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©2009 IHS Inc. All rights reserved. Define Reservoir Since 1927... JULY/AUGUST 2010 – VOLUME 37, ISSUE 7 Parameters with ARTICLES Strategic Geoscience Part 2: The Marketable Geoscientist ...... 11 2010 Awards Ceremony...... 14 Confidence 2009 Stanley Slipper Gold Medal Award ...... 15 2009 R.J.W. Douglas Medal Award ...... 16 CSPG OFFICE #600, 640 - 8th Avenue SW 2009 Honourary Membership Award ...... 17 Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 1G7 Tel: 403-264-5610 Fax: 403-264-5898 2009 Link Award ...... 18 Web: www.cspg.org 2009 Medal of Merit ...... 18 Office hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:00pm 2009 President’s Special Recognition Award ...... 19 Executive Director: Lis Bjeld Email: [email protected] 2009 President’s Award ...... 20 Advertising & Sponsorship Coordinator: Alyssa Middleton Email: [email protected] 2009 H.M. Hunter Award ...... 20 Communications Coordinator: Heather Tyminski Email: [email protected] 2009 Tracks Awards ...... 23 Member Services Coordinator: Kasandra Klein Email: [email protected] 2009 Service and Volunteer Awards ...... 24 Registration Coordinator: Dayna Rhoads Email: [email protected] Strong Outreach Presence at GeoCanada 2010 ...... 26 Convention Contacts Convention Manager: Shauna Carson 22nd Annual CSPG-CSEG 10KM/5KM Road Race and Fun Run ...... 27 Email: [email protected] Convention Coordinator: Tanya Santry CSPG has a Strong Presence at the Upcoming AAPG ICE...... 29 Email: [email protected] 8th Annual Advances in Earth Science Research Conference (AESRC 2010) ...... 30 EDITORS/AUTHORS Please submit RESERVOIR articles to the CSPG office. Submission deadline is the 23rd day of the month, two months prior DEPARTMENTS to issue date. (e.g., January 23 for the March issue). Executive Comment ...... 5 To publish an article, the CSPG requires digital copies of the document. Technical Luncheon ...... 8 Text should be in Microsoft Word format and illustrations should be in TIFF format at 300 dpi., at final size. For additional information on manuscript Division Talk ...... 9 preparation, refer to the Guidelines for Authors published in the CSPG Bulletin or contact the editor. Rock Shop ...... 12, 15, 17, 19 Technical Editors Ben McKenzie Colin Yeo (Assistant Tech. Editor) Tarheel Exploration EnCana Corporation Tel: 403-277-4496 Tel: 403-645-7724 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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Summer/Fall Field Trip Seminar Series CSPG Continuing Education Committee is proud to offer the Summer/Fall Field Trip Seminar Series. Offering local one- to three-day field trips running in and around Calgary. Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Bakken Formation in Western Montana Instructor: Ted Doughty Date: TBA Price: TBA

Contrasting the Reservoirs of Braided vs. Meandering Depositional Systems Instructor: Jon Noad Date: September 17th to 18th, 2010 Price: $550

Upper Cretaceous Meander River Deposits Exposed in the Dinosaur Park Badlands Instructor: Derald Smith and Peter Putnam Date: October 22nd to 23rd, 2010 Price: $850

Structure and Hydrocarbon Occurrence, Rocky Mountain Foothills and Front Ranges Instructor: K.G. Osadetz, G.S. Stockmal, and D.K. Kisilevsky Date: September 23 and 24, 2010 Price: TBA

For additional information please see the website at: www.cspg.org/education/education-trips.cfm or contact: Erik Parker at [email protected] Since 1927... EXECUTIVE COMMENT A message from the CSPG Outreach Director, Mike DesRoches CSPG Continuing Education WWW.CSPG.ORG www.cspg.org/education/education-trips.cfm CSPG Outreach is CSPG marching ahead. Summer/Fall Field Trip Seminar Series EXECUTIVE CSPG Continuing Education Committee is proud to offer the The tireless volunteer committees and levels of government and academia, were President CSPG office staff involved in delivering a part of the recent conference. I wish Summer/Fall Field Trip Seminar Series. Offering local one- to John Varsek • Cenovus Energy [email protected] Tel: (403) 645-5417 the programs of the CSPG’s Outreach I could have personally made it to even three-day field trips running in and around Calgary. portfolio have never been busier or more more talks, poster exhibits, core displays, Vice President committed than over the past half year. As exhibitor booths and, oh yes, the socials, Kirk Osadetz • Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary I (slowly) type out this message at the end than I did but I think just by being around so Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Potential of the [email protected] Tel: (403) 292-7022 of May, my head is full of thoughts of all that many smart and enthusiastic geoscientists has been happening of late under the CSPG I picked up quite a bit through osmosis. Bakken Formation in Western Montana Past President Outreach banner. The conference itself can be viewed as Graeme Bloy • Canada Capital Energy Corporation Instructor: Ted Doughty [email protected] Tel: (403) 975-5784 one huge Outreach effort on the part of Date: TBA Only a week-and-a-half ago we toasted and the CSPG, CSEG, CWLS, and a long list of Finance Director said “goodbye, we hope to see you again others involved as organizers, exhibitors, Price: TBA Greg Lynch • Shell Canada Ltd. soon,” to our 31 newest graduates of the and participants. Many of these same [email protected] Tel: (403) 691-3111 Student Industry Field Trip program (SIFT). societies were well represented on the SIFT has been an ongoing success since its large organizing committee for the Earth Assistant Finance Director inception back in 1978 (thanks again Bill Science for Society (ESFS) Exhibition, held Contrasting the Reservoirs of Braided vs. Darren Aldridge • Baker Hughes Ayrton for your SIFT vision, which we help in the Stampede Corral on the Monday [email protected] Tel: (403) 537-3505 Meandering Depositional Systems to continue) and this year was no different. and Tuesday of the conference. The whole Instructor: Jon Noad Program Director The SIFT 2010 Committee put the 31 purpose of ESFS was to showcase interesting Scott Leroux • EnCana Corporation Geoscience students from universities all aspects of earth sciences to approximately Date: September 17th to 18th, 2010 [email protected] Tel: (403) 645-2000 across Canada through their paces for two 2,000 elementary and junior high students, Price: $550 information- and action-packed weeks since as well as to the general public. It was well ASSISTANT Program Director their arrival in Cow Town back on May 1st run, well attended and in my book, a great Brett Norris • TransGlobe Energy Corp. and 2nd. I won’t go into too much detail success. CSPG Outreach put together and [email protected] Tel: (403) 264-9896 Upper Cretaceous Meander River Deposits Exposed here about what the full SIFT experience offered a diverse, informative, and very SERVICE DIRECTOR entails as it is likely to be the subject of a popular booth at ESFS, thanks largely to in the Dinosaur Park Badlands Ayaz Gulamhussein • NuVista Energy Ltd. future Reservoir article, later this fall, but the University Outreach Committee and [email protected] Tel: (403) 538-8510 this program’s reputation and widespread especially to Denise Hodder – the booth Instructor: Derald Smith and Peter Putnam impact in Calgary and the rest of the designer, builder, and chief guide for the Assistant Service Director Canadian geosciences community help many students, teachers, and parents that Date: October 22nd to 23rd, 2010 Richard Thom • Core Laboratories Canada Ltd. the CSPG greatly to spread the positive dropped by to see the delta forming before [email protected] Tel: (403) 250-4052 Price: $850 message about the business of petroleum their eyes, the organic goo that might Outreach Director geology. It’s our flagship Outreach program someday become petroleum, the porosity Mike DesRoches • Talisman Energy Inc. and the SIFT committee and the CSPG variations between pickle jars of large and Structure and Hydrocarbon Occurrence, Rocky [email protected] Tel: (403) 513-6843 intend to continue to work hard to keep small marbles and numerous other clever it that way. learning tools. Mountain Foothills and Front Ranges ASSISTANT Outreach Director Steve Dryer • Consultant Also only a week-and-a-half ago we saw the The volunteers of the University Outreach Instructor: K.G. Osadetz, G.S. Stockmal, and D.K. Kisilevsky [email protected] Tel: (403) 969-2292 Date: September 23 and 24, 2010 Core Conference (and some will perhaps Committee also coordinated and manned Communications Director better remember the Core Meltdown that a second booth during GeoCanada 2010 Price: TBA Stephen Hubbard • University of Calgary followed) wrap up the very full week that on the main exhibit floor to showcase [email protected] Tel: (403) 220-6236 was GeoCanada 2010 (May 10-14). This their excellent programs and endless ideas massive, once in a decade, geosciences for more and better ways to reach out to For additional information please see the website at: ASSISTANT Communications Director conference held in Calgary had something geosciences students across Canada. Each Jim Barclay • ConocoPhillips for just about everyone. Most, if not all, year they organize a summer student field [email protected] Tel: (403) 532-3889 www.cspg.org/education/education-trips.cfm or contact: of the numerous geosciences societies trip, travelling Geology lectures to various Erik Parker at [email protected] Executive Director and bodies from across Canada, including universities, send people to all of the Lis Bjeld • CSPG significant representation from various (Continued on page 7...) [email protected] Tel: (403) 513-1228

RESERVOIR ISSUE 7 • JULY/AUGUST 2010 5 Since 1927...

Your Experience Counts

Are you practicing geology or geophysics without a license? Did you apply to APEGGA when you first graduated only to be assigned a number of confirmatory exams? Did you decide to give up? Well, as the old cornflakes commercial used to say, “Try us again for the first time!”

Why? Because things have changed. Important things. For example, your experience. Back in the day, an applicant’s transcript was assessed against a list of 30 science and geoscience requirements — with 16 specified subjects and 14 more from a narrow range of options. But you have a lot more experience now. And your experience counts. And your experience will be taken into consideration by today’s Board of Examiners.

If you are practicing geology or geophysics in Alberta, and it’s been a while since you first applied to APEGGA, or if you have never applied, it’s time to consider doing so now.

Your Experience Counts. Visit www.apegga.org for more information or call Mark Tokarik, P.Eng., Director, Registration, Bill Santo, P.Eng., Assistant Director, Registration or Park Powell, P.Eng., Assistant Director, Registration at 426-3990 or 1-800-661-7020.

ExperienceCounts_RR.indd 1 5/4/10 4:01 PM Since 1927... (...Continued from page 5) CSPG Outreach Director, I am one of the student-run university conferences across Trust Board members as is the Assistant Canada and contribute/present awards Outreach Director for 2010, Steve Dryer. there as well as sponsor a number of student chapters, help with bringing more My second term as Outreach Director students members to the CSPG through will be complete at the end of 2010 and the new free student online membership Steve Dryer will take over in 2011 as program as well as setting up a new the Director from his current role as Facebook site for students and several the Assistant Director. The CSPG is now Your other initiatives the committee members seeking nominations of suitable candidates are involved with. for the position of Assistant Outreach Director for 2011, among others. My On another Outreach note, it’s time once year as Assistant Director, working with again for the Honorary Address Committee Greg Lynch, and my nearly two years as Experience (host societies are CSPG, CSEG and Outreach Director have gone very quickly CORPORATE APEGGA) to organize their annual fall and have been very rewarding to me. It’s public outreach lecture, usually held at been very busy and hectic at times when MEMBERS the Jubilee Auditorium in the first week of the meetings and tasks all seem to pile up Counts November. The lecture is presented to as at the same time, on top of work and home APACHE CANADA LTD. many as 1,800 junior high school students and living life responsibilities but I am glad BAKER ATLAS bussed in during the day, and 500-600 I got involved and met so many nice people members of the general and geosciences and learned so much. There are currently Are you practicing geology or geophysics without a license? 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ExperienceCounts_RR.indd 1 5/4/10 4:01 PM TECHNICAL LUNCHEONS september Luncheon Webcasts sponsored by

New work in the Sverdrup Basin in late Changhsingian time, requiring a much A late Permian Canada’s High Arctic is helping understand more rapid, and much greater vertical, the major changes in global ocean rise in the chemocline than that associated hot anoxic acid geochemistry that led up to, and occurred with relative sea level. Euxinic (H2S-rich across the worst extinction event in Earth seawater) conditions developed just prior bath History. Carboniferous to Early Triassic to the main extinction event, that was rocks record a remarkable transition from associated with a significant pyrite rain-out SPEAKER carbonate to silica-dominated shallow- event that stripped crucial bio-essential Dr.Stephen Grasby shelf ecosystems. The near complete nutrients from anoxic seawater prior to the Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary Late Permian eradication of carbonate main disruption of the global carbon cycle. Adjunct Professor, Department of producers in a clastic-starved sedimentary Eruption of the largest igneous provinces

Geoscience, University of Calgary basin created a void filled by siliceous in Earth History led to massive CO2 sponges. Previous explanations for the injection into the atmosphere and runaway 11:30 am inhibition of carbonate producers, invoking greenhouse warming and overheating of Thursday, September 23, 2010 cold water and nutrient limitations, are not the world oceans. This tipped the ocean Calgary TELUS Convention Centre supported by field observations. A new geochemical systems back to a ‘recovery Calgary, Alberta conceptual model suggests Sverdrup Basin mode’ that allowed the Earth’s ecosystem waters became progressively more acidic to begin a long protracted recovery. Please note: in response to build up of atmospheric

The cut-off date for ticket sales is CO2 through the Late Permian. Ocean Biography 1:00 pm, Monday, September 20, 2010. acidification was initiated in response to Dr. Stephen Grasby has been a Research CSPG Member Ticket Price: $42.00 + GST. amalgamation of the Pangea supercontinent, Scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada Non-Member Ticket Price: $45.00 + GST. which inhibited the silicate weathering- since completing his Ph.D. in 1997. He is also response through development of thick an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Each CSPG Technical Luncheon session is protective soil blankets, leading to runaway Geoscience at the University of Calgary. 1 APEGGA PDH credit. Did you know that greenhouse conditions. you can book a table for the Technical Luncheon? To book your company’s table or to Around the same time deep-water anoxia buy tickets, visit http://www.cspg.org/events/ initiated after the shelf was flooded by events-luncheons.cfm. the Late Permian Transgression in mid to

CSPG DRAW PRIZE WINNERS CSPG CSPG held three draws for its members September 10 at our booth during the GeoCanada 2010 Convention in May 2010. Technical

We would like to congratulate Peter Hoyer, Paul Luncheon

Durkin and Pearl Deugo for winning the leather office chair and two remote-control cars. The chair was Due to a scheduling conflict, generously donated by Teknion Furniture Systems the speaker for the and the cars were donated by Pinnacle Promotions. Friday, September 10th Thank you to all those who participated in the draw. CSPG Technical Luncheon is still to be determined.

The winner of the leather office chair CSPG will still have a is Peter Hoyer. Technical Luncheon on that date. Check the CSPG website often for updates at www.cspg.org.

The winner of the solar The winner of one of the car is Paul Durkin. remote cars is Pearl Deugo.

8 RESERVOIR ISSUE 7 • JULY/AUGUST 2010 DIVISION TALKS STRUCTURAL Division Sponsored by

both the brittle and ductile regimes. The Participants should bring a daypack, water, Annual hike will be approximately six kilometres sturdy hiking boots, and layered clothing long (round trip) with an elevation gain of appropriate for the weather conditions. Structural approximately 160 metres; there is loose The field trip is free and transport will be rock in the creek bottoms and there will with the participants’ vehicles. Geology Field be a few creek crossings that could get your feet wet if water levels are high. If If you are interested, please contact the Trip there is time at the end of the day, we trip organizer Jean-Yves Chatellier at will head into Canmore to visit a highly [email protected]. Field Trip Leader deformed coal and siliciclastics outcrop Melissa Newton at the T-intersection near the Nordic University of Calgary Center.

September 25, 2010 Grotto Canyon, Alberta

A September field trip to Grotto Canyon will be led by Melissa Newton from the University of Calgary.

The Grotto Canyon area, located between Exshaw and Canmore, Alberta, is a well exposed example of internal deformation within the McConnell Thrust Sheet. The area is located in the hanging wall of the Lac des Arcs Thrust within the upper Devonian Palliser Formation and illustrates many structurally complex features and fracture systems.

The field trip is a one-day excursion up the Steven and Grotto Canyon creeks to observe a number of different structures, fractures, and fabrics in the rock from

RESERVOIR ISSUE 7 • JULY/AUGUST 2010 9 All Aboard! for the 9th running of

November 1st - 5th, 2010 Calgary, Alberta

nTER REGISTERTO BYE E 30 the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists invites Jun R EARLY-EARLY BIRD you to attend our 9th annual Continuing Education Week. Ou PRIZE DRAW!

ACQUISITION ROCK PROPERTIES 15 Hydraulic Fracturing and Microseismic Shawn Maxwell / Mike Jones November 4 - 5 8 Inversion Boot Camp 1 Planning Land 3-D Seismic Surveys John Pendrel / Dave Timko November 3 - 4 Andreas Cordsen November 1 - 2 16 Geostatics for Reservoir Characterization Clayton Deutsch November 2 - 3 9 Rock Physics for Geophysical Reservoir Characterization and Recovery Monitoring 17 Fractured and Shale Reservoirs: From PROCESSING Gary Mavko November 1 - 2 2 Course Unavailable Geologic Concepts to Reservoir Models Ahmed Ouenes / John Lorenz November 4 - 5 3 Wave Equation Imaging: theory 10 Geophysical characterization of Heavy and Practice Oil Reservoirs Rob Ferguson November 3 - 4 Larry Lines / Satinder Chopra November 5 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS 18 Rules, Rights, Responsibilities and 4 Blended Data Acquisition and Processing Obligations of Seismic Data Ownership D. J. (Eric) Verschuur November 1 BASIC CONCEPTS Doug Uffen November 1 11 Seismic Data Basics - Level I John Fernando November 2 - 3 19 Value of Information Workshop INTERPRETATION Kent Burkholder November 1 - 2 5 3D Seismic Attributes for Prospect 12 Exploration: From Geology to the Identification and Reservoir Seismic Section 20 Leadership and Coaching: Active Characterization Bob Parker November 3 - 5 Mentoring Kurt Marfurt / Satinder Chopra November 3 - 4 Gary Waldron November 4 - 5

6 Seismic Geomorphology DEVELOPMENT GEOPHYSICS Henry Posamentier November 1 - 2 13 Multicomponent Seismic Exploration in Western Canada 7 Structural Interpretation and Analysis of Richard A. Bale / Robert Kendall November 3 Fractured Reservoirs Paul MacKay November 2 - 3 14 Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Roberto Aguilera November 2 - 3

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10 RESERVOIR ISSUE 7 • JULY/AUGUST 2010 STRATEGIC GEOSCIENCE PART 2: The Marketable Geoscientist All Aboard! | By Tom Sneddon, P.Geol. for the 9th running of In part 1 of this two-part series, a case was The intent of this article is to provide PLAN OBjECTIVES AND KEy made for developing a personal business you with some ideas and an approach to ASSUMPTIONS plan to get your average geoscientist in developing the business you carry around As trained scientists, we know a thing or early to mid-career to the next goal on his inside your skin: Mr. or Ms P.Geo. you two about establishing goals and reality- or her professional bucket list. Disclaimer! worked hard to earn that title and need to checking our assumptions. Marketing plans This is not an MBA in Marketing! This figure out how to get a good return on that demand the same discipline and we should is a set of organized hints on a do-it- investment. be pretty good at this first step. yourself, informal marketing plan for a single practitioner entering the dangerous seas There is plenty of advice on marketing A sound marketing plan begins with a of self-employment from a Professional and marketing planning for service personal inventory of knowledge, skills, November 1st - 5th, 2010 Geologist who has found out the hard way providers, both in the professional and in strengths, and weaknesses. An equipment Calgary, Alberta what works and what doesn’t. the pop business advice literature. your list is a good idea too – one that details the local bookstore is a good place to start. condition of each piece and its degree of As an aside to the uninitiated, a bucket list is I’ll mention a few titles I’ve encountered obsolescence. These assets are what you nTER the 100 things you want to do before “kicking recently that provide sound advice and will have to sell to your clientele, be they in- REGISTERTO BYE the bucket” or, less dramatically, retiring. The note them as we develop your plan. house or in your industry sector at large. E 30 the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists invites Jun term became popular again with the release R EARLY-EARLY BIRD you to attend our 9th annual Continuing Education Week. of the 2007 Warner Brothers movie directed A conventional marketing plan consists of Next, decide who your real clientele is. Ou PRIZE DRAW! by Rob Warner and starring Jack Nicholson, the following components: This is the easy part and the outcome is Morgan Freeman, and Sean Hayes. If you • Plan Objectives and Key Assumptions your strategic goal statement. This will Google the term, you will find over 5.6 • Product or Service Positioning often require a fair amount of time in your million hits to peruse. It seems many people • Marketing Tasking and Programs favourite chair with your favourite beverage ACQUISITION ROCK PROPERTIES 15 Hydraulic Fracturing and Microseismic Shawn Maxwell / Mike Jones November 4 - 5 took the idea seriously, as many of the hits • Sales Forecasting and note pad thinking about who could make 8 Inversion Boot Camp 1 Planning Land 3-D Seismic Surveys (Continued on page 12...) John Pendrel / Dave Timko November 3 - 4 include many individuals’ bucket lists. Andreas Cordsen November 1 - 2 16 Geostatics for Reservoir Characterization Clayton Deutsch November 2 - 3 9 Rock Physics for Geophysical Reservoir Characterization and Recovery Monitoring 17 Fractured and Shale Reservoirs: From PROCESSING Gary Mavko November 1 - 2 2 Course Unavailable Geologic Concepts to Reservoir Models Ahmed Ouenes / John Lorenz November 4 - 5 3 Wave Equation Imaging: theory 10 Geophysical characterization of Heavy Transforming and Practice Oil Reservoirs Rob Ferguson November 3 - 4 Larry Lines / Satinder Chopra November 5 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS 18 Rules, Rights, Responsibilities and your seismic data via 4 Blended Data Acquisition and Processing Obligations of Seismic Data Ownership D. J. (Eric) Verschuur November 1 BASIC CONCEPTS Doug Uffen November 1 11 Seismic Data Basics - Level I • 2D, 3D and 4D processing John Fernando November 2 - 3 19 Value of Information Workshop INTERPRETATION Kent Burkholder November 1 - 2 • Multi-component processing 12 Exploration: From Geology to the 5 3D Seismic Attributes for Prospect • PP and PS modeling Identification and Reservoir Seismic Section 20 Leadership and Coaching: Active Characterization Bob Parker November 3 - 5 Mentoring • PP and PS registration Kurt Marfurt / Satinder Chopra November 3 - 4 Gary Waldron November 4 - 5 • Joint PP and PS inversion DEVELOPMENT GEOPHYSICS 6 Seismic Geomorphology • Stochastic inversion Henry Posamentier November 1 - 2 13 Multicomponent Seismic Exploration in Western Canada • AVO / LMR analysis 7 Structural Interpretation and Analysis of Richard A. 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RESERVOIR ISSUE 7 • JULY/AUGUST 2010 11 (...Continued from page 11) Numerical data (“we expect to hire five Advertising of Professional Services for use of your talents and be willing to pay for consultants at $25,000 each for three those details). While the constraints seem them. There is a very human impulse to months starting in July”) is great and feeds somewhat tight, they are actually very jump into the marketplace too soon and hit our analytical needs, but most of the useful helpful in creating the brand image you all your friends for contracts. This approach stuff will be non-numerical (“our goal this wish to project, without descending to the can be hard on your friends and may miss year is to fully evaluate the Moose Creek level of fast food promotion. much better targets that have always been prospect and acquire more land”). After there, but haven’t attracted your attention the fifth interviewee says the same thing, The next step is promotion. The Reservoir as fully as they should have. a pattern emerges about who will be doing goes to every company in town, as does how much of what and where. A side the PEG. That puts your business card in The hard part is calling on the people trip to Nickel’s Daily Oil Bulletin or The the primary audience at low cost. Don’t on your list and asking them what they Northern Miner back issues for the last forget to include the APEGGA logo on really need. Expect surprises. What we few months will provide a nice context your card! If you are also a corporation, think they need in terms of a product or for what you have obtained first hand. you can use the permit holder version of service and what they want may be two Confirmatory information from an internet the logo as well. The rules for using the very different entities. This activity is called search is also useful. The usual cautions logos are detailed in Guideline 19 and ‘Market Research’ and is a fascinating topic recommending skepticism about the source the logos can be downloaded from the in its own right. A lot of people focus on of that information pertains. web site. Next, since you have a target this phase of marketing and make a lot of audience well established, put your ad money doing it, including those irritating MARKETING TASKING AND into the trade journal most likely used by people who call you from an 888 number PROGRAMS that audience. It will cost more (there is a just as you are sitting down to dinner. Task one is branding. Once you have a smaller circulation to support the specialty product and worked out the financial part, magazine), but it will go to the people you Inevitably, the critical information you are you need to tell the world about it in a want to impress most. looking for about the potential client is least-cost, most-effective way. It takes not publicly available and to get it demands time for a brand to become a household PRODUCT OR SERVICE going to the source and seeking the crucial (or office-hold) identity. If you change it POSITIONING data. The information derived from this part too much, people (read clients) become At some point in time, further research of the exercise is assessing your personal confused and the worst thing you can do is will become redundant. It is time to stop competitive advantage. confuse the client. thinking about improving your product and start selling it: the next phase of planning Our science training conditions us to Logos and colours need to be consistent begins. your research will show whether collect field data efficiently, fairly, and in over the life of the product (you) and your skills and knowledge are sufficient to a way that we have a handle on the error must be chosen with great care. It seems meet market needs, or will dictate how you bounds associated with each datum. This superficial compared to the other stuff need to improve in order to develop the can be applied for our personal market you did to create your product; however product or service that the data suggests research as well. Use a suitable field the surface is what greets potential clients. will sell. book and make good notes on what each Once the client identifies the surface part, contact has to say about their business they automatically know what is ‘under At this juncture, we need to have a and knowledge/skill needs. Information the hood.’ thorough knowledge of exactly what it captured from interviews is a statistical is we are selling. For a geoscientist, ‘it’ process and conducting a significant As a professional, you have constraints is probably a service and it is crucial the number of interviews is essential before on what you can advertise and how you service be simple and well defined. The drawing any inferences about how to can advertise (see http://www.apegga. KISS (keep it simple and straightforward) develop your plan. org/pdf/Guidelines/19.pdf “Guideline for principle pertains.

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RESERVOIR ISSUE 7 • JULY/AUGUST 2010 13 2010 AwARDS CEREMONy • Link Award for Best Presentation – • President’s Award for Outstanding Service Technical Luncheon Series – Dr. Jon Noad by a CSPG Member – Dr. Tony Cadrin

• Medal of Merit for Best Paper Related to • H.M. Hunter Award for Long-term Canadian Petroleum Geology – Dr. Daniel Service in a Variety of Capacities – Peter Ross and Dr. Marc Bustin Harrington and Peter Hay

Volunteers are the backbone of the Society and • Tracks Awards for Members Who Have Set the CSPG simply would not exist without the New Standards of Excellence – Norbert help of these dedicated people. The following Alwast, Astrid Arts, Mike Cecile, Travis 2009 Volunteer Awards were presented at the Hobbs, Ben McKenzie, and Chris Seibel 2010 Award Ceremony: • Service Awards – 26 recipients (a list of • President’s Special Recognition Award for recipients can be seen at http://www.cspg. Significant and Sustained Contributions org/about/awards.cfm) to Canadian Petroleum Geology – Dr. Gordon Williams • Volunteer Awards – 55 recipients (a list of recipients can be seen at http://www.cspg. org/about/awards.cfm) Master of Ceremonies Dr. John Varsek, 2010 CSPG President. John Varsek also recognized the following The Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists volunteers: Technical Luncheon speakers, annually recognizes members for their dedicated Technical Division speakers, Short Course volunteerism and technical contribution to instructors, Field Seminar leaders, the 2009 advances in Petroleum Geology. Honourary Address speaker, SIFT field trip leaders and Industry Judges, Bulletin of The 2010 Awards Ceremony was held during Canadian Petroleum Geology authors, and the GeoCanada 2010 Convention and for Reservoir authors and contributors. the first time was open to the public. The 2009 CSPG Award recipients, CSPG Award Special thanks went to the Educational Trust Committee Chairs, various members of the Fund trustees, the 2010 Executive Board of CSPG Executive Committee, and guests met Directors, and all of the volunteers who to celebrate these achievements. helped make GeoCanada 2010 a success.

The 2009 awards were presented by CSPG We look forward to the next Awards President Dr. John Varsek, with assistance Ceremony in 2011, which will honor the 2010 from the Assistant Services Director (Richard CSPG Award Recipients. Thom) and Award Committee Chairs (Colin yeo, John Hogg, Graeme Bloy, Margot McMechan, and Ian Kirkland). Richard Thom, CSPG Assistant Service Director. CSPG recognizes excellence in advancing the science of geology, especially as it relates to petroleum, natural gas, and other fossil fuels. In doing so, we also recognize those who promote the technology of exploration for finding and producing these resources. The 2009 Technical Award winners presented are as follows:

• Stanley Slipper Gold Medal for Outstanding Career Contributions to Oil and Gas Exploration in Canada – Michael Rose

• R.J.W. Douglas Medal for Outstanding Contributions to the Understanding of Sedimentary Geology in Canada – Dr. Jim Dixon

• Honourary Memberships – Dr. Ashton Embry, John Maher, and Dr. Rick young were acknowledged, and were presented with their awards the following night at the 10th Annual Long-time Members Reception. The 2010 Awards Ceremony.

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The Stanley Slipper award was established in In 1985 Rose was assigned to Geological 1989 and is the CSPG’s most prestigious award. Engineering in the Development Department The award is named for Mr. Stanley E. Slipper where he found significant new gas reserves (1890-1982), who was the Alberta Society of in the Mississippian frontal imbricates at Petroleum Geologists first President in 1927, Jumping Pound West and ran significant and a pioneer of early exploration efforts in drilling programs throughout Shell’s extensive Alberta. The winner of this award has made portfolio, including House Mountain and contributions encompassing one or more Virginia Hills. activities related to petroleum exploration and development. Such activities may include: Rose’s next assignment was team lead of NW initiating and leading exploration programs, Alberta / NEBC where he either directly or teaching and mentoring, developing innovative through guidance generated many new plays exploration concepts, and also includes and drilled successful exploration wells at demonstrated leadership within geological Boundary Lake, Jackfish, and Cranberry. societies and professional organizations. Rose left Shell in May 1993 to found Berkley The 2009 winner of the Stanley Slipper Gold Petroleum along with John Woods, an Medal is Michael Rose, President of Tourmaline independent businessman. Oil, who was presented with his award at the 2010 CSPG Awards Ceremony on May 10th, Berkley bought a small property package Michael Rose 2010 during the GeoCanada Convention. John from Texaco Canada in mid-1993 and was a Hogg, 2009 Chair of the Stanley Slipper Award public issuer by September of 1993. Berkley Rose helped nurture and lead the Duvernay Committee made the presentation of the grew steadily from micro-cap to intermediate EP team in developing a natural gas asset base medal. status through the 1990s with a series of that was ultimately sold in August 2008 for an exploration discoveries and undeveloped enterprise value of $5.9 billion. Rose started his geology career as a ten-year- property acquisitions with major gas reserve old rockhound digging around the Dundas, additions at Adsett and Wild River amongst After taking a weekend off, Rose founded Ontario limestone quarry looking for pockets others. Tourmaline Oil in September 2008 and with of Celestite crystals. He received his Honours his familiar team of EP experts has grown B.Sc. in Geology from Queen’s University in Berkley was sold in March 2001 to Anadarko this company to a current private market 1979 and commenced employment at Shell Petroleum for $1.6 billion following a hostile capitalization of almost $2.0 billion. Tourmaline Canada in the Exploration Department. take-over bid by Hunt Oil at Christmas of Oil is named after Rose’s favourite mineral, so 2000. he hasn’t forgotten his original roots. After initial training and a Field Studies compilation, Rose was assigned to the Peace Rose founded Duvernay Oil Corp. immediately Rose’s career and passion has been and always River High as an area geologist where he made following that and it grew almost exclusively will be exploration. This exemplifies the modest natural gas discoveries at Hines Creek, through the drill bit to Intermediate status in qualities of Stanley Slipper Award winners. Royce, and Worsley. Following an assignment the 2000s. in the Regional New Plays group, Rose pursued The full Stanley Slipper citation for Michael several of these plays in Northern Alberta Rose was the prime initiator of the Triassic Rose appears in the March 2010 issue of drilling several successful new pool discoveries Doig tight gas sand play at Sunset-Groundbirch, the CSPG Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum at Sousa, Hay River, Steen, and Zama Lake. with ultimate gas reserves in excess of 250 bcf. Geology.

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The R.J.W. Douglas Medal is presented volumes. Many of these publications are annually for outstanding contributions to now recognized as standard reference the understanding of sedimentary geology publications for Tertiary, Cretaceous, Triassic, in Canada, and includes the related fields of and Cambrian stratigraphy; tectonics; and regional tectonics, petroleum systems, and petroleum geology across western and structural geology. The award is open to all northern Canada. geologists who follow the example of Bob Douglas in contributing to the development In addition to his direct contribution to our of Canadian sedimentary, petroleum, and understanding of the geology of western structural geology. Bob Douglas had been and northern Canada, Dr. Dixon found the well known for his geological cartography time to provide what can only be described and was associated with the GSC until his as exceptional service as a scientific editor. death in 1979. He was, for seven years, the senior editor and executive committee member for the Margaret McMechan, R.J.W. Douglas Medal CSPG, the chief editor for the Bulletin of Chair, presented Dr. James Dixon with this Canadian Petroleum Geology for three years award on May 10 at the 2010 CSPG Awards and was co-editor of the Geological Atlas Ceremony. of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (1994), which is regarded as the single most Dr. Dixon has had a productive and influential comprehensive reference available concerning 36-year career, initially with the petroleum the subsurface geology of western Canada. Dr. James Dixon industry and then with the Geological Survey of Canada. His work has been characterized There can be no doubt concerning the The full R.J.W. Douglas Award citation for by timeliness and comprehensiveness with magnitude of Dr. Dixon’s contributions to Dr. James Dixon appears in the March 2010 more than one hundred publications including our understanding of the sedimentary and issue of the CSPG Bulletin of Canadian many definitive scientific journal articles and petroleum geology of Canada. Petroleum Geology. several major Geological Survey of Canada

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Honourary Membership is awarded for distinguished service to the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. This year, three worthy recipients were presented with their Honourary Memberships at the 10th Annual Long-Time Members Reception on May 11th, 2010 held during the GeoCanada Convention.

Dr. Ashton Embry Ashton Embry joined the CSPG in 1968 and has since played many key roles as a volunteer in numerous committees and activities, including being a Joint Annual Convention General Chairman, and a Technical Program Chair on two occasions. He was Editor of the CSPG Bulletin for eight years, and was a co-editor of three CSPG Memoirs including the ambitious three-volume Devonian of the World. As Communications Director for six years, he was responsible for bringing the CSPG into the digital age. Embry has received multiple awards from National and International Societies for his scientific and service contributions. Most John Maher (left), Dr. Ashton Embry (centre) and Dr. Rick Young (right). notably from the CSPG, he has received the following scientific awards: the Medal of Merit, with People to People a memorable twenty- as Business Manager. He was actively involved Best Convention Poster, and the Link Award three-day field trip to China for twenty-two with several conventions, culminating in (Best Technical Luncheon Presentation). For CSPG participants. For three years he was being General Chairman of the 1990 CSPG his outstanding service to the Society he the Alberta Industrial Advisor to the Canadian Convention, which took in a record profit has received the President’s Award, the H.M. Minister of Natural Resources and for five for a stand-alone convention at the time. Hunter Award, and has been the unprecedented years Maher was on the Advisory Board of young subsequently served on the Executive recipient of five Tracks Awards. the Centre for Earth Resources Research at for two years, before becoming President Memorial University. Maher has had an exciting in 1994. His awards from CSPG include the John Maher and varied career as a geologist, explorationist, Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, Link Award for John Maher has been active in the CSPG since and manager and has made many contributions best Technical Luncheon presentation, and establishing the one-day field trip program in to the Canadian Society of Petroleum President’s Award. 1977. He has been on numerous committees Geologists and the profession of geology. and helped to establish the Stanley Slipper The full Honourary Membership citations for Gold Medal award. He served on the Executive, Dr. F.G. (Rick) Young Dr. Ashton Embry, John Maher, and Dr. F.G. first as Treasurer and then as a very active Rick young has been involved with the CSPG (Rick) young appear in the March 2010 issue President in 1984. For a number of years he almost continuously throughout his career. He of the CSPG Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum was a Canadian Observer on the United States founded and ran the International Technical Geology. Potential Gas Committee. In 1987 he organized Division in 1985, while serving on the Executive

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The CSPG Link Award is given for the best Telecom as their first marine geologist where presentation at a CSPG Technical Luncheon he was responsible for routing and burial session. The presentation must be of either of international subsea telecommunications a geological or a related technical subject, cables. He also completed a Masters in and must be presented in Calgary by a Sedimentology through evening classes, with CSPG member. The award was presented a thesis project based in Dinosaur Provincial by Dr. John Varsek, CSPG President at the Park here in Alberta. This was followed by 2010 CSPG Awards Ceremony on May 10th, a Ph.D. at University College London. There 2010 during the GeoCanada Convention. he worked on the sedimentary evolution of eastern Borneo, kindling a lifetime interest The recipient of the 2009 Link Award is in fossil mangroves. He joined Shell in 1998, Dr. Jon Noad. The Link Award Committee based in Holland, and worked mainly on deemed his June 8, 2009 talk, entitled Middle Eastern exploration before moving “The Sedimentology of Ancient Mangroves: to Canada in 2006. Noad has also taught at Swamped with Hydrocarbon Potential,” to Delft University. He is the former President be the best of an excellent group of talks of the PGK in Holland and current President in 2009. of the British Sedimentological Research Group. Noad works for Shell Canada as Senior Exploration Geologist in basin-centred tight The full Link Award citation for Dr. Jon gas. He began his career in gold and platinum Noad appears in the March 2010 issue of mining in South Africa after graduating the CSPG Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum in 1985 from Imperial College, London. Geology. Dr. Jon Noad Returning to the UK, he joined British

2009 MEDAL OF MERIT

The Medal of Merit is awarded annually for the best paper published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal (during the previous year) on a subject related to the petroleum geology of Canada. More specifically, the Medal of Merit Committee favours papers which are broad in scope and are clearly written, well presented and illustrated with novel ideas, thorough data collection, and linkage of data to interpretations and conclusions. A clear relevance to Canadian petroleum geology and the practice of petroleum geology is greatly preferred if not essential.

The 2009 Medal of Merit was awarded to Dr. Daniel Ross and Dr. Marc Bustin for their paper: “Characterizing the shale gas resource potential of Devonian-Mississippian Dr. Daniel Ross Dr. Marc Bustin strata in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Application of an integrated formation new western Canada shale gas resource in Chair, presented Dr. Daniel Ross with his evaluation.” The paper was published in the the Horn River play with estimated gas in award at the 2010 CSPG Awards Ceremony, January 2008 AAPG Bulletin, v. 92, p. 87- place exceeding 500 tcf. With the steadily held on May 10 during the 2010 GeoCanada 125. increasing focus on shale gas reservoirs in Convention. Dr. Marc Bustin could not be North America and internationally the data in attendance. The paper describes how the authors and interpretations may be applicable to evaluated the shale gas reservoir properties other basins. In addition, the paper is well The full Medal of Merit citation for Dr. of the shales and mudstones of the Devonian- written and illustrated, introduces significant Daniel Ross and Dr. Marc Bustin appears in Mississippian Besa River, Horn River, Muskwa, new data, and effectively integrates data the March 2010 issue of the CSPG Bulletin and Fort Simpson formations. The paper from multiple sources. of Canadian Petroleum Geology. has important applications for the effective evaluation and exploitation of this significant Ian Kirkland, Medal of Merit Committee

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The President’s Special Recognition Award Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta can be presented to individual CSPG (APEGGA)’s regulatory functions. An active members, institutions, or organizations volunteer for more than 30 years, he served whose sustained efforts have brought great as a member of the Board of Examiners, honour and distinction to the CSPG, to the Nominating, Discipline and Investigative petroleum geology, and to the geosciences Committees, the Practice Review Board, community. The Award has only been the Education Coordinating Committee, and granted five times in the history of the many other committees. He was a member Society; to three institutions and to only two of council and vice-president for two years individuals. before becoming president of APEGGA in 2008. The 2009 President’s Special Recognition Award was presented to Dr. Gordon Williams Nationally, Dr. Williams played a pivotal at the 2010 CSPG Awards Ceremony held role in establishing the Canadian Council of on Monday, May 10th, 2010 during the Professional Geoscientists (CCPG), which GeoCanada Convention. The award was is now known as Geoscientists Canada. presented by 2007 CSPG President and Geoscientists Canada is the amalgamation nominator Colin yeo. of professional associations across Canada that regulates the profession of geoscience. Over the course of his career, Dr. Williams He served as chair of its Board of Directors has worked on numerous oil and gas, oil sands, and as President. The CCPG helped raise oil shale, and coal projects across Western the stature of geosciences across Canada Canada and the Northwest Territories. Today to a professional level. Dr. Williams was he operates his own consulting company. instrumental in designing and implementing Dr. Gordon Williams geosciences accreditation across Canada. He Dr. Williams has been active in the is an honourary member and past president It is with great pleasure that the Canadian 2009 MEDAL OF MERIT advancement of the geosciences profession of the CSPG, a distinguished fellow of the Society of Petroleum Geologists has bestowed and its future professionals. He taught Geological Association of Canada, and an the President’s Special Recognition Award on geology and served as chair of the Geology honourary fellow of Engineers Canada. Dr. Gordon Williams for his sustained and Department at the University of Alberta. He outstanding contributions to the CSPG and also taught at the University of Queensland Dr. Williams has also been recognized by to Canadian petroleum geology. in Brisbane, Australia, and served as Dean receiving the CSPG Tracks Award, President’s of Science and Technology at (then) Mount Award, and Honourary Membership, as well The full President’s Special Recognition Award Royal College. Currently, Dr. Williams is as APEGGA’s L.C. Charlesworth Professional citation for Dr. Gordon Williams appears in a sessional instructor in petroleum land Service Award and Honourary Life Member the March 2010 issue of the CSPG Bulletin of management at the University of Calgary’s Award. CCPG has bestowed upon Dr. Canadian Petroleum Geology. Haskayne School of Business. Williams the first-ever Canadian Professional Geoscientist Award and the Geological Dr. Williams has been a key player in the Association of Canada has awarded him the Association of Professional Engineers J. Willis Ambrose Medal.

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RESERVOIR ISSUE 7 • JULY/AUGUST 2010 19 2009 President’s Award Graeme Bloy presented the 2009 President’s I n l a t e 2 0 0 5 , C a d r i n j o i n e d t h e C S P G C o m m i t t e e Award to Dr. Tony Cadrin during the 2010 on Conventions, which is the predecessor of CSPG Awards Ceremony held on May 10th, the Joint Annual Convention Committee. This 2010 during the GeoCanada Convention. is one of the most visible committees and is responsible for multi-year convention planning Cadrin has been a member of the Society (including appointment of the chair of each since 1984, when he joined as a student annual convention), overseeing logistics and member. He first volunteered on SIFT’s (the recruiting the many volunteers who bring four outreach program called the “Student Industry to five thousand delegates to the convention Field Trip”) planning committee in 1991 and every year. Cadrin’s term as Chair finished at continued working on this committee until his the end of June 2010 but he will stay on as one appointment as Chair in 1995-1996. of CSPG’s representatives.

Cadrin has served on the CSPG Executive Remarkably, Cadrin has fitted this volunteerism Committee as Assistant Service Director in between the demands of his day job as VP of (1998), Service Director (1999), and Program Business Development at Sword Energy Trust. Director (2001). He has volunteered a substantial amount of his personal time and he believes in paying From 2002 to 2005, Cadrin was the Technical forward. Cadrin has been selfless and we as Luncheon Committee Chair and ran a a Society can thank him and his family for Dr. Tony Cadrin successful luncheon series. Cadrin initiated his focus, vision, and time, with the CSPG’s the webcasting program to record speakers’ President’s Award. The President’s Award is the highest CSPG presentations, which are now available on the volunteer award presented in any given year. It CSPG website and form a critical element The full President’s Award citation for Dr. recognizes a current CSPG member who has of the Society’s outreach program. CSPG’s Tony Cadrin appears in the March 2010 issue contributed to the Society through outstanding Technical Luncheons are the largest regularly of the CSPG Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum service, and is chosen by the President at the scheduled events for petroleum geoscientists Geology. end of their term. 2009 CSPG President in the world. 2009 H.M. Hunter Award

Peter Harrington volunteer contributions over the past 25 Peter Harrington has years. been a member of the Society since 1984 and Peter Hay has actively volunteered Peter Hay joined the CSPG in 1968 and has with the Society in a dedicated significant time to the Society variety of roles. over the past 40 years.

Harrington’s initial Hay’s main volunteer efforts have been the service was on the Publications Index Committee, producing Continuing Education three published indexes and the most recent Committee. This digital version, which is available on the was followed by Society’s website. To paraphrase Hay, the approximately ten Index has been a labour of love for him. years in advertising, marketing, and sales of In addition to his long tenure on the publications and seven Publications Index, Hay has served on two years on the Stanley convention committees, the Executive, and Slipper Gold Medal four different Award committees, including Award Committee. the Stanley Slipper Committee. He also Peter Harrington (left) and Peter Hay (right). In addition to these chaired the Membership Directory for long-term committee several years and served a term on the The H.M. Hunter Award was created to contributions, Harrington has served on AAPG House of Delegates. recognize those individuals who have served the organizing committee of several annual the Society in a variety of capacities over conventions, the Mixed Golf Tournament This award is presented to Hay in recognition many years. It is named in honour of Harry Committee, and as a member of the AAPG of his significant volunteer contributions. M. Hunter, the Society’s 12th President, who House of Delegates. In 2006 and 2007 he served in 1939. The 2009 recipients of the served on the Executive in the Finance The H.M. Hunter Award citation for Peter H.M. Hunter Award are Peter Harrington and portfolio. Harrington is currently a Trustee Harrington and Peter Hay appears in the Peter Hay. The award was presented at the of the CSPG Education Trust Fund. March 2010 issue of the CSPG Bulletin of 2010 CSPG Awards Ceremony on May 10th, Canadian Petroleum Geology. 2010 during the GeoCanada Convention. This award recognizes Harrington’s varied

20 RESERVOIR ISSUE 7 • JULY/AUGUST 2010 2009 President’s Award TH 5FALL ANNUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE HOUSTON, TX • OCTOBER 4-8, 2010 FOCUSINGUNCONVENTIONAL ON RESOURCES

Hosted by the Norris Conference Center 803 Town & Country Lane Houston, TX 77024 p(713)590.0950 • f(713)490.0961 2009 H.M. Hunter Award Special AAPG Group Rates at Nearby Hotels! Courses will include: • Reservoir Characterization and Production Properties of Gas Shales • Origins of Heavy Oil & Biogenic Gas • Risk, Uncertainty and Decision-Making in Unconventional Resource Plays • Organic Facies, Maturity and 3D Modeling in Unconventionals • Log Analysis of Shaly Sands • The Varying Role of Natural Fractures in Unconventional Reservoirs • The Application of Geomechanics in Unconventional Resources • Recognizing Unconventional Pay from Wireline Logs: Case Studies

Tuition for the week is only $1595 for AAPG Members or $1695 for Non-members* or $400/day for individual courses

*(price increases to $1695/1795 respectively after September 6, 2010; individual course prices increase by $50/course day after Sept. 6. 2010) SIGN UP TODAY!!! Registration and Information: Toll-free (U.S. and Canada) (888) 338.3387, or (918) 560.2650 • Fax: (918) 560.2678 • email: [email protected] Download a registration form at http://www.aapg.org/education/fec.cfm Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists 21st ANNUAL MIXED GOLF TOURNAMENT www.cspg.org FRIDAy, AUGUST 27, 2010 - LyNX RIDGE GOLF CLUB

Format: Modified Texas Scramble, shotgun start at 8:00 am. Teams will be assigned according to handicap or average score. This is a fun tournament open to both men and women. Registration includes a Continental Breakfast, Dinner, Green Fees, and Power Carts.

Registration Deadline August 6, 2010 (Priority will be given to CSPG Members). CSPG Members: Register online at http://www.cspg.org/events/events-social-golf.cfm. Non-Members and Guests: Mail or fax your form to CSPG’s office (contact information below).

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Please note: A waiver must be signed by EACH participant five business days prior to the Mixed Golf Tournament. A waiver form will be distributed to you once your registration form has been processed. If a waiver is not signed prior to the tournament, your registration will be removed from the tournament. All registrations must be accompanied by full payment. All cancellations or amendments to registrations must be received in writing via email to Brenda Pearson at [email protected]. Phone requests will not be accepted. The cancellation or amendment must be received by 4:00 pm on August 13, 2010. A 15% cancellation and administration fee will apply.

For more information, contact Brenda Pearson at 403-206-3339 or David Caldwell at 403-852-5571.

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2009 TRACKS Awards have most recently taken on the role of organizing short courses and field seminars for the upcoming AAPG International Conference and Exhibition being held here in Calgary this September. Hobbs was also the Education Chair for the GeoCanada 2010 convention and organized the 35 short courses and 21 field seminars for all eight of the participating societies.

Chris Seibel Seibel has volunteered with the CSPG Technical Luncheon committee since 2002 as a co-chair, and for the last few years has From left to right: Norbert Alwast, Astrid Arts, Travis Hobbs, Mike Cecile, and Chris Seibel. chaired the committee. Every year he works with the other co-chairs and CSPG office Tracks Awards are presented to CSPG members. Beyond the website, Arts was staff to plan and execute semi-monthly members who have made outstanding the first to launch the CSPG eNewsletter, technical luncheons. Seibel’s committee volunteer contributions to the Society. helping to keep members informed of what meets on a regular basis to review, evaluate, These awards are designed to recognize is happening at the Society. Arts received a and invite potential speakers from across individuals who have set new standards of CSPG Tracks Award in 2002 and has also North America and around the world to excellence within the Society – those who received numerous CSPG Service Awards. speak on topics ranging from fossils and have made “tracks” for others to follow. The paleoclimate to economic geology. Seibel six 2009 recipients of the Tracks Award are Mike Cecile and the other technical co-chairs work Norbert Alwast, Astrid Arts, Mike Cecile, Cecile has been a member of the CSPG diligently with office staff to ensure agendas, Travis Hobbs, Ben McKenzie, and Chris since 1976. He commenced his CSPG speakers, speaker thankers, chairpersons, Seibel. The awards were presented at the volunteerism one year later with the and announcements are all in place. The 2010 CSPG Awards Ceremony on May 10th, Graduate Thesis Award Committee, which success of the committee is evident in the 2010 during the GeoCanada Convention. was followed by a Chair position on the fact that there have been three sold-out Logan Day Committee for seven years luncheons this year. Norbert Alwast (1978 marked the year that the Society Alwast has been a member of CSPG since began a tradition of celebrating Logan Day 1986 and has been chairing or co-chairing as Canada’s National Geology Day in the fall the Advertising Committee since 1996. of each year). Later he became a director During his 13 years of service, he has on the Executive Committee and moved witnessed (and assisted in) the evolution of up through the ranks as Vice President, the CSPG Reservoir magazine and CSPG President, and Past President. As Past Technical Luncheons. Alwast is currently President, Cecile represented the CSPG on running the Advertising Committee as the the Canadian Geoscience Council and on sole member, and his role is to oversee the Alberta Geological Survey Committee advertising at Technical Luncheons, which for two years. In 2007 Cecile agreed to includes slide presentations and table-top take on the role of 2009 CSPG General advertisements. Alwast’s organizational skill, Co-Chair. The role of the convention co- attention to detail, and willingness to harness chair is to define a theme for the annual audio-visual technologies has provided first- convention; Cecile proposed “Frontiers and Ben McKenzie class advertising for our sponsors at the Innovation” which was accepted as the In his eighth year as Reservoir Magazine luncheons. theme. Cecile’s longstanding and continued Technical Editor, McKenzie continues to role as a volunteer for the CSPG has been dedicate a significant amount of time and Astrid Arts rewarding due to the many great friends effort to the various tasks necessary to Arts has always considered volunteering and professional colleagues he has met and produce the Society’s monthly magazine. In for the CSPG to be a bit of a hobby. She worked with over the years. addition to reviewing everything that goes started off volunteering for the 2001 and in the publication, McKenzie also writes 2002 conventions and subsequently served Travis Hobbs the occasional article and puts together on the board of the CSPG Trust and the Hobbs served in leadership roles with the technical illustrations for other authors CSPG Executive as Assistant and Services CSPG Continuing Education Committee when needed. In 2009, he also stepped in Director. She later became chair of the since 2005, first as Co-Chair and then as as Chair of the Digital Atlas Committee Electronic Communications Committee Chair from 2007 to 2010. The Continuing and, despite the effects of the recession, and spent almost two years rebuilding the Education Committee provides training and has been instrumental in advancing that CSPG website; for her it was a labour of development for our members throughout project further down the road towards love. The intricate detail of www.cspg. the year and is exceptionally busy during implementation. org reflects the vast amount of time Arts the Joint Annual Convention. Hobbs has devoted to planning, reviewing, rebuilding grown the committee from four members The full citations for Tracks Awards appear and overhauling the website. She has to its current size of 12 dedicated volunteers in the March 2010 issue of the CSPG Bulletin created a face to the Society and a tool who deliver quality courses to members, of Canadian Petroleum Geology. that has become indispensable to CSPG establish summer field seminars, and

RESERVOIR ISSUE 7 • JULY/AUGUST 2010 23 2009 Service and Volunteer Awards

Volunteers are essential to the services CSPG Continuing Education and programs offered by CSPG; without 4th Annual Education Week volunteers our organization would not exist. CSPG recognizes our extraordinary team of October 25 - October 29, 2010 volunteers through Service and Volunteer Awards. These awards were presented www.cspg.org/education/education-week.cfm at the 2010 CSPG Awards Ceremony on May 10th, 2010 during the GeoCanada Convention. Shale Gas Critical Fundamentals, Techniques, and Tools for Exploration Analysis Service Awards are given to CSPG members Instructor: Dr. Basim Faraj, Unconventional Gas Specialist at Talisman Energy who have contributed to the welfare of Description: This one-day course will introduce the fundamental differences between conventional hybrid and shale the Society through committee or other gas plays. Source and reservoir rock attributes of shale gas plays will be discussed as well as GIP calculations, water, volunteer work and are generally awarded The 2009 Service Award recipients. oil and gas saturations, essential laboratory analysis, and optimum geochemical and mineralogical parameters. for five to ten years of service on a Slickwater completion lessons learned from the US will be detailed. Canadian plays will be highlighted and discussed. committee, service on multiple committees, or service of retiring committee chairs.

Volunteer Awards are presented every year Architecture of Fluvial Reservoirs to CSPG members who have demonstrated significant service to the Society through Instructor: Andrew Miall, Professor of Geology, University of Toronto volunteer work for at least two years Description: The focus of this two-day lecture course will be on the reservoir architecture and sequence stratigraphy of service on a committee, recognizing of fluvial systems and will contain descriptions of fundamental basinal controls on fluvial systems. Information and committee members who have demonstrated ideas presented in the course will contribute to the development of fluvial sandstone production and exploration models. commitment to the Society’s needs.

For a complete list of the 2009 Service and Volunteer Award recipients, please refer Stratigraphic Setting of Lower and Middle Triassic Strata to the January 2010 Reservoir or online at Instructor: Dr. James Dixon, Geological Survey of Canada The 2009 Volunteer Award recipients. http://www.cspg.org/about/awards.cfm. Description: The objective of this half-day course is to help explorationists understand the regional stratigraphic setting of Triassic rocks and how this can be used in a more local exploration program. The course consists of two lectures, some correlation exercises, and an examination of several cores that illustrate various facies types and/or significant stratigraphic surfaces.

Sequence Stratigraphy Principles and Applications Instructor: Dr. Octavian Catuneanu, Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta Description: This workshop presents the concepts and practical applications of sequence stratigraphy for petroleum exploration and production. All concepts are illustrated with field examples of seismic, well-log, core, and outcrop data. In-class exercises emphasize the recognition of sequence stratigraphy surfaces, and systems tracts on well-log cross-sections, seismic lines, and outcrop profiles.

Helping you achieve greater recoveries with fewer wells. Sequence Stratigraphy: A Practical Understanding of Basinal Controls in Mapping and Exploration Instructor: Andrew Miall, Professor of Geology, University of Toronto Description: A practical course designed to assist the petroleum geologist in the identification of different types By utilizing proven tools and strategies that integrate geological, geophysical and engineering ® ® of sequence, based on generating mechanisms. The sequence architecture in a given basin may reflect the action data in Windows and Linux platforms. We can determine the distribution of hydrocarbons in of several simultaneous processes interacting locally to globally over a wide range of time scales. your reservoirs with greater precision to maximize profitability. There’s more to Fugro-Jason than just inversion.

For more information and to keep up to date with added Courses please see: www.cspg.org/education/education-week.cfm

Contact Cheran Mangat: 403.830.4591 or email [email protected] For additional information, contact Tina Donkers at: [email protected] 610, 600 - 6th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 0S5 www.fugro-jason.com

24 RESERVOIR ISSUE 7 • JULY/AUGUST 2010 2009 Service and Volunteer Awards CSPG Continuing Education 4th Annual Education Week October 25 - October 29, 2010 www.cspg.org/education/education-week.cfm

Shale Gas Critical Fundamentals, Techniques, and Tools for Exploration Analysis Instructor: Dr. Basim Faraj, Unconventional Gas Specialist at Talisman Energy Description: This one-day course will introduce the fundamental differences between conventional hybrid and shale gas plays. Source and reservoir rock attributes of shale gas plays will be discussed as well as GIP calculations, water, oil and gas saturations, essential laboratory analysis, and optimum geochemical and mineralogical parameters. Slickwater completion lessons learned from the US will be detailed. Canadian plays will be highlighted and discussed.

Architecture of Fluvial Reservoirs Instructor: Andrew Miall, Professor of Geology, University of Toronto Description: The focus of this two-day lecture course will be on the reservoir architecture and sequence stratigraphy of fluvial systems and will contain descriptions of fundamental basinal controls on fluvial systems. Information and ideas presented in the course will contribute to the development of fluvial sandstone production and exploration models.

Stratigraphic Setting of Lower and Middle Triassic Strata Instructor: Dr. James Dixon, Geological Survey of Canada Description: The objective of this half-day course is to help explorationists understand the regional stratigraphic setting of Triassic rocks and how this can be used in a more local exploration program. The course consists of two lectures, some correlation exercises, and an examination of several cores that illustrate various facies types and/or significant stratigraphic surfaces.

Sequence Stratigraphy Principles and Applications Instructor: Dr. Octavian Catuneanu, Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta Description: This workshop presents the concepts and practical applications of sequence stratigraphy for petroleum exploration and production. All concepts are illustrated with field examples of seismic, well-log, core, and outcrop data. In-class exercises emphasize the recognition of sequence stratigraphy surfaces, and systems tracts on well-log cross-sections, seismic lines, and outcrop profiles.

Sequence Stratigraphy: A Practical Understanding of Basinal Controls in Mapping and Exploration Instructor: Andrew Miall, Professor of Geology, University of Toronto Description: A practical course designed to assist the petroleum geologist in the identification of different types of sequence, based on generating mechanisms. The sequence architecture in a given basin may reflect the action of several simultaneous processes interacting locally to globally over a wide range of time scales.

For more information and to keep up to date with added Courses please see: www.cspg.org/education/education-week.cfm For additional information, contact Tina Donkers at: [email protected]

RESERVOIR ISSUE 7 • JULY/AUGUST 2010 25 STrong outreach presence at GeoCanada 2010 | By Tannis McCartney

The University Outreach booth. The University Outreach Committees The University Outreach Committee would from both the CSPG and the CSEG like to thank everyone who has donated to worked together to provide a booth where our initiatives at GeoCanada 2010, and students could play foosball, get candy, sign throughout the past year. The work we do up for membership in the societies, and for students couldn’t happen without your enter draws. sponsorship and your time.

Members of the CSPG University Outreach Committee, in particular, Denise Hodder, also put together a booth for the Earth Science for Society exhibit held in conjunction with GeoCanada. The theme of the booth was “Petroleum Geology Rocks,” and Calgary area students and members of the public who attended learned about reservoirs and source rocks. Highlights of the booth were the working models of a river channel with point bars, and the delta being built in an inflatable swimming pool. It wasn’t just the students who enjoyed seeing this model in action: a few teachers were taking notes on how to replicate these demos in their classrooms. Students learn about hydrocarbons at the Earth Science for Society booth. For many students who attended GeoCanada 2010, the highlight was the GeoCanada 2010 has come and gone, and Student Pub Night, held on the Wednesday the University Outreach Committee made evening at Local 522. This was one of two sure that students of all ages felt welcome. activities for students held away from Whether it was playing foosball at the the convention site, the first being the University Outreach booth on the Exhibit Student Downtown Field Trip earlier in the Demonstrating how a delta forms at the Earth Science Floor, building a delta at the Earth Science same day. Students from universities across for Society booth. for Society Exhibit, or dancing up a storm Canada, and a few from outside, came out at the Student Pub Night, there were plenty to Local 522 to socialize and dance to the of activities for students at GeoCanada. tunes provided by DJ Dolomite.

26 RESERVOIR ISSUE 7 • JULY/AUGUST 2010 22nd Annual CSPG-CSEG 10km/5km Road race and Fun Run

Once again, the CSPG-CSEG will be running Gord’s 12-Week Training Guide • Wear a hat and cool shades. Keep well its annual Road Race and Fun Run this for Novice Runners hydrated. It really helps. September. Building on last year’s format, Guidance/Tips: For novice runners who wish • Gently stretch those calves and quads the event promises to be better than ever! for a do-it-yourself program at your leisure. afterwards. • Run for short durations between 3 and • Take along a friend and convince them to We will be offering both a 10km and a 5km 5 times per week according to schedule, sign up for CSPG, CSEG, and the Road race. We have secured Winning Time to with your long run days being the key to Race as well. provide chip timing and Events-on-Line will your training program. • There are many running/training groups in provide easy on-line registration. • If your running shoes are giving you some town if interested in more. problems, get some that fit and match The run will take place on Wednesday, your gait. Many thanks go out to our sponsors and September 15, 2010 beginning at 6:00pm at • Guide allows for a gradual increase to volunteers who make this event possible the Eau Claire YMCA. The route will take a comfortable load; your legs may need each year! you on an out-and-back course along the some conditioning at first. beautiful Bow River pathways, finishing at • Yes, times are in minutes. The secret is to We hope to see you there! the Eau Claire YMCA. Following the race, all be regular and not beat yourself up. Mike Cardell, Road Race Chair. racers, volunteers, and guests are invited to gather at a new venue, the Calgary Curling Club, just north of Prince’s Island Park Minutes of running per day: for awards, draw prizes, refreshments, and some friendly camaraderie. So if you are Week Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun looking for a competitive race or just want June 28-July 4 – 10-15 min – 10-15 min – – 15 min to have fun, come join us! July 5-11 – 10-15 min – 10-15 min – – 20 min The race is open to all members of the CSPG, CSEG, and CAPL, and the general July 12-18 – 10-20 min 0-10 min 10-20 min – – 25 min public; however, space is limited to 200 July 19-25 – 10-20 min 0-10 min 10-20 min – – 30 min participants. Register early to avoid disappointment! There will be NO race July 26-Aug 1 – 10-20 min 0-10 min 10-20 min 0-10 min – 25 min day registration. For more information or Aug 2-8 – 10-20 min 0-10 min 10-20 min 0-10 min – 35 min to register, visit our website www.cspg. org/events/events-social.cfm. Aug 9-15 – 15-25 min 0-10 min 15-20 min 0-10 min – 25 min

To help you, Gord Hobbins of Gord’s Aug 16-22 – 15-25 min 0-10 min 15-20 min 0-10 min – 40 min Running Store has developed a 10km race Aug 23-29 – 15-25 min 0-10 min 15-25 min 0-10 min – 25 min training guide for novice runners. Try it out and benefit from some expert advice. Aug 30-Sept 6 – 15-25 min 0-10 min 15-25 min 0-10 min – 45 min You may be surprised how easy it can be to gently get yourself in condition for your Sept 6-Sept 12 – 20-30 min 0-10 min 15-25 min 0-10 min – 25 min first race. Sept 13-15 – Rest 10 KM RUN

RESERVOIR ISSUE 7 • JULY/AUGUST 2010 27 12–15 September 2010 | Calgary TELUS Convention Centre | Calgary, AB, Canada 12–15 September 2010 | Calgary TELUS Convention Centre | Calgary, AB, Canada CSPG MEMBERS – Register Now and take part in these conference-themed events: • CSPG/AAPG Unconventionals Day, Tuesday, 14 September, , Tuesday, 14 September, • withCSPG/AAPG a topical Unconventionalsluncheon, special forums Day and lecture, and with a topical luncheon, special forums and lecture, and numerous technical presentations highlighting the importance, numerous technical presentations highlighting the importance, future and development of unconventional resources. Don’t future and development of unconventional resources. Don’t forget — members of CSPG, AAPG and Associated Societies forget — members of CSPG, AAPG and Associated Societies receive special membership pricing, whether for full conference receive special membership pricing, whether for full conference registration or just one day. registration or just one day. • CSPG Core Conference following ICE, Thursday, 16 September- following ICE, Thursday, 16 September- • Friday,CSPG Core17 September, Conference at the ERCB Core Research Centre, Friday, 17 September, at the ERCB Core Research Centre, showcasing up to 30 integrated core and poster displays with a showcasing up to 30 integrated core and poster displays with a focus on unconventional, frontier and international hydrocarbon focus on unconventional, frontier and international hydrocarbon systems. Requires separate registration. systems. Requires separate registration.

For fastest service, register online at www.AAPG.org/Calgary 28 RESERVOIR ForISSUE 7fastest • JULY/AUGUST service, 2010 register online at www.AAPG.org/Calgary CSPG HAS A STRONG PRESENCE at the upcoming AAPG ICE AAPG’s 2010 International Conference & FIELD SEMINARS Exhibition (ICE) will be held in Calgary, Field seminars are also a great means of Alberta September 12-17, 2010. professional development as they permit hands- on training. CSPG is offering 12 of the 16 ICE promises to of fer delegates a technical pre- and post-conference field seminars for ICE program that attracts the innovators and this year. Dennis Meloche is the chair of the decision-makers in petroleum geosciences CSPG-run ICE field seminars. The list of CSPG and related industry worldwide. ICE will field seminars is below. Visit www.cspg.org or 12–15 September 2010 | Calgary TELUS Convention Centre | Calgary, AB, Canada also have an Unconventionals Day, a https://aapg.org/calgary to learn more about 12–15 September 2010 | Calgary TELUS Convention Centre | Calgary, AB, Canada Core Conference with international core the field seminars or register. samples, short courses, field seminars, and networking and social events – in • Sequence Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and addition to the exhibition that will feature Reservoir Facies of the Montney Formation the latest technologies. What you might with Thomas F. Moslow and John-Paul not be aware of is the extensive role Zonneveld, CSPG MEMBERS – Register Now CSPG has in ICE as a sponsoring society. • Sequence Stratigraphic Evolution of an Upper CSPG MEMBERS – Register Now Devonian (Woodbend and Winterburn UNCONVENTIONALS DAy Groups) Reef-Off-Reef Transition, Cripple and take part in these conference-themed events: As unconventional resources play a Creek Outcrop, Ram Range, Alberta with and take part in these conference-themed events: pivotal role in the oil and gas industry, John Weissenberger and Murray Gilhooly, Pak CSPG and AAPG have organized an Wong, and Ken Potma, • CSPG/AAPG Unconventionals Day, Tuesday, 14 September, entire day within ICE devoted to the • Cambrian-Hosted Structurally Controlled , Tuesday, 14 September, importance, future, and development of “Hydrothermal” Dolomite: Rock Fabrics to • withCSPG/AAPG a topical Unconventionalsluncheon, special forums Day and lecture, and with a topical luncheon, special forums and lecture, and unconventional resources. Reservoir Implications with Graham Davies, numerous technical presentations highlighting the importance, • A Revised Regional Stratigraphy and numerous technical presentations highlighting the importance, Unconventionals Day includes a business Core Conference Photo caption: Photo illustration by Dennis Meloche. Stratigraphic Architecture for the Horseshoe future and development of unconventional resources. Don’t forum entitled “unconventional Canyon Formation: Outcrop and Subsurface Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) facility, future and development of unconventional resources. Don’t Exploration and Development with David A. Eberth, forget — members of CSPG, AAPG and Associated Societies to begin September 16. The Core Conference, Geoscientists’ Toolbox: What New Tools • Structural Geology of the Rocky Mountain forget — members of CSPG, AAPG and Associated Societies co-chaired by Nathan Bruder and John Cody, receive special membership pricing, whether for full conference Do Geoscientists Need in the Next Foothills and Front Ranges, Banff and will showcase up to 30 integrated core and receive special membership pricing, whether for full conference Decade?” chaired by R. Herbert and J. Frasier. Kananaskis Region, Alberta, Canada with registration or just one day. poster displays and focus on unconventional, This session features a panel of professionals Greg Soule and Paul MacKay, registration or just one day. frontier, and international hydrocarbon systems. from major oil companies, independents and • Seafloor Hydrothermal Processes in the Middle The core conference is targeting unique the service sector, to discuss the future of Cambrian Burgess Shale, yoho National Park, • CSPG Core Conference following ICE, Thursday, 16 September- and interesting core displays ranging from unconvention exploration and exploitation of British Columbia with Christopher J. Collom • CSPG Core Conference following ICE, Thursday, 16 September- unconventional exploration in tight oil sands of Friday, 17 September, at the ERCB Core Research Centre, oil and gas resources. There will also be a and Randle Robertson, western Canada, tight gas sands and shales of Friday, 17 September, at the ERCB Core Research Centre, management forum, “E&P Challenges in • The Horseshoe Canyon-Bearpaw Transition: showcasing up to 30 integrated core and poster displays with a Canada and the United States, and conventional Complex Environments: From the Arctic Challenging Sequence Stratigraphic and showcasing up to 30 integrated core and poster displays with a frontier exploration in the Canadian Arctic focus on unconventional, frontier and international hydrocarbon to Deep Water,” co-chaired by P.O. yilmaz Depositional Paradigms (Student Field Trip) and the North Sea and countries such as focus on unconventional, frontier and international hydrocarbon and S. Al-Hajri. Some topics are unconventionals with Dennis Meloche, systems. Requires separate registration. Peru, the united Kingdom and Yemen. of North America, the ultra-deep waters of the • Triassic Rocks of the Kananaskis Valley — A systems. Requires separate registration. The Core Conference will allow attendees to Atlantic, onshore and offshore remote Arctic, Montney Formation Outcrop Analogue with examine the rocks in detail and interact with Sakhalin, Kazakstan, deserts of the Gulf region, Dan Edwards, the presenters. Visit either www.cspg.org or and China. Additional themes are development • Shales and Sandstones of the Upper https://aapg.org/calgary learn more about the of new technologies; environmental impact; and Cretaceous in the Southern Alberta Foothills; Core Conference or to register. relationships between governments, companies, Outcrop Analogs of Shale and Thin-Bedded and communities. In addition to the forums, Shelf, Pro-Deltaic, and Shoreface Sandstone SHORT COURSES R. Clark and F. Hein are co-chairing a special Reservoirs with Per Kent Pedersen and Short courses are ideal for your professional lecture, “Geology of a Major SAGD Bitumen Karsten S. Nielsen, development and CSPG is organizing five of the Development – A Case Study from Long • Geology of the Athabasca Oil Sands: Exploring eleven pre- and post-conference short courses Lake, Northeastern Alberta,” with Dale an Oil Field in Outcrop with Mike Ranger and for ICE this year. Julia Baumeister is the chair of Leckie and co-authors Chris Seibel and Milovan Murray Gingras, and the CSPG-run short courses. The list of CSPG Fustic (Nexen Inc.). • Regional Aspects of Marine and Non-Marine short courses is below. Visit www.cspg.org or Sandstone Gas Reservoirs: Belly River Group, https://aapg.org/calgary to learn more about On Tuesday, September 13, there will be Southern Alberta Plains with Jim Barclay and the courses or register. numerous technical presentations and posters Andy Vogan and David Eberth. related to unconventional resources. This special • Clastic Facies and Depositional Environments U nconventionals D ay is also av ail able on a one - d ay CSPG is pleased to welcome AAPG ICE to in Core with Bill Arnott, pass. For more information on Unconventionals Calgary so that CSPG members can look • Seismic Interpretation of Structural Styles Day, visit https://aapg.org/calgary. forward to a leading edge and informative with Mark Cooper and Marian Warren, conference. • Fault Seal Analysis with Russell K. Davies, CORE CONFERENCE • Practical Geomechanics for Unconventional CSPG is running a day-and-a-half Core Registration for AAPG ICE is now open so Oil and Gas with Pat McLellan, and Conference for AAPG ICE at Calgary’s Energy register today at https://aapg.org/calgary/. • Sequence Stratigraphy with Ashton Embry. For fastest service, register online at www.AAPG.org/Calgary For fastest service, register online at www.AAPG.org/Calgary RESERVOIR ISSUE 7 • JULY/AUGUST 2010 29 LOGGING WHILE DRILLING 8th Annual Advances in Earth Science Research Conference (AESRC 2010) | by Leena Davis and Matt Herod. Photos by Steve Wickson and Irving Tan.

This year’s Advances in Earth Science Research Conference (AESRC), ‘Geosciences: A World Beyond Textbooks,’ was held at the University of Ottawa, Ontario from March 26 – 28, 2010. The aim of the conference was to allow graduate students in the Earth Sciences to present their research to their peers In deep water, and to foster inter-university communication and collaboration. This year the conference was organized by Lilian Navarro, Leena Davis, Matt Herod, Kristen Feige, Mohamed now you can Hamad, Syakir Misha, Yves Moussallam, Kerstin Brauneder, Maria Stefanescu, Carley Senkowski, and Nicole Williamson and had a get samples in record attendance of 83 people, including 61 students, 12 faculty, five industry sponsors, and five keynote speakers. hours, not days. Figure 1. Jamil Sader (left) presenting his poster at the poster session and welcome reception. This bilingual, graduate-student-run conference is the only one of its kind And all on LWD. in central Canada and attracted students from eight universities across Ontario and Quebec. Participating universities included University of Ottawa, Carleton University, Queen’s University, University of Toronto, University of Montreal, Université du Québec à Montréal, University of Waterloo, and McMaster University.

The conference began with a welcome reception and poster session, where 13 graduate and undergraduate posters were on display. Over the following two days, 31 oral presentations were given by students, discussing their latest research findings, which covered a variety of geoscience topics: (I) Igneous Petrology, Metamorphic Petrology, and Tectonics; (II) Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology; (III) Microbiology and Geochemistry; and (IV) Figure 2. Erika Revesz accepting first runner-up for Best Oral Presentation for Ph.D. student from Becky Cook Hydrogeology and Geoengineering. Each (CSEG representative). Until now, retrieving formation fluid samples during drilling couldn’t be session began with a lecture by a prominent keynote speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Hedenquist, Dr. for best graduate poster went to Leena Inc., University of Ottawa Faculty of Science, done. Perfect for deep water, the GeoTap® IDS sensor not only provides Bill Arnott, Dr. Alexandre Poulain, Dr. Liam Davis (University of Ottawa), the AESRC University of Ottawa Department of Earth Keiser, and Dr. Ian Clark, respectively. 2010 – Imperial Oil award for best M.Sc. talk Science, Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience truly representative fluid identification and sampling on LWD, it can save to Melanie Mercier (Carleton University) Centre, Mineralogical Association of you millions in hidden NPT costs routinely incurred with wireline sampling. Saturday night attendees enjoyed a and the AESRC 2010 – CSPG award for Canada, and Northern Shield Resources. conference dinner hosted by Jazzy best Ph.D. oral presentation to Deanne van Industry representatives from Imperial Oil, Restaurant at the University of Ottawa. At Rooyen (Carleton University). APGO, CSEG, and CSPG set up exhibition What’s your deepwater sampling challenge? For solutions go to the closing ceremony, several distinguished booths during the conference. Halliburton.com/geotap. awards and prizes were announced: the This conference would not have been AESRC 2010 – CSEG best undergraduate possible without the generous contributions For more information on the conference, poster received by Jamie Cutts (Carleton of our sponsors Imperial Oil, APGO, CSPG, visit http://sites.google.com/site/aesrc2010/ University), the AESRC 2010 – CSPG award CSEG, Barrick Gold Corp, Isomass Scientific home.

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