MSRL 2019 Meeting Resources

Agenda for MSRL Fall 2019 Short Course
December 4th, 2019 - Houston, Texas
Please see agenda above for links to slides and recorded presentations

Agenda for Annual Meeting of MSRL
April 1- 4, 2019 - Austin, Texas

Annual Meeting Extended Abstract Book

Meeting Highlights

• Evolutionary history of the Permian Basin
• Facies characterization, mapping, and 3D modeling of the Delaware Basin Wolfcamp and the Eagle Ford of the Texas shelf
• Hydrocarbon chemistry, expulsion and migration of Wolfcamp oils
• Understanding water movement in mudrocks
• Approaches to defining mudrock permeability

Day 1: Monday, April 1, 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Core Workshop: Bureau of Economic Geology, Core Research Center

8:30–9:30AM    Short oral presentations of cores to be viewed
9:30–11:30AM    Core and poster presentations
11:30–1:00PM    LUNCH (provided)
1:00–2:00PM    Core and poster presentations
2:00–3:30PM    Open core viewing

The Delaware Basin Wolfcamp in the Southern Delaware Basin: Facies, Sediment Sources, and Sequence Stratigraphy: Ruppel
Wolfcamp Facies and Cyclicity, Southern Midland Basin document: Hamlin and Yurchenko
Facies and Geochemical Characterization of the Lower Eagle Ford Shale in the Maverick Basin, South Texas, slides: Larson
Facies and Geochemical Characterization of the Lower Eagle Ford Shale in the Maverick Basin, South Texas, document: Larson
Eagle Ford extras: Larson

Cores to be presented

Bone Spring (Leonardian), Delaware Basin: Loucks et al
Wolfcamp A & B, Delaware Basin: Ruppel
Wolfcamp, Delaware Basin: Janson
Wolfberry, Midland Basin: Hamlin
Tuscaloosa Fm. (upper Cretaceous), Louisiana: Loucks et al
Eagle Ford (upper Cretaceous), South Texas Shelf: Larson

Day 2: Tuesday, April 2, 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Oral and Poster Presentations:  Held in ROC adjacent to Bureau of Economic Geology main building

Oral Presentations - click the blue icon for video stream, click the title for presentation slideshow
	8:00 - 8:20am	Welcome by the Bureau of Economic Geology's Associate Director for Energy: Shuster
	8:20 - 8:40am	Introduction, overview, highlights: Ruppel et al.
Regional Stratigraphy
	8:40 - 9:10am	Anatomy of a Paleozoic Super Basin - The Permian Basin, USA: Synthesis and evolutionary history: Ruppel
Reservoir Architecture and Attribtes: I
	9:10 - 9:40am	Defining platform to basin sediment pathways in the Delaware Basin: Janson
	9:40 - 10:10am	Stratigraphy and facies mapping in the Delaware Basin Wolfcamp: Hamlin
	10:10 - 10:25am	BREAK
	10:25 - 10:55am	Integrating core-based geochemical lithofacies with regional 3D models for the Wolfcamp in the Delaware Basin: Larson et al
	10:55 - 11:25am	3D modeling of the Delaware and Midland Basins: Dommisse
	11:25 - 11:55am	Refining XRF Lithofacies with SEM Analysis for the Permian Wolfcamp Shale from the Delaware Basin, Texas: Reed
	11:55 - 1:00pm	LUNCH
	1:00 - 1:30pm	Quartz in siliciclastic mudstones—micro-authigenic versus silty textures and possible influence on rock brittleness: Examples from the Barnett, Woodford and Wolfcamp Shales: Reed
	1:30 - 2:00pm	Eagle Ford core chemostratigraphy. Integrating large geochemical datasets with statistical methods: Larson
	2:00 - 2:30pm	Integrated 3D geomodel for the Eagle Ford Shale: Dommisse
	2:30 - 3:00pm	Louisiana Austin Chalk characterization based on core analysis: Loucks et al
	3:00 - 3:30pm	Group Discussion: Group
	3:30 - 4:00pm	Introduction to poster session
	4:00 - 7:00pm	Poster Session. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks provided

Poster Presentations (Display in Bureau Library)

• Bridging the gap between molecular- and macro-scale water flow in nanotubes: Zhang and Javadpour
• Multi-scale multi-modal imaging for complete characterization of pore systems in unconventional reservoir rocks: Burt & Santisteban (FEI-ThermoFisher )
• Tracer-guided dominant pore network characterization: Peng
• Effect of pore fluids on methane adsorption in organic-rich Lower Bakken mudrocks: Zhang
• Compartmentalization and timing of gas generation in the Eagle Ford Shale, south Texas - a noble gas investigation: Han et al.
• Facies and Geochemical Characterization of the Lower Eagle Ford Shale in the Maverick Basin, south Texas: Larson
• Core characterization work flow. Developing internally consistent geochemical databases: Sivil
• Advanced X-ray fluorescence techniques: Integrating XRF data from multiple scales: Knapp (Bruker)
• A parallel pore-scale simulator for multiphase flow in 3d digital rock images: Bakhshian
• The Wolfcamp Fm in the Southern Delaware Basin: facies, sediment sources, and sequence stratigraphy: Ruppel
• Greer 1 and Greer 2 Well Logs, Lithofacies, and Core Analyses, Midland Basin, Texas: Yurchenko and Hamlin

Day 3: Wednesday, April 3, 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Oral and Poster Presentations: Held in ROC adjacent to Bureau of Economic Geology main building

Reservoir Architecture and Attributes: II
	8:30 - 9:00am	Micropetrography of the Austin Chalk; Texas-Mexican border to central Louisiana: Loucks Pores, Porosity, and Permeability
	9:00 - 9:30am	Re-evaluation of Pore Systems and SEM Lithology from the Permian Wolfcamp Shale from the Delaware Basin, Texas: Reed
	9:30 - 10:00am	Using digital techniques to define three-dimensional and anisotropic permeability in the Eagle Ford: Javadpour
	10:00  10:15am	BREAK
	10:15 - 10:45am	Dynamic porosity and apparent permeability in porous organic matter: Javadpour
	10:45 - 11:15am	Relative permeability for mudrock: direct laboratory measurement and implications: Peng
	11:15 - 11:45pm	Semi-analytic solution for temporal pressure and production rate in a shale reservoir with non-uniform distribution of induced fractures: Javadpour
	11:45 - 1:00pm	LUNCH (Plus Optional Tour of New Bureau Core Research Facility) Hydrocarbon Chemistry
	1:00 - 1:30pm	Organic geochemical characterization of source difference between Wolfcamp A and B Units, Midland Basin: Sun
	1:30 - 2:00pm	Defining pore size distributions and oil storage mechanism by N2 adsorption in the Midland Basin Wolfcamp: Zhang
	2:00 - 2:30pm	Evidence for Primary Oil Migration and Expulsion in Wolfcamp Mudrock, Midland Basin: Insight of Hydrocarbon Composition Changes: Sun
	2:30 - 3:00pm	Chemical and carbon isotopic gas compositions from the Wolfcamp in Midland Basin and their significance as geochemical tracers for well completion: Zhang
	3:00 - 3:30pm	Discussion of current and future research directions: Group

Day 4: Thursday, April 4, 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Mudrocks Short Course: Held in ROC adjacent to Bureau of Economic Geology main building

Title: Characterization of Mudrock Reservoirs

7:30 AM:  Introductions. Coffee and munchies provided
8:00 AM:  Mudrocks: origin and characterization (Stephen Ruppel)

• Where they are and how they form
• Tools for defining mudrock attributes

9:30 AM:  Diagenesis and pore networks (Robert Loucks)

• Diagenetic processes in mudrocks from deposition through burial
• Introduction to mudrock pore types, pore networks, and pore classification

10:30 AM:  Using biomarkers and hydrocarbon fingerprinting for organic carbon characterization (Xun Sun)
                   and Geochemistry: Organic Matter Type and Thermal Maturity (Tongwei Zhang)

• Methods for characterizing organic matter, and oil and gas in mudrocks
• Defining organic matter type, oil and gas generation and migration
• Biomarkers and their application in source input and thermal maturity

12:00 – 1:00 PM:  LUNCH (provided)

1:00 PM:  Trace element and isotope geochemistry of the oceans (Toti Larson)

• Using trace elements and isotopes to define ocean chemistry
• Importance of trace element chemistry in mudrock characterization

2:00 PM:  Porosity and Permeability (Sheng Peng)

• Pros and cons of laboratory methods
• Permeability-porosity relationships
• Importance of relative permeability and laboratory measurement

3:00 PM:  Fluid flow in mudrock systems (Farzam Javadpour)

• NonDarcy gas flow
• NonDarcy liquid flow

4:00 PM:  Discussion and questions