Elusive Hydrocarbons are Still to be Found in the Permian Basin
October 28-30, 2009
Midland, Texas
Symposium Schedule
The symposium was a grand success! 500+ attendees and presenters. Thank you for your participation and we look forward to seeing everyone again next year.
This year was the 21st anniversary of the West Texas Geological Society Fall Symposium. Papers for oral and poster presentations covering topics on resource plays, techniques, field studies, and general and regional geology that demonstrated hydrocarbon production and exploration in and around the Permian Basin.
Technical Chairpersons, Mark Sonnenfeld or Lyn Canter wish to thank all the volunteers below.
Keynote: Dr. Mike Gardner, “The Value of a Complete Picture: How Geologic Research from the Permian Basin Impacts Local and Global Deep-Water Resource Development”
Discovery Forum:Highlights of some Permian Basin fields and how they were found as recounted by some top explorers (Moderators: Mike Party and Steve Shaw)
Topics presented:
Ø Sequence stratigraphy, mineralogy & rock properties in the Woodford Shale, Permian Basin
Ø Petrophysical applications ranging from old E-logs to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Ø Gas Shale petrophysical evaluation methods including “The lost gas problem”
Ø Canyon Group carbonate-clastic transition, Eastern Shelf of Midland Basin
Ø Spraberry/Dean sedimentologic and diagenetic controls on reservoir quality
Ø Bone Spring synthesis, Delaware Basin
Ø Outcrop-based reservoir architecture of the mixed carbonate siliciclastic Grayburg Formation (Guadalupe Mtns.) including specific Reservoir Applications
Ø Yates Formation stratigraphy in northern Midland Basin
Ø Suite of talks on diverse “alternative energies” ranging from biofuels, to nuclear, to ultra-shallow gas, gas hydrates, and CBM