MSRL March 2018 Meeting Resources

Monday, March 19, 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Core Workshop: Held at the Bureau of Economic Geology, Core Research Center, Building 131 on the J.J.Pickle Research Campus

Wolfcamp (upper), Delaware Basin: Ruppel and Zhang
Two Fingers (upper Mississippian), Permian Basin: Mauck
Marcellus Formation (middle Devonian), Pennsylvanian: Ko
Austin Group (upper Cretaceous), Texas: Loucks et al.
Avalon Formation (Leonard), Permian Basin: Reed
Smackover Formation (Jurassic), Texas: Schemper

Tuesday, March 20, 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Main Meeting: Held in ROC (adjacent to Bureau of Economic Geology main building), Pickle Research Campus

Oral Presentations - click the blue icon for video stream, click the red icon 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.
Reservoir Architecture and Attributes
	8:40 - 9:10am	Facies and reservoir quality of the Marcellus Formation, Appalachian Basin, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: Ko
	9:10 - 9:40am	Lithofacies and Reservoir Quality of the (Mississippian) Upper Barnett Two Finger Sand, Midland Co., Texas: Mauck
	9:40 - 10:10am	Facies and facies architecture:Wolfcamp Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas: Ruppel
	10:10 - 10:25am	BREAK
	10:25 - 10:55am	3D facies, petrophysical models and volumetrics of Spraberry and Wolfcamp unconventional reservoirs: Dommisse
	10:55 - 11:25am	Continuous mineralogical and TOC logs of an Eagle Ford Group core and related formations in South Texas using hyperspectral imaging: Alnahwi
Pores and Porosity
	11:25 - 11:55am	New observations on the classification of organic-matter pores: Reed
	11:55 - 1:00pm	LUNCH
	1:00 - 1:30pm	Hyperspectral imaging technology: history, recent developments, and implications for unconventional reservoir characterization: Kosanke
	1:30 - 2:00pm	Insights into early reservoir development of the Eagle Ford Group from observation of the USGS Gulf Coast #1 West Woodway Low-R_o research core: Loucks
	2:00 - 2:30pm	Cyclic variations in pore size distributions; Wolfcamp A, Delaware and Midland Basin: Zhang
	2:30 - 3:00pm	Preliminary Wolfcamp pore systems and lithology; Delaware Basin: Reed
	3:00 - 3:45pm	Group Discussion: All
	3:45 - 4:00pm	Introduction to poster session
	4:00 - 7:00pm	Evening Poster Session. Hors d'oeuvres and drinks provided

Poster Presentations

Lateral variability of lithology and pore systems in an Eagle Ford horizontal core: Reed
Contrasting Austin Chalk depositional styles and their effect on organic-matter types and abundances: Loucks
High-resolution hyperspectral core imaging: Applications to unconventional reservoirs: Kosanke
Vertical oil migration and charging in the Wolfcamp; Delaware and Midland Basin: Zhang
Oil generation and retention in the Wolfcamp A unit, Delaware and Midland Basin: Sun
Pore systems in the high-maturity (dry-gas window) Marcellus Formation depositional context, Appalachian Basin, Pennsylvania: Ko
Induced fracture network from microseismic data and a semianalytic model to predict gas production: Sheng
Effects of microscale compressibility on mudrock porosity and permeability: Sheng
Developing the mudrock calibration for handheld X-ray fluorescence for core scanning applications: Sivil
Bruker Technology demonstration of microbeam XRF scanning of core material: Knapp
(Core workshop) Integrated Approach to Characterizing the Upper Jurassic Smackover Carbonate Ramp Succession in East Texas: Schemper
(Core workshop) Lithofacies and stratal architecture of Two Finger sand, Midland Co. Texas: Mauck
(Core workshop) Examples of Carbonate Gravity-flow deposits and associated strata in the early Permian Avalon Section in the Eastern Delaware Basin: Whiting No. 1201 Collier, Reeves County, TX: Case for Hybrid Reservoirs?: Loucks
(Core workshop) Contrasting Austin Chalk depositional styles from South Texas: Loucks
(Core workshop) Facies and reservoir quality of the Middle Devonian Marcellus formation, Appalachian Basin, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: Ko
(Core workshop) Facies Characterization of the Wolfcamp Formation in the Delaware Basin: Facies and Hydrocarbon Inter-relationships: Ruppel

Wednesday, March 21, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Main Meeting: Held in ROC (adjacent to Bureau of Economic Geology main building), J.J.Pickle Research Campus

Oral Presentations - click the blue icon for video stream, click on presentation title to view slideshow
Pores and Porosity (continued)
	8:00 - 8:30am	Can carbonate gravity flow deposits in the Lower Permian Avalon siliciclastic section in the Delaware Basin produce a hybrid unconventional reservoir?: Loucks
Hydrocarbon chemistry, migration, saturation and organic matter
	8:30 - 9:00am	Re-evaluation of TOC and Rock-Eval data using the HAWK instrument and modified temperature programmed pyrolysis: Ko
	9:00 - 9:30am	Organic petrography and diagenesis of Wolfcamp mudrocks and carbonates, Midland Basin: Hackley
	9:30 - 10:00am	Liquid hydrocarbon characterization of Wolfcamp A, Delaware and Midland Basins: Organic matter source and maturity: Sun
	10:00 - 10:15am	BREAK
	10:15 - 10:45am	Controls on variations in oil saturation; Wolfcamp A Delaware and Midland Basins: Zhang
	10:45 - 11:15am	Using box models to interpret OAE elemental and isotope patterns: Larson
	11:15 - 11:45am	Geochemical and biomarker evidence of microbial community changes during OAE1b: Comanche Shelf, upper Bexar and lower Glen Rose formations, Central Texas: Sun
	11:45 - 12:15pm	Saturation isn't what it used to be: towards more realistic petroleum fluid saturations and produced fluid compositions in organic-rich unconventional reservoirs: Pepper
	12:15 - 1:15pm	LUNCH
Permeability and Two Phase Fluid Flow
	1:15 - 1:45pm	Multiscale mudrock permeability based on molecular dynamics and pore networks: Javadpour
	1:45 - 2:15pm	Object-based geomechanical modeling of mudrock permeability: Javadpour
	2:15 - 2:45pm	Preliminary three-dimensional model of mudrock permeability: Non-Darcy gas flow, surface diffusion and sorption effects: Javadpour
	2:45 - 3:15pm	New progress in measurement of matrix permeability for mudrock: Peng
	3:15 - 3:30pm	BREAK
New Methodologies and Advances
	3:30 - 4:00pm	High resolution hyperspectral and dual energy CT: Relationships to log data: Duncan
	4:00 - 4:30pm	Interpreting XRF core data with principal component analysis. Mapping lithologic units with mineral modes: Larson
	4:30 - 5:00pm	Group discussion of present and future research focus: All

Thursday, March 22, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Mudrocks Short Course: Held at the Bureau of Economic Geology, Building 130 on the J.J.Pickle Research Campus
Classroom: VR room at the Bureau of Economic Geology (Bldg 130) on the J.J.Pickle Research Campus.
Instructors:
Dr. Steve Ruppel – Stephen.Ruppel@beg.utexas.edu – (512) 471-2965
Dr. Bob Loucks – Bob.Loucks@beg.utexas.edu – (512) 471-0366
Dr. Farzam Javadpour – Farzam.Javadpour@beg.utexas.edu – (512) 232-8068

Introduction to Mudrock Systems: Origin, Distribution, Fluid Flow and Reservoir Characterization
7:45 – 8:00am	Meet and greet, coffee and breakfast items provided: All
8:00 – 9:20am	Introduction to mudrock systems: Ruppel
9:20 – 9:30am	BREAK
9:30 – 10:50am	Introduction to diagenesis of mudrocks: Loucks
10:50 – 11:00am	BREAK
11:00 – 12:00pm	Pore types and pore networks in mudrock: Loucks
12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch (catered)
1:00 – 2:20pm	Defining and characterizing mudrock reservoirs: Ruppel
2:20 – 2:30pm	BREAK
2:30 – 3:50pm	Advances in gas-in-place analysis and methods: Javadpour
3:50 – 4:00pm	BREAK
4:00 – 5:00pm	Advances in fluid flow in shale: Javadpour