Curriculum Vitae (11/17/2017)

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1 Curriculum Vitae (11/17/2017) Daniel J. Soeder, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD Director, Energy Resources Initiative, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, 501 E. Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD Research Specialty 1. Geology of conventional and unconventional oil and natural gas reservoirs, geothermal reservoirs, and subsurface carbon dioxide storage. Research Specialty 2. Environmental effects of fossil energy production, carbon storage and geothermal on groundwater and surface water Research Specialty 3. Petrophysical properties of geologic materials, including low-permeability sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks. B.S., Cleveland State University, 1976: geology, minor in physics; M.S., Bowling Green State University (Ohio), 1978: geology Publications 29 refereed papers as of 2017, including chapters in two books, service as guest editor of a scientific journal special issue, and one full book (GSA memoir) Awards: 20 individual awards for special achievement or superior performance received between 1991 and 2009 as a USGS employee. Awards: 7 awards for superior performance received between 2009 and 2017 as DOE/NETL employee. Professional Affiliations: National Ground Water Association (NGWA), Dublin, OH, since 2014; American Geophysical Union (AGU), Washington, D.C., Hydrology section, since 1991; Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, Colorado, since 1986; American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) since Current Position: (May 2017-present) Director, Energy Resources Initiative, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD. Previous Experience: : Geologist, hydrologist, technical project coordinator and research scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown, WV. Lead scientist for issues related to groundwater hydrology and shale geology in the Geology and Environmental Systems focus area, including engineering risk assessments and hydrologic monitoring on unconventional fossil energy resource development, and characterizing gas shales and other unconventional resource rocks through the application of cutting edge geological, petrographic and petrophysical techniques : Hydrologist with the United States Geological Survey, MD-DE-DC Water Science Center, Baltimore, MD. Research included coastal hydrology and geology, hydrologic instrumentation, groundwater contamination studies, and groundwater hydrology. Served 3 years as chair of Delaware Estuary Science and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) : Supervisory Hydrologist, USGS Delaware Subdistrict, Dover, DE. Responsible for managing subdistrict personnel, facilities, vehicles, and technical programs, and developing new programs to address regional water issues. 1

2 : Hydrologist, USGS Yucca Mountain Project Branch, Las Vegas, NV. Coordinated USGS Yucca Mountain Project field activities for site characterization work in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, including geophysical data collection, drilling, coring, geologic mapping, aquifer testing and water quality sampling. Also investigated the relationships between hydrologic properties and pore structure in volcanic rocks : Contractor, USGS Yucca Mountain Project Branch. Planned, developed, and tested laboratory measurement techniques for obtaining petrophysical data on volcanic rocks at Yucca Mountain, NV : Geologist, Institute of Gas Technology (now Gas Technology Institute), Chicago. Performed geological research on natural gas resources to understand the relationships between geological properties and gas reservoir productivity, especially in unconventional gas resources : Geological Engineer, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company. Worked on a U.S. Department of Energy contract in Morgantown, WV to recover and characterize drill core from Devonian shale gas wells. Refereed Publications: Soeder, D. J., 1986, Laboratory drying procedures and the permeability of tight sandstone core: SPE Formation Evaluation, Vol. 1, No. 1, p Soeder, D. J. and Randolph, P.L., 1987, Porosity, permeability and pore structure of the tight Mesaverde Sandstone, Piceance Basin, Colorado: SPE Formation Evaluation, Vol. 2, No. 3, p Soeder, D. J., 1988, Porosity and permeability of eastern Devonian gas shale: SPE Formation Evaluation, Vol. 3, No. 2, p Soeder, D. J., 1990, Applications of fluorescence microscopy to the study of pores in tight rocks: AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 74, No. 1, p Soeder, D. J. and Chowdiah, P., 1990, Pore geometry in high and low permeability sandstones, Travis Peak Formation, East Texas: SPE Formation Evaluation, Vol. 5, p Soeder, D. J. and Miller, C.V., 2003, Ground-water contamination from lead shot at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Sussex County, Delaware: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report , 26 p. Soeder, D.J., 2004, The U.S. Geological Survey in Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C.: USGS Fact Sheet FS , 2 p. Kreeger, D., Tudor, R., Sharp, J., Kilham, S., Soeder, D., Maxwell-Doyle, M., Kraeuter, J., Frizzera, D., Hameedi, J., and Collier, C., 2006, Status and needs of science in the Delaware Estuary: Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Report #06-01, 72 p. 2

3 Soeder, D.J., Raffensperger, J.P. and Nardi, M.R., 2007, Effects of withdrawals on ground-water levels in Southern Maryland and adjacent Eastern Shore, : USGS Scientific Investigations Report , October, Soeder, D. J., and Kappel, W.M., 2009, Water resources and natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale: USGS Fact Sheet FS , 6 pp. Lorah, M.M., Soeder, D.J. and Teunis, J.A., 2010, Summary of organic wastewater compounds and other water-quality data in Charles County, Maryland, October 2007 through August 2008, USGS Open-File Report , 19 p., plus appendixes (online). Soeder, D.J., 2010, The Marcellus Shale: Resources and Reservations, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 91, No. 32, 10 August 2010 Pages Soeder, Daniel J., 2011, Environmental impacts of shale-gas production (letter to the editor): Physics Today; Nov., 2011, Vol. 64; Issue 11, p. 8 Soeder, D.J., 2012, Shale gas development in the United States, Chapter 1 in Al-Megren, H. A. (ed.), Advances in Natural Gas Technology, Rijeka, Croatia: InTech Open Access; ISBN DOI: /2324, 542 p. Rivard, C., Molson, J.W., Soeder, D. J., Johnson, E. G., Grasby, S. E., Wang, B., Rivera, A.A., 2012, Review of the November 24-25, 2011 shale gas workshop, Calgary, Alberta Vol 2: groundwater resources, Open File Report 7096, Geological Survey of Canada, 205 pages. Geng, Xiaolong, Nicholas C. Davatzes, Daniel J. Soeder, Jagadish Torlapati, Rebecca S. Rodriguez, and Michel C. Boufadel, 2014, Migration of high-pressure air during gas well drilling in the Appalachian Basin, Journal of Environmental Engineering, v. 140, no. 5, May, B ; doi: /(asce)ee , 46 p. ( Soeder, D. J., Sharma, S., Pekney, N., Hopkinson, L., Dilmore, R., Kutchko, B., Stewart, B., Carter, K., Hakala, A., and Capo, R., 2014, An approach for assessing engineering risk from shale gas wells in the United States, International Journal of Coal Geology, Vol. 126, p. 4-19; Special Issue: Unconventional Natural Gas and the Environment, Daniel J. Soeder and Mark A. Engle, eds., 170 p. ( Soeder, D.J., Enomoto, C.B., and Chermak, J.A., 2014, The Devonian Marcellus Shale and Millboro Shale, in Bailey, C.M., and Coiner, L.V., eds., Elevating Geoscience in the Southeastern United States: New Ideas about Old Terranes Field Guides for the GSA Southeastern Section Meeting, Blacksburg, Virginia, 2014: Geological Society of America Field Guide 35, p , doi: / (05). Zhang, Liwei, Anderson, Nicole, Dilmore, Robert, Soeder, Daniel J., and Bromhal, Grant, 2014, Leakage Detection of Marcellus Shale Natural Gas at an Upper Devonian Gas Monitoring Well: A 3 D 3

4 Numerical Modeling Approach: Environ. Sci. Technol., August 2014, V.48, p ; dx.doi.org/ /es501997p Rodriguez, R., Crandall, D., Song, X., Verba, C. and Soeder, D., 2014, Imaging Techniques for Analyzing Shale Pores and Minerals: NETL-TRS ; NETL Technical Report Series; U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory: Morgantown, WV, 32 p. Rodriguez, R.S., and Soeder, D.J., 2015, Evolving Water Management Practices in Shale Oil & Gas Development: Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources, V.10, June 2015, p Chen, R., Sharma, S., Bank, T., Soeder, D., and Eastman, H. 2015, Comparison of isotopic and geochemical characteristics of sediments from a gas- and liquids-prone wells in Marcellus Shale from Appalachian Basin, West Virginia: Applied Geochemistry, V. 60, September 2015, P Soeder, D.J., Sawyer, J.F., Freye, A. and Singh, S., 2015, Assessment of Hydrocarbon Potential in the Niobrara Formation, Rosebud Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, URTeC DOI /urtec ; Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA, July 2015, 13 p. Zhang, L. and Soeder, D. J., 2015, Modeling of methane migration in shallow aquifers from shale gas well drilling: Groundwater. doi: /gwat Soeder, D.J., 2015, Adventures in Groundwater Monitoring: Why has it been so difficult to obtain groundwater data near shale gas wells? Environmental Geosciences, V. 22, no. 04 (December 2015), p Hong, L., Jain, J., Romanov, V., Lopano, C., Disenhof, C., Goodman, A., Hedges, S., Soeder, D., Sanguinito, S., and Dilmore, R., 2016, Factors Affecting the Interaction of CO2 and CH4 in Marcellus Shale from the Appalachian Basin: Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources, V. 14, p Levine, J.S., Fukai, I., Soeder, D.J., Bromhal G., Dilmore, R., Guthrie, G., Rodosta, T., Sanguinito, S., Frailey, S., Gorecki, C., Peck, W., and Goodman, A., 2016, U.S. DOE NETL methodology for estimating the prospective CO2 storage resource of shales at the national and regional scale: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, V. 51, August 2016, P Harris, A. E., Hopkinson, L. and Soeder, D.J., 2016, Developing monitoring plans to detect spills related to natural gas production: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; 188 : 647; DOI /s Harris, A., Hopkinson, L. and Soeder, D., 2016, The Assessment of Instruments for Detecting Surface Water Spills Associated with Oil and Gas Operations; NETL-TRS-XX-2016; Technical Report Series; U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory: Morgantown, WV, 2016; X p. (in review) Soeder, Daniel J., 2017, Unconventional: The Development of Natural Gas from the Marcellus Shale: GSA Special Paper 527, Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America Books, 143 p. 4

5 Soeder, Daniel J., 2017, Clay, Geologic Formations, Carbon Management and Industry: Chapter 3 in Romanov, V. (ed), Greenhouse Gases and Clay Minerals; Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG; ISBN , DOI: / , 187 p. Recent Presentations Soeder, D.J., Engaging a Tribal College in the Assessment of Oil and Gas Resources on a Sioux Indian Reservation: Presentation at GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 1-4 November 2015; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. V. 47, No. 7, p.46 Soeder, D.J., Focazio, M., and Kent, D.B. (conveners), When Oil and Water Mix: Understanding the Environmental Impacts of Shale Development: Pardee Symposium P#2, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO., September 25-28, Soeder, Daniel J., Field-based environmental monitoring of unconventional oil and gas wells: Energy 7 conference, Manchester, U.K., August 14-17, Soeder, Daniel J., Development of Stranded Gas in the Niobrara Shale: Abstract ; AAPG International Conference and Exhibition (ICE), London, U.K., October 15-18, Soeder, Daniel J., Sawyer, J. Foster, Benning, Jennifer L., Tinant, C. Jason, and Sanovia, James J.: Engaging Native American Students in Relevant Geoscience Projects; Abstract , GSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, Oct , Soeder, Daniel J.: Overcoming the Technical Challenges of Shale Gas and Tight Oil Production; Abstract , GSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, Oct , Students and Interns: Josh Dalton, June 2011 May 2012: WVU Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering MS student (graduated May 2012), investigated steady-state petrophysical measurement methodologies for ultra-low permeability rocks like shale (member of his committee). Dr. Yael Tucker, August 2011 December 2014: WVU Genetics PhD candidate (graduated May 2015), investigating downhole microbiological communities in Marcellus Shale, microbiological influences on drilling and frac chemical degradation and water quality. Kimberly Ayers, April 2012 August 2012: WVU Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering MS student (graduated May 2012), investigated chemical components of hydraulic fracturing fluid. Rebecca Rodriguez, July 2012 March 2015: Virginia Tech Geology post graduate intern (MS) investigating applications of imaging technology to shale pore structure, methane gas entrainment in fractured aquifers, and water use practices in shale gas development. 5

6 Nicole Anderson, May 2013 July 2014: Pitt Civil & Environmental Engineering PhD candidate; carried out laboratory studies of natural attenuation processes on organic chemicals used in drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Dr. Liwei Zhang, June 2013 present; Carnegie Mellon University, Civil & Environmental Engineering post-doctoral intern; developed and expanded hydrologic modeling capabilities at NETL. Poonam Giri, May-August 2013; Indiana University PhD candidate in hydrogeology; worked as summer intern investigating mobility of methane gas in shallow, fractured aquifers. Isabella Cross-Najafi, August 2013 June 2016: WVU Geology and Geography MS candidate, investigating organic geochemistry of black shales and groundwater chemistry. Aubrey E. Harris, September 2013 September 2015: WVU Civil and Environmental Engineering MS student, graduated summer 2015, investigated applications of surface water and groundwater monitoring instrumentation to shale gas development. Rachelle Thorne, May 2014 October 2015; WVU Geology and Geography post graduate intern (MS), groundwater field studies, laboratory work on natural attenuation. Samuel Batchelder, May-August, 2014; Undergraduate chemical engineering major at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA; worked as a summer intern on natural attenuation study of hydraulic fracturing Anastasia Fries, May-August 2014; LaSalle University undergraduate geology major; investigated impacts of impervious shale gas drill pads on small watersheds as a summer intern (currently a geology MS candidate at University of Cincinnati) Chloe Wonnell, January 2015 July 2016: WVU Geology and Geography post graduate intern (MS), groundwater modeling, rock eval/sra, organics, petrophysical analyses of shale. Mollie Kish, June 2015 December 2015; WVU Geology and Geography MS candidate, geologic modeling and petrophysical data for assessing carbon dioxide storage in depleted gas shales. Scyller Borglum, June present; SDSM&T Geology and Geological Engineering PhD candidate, focus on petrophysics of shale and carbon dioxide storage research in depleted gas shales. Currently research assistant on SD Mines Energy Resources Initiative. Dr. Michael Hannon, September 2015 April 2017; University of Alabama Birmingham post-doctoral engineering intern at National Energy Technology Laboratory; focus on development of advanced measurement technologies for ultra-low permeability rocks like shale. 6