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MAY 2004VOLUME 31, ISSUE 5

■ I.C.E. 2004 Convention

■ The New E&P Workforce:

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■ 2004 Gussow Geoscience Conference


■ Quaternary Gas in Northern Alberta

■ CSPG Annual Awards Dinner

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■ Quaternary Gas in Northern Alberta

■ CSPG Annual Awards Dinner

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2004 GUSSOW GEOSCIENCE CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19WILLIAM C. GUSSOW BIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202005 GUSSOW GEOSCIENCE CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21I.C.E. 2004 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE WELCOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24I.C.E. CONVENTION EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35I.C.E. EXHIBITOR LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37SOCIETY CENTRAL AT I.C.E. 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39THE NEW E&P WORKFORCE: HOW EMPLOYERS BENEFIT FROM

BUILDING THE POOL OF INDEPENDENT EMPLOYEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41QUATERNARY GAS IN NORTHERN ALBERTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57CSPG ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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ARTICLES

DEPARTMENTS

CONTENTS

FRONT COVER

Prince Edward Island National Park, PEI – Rapidly eroding cliffs, near Cape Turner on the island’s northcoast, are formed of Pleistocene till overlaying Permian red beds. A wave-cut rock platform is clearly visible inthe intertidal zone at the base of the cliff. Photo by Gerry Reinson.

EXECUTIVE COMMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5CORPORATE RELATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7TECHNICAL LUNCHEONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8DIVISION TALKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132004 CALENDAR OF EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53JACK PORTER: VIGNETTES OF CANADIAN PETROLEUM GEOLOGY . . . . . . . 60ROCK SHOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63CSPG CONTINUING EDUCATION FIELD TRIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

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EXECUTIVE COMMENTA MESSAGE FROM THE FINANCE DIRECTOR

PRESIDENTCraig LambHusky EnergyTel: [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENTJeff PackardBurlington Resources CanadaTel: 260-8041 Fax: [email protected]

PAST PRESIDENTJohn HoggEnCana CorporationTel: 645-2533 Fax: [email protected]

FINANCE DIRECTORPauline ChungBurlington Resources CanadaTel: 260-1713 Fax: [email protected]

ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTORAllan SchinkBerland ExplorationTel: 770-2002 Fax: [email protected]

PROGRAM DIRECTORLavern StasiukGSC – CalgaryTel: [email protected]

ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTORDoug HamiltonEnCana CorporationTel: 290-3193 Fax: [email protected]

SERVICE DIRECTORWayne DwyerAnadarko CanadaTel: [email protected]

ASSISTANT SERVICE DIRECTORAstrid ArtsConocoPhillips CanadaTel: [email protected]

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORAshton EmbryGSC - CalgaryTel: 292-7125 Fax: [email protected]

BACKGROUND

Our fiscal year starts September 1st andends on August 31st. Since we are mid-waythrough, this is an opportune time to bringyou up to date on how we got to where weare, how we are doing so far, and where weexpect to go for the balance of the year.

Around October each year, the Executiveteam begins the Business Planning exercisethat reviews all of the Society’s programs andservices and develops a three-year plan.Following that, the Executive then turns toour committees and requests budgets andthree-year estimates for the upcoming fiscalyear. In June, the Finance Committee tables adraft budget to the Executive for approval.

As the new accounting year opens inSeptember, it is the Finance Committee’sresponsibility to keep the Executive apprisedof how our society is doing relative to budget.Areas of concern are brought to the attentionof respective Executive directors who in turnwill meet with the appropriate committee toresolve issues. Through this process, we are

able to stay on top of problems as theydevelop, re-allocate resources as necessary,and effectively plan for the future.

With assets of just over $1 million,our Societycontinues to remain in a strong fiscal position.

INVESTMENTSAs with all non-profit organizations, ourinvestment approach is a conservative one –we aim to grow at a reasonable pace with a70/30% split of income/equity within theportfolio. Our Society’s original $550Kinvestment has grown to a market value of$694K since February 1998, with averagegrowth of 7% (Figure 1).We have weathereda brutal bear market and our investments areperforming quite well. Equity growth duringthe last three months has been dramatic asthe market rebounds. Our Society alsomaintains a reserve of just over $200K witha Manulife Money Market account. Our cashat hand is typically around $60K foroperational expenditures month-to-month.

YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUALS TO BUDGETThe following is a brief summary (bycommittee) of where our society is at relativeto our business plan.

Operations constitute a large part of ourexpense. So far,Corporate Membership revenueis down relative to budget, however, a corporatemembership drive is underway and the responsehas been favourable.We are confident that wewill reach our forecast revenue by fiscal year-end, given some operating cost savings andenhancements to other programs.

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Figure 1. Book/Market Value Summary

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THE CSPG GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES ITS

*CORPORATE MEMBERS:

ABU DHABI OIL CO., LTD. (JAPAN)

ARCHEAN ENERGY LTD.

BAKER ATLAS

BURLINGTON RESOURCES CANADA ENERGY LTD.

CALPINE CANADA

CANADIAN FOREST OIL LTD.

CONOCOPHILLIPS CANADA RESOURCES LIMITED

CORE LABORATORIES CANADA LTD.

DEVON CANADA CORPORATION

DOMINION EXPLORATION CANADA LTD.

DUVERNAY OIL CORP.

ECL CANADA

EL PASO OIL & GAS CANADA, INC.

HUNT OIL COMPANY OF CANADA, INC.

HUSKY ENERGY

IHS ENERGY

IMPERIAL OIL RESOURCES LIMITED

LARIO OIL & GAS COMPANY

MJ SYSTEMS

MURPHY OIL COMPANY LTD.

NCE RESOURCES GROUP INC.

NEXEN INC.

NORTHROCK RESOURCES LTD.

PENN WEST PETROLEUM LTD.

PETRO-CANADA OIL AND GAS

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SAMSON CANADA

SHELL CANADA LIMITED

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SUNCOR ENERGY INC.

TALISMAN ENERGY INC.

TOTAL E&P CANADA LIMITED

UPTON RESOURCES INC.

*CORPORATE MEMBERS AS OF

MARCH 24, 2004

CORPORATE RELATIONS

Thursday, May 610:30 am – 11:30 amTelus Convention Centre(The same hall as the Technical Luncheon.)

Reception will include cocktails and light fingerfood. Prize draws will be announced as well.

Thank you to our sponsors of this event:

Baker Atlas

Please join us prior to the May 6 Technical Luncheon for our

LuncheonLuau

A MESSAGE FROM CORPORATE RELATIONS

TECHNICAL LUNCHEON “SOCIALS”

As you have probably noticed,we have recentlybeen holding socials at the Telus ConventionCentre just prior to selected TechnicalLuncheons.The main purpose of these socialsis to provide an atmosphere for everyone tomingle, network and get caught up with yourindustry peers, even if it is for only 20 minutes.To date, we have held two such events, one onDecember 9, to celebrate the holiday season

and the other on February 10, in recognition ofour many Volunteers. Both events were wellattended and enjoyed by all.

Going forward, we are planning to hold threeto four socials throughout the year, eachfocusing on a specific event or theme such asvolunteerism, return to the grind inSeptember, Christmas, and a Spring Fling.Thenext planned social will be themed for thewarmer weather that we all hope is coming,and will be held on May 6, from 10:30am to11:30am, just prior to the TechnicalLuncheon. So dig out your loudest Hawaiianshirt (we know you have one in your closet!)and join us for a glass of wine, a pina coladaor a marguerita. For those of you who arenot betting animals, might we also suggestsnowshoes, balaclavas, and/or wooly knicks.

We will look forward to seeing you there inall your lily-white, winter-atrophied glory!Surf’s up and we’ll have fun, fun, fun until ourVP Exploration takes our T-Bird away…

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Geology and evolution of theHumber Arm Allochthon,Southwest Bay of Islands,Newfoundland: hydrocarbonprospects and challenges

SPEAKERElliott BurdenMemorial University of Newfoundland

AUTHORSElliott Burden,Tom Calon, andChristopher BuchananMemorial University of Newfoundland

11:30 amThursday, May 6, 2004

TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE CALGARY, ALBERTA

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Western Newfoundland is truly a remarkableplace. For nearly 200 years there have beennumerous documented reports of oil seeps(live oil) and rocks that burn (source rocks).For more than 100 years, internationalgeological expeditions have traced the strata(reservoir) and pronounced upon the geology(structure). And, for more than 30 years, thegeology and architecture of westernNewfoundland have played a key role insupporting plate tectonic models for openingand closing of ancient oceans. For many, thesimple act of standing upon a mountain ofobducted oceanic crust and mantle andlooking out upon the underlying shallow watercarbonate platform can still excite visions ofthe timing and scale of tectonism affecting thisregion. So too, the area clearly shows thecomponents for an active petroleum system.

In 1999, with renewed interest in explorationfor Paleozoic hydrocarbons in easternCanada, the GSC NATMAP programlaunched a regional mapping initiative tostudy a cross-section of Appalachian Forelandand Platform Architecture. As the mosteasterly leg of this transect, a detailedmapping of the transported strata lyingbeneath the obducted ophiolite complex,identified new aspects of regionalstratigraphy, structural evolution, and burialhistory. Southwest of the Bay of Islands, theforedeep deposits form thick successions inthe lower slices of the allochthon, comprising

both distal siliciclastic-dominated units andmore proximal shale-carbonate-dominatedunits. Remarkably, some of these flysch unitsare only mildly affected by thrust-loading-induced burial, suggesting that the leadingedge of the obducted oceanic slices evolvedas a highly erosive thrust front at the time ofemplacement on the distal margin.

The good news is that allochthonous andpar-autochthonous strata extending up toand, in fact, lying beneath the western edgeof the ophiolite complex still remains withinthe lower part of the oil window. Deep-gasfoothills-type fold and thrust traps in porousand permeable carbonate and clastic strataremain high on any list of explorationstrategies. Additional consideration will have to be given to the impact of high-anglewrench faults and their role in fracturing and compartmentalizing reservoirs andopening conduits for fluids to escape intooverlying strata.

BIOGRAPHYElliott Burden completed undergraduate and

graduate programs at the University of Torontoand the University of Calgary. In 1982, Elliottmoved to Memorial University to build apalynology laboratory for research and education.His ongoing field and lab studies continue toexplore and promote applied palynology forresource and environmental assessments.

Since 1977,Tom Calon, has been a faculty memberof the Earth Sciences Department at MemorialUniversity. A Ph.D. graduate of the State Universityof Leiden (Netherlands),Tom has spent much of hiscareer exploring economic applications ofstructural geology. Petroleum studies include workin the foothills of the Oman Mountains and theNanaimo Basin in British Columbia.

Christopher Buchanan graduated from theUniversity of Waterloo in 1996. In 2001, andafter several years of uranium exploration withCameco in Saskatoon, Chris joined the NATMAPTeam at Memorial University. Having recentlycompleted his M.Sc. Chris has decided to stay atMemorial, beginning a Ph.D. program researchingthe structural geology of a gold belt in centralNewfoundland.

TECHNICAL LUNCHEONSMAY LUNCHEON

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Hydrogeological and stresseffects on the producibility ofcoalbed methane inCretaceous-Tertiary sedimentsof the Alberta Basin

SPEAKERStefan BachuAlberta Geological Survey

11:30 amTuesday, May 25, 2004

TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE CALGARY, ALBERTA

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The flow of formation water in Cretaceousand Tertiary strata in the Alberta basin isdriven by gravity (topography) and erosionalrebound, and is controlled by rockpermeability and the presence of gas-saturatedsandstones.The salinity of formation water inshallow coal seams, where the flow is drivenby topography, is low, generally less than 1,500mg/l, although in places it reaches 3,000-5,000mg/l. The salinity of formation water in thedeeper, underpressured strata in the west-central part of the basin is significantly higher,

reaching 18,000 mg/l in Upper Cretaceouscoals, and several tens of thousands (up tomore than 100,000 mg/l) in Lower CretaceousMannville coals. This affects treatment and/ordisposal strategies with regard to the waterproduced concurrent with coalbed methane.

The producibility of this resource depends oncoal permeability, which decreases west-southwestward with increasing burial depth,from the order of several darcies (D) in thevery shallow zones to less than a millidarcy inthe deep zones.The minimum effective stress,which affects coal permeability by closingfractures, increases west-southwestward fromzero at the erosional edge of these strata toapproximately 20 MPa near the RockyMountain deformation front. Fractures,including those in coal seams, will generally bevertical, and will propagate on a southwest-northeast axis along the direction of themaximum horizontal stress. The preferredorientation is generally perpendicular to theRocky Mountain deformation front.

Considering the hydrogeological and stressregimes in conjunction with estimations ofthe gas content in coals, the regions withprobably good CBM potential andproducibility are the Ardley coal zone in theScollard Formation and the coal zones ofthe stratigraphically deeper Edmonton and

Belly River groups along their respectivesubcrop in central and southern Alberta.Thedeep Edmonton and Belly River strata inwestern and central Alberta, and theMannville coals have most likely a reducedCBM potential as a result of lowpermeability and high water salinity.

BIOGRAPHYStefan holds Engineering, M.Sc., and Ph.Ddegrees in Water Resources, Hydrogeology, andTransport Processes. In 1983, he joined theGeology Department in the Alberta ResearchCouncil and, in 1996, was transferred with theAlberta Geological Survey to the Alberta Energyand Utilities Board where he is currently aSenior Advisor for Energy and CO2 Geoscience.Stefan has been involved in various researchactivities: numerical modeling of deep injectionof residual water from tertiary oil recovery,reservoir analysis and characterization,geothermics, and hydrogeology of the WesternCanada Sedimentary Basin. For the past fiveyears, Stefan has focused his efforts on thepotential for CO2 storage in geological media inAlberta as a mitigation strategy for reducinggreenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.Stefan has published more than 100 papers inscientific journals and conference proceedingsand has made more than 120 presentations atprofessional conferences and symposia, alongwith writing more than 50 client reports.

TECHNICAL LUNCHEONSMAY LUNCHEON

Accommodation and theSequence StratigraphicParadigm

SPEAKERDr.William E. GallowayInstitute for GeophysicsJohn A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of GeosciencesThe University of Texas at Austin

11:30 amTuesday, June 8, 2004

TELUS CONVENTION CENTRECALGARY, ALBERTA

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Sequence stratigraphy correctly targets thegoal of defining genetic stratigraphic unitsthat incorporate strata deposited within asynchronous sediment dispersal system. Itsapplication has emphasized the recognitionand use of fluvial entrenchment and/orregressive ravinement surfaces as thesingularly defining boundaries of sequences.These surfaces are conceptually associatedwith times of onset, maximum rate, and/orlowest position of relative sea level fallwhen accommodation space is reduced.However, a growing body of literatureargues that the sequence paradigm itselfneeds to expand its “accommodationspace”. I present three areas where greaterflexibility is needed:

1.Well-dated Quaternary analoguesdemonstrate that the fluvial

entrenchment surface is neitherinherently synchronous nor regional,and that timing and attributes of low-stand systems tracts and theirbounding surfaces are highlydependent upon the vagaries ofpaleogeography and sediment supply.The rigid presumption of regionalisochroneity of fluvial entrenchmentsurfaces in the stratigraphic recordresults in unlikely paleogeographicinterpretations.

2.A growing compendium of casehistories of marine-dominated basinfills documents stratigraphies in whichsubaerial or ravinement surfacescorrelative to fall events are poorlypreserved or entirely lacking, but inwhich unconformity-bounded genetic

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stratigraphic units can be readilydefined by combinations oftransgressive ravinement, submarinedeflation, mass wasting, and marinestarvation surfaces.These surfaces maynot and need not correspond to arelative fall of sea level.

3. High-resolution dating and stratigraphicrelationships demonstrate that depositionof sandy facies along shelf margins,slopes, and deep basins commonly isdiachronous, areally restricted, and notuniquely associated with specificrelative sea-level. Extrapolation ofgenetic unit boundaries off-shelf bycorrelation of lithologic boundaries,such as base of thick sand bodies, orstacking patterns is undesirable.

Recognition, correlation, and mapping of genetic stratigraphic units requireunderstanding of the overall depositionalsystems tract and of the full array of regimevariables that create stratigraphic surfacesand facies: sediment supply, textural

composition, base level change, and energyregime. Surfaces include physical stratigraphicsurfaces, which have environments of origin,predictable physical attributes, and specificstratigraphic context (i.e., fluvial incisionsurface, transgressive ravinement surface),geometric surfaces (i.e., downlap surface), andconceptual surfaces (i.e., sequence boundary,maximum flooding surface, correlativeconformity). An empirical, rather than model-based, methodology first defines thedepositional systems context, then identifiesthe physical stratigraphic surfaces actuallypreserved, traces their extent, and tests theirchronostratigraphic reliability. Selection of themost useful and geologically meaningfulconceptual surface for defining regionalgenetic units builds upon this observationalframework. Functional, reproducible, andchronostratigraphic “... genetically relatedsuccessions of strata bounded byunconformities or their correlativeconformities...” can be defined, correlated,mapped, dated, and interpreted through theuse of a variety of regional stratigraphicsurfaces of non-deposition and erosion.

BIOGRAPHY

Dr.William E. Galloway is currently a ResearchProfessor at the Institute for Geophysics andMorgan Davis Emeritus Professor of PetroleumGeology at the University of Texas at Austin. Hehas more than 30 years of research andteaching experience in the areas of clasticdepositional systems and sequences, basinanalysis, and petroleum geoscience. Dr. Gallowayis the author of more than 100 papers andabstracts on subjects ranging from clasticsedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, petroleumgeology and resource evaluation, hydrogeology,and uranium geology, and is co-author of thepopular reference “Terrigenous ClasticDepositional Systems”, first published in 1983,with a second edition in 1996. His research hasincluded projects in the Gulf of Mexico, Permian,Anadarko, North Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Sydney, andBarrow-Dampier basins. He has taught a varietyof courses for the AAPG Continuing Educationprogram as well as for many petroleum andminerals exploration companies. He has wonnumerous awards for his teaching andpublications, including most recently the AAPGDistinguished Educator Award.

TECHNICAL LUNCHEONSJUNE LUNCHEON

Elephant hunting in Nevada

SPEAKERAlan K. ChamberlainCedar Strat Corp.

11:30 amTuesday, June 29, 2004

TELUS CONVENTION CENTRECALGARY, ALBERTA

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The central Nevada thrust belt provides anopportunity to explore for giant oil and gasfields. Thick, thermally mature, organic-rich,lacustrine oil shales deposited in theMississippian Antler basin flood plains are thesource beds for the fifty million barrels of oilalready produced in Nevada. Karstedunconformities, stromatoporoid reefs, impactbreccias, and sandstones make Nevada’s

Devonian reservoir rocks most favorable forgiant accumulations. Late Cretaceousthrusting created the compressional featuresof the prolific Canadian foothills,Utah/Wyoming thrust belt and the centralNevada thrust belt.

Typically, oil seeps are associated with oil-bearing thrust belts worldwide. However, ablanket of Tertiary volcanics sealed in manyof Nevada’s oil seeps and concealedNevada’s thrust belt. Some of these seeps,including Grant Canyon, Blackburn, TrapSpring, and Eagle Springs oil fields, built upenough oil to become commercial. So far, allof Nevada’s crude has been produced fromthese commercial oil seeps. Little effort hasbeen expended to identify the source ofthese commercial oil seeps because of thelack of an accurate geologic map and model.In contrast to other states, the State ofNevada has never surveyed its mineralpotential. The cursory geologic mapping bythe federal government is not adequate forexploration purposes. Old depositional anddeformational models, based on insufficient

data, have been entrenched into theliterature, thus impeding exploration.

An old model championed by the UnitedStates Geological Survey is the theory thatthe Mississippian Antler Basin siliciclasticswere deposited as flysch turbidites into adeep foreland basin between the Antlerhighlands in central Nevada and the Utahhingeline in central Utah. However, new fielddata indicates regressive sequencescontaining vascular plant roots (Stigmaria)penetrating bedding planes and lacustrinepalynomorph assemblages. This new datadispels the old model and supports a newdepositional environment model. The newmodel shows that the richest and most oil-prone Mississippian source rocks arelacustrine oil shales. Lacustrine oil shalesmake oil exploration in the Antler Basinvery attractive. Cumulative thicknesses ofthese world-class lacustrine oil source rocksare measured in thousands of feet inoutcrops and wells. They are thick enoughand rich enough to generate trillions ofbarrels of oil.

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INQUIRIES: Alex Francoeur, P.Geol. (403) 861-6753EMAIL: [email protected]

N E W C O U R S E

INTRODUCTION TO WELLSITE GEOLOGYThis Is The First Comprehensive Course In WellsiteGeology Techniques Offered Since The 1980’s. It IsDesigned To Formalize And “Fast-Track” Training In ThisHighly Technical Field, And Compliments Other ShortCourses Offered By Industry Partners.SUMMARY:This 9-day ‘hands-on’ workshop will teach basic Wellsite Geologytechniques. It includes a full day field trip to a working drilling rig wheretheory will become ‘real time’, and a session at the AEUB Core ResearchCentre where a carbonate and clastic core will be examined. This coursecovers all aspects of Wellsite Geology including choice of equipment,Wellsite Geology Report preparation, drilling rig sociology, understandingthe needs of oil company clients, and running a consulting business.

INSTRUCTOR: C. ALEX FRANCOEUR, P.GEOL.With 24 years wellsite Geology experience, Alex Francoeur has trainednumerous Wellsite Geologists including Mining Geologist career-changers,recent Geology graduates, and Foreign trained Geology Professionals.Several industry partners will co-instruct some sessions.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:• Geologists wishing to enter the field of Wellsite Geology• Working Wellsite Geologists who are unsure if their skill sets are complete• Foreign trained Wellsite Geologists who need to learn the ‘Canadian Way’

of doing things.• Oil Company Geologists/Personnel who want to understand the origin of

data that is being sent to them by Wellsite Geologists.

DATES:June 1-June 10, 2004, (September 14-23*, 2004, November 2-11*, 2004)*Dates may change MAXIMUM 20 PARTICIPANTS EACH WORKSHOP (Registration deadline is May 15, 2004)

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Until the early 1980s the typical explorationpractice in Nevada was to drill just theTertiary valley fill in synclines.Therefore,mostof the eight hundred wells drilled in Nevadapenetrate only syncline Tertiary valley fill. Fewwells have penetrated any Paleozoic section.However, two significant fields were found bydrilling “too deep” and penetrating Devonianrocks below the Tertiary unconformity. Oilflows from Devonian reservoirs in theBlackburn and Grant Canyon oil fields. Onewell in Grant Canyon flowed 4,000 barrels aday for ten years. It has now produced morethan 15,000,000 barrels of oil since itsdiscovery in 1983. The Grant Canyonreservoir consists of 200 to 400 feet ofkarst breccia at the top of the MiddleDevonian Simonson Formation. This karstinterval is found in wells and measuredsections throughout the eastern GreatBasin. In addition to the karst interval,stromatoporoid reefs, impact breccia, quartzsandstones, and other intervals provideworld-class reservoir rocks within theeastern Great Basin Devonian sequences.Anisopach of all the Devonian sequencesreveals a structurally compressed basin –the Sunnyside Basin – and can be used topredict the spacial distribution of potentialDevonian reservoir rocks. The Simonsonkarst breccia interval alone has the capacityto store billions of barrels of oil in certainstructures.A careful analysis of logs from thefew wells that penetrated other significantportions of Paleozoic rocks shows that,contrary to preconceived notions, manyintervals contain similar reservoir rocks.

Another deeply entrenched notion thatdiscouraged exploration investment is thatthe north-south structural grain of theeastern Great Basin was caused by Tertiaryextension which could have compromisedseals on older, compressional structures.However, new mapping is revealing manyuncharted compressional features and a lackof extensional features. The new mapsdemonstrate that the region underwentmuch more compression than previouslythought. Furthermore, some of thesefeatures show no evidence of being brokenby major Tertiary extensional faults. Severalunbroken compressional structures in theTimpahute Range, 50 miles south of theprolific Grant Canyon field, are exposed.

Another example of an intact compressionalfeature is the Golden Gate fault fold 40 milessouth southeast of the prolific Grant Canyonfield and ten miles north of the TimpahuteRange.The Golden Gate fault fold is ten mileslong and five miles wide and has more thanfive thousand feet of closure. It may havetrapped billions of barrels of oil before it wasbreached by headward erosion of the

Colorado River. New mapping reveals that noTertiary extensional faults compromise thestructure. Similar structures, along strike thathave escaped erosion, likely contain billions ofbarrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of gas.Oil seeping from these giant fields is probablythe source for the commercial oil seep fieldsin Nevada. However, old opinion and theoriesbased on little or poor geologic mapping haveobscured the true understanding of Nevadageology for at least five decades. As a result,past oil exploration efforts in Nevada basedon old tectonic and depositional models havebeen disappointing.

BIOGRAPHYAlan K. Chamberlain received his B.A. and M.S.from Brigham Young University and his Ph.D.from Colorado School of Mines. His dissertation,Structural Geology and Devonian Stratigraphyof the Timpahute Range, Nevada, provides anew exploration model that could lead tosignificant discoveries in this frontier region.After he worked for Exxon, Gulf, Marathon, andPlacid, he became president of Cedar StratCorp. in 1984.

Cedar Strat was organized at the request ofseveral major oil companies to fill a need forexploration data for Great Basin exploration.Alan conceived the idea of using a scintillationcounter to create a surface gamma-ray log of

measured sections while working for Gulf Oilafter having worked for Exxon Minerals USA inuranium exploration. It was not until Placidhired him away from Marathon to head uptheir Great Basin program that he had thefreedom to test the idea.At Placid,Alan had theunique opportunity to visit many of Shell OilCompany’s staked measured sections byhelicopter with former Shell geologists. Theyhad been involved in measuring the sections inthe 1950s and 1960s. Using the Shellmeasured sections he learned the Paleozoicstratigraphy of the Great Basin. As heremeasured many of the sections, he appliedhis new technique of surface gamma-ray logs.He earned the Best Poster of the Session Awardat the 1983 National American Association ofPetroleum Geologists when he presented hiswork on surface gamma-ray logs in theWyoming thrust belt and in the Great Basin.His abstract and subsequent paper attractedthe attention of national and international oil companies that have applied his surfacegamma-ray log technique worldwide.Development of this successful techniqueresulted in the formation of Cedar Strat Corp.in 1984. A presentation to the AmericanAssociation of Petroleum Geologists of theresults of Alan’s new, sequence stratigraphicmodel of the Mississippian Antler Basinincluding lacustrine source rocks secured himthe Levorson Award in the late 1980s.


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Regional underpressure andgas-saturation in the UpperCretaceous and Tertiary ofCentral Alberta

SPEAKER Jim LetourneauBig Picture Geoscience Inc.

12:00 NoonTuesday, May 11, 2004

EnCana AmpitheatreTower Centre, Room 498 (TC498)2nd Floor - East end of the Calgary Tower Complex1st Street and 9th Ave SECalgary, Alberta

The Upper Cretaceous and Tertiarysandstones of Central Alberta (Paskapoo,Scollard, Edmonton, Horseshoe Canyon, andBearpaw) form a major shallow, low-pressuregas resource. The source of this gas is likelyfrom associated coal seams.These zones were

initially bypassed due to formation damage andlow gas prices.

A normal water gradient is up to 350%overbalanced in some of these formations. Adetailed examination of over 800 pressuretests confirmed that the Scollard member andEdmonton Group are pervasively gas-saturated. Formation pressures decrease withproximity to formation outcrop along the RedDeer River. Conventional hydraulic headcalculations using these data result in an east-west hydraulic gradient.

The extreme underpressures in these zoneshave been attributed to pore volume expansionassociated with erosional unloading. This paperproposes an alternate hypothesis. Gas pressuregradients show a predominantly west to eastgradient. The lowest measured formationpressures (<200 kPa) were usually found within20 km of the formation outcrop. It appears thatthe bulk of the gas is migrating up dip inresponse to the regional gas pressure gradient.Post-Tertiary methane desorption from

associated coals and vertical migration of gasfrom underlying units are minor components ofthe regional gas migration system. Lateralmigration of gas towards outcrop along the RedDeer River Valley is proposed as a mechanism tocreate underpressures in the Upper Cretaceousand Tertiary sandstones in Central Alberta.

INFORMATIONAll luncheon talks are free - please bring yourown lunch. If you would like more informationabout future EPRD activities, please join our e-mail distribution list by sending a message withthe title “EPRD list” to [email protected].

VENUE AND DATE CHANGEPlease note that beginning in April 2004, the venueand regular date has changed for EmergingPetroleum Resources Division talks.The location isthe EnCana Ampitheatre, located on the secondfloor at the east end of the Calgary Tower Complexat the corner of 1st Street and 9th Ave SE. Theregular date will be the second Tuesday of eachmonth except where conflicting with CSPGLuncheon Talks.

DIVISION TALKSEMERGING PETROLEUM RESOURCES DIVISION

ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION

Joint Talk Environment Divisionand Emerging PetroleumResources Division

Sustainable development andthe regulation of the Coal BedMethane Industry

SPEAKERAllan IngelsonHaskayne School of Business,University of Calgary

12:00 NoonFriday, May 14, 2004

Aquitaine Tower2nd Floor Conference Room540 - 5th Avenue SWCalgary, Alberta

The United States is the world leader in theexploration and production of coal bedmethane. Sustainable development is oneobjective of the U.S. regulatory system. A legal system that promotes sustainabilityincorporates the following elements: respectfor ecological integrity; an efficient use of

resources; an equitable distribution of thebenefits from CBM development; stakeholderparticipation in the resource developmentprocess; and stewardship. The U.S. regulatorysystem provides for stakeholder participationand, to a certain extent, respect for ecologicalintegrity and the efficient use of resources.Governments in other countries intending tofacilitate a sustainable CBM industry shouldconsider both the environmental impactassessment and citizen participation elementsof the U.S. regulatory system. To furtherpromote sustainability in planning for CBMdevelopment, governments should ensurethat: all of the environmental impacts areevaluated in the planning process; the ‘polluterpays’ principle and the precautionary approachare incorporated into the regulatory system;surface occupants are compensated fordamage arising from CBM development; theregulatory system addresses the needs offuture generations; and leadership is providedby the government and its regulatory agenciesto encourage the CBM industry to engage insustainable business practices. In addition,industry-specific sustainability indicators andenvironmental performance measures shouldbe developed and implemented.

BIOGRAPHY

Allan Ingelson is Associate Dean (UndergraduatePrograms) in the Haskayne School of Business,University of Calgary. He holds Science,Arts, andLaw degrees from the universities of Calgary,Denver, and Alberta and has been a Barristerand Solicitor in Alberta since 1991. He haslectured on business law, petroleum landmanagement, and the global environment ofCanadian business in the Haskayne School ofBusiness, and on natural resources law in theFaculty of Law. Allan Ingelson co-authored abook on international ecotourism, published bythe University of Calgary Press in 2001. Hisresearch and teaching interests focus is onEnergy Regulatory Law and Policy, SustainableDevelopment, Mining Law, HeritageManagement, and Ecotourism.

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Permian shift and collapse ofthermohaline circulation:dress rehearsal for a loomingenvironmental disaster?

SPEAKERBenoit BeauchampGeological Survey of Canada

12:00 Noon,Monday, May 17, 2004

Nexen Annex Theatre+15 Level, South of C-Train Platform (Nexen Annex Building)801 - 7th Avenue SECalgary, Alberta

Is the Gulf Stream about to shut down? Thisquestion looms ever more menacingly overthe fate of our planet.As CO2 levels increasein the atmosphere, many believe that therising temperatures and the melting of sea icein the Arctic will conspire to slow – and evenshut down – the Gulf Stream, the hot andsalty arm of the global conveyor belt ofthermohaline circulation (THC) that carriesheat from the southern hemisphere to thenorthern. Europe is the net beneficiary of thecurrent THC pattern, enjoying a relativelywarm climate in spite of its high latitudes.

Should this global conveyor belt shut down,Europe could be plunged into cold andunpleasant climatic conditions with devastatingconsequences for economies and populations.But exactly how far we are from a THC shift isopen to question. Some scientists warn it willhappen in our lifetime; others argue that itwould take millions of years of atmosphericCO2 increase to cause such a shift. Regardless,a sombre reminder of this doomsdayenvironmental scenario occurred some 280millions years ago along the northwest marginof the super-continent Pangea.

For more than 40 million years, from late EarlyCarboniferous to the Early Permian, NWPangea was bathed by warm waters as shownby tropical-like carbonate platforms and reefsflourishing well into temperate paleolatitudes(40-50° N). This occurred at a time ofwidespread glaciations over much ofGondwana, hence suggesting that theunusually warm conditions enjoyed by NWPangea resulted from a net transport of heatfrom the southern frigid Gondawa to thebalmy northern hemisphere. A Gulf Stream-like northeast-bound current acrossPanthalassa, linked to the global conveyor belt,is seen as responsible for this anomaly. Globalwarming, associated with an Early Permianincrease in atmospheric CO2, led to the rapid

meltdown of Gondwana glaciers, and shortlyafter, to a global THC shift. The warm watercarbonate factories of NW Pangea gave wayto cold water factories, indicative of a majorshift to much colder oceanic conditions.Theseconditions lasted until the P-T boundary, whenunabated global warming ultimately led to thecomplete collapse of the conveyor belt, one ofmany events associated with the largest massextinction in Earth history.

BIOGRAPHYBenoit Beauchamp received his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Calgary in 1987. He has since beenworking as a Research Scientist for the GeologicalSurvey of Canada in Calgary, conducting researchin the Canadian Arctic. He is a renowed expert onthe Carboniferous and Permian history of Pangeaand on the energy potential of Canada’s northernbasins. He received the CSPG President’s Award in 1997.

INFORMATIONTalks are free - don’t forget to bring your lunch!Coffee and donuts will be provided. If you areinterested in joining the Sedimentology Division e-mail listing which currently provides luncheonreminders, or if you care to suggest a technicaltopic or present a talk to the division, pleasecontact Scott Rose at (403) 699-4780 [email protected].

DIVISION TALKSSEDIMENTARY DIVISION

GEOMATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER DIVISION

Practical geostatistics: a deeperlook at spatial correlationmodels and their impact onreservoir characterization

SPEAKERRichard L. Chambers,Quantitative Geosciences LLP,Broken Arrow, OK

AUTHORS Jeffrey M.Yarus & Richard L. Chambers,Quantitative Geosciences LLP

12:00 Noon Thursday, May 27, 2004

ConocoPhillips Auditorium3rd Floor- above Plus 15+ level401 9th Ave SWCalgary, Alberta

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The mathematical characterizations ofpetroleum reservoirs using geostatisticalprinciples require models of spatial continuitysuch as the semivariogram. The shape of theexperimental semivariogram calculated fromraw data is often far more complex thanmodels we use to represent them. In general,what is required for the variogram model isthe model type, the value of the nugget (if present), the range, and the sill. When the experimental variogram is particularlycomplex, nested variogram models(structures) can be used. Modeling nestedstructures is more complicated, but if donecarefully, offers valuable insight into thegeology, geophysics,or processing of such data.

Furthermore, geological surfaces andproperties often have multiple directions ofcontinuity equally important but difficult tosee using the traditional variogram graph.Tovisualize multiple directions of continuity, avariogram map may be constructed thatdisplays the geometry of continuities in alldirections simultaneously. Unlike thetraditional 2D variogram, multiple azimuthsare displayed as radial lines initiated from acommon origin in a “map” view.The origin islocated in the center of the map and thechanges in variance are plotted for each lagalong each line.The values are contoured orrendered with different colors. If verticalinformation is included, the variogram mapcan be produced in 3D.The construction of2D and 3D variogram maps simplifies theparameterization of the variogram necessaryfor reservoir characterization software, andallows for more detailed modeling ofimportant subtle trends. Methodology andexamples are shown.

BIOGRAPHYDr.Yarus obtained his Ph.D. from the University of

South Carolina in 1977 before joining AmocoProduction Company where he worked as anexploration geologist in the Gulf of Mexico. From1981 until 1988, he worked in exploration andproduction as an independent in a variety ofbasins throughout the Rocky Mountain States. In1988, Jeffrey joined Marathon Oil Company’sPetroleum Technology Center in Littleton, Coloradowhere he introduced the company togeostatistical reservoir characterization. Movingto Houston in 1996, he worked as a technicalmanager and executive for GeoMath, a subsidiaryof Beicip-Franlab, Smedvig Technologies (Roxar),and Knowledge Reservoir, Inc. In August of 2001,Jeffrey, along withDr. Richard L. Chambers, startedQuantitative Geosciences, Inc., a consulting firmspecializing in reservoir characterization andgeostatistics. Jeffrey is well known throughout theindustry for his seminars and lectures that he hasgiven in Europe, Malaysia, the Middle East, South

America, and the USA. He has worked with mostof the software development corporationsspecializing in reservoir characterization toevaluate and suggest improvements to theirproducts. Jeffrey has served as AAPG’sPublications Chairman, and has authored manypapers and abstracts on geostatistics. Along withhis partner Richard, he co-edited the 1995 AAPGvolume on Stochastic Modeling and Geostatistics.The second volume in that series is due out laterthis year.

INFORMATIONThere is no charge. Non-members of the CSPGare also welcome. Please bring your lunch. Fordetails or to present a talk in the future, pleasecontact David Garner at 403-243-8223, e-mail:[email protected] or PeterDankers at 403-770-0350, e-mail [email protected]

PALAEONTOLOGY DIVISION

Reefs of the Maritimes -Primarily the Jurassic-Cretaceous Abenaki Offshore

SPEAKERLeslie EliukGeoTours Consulting Inc.

7:30 p.m.Friday, May 28, 2004

Mount Royal CollegeRoom B1084825 Richard Road SWCalgary, Alberta

Reefs in the Maritimes have a long,complicated, and disjointed history since atleast two oceans have closed and openedthere since the Precambrian. If GaspéQuebec is included, some of the oldest reefs(Silurian) have spectacular seacoast outcropexposures. Though most of theCarboniferous successor basins are non-marine, there are Windsor Group reefs thathave been interpreted as deep deposits.Today deep-water corals still form thicketsand ‘reefs’ that act as nurseries protectingyoung fish among their branches in channelsand gullies at the edge of the Nova Scotiashelf.This talk will give a brief pictorial surveyof these reefs of different ages and types.

However it will concentrate on fossil reefs ofthe Nova Scotia offshore Jurassic-CretaceousAbenaki Formation with their great varietyfrom microbial-based mud mounds to deep-water sponge reefs to coral-coralline spongeshallow-water reefs.

Carbonate reefs usually are thought of asindicators of clear, shallow, near-tropicalwaters. But both the history of the Maritimesreefs from Silurian to Recent and the varietyof reefs in a single formation, the Abenaki,show that there are very different kinds ofreefs in very different climatic, bathymetric,and paleogeographic settings. One does notneed to annex the Turks-Caicos or Caymans

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for a Canadian reef since modern spongereefs occur off British Columbia and in thehigh Arctic Ocean, and coral thickets occuroff Nova Scotia and probably BC as well. Ofcourse if you want a holiday by warm shallowreefs in clear waters then maybe theCaribbean is still our closest best bet. If welived 150 million years ago, we wouldn’t needto drive or fly south for tropical vacations butsimply head a hundred miles or so off Halifax.However we might be surprised to see thatsponges and corals then seemed able to getalong with the muddy waters of a major deltacentred on Sable Island unlike today whennutrients and clays are inimical to coralgrowth. Now, of course, one needs to drill three to four kilometers below the seabedand look at the cuttings, sidewall cores, andlimited number of whole cores in the 10 orso wells drilled at the Late Jurassiccontinental shelf margin.

Early results are presented from a re-examination of the Abenaki reefs somethree decades since Shell Demascota G-32first penetrated them. New wells andcontinued research on European Jurassicreefs by Reinhold Leinfelder and others

allow a better look at the reefs of theAbenaki. EnCana’s (PanCanadian) discoveryof the 1-2 TCF Panuke Field between thetwo oldest wells near the margin and theadditional wells associated with thatdiscovery have been particularly helpful inadding more to our knowledge of thesemid-Mesozoic reefs. The presence of coralsof the modern hexacorals (OrderScleractinia) and the prolific evidence ofbioerosion give these reefs a modern aspectbut the coralline sponges and proximity insome cases of very argillaceous beds toreefal beds is more problematic. Howeverthis juxtaposition may indicate that what areconsidered classical warm-shallow-waterreefs and ‘atypical’ non-tropical and deep(and/or ‘dirty’) water reefs receivingincreasing study recently are not that farapart. It does seem to confirm theobservation that if a fossil reef actually lookslike an in-situ build-up with framebuilders ingrowth position then it is probablyanomalous and not a shallow high-energymargin reef. Indeed given enough physicaldegradation and bioerosion, some reefs may‘disappear’ before they have a chance to beburied in the rock record.

BIOGRAPHYLeslie Eliuk, P.Geol. (B.Sc. and. M.Sc. University ofAlberta). Early retirement in 1999 from ShellCanada after 30 years helping them explore andproduce from mostly carbonate reservoirs wasshort-lived.The 1998 PanCanadian Deep PanukeField discovery in his beloved Abenaki Formationhas meant work helping geologists of EnCana andseveral other operators look again at the cuttingsand core from these Jurassic-Cretaceouscarbonates in both old 1974 and new 2003 wells.Thus his intention to go back to university and lookmore closely at these East Coast carbonates hasbeen helped in the data acquisition and financingby these welcome events but slowed by therequirement for confidentiality and the happycontinuing addition of new data to mull over.

INFORMATION:This event is jointly presented by the AlbertaPalaeontological Society, Mount Royal Collegeand the CSPG Palaeontology Division. Forinformation or to present a talk in the futureplease contact CSPG Paleo Divison Head PhilipBenham at 403-691-3343 or [email protected]. Visit the APS website forconfirmation of event times and upcomingspeakers: http://www.albertapaleo.org/

CORE AND SAMPLE DIVISION REPORT

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday June 15, 2004 at the EUB Core ResearchCentre,3545 Research Way NW,Calgary from12:00 - 1:30 PM noon. Our main topic ofdiscussion will be: Drill Cuttings Collectionand EUB Requirements in Alberta

Advances in drilling technology have greatlyincreased drilling penetration rates makingthe collection of drill cuttings for Geologicalevaluation challenging. This fact, combinedwith the high number of wells being drilledhas resulted in a large volume of drillcuttings being collected. In addition to thechallenges this presents to wellsitegeologists, the EUB is faced with trying tocollect relevant and valuable material whilemeeting their own challenges for storagespace and allocation of staff hours toprocess, sort, and store the material.Drill cuttings submission requirements areregulated through a section in the EUB’s“Guide 56” in which operators are required todetermine sample requirements based on theclassification of the well and the zonestargeted. It has been determined through jointdiscussions between the EUB and theGeological community that the intentions ofsample collection through the criteria outlinedin Guide 56 are not always being met, and thatsome refinement to the criteria is necessary

to ensure that valuable material is beingcollected and submitted. We feel that it isnecessary and appropriate that those revisionsbe determined through a joint effort betweenthe EUB and the geological community. Inaddition, we would like to also address jointconcerns about collection of non-valuablematerial, which adds an extra burden of timeand expense to those collecting andprocessing it at wellsite and also to the EUBCore Research Centre to sort and store it(e.g., thick intervals of uphole shale).

Once revisions have been determined, theCSPG Core and Sample Division will besoliciting the endorsement of the CSPGexecutive and of the major operators and thenrecommending changes to the EUB.

We will discuss these issues and formulate arecommendation. If you are unable to attend,but wish to have your opinions brought to themeeting, please email your ideas to: DougHayden, Chair, CSPG Core and SampleDivision via [email protected]

Check the CSPG website for updates on thegroup’s activities and projects. If you would likemore information on upcoming activities ofthis group, please contact Doug Hayden [email protected]

AAPG CANADAINTERNATIONALREGION ANNUAL

MEETING

For AAPG members resident in Canada,Guests welcome

June 2, 2004 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Kensington Room,Calgary Marriott Hotel

110 – 9th Ave. S.E.Calgary,T2G 5A6

Please join us on the late afternoonof last day of the CSPG convention

complimentary refreshments provided

for more information contact:Warren Workman,

403 269 9550 ext [email protected]

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The CSPG has recently resurrected the“Banff Conference” style of single topic mini-conferences with a new series named after aformer CSPG President William C. Gussow.The first of these annual mini-conferenceswas recently held March 19-20th, 2004 inCanmore and was entitled “Water Resources& Energy Development”.

The issue of continued and increased waterusage by the energy industry, especiallypotable water resources, has recently becomea major public concern.Therefore, the CSPGfelt a need to educate our membership andother stakeholders on the issues and what isbeing done to address them.

The program was comprised of threesessions; Water Resources for PetroleumExploration and Production, Handling andDisposal of Produced Water, and ResourceConflict.

Together these sessions addressed a numberof issues including:• How other jurisdictions have and are

dealing with water resource issues.• The amount, geographic distribution, and

types of water usage by the energy industry.• The technical feasibility of using brackish or

saline water resources.• Both existing and potential conflicts

between various water users.

The event was a tremendous success,attracting approximately 100 participantswith representation from consulting,industry, government, and NGO’s such asthe Pembina Institute and the LakelandIndustry Community Association. Threeinternationally renowned keynote speakersset the stage for the individual sessions

providing informative, educational, andentertaining insights into the topics.

The “Round Table” discussion sessionfollowing the session presentations allowedthe participants to actively participate infurther questioning of the speakers and to addtheir own concerns and expertise to thediscussion.

The intimate nature of a small focusedconference set in the scenic RockyMountains was an opportunity for scientists,regulators, lawyers, and laypersons to interactand discuss issues of common concern in arelaxed and informal atmosphere.

The CSPG is proud to have brought thesegroups together for two days ofconstructive discussion on a very topicaland sensitive subject.

As one participant put it, “This was anexcellent, timely, informative conferencewith the right experts and the rightparticipants present.”

The organizing committee would like toexpress their thanks to:

Technical Session Chairs• Dr. Kevin Parks,Alberta Geological Survey• Dr. Bill Gunter,Alberta Research Council• Dave McGee,Alberta Environment

Round Table Moderator• Dr. Grant Mossop, Geological Survey of Canada

Keynote Speakers• Dr. Marios Sophocleous,

Kansas Geological Survey• Dr. Bill Gunter,Alberta Research Council• Dr.Yousif Kharaka, U.S. Geological Survey• Dr. David Percy, Dean of Law,

University of Alberta

Speakers• Brenda Austin,

Alberta Energy and Utilities Board• Jon Fennell, Komex International Ltd.• Dr. Karsten Michael,Alberta Geological

Survey• Dr. Ernie Perkins,Alberta Research Council• Peter B. Bulkowski, Petro Canada• Lorne Ternes,

Lorne J.Ternes Professional Corporation• Steve Wallace,Alberta Environment• Dan Woynillowicz, Pembina Institute

for Appropriate Development

Thanks also to the conference sponsors:• Borden Ladner Gervais • Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.• Nexen Canada Ltd.

2004 GUSSOW GEOSCIENCE CONFERENCE:WATER RESOURCES & ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

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WILLIAM C. GUSSOW – BIOGRAPHY

WILLIAM CARRUTHERS GUSSOW -

For whom the CSPG dedicates and names itsGeoscience Conference Series

William C. Gussow published his seminal paper,“Differential Entrapment of Oil and Gas: aFundamental Principle” in 1954.With its emphasison fluid flow, regional migration paths forhydrocarbons, and the displacement of oil by gason a regional scale, his thinking paved the way forpetroleum systems analysis as we have come toknow it. Simple and obvious though his conceptsmight seem to us now, they were at the time bothcontroversial and contrary to accepted ideas.All of us who have successfully explored for oiland gas in basin-flanking traps owe a debt ofgratitude to his clear thinking and explication.Thelucid simplicity of his ideas was illustrated by nowclassical figures, one of which – a profile showingdifferential entrapment and displacement ofhydrocarbons in the Devonian Leduc reef trendof Alberta – we have adapted and adopted for thelogo of the CSPG’s eponymous William C.Gussow Geoscience Conference Series.

Not content with just a single suchaccomplishment in his geological career, in the late 1980s Bill Gussow patented methods oftertiary recovery from partially depletedreservoirs using natural gas for displacement ofthe oil. Application of the techniques resulted indramatic increases worldwide of recoverablereserves in already discovered reservoirs, andhelped alleviate the gloom being spread that wewere running out of oil.

Bill was born in London in 1908, and his familysoon moved to Canada when his father wasappointed as the first Dominion botanist. Billobtained B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees at QueensUniversity in Kingston, Ontario, and his Ph.D.from MIT. His early career included surfacemapping with the Geological Survey of Canada,various mining projects, and engineering geologyfor hydroelectric power developments. In 1945Bill joined Shell Oil Company and worked ineastern and western Canada. From 1956 to 1971Bill worked for Union Oil Co. California.

Bill’s wisdom, experience, and thoughts arereflected in a long list of publications, and havebeen recognized by the many honors he hasreceived. In 1999 he received the Stanley E.Slipper Award, the CSPG’s highest honour, and in2000 was the recipient of the AAPG’s PioneerAward.

Bill will always be, for so many geologists, a classicrole model, continually coming up with new and

often startling ideas, and being so generous insharing his experience with others. Perhaps mostof all we appreciate his kindness, his friendliness,and his gentle sense of humor.

As a thoughtful, incisive, and visionary thinker,there is no-one more fitting in the ranks ofillustrious CSPG members than WilliamCarruthers Gussow for whom to dedicate andname the CSPG Geoscience Conference Series.

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COMING SOON2005 Gussow GeoscienceConference on CoalbedMethane

March, 2005

The 2005 Gussow conference will focus onthe geological aspects around CoalbedMethane (CBM) / Natural Gas from Coal(NGC) reservoirs and plans are underway toco-host the event with the Canadian Societyfor Unconventional Gas (CSUG),The Societyfor Organic Petrology (TSOP) and theCanadian Society for Coal Science andOrganic Petrology (CSCOP). Sessions willfocus on various aspects of coal geologyincluding petrography, sedimentaryenvironments, case studies, etc. from both anational and international perspective. Early-bird registration begins in December 2004.

CSPG William C. Gussow GeoscienceConference SeriesThe CSPG has established a special topicmini-conference series to be held in the firstquarter of the year. The meeting is an annual2-day mini-conference on a specialized topic,held in Canmore. The CSPG is pleased andhonoured to dedicate this conference seriesto William C. Gussow, a Past President andHonourary Member of the CSPG who hasdistinguished himself, his society and hiscountry through his pioneering work ingeology. The 2005 Gussow GeoscienceConference on Coalbed Methane will followthe successful 2004 Gussow Geoscienceconference on Water Resources and EnergyDevelopment.

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Welcome to the I.C.E. 2004 JointConference. This year’s conference is beingco-hosted by the CSPG, the CHOA, and theCWLS; together, the membership of thesesocieties represents an important andsignificant cross-section of the petroleumindustry’s technical community.

In promoting the theme; Innovation,Collaboration, and Exploitation, this year’sconference brings this community closer byoffering a technical program that intertwinesthe disciplines and provides a forum forknowledge exchange. If abstract submissionsof our memberships are a valid barometer ofthe future of the Oil and Gas Industry inWestern Canada, then collectively we havespoken loudly. Four areas of interest appear tohave overwhelmingly captured our concern:heavy oil, unconventional gas, domesticfrontier exploration, and the possible impactof technological advances.

The organizing committee is very pleased tostart the conference on Monday May 31st witha special plenary session giving the floor toselect high-profile industry and governmentleaders who will speak on a common theme:The Future of the Oil and Gas Business in theWestern Canada Sedimentary Basin. Thissession will focus on upstream issues, and eachof the panelists will speak on theircorporation’s focus, future, and the drivingelements that shape their strategy.The sessionwill showcase the complimenting andcontrasting perspectives, views, and visionsfrom a cross-section of the Canadianupstream oil and gas industry.

Following the opening plenary session Mondaymorning, five oral technical session streamswill begin in parallel. By the end of Wednesdayafternoon a total of 25 technical sessions willhave seen 198 oral presentations coveringmany of the classic geological topics, as well assome you may not have seen before.Of specialnote is the number of abstracts dealing withtopics related to Unconventional Gasresources; as a result, we have organized threecomplete sessions on the topic. Those whohave interest in petrophysics will be drawn toa series of sessions covering topics rangingfrom innovations in technology to SCAL tointerpretation case studies and noveltechniques. On the heavy oil side, five linkedsessions cover a progression of topics fromG&G to facilities and upgrading.

The exhibition floor is arranged to

accommodate 55 poster presentations whichwill cover a range of topics similar to the oralsessions. Poster authors will be present attheir posters during the ice breaker and mini-breaker.Plan to include a review of the postersduring your tour of the exhibition hall.

Registrants have the opportunity to choosefrom an offering of 32 short courses and fieldtrips that will be run before, during, and afterthe conference.Whether you are new to thefield, or an experienced professional, we arecertain you’ll find courses of interest and anopportunity to benefit from a broader andvaried scope.

In keeping with tradition, the core conference willbe run Thursday and Friday at the Alberta Energyand Utilities Board’s Core Research Center.Nineteen cores will be on display from a broadrange of environments, with extra emphasis on anumber of significant oil sands projects.

All presentations will be judged based oncontent, delivery, and innovation. The Awardsfor exceptional presentations, in a number of

categories, will be presented at the core wind-up on Friday afternoon.

This year’s technical program is designed toreflect the importance of integration andcollaboration between diverse disciplines, aswe build towards a common future.Thank youto the technical sub-committees, the sessionchairs, the presenters, and you, the delegatesfor helping to bring together what willcertainly be a valuable and worthwhilelearning and knowledge-exchange experience.

ENJOY THE PROGRAM!

Richard Evoy Grant SpencerTech Program Chair Tech Program ChairCSPG CWLS

KC YeungTech Program ChairCHOA

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Being a petroleum geologist is more than just a job! It is a fun and rewarding career. To be a petroleum geologist is to bethe SOURCE of so much that contributes to the quality of everyone's daily lives.

Without petroleum geologists successfully finding and helping to recover petroleum resources therewould be no fuels, plastics, paints, synthetic rubber, cosmetics, paved roads, glues, nor synthetic fibresused in outdoor clothing such as fleece vests!

To be a petroleum geologist is to have a career that takes you around the world, to spend time in theoutdoors or in front of a high tech workstation. It is to read ancient stories from rocks, to work withand learn from others on multi-disciplinary teams.

It is to be a part of the proud community which is the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists.Being a petroleum geologist is so much more than a job!

Photos courtesy of Graham Simpson, Astrid Arts, Andy Newson, Mach 2 Photography and the CSPG Archive.

The Canadian Society of PetroleumGeologists was founded in 1927. Since then it has grown from an Alberta-focusedorganization into a national body representing petroleum geology coast to coast and from our southern border intothe high arctic. With over 3,500 members from around the world, some 40 committees, and over 400 dedicatedvolunteers, the CSPG is one of Canada's most successful and enduring non-profit professional societies. The scopeof its activities within the industry and its commitment to the highest standards of service to the profession itrepresents have been a hallmark of the Society from its inception, and form the foundation of its mandate today.

OUR HISTORY.. .

The Mission of the Society is to advance the science ofpetroleum geology, foster professional development andesprit de corps of members, and promote communityawareness of the profession.

OUR MISSION.. .

Advance professional development and foster the spirit of scientific research throughout its membership;Advance the science of geology, especially as it relates to petroleum, natural gas, and other fossil fuels;Promote the technology of exploration for finding and producing these resources;Promote public awareness of the role of petroleum geologists;Develop a sense of pride, community, and purpose for all Canadian Petroleum Geologists; and,Advance the national character of the Society.

OUR GOALS.. .

CSPG MEMBERSHIP. . . WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

Career & Professional Development ...maintain and develop new skills

Technical Journal• Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology,

20-30 articles per year

Technical Talks• 19 technical luncheons per year• webcasts of luncheon talks• 11 Divisions provide over 50 presentations per year

Annual Conference• over 100 technical talks• field trips, short courses, core displays• exhibits

Publications• Memoirs, Lexicons, Field Guides and

more…

Networking ...critical for career development

Annual conference social events

Non-technical social events• Golf, Squash & Hockey tournaments,

10 km road race

Reservoir Magazine• monthly update on technical and

networking events

Website• online membership directory • CareerSource

Member Services• group insurance, member discounts

Public Awareness ...ensuring the vitality of the profession and industry

Science Fair Awards

University Outreach• inter-university geological conference sponsorship• pan-Canadian lecture tours on the industry• academic scholarships and awards

EdGeo Teacher Workshops• introducing teachers and youth across Canada

to geology

Student Industry Field Trip• industry and geology students get a chance to

learn about each other

Public Honorary Address• distinguished scientists have talked on geology,

space, weather, the Titanic, anthropology and much more...

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Information included on CD: • 2002 Rw Catalog (Over

50,000 Data Points)- PDF Format- Spreadsheet (XLS) Format

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To order contact the CWLSoffice at (403) 269-9366.

The Canadian Well LoggingSociety (CWLS) is the oldestpetrophysical organization in theWorld. Devoted to formationevaluation, the society wasincorporated in Calgary in 1957. In that time the society hasendeavored to produce a technicaljournal with a Canadian slant. TheCWLS is thus an appropriate placefor those interested in exploringmineral resources in the Western

Canada Sedimentary Basin, the Canadian Arctic, offshore eastern Canada, and southern Ontario.

The society has great support from the petroleum industry with over 40 corporate sponsors and500 members. The CWLS has in turn provided a great deal of support to the petroleum industry.

The CWLS holds a technical luncheon on the third Wednesday of every month (except in theSummer and February) for the benefit of those interested in log analysis and petrophysics.

Contact Information If you are interested in any of the information in this advertisement or would like to learn moreabout the Canadian Well Logging Society please visit our website at www.cwls.org. Or you cancontact the office directly:

Canadian Well Logging Society2200, 700 - 2nd Street S.W.Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 2W1Phone: (403)269-9366Fax: (403) 269-2787www.cwls.org

Technical Luncheon AwardsLocal talent has been under represented at our monthly technical luncheons. So, in addition to theusual President’s Award for the year’s best technical luncheon presentation there will be a newVice-President’s Award. This award, in the amount of $500, will be for the best luncheon talk by aCanadian-based speaker who is from an oil company or from a university or college.

Anyone who is considering presenting at a luncheon or who has a suggestion for an interestingtopic should contact John Nieto at (403)231-0276 or [email protected].

A D V E R T O R I A L

Logging SocietyStudent AwardsThe Canadian Well Logging Society announces yearly awards for undergraduate and graduatestudents in engineering and earth sciences. The purpose of these awards is to raise interest andawareness of careers in Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation. Formation evaluation andPetrophysics are the studies of rocks and their fluids as they pertain to the oil and gas industry.

Three $2000 awards will go to students who submit thesis proposals that critically examine someaspects of well logging, formation evaluation or petrophysics. Award winners will be selected inApril of each year.

An additional $5000 will be awarded yearly for the best thesis related to Formation Evaluation andsubmitted to CWLS upon graduation. The winner of this award will be invited at the expense of theCWLS to make a presentation at a lunch meeting of CWLS in Calgary. The final thesis can besubmitted at any time in the year of graduation. The award winner will be selected in January ofnext year.

For more information on how to apply please visit www.cwls.org.

Special Core DatabaseMembers have free access to the Special Core Database. To gain access, visit the society’s website at www.cwls.org and visit the Core Database page. From there members can requestaccess. You will then be supplied a user name and password information necessary to access the special core site. For more information please contact Jeff Levack at (403) 232-1705 [email protected].

Upcoming Luncheons

Apr. 14 Robert Cluff Permeability Jail And Implications For “Basin Centered Gas” Production And Resource Assessment

May. 19 Roberto Aguilera A Triple Porosity Model ForPetrophysical Analysis Of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

Jun. 9 TBA TBA

Want to join? Call or email Dion Lobreau at (403) 231-7673 or [email protected]

Visit us at this year’s CSPG/CWLS/CHOA Joint Convention and see what we are all about.

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I.C.E. 2004Conference

May 31 - June 1

Convention ScheduleThe 2004 Organizing Committee has worked very hard to provide Conference delegates with the most superior Technical Program and Special Events to date.

Judging & AwardsThe I.C.E. 2004 Joint Conference recognizes and rewards high qualitypresentations. Presentations are judgedby panels of peers, session chairs, and randomly selected audience participation. This year’s award categories are:

�Best Student Core

�Best Core

�Best Geological Paper

�Best Petrophysical Paper

�Best Heavy Oil Paper

�Best 3 Posters (from all categories)

�Best Student Paper – Andrew Baillie Award ($1000 cash)

�Best Student Poster – Andrew Baillie Award ($1000 cash)

All winners will be announced at theCore Meltdown. For more informationregarding judging and awards, please contact one of our Committeemembers.

Mark Ducheck [email protected]

Melany [email protected]

Tracy [email protected]

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Oral SessionsPalomino Rooms & Archie Boyce Theatre

Plenary SessionHall B

Core ConferenceAEUB Core Research Centre

Convention LuncheonSimon Winchester

Oral SessionsPalomino Rooms & Archie Boyce Theatre

BBQ Beef & BeansExhibition Floor

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Student Faculty Industry Reception

4:00 pmLTM* Reception - 4:00 pm

This year’s conference features a brand new event to kick-start the TechnicalProgram. The Plenary Session begins Monday, May 31, 2004 at 9:00am in Hall B of the Round Up Centre. This session will feature a panel of six industry andgovernment leader’s who will share their views and visions on “The Future of theOil & Gas Industry, a Canadian Perspective”.

Monday’s Luncheon guest is Simon Winchester, a world-renowned author, journalistand broadcaster. He will be discussing his latest book “Krakatoa: The Day the WorldExploded”.

Another new event to this year’s conference is the BBQ Beef and Beans Luncheonon the Exhibits Floor, from 11:30am to 1:00pm on Tuesday, June 1, 2004.

Registration ReminderThe I.C.E. 2004 Joint Conference is quickly approaching, have you registered?

Take advantage of the great savings by registering before May 19, 2004.

The quickest and easiest way to register for the conference, and ensure yourspot for the Luncheon, Field Trips and Short Courses is ONLINE atwww.cspg.org or www.choa.ab.ca or www.cwls.org

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The MR Explorer (MREX) Service, a 21st century magnetic resonance technology, is currently being introduced to Western Canada by Baker Atlas. The new openhole wireline logging instrument, delivers thebenefits of previous nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)systems while acquiring data more quickly and providinghigh quality results in almost any borehole environment.

The proprietary design incorporates more than a decadeof NMR logging experience, and uses the strengths ofprevious generation NMR logging technologies. It introduces new features to improve performance in thedownhole environment, increases acquisition efficiencyand enhances data quality. The MR Explorer service'sunique new features include:• A side-looking antenna and a gradient magnetic field

for formation evaluation measurements and fluid analysis in almost any borehole environment.

• Multiple-frequency operation for faster logging andmultiple, simultaneous NMR experiments in a single logging pass.

• New NMR acquisition techniques for improved NMRdata accuracy and superior hydrocarbon typing and fluids analysis.

• Objective Oriented Acquisitions (OOA) greatly simplify planning and execution of MREX logging jobs.

Taken together these new features result in better NMRanswers and lower total cost for NMR logging operationsby reducing the rig time required for NMR logging.

In addition, the MREX system side-looking antennaenables the same 5 inch-OD tool to be used in all holesizes. This means that no special equipment is needed forlarge and small boreholes. The result, is that the samehigh quality data is acquired regardless of borehole size.

The tool's 2.4 inch minimum depth of investigation is deep enough to provide valid NMR data in rugoseboreholes and when mudcake is present.

The MREX service is the first commercially available,side-looking NMR logging tool that operates using a gradient magnetic field and multiple frequencies. Usingthis configuration, the MREX system can conduct multiple NMR data acquisitions simultaneously on a single logging pass. This speeds logging operations andcontributes to significantly improved data quality. Theside-looking MREX instrument runs eccentered in thewellbore and is ideally suited for logging deviated wells.This results in more successful NMR logging jobs andhigher quality NMR data, even in high-inclination wells.

NMR data, integrated with conventional resistivity andporosity log data can improve reservoir quality characteri-sation and better define productive reservoir zones incomplex lithologies and low resistivity pay intervals.

The MREX employs a side-looking magnet/antenna design that offersmany advantages over previous NMR systems. Instead of logging acylinder around the borehole, it measures an arc of approximately 120ºto one side of the borehole. Using this method, the MREX can log boreholes from 6 to 14 inches in diameter without reducing loggingspeed – a significant improvement over previous generation tools thatrequired logging speed reductions in both large and small boreholes.This results in measurable rig time savings when using MREX.

In this example, conventional logs indicate the oil-water contact point to be where the resistivity decreases and the porosity & gammameasurements indicate increasing shale content. The NMR log revealsthat the decrease in resistivity is due to an increase in irreducible watervolume (BVI) and that the zone has moveable hydrocarbons for anaddtional 34 feet of reservoir. The hydrocarbon content in confirmedby the shift that is apparent in the T2 spectrum.

Latest NMR Technology Introductionto Western Canada

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I.C.E. 2004 JOINT CONFERENCE CSPG/CHOA/CWLSBUILDING TO THE FUTURE CONVENTION EVENTS

MONDAY - MAY 31, 2004

SPEAKERS BREAKFASTSMonday,Tuesday,WednesdayMay 31, June 1, 26:45 - 7:45 a.m.

HARVEST ROOMSpeakers are invited to a breakfast eachmorning of the Technical Sessions, to meetfellow presenters and chairpersons.Instructions on presentation guidelines andthe audiovisual equipment will be given.

SIMON WINCHESTER LUNCHEON Monday, May 3111:30-1:00 p.m.

Round Up Centre - Hall CSimon Winchester will discuss his latest book, ‘Krakatoa: The Day the WorldExploded’, about the catastrophic explosion of this Indonesian volcano in the 19th century.

ICEBREAKERMonday, May 314:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Exhibits FloorJoin your colleagues for some great foodand conversation while browsing the manyexciting exhibits at this year’s CSPG/CHOA/CWLS Joint Conference.

TUESDAY - JUNE 1, 2004

BBQ BEEF & BEANS LUNCHEONTuesday, June 111:30 - 1:00 p.m.

Exhibits FloorA new event to the convention this year is the BBQ Beef and Beans luncheon on the Exhibits Floor. Here’s another chance to visit some of the exhibits in between the morning and afternoon technicalsessions.

MINIBREAKERTuesday, June 14:00 - 6:00 p.m.Exhibits FloorMingle, unwind, and network with yourcolleagues, while perusing the exhibits andposters.

LONG-TIME MEMBERS RECEPTIONTuesday, June 14:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Location To Be ConfirmedThe 2004 Organizing Committee would like to celebrate our long-time members ofthe CSPG and CWLS at this invitation-onlyevent. In its fourth year running, thereception promises to be as popular as ever!If you haven’t received your personalinvitation please contact Paul Piovoso at 233-7778 ext. 223 or [email protected].

WEDNESDAY - JUNE 2, 2004

BREAKFAST WITH THE EXHIBITORSWednesday, June 28:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Exhibits Floor Head down to the exhibits and beat therush! Enjoy a complementary continentalbreakfast and coffee on the Exhibits Floor.

STUDENT/INDUSTRY/FACULTY RECEPTIONWednesday, June 24:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Round Up Centre - Rotary HouseMeet the energetic minds of tomorrow, thefaculty that has nurtured these graduates,and the industry representatives fromcompanies that will employ them. Hopefully,this casual event will strike up newrelationships!

AAPG CANADA REGION ANNUALGENERAL MEETINGWednesday June 2, 20044:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Kensington Room at Marriott Hotel All Canadian members of the AAPG areencouraged to attend!


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Joint Venture - $10,000 + Partnership - $5,000 +GR Petrology Consultants Inc.

Suncor Energy Inc.APEGGA

Burlington ResourcesIHS Energy

Talisman EnergyVeritas Geoservices

Petro-CanadaReeves Wireline

Associate - $2,000 +Hycal Energy Research Laboratories Ltd.

Core Laboratories Canada Ltd.Pro Geo Consultants

United Oil & Gas Consulting Ltd.PETREL - a Schlumberger product group

Northrock Resources Ltd.GEDCO/SIS

Auto-trol Technology (Canada) Ltd.Roxar, Inc.

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I.C.E. 2004 EXHIBITOR LIST*

LISTING BY COMPANYCompany Booth NumberA.A.P.G. 713Activation Laboratories Ltd. 404AGAT Laboratories 307AJM Petroleum Consultants 803Alberta Geological Survey 810Americana Exploration, LLC 806APEGGA 715Auto-trol Technology (Canada) Ltd. 411Baker Atlas 509BC Ministry Of Energy & Mines 808Beicip Inc. 512BJ Services Company Canada 317C.S. Lord Geoscience Centre 711C.S.E.G. 812Canadian Discovery Ltd. 503Continental Laboratories (1985) Ltd. 414Core Laboratories Canada Ltd. 303Datalog Technologies Inc. 305Digital Formation Inc. 313Direct Geochemical 415Divestco Inc. 601Earth Decision Sciences Canada Ltd. 609ECL Canada 115ESG (Engineering Seismology Group) 607

ESRI Canada Ltd. 705Fugro Airborne Surveys Corp. 515GEDCO 505geoLOGIC systems ltd. 111GEO-LOGIC SYSTEMS, LLC 815Geological Survey of Canada - Calgary 617Geo-Microbial Technologies (GMT) & PK Services 402Geomodeling Technology Corp. 510geoPLUS Corporation 807GeoStar Solutions 603Geovariances Americas, Inc. 516Global Link Data Solutions Inc. 615GR Petrology Consultants Inc. 405Hydrocarbon Data Systems, Inc. 611IHS Energy 409Komarevich Originals Ltd. 813Little Rock Document Services 613MJ Systems 403Nikon Canada Inc 804NorthStar Drillstem Testers Inc 406Norwest Labs 700Petcom, Inc. 603PETREL - a SCHLUMBERGER product group 309Petris Technology Inc. 702

Petrocraft Products Ltd 706PhotoSat Information Ltd. 417Pro Geo Consultants 301Rakhit Petroleum Consulting Ltd. 602RECON Petrotechnologies Ltd. 211Sanitherm Alberta 413Saskatchewan Industry & Resources 709Schlumberger Canada Limited 109SDC Geologix 701Sherwin Geological Consulting Ltd. 600Signal Geophysical Consulting 605The Imaging System Group, Inc. 809TiPM Laboratory 514Trivision Geosystems Ltd. 400United Oil & Gas Ltd 311University Of Calgary 707W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 501Wellsight Systems Inc. 412Wellsite Gas Detection Inc. 315Wood MacKenzie 805

Precision WirelineTechnologies Outdoor SpaceDATAMAXX Oilfield Corporation Outdoor Space

LISTING BY BOOTH NUMBERBooth # Company109 Schlumberger Canada Limited111 geoLOGIC systems ltd.115 ECL Canada211 RECON Petrotechnologies Ltd.301 Pro Geo Consultants303 Core Laboratories Canada Ltd.305 Datalog Technologies Inc.307 AGAT Laboratories309 PETREL - a SCHLUMBERGER

product group311 United Oil & Gas Ltd313 Digital Formation Inc.315 Wellsite Gas Detection Inc.317 BJ Services Company Canada400 Trivision Geosystems Ltd.402 Geo-Microbial Technologies (GMT)

& PK Services403 MJ Systems404 Activation Laboratories Ltd.405 GR Petrology Consultants Inc.406 NorthStar Drillstem Testers Inc409 IHS Energy411 Auto-trol Technology (Canada) Ltd.412 Wellsight Systems Inc413 Sanitherm Alberta

414 Continental Laboratories (1985) Ltd.415 Direct Geochemical417 PhotoSat Information Ltd.501 W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.503 Canadian Discovery Ltd.505 GEDCO509 Baker Atlas510 Geomodeling Technology Corp.512 Beicip Inc.514 TiPM Laboratory515 Fugro Airborne Surveys Corp.516 Geovariances Americas, Inc.600 Sherwin Geological Consulting Ltd.601 Divestco Inc.602 Rakhit Petroleum Consulting Ltd.603 GeoStar Solutions603 Petcom, Inc.605 Signal Geophysical Consulting607 ESG (Engineering Seismology

Group)609 Earth Decision Sciences Canada Ltd.611 Hydrocarbon Data Systems, Inc.613 Little Rock Document Services Ltd.615 Global Link Data Solutions Inc.617 Geological Survey of Canada -

Calgary700 Norwest Labs

701 SDC Geologix702 Petris Technology Inc.705 ESRI Canada Ltd.706 Petrocraft Products Ltd707 University Of Calgary709 Saskatchewan Industry &

Resources711 C.S. Lord Geoscience Centre713 A.A.P.G.715 APEGGA803 AJM Petroleum Consultants804 Nikon Canada Inc805 Wood MacKenzie806 Americana Exploration, LLC807 geoPLUS Corporation808 BC Ministry Of Energy & Mines809 The Imaging System Group, Inc.810 Alberta Geological Survey812 C.S.E.G.813 Komarovevich Originals Ltd.815 GEO-LOGIC SYSTEMS, LLC.

Outdoor Space DATAMAXX OilfieldCorporation

Outdoor Space Precision WireineTechnologies

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THURSDAY - JUNE 3, 2004

CONVENTION BBQ LUNCHThursday, June 3 and Friday, June 412:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Tents behind the AEUB Core ResearchCentre Take a break from another exciting CoreConference to enjoy an excellent BBQlunch provided by Hycal on both Thursdayand Friday.

FRIDAY - JUNE 4, 2004

CONVENTION BBQ LUNCHThursday, June 3 and Friday, June 412:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Tents behind the AEUB Core ResearchCentre Take a break from another exciting CoreConference to enjoy an excellent BBQlunch provided by Hycal on both Thursdayand Friday.

CORE MELTDOWNFriday, June 43:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Tents behind the AEUB Core ResearchCentre Celebrate another successful Convention atthe popular Core Meltdown Event. Join the2004 CSPG/CHOA/CWLS OrganizingCommittee and all your fellow conventiondelegates for some food and beverages.

I.C.E. 2004CONVENTION EVENTS...Continued from Page 35

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SOCIETY CENTRE AT I.C.E. 2004

Many of you are familiar with CSPG Centre,our Society’s home base at the annualconvention. The Centre acts as informationcentral for CSPG programs and services, aswell as houses the bookstore and provides

news on our latest events. CSPG Centre alsoacts as the place to meet up socially withfriends and colleagues, especially those weneed to catch up with since the lastconvention brought us together.

This year we are partnering with the CHOAand CWLS to bring you Society Centre, anonsite home-away-from-home for all threesocieties. Society Centre will not only bringyou the latest information on the CSPG, buteverything you could want to know about theprograms, events and products availablethrough our partner societies. As always, youare encouraged to drop in, learn about whatis new and chat with the volunteers and staff.

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THE NEW E&P WORKFORCE: HOW EMPLOYERS BENEFITFROM BUILDING THE POOL OF INDEPENDENT EMPLOYEES

NEW CAREER PATTERNS Restructuring of the oil and gas industryover the last two decades has led to arestructuring of the E&P workforce. Theflattening and downsizing of organizationshas ended the concept of career paths andreplaced it with the new concept of careerpatterns. Personal career planning todayand corporate workforce developmentneed to be based on these new patterns ofemployment. People in the oil and gasindustry are Independent Employees,Dependent Employees, self-employed Free Agents, or unemployed andunderemployed Outlanders. Over the pasttwo decades many Dependent Employeeshave been laid off so that the ranks of FreeAgents and Outlanders have greatlyincreased in the overall workforce. Inorder to staff their projects corporationsneed to tap all four-career patterns tocompete successfully.

Although most new hires from colleges anduniversities start their careers asDependent Employees, many desire to moveswiftly toward independence. Virtually allmajor oil and gas companies, and some largeservice companies, have instituted newprograms to smooth the transition fromschool to work in order to recruit andretain employees, and to maximize theirvalue by shortening the “apprentice,” or so-called “onboarding” period. Some of theseprograms also will be successful in“bonding” employees to the company, andsome may not, but all will have the result ofcreating a workforce pool of technicallyproficient, more independent employees.Scenarios of the future suggest thelikelihood that most E&P professionals inthe United States will be IndependentEmployees or Free Agents. Dependentemployment may only continue to thrive ingovernment agencies, universities, and inoverseas national oil and gas companies.

The message for both individuals andorganizations is clear. Technical skill isnecessary, but not sufficient, for long-termsuccess in the oil and gas industry. Bothindividuals and organizations need the speedand innovation that results from high levelsof independence, connectedness, andforesight. There are many Outlanders whohave good, even superior and unique,technical skills, but they remainunderemployed or unemployed. They havenot yet developed the adaptive skills that

can allow them to reconnect to themainstream of the industry. Most of thesepeople failed to anticipate the magnitude ofchange that swept over them. Althoughsome are quite creative, they lack the skillsto transform innovation to the marketplace,and most fail to realize and appreciate howthey are personally positioned in theirprofession; e.g., how they are perceived inthe minds of their potential clients,employers, and peers.

ATTRIBUTES OF INDEPENDENCE Independent Employees and Free Agents arecharacterized by having both the excellenttechnical and adaptive skills necessary toexercise choice. Independent Employees canchoose to bond and remain with a singleemployer, or they can move from onecompany to another as the uncertainindustry landscape shifts around them. FreeAgents have the freedom to choose theirclients, their work style, their location, andthe amount of time they will invest in theirprofession. Independent professionals canchoose the career pattern or sequence ofcareer patterns in which they will work, andevery professional who masters the skills ofanticipation has the chance to choose whichalternative future they will pursue.

All professionals working in the industryhave a high level of technical competence,regardless of the “pattern” of theiremployment. The skills that distinguishIndependent Employees and Free Agentsfrom Dependent Employees and Outlandersare most often their non-technical, adaptiveskills.To remain competitive, now and in thefuture, everyone will need to acquire andpractice these skills to an advanced level ofcompetency.

CASE HISTORY A major oil company laid off a petroleumengineer. Although he had always done agood job as a professional, he was totallyunprepared for life outside the corporation.In an effort to sustain income, he “hung outhis shingle” as a consultant. In his years withthe corporation he had not developed hisown image and reputation, nor had he builta large network of external contacts. As aresult he had trouble getting work, andwhen he did get work it was not of his ownchoosing. Assignments offered him weretrouble-shooting engineering problems insome of the most difficult and unpleasantlocations in the world. It took him five years

to develop his own image and reputation forquality work that allowed him to begin toinfluence the choice of his work. He beganto achieve the kind of success he wanted bybuilding his name recognition associatedwith quality work, by building an effective,personal “structure of connectedness,” andby defining his niche and anticipating theneed for his specific engineering expertise.Today he has a steady clientele of domesticcompanies who rely on him to monitorprocesses and solve problems in specificengineering functions consistent with hisexpertise.

CAREER-BUILDING, ADAPTIVE SKILLS All petroleum professionals share a fewcritical needs:

1) to maintain a high level of technicalexcellence,

2) to take responsibility for their owncareers, and

3) to build their own personal andprofessional influence throughouttheir careers. As professionalsmature, more is expected of them.Whether it is called experience,insight, or the ability to get thingsdone, everyone needs to develop aset of strategies that shows how he or she adds value to every projectand every employer or client, at every stage of their career. And thetime span over which this processtakes place is being compressed-theprocess is accelerating. The criticaladaptive skills that make this possibleare the skills of becomingindependent and connected, andanticipating the future. The mostfundamental of these skills isconnectedness.

CONNECTEDNESS Well-connected individuals have literallymany thousands of people in their personalnetwork of contacts, and can get theanswers to difficult questions or access tocritical information with far less than “sixdegrees of separation.” Most people in thepetroleum industry have relatively smallnetworks and have spent little time andeffort in the development of their personal“structure of connectedness.” In the lastcentury, corporate employees werediscouraged from having large networksoutside their own company lest security bebreached. In this century, dominated byalliances, information flow, and shared,

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knowledge-based technology, beingconnected both inside and outside acompany is essential. In this environment,it is advantageous, for both individuals and organizations, to encourage theconstruction of large, interconnected websof contacts across all kinds of organizational,discipline, generational, gender, ethnic,and national boundaries. And moreimportantly, individuals will need to developand practice the skills of maintaining,expanding, and USING their network toextend their abilities and influence. After all, the goal is to access information rapidlyand effectively for one’s employer. The path to mastery of these skills, however, isneither easy nor obvious. Many people seem to believe that a network is used only during a job search. Au contraire! It should not be surprising to seeconnectedness become a measure ofperformance and personal value in thecorporate structure at some point in thenear future. Professionals who can bring alarge informational network, in addition to their specific technology, to theteambuilding, problem-solving process addvalue to all groups they join and will findthemselves in demand and rewarded forsuch capabilities.

Past studies have shown that the dominantmode of communication in technology-based organizations is word-of-mouth.(As opposed to scientific communitieswhere communication is based on thepublished literature.) This puts a premiumon a workforce having individuals withstrong networking skills.As companies moveto electronic storage of files (hence“hidden”), it is even more important forpeople to have an effective communicationsnetwork to gain access to information they need.

Other studies have shown that the size ofindividual networks in a population is notnormally distributed. In fact, in mostpopulations there are a few people withvery large networks while the vast majorityof people have very small networks. Theimplication is that an individual with a verylarge network is very rare, and if informalcommunication is truly the most effectivemeans of distributing information, thesepeople are very valuable. But at present,measures of network size and effectivenessare not on most corporate radar screenswhen analyzing personal performance andthe value of an individual to the company. Infact, there are a number of examples of

people with very large networks being laidoff because the value of their skill was notrecognized as a corporate asset.

In addition, connectedness lies at the heartof creativity and innovation. Creativity is“the invention of the new and therearrangement of the old in new ways.” Themore information and the more diversesources of information that a person has to“rearrange,” the more ideas he or she cantest and develop. The issue again is access.Further, it is essential that the informationbe accurate. The better the network, themore ways there are to confirm theauthenticity of the information.

Connectedness is also the most importanttool an individual has to get feedback onhimself or herself. In the uncertain world oftoday all individuals need to know how they,and their work, are perceived by others.That is, they must know how they arepositioned in their profession, within theirteam, and in their company. Isolation is theenemy of personal professional growth.Routine performance appraisals often donot provide complete information fromenough sources to be truly valuable toeither the individual or the employer.


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Finally, connectedness provides the breadthand depth of information people need to buildscenarios of the future. Connectedness is thebasic skill for tracking events and establishingtrends, and assessing the impact of technicalbreakthroughs. Thus connectedness is thecore skill that underlies independence, self-discovery, and anticipation of the future, thefundamental adaptive skills everyone needs todevelop in order to manage careers in the21st century.

ANTICIPATION OF THE FUTURE Uncertainty about the future is a millstonearound the neck of every professional in theoil and gas industry today. It also limits theperceived attractiveness of the industry tonew graduates. The most commonly citeduncertainty among oil and gas professionalsis whether or not an individual’s technicalskills will remain relevant. To overcomeuncertainty, petroleum professionals needto be their own technological forecasters.All individuals need the skills to “sense”what the future may be like for them and todevelop goals and strategies to realize theirown vision, to converge with the future that develops.

The field of future studies has evolvedsignificantly over the last twenty years andprovides a variety of useful skills andtechniques professionals can use to developforesight. Everyone needs to identify thedriving forces in technology, economics,politics, culture, and the environment thatwill influence their career decisions.Trackingevents, determining trends, and buildingalternative scenarios of the future are allactivities that will help people cope withuncertainty and give direction to goal settingand career planning. Certainly everyoneshould identify the forces that may affect thevalue of his or her technical expertise.To dothis effectively it essential to develop theskills of connectedness and informationflow. Foresight does not predict the future,but it provides invaluable tools for makingkey career decisions.

INDEPENDENCE In some respects, independence is theproduct of other adaptive skills. Being wellconnected contributes significantly to one’sindependence, as does the ability toanticipate the future. But there are othersignificant skill sets that supportindependence.Your actions as a professionalcreate a personal image and reputation thatdefines you among your peers. It is up toeach individual to decide what reputationand image he or she wants, and take actionto create, sustain, and defend that image andreputation lifelong.

Independence, not need, is the mother ofinvention. Dependent individuals are lesslikely to take risk or champion a new idea orchallenge a sacred cow in the culture of anorganization than independent ones. Youhave to be independent to tell the Emperorhe has no clothes.

In careers today the strongest driving forceis self-determination, and the biggestobstacle to career satisfaction is uncertainty.Independent people have the tools to copewith uncertainty because they anticipate the future.

Independent people know themselves, andthey know how they are positioned in theirprofession. This gives them an advantage inthe marketplace. They know how to definetheir niche and market their skills insidetheir company or, if need be, outside.

Independent people are connected. Theyhave mastered the skills of access, and sit atthe hub of an extensive network thatprovides the information they need whenthey need it. Independent people have theopportunity to build influence lifelong.

The current generation of petroleumprofessionals will need to develop andexercise a high level of independent thinkingand independent action to compete in themarketplace.

In the cloistered corporate environment ofthe last century these skills were important,but not critical, to an individual’s career.From now on they are essential. Experiencethrough college and university workshopsdemonstrates that the students grasp theimportance of these skills quickly, althoughthey do not yet have the experiencerequired to master them.

The current generation of petroleumprofessionals will need to develop andexercise a high level of independent thinkingand independent action to compete in themarketplace and keep pace with thetechnical, economic, and political and socialchanges surrounding them.

SELF-DISCOVERYIn order to manage their own careers, it isessential that people know themselves verywell. They need to be clear on what isimportant to them about a career, theirpersonal values, and what they want andneed from the work they do to havesatisfaction and fulfillment. In the lastcentury many people adopted the corporatevalues, their employers’ values, as their own.Today it is important to clarify shared values

between individuals and organizations.Personal values and vision are an essentialpart of independence.

SUMMARY Industry needs access to technicallyproficient professionals. It also needs newideas, innovation, creative leadership,increased information flow, dedication,commitment, and foresight. The addition ofthese latter capabilities to the technicalfoundation creates a complete, flexible,competent workforce, with the ability toadapt to any future contingency.Today thereare unemployed Outlanders who couldreconnect to the mainstream workforce asFree Agents or Independent Employeesthrough their acquisition of the adaptiveskills. New hires and all other DependentEmployees can make a similar transition.

There is no generally acceptable scenario ofthe future that supports the idea of a largedependent employee workforce equivalentto the “organization man” of the lastcentury. As restructuring continues, morepeople must be prepared to actindependently. People will be living longerand the specter of “retirement” will comesooner than in the past. This makes it evenmore imperative for people to acquireadaptive skills. The wonder is, however, thatthe implementation of the adaptive skillsimproves the productivity of everyone inthe workforce no matter what they callthemselves, what career pattern theyoccupy, or who writes their paycheck.

RECOMMENDED READINGAllen,T., 1977,Managing the Flow of Technology.Barabasi,A., 2002,Linked:The New Science of Networks.Csikszentmihalyi. M., 2002,“The Context of Creativity”, in W. Bennis, ed.,The Future of Leadership.Drucker, P., 1999,Management Challenges for the 21st Century.Florida, R., 2002,The Rise of the Creative Class.Fraser, J.A., 2001,The White Collar Sweat Shop.Gladwell, M., 2000,The Tipping Point.MacKenzie, G., 1996,Orbiting the Giant Hairball.Pink, D., 2000,Free Agent Nation.Wantland, K. F., L. F. Baie, and J. J. Gallagher,Jr., 2002, Four-part series of articles on thenew E&P workforce, Hart’s E&P, Aug.-Nov.

Reprinted with permission of K.Wantland andthe Houston Geological Society.

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IHS Energy’s flagship software,AccuMap™, innovated desktopaccess to data in the oilpatch.And it just keeps getting better.

When AccuMap was launched wellover a decade ago, no one knew that it would change the way most exploration companies do business.AccuMap was the first tool to allow agreat amount of exploration and production information on an individ-ual’s desktop for quick analysis. Thegoal was to build an easy-to-use toolthat delivered the best data right to theoil & gas professional’s desktop—thatgoal was realized. Today, with over 20 modules to choice from, AccuMapis the standard used by over 450 oiland gas companies and over 7,500individual users.

Continuous improvement is a part ofIHS Energy’s ongoing endeavour forexcellence—a key corporate value. At this year’s CSPG Convention, IHS Energy will highlight the latestinnovations in AccuMap. “We’ve beenbusy building on AccuMap’s industryleading strength through new strategicpartnerships, innovative softwareenhancements and continued develop-ment of our data suites,” according toGanesh Murdeshwar, Director, BusinessOperations and Strategy. Customersagree. “The continuous addition of newdata layers like Deep Basin PressureEdges, GeoFluids and Cores makesAccuMap the leading tool for informa-tion access,” says Michael Perkins,Senior Explorationist at Clear Energy Inc.

This year, IHS Energy added RapidData to AccuMap. Rapid Data is the onlycomplete source of confidence ratedwell test and pressure history data forAlberta. Additionally, IHS Energyacquired IPL, further strengtheningtheir “best data” offering to the market.And, in response to customer need,IHS Energy added Saskatchewan pressure data to AccuMap. MarkAtkinson, Manager, Sales & BusinessDevelopment, says “the developmentof the only digital database ofSaskatchewan pressure and deliverabil-ity information is an example of IHSEnergy’s commitment to anticipatingand responding to customer needs.“

Innovations at the features level isanother way AccuMap keeps its indus-try leading position. Daily Well Licenseupdates is just such an innovation—firstintroduced in late October 2003 thisnew feature has had a tremendousimpact on the workflow of today’sexplorationist. Further enhancementsinclude a new and highly improved1:50 000 culture file, and expandedexport functionality and query function-ality. Garry Sutherland, Senior Geologistat Burlington Resources, notes that,“the constant improvements to the

functionality and efficiency of the soft-ware, as well as the array of integratedmodules…enables me make decisionsin the most timely manner possible.”

Continuing with the theme of constantimprovement, IHS Energy has workedhard this year to provide simple, complete and targeted customerexperiences and communications.Workshops have been the word ofthe year, from in-house AccuLogssessions in September to Rapid work-shops in the Spring. The enthusiasmthese sessions have generate ensuresthe continuation of this initiative wellinto 2004.

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Elizabeth A. MacInnesJudy S. Mahaffy Arcis CorporationZvonko MaricGord L. McClymont Westwater Environmental Ltd.Jeff M. McNamara Carbon Energy Canada CorporationLindsay D. Moeller Terracon Geotechnique Ltd.Peter Nenadov Merry Nenadov & Associates Ltd.Damian N. Njoku ITCSean C. Norgard Penn West Petroleum Ltd.Bianca Palosanu Devon Canada CorporationRobert L. Riopel Real ResourcesCarlos Rivero Harvard UniversityJames D. Robinson Wiebe Environmental Services Inc.Daniel J.K. Ross University Of British ColumbiaDean P. Royer Nexen Inc.Milada Rysan Alberta Energy And Utilities BoardJennifer A. Saldana Westwater Environmental Ltd.Kelly J. Schell Kelly Schell Geological ConsultingKimberly L. Schmidt Anadarko Canada CorporationMichael J. Shields Talisman Energy CanadaAlice E. Simmons Zaki Geological ConsultingMark D. Smith University Of OttawaEmily K. Suen NewPark Drilling FluidsMichelle N. Surette Diamond Tree Resources Ltd.Lynn Taylor Lynn Taylor Geological Inc.Nick Temple Discovery Drilling FundsBrian W.Tsang EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd.Aditya Tyagi University Of Western OntarioAngie K.Vangool University Of SaskatchewanAlan Wade Golder AssociatesLindsay J.Wagner Dominion Exploration Canada Ltd.Ken D.Wallace University Of OttawaShuping Wang Connacher Oil & Gas Ltd.James M.Welykochy Alumen Capital PartnersJolene L.Wood Global Link Data Solutions Inc.Jacqualine D.

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2004 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

DATE: May 2-4, 2004EVENT: Twelfth Williston Basin Horizontal Well &

Petroleum ConferenceLOCATION: Minot, North Dakota

INFORMATION: Informal talks, poster discussions, and workshopson new technology and developments inpetroleum exploration and production within orapplicable to the Williston Basin. Conference is co-sponsored by the North Dakota GeologicalSurvey and the Saskatchewan Industry andResources. For information call either(701) 328-8000 or (306) 787-7662.

Registration information and forms available atwww.state.nd.us/ndgs or www.ir.gov.sk.ca.

DATE: May 9-12, 2004EVENT: The Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy

(CIM) Annual General MeetingLOCATION: Edmonton,Alberta

INFORMATION: For more information visit www.cim2004.ca

DATE: May 10-13, 2004EVENT: 2004 CSEG National Convention

LOCATION: Calgary,AlbertaINFORMATION: For more information visit www.csegconvention.org

DATE: May 11-15, 2004EVENT: GAC/MAC Annual Meeting

LOCATION: St. Catherines, OntarioINFORMATION: For more information visit

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DATE: May 31- June 4, 2004EVENT: I.C.E. 2004 – Innovation, Collaboration and

Exploration, CSPG-CHOA-CWLS Joint ConventionLOCATION: Round-Up Centre, Calgary,Alberta

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DATE: June 6-9, 2004EVENT: Society of Professional Well Log Analysis (SPWLA)

Annual Conference LOCATION: Noordwijk, Netherlands

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DATE: June 7-10, 2004EVENT: European Association of Geoscientists and

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DATE: August 9-12, 2004EVENT: AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Annual Meeting

LOCATION: Denver, ColoradoINFORMATION: For more information please visit

http://www.aapg.org/meetings/rms04/index.cfmCALL FOR ABSTRACTS – RMAG Guidebook2005 Gas in Low Permeability Reservoirs of theRocky Mountain RegionAbstract Deadline: May 1, 2004Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists invites thesubmission of abstracts for the 2005 Guidebook.

The goal of the guidebook is to examine the controlson gas production from low permeability reservoirs.Papers on all points of view about continuousaccumlations and tight gas formations are welcome.It will be published as a CD, and therefore caninclude large data sets, maps, and color illustrations.Papers about the history, economics, futureexpectations, field studies, completion techniques,exploration approaches, production, and methodsof estimating reserves are welcome.Editors; Michelle Bishop, Steve Cumella,John Morel, John Robinson, Matt SilvermanSubmit abstracts to: Michele Bishop, 1705 ArapahoeAve., Boulder, CO 80302, [email protected]

DATE: August 24-28, 2004EVENT: Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Research

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DATE: September 19-22, 2004EVENT: ICAM 2004, 8th International Congress on Applied

MineralogyLOCATION: Aguas de Lindoia, Brazil

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DATE: September 26-29, 2004EVENT: Society for Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

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DATE: October 22-24, 2004EVENT: INTERNATIONAL OIL & GAS CONFERENCE

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DATE: October 24-27, 2004EVENT: AAPG International Conference and Exhibition

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The Post StackAmplitude display isderived from an interpreta-tion made on a 3D survey.There are three wells: aninterior, dolomitized reefwell (Well #1), a porouslimestone reef margin well(Well #2), and a basinalwell (Well #3). Althoughthere is an indication of areef edge, there is no

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QUATERNARY GAS IN NORTHERN ALBERTA

Quaternary gas, probably flowing fromglaciofluvial meltwater channels in the thicktills of the Sousa area (Figure 1) has been atarget for a number of operators in recentyears.This play has been active since at least1993, and has produced since the middle of1998. The best result so far has been fromParamount Resources’ 6-13-112-24W5 well,which reached a peak rate of 5 mmcf/d ofgas, and which has yielded 3.2 bcf of gas.

The most significant Quaternary gasdevelopment is in and around Townships 110-112, Ranges 1-3W6. Based oncompletion zones and drill depths of lessthan 100m, two general regions have beenidentified as producing Quaternary gas.These are the Sousa area (112-1W6),primarily developed by Penn WestPetroleum and Paramount, and the Rainbowarea (110-3W6), where Calvalley Petroleumis the main operator.

Identifying production trends in this shallowplay is somewhat difficult, as wells in the areahave typically targeted the deeper, more

productive formations. In recent years, theprimary target has been the BlueskyFormation sitting on top of the pre-Cretaceous unconformity. Quaternary gaswas a secondary target in these deeperwells. Also, when the Quaternary play wasbeing pursued in the late 1990s, thecompletions were occasionally misidentifiedas Dunvegan, Shaftesbury, or Tertiary.Neither the Dunvegan nor the Tertiary arepresent in the area and the Shaftesburycharacteristically consists of tight marineshales. Currently, a number of standing wellswith a total depth of less than 100m havetheir production zone listed as none or notavailable.

Regional mapping of the Quaternary in theSousa area shows that it is dominated byglacial lake deposition. These vast lakesformed as the continental ice sheetsretreated, leaving behind poorly sorted grey/ brown tills up to 60m in thickness. Figure 2shows core photos of this till from a depthof approximately 50m at 7-31-110-3W6.Thiswell was abandoned by O.R.I. Energy (now

Calvalley) despite a strong gas odor fromthe core, probably because the till itself istoo tight to be an effective reservoir.Meltwater channels that dissected andsorted the glacial tills would offer theimproved permeability needed to producegas. Evidence of such channels has beenfound in both surface mapping and fromshallow well logs. One of the very fewexamples of a shallow resistivity log in thearea (Figure 3) shows four stacked channels(yellow zones) that intersect the 10-2-112-2W6 well.

Two structural cross-sections over theSousa field suggest that these meltwaterchannels may have a preferred orientation.Section A-A’ shows an east-to-west transectthat identifies a number of channel sands.

Figure 1. Location Map of the Quaternary Gas Play in Northern Alberta (pink highlighted wells have a TVD of <100m, purple highlighted wells identified as Glacial Drift production zone).

Figure 2. Core photographs from the O.R.I. (Calvalley)Rainbow 2/7-31-110-3W6. Grey tills comprise thewhole of this cored section (45-56m), but meltwaterchannels are believed to transect the tills, creating areservoir-quality matrix.

Figure 3. Detailed GR / SP / Resistivity Log of WinterSousa 10-2-112-2W6 (flowing Gething gas).

However, none can readily be correlatedbetween wells. On the north-to-southSection B-B’, a similar number of channelsare identified, but these can be more readilycorrelated. This is likely a reflection of thepre-glacial topography.

Quaternary gas has had a relatively minorimpact to date, with only about 18 bcf oftotal production from the zone. However,that total has come from only 16 wells in theregion. Extremely shallow depths, potentialfor significant gas accumulations, andincreasing pipeline infrastructure suggestthat this zone will continue to be anexploration target.

INFORMATIONThis article is condensed from a more in-depth review by Canadian Discovery Ltd.For the full report or information on products offered by CDL, please visitwww.canadiandiscovery.com or call 269-3644.

Paramount et al Rainbow 10-2910-29-111-2W6

Paramount et al Sousa 10-410-4-112-2W6

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Henry Kelsey’s Second Inland Journey 1691 –– 1692

On Henry Kelsey’s arrival at Deering’s Point inthe spring of 1691, he hurriedly prepared aletter to Governor Geyer at York Factory,purportedly written with charcoal on birchbark, requesting that he be resupplied withtrade and gift articles, including provisions, inorder to continue his quest for theNaywatame Poets (Gros Ventres) andMountain Poets (Assiniboines of the Hills). Heinformed Governor Geyer: “that the Indiansare continually at war within land, but havepromised to get what Beaver they can againstnext year, others not before the next Summercome twelve months when they promise tocome down.” (1930, Innis, Harold A.: The FurTrade in Canada, pub. Yale Univ. Press; 1956,rept.Univ.of Toronto Press,ptd.,U.S.A.,p.121).He further reported that the natives, who hadobtained guns at York Factory,were preying onthe more remote bands inhabiting theGrassland regions, thus preventing them fromaccessing the Factory. Kelsey’s letter was to beconveyed to Geyer by the same Assiniboinesand Home Cree who had spent the winterwith Kelsey trapping beaver.The Parkland areaof their hunting and trapping activity duringthe fall and winter of 1690/1691 couldconceivably have taken place in the environs ofthe numerous small bodies of water feedingthe creeks and brooks prevalent in the BeaverHills area west of Yorkton and adjoiningTouchwood Hills area south of Wynard,Saskatchewan. The massive herds of buffalo,after grazing on the open range of the prairie,during the summer and autumn, are dispersedinto small herds at the onset of winter. Theyseek shelter by migrating into the adjoiningParkland. (1974, Ray, Arthur J.: Indians In TheFur Trade: their role as trappers, hunters andmiddlemen in the lands southwest of HudsonBay 1660-1870, pub. Univ. of Toronto Press,Toronto and Buffalo, p.33).

Following a respite at Deering’s Point, thenative traders left their families to retrace the550-mile canoe route down to the Factory.On their arrival, Kelsey’s letter was deliveredto Governor Geyer who, accordingly, fulfilledKelsey’s request for trade and gift items aswell as sundry provisions. Of interest,amongst the goods received, was a runlet(oaken cask) of gunpowder which, whenpartially emptied was, as shall be revealedlater, put to good use.The majority of Indianshad arrived back at Deering’s Point on July 5,

1691 to be rejoined with their families.Governor Geyer’s letter containedinstructions for Kelsey to keep a daily recordof his impending second inland journey. Healso requested that he attempt to preventthe various bands from engaging in war witheach other. He urged Kelsey to return to YorkFactory in the following year, bringing withhim, not only his fellow travellers but, ifpossible, members of the Naywatame Poets(Gros Ventres) and Mountain Poets(Assiniboine of the Hills). Geyer’s finalrequest was that Kelsey, during his inlandjourney:“search diligently for mines, minerals,or drugs (medicinal substances, inorganic ororganic, including tea; as defined 1682) ofwhat kind soever, and to bring samples ofthem downwith him.” (1908, Burpee,Lawrence, J.:The Search For The Western Sea,pub.: The Masson Book Company Ltd.,Toronto, p.97).

It appears that most of the native traderswho arrived at Deering’s Point on July 5,1691, subsequent to their transactions atYork Factory, avoided the rest over and, ongathering their families, commenced theirinland departure the same day. However,Henry Kelsey, with a much smaller party ofnatives did not leave until ten days later,which on July 15, 1691, marks the first entryin his journal of sixty which were to follow;the last being September 12, 1691. It wouldappear that his later departure fromDeering’s Point was, of necessity, effected bythe delay in the arrival of the last members ofthe canoe brigade’s return from the Factoryand whose cargo contained the remainder ofKelsey’s requisitioned supplies. His initialentry of July 15 would appear to bear thisout, in which he states:“Now having Receivedthose things in full wch ye Governour sentme taketh my depart.” It was with the nativesof this remaining segment of the canoe fleetthat Kelsey, along with their families, wouldattempt to catch up to the main party.

Henry Kelsey’s report of the seventy-one-mile canoe route to a point on theSaskatchewan River, where they stashed theircanoes to proceed overland, has best beenmade plausible by Arthur Morton (Ibid., 1939,Morton,Arthur S. --- p.112), based on Kelsey’sjournal entries from July 15 to July 18, 1691.He asserts that Kelsey and his native bandascended the Saskatchewan River fromDeering’s Point reaching its confluence withthe Saskeram River. Leaving the

Saskatchewan, the party diverted into thissmall tributary, which flowed from SaskeramLake. This broad, marshy lake was anexpansion of the river having the same name.At its northeast side, they reentered theSaskeram River and proceeded to Birch Lake,another dilation of the river. At a point oneand one-half miles east of the Manitoba/Saskatchewan boundary, they made a portageof less than one mile to the northwest toreturn to the Saskatchewan. The reason fortransiting this much smaller, meanderingSaskeram River, through a partially floodedmuskeg terrain, was to avoid the longer, fifty-five-mile, northern loop of the SaskatchewanRiver; this section of the river beingparticularly treacherous. The safer SaskeramRiver diversion was, according to Kelsey,forty-five miles in length.

From reentering the Saskatchewan River, theparty paddled eight miles upstream, where, inKelsey’s words, they: “lay up our Canoes,”preparatory to commencing their overlandjourney. It was here, probably on the southbank of the Saskatchewan (Lsd. 4 or 5, Sec.25, Twp. 56, Rge. 1W2M), opposite itsconfluence with the Tearing River, that HenryKelsey prepared a cache, utilizing his runlet(oaken cask) to store and preserve someessential articles that he deemed a safeguardpending their return to the river in theensuing spring. Part of his journal entry datedJuly 18, 1691 states:

“so I took ye Rundlett wch ye Governorhad sent me full of (gun) powder &emtyed part of it into a leather Bagg so Iput one hatchet 2 fathom of (12 feet oftwisted Brazil) Black Tobacco 6 Knives 2 Skains of twine (fishing line) twonettlines one tin show (mirror? oftin/mercury amalgam) & other smallmoveables (trade trinkets) into yerundlett & headed (sealed) it up again sowe made a hole in the ground & put that& other things into it & put into it somade of it our storehouse untill we cameyt way ye next spring”

We can only presume that Kelsey retrievedthe oaken cask with its contents, as well asthe other articles buried in the same pit.Kelsey’s party, after striking southwest forthe first five days, traversed some 99 miles,for the most part, over muskeg terraincharacteristic of the Carrot River lowlandsand north flank of the Pasquia Hills. Kelsey

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describes their treading, during this earlyphase of their journey, as “heavy mossygoing.” However, late in the day of July 23,they were relieved, having encountered:“good footing.” This site was probably at thesouthwest extremities of the Pasquia Hills,in the vicinity of the present-day town ofCrooked River, Saskatchewan.

The hunters, in crossing the muskeg, wereunable to locate any large game necessaryfor the sustenance of the band.This resultedin the inability of some of the weakenednative women to keep up with the rest ofthe party and consequently they becamestranded. Kelsey, fearful of their plight, sentone of the native hunters back to them, inthe hope that he could secure some gameto revive the women, pending their rejoiningthe main party. The following day Kelsey’sgroup, having overcome their delay, arrivedat the camp of the vanguard, whichassemblage had left Deering’s Point 10 daysprior to Kelsey’s departure. They too hadbeen starving, having subsisted on grass andberries. Fortunately, one of the huntersarrived very late the same night with thecarcass of a “Buck Muse.” The Captain(Chief) of their band had sent his son toawaken Kelsey in order to meet in hisfather’s tent “to smoke a pipe with him.” Thiswas followed by the Captain presentingKelsey, as his honoured guest, with: “thegreat gut of ye Beast (moose) afore sd, sowhen I had Eaten I returned to my rest.”This sac-like digestive organ, not only of themoose but the deer and caribou as well,was considered a delicacy by the nativeswhen roasted, possessing an added healthbenefit derived from its vitamin and mineralenriched, semi-digested food. On July 25Kelsey sent two of the native women backon the trail to assist the famished women tothe main camp. The next day the destitutewoman arrived with their equipment torejoin the band. They received nourishmentthat same evening after the return of ahunting party: “having kill’d five Beast(moose).”

The approximate 160-mile length of the RedDeer River occupies, for the most part, thelowlands laying between the Pasquia Hillsand Porcupine Mountains. This river issourced from Nut Lake, Saskatchewan and,after feeding Red Deer Lake in Manitoba,continues to its outpouring in Dawson Bay,Lake Winnipegosis. It was along a 127-milestretch of the central and western sectionsof this river and its environs, that HenryKelsey, during the summer of 1691,encountered other friendly native bandswhile searching for the Naywatame Poets(Gros Ventres) and the Mountain Poets(Assiniboines of the hills).

From July 30, 1691 to August 9, 1691, Kelseywas received by three different native bands.On July 27, of the same year, five strangeIndians approached him and beseeched thathe and his party revisit their band, which was camped along the Red Deer River(Waskashreeseebee). Kelsey obliged, and onJuly 30 he notes:

“Now we pitched again about ten Miles& came to our Indians making a greatfeast telling yt they were very glad yt Iwas returned according to my promisefor if I should be wanting they should begreatly afraid yt ye Nayhaythaways(Cree) Indians would murder ym & somade me master of ye feast”

This band and the band Kelsey was travellingwith may have had an affiliation, both beingAssiniboines of the Woods.

The “Eagles birch Indians,” a band ofAssiniboines inhabiting the SouthSaskatchewan River area (Ibid., 1974, Ray,Arthur J. --- p.157), were encountered onAugust 2.Two days later a deputation of:

“strangers come to our tents fromsome stone Indians wch was to yeSouthward of us so we made a tent for

our strangers & provided themsomething to Eat & some Tobacco for tosmoak it so they told us their news wchwas yt ye Nayhaythaways (Cree) hadlost 3 of their women wch yeNaywattame poets (Gros Ventres) hadkilled ye last spring & withall theyappointed where they themselves wouldmeet us but as for ye Naywattame poetsthey were fled so far yt they thought Ishould not see them ---”

These “strangers” were representatives ofthe Mountain Poets (Assiniboines of theHills) whose band Kelsey’s party wouldcamp with three weeks hence.

Interestingly, Kelsey, on August 6, makesmention of the change in direction of the course of the Red Deer River(Waskashreeseebee) which:

“breants away much to ye Southward &runneth through great part of theCuntry & is fed by a lake (Nut Lake) wchfeedeth another River wch runnethdown to ye Southward of us and iscalled Mith*** (last three lettersillegible)Now ye water wch runnethdown this River is of a Blood red Colour

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On February 17, 2004 the CSPG AnnualAwards Dinner took place at the PalliserHotel in Calgary. This event is held everyyear to recognize, reward, and celebrateexcellence within our society.

This year a slight change in format wasimplemented, resulting in the addition of theLink, Thesis, and Tracks Awards. A greateremphasis was placed on the Society’s awardsin general, including an outline of the Serviceand Volunteer Awards and Educational TrustFund Awards.

The Awards ceremony began with thepresentation of the Thesis Awards, which are presented for the best Masters and Ph.D.Theses on Canadian sedimentary geology.Arndt Peterhansel received the Ph.D. Awardfor his thesis entitled “Depositional Dynamicsof a Giant Carbonate Platform - theFammenian Palliser Formation of WesternCanada”. The award for best Masters Thesiswent to Kevin L. Treptau, for his thesisentitled “An Integrated Sedimentological-Ichnological Paleoenvironmental andPaleoecological Assessment of the UpperCampanian Cedar District Formation, UpperCretaceous Nanaimo Group, SouthwestBritish Columbia”.

Tracks Awards are presented each year tomembers of the CSPG who have madeoutstanding contributions to the Societythrough committee or other work.This yearthree Tracks Awards were given out: ToPeter Hay, for his long work with themaintenance and publication of the threevolumes of the Index of Publications andsubsequently taking those volumes forwardelectronically in the form of the new OnlineIndex Project.To Glenn Karlen, for his workwith the Online Index Project and thedigitization of the Bulletin.To Mark Cooper,for his work with the CSPG’s Communications

Committee and for his work as TechnicalProgram Co-Chair on last year’s jointconvention with the CSEG.

The Link Award was established in 1958 toencourage a high standard of presentationfor oral papers given at the Society’sLuncheon meetings. This year’s Link Awardwas presented to Gerry Reinson for his talk“Interpretation Of Incised Valleys, Deltasand Estuaries In The Alberta Foreland Basin– Stratigraphic Implications And Constraints”presented January 9th, 2003.

Honourary Membership is presented eachyear to the person, or persons, who hasmade outstanding contributions to thesociety and to the cause of petroleumgeology on a national or international basis.This year’s Honorary Membershipsacknowledged the contributions of twoindividuals, James K. Gray and Robert D. Orr.Unfortunately they were unable to attendthe Awards Dinner and will be receivingrecognition at a technical luncheon later inthe spring.

The President’s Award is given each year to an individual or organization foroutstanding contributions to the Society.This year’s President’s Award was presentedto Wayne Foo for organizing and co-

chairing the very successful 2003 CSPG/CSEG Conference.

The Special Service Award is the Society’sway of recognizing outstanding efforts to theCSPG by individuals who are non-members.This year’s Special Service Award waspresented to Jim Stenhouse, of the CSEG, forhis contribution as co-chair to the 2003CSPG/CSEG Conference.

The Medal of Merit is awarded for the bestpaper published during the previous year.This year’s Medal of Merit was awarded toBrian A. Zaitlin, Marian J. Warren, DanPotocki, Lorne Rosenthal, and Ron Boyd,authors of the paper “Depositional styles ina low accommodation foreland basin setting:an example from the Basal Quartz (LowerCretaceous), southern Alberta “, publishedin the Bulletin of Canadian PetroleumGeology, v. 50, no. 1 (March issue), pp31-72.

The R.J.W. Douglas Award is awarded annuallyfor outstanding contributions to theunderstanding of sedimentary geology inCanada, commending major contributions toregional tectonics, petroleum, and structuralgeology. This year’s recipient, Clint D.A.Dahlstrom,was recognized for his vast body ofwork, which though rooted in the easternRocky Mountains and foothills, illustrated andexplained principles of structural geologywhose applications are worldwide.

CSPG ANNUAL AWARDS DINNERBY DEBBIE HORBACHEWSKI, AWARDS COORDINATOR

2003 Link Award to Gerry Reinson

2003 Tracks award to Glenn Karlen.

2003 Tracks award to Peter Hay.

(l to r) M.J.Warren, B.A.Zaitlin &L.Rosenthal (R.Boyd missing) receiving the Medal of Merit.

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by ye description of those Indians wchhath seen it wch makes me to think ytmay run through some mine or other”

Morton quotes that the complete word: “isprobably Mithcou, Red River, the early nameof our Assiniboine” (Ibid., Morton,Arthur S.:--- p.112). Notwithstanding, the CreeAlgonquian tongue “Mith coo” translates tothe word “Blood” in English. Its connotation,as evolved through the natives’ oral history,may well commemorate a bloody massacreof Assiniboines by a warring party of Creesalongside the Assiniboine River. Incidentally,the Assiniboine, unlike the Red Deer River, isnot sourced by Nut Lake.

The sole significant clue in Henry Kelsey’snarrative of his second inland journey,affording tangible evidence of his inland

whereabouts, is based on an entry in hisjournal dated August 7, 1691.To quote:

“This Instant pitched up the side of thisRiver aforesd. (Waskashreeseebee) & inmy Journey to day in Several places I Sawslate mines along the side of this Riverby Estimation dist; 10 Miles”

Apparently Kelsey was visiting the sites ofexposed bedrock. Dr. R.T.D. Wickenden’sMap 638A, Etomami River, Saskatchewan,included with his Memoir 239, published bythe Geological Survey of Canada in 1945,indicates 13 exposures of the Ashvilleformation (Upper and Lower Cretaceous)located along the valley of the meanderingRed Deer River. Wickenden indicates theseoutcrops in Secs. 19, 30, 32, 33, 34, & 35;Twp.44, Rge. 2,W2M and in Sec. 24,Two 44, Rge.

3, W2M. Their lithologic characteristicsreveal a dark grey to black fissile shaleassociated with bands of hard, silty shale. Itis understandable that Kelsey could refer totheir appearance as “slate.” The term “slate”was formerly used by coal miners to denote“any shale accompanying coal” (ref.,1972,Glossary of Geology, Am. Geol. Inst.,Washington, D.C., p. 664).

Henry Kelsey, through his astuteobservations of natural phenomena, has theunique distinction of commenting onexposed bedrock of the Western CanadaSedimentary Basin nearly 313 years ago. Hisrecorded geological observation was aconfirmation of his position on oneparticular day during his inland journeys of1690-1691 and 1691-1692.

To be continued...

JACK PORTER (...Continued From Page 61)

Under the Directorship of Programs, theDolomite Core Conference will likely show amodest surplus.The bottom line for the 2004Gussow Conference is not clear yet, althoughthe committee is forecasting a slight deficit.Atthis midyear review, Technical Luncheonrevenue is in good standing with $10K aheadof budget. Our annual conference is expectedto remain a significant revenue generator.

With the exceptions of the Past President’sdinner and the Squash tournament, which rana small deficit, all other Social Committees areshowing a surplus to budget.This committee isalso looking at revising the format for theannual Awards ceremony to make it morerelevant to the membership.

Revenue from Communications is belowbudget mostly due to lack of new publications.

We are on track with the Reservoir and theGeological Calendar.

WHAT’S NEXTWe are looking forward to seeing a wellreceived and financially successful I.C.E. 2004Conference. Early indications are encouraging.The exhibition floor was fully subscribed veryearly on. As part of our continuing effort toprovide more services to the membership, thisis the inaugural year for the mini-conferences.In terms of technical quality and members’participation, we kicked off the year with avery successful Dolomite Core Conference.The first of the William C. GussowGeoscience Conference series was also heldin March. These types of conferences areexpected to break even and perhaps generatemarginal revenue for our society, while givingour members the opportunity to participate in

meetings focused on specific technical topicsof interests.

CONCLUSIONCurrent figures show a slight surplus againstforecast for the CSPG as a whole. We arepoised to remain in a healthy financial positionfor the year-end. On a more personal note, myservice on the Executive has been a verygratifying experience for me. During thecourse of my tenure, I have the uniqueopportunity to see how our Society continuesto be so successful from year to year.This is,without a doubt, a direct result of the effortsof our corps of hard-working volunteers anddedicated staff. Their hard work combinedwith unwavering support from themembership at large, keeps our societycurrent, vibrant, and financially strong.

Pauline Chung, Finance Director

EXECUTIVE COMMENT (...Continued From Page 5)

CSPG ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER (...Continued From Page 62)

The evening ended with the presentation ofthe CSPG’s most prestigious award, theStanley Slipper Gold Medal. The SlipperMedal is awarded annually to an outstandingcontributor to oil and gas exploration inCanada. This year’s recipient was RobertYurkovich, in recognition of his vision inseeking new exploration trends in theWestern Canada Sedimentary Basin.

Overall, the evening was a huge success, andenjoyed by all who attended. Special thanksto Douglas Carsted of Sproule Associatesfor organizing another successful AwardsDinner. Further thanks to our corporatesponsors IHS Energy, as well as EndlessEnergy, Paramount Resources, and SprouleAssociates Limited for their purchase ofcorporate tables.

2003 Stanley Slipper Gold Medal recipient Robert Yurkovich.

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