April 2013 Outcrop

OUTCROPNewsletter of the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

Volume 62 • No. 4 • April 2013

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The Board of Directors meeting was held on February 20th, 2013 in the RMAG office. We began as we always do with a review of the Financial Report. RMAG’s income and expenses are both slightly higher than budgeted; financially RMAG is looking great at this point in the year.

Denver looks to be an exciting hub for prospect expos this year with NAPE Denver coming in December and PLS Dealmakers Prospects and Property Expos holding event an event in April. These events have led RMAG to not hold its own RMAG Prospect Fair/Techno Fest as it has in years past, but have some sort of participation in one or both of the events above.

RMAG nominated 15 candidates to the AAPG House of Delegates, nine of which will be elected. The House of Delegates is made up of members from AAPG’s affiliated societies and international regions throughout the world. RMAG would like to thank its members for acting as delegates on our behalf: Peter Bucknam , Jerome Cuzella, Walter Johnson, Laura Mauro Johnson, Bruce Kelso, Steven Kirkwood, Constance Knight, Susan Landon, Jay Leaver, Paula Mohseni, James Mullarkey, Douglas Neese , Paul Ozanich, Natasha Rigg, and Stephen Sonnenberg.

Keep your calendar open for the return of a big industry happy hour. Six societies are in the early stages of planning for a “Big Society Happy Hour” or “BSHH” in May 2013. We hope this event will offer our members the opportunity to BS with many of their oil & gas friends from AADE, DAPL, DGS, DWLS, RMAG and SPE. RMAG and the other societies feel a cross-society event is an important event to offer and one that has been missed in recent years. More details on this event to come.

The RMAG Tennis Tournament has been left off the schedule this year due to low participation in recent years. However, RMAGs Continuing Education Committee felt it was important this event be replaced with another great social event for our members. Please mark your calendars for the very first RMAG Sporting Clay Tournament coming October 11th.

Additionally, a committee for membership issues will be resurrected. This committee will be cross-generational. It will focus on memorials, recruiting and engaging our members. If you’d like to serve on this committee please contact the RMAG office.

RMAG Members don’t forget to renew your memberships for 2013 if you have not already done so. Year to date we are behind on our membership renewals. You can renew online at www.rmag.org.

As always it’s been a pleasure to serve on the 2013 RMAG BOD of directors.

RMAG February Board of Directors MeetingBy Jacinda Nettik Brown, Secretary ([email protected])

Denver looks to be an exciting hub for prospect expos this year with NAPE Denver coming in

December and PLS Dealmakers Prospects

and Property Expos holding an event

in April.

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Volume 62 • No. 4 • April 2013

COVER PHOTOThe white to orangeish-

tan Peralta Tuff was deposited during a period of intense ryolitic volcanism in the Jemez Mountains of north-central New Mexico about 6.5 to 7 million years ago. Large clasts in the tuff protect the soft matrix below from erosion resulting in these conical formations from which the name "Tent Rocks" is derived. Photo by Dean DuBois.

Newsletter of the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

Features 8 Lead Story: RMAG

On-the-Rocks Informal Field Trips – 2013

10 Northern-eastern Colorado Hydraulic Fracturing Ban

15 Check it out!

association news 2 RMAG 2013 Summit

Sponsorship 7 New Exhibit at Museum of

Nature and Science 10 Authors and Editors Needed:

RMAG Oil & Gas Fields of Colorado

19 Connect with RMAG Online!14 RMAG Golf Tournament26 Submit a Manuscript to The

Mountain Geologist 27 2013 Spring Symposium

"Making Money with Science"29 Published in 2012-2013 in

The Mountain Geologist

Departments 4 RMAG February Board

of Directors Meeting 6 President's Column17 New Members25 In Memoriam

28 In the Pipeline 30 RMAG Luncheon

Program 35 Advertisers Index35 Calendar of Events


RMAG/PTTC Spring Symposium

President’s ColumnBy Debra Higley

O n e o f t h e i mp o r t a n t commit tees is Cont inu ing Education, chaired in 2013 by Greg Anderson. Along with the Spring Symposium, events include the Fall Symposium, short courses, and field trips. Field trips are also organized by the On the Rocks committee, with Ron Pritchett as chair. Let us know if you would like to join any of the RMAG committees.

Some events are organized almost independent from the Continuing Education committee and are in cooperation with other organizations, such as the 3D Seismic Symposium of the Denver Geophysical Society (DGS) and RMAG. Many of our events are planned in cooperation with the regional Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC), of which Mary Carr is the Rocky Mountain Director. We commonly

host the Rocky Mountain Expo (Prospect Fair and Technofest) with the Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen (DAPL), Denver Well Logging Society (DWLS) and Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). The Prospect Fair and Technofest will not be held this fall because NAPE Mountain is planned for next December in Denver. RMAG is commonly a partner when the Rocky

Mountain Section meeting is in Denver (2014) and the AAPG National Convention is in Denver (2015).

Ideally, the Continuing Education events are separated by at least 5 weeks from other geoscience events that RMAG members may wish to attend. That, plus reserving rooms for the events, is the main reason event dates change from year to year. This year we cancelled the RMAG Fall Symposium because the SPE-AAPG-SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) will be in Denver from August 12-14, and conflicting dates of other events listed at the end of this paragraph left no space. We requested to be part of the planning process for URTeC, especially since we now had

some free time with this new every-other-year convention

Some events are organized almost

independent from the Continuing Education committee and are in

cooperation with other organizations, such as the 3D Seismic Symposium of the Denver Geophysical

Society (DGS) and RMAG.

April 23rd is the date of the “Making Money with Science” RMAG/PTTC Spring Symposium. RMAG is a mostly volunteer organization composed of numerous committees that organize and produce our communications, awards, publications, sponsor contributions, and events.


moving into Denver, but they decided not to involve any local or regional organizations. Hmmm, maybe we can add a field trip just before or after URTeC since the conference is limited to oral presentation.

The Rocky Mountain Section Meeting is in Salt Lake City from September 28-30th, the Mid-Continent Section Meeting is October 12-14th, and the GSA Annual Meeting is October 27-30th in Denver.

On a totally non-associated topic, at the USGS, we like freeware and download-for-free data and other juicy

President's Column

tidbits. Below are several websites for free LAS-format well logs for areas I am working. These and other digital data are increasingly available from states and countries. Last accessed Feb. 19th, 2013.

http://ogccweblink.state.co.us/Search.aspx Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission website (select “Well Logs” under “Type”)

http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Magellan/Logs/index.html Kansas Geological Survey digital well logs for Kansas

http://www.gov.mb.ca/iem/petroleum/logs/ Manitoba Innovation, Energy, and Mines well logs

http://www.dwd.gov.sk.ca/Pages/BasePages/Main.aspx?UseCase=WIDGIS Saskatchewan Energy and Resources digital well logs »

New Exhibit at Museum of Nature and Science

A new exhibit entitled Mammoths And Mastodons: Titans Of The Ice Age, is now open through May 27, 2013. Created by the The Field Museum, Chicago, the exhibit is augmented with material from the recent Snowmass Village ice-age discoveries that has not been displayed before. The 13,000 square-foot exhibition examines the role of human predation and other factors such as climate in the extinction of mammoths and mastodons. The exhibit includes many interactive displays and videos as well as the opportunity to view material from the Snowmass discovery being prepared.

The Museum is located at 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205. To learn more visit www.dmns.org or call 303-370-6000.

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LEAD STORY

RMAG On-the-Rocks Informal Field Trips – 2013

The first trip will be Saturday, May 11th, and four more Saturday trips are in the works through September. The trips are designed to begin and end in one-day; some will be round-trip from Denver; others are “destination” trips that officially begin and end at the location of interest. Though RMAG does not charge for these trips, participants should be prepared to offset costs that may include park fees, sharing gasoline, lodging and lunches. All participants are asked to sign a liability release form before joining a trip. Sites for 2013 are (see Table on page 9):

Pueblo State Park and exposures of Cretaceous • source/reservoir sequences significant for hydrocarbon exploration and production in the Rockies

Eagle Basin, CO – Structure and sedimentary • exposures of the Central Colorado Basin

Mt. Princeton Geothermal Area, CO – “hot spots” in • Central Colorado

Medicine Bow-Snowy Range, WY – see rocks that • record 2 ½ billion years of geologic history

Vineyards and Terrains of the North Fork of the • Gunnison River-Geology and wine-tasting

The mission of RMAG On the Rocks informal field trips is to provide guided tours to natural sites where principles of geology are on display. Action to avoid

Though RMAG does not charge for these

trips, participants should be prepared to offset costs that may include park

fees, sharing gasoline, lodging and lunches.

IntroductionThe On the Rocks field-trip committee is planning five trips in Colorado and Wyoming in 2013 to

celebrate the geologic wonders of the Rockies.

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accidents will include limiting the number of people in each trip, and trip leaders will provide plans for tour stops to minimize exposure to traffic.

RMAG On the Rocks trips prov ide par t i c ipants w i th opportunities to explore site geology, together with a trip expert and the camaraderie of those who are willing to share geologic knowledge. Each person attending these group events is asked to be mindful of the welfare and safety of others. As we seek educational, enjoyable, and memorable outings, success in each tour will also be defined by participants’ safe return.

We ask all interested participants to register through the RMAG website (www.rmag.org\Events\On the Rocks) so that the trip leaders and the organizing committee can refer to: names of parties; contact information; sequence of interest; wait-list as needed. Trip Abstracts and logistics descriptions will be posted on the RMAG website and in the Outcrop magazine.

The On the Rocks Committee members are: Catherine Campbell, Dan Plazak, Denis Foley, Jeff Glossa, John Ladd, Sandra Mark, Phyllis Scott, and Ron Pritchett. If you would like to participate in trip plans and lend your skills and ideas for these fun and educational trips, please contact your 2013 On the Rocks Field Trip Committee Chair: Ron Pritchett, [email protected].


2013 Proposed On-the-Rocks Field TripsMonth/Day

May 11th

June 22nd

July 20th

August 17th

Sept. 7th

Topic/Destination

Mudrocks of the Southern Denver Basin, Pueblo, CO: Graneros,

Greenhorn, Carlile, and Niobrara Formations

Eagle Basin, CO

Mt. Princeton Geothermal Area, upper Arkansas Valley, CO

Medicine Bow-Snowy Range, WY

Vineyards, Adobes, and Gravels-Oh My! Wine-tasting and geologic exploration of the North Fork Valley of the Gunnison,

Western Slope, CO

Leader(s)

Jeffrey A. May, Geologic Consultant; Donna Anderson,

EOG Resources

Bob Raynolds, Denver Museum of Natural Science

Paul Morgan, Sr. Geothermal Geologist, Colorado Geological

Survey

Art Snoke, University of Wyoming

Dave Noe, Colorado Geological Survey

RMAG OTRLogistics Contact

Ron Pritchett

Denis Foley, Phyllis Scott

Phyllis Scott

Cat Campbell

Sandra Mark

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Lead Story

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The RMAG committee working on this publication has

selected 85 fields for review.

Authors and Editors Needed: RMAG Oil & Gas Fields of Colorado!RMAG is working toward the publication of a

guidebook dedicated to short field studies of a set of selected oil and gas fields in Colorado. In large part the format will be similar to earlier publications of this type: a several page article that will include a one page summary with a small set of maps and cross-sections adequate to give the reader a lot of information in a short amount of time. The RMAG committee working on this publication has selected 85 fields for review. In addition, we expect to have extended discussion around several large “resource play” areas such as the Piceance Basin or the Greater Wattenberg complex including the recent horizontal Niobrara play.

The committee is currently looking for authors to do field studies and to put together material for publication. Each author may contribute one or multiple field studies. We will also need a group of editors for both technical and copy (grammatical and graphical) review.

Please volunteer! Committee contacts below:

Dean DuBois, Committee Chair; 720-876-5366 [email protected]

James Milne, 303- 894-2100 x5117 [email protected]

James Rogers, 303-832-2328 [email protected]

Steve Cumella, 720- 979-0718 [email protected]

Marshall Deacon, 303- 228-4215 [email protected]

Tom Feldkamp, 303- 228-4146 [email protected]

Chris Martin, 720- 440-6134 [email protected] »

and Wellness Act, which prohibits hydraulic fracturing and the disposal of associated wastes.

1/14/13 – Longmont filed a motion for a change of venue as well as a motion to dismiss the unconstitutional takings portion of the COGA lawsuit.

1/31/13 – Boulder County commissioners impose a six month moratorium on new permits for drilling in the county (including unincorporated).

3/5/13 – Fort Collins city council votes 5-2 on a ban of hydraulic fracturing within city limits.

Editor’s Note – Can you help expand or elucidate upon this timeline? If so, the editors want to hear from you!

Northern-eastern Colorado Hydraulic Fracturing BanTimeline of Events- Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing

1951 – The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Act

1992 – Greeley’s total ban on the drilling or any oil, gas, or hydrocarbon wells within city limits was overruled by Colorado courts

12/20/11 – 120 day moratorium bans drilling in Longmont

2/10/12 – Draft of regulations released in Longmont

5/12 – Draft conditionally approved in Longmont

12/17/12 – Colorado Oil and Gas Association filed a lawsuit in Weld County District Court against the City of Longmont’s Article XVI, The Longmont Health, Safety,

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Studies in Geology 65Application of Structural Methods to Rocky Mountain

Hydrocarbon Exploration and DevelopmentEdited by C. Knight, J. Cuzella, & L. Cress

Co-published byTulsa, OK and Denver, CO

www.aapg.org/www.rmag.org

With increasing industry emphasis on developing “unconventional” tight reservoirs and on enhancing recovery from existing fields, geologists are facing new challenges. Identifying fracture characteristics within petroleum systems is essential. Understanding the timing of tectonics and the formation of structures is

important, as these factors strongly influence hydrocarbon generation, migration, entrapment, and preservation. As a means of addressing complex interrelationships between structural geology and hydrocarbon exploration and development, the editors are pleased to present this compilation of key papers.

Studies in Geology 65Table of Contents

Using Free-hand 3-D Drawings • to Clarify and Verify Subsurface Structural Interpretations — D. Stone

Introduction to Low-temperature • Thermochronologic Techniques, Methodology, and Applications — S. L. Peyton & B. Carrapa

Overview of Low-temperature • Thermochronology in the Rocky Mountains and its Application to Petroleum System Analysis — S. L. Peyton & B. Carrapa

Using Detrital Zircon • Geochronology to Solve Complex Structural Problems: Application with Pitfalls in the Helena Salient of the Montana Disturbed Belt, West Central Montana — P. T. Doughty, K. R. Chamberlain, & M. C. Pope

Regional and Local Fractures of • the Bakken Petroleum System, Williston Basin: Integrating Field Studies and 3-D Seismic Analysis — S. Angster & F. Sarg

Role of Wrench Faults and • Fractures in Creating “Sweet Spots” in Tight Gas Exploration and Production at Rulison Field Colorado — T. L. Davis & R. D. Benson

Fracture Control of P-wave • Azimuthal Anisotrophy in a Laramide Basement-cored Anticline at Casper Arch, Wyoming: Insights from Correlations with Surface Analogs and Curvature Analyses — R. D. Cooley & E. Erslev

Natural Fractures and Strain • Accommodation in the Tensleep Formation at Beer Mug Anticline — S. P. Cooper

Natural Fracture Patterns in • Folded Tensleep Reservoirs, Wyoming — S. P. Cooper & J. C. Lorenz

Fractures, Hydraulic Injections, • and Strain Accommodation in the Tensleep Formation at Flat Top Anticline, Carbon County, Wyoming — J. C. Lorenz

Beaver Creek Detachment • System: Syn-Laramide Gravity Detachment and Folding Oblique to Regional Compression — S. Smaltz & E. Erslev

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists

The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

Coming Early 2013...

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Spring PTTC Workshops Tectonic History of the Rocky Mountain Region Thursday, April 4, 2013, 8:30 AM-5:00 PM Colorado School of Mines, Ben Parker Student Center Ballrm A Fee: $250; Includes: refreshments, workbook, and PDH certificate Instructor: Dr. Chuck Kluth, Colorado School of Mines This one day short course will review the tectonic framework and history of the Rocky Mountain region. It will begin with a short review of tectostratigraphic analysis and tectonic maps. The tectonic analysis will begin at the bottom of the geologic column with a brief discussion of the basement underpinnings of the region and Lower Paleozoic cratonic-shelf setting. These shelf deposits are variably preserved in the region but in some areas provide hydrocarbon reservoirs. This cratonic-shelf was interrupted by crustal-scale intraplate deformation in the late Paleozoic, that resulted in widespread development of the Greater Ancestral Rocky Mountains. The uplifts produced arkosic sediments but the voluminous Late Paleozoic sands are from a distal source. The early Mesozoic represents a return to the stable cratonic-shelf that, in late Jurassic, begins to reflect orogeny to the west. The data support the presence of a low-dipping subduction zone along the western plate margin that resulted in crustal shortening and the development of the Cordilleran thrust belt and the basement-cored 'Laramide' Rocky Mountain uplifts and basins. Hydrocarbons, generated by the earliest subsidence related to thrusting began migrating toward the craton, only to be captured by the Laramide structures. Erosion of the uplifts filled the adjoining basins to spillpoints. Later Cenozoic regional uplift or climate changes have resulted in exhumation of the basins. This process is continuing today and was accelerated during the Pleistocene glacial event. How to Find Bypassed Pay in Old Wells Using DST Data Tuesday-Thursday, May 21-23, 2013, 8:30 AM-5:00 PM Colorado School of Mines, Ben Parker Student Center Ballroom C Fee: $650; Includes: refreshments, workbook, and PDH certificate Instructor: Hugh W. Reid

Geologists, engineers & technicians who encounter or utilize DST results and reports in their exploration & production decisions. In fact any professional who needs to make more sense of the numerous old DSTs which are present in so many wells, often with confusing results. Particularly appropriate for those prospecting for bypassed pay using logs and geology, who may wish to verify their conclusions from the DST or for regional geologists using show maps of DST results. A key emphasis of the course is to show how to identify missed (damaged) pay in competitor’s ‘dry’ wells & additional pay in your own producing wells. This is an important skill to complement log skills! Objectives By the end of the course participants should be able to accomplish the following:

understand DST pressure charts to identify obvious formation damage & depletion (small reservoir) and mechanical problems (eg. tool plugging).

recognize high vs. low permeability tests. understand why data from cores and logs often conflict with DST data. “make more sense” of DST results printed in PI well cards and field reports where no chart is available and

even estimate approximate permeability & damage in some cases. identify presence of limited natural fractures. appreciate where recoveries of “oil cut mud” and gas rates of “TSTM” may be significant from an

exploration standpoint. determine when a gas test is co-producing water. identify gas presence even where no gas was reported in certain tests. identify potential oil zones from DSTs which recovered no oil (from the chart shape and air blow

description). estimate the approximate gas rate in DSTs of “GTS TSTM” by knowing the time gas took to reach the

surface and the air volume of the test string. make a decision as to whether old DSTs can be recompleted as commercial wells today from limited

information. Class Descriptions and Register Online: www.pttcrockies.org For more information, contact Mary Carr, 303.273.3107, [email protected]


RMAG Foundation Sponsors the Excellence in Teaching of Earth Science Award

In 2000, the RMAG Foundation instituted an award to honor elementary or secondary school teachers who have promoted teaching of earth science to K-12 students. The winner receives a commemorative plaque and a $1000 cash award provided by the RMAG Foundation, and is recommended as the RMAG’s candidate to compete for the AAPG Rocky Mountain Section, Teacher of the Year award. This award honors the best earth science teacher in the Front Range area from either an elementary or secondary school. If you are a teacher or know of a teacher who could be a candidate please contact the K-12 Public Outreach Committee through the RMAG office at 910 16th Street, Suite 1125, Denver, CO 80202, by telephone at 303-573-8621, or email at [email protected] to receive an application form. The application deadline this year is Friday May 3, with the winner to be announced on or before May 11.

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Weld County offers landowners free water testing for 59 compounds, just finished 100th sample, article details results.

http://www.greeleytribune.com/news/local/5403323-113/county-weld-testing-gas

New second round of quadrangle revisions, Kansas and Oklahoma; http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3503.

N e w b a s i n - w i d e c o a l assessment, Powder River Basin, Wyoming; http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3518.

New USGS Hydraulic Fracturing Website, includes links to videos such as Hydraulic Fracturing State of the Science and the Produced Water Website.

http://energy.usgs.gov/OilGas/UnconventionalOilGas/HydraulicFracturing.aspx

New Vitrinite Reflectance Data for the Cretaceous Marine Shales and Coals in the Big Horn Basin,North-Central Wyoming and South-Central Montana, open-file report 2012-1254, Mark J. Pawlewicz and Thomas M. Finn. Report in pdf format.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1254/

Update of plate 2, Digital Data Series 69-G, Stratigraphic Cross Section of Measured Sections and Drill Holes of the Neslen Formation and Adjacent Formations, Book Cliffs Area, Colorado and Utah, Open-file 2012-1260, Mark A. Kirschbaum and Brianne D. Spear. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1260/

New BooksNicolaus Steno: Biography and Original Papers of

a 17th Century Scientist. Troels Kardel, Paul Maquet, Springer Heidelberg Dordrect London New York, February 28, 2013, $118.58, Amazon.com.

Volcanic Reservoirs in Petroleum Exploration, Caineng Zou, Elsevier, March 19, 2013, $135.52, Amazon.com.

The Great Extinctions: What Causes Them and How They Shape Life, Norman Macleod, Firefly Books, February 14, 2013, $17.61, Amazon.com.

Landscape Evolution in the United States: An Introduction to the Geography, Geology and Natural History, Joseph A. DiPietro, Elsevier, February 22, 1013, $103.99, Amazon.com.

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Registration and Information:

UPCOMINGEDUCATION SCHEDULE

Deep-Water Siliciclastic Reservoirs April 14-19, 2013Northern California

Basic Well Log Analysis April 15-19, 2013Austin, TX

Petrophysical Analysis and Integrated Approaches to the Study of Carbonate Reservoirs April 16-18, 2013Austin, TX

E-Symposia: Successful Oilfield Water Management April 16, 20132:00 p.m., CST

Clastic Reservoir Facies and Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of Alluvial-Plain, April 20-26, 2013Shoreface, Deltaic, and Shelf Depositional Systems Utah

Basic Tools for Shale Exploration May 18, 2013Pittsburgh, PA (with AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition) Early-bird rates end April 19!

Integrating Data to Evaluate Shale Resources May 18-19, 2013Pittsburgh, PA (with AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition) Early-bird rates end April 19!

Faults in the Northern Appalachian Basin and Their Effects on Black Shale May 19, 2013Pittsburgh, PA (with AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition) Early-bird rates end April 19! Application of Organic Petrology for Shale Resource Evaluation May 23, 2013Pittsburgh, PA (with AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition) Early-bird rates end April 19!

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Geology of Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park June 1-7, 2013Nevada

Play Concepts and Controls on Porosity in Carbonate Reservoir Analogs June 2-7, 2013Almeria, Spain

Folding, Thrusting & Syntectonic Sedimentation June 3-7, 2013Central Pyrenees, Spain

Lacustrine Basin Exploration June 9-16, 2013Utah

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New MembersWelcome to New RMAG Members...

David BickerstaffDavid is from Greenwood Village, CO. David works at

Meagher Energy Advisors as a Geologic Manager.

James BlattmanJames is from Sugarland, TX.

Daniel BurggrafDaniel is from Houston, TX. Daniel works at Canadian

International Oil (USA) Corp. as a Senior Geoscience Consultant.

Frances CarsonFrances is from Denver, CO. Frances works at Carson

GeoConsulting as a Consultant.

Kaitlin ClarkKaitlin is from Denver, CO.

William DugginsWilliam is from Denver, CO. William works at

Incremental Oil and Gas as a Geologist.

Eden EspinoEden is from Denver, CO. Eden works at Zia

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Peter FalkPeter is from Albuquerque, NM. Peter works at

Laramide GeoServices, LLC.

Russell FrazierRussell is from Katy, TX. Russell works at

Weatherford.

Kenneth GroveKenneth is from Lafayette, CO. Kenneth works at

Kenneth William Grove Consulting Geologist LLC.

Jeff HislopJeff is from Evergreen, CO. Jeff works at Tesla.

Jeffrey JexJeffrey is from Castle Rock, CO.

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Dan MartinDan is from Denver, CO. Dan works

at Fronterra Geosciences as a Senior Geologist.

Paul MitchamPaul is from Houston, TX. Paul

works at Greyco Seismic Services.

Glen MurrellGlen is from Laramie, WY. Glen works at Enhanced

Oil Recovery Institute, University of Wyoming as an Associate Director.

Henry NowakHenry is from Denver, CO. Henry works at Noble

Energy Inc. as a Sr. Geologist.

Chip OakesChip is from Denver, CO. Chip works at Endeavour

International Corporation .

Joe O'BrienJoe is from Colorado Springs, CO. Joe works at

O'Brien's Consulting.

Vanessa O'BrienVanessa is from Denver, CO. Vanessa works at Noble

Energy, Inc.

Keith OlsonKeith is from Denver, CO.

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Matthew RhoadesMatthew is from Englewood, CO.

John RicardoJohn is from Denver, CO. John works at Fronterra

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Richard RondeauRichard is from Denver, CO. Richard works at Venoco,

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Kelly ShafferKelly is from Oklahoma City, OK. Kelly works at

Kirkpatrick Oil Company as a Geologist.

Christophr SparacioChristophr is from Fort Collins, CO. Christophr works

at Horizon Well Logging.

Nikolaus SvihlikNikolaus is from Littleton, CO. Nikolaus works at

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Scott TinleyScott is from Houston, TX. Scott works at CGG.

Michael TischerMichael is from Boulder, CO. Michael works at Dolan

Integration Group as a Petroleum Geologist.

Robert WilcoxRobert is from Rio Rancho, NM. Robert works at

SandRidge Energy as a Senior Field Geologist.

Ryan ZernisRyan is from Carbondale, CO. Ryan works at LT

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In Memoriam: William Albert NewtonBy Germaine and Clare Gregg, Eugene Shearer and Dudley Bolyard

William (Bill) A. Newton, a longtime member of RMAG born in 1912, celebrated his 100th birthday last July 21 and passed away at his home in Littleton, Colorado on December 24, 2012. Bill grew up in Decatur and Urbana, Illinois and St. Petersburg, Florida. At 12, he joined the Boy Scouts and achieved the rank of Eagle with 42 merit badges. Majoring in geology, Bill received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in 1935 and 1937, respectively, from the University of Illinois. He worked for the Illinois Geological Survey during this entire period. While working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he attended Stanford and completed all of the course work required for a Ph. D. in geology.

In 1940, Bill left Stanford and joined the Carter Oil Company (a predecessor of Exxon) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and remained with Carter until 1949. By then Bill had arrived in Denver. Inspired by early successes, he became a consulting geologist. Bill was instrumental in the discovery of the Battleship Field in North Park near Walden,

C o l o r a d o . H i s s u r f a c e a n d subsurface geo-logical expertise, c o u p l e d w i t h his promotional ab i l i t i es , were cr i t ica l to th is discovery. He also found oil and gas in the Piceance and Denver Basins. Bill is perhaps best remembered for founding and becoming the first president and chairman of Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Company, which laid the first pipeline in the Piceance Basin, bringing natural gas to Aspen and other towns on Colorado’s western slope.

An avid golfer, Bill built one of the first homes on the Columbine Country Club golf course and is said to have been playing a round there as the tragic flood of 1965 roared down Plum Creek and the Platte River valley. Determined to sink his last putt, he ignored

the insistent warnings broadcast from the government helicopter flying overhead. Bill’s attachment to Columbine is legendary. The community needed water, prompting Bill to have a friend in the seismic business drill a dozen wells that delineated a shallow aquifer about 80 feet thick. Water from this aquifer is still used to irrigate the golf course. Bill twice served the Town of Columbine as Mayor.

Bill joined RMAG soon after moving to the Denver area. He served as Counselor in 1958 and as 2nd Vice President in 1963. He also was a member of AAPG and other scientific societies, and the author of at least 7 technical papers. His many friends will always remember him as affable, outgoing, sincere, and a highly competent organizer, administrator, and geologist.

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The Mountain Geologist is a quarterly, online, peer-reviewed journal published by the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists since 1964. Circulation is about 2600. Editors for The Mountain Geologist welcome manuscripts that focus on or relate to geology of the U.S. Rocky Mountain region and environs.

When writing a manuscript for The Mountain Geologist, please refer to the downloadable “Author Style Guide” found under “Publications – The Mountain Geologist” on the RMAG website: www.rmag.org It is important to write your manuscript according to this style guide to mitigate revision time for both authors and editors. The style guide is being updated in 2013; please send inquiries to the Executive Editor at [email protected] or refer to issues published in 2012-2013 when questions arise.

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Back IssuesA bibliography and index is available on the RMAG

website (1964-2009, see The Mountain Geologist web page, www.rmag.org). See also, “Cumulative Bibliography and Index to The Mountain Geologist, 1999-2010” by Michele Bishop, The Mountain Geologist, July 2011, v. 48, no. 3, p. 59-80 .

Back issues of the journal are available on DVD (The Mountain Geologist 1964-2005 except 1985, v. 22, no. 4; The Mountain Geologist 2006-2010 with 1985, v. 22, no. 4) available through the RMAG office, 303-573-8621, or online on the RMAG website. Some issues in hard copies are also available from the RMAG office.



Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at the Denver Marriott City Center

Using Science to Profitably Explore for or Develop Oil and Gas Fields Keynote Speaker: Chris Wright – CEO of Liberty Resources

Roy Aneed with NGP, will present on how to create a start up oil and gas company using equity capital

Lynn Watney with KGS, will present on Mississippian play in Kansas and Oklahoma

Don Hall with Fluid Inclusion Technologies, will present on advanced mud gas and cuttings analysis

Katie Kocman with QEP, will present on hand held XRD to identify facies in the Middle Bakken

Maynard Johnson and Dick Leonard with Protechnics will present case studies utilizing proppant and fluid tracers coupled with post-stimulation production profiling and spectral gamma

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If you have any events that you would like to post in this column, please submit via email to Holly Sell at [email protected] or to the RMAG office at [email protected] for consideration.

April 2-4, 2013Hart DUG- Permian Basin. Fort Worth, TX.

April 4, 2013PTTC Course. “Tectonic History of the Rocky Mountain

Region.” Instructor Dr. Chuck Kluth, CSM, Golden, CO.

April 9, 2013USGS Rocky Mountain Science Seminar. “Petrogenesis

and Metal Budget of the Chichinautzin Monogenetic Field, Mexico: A Melt Inclusion Study.” Speaker Julie Roberge. Federal Center, Denver, CO.

April 9, 2013Desk and Derrick Luncheon. For reservations, please

contact [email protected].

April 10, 2013RMAG Monthly Luncheon Program. Speaker: Pete

Dotsey, "MaxG Basin Temperature Modelling."

April 10-12, 2013NAPE East. Pittsburgh, PA.

April 11, 2013DGS Luncheon.

April 12, 2013DIPS Luncheon. Speaker John E Warme. “Contrasting

Geology and Cultures: Morocco and Algeria.”

April 16, 2013DWLS Luncheon. Speaker Tom Bratton. “The

Interpretation of Stress from Sonic Logs.”

April 17, 2013DAPL Luncheon.

April 23, 2013RMAG 2013 Spring Symposium. “Making Money with

Science.” Denver, CO.

April 23-24, 2013Denver SPE Continuing Education. “Hydraulic

Fracturing Design and Treatment.”

April 23, 2013DWLS Spring Workshop. CSM, Golden, CO.

April 23, 2013USGS Rocky Mountain Science Seminar. “Regional

Tectonic Setting of Miocene Extension and Magmatism in the Northern Great Basin.” Speaker Joe Colgan. Federal Center, Denver, CO.

April 23-24, 2013Hart DUG-Midcontinent. Tulsa, OK.

April 24, 2013Oilfield Christian Fellowship Luncheon. To RSVP

call Barb Burrell at 303-675-2602 or e-mail [email protected].

April 25, 2013SIPES Luncheon. Speaker, Chris Esinger, “Niobrara

Tight Oil Success in Colorado: What do the Numbers Indicate.”

April 28-30, 2013SPWLA Spring Topical Conference. “High Angle Well

Placement and Evaluation.” Santa Rosa, CA.

April 30, 2013RMS-SEPM Luncheon. Speaker Marieke Dechesne.

“Cenozoic Synorogenic Sedimentation and Structural Deformation of the Colorado Headwaters Basin.”

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Look for Paul Lillis’ paper “Review of Oil Families and Their Petroleum Systems of the Williston Basin” in the January 2013 issue of The Mountain Geologist, p. 5-31. Papers published in The Mountain Geologist in 2012 include

October“Pycnodonts from the Lower Ferron Sandstone

Member of the Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale (Middle Turonian), Emery and Carbon Counties, Utah” by Martin A. Becker, Harry A. Maisch IV, and John A. Chamberlain, Jr., p. 101-114.

“Quantifying Low Net:Gross, Fluvial-Lacustrine Reservoirs Using Proportional Tops and Zonation: Green River Formation, Monument Butte Field, Utah” by Darrin Burton, Bobby Sullivan, and Steve D. Adams, p. 115-127.

July“Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Upper

Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Frontier Formation, Northeast Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, U.S.A.” by Andrew J. Hutsky, Christopher R. Fielding, Trevor J. Hurd, and C. Kittinger Clark, p. 77-98.

April“Hydrocarbon-Water and CO2-Water Systems in

the Pre-Cretaceous Section in the New Mexico Part of the Raton Basin” by Ronald F. Broadhead, p. 55-74.

January“A GIS Test of Two Models for the Distribution

of Tertiary Epithermal Ore Deposits in Colorado” by Vincent Matthews and Matthew L. Morgan, p. 1-17.

“Additions to the Vertebrate Faunal Assemblage of the Middle Miocene Fort Randall Formation in the Vicinity of South Bijou Hill, South Dakota, U.S.A.” by Darrin Pagnac, p. 19-34.

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A new methodology for basin temperature modelling has been developed that utilizes a large amount of properly indexed and QC’d bottom-hole temperature data for a basin or area. To construct the temperature volume, we first define a curve (depth varying function) that depicts the envelope of the maximum bottom hole temperature cloud for each major lithostratigraphic unit to define the interval geothermal gradient. We then construct the temperature volume by stacking the interval geothermal gradient layers for the basin or area. We can apply a lithologic thermal conductivity shift to the interval geothermal gradient layers to more closely approximate formation temperature, if necessary. Results for the Delaware and Midland Basins are shown.

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Luncheon will be held at the Marriott City Center at California and 17th St. Please check the event listing in the lobby for the room. Check-in/walk-in registration begins at 11:30 a.m., lunch is served at 12:00 noon, and the talk begins at 12:20 p.m. The luncheon price is $30.00. To listen only to the talk, walk-in price is $10.00. If you make a reservation and do not attend the luncheon, you will be billed for the luncheon. Online registration closes at 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday before the luncheon. Cancellations are not guaranteed after that time.

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Date Speaker Title

1/8/13 Geoff Plumlee (USGS Denver)

Linking geology and health to help understand a deadly outbreak of childhood lead poisoning from

artisanal gold mining, northwest Nigeria

1/15/13 Andy Manning (USGS Denver)

Potential links between climate change and water quality degredation in a mineralized watershed

1/22/13 Zach Sharp (U of New Mexico)

Chlorine isotope geochemistry of Earth, Moon, and beyond

2/5/13 Becky Flowers ( U of Colrado)

Epeirogeny of eustasy? Deciphering the rise and fall of continental

interiors and implications for mantle dynamics

2/19/13 Kate Whidden (USGS Denver)

Distal Facies Variability within the Upper Triassic part of the Otuk Formation in Northern Alaska

3/5/13 David John (USGS Menlo Park)

Miocene volcanoes, hot springs, and gold deposits in the Bodie Hills, California and Nevada

3/26/13 Christian Teyssier (U of Minnesota)

Oceanic and continental core complexes

4/9/13 Julie Roberge (Mexican Polytechnical Inst.)

Petrogenesis and metal budget of the Chichinautzin monogenetic field, Mexico: A melt

inclusion study

4/23/13 Joe Colgan (USGS Menlo Park)

Regional tectonic setting of Miocene extension and magmatism in the northern Great Basin

5/14/13 Dirk Wallschlaeger (Trent University)

Soluble arsenic-sulfur compounds in ambient waters - where geochemical knowledge gaps and

analytical problems collide

5/28/13 Darius Semmons (USGS Denver)

Where's the value? New approaches to mapping the benefits we derive from nature

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