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2008 Conference Abstracts

Poster Displays

APPLICATION OF MODERN ANALOGUES TO THE STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD

Counter Point Bars: Morphology, Lithofacies and Reservoir Significance of a Newly Recognized Sedimentary Deposit in Large Modern Meandering Rivers and The McMurray Oil Sands
Derald Smith*

CARBONATES

Extrabasinal tectonic and paleo-wind control on variations of regional-scale carbonate stacking patterns in the Middle-Upper Devonian Beaverhill Lake Group in south-central Alberta
Jack Wendte* and Tom Uyeno

Diagenetic Evolution of Middle Devonian Carbonate Reservoirs of Stone and Dunedin Formations, Liard Basin, Northeastern British Columbia
Sze-Shan Yip*, Hairuo Qing, Osman Salad Hersi and Warren Walsh

Recent Discovery of an Extensive Stromatolite Outcrop in the Middle Cambrian Pika Formation, Lake Helen-Lake Katherine Area, Banff National Park
James Allan Dolph* and David Gibson

Carbonate Slope and Basin Deposits: A Review of Models, Worldwide Examples and their Relevance to the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
Jeremy Philips*, Nigel Watts and Ian McIlreath

ENVIRONMENT / GEOSEQUESTRATION OF CO₂

Reservoir Geochemical Monitoring of the PennWest CO₂-EOR Site
Maurice Shevalier*, Michael Nightingale, Gareth Johnson, Bernhard Mayer and Ian Hutcheon and Ernie Perkins

FRONTIERS

Crustal and Petroleum Framework of the Beaufort- Mackenzie Basin as Interpreted from 9-km, long-offset ArcticSPANTM 2-D seismic data
Menno Dinkelman*, Naresh Kumar, James Helwig, Pete Emmet, and Jim Granath

Texture Characteristics of Tight Formations with Hydrocarbon Seal and Leakage Mechanisms
T. John Katsube*, Dale Issler and Shauna Connell-Madore

Hydrocarbon Potential of The Bonnet Plume Basin: A Frontier Basin in Yukon, Canada
Grant Lowey*

Lower Devonian Arnica Formation as reservoir in a conceptual play; Peel Plateau and Plain, Northwest Territories and Yukon
Len Gal*

Structural interpretation of seismic data in the southern Peel Plateau and Plain, Northwest Territories and Yukon: linking the northern Mackenzie and Franklin
Yvon Lemieux*, Bernie MacLean

New evidence for oil source rocks in the Peel region, Yukon Territory
Tammy Allen*, Tiffani Fraser and Kirk Osadetz

Hydrocarbon Exploration in Northern Canada: Upper Paleozoic and Cretaceous Investigations in the Peel Region, Yukon Territory
Tiffani Fraser* and Tammy Allen

Thermal anomalies, petroleum occurrence, and implications for oil migration fairways in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin
Zhuoheng Chen*, Maowen Li, Kirk Osadetz, Stephen Grasby and Dale Issler

Reservoir and Source Rock Potential of late Devonian Imperial Formation, southern Peel Plateau and Plain, NWT
Willem Zantvoort*

Structural Style in the Peel Region, NWT and Yukon
Adriana Taborda* and Deborah Spratt

Initial Results of a Test Survey in the Nechako Basin, B.C. Designed to Determine the Usefulness of the Magnetotelluric Method in Oil and Gas Exploration
Jessica Spratt* and J. Craven

Reservoir in the Nechako Basin
Janet Riddell*, David Brown, James Simpson and Haney Daniels

Labrador Shelf Seismic Attributes Study
Penny Colton*, Allan Feir, Donald Daub and Michael Enachescu

Pre-Rift Labrador Shelf Carbonates, Hopedale Basin: Diagenetic Implications and Age Assessment
Stephen Schwartz*, Karem Azmy and Nigel Blamey

Regional Stratigraphy and Characterization of Cretaceous and Tertiary Sandstones, Orphan Basin, Offshore Newfoundland, Canada
Allison Cocker*

Is Canada Lagging in Arctic Development?
Dave Russum* and Alexei Belonogov

Subsidence analysis of the Barinas-Apure Basin: Western Venezuela
Maria Jácome* and L. ChacÃn

Summary of the stratigraphy, sedimentology and hydrocarbon potential of the Laberge Group (Lower-Middle Jurassic), Whitehorse trough, Yukon
Grant Lowey*

Salt Tectonics, Salt Rafting & Exploration for Oil in the Pinda Formation, Shallow Water Lower Congo Basin, Angola, West AfricaSEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY
Tako Koning*

Four Billion Years and Counting: a book to celebrate Canada's geological heritage and International Year of Planet Earth
Rob Fensome*, Godfrey Nowlan, AÃ¯cha Achab, John Clague, David Corrigan, Jim Monger and Graham Williams

GEOSEQUESTRATION OF CO₂

Geomechanical Characterization of an Acid Gas EOR, CO₂ Sequestration and Monitoring Project, Zama Field, Alberta
Pat McLellan*, Queena Chou, Jordan Gao, Chris Hawkes and Steve Smith

HEAVY OIL

An Investigation of Oil Viscosity and Depletion Rate Effect on Heavy Oil Recovery by Primary Production and CO₂ Huff and Puff
Process Ruiping Shi* and Apostolos Kantzas

NEOICHNOLOGICAL & PALICHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS TO PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Ichnological Criteria for Discerning High-Latitude Conditions
Murray Gingras*, S. George Pemberton, Kerrie Bann, Shahin Dashtgard and James MacEachern

Ichnological and Sedimentological Comparisons of Brackish-Water Bay-Head Deltas and Fully Marine Open-Coast Deltas, Lower Cretaceous Grand Rapids Formation, Alberta
Cameron Thompson* and James MacEachern

Ichnological and Sedimentological Facies Variations Across a Mixed-Influenced (River-Wave) Asymmetric Delta Lobe, Upper Cretaceous Basal Belly River Formation, Central Alberta
Cindy Hansen*, James MacEachern

OIL SANDS

Reservoir Characterization of the Grosmont Formation at Saleski, NE AB: A Multi-Disciplinary Data Integration Exercise In Progress
Emmanuelle Piron*

Reading the Rocks and Fluids to Design Geotailored and Geotolerant Strategies for Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery: The Need for High Resolution fluid mobility logs
Jennifer Adams*, Steve Larter, Ian Gates, Haiping Huang and Barry Bennett

Best Practices for the Construction of a Reserves Model for the Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta, Canada
David Garner*, Michael Pyrcz and Maurice Edwards

Athabasca Oil Sands Exploration and Development Investigation using the Helicopter-borne Transient Electromagnetic Technique
Douglas McConnell* and Ted Glenn

OUTCROP ANALOGUES: APPLICATIONS FOR RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION

Revisiting Willapa Bay: Facies Templates for Estuary Deposits Modeled from Pleistocene Outcrops
Murray Gingras*

Shelf Sandstone Body Geometries: Outcrop examples from the Lower Cambrian Gog Group, southern Rocky Mountains, Canada
Patricio Desjardins*, Luis Buatois, Brian Pratt and M. Gabriela Mángano

Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Reservoir Potential of the Lower Cretaceous Jackass Mountain Group, Camelsfoot Range, British Columbia, Canada
J. Russell Goodin*, Peter Mustard, J. Brian Mahoney, James Haggart

GPR-Based Mapping Silurian Grainstone Megashoals
Brian Pratt*, Gregory De Pascale, Bruce Hart and Wayne Pollard

Stratigraphic analysis of the Cretaceous Taylor Creek Group along the southern margin of the Chilcotin Plateau: Potential linkage between the Methow and Tyaughton basins
Michelle Forgette*, J. Brian Mahoney, C.I. MacLaurin, Peter Mustard and James Haggart

ROCK PROPERTIES: STRESS, STRESS AND MORE...

Petrophysical and Seismic Signature of a Heavy Oil Sand Reservoir: Manitou Lake, Saskatchewan
Maria F. Quijada* and Robert R. Stewart

Investigation of the 3D Geometry of Low Permeability Rocks Using Synchrotron X-Ray Computed Microtomography
J L. Robb*, Tom Kotzer and Chris Hawk

SEISMIC: ACQUISITION

Low-Cost Continuous Seismic Acquisition Solution Utilizing Open-Source Software
Glenn Chubak* and Igor Morozov

SEISMIC: AVO

AVO Attributes of a Deep Coal Seam
Jinfeng Ma*, Igor Morozov and Jianyuan Cheng

Genetic Stratigraphy of the Lower Colorado Group: from Peace River to the Montana Border
Xavier Roca*, Jessica R. Krawetz, Heng Zhang, Bogdan Varban, Chad Sisulak, Kim Bastedo and A. Guy Plint

STRUCTURE

Large Scale Gravity Gliding in Thrust Belts, Recognition Criteria and Implication for Hydrocarbon Exploration
Jean-Yves Chatellier*

An Update of the Sasakatchewan Portion of the Stuctural Compilation Project for the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
Jeff Coolican* and Arden Marsh

The Roles Sheet Structure Minerals, Wetting Fluids and Biological Activities Play in the Development of Bedding-Plane Detachment Surfaces
Rob Taerum* and Deb Spratt

Centrifuge Simulations of the Interaction Between Folding, Faulting and Diapirism During Regional Extension
Elena Konstantinovskaya*, Lyal Harris, Benjamin Carlier, Audrey Lessard-Fontaine, Jimmy Poulin, Adrien Handschuh, Eric L. Johnson, Nichola Thomas and Sylvie Daniel

Effects of Basement Structure, Sedimentation and Erosion on Thrust Wedge Geometry: An Example from the Quebec Appalachians and Analogue Models
Elena Konstantinovskaya*, D. Rodriguez, D. Kirkwood, L.B. Harris and R. Theriault