Jointly present a one-day workshop

Part II--Undiscovered Oil and Gas in the Michigan Basin

At the Holiday Inn, Mt. Pleasant, MI, on October 20, 2005, from 8:00am to 4:00pm

Geoscientists from the United States Geological Survey, Western Michigan University, and the University of Houston will address these questions:

How much undiscovered oil and gas still exists in the Michigan Basin?
Which formations offer the best prospects?
What is the potential for EOR through CO2 sequestration in the Michigan Basin?
How can you use the “petroleum systems” concept to develop exploration models?
Which facies are the best oil and gas producing zones?
How can you use information from modern depositional environments and their ancient analogs in exploration?
How might new seismic imaging techniques provide the tools for new discoveries in Michigan?

A panel of Michigan independents will share their thoughts on these concepts.

Cores will be available from modern and ancient carbonate environments and from producing source rocks.

Agenda and Program:

8:00-8:30--Registration, welcome and refreshments

8:30-9:30--Dr. Christopher S. Swezey, Research Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey,
will present results of the U. S. Geological Survey assessment of
undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Michigan Basin. He will review
the petroleum systems of the Michigan Basin, and focus on several reservoir
intervals with remaining potential for undiscovered hydrocarbons. Chris
obtained a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1997,
and he has worked for British Petroleum, BP Amoco, Phillips Petroleum, and
the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. In 2000, he joined the USGS Eastern Energy Resources Team, where he has worked on oil and gas assessments of the Michigan Basin and Appalachian Basin.

9:30-10:00--Dr. Joseph R. Hatch, Research Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey, will review work characterizing the six chemically distinct natural gases and four chemically distinct oils produced from the Michigan Basin, and explain the use of these data to interpret the nature and extent of hydrocarbon migration and mixing, and the relationship of gas compositions to relative source rock thermal maturity. Joe obtained a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Illinois in 1972, and has worked at the U. S. Geological Survey in Denver since 1974. Previous relevant experience includes studies of oil geochemistry, oil-source rock correlations and assessments of conventional and continuous oil and gas resources in the Paleozoic basins of the mid-continent and eastern United States.

10:00-10:20—Coffee Break

10:20-11:00--Dr. G. Michael Grammer, Associate Professor in the Department of Geosciences and a Principal at the Michigan Basin Core Research Laboratory, at Western Michigan University, will present an overview of recent developments in the application of carbonate sedimentology and stratigraphy to reservoir characterization. He will also show that many of these techniques are applicable to the Michigan Basin in both exploration and production. Mike was a senior technical consultant with Texaco and ChevronTexaco and has consulted domestically and internationally. He has been an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer and has co-lead the AAPG field course, “Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Distribution in a Modern Carbonate Platform,” for the last 8 years. He has published 25 peer-reviewed papers along with an additional 75+ abstracts. Mike is part of a research team at Western Michigan University working on the origin and characteristics of dolomite in Michigan reservoirs and on a project exploring the potential for geological sequestration of CO2 in Michigan formations.

11:00-11:30 Dr. John E. Repetski, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, will discuss the use of conodonts (marine microfossils) in energy resource basin analysis. He will present and discuss thermal maturation isograd maps based on conodont color alteration index (CAI) for two Michigan Basin Ordovician stratigraphic intervals: (1) the Lower to lower Middle Ordovician [including the Prairie du Chien Group, and "Foster" and "Bruggers" formations], and (2) the Upper Ordovician [including the Black River and Trenton Groups]. A Devonian CAI map also will be presented. These maps can help to: 1) identify areas of favorable, or unfavorable, thermal regimes for in-place hydrocarbon generation/preservation, 2) determine and constrain the basin's burial history and thermal evolution, and 3) solve stratigraphic problems. Since obtaining his Ph.D. in geology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, John has spent 30 years with the USGS. Working with conodonts from all continents, but concentrating on the North American Cambrian and Ordovician, he has applied this work to mapping, groundwater, earthquake hazards, and mineral and energy resource assessments.

11:30-12:00--Dr. Daniel O. Hayba, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, will present the results from a basin evolution modeling study. His research incorporates basin-scale simulations of stratigraphic evolution, fluid migration, and heat transport. The parameters used to construct the model are derived from an analysis of digital lithologic and electric logs. A basin-wide synthesis of thermal maturation data is used to constrain the model and predict the timing of maturation. Dan obtained a Ph.D. in hydrogeology from the University of Illinois and has been with the U.S.G.S. for 25 years. For most of that time, Dan has been involved in numerical modeling and has developed and published modeling software. His current research focuses on modeling and hydrocarbon resource assessments in the Michigan Basin, the Gulf Coast, and the Alaskan North Slope.

12:00-1:00—Lunch

1:00-1:30--Dr. William B. Harrison, III, Professor Emeritus and a Principal at the Michigan Basin Core Research Laboratory in the Department of Geosciences, Western Michigan University, will describe lithologic properties and facies characteristics of the major hydrocarbon producing formations in the Michigan Basin. Core specimens representing these formations will also be on display for your examination. He will also review the resources available at the Core Laboratory for exploration and prospect identification. Bill founded the Core Lab 22 years ago, and has authored dozens of papers on Michigan geology. He is part of a research team at Western Michigan University working on the origin and characteristics of dolomite in Michigan reservoirs and on a project examining the potential for geological sequestration of CO2 in Michigan formations.

1:30-2:00--Dr. Dave Barnes, Associate Professor of Geosciences at Western Michigan University and Research Scientist at the Michigan Basin Core Research Laboratory, will discuss Geological Carbon Sequestration (GCS) and its significance to the petroleum industry. GCS is the permanent storage of CO2 (the main anthropogenic green house gas) in subsurface formations. Oil field EOR projects using CO2 floods open up a new “play concept” in mature petroleum provinces like the Michigan basin. The Midwest, in general, and Michigan in particular have a very high potential for GCS. Dr. Barnes worked for 5 years in a technical support group for SOHIO Petroleum before moving to WMU in 1986. His research at Western includes subsurface geological studies, coastal geology and computer applications. He is part of a research team at Western Michigan University working on the origin and characteristics of dolomite in Michigan reservoirs and on a project exploring the potential for geological sequestration of CO2 in Michigan formations.

2:00-2:15—Coffee break

2:15-3:00--Dr. Charlotte Sullivan, Research Geologist at the Allied Geophysical Labs, University of Houston, will present advances made in volumetric curvature attribute development at the AGL by showing application to 3-D surveys in the Illinois and Appalachian Basins, and will discuss how this technology can apply to the Michigan Basin. Charlotte has 30 years of industry experience with a focus on carbonate reservoirs in the Philippines, Qatar, Trinidad, Mexico, West Texas, New Mexico, and the Eastern U.S., before joining the University of Houston AGL in

2000, where she calibrates seismic attributes. Co-presenter, Dr. Kurt Marfurt, taught mining geophysics at Columbia University, then joined Amoco where he spent 23 years in seismic modeling, migration, signal analysis, basin analysis, seismic attribute analysis, reflection tomography, seismic inversion and multicomponent data analysis. Kurt joined the University of Houston in 1999 as a Professor in the Department of Geosciences and as Director of the AGL.

3:00-4:00--Panel discussion by Brian Deans, Bill Strickler, Dan McGuire, Allen Modroo, Dennis Schmude and Charles Sternbach.

Workshop fee: $85 if received by us by October 11. After that, it’s $110.

Location: Holiday Inn, 5665 E. Pickard Road, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858. For rooms, please call (800) 292-8891, and ask for PTTC rates. Maps at www.hiresort.com

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Part II--Undiscovered Oil and Gas in the Michigan Basin

At the Holiday Inn, Mt. Pleasant, MI, on October 20, 2005, from 8:00am to 4:00pm

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Workshop fee: $85 if received by us by October 11. After that, it's $110. You'll get a workbook, refreshments, and lunch. Sorry, we can’t “save” seats without payment.

Cancellations: We'll refund in full for cancellations received by October 11. After that, we'll refund if a paid participant takes your place.

For engineers and others who need verification of PDH hours: At the end of the workshop, you will get a certificate with a printed schedule showing this workshop is equal to 6 PDH credits.

Location: Holiday Inn, 5665 E. Pickard Road, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858. For rooms, call (800) 292-8891, and ask for PTTC rates. Maps at www.hiresort.com

For more information, please contact the Michigan PTTC Center at (269) 387-8633.

PTTC gratefully acknowledges that its primary funding comes through the U. S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). PTTC also appreciates the support of several state governments, universities, and state geological surveys, mainly through the Regional Lead Organizations. Industry donations and in-kind contributions play an important role, and are tax-deductible. Together, cost share from all sources provides over 50% of PTTC’s financial support. PTTC is a national not-for-profit corporation under IRS Code section 501(c)3.