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In This Issue In This Issue... Displaying Well Control Incident Data in Petrel A Workflow for Promoting Rig Safety Across Disciplines Go Take A Hike The Rocks Provincial Park, Hopewell Cape, New Brunkswick 2019 Core Conference RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO: CSPG – 150, 540 – 5th Ave SW Calgary, AB, T2P 0M2 $7.00 MARCH/APRIL 2019 VOLUME 46, ISSUE 2 Canadian Publication Mail Contract – 40070050 MONTNEY | OIL SANDS | DUVERNAY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2019 CSPG OFFICE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT ELECT #150, 540 - 5th Ave SW Marty Hewitt Jen Russel-Houston Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 0M2 Tel: 403-264-5610 [email protected] Osum Oil Sands Corp. Web: www.cspg.org Please visit our website for all tickets sales and event/course registrations [email protected] Office hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:00pm The CSPG Office is Closed the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month. 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RECOPetro TABLE OF CONTENTS MARCH/APRIL 2019 – VOLUME 46, ISSUE 2 MONTHLY SPONSORS ..............................................................................................4 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR ...................................................................................6 MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD ...............................................................................7 TECHNICAL ARTICLE Displaying Well Control Incident Data in Petrel A Workflow for Promoting Rig Safety Across Disciplines ..........................................................................................8 Go Take a Hike ........................................................................................................13 FRONT COVER UPCOMING EVENTS Kilt Rock, Scotland. Kilt Rock is a 90 m-high sea cliff on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It consists of Paleogene dolerite with vertical Technical Luncheon ...............................................................................................15 columnar joints. It is part of the north Skye Sill Complex that intrudes the Middle Division Talks ..........................................................................................................16 Jurassic Valtos Sandstone at this location. Photo: Rob Galant GEOCOMMUNITY TALKS GeoWomen Luncheon Talk ...................................................................................27 SOCIETY NEWS 2019 Core Conference ............................................................................................29 30th Annual CSPG Mixed Golf Tournament August 23, 2019 .............................30 WIUGC Student Conference Wrap Up ..................................................................31 CSPG Graduate Student Thesis Award (PhD) .......................................................32 Graduate Student Thesis Award (M.Sc.) ...............................................................34 In Memoriam ..........................................................................................................36 RESERVOIR ISSUE 2 • MARCH/APRIL 2019 5 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR LETTER FROM THE EDITOR It is springtime already. 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