Energy Epicenter 2008

Energy Epicenter

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 RMS-AAPG Program

RMS-AAPG Program Schedule

MONDAY, JULY 7

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

TUESDAY, JULY 8

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

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
8:15-10:40am - 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 - Geology and Climatology: Developing Understanding and Energy Policy
1:15-4:15pm - Business Value of 3D Seismic

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 and 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

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

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

FRIDAY, JULY 11

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

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

Also see:
· Energy Epicenter Program At-a-Glance
· Investment Forum Program
· COGA Program

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Last updated 4/23/08