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EXECUTIVE COMMENT A MESSAGE FROM THE PAST PRESIDENT PRESIDENT The fund is now responsible for all of the Craig Lamb previously run CSPG outreach programs Husky Energy including the Honourary Address, the Link Tel: 750-1499 Lecture Tour, SIFT (SIFT has always been run by the ETF), and the newly formed University [email protected] Outreach committee (under the guidance of Past President Brad Hayes) and other VICE PRESIDENT philanthropic efforts aimed at the education of Jeff Packard the public to our science and profession. The Burlington Resources Canada ETF continues to struggle with corporate and Tel:260-8041 Fax: 269-8285 individual funding, which leads to the CSPG [email protected] supplementing the Fund’s coffers in order that it be able to conduct its outreach programs. This PAST PRESIDENT is especially important at a time when young John Hogg professionals are turning away from our EnCana Corporation industry and the average age of the membership My year as President has come and gone with is now closer to 50 than 40! Tel:645-2533 Fax: 645-2453 such speed I don’t know what hit me, and I’m [email protected] sure the Executive Committee is still wondering It appears that the industry is still in a state of what hit them! denial concerning the ever-approaching lack of FINANCE DIRECTOR young professionals entering the industry. The Pauline Chung During my tenure as your President, I had set need to recruit, hire, and most importantly, Burlington Resources Canada out a few, modest goals for our Society. So how train, a new group of young geoscientists before Tel:260-1713 Fax: 260-1160 did we do on those goals? the baby boomers, including myself, start to look forward to the “freedom 55” plan in the [email protected] First off, let me reassure each of you that our next five to seven years is now becoming Society is in strong financial shape. Our 2003 critical. I keep expecting to see a round of ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR conference held in conjunction with the CSEG hiring by the industry that will resemble the one Allan Schink was a great success, with a first-class technical in the late seventies or early eighties before the Berland Exploration program, a wonderful exhibit area, a great much-hated National Energy Policy closed the icebreaker, and strong field trips and short Tel:770-2002 Fax: 770-2051 door at many of the large operators. Junior and [email protected] courses.That, in combination, created a strong balance sheet for both societies. The coming intermediate companies should not feel that they are immune to the upcoming problems of PROGRAM DIRECTOR year will bring another joint conference – this time in conjunction with CWLS and CHOC. geoscience staffing. In the past, the large Lavern Stasiuk Your Executive is confident that the 2004 companies hired with the expectation of a loss GSC – Calgary conference will provide good value to members of a certain percentage of new graduates over Tel:292-7000 of all three societies and help support CSPG the first five years to the independents. Today, [email protected] programs in the coming year. from what the Society sees in our demographics, the majors are only hiring on a ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR One of the goals of 2003 was to establish the skeleton or just-in-time basis so to pull away Doug Hamilton position of Corporate Relations Manager. In those young individuals from the majors over the next several years will be much more EnCana Corporation late 2002 we interviewed and hired, initially on a contract basis, Kim McLean for the position. difficult as the junior staff become much more Tel:290-3193 Fax: 290-3129 valuable than in the past. [email protected] The results have been outstanding and Kim has done a great job of pulling together many aspects of the job, from our Reservoir and If I can tell you one thing to do, it’s to get SERVICE DIRECTOR Calendar advertising, to helping the Education involved with your Society. Volunteers run the Wayne Dwyer Trust Fund (ETF) with their corporate and majority of our programs and services. In Consultant individual giving programs. In November, 2003 combination with our full time staff, we generate Tel:238-2935 Fax: 238-4957 the Executive Committee decided to add Kim for you, the members, all of the technical [email protected] to our full-time staff count as of January 2004. programs and social services that you have come to expect from your Society. Secondly, spread ASSISTANT SERVICE DIRECTOR In February 2003, we took over the publishing the word about our profession; hire a young geologist or, better yet, hire a young geologist Astrid Arts and advertising of the Reservoir, which had been farmed out to a third party during 2002 at no and have them join the CSPG as a new member Conoco Canada cost to the Society. Since we have taken over with you as their sponsor. Also, try to find time Tel:233-3049 Fax: 231-8560 our Reservoir, Kim and Jamie Croft have done a to talk with a student or new graduate about [email protected] fabulous job of adding both content and our profession and the CSPG and ask if they advertisers to the monthly magazine. The move know about our Society and the many benefits COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR to a digital document is still desired at some of membership. Ashton Embry point in the future, however, feedback from the GSC - Calgary membership shows that many of you still like to In closing my year as your President, I would like Tel:292-7125 Fax: 292-4961 read the hardcopy version rather than having a to say thank you to the staff – Tim, Lori, Jamie, [email protected] digital version. So it looks like our monthly Deanna, and Kim – for running things and offering will continue to be delivered via snail- helping both the Society and the membership in mail to your mailbox monthly. the day-to-day operation of the CSPG.
The third item that this Executive wanted to John Hogg address was the Education Trust Fund (ETF). Past President
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3D seismic visualization stratigraphic horizons, 2) time slicing and interpretation techniques available to the from a geological flattened time slicing, 3) interval attribute geoscientist.These examples will highlight analysis, 4) voxbody interpretation and the integration of seismic stratigraphic perspective: examples from mapping, 5) 3D perspective rendering, and seismic geomorphologic analyses shallow water and deep and 6) opacity rendering. essential for maximum benefit to be water environments derived from geologic analyses of 3D Stratigraphic horizons can be interpreted seismic data. SPEAKER and horizon attributes – such as Henry W. Posamentier reflection amplitude, dip magnitude, dip BIOGRAPHY Anadarko Canada Corporation azimuth, and curvature – can then be Henry W. Posamentier is the General imaged directly in 2D or 3D space. Manager of Geoscience and Technology for 11:30 am Techniques such as variable illumination Anadarko Canada. Prior to joining Anadarko Thursday, January 8, 2004 can enhance geomorphologic in 2001, he was with Veritas Exploration interpretations and, when integrated with Services (2000-2001), the Atlantic Richfield TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE stratigraphic analyses, can yield insights Co. (1991-2000), Exxon Production CALGARY, ALBERTA regarding distribution of source, seal, and Research Co. and Esso Resources Canada, reservoir facies. Stratigraphic intervals Ltd. (1979-1991), and at Rider University, Please note: bracketing sections of geologic interest Assistant Professor of Geology (1974-1979). The cut-off date for ticket sales is can be evaluated for amplitude and 1:00 pm, Monday, January 5th, 2003. frequency content and can contribute to Dr. Posamentier’s research interests have Ticket price is $28.00 + GST. geologic interpretations. Time slices and been in the fields of sequence stratigraphy flattened time slices can bring to light and depositional systems analysis, where he In recent years, 3D seismic has become geologic features that other techniques has published widely. Most recently, he has an essential tool for the interpretation of might overlook.Voxel picking can further employed an interdisciplinary approach subsurface stratigraphy and depositional bring out features of geologic interest. using 3D seismic visualization integrated systems. Seismic stratigraphy in This method involves auto-picking of with borehole data to interpret depositional conjunction with seismic connected voxels of similar seismic systems and develop basin-fill histories, in geomorphology, calibrated by borehole character, a technique that can illuminate particular with reference to deep-water data, has elevated the degree to which discrete depositional elements in three depositional settings. In conjunction with seismic data can facilitate geologic dimensions. Similarly, opacity rendering, this, he has been active in advancing the interpretation. 3D seismic data has which makes opaque only those voxels discipline of seismic geomorphology. In enabled interpreters to visualize details that lie within a certain range of seismic 1971-1972, Dr. Posamentier was a Fulbright of complex depositional systems that can values, can further bring out features of Fellow to Austria. He has served as an AAPG be incorporated into borehole planning stratigraphic interest. Examples of fluvial, Distinguished Lecturer to the United States for exploration as well as development shallow marine, and deep marine are (1991-1992), an AAPG Distinguished needs so as to improve risk management shown. A variety of visualization Lecturer to the former Soviet Union (1996- significantly. Common techniques for techniques are applied to these examples 1997), and an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer geologic visualization include 1) imaging in an effort to illustrate the variety of to the Middle East (1998-1999).
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Sedimentologic and Please note: preservational bias has had a significant stratigraphic constraints on The cut-off date for ticket sales is effect on the nature and evolution of 1:00 pm,Wednesday, January 14th. kimberlite emplacement models. kimberlite emplacement: Ticket price is $28.00 + GST. examples from Fort à la Diamond-bearing kimberlites in the Vertically oriented, elongate, carrot- Corne, east-central Fort à la Corne kimberlite field of east- shaped diatremes are the most Saskatchewan central Saskatchewan are exceptional commonly described kimberlite bodies. in the completeness of their Because kimberlite usually occurs in SPEAKER ancient cratonic settings dominated by preservation of their volcanic edifices John-Paul Zonneveld and extra-crater pyroclastic deposits. Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary prolonged erosional histories, pyroclastic kimberlite is rarely observed. Even the Variably shaped feeder pipes are associated with dominantly planar to 11:30 am most complete described examples to Tuesday, January 20, 2004 date (i.e., Orapa, Botswana and Mwadui, tabular, variably extensive, horizontally Tanzania) have experienced considerable bedded kimberlite aprons. Sheet-like TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE erosion and pyroclastic rocks are limited kimberlite deposits from the Fort à la CALGARY, ALBERTA to crater in-fill deposits. This Corne area are the first well described
8 examples of extensive extra-crater primary kimberlites is crucial for assessing resource airfall kimberlite. distribution and the economic viability of individual kimberlite bodies. HUGH REID’S Kimberlites in the Fort à la Corne region JANUARY COURSES consist primarily of pyroclastic deposits BIOGRAPHY which are interstratified with Lower John-Paul Zonneveld, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist 2004 Cretaceous (Albian and Cenomanian) at the Geological Survey of Canada specializing in marine, marginal marine, and continental Mesozoic sedimentology and stratigraphy. He is sediments. Approximately 70 individual Project Leader of the Diamondiferous Kimberlites kimberlite occurrences have been of Saskatchewan Targeted Geoscience Initiative, a PRACTICAL DST CHART documented. Radiometric age determination multi-disciplinary federal-provincial-industry- INTERPRETATION and micropaleontologic evidence support the university partnership designed to facilitate and THOROUGH BASIC COURSE hypothesis that multiple kimberlite eruptive promote further diamond exploration in central phases occurred at some of the Fort à la Saskatchewan. Zonneveld received his B.Sc. in Jan. 19 - 23, 2004 Corne kimberlites. The oldest kimberlites 1988 from Calvin College, Michigan after which erupted during deposition of the he worked as a geologist with a Mississauga, predominantly continental strata of the lower Ontario environmental consulting firm. He received Mannville Group (Cantuar Formation). 16 WAYS TO his M.Sc. in 1994 from Michigan State University IDENTIFY BYPASSED Kimberlites within the Cantuar Formation and his Ph.D. in 1999 from the University of include terrestrial airfall deposits as well as Alberta. After a brief tenure as a post-doctoral PAY FROM DST DATA fluvially transported kimberlitic sandstone researcher at the University of Calgary, Zonneveld MORE ADVANCED, FOR THOSE and conglomerate. Successive eruptive events accepted his current posting with the Geological COMFORTABLE WITH occurred contemporaneous with deposition Survey of Canada in Calgary in 2000. DST CHARTS of the marginal marine upper Mannville Group (Pense Formation). Kimberlites within Zonneveld has authored and co-authored Jan. 27 & 28, 2004 the Pense Formation consist of terrestrial numerous papers on the sedimentary geology, airfall deposits, hot pyroclastic flows, and ichnology, and paleontology of Mesozoic and massive kimberlite vent deposits within the Cenozoic successions in western North America. feeder pipes. Fine- to medium-grained, cross- For outlines visit Much of his research, both past and present, has stratified kimberlitic (olivine dominated) www.hughwreid.com sandstone in this interval reflects reworking focused on providing stratigraphic and of airfall deposits during a regional marine sedimentologic support to the Canadian or phone 262-1261 transgression. The youngest eruptive events Petroleum and Mining Industries. occurred contemporaneous with deposition of the predominantly marine Lower Colorado Group (Joli Fou, Viking, and Westgate Formations). Kimberlite beds, DOUG CANT GEOLOGICAL CONSULTING which occur at several horizons within these SHORT COURSES - 2004 units, consist of subaerial and marine fall ROCK CREEK RESERVOIR WORKSHOP March 22 deposits, the latter commonly exhibiting Reservoir facies and geometries, picking Rock Creek vs. Mannville and Upper evidence of wave-reworking. Jurassic sands, J sands, how to correlate and map Rock Creek sands, correlation exercises, how to recognize internal unconformities, exploration strategies The proportion of extra-crater kimberlite REGISTRATION: $699.00. 10% discount for 3 or more. and the degree to which these kimberlites MANNVILLE STRATIGRAPHY, SEDIMENTOLOGY, were reworked varies considerably between AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY April 5 - 8 individual Fort à la Corne kimberlites, Detailed stratigraphy, sedimentology, reservoirs and play types for all internal depending on the timing and nature of formations. What part of the Mannville will you work next year? individual eruptions. Several examples exhibit REGISTRATION: $1399.00. 10% discount for 3 or more. multi-eruptive histories. Sedimentologic, HOW TO CORRELATE LOGS May 10 volcanologic, and stratigraphic evidence Methods for correlating shoreface sands, marine and non-marine cycles, indicate that these kimberlites evolved from recognition of unconformities and channels, using markers and datums. simple feeder vents with overlying shallow RECOGNITION OF CLASTIC RESERVOIR FACIES May 11 asymmetric tuff rings, into positive-relief Core examples of all Alberta Basin sandstone and conglomerate reservoir tephra cones. In most cases the final shape of facies-criteria for recognition, reservoir geometries. the volcanic edifice (tuff ring or tephra cone) JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS PETROLEUM GEOLOGY was modified during marine transgression, AND PLAY TYPES, ALBERTA BASIN May 12 resulting in wave-reworked kimberlite sand Petroleum geology of clastic reservoir units. Traps, reservoirs, and play types along the fringes of the cone and kimberlitic REGISTRATION FOR 3 METHODS COURSES: $549.00 each. 10% discount event deposits (tempestites, turbidites, debris for 3 or more. Entire package $1399.00. flows) in more distal settings. BOOK CLIFFS FIELD SEMINAR: ANALOGS FOR Bulk-sampling to assess diamond grades has CANADIAN RESERVOIRS Sept 19 - 26 The world’s best outcrops of fluvial, shoreface and shelf sands. Reservoirs, been, and continues to be, conducted on sequence stratigraphy, and facies relationships on an exploration/development several kimberlite bodies in the Fort à la Corne scale. Comparison of outcrops to Canadian examples and well-log exercises. area. Understanding the eruptive history and REGISTRATION: $2499.00. 10% discount for 3 or more. the degree to which post-emplacement For information / registration, call Doug Cant (403) 949-3810, email [email protected] sedimentary processes have affected these
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Understanding the impact of unique petroleum-producing valley-fill comparisons of the Morrow incised variations in incised valley fill system because of the extensive drilling valley-fill system with published valley-fill systems on reservoir and production along a 175-mile segment, models, and also will also compare and and the high degree of variability in contrast the Morrow incised valley-fill development: examples from production.Three facies tracts with unique systems with other North American the Pennsylvanian and reservoir properties characterize this examples of incised valley-fills from both Cretaceous strata of the incised valley-fill: (1) the updip facies tract icehouse (Pennsylvanian) and greenhouse Rocky Mountain region is dominated by amalgamated fluvial (Cretaceous) periods of geologic time. channel sandstone, (2) the transition facies SPEAKER tract consists of fluvial channel sandstones A more detailed discussion of this David W. Bowen, interbedded with finer grained estuarine subject can be found in Bowen, D.W.and AAPG Distinguished Lecturer sandstones, and (3) the downdip facies P. Weimer, 2003, Regional sequence Consultant, Bozeman, Montana tract consists of ribbon-like fluvial channel stratigraphic setting and reservoir 11:30 am sandstones isolated within estuarine shale. geology of Morrow incised-valley Tuesday, February 10, 2004 These facies tracts reflect the response of sandstones (lower Pennsylvanian), valley-fill sedimentary processes to high- eastern Colorado and western Kansas: TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE frequency relative sea level changes AAPG Bulletin, v. 87, no. 5, p. 781-815. CALGARY, ALBERTA resulting from glacio-eustacy. This stratigraphy is shown by a cross-section BIOGRAPHY Please note: The cut-off date for ticket sales is through one incised valley-fill drainage David W. Bowen graduated in 1978 with his 1:00 pm,Wednesday, February 4th. trunk with continuous control for 175 B.S. Honours in Geosciences from Hobart Ticket price is $28.00 + GST. miles (283 km) down depositional dip. College, he then went on to receive his M.S. in Along this traverse, internal valley-fill Earth Sciences from Montana State University Incised valley-fills are a significant strata change significantly as a function of in 1980 and he received his Ph. D. in Geology reservoir class throughout North the interplay of varying depositional from the University of Colorado in 2001. America, accounting for many billions of systems down-gradient in the valley. Key Between 1981 and 1990 David worked for barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of contrasts in reservoir performance are Champlin Petroleum Company and then Union gas. Understanding the stratigraphic documented as a function of changes in Pacific Resource Company, during which time complexities of these systems is a critical reservoir characteristics, trap controls, he held various positions. From 1994 to 2003 step in maximizing the output from this and trap configurations from updip to David was an Adjunct Assistant Professor at resource. Reservoir trapping mechanisms downdip within this valley. Montana State University.From 1997 to 2000 and productivity is highly facies David was a Reservoir Geology Consortium dependent in these incised valley-fill The strata of the Morrow Formation Researcher at the University of Colorado. systems. Incised valley-fill heterogeneity were deposited during an icehouse phase Presently David is an Associate Research varies along-valley as facies tracts are of the Earth’s history in a cratonic basin. Professor at Montana State University and transected and also locally, due to high- High-frequency changes of sea level president of D.W. Bowen Exploration Inc.. frequency sea level cycles that complicate across an extremely low-gradient internal facies tract dislocations. depositional surface controlled erosion David has authored and co-authored 20 and deposition. The resultant valley-fill publications on clastic depositional systems and This talk will focus first on a Lower systems have many characteristics in petroleum geology. David is involved with AAPG, Pennsylvanian Morrow Formation incised common with published valley-fill models Rocky Mountain Association of Geology, Society valley-fill system located in eastern but have significant differences as well. for Sedimentary Geology,Geologic Association of Colorado and western Kansas. This is a The second part of this talk will discuss America, and the Montana Geological Society.
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Underbalanced drilling SPEAKER Please note: Dave Kimery The cut-off for purchasing tickets is as a reservoir exploitation Weatherford Underbalanced Systems 1:00 p.m.,Wednesday, February 18th. tool: assessing the potential Ticket price is $28.00 + GST. 11:30 am of underbalanced drilling in Tuesday, February 24, 2004 Although the technology of the Western Canada TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE underbalanced drilling in its current form Sedimentary Basin CALGARY, ALBERTA has been employed since the early
10 1990s, it has yet to achieve widespread acceptance throughout the petroleum CSPG VOLUNTEER industry in western Canada. There are several BELIZE FIELD COORDINATOR reasons to explain this phenomenon AND including, but not limited to, increased drilling costs, perceived additional safety and WORKSHOP environmental risks, and a lack of a method to If you are looking for a properly evaluate the economic benefit that SEMINAR volunteer opportunity underbalanced drilling can provide. There are, however, significant gains to be realized within the CSPG, Blythe MODEL FOR will be happy to help you through the proper application of this EXPLORATION and technology to the appropriate candidates. find your volunteer niche. RESERVOIR ANALYSIS This presentation will outline the findings of an She can also provide information intensive evaluation of gas reservoirs within the about any of the Society’s numerous 24th ANNUAL Western Canada Sedimentary Basin that could committees if you require it. PRESENTATION greatly benefit from the proper application of underbalanced drilling. The industry is beginning Blythe will also assist with finding to realize the need of many operators, replacements for current committee Burr A. Silver, Ph.D. particularly junior oil and gas companies, to volunteers who need a change implement year-round drilling programs in and help them to find different Sponsored by: order to achieve continual growth and smooth volunteer opportunities in the Olympic Exploration & out cash flow throughout the year instead of Society, if desired. Production Co. focusing drilling activity on the traditionally busy winter months. In recognition of this necessity, Blythe Lowe can be reached May 8-16, 2004 initial screening considered the regions of in Calgary at 403-290-3516. Alberta with year-round access. Recognizing the Give her a call! Visit our website at: relative economics of applying underbalanced belizemodernfacies.com drilling, the study focused on intermediate depth reservoirs (1000 - 3000 m TVD) where the economics are most favourable. Due to the prevailing high prices for natural gas and accompanying high demand, only gas reservoirs were reviewed during the course of the analysis. Notwithstanding these seemingly tight restrictions, several candidate reservoirs were identified,examined and ranked according to the economic benefit that underbalanced drilling can provide over conventional drilling, completion, and stimulation techniques. In addition to the analytical evaluation, case studies of proven underbalanced drilling success will be presented to support the assessment.
BIOGRAPHY Mr. Kimery has several years of experience in both conventional and underbalanced drilling technology in both the service sector and with major E&P companies. This experience was gained through both field and office assignments and involved engineering design, planning, and implementation. Throughout his career with Weatherford, Dave has been involved in both domestic and international underbalanced drilling projects, including work in Egypt, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, and Indonesia. Most recently, Dave has been involved in developing tools and processes suitable for assessing the applicability of underbalanced drilling to candidate reservoirs and determining a risked economic value for the expected benefit.
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Mammoth tales: the story of the expansion of humans, and extinction (horse and bison). This suggests that the decline of Alberta’s of most large North American humans played a significant role in the end megafauna told from Wally’s mammals. Much debate has raged over Pleistocene extinctions in North America. Beach, a late Pleistocene the role that these early humans played in this most recent of large extinctions. BIOGRAPHY site, St. Mary Reservoir, The Wally’s Beach Site provides a rare Paul McNeil received his B.Sc.Eng. from Alberta, Canada look at the interaction of man and late Queen’s University at Kingston and is Pleistocene megafauna just prior their currently finishing up a Ph.D. in vertebrate SPEAKER final disappearance. palaeontology at the University of Calgary. Paul McNeil He has worked with the Royal Tyrell University of Calgary The paleogeography of the site attracted Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, 7:30 PM both megafauna and man, resulting in a AB, and the Yoho-Burgess Shale Foundation Friday, January 16, 2004 rich assemblage of skeletal remains, in Field, BC. His current research trackways, and human artifacts. Tracks of concentrates on the behavior, taxonomy, Mount Royal College, Room B108 camel, mammoth, and horse record the and extinction of late Pleistocene mammals. 4825 Richard Road SW behavior of these extinct animals. Looking Calgary, Alberta at the size distribution of mammoth INFORMATION tracks, and comparing them with modern This event is jointly presented by the Discovered in 1996, the Wally’s Beach African elephants, determines their age Alberta Palaeontological Society, Mount Site (DhPg-8), is an important distribution.Containing far fewer juveniles Royal College and the CSPG Paleontology palaeontological site and, at just over than would be expected for an expanding Division. For information or to present a 11000 years before present, one of the or stable population, these tracks provide talk in the future please contact CSPG oldest archaeological sites in Canada. the first evidence that a living mammoth Paleo Divison Head Philip Benham at 403- Located on the eastern shore of the St. population, coexisting with human 691-3343 or [email protected]. Mary Reservoir in southwestern inhabitants,was in decline.Additionally,the Visit the APS website for confirmation of Alberta, this site marks the end of the same site provides corroborating event times and upcoming speakers: Pleistocene, a time of retreating glaciers, evidence of humans hunting megafauna http://www.albertapaleo.org/
HYDROGEOLOGY DIVISION
Steps of developing a use in the Cold Lake – Beaver River groundwater flow model and manage hydrogeological model of drainage basin. The growth of thermal water resources in the Cold Lake – the Quaternary succession in-situ heavy oil extraction projects in Beaver River drainage basin. in the Cold Lake-Beaver the basin causes an increasing demand River Basin on water resources. Therefore, the In the future, experience gained from detailed mapping of the Quaternary this study with respect to processes of SPEAKER sediments and the development of a regional groundwater modeling and Karsten Michael regional groundwater numerical model water resource assessment might be Alberta Geological Survey will help in the proper assessment of applied to the study of other drainage Alberta Energy and Utilities Board groundwater flow in the basin. basins, in which oil sands industry, agriculture, and domestic groundwater 12:00 Noon Preliminary results show that the users compete for a limited freshwater Thursday, January 22, 2004 numerical model is very sensitive to the supply. distribution of hydraulic rock properties EnCana Amphitheatre, Tower Center, and recharge from the ground surface. INFORMATION Room 498 (TC498), 2nd Floor - East End of the Calgary Tower Complex Also, lake- and wetland- groundwater The luncheon talks are free and open to the 1st St and 9th Ave SE interactions play an important role in public. Please bring your lunch. Calgary, Alberta this area.Therefore, a proper geological Refreshments are provided by Norwest characterization of the subsurface, as Laboratories and Encana. For further Groundwater from the Quaternary well as the adequate representation of information, or to present a talk, please succession is an important source of fluid sources and sinks are essential for contact Stephen Grasby at (403) 292- water for both domestic and industrial developing a well-calibrated numerical 7111 or [email protected].
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The kinematics of normal detachment. This kinematic model is BIOGRAPHY faulting: lessons from inconsistent with the widely accepted Robert received his B.Sc. from the mapping and geochronology view that any near-horizontal normal University of Calgary and his M.S. and Ph.D. in the Basin and faults were rotated to their present from Caltech. Since receiving his Ph.D. in Range Province orientations by later, cross-cutting 1998, he has worked on a variety of normal faults, and slip rates on any given projects, including: natural gas exploration in SPEAKER fault rarely exceed 1 mm/yr. Evidence the Canadian cordillera, interpretation of Robert J. Brady from geological mapping of the South borehole geophysics at the Yucca Mt. Department of Geology and proposed nuclear waste repository, seismic Geophysics, University of Calgary Virgin Mts., Nevada and Arizona, as well hazard studies at Los Alamos National Lab, as the Yerington District and Egan Range and the kinematics of strike-slip faults in 12:00 Noon in Nevada shows that, in all of these Tuesday, January 27, 2004 California. He recently joined the faculty at areas, extension was initially the University of Calgary, where he is EnCana Amphitheatre, Tower Center, accommodated on moderately to continuing research into the evolution of Room 498 (TC498), 2nd Floor - East steeply dipping listric normal faults. As both strike-slip and extensional structures, End of the Calgary Tower Complex the early faults and fault blocks tilted, 1st St and 9th Ave SE and the physical properties of crustal rocks. secondary faults broke witihin each fault Calgary, Alberta block, soling into the early faults, rather INFORMATION Mapping and geochronology from a than cross-cutting them. Thus, some of There is no charge. Non-members of the variety of locations in the Basin and the early faults became basal CSPG are also welcome. Please bring Range Province (southwestern U.S.) detachments, which remained active as your lunch. Beverages are provided by have resulted in a new kinematic model they were rotated to dips of less than HEF Petrophysical. For details or to of normal faulting. This model suggests 20°. Geochronology from a number of present a talk in the future, please that normal fault systems commonly large-offset fault footwalls suggests that contact Luc Lalonde at 403-645-5528, consist of imbricate stacks of faults, in the most significant of these basal e-mail: [email protected] or Eric which steeply to moderately dipping detachments have a characteristic slip Hanson at 403-233-3250, email: faults merge downward into a basal rate of ~5 mm/yr. [email protected]
DIVISION PROFILE EMERGING PETROLEUM RESOURCES DIVISION
The mandate of the Emerging Petroleum of these emerging resources have large institutions to present topics on coalbed Resources Division (EPRD) is to provide resource estimates attached, however methane, gas hydrates, gas and oil shales, a forum for CSPG members that are they are currently challenged by very-low permeability reservoirs, and engaged in the search, characterization, technological or economic limitations. other resources that gain attention in and evaluation of resources that are these "unconventional resource" arenas. commonly regarded as "unconventional" Monthly luncheons are held at noon on here in Canada. As we look ahead for the second Wednesday of every month INFORMATION future petroleum resources, much of the in the ConocoPhillips Auditorium. The For information on last-minute speakers, production is expected to come from less ConocoPhillips Auditorium can be found changes in date or venue, and the latest conventional plays. Some of the primary on the +30 level at the west end of the information on unconventional petroleum emerging resources include coalbed building at 401 - 9th Avenue SW,Calgary. resources, please join the EPRD e-mail methane, gas and oil shales, gas hydrates, Speakers for the luncheons are sought distribution list by contacting and very-low permeability reservoirs. All from industry, academia, and research [email protected] with title "EPRD list".
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DATE: March 19-20, 2004 DATE: May 10-13, 2004 EVENT: Water Resources & Energy Development - William C. EVENT: 2004 CSEG National Convention Gussow Geoscience Conference Theme: Great Explorations – Canada and Beyond (A CSPG Seminar) LOCATION: Calgary,Alberta LOCATION: Raddison Hotel, Canmore,Alberta INFORMATION: For more information visit www.csegconvention.org INFORMATION: SESSIONS: Water resources for petroleum exploration and DATE: May 31 - June 4, 2004 production (Dr. Kevin Parks,Alberta Geological EVENT: I.C.E. 2004 - Innovation, Collaboration and Exploitation, Survey - Chair); Resources for waterfloods, steam CSPG - CHOA - CWLS Joint Convention generation, etc. LOCATION: Round-Up Centre, Calgary,Alberta Resource Conflict (Dave McGee,Alberta INFORMATION: For more information watch the Reservoir and CSPG Environment - Chair): Industrial impacts on surface website. and shallow groundwater resources. Handling and disposal of produced water DATE: September 19-22, 2004 (Dr. Ian Hutcheon, University of Calgary - Chair); EVENT: ICAM 2004, 8th International Congress Coalbed Methane waters, co-produced freshwaters on Applied Mineralogy from shallow gas, SAGD produced water, treatment and LOCATION: Aguas de Lindoia, Brazil compatibility, disposal of acid gases into aquifers, etc. INFORMATION: For more information contact EPUSP,Av. Prof. Luciano KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Gualberto,Trav.3, nº 380, 05508-900, Sao Paulo, SP, Dr. Marios Sophocleous, Kansas Geological Survey Brazil; (55) 1130915420; fax (55) 38145909; Dr. Bill Gunter,Alberta Research Council www.icam2004.org. Dr. David Percy, Dean of Law, University of Alberta CALL FOR POSTERS: DATE: May 2 - 4, 2004 Oral talks will be by invitation only. However delegates EVENT: Twelfth Williston Basin Horizontal Well & Petroleum are welcome to submit abstracts for poster Conference presentations pertaining to the subject of the three LOCATION: Holiday Inn Riverside, Minot, North Dakota main themes of the conference. Deadline for abstract INFORMATION: Informal talks, poster discussions, and workshops on submission is December 10, 2003. For more new technology and developments in petroleum information, registration, and electronic submission of exploration and production within or applicable to the abstracts contact Lori Humphrey-Clements at (403) Williston Basin. Conference is co-sponsored by the 264-5610, Ext. 202 or email to [email protected]. North Dakota Geological Survey and the Saskatchewan Industry and Resources. For DATE: April 18-21, 2004 information call either (701) 328-8000 or (306) 787- EVENT: AAPG Annual Convention 7662. Registration information and forms will be LOCATION: Dallas,Texas available at www.state.nd.us/ndgs or www.ir.gov.sk.ca INFORMATION: For more information visit www.aapg.org in mid-January 2004.
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19 GEOSCIED IV A GREAT SUCCESS - YOUR CSPG WAS THERE! JON DUDLEY, CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED, GEOSCIED IV PUBLICITY CHAIR
This past August Calgary hosted "Earth sponsored a special workshop for K-12 (Figure 1), Dinosaur Provincial Park, the Science for the Global Community” the level teachers, and participated as an Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, fourth GeoSciEd conference of the Exhibitor. In addition, numerous CSPG the Frank Slide, and the Athabasca Glacier. International Geoscience Education members were involved in organizing the Organization (the outreach arm of the conference (Godfrey Nowlan, Conference The CSPG Educational Trust Fund International Union of Geological Chair; Jon Dudley, Publicity Chair; Grant provided financial support for GeoSciEd Sciences). The GeoSciEd conferences are Mossop, Fundraising Chair; John Cox, IV, which was used for field trip guide designed for Earth science teachers from Technical Program Co-Chair; Dave preparation. “It was critical for the elementary to university level to meet Eberth, Field Trip Chair; Sandy McCracken, success of the conference and very much Earth scientists who deliver educational Treasurer; Ken Drabinsky, Exhibits Co- appreciated” says conference chair outreach programs through their Chair; Jon Greggs,Technical Services). Godfrey Nowlan. communities, museums, or science centres. GeoSciEd IV was a great success Earth scientists and educators shared Brad Hayes (CSPG Past-President) and attended by over 260 delegates from 24 ideas and concepts in Earth science Frank Stokes (CSPG member) designed a countries. The Canadian Society of education and in the development of special workshop entitled “Alberta Rocks Petroleum Geologists, realizing the programs that lead to an integrated – Underground” for K-12 teachers. This importance of reaching out to the public understanding of the Earth. The innovative was held at the AEUB Core Research to help develop an appreciation of the technical program included keynote Centre and introduced participants to Earth and how its study relates to our addresses, workshops, and oral and poster important reservoir rocks from the lives, was a strong supporter of GeoSciEd sessions. Field trips visited many world- subsurface of western Canada. The IV. It provided financial support through renowned sites of interest including the teachers were shown cross-sections, the CSPG Educational Trust Fund, Rocky Mountains, the Burgess Shale core, scout tickets, and logs and were
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20 given an excellent tour of the Core GeoSciEd IV field trip guides are going to be Research Centre by AEUB staff. made available in PDF format on the CSPG website. Many of these guides are unique in Kim MacLean (CSPG Corporate having been co-written by teachers and Relations) and Stan Stancliffe (CSPG Public geologists, and include useful exercises for Affairs Committee Member) represented teachers to help deliver geological themes the CSPG at the Society’s exhibition to their students. The guides are currently booth. The CSPG booth had brisk sales of being revised to take advantage of both the Alberta Geological Highway Map improvements suggested following their use and Geological Wonders in Alberta, which during the conference. As conference chair were favourite souvenirs for some of the Godfrey Nowlan notes, “Thanks to the international delegates. Long-time CSPG CSPG, this will provide a lasting legacy for member and renowned local geologist, oil the Calgary educational community”. finder, and author/historian Aubrey Kerr kindly spent some time at the CSPG booth GeoSciEd IV was an unqualified success and and most generously gave away 146 free received rave reviews from the delegates. autographed copies of his book “Leduc”, The organizers have received many letters one to each delegate who requested one. of thanks. Your CSPG was a proud participant in the conference and is pleased GeoSciEd IV has left a fabulous legacy in that this public awareness event was such a seed money for future conferences as well success. Thanks to the CSPG members as some funding to help subsidize the who helped organize and deliver such a Figure 1 - Delegates take a well earned rest after attendance of teachers and delegates from wonderful conference and congratulations hiking with The Yoho Burgess Shale Foundation guides developing countries. GeoSciEd IV has also to all whom attended and organized up to the Walcott Quarry site of the Burgess Shale. benefited the local community in GeoSciEd IV. You have all left the Earth a This was the realization of a lifelong dream for many of the intrepid hikers. (Photo courtesy of Alan V. Morgan, partnership with the CSPG. All of the slightly better and more appreciated place! University of Waterloo, GeoSciEd IV National Chair)
21 JACK PORTER- VIGNETTES OF CANADIAN PETROLEUM GEOLOGY Continued from the December Reservoir
The Extraordinary Odyssey of met with unanticipated misfortune. In addition Knight’s report: “Ye Ship came in a very Good to paucity of game and a lack of wood, the time, wee having nothing but a little Oatmeal & R. G. McConnell entire crew was tragically strickened with Cheese left, besides Flower.” Following the scurvy, the sailors’ scourge of the period, Company’s supply ship departure, Knight Prior to Samuel Hearne’s three attempts to resulting in the deaths of all but three of the further notes that the fort was well stocked, reach the copper “mines”, in his search for the crew. Munk and two other members of his “haveing flower and Pease enough for 2 years.” North West Passage, from his base at Fort expedition survived. The three were able to (1939, Morton, Arthur S.: A History of the Prince of Wales (Fort Churchill), an earlier fort secure the smaller of the two naval vessels, Canadian West to 1870-71, pub.Thomas Nelson known as York Factory, had been founded in leaving the Churchill harbour on July 16, 1620 and Sons, London, pp. 138, 139). 1684 by its first Hudson’s Bay governor, George for Norway where they miraculously arrived Geyer. It was situated on the north bank of the safely on September 21, 1620. (1963, Oleson, As a protective measure to guard Churchill Hayes River, less than two miles from its Tryggvi J.: Early Voyages and Northern Harbour from attack by warships of the French outpouring into the west side of the Bay, some Approaches 1000 - 1632, pub. McClelland and navy, a massive stone fortification, located on 138 miles south of Fort Prince of Wales. The Stewart Ltd., pp. 171, 172). Eskimo Point, at the entrance to Churchill River, latter Fort’s first site had been built five miles was commenced in 1731 by Joseph Robson, a upstream from the mouth of the Churchill River Arthur Morton, the preeminent historian of the surveyor and stonemason during the first four at Munk’s Point by Governor James Knight. It pre-1870 history of Western Canada, describes years of its development. By 1739 the massive was here that the intrepid explorer,Captain Jens the macabre evidence that James Knight viewed stone walls and bastions were completed. Eriksen Munk, a Norwegian by birth, with his in 1717 at Munk’s Point, some 97 years following Trading at the original timbered post on Munk’s two vessels and a combined crew of 65, had the expedition’s tragic events. He writes: Point was phased out and commenced at the landed on September 7, 1619, to spend the “There over bones of the Danish dead, looking new stone fort in 1740. Richard Norton was winter. Munk had set sail on May 16 of the same down on Munck’s (sic) brass cannon in the tidal made governor of Fort Prince of Wale’s in 1731 year under commission by the King of Denmark mud-flat, Knight built Fort Churchill, or as it and remained at the stone fort until his to search for the presumed North West passage soon came to be called, Prince of Wale’s Fort.” retirement in 1741. His son, Moses Norton, to the Orient. Apart from their seemingly Three of Munk’s ships’ cannon were retrieved replaced him as governor and served there until adequate stock of provisions, including beer and by Knight and loaded aboard the supply frigate his death at the fort, in 1773. wine, they had anticipated securing additional Hudson Bay. She was returning to England after food by fishing and hunting game in the delivering food and other provisions to Knight’s Although trafficking in fur was the defining immediate area. His plan for winter survival was fledgling fort on August 14, 1717. According to reason for the establishment of Fort Prince of
22 Wales, its subsidiary role involved whaling. Company-operated sailing expeditions hunted North Dakota Geological Survey and Saskatchewan Industry and Resources for whales along the Bay’s west coast as far north as Marble Island, which lays off the northwest coast of Ranken Inlet. In June of Twelfth Williston Basin Horizontal 1686, a sailing expedition from York factory Well and Petroleum Conference sailed north along the west coast of Hudson’s Bay to investigate the mouth of a river, latter to be named Churchill River, where Jens Munk ‘s May 2 – 4, 2004 crew perished. During their voyage the captain Holiday Inn Riverside reported that:“many thousand of white whales Minot, North Dakota, USA were seen.” Morton wrote that: “The Committee planned a summer settlement for For more information, please call: whale fishing.” and further that: “The party organized in 1688 devoted itself to whale- (701) 328-8000 United States or (306) 787-7662 Canada fishing and sent home sixty tons of blubber.” Informal talks, poster discussions and workshops on geology, engineering, and geophysics (Ibid., pp. 105, 106) pertaining to new developments in petroleum exploration and production within or applicable to the Williston Basin. Previous to the opening of Fort Prince of Wales, York Factory was the lightening rod which attracted various native groups from southern and east-central Alberta; central, north-central, and southeastern Saskatchewan; Manitoba; and northwestern Ontario who arrived by canoe to trade their furs for European-produced articles. Guns and ammunition, were understandably, in great demand. It was during this early period that the Chipewyan (Northern Indians) conveyed their furs by sled to the post.
The varying terrestrial belts, covering portions The Spectrum: Mechanisms, Models, Reservoir Development of both the Precambrian Shield and Sedimentary CSPG Seminar and Core Conference January 13 - 15, 2004 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Basin of Central Canada, as represented by the tundra, stunted transitional, forested, parkland, and prairie grassland, were each the environs of a distinct group of natives. Their constant search for food, dictated by the migrating herds Telus Convention Centre and of buffalo and caribou, resulted in their nomadic life-style whose territorial boundaries were ill- defined. This phenomenon was the bane of the AEUB Core Research Centre Hudson’s Bay traders. the establishment of space pacts among the warring factions was ever forefront on their minds. James Knight, DON’T MISS OUT while governor at York Factory, noted in his fort on this journal for the attention of the Governor and Committee at Beaver House in London that: “I am endeavouring to make peace in the whole International Hot Topic Technical Forum! Continued on Page 24 . . .
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Country Round from N to S Wt for 1000 natives to travel by canoe with their fur cargoes establish peaceful relationships amongst the Miles.” (Ibid., p. 133) to trade at York Factory. Numerous alliances more far-reaching tribes so that they would had been consummated between the two trade their furs at York Factory. It was hoped The spoken language of those natives who had parties but these, at best, were fragile. that, through their counseling, they could give contact with Hudson’s Bay traders associated some assurance to the more reticent tribes of with either York Factory or Fort Prince of Wales The more aggressive Cree, after obtaining guns safe passage to York Factory. can be categorized into four major groups, each and ammunition, were able to expand into areas covering immense geographic areas. These beyond their traditional habitat. They annexed Henry Kelsey, at age 14, had entered the service linguistic stocks and the natives who potions of the eastern prairie as well as the of the Hudson’s Bay Company in March of 1684 communicate through their use, include: north and northwest forested areas, initiating a and was posted from London to York Factory Algonquian (Cree, Blackfeet, Gros Ventres, and domino effect, shifting other tribes progressively where he arrived later the same year. At age 17 Ojibwa); Siouan (Assiniboin); Athapascan to new regions. In particular, the Chipewyan, he was designated by Governor Geyer as a (Chipewyan, Beaver, Slave, Dogrib, Yellowknife, whose environs had formerly been the wooded courier to deliver correspondence to the Sarsi/Sarcee, and Eskimo-Aleut (Inuit/Eskimo). areas of the Churchill River system, were governor of Fort Severn. This post was located Distinctive dialects, within these major families, routed north and west into the transitional at the mouth of the Severn on Hudson’s Bay, a were characteristic of individual tribes. forested belt fronted by the tundra. When the distance of 200 miles southwest of York Factory. Chipewyan established trading practices with Kelsey was assigned a young Indian lad as his Following the opening of Fort Prince of Wales in the Hudson‘s Bay Company, they were, on companion and together, travelling overland, 1717, the Cree inhabiting the Churchill River occasion, ambushed by the Cree and robbed of they were successful in dispatching Governor region, as well as the Chipewyan, abandoned their fur cargoes. These pilfered furs were Geyer’s correspondence to the resident their trading practices at York Factory in favour subsequently transported by the Cree to York governor at Fort Severn and returning with the of the more accessible Prince of Wales post. Factory and traded. latter’s replies within a month of their (1974, Ray, Arthur J.; Indians in the Fur Trade: departure from York Factory. their role as trappers, hunters and middlemen in Two noteworthy indentured servants of the the lands southwest of Hudson Bay 1660 - 1870, Hudson’s Bay Company had independently Governor Geyer was so impressed with pub. Univ. of Toronto Press, pp. 53, 54 and 55). made lengthy journeys inland from their base at Kelsey’s performance that in 1689 he elected York Factory predating Samuel Hearne’s him, as well as his young Indian companion, to The Cree and Assiniboin Indians inhabitating the exploits in his quest to reach the Northern reconnoiter the Barrens north of the Churchill forested, parkland, and eastern prairie regions, Ocean and the copper “mines”. These intrepid River. They travelled north by ship along the laying southwest of Hudson’s Bay, were the first adventurers, whose mandates had been to Bay’s northwest coast to the mouth of a river
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24 where a post to be named Fort Churchill (The in order to bring a commerce to ye Northern as being the first white man to have seen and river and fort were named in honour of Lord Indians but we saw none although we travelled described the muskox. His journal reveals that Churchill/Duke of Marlborough, the third 200 miles in search of ym.” (1936, MacKay, on July 9, 1689 he reports:“in ye Evening spyed governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company), was Douglas: The Honourable Company, pub., two Buffillo – left our things and pursued ym – under construction. Kelsey and his companion McClelland & Stewart,Toronto, p. 59). we Kill’d one – they are ill shapen beast – their had been directed by Geyer to make contact Body being bigger than an ox – leg and foot like with the Chipewyan and to inform them of the Unfortunately, the embryonic Fort Churchill was ye same but not half so long – a long neck and fort under construction and its proximity to destroyed by fire before it became operational. head a hog – their Horns not growing like other their subarctic habitat. The two were taken a This, coupled with Kelsey’s failure to encounter Beast but joyn together upon their forehead short distance north of the Churchill River in an any Chipewyan resulted in a decision by open boat and were dropped ashore when Goveror Churchill and his Committee in and so some down ye side of their head and navigation became difficult. From the desolate London to hold in abeyance an immediate turn up till ye tips be Even with ye Buts – their shoreline, the two young stalwarts set off replacement of the fire-ravished Fort Churchill. Hair is near a foot long.” (Glover, Richard G.: overland in search of natives. In his journal, It was not until 1717 that the first operational OVIBOS MOSCHATUS,The Beaver, September, Kelsey succinctly records a summation of their Fort Churchill was built at Munk’s Point. 1947, pub. by Hudson’s Bay Company, p. 14). journey on the Barrens by an entry which reads: “In ‘89 Capt. James Young put me and ye Indian It was during Kelsey’s search for the Chipewyan boy ashore to ye Northward of Churchill River on the Barrens in 1689 that he can be credited To be continued . . .
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25 COMING TO GRIPS WITH SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY ASHTON EMBRY, VICE CHAIRMAN-ELECT, ISSC
I expect most CSPG members know regards to terminology and methodology. countless hours of attempting to little, if anything, about the International The 1994 edition of the International correlate subsurface cross-sections have Subcommission on Stratigraphic Stratigraphic Guide was a disappointment taught me about the practical usage of Classification (ISSC) which is part of the due to its failure to adequately deal with sequence stratigraphy. First and foremost International Stratigraphic Commission sequence stratigraphy,which, by that time, I use sequence stratigraphy as a (ISC). The Subcommission is composed had become a very important and widely methodology for constructing a quasi- of stratigraphers from many countries used stratigraphic practice. A blue-ribbon chronostratigraphic framework for and the main objective of the ISSC is to ISSC Working Group was subsequently constraining facies analysis and for produce recommendations on formed to resolve the inadequacies of the interpreting depositional history and stratigraphic classification, terminology, Guide regarding sequence stratigraphy. paleogeographic evolution. I expect many and procedure. These consensus They spent six years trying to come up others use it in the same way and that is recommendations are published in the with a definition of a sequence but failed why sequence stratigraphy has become International Stratigraphic Guide and two to reach a consensus. Given this lack of the dominant form of stratigraphic editions (Hedberg,1976; Salvador,1994) progress combined with the importance analysis. I would emphasize that I do not have appeared so far. More background of the discipline, the obvious question for equate sequence stratigraphy with information on ISSC can be found at ISSC is, “What do we do next on this chronostratigraphy because the http://www.geocities.com/issc_arg/index.html. issue?” In answer to this, I thought I would sequence stratigraphic correlation lines (e.g., subaerial unconformities, maximum provide my perspectives on sequence flooding surfaces, maximum regressive ISSC has been wrestling with various stratigraphy and on how ISSC is planning surfaces, etc.) are not isochronous (i.e., forms of sequence stratigraphy (e.g., to move forward on this important topic. time surfaces). However, in most cases unconformity–bounded units, synthems) such surfaces have a low diachroniety or for over 20 years with seemingly little Firstly, I would like to relate some of the are time barriers. Importantly, there are success in reaching any agreement in things that 30 years of field work and lots of them available.
It would be great to have a framework of closely spaced time surfaces for guiding facies analysis but our current concepts and technologies do not allow such an ideal situation to be realized. For the time being I have to be satisfied with a quasi-chronostratigraphic framework provided by non-isochronous sequence stratigraphic surfaces. Biostratigraphy of course contributes to any correlation framework and, most importantly, provides critical constraints on sequence stratigraphic correlations. However, compared with sequence stratigraphic ... and get involved. data, biostratigraphic data are much sparser in most situations and are much Check out a new CSPG initiative.... harder and costlier to obtain. Other stratigraphic disciplines such as magnetostratigraphy and chemostratigraphy Volunteer Source also have potential to contribute to a @ www.cspg.org framework but such data are usually very rare, especially for the subsurface. An EASY way to slide on in! Overall, sequence stratigraphic correlation lines, because of their abundance in both surface and surface Vo l u nt e e r To d a y ! sections and their relative ease and low cost in attainment, have constituted the
26 bulk of any quasi-chronostratigraphic This represents changes from surface-type name on a correlation line correlation framework I have ever built. sedimentation to subaerial erosion, (e.g., a maximum flooding surface) then it back to sedimentation and finally to doesn’t remain on the cross-section. I do I have come to the realization that transgressive shoreface erosion not use the vague term “marker” for a sequence stratigraphy is very similar in (time barrier). correlation line in this methodology. In many ways to the other types of terms of nomenclature, I think it is stratigraphy, which provide correlation 3) Maximum regressive surface that important that agreement be reached on horizons that approximate time surfaces represents the change from how to define and what to call each of (e.g.,biostratigraphy,magnetostratigraphy). shallowing-upward deposition to these specific surfaces. Each of them is Basically such stratigraphies are based on deepening-upward deposition (low referred to by at least two different names the recognition and correlation of changes diachroniety). At the shoreline in the literature. It is essential to in a specific property of the strata. For position this would be called the formulate a clear definition of each example, biostratigraphy depends on onset of transgression. type of sequence stratigraphic various changes in fossil content whereas surface and to reach consensus on a magnetostratigraphy depends on changes 4) Maximum flooding surface which specific name for each. in magnetic properties (e.g., magnetic represents the change from polarity) of the strata. This begs the deepening-upward sedimentation to The recognition, correlation, and naming question of what type of property change shallowing-upward sedimentation of the surfaces of sequence stratigraphy is utilized in sequence stratigraphy. The (low diachroniety). At the shoreline can be done without any concern for naming the units that are bounded by best answer I can come up with is that position this would be called the these surfaces. However there can be little sequence stratigraphy uses changes in onset of regression. depositional trend as its foundation. doubt that units of sequence stratigraphy should also be defined and named for the Examples of changes in depositional trend These surfaces are determined mainly by purposes of regional mapping and clear utilized in sequence stratigraphy are the sedimentological analysis and geometric communication. Larry Sloss and colleagues change from deposition to subaerial relationships and I correlate as many of the erosion and the change from a shallowing- proposed the term sequence over 50 different types of sequence stratigraphic upward trend to a deepening-upward one. surfaces as I can on a stratigraphic cross- Within each type of stratigraphy,each type section. Notably if I cannot put a specific Continued on Page 28 . . . of change can regarded as a specific type of surface or boundary and it is best if each is given a specific name (e.g., subaerial unconformity for the change from Highest Sample Rate in the Industry deposition to subaerial erosion).
For the creation and correlation of a sequence stratigraphic framework, I use four different types of surfaces, which are produced by four different types of change in depositional trend. More may well exist. Importantly each of these surfaces can be objectively recognized by scientific analysis and each is either of low diachroniety (time lines pass through it at a very low FOR angle) or is a time barrier (time lines do not pass through it in most cases). OPEN HOLE WELL LOGGING Surfaces which cannot be objectively recognized or which have substantial diachroniety (time lines pass through at a RECON Petrotechnologies Ltd. high angle) would not be suitable for such a framework.The useful surfaces are: DISPATCH: (403) 51-RECON 1) Subaerial unconformity that represents 51-73266 the change from deposition to subaerial erosion (time barrier).
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years ago for the unit bounded by definition which resulted in the cutting of to form a through-going sequence unconformities that are represented by the Gordian knot is the main reason for boundary. either a subaerial unconformity or a the ascent of sequence stratigraphy. I have shoreface ravinement that has eroded a little doubt if this had not had happened, 2) It must be delineated by objective subaerial unconformity.Such a unit did not sequence stratigraphy would still be scientific criteria compatible with the gain widespread acceptance mainly languishing in the backwaters of tenets of sequence stratigraphy (i.e., it because it was plagued by an intractable stratigraphic thought. must represent a change in nomenclatural problem related to the fact depositional trend) just as any that most such unconformities die out Any attempt to revert to the Slossian biostratigraphic boundary must be basinward. Every time an unconformity definition of a sequence, that is a unit defined on paleontological criteria. terminated basinward, a new sequence bounded solely by unconformities, would had to be named and the end result was be folly and must be avoided at all costs. 3) It must be widespread in most basins. nomenclatural chaos. Peter Vail and his The inclusion of a “correlative Exxon colleagues resolved this conformity” as part of sequence 4) It must have low diachroniety. nomenclatural nightmare with a revised definition is absolutely essential in any definition of a sequence that extended the pragmatic and acceptable approach to There is no doubt we need a clear sequence boundary along a “correlative sequence stratigraphy but it leaves us definition of a practical correlative conformity”. This simple and brilliant with the not-so-trivial problem of what conformity that meets the above suggestion allowed unconformity- constitutes a correlative conformity. To criteria and any others that bounded sequences established on a basin me, a scientifically acceptable correlative become evident. margin to be extended into parts of the conformity must meet the following self- basin where the unconformities were no evident criteria: Once a decision is made on the longer present with no changes in definition of a sequence (i.e., what types nomenclature. Many people do not realize 1) It needs to tie to the termination of of surfaces are used to form both the that this critical change in sequence the corresponding unconformity so as unconformable and conformable
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28 portions of the boundaries), then the methodologies and to make proposals to concerning stratigraphic methodology and question of how to define component ISSC on these topics. I am hopeful that we nomenclature for a long time. He is a past units of a sequence can be examined. will be able to make substantial progress Chair of the North American Commission on Such units are now referred to as in the three areas listed above so as to Stratigraphic Nomenclature and is the systems tracts and this topic represents provide some stable nomenclature and current Chair of the CSPG Stratigraphic perhaps the most hopelessly confusing pragmatic methodologies for the practice Nomenclature Committee. He was recently aspect of sequence stratigraphy. I defy of sequence stratigraphy. elected Vice Chair of the International anyone to provide a workable (scientific) Subcommission on Stratigraphic definition of a forced regressive systems Biography Classification and will be leading a Task tract or a shelf margin systems tract. Ashton Embry, a research stratigrapher at Group which will examine the terminology GSC-Calgary, has been involved in issues and methods of sequence stratigraphy. Once again some straightforward definitions of systems tracts that are deemed to be scientifically acceptable and useful are required. This seemingly can be accomplished by following a few practical guidelines such as ensuring that any defined systems tract is bound by well-defined surfaces of sequence stratigraphy.
In summary, to bring sequence stratigraphy from its current part science/part dogma status, we need to:
1) Define and name the surfaces of sequence stratigraphy. I have mentioned four surfaces which need to be dealt with and there are likely others that would qualify.
2) Define what constitutes a sequence by defining what surfaces of sequence stratigraphy are used for both the unconformable and conformable portions of the sequence boundary. More than one type of sequence may be necessary.
3) Define component systems tracts by defining what surface of sequence stratigraphy is used for each boundary of each systems tract. For example a transgressive systems tract would be a unit bound by a maximum regressive surface, subaerial unconformity or unconformable shoreface ravinement below and a maximum flooding surface above.
The chairman of ISSC, Dr Maria Bianca Cita, has recently asked me to form an ISSC Task Group to examine sequence stratigraphic terminology and
29 I.C.E. 2004 – INNOVATION, COLLABORATION AND EXPLOITATION CSPG – CHOA – CWLS JOINT CONFERENCE
SPECIAL EVENTS contributor to the BBC radio program, architecture of India, aristocracy, the LUNCHEON GUEST SPEAKER From Our Own Correspondent. American Midwest, his experience of SIMON WINCHESTER the months in an Argentine prison on Simon Winchester also lectures widely, spying charges, his description of a six- We are pleased to welcome the world- most recently before London's Royal month walk through the Korean renowned speaker Simon Winchester to Geographical Society (of which he is a peninsula, the Pacific Ocean, the this year’s Conference Luncheon on Fellow) and to audiences aboard the Balkans, and the future of China. His Monday May 31, 2004. He brings with cruise liners QE2 and Seabourn Pride. most well-known books include: The him a background in geology, and several Map That Changed The World: years of experience as an author, His books cover a wide range of William Smith And The Birth Of journalist, and broadcaster. subjects, including a study of the Modern Geology and Krakatoa:The remaining British Empire, the colonial Day The World Exploded. Simon Winchester graduated from Oxford in 1966 with a degree in geology and spent a year working as a geologist in the Ruwenzori Mountains in western Uganda, and on oil rigs in the North Sea, before joining his first newspaper in 1967.
His journalistic work, mainly for The Guardian and The Sunday Times, has based him in Belfast, Washington DC, New Delhi, New York, London, and Hong Kong, where he covered such stories as the Ulster crisis, the creation of Bangladesh, the fall of President Marcos, the Watergate affair, the Jonestown Massacre, the assassination of Egypt's President Sadat, the recent death and cremation of Pol Pot, and the Falklands War. During this latter conflict he was arrested and spent three months in prison in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, on spying charges. He has been a freelance writer since 1987, and when not traveling spends his time in New York and Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
In addition to his books, Simon has contributed to a number of American and British magazines and journals, including Harper's, The Smithsonian, The National Geographic Magazine, The Spectator, Granta,The New York Times, and Civilization. Since its inception in 1987 he has been Asia-Pacific Editor of Conde Nast Traveler. His writing has won him several awards, including Britain's Journalist of the Year.
He writes and presents television films including a series on the final colonial years of Hong Kong and on a variety of other historical topics and is a frequent Simon Winchester
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The Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists takes great pleasure in announcing the Executive Committee for 2004.The new Executive will take office following the Annual General Meeting at the Telus Convention Centre on Thursday, January 8th, 2004.
PRESIDENT – CRAIG LAMB
BIRTH: Arbroath, Scotland (1946) EDUCATION: B.Sc. Geology, University of Manitoba (1968); M.Sc. Geology, University of Manitoba (1974); M.B.A., University of Calgary (1985) EXPERIENCE: 1970-80, Geologist, Manitoba Energy & Mines; 1980-82, Geology Team Leader, Canstar Oil Sands; 1982-83, Geologist, AGAT Consultants; 1983-86, Staff Geologist, Canterra Energy; 1986-91, Manager, Geology & Technology Development, GEOTECHnical resources; 1991-98, President, Lonach Consulting; 1998-2002, Optimization Manager Canada & Geoscience Advisor, Schlumberger Canada; 2002-present, Chief Geoscientist, Husky Energy Inc. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG;AAPG;APEGGA CSPG ACTIVITIES: AAPG House of Delegates (1991-93); CSPG/CWLS Conference Committee (1995); GeoCanada 2000 Committee; CSPG Conference Committee (2002) PUBLICATIONS: Regional geology, fractured reservoirs, and reservoir characterization; contributing author to CIM Reserves Monograph AWARDS: CSPG Volunteer Award (1994); CSPG Service Award (2001)
VICE PRESIDENT – JEFF PACKARD
BIRTH: Montreal, P.Q.(1952) EDUCATION: B.Sc. Geology, Concordia University (1976); Ph.D. Geology, University of Ottawa (1985) EXPERIENCE: 1974-77, uranium exploration, Urangesellshaft Canada; 1983-86, NSERC Visiting Scientist and contract, Geological Survey of Canada; 1986-90, carbonate specialist,Texaco Canada Resources; 1990-92, Senior Geologist, Imperial Oil; 1992-98, consultant and senior partner in Rhomb Carbonate Consulting; 1998-2001, Senior Geologist, Poco Petroleum; 2001-present, Senior Geologist, Burlington Resources PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG CSPG ACTIVITIES: General Chair of Canadian Reef Inventory Project (1985-89); CSPG Executive candidate (1988); co-founder of Carbonate Liar’s Club of Calgary (1988); Geological Atlas Project (1989-94); CSPG Visiting lecturer (1992-93), technical coordinator for carbonate papers at CSPG Annual Convention (1994); CSPG Winterburn Advantage Committee (1995); Co-General Chair, Joint CSPG-SEPM Convention 1997 (1995-97); Co-Convener 2004 Dolomite Conference (2002-04) PUBLICATIONS: Numerous written papers and oral presentations on carbonate geology of WCSB and Arctic Canada AWARDS: CSPG Tracks Award (1987); CSPG President’s Award (1999)
PAST PRESIDENT – JOHN HOGG
BIRTH: Hamilton, Ontario (1958) EDUCATION: B.Sc. Geology, McMaster University (1981) EXPERIENCE: 1981-84, Exploration Geologist, Gulf Canada Resources Inc.; 1984-88, Senior Geologist, Husky Oil Operations; 1988-97, Exploration Geology Specialist, Petro-Canada Inc.; 1997-present, Exploration Manager, Atlantic Canada, PanCanadian Energy Inc. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG;AAPG; SEG;AGS;APEGGA CSPG ACTIVITIES: Publications Sales Committee, (1982-88); Publications Sales Committee Chairman (1985-88);Annual Meeting Field Trip, Committee Chairman (1990); Chairman Government Grants Committee (1989-91); Co-Chairman Technical Luncheon Committee (1993-95);Associate Editor CSPG Bulletin (1993-95); General Chairman 1996 CSPG Annual Convention (1994-96), Editor Pools '96 Special Publication (1996-97); Chairman Stanley Slipper Award Committee (1998-2001) AAPG ACTIVITIES: Membership Committee (1982-86); Member House of Delegates (1986-2003); Chairman Canadian Delegates (1988-90); Chairman AAPG Calgary Conference Field Trip Committee (1990-92);Advisory Council (1994- 2000); Secretary House of Delegates (1995-96); Chairman AAPG House of Delegates (1999-2000);AAPG Executive Committee (1999-2000); Chairman HOD Honours and Awards Committee (2001-02);Visiting Petroleum Geologist Committee (2000-02) PUBLICATIONS: Numerous publications on regional geology, and oil and gas exploration in extensional and passive margin basins of Atlantic Canada. AWARDS: CSPG Tracks Award (1987, 1998); CSPG Certificate of Merits (1989, 1994); CSPG Service Awards (1996, 2000); CSPG President's Award (1995); CSPG Best Paper Award, (2001);AAPG Certificate of Merit (1998, 32 1999);AAPG Eastern Section Levorsen Best Paper Award (2000);AAPG Distinguished Service Award (2001) FINANCE DIRECTOR – PAULINE CHUNG
BIRTHPLACE: Sabah, Malaysia EDUCATION: B.Sc.,Adv Geology, University of Saskatchewan; M.Sc., Geology, University of Calgary EXPERIENCE: 1993-97, Geologist, Husky Oil; 1997-2000, Senior Geologist, Numac Energy; 2000-03, Senior Geologist, Marathon Oil; 2003-Present, Senior Geologist, Burlington Resources PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG;AAPG;APEGGA CSPG ACTIVITIES: CSPG Convention Finance Chair (2002) OTHER ACTIVITIES: Organizing Committee XIV World Permo-Carb Congress (ICCP) (1999); Co-Chaired Core Conference XIV ICCP (1999)
ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR – AL SCHINK
BIRTH: Dawson City,Yukon (1951) EDUCATION: B.Sc. Geology, UBC (1974); M.Sc. Geology, Queen’s University (1978) EXPERIENCE: 1977, Hudson’s Bay Oil and Gas; 1978-1981,Amoco Canada Petroleum; 1981-2001, Canadian Hunter Exploration Ltd.; 2001-2003, Burlington Resources Canada Ltd.; 2003-present, Berland Exploration Ltd. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG;AAPG;APEGGA CSPG ACTIVITIES: Technical Luncheon Committee PUBLICATIONS: Co-author of a Stratigraphic and Structural study of Cardium Reservoirs at Winchell Coulee; Co-author of a Study of the Falher D Stratigraphy exposed on Mt. Spieker, B.C. AWARDS: CSPG Service Award (2000)
PROGRAM DIRECTOR – LAVERN STASIUK
BIRTH: Canora, Saskatchewan (1959) EDUCATION: B.Sc., Geology, U of Regina (1984); M.Sc., Geology U of Regina (1988); Ph.D. Organic Petrology, U of Regina (1991) EXPERIENCE: 1980-84 (summers), Energy Research Unit, University of Regina; 1985-88, Geological Survey of Canada; 1992- Present, Organic Petrologist & Research Scientist, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG; CSCOP;TSOP; ICCP PUBLICATIONS: Thermal maturity, organic petrology, source rocks, petroleum migration in CSPG and other journals AWARDS: TSOP Best Paper Award (1991); CSPG Ph.D.Thesis Award (1992); NATO ASI Outstanding Poster Award (1993);AAPG Vincent E.Nelson Memorial Best poster Award (2000); NRCAN Earth Sciences Sector Merit Award (1999, 2000)
ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR – DOUG HAMILTON *No photo or bio available
SERVICES DIRECTOR – WAYNE DWYER
BIRTH: Calgary,Alberta (1953) EDUCATION: Exploration Technology, Mining, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, (1972); B.Sc. Specialization in Geology, University of Alberta (1975) EXPERIENCE: 1976-83,Wellsite Geologist and Drilling Foreman, Oilfield Consultants Co. Ltd.; 1983-85,Wellsite Geologist; 1985-95, Senior Operations Geologist, Home Oil Co. Ltd.; 1995-98, Senior Operations Geologist, Gulf Canada Resources Ltd.; 1999-2000, Senior Operations Geologist, Crestar Energy; 2000-01, Senior Operations Geologist, Gulf Canada Resources; 2001-02, Senior Operations Geologist, Conoco Canada; 2002-Present, Senior Operations Geologist, ConocoPhillips Canada PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG; CWLS;AAPG;APEGGA CSPG ACTIVITIES: Exhibits Chairman CSPG Diamond Jubilee Convention (2002); CSPG Service Award (2002)
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ASSISTANT SERVICES DIRECTOR – ASTRID ARTS
BIRTH: Edmonton,Alberta (1972) EDUCATION: B.Sc. Honours, Geology, University of Alberta; M.Sc., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta EXPERIENCE: 1998-present, Geologist, ConocoPhillips Canada (Crestar, Gulf, Conoco) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG;AAPG;APEGGA CSPG ACTIVITIES: Digging Deeper Convention – Core Conference sub-committee (1999); Rock the Foundation Convention - Special Events Chair (2001); Diamond Jubilee Convention - Publicity & Marketing Chair (2002); Educational Trust Fund – Director (2003) AWARDS: CSPG Service Award (2001), CSPG Tracks Award (2002)
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR – ASHTON EMBRY
BIRTH: Washington DC (1946) EDUCATION: B.Sc. (Hon), U of Manitoba (1968); M.Sc., U of Calgary (1970); Ph.D., U of Calgary (1976) EXPERIENCE: 1970-72, Exploration Geologist, Mobil Canada; 1976-77, Exploration Geologist, BP Canada; 1977-present, Stratigrapher, Geological Survey of Canada PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: CSPG;AAPG; ISSC PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: CSPG Volunteer since 1973 - currently Ex-officio member of the Executive as the Senior Managing Editor; Chair, Publications Committee; Chair, Stratigraphic Nomenclature Committee; Member, Honorary Membership Committee;Technical Program Coordinator, 2005 AAPG/SEPM Convention;Vice-Chair, International Subcommission on Stratigraphic Classification (ISSC) VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES: President, DIRECT-MS;National Board Member, Canadian Multiple Sclerosis Association;Volunteer, Seniors' Christmas Day Dinner PUBLICATIONS: Arctic geology, sequence stratigraphy, vitamin D and MS AWARDS: CSPG Link Award (2002)
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