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Frontier Basins: Contemporary Problems and Research
 

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 and
Thursday, January 23, 2014
 
Grand Hall of the RMC
Rice University

SCHEDULE

  • Day 1
    • 8:30-9:00: Registration, Coffee
    • 9:00-9:15: Introduction and Goals of Symposium - David Leebron, President, Rice University & Richard G. Gordon, Chair, Department of Earth Science, Rice University
    • 9:15-12:15: SESSION 1: Imaging & Sedimentary Basin Modeling (Jeffrey Nittrouer & Alan Levander)
    • 9:15-9:45: Bill Symes (Rice) "Waveform inversion and velocity analysis"
    • 9:45-10:15: Fenglin Niu (Rice), "Fracturing Dynamics Associated with Hydraulic Stimulation of Unconventional Carbon Reservoirs: Theory, techniques, and applications of microseismic monitoring"
    • 10:15-10:45: Jeffrey Nittrouer (Rice), "Linking sedimentary transport processes and stratigraphy: new insights from fluvial-deltaic settings"
    • 10:45-11:00: Coffee
    • 11:00-11:45: Kyle Straub (Tulane University) "Quantifying Stratigraphic Organization in Continental Margin Deposits: Results from 3D Seismic Data, Outcrops, Laboratory Experiments & Statistical Models"
    • 11:45-12:15: Discussion Session (Chatham House Rules)
  • 12:15-1:45: Lunch (co-sponsored by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University)
    • 1:45-4:45: SESSION 2: Geomechanics & Fluid Flow (Juli Morgan & Brandon Dugan)
    • 1:45-2:30: Gary Gray (retired, ExxonMobil) "Numerical modelling techniques for analyzing trap-scale contractional structures"
    • 2:30-3:15: Craig Shipp (Shell) "Geohazards related to gas hydrates: A perspective of what really are the issues"
    • 3:30-4:15: Juli Morgan (Rice) – "Geomechanical approaches to micro- to tectonic-scale modeling"
    • 4:15-4:45: Discussion Session (Chatham House Rules)
  • 4:45-6:00 Cocktails and Posters
  • 6:00-7:00: Dinner at Baker Institute (co-sponsored by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University)
  • 7:00-7:45: After Dinner Speaker at Baker Institute: Jostein Mykletun (Consul General of Norway) – "The Arctic: Opening of a New Ocean - Implications for the energy and shipping and offshore sectors"
     
  • Day 2
    • 8:30-9:00: Coffee
    • 9:00-12:00: SESSION 3: "High Arctic Warming - Current/Future Oil and Gas Exploration" (André Droxler & John Anderson)
    • 9:00-9:40: Mark Serreze (Univ. of Colorado)—"Impacts of Arctic Climate Change and Projections Through the Next 50 Years"
    • 9:40-10:20: Christopher Harrison (Geological Survey of Canada) "Sedimentary Basins of the Arctic"
    • 10:20-10:40: Coffee
    • 10:40-11:20: Jack Neal (ExxonMobil & Rice) TBA
    • 11:20-11:40: Duane DeGeer (Arctic Engineering Manager) INTECSEA"Challenges of Working in the Arctic"
    • 11:40-12:15: Discussion Session (Chatham House Rules)
  • 12:15-1:45 Lunch (co-sponsored by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University)
  • 1:45-3:45: Energy Outlook
    • Session Chair: Chuck McConnell, Executive Director of Rice University's Energy and Environment Initiative (E2I)
    • Speakers:
      • Jonathan H. Acton (Strategic Planning Manager, ExxonMobil Exploration Company)—"The Outlook for Energy—A View to 2040"
      • Ken Medlock (Senior Director, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute, Rice University)
      • Helen Currie (Senior Economist, ConocoPhillips)
  • 3:45-4:00: Closing Remarks
    • Richard G. Gordon, Chair, Department of Earth Science, Rice University