2021 Meeting Resources
Annual Meeting
Technical Program Highlights
- Focused geologic studies on the Delaware Basin, Midland Basin, Eagle Ford and the Austin Chalk in Texas
- Integrated core characterization methods tying rock and fluid attributes to wireline
- Hydrocarbon geochemistry, expulsion, migration and oil saturation studies
- Understanding fluid transport, permeability and porosity in mudrock systems
Day 1: Monday, April 5th, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Technical session
Reservoir Architecture and Attributes I: Eagle Ford Group and Austin Chalk Formation
| 8:00–8:30 | Eagle Ford Group: Maturity effects on geological measurements (palynofacies, nanofossil assemblages, and organic petrography) – Lucy Ko, Xun Sun, and Toti Larson | |
| 8:30–9:00 | Spatial and stratigraphic heterogeneities in lithofacies in the Lower Eagle Ford member - Dimmit, La Salle, and Webb county – Lucy Ko | |
| 9:00–9:30 | Initial results of core-based wireline log training datasets for the Eagle Ford Group and Austin Chalk - Toti Larson, Niranjan Aryal (Schlumberger), and Lucy Ko | |
| 9:30–10:00 | Produced fluids time lapse geochemistry for the Eagle Ford Group – Tongwei Zhang and Xun Sun | |
| 10:00–10:30 | Permeability modeling results for Eagle Ford Group marls – Farzam Javadpour | |
| 10:30–11:00 | Overview and characterization of total organic carbon in the Austin Chalk Group along the Onshore northern GOM– Bob Loucks and Lucy Ko | |
| 11:00–12:00 | Discussion, new research directions, questions, collaboration potential |
Day 2: Tuesday, April 6th, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Technical session
Fluid Flow and Modeling
| 8:00–8:45 | Water-oil displacement and wettability in shale (comparison between Wolfcamp and Eagle Ford Group pore type and size) – Sheng Peng | |
| 8:45–9:15 | Gas relative permeability and hysteresis. Impact on production for the Wolfcamp, Eagle Ford Group and Austin Chalk – Sheng Peng | |
| 9:15–9:45 | Pressure dependent gas- and relative-permeability (Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford Group) – Sheng Peng | |
| 9:45 – 10:15 | Water flow in nanopores with different wettability – Farzam Javadpour | |
| 10:15 –10:45 | Pore scale perspective of gas/water two-phase flow in shale – Farzam Javadpour | |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Discussion, new research directions, questions, collaboration potential |
Day 3: Wednesday, April 7th, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Technical session
Reservoir Architecture and Attributes II: Bone Spring Formation, Delaware Basin
| 8:00–8:30 | Stratigraphic framework and implications of chemofacies distribution in 3rd Bone Spring and Wolfcamp XY sands – Toti Larson | |
| 8:30–9:00 | Lithofacies, diagenesis and pore systems of 2nd Bone Spring Lime, Reeves and Pecos County – Lucy Ko | |
| 9:00–9:30 | SEM lithologies and pore systems of a basinal 3rd Bone Spring core – Rob Reed | |
| 9:30–10:00 | Applying biomarkers in organic source of the 3rd Bone Spring sand and 2nd Bone Spring Lime – Xun Sun | |
| 10:00–10:30 | Controls to oil saturation and storage in the 3rd Bone Spring Sand and 2nd Bone Spring Lime - Tongwei Zhang | |
| 10:30-11:30 | Discussion, new research directions, questions, collaboration potential |
Day 4: Thursday, April 8th, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Technical session
Reservoir Architecture and Attributes III: Wolfcamp Formation across the Midland and Delaware Basins
| 8:00–8:30 | Wolfcamp A: Integrating chemofacies stacking patterns with oil saturation and petrophysical data – Toti Larson and Tongwei Zhang | |
| 8:30–9:00 | Basinal fine grain carbonate lithologies of the Permian Wolfcamp Formation, Delaware Basin, West Texas – Rob Reed and Sheng Peng | |
| 9:00–9:45 | Comparison of sources and depositional character of Wolfcamp A&B Midland and Delaware basin biomarkers, trace metals, isotopes – Xun Sun and Toti Larson | |
| 9:45–10:30 | Results of oil storage and pore size distribution studies of Wolfcamp B in the Delaware basins – Tongwei Zhang | |
| 10:30-11:30 | Discussion, new research directions, questions, collaboration potential |
Short Courses
Fundamentals of Mudrock Systems Series 1: Tuesday, April 13th
| Video | 8:00 – 8:45 |
Mudrock depositional processes and deep water turbidites (David Mohrig)
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| 8:45 – 9:30 |
Classification of Mudrock Systems (Lucy Ko)
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| 9:30 – 10:15 |
Pore systems in mudrocks (Bob Loucks)
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| 10:15 – 11:00 |
Inorganic chemistry of Mudrock Systems (Toti Larson)
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| 11:00 – 11:45 |
Organic matter geochemistry of mudrock systems (Tongwei Zhang)
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| 11:45 – 12:30 |
Fluid flow in mudrock systems (Farzam Javadpour)
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Fundamentals of Mudrock Systems Series 2: Tuesday, May 11th
Diagenesis, oil geochemistry, data analytics, petrophysics
| Video | 8:00 – 8:45 |
Diagenesis (Rob Reed)
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| Video | 8:45 – 9:30 |
Oil Geochemistry (Xun Sun)
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| Video | 9:30 – 10:15 |
Using Python to investigate geochemical and petrophysical datasets (Toti Larson)
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| Video | 11:00 – 12:45 |
Fluid flow modeling II (Farzam Javadpour)
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| Video | 11:45 – 12:30 |
Porosity and Permeability Measurements (Sheng Peng)
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Advanced Characterization of Mudrock Reservoirs Series 1: Tuesday, December 7th
| 9:00 - 9:45 |
CorePy: Data analytics and Chemostratigraphy to characterize mudrock systems (Toti Larson)
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| 9:45 - 10:30 |
Advanced Interpretation of SEM and EDS Images (Rob Reed)
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| 10:30 - 11:15 | New Research Topic – Visting Scientist (to be determined) |
| 11:15 - 12:00 |
Petroleum Systems of Unconventional Reservoirs (Lucy Ko)
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Advanced Characterization of Mudrock Reservoirs Series 2: Wednesday December 8th
| 9:00-9:45 |
Geochemistry of produced fluids (Tongwei Zhang)
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| 9:45-10:30 |
Geochemical Biomarkers (Xun Sun)
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| 10:30-11:15 |
Fluid flow in shale (Farzam Javadpour)
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| 11:15-12:00 |
Methods for measuring permeability and porosity (Sheng Peng)
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