C NT CT ATTENTION!!! Upcoming August 2013 WGA Luncheon Meetings

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1 C NT CT A Publication of the Wyoming Geological Association Volume V, No. 8 August 2013 PRESIDENT S MESSAGE Mike Hawks Fellow WGA Members, Big News! A er 13 years of effort, the Wyoming Stra graphic Nomenclature Chart is nearly ready for publica on and sale. The WGA Board was recently presented with the finished product and it looks great. The digital version will contain hyperlinks to data pages for all stra graphic units. Links between the chart and data pages are being created and tested as you read this newsle er. It is an cipated the chart will be ready for sale to the public in the 4 th quarter of this year. Table of Contents President s Message p. 1 Luncheon Abstracts p. 2-3 AAPG Rocky Mountain Section p Conference Feedback p. 5 BIG WYOMING NEWS!!! p. 6-7 Aged Humor p. 8 If You Could Speak... p. 9 Professional Services pp Professional Development p. 12 WGA Contact Information p. 13 Calendar Quick Reference p. 14 Best Regards, Mike Hawks ATTENTION!!! IF YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION ( AND/OR PHONE, ETC.) HAS CHANGED, PLEASE CONTACT THE WGA ADMINISTRATOR, DIXIE EATON ( ) IMMEDIATELY FOR AN UPDATED MEMBER PROFILE Upcoming August 2013 WGA Luncheon Meetings Reservations: info@wyogeo.org or call and leave a message at WGA office Meetings: At Casper Petroleum Club, unless noted. Lunch: Buffet ($12.00), served 11:15a.m. to noon. Speakers Presentations: Begin at noon. Guests: Always Welcome! 5 Apr 2 Aug 9 Aug 16 Aug 23 Aug 30 Aug *** NO MEETING THIS DAY! *** LUKE SHAFER, MASTER S STUDENT, UNIVER- SITY OF WYOMING PAUL HELLER, PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT CHAIR AT UNIVERISTY OF WYOMING DANA PERTERMANN, PROFESSOR OF GEOLO- GY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, WESTERN WYO- MING COMMUNITY COLLEGE MARRON BINGLE-DAVIS, GEOLOGIST, SUN- SHINE VALLEY PETROLEUM CORPORATIONIS NO MEETING LABOR DAY HOLIDAY MEET- ING *** NO MEETING (AAPG DISTINGUISHED LECTURER, RSDAY FEB 7TH) *** INJECTION RELATED FRACTURE PERMEABILITY AT THE ROCK SPRINGS UPLIFT CO2 SEQUESTRATION CHARACTERIZATION SITE, SW WYOMING EVALUATING DRIVING FORCES OF BASIN FORMATION IN THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS GEOLOGY OF LINWOOD: THE TOWN THAT DROWNED DAKOTA AND OTHER FOSSIL RESOURCES OF NORTH DAKOTA NO MEETING LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

2 AUGUST 2013 LUNCHEON SPEAKER ABSTRACTS 2 Aug Speaker: Luke Shafer, Master s Student, University of Wyoming Title: Injection Related Fracture Permeability at the Rock Springs Uplift CO2 Sequestration Characterization Site, SW Wyoming Biography: Luke was born in Fallbrook, California in He attended California State University, Long Beach for his undergraduate work and received B.S. in Earth Science with an emphasis in structural geology and a minor in applied mathematics in Luke started the master s program at the University of Wyoming in the summer of 2010 and will defend his thesis on August 23 in Laramie, Wyoming. While at UW, he was a teaching assistant for the 2011 and 2012 summer field camps and had internships with ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company and Chevron in their Deep Water Exploration and Major Projects (DWEP) Company. This upcoming October he will start a job with Chevron in their DWEP Company in Houston, Texas. Luke s hobbies include yoga, backpacking, rock climbing, and running. 9 Aug Speaker: Paul Heller, Professor, Department Chair at University of Wyoming Title: Evaluating driving forces of basin formation in the Central Rocky Mountains Biography: Paul got his Bachelors of Science in geology from the University of New York in He then travelled to Western Washington University to receive his Masters of Science in Finally, he was awarded a doctorate in geology from the University of Arizona in He is currently a professor and the department chair at the University of Wyoming specializing in sedimentation and tectonics. Page 2 CONTACT August 2013

3 AUGUST 2013 LUNCHEON SPEAKER ABSTRACTS 16 Aug Speaker: Dana Pertermann, Professor of Geology and Anthropology, Western Wyoming Community College Title: Geology of Linwood: The Town that Drowned Biography: Dana L Pertermann, currently Associate Professor of Anthropology & Geology at Western Wyoming Community College, received her doctorate in Anthropology from Texas A&M University, specializing in Conflict Archaeology. She has a MA in Historical Archaeology from Illinois State University, and a BA in Geology from the University of Minnesota. She is in the process of finishing a MS in Geology, and has a book coming out on Conflict Event Theory with colleague Holly K. Norton. 23 Aug Speaker: Marron Bingle-Davis, Geologist, Sunshine Valley Petroleum Corporation Title: Dakota and other fossil resources of North Dakota Biography: Originally from White Lake, Michigan, Marron completed a B.S. at Michigan State University in geology in She got an M.S. from the University of North Dakota focusing on species concepts of closely related unionoid species of the Hell Creek Formation in eastern Montana in She finished her Ph.D., also at the University of North Dakota, in 2012, which focused on the uppermost Cretaceous and lowermost Paleocene infraand intertrappean continental mollusks of the Deccan Plateau of India. She currently works as a petroleum geologist at Sunshine Valley Petroleum Corporation in Casper, Wyoming and enjoys outdoor activities and watching movies with her husband and 2-year-old daughter. 30 Aug No Meeting - Labor Day Holiday! CONTACT August 2013 Page 3

4 AAPG ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION Page 4 CONTACT August 2013

5 2013 CONFERENCE FEEDBACK??? If you could not attend the WGA luncheon on Friday, June 21st, or you wish to privately (or anonymously) contribute feedback regarding the 2013 Conference, please use this form below and mail to Dixie at the WGA Office: Wyoming Geological Association P.O. Box 545 Casper, Wyoming What would you consider successes for the 2013 Conference? What could have been done differently to improve the 2013 Conference? What would you like to see for the 2014 Conference? Other comments? CONTACT August 2013

6 BIG NEWS IN WYOMING STRATIGRAPHY! What is it, you may ask??? Your WGA Stratigraphic Nomenclature Committee has been hard at work for the past 13 YEARS!..., striving to finalize and distribute to you: THE COMPLETED WYOMING STRATIGRAPHIC CHART!! AND ACCOMPANYING INFORMATIONAL GEOLOGIC PAGES!! Hard Copy Chart and Digital (CD) Geologic Database *** Coming Fall/Winter 2013 *** *** Delivery in January 2014 *** Ordering & Pricing coming soon!!! Keep your eyes here for further information! Page 6 CONTACT August 2013

7 BIG NEWS IN WYOMING STRATIGRAPHY! CONTACT August 2013 Page 7

8 AGED HUMOR Source: unknown Page 8 CONTACT August 2013

9 IF YOU COULD SPEAK... If you could speak about your life, your travels, your research, your interests, your ideas on technology and the future of geology as a science and a gateway to a thriving and successful economy,... then, what would you say? Tear out this page, or print it, fill in the blanks below, and scan/ /walk/ snail mail it to Dixie Eaton at the WGA office and you might be the next featured speaker on the WGA Fridayafternoon luncheon floor. You need NOT be a Member of WGA in order to present at our Friday luncheon meetings. To misquote Charles Lyell, on the science of geology,... Your presentation may be the key to our future I would like to give a presentation at a Friday-afternoon WGA luncheon. My topic is: My name is: I work for/my experience is: Principles of Geology Publ. in three volumes, Sir Charles Lyell CONTACT August 2013 Page 9

10 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Page 10 CONTACT August 2013

11 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES YOUR BUSINESS CARD HERE! See page 13 for space & pricing details YOUR BUSINESS CARD HERE! See page 13 for space & pricing details CONTACT August 2013 Page 11

12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PTTC Workshops Come to Workshops Before and After the URTeC Conference in August!! Stimulating Shale Oil/Gas Wells: Permeabilities from Matching Microseismic and Gas Rates, Defining the Fracture Network, and Implications for Proppant Sunday August 11, 2013, 1:00pm 5:00 pm, Denver Athletic Club Fee: $75 (includes food at breaks, workbook, and PDH certificate) Instructor: Dr. Ian Palmer (Higgs-Palmer Technologies) Confessions of a Frac Engineer: 200 Field Studies Prove our Frac Jobs are Not Optimized Thursday August 15, 2013, 8:30 am 5:00 pm Denver Athletic Club, Fee: $250 (includes food at breaks, workbook, and PDH certificate) Instructor: Mike Vincent, Fracwell, LLC Come Join PTTC at RMS-AAPG in Salt Lake City, Utah Register online: Pre-Convention Short Course #2: Petrophysical Evaluation of Unconventional Resources Sunday, September 22 th 8:00 AM-5:00 PM (Morning and afternoon snacks provided) Fee: $225 (Professionals) $125 (Students); Instructors: Robert Cluff, The Discovery Group, Inc.; Michael Holmes, Digital Formation, Inc. Limit: 60 persons Course description: The course will cover the petrophysical approaches to the evaluation of Shale Oil, Tight Gas Sands, and Shale Gas Techniques using both open and cased hole logs. Attendees will learn basic interpretation procedures to determine porosity, hydrocarbon saturation, TOC, volumes of in-place hydrocarbons, recoverable hydrocarbon estimates, and net pay criteria. Worked examples from a number of North American reservoirs will be part of a comprehensive workshop manual to be provided to all attendees. PETRA Intermediate Mapping Monday-Tuesday, October 14 and 15, 8:30 am 5:00 pm Colorado School of Mines, Berthoud Hall room 201 Fee: $500, includes food at breaks, workbook, and PDH certificate. Limit 20 people Instructor: Jewel Wellborn, Hydrocarbon Exploration & Development, Inc. The Intermediate Mapping class is designed for those participants who have completed the Petra Introductory course and are ready to advance their use of mapping features, gridding, and computational options available in the PETRA Map module. Workflows using contouring algorithms, gird to grid manipulations, computations, residual and curvature processes will be discussed. Map options such as directional well posting, drainage radii, rose diagram and lineament analysis, dip and strike calculation and presentation, 3D visualization, and posting of engineering data may be offered as class participants request. A discussion of overlay options and management may also be reviewed. (This class is designed with professional Geoscientist in mind). Class Descriptions and Register Online: For more information, contact Mary Carr, , mcarr@mines.edu Page 12 CONTACT August 2013

13 CONTACT INFORMATION Wyoming Geological Association P.O. Box 545 Casper, WY (307) Fax (307) WGA 2013 OFFICERS President Mike Hawks Linc Energy President-Elect Julia Lemaster Goolsby, Finley & Associates 1st Vice President Mike Bingle-Davis Cameco 2nd Vice President Marron Bingle-Davis Sunshine Valley Petroleum Corporation Secretary/Treasurer Phil Nickerson Bronco Creek Exploration Editor Barb McGavern-Atkinson Past President JoAnn True True Oil WGA 2013 AAPG Delegates Mike Kozimko Tom Anderson Office Administrator and Advertising Dixie Eaton Continuing Education Ralph Specht Dance/Geowives Joanie Dunlap Martha Horn (WGA Chairwoman) Field Conference 2013 General Chair Julia Lemaster Library Arnold Woods Membership & Directory Dixie Eaton COMMITTEES Nomenclature and Stratigraphic Committee Carl Babb Don Cardinal Gary Winter Lyn George Paleontological Resources Brent Breithaupt Scholarship Kent Sundell SPE Liaison Dave Chase U.W. Liaison Amber Robbins CONTACT Submission deadline for September 2013 issue is Friday, August 23rd. All ads must be prepaid. Send ad and payment to: WGA PO Box 545, Casper WY CONTACT ADVERTISING RATES Full Page 7.5 x 9.5 1/2 Page 7.5 x 4.5 1/4 Page 3.5 x 4.5 Business Card 3.5 x 2 Various Sizes $3.50 per column inch per month ($10 minimum) $100/month $1000/year $50/month $500/year $25/month $250/year $10/month $100/year Advertising space is also available in the membership directory and the annual field conference guidebook. Discounts are available for advertising in all three publications. CONTACT August 2013 Page 13

14 Wyoming Geological Associa on P.O. Box 545 Casper, Wyoming Website: August 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday J U L Y LUKE SHAFER PAUL HELLER DANA PERTERMANN MARRON BINGLE-DAVIS NO MEETING (LABOR DAY) 31 Page 14 CONTACT August 2013