RPSEA is pleased to announce: RPSEA UNCONVENTIONAL GAS CONFERENCE 2012: Unconventional Gas- Geology, the Environment, Hydraulic Fracturing The event will take place April 17-18 in Canonsburg, PA. RPSEA has an active research program with a current portfolio of projects all targeting development of unconventional gas in the U.S. This conference offers an ideal opportunity to hear the latest perspectives and exchange ideas with industry experts. Environment, Hydraulic Fracturing Page 1
Program Highlights Include: Opening Session Speaker Kathryn Z. Klaber, President, Marcellus Shale Coalition Luncheon Speaker Chris Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary Oil and Gas, U.S. Department of Energy Keynote Speaker Joseph H. Frantz Jr. VP Engineering - Southern Marcellus Shale Division Range Resources - Appalachia, LLC Technology Topics: The Latest in Well Stimulation Produced Water Handling Re-fracturing of Low Permeability Wells Low k Field Development and Optimization Shale Resources Horizontal Well Fracturing Many Others See Agenda See Agenda for Full Lineup of Technology to be Reviewed Environment, Hydraulic Fracturing Page 2
There is a $50 registration fee for RPSEA Members ($100 Non- Members) to help offset cost of the meeting. Agenda RPSEA UNCONVENTIONAL GAS CONFERENCE 2012: Geology, the Environment, Hydraulic Fracturing April 17-18, 2012 Canonsburg Hilton Garden Inn, Canonsburg, PA Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh/Southpointe 1000 Corporate Dr, Canonsburg, PA 15317 (724) 743-5000 Special Meeting Rate = $129 per night. Please make reservations by March 30 th, 2012. Tuesday, April 17 th Day One Agenda Tuesday, April 17th 7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Welcome Bob Siegfried President, RPSEA 8:05-8:30 a.m. Opening Session Speaker: Kathryn Z. Klaber, President, Marcellus Shale Coalition Environment, Hydraulic Fracturing Page 3
8:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Meeting Overview Agenda Kent Perry- VP Unconventional Gas - RPSEA Environmental Topics, Land Footprint, Produced Water 9:00-9:30 Produced Water Pretreatment for Water Recovery and Salt Production; Jim Silva; GE Oil and Gas 9:30-10:00 Appalachian Shale and Barnett area Water Management and Reuse Technologies; Tom Hayes, Gas Technology Institute. 10:00-10:30 Break 10:30 11:00 Environmentally Friendly Drilling Program Results; Rich Haut, Houston Area Research Center 11:00-11:30 Novel Gas Isotope Interpretation Tools To Optimize Gas Shale Production; Yongchun Tang, PEER Institute Shale Gas Resources 11:30-12:00 Multiazimuth Seismic Diffraction Imaging for Fracture Characterization in Low-Permeability Gas Formations, Sergey Fomel and Peter Eichbuhl - Bureau of Economic Geology 12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch Luncheon Speaker: Chris Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary Oil and Gas, U.S. Department of Energy 1:30-2:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker; Joseph H. Frantz Jr., VP Engineering - Southern Marcellus Shale Division, Range Resources - Appalachia, LLC Environment, Hydraulic Fracturing Page 4
2:00 2:30 Marcellus Shale Geophysical Characteristics, Bob Hardage; Bureau of Economic Geology/UT 2:30 3:00 Marcellus Shale Geologic Considerations and Gas Resource Estimates; Terry Englander, Penn State University 3:00-3:15 Break Marcellus Shale Hydraulic Fracturing Experiment Gas Technology Institute and Range Resources 3:15 3:30 Marcellus Shale Hydraulic Fracturing Experiment Overview; Iraj Salehi, Gas Technology Institute 3:30 4:00 Marcellus Geology Natural Fracture Considerations; Range Resources Test Site; Julia Gale, Bureau of Economic Geology, U. of Texas 4:00 4:30 Marcellus Hydraulic Fracturing Research Results Jordan Ciezobka, Gas Technology Institute 4:30 5:00 Downhole and Surface Microseismic Results Range Resources Test Site TBD 5:00 5:15 Overflow, Summarize and Adjourn for the Day 5:30-7:30 p.m. Reception at the Hotel Day Two Agenda Wednesday, April 18th 7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast All 8:00-8:15 Agenda Overview Kent Perry-RPSEA Environment, Hydraulic Fracturing Page 5
Hydraulic Fracturing 8:15-8:45 Re-fracturing of Tight Sand and Gas Shale Wells; Mukul Sharma, University of Texas, Austin 8:45-9:15 Fracturing with Light Weight Proppants; Kishore Mohanty, University of Texas, Austin 9:15-9:45 Sustaining Fracture Area and Conductivity of Gas Shale Reservoirs for Enhancing Long-Term Production and Recovery; Hugo Morales, Terra Tek; Ahmad Ghassemi, Texas A&M 9:45-10:15 Characterizing Stimulation Domains for Improved Well Completions in Gas Shales; Ian Palmer, Higgs Palmer 10:15-10:30 Break 10:30-11:00 Gas Production Forecasting From Tight Gas Reservoirs: Integrating Natural Fracture Networks and Hydraulic Fractures; Milind Deo, University of Utah 11:00-11:30 Coupled Flow-Geo-mechanical-Geophysical-Geochemical (F3G) Analysis of Tight Gas Production; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab 11:30-12:00 Prediction of Fault Reactivation in Hydraulic Fracturing of Horizontal Wells in Shale Gas Reservoirs; Yueming Cheng, West Virginia University 12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00 1:30 Hydraulic Fracturing - Tight Gas Reservoirs; Dan Hill and Ding Zhu; Texas A&M University Flow Through Low k Formations; Physics and Modeling Environment, Hydraulic Fracturing Page 6
1:30-2:00 Using Single-molecule Imaging System Combined with Nanofluidic Chips to Understand Fluid Flow in Tight and Shale Gas; Baojun Bai, Missouri University of Science and Technology 2:00-2:30 Integrated Experimental and Modeling Approaches to Studying the Fracture-Matrix Interaction in Gas Recovery from Gas Shale; Qinhong (Max) Hu, University of Texas at Arlington 2:30-2:45 Break 2:45-3:15 Simulation of Shale Gas Reservoirs Incorporating Appropriate Pore Geometry and the Correct Physics of Capillarity and Fluid Transport; Richard F. Sigal; University of Oklahoma 3:15-3:45 High Resolution Imaging for Gas Shales; Dmitry Silin, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab 3:45 4:30 Overflow Items as Needed 4:30 Summary and Adjourn Environment, Hydraulic Fracturing Page 7