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Dr.
Randall Marrett, a co-principal investigator of the Fracture
Research and Application Consortium (FRAC) at the
Bureau, and Associate Professor in the Department of Geological
Sciences has just been appointed to the editorial board of
GEOLOGY. |
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Dr.
Jon Olson,
a co-principal investigator of the Fracture Research and
Application Consortium (FRAC) at the Bureau, was granted
tenure in the Department of Petroleum
& Geosystems Engineering at The University
of Texas at Austin. The announcement was made during the latter
part of the Fall Semester, 2001. Congratulations Jon! |
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On
December 7, 2001 the Rocky Mountain
Association of Geologists awarded prizes for
the three best papers presented during 2000–2001
at the luncheon meeting in Denver. Steve Laubach's
presentation of research on prediction of the location
of open fractures in tight gas sandstones conducted in
the Fracture Research and |
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Application Consortium snared the award for 3rd most popular
paper.
02/06/02 |
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The
Society
for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) recently
announced 2002 medal and award recipients for research
presented at the 2001 SEPM Annual Meeting in Denver,
Colorado. The following awards were announced for members
of the FRAC research group. |
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SEPM
Honorable Mention Oral Presentation
(awarded November 2001)
J. Stowell, S. E. Laubach, R. Marrett, J. Olson, J. Holder:
Understanding Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs.
SEPM
Excellence of Poster Presentation (awarded
November 2001)
S. J. Choh, K. L. Milliken, E. F. McBride: Interactive Sandstone
Petrology: A Digital Tutorial for Future Reservoir Geologists
SEPM
Honorable Mention Poster Presentation
(awarded November 2001)
S. E. Laubach: Degradation beyond the Emergent Threshold |
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Visiting
Scientist Juan Guevara, from Petroleos
de Venezuela, the state oil company of Venezuela,
is working with the Fracture Research and Application Consortium
on techniques for the characterization of fractured reservoirs
and deeply buried siliciclastic reservoirs. Mr. Guevara will
be at the Bureau until the middle of November. 10/31/01 |
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J. Ortega-Perez received a best-student-speaker award from
the Department of Geological Sciences for "Natural Fracture
Frequency Controls, Barremian-Aptian Carbonate Platform, Northeastern
Mexico." |
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Open
fracture in a horizontal core, Rocky Mountain region.
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On
October 1, 2001, Researcher Dr. Steve Laubach traveled
to Denver to present two papers at the Structural Traps
and Fractured Reservoirs of the Rocky Mountain Region
Fall Symposium sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Association
of Geologists. The papers were titled "Identifying
open fractures in Rocky Mountain reservoirs" and
"Drilling and stimulation strategy: Are open fractures
aligned with maximum horizontal |
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stress in the Rockies?" Dr. Laubach also visited with several
Denver-based Fracture Research and Application Consortium
members.
Click here for information about the meeting. |
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| Scanned
cathodoluminescence images grace the cover of the Bureau of
Economic Geology's Midyear Report. The fractures are from a
gas-storage facility in Illinois. Rob Reed collected the images. |
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Visiting
Scientist Alberto Ortiz Fernandez,
from Ecopetrol, the state
oil company of Colombia, worked with the Fracture Research
and Application Consortium on techniques for the characterization
of fractured carbonates. Dr. Ortiz Fernandez was at the Bureau
for six weeks. 09/05/01 |
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Associate Dr. Julia F. W. (Stowell) Gale presented "Effect
of modern state of stress on flow-controlling fractures: a misleading
paradigm in need of revision" at DC Rocks, the American Rock
Mechanics Association’s 38th U.S.
Rock Mechanics Symposium held in Washington, D.C.,
Monday, July 9, 2001. (Abstract)
07/09/01 |
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Senior
Research Scientist Dr. Stephen E. Laubach presented "Predicting
Fractures Using Cathodoluminescence" at the Rocky
Mountain Association of Geologists luncheon meeting
in Denver on Friday, July 20, 2001. (Abstract)
07/03/01 |
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Bureau
Scientist Stephen E. Laubach visits with representatives
of the Kuwaiti Oil Company at the Middle East Oil Show and
Conference held March 17–20, 2001 in Bahrain. Steve and
Bureau Associate Director Doug Ratcliff traveled there to
represent the Bureau at the conference. |
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