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    • April 04, 2024
    • April 07, 2024
    • Starts/Ends in Midland, TX. - Base Camp in Carlsbad, NM.
    • April 09, 2024
    • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
    • Bush Convention Center - 105 N. Main St., Midland, TX 79701
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    Identifying Pay Zones and Understanding Petroleum Systems in Petrophysically Difficult to Interpret Plays by Analyzing Volatiles from Cuttings and Core with Rock Volatiles Stratigraphy 

    Rock volatiles stratigraphy (RVS) has been pioneered and developed by Advanced Hydrocarbon Stratigraphy since 2010 to provide actionable information to oil and gas operators based on detailed geochemical analysis of volatile components present in geological samples though recently this has expanded to include helium, geothermal, and CCS applications. Samples analyzed are typically cuttings and core, which can be unpreserved and several decades old, but muds and produced fluids are also analyzed on the same instrumentation allowing for direct comparisons.   

    The RVS technique applies vacuum extraction to rock samples to provide quantitative information on entrained hydrocarbons (HC), organic and inorganic acids, noble gases, air components, various sulfur compounds, biodegradation compounds, stimulation compounds and water. Two vacuum extractions, at 20 and 2 mbar, are applied to the same rock sample to obtain readily extracted and more tightly held compounds. Analytes are concentrated on liquid nitrogen cold traps (CT). When the CT is warmed after collection the analytes are released by sublimation point to a mass spectrometer for analysis. Non-condensable gases like methane and helium are analyzed prior to warming. Analysis at different vacuum extraction pressures allows for calculation of relative permeability indices, understanding surface/fluid interactions, and evaluating environments where compounds reside. 

    Past work in the Permian for RVS has included examinations of the Wolfcamp and the Avalon shales in both the Midland and Delaware basins. In the cases of these tight shales the HC resource is retained in the rock in a relatively representative manner allowing for an X-marks the spot style approach to understand resource concentration and composition using cuttings samples sealed at the well site. Examples of selecting optimal landing zones based on resource content and rock properties from RVS for the Wolfcamp and identifying by-passed pay in the Avalon/Brushy Canyon are discussed. 

    More recently RVS has been used to study other shale targets and the Bonesprings. In the case of the Bonesprings RVS data analysis greatly benefits from signatures and methodologies developed for non-source rock plays including the Austin Chalk, the Miss Lime in the STACK (OK), the North Slope of Alaska, the Gulf of Mexico, and Trinidad. These signatures and methodologies from outside the Permian basin, developed in many cases for more conventional play types and problems, have found great use in applications such as pay zone identification in plays that petrophysical analyses miss, assessing water content, identifying oil migration conduits, evaluating relative permeability of oil vs water, and evaluating gas mediated resource fractionation and reservoir pressure loss. Examples of these signatures from the plays that they were developed in will be shown and discussed. 

    Bio

    Christopher Smith (PhD) 

    Senior Chemist 

    Advanced Hydrocarbon Stratigraphy

    Christopher Smith has been a Senior Chemist with Advanced Hydrocarbon Stratigraphy (AHS) since January 2019 and moved to Midland in 2022 working on data analysis, instrumentation, client engagements, and business development. Most of his analysis work focuses on the Permian, the Anadarko and Arkoma basins in Oklahoma, the North Slope in Alaska, and the Marcellus. Since 2020 a significant portion of Christopher’s work has been geared toward expanding the uses of AHS’s unique patented technologies into non-traditional fields for AHS beyond oil and gas – these include successful engagements and projects with academia, government, and operators on subsurface studies in carbon capture and sequestration, helium exploration, and geothermal power. Additionally, he has pushed AHS to be involved in scientific studies on permafrost in the Artic and the paleo environment before, during, and after the Chicxulub impact. Prior to working for AHS, he received his PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of Arizona with focuses on instrumentation, data analysis programing, spectroscopy, electrophysiology, surfactants, and surface modification chemistries. He also completed a MA in history at the University of Tulsa as a Henneke Research Fellow in 2012. He completed his undergraduate work cum laude in 2011 with degrees in chemistry, history, and biochemistry also from the University of Tulsa. 


    • April 23, 2024
    • April 24, 2024
    • 2 sessions
    • Henry Auditorium, UTPB Engineering Bldg., 11105 W. Hwy. 191, Midland, TX. 79705
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    • April 23, 2024
    • April 24, 2024
    • 2 sessions
    • Henry Auditorium, UTPB Engineering Bldg., 11105 W. Hwy. 191, Midland, TX. 79705
    • 78
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    THIS REGISTRATION LINK IS FOR NON-MEMBERS ONLY

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    • April 27, 2024
    • April 30, 2024
    • Abilene Convention Center

    The 2024 annual meeting will be hosted by the Abilene Geological Society and will be held at the Abilene Convention Center  April 27th-30th.  Current plans include a field trip on Saturday, a short course on Sunday, an Icebreaker Sunday evening, a social event Monday evening, and technical presentations all day Monday and Tuesday. 


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    Contact Brittnee Brannan: Brittnee@deltaoandg.com or

    Jean Campbell: jeancampbell1461@gmail.com  for additional information

    Abstracts can be submitted to our technical chairs before March 1:

    Welcoming all topics relating to:

    • Geology and geophysics of the Permian Basin, Fort Worth Basin, East Texas Basin, and Anadarko Basin – other plays and basins
    • Emerging energy ideas and resources.
    • Machine Learning/Al in oil and gas development.
    • Conventional and unconventional exploration.
    • May 29, 2024
    • Guadalupe Mountains


    • September 17, 2024
    • September 19, 2024
    • Bush Convention Center - 105 N. Main St., Midland, TX. 79701









    • September 20, 2024

    56th ANNUAL ROCKHOUND CLASSIC GOLF TOURNAMENT







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March 14, 2023 WTGS Irish Cocktails & Trivia
March 14, 2023 WTGS March Luncheon
March 14, 2023 Geoscience and Geoengineering TechFest at GSA South-Central
March 02, 2023 PBS-SEPM Robert L. Read, Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series
March 01, 2023 WTGS Unified Scholarship Deadline
February 23, 2023 ETGS SEMINAR
February 14, 2023 WTGS February Luncheon
January 10, 2023 WTGS January Luncheon
December 16, 2022 Multi-Society Christmas Party
December 13, 2022 WTGS December Luncheon
November 08, 2022 WTGS Fall Cocktail Sampler & 80's & 90's Trivia!
November 08, 2022 WTGS November Luncheon
October 27, 2022 WTGS Family Fun Bike & Hike - INDIVIDUAL & FAMILY PASSES
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April 12, 2022 WTGS April Luncheon
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March 08, 2022 SOLD OUT!!! WTGS Spring Social - Irish Whiskey Tasting Event
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January 28, 2022 PPDC Course - Log Analysis of Shaly Sandstones - George B. Asquith, Ph.D.
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November 10, 2021 PPDM Petroleum Data Mini Workshop - MIDLAND
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October 12, 2021 WTGS October 12, 2021 Luncheon Meeting
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September 21, 2021 WTGS 2021 Fall Symposium
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