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Determining the Type, Amount and Kinetics of Hydrocarbons Generated in a Marcellus Shale Maturity Series

Vikas Agrawal, Shikha Sharma, and Nicolaj Mahlstedt

Identification of the Causes and Extent of Elevated Methane Concentrations in the Groundwater of Eastern Kentucky

Cristopher Alvarez Villa, Andrea M. Erhardt, Alan Fryar, Thomas M. Parris, Junfeng Zhu, and Steven E. Webb

Integrated Geologic Analysis of East Canton Consolidated Field for CO₂-EOR

Robin V. Anthony

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Seismogenic Deformation within the Utica/Pt Pleasant Reservoir in Northern Pennsylvania

Gregory C. Bank, Thomas A. Bardol, Andrew G. Smith, and Dr. Shikha Sharma

3D Seismic Interpretation in Salt Basins: Analytic Review of Case Studies

Abdullah Basaloom

Using Outcrops to Understand and Explain Subsurface Geological Phenomenon: Examples from the Upper Devonian (Famennian) Cleveland Shale Outcrop Belt, Greater Cleveland Metro Area, Ohio

David R. Blood, Gordon C. Baird, and Joe T. Hannibal

Far–field Tectonic Controls on Deposition of the Ordovician Utica/Point Pleasant Play, Ohio using Core Logging, Well Logging, and Multi-variate Analysis

Julie M. Bloxson

Varimax-Rotated Visible Derivative Reflectance Spectroscopy of the Utica Shale / Point Pleasant Formation in Ohio

Julie M. Bloxson and Beverly Z. Saylor

The Forgotten Oil and Gas Fields in South Western Pennsylvania

Douglas C. Bowman

Delta Slope Method: An Application of Mudgas Stable Isotopes to Map Fracture Influenced Production in Horizontal Wells

Dave Boyer

Characterization of Surficial Sediments from a Modern Delta Wetland

Alexander M. Brown, Deon Knights, Audrey H. Sawyer, Derek E. Sawyer, Douglas A. Edmonds, and Rebecca T. Barnes

Seismicity Induced by Hydraulic Fracturing and Wastewater Disposal in the Appalachian Basin

Michael Brudzinski, Maria Kozlowska, Robert Skoumal, Paul Friberg, Brian Currie, and Seth Young

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Progress and Findings from “MSEEL 1” and the Transition to “MSEEL 2”, Creating Value from a Cooperative Project

B.J. Carney, Tim Carr, Jay Hewitt, Robert Vagnetti, Shikha Sharma, and Alexandra Hakala

CCUS Opportunities in Southwestern Pennsylvania Oil Fields: Case Studies from the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership

Kristin M. Carter, Brian J. Dunst, Robin V. Anthony, and Katherine W. Schmid

A Retrospective Accounting of the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership’s Technical Achievements and Contributions

Kristin M. Carter and Neeraj Gupta

Combination of Simplified Local Density Theory and Molecular Dynamic Simulation to Study the Local Density Distribution of Hydrocarbon Gas in Shale Gas Reservoir

Qiuhao Chang, Xingru Wu, and Liangliang Huang

An Efficient Repeating Signal Detector that Uses Machine Learning to Improve Detection of Induced Seismicity

Sutton Chiorini, Robert Skoumal, and Michael R. Brudzinski

Multiscale Assessment of Pore Structures in Unconventional Gas Shale Systems

David R. Cole, Alexander Swift, Julia Sheets, Lawrence M. Anovitz, and Susan Welch

Application of Log-Based Transforms to Characterize Mechanical Properties of Silurian-Aged Carbonate and Evaporate Formations within the Northern Niagaran Pinnacle Reef Trend

Z. Cotter, S. Raziperchikolaee, and A. Haagsma

NMR Log Calibration for Permeability Prediction with Multimodal Carbonates: A Case Study from a Silurian-Aged Pinnacle Reef in Northern Michigan

Z.M.K Cotter, B. Grove, and A. Haagsma

Alaskan Unconventional Shale Core Characterization

Dustin Crandall and Shuvajit Bhattacharya

Highlights of Recent Exploration in Illinois

Joan E. Crockett and James Coffroth

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Historical Significance of the Macksburg Oil Field, Ohio

Jeffrey L. Deisher

Point Pleasant Formation Produced Water Characterization and Estimation of Future Production

Jeffrey C. Dick and Victoria R. Wilson

Abiogenic methanogenesis associated with geocatalysis: evidence from biomarker transformations and isotopic variations across a maturity transect of the Devonian New Albany Shale

Kelsey E. Doiron, Simon C. Brassell, Arndt Schimmelmann, Peter E. Sauer, Agnieszka Drobniak, and Maria Mastalerz

Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential in Four Northern Appalachian Basin Oil Fields

Brian J. Dunst, Katherine W. Schmid, Robin V. Anthony, and Kristin M. Carter

3D Seismic Characterization of Devonian Transfer Faults in the Appalachian Plateau

Travis Duran and Tom Bardol

E

From the Good Ole Days of the Heartland to Today, Ohio’s 160+ Years of Oil And Gas Activity and how Things have Changed

Matthew S. Erenpreiss, Michael P. McCormac, and Theresa Egresi

Impact of Methane on Carbon Dioxide Sequestration within Multiscale and Hierarchical Fluvial Architecture

Reza Ershadnia, Sassan Hajirezaei, Naum I. Gershenzon, Robert W. Ritzi Jr., and Mohamad Reza Soltanian

Extension of Appalachian Black-Shale Source Rocks into Adjacent Intracratonic Basins through Basin Yoking

Frank R. Ettensohn

The Origin and Significance of the Lower Mississippian Sunbury Shale in East-Central United States

Frank R. Ettensohn and Jun Li

Improving Completion Techniques of Unconventional Shale Reservoirs through the Analysis of Geomechanical Properties and Fracture Imaging; A Study of Horizontal Velocity and Image Logs within the MIP-3H Marcellus Shale Well in Monongalia County, West Virginia

Kaitlin G. Evans, Tim R. Carr, Payam Kavousi Ghahfarokhi, Tobi Ore, Jarrett Smith, and Randy Toth

Characterization of the Late Famennian lower Huron Shale Member of the Ohio Shale, southern Scioto County, Ohio

Aaron L. Evelsizor, Julie M. Sheets, David R. Cole, John W. Olesik, and Anthony D. Lutton

Temperature Dependent Diffusion of Noble Gases in Unconventional Shale Formations: A Comparison of the Appalachian and Permian Basins

W.K. Eymold, B.A.Lary, J.A. Harrington, C.J. Whyte, J. Moortgat, and T.H. Darrah

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Evidence of Thrust Sheets and Décollement Within the Sedimentary Sequence of Northern Ohio; Clues for Possible Hidden Oil and Gas Pools

Mohammad D. Fakhari

New Interpretation on the Structural Geology of Strata in Chapel Creek and Berlin Heights, North-Central Ohio

Mohammad D. Fakhari, Dalton Oxner-Jones, and Mark T. Baranoski

Hydraulic Fracture Induced Seismicity in the Eagle Ford Shale

Shannon L. Fasola, Michael R. Brudzinski, Robert J. Skoumal, and Teresa Langenkamp

A Study on the Origins of Permeability within the Point Pleasant Formation, Eastern Ohio

Zachary L. Fernandes, Adeline R. Evans, and Dr. Jeffry D. Grigsby

Using Landscape Evolution Modeling to Evaluate Potential for Buried Mega-Landslide Reservoir Units within the Basin and Range, Western USA

Nicholas T. Ferry, Daniel M. Sturmer, and Dylan J. Ward

Seismic Interpretation of Rich Hill 3D, Salt Creek and Rich Hill Townships, Muskingum County, Ohio

Devin R. Fitzgerald, Robert B. Thomas, and M. Wes Casto

Mesoproterozoic Rocks and Cambrian Magmatism: How Rodinian Rifting Influenced Deposition of the Thickest, Most Porous and Permeable Unit in the Illinois Basin

Jared Freiburg, David H. Malone, Mansour Khosravi, Franck Delpomdor, and Georg Grathoff

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A Comparison of Resource Estimate Methodologies to Assess CO₂ Storage Capacity across the Northern Niagaran Pinnacle Reef Trend

Autumn Haagsma, Ashwin Pasumarti, Joel Main, Manoj Valluri, Srikanta Mishra, and Neeraj Gupta

Secondary Porosity Prediction in Complex Carbonate Reefs using 3D CT Scan Image Analysis and Machine Learning

Autumn Haagsma, Mackenzie Scharenberg, Laura Keister, Jared Schuetter, and Neeraj Gupta

History of Secondary and Enhanced Oil Recovery in Michigan

William B. Harrison, III

Dolomitized Reef Buildup in the Silurian Louisville Limestone, Muldraugh Gas Storage Field, Meade County, Kentucky

David C. Harris and Lewis P. Barnette

Porosity Decrease in the Trenton Limestone of Williams County, Ohio

Mason Harris, Ann E. Cook, Christopher B.T. Waid, and Erika Danielsen

The Conasauga Shale Research Consortium (CSRC) Will Attempt to Unlock the Secrets of Appalachia’s Newest Unconventional Reservoir

John B. Hickman and David C. Harris

Machine-Learning with Multi-Seismic Attributes in Cambro-Ordovician Carbonates of Southwestern Pennsylvania

Randall Hunt

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Anticlines We Have Admired: A Review of Styles and Implications for Anticlines Observed in Seismic Reflection Data of the northern Appalachian Basin

Robert D. Jacobi, Craig Eckert, Joel Starr, and Ryan Mathur

Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Develop a Predictive Landslide Susceptibility Model to Assist with Well Pad and Pipeline Planning & Design

Thomas E. Jordan, Jeffrey C. Dick, Coskun Bayrak, and Peter Kimosop

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Surface Roughness of Natural and Polished Synthetic Materials and Geologic Minerals

Konstantinos Kasamias and Kuldeep Singh

The Rock-Solid Scientific Evidence for Anthropogenic Global Warming

James F. Kasting

CO₂ Storage Resource Assessment and 3-D Property Modeling of the Middle Cambrian Mt. Simon Sandstone in Illinois

Mansour Khosravi, Jared T. Freiburg, Charles C. Monson, and James R. Damico

Total Organic Carbon Trends in 3-D Space using Data Analytic Modeling Approaches for Prediction of Organic Matter Variability in the New Albany Shale Group of Central and Southern Illinois

Mansour Khosravi and Donna C. Willette

Curious Case of Lack of Strata Assignable to the Pterospathodus celloni Superzone (Telychian, Llandovery, Silurian) in the Eastern Portion of the Midwestern Basins and Arches Region (New York, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana)

Mark A. Kleffner and Stig M. Bergström

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Hydraulic Fracturing “Sweet Spots” Identified Using Radiogenic Noble Gases

Brent A. Lary, William K. Eymold, Gus Wulsin, Colin J. Whyte, and Dr. Thomas H. Darrah

What Have We Learned After 20 Years of Carbon Capture and Storage Research in the Illinois Basin?

H.E. Leetaru and C.P. Korose

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Site Selection, Planning and Economics of Laterally Drilled Wells in Conventional Reservoirs

Gregory L. Mason

The Horizontal Drilling of Henrietta Field, Michigan: A Reactivated Ancient Impact Crater Forming Trenton-Black River Hydrothermal Reservoirs

Murray Matson

History of Structure Contour Mapping in the Appalachian Basin: 1870-1917

James McDonald

Silurian Tuscarora Sandstone in Western West Virginia: Will It Work as a Geothermal Reservoir Rock?

Ronald R. McDowell, J. Eric Lewis, Gary W. Daft, Philip A. Dinterman, Sarah R. Brown, and Jessica P. Moore

Seal Capacity of Upper Ordovician Units in the Midwest Region: A Quantitative Approach Using Mercury Injection Capillary Pressure

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

Early Indicators of the Utica/Point Pleasant Potential, Appalachian and Michigan Basins

Charles C. Moyer

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Silurian Lockport in Ohio – Basins, Reefs, and “Newburg” Traps

Mark A. Neese

Secondary Recovery Efforts in the Richfield Member (Lucas Formation, Detroit River Group) at Winterfield Field, Clare County, Michigan

Ayu Nurhidayati, Elizabeth Gaines, Peter Voice, and William B. Harrison III

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Fractures and Vein-Fill Evolution of the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale

Natalie Odegaarden and Tim Carr

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Rapid Core Characterization and Database Management

Thomas Paronish, Dustin Crandall, Paige Mackey, Jonathan Moore, and Sarah Brown

Cross-comparison of Stacked Unconventional Plays of Delaware and Appalachian Basins: Reservoir Characteristics and Production Profiles

Olga Popova, Emily Geary, April Patel, Gary Long, Jeffrey Little, Steven Grape, and Elizabeth Panarelli

Silurian Reef Reservoir Heterogeneity in the Illinois Basin with a Focus on Germantown and Wapella East Fields. Reservoir Quality Variability as a Result of Differences in Depositional Environments, Diagenesis and Erosional Truncation at the End of the Silurian

Dennis Prezbindowski, Richard Inden, Michael Grammer, and Mary Frush

R

Precambrian Hydrocarbon Rift Basin Potential, Western North Carolina

Jeffrey C. Reid and Kenneth B. Taylor

Factors Influencing the Likelihood of Hydraulic Fracturing Induced Seismicity in Oklahoma

Rosamiel Ries, Michael R. Brudzinski, Robert J. Skoumal, Brian S. Currie, and J. Connor Cunningham

Deconvolving Biogeochemical Controls on Source Rock Reservoir Development using a Quantitative Multivariate Approach: A Case Study from the Late Ordovician Utica-Point Pleasant Formation

Samantha R. Ritzer, Jochen J. Brocks, and Erik A. Sperling

Characterizing the Development of North American Source Rock Reservoirs from the Ordovician-Jurassic: A Proxy-Based Multivariate Geochemical Approach

Samantha R. Ritzer and Erik A. Sperling

Devonian Shale Oil Production in the Burning Springs Anticline, West Virginia

Ed Rothman and Gregory Wrightstone

Petroleum Geochemistry of the Upper Ordovician Maquoketa Group Source Rocks, Illinois Basin, USA

Tim E. Ruble, Richard J. Drozd, Wayne R. Knowles, Elizabeth A. Roberts, and Donna C. Willette

S

Water Vapor Condensing in Anisotropic Pores of Shales by Neutron Scattering

Guijie Sang, Shimin Liu, Derek Elsworth, and Rui Zhang

Geomechanical Characterization for Secure CO₂ Storage in the Pennsylvanian-Permian Storage Complex in the Midcontinent Region, USA

Mackenzie Scharenberg and Andrew Dugui

Production and Water Use in Pennsylvania’s Organic Shales

Katherine Schmid

Organic Matter Macerals and Associated Mineralogical Matrices—Marcellus Formation, West Virginia

Julia M. Sheets, Susan A. Welch, Alexander M. Swift, Aaron L. Evelsizor, and David R. Cole

New Interpretation of the Cambridge Arch and Parkersburg-Lorain Syncline in Ohio

Michael P. Solis

Silurian Through Middle Devonian Far-Field Tectonics during the Appalachian Orogen in Ohio

Michael P. Solis and Julie M. Bloxson

Early Drilling and Oil Production in and Around Grand Lake, Ohio (1886-1911)

Jeff Spencer and Joyce Alig

Development of the Classic Indiana Trenton Field: Exploration and Development Patterns Depicted in Historic and Recent Maps, and a Review of Recent TBR Exploration

Kevin Strunk

Reaction Path Geochemical Modeling as an Essential and Inexpensive Tool in Evaluating Mineral Carbonation-Type Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Projects

Daniel M. Sturmer

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Large Potential Reserves Remain for Secondary Oil Recovery in Ohio

Thomas E. Tomastik

Challenges Facing Class II Disposal Well Operations in the Appalachian Basin

Thomas E. Tomastik and J. Daniel Arthur

Managing Potential Injection-Induced Seismicity through Monitoring and Mitigation

Thomas E. Tomastik, J. Daniel Arthur, and Steve Tipton

Lithofacies Analysis of Two Marcellus Wells Using Core and Log Data in Northern West Virginia, USA

Randy T. Toth, Thomas Paronish, Dustin Crandall, Jonathan Moore, and Timothy R. Carr

Evaluation of Production Data and Reservoir Compartmentalization for the Trenton-Black River Reservoirs in the Albion-Scipio Field, Southern Michigan

Jennifer L. Trout and William B. Harrison, III

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Log Sampling Scales: How Ultra-High Resolution Logs Highlight the Intricacies of the Marcellus and Upper Devonian Shales

Timothy Vance

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A New Petrophysical Model for Shale Gas Reservoir Evaluation

Guochang Wang

Comparative Geochemistry of Flowback Fluids from the Utica and Marcellus Formations

Susan A. Welch, Julia M Sheets, Reb Daly, Andrea Hanson, Anthony Lutton, John Olesik, and David R. Cole

The Lima-Indiana Oil and Gas Trend: North America’s First Giant Oil Field

Larry Wickstrom

Constraining Unusual Patterns of Thermal Maturity within the New Albany Shale, Illinois Basin using Source rock Pyrolysis Geochemical Parameters and Aromatic Markers and Biomarkers in Fluid and Rock Extracts

Donna Caraway Willette

Horizontal Reservoir Value Increased by Enhanced Geological Knowledge

David Williamson, Keith Kimme, Charles H. Smith, and Tiffani Kennedy

It’s Time For A Fresh Look At Berea and Clinton Secondary Recovery

Robert D. Winland

Unusual and unprecedented warming? What do geologic and human history tell us?

Gregory Wrightstone

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Modeling of Emission Behavior of Shale Gas Based on Canister Desorption Testing

Fengyang Xiong and Joachim Moortgat

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Building Reliable Local Earth Models of Utica Shale Reservoirs in the Presence of Missing Values and Sparse Data: An Integration of Classic Statistics, Spatial Statistics, and Machine Learning

Jeffrey M. Yarus, Sara Gutierrez, Afshin Fathi, Julie Bloxson, Roger H. French, and Beverly Z. Saylor

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Anisotropic Pore Structure of Marcellus Shale under Uniaxial Compression: A Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Study

Rui Zhang and Shimin Liu