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July 9, 10 & 11, 2008
The Rocky Mountain Energy Epicenter encompasses three annual conferences:



Rocky Mountain
Natural Gas
Strategy Conference


Presented by
Colorado Oil & Gas Association



Rocky Mountain
Investment Forum


Presented by
Colorado Oil & Gas Association



Rocky Mountain
Geology & Energy
Resources Conference


Presented by
Rocky Mountain
Section - AAPG

 


 
 
 
2008 Event Program

See Individual Programs Here:
· COGA Program   · Investment Forum Program   · RMS-AAPG Program


Schedule-at-a-Glance

MONDAY, JULY 7
COGA Golf Tournament
7:30am - Morning Shotgun

RMS-AAPG Short Course
8:30am-5:00pm - USGS Core Research Center: Bakken Workshop

1:15pm - Afternoon Shotgun


TUESDAY, JULY 8
COGA Golf Tournament
7:30am - Morning Shotgun

RMS-AAPG Short Course
8:30am-5:00pm - USGS Core Research Center: Bakken Workshop

COGA Golf Tournament
1:15pm - Afternoon Shotgun


WEDNESDAY, JULY 9
7:00am - Conference Opens!

RMS-AAPG Technical Sessions
8:00-11:00am - Petroleum Systems Session in Honor of Fred Meissner
8:00-11:00am - Successful Operations in Sensitive Areas
8:00-10:40am - Redevelopment: New Technology in Old Fields

8:15-11:00am - COGA SESSION 1
Charting a New Energy Course for the World

11:30am-1:30pm - Keynote Luncheon
Global Energy: Myths, Realities and Paradoxes

RMS-AAPG Technical Sessions
1:15-3:15pm - The Bakken Play - Current Incarnation
1:15-4:15pm - Business Value of 3D Seismic

Investment Forum Executive Panel 1
1:15-2:30pm - Shales: the New Frontier
Moderator: Mark Sexton
Presenters:
Joe Jaggers, President & COO, Bill Barrett Corporation
Charles B. Stanley, Executive Vice President, Questar Corporation
Jim Brown, President, Western Hemisphere, Halliburton
Don DeCarlo, Vice President, General Manager, Western Division, Devon

1:15-4:15pm - COGA SESSION 2
Geology and Climatology: Developing Understanding and Energy Policy

Investment Forum Special Session
2:45-4:15pm - Sponsored by National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts (NAPIA)
Moderator: Michael D. Smolinski, President, NAPIA, and President, Energy Directions, Inc.
Presenters:
Outlook for the North American Natural Gas Market:
J. Marshall Adkins, Managing Director, Energy Research, Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
The Impact of Financial Flows on the Natural Gas Commodity Market:
William H. Brown III, President, WHB Energy Research LLC

RMS-AAPG Poster Sessions
3:15-4:45pm - Redevelopment: New Technology in Old Fields
3:15-4:45pm - The Bakken Play: Current Incarnation
3:15-4:45pm - Global Climate Issues
3:15-4:45pm - Successful Operations in Sensitive Areas
3:15-4:45pm - Petrophysics of Shales and Tight Gas Sands: Converting Resource to Reserves
3:15-4:45pm - Fractures and Microfractures - Impact on Resource Play Sweet Spots

4:30-6:00pm - Ice Breaker Event in Expo

Opening Night Party
6:30-10:30pm - Denver Museum of Nature & Science


THURSDAY, JULY 10
8:15-10:00am - MEGA SESSION 1
Grizzled Veterans of the Road Recount Stories Along the Way and Scout the Future of Natural Gas in the Rockies

10:00-11:15am - MEGA SESSION 2
Resolving Societal Paradoxes at the Energy Epicenter of the Rocky Mountain West

RMS-AAPG Poster Sessions
11:00-11:30am - Shale Gas - From Geochemistry to Completions
11:00-11:30am - Relevance of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy to Hydrocarbon Plays
11:00-11:30am - Relevance of Structural Geology to Hydrocarbon Plays

11:45am-1:00pm - Keynote Luncheon
Speaker: T. Boone Pickens

Investment Forum Executive Panel 2
1:15-2:30pm - Established Plays - the Current Engines of Growth
Moderator: John Harpole, President, Mercator Energy LLC
Presenters:
John Schopp, Vice President, Northern Rockies, EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.
Jim Kleckner, Vice President, US Rockies, Anadarko E&P USA, Inc.
Russ Ford, Technical Vice President, Americas, Shell E&P
Jim Volker, CEO, President & Chairman of the Board, Whiting Petroleum

1:15-3:15pm - COGA SESSION 3
Natural Allies in Creating a New Energy Economy: Natural Gas, Efficiency and Renewables

RMS-AAPG Technical Sessions
1:15-3:35pm - Perception vs. Reality: Resource vs. Reserves
1:15-4:15pm - Petrophysics of Shales and Tight Gas Sands: Impact on Converting Resource to Reserves
1:15-4:15pm - Fractures & Microfractures: Impact on Resource Play Sweet-Spots

Investment Forum Executive Panel 3
2:45-4:15pm - Emerging Plays - the Next Engines
Moderator: : Barth Whitham, President & CEO, Enduring Resources
Presenters:
Jay Still, Executive Vice President, Domestic Operations, Pioneer Natural Resources, USA, Inc.
Robert Drummond, Vice President, Sales - North America, Schlumberger
Charles D. Davidson, Chairman, President & CEO, Noble Energy, Inc.

RMS-AAPG Poster Sessions
4:00-4:45pm - Shale Gas - From Geochemistry to Completions
4:00-4:45pm - Relevance of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy to Hydrocarbon Plays
4:00-4:45pm - Relevance of Structural Geology to Hydrocarbon Plays

4:30-6:00pm - COGA Reception Celebrating 20 years - Expo


FRIDAY, JULY 11
7:00-8:00am - Companies to Watch - Continental Breakfast

RMS-AAPG Technical Sessions
8:00-11:00am - Shale Gas Plays: From Geochemistry to Completions
8:00-10:20am - Relevance of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy to Hydrocarbon Plays
8:00-11:00am - Relevance of Structural Geology to Hydrocarbon Plays

8:00am - SUPER SESSION: Pipeline and Midstream - 500s Corridor
Delivering Rockies Gas to Markets
Super Session Chair: David Posner, President, EnVent Energy


8:00-8:30am - Role of the Rockies in Re-plumbing the US Gas Infrastructure

8:30-10:00am - Annual Pipeline Panel

10:15-11:45am - Rocky Mountain Midstream Challenges and Opportunities

11:45am-1:00pm - COGA Annual Pipeline Luncheon
LNG and Domestic Supplies - Competitors or Complements?

11:45am-1:00pm - Annual Expo Party & Balloon Drop

RMS-AAPG Short Course
1:00-5:00pm - USGS Core Research Center: Niobrara Core Workshop


SATURDAY, JULY 12
RMS-AAPG Field Trips
8:30am-6:00pm -Niobrara Field Trip
8:30am-6:00pm -Lewis Shale Field Trip (Sat. through Tues.)

RMS-AAPG Short Course
8:30am-5:00pm -Completions and Stimulation for Geologists


See Individual Programs Here:
· COGA Program   · Investment Forum Program   · RMS-AAPG Program


Program information will be updated regularly -- please check back!


Last updated 4/23/08