JSG meetings
AAPG Annual Meeting
Houston, Texas
April 10-13, 2011
Photos from the meeting!
The Jackson School will be at the AAPG 2011 Annual Meeting!
JSG will be in Booth 1616. The JSG Alumni Reception will be on Tuesday, April 12 , 2011, at 5:30 PM at the Union Station Roof Deck at Minute Maid Park (501 Crawford Street, Houston, Texas 77002). Directions:
http://houston.astros.mlb.com/hou/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=directions.
Use JSG's Exhibition Hall Guest Pass and attend the Exhibition Hall for free!
| SESSIONS CHAIRED BY JSG SCIENTISTS |
| MONDAY |
| Chair(s) | Session | Room | Date/Time |
| R. Miller and R. Loucks |
(Theme 5) From Reservoir to Pores and Volumes I |
General Assembly B |
Monday
8:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| S. C. Ruppel and A. Pepper |
(Theme 5) From Reservoir to Pores and Volumes II |
General Assembly B |
Monday
1:15 pm - 05:00 pm |
| W. A. Ambrose and H. Schmitt |
(Theme 10) Astrogeology |
351 |
Monday
3:40 pm - 05:05 pm |
| C. Kerans and J. A. Bellian |
(Theme 7) New Geologic Perspectives on the Permian Reef Complex, West Texas |
370 |
Monday
3:40 pm - 05:05 pm |
| TUESDAY |
| Chair(s) | Session | Room | Date/Time |
| C. Jenkins and U. Hammes |
(Theme 5) Fractures: Natural and Hydraulic - Prediction, Observation and Performance |
Exhibition Hall |
Tuesday
8:35 am - 05:00 pm |
| S. C. Ruppel and A. Pepper |
(Theme 5) From Reservoir to Pores and Volumes |
Exhibition Hall |
Tuesday
8:35 am - 05:00 pm |
| W. A. Ambrose and P. D. Warwick |
(Theme 10) Clean Coal: Coalbed Methane |
360 |
Tuesday
1:15 pm - 03:00 pm |
| S. W. Tinker, W. L. Fisher and S. Ikonnikova |
Forum: Taking Natural Gas Seriously: Opportunities and Challenges |
General Assembly A |
Tuesday
1:15 pm - 05:20 pm |
| WEDNESDAY |
| Chair(s) | Session | Room | Date/Time |
| G. Blount and B. Cutright |
(Theme 10) CO2 Capture and Sequestration (DEG) |
Room 361 |
Wednesday
8:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| C. Jenkins and U. Hammes |
(Theme 5) Fractures: Natural and Hydraulic - Prediction, Observation and Performance |
General Assembly C |
Wednesday
8:00 am - 12:00 pm |
| PRESENTATIONS |
MONDAY ORAL SESSIONS |
| Author(s) | Title | Session | Room | Date/Time |
| S. Hassan, R. J. Steel, A. El-Barkooky, M. Hamdam, A. A. Khadrah, G. A. Gawad |
Stacked, Lower Miocene-Burdigalian Tide Dominated Estuaries, Western Desert, Egypt |
(Theme 3) E&P in the Middle East |
361 |
Monday
8:05 am |
| R. Loucks, S. C. Ruppel, R. M. Reed, U. Hammes |
Spectrum of Pore Types in Siliceous Mudstones in Shale-Gas Systems |
(Theme 5) From Reservoir to Pores and Volumes I |
General Assembly B |
Monday
8:25 am |
| D. Edmonds, D. Mohrig, J. Shaw |
Defining the First Order Controls on Delta Stratigraphy |
(Theme 6) Shallow Marine Systems and Processes: A Tribute to Roger Walker and Gerry Middleton I |
342 |
Monday
8:45 am |
| R. M. Reed, S. Ruppel |
>Observations of Pores in the Cretaceous Eagle Ford Shale, South Texas, USA |
(Theme 5) From Reservoir to Pores and Volumes I |
General Assembly B |
Monday
9:05 am |
| O. Ogiesoba, U. Hammes, M. A. Mousavi |
An Investigation of the Petrophysical and Acoustic Properties of Mass-Transport Sediments Within the Oligocene Frio Formation, South Texas Gulf Coast |
(Theme 9) Seismic Reservoir Characterization |
General Assembly A |
Monday
9:25 am |
| R. Steel, P. Plink-Bjorklund, J. L. Aschoff |
Tidal Deposits of the Campanian Western Interior Seaway |
(Theme 6) Shallow Marine Systems and Processes: A Tribute to Roger Walker and Gerry Middleton II |
342 |
Monday
1:20 pm |
| L. P. Birgenheier, C. Johnson, A. Kennedy, B. Horton, J. McLennan |
Integrated Sedimentary, Geochemical, and Geomechanical Evaluation of the Mancos Shale, Uinta Basin, Utah |
(Theme 5) From Reservoir to Pores and Volumes II |
General Assembly B |
Monday
2:00 pm |
| M. A. Nikolinakou, G. Luo, M. Hudec, P. B. Flemings |
Geomechanical Modeling of Stresses Adjacent to Salt Bodies: Poro-Elasto- Plasticity and Coupled Overpressures |
(Theme 8) Global Salt Tectonics: Models, Outcrops and Case Studies |
360 |
Monday
2:00 pm |
| G. Luo, M. A. Nikolinakou, P. B. Flemings, M. Hudec |
Geomechanical Modeling of Stresses Adjacent to Salt Bodies: 1. Uncoupled Models |
(Theme 8) Global Salt Tectonics: Models, Outcrops and Case Studies |
360 |
Monday
2:20 pm |
| B. Cutright |
The Near Earth Asteroids as the First Step on the Way to Mars |
(Theme 10) Astrogeology |
351 |
Monday
4:05 pm |
| C. Kerans, C. Zahm, J. El-Azzi, N. Jones |
Stepwise Termination of the Permian Reef Complex, Permian Basin: Implications for Structural and Depositional Patterns of Saline Giants |
(Theme 7) New Geologic Perspectives on the Permian Reef Complex, West Texas |
370 |
Monday
4:05 pm |
| C. Harman, C. Kerans |
Quantified Facies Geometry Within a Mixed Carbonate-Clastic Reef-Rimmed Shelf: High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphic Architecture of the Yates Formation in Slaughter Canyon, New Mexico |
(Theme 7) New Geologic Perspectives on the Permian Reef Complex, West Texas |
370 |
Monday
4:25 pm |
| T. Alvarez, C. Vargas, P. Mann, A. Escalona, J. Latchman |
Subduction-to-Strike-Slip Transition in the Southeastern Caribbean Imaged Using Deeply Penetrating Seismic Reflection Lines and Tomography |
(Theme 9) Seismic Structural Interpretation |
361 |
Monday
4:40 pm |
| MONDAY POSTER SESSIONS |
| Author(s) | Title | Session | Room | Date/Time |
| R. D. Bernal-Olaya, P. Mann, C. Vargas |
Lower Magdalena Basin, Colombia: A Forearc Basin Formed Above a Zone of Active, Shallow Subduction |
(Theme 11) AAPG Student Research Poster Session |
Exhibition Hall |
Monday
8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
| H. Campos, P. Mann, A. Escalona, N. Cardozo |
Flexurally Driven Subsidence History of the Llanos Foreland Basin of Colombia: Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration |
(Theme 11) AAPG Student Research Poster Session |
Exhibition Hall |
Monday
8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
| J. Nicot |
Future Water Needs of the Oil and Gas Industry in Texas |
(Theme 10) Water Resource Management and Impacts (DEG) |
Exhibition Hall |
Monday
8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
| M. I. Prieto, H. Van Avendonk, P. Mann, S. Holbrook, D. Lizarralde, P. Denyer |
Crustal Structure, Sequence Stratigraphy and Petroleum Potential of the Western Colombian Basin Adjacent to Costa Rica and Nicaragua |
(Theme 11) AAPG Student Research Poster Session |
Exhibition Hall |
Monday
8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
| K. S. Woolf* and L. Wood |
Sequence to Architectural Element Framework of the Tuscaloosa Massive Sandstone, Eastern Gulf of Mexico Province, USA |
Theme 11 - AAPG Student Research Poster Session |
Exhibition Hall |
Monday
8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
| TUESDAY ORAL SESSIONS |
| Author(s) | Title | Session | Room | Date/Time |
| T. Hentz, S. Ruppel |
Regional Stratigraphic and Rock Characteristics of Eagle Ford Shale in Its Play Area: Maverick Basin to East Texas Basin |
(Theme 5) U.S. Active and Emerging Plays - Haynesville and Eagle Ford |
General Assembly B |
Tuesday
9:25 am |
| C. A. Vargas-Jimenez, P. Mann |
500-Kilometer-Long Extension of the Trans- Andean Mega-Regional Seismic Transect Across the Colombian Basin and Implications for Deepwater Hydrocarbon Exploration |
(Theme 8) Impact of Structural Analysis on Hydrocarbon Exploration |
351 |
Tuesday
10:25 am |
| A. M. Fernandes, D. Mohrig, R. J. Steel, S. Henriksen, J. Buttles |
A Three-Dimensional Geometric Analysis of Bank-Attached Bar-Forms in Sinuous Submarine Channels: A Tool for Inferring the Relative Importance of Bedload and Suspended Load Sedimentation |
(Theme 2) Prediction of Deepwater Stratigraphic Uncertainty: Quantification, Characterization and Modeling I |
General Assembly C |
Tuesday
10:45 am |
| X. Janson, H. Zeng, W. R. Wright, R. Loucks, F. Bonnaffe, Q. Wang, X. Xia, C. Wang, S. Li, T. Yang |
Digital Outcrop Analogues Model of Ordovician Paleokarst in North-Central Tarim Basin, China |
(Theme 7) Advances in Modeling Carbonate
Systems I
| 370 |
Tuesday
10:45 am |
| C. J. Sanchez, E. Teson, B. K. Horton, A. R. Mora Bohorquez, R. A. Ketcham, D. F. Stockli, N. R. Moreno |
Influence of the Eastern Cordillera Exhumation on the Structural Evolution of the Eastern Part of Middle Magdalena Valley Basin, Colombia |
(Theme 8) Impact of Structural Analysis on Hydrocarbon Exploration |
351 |
Tuesday
10:45 am |
| T. Zhang, S. C. Ruppel, K. Milliken, R. Yang |
Experimental Gas Extraction by Rock Crushing: Evidence for Preservation of Methane in Core Samples from the Mudstones of the Eagle Ford Formation |
(Theme 5) U.S. Active and Emerging Plays - Haynesville and Eagle Ford |
General Assembly B |
Tuesday
10:45 am |
| P. Mann, C. A. Vargas-Jimenez |
Role of Panama Arc-Indentor for Late Cenozoic Deformation in Colombia and Implications for Regional Distribution of Hydrocarbons |
(Theme 8) Impact of Structural Analysis on Hydrocarbon Exploration |
351 |
Tuesday
11:05 am |
| I. J. Duncan, W. A. Ambrose |
An Overview of Clean Coal Technologies and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) |
(Theme 10) Clean Coal: Coalbed Methane |
360 |
Tuesday
01:20 pm |
| D. Mohrig, M. P. Lamb, J. Nittrouer |
Direct Transfer of Sand from Shelf-Edge Deltas to the Continental Slope |
(Theme 6) SEPM Research Symposium: Source to Sink: Evaluating the Significance of Interdependence of Depositional Systems II |
342 |
Tuesday
02:00 pm |
| A. Petter, R. Steel, D. Mohrig, J. Nittrouer |
The Stratal Signature of Backwater Hydraulic Conditions in Campanian Lower Castlegate Sandstone Paleo-Rivers, Book Cliffs, USA |
(Theme 6) Facies Models of Fluvial Systems: 50 Years On I |
361 |
Tuesday
02:20 pm |
| H. Zeng, R. Loucks, X. Janson, Q. Wang, Y. Xia, B. Yuan, L. Xu |
Seismic Geomorphology and Analysis of the Ordovician Paleokarst Drainage System in the Central Tabei Uplift, Northern Tarim Basin, Western China |
(Theme 9) Seismic Stratigraphic and Source Rock Interpretation |
351 |
Tuesday
02:20 pm |
| M. Salazar, L. Moscardelli, L. Wood |
Shelf Edge Architecture and Source-to-Sink Dynamics in the Northern Taranaki Basin, New Zealand |
(Theme 6) SEPM Research Symposium: Source to Sink: Evaluating the Significance of Interdependence of Depositional Systems II |
342 |
Tuesday
04:00 pm |
| S. Bachtel, C. Kerans, C. I. Bachtel |
The Sedimentary Influences of Hurricanes Hannah and Ike (September 2008) on the Caicos Platform, B.W.I.: Do High-Energy Storms Impact Sedimentation on Carbonate Platforms? |
(Theme 7) Modern & Pleistocene Carbonates: Sedimentology, Diagenesis and Process II |
370 |
Tuesday
04:40 pm |
| S.E. Laubach |
Degradation and stimulation for unconventionals |
Structural geology and its role in describing and optimizing production from Unconventional petroleum systems |
Reservoir Deformation Research Group meeting |
Tuesday
07:00 -10:00 pm |
| TUESDAY POSTER SESSIONS |
| Author(s) | Title | Session | Room | Date/Time |
| T. P. Dooley, M. P. Jackson, M. Hudec |
Canopy Evolution: Deformation Processes and Subsidence Patterns |
(Theme 8) Salt-Related Deformation, Deposition and Petroleum Systems |
Exhibition Hall |
Tuesay
8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
| Fidler, L. J., Gale, J.F.W., Holder, J., Olson, J.E. and Laubach, S.E. |
The Importance of Subcritical Index for Determining Fracture Spacing in the New Albany Shale, Illinois Basin |
(Theme 5) Fractures: Natural and Hydraulic - Prediction, Observation and Performance |
Exhibition Hall |
Tuesay
8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
,td scope="row">J. N. Hooker, A. Fall, G. Xu, A. L. Kaylor, H. Anh, P. Eichhubl, S. E. Laubach | Predicting Open Natural Fractures in Unconventional Sandstone Reservoirs: Spatial Distribution, Diagenesis, Timing, and Opening Rates | (Theme 6) Romancing the Stone: New Adventures in Sandstone Reservoir Quality |
Exhibition Hall |
Tuesay
8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
| S. Ramnarine, L. Wood, L. Moscardelli |
Late Cretaceous-Age, Half-Graben Basin, Turbidite Fills in the North Sea Heidrun Field, Mid-Norwegian Continental Shelf |
(Theme 8) Rift Basins: Form and Fill |
Exhibition Hall |
Tuesay
8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
| A. B. Rodriguez**; P. Mann |
Origin of the Mexican Ridges Passive Margin Foldbelt Based on Seismic and Well Integration from the Shelf-Slope-Deep Basin and Structural Restoration |
(Theme 11) Additional Student Poster Session |
Exhibition Hall |
Tuesay
8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
| S. C. Ruppel, R. Loucks |
Controls on the Distribution and Geometries of Sandstone Bodies in Platform Carbonate Systems: Examples from the Middle Permian (Guadalupian), Permian Basin, Texas |
(Theme 6) Sequence Stratigraphy Examples in a Variety of Lithologies |
Exhibition Hall |
Tuesay
8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
| WEDNESDAY ORAL SESSIONS |
| Author(s) | Title | Session | Room | Date/Time |
| M. Santra, R. Steel, M. L. Sweet |
Shelf-Slope Sedimentary Prism Development and Changing Deepwater Sand Distribution Pattern: Eocene Tyee Forearc Basin, Oregon |
(Theme 2) Prediction of Deepwater Stratigraphic Uncertainty: Quantification, Characterization and Modeling II |
342 |
Wednesday
08:25 am |
| J. F. Gale, P. Eichhubl, A. Fall, S. E. Laubach |
Natural Fractures in Shales: Timing, Sealing, Mechanisms of Formation, and Relevance for Shale-Gas Reservoirs |
(Theme 5) Fractures: Natural and Hydraulic - Prediction, Observation and Performance |
General Assembly C |
Wednesday
09:05 am |
| M. P. Jackson, T. P. Dooley, M. Hudec, A. McDonnell |
The Pillow Fold Belt: A Key Subsalt Structural Province in the Northern Gulf of Mexico |
(Theme 8) Gulf of Mexico: Basement, Salt Tectonics and Depositional Systems |
General Assembly A |
Wednesday
10:25 am |
| A. Fall, P. Eichhubl, R. J. Bodnar, S. E. Laubach |
Testing the Basin-Centered Gas Model Using Fluid Inclusion Observations |
(Theme 4) New Insights from Key Tight-Gas Provinces |
351 |
Wednesday
11:25 am |
| I. Norton, M. Dinkelman |
Synrift Tectonic Domains in South Atlantic Salt Basins: Observations from Long-Offset Deep Seismic Data Combined with Plate Reconstructions Allow for Comparisons of Regional Extension Along West Africa and Brazil Continental Margins |
(Theme 8) South Atlantic Exploration |
351 |
Wednesday
01:40 pm |
| A. Ozkan, K. Milliken, S. E. Laubach, J. E. Olson, J. Holder |
Quantification of Effects of Cementation on Subcritical Crack Index by Comparison of Outcrop and Subsurface Samples of Williams Fork Formation, Piceance Basin |
(Theme 6) Romancing the Stone: New Adventures in Sandstone Reservoir Quality |
342 |
Wednesday
02:00 pm |
| S. P. Dutton, R. Loucks, R. Day-Stirrat |
Regional Composition and Reservoir Quality of Wilcox Sandstones, Northwest Gulf of Mexico |
(Theme 6) Romancing the Stone: New Adventures in Sandstone Reservoir Quality |
342 |
Wednesday
02:40 pm |
| WEDNESDAY POSTER SESSIONS |
| Author(s) | Title | Session | Room | Date/Time |
| K. Choi, R. J. Steel, C. Olariu, M. I. Olariu |
Updip Migrating Bedforms in the Inclined Heterolithic Strata as a Compelling Evidence of a Sinuous, Meandering Tidal-Fluvial Channel: Comparisons Between Ancient (Upper Cretaceous Neslen Formation, USA) and Modern (Macrotidal Estuary, Gomso Bay, Korea) Analogues |
(Theme 6) Shallow Marine Systems and Processes: A Tribute to Roger Walker and Gerry Middleton I |
Exhibition Hall |
Wednesday
8:30 am - 11:30 am |
| R. J. Day-Stirrat, K. L. Milliken, S. P. Dutton, R. Loucks, S. Hillier, A. C. Aplin, A. M. Schleicher |
Open-System Chemical Behavior in Deep Wilcox Group Mudstones, Texas Gulf Coast, USA |
(Theme 5) U.S. Active and Emerging Plays II |
Exhibition Hall |
Wednesday
8:30 am - 11:30 am |
| J. Dixon, R. Steel |
Facies Variability in Shelf-Edge Strata of the Lower Kookfontein Formation, Tanqua Karoo Basin, South Africa: An Analog for Reservoir Heterogeneity in Shelf-Edge Settings |
(Theme 6) Shallow Marine Systems and Processes: A Tribute to Roger Walker and Gerry Middleton I |
Exhibition Hall |
Wednesday
8:30 am - 11:30 am |
| D. B. Dunlap, D. Burton, L. Wood |
Reservoir Modeling of Highly Heterolithic Tidal Shoreline Deposits in the Sego Sandstone, Utah; Translating Detailed Outcrop Knowledge to Subsurface Understanding of Flow in Stratigraphically Complex Systems |
(Theme 6) Shallow Marine Systems and Processes: A Tribute to Roger Walker and Gerry Middleton II |
Exhibition Hall |
Wednesday
8:30 am - 11:30 am |
| J. El-Azzi, C. Kerans |
Evaluating Evaporite Karst Expressions in Outcrop Using Terrestrial LiDAR Within the Mississippian Madison Formation, Fremont Canyon, Wyoming |
(Theme 7) Outcrop Analogs for Carbonate and Evaporite Reservoirs I |
Exhibition Hall |
Wednesday
8:30 am - 11:30 am |
| N. Eldam**, T. Kloss** |
The Mississippian Madison Formation: Controls on the Development of a Regionally Extensive Evaporite Paleokarst Complex |
(Theme 7) Outcrop Analogs for Carbonate and Evaporite Reservoirs I |
Exhibition Hall |
Wednesday
8:30 am - 11:30 am |
| R. Harbor, S. C. Ruppel, T. Hentz |
Facies and Lithostratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian-Cenomanian) Eagle Ford Formation, Central and South Texas |
(Theme 5) U.S. Active and Emerging Plays I |
Exhibition Hall |
Wednesday
8:30 am - 11:30 am |
| J. Nicot, T. A. Meckel, R. H. Trevino |
Carbon Storage Options for the Power Industry in the Texas Gulf Coast Area |
(Theme 10) CO2 Capture and Sequestration |
Exhibition Hall |
Wednesday
8:30 am - 11:30 am |
| M. Titeux, X. Janson, S. Srinivasan, L. Lake |
Facies Distribution in Collapsed Carbonate Karsts: A Mechanical Approach |
(Theme 7) Advances in Modeling Carbonate Systems II |
Exhibition Hall |
Wednesday
8:30 am - 11:30 am |
| W. R. Wright, H. S. Nance |
Lateral Facies Architecture and the Role of Antecedent Topography on Carbonate Facies Geometries in Incipient Icehouse Climatic Conditions Carboniferous/Lower Pennsylvanian (Baskirian/Morrowan): Hueco Mountains Texas |
(Theme 7) Outcrop Analogs for Carbonate and Evaporite Reservoirs I |
Exhibition Hall |
Wednesday
8:30 am - 11:30 am |
| * | PhD Student |
| ** | Master's Student |
| *** | Undergraduate Student |
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