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Session One: Precambrian-Cambrian: The Dawn of Time
Session Chairs: Mastaneh Liseroudi | Natural Resources Canada & Bob Riopel | Ronin
8:30am – 8:45am | Welcome & Session One Introduction
8:45am-9:10am
Alberta’s Precambrian Basement: Novel Data and Preliminary Interpretations
Eric Morley | Alberta Geological Survey
Co-author: Arif Rabbani | Alberta Energy Regulator
9:10am-9:35am
The Cambrian Cold Lake Conundrum: New Models for Old Rocks
David Herbers | Alberta Geological Survey
Co-author: Tyler Hauck | Alberta Energy Regulator
9:35am-10:00am
Sand and Deliver: Testing the limits of CCS potential in the Basal Cambrian near Medicine Hat, AB
Becky Rogala | Imperial Oil
Co-author: Breanna Uzelman | Imperial Oil
10:00am – 10:30am | Coffee Break & Core Viewing
10:30am-10:55am
Economic Uses and Geochemistry of Canadian Evaporite Systems: Cavern Storage, Waste Disposal, and Geochemistry of Clay-Rich Units
Magnus Roland Marun | University of Calgary
Co-authors: Davood Zivar, Guanhua Li, Hassan Dehghanpour | University of Alberta, Pavel Kabanov | Geological Survey of Canada
10:55am-11:20am
Reservoir Quality and CO₂ Mineral Trapping Potential of Subsurface Strata in Metro Vancouver: An Automated Mineralogy Approach
Paula Ramirez Lopez | Vidence Inc., Simon Fraser University
Co-authors: Marc Enter, Matthew Power | Vidence Inc., Shahin Dashtgard, Maziyar Nazemi | Simon Fraser University
11:20am – 12:40pm | BBQ Lunch
Session Two: Devonian: Roots, Reefs and Fishes
Session Chairs: Celine Chow | Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. & Lauren Eggie | Imperial Oil
12:40pm – 12:45pm | Session Two Introduction
12:45pm-1:10pm
Lithofacies, Depositional Environments and Petroleum Reservoir Characteristics of the Ordovician Red River Formation, Williston Basin, Southeastern Saskatchewan
Ashlee D. Thomas | Saskatchewan Geological Survey, University of Regina
Co-author: Hairuo Qing | University of Regina
1:10pm-1:35pm
Sedimentology and stratigraphic architecture of the Wymark Member, Duperow Formation, SW Manitoba
Patricia Fraino | Manitoba Geological Survey
Co-author: Michelle P.B. Nicolas | Manitoba Geological Survey
1:35pm-2:00pm
Critical Mineral Resources within Middle Devonian Strata in Saskatchewan
Peter Hill | Saskatchewan Geological Survey
2:00pm – 2:30pm | Coffee Break & Core Viewing
2:30pm-2:55pm
Reefs and salts of the Devonian Souris River Formation and their lateral distribution in southeast Saskatchewan
John Lake | Lake Geological
2:55pm-3:20pm
Beaverhill Lake Group Carbonate Complexes: Middle-Upper Devonian Stratigraphy and Subsidence in The W. Canada Basin
Joel Collins
3:20pm-3:45pm
How Late Devonian-Early Carboniferous Little Creatures Rewrote the Bakken Paleogeography, Reframed Reservoir Architecture, and Shifted Its Development Strategy in SE Saskatchewan
Solange Angulo Saldina | University of Saskatchewan
Co-author: Luis Buatois | University of Saskatchewan
3:45pm – 3:50pm | Day One Wrap-Up
Session Three: Precambrian-Cambrian: Mississippian-Triassic: Rise, Fall and Recovery
Session Chairs: Carolyn Furlong | Grant MacEwan University & Ozzy Ofoegbu | Cenovus Energy
8:30am – 8:45am | Welcome & Session Three Introduction
8:45am-9:10am
Vertical vs. Horizontal Drilling in Waulsortian Mud Mound Reservoirs of the Lower Mississippian Pekisko Fm.
Alisha Fidrich | Islander Oil and Gas Inc.
Co-author: Chris Young | Islander Oil and Gas Inc.
9:10am-9:35am
Reservoir Characterization of Mississippian Frobisher Bed Pools in Southeast Saskatchewan
Holly Shoulak | Saskatchewan Geological Survey, University of Regina
Co-author: Hairuo Qing | University of Regina
9:35am-10:00am
Re-Evaluation of the Valhalla Field: Can Montney Formation Turbidites Serve as a Non-Traditional CO₂ Reservoir?
Matthew Braun | Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada
Co-author: Daniel Bell | Ovintiv Canada, Per Pedersen | University of Calgary, Omid Ardakani | Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada
10:00am – 10:20am | Coffee Break & Core Viewing
10:20am-10:45am
Sedimentologic and Stratigraphic Characterization of Montney Carbonates: Implications to Montney Reservoir Quality and Well Performance
Greg Baniak | PETRONAS Canada
Co-authors: Thomas Moslow | Moslow Geoscience Consulting
10:45am-11:10am
Unconformity Expressions in the Upper Triassic Charlie Lake Formation- WCSB, Canada
Jon White | Sproule ERCE
Co-authors: Ian Kirkland, Alexander Minev, Ivan Iuferov | Sproule ERCE
11:10am-11:35am
Integrating Ichnology and Sedimentology to Recognize Delta Types: Case studies from the Cretaceous of the Alberta Basin
James MacEachern | Simon Fraser University
Co-author: Kerrie Bann | Ichnofacies Analysis Inc.
11:35am – 12:50pm | BBQ Lunch
Session Four: Cretaceous-Miocene: Shallow Seas to Modern Margins
Session Chairs: James Burr | Spur Petroleum Ltd. & Michael Webb | Michael Webb Geoconsulting Ltd.
12:50pm – 12:55pm | Session Four Introduction
12:55pm-1:20pm
Once Upon a Time in Cold Lake: re-evaluation of time-significant surfaces from time-lapse monitoring of the Clearwater Formation
Mark Smith | Strathcona Resources Ltd.
Co-authors: Andrew Iverson, Steve Quan, Allison Altenhof, Katey Roberts, Ashley Saunders, Stephanie Schmidt, Andrew Tomlinson, Tammy Wilmer | Strathcona Resources Ltd.
1:20pm-1:45pm
Beyond the sweet spots: Core-based insights into the variability and complexity of marginal SAGD reservoirs in the Wabiskaw Member, Athabasca Oil Sands
Cynthia Hagstrom | Nova Geoscience
1:45pm-2:10pm
Stratigraphy of the Wabiskaw Member at Kearl Oil Sands Mine: Depositional Controls and Operational Challenges Ahead
Bogdan Varban | Imperial Oil Ltd.
Co-author: Bram Komaromi | Imperial Oil Ltd.
2:10pm – 2:30pm | Coffee Break & Core Viewing
2:30pm-2:55pm
Geochemical Signatures of Subtle Depositional Sequence Stratigraphic Boundaries: A Case Study from the Late Albian Viking Formation
Sarah Schultz | Simon Fraser University, Yukon Geological Survey
Co-authors: James MacEachern | Simon Fraser University, Octavian Catuneanu | University of Alberta, John Gordon | Spectrum Geosciences Ltd.
2:55pm-3:20pm
Sedimentology and Reservoir Facies Heterogeneity of the Basal Belly River Oil Play, Wilson Creek, Alberta
Tristan Euzan | IFP Technologies (Canada) Inc.
Co-authors: Thomas Moslow | Moslow Geoscience Consulting Ltd., Dusty Baldree, Steve Power, Mark Urban | Lotus Creek Exploration Ltd., Amir Iqbal | Artile Analytica Inc.
3:20pm-3:45pm
Traveling Turbidite: The Herrera Sandstone Member, a Trinidadian, Deep-Water, Middle Miocene Turbidite System
Gareth Williams | Touchstone Exploration Inc.
Co-author: Xavier Moonan | Touchstone Exploration Trinidad Ltd.
3:45pm – 3:50pm | Day Two Wrap-Up
4:00pm – 7:00pm | Core Meltdown
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