Session: Unconventional Energy Resources (GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA

276-276-1

CONTROLS ON FRACTURE NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS IN THE BAKKEN FORMATION AT ELM COULEE SUPERGAINT
Abstract ID#: 282912

KHATRI, Shashank, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska Lincoln, 312 Bessey Hall, University of Nebraska Lincoln, 1400 R St, Lincoln, NE 68588, Lincoln, NE 68508 and BURBERRY, Caroline M., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, skhatri@huskers.unl.edu

276-276-2

STUDY ON PORE STRUCTURE AND ITS CONTROLLING FACTORS OF HIGH-QUALITY SHALE RESERVOIR
Abstract ID#: 287437

LIU, Shuhua, Faculty of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences(Wuhan), No. 388 Lumo Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan, P.R. China, No. 388 Lumo Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan, P.R. China, Wuhan, FL 430074, China, 714068937@qq.com

276-276-3

DIAGENESIS AND PORE CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH-MATURITY MARINE SHALES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LONGMAXI AND NIUTITANG SHALES FROM SICHUAN BASIN EDGE IN CHINA
Abstract ID#: 278512

SUN, Mengdi, school of earth science and resources, China University of Geoscience (Beijing), Haidian district xueyuan road no.29, Beijing, 100083, China, pauldi@126.com

276-276-4

CONNECTED PORE SYSTEMS OF SHALE CORE, CHEMICALLY-TREATED SHALE SAMPLES, AND BULK MINERALS
Abstract ID#: 278825

KIBRIA, Md Golam¹, HU, Qinhong¹, ZHANG, Yuxiang¹ and MADDEN, Andrew Elwood², (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates Street, Arlington, TX 76019, (2)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd St., Rm.S106, Norman, OK 73019, md.kibria@mavs.uta.edu

276-276-5

NOVACULITIC CHERT (DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN) IN THE SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT: AN UNDERAPPRECIATED UNCONVENTIONAL PETROLEUM SOURCE ROCK AND RESERVOIR ROCK
Abstract ID#: 283644

CECIL, Kyrsti A. and PASHIN, Jack C., Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, kyrsti@okstate.edu

276-276-6

THE ARCHITECTURE AND STRATIGRAPHIC VARIABILITY OF AN UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCE PLAY: SCREENING THE JURASSIC HANIFA INTERVAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Abstract ID#: 284779

BROMHEAD, Alexander, Halliburton, 97 Jubilee Ave Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RW, United Kingdom, Alex.Bromhead@halliburton.com

Break
Abstract ID#: 288443

276-276-7

NOBLE GAS, HYDROCARBON, AND NITROGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF COALBED METHANE RESERVOIRS FROM THE ILLINOIS BASIN
Abstract ID#: 287715

MOORE, Myles T., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, VINSON, David S., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., McEniry 324, Charlotte, NC 28223 and DARRAH, Thomas H., School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, Moore.3222@osu.edu

276-276-8

ACETATE AS A POSSIBLE METHANOGENIC SUBSTRATE IN THE ANTRIM SHALE? - RELATIONSHIP TO SALINITY AND THE MICROBIAL COMMUNITY
Abstract ID#: 287735

VINSON, David S., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., McEniry 324, Charlotte, NC 28223, MARTINI, Anna M., Geology Department, Amherst College, 11 Barrett Hill Road, Amherst, MA 01002 and BLAIR, Neal E., Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd. Rm A228, Evanston, IL 60208, dsvinson@uncc.edu

276-276-9

STABLE ISOTOPES OF PRODUCTION GASES FROM HORIZONTAL WELLS OF THE MIDLAND BASIN, TX: PREDICTION OF GAS-OIL RATIO AND SETTING A BASELINE FOR THE FUTURE
Abstract ID#: 287849

STRAUSS, Josiah, TRAVERS, Patrick and DOLAN, Michael, Dolan Integration Group, 1317 W 121st Ave, Westminster, CO 80234, jstrauss@digforenergy.com

276-276-10

IDENTIFYING THE SOURCE, PATHWAYS, AND RATES OF ENHANCED MICROBIAL COALBED METHANE PRODUCTION
Abstract ID#: 283002

DAVIS, Katherine J.¹, GERLACH, Robin¹, SCHWEITZER, H.D.¹, CUNNINGHAM, Al¹, BARNHART, Elliott P.² and FIELDS, M.W.¹, (1)Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, 366 EPS Building, Bozeman, MT 59717, (2)Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, 366 EPS Building, Bozeman, MT 59717; U.S. Geological Survey, 3162 Bozeman Ave, Helena, MT 59601, katherine.davis@montana.edu

276-276-11

GEOCHEMISTRY IN AN UNCONVENTIONAL OIL RESERVOIR: EXPERIMENTAL INSIGHTS INTO EFFECTS OF FLUID-ROCK INTERACTIONS ON PORE-LINING MINERALS
Abstract ID#: 285490

ZANDANEL, Amber E., University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, azandane@uwyo.edu

276-276-12

SUPERMICRO SPHERICAL OBJECTS IN TIGHT RESERVOIRS—A POSSIBLE HYDROCARBON GENERATION MATERIAL FOUND IN JUNGGAR BASIN, NW CHINA
Abstract ID#: 285727

ZHANG, Xu, LIU, Yiqun and GAI, Yunfei, Department of Geology, Northwest University, No.229 Taibai North Road Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710069, China, liu-yiqun@263.net

GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

T19. Unconventional Energy Resources