Event Information
2013 FRAC Annual Meeting | Austin
Fracture Research & Application Consortium Meeting
September 16-17, Austin, Texas
Details available on FRAC website.
Fracture Research & Application Consortium Field Trip
September 11-13, Calgary. Space limited. (Note that FRAC Research Meeting is in Austin)
Details available on FRAC website.
2013 GSA National Meeting Session | Denver
Structural Geology and Geomechanics in the Petroleum Industry T209
Conveners: Steve Davis, Peter Hennings, S.E. Laubach
Tentative date: October 30. GSA session description and link:
Abstract submission deadline: August, 2013. Meeting 27-30 October 2013
2013 SEG Session Invited Talk | Houston
Are we able to detect and characterize fractures?
Invited lead-off talk: S.E. Laubach: The Geology of Natural Fractures: What do we Need to Know?
Meeting 27 September 2013
2013 URTeC Denver | Meeting Organization
Unconventional Resources Technology Conference
Fracture Characterization Theme Co-Chairs: S.E. Laubach, Shawn Maxwell, Mukul Sharma
Abstract submission deadline: Dec. 12, 2012. Meeting 12-14 August 2013
2013 EGU Vienna | Technical Session & Talks
Fractured reservoirs: Structure, mechanics, reactions, and flow TS2.3/ERE5.5
Conveners: John Hooker, Joseph Cartwright, Peter Eichhubl
Session description and link to abstract submission site:
Abstract submission deadline: January 9, 2013. Meeting 7-12 April 2013
2013 AAPG Convention Pittsburgh
Reservoir Deformation Research Group Tuesday evening, May 21
Conveners: S.E. Laubach for P. Hennings
Meeting 21 May 2013
2013 GSA South-Central Section Meeting, Austin
Fractures, faults, and fluids: From observations to numerical models
Technical Session chairs: Estibalitz Ukar and Jack Sharp
Abstract submission deadline: January 15, 2013. Meeting 4-5 April 2013
2013 AAPG Chas. Taylor Fellowship
Science publishing | CTF Award lecture
Conveners: S. Laubach, M. Sweet, C. North
Award Lecture: Rob Lander
Meeting: Invitation only. Houston, TX. Meeting 4 February, 2013
Lecture is open to the public.
2012 AGU Meeting | SDI Participation
Faults, fractures, and fluid flow
For more information contact: Peter Eichhubl
AGU 2012 SDI-FRAC Chaired Sessions: Faults, Fractures, & Fluid Flow
MONDAY, DECEMBER 03, 2012, 1:40 PM – 3:40 PM; 309 (Moscone South) Session T13J. Faults, Fractures, & Fluid Flow in Georesources: Physical, Chemical, & Transport Processes & Models III Convener(s): Peter Eichhubl (Bureau of Economic Geology) & Rasoul Sorkhabi (Energy Geoscience Inst)
Peter Eichhubl, Session Chair
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2012, 8:00 AM – 12:20 PM; Hall A-C (Moscone South) Session T21B. Faults, Fractures, & Fluid Flow in Georesources: Physical, Chemical, & Transport Processes and Models V Posters Convener(s): Peter Eichhubl (Bureau of Economic Geology), Valeri Korneev (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Nina Kukowski (University of Jena) & Jonas Kley (Univ Goettingen)
- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2012, 1:40 PM – 3:40 PM; 307 (Moscone South) Session MR23D. Mudstone Multiphysics: Matrix to Fractures & Back Again I Convener(s): Thomas Dewers (Sandia National Laboratories), Jason Heath, Peter Eichhubl (Bureau of Economic Geology) & Marcelo Sanchez (TAMU-Civil Engineering)
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 05, 2012, 1:40 PM – 6:00 PM; Hall A-C (Moscone South) Session MR33B. Mudstone Multiphysics: Matrix to Fractures & Back Again II Posters Convener(s): Thomas Dewers (Sandia National Laboratories), Jason Heath, Peter Eichhubl (Bureau of Economic Geology) & Marcelo Sanchez (TAMU)
AGU 2012 SDI-FRAC Presentations
MONDAY, DECEMBER 03, 2012 2:25 PM – 2:40 PM, Session T13J. Faults, Fractures, & Fluid Flow in Georesources: Physical, Chemical, & Transport Processes & Models III
Peter Eichhubl; András Fall; Masa Prodanovic; Tobias Weisenberger; Estibalitz Ukar; Stephen Laubach; Julia F. Gale: Chemical-mechanical interactions during natural fracture growth in tight gas and oil reservoirs: Implications for flow during reservoir charge and production
Peter Eichhubl; András Fall; Masa Prodanovic; Tobias Weisenberger; Estibalitz Ukar; Stephen Laubach; Julia F. Gale: Chemical-mechanical interactions during natural fracture growth in tight gas and oil reservoirs: Implications for flow during reservoir charge and production
MONDAY, DECEMBER 03, 2012 3:10 PM – 3:25 PM, Session T13J. Faults, Fractures, and Fluid Flow in Georesources: Physical, Chemical, & Transport Processes & Models III
András Fall; Peter Eichhubl; Stephen Laubach; Robert J. Bodnar: Timing and duration of gas charge-driven fracturing in tight-gas sandstone reservoirs based on fluid inclusion observations: Piceance Basin, Colorado
András Fall; Peter Eichhubl; Stephen Laubach; Robert J. Bodnar: Timing and duration of gas charge-driven fracturing in tight-gas sandstone reservoirs based on fluid inclusion observations: Piceance Basin, Colorado
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2012, 8 AM Session T21A, Faults, Fractures, & Fluid Flow in Georesources: Physical, Chemical, & Transport Processes & Models IV Posters
Jonathan R. Major; Peter Eichhubl; Alexander Urquhart; Thomas A. Dewers: Effects of fault-controlled CO2 alteration on mineralogical and geomechanical properties of reservoir and seal rocks, Crystal Geyser, Green River, Utah
Jonathan R. Major; Peter Eichhubl; Alexander Urquhart; Thomas A. Dewers: Effects of fault-controlled CO2 alteration on mineralogical and geomechanical properties of reservoir and seal rocks, Crystal Geyser, Green River, Utah
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2012, 8 AM Session T21A, Faults, Fractures, & Fluid Flow in Georesources: Physical, Chemical, & Transport Processes & Models IV Posters
Estibalitz Ukar; Peter Eichhubl; András Fall; John N. Hooker: Structural-diagenetic controls on fracture opening in tight gas sandstone reservoirs, Alberta Foothills
Estibalitz Ukar; Peter Eichhubl; András Fall; John N. Hooker: Structural-diagenetic controls on fracture opening in tight gas sandstone reservoirs, Alberta Foothills
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2012, 8 AM, Session T21A, Faults, Fractures, & Fluid Flow in Georesources: Physical, Chemical, & Transport Processes & Models IV Posters
John N. Hooker; Peter Eichhubl; Stephen Laubach: Reconstructing the growth of a fracture set using fluid inclusion microthermometry, El Alamar Formation (Triassic), NE Mexico
John N. Hooker; Peter Eichhubl; Stephen Laubach: Reconstructing the growth of a fracture set using fluid inclusion microthermometry, El Alamar Formation (Triassic), NE Mexico
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2012, 1:40 PM, Session H23E, Reactive Transport in Permeable Media II Posters
Yashar Mehmani; Tie Sun; Matthew Balhoff; Steven L. Bryant; Peter Eichhubl: A multiblock approach to pore-scale modeling of reactive transport with applications to carbon sequestration
Yashar Mehmani; Tie Sun; Matthew Balhoff; Steven L. Bryant; Peter Eichhubl: A multiblock approach to pore-scale modeling of reactive transport with applications to carbon sequestration
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 07, 2012, 1:40 PM, Session H53G. Theoretical, Numerical, & Experimental Advances in Pore Scale Investigation of Porous Media III Posters
Adenike Tokan-Lawal; Weiwei Wang; Masa Prodanovic: Relating tortuosity and permeability in microfractured and unfractured porous media
Adenike Tokan-Lawal; Weiwei Wang; Masa Prodanovic: Relating tortuosity and permeability in microfractured and unfractured porous media
2012 GSA Meeting Charlotte
The Role of Structure and Diagenesis in Governing Fluid Storage and Flow in Deep Sedimentary Basins with Applications to Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs
Conveners: S.E. Laubach, Christoph Hilgers, Mark A. Evans, M.A. Ellis
Invited talks & Keynote Nov. 6, 2012; Posters Nov. 7, 2012
Laubach
2012 CSPG Lecture | DL Tour
Structural diagenesis, resource plays, the Highlands of Scotland, and curriculum development
CSPG Technical Luncheon, Calgary, April 10, 2012
Speaker: Stephen E. Laubach
AAPG Distinguished Lecture Tour
2012 IGC Brisbane
34th International Geological Congress, 5-10 August 2012, Brisbane, Australia
- Weisenberger T. B., Eichhubl, P., Fall A. & Laubach S.
E.: Fracture degradation by carbonate cement in tight-gas sandstones, Piceance Basin, Colorado (oral presentation) - Kousehlar M., Tutti F., Weisenberger, T.B. & Mirnejad H.: Low-temperature mineral formation – feedback on fluid evolution in volcanic rocks of Kahrizak, southern Tehran, Iran (Poster)
2012 PACROFI XI
Pan-American Current Research on Fluid Inclusions, Windsor, Canada
June 18-20, 2012
- Fall, A., Weisenberger, T. B., Eichhubl, P., Laubach, S. E., Davis, J.S., Bodnar, R. J.: Diagenetic controls on carbonate fracture cementation in tight-gas sandstones.
- Bodnar, R., Reynolds, J., Kontak, D., Fall, A.: Practical aspects of fluid inclusion data collection and interpretation
2012 Goldschmidt Conference
Montreal, Canada, June 24-29, 2012
- Andras Fall, Julia F. W. Gale, Peter Eichhubl, Walaa A. Ali, Stephen E. Laubach, Robert J. Bodnar: Opening-mode fracturing and cementation during hydrocarbon generation in mudrocks: an example from the Barnett Shale, West Texas (Invited).
2012 AAPG Annual Convention
Long Beach, April 22-25, 2012
- Gale, Julia F.; Pommer, Laura; Ouyang, Xuecheng; Fall, Andras; Eichhubl, Peter; Olson, Jon E.; Laubach, S. E.: Natural Fracture Characterization in Shale-Gas Reservoirs: Spatial Organization and Fracture Sealing.
- Weisenberger, Tobias B.; Fall, Andras; Hooker, John N.; Eichhubl, Peter; Laubach, S. E.; Davis, J. S.: Predicting Fracture Porosity Degradation by Calcite Cement in Mesaverde Group Sandstones, Piceance Basin, Colorado.
- Eichhubl, Peter; Gale, Julia F.; Olson, Jon E.; Laubach, S.E.; Hooker, John N.; Fall, Andras; Weisenberger, Tobias B.; Ukar, Estibalitz: What Can Outcrop and Core Based Observations Tell Us About Natural Fractures in Unconventional Reservoirs?
- Dunphy, Rory; Dola, Jon; Gale, Julia F.: Natural Fracture Stratigraphy of Gas Shales in the Horn River Basin, NEBC, Canada: Relation to Lithostratigraphy and Implications for Hydraulic Fracture Growth.
For copies of slide sets see the FRAC web site (Members).