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Depositional and Sequence Stratigraphic Framework of the Middle Pennsylvanian Allegheny Formation, South-Central West Virginia: Analyzing Autogenic and Allogenic Influence on Depositional Elements

Oluwasegun Abatan and Amy Weislogel

Understanding kerogen composition and structure in pristine shale cores collected from Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory

V. Agrawal, Shikha Sharma and A. Warrier

Comparing Different Extraction Methods for Analyses of Ester-linked Diglyceride Fatty Acids in Marcellus Shale

Rawlings Akondi, Ryan V. Trexler, Susan M. Pfiffner, Paula J. Mouser and Shikha Sharma

Thermodynamically Driven Fluid Mixing Across Phases Induced by Viscous Flow Instabilities in Porous Media

Mohammad Amin Amooie, Joachim Moortgat and Mohamad Reza Soltanian

Cyclic Pressure Pulsing: A Promising Method to Improve Recovery from Hydraulically-Fractured Stripper Wells of Appalachian Basin

Emre Artun, Ozgur Irgav and Nurum Khairzhanov

Cypress Sandstone Reservoir Characterization Across the Clay City Anticline, Richland and Clay Counties, Illinois

Zohreh Askari, Yaghoob Lasemi and Nathan D. Webb

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Redefined Sauk sequence rocks in the Ohio region suggest emerging plays on the Ohio Platform and adjacent Rome Trough

Mark T. Baranoski

The Formation of Diagenetic Trap in the Squirrel Sandstone

Landis Bates, Ian McGougan, Jeremy Gerdau and Eric Law

Redox Conditions during deposition and early diagenesis of the U. Ord. Point Pleasant Ls of southwestern PA and northern WV: Insights from pyrite framboids and trace elements

David R. Blood

Core Reflectance Spectroscopy and Well Logging of the Point Pleasant/Utica Sub-basin, Ohio

Julie M. Bloxson and Beverly Z. Saylor

An Analysis of a Near-Surface Big Clifty (Jackson) Sandstone Reservoir in Logan County, Kentucky

Tyler S. Bodine and Michael T. May

Sulfide Generation by Dominant Colonizing Halanaerobium Microorganisms in Hydraulically Fractured Shales

Anne E. Booker, Mikayla A. Borton, Rebecca A. Daly, Susan A. Welch, Carrie D. Nicora, Shikha Sharma, Paula J. Mouser, David R. Cole, Mary S. Lipton, Kelly C. Wrighton and Michael J. Wilkins

Methanohalophilus is the Dominant Source of Biogenic Methane in Hydraulically Fractured Shales

Mikayla A. Borton, Rebecca A. Daly, David M. Morgan, Anne E. Booker, David W. Hoyt, Paula J. Mouser, Shikha Sharma, Michael J. Wilkins and Kelly C. Wrighton

Reevaluation of the Heavy Oil and Bitumen Resources of the Western Kentucky Tar Sands: What Did We Learn about the Tar Sands That Is New?

J. Richard Bowersox

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The Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory (MSEEL)

Timothy R. Carr, Shikha Sharma, Thomas Wilson, Paul Ziemkiewicz, B. J. Carney, Jay Hewitt, Ian Costello, Emily Jordon, Zachary Arnold, Ryan Warner, Andy Travis, David R. Cole, Jeffery Daniels, Paula J. Mouser, Kelly C. Wrighton, Ray Boswell, Dustin Crandall and Robert Vagnetti

Improving Unconventional Hydrocarbon Recovery by Reducing Formation Damage

David P. Cercone, Andrew M. Kiss, Yijin Liu, Anna L. Harrison, Adam D. Jew, Megan K. Dustin, Gordon E. Brown and John R. Bargar

Analysis and Integration of Advanced Logs and Core Data: Characterization of the Copper Ridge Dolomite in Morrow County, Ohio

Amber Conner, Erica Howat, Isis Fukai and Srikanta Mishra

Stratigraphy and reservoir characterization of the Grundy Formation (Pennsylvanian, eastern Kentucky) in relation with the overlying Pikeville and Hyden Formations

A. Le Cotonnec, R. Lathion, D. Ventra and A. Moscariello

In-Situ Stress Characterization of Appalachian Basin Cambrian-Ordovician Caprock and Reservoirs via Detailed Image Log Analysis

Zachary Cotter, Samin Raziperchikolaee and Mark Kelley

Preliminary analyses of core from the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory

Dustin Crandall, Johnathan Moore, Thomas Paronish, Alexandra Hakala, Shikha Sharma, Christina Lopano, Thai Phan and Mengling Stuckman

Progress towards Safe and Effective Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Midwest and Mid-Atlantic States

Lydia Cumming, Neeraj Gupta and Joel R. Sminchak

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Microbes in the Marcellus Shale: Distinguishing Between Injected and Indigenous Microorganisms

Rebecca A. Daly, Mikayla A. Borton, Travis A. Wilson, Susan A. Welch, David R. Cole, Shikha Sharma, Michael J. Wilkins, Paula J. Mouser and Kelly C. Wrighton

Revising the Fresh-Saline Water Interface in Eastern Kentucky

Ethan S. Davis and Thomas M. Parris

Preventative Maintenance for Paraffin Management in Production Tubing Using Non-Invasive Ultrasonic Technology

Kayte M. Denslow

Structural Origin of Henderson Dome: Stratigraphic & Geophysical Study of an Upper Ordovician Impact Crater

Travis Duran and Andrew Smith

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Organic Matter Maturation Trends and Source Rock Quality in the Utica Shale, East-Central Ohio

Cortland F. Eble and John B. Hickman

Gas Shales: A largely North American Phenomenon?

Frank R. Ettensohn

Temporal Changes in Fluid Biogeochemistry and Microbial Cell Abundance after Hydraulic Fracturing in Marcellus Shale

Mary Evert, Jenny Panescu, Rebecca A. Daly, Susan A. Welch, Jessica Hespen, Shikha Sharma, David R. Cole, Thomas H. Darrah, Michael J. Wilkins, Kelly C. Wrighton and Paula J. Mouser

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Clay Mineralogy, Provenance, and Sequence Stratigraphy of Upper Ordovician Shales in Eastern Ohio

Devin R. Fitzgerald and Greg C. Nadon

Subsurface Analyses of the Bedford-Berea Petroleum System in Eastern Kentucky

Julie Floyd and Stephen F. Greb

Unconventional Resource Potential of the Sunbury Shale, Berea Sandstone, and Antrim Shale in Central Michigan

Richard D. Fritz

CO2 Storage Resource Estimates for Cambrian-Ordovician Formations in Eastern Ohio

Isis Fukai, Autumn Haagsma, Mackenzie Scharenberg, Priya Ravi Ganesh and Neeraj Gupta

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Quantifying Microporosity in Clay Minerals of the Cypress Sandstone: Implications for Petrophysical Analysis And Diagenesis

Leo G. Giannetta, Shane K. Butler and Nathan D. Webb

A Devonian Callixylon Log of the Archaeopteris Tree Found in Marion County, Kentucky

Patrick Gooding, Richard Smath, Cortland F. Eble and Frank R. Ettensohn

Most Effective Methods in Identifying, Etching, and Dissolving Limestones

Patrick Gooding and Malcom X. Gooding

Thinning marine zones of the Breathitt Group along Kentucky Highway 15, Breathitt County, Kentucky

Stephen F. Greb, Rhodri M. Jerrett and Cortland F. Eble

Changing duration of Carboniferous cyclothems implications for coal and lithofacies distribution

Stephen F. Greb and Cortland F. Eble

NORM and TENORM -- Are We Heading For a New Legal Normal?

Karen J. Greenwell

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Petrophysical Characterization of the Kerbel Sandstone in Central Ohio for CO2 Storage Potential

Autumn Haagsma, Erica Howat and Neeraj Gupta

Analysis of Microbial Lipid Biomarkers as Evidence of Deep Shale Microbial Life

Andrea J. Hanson, Ryan V. Trexler and Paula J. Mouser

Kinematics of Past Tectonic Forces Inferred from Differential Sedimentation

John B. Hickman

Favorable Areas to Focus Future Trenton Exploration in Indiana

Alan W. Hinks

Monitoring Induced Microseismicity in the Rome Trough, Eastern Kentucky U.S.A.

Andrew S. Holcomb, N. Seth Carpenter, Edward W. Woolery and Zhenming Wang

Integrated Sub-Basin Scale Exploration for Carbon Storage Targets: Advanced Characterization of Geologic Reservoirs and Caprocks in the Upper Ohio River Valley

Erica Howat, Neeraj Gupta, Mark Kelley, Jared Hawkins, Autumn Haagsma, Isis Fukai, Amber Conner, Oladipupo Babarinde, Glenn E. Larsen, Joel Main, Caitlin McNeil, Jacqueline Gerst and E. Charlotte Sullivan

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Analysis and Characterization of Utica-Point Pleasant Production

Timothy Knobloch and Martin Shumway

Long Period, Long Duration (LPLD) Seismic Events Observed During Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing in Pennsylvania and West Virginia

Abhash Kumar, Erich Zorn, Richard Hammack and William Harbert

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Lithofacies and Sequence Framework of the Upper Cambrian Galesville and Ironton Sandstones in Illinois

Yaghoob Lasemi and Zohreh Askari

Petroleum Geochemistry of Devonian Rocks and Produced Oil and Natural Gas in the Caseman - Gross Unit #1 Well, Bradford County, Pennsylvania

Christopher D. Laughrey and Fred J. Baldassare

Development of Quick-Look Maps for CO2-EOR Opportunities in the Appalachian and Michigan Basins

Eric Lewis, Jessica P. Moore, Philip Dinterman, Michael E. Hohn, Ronald McDowell and Susan Pool

EIA expanded geographic coverage of oil and natural gas production, with new data for 10 states

Garry Long, Jeffrey Little, Barbara Mariner-Volpe, Elizabeth Panarelli, Neal Davis, Emily Geary and Olga Popova

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Utilization of Factor of Safety in Geotechnical Solutions

Peter MacKenzie, Stephen Harrison and Corey Mislinski

New Insights & Perspectives on the Effects of Structural Reactivation on the Upper Devonian Antrim Shale, Michigan Basin

Cameron J. Manche, Kyle J. Patterson and William B. Harrison

Unification of Compositional Data and High-Resolution Facies Analysis in the Union Springs Formation of New York

John Mason, Michael McGlue and Teresa Jordan

Addressing Health Issues Associated with Air Emissions around UNGD Sites

Michael McCawley, Travis Knuckles, Maya Nye and Alexandria Dzomba

Geochemical Characterization of Lower Wolfcamp Unconventional Reservoirs, Midland Basin (Texas)

Michael McGlue, Patrick Ryan, Patrick Baldwin, Zac Perlman, Joseph Lucas, Lowell Waite and Olivia Woodruff

Hierarchical Evaluation of Geologic Carbon Storage Resource Estimates: Cambrian-Ordovician Units within the MRCSP Region

Cristian R. Medina, John A. Rupp, Kevin Ellett, David A. Barnes, Matthew J. Rine, Matthew S. Erenpreiss and Stephen F. Greb

Insights on Porosity and Pore Size Distribution Using Multiple Analytical Tools: Implications for Reservoir Characterization in Geologic Storage of CO2

Cristian R. Medina, Maria Mastalerz and John A. Rupp

Strange Sample-Thickness Dependence of Multi-frequency Complex Dielectric Permittivity of Shales and Sandstones

Siddharth Misra and Pratiksha Tathed

Improved Oil-in-Place Estimates in Clay- and Pyrite-Bearing Shales Based on Inversion of Multi-frequency Electromagnetic Measurements

Siddharth Misra and Yifu Han

Reservoir Simulation of Tracer Transport in Multicomponent Multiphase Compositional Flow with Applications to the Cranfield CO2 Sequestration Site

Joachim Moortgat, David R. Cole, David Graham, Susan M. Pfiffner, Tommy Phelps, Seyyed Abolfazl Hosseini and Susan Hovorka

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Summary of Publicly Available Production Data for the Devonian Berea Sandstone Play, Eastern Kentucky

Brandon C. Nuttall

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Estimation of Saturation-Dependent Relative Permeability in Shales based on Adsorption-Desorption Isotherm

Shiv P. Ojha, Siddharth Misra, Ali O. Tinni, Carl H. Sondergeld and Chandra S. Rai

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Arcobacter isolated from the produced fluids of a Marcellus shale well may play a currently unappreciated role in sulfur cycling

Jenny Panescu, Mary Evert, Jessica Hespen, Rebecca A. Daly, Kelly C. Wrighton and Paula J. Mouser

New Insights into Precambrian Seismic Stratigraphy, South-Central Indiana

Andrew M. Parent, Ernest C. Hauser and Doyle R. Watts

Late Silurian-Early Devonian Paleogeography Part 1 - Basal Sands of the Sealevel Lowstand

Bill Pfalzer

Late Silurian-Early Devonian Paleogeography Part 4 - Explaining Devonian Brachiopod Provinciality and Distributions

Bill Pfalzer

Silurian Reef Systems in the Illinois and Michigan Basins - What can be learned from modern quarrying operations in North-Central Indiana

Dennis R. Prezbindowski, Benjamin Dattilo, Jon Havens and Rick Lucas

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Applications of scientific core drilling in North Carolina: Cumberland-Marlboro basin, and the Triassic rift / lacustrine Dan River basin.

Jeffrey C. Reid, Kenneth B. Taylor, Katherine J. Marciniak, Walter T. Haven, Ryan A. Channell, Ann T. Shields and Chandler I. Warner

A Protocol for Baseline Sampling of Water Sources in Areas of Shale Oil and Gas Development

Stephen D. Richardson, Jenna S. Kromann, Lisa J. Molofsky, Ann P. Smith, John Connor and David P. Cercone

A sequence stratigraphic model for the Silurian A-1 Carbonate of the Michigan Basin

Matthew J. Rine, Jonathan D. Garrett, Stephen E. Kaczmarek and William B. Harrison

Assessing Thermal Maturity in Cambrian Source Rocks, Rome Trough, Appalachian Basin: Organic Petrology Complexities

Tim E. Ruble, Wayne R. Knowles, Samuel D. Ely and Albert S. Wylie

State of Stress in the Illinois Basin and Constraints on Inducing Failure

John A. Rupp, Richard W. Lahann and Cristian R. Medina

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Indigenous life in extreme environments: Characterizing pristine shale rock hosted biomass

Casey Saup, Rebecca A. Daly, Danielle Goudeau, Rex Malmstrom, Paula J. Mouser, Kelly C. Wrighton and Michael J. Wilkins

Optimizing Lateral Placement and Production while Minimizing Completion Costs Using Downhole Geochemical Logging

Rick Schrynemeeckers

Creating a 3D Hydrocarbon Profile to Increase Production and Reduce Poor Economic Wells: a Utica Case Study

Rick Schrynemeeckers

Evolving EPA Subpart W Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules Challenge Oil and Gas Operators

Thomas S. Seguljic and John P. Martin

Understanding biogeochemical controls on spatiotemporal variations in total organic carbon in cores from Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory

Shikha Sharma, V. Agrawal, Rawlings Akondi and A. Warrier

Mineral/organic Matter Associations and Pore Microtextures in the Marcellus Formation, West Virginia

Julia M. Sheets, Alexander Swift, Tim Kneafsey, Susan A. Welch and David R. Cole

Using Ultrasensitive Surface Detection to Evaluate Potential and Actual CO2 Sequestration Sites

Alan Silliman and Rick Schrynemeeckers

Subsurface Geomechanics, Fracture Breakdown Pressures, and Fracture-tunnels in the Midwest U.S.

Joel R. Sminchak, James E. Hicks and Glenn E. Larsen

Sinistral transpression along previously existing faults, Appalachian Basin, Ohio

Michael P. Solis

Class II injection wells in Kentucky -- An update of the map service of wastewater, brine-disposal, and enhanced-recovery wells in Kentucky

Thomas N. Sparks

Elemental Data Collected in the Berea Sandstone of Eastern Kentucky: Applications to Wellbore Placement, Horizontal Chemosteering and Completion Strategy

Merril J. Stypula, David R. Blood and Ashley S. B. Douds

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Stable isotopic constraints on methane migration into groundwater and emissions to the atmosphere from unconventional natural gas extraction: Examples from OH, CO, TX

Amy Townsend-Small

Phospholipid Fatty Acid Evidence of Recent Microbial Life in Pristine Marcellus Shale Cores

Ryan V. Trexler, Rawlings Akondi, Susan M. Pfiffner, Rebecca A. Daly, Michael J. Wilkins, Shikha Sharma, Kelly C. Wrighton and Paula J. Mouser

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Manistique Group Reservoirs in the Michigan Basin: an Overlooked Resource

Peter J. Voice, Matthew J. Rine, Andrew Caruthers, Jeffrey Kuglitsch and William B. Harrison

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Assessing Potential Seismic Hazards from Induced Earthquakes in the Central and Eastern United States

Zhenming Wang, N. Seth Carpenter and Lifang Zhang

Thermal maturity assessment in the Lower Huron using Raman micro-spectroscopy

Travis B. Warner and Katie Heckman

An Integrated Approach to Identifying Residual Oil Zones in the Cypress Sandstone in the Illinois Basin for Nonconventional CO2-EOR and Storage

Nathan D. Webb, Nathan P. Grigsby, Joshua J. Arneson, Leo G. Giannetta and Scott M. Frailey

Deep cores through the Pennsylvanian section of western Kentucky, Illinois Basin

Gerald A. Weisenfluh, Stephen F. Greb, Caleb Essex, J.P. Sparr and David A. Williams

Phosphate Minerals in Utica Shale: A possible Source of Trace Metals in Flowback Water

Susan A. Welch, Julia M. Sheets, John Olesik, Anthony Lutton, Alexander Swift, Matt Edgin, Steve Chipera and David R. Cole

An Overview of Development of the Utica-Point Pleasant Play

Larry Wickstrom and Martin Shumway

Maturation patterns of the Cambrian Rogersville Shale in the Rome Trough of Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia

Christopher G. Willan, Craig A. Eckert and Alex P. OHara

Gas Generation from natural oils -- the details matter in resource assessment

Donna Caraway Willette

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Improving the Estimations of Shale Permeability with Process-based Pore Network Modeling Approach

Shanshan Yao, Xiangzeng Wang, Ning Ju and Fanhua Zeng

Late Ordovician (Katian) Upper Lexington-Kope Equivalents in the Point Pleasant Basin of Eastern Ohio: Correlation and Paleonenvironments of the Utica Point Pleasant System

Allison L. Young, Carlton E. Brett, Peter Holterhoff, Thomas Algeo and Patrick I. McLaughlin

*Analysis on Distribution and Controlling Factors of Paleogene Reservoir, Beibuwan Basin

Xiaoqiang Yuan and Guangqing Yao

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CO2 Storage Capacity Estimation and CO2-EOR Evaluation for Jacksonburg-Stringtown Oil Field, West Virginia, USA

Zhi Zhong and Timothy R. Carr

Assessing methane in shallow groundwater for the Berea Sandstone and Rogersville Shale play area, eastern Kentucky

Junfeng Zhu, Steven E. Webb, Bart Davidson, Richard Smath, Charles J. Taylor, Thomas M. Parris, Ann P. Smith, Stephen D. Richardson and Jenna S. Kromann

Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory Approach to Water and Waste Studies

Paul Ziemkiewicz

Geomechanical Lithology-Based Analysis of Microseismicity in Organic Shale Sequences: A comparison from multiple hydraulic fracturing field sites

Erich Zorn, Richard Hammack, William Harbert and Abhash Kumar