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AAPG 41st Annual Eastern Section Meeting
Classic Rocks
22-26 September 2012, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Hosted by the Ohio Geological Society
Appreciation is expressed to Pete MacKenzie and Steve Zody,
General Co-Chairs of the Eastern Section Meeting
for providing the abstracts.
Search and Discovery Article #90154 (2012)

Posted July 30, 2012

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Characterization of Deep-Water Carbonate Turbidites and Mass-Transport Deposits (MTDs) Utilizing High-Resolution Electrical Borehole Image Logs: Late Leonardian (E. Permian) Upper Bone Spring Limestone, Delaware Basin, Southeast New Mexico and West Texas,
      Jason J. Asmus and G. Michael Grammer

The Marcellus Shale.... By the Numbers,
      Katharine Lee Avary and Katherine Schmid

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A New Class of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Play in the Lower Paleozoic of the Appalachian Basin and Elsewhere,
      Loren E. Babcock, Michael Bevis, and Peter MacKenzie

Shale Production Decline Trend Comparison over Time and Basins: Does the Arp’s Analysis Still Hold True,
      Jason Baihly, Raj Malpani, Atif Malayalam, Keith Atwood, Raphael Altman, and Jian Xu

How Gas from the English #1 Well Escaped and Invaded Residential Homes Causing One to Explode, Geauga County, Ohio,
      E. Scott Bair and Tom Tomastik

A Geochemical Context for Stray Gas Investigations in the Northern Appalachian Basin: Implications of Analyses of Natural Gases from Quaternary-through-Devonian-Age Strata,
      Fred J. Baldassare, Mark A. McCaffrey, and John A. Harper

Addressing Key Questions within an Integrated Reservoir Framework to Optimize the Location of Horizontal Shale Wells,
      Laura A. Banfield, Ron Brogdon, and Mitchell C. Graff

A Geochemical and Geospatial Investigation of Heavy Metals in the Marcellus Shale,
      Tracy L. Bank, Lauren A. Fortson, Brett P. Yatzor, and Thomas R. Malizia

Types of Lateral Variability in a Marcellus Shale Prospect,
      Gregory C. Bank

Does the Grenville Front Tectonic Zone Lie West of its Previously Inferred Location in West-Central Ohio?,
      Mark T. Baranoski, Isidore Zietz, Timothy E. Leftwich, J. Wright Horton, Jr., Stuart L. Dean, and Stephen L. Snyder

What’s Up with All the Deep-Well Drilling in the Ohio Region?,
      Mark T. Baranoski

A Comparison of Geological CO2 Storage Resource Calculation Methodologies to Evaluate Parameter Sensitivity and Reduce Uncertainty: Case study of the St. Peter Sandstone (Ordovician) in the Illinois and Michigan Basins,
      Dave Barnes, Kevin Ellett, John Sosulski, John Rupp, and Hannes Leetaru

Treating Produced Water from Remote Natural Gas Operations with Zero Liquid Discharge at the Well Field and Compressor Stations Utilizing Adiabatic Concentration Principles - History of a Joint Development Project,
      Terry A. Beasy, Craig T. Clerkin, Jim Davis, and Bernard F. Duesel

Shale Gas Potential for the Ordovician Shale Succession of Southern Ontario,
      Catherine Béland Otis

Seismic Expression of the Clinton interval and Utica Formation in Wayne County, Ohio,
      Scott Bey, Doyle R. Watts, Ernest C. Hauser, Steven McCrossin, Tom McGovern, and Phil Zbasnik

AEP’s Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project: Past, Present and Future,
      Indrajit Bhattacharya and Gary O. Spitznogle

Horizontal Drilling to Enhance Gas Production in Upper Devonian Sandstones, Washington County, Pennsylvania: A Case Study,
      Dan A. Billman, James Hoover, and Brian Cheeseman

Characterization of the Porosity Distribution within the Clinton Formation, Ashtabula County, Ohio,
      Julie M. Bloxson and Joseph D. Ortiz

A New Play in an Old Trend; Sangamon Arch in the Illinois Basin,
      James Blumthal and Joan Crockett

Mitigating Well Placement Uncertainties with LWD Images and Integrated 3D Structural Modeling,
      Anthony F. Bodzioch

Analysis of Production Characteristics and Bottom Hole Pressure Buildup Data – Napoleon Field, Jackson County, Michigan,
      Timothy J. Brock and Timothy L. Baker

Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoir Pore Types Observed in the Full Diameter Core from the West Bay Exploration Co. -West Bay 1-22 Wellbore, Napoleon Field, Jackson County, Michigan,
      Ron Budros

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Approaches to Subsurface Characterization of Unconventional Reservoirs – Marcellus Shale of the Appalachian Basin, USA,
      Timothy R. Carr, Guochang Wang, and Taylor McClain

Development of the First Internationally Accepted Standard for Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide – update from the Public Comment Period,
      Steven M. Carpenter

Potential Implications of Gas Production from Shales and Coal for CO2 Geological Storage,
      Steven M. Carpenter

Determining the Applicability of Carbon Capture and Storage under Best Available Control Technologies (BACT) for Any New or Modified Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD),
      Steven M. Carpenter

Point counting at the outcrop scale: Application to paleoenvironmental trends in stromatoporoid biostromes, Silurian Keyser Formation, Highland County, Virginia,
      Selina R. Cole, John T. Haynes, Philip C. Lucas, Richard A. Lambert, and Stephen A. Leslie

Characterization of Niagaran Reef Reservoirs for CO2 Storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery for the Midwestern Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership,
      Lydia Cumming, Mark Kelley, Joel Sminchak, and Neeraj Gupta

3-D Seismic Optimization in Marcellus Shale Development,
      Chadwick J. Cunningham and Peter A. Sullivan

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Effect of the Post-Tippecanoe Unconformity on Regional Fluid Movement and Geomorphology in Ohio,
      Michael A. Dinsmore and Ira D. Sasowsky

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Seismic and Stratigraphic Evidence for Recurrent Movement along Precambrian Age Fault Systems throughout Middle to Late Paleozoic in Central Appalachians,
      Craig A. Eckert

Prospectivity Analysis of Rare Earth Element Content of Selected Coal Deposits,
      J. M. Ekmann, Richard Noceti, Eric Lopert, Bradley Hartwell, and Timothy Skone

Examination of the “Purcell Limestone” in the Millboro Shale in Highland County, Virginia,
      Catherine B. Enomoto, John E. Repetski, and Diana L. Rotter

Updated Source Rock Geochemical Data and Maps for the Point Pleasant-Utica Play in Ohio,
      Matthew S. Erenpreiss, Lawrence H. Wickstrom, Ronald A. Riley, and Christopher J. Perry

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Dolomite Distribution, Structure, and Geometry of the Napoleon Trenton-Black River Field, Jackson County, Michigan,
      John H. Fowler

Controls on Porosity Development and the Potential for CO2 Sequestration or Waste Water Disposal in the Cambrian Potosi Dolomite (Knox Group): Illinois Basin,
      Jared T. Freiburg and Hannes E. Leetaru

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NETL CO2 Injection and Storage Cost Model,
      Tim Grant, Dave Morgan1, Jason Valenstein, Marta Milan, Andrea Poe, and Richard Lawrence

Developing Trends in Value-added Energy Management: Utilizing Waste Heat and Maximizing Energy Efficiency at Compressor Stations,
      Steve Giles

Regional Cross Section and Correlation Chart of Subsurface Geology from the Michigan to Appalachian Basin for Understanding Carbon Sequestration Possibilities,
      Steven Greb, Tomas Sparks, Dave Barnes, William Harrison III, Cristian Medina, John Rupp, Mark Baranoski, Ronald Riley, Michael Solis, Christopher Perry, Eric Lewis, Kristen Carter, and John Harper

Utilizing Midwest’s Subsurface for Effective Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases, Produced Waters Disposal, and Enhancing Oil/Gas Production,
      Neeraj Gupta, Mark Moody, William Rike, and Evan Zeller

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The Huron Shale - 60 Years Later,
      Lars Halverson

Geology and CO2-EOR Potential in the Bradford Oil Field, McKean County, PA and Cattaraugus County, NY,
      John A. Harper

Secondary and Tertiary Oil Recovery in the Michigan Basin,
      William B. Harrison, III, David A. Barnes, G. Michael Grammer, Beth A. Vanden Berg, and Abrahim M. Abduslam

Geophysical assessment of the Cincinnati Group as a cap rock,
      Matthew Hawrylak

Increased Well Productivity from Energized Fluid Fracing, in Tight Unconventional Formations,
      Mark H. Holtz, Ikenna Nwaneri, and Dan Dalton

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Characterization of CO2 Solubility in Brines for the Purpose of Carbon Sequestration: Focus on the Rose Run Formation in Eastern Ohio,
      Ruth Jacob and Beverly Saylor

Geochemical Assessment of the Utica and Point Pleasant Shales, Ohio, USA,
      Daniel M. Jarvie

Seismic Evaluation of the Trenton/Black River Napoleon Field, Jackson Co., MI.,
      Matthew Johnston and Stephen Schaefer

Fracture Detection Interpretation Beyond Conventional Seismic Approaches
      Gary Jones and Rocky Roden

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Use of Sequence Stratigraphic Concepts to Correlate Across Nonmarine Successions without thick Coals in the Pennsylvanian of Southeastern Ohio,
      Kevin D. Kallini and Elizabeth H. Gierlowski-Kordesch

Measurement While Drilling for Geologists, What You Need to Know about Your data!,
      Steve Krase and Chris Viens

Illinois Basin Point Bars and Channel Fills: 3D Models from Legacy Mapping,
      Andrew C. Kellie and Thomas B. Brackman

A Promising Method for Documenting and Monitoring Fresh Water Aquifers potentially impacted by underlying Hydraulic Fracturing and/or Oil and Gas Extraction Work,
      Val O. Kofoed, Mike L. Jessop, and Michael J. Wallace

Petrophysical Analysis of the Lower Silurian Tuscarora Sandstone: an Emphasis on Geologic Carbon Storage in West Virginia, Central Appalachian basin,
      Christian T. Kramer and Timothy R. Carr

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Characterization of Fracture Patterns in the Marcellus Formation of New York State: Applications to CO2 Sequestration and Natural Gas Extraction,
      Michael J. LaGamba, Robert D. Jacobi, Alex O’Hara, and Anna Hrywnak

A Regional Lithostratigraphic Model of the Eau Claire Formation (Cambrian),
      Richard W. Lahann, Cristian Medina, John A. Rupp, Thomas R. Lovell, Brenda B. Bowen, David A. Barnes, John B. Hickman, Ralph Bandy, and Joel Sminchak

Potential of the Cambro-Ordovician Knox Carbonates of Illinois as Combined Reservoirs and Seals for Carbon Sequestration,
      Yaghoob Lasemi, Z. Askari, and H. E. Leetaru

Barite Mobilization in the Upper Devonian Succession of Western New York – Evidence for Anaerobic Methane Oxidation and Methanogenesis during Quasi-Steady State Burial,
      Gary G. Lash and Randy Blood

Geochemical Interpretation Pitfalls in the Utica, Point Pleasant, and Trenton Formation (Upper Ordovician) Tight Petroleum Play, Eastern Ohio, USA,
      C. D. Laughrey, T. E. Ruble, L. H. Wickstrom, J. Kostelnik, R. J. Drozd, L. R. Heim, and G. A. Alcorn

Improving Geological and Engineering Interpretation of Hydraulic Treatment-Induced Fracture Systems Using Quality Control Attributes Applied to Microseismic Monitoring Results,
      Joel H. Le Calvez, Shawn Maxwell, and Les Bennett

Carbon Capture and Storage and Precambrian Topography in the Illinois Basin,
      Hannes E. Leetaru and Robert Finley

Assessment of the Newburg Sandstone as a CO2 Storage Unit in West Virginia,
      J. Eric Lewis

Development of the Marcellus Shale in Southwest Pennsylvania; Challenging, but Rewarding,
      S. Lutz, M. Goodman, D. Bajek, C. Jump, and W. Zempolich

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Utica and Other Ordovician Shales: Exploration History in the Quebec Sedimentary Basins, Eastern Canada,
      Jean-Sebastien Marcil, Peter K. Dorrins, Jérémie Lavoie, Nabila Mechti, and Jean-Yves Lavoie

Regulating Air Emissions from Wellhead Operations: Good Public Policy or an Existential Threat to Operations?,
      John P. Martin and Nicholas Czarnecki

Stratigraphic and Depositional Framework of the Greasy Ridge Oil Field, Southern Ohio,
      Ronald L. Martino

Structurally Related Migration of Hydrocarbons in the Appalachian Basin of Eastern Ohio,
      Greg Mason

Elevated Levels of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material Associated with Shale Gas Extraction,
      John Mauro

Integrating Fracture Diagnostics and Engineering Data in the Marcellus Shale,
      Michael Mayerhofer, Dion Billard, Neil Stegent, James Barth, and Kevin Ryan

Compaction and Quartz Cementation Modeling Applied to the Medina Sandstone in the Appalachian Basin,
      Scott McCallum and Chris Willan

Sequence Stratigraphy and Petrophysics of the Utica Shale and Associated Late Ordovician Strata, Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania,
      Taylor G. McClain

Evaluating and Predicting Subsidence from Abandoned Underground Mines in Ohio,
      James McDonald

Real-Time Monitoring System for Evaluating Long-Term Variability in Methane in Domestic Water Wells in Pennsylvania,
      Debby Mcelreath, Charles B. Whisman, Charles Olmsted, Denise Good, and Richard Wardrop

Lithostratigraphic Division of the Mount Simon Sandstone (Cambrian) along the Cincinnati Arch: Implications for Reduction of Uncertainty in Estimations of Geologic Sequestration Storage Capacity,
      Cristian R. Medina and John A. Rupp

Dynamic Reservoir Characterization using Injection Pressure Data from Brine Disposal Operations,
      Srikanta Mishra and Mark Kelley

Characterization of the Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian Basin,
      Thomas H. Mroz, Dustin Crandall, Yael Tucker, and Dustin McIntyre

Pore Distribution in the Ordovician Shale of the Utica/Point Pleasant Sub-Basin,
      Michael Murphy, Jeff Daniels, David Cole, Julie Sheets, and Susan Welch

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Integrated Microseismic Monitoring for Field Optimization in the Marcellus Shale – A Case Study,
      Carl W. Neuhaus, Sherilyn Williams-Stroud, Christine Remington, William Barker, Keith Blair, Garrett Neshyba, and Taylor McCay

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“Honing the Zone” or “Just Let Me Drill it”: The Trade-Offs in Drilling the Perfect Horizontal Well,
      KC Oren

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Correlation between Specific Horizontal Lateral Placement and Gas Production in the Devonian Age Lower Huron Shale Formation in the Big Sandy Field, Kentucky,
      Katie Pankowski-Heckman

Summary of CO2 Injection Pilot Project, Sugar Creek Field, Hopkins County, KY,
      T. M. Parris, G. Beck, S. Frailey, K. Takacs, I. Krapac, J. Damico, R. Locke, A. Iranmanesh, and B. Wimmer

Some of My Source Rocks are Now Reservoirs— The Spectrum of Fine-grained Reservoirs from ‘Shale Gas’ to ‘Shale Oil’,
      Q. R. Passey, K. M. Bohacs, M. Rudnicki, and L. Esch

Geologic Data Mining, Analysis, and Mapping to Identify Prospective Disposal Zones in Eastern Ohio,
      Christopher J. Perry, Matthew S. Erenpreiss, Ronald A. Riley, and Lawrence H. Wickstrom

Geologic Overview and Activity Update for the Utica-Point Pleasant Shale Play in Ohio,
      Christopher J. Perry, Lawrence H. Wickstrom, Ronald A. Riley, and Matthew S. Erenpreiss

Oil Field Waste Management and Beneficial Use Alternatives for the Oil and Gas Industry,
      William G. Petruzzi and Cindy L. Drill

Selective Dolomitization of the Black River Group and Its Relationship to the Massive Dolomites of the Overlying Trenton Formation in North and East Central Indiana,
      Dennis R. Prezbindowski

Development and Application of a New Geothermal Database for the Illinois Basin,
      Tiffany A. Proffitt, Kevin M. Ellett, Charles W. Zuppann, Melony E. Barrett, Bryan G. Huff, Chris P. Korose, Alison B. Lecouris, and T. Chase Noakes

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Hydrocarbon Potential of the Utica/Point Pleasant in Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania,
      Jackie Reed, Stephen Brown, and John Zumberge

Gas Production Variability from Wells Drilled in the Marcellus Shale, Tioga County, PA: A Case Study,
      Jason S. Reed and Jianli Yang

Preliminary Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Sequestration Characterization, Dare, Tyrrell and Hyde Counties, North Carolina,
      Jeffrey C. Reid, Elizabeth DePoy, and Kenneth B. Taylor

Characterization of the Silurian “Clinton” Sandstone for CO2-EOR Potential in the East Canton Oil Field, Ohio,
      Ronald A. Riley, John L. Wicks, and Christopher J. Perry

Integrating Depositional Facies and Stratigraphy in Characterizing Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs: Trenton Group of the Albion-Scipio Trend, Michigan Basin,
      Marcel R. Robinson, G. Michael Grammer, and William B. Harrison III

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Reservoir Compartmentalization of Rose Run Sandstone (Upper Cambrian) in South Eastern Ohio,
      Mihir Pradip Shah

Measuring Subsidence Above Abandoned Underground Mines in Ohio Using Persistent Scatter Intereferometry (PInSAR),
      Kyle W. Siemer and Richard Becker

Preliminary Results from the TriCarb Deep Stratigraphic Well Drilled into the Newark Rift Basin, Rockland County, NY,
      Brian Slater and Langhorne Smith

Wireline Log Interpretations and Preliminary CO2; Capacity Estimates for the Baltimore Canyon Trough,
      Brian Slater, Langhorne Smith, Ken Miller, Greg Mountain, and Ying Fan Reinfelder

Applying Geologic Carbon Dioxide Sequestration to Underground Waste Injection,
      Ernie R. Slucher

CO2 Storage Simulation Results Integrating Historical Injection Data and Geotechnical Information for the Cambrian Mt. Simon Sandstone in the Arches Province of the Midwest United States,
      Joel Sminchak, Signe White, Srikanta Mishra, Yagna Oruganti, and Evan Zeller

The Successful Development of Shale Gas Resources in the United States,
      Daniel J. Soeder

Delineating Subsurface Structural Trends in Ohio via Mapping,
      Michael P. Solis and Timothy E. Leftwich

The Reelfoot Rift / Exploration Assessment of Hydrocarbon Potential Based Upon Seismic, Geopotential and Sedimentary Characteristics,
      T. Joshua Stark

Practical Aspects of Reserve Determinations for Shale Gas,
      Richard Strickland, Dwayne Purvis, and Tom Blasingame

The Harrisville Gas Field, Randolph County Indiana: Basement Geology, Reactivated Faulting, Geophysics, Trenton Gas Reservoirs and Economics (or not),
      Kevin L. Strunk

Observations and Thoughts on Fault Timing and its Effects on Marcellus Horizontal well Productivity and Performance,
      Peter A. Sullivan and Chadwick J. Cunningham

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A Stratigraphic Model of HTD (Hydrothermal Dolomite) Occurrences in the Trenton and Black River Formations, Napoleon Field, Jackson County, MI,
      Bill A. Van Sickel

Regional Mapping and Reservoir Analysis of the Upper Devonian Shale in Pennsylvania,
      Jared M. VanMeter

Human Rights Violations of Oil Producing Nations; A Case for American Energy Independence,
      Nathan D. Vavro and Matthew E. Vavro

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Contrasting Marcellus Production in Ritchie, Pleasants, Tyler, Doddridge and Harrison Counties, West Virginia,
      John Ward and James Schuler

Secondary and Enhanced Oil Recovery in Ohio - A Look Back, and Forward,
      Lawrence H. Wickstrom and Ronald A. Riley

Horizontal Well Completion Optimization Using Acoustic Logs in the Marcellus Shale,
      Eric Wigger, Kirby Walker, and Kevin Wutherich

Regional Interpretation of the Late Ordovician Utica Shale Play in the Appalachian Basin,
      Christopher G. Willan, Scott D. McCallum, and Travis B. Warner

Geologic and Baseline Groundwater Evidence for Naturally Occurring, Shallow Source, Thermogenic Methane Gas in Northeastern Pennsylvania,
      Brent Wilson

A Detailed Diagenetic Characterization of the Cretaceous Eagle Ford Reservoir, South Texas,
      Seth J. Workman and G. Michael Grammer

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