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AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Annual Meeting
Billings, Montana, June 25-28

Search and Discovery Article #90301 (2017)
Posted June 26, 2017

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Analysis of Finely Bedded Intervals in the Frontier Formation Using High Resolution Logs,
      Steve Adams, Jesse Havens, and Jeromy McChesney

Integrated Subsurface Evaluation of 'Doyin Field', Shallow Offshore Niger Delta, Nigeria,
      Adedoyin Adeyilola

Paleoenvironments of the Mississippian Heath Formation (Big Snowy Trough, central Montana) and their Relevance to Understanding late Paleozoic Paleoenvironmental Change and Low-Accommodation, Unconventional Petroleum Systems,
      Justin P. Ahern and Christopher R. Fielding

Dynamic Integrated Data Analysis Of A Mature Hydrocarbon Basin – A Case Study From The Bighorn Basin,
      Jenica Andersen, Brianna Berg, Cody Bomberger, and Michael H. Hofmann

Re-Visiting The Bighorn Dolomite (Ordovician) And Darby (Devonian) Subcrop Geometry Across Southwestern Wyoming: New Light From An Old Well,
      Donna S. Anderson and Mark W. Longman

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Sequence Stratigraphy of the Inyan Kara Formation, North Dakota,
      Jeffrey W. Bader

Uniformitarianism and the Laramide Orogeny of the Wyoming Craton: The Present is the Key to the Past, and the Past…,
      Jeffrey W. Bader

Vaca Muerta: an Argentine Resource Play,
      Bradly Baldwin, Scott Gifford, and Mark Lovell

The Use of Unconventional Spatial Statistics as a Predictive Tool in Conventional Petroleum Exploration: A Case Study from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming,
      Brianna Berg, Cody Bomberger, Jenica Andersen, and Michael H. Hofmann

Methodology for Multi-scale Shale Lithofacies Modeling: Case Study from the Bakken Formation in North Dakota,
      Shuvaji Bhattacharya and Timothy R. Carr

Trace Element Chemistry in Green River Formation Oils Shales from The Piceance and Uinta Basins: Implications for Interpretation of Redox Conditions in Lacustrine Systems,
      Justin E. Birdwell, Ronald C. Johnson, and Michael D. Vanden Berg

Paleogene Lake-Margin Coals in Early Freshwater Lacustrine Sections of Lakes in the Green River, Uinta, and Piceance Basins, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado,
      Justin E. Birdwell, Ronald C. Johnson, and Paul G. Lillis

Detailed Examination Of Transitional Zones In Eocene Lake Uinta, Piceance Basin, Using Hyperspectral Core Scanning,
      Justin E. Birdwell, Ronald C. Johnson, Brigette A. Martini, Erin Looby, and Todd M. Hoefen

Imaging Techniques In Seismic Geomorphology,
      Jim Bock and Vladimir Rybakov

Characterizing Spatial Deformation Patterns in a Laramide Rocky Mountain Basin,
      Cody W. Bomberger, Brianna Berg, Jenica Andersen, and Michael H. Hofmann

Recommended Revisions to Mid-Carboniferous Stratigraphy of the Big Snowy Trough, Central Montana, USA,
      Richard J. Bottjer

The Ohio Creek Conglomerate In The Piceance Basin Near Rifle, Colorado: Results Of An Integrated Surface-Subsurface And Laboratory Undergraduate Research Project,
      Bradford R. Burton, Jacob L. Bolstad, Lillian C. Newell, Juan N. Medina, Mark T. McClernan, Garrett M. Goettal, Vicktor S. Lachewitz, Camille L. O'Connoer, James L. Averill, and Doug Charuk

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The Elko Basin: An Unconventional Basin in the Hinterland of the Sevier Orogenic Belt,
      Andrew Canada, Elizabeth J. Cassel, Daniel F. Stockli, Michael E. Smith, Brian R. Jicha, and Brad S. Singer

The Role of Grain Size in Unconventional Reservoirs,
      Wayne J. Carlisle

Major Oil Plays in Utah–An Overview,
      Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr., Craig D. Morgan, Douglas A. Sprinkel, David E. Eby, and Michael D. Vanden Berg

Geologic Interpretation Of Turner Sandstone Integrating Core Data, Powder River Basin, Southwest Campbell County, Wyoming,
      David D. Clark, Glen E. Christiansen, and William F. Sawyer

Petroleum Potential of the Codell Sandstone, Northern Denver Basin,
      Steve Crouch

Characterization of Rocky Mountain Paleozoic Oils – Not the Usual Suspects!,
      John B. Curtis, John E. Zumberge, and Stephen W. Brown

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The Northern DJ Codell: Distribution of Rock Properties as an Indicator of Provenance,
      Mick Domenick

Relation of Reservoir Petrophysical Properties to Horizontal Codell Production in Colorado and Wyoming,
      Mick Domenick

Novel New Method for the Acquisition of High Resolution Outcrop Gamma Ray Profiles That Replicate Well Logs and Allow for Seamless Integration of the Two,
      P. Ted Doughty

Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in the Heath Formation, Central Montana and Western North Dakota,
      Ronald M. Drake II

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Enhanced Oil Recovery in the Tyler Formation (Early Pennsylvanian) Using Miscible Phase Carbon Dioxide Flooding,
      Michael Farzaneh

Tectonic Controls On Cenomanian And Turonian Deltaic Successions In The Western Cordilleran Foreland Basin Of Wyoming And Utah, USA,
      Christoher R. Fielding, Andrew J. Hutsky, and Jesse T. Korus

Update of Horizontal Plays in Wyoming,
      Andrew Finley

Lower Cretaceous Sequences at Dinosaur Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado: New Perspectives on Their Sedimentary History, Correlation, and Sequence Architecture,
      Thomas R. Fisher, William W. Little, and Lisa R. Fisher

Seismic Expression Of Eolian Sandstone "Build-And-Fill" Deposition Stimulates The Search For New Reserves In The Minnelusa Oil Play, Powder River Basin, Wyoming,
      John B. Frederick and Steven G. Fryberger

Modern and Ancient Analogues for Complex Eolian Reservoirs,
      Steven G. Fryberger, Caroline Y. Hern, and Nick Jones

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Variation In Tectonic Style Along The Beartooth Mountains Front Laramide Triangle Zone, South-Central Montana,
      Ennis P. Geraghty

Preliminary Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for a Mississippian Shelf Margin, Madison Group, South Boulder Canyon, Southwest Montana,
      Murray G. Gilhooly and John A. Weissenberger

Company Myths And Field Extension Opportunities, Examples From Cretaceous Reservoirs In The Greater Green River Basin,
      Brent Greenhalgh

Facies and Facies Architecture of the Codell Sandstone, Northern Colorado Front Range and Adjacent Denver Basin, CO,
      Edmund R. Gustason, Topher Lewis, and Marshall Deacon

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EOR Pilot Projects in the Bakken Formation,
      B. Todd Hoffman and John Evans

The Pronghorn Basin – A Precursor of the Bakken Basin,
      Michael H. Hofmann, Sarah Edwards, and Riley Brinkerhoff

Regional stratigraphy of the Bakken, Pronghorn, and Three Forks in the Williston Basin and equivalent sections in the South Alberta and Sappington Basins,
      John C. Hohman, John M. Guthrie, Aaron P. Rodriguez, Nicholas J. Hogancamp, P. Ted Doughty, and George W. Grader

Bakken and Pronghorn geology of Montana: Comparing the Williston, South Alberta, and Sappington Basins,
      John C. Hohman, John M. Guthrie, Aaron P. Rodriguez, Nicholas J. Hogancamp, P. Ted Doughty, and George W. Grader

The D Sandstone: A Record of a Sea-Level Cycle,
      John C. Horne, Ryan G. Fisher, Sean C. Horne, and George M. Carlstrom

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Lodgepole Mounds And Turtle Structures In Montana And Western North Dakota,
      Eric H. Johnson

Stratigraphic Sections for Oil and Tar Sand Deposits in the Uinta Basin, Utah,
      Ronald C. Johnson, Justin E. Birdwell, and Paul G. Lillis

Impact of Mass-Movement Processes on Mineralogy and Organic Richness Trends in the Lacustrine Eocene Green River Formation, Piceance Basin, Western Colorado,
      Ronald C. Johnson, Justin E. Birdwell, Tracey J. Mercier, and Michael E. Brownfield

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Geological Characterization of Hydrothermally Altered Reservoirs and Future Exploration Potential in Eastern Michigan,
      David Katz, Terry Thyer, Lyn Canter, Ken Parrott, Paul Dellva, Marshall Jung, Charlie Harman, Mihai Ducea, and John Humphrey

Discovery, Petroleum Geology and the early Implementation of a High-Pressure Gas Injection EOR in the "Alberta Bakken" play; Sweetgrass area, Alberta,
      Tyler Klatt

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Flow Simulation Model of the Wall Creek Member in the Frontier Formation: Powder River Basin, WY,
      Tuan Tran Le, B. Todd Hoffman, Greg Hilton, and Brent Bundey

Modeling on Matrix and Fracture Permeability Alteration by Fluids Imbibition and Its Impacts on Post-frac Well Performance,
      Xiaopeng Li, Hazim Abass, and Tadesse Teklu

Characterization Of Complex Lateral Heterogeneity Using MWD, XRF And Seismic Inversion,
      Chantel Lines, Samuel Fluckiger, and Shane Mogensen

Petroleum Geology of the Crow Indian Reservation, South-Central Montana,
      David A. Lopez

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The Influence Of Paleoceanography In Controlling Diagenetic Pathways In The Phosphoria Rock Complex Of The Bighorn Basin, Wyoming,
      Edward Matheson and Tracy Frank

Integrated Niobrara/Mancos Maturity Model for the Piceance Basin, Northwest Colorado, USA,
      Kathleen McDonald

Quantitative Reservoir Characterization of the Fluvio-Deltaic Dry Hollow Member of the Frontier Formation, Western Green River Basin, Wyoming,
      Scott R. Meek and Samuel M. Hudson

Updated Regional and Field-Scale Helium Accumulation Geochemistry, La Barge Platform, Wyoming,
      Matthew D. Merrill and Andrew Hunt

Geochemistry of Shale Gases From Around the World: Commonalities and Variations,
      Alexei V. Milkov and Giuseppe Etiope

Petrophysics of the Greybull Sandstone: Old Log Foundation for Further Exploration,
      William D. Moore

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Facies Reconstruction of the Casper and Ingleside Formations: A Mixed Carbonate-Siliciclastic System,
      Kajal Nair, Sven Egenhoff, and John Singleton

Applying Stratigraphy to the Search for Unconventional Reservoir in the Upper Tyler Formation (Lower Pennsylvanian), Southern Williston Basin,
      Timothy O. Nesheim

Recognizing facies in the Red River Formation of North Dakota using a Convolutional Neural Network,
      Stephan H. Nordeng, Ian E. Nordeng, Jeremiah Neubert, and Emily G. Sundell

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Oil Generation Rate Prediction using Arrhenius Equation for Bakken Formation,
      Chioma Onwumelu and Stephan H. Nordeng

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Volcanic Ash Fall the Key to Organic Shales,
      Douglas M. Parker

Pore-Size Distributions from Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Corresponding Hydrocarbon Saturations in the Devonian Three Forks Formation, Williston Basin, North Dakota,
      Kyle J. Peterson and Stephan H. Nordeng

Stratigraphic Framework For Basin-Margin, Sub-Unconformity Diagenesis Below The Acadian Unconformity In The Southern Williston Basin,
      David M. Petty

The "ELLA GRA Process – Concepts and Methods for the Prediction of Reservoir Hydrocarbon Type Using Ratios of Gas Chromatography C1-C5 Gases",
      Raymond M. Pierson

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Exploration Of Resource Plays In The Rocky Mountain Basins And The Economic Consequences,
      Calvin C. Reppe

Beach Front Property in Central Montana: The Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation in the Northern Portion of the Foreland Basin,
      Dean R. Richmond and Nathan Murphy

Reservoir Characterization of Divide County, North Dakota,
      Kellie Rulong-Rasmussen

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Contrasting Facies in Slope and Basin-floor Deposits That Correspond to Rising and Flat Shelf Edge Trajectories, Lewis Shale, Washakie Basin, Wyoming,
      Dessy Widyasti Sapardinia and Piret Plink-Bjorklund

Sunnyside Oil Sand Reservoirs at Bruin Point, Southwest Uinta Basin – A Core Photo Poster,
      Steven Schamel

Diagenesis Of The Sappington Formation, SW Montana: Insight Into Reservoir Heterogeneity In The Time- Equivalent Bakken Formation,
      Clayton Schultz, Michael H. Hofmann, and Marc Hendrix

Using Outcrop of the Three Forks Formation in Western Montana as an Analog to the Subsurface Three Forks Reservoir of the Bakken Petroleum System,
      Luke Schwab, P. Ted Doughty, and George W. Grader

Strategies for Effective Petroleum Systems Analysis: Tertiary Lacustrine Systems of the Greater Rocky Mountains,
      Maria N. Slack, David A. Wavrek, and Curtis W. Slack

Codell Sandstone, DJ Basin, What Sets Brennsee/Fairway Field Apart From Wattenberg Field: Core Characteristics in a Tight Oil and Gas Play,
      Kevin H. Smith and Richard J. Bottjer

Keys to Niobrara and Codell Production, East Pony/Redtail area, Denver Basin, Colorado,
      Stephen A. Sonnenberg

Sequence Stratigraphy of the Bakken and Three Forks Formations, Williston Basin, USA,
      Stephen A. Sonnenberg

Quantifying The Impact Of Flow Back Methods On Horizontal Wells, DJ Basin, Colorado,
      Angie Southcott and Sean Stewart

Sandstone Composition Variation in Regressive to Transgressive Cycles in the Telegraph Creek and Eagle Formations in South-Central Montana,
      James R. Staub

3D Reservoir Characterization and Integrated Completion Optimization for Understanding Horizontal Well Spacing and Frac Staging of the Niobrara Fm., DJ Basin,
      Meagan Stephens, Jack Weiner, Pat Kundert, and John-Bosco Tran

From Mantle To Mountain Top – A Restorable East-West Transect Across Colorado Following Interstate 70,
      Edward J. Sterne, Stephen P. Cumella, Rorbert G. Raynolds, John J. Miller, and James W. Granath

Determining Oil Migration Using Rare Earth Elements And Cyclicity In The Pennsylvanian Southern Tyler Petroleum System, Williston Basin, North Dakota,
      Ivana M. Stevanovic and Doreena Patrick

Cliff Mapping Of Surface Outcrops In The Powder River Basin Using Unmanned Aerial Systems,
      Emily G. Sundell

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Paleozoic Source Rocks and Thermal History of the Denver Basin, Western Mid-Continent Region USA,
      Steven A. Tedesco

Surface Geochemical and Aeromagnetics Surveys Integrated with Subsurface Geology and Seismic Data to Find Conventional Reservoirs in the Mid-Continent United States,
      Steven A. Tedesco

Increased Organic Content in the Presence of Floccules: A Case Study of the Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale, Canon City Basin, South-Central Colorado,
      Kira Timm and Stephen A. Sonnenberg

A Simplistic Workflow to Estimate how much of OOIP is Producible,
      Mark Tobey, Catherine Campbell, Kyle Gorynski, Tom M. Smagala, Dean Royer, and Anita Thapalia

Fine-scale Spatial Distribution of Organofacies in the Mowry Shale, Wind River Basin, Lander, WY,
      Trevor R. Tuttle and Samuel M. Hudson

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Stacking Geometry of the Parkman Sandstone and its Controls on Production: A Case Study of the Porcupine to K-Bar Area of the Powder River Basin,
      Steven W. Van Delinder and Thomas A. Hewett

Great Salt Lake Microbial Carbonates: Geology Vs. Biology,
      Michael D. Vanden Berg, Thomas C. Chidsey, Jr.., David E. Eby, Melody R. Lindsey, and Eric S. Boyd

Sequence Stratigraphic Correlation of the Bow Island Formation Using Surface Outcrop and Subsurface Data, Liberty and Hill Counties, Montana,
      Michael S. Vineyard and Larry Smith

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Prolific Megabreccia Reservoirs In Railroad Valley, Nye County, Nevada: Key To Future Discoveries,
      Jerome Walker and Don E. French

Variable Discharge Signatures in a Large Fluvial Fan: Paleomorphodynamics Reconstruction and Stratigraphic Prediction of Sunnyside Delta Interval, Green River Formation (Eocene), the Southwest Uinta Basin, Utah,
      Jianqiao Wang and Piret Plink-Bjorklund

The Approach, the Benefit, the Value of Closing the Gap between Geology, Geophysics and Engineering – A Case Study in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming,
      Haihong Wang, Ronald Kenny, Arikuma Tsuyoshi, Jeff Zawila, Samuel Fluckiger, R. Gibson, Preston Kerr, and Michael H. Hofmann

Constraining Timing Of South Caspian Basin Isolation And Source Rock Deposition Using Re-Os Geochronology On Black Shales Of The Maikop Series, Eastern Azerbaijan,
      Alex Washburn and Sam Hudson

Organic Facies in Petroleum Systems Analysis: A Neglected Component with Profound Implication to Conventional and Unconventional Play Economics,
      David A. Wavrek, Maria N. Slack, and Daniel D. Schelling

Detecting Depletion in the Middle Bakken Using Drillbit Geomechanics,
      Paul Weddle, Rachel Grande, Ellen Wilcox, Barbara Pickup, and Eric Marshall

Multi-Seismic Attributes Analysis Workflows and a Case Study in a Shale Gas Play,
      Renjun Wen

Kukersites of the Williston Basin Red River Formation in North Dakota,
      Sencer L. Wheeling and Richard LeFever

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