"The Best of" Issue In This Issue... Evaluation of Elk Point Basin Evaporites for Solution Mining and Basin Modelling Uncertainty in Geomechanics and Induced Seismicity Technical Evaluation of the Carbon/Oxygen logs Run in Blocks V and VI of the Lamar Field in the Maracaibo Lake Basin, Venezuela RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO: CSPG – 150, 540 – 5th Ave SW Calgary, AB, T2P 0M2 $7.00 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018 VOLUME 45, ISSUE 5 Canadian Publication Mail Contract – 40070050 CONFERENCE OVERVIEW With the proliferation of geologists applying Geomodeling techniques, Gaps persist between the applications of Geomodeling, Geostatistics, the software tools and the appropriate practice of those techniques in the broader community. The challenges grow. The meeting gathers world- wide expertise from practitioners, software vendors and Geostatisticians to present and discuss materials to help focus the participants on the path to ensure the continuing success of the Geomodeling community. 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RBC Securities CAPL Schlumberger Canada Limited Shale Petroleum TABLE OF CONTENTS SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018 – VOLUME 45, ISSUE 5 MONTHLY SPONSORS ..............................................................................................4 MESSAGE FROM THE EDITORS .............................................................................6 MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD ...............................................................................7 THE BEST OF EDITION A Sedimentological, Ichnological, and Architectural Comparison of Estuarine and Fluvial Outcrops Using Uav-Based Outcrop Modelling in the Lower Cretaceous Mcmurray Formation ...........................................................................8 FRONT COVER Evaluation of Elk Point Basin Evaporites for Solution Mining and Basin Modelling ......................................................................................................16 Entrenched Meander – Colorado River. Horseshoe Bend is located just outside Page, northern Arizona. Here a meander Imaging Technology Breakthroughs Make the Analysis of Fine-Grain Rocks of the Colorado River has incised up to 300 More Routine; With Examples From the Oilsands ...............................................19 m into the Early Jurassic Navajo Sandstone. Tectonic uplift began in this region during the Late Cretaceous. The Navajo Sandstone Uncertainty in Geomechanics and Induced Seismicity ......................................22 was deposited as giant, aeolian sand dunes. Photo: Jon Noad Technical Evaluation of the Carbon/Oxygen logs Run in Blocks V and VI of the Lamar Field in the Maracaibo Lake Basin, Venezuela. .............................27 UPCOMING EVENTS Technical Luncheon ...............................................................................................32 Division Talks ..........................................................................................................35 SOCIETY NEWS Stanley Slipper Medal Call for Nominations ........................................................45 CSPG Rock Analysis Workshop..............................................................................46 2018 Ph.D. and M.Sc. Call for Theses ....................................................................47 RESERVOIR ISSUE 5 • SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018 5 "THE BEST OF" EDITION e often think of “the best" in utility of machine learning and artificial terms of a sporting event or a intelligence in conjunction with high Wrace, where participants are resolution photographs, short wave infra- ranked on how well they performed during red scanners, and X Ray Fluorescence to a given task. Finish the race first, and the aid in the interpretation of core data from gold medal is yours. In this edition of the heavy oil reservoirs.