AAPG Education Directorate
Geoscience Technology Workshops (GTW)
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GTW, Boosting Reserves and Recovery Using Machine Learning and Analytics, Houston, Texas, January 16-17, 2019

• ^EASupervised Learning Applied to Rock Type Classification in Sandstone Based on Wireline Formation Pressure Data, Jose Victor Contreras, #42539 (2020).

GTW, Drones and UAVs: Solving Problems, Finding Resources, Houston, Texas, May 23-24, 2017

• AAPG Geosciences Technology Workshop, Drones and UAVs: Solving Problems, Finding Resources, Houston, Texas, May 23-24, 2017; Abstracts #90303 (2017).

GTW, Big Data & Deep Learning in the Oil Industry: Basics and Applications, Houston, Texas, May 22, 2017

• AAPG Geosciences Technology Workshop, Big Data & Deep Learning in the Oil Industry: Basics and Applications, Houston, Texas, May 22, 2017; Abstracts #90304 (2017).

• Implementation of Machine Learning Systems to Enhance the Value of the CDA North Sea Data Set, Philip Neri, #42132 (2017).

GTW, New Opportunities with Drones: New Needs, FAA Rule Changes, New Technologies, December 1-2, 2016, Houston, Texas

• AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, New Opportunities with Drones: New Needs, FAA Rule Changes, New Technologies, Houston, Texas, December 1-2, 2016; Abstracts #90284 (2017).

• Launching Drone Services – Legal, Ethical and Technical Considerations, Jeffrey R. Campbell, #70248 (2017).

• Mapping on a Budget Using Drones and Digital Data, Jeffrey R. Campbell, #70247 (2017).

• New Developments in Drones and Methane Detection for Monitoring, Emissions Detection, and Regulatory Compliance, Susan Nash, #70235 (2017).

GTW, Seventh Annual Deepwater and Shelf Reservoir, Houston, Texas, January 25-27, 2016

• 2016 AAPG Education Directorate, Geosciences Technology Workshop, Seventh Annual Deepwater and Shelf Reservoirs, Houston, Texas, January 25-27, 2016, Abstracts, #90256 (2016).

• Integrating Seismic Elastic Properties and Discontinuity Analysis into Reservoir Modeling and Simulation - A Case History from the Gulf of Mexico Shelf, Randal Utech, Dan Shan, Ellya Saudale, Dianna Shelander, Kirk Rodgers, Ahmed Ammar, Tim Wilkinson, and Rick Clark, #41820 (2016).

• Velocity for Pore Pressure Prediction Modeling and Risk Assessment, Selim Simon Shaker, #41819 (2016).

• Deepwater Shallow Water Flow (SWF): Causes and Evasion, Selim Simon Shaker, #41809 (2016).

• Paleocene-Eocene Drawdown and Refill of the Gulf of Mexico, Joshua Rosenfeld, #30455 (2016).

GTW, Revitalizing Reservoirs, San Antonio, Texas, December 1-2, 2015

• AAPG Education Directorate, Geosciences Technology Workshop, Revitalizing Reservoirs, San Antonio, Texas, December 1-2, 2015, Abstracts, #90248 (2016).

• Are Geologic/Reservoir/Completion Models Properly Constrained (are they working) in the Permian Basin?, Bill Fairhurst, #41797 (2016).

• Multilateral Stimulation Technology - A New Approach to Stimulating/Revitalizing Production in Carbonate Reservoirs, Kevin Rice, #80524 (2016).

• Comparison of Completion and Drilling Techniques Utilized in Developing Paleozoic Reservoirs in the Southern Denver Basin, Mid-Continent, Colorado USA, Steven Tedesco, #10838 (2016).

• Free and Almost Free Petroleum Information: Low-Cost and Open-Source Software, Susan Smith Nash, #70209 (2016).

GTW, Unconventionals Update, Austin, Texas, November 3, 2015

• Creating a 3-D Hydrocarbon Profile in the Eagle Ford Shale Play, Rick Schrynemeeckers, #51261 (2016).

• Progressive Fracturing Simulations: Transition from Non-Intersecting Fractures to Intersections, Mahdi Haddad, #41776 (2016).

• Optimizing Completion in Unconventionals: What We Know Now, Alireza Sanaei, #80525 (2016).

• Application of the Instantaneous Quality Factor (Q) in the Characterization of the Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford Shale, South Texas, Osareni Ogiesoba, #41781 (2016).

• Gas and Liquid Flow in Shale, Farzam Javadpour, #41780 (2016).

• Evaluating Shale Play Opportunities, Optimizing Your Own Operations, Susan Smith Nash, #80512 (2016).

AAPG-SPE Joint Forum, Reality-Based Reservoir Development: New Teams, Techniques, Technologies, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, September 23, 2015

• Use of Drilling Data to Generate Rock Mechanical and Natural Fracture Property Logs in Horizontal Wells, Mazeda Tahmeen and Geir Hareland, #41806 (2016).

• Realities of Drilling that Geologists Need to Know, Sam Noynaert, #70216 (2016).

• ^PSWho Should Make the Optimum Upscaling Decisions, A Geologist or An Engineer?, Benmadi Milad and Roger Slatt, #41783 (2016).

• ^PSRegional Fine-Scale Sequence Stratigraphy of the Woodford Shale and Its Impact on Microseismic Activity and Optimizing Future Hydraulic Fractures, Jing Zhang, Jennifer Scott, Roger Slatt, and Bryan Turner, #51241 (2016).

• ^PSRock and Fracture Characterization of the Woodford Shale along the I-35 Outcrop, Henry Galvis-Portilla, Daniela Becerra-Rondon, David Duarte, and Roger Slatt, #51240 (2016).

• ^PSHydraulic Fracture Modeling and the Road to Prediction - A Finite Element Approach, Jason Pitcher and Johannes Will, #41777 (2016).

• Characterize Shale Reservoir for Engineers, Xingru Wu, #80523 (2016).

• Using Geomechanical Modeling to Quantify the Impact of Faults on Multiple Phases of Unconventional Resource Production, Nicholas Umholtz, #80522 (2016).

• Wettability Alteration in Reservoirs: How It Happens and How It Boosts Production, Geoffrey Thyne, #80520 (2016).

• Bring the Realities into Focus: New Integration Process for Geology, Engineering, Petrophysics, and Seismic for a CO₂ Flood, Jason Rush, Mina FazelAlavi, John Doveton, and Lynn Watney, #80521 (2016).

• Relationships between Geologic Zones, Produced Water, Saltwater Management, and Seismicity in Oklahoma, Kyle E. Murray, #80519 (2016).

• Case Study in Calculating Worst Case Discharge for a Gulf of Mexico Well While Leveraging Soft Skills to Produce a High-Quality Work Product, Islin Munisteri, #70213 (2016).

• Optimizing Knowledge Transfer between Geologists and Engineers: Infographics as Working Memory Boosters and Engagers for Learning, Susan Nash, #70201 (2015).

GTW, Revitalizing Reservoirs-Rocky Mountains, MidContinent, Canada, International Focus, Golden Colorado, August 11-12, 2015

• AAPG Education Directorate, Geoscience Technology Workshop, Revitalizing Reservoirs-Rocky Mountains, MidContinent, Canada, International Focus, August 11-12, 2015, Golden Colorado, Abstracts, #90242 (2015).

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the Independent: What Is Different Now Than Before?, Susan Nash, #70203 (2015).

• Reservoir Revitalization: Key Questions to Address, Susan Nash, #70202 (2015).

• Rapid Exploration in a Mature Area in Northwest Kansas: Improving the Definition of Key Reservoir Characteristics using Big Data, W.E. (Bill) Full and Steve James, #41685 (2015).

Education Directorate Forum, Woodford Shale Forum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, May 12, 2015

• AAPG Education Directorate, Woodford Shale Forum: Focus on Optimization, May 12, 2015, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Abstracts, #90241 (2015).

• Paleotopographic Control on the Variability of Woodford Shale strata Across the Southern Cherokee Platform Area of Central Oklahoma: a Mechanism for Increased Preservation-Potential of Organic Content, Brenton J. McCullough and Roger M. Slatt, #51125 (2015).

GTW, International Shale Plays, Houston, Texas, April 28-29, 2015

• AAPG Education Directorate, Geoscience Technology Workshop, International Shale Plays, April 28-29, 2015, Houston, Texas, Abstracts, #90240 (2015).

• Production-Focused Seismic: Applying 3D Seismic to Well Productivity Analysis and Completion Optimization, Examples from the Eagle Ford and Wolfcamp, Ross Peebles, #80538 (2016).

• Petroleum System Charge Analysis for Liquid-Rich Unconventional Plays, Michael Abrams, #80537 (2016).

GTW, Fourth Annual Eagle Ford Shale, San Antonio, Texas, March 9-11, 2015

• AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, Fourth Annual Eagle Ford Shale, March 9-11, 2015, San Antonio, Texas; Abstracts, #90227 (2015).

• Enhanced Field Safety through Social Media Collaborative Digital Inspections, Susan Smith Nash, #70199 (2015).

• Eagle Ford Development Case Study Utilizing 3D Seismic in Structurally Complex Area, Atascosa County, Texas, Lee T. Billingsley, Bill Layton, and Luke Finger, #10744 (2015).

• Exploration Insight and Input that Changed Organizational Focus, Strategies and Economic Outcomes: Several Resource Play Examples, Bill Fairhurst and Frank Reid, #41620 (2015).

• Restimulating Horizontal Oil Wells - Success and Failure, Mike Vincent, #80446 (2015).

• Propped Fracs Are Collapsing - What Are the Causes and Ramifications? Mike Vincent, #41621 (2015).

• A New Approach to Optimizing Recovery: PRTISP Process, Harold Nikipelo, #70180 (2015).

• Creating a 3-D Hydrocarbon Profile in the Eagle Ford Shale Play and Relating that Information to Field Production, Rick Schrynemeeckers, #51093 (2015).

• Wettability Alteration in the Eagle Ford: How to Design Drilling Fluids to Improve Recovery in Shale Plays, Geoffrey Thyne, #51092 (2015).

• Limestone Frequency and Well Performance, Eagle Ford Shale (Cretaceous), South Texas, John Breyer, R.H. Wilty, Y. Tian, A. Salman, K.W. O’Connor, B. Kurtoglu, R.J. Hooper, R.M. Daniels, R.W. Butler, and D. Alfred, #51091 (2015).

Education Directorate Forum, Reservoir Optimization for Times with Low Oil Prices Forum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, February 19, 2015

• AAPG Education Directorate, Reservoir Optimization for Times with Low Oil Prices Forum, February 19, 2015, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Abstracts, #90239 (2015).

GTW, Carbonate Plays Around the World-Analogs to Support Exploration and Development, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 4-5, 2015

• AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, Carbonate Plays Around the World, February 4-5, 2015, New Orleans, Louisiana; Abstracts, #90222 (2015).

• Using Ultra-Sensitive Hydrocarbon Mapping to Elucidate the Carbonate Dahl Reef Complex, Rick Schrynemeeckers and Robert Potter, #51089 (2015).

• Petrophysical Characterization of Carbonates of Campos Basin in Southeastern Brazil, Antonio Carrasquilla, #10737 (2015).

• Pre-Salt Carbonate Reservoirs in the South Atlantic and World-wide Analogs, Webster Mohriak, #51086 (2015).

• Impact of Hydrothermal Fluid Flow on Conventional and Unconventional Carbonate-Rich Reservoirs, Midcontinent USA, Robert H. Goldstein and Bradley D. King, #51085 (2015).

• Application of Outcrop Analogues in Carbonate Reservoir Characterization and Modeling: Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Approaches, Youri Hamon, M. Barbier, R. Deschamps, B. Doligez, P. Joseph, S. Rohais, J. Schmitz, and J.-P. Callot, #51084 (2015).

• Petroleum System Analysis of the Nicaraguan Rise and Colombia Basin: A Regional Overview from Seismic and Well Data, Luis Carlos Carvajal and Paul Mann, #10736 (2015).

• Reservoir Characterisation Challenges in Pre-Salt Brazilian Carbonates, Patrick W.M. Corbett, #51083 (2015).

• Outcrop-based Geomechanical Fracture Aperture and Flow Modeling: The Importance of Shear on Flow, Kevin Bisdom, Giovanni Bertotti, and Hamidreza M. Nick, #41606 (2015).

GTW, Sixth Annual Deepwater and Shelf Reservoir, Houston, Texas, January 27-28, 2015

• AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, Sixth Annual Deepwater and Shelf Reservoir, January 27-28, 2015, Houston, Texas, Abstracts, #90223 (2015).

• Exploring the Missing Blind Zone in the Gulf of Mexico Shelf, Selim Simon Shaker, #10739 (2015).

• Depositional Processes and Impact on Reservoir Quality in Deepwater Paleogene Reservoirs, U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Ann Marchand, Gillian Apps, and Weiguo Li, #30402 (2015).

• Seismic Sedimentology of Incised Valley, Lowstand Delta, and Slope Fan Systems in the Eocene Wilcox Group, Central South Texas Coast, Hongliu Zeng, William A. Ambrose, Zhijun Yin, Wenlong Xu, and Pao-Hsien Huang, #41609 (2015).

• Seismic Screening for Hydrocarbon Prospects Using Rock-Physics Attributes, Per Avseth and Tor Veggeland, #41608 (2015).

• Sediment Diagenesis in the Gulf of Mexico Basin and its Role in Pore Fluid Pressure Evolution: Implications for Hydrocarbon Transport via Solitary Waves, Ajit Joshi and Martin Appold, #20307 (2015).

• Spatial Variations in Salinity to Determine Fluid Flow Pathways and Reservoir Compartmentalization in a Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Field, Jeffrey Nunn and William Daugherty, #20306 (2015).

• ^PSA New Perspective on Shallow Water Flow (SWF) Prediction and the Prevention of Sinking Well-Heads in Deepwater, Selim Simon Shaker, #41614 (2015).

• ^PSPrediction of Seal Failure and Reservoir Breaching in Deep Water, Selim Simon Shaker, #41613 (2015).

• ^PSA New Approach to Pore Pressure Predictions: Generation, Expulsion and Retention Trio, Case Histories from GOM, Selim Simon Shaker, #41612 (2015).

• Improving Petroleum System Identification in an Offshore Salt Environment: Gulf of Mexico and Red Sea Case Studies, Rick Schrynemeeckers, #41607 (2015).

• Overview of the Deepwater Geology of the Mexican Gulf of Mexico – Round One of Bidding in the Energy Reform, Milena Colmenares and Jens Hustedt, #10738 (2015).

• Tectonics of Eastern Mexico – Gulf of Mexico and its Hydrocarbon Potential, Ricardo J. Padilla y Sánchez, #10622 (2014).

Education Directorate AAPG/DPA, Midland Playmaker Forum, Midland, Texas, January 14, 2015

• Optimization in U.S. Shale Plays: Emerging New Techniques and Technologies, Susan Smith Nash, #80442 (2015).

GTW, Expanding Unconventional Resources in Colombia with New Science – From Heavy Oil to Shale Gas/Shale Oil Opportunities Bogota, Colombia, December 10-11, 2014

• AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, Expanding Unconventional Resources in Colombia with New Science-From Heavy Oil to Shale Gas/Shale Oil Opportunities, December 10-11, 2014, Bogota, Colombia, Abstracts, #90212 (2015).

• Formation Evaluation in Shale Prospects Experience in Argentina Vaca Muerta Formation, Martin Paris, #51082 (2015).

• Assisted Extra Heavy Oil Sampling by Electromagnetic Heating, W. Acosta, J. Bermudez, L. Andarcia, and A. F. Suarez, #41530 (2015).

• 4D Seismic Monitoring of In-Situ Combustion of Heavy Oil Reservoirs, Diego Morales, Trino Salinas, and Gabriel Alvarez, #41529 (2015).

• Hydrocarbon Solvent Injection Study for Heavy Oil Recovery in the Colombian Oil Sands, Rodolfo J. Marin, Sr., #41528 (2015).

• Unconventional Resources and the Petrobras Challenges in Argentina, Tristán Alberto Armaretti, #80436 (2015).

• Paleotopographic and Depositional Environment Control on "Sweet Spot" Locations in Unconventional Resource Shales: Woodford and Barnett Shale Examples, Roger M. Slatt, Brenton McCullough, Carlos Molinares, Elizabeth Baruch, Felipe Cardona, and Bryan Turner, #10713 (2015).

• ^PSEnvironmental Considerations for Planning Unconventional Gas Developments, Andres Felipe Yrigoyen and Leonardo Graterol, #41527 (2015).

GTW, Unconventionals Update, Austin, Texas, November 4-5, 2014

• AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, Unconventionals Update, November 4-5, 2014, Austin, Texas; Abstracts, #90207 (2015).

• Optimizing Placement of Laterals and Fracture Stages Using Downhole Geochemical Logging – an Eagle Ford Case Study, Rick Schrynemeeckers, #41615 (2015).

• From Borehole Images to Fracture Permeability and Fracturing Pressure, Bernd Ruehlicke, #41537 (2015).

• Investigating Laboratory-Generated Pyrobitumen Precursors for Unconventional Reservoir Characterization: A Geochemical and Petrographic Approach, Andy Mort, Hamed Sanei, and Julito Reyes, #80432 (2014).

• Responding to New Discoveries: Workflow and Strategies for Conquering the "Data Gap" and Overcoming "Stuck-In-Rut Thinking", Susan Smith Nash, #70176 (2014).

• Stranded Pay Between the Laterals: New Technology to Identify and Recover Gas and Oil, Susan Smith Nash, #70175 (2014).

• Learning from Mining: Applications to Unconventional Reservoirs, Jon Noad, #80425 (2014).

• The Relationship between Stimulation Mechanism and Sweet Spot Identification, Mark McClure, #80426 (2014).

• New Resistivity LWD Techniques for Unconventional Oil and Gas Wells, Paul Sinclair, Li Anzong, Aaron Otteman, Alisha Wennecamp, Song Zhoucheng, He Zhigang, and Wang Degang, #80424 (2014).

• Systematic Geomechanical Applications for Unconventional Reservoir Development, Queena Chou, Chris Walsh, Geoff McBryan, Mehdi Noroozi, and Pete R. Singbeil, #80423 (2014).

• Unconventional Multi-Variate Analysis: A Non-Linear Review of the Most Relevant Unconventional Plays in the U.S., Roderick Perez, #80428 (2014).

Education Directorate Forum, Granite Wash and Pennsylvanian Sand, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, September 25, 2014

• Evaluation and Application of Horizontal Granite Wash Well Performance Drivers into Completion and Fracture Stimulation Design, Barry Dean, Karthik Srinivasan, Matt Belobraydic, and Wing Lam, #42149 (2017).

• Economic Development of Pennsylvanian Age Granite Wash Reservoirs with Horizontal Wells in the Anadarko Basin, John Mitchell, #10734 (2015).

• Granite Wash Play Overview, Anadarko Basin Stratigraphic Framework and Controls on Pennsylvanian Granite Wash Production, Anadarko Basin, Texas and Oklahoma: Update, Ed LoCricchio, #80420 (2014).

• The Springer Shale: A Sleeping Giant?, Susan S. Nash, #10664 (2014).

• Heat Flow and Thermal History of the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma, Zachary Frone, #10657 (2014).

GTW, Permian and Midland Basin New Technologies, Houston, Texas, September 4-5, 2014

• AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, Permian and Midland Basin New Technologies, September 4-5, 2014, Houston, Texas; Abstracts, #90205 (2015).

• Direct Reservoir Imaging: The Need for Innovative Advancement in Exploration and Production, Sofia Khan, #41510 (2014).

• Refining the Tactics: Current Approaches to Exploration and Development of Shale Plays in the U.S., Susan Smith Nash, #70173 (2014).

• Wettability Alteration and Increasing Recovery in the Permian Basin: Application to Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs, Geoffrey Thyne, #41469 (2014).

• A Comprehensive Geochemical and Petrophysical Integration Study for the Permian Basin, Michael Holmes and Michael Dolan, #10660 (2014).

• Understanding Attributes and Their Use in the Application of Neural Analysis – Case Histories Both Conventional and Unconventional, Deborah Sacrey and Rocky Roden, #41473 (2014).

• Seismic Reservoir Characterization and Pre-stack Inversion in Resource Shale Plays, Brian Russell, #41467 (2014).

• Downhole Geochemical Logging in the Eagle Ford: Hydrocarbon Detection in Vertical and Lateral Wells, Rick Schrynemeeckers, #41466 (2014).

• Borehole Image Textural Analysis and Integrated Petrophysics – Applications in Delaware and Midland Basins, Nicholas Harvey, #41465 (2014).

GTW Marcellus and Utica Point Pleasant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 17-19, 2014

• GTW Marcellus and Utica Point Pleasant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 17-19, 2014, Abstracts, #90228 (2015).

• Strategic Planning the Big Picture: Learning from the Positive Experiences from Companies Operating in Shale Plays, Gary Hanson, #80536 (2016).

• Unconventionals Update: Challenging the Assumptions, Susan Nash, #41804 (2016).

• Wellbore Stability: Special Considerations for the Marcellus Shale, Julie Kowan and See Hong Ong, #80533 (2016).

• Modern Spectroscopies for Characterizing the Chemical Composition of Kerogen and Bitumen, Drew Pomerantz, #80531 (2016).

Education Directorate Forum, Woodford Shale Forum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, May 29, 2014

• Financing an Oil and Gas Project, Aixin (James) Ma, #80439 (2015).

• Strategic Planning the Big Picture: Learning from the Positive Experiences for Companies Operating in Shale Plays, Gary M. Hanson, #80438 (2015).

• Stratigraphic Variability of the Woodford Shale across Oklahoma, Brenton J. McCullough and Roger M. Slatt, #80417 (2014).

• Regional Upwelling During Late Devonian Woodford Deposition in Oklahoma and Its Influence on Hydrocarbon Production and Well Completion, Erik P. Kvale and Jamar Bynum, #80410 (2014).

• Woodford Shale Play Update: Expanded Extent in the Oil Window, Brian J. Cardott, #80409 (2014).

• Anadarko Woodford Shale: How to Tie a Shoe, Craig Caldwell, #80408 (2014).

GTW, Stratigraphic Traps and Play Concepts in Deep Water Settings, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 14-15, 2014

• AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, Stratigraphic Traps and Play Concepts in Deepwater Settings, May 14-15, 2014, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Abstracts, #90204 (2015).

• The Predictive Power of Depositional Paradigms When Chasing Deep Water Sand-rich Turbidites, César Cainelli, #30363 (2014).

• High-Frequency Forced Regressions and Their Influence on Stratigraphic Trap Generation: Examples from the Paleogene in Pelotas Basin, South Brazil, Jose Daudt and Garret Chong, #10624 (2014).

GTW, Deep Horizon and Deep Water Frontier Exploration in Latin American and the Caribbean, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, March 9-11, 2014

• AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, Trinidad and Tobago Deep Horizon and Deep Water Frontier Exploration in Latin America and the Caribbean, March 9-11, 2014, Port of Spain, Trinidad; Abstracts, #90203 (2014).

• The Hypothetical Cretaceous Petroleum System of Trinidad and Tobago, Adrian Thomas, #30373 (2014).

• Exploration for Cretaceous Deep-Water Reservoirs in the Circum-Caribbean Region: Historical Review and Expectations for the Future, Robert Erlich and Francis Inniss, #30353 (2014).

• Petroleum Prospects of the Middle Tertiary Reservoirs in the Southwest Peninsula of Trinidad, Krishna Persad and Neil Ritson, #10626 (2014).

• Is the Cretaceous an Effective Petroleum System Offshore Suriname?, Vinita Bihariesingh, #30355 (2014).

• Cretaceous Prospectivity of Southern Trinidad, Neil Ritson and Krishna Persad, #30354 (2014).

• The Evolution from Depositional Geometry to Trap Definition by Rapid Multi-Layer Mapping, Michelle Allum, #41418 (2014).

GTW, Eagle Ford Plus Adjacent Plays and Extensions Workshop, San Antonio, Texas, February 24-26, 2014

• AAPG/STGS Geoscience Technology Workshop, Eagle Ford plus Adjacent Plays and Extensions Workshop, February 24-26, 2014, San Antonio, Texas; Abstracts, #90202 (2015).

• Multi-Source Data Integration to Predict Well Performance: Eagle Ford Sweet Spot Mapping, Beau Tinnin, Hector Bello, and Matthew McChesney, #41397 (2014).

• Eagle Ford Solutions: Critical Log Data, Solutions and Conclusions, Charles H. Smith, #41287 (2014).

• Optimized Well Placement from the Integration of Geoscientific Measurements, Gorka Garcia Leiceaga, #41356 (2014).

• Shale Reservoirs: Improved Production from Stimulation of Sweet Spots, Khaled H. Hashmy and Ashok Bhatnagar, #41355 (2014).

• Hydraulic Fracture Growth: Real Data, Kevin Fisher, #41354 (2014).

• Seismic Multiattribute Analysis for Shale Gas/Oil within the Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford Shale in a Submarine Volcanic Terrain, Maverick Basin, South Texas, Osareni C. Ogiesoba, #10601 (2014).

• The Discovery, Reservoir Attributes and Significance of the Hawkville Field and Eagle Ford Shale Trend: Implications for Future Development, Richard K. Stoneburner, #20251 (2014).

• Technology Strategy for Shale Plays: Independents vs. Majors – An Analysis and Outlook, Susan Smith Nash, #70159 (2014).

Education Directorate Forum, Mississippian Lime Play Forum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, February 20, 2014

• AAPG Education Directorate Mississippi Lime Forum, February 20, 2014, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Abstracts, #90201 (2014)

• History of Hydrothermal Fluid Flow in the Midcontinent: A Key to Understanding the Origin and Distribution of Porosity, Robert Goldstein and Bradley King, #50958 (2014).

• Tripolitic Chert Development in the Mississippian Lime: New Insights from SEM, Walter L. Manger, #50957 (2014).

• A Prospectivity Checklist for Unconventional Plays, Susan Smith Nash, #70160 (2014).

• Fluid Migration and Accumulation within the Mississippian: Why 2% Oil Cut Here, 15% Oil Cut One Mile Away, W. Lynn Watney, #50953 (2014).

• Use of Reservoir Models and Dynamic Simulation in Development of Mississippian, Dan Costello, #41341 (2014).

GTW, Deepwater Reservoirs, Houston, Texas, January 28-29, 2014

• AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, Fifth Annual AAPG-SPE Deepwater Reservoir, January 28-29, 2014, Houston, Texas; Abstracts, #90200 (2014)

• Context, Challenges, and Future of Deep-Water Plays: An Overview, Joan Flinch, #41417 (2014).

• Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphic Interpretation of the Area of Influence of the Magdalena Submarine Fan, Offshore Northern Colombia, Andrea Fernanda Cadena Mendoza, #50971 (2014).

• Analysis of Petroleum System for Exploration and Risk Reduction in Abu Madi/El Qar'a Gas Field, Nile Delta, Egypt, Said Keshta, Farouk I. Metwalli, and Al Arabi H.S., #20253 (2014).

• Spectral Recomposition in Stratigraphic Interpretation, Yihua Cai, Sergey Fome, and Hongliu Zeng, #41376 (2014).

• Thoughts and Observation on Interpreting Depth-Imaged Data in the Jurassic Norphlet Play, Deepwater Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Donald A. Herron, #41342 (2014).

• The Perdido and the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico,Milena Colmenares, #30331 (2014).

GTW, Hydrocarbon Charge Considerations in Liquid-Rich Unconventional Petroleum Systems, Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 5, 2013

• Hydrocarbon Charge Considerations in Liquid-Rich Unconventional Petroleum Systems, Michael A. Abrams, Volker Dieckmann, Joseph A. Curiale, and Ross Clark, #80366 (2014).

• Assessment of Organic Petrology Methodology and Characterization of Primary and Secondary Dispersed Organic Matter in Liquid-Rich Shales: Using optical microscopy methodologies, L. D. Stasiuk, Amr El-Ezhary, Michelle Asgar-Deen, Volker Dieckmann, Rob Robinson, and Gary Green, #80367 (2014).

• Reservoir Fluid Properties Required for Low-Permeability Oil Reservoir Analysis, Matt Mavor, #80363 (2014).

• Determination of in-situ Hydrocarbon Volumes in Liquid-Rich Shale Plays, G. Eric Michael, James Packwood, and Albert Holba, #80365 (2014).

• Alberta Shale Resource Project: Liquid-Rich Prospects, Dean Rokosh, Andrew Beaton, and Steve Lyster, #80364 (2014).

• Challenges to Black Oil Production from Shales, Harry Dembicki, #80355 (2014).

• Key Parameters for Liquid-Rich Unconventional Plays: Case Studies from North America, Tom Anderson, #80354 (2014).

GTW, Revisiting Reservoir Quality Issues in Unconventional and Conventional Resources: Techniques, Technologies and Case Studies, Austin, Texas, November 12-13, 2013

• Seismic Meta-Attributes and the Illumination of the Internal Reservoir Architecture of a Deepwater Synthetic Channel Model, Staffan Van Dyke and Renjun Wen, #41267 (2014).

• Key Factors for Success in Unconventionals: Characteristics, Key Plays, Typical Challenges, Susan Smith Nash, #80352 (2014).

• Transcurrent Faulting and Thermal Wave, Middle Amazon Basin Potential, Fabiano Sayão Lobato, #10492 (2013).

• Results and Methodology from ANH (Colombia) Unconventional Resources Core Project AAPG GTW Reservoir Quality, Austin, Texas, Joel D. Walls, Juliana Anderson, Elizabeth Diaz, and Maria Rosa Ceron, #80346 (2013).

• Using Surface Hydrocarbon Mapping and Downhole Geochemical Logging to Derisk Field Development Efforts, Rick Schrynemeeckers, Search and Discovery Article #41251 (2013).

• Pore Type Characterization and Petrophysical Properties, and Diagenesis of Jurassic Thrombolite Reservoirs, Sandra Tonietto and Michael Pope, Search and Discovery Article #50898 (2013).

GTW, Sweet Spots, Reservoir Compartmentalization, and Connectivity, Houston, Texas, August 6-7, 2013

• Technology Strategy Considerations in Reservoir Optimization, Susan Smith Nash, Search and Discovery Article #70154 (2013).

• Helping to Understand Compartmentalization and Reservoir Segmentation Using Mass Spectrometer Mud Gas Analysis, Bruce Warren, Search and Discovery Article #41213 (2013).

• Production Focused Seismic � Applying Seismic for Well Productivity Analysis and Completion Optimization, Sean Boerner and Ross Peebles, Search and Discovery Article #41212 (2013).

• Practical Implementation of Stratigraphic Compartmentalization in Turbidite Lobe Reservoirs, Antoine Bertoncello, Ryan Mann, and Bill Kilsdonk, Search and Discovery Article #41207 (2013).

GTW, Geomechanics and Reservoir Characterization of Shales and Carbonates, Baltimore, Maryland, July 16-17, 2013

• Natural Fractures and its Implications to Engineering Design, Gang Han, Search and Discovery Article #41243 (2013).

• Natural Fracture Behavior Under Increasing Confining Pressure, Applying Helical CT Scanning Technology, Laura Kennedy and David James, Search and Discovery Article #41240 (2013).

• Integration of Surface and Subsurface Tools in The Reservoir Characterization of Unconventional Plays, Roderick Perez, Search and Discovery Article #41211 (2013).

• Critical Geomechanics Concepts for Hydraulic Fracturing and Well Completions in Shales, Neal Nagel, Search and Discovery Article #41210 (2013).

• Hydraulic Fracturing Complexity: Interaction between Hydraulic and Natural Fractures, John McLennan and Dan Potocki, Search and Discovery Article #41209 (2013).

• The Role of Stresses versus Rock Fabric on Hydraulic Fractures, Sidney Green and Roberto Suarez-Rivera, Search and Discovery Article #41208 (2013).

Education Directorate Forum, Woodford Shale Forum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 11, 2013

• Woodford Shale: Correlating Rock Properties in Outcrop and Core with Wireline Log Characteristics,
  Jim Puckette, D. R. Boardman and W. L. Watney, Search and Discovery Article #50885 (2013).

• Woodford Shale: From Hydrocarbon Source Rock to Reservoir,
  Brian J. Cardott, Search and Discovery Article #50817 (2013).

• Analysis of the Upper Devonian to Lower Carboniferous (Frasnian-Tournaisian) Woodford Shale in the KGS-OGS Current #1, Southwestern Arkoma Basin,
  W. Lynn Watney, Darwin R. Boardman, Jim O. Puckette, John R. Victorine, John H. Doveton, and Anna Cruse, and Neil Suneson, Search and Discovery Article #50815 (2013).

• Anadarko Woodford Shale: Improving Production by Understanding Lithologies/Mechanical Stratigraphy and Optimizing Completion Design,
  Craig D. Caldwell and Philip G. Johnson, Search and Discovery Article #80288 (2013).

• Sequence Stratigraphy of the Woodford Shale and Application to Drilling and Production,
  Roger Slatt, #50792 (2013)

• Effective Knowledge Transfer in a Rapidly-Developing Play: New "Learnings" or "Findings" Reports,
  Susan Smith Nash, #70143 (2013)

GTW, The Eagle Ford and Adjacent Formations: Integrated Technologies, New Potential, San Antonio, Texas, March 18-20, 2013

• Reliable vs. Unreliable Information in the Eagle Ford: Sources and Credibility Tests,
  Susan Smith Nash, #70142 (2013).

• Finding Sweet Spots in Shale Liquids and Gas Plays: (with Lessons from the Eagle Ford Shale);
  Harris Cander, Search and Discovery Article #41093 (2012/2013).

GTW, Solving Water Issues in the Oil Field: Using Geology and More, Fort Worth, Texas, February 26-27, 2013

• Water Disposal: A Growing Challenge,
  Owen C Pinnell, #80286 (2013).

• Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources: A Texas Study,
  Jean-Philippe (J-P) Nicot, Search and Discovery Article #80287 (2013).

• Water for Oil & Gas Production: Legal Challenges and Opportunities,
  Gabriel Eckstein, Search and Discovery Article #70141 (2013).

• A Day in the Life of a Barrel of Water: Evaluating Total Life-Cycle Costs of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids,
  Robin Watts, Search and Discovery Article ##70140 (2013).

• Produced Salt Water: The Next Resource Play? Solving Oil Industry Problems via Paradigm Shifts, New Technologies, Markets, and Community Partnerships,
  Susan Smith Nash, Search and Discovery Article #70138 (2013).

GTW, Vaca Muerta - The Leading Shale Play in Latin America, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 2-4, 2012

• AAPG 2012 Geoscience Technology Workshop, 2-4 December 2012, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
  - Abstracts, #90165 (2013).

GTW, Shale Plays: An Integrated Approach, Houston, Texas, November 12-14, 2012

• Transcurrent Faulting and Thermal Wave, Middle Amazon Basin Potential,
  Fabiano Sayão Lobato, Search and Discovery Article #10492 (2013).

• Systematic Evaluation of Unconventional Resource Plays Using Petroleum System Modeling Combined with Play Chance Mapping,
  Ian Bryant, Search and Discovery Article #80284 (2013).

• Porosity, Permeability and Profitability: Integrating Geology, Reservoir Engineering and Commercial Factors for Evaluation of Unconventional Resource Opportunities,
  Kurt Steffen, Search and Discovery Article #80283 (2013).

• A Closer Look at Shale Development Economics,
  Florent Rousset, Search and Discovery Article #70136 (2013).

• Eagle Ford – Groundwater Protection and Enhance Recovery,
  Robert J. Traylor, Search and Discovery Article #80282 (2013).

• A Compilation of Articles on Shale Plays and Unconventional Resources: The Role of Access and the Making of Normative Standards,
  by Susan Smith Nash, Search and Discovery Article #70135 (2012).

• Integrating Seismic, Microseismic and Engineering Data to Optimize Lateral Placement and Completion Design in the Eagle Ford,
  Ross Peebles, Search and Discovery Article #80251 (2013).

GTW, Hydraulic Fracturing, Golden, Colorado, August 13-15, 2012

• Stress vs. Strain Understandings and Misconceptions in their Application to Hydraulic Fracturing,
  by Randy Koepsell, Search and Discovery Article #80261 (2012).
• The Importance of Stress and Fractures in Hydrofracturing and Stimulation Performance: A Geomechanics Overview,
  by Daniel Moos, Search and Discovery Article #80255 (2012).
• Shale Reservoir Production Results: Everything Matters, But Some Things Matter More Than Others,
  by Randy LaFollette, Search and Discovery Article #80254 (2012).
• Hearing and Not Believing: The Strange Case of Hydraulic Fracturing,
  by Susan Smith Nash, Search and Discovery Article #70123 (2012).
• Shale Gas and Tight Oil Development: An Adaptive Model Resulting from Real Long-term Solutions that Incorporate Water Resources Management and the Public Trust,
  by Gary Hanson, Search and Discovery Article #80253 (2012).
• Extracting Formation Properties from Hydraulically Induced Microseisms, Seismic Attributes, and Impedance Inversion,
  by Xavier E. Refunjol, Kurt J. Marfurt, Joel H. Le Calvez, and Katie M. Keranen, Search and Discovery Article #80252 (2012).
• Integrating Seismic, Microseismic and Engineering Data to Optimize Lateral Placement and Completion Design in the Eagle Ford,
  by Ross Peebles, Search and Discovery Article #80251 (2012).

GTW, Unconventional Hydrocarbons, Singapore, March 15-16, 2012

• The Distribution and Resource Potential of Oil Sands in China,
  by Xuanlong Shan and Honghao Luo, Search and Discovery Article #80232 (2012).
• Characteristics, Accumulation Conditions, and Exploration Prospects of Tight Oil in China,
  by Caineng Zou, Search and Discovery Article #80230 (2012).
• Gas Hydrates as an Unconventional Resource: Asian Perspective,
  by Manoj K. Prabhakar, Search and Discovery Article #80221 (2012).
• Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resource Plays in Pakistan: An Overview Awakening a South East Asian Sleeping Giant-Technological Solutions to Unlock the Vast Unconventional Reserves of Pakistan,
  by S. Areeba Ayaz, Batool Arhamna Haider, Kiran Ismail, and Peter Mark Smith, Search and Discovery Article #80216 (2012).
• A Review of Three North American Shale Plays: Learnings from Shale Gas Exploration in the Americas,
  by David Waldo, Search and Discovery Article #80214 (2012).
• Subsurface High-Grading in CSG/CBM Provinces: Implications and Illustrations for Appraisal and Development,
  by Arnout J.W. Everts and Laurent Alessio, Search and Discovery Article #40927 (2012).

GTW, Reservoir Quality of a Fractured Limestone Reservoir, Bali, Indonesia, February 15-17, 2012

• Reservoir Characterization and Simulation of an Oligocene-Miocene Isolated Carbonate Platform: Banyu Urip Field, East Java Basin, Indonesia,
  by Toni Simo, Rizky P. Sekti, Fikril Hakiki, Michael Sun, Rodrick D. Myers, and Shawn Fullmer, Search and Discovery Article #20159 (2012).
• Application of Pre-stack Seismic Anisotropy for Fracture Detection, in Oseil Field Carbonate Reservoir, Seram Island, Eastern Indonesia,
  by Anggoro S. Dradjat, Xueyan Hu, and Ridhawulan Primasari, Search and Discovery Article #20157 (2012).
• Geomechanical Approach for Cores Analysis of Jurassic Manusela Carbonate Fracture Reservoir from Oseil Field,
  by Anggoro S. Dradjat and Christian Sony Patandung, Search and Discovery Article #20149 (2012).
• Fractured Carbonate Reservoir of Tiaka Field, Eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia (T-3 Carbonate Cores),
  by Deddy Hasanusi, Dian Kurniawan, RM Iman Argakoesoemah, and Windi Darmawan, Search and Discovery Article #20145 (2012).
• Seismic to Geological Modeling Workflow, an Integrated Approach to Determine the Reservoir Quality of a Natural Fractured Limestone Reservoir: Oseil Field Example,
  by A Arie Krisna Lopulisa, Roy Andrianto, and Anggoro S. Dradjat, Search and Discovery Article #20144 (2012).

GTW, Deepwater Reservoirs: Multi-Disciplinary Exploration and Development, Houston, Texas, January 24-25, 2012

• New Technologies in the Deepwater Oil Industry,
  by Cleveland M. Jones, Search and Discovery Article #42197 (2018).
• Minimizing Offshore Exploration Risks by Evaluating the Charge of Subsea Structures,
  by Rick Schrynemeeckers, Search and Discovery Article #70114 (2012).
• Success Strategies for E-Learning,
  by Susan Smith Nash, Search and Discovery Article #70122 (2012).

GTW, International Shale Plays, Houston, Texas, October 11-12, 2011

• Using Cutting-Edge Surface Geochemical Techniques to Indicate Porosity, Pressure, and Hydrocarbon Phase in Shale Plays,
  by Rick Schrynemeeckers, Search and Discovery Article #70115 (2012).
• Application of LMR and Clustering Analysis in Unconventional Reservoirs,
  by Roderick Perez, Search and Discovery Article #40879 (2012).
• Influence of Pressurized Shale of Akata Formation on Clastic Reservoir Developments, Offshore Niger Delta Using Seismic-Attributes Modeling,
  by Jonathan Johnson, Search and Discovery Article #40844 (2011).
• OGIP Evaluation of Shale Gas and CBM with Basin Modeling and Gas Isotopes Interpretation,
  by Daniel Xia and Yongchun Tang, Search and Discovery Article #40842 (2011).

GTW, Unconventional Resources: Basics, Challenges, and Opportunities for New Frontier Plays, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 26-28, 2011

• Geological and Geochemical Keys of the Potential Shale Resources, Argentina Basins,
  by Leonardo Legarreta and Héctor J. Villar, Search and Discovery Article #80196 (2011).

GTW, Success in the Marcellus and Utica Shales: Case Studies and New Developments, Baltimore, Maryland, May 23-25, 2011

• The Upper Ordovician Utica and Lorraine Shales in Southern Quebec: A Regional Overview,
  by Denis Lavoie, Search and Discovery Article #80165 (2011).
• DrillEdge: Application of Case-Base Reasoning,
  by Timothy J. Sheehy, Search and Discovery Article #70098 (2011).
• ^ePSUsing Simulations and Virtual Worlds for Success in the Marcellus,
  by Susan Smith Nash, Search and Discovery Article #70096 (2011).

GTW, Deepwater Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, Houston, Texas, January 18-19, 2011

• Integrated Interpretation to Build a Geological Model from Ship Shoal to Keathley Canyon through Green Canyon,
  by Laura Bornatici, Search and Discovery Article #30154 (2011).

GTW, New Ways to Look at Old Data, Houston, Texas, November 8-9, 2010

• Using Old and New Data to Characterize the Lawrence Field, East-Central Illinois, for Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer Flooding,
  by Suzanne Cluff, Robert Cluff, Catherine Murphy, Joe Alfano, Daniel Hallau et al., Search and Discovery Article #40710 (2011).
• Organic Shale NMR and What It Means for Logs,
  by Richard Sigal and Elijah Odusina, Search and Discovery Article #40696 (2011).
• A Methodology for Evaluating Economic Refracturing Candidates and Optimizing Refracture Treatments,
  by Robert Barba, Search and Discovery Article #40692 (2011).
• Visualization Process Approach to Identify Scenarios to Improve Recovery in a Mature and Stratigraphically Complex Reservoir: El Cordon Field,
  by M. Santisteban, E. Altamiranda, M.I. Rodriguez, R. Alvarez, and M. Bracho de P., Search and Discovery Article #20100 (2011).
• Finding New Pay in Old Wells in Both Open and Cased Holes,
  by Richard Gartner and Herman Vacca, Search and Discovery Article #40677 (2010).

GTW, Pore Pressure and Related Issues — Special Focus: Asia Pacific, Singapore, October 28-29, 2010

• Petrophysics and Pore Pressure: Pitfalls and Perfection,
  by Andrew Buffin, Search and Discovery Article #40654 (2010).
• Origin of Overpressure and Pore Pressure Prediction in the Baram Delta Province, Brunei,
  by Mark Tingay, Richard Hillis, Richard Swarbrick, Chris Morley, and Razak Damit, Search and Discovery Article #40709 (2011).

GTW, Carbon Sequestration: New Developments and Applications, Case Studies, Lessons Learned, Golden, Colorado, August 10-12, 2010

• Recent developments InSAR techniques for monitoring surface deformation: Applications in North America,
  by Giacomo Falorni et al., Search and Discovery Article #40597 (2010).
• Coal-fired power plants in the U.S. — Examining the costs of retrofitting with CO2 capture Technology,
  by Jeffrey Eppink, Search and Discovery Article #80102 (2010).
• Use of a dual-continuum approach for modeling coupled hydro-mechanical processes of CO2 injection at In Salah, Algeria,
  by Hui-Hai Liu, Search and Discovery Article #80114 (2010).
• Surface and near-surface geochemical detection of gas microseepage from CO2 sequestration and CO2-EOR projects,
  by Ronald W. Klusman, Search and Discovery Article #80110 (2010).
• Sleipner Fluid Dynamics,
  by Bert van der Meer, Search and Discovery Article #80111 (2010).

GTW, Pore Pressure and Fracturing Implications in Reservoir Characterization, Napa, California, May 11-13, 2010

• Key considerations for hydraulic fracturing of gas shales,
  by Randy LaFollette, Search and Discovery Article #80100 (2010).

GTW, Deepwater and Ultra Deepwater Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, Houston, Texas, March 16-17, 2010

• Gas hydrates and microbiological processes-in search of new approaches,
  by Cleveland Jones, Search and Discovery Article #80081 (2010).
• Direct seismic indicators of gas hydrates in the Walker Ridge and Green Canyon areas, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico,
  by William Wei-Huu Kou, Search and Discovery Article #80112 (2010).