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Preview of Upcoming Tech
Events
by Mary Carr, Colorado School of Mines
Denver will be the site of some
exciting conferences this summer and early fall. This year
the Rocky Mountain Section (RMS) of AAPG and the Colorado
Oil & Gas Association (COGA) are combining forces to present
the “Rocky Mountain Energy Epicenter” from July 9-11 at the
Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. The event
combines the annual meeting of the RMS AAPG and the annual
Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Strategy Conference & Investment
Forum presented by COGA. The 3000+ expected attendees will
have access to all conference panels, technical sessions,
events, and the Energy Epicenter Expo (exhibit hall) with
one registration.
The 105-paper technical program
for the RMS includes sessions on: Resource plays: Perception
vs. Reality; the Business Side of 3-D Seismic in the
Rockies; and sessions on the petrophysics, stratigraphy and
structure of shale and tight gas sand plays. Field trips and
short courses include unconventional plays in the Lewis
Shale, Niobrara and Bakken, plus a course on “Completions
for Geoscientists.” Featured keynote speaker for the RMS
will be Scott Tinker, Director of the Texas Bureau of
Economic Geology, who will discuss, “Global Energy: Myths,
Realities, and Paradoxes.”
COGA panels include scientific
advances at the intersection of geology and climatology and
the influence on future global energy policy; charting a new
energy course for the world, and natural gas renewables and
creating Colorado’s new energy economy. The joint Mega
Sessions on July 10 will feature grizzled Veterans of the
road, who will recount their stories while scouting the
future of natural gas in the Rockies, plus how to resolve
paradoxes and competing stakeholder interests on the crowded
natural gas road of the Rockies. |
More information can be found at:
www.epicenter2008.org, as well as the websites for
the sponsoring organizations:
www.rms-aapg.org and
www.coga.org. Registration for the conference begins
in mid-March.
The fall will kick off with a new
conference for the Rocky Mountain region. Ever drill a ‘Big’
dry hole? Ever have a great new play idea that just didn’t
work or maybe a success on the back of your own or someone
else’s disappointing results? Then this September RMAG and
PTTC have a symposium for you: the first Rocky Mountain
“Dusters” Symposium and Short Course, September 22-23,
2008. Day one will be a symposium consisting of oral
presentations and posters focused on learnings from
significant dry holes and disappointing or economically
challenged plays in the greater Rocky Mountain area. Topics
can range from conventional structural and stratigraphic
plays/prospects to unconventional tight gas, shale and CBM
resource plays to “false positive” seismic anomalies or
petrophysical conundrums. Abstracts for the thought
provoking conference will be accepted through May 1, 2008.
Please submit a one-page abstract of 300 words or less in
Word format, indicating your preference as an oral or poster
presentation to Jim Emme at
jemme@elkresources.net (303-339-1949) or Mary Carr
with PTTC at
mcarr@mines.edu (303-273-3107).
On the second day RMAG/PTTC will
offer an optional Risk Management Short Course which will be
co-presented by Gary P. Citron, Managing Partner of Rose &
Associates, LLP, and John Howell III, President of Portfolio
Decisions, Inc. This course will emphasize a practical
approach to portfolio & risk management for both
conventional and unconventional plays, including tracking
and measuring your predictive performance as a platform for
future improvement. It will illustrate how successful
companies integrate what they learn from “dusters” into
tactical and strategic decision making. Remember: to err is
human, but to learn and discover is truly divine! For more
information go to
www.rmag.org. |
Workshop Topics
To Look Forward To
(check calendar on
www.pttc.org
for latest information)
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4/4 Crash
Course in Log Analysis - Golden, CO.
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4/11
GeoGraphix Training, An Overview and Refresher - Golden,
CO.
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5/1-2
Applied Hydrodynamics - Billings, MT.
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5/15 Rocky
Mountain: Petra Basics – Golden, CO.
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5/20
Successfully Awakening Mature Oil Fields, A Process for
Reversing Field Production Decline - Golden, CO.
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5/23
Depositional Environments, Diagenesis, and Hydrothermal
Alteration of the Mississippian Leadville Limestone
Reservoir, Paradox Basin, Utah: A Core Workshop -
Denver, CO.
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6/9-13
Futures in Energy - Pinedale, WY.
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6/16-20
Futures in Energy - Golden, CO.
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7/8 Bakken
Core Workshop (Rocky Mountain Section AAPG) - Golden,
CO.
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7/11
Niobrara Core Workshop (Rocky Mountain Section AAPG) -
Golden, CO.
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7/12
Completions and Stimulations for Geologists (Rocky
Mountain Section AAPG) - Golden, CO.
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9/22-23
Rocky Mountain “Duster” Lessons Learned and
Opportunities Created (RMAG Symposium) - Golden, CO.
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