| Archive: 2015 MSRL Review Meeting |
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| Monday, April 13 - Pre-Meeting activities: Held at Bureau of Economic Geology, J.J. Pickle Research Campus |
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1:00pm - 5:00pm |
Short Course: Aviso Fire software for petrophysical visualization: Dan Gostovic, FEI Company |
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| Tuesday, April 14 |
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8:00am - 5:00pm |
Short Course: Introduction to Mudrock Systems: origin, distribution, and reservoir characterization: Ruppel, Frebourg, Loucks |
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| Wednesday, April 15 - Main Meeting: Held at Commons L'il Texas Room, J.J. Pickle Research Campus |
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8:00 – 8:15am |
Introduction: Ruppel et al |
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8:15 – 8:30am |
Introduction to the new MSRL data delivery system: Breton |
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| Mini-Session 1: Integrated study of a lacustrine mudrock system: Triassic, China |
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8:30 – 8:40am |
Project overview and Introduction: Zhang |
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8:40 – 9:05am |
Chemostratigrapy of a Fluvio-:acustrine Succession: Rowe |
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9:05 – 9:30am |
SEM petrography, mineralogy and diagenesis: Milliken |
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9:30 – 9:55am |
Quantification of pore types: Loucks |
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9:55 – 10:10am |
BREAK |
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10:10 – 10:35am |
Organic matter type, thermal maturity, petroleum expulsion: Zhang |
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| Mini-Session 2: Integrated study of a marine mudrock system: Cretaceous Eagle Ford Formation, Texas |
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10:35 – 11:00am |
Chronostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy and facies: Ruppel |
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11:00 – 11:25pm |
Eagle Ford pore systems: Loucks |
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11:25 – 11:50pm |
Quantification of Eagle Ford pore networks: Ko |
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11:50 - 1:00pm |
LUNCH |
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1:00 – 1:25pm |
Integrated study of pore size distribution, gas chemistry, and pore connectivity: Zhang |
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1:25 – 1:50pm |
Measurement of matrix permeability and porosity: Bhandari |
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1:50 - 2:15pm |
Measuring modified GRI mudrock permeability under confining stress: Peng |
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2:15 - 2:40pm |
Using NMR and MICP to describe pore networks: Shultz |
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2:40 – 2:55pm |
BREAK |
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2:55 - 3:20pm |
Stochastic modelling of gas flow and sorption: Javadpour |
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3:20 - 3:45pm |
Petrophysical log modeling: Eastwood |
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3:45 - 5:15pm |
Introduction to Poster Session |
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5:15 - 7:00pm |
Evening Poster Session |
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| Thursday, April 16 |
| Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Chemostratigraphy and Paleo-oceanography |
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8:00 - 8:25am |
Geochemical constrains on the evolution of the Bakken Formation: Rowe |
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8:25 – 8:50am |
The Pennsylvanian 13 Fingers and Novi Lime, Anadarko Basin: Frebourg |
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8:50 – 9:15am |
Core calibrated regional facies distribution: Cline shale: Roush |
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9:15 – 9:55am |
High-resolution chemostratigraphic facies analysis of the Eagle Ford Fm: Rowe |
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9:55 – 10:10am |
BREAK |
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10:10 – 10:35am |
Integrated outcrop sedimentology of the Eagle Ford/Boquillas formations: Frebourg |
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| Pore Characterization and Evolution in Mudrocks |
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10:35 – 11:00am |
Pore systems of the Cline shale, Permian Basin, West Texas: Reed |
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11:00 – 11:25am |
Factors influencing the development of orgainc-matter pores in mudrocks: Reed |
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11:25 – 11:50am |
Eagle Ford pore quantification: Milliken |
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11:50 - 1:00pm |
LUNCH |
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1:00 – 1:15pm |
Ar-adsorption analysis of pore size and connectivity of shales: Daigle |
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1:15 – 1:30pm |
Experimental pore evolution studies on the Woodford, Barnett and Eagle Ford: Ko |
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1:30 – 1:55pm |
Maturation and lithology controls on hydrocarbon chemistry and expulsion: Zhang |
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| Petrophysics and Flow Modeling |
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1:55 – 2:20pm |
Mudrock permeability: what are we measuring?: Peng |
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2:20 – 2:45pm |
Are gas shales suitable analogs for oil shale exploration?: Brown |
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2:45 - 3:00pm |
BREAK |
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3:00 – 3:25pm |
Geochemical interaction of shale and fracking fluid in autoclave experiments: Lu |
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3:25 – 3:50pm |
Pore scale fluid flow in shale: Afsharpoor |
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3:50 – 4:15pm |
Apparent liquid permeability in shale: Javadpour |
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4:15 – 5:00pm |
Group discussion of present and future research focus: All |
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| Friday, April 17 |
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8:00am - 3:00pm |
Core Workshop: Cores to be presented:Bakken, Barnett, Cline, Cherokee, Wolfcamp, Glen Rose, Eagle Ford |
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| Review Meeting Publication |
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Ruppel, et al. |
April 2015 Meeting, Mudrock Systems Research Laboratory, Prospectus |
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Ruppel, et al. |
April 2015 Meeting, Mudrock Systems Research Laboratory, Extended Abstracts |
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| Meeting and Core Workshop Posters |
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Abdi, Rowe |
Chemostratigraphy of Six Bakken Cores from the Central Williston Basin, Late Devonian and Early Mississippian |
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Afsharpoor, Javadpour |
Pore-Scale Fluid Flow in Shale |
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Baumgardner, et al. |
Using Cluster Analysis to Integrate Geochemistry, TOC, and Rock Strength Data for Better Facies Definition in Mudrocks |
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Baumgardner, et al. |
Terrestrial Plants and Marine Cephalopods in Lower Permian Basinal Sediments: Preliminary Findings |
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Berney, et al. |
Comparing Facies Variation in the Upper and Lower Bakken Intervals via Integrated Geochemical Analysis |
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Berney, et al. |
Integrated Chemostratigraphy of Upper and Lower Bakken Mudrocks, Williston Basin, North Dakota-Montana |
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Enriquez, Zhang |
New Device for Fluid Recovery from Wax-Sealed Cores: Defining Reservoir Saturations |
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Frebourg, et al. |
MCS-1 Core, Buda Limestone, Eagle Ford Formation, Austin Chalk, Maverick County |
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Gabb, et al. |
Close Proximity Core-based High Resolution Chemostratigraphic and Lithofacies Analysis of the Late Cretaceous Formations of Central Texas |
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Garza, Frebourg |
Study of Small Scale Elemental Lateral Variability in the Eagle Ford Formation Using Ultra-High Frequency Hand Held X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Dataset. |
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Hendrix |
Core-based Chemostratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Buda Limestone, Dimmitt County, Texas |
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Hu, et al. |
Stratigraphic Architecture, Depositional Systems and Lithofacies of a Deepwater, Hybrid Mudrock System: Middle Pennsylvanian Cherokee Group, Anadarko Basin, Northeast Texas Panhandle |
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Mauck, Frebourg |
Rafted Wood in the Bouldin Member of the Eagle Ford Formation, Walnut Creek, Travis County, Texas |
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Milliken |
Compositional Classification of Fine-grained Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks |
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Nance, Rowe |
Lower Permian Wolfcamp Series Facies, Northern Delaware Basin, TX and NM, Mineral and Isotope Stratigraphy, Depositional Environments, and Geophysical Well-Log Responses |
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Nieto, Rowe |
A High-Resolution Chemostratigraphic Record of Cenomanian-Turonian Strata, South Texas, USA |
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Redmond, et al. |
An Integration of Core Description, Petrography, and Geochemistry to Define Stratal Architecture and Paleoceanographic Conditions of the Mississippian Barnett Formation in the Southern Fort Worth Basin of North-Central Texas |
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Reed |
Occurrence of Organic-matter Pores in Sub-1.0% Vitrinite Reflectance Mudrocks |
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Roush, et al. |
Facies Trends from a High-resolution XRF Analysis of the Cline Shale, Midland Basin, TX |
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Ruppel, Rowe |
Chemostratigraphy, Facies and Continuity of the Eagle Ford on the Central Texas Shelf |
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Shultz, Daigle |
Eagle Ford pore systems identified through NMR analysis |
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Singh, Javadpour |
Langmuir Slip Permeability Model Coupled with Langmuir Sorption |
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Sun, et al. |
Liquid Hydrocarbon Characterization of Eagle Ford Formation in K1 and K2 Wells, Karnes County, Texas |
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Wang, et al. |
Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Oil Flow in Shale |
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