal peoples and European archaeological science.

During lunch you’ll enjoy the Head-Smashed-In Café’s western specialty, Hearty Buffalo Stew, with a tossed salad, Indian fry bread and Saskatoon Crisp for dessert. Then you’ll have time for a leisurely visit to the interpretive center, where you’ll see a native dancing demonstration.

The return journey to Calgary will include time for a break, a stroll and a sampling of some of Alberta’s history and culture. Take a walk along the Historic Main Street and Antique & Art Walk of Nanton, where you’ll experience “Where History Lives” in the many restored commercial buildings. Walk along 19th and 20th (Main) Streets and enjoy the great selection of antique shops, gift and specialty stores, art stores and unique eateries.

#4 Drumheller/BadlandsDate: Tuesday, 14 SeptemberTime: 08:00–17:00Fee: CAD $107 + 5% GSTIncludes: Transportation in a modern, air-conditioned coach to and from Drumheller with professional driver/guide, visit to the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology – Drumheller and buffet lunch at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of PaleontologyLimit: 25 minimum

This morning you set off on a journey into Alberta’s past. Some aspects of our day will encompass the recent past and others will take us back to a land once inhabited by dinosaurs. We will journey into the Drumheller Region, a unique geographical area which tells a story of glaciers and erosion that formed this fascinating landscape. It is also the historic home of Canada’s great dinosaur finds, the largest in the world.

Along the way you’ll see the Hoodoo’s, Suspension Bridge and the world’s largest Dinosaur, T-Rex. Venture past the Orkney Hill View Point, which has a sheer drop to the Red Deer River Valley. Continue along the historic Dinosaur Trail, past Horsethief Canyon and the world’s largest “Little Church.”

Next, experience the world-renowned Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, located on the north edge of the town of Drumheller. Joseph Tyrrell discovered the bones of Albertosaurus in the Red Deer River Valley in 1884. It is his name that is attached to the premier paleontological museum in North America. There’s been life on Earth for more than 3.5 billion years, so the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology has a lot to show you: 10 signature galleries and feature exhibitions that celebrate the spectacular history and diversity of life on Earth,



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and the paleontologists who bring the story to life. With every step through geological time you’ll experience the evolution of life. It’s all here…dozens of skeletons and hundreds of fossils that tell the story of ancient Alberta.

You’ll enjoy lots of great food at the Royal Tyrrell Museum’s lunch buffet. We know that this delicious meal will prepare you for the interesting return journey to Calgary.

#5 Heritage Park Historical VillageDate: Wednesday, 15 SeptemberTime: 08:30–12:30Fee: CAD $65 + 5% GSTIncludes: Transportation in a modern, air-conditioned coach with professional driver/guide, guided tour and admission to Heritage Park Historical Village, train ride, midway rides and paddle wheeler cruiseLimit: 25 minimum

Discover “How the West was Once” at Canada’s largest living history museum. Explore the year-round exhibit, Gasoline Alley Museum, and find out how the introduction of the automobile changed our culture. Then step further back with a visit to the lively historical village.

Travel back in time and discover the treasures of Western Canada’s past. All the sights and sounds of pre-1914 life are recreated at Canada’s largest living historical village. You can cruise the lake aboard the S.S. Moyie steam wheeler, or tour the town by steam train, horse-drawn wagon, carriage or old-fashioned bus. Or, just take a stroll down Main Street.

Independent travel gives you the flexibility to create your individual tailor-made Canadian Vacation package. Plan to extend your visit to Canada – either before or after the AAPG ICE.

Visit our website at www.canadatravelsolution.com to explore the broad range and variety of possibilities or call (+1 403 245 6200) or e-mail ([email protected]) one of our highly trained and knowledgeable Travel Consultants. We would be delighted to work with you to plan your trip of a lifetime to Calgary and Canada.

Here are some ideas for your consideration:

Rocky Mountaineer Train Trip to Vancouver; Banff, Jasper, • Columbia Icefield — 2 daysSelf-drive tour to Vancouver — 3 or 4 days• Alaska Inside Passage Cruise (fly to Vancouver) — 7 days• Rocky Mountaineer Train Trip to Vancouver followed by • Alaska Inside Passage Cruise — 9 daysBest of the Great Canadian Rockies and Beautiful British • Columbia Tour - Fully Escorted — 11 days

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ACCOMMODATIONS

1. Calgary Marriott 2. Delta Bow Valley Hotel 3. Hyatt Regency Calgary 4. The Fairmont Palliser

AccommodationsPlease book your rooms through the AAPG Housing Bureau. This helps AAPG meet hotel room block commitments and avoid penalties that could ultimately increase conference expenses.

ReservationsAll reservations must be made through the AAPG Housing • Bureau by 13 August 2010 and will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.Reservations requested after 13 August will be accommodated • based on hotel availability. Reservations made online must include a valid credit card • number and expiration date. Reservations can be made online at www.AAPG.org/Calgary. • For other booking options please refer to the Conference Accommodation Registration form.

Multiple Room RequestsYou may reserve up to five rooms online with individual names. One credit card or individual credit cards may be used.

Room MaximumsAll hotels have a maximum of 4 people per room. There is an additional fee for a 3rd and 4th person in a room. These fees are listed in the rates table in the Extra Person column.

Suite RequestsPlease contact the AAPG Housing Bureau at [email protected] to request a suite. We suggest you reserve a standard hotel room at the hotel of your choice in the event suites are unavailable. You may cancel this reservation by contacting the AAPG Housing Bureau once you have received confirmation of your suite reservation. Suite availability is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.

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2 Delta Bow Valley Hotel $199 $20 4 Blks 4 4 4 $17/$25 4 4 4 Free 4 On request

3 Hyatt Regency Calgary $249 $35 Adjacent 4 4 4 $25/$35 4 4 4 $13.95 4 On request

4 The Fairmont Palliser $219 $30 1 Blk 4 4 4 $37 Valet only 4 4 4 $13.95 4 Fee

*Non-smoking hotel **Parking rates are subject to change All hotel rates are in Canadian dollars and do not include taxes






ACCOMMODATIONS

RatesTo receive the conference room rate, all hotel reservations must be made through the AAPG Housing Bureau by 13 August 2010. Please refer to the rates table on page 58. All room rates are in Canadian dollars and do not include tax.

Payment OptionsCredit card: A valid credit card with an expiration date of 09/2010 • or later is required to guarantee your reservation online. Your credit card may be charged by the hotel for your first night’s stay (including taxes and fees), approximately one month prior to arrival.Check: Reservations not secured with a credit card will require a • check deposit to be sent directly to the assigned hotel along with your acknowledgment letter after 20 August. Please note that payment must be made in Canadian dollars.

Modifications Modifications can be requested through the AAPG Housing Bureau through 20 August. Modifications are subject to availability. After 20 August modifications will be accepted through the AAPG Housing Bureau but must be approved by the hotels. Please note these modification requests may take up to 48 hours to process.

Cancellation Policy At many hotels, any guaranteed room reservation not cancelled 72 hours prior to arrival and not used will subsequently be billed by the hotel to your credit card account. In addition, some hotels will charge a penalty for early check-out if they are not notified prior to your arrival.

Shuttle BusSee “Shuttle Bus” on page 63.

Accommodations AlertAAPG has selected Experient as its official housing bureau. Neither AAPG nor Experient will contact you via telephone or fax to reserve “special” hotel reservations. Accommodations may be booked online at www.AAPG.org/Calgary or by faxing/mailing in the official housing form found online or on page 60 of the Technical Program & Registration Announcement. In the event you have problems with your reservation or accommodations, AAPG can only assist in reconciling those issues if you booked using Experient. If you have questions about an unauthorized solicitation please contact Kerrie Stiles, [email protected]

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Conference Accommodation RegistrationHousing reservations due to Experient by 13 August 2010

You may also make reservations online by visiting www.AAPG.org/Calgary

Last/Surname First/Forename

Company/University Title

Address

City State/Country Zip/Postal Code

Day Telephone (include area/country code) Mobile Fax Number

E-mail

Acknowledgements will be sent to the above e-mail or fax number

Personal Information

Arrival Date: Departure Date:

Hotel Preference Room Type

Enter hotel numbers in order of preference

__________________________________1.

__________________________________2.

__________________________________3.

__________________________________4.

If hotel choice is unavailable, which ismore important?: q rate q location(You will be placed in another hotel listedon page 58 of this announcement)

Multiple Room RequestsYou may reserve up to five rooms online or by completing a form with individual names and fax it to +1 847 996 5401 or +1 800 521 6017 (U.S. and Canada).

Suite RequestsPlease contact the AAPG Housing Bureau at [email protected]. We suggest you reserve a standard hotel room as well in the event suites are unavailable.

You may cancel your standard hotel room reservation by contacting the AAPG Housing Bureau once you have received confirmation of your suite.

Single (1 person/1 bed) q smoking q non-smokingDouble (2 persons/1 bed) q smoking q non-smokingDouble Double (2 persons/2 beds) q smoking q non-smokingTriple (3 persons/2 beds) q smoking q non-smokingQuad (4 persons/2 beds) q smoking q non-smoking

q Handicapped-accessible room

Other requests:

Occupants

List the full name of all individuals who will be occupying the room

__________________________________1.

__________________________________2.

__________________________________3.

If sharing a room, send only one reservation form listing room occupants. Please do not send more than one form per reservation.

Guarantee/Form of Payment

All reservations must be guaranteed. Quoted prices are in Canadian dollars and do not include taxes.

I will be paying by:

q Checkq Credit Card / q Visa q MasterCard q American Express q Diners Club

Credit Card Information

Card Number Expiration Date

Name on Card Authorized Signature

Complete this form and mail or fax by 13 August 2010 to:

AAPG Intl Housing Bureau

c/o Experient

568 Atrium Drive

Vernon Hills, IL 60061

Fax: +1 847 996 5401

+1 800 521 6017

Tel: +1 847 996 5876

+1 800 974 3084

All reservations must be received •

by 13 August 2010 in order

to guarantee conference rates.

Reservations will be assigned on •

a first-come, first-served basis.

A written acknowledgement will •

be sent to you via e-mail or fax

from the AAPG Housing Bureau

indicating which hotel you have

been reserved in — based on

availability.

Reservations not secured with •

a credit card will require a check

deposit to be sent directly to the

assigned hotel along with your

acknowledgment letter after

20 August.

Thank you for booking your room

through the AAPG Housing Bureau.

This helps AAPG meet hotel room

block commitments and avoid

penalties.

Hotel Map Legend

(See page 59)

Calgary Marriott1.

Delta Bow Valley Hotel2.

Hyatt Regency Calgary3.

The Fairmont Palliser4.

Questions:

Please direct all housing questions

to [email protected]



Calgary TELUS Convention Centre (CTCC)

Events at the CTCC will be held in both the North and South Buildings. Please check location to identify Building, Level and Room (if applicable). Please see write-ups for locations of Short Courses, Core Conference and Field Trips.

Calgary TELUS Convention Centre120 Ninth Avenue SECalgary, Alberta, CanadaT2G OP3Phone: +1 403 261 8500

Registration Hours Location: North Building, Upper Level, Prefunction Area of the Exhibition Hall

Friday, 10 September................... 12:00–17:00 Saturday, 11 September .............. 08:00–17:00Sunday, 12 September ................. 08:00–19:30Monday, 13 September ............... 07:30–17:00Tuesday, 14 September ............... 07:30–17:00Wednesday, 15 September .......... 07:30–14:00

Exhibition Hall Hours: Location: North Building, Upper Level

Sunday, 12 September ................. 18:00–20:00 Monday, 13 September ............... 08:30–17:30 Tuesday, 14 September ............... 08:30–17:30 Wednesday, 15 September .......... 08:30–16:00

Children under the age of 16 will not be allowed in the exhibition hall during setup or teardown. Children 13 and older will be allowed to attend the exhibition during regular exhibit hours if they are properly registered and wearing their badges. During exhibit hours, children under the age of 13 will not be allowed into any activities within the exhibition hall, including the Icebreaker Reception, unless they are young enough or small enough to be confined in a stroller, backpack or frontpack.

Airport Information

The Calgary International Airport offers a variety of services for your travel. On the arrivals level you’ll find Travelex Worldwide Money, Visitor Information Centre/Tourism Calgary, Lost and Found, Luggage Storage, Paging and massage chairs.

For general airport inquiries or lost and found send an e-mail to [email protected]. To contact the Calgary Airport Authority directly call +1 403 735 1200 or + 1 877 254 7427.

Airport Transportation

Shuttle: Allied Downtown Shuttle Service offers service to downtown for CAD $15* every 30 minutes at Bus Bay #8. To purchase tickets, please visit the Allied Shuttle counter on the arrivals level near gate “C” between 08:00 and 23:59. Alternatively, you can reserve and buy tickets online, www.airportshuttlecalgary.ca.

Downtown pick-ups are based on a scheduled on-demand system; however, the shuttle will only stop at pre-determined

GENERAL INFORMATION All events will be held at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre unless otherwise noted.


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locations if there is a booking. Please review the schedule online. Bookings can be made either over the phone or online. It is recommended that you leave at least 3 hours prior to your airplane departure. For further information call +1 403 299 9555.*Rates subject to change

Taxi/Limo Service: Taxis are available at the airport around the clock. Calgary is a city where travelers can feel completely secure taking a taxi to their downtown hotel.

Some recommended taxi and limo services from the Calgary International Airport are as follows:

Icon Limousines Inc.• www.iconlimousines.ca +1 403 971 5466 Checker Yellow Cabs Ltd.• www.thecheckergroup.com +1 403 299 9999 Associated Limousine• www.calgarylimo.com +1 403 299 1123

Cyber C@fé

Visit the Cyber C@fé to surf the Web, check your itinerary planner, follow links to exhibitors’ websites, retrieve and send e-mail and keep in touch with colleagues and family while you are attending the conference.

Driving Directions

From Calgary International Airport to the CTCC* Head east on Airport Rd NE (450 m) 1. Take the 1st right to stay on Airport Rd NE (350 m) 2. Turn left at Air Services Pl NE (15 m) 3. Continue onto Barlow Trail NE (400 m) 4. Slight left to stay on Barlow Trail NE (240 m) 5. Turn left at 96 Ave NE (2.6 km) 6. Take the ramp onto Hwy 2 S (10.1 km) 7. Take exit 256 for Memorial Dr (850 m) 8. Merge onto Memorial Dr NE (1.9 km) 9. Slight right toward 4 Ave SE (800 m)10. Continue straight onto 4 Ave SE (500 m) 11. Turn left at Centre St S (550 m) 12. Turn left at 9 Ave SE 13.

Destination will be on the left (62 m) Approximately 21 minutes/18.9 km

From CTCC to the Calgary Zoo* Head east on 9 Ave. SE toward 1 St SE (2.0 km) 1. Turn left at 12 St. SE (400 m) 2. Slight left at St Georges Dr. NE (450 m) 3. Continue onto Zoo Rd NE (26 m) 4.

Approximately 5 minutes / 2.9 km*Source: Google Maps



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GENERAL INFORMATION

Electronic Capturing

Photography and video/audio recording of any kind are strictly prohibited in the sessions, breakfasts, luncheons and throughout the exhibition area.

GST Tax

Five percent GST will be charged on all events in conjunction with the conference. Conference registration fees will not be charged GST.

No-Smoking Policy

Smoking is prohibited inside the CTCC.

Obtaining a Visa

It is your responsibility to apply for a passport, visa or any other required documents and to demonstrate to consular officials that you are properly classifiable as a visitor under Canadian law.

You may also obtain a visa letter from AAPG if you are registered and fully paid for the conference. You may request a letter by selecting the box either online when you register or on the printed registration form.

AAPG cannot assist you with the interview process, nor can anyone representing the sponsoring organizations call an embassy or consulate on your behalf to provide support for granting a visa. AAPG provides this letter for visa purposes only. Should your application be denied, AAPG can neither intervene in the process nor change the decision of the governmental agency. All expenses connected with obtaining proper documentation and attending the conference is your responsibility.

If your visa application is denied and AAPG receives a copy of the denial by fax (+1 918 560 2684) or e-mail ([email protected]) before 15 September 2010, your registration fee only will be refunded, less a cancellation charge.

Entry into CanadaVisit www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/index.asp for complete entry requirements.

Registering with your EmbassyTravel advice for tourists suggests that you register with your country’s consulate or embassy when traveling abroad.

Online Conference Itinerary Planner

The Online Itinerary Planner allows attendees to view abstracts, sessions and other events. The items of interest may then be selected to create a personalized itinerary for the conference. The itinerary planner will display the users’ selected itineraries.

Public Transportation

Many of Calgary’s attractions and shopping experiences are only a short ride away using Calgary’s transit system of buses and/or the light rail train (LRT). Visit attractions, shops and restaurants without the hassles of driving and parking. The LRT is free in the downtown core and very reasonably priced outside the core — CAD $2.75 for adults and CAD $1.75 for youth. Children 6 and under are free. Subject to change. Visit www.calgarytransit.com for further information, including schedules. Taxis are also available downtown.

Shuttle Bus

Because the official conference hotels are within walking distance of the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, no hotel / CTCC shuttle bus service will be offered.

Temporary Health Insurance

AAPG’s Committee on Group Insurance has arranged for insurance plans designed to cover the special situations international travelers might encounter that may not be covered by their domestic insurance. HealthCareAbroad — for residents of the United States under age 85 traveling outside the United States — provides medical, accidental death and dismemberment and worldwide assistance coverage. HealthCare Global — for citizens and residents of the United States under age of 71 and for foreign nationals traveling to destinations outside of the United States — provides accident and sickness coverage plus worldwide assistance coverage. Complete details, including the information on cost and the applications for coverage, may be found at www.wallach.com

You may reach Wallach and Co. by phone at +1 800 237 6615 or +1 540 687 3166 or by e-mail at [email protected]. The AAPG Insurance Program’s brokers may be reached at +1 800 254 4788 or +1 703 367 8970.




ABOUT CALGARY



Calgary Tower

The Calgary Tower, located at 101 - 9th Avenue SW, is an historic landmark located near the CTCC and official hotels.

Officially opened 30 June 1968, the Tower has become the City of Calgary’s most famous and identifiable physical landmark. One of the first Towers of its kind, the Calgary Tower offers the best view in Calgary and is a must-see on any tourist’s itinerary.

The glass floor is 36 feet long and more than four feet wide; the glass panes that make up the floor can each hold the weight of a couple hippos! With only a glass wall in front, you will be treated to the unusual experience of literally being suspended in mid-air. And don’t forget to check out the optical illusion as the shaft on the Tower looks as though it bends away from you.

Climate

Calgary, and the surrounding area, has a moderate four-season climate, with large variations in temperature between seasons and from one locale to another.

Alberta has more hours of sunshine in a year than any other province in Canada and Calgary is known for its blue skies. A unique phenomenon called a Chinook wind can raise temperatures more than 20 degrees in one day, turning winter days into spring. A strong wind and an arch of clouds form over the mountains, heralding the Chinook.

The average temperature in September is 11o C /52o F. Because the weather in the autumn can be unpredictable it’s a good idea to bring a warm jacket and clothing that can be layered.

Currency and Banking

Canadian dollars and cents form the monetary system in Canada. Although the operators of many retail outlets, restaurants and other venues may accept American money, visitors should exchange their travelers checks or cash for Canadian currency.

Play

Calgary Zoo, Botanical Garden and Prehistoric Park (2–4 hrs) — Unique interactive exhibits put you close to the animals and birds of Canada and the world. Visit the Canadian Wilds exhibit, Destination Africa and check out the life-size dinosaur models in the park.

Telus World of Science (1–2 hours) — Push, pull, open, look, talk and listen in an exciting hands-on science playground that features one of North America’s newest and best multi-media theatres.

Shop

Shop to your heart’s content — as the only province in Canada without a provincial sales tax, Calgary is a shopping haven for all ages. Malls, boutique areas, trendy neighborhoods and specialty shops are found in every quadrant of the city. Downtown shops are connected with Calgary’s Plus 15 system — an indoor walkway allowing you to stay indoors throughout the downtown core.

Chinook Centre — One of Calgary’s largest shopping centers with more than 200 stores and services. The Bay, Sears, Zellers, Famous Players Paramount Theatre, 3-D IMAX.

Market Mall — With 229 stores, Market Mall is Calgary’s largest shopping centre. Recent renovations totaling $90 million dollars make Market Mall the destination for all your fashion and lifestyle needs. Located in the heart of northwest Calgary, Market Mall is a bright, open and friendly shopping centre featuring over 200 shops and services.

Willow Park Village — Walk-about outdoor mall with more than 60 merchants. Fashion, western, accessories, home décor, leisure, beauty, restaurants.





REGISTRATION

Registration Type On or before 30 June On or before 10 August After 10 August

q AAPG Member or Associated Society Member* q US $645 q US $725 q US $900

q AAPG Emeritus Member** q US $323 q US $363 q US $450

q Nonmember q US $775 q US $845 q US $1075

q AAPG Student Member or Associated Society Member* q US $40 q US $40 q US $55

q Student Nonmember q US $55 q US $55 q US $75

q One-Day Member/Associated Society Member* Conference & Exhibition q Monday q Tuesday q Wednesday

q US $295 q US $370 q US $445

q One-Day Nonmember Conference & Exhibition q Monday q Tuesday q Wednesday

q US $445 q US $520 q US $595

q One-Day Exhibition Onlyq Sunday q Monday q Tuesday q Wednesday

q US $75 q US $75 q US $75

q Field Trip/Short Course Only (Not registering for the conference)

q US $30 q US $30 q US $30

q Guest Name: q US $150 q US $150 q US $150

q Guest of an AAPG Emeritus Member

Name:

q US $75 q US $75 q US $75

*AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists), AASP (American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists), AWG (Association of Women Geoscientists), CPC (Circum-Pacific Council For Energy & Minerals Resources, Inc.), CSPG (Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists), GSL (Geological Society of London), GSA (Geological Society of America), IAMG (International Association of Mathematical Geology), NABGG (National Association of Black Geologists & Geophysicists), SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists), SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), SIPES (Society of Independent Earth Scientists), SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers), SPWLA (Society of Professional Well Log Analysts), TSOP (The Society For Organic Petrology)

** You must be a current member for a minimum of 30 years and be 65 years old before you qualify. Contact AAPG Member Services at +1 918 560 2643 to verify Emeritus status.







REGISTRATION

On-Site Registration

Location North Building, Upper Level, Prefunction Area of the Exhibition Hall

Registration hoursFriday, 10 September...........................12:00–17:00 Saturday, 11 September ......................08:00–17:00Sunday, 12 September .........................08:00–19:30Monday, 13 September .......................07:30–17:00Tuesday, 14 September .......................07:30–17:00Wednesday, 15 September ..................07:30–14:00

It’s Easy to Register!Online registration by credit card: www.AAPG.org/Calgary. Online registration allows you to know immediately which events (short courses, field trips, luncheons, etc.) are available and if you are registered for an event. If an event is not available, it will not appear on the screen or it will indicate “sold out.”

Mailing your registration will delay this process and events may sell out while your registration is in transit. To add an event after you have registered, follow the instructions on the next page under the heading “Changes/Cancellations/Refund Policy.” Please be careful not to register online again, as this will result in duplicate charges.

Mail-in RegistrationDownload a form or use the form on pages 68-69 and mail to:

AAPG Registration Center c/o Exgenex437 Turnpike St.Canton, MA 02021-1411United States

Phone or Fax RegistrationPhone: +1 781 821 6732Monday – Friday, 08:00–17:00 U.S. Eastern timeFax: +1 781 821 6720

Duplicate registrations and charges may occur if you send more than one copy of a registration form.

Registration Types

Members, Associated Society Members, Non-Members and • Student Registrants: Receive access to the Opening Ceremony, Icebreaker, Technical Sessions, Refreshment Breaks, End-of-Day Receptions, Exhibition and Exhibitor-Sponsored Luncheon, as well as the Program Book, Abstracts Volume on CD and attendee amenity.One-Day Registrants:• Receive access to the Technical Sessions, Refreshment Breaks, End-of-Day Receptions, Exhibitor-Sponsored Luncheon and Exhibition for the day that you register, as well as the Program Book, Abstracts Volume on CD and attendee amenity. Badges will be available only on the day you are registered for.One-Day Exhibition Only Registrants:• Receive access to the Icebreaker (if registered for Sunday), Refreshment Breaks, End-of-Day Receptions, Exhibition and Exhibitor-Sponsored Luncheon for the day that you register. Badges will be available only on the day you are registered for.Field Trip/Short Course Registration Only:• Receive access only to short courses and field trips for which you register. If you do not register for the conference and exhibition in addition to the courses and trips, you will not receive access to any activities or events during the conference and exhibition.Guest Registrants:• Receive access to the Opening Ceremony, Icebreaker, Technical Sessions, Refreshment Breaks, End-of-Day Receptions, Exhibition and Exhibitor-Sponsored Luncheon. A guest must be registered by a conference registrant; a person who qualifies as a guest may not be a member of AAPG or a professional in the industry.

Confirmations

A detailed confirmation, including information about the registration type, products selected, payment information, receipt, etc., will be emailed to you within 24-48 hours. Please retain this acknowledgement for your records. Should you not receive a confirmation, please contact the AAPG Registration Center/Exgenex by email at: [email protected] or phone at +1 781 821 6732.

Save time on-site by bringing your confirmation, which will include a barcode. Badges and tickets will be printed when you check in on-site.

Some company systems will not print the barcode on the confirmation. In this case, your registration ID number will be used.






REGISTRATION

Payment

Registrations cannot be processed unless full payment is received with your registration.

Advance RegistrationPayment for advance registration may be made by check, money order, credit card or wire transfer. AAPG does not accept purchase orders as a form of payment and does not invoice for conferences.

Checks or Money OrdersMake payable in U.S. dollars to: AAPG 2010 ICE.

Credit CardsAmerican Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard and Visa are accepted.

Wire TransfersPlease email [email protected] for information on paying by wire transfer. If you plan on paying your registration fee by wire transfer, please allow ample time so that AAPG receives notification of the transfer prior to 30 August. If a wire transfer is received after this date, we cannot guarantee that it will be applied to your registration record.

On-SitePayment on-site may be made by check, money order or credit card only.

Checks or Money OrdersMake payable in U.S. dollars to: AAPG 2010 ICE.

Credit CardsAmerican Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard and Visa are accepted.

Name Badge and Tickets

To be admitted to any conference activity, you must wear your official AAPG 2010 International Conference & Exhibition name

badge. Information on your badge will appear as it is completed on your registration form.

To ensure accuracy, please print clearly. Preregistered attendees may pick up badges and tickets at the Registration Desk.

Changes/Cancellations/Refund Policy

Changes can be made by following the instructions on your confirmation or contacting the AAPG Registration Center/Exgenex by email ([email protected]), fax or mail (see page 66 for fax number and mailing address). Amendments to your registration or events are gladly accepted until 12 August 2010.

Cancellations can be made by following the instructions on your confirmation or contacting the AAPG Registration Center/Exgenex by email ([email protected]), fax or mail (see page 66 for fax number and mailing address) by 12 August. Cancellations received on or before 12 August will receive a full refund less a US $50 processing fee. Refunds will not be issued after 12 August or for “no-shows;” however, substitutions are always allowed.

Cancellation of Under-Subscribed EventsPlease register early to help avoid cancellation of events. We realize the inconvenience and expense you may incur due to cancellation and will make every effort not to cancel any events held in conjunction with the conference but at times it does become necessary to cancel events. We cannot accept responsibility for costs associated with any cancellations of under-subscribed events, i.e. airline tickets, hotel deposits, etc. Refund of the event fees will be issued if an event is cancelled.

Sold Out EventsIf an event is sold out, it will be noted on the website. If you register online and wish to be placed on the wait list, please mark the event. If your registration is received by mail or fax, you will automatically be placed on the wait list.

STEP 1: CONTACT INFORMATION

AAPG Member Number Nickname

First/Forename Last/Surname

Title

Company

Address

City State Zip/Postal Code

Country

Day Telephone Mobile Number

E-Mail Fax

Country of Residence Country of Citizenship

q I certify that the above information is true and accurate

STEP 2: REGISTRATION TYPE

Registration Type On or before 30 June On or before 10 Aug. After 10 Aug.

q AAPG Member or Associated Society Member* q US $645 q US $725 q US $900

q AAPG Emeritus Member** q US $323 q US $363 q US $450

q Nonmember q US $775 q US $845 q US $1075

q AAPG Student Member or Associated Society Member* q US $40 q US $40 q US $55

q Student Nonmember q US $55 q US $55 q US $75

q One-Day Member/Associated Society Member* Conference & Exhibition q Monday q Tuesday q Wednesday

q US $295 q US $370 q US $445

q One-Day Nonmember Conference & Exhibition q Monday q Tuesday q Wednesday

q US $445 q US $520 q US $595

q One-Day Exhibition Onlyq Sunday q Monday q Tuesday q Wednesday

q US $75 q US $75 q US $75

q Field Trip/Short Course Only (Not registering for the conference)

q US $30 q US $30 q US $30

q Guest Name:____________________________________ q US $150 q US $150 q US $150

q Guest of an AAPG Emeritus Member

Name:__________________________________________

q US $75 q US $75 q US $75

Total Amount Due for Registration Type (no GST added here) US $

*AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists), AASP (American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists), AWG (Association of Women Geoscientists), CPC (Circum-Pacific Council For Energy & Minerals Resources, Inc.), CSPG (Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists), GSL (Geological Society of London), GSA (Geological Society of America), IAMG (International Association of Mathematical Geology), NABGG (National Association of Black Geologists & Geophysicists), SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists), SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), SIPES (Society of Independent Earth Scientists), SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers), SPWLA (Society of Professional Well Log Analysts), TSOP (The Society For Organic Petrology)

** You must be a current member for a minimum of 30 years and be 65 years old before you qualify. Contact AAPG Member Services at +1 918 560 2643 to verify Emeritus status.

STEP 3: PRODUCTS FROM PAGE TWO (Be sure to include page 2 when mailing or faxing your registration if products are selected)

Total Amount Due from page 2 products (including 5% GST) US $

STEP 4: PAYMENT INFORMATION AND WAIVER/RELEASE

Total Amount Due (registration, products including GST) US $

q Check (#_________) q American Express q MasterCard q Visa q Discover q Diners Club q Wire Transfer

Credit Card Number Expiration Date

Name on Card Signature

By registering for the AAPG 2010 International Conference & Exhibition, I release and agree to indemnify American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), the Canada Region and the agents, officers, servants and employees of each, from all liability for any loss, damage or injury sustained by me while involved in any way with the conference and exhibition except that AAPG is not released from such liability to the extent the same is caused by its actual negligence or willful misconduct. I have read and understand this waiver and release.

Four ways to register:Online: www.AAPG.org/CalgaryPhone: +1 781 821 6732 (Mon.-Fri.; 08:00–17:00 EST)Fax: +1 781 821 6720Mail: AAPG Registration Center c/o Exgenex 437 Turnpike St. Canton, MA 02021-1411 United States

Are you a member of any of the

following? (check all that apply)

q AAPG q AASP q AWG q CPC q CSPG

q GSL q GSA q IAMG q NABGG q SEG

q SEPM q SIPES q SPE q SPWLA q TSOP

I belong to the following AAPG

division(s): (check all that apply)

q DEG q DPA q EMD

I am a(n): (check all that apply)

q AAPG Section President

q AAPG Region President

q Affiliated Society President

q DEG President q DEG Officer

q DPA President q DPA Officer

q EMD President q EMD Officer

I am a: (check all that apply)

q Speaker q Poster Presenter

q Session Chair q Field Trip Leader

q Short Course Instructor

Occupation: (check all that apply)

q Academic q Engineer q Geologist

q Geophysicist q Landman q Other:________

Position:

q CEO/President q Vice President q Manager

q Staff Employee q Independent Consultant

q Professor q Student q Retired

q Other:________________________________

Gender:

q Male q Female

Age:

q 24 and Under q 25-29 q 30-39

q 40-49 q 50-59 q 60-69 q 70+

Special Needs:

q Vegetarian q Wheelchair Access

q Other Dietary Needs:__________________

Other:

q I need a letter for Visa purposes

q I want to be a judge

q I want to be a student volunteer

q Withhold my name from exhibitor mailing lists

q The Meet ‘n’ Greet is a way for students and

professionals to connect at ICE, so experienced

attendees can guide newcomers through the

experience. If you are interested in participating,

please check this box. More information will

follow at a later date.

Use one form for each registrant. All authors, speakers, co-chairs and session chairs must register and pay the appropriate fee.

Cancellations received by 12 August 2010 will be refunded less a US $50 cancellation fee. No refunds will be issued after 12 August.

Full payment is due with registration. Please make checks payable to: AAPG 2010 ICE.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION PRODUCTS: PAGE 2

First/Forename Last/Surname

SHORT COURSES P=Professional / S=Student

Pre-Conference Short Courses Fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost

1. Classic Facies and Depositional… US $2,000 (P) _____ ______ US $1,000 (S) _____ ______

2. Seismic Interpretation of… US $2,850 (P) _____ ______ US $1,425 (S) _____ ______

3. The Alberta Oil Sands:… US $640 (P) _____ ______ US $320 (S) _____ ______

4. Writing for the AAPG Bulletin US $40 (P) _____ ______ Increases after 13 August to US $50 (P) _____ ______ US $20 (S) _____ ______ Increases after 13 August to US $25 (S) _____ ______

5. Creative Petroleum Exploration US $895 (P) _____ ______ Increases after 13 August to US $995 (P) _____ ______ US $450 (S) _____ ______ Increases after 13 August to US $500 (S) _____ ______

6. Image Log Interpretation US $895 (P) _____ ______ Increases after 13 August to US $995 (P) _____ ______ US $450 (S) _____ ______ Increases after 13 August to US $500 (S) _____ ______

7. Sequency Stratigraphy for… US $25 (S) _____ ______

Post-Conference Short Courses Fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost

8. Completions and Stimulations… US $450 (P) _____ ______ US $225 (S) _____ ______

9. Fault Seal Analysis US $1,500 (P) _____ ______ US $750 (S) _____ ______

10. Practical Geomechanics for… US $1,250 (P) _____ ______ US $625 (S) _____ ______

11. Sequence Stratigraphy US $1,000 (P) _____ ______ US $500 (S) _____ ______

SHORT COURSE TOTAL (+5% GST) _____ $_____

FIELD TRIPS P=Professional / S=Student

Pre-Conference Field Trips Fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost

1. IHS Development in a Tidally… US $500 (P) _____ ______ US $250 (S) _____ ______

2. Sequence Stratigraphy… US $970 (P) _____ ______ US $485 (S) _____ ______

3. Sequence Stratigraphic Evolution… US $3,700 (P) _____ ______ US $1,850 (S) _____ ______

4. Cambrian-Hosted Structurally… US $310 (P) _____ ______ US $155 (S) _____ ______

5. A Revised Regional Stratigraphy… US $425 (P) _____ ______ US $215 (S) _____ ______

6. Structural Geology of the… US $625 (P) _____ ______ US $315 (S) _____ ______

7. Seafloor Hydrothermal Processes… US $475 (P) _____ ______ US $240 (S) _____ ______

8. The Horseshoe Canyon-Bearpaw… US $45 (S) _____ ______

9. Calgary to Banff – Geology of the… US $200 (P) _____ ______ US $100 (S) _____ ______

Post-Conference Field Trips Fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost

10. Folds, Faults and Hydrocarbons… US $1,595 (P) _____ ______ Increases after 13 August to US $1,695 (P) _____ ______ US $800 (S) _____ ______ Increases after 13 August to US $850 (S) _____ ______

11. Triassic Rocks of the Kananaskis… US $275 (P) _____ ______ US $140 (S) _____ ______

12. Shales and Sandstones of the… US $725 (P) _____ ______ US $365 (S) _____ ______

13. Geology of the Athabasca Oil… US $2,275 (P) _____ ______ US $1,140 (S) _____ ______

14. Regional Aspects of Marine… US $850 (P) _____ ______ US $425 (S) _____ ______

15. Tidal Deposits Including Sandy… US $500 (P) _____ ______ US $250 (S) _____ ______

16. An Upper Cretaceous Tide-… US $825 (P) _____ ______ US $415 (S) _____ ______

FIELD TRIP TOTAL (+5% GST) _____ $_____

CORE CONFERENCE

Core Conference Fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost

Cutting to the Core of Our Business US $130 _____ ____

CORE CONFERENCE TOTAL (+5% GST) _____ $_____

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Social Activities Fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost

James Joyce Pub US $40 _____ ______

Calgary Zoo US $50 _____ ______

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES TOTAL (+5% GST) _____ $_____

LUNCHEONS

Luncheon Fee Per Person # of Tickets Total Cost

Featured Speaker Luncheon US $50 _____ $_____

Unconventional Day Topical Luncheon US $50 _____ $_____

DPA Luncheon US $50 _____ $_____

*Exhibitor Sponsored Luncheon US $0 _____ $_____

*Although this is included with your conference registration, registering for the luncheon will help us with our guarantee.

LUNCHEONS TOTAL (+5% GST) _____ $_____

MEMBERSHIP (New members only)

Becoming an Associated Member of AAPG enables you to register at the member rate. See page 71 for application.

Membership Type Fee Per Person Number Total Cost

Associate Member (North American mailing address) US $45 _____ ______

Associate Member (International mailing address) US $65 _____ ______

MEMBERSHIP TOTAL (No GST for Membership) _____ $_____

TOTAL AMOUNT DUE FROM PRODUCTS SECTION _____ $_____


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