Geomechanics Issue In This Issue... Talking with Architects Some New Techniques for Acquiring Downhole Geomechanics Data Next-generation Hydraulic Fracture Modeling Image Logs 2017 Board of Directors RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO: CSPG – 150, 540 – 5th Ave SW Calgary, AB, T2P 0M2 $7.00 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 VOLUME 44, ISSUE 1 Canadian Publication Mail Contract – 40070050 NEW ISSUE OF THE BULLETIN Issue Contents: Recognition of wave-influenced deltaic and bay-margin sedimentation, Bluesky Formation, Alberta S.E. Botterill, S.G. Campbell, E.R. Timmer and M.K. Gingras Sedimentology, ichnology and sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Devonian–Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation in eastern Saskatchewan L. Zhang and L.A. Buatois Evolution of Li-enriched oilfield brines in Devonian carbonates of the south-central Alberta Basin, Canada G.F. Huff Check out the newest Regional T-R sequence stratigraphy and lithostratigraphy of the Bearpaw Formation issue of the CSPG (Upper Campanian), west-central and southwestern Alberta plains Bulletin of Canadian B. Hathway Petroleum Geology Maximum age of the basal Cretaceous online today at Chinkeh Formation sandstones, Maxhamish Lake area, Liard Basin, British Columbia www.cspg.org M. McMechan, W. Matthews, F. Ferri and B. Guest BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2017 CSPG OFFICE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT ELECT #150, 540 - 5th Ave SW Mark Cooper Clint Tippett Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 0M2 Tel: 403-264-5610 Sherwood Geoconsulting Ltd. [email protected] 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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The message is that we are Wbe a better year than 2016 for the conducted by APEGA. CSPG is also diversifying the technical content that energy industry. The signs are hopeful with working on a revised policy to continue we offer to our members and intend to an OPEC production cut underpinned by waiving fees for our members who are continue this process in the future by Saudi Arabia providing some stability and in transition, I hope that by the time you adding the number of Technical Divisions hopefully sustainable higher prices for read this the new policy will already have and supporting the reinvigorated oil. As I write this article the office move been announced. Hydrogeology and Environmental is underway to our new location at Suite Divisions we already have. 150, 540 5th Ave SW. CSPG has retained Finally I want to address the tagline its street presence while gaining the use of of the CSPG that appears on virtually So for me “Canada’s Energy a common classroom (100+capacity). This all of our materials, “Canada’s Energy Geoscientists” means that we are the will save CSPG a significant amount in the Geoscientists”. This, I am told, has created natural home for geoscientists that work current and subsequent financial years some confusion since it was added and I on Canadian sedimentary basins and although this is in some ways “back to the want to initiate a discussion on this by fluid flow within them whether it is Oil future” as the CSPG previously occupied describing what it conveys to me. I am and Gas production, Geothermal, Carbon the same space until the late nineties. going to borrow from a comment made by Capture and Storage, Hydrogeology or Kevin Parks the new Publications Director Environmental remediation as all of The Executive, the Board and the office at our strategy session in October. these aspects are inextricably linked. staff have had a busy Q4 with a number of The gist of this was that the CSPG has Coal is an energy source that many of things coming up. We received two major historically focussed on and continues our members have worked on in their reports on key topics. The first report to focus on the sedimentary basins of careers but current government policies was a thorough and comprehensive Canada and the fluids that are produced do not seem to be favouring coal as part commentary on the Ambassador out of and injected into the sedimentary of the long term future energy mix but Programme by the CSPG Ambassadors strata that they contain. This is a good coalbed methane may be resurgent at (Ian McIlreath, Colin Yeo, Brad Hayes, place to start discussing what “Canada’s some point in the future. The other pieces Ian Hutcheon, Ryan Brenner, Astrid Arts, Energy Geoscientists” represents. The of the energy mix such as Renewables, Gerry Reinson, Dale Leckie, Craig Lamb, majority of our members work in the oil Nuclear and Hydroelectric only touch Jim Reimer, Christian Viaux, and Tony industry; however this does not simply geosciences through engineering geology Cadrin) collated by Ian McIlreath. The require the extraction of hydrocarbons. which is not something that CSPG has second report addressed the Awards Large volumes of water are now involved particular expertise in and so I do not that the CSPG gives each year; again a in many oilfield operations, water which see that fitting the tagline of “Canada’s thorough and comprehensive report was needs to be sourced and recycled in Energy Geoscientists”. I hope this gets the submitted by a hard working committee an environmentally sensitive fashion. ball rolling on a discussion of this issue; (Colin Yeo, David Chunn, Gordon Carbon dioxide is now being captured over to you the membership. Williams, Denise Yee and Tony Cadrin) and stored underground which requires chaired by Ian McIlreath. We would like skills that overlap significantly with to thank Ian and all the contributors for hydrocarbon production. So rock/fluid the time spent in putting together these interactions in their various forms are reports which will form the basis for the key issues for many of our members. This evolution of those these programmes to fall CSPG has organised workshops on be fit for purpose moving forward. CSPG Geothermal Energy and Carbon Capture has also been working on a position and Storage both of which were very RESERVOIR ISSUE 1 • JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 5 CORPORATE SPONSORS/SUPPORTERS THANK-YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS SAMARIUM SPONSOR DIAMOND SPONSORS TITANIUM SPONSORS PLATINUM SPONSORS GOLD SPONSOR SILVER SPONSORS BRONZE SPONSORS T.