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2008 Annual Meeting

Permian Basin Geological Synthesis Project
Bureau of Economic Geology - Austin, TX - February 12–13, 2008

Meeting Agenda

Day 1: Tuesday, February 12, 2008

PowerPoint Presentations: BEG Main Conference Room.

8:00 a.m. Start

      Update on Project Activities: Ruppel

      Webpage and GIS Project: Breton, Ruppel

      Lower Ordovician Ellenburger Group paleokarst:  Loucks

      Lower Ordovician Paleocave Reservoir Flow Modeling: Wang

      Middle Ordovician Simpson Group:  Jones

      Upper Ordovician Montoya Group: Jones

      Woodford (Devonian) and Barnett (Mississippian) depositional systems: Ruppel

 

      Catered LUNCH & Poster Presentations

      Upper Devonian Woodford fractures: Gale

     Mississippian Barnett Shale sedimentology and stratigraphy: Loucks

     Mudrock pore systems: Reed

      Lower Permian Wolfcamp platform carbonates: Ruppel

      Permian Bone Spring slope/basin systems: an update:  Nance.

      Permian Spraberry/Dean & Wolf-berry”: Hamlin.

      Permian Grayburg platform carbonates: Ruppel, Kerans.

 

Day 2: Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Core and Poster Presentations: BEG Core Repository.

8:00 a.m. Start

     Ellenburger karsted carbonates: Loucks

     Simpson mixed carbonates and siliciclastics: Jones

     Montoya carbonates: Jones

     Woodford mudrocks: Ruppel, Gale

     Barnett mudrocks: Loucks

     Wolfcamp platform carbonates: Ruppel

     Bone Spring slope/basin: Nance and Jones

     Spraberry/Dean slope/basin: Hamlin

     Grayburg platform carbonates: Ruppel Kerans

     Yates marginal marine sandstones: Nance

 

Annual Meeting 2007

Bureau of Economic Geology
Austin, TX
February 26–27, 2007

Presentations from Annual Meeting 2007

Powerpoint and PDF Presentations

Tentative Agenda [PDF]

Day 1. February 26 Monday

PowerPoint Presentations: BEG Main Conference Room.

8:00 AM Introduction: Tinker, Potter

8:15 AM Update of Project Activities: Ruppel

8:30 AM Update of Webpage and GIS Project: Breton, Ruppel

8:45 AM Lower Ordovician Ellenburger Karst System Research: Loucks

9:15 AM Seismic Analysis of Ellenburger Karst: McDonnell

9:45 AM BREAK

10:00 AM Sedimentology of the Woodford Shale: Loucks, Ruppel

10:20 AM Organic geochemistry of the Woodford: Jarvie

10:40 AM New Insights on the Barnett System: Ruppel, Loucks

11:00 AM Petrophysical Comparison of Barnett and Woodford : Kane

11:30 PM Fracture Development in the Woodford and Barnett: Gale

12:00 PM Catered LUNCH & Core and Poster Presentations

1:15 PM The Pennsylvanian Canyon and Cisco Series: Wright

1:45 PM Wolfcamp Carbonate Platform System: Ruppel.

2:15 PM Regional Trends in the Clear Fork/Abo/Wichita Succession: Ruppel

2:45 PM Bone Spring sandstones in the Delaware Basin: Nance.

3:15 PM BREAK

3:45 PM Regional structure and tectonics of the Permian Basin: Wright, Gale.

4:15 PM Discussion of Past and Future Research Directions: All

5:00 PM Refreshments & Dinner

Day 2. February 27 Tuesday

Field Trip to Texas Hill Country.

Stop 1: Ellenburger Karst: Marble Falls, TX

Stop 2: Devonian Woodford/Doublehorn Shale. Doublehorn Creek, Marble Falls, TX

Stop 3: Smithwick deep water shales & Marble Falls shallow water carbonates: Fractures, fauna, facies, and stratigraphy. Bend, TX

CATERED LUNCH

Stop 4: Marble Falls Carbonate Platform buildups & flank facies. Simpson Creek

Stop 5: Ellenburger – Chappel - Barnett – Marble Falls succession: Stratigraphy, archtecture and fractures. Chappel type section and quarry, San Saba TX.

Stop 6: Barnett/Marble Falls contact: Effects of Ellenburger karsting on Barnett stratal architecture. JG Ranch, Chappel, TX


Website Data Additions

October, 2007: core data

November, 2007: core data, core lists, reference lists

 

 

2006 Annual Meeting

Permian Basin Geological Synthesis Project
Bureau of Economic Geology - Austin, TX - February 27–28, 2006

Meeting Agenda

Day 1: Monday, February 27, 2006

PowerPoint Presentations: BEG Main Conference Room.

8:00 a.m. Overview of Project Activities: Ruppel

8:30 a.m. Tour of Webpage and GIS Project: Breton, Wright, Ruppel

9:15 a.m. Advances in Understanding Ellenburger karst Systems: Loucks

9:45 a.m. Depositional Styles in Lower Devonian Chert and Carbonate Systems: Ruppel

10:15 a.m. BREAK

10:30 a.m. The Woodford Shale: a developing resource?: Ruppel

11:00 a.m. A Regional Look at the Barnett "Shale": Ruppel

11:30 a.m. Petrophysical Characterization of the Barnett: Kane

12:00 a.m. Barnett Shale Fracture Overview: Gale

12:15 p.m. Catered LUNCH

1:15 p.m. Unraveling the Pennsylvanian: Wright

2:30 p.m. Wolfcamp Deep-water Systems: Playton

3:00 p.m. BREAK

3:15 p.m. Keys to Interpreting the Clear Fork/Abo/Wichita Succession: Ruppel

3:45 p.m. Spraberry/Dean Basinal Clastic Systems: Guevara

4:15 p.m. Sequence Stratigraphy of the San Andres: Kerans

Day 2: Tuesday, February 28, 2006

PowerPoint Presentations: BEG Main Conference Room.

8:30 a.m. Delaware Mountain Group: Nance

9:15 a.m. Depositional Styles in the Yates, Seven Rivers, and Queen: Nance

9:45 a.m. Discussion of Past and Future Research Directions: All

10:15 a.m. BREAK

Core and Poster Presentations: BEG Core Repository.

Ellenburger: Loucks

Wristen: Ruppel

Thirtyone: Ruppel

Woodford: Ruppel

12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH

Barnett: Ruppel

Pennsylvanian: Wright

Clear Fork/Abo/Wichita: Ruppel

Spraberry/Dean: Guevara

San Andres: Kerans/Ruppel

Yates/Queen: Nance

Delaware Mtn, Group: Nance

 

Presentations and Posters from Annual Meeting 2006

Powerpoint Presentations

Core and Poster Presentations (PDF)

  • Spraberry/Dean: Guevara
  • San Andres: Kerans/Ruppel
  • Ellenburger: Loucks
  • Delaware Mtn, Group: Nance
  • Yates/Queen: Nance
  • Wristen: Ruppel
  • Thirtyone: Ruppel
  • Woodford: Ruppel
  • Barnett: Ruppel
  • Clear Fork/Abo/Wichita: Ruppel
  • Pennsylvanian: Wright