Technical Program
Call for Abstracts
Abstract Submissions have Closed.
Abstract Submission is now closed. If you have submitted an oral, poster, or core abstract, the Technical Committee thanks you for your participation in the Vision: 2012 program. Acceptance letters will be sent out in early March.
Abstract Revisions
If you have already submitted an abstract (you will require your submission number), you may submit corrections or revisions until February 29, 2012.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Dave Clyde, abstracts@geoconvention.com
For GeoConvention 2012: Vision, jointly supported by the CSPG, CSEG and CWLS, we encourage the presentation of the unique and novel. As the concept of integration is fundamental to our business, technical presentations which integrate the various disciplines of the geosciences, engineering and business will be favored.
Oral Presentations
Oral presentations will be 20 minutes in length followed by a short question and answer period. Presentations must be prepared in single screen electronic format (Powerpoint).
Poster Presentations
A maximum of two 4' x 8' panels will be allowed for each poster presentation. Each presenter is encouraged to prepare a five minute oral presentation to be delivered at scheduled times during the coffee breaks. We will have two poster judges present at this presentation.
Core Conference Display and Presentations:
The Core Conference will take place at the ERCB's Core Research Centre on May 17 & 18, 2012. In addition to the display and presentation at the core table(s) of core(s) and accompanying poster(s), presenters will be asked to provide a 20 minute long oral presentation in the lecture hall.
For more information on the Call For Abstracts, please contact:
David Clyde
Technical Program - Communications
abstracts@geoconvention.com
Invitation to Submit Extended Abstracts for the following Key Themes
Please contribute to the technical program by submitting a unique and original paper or poster, thereby helping us explore the future "Vision" of our industry. The technical program is rooted in the following diverse themes:
Integrated Sessions:
1) Unconventional Vision
Tight Oil
Tight Gas
Unconventional Oil
Unconventional Gas
East Coast Unconventional
2) Conventional Vision
Heavy Oil
Oilsands
East Coast Conventional
International
Traditional Sessions:
1) Sedimentology
Clastic Sedimentology
Carbonate Sedimentology
2) Sequence Stratigraphy
Applications of Sequence Stratigraphy in Conventional Reservoirs
Applications of Sequence Stratigraphy in Unconventional Reservoirs
3) Emerging Technology
Seismic Acquisition
Seismic Processing
Microseismic
Microseismic Processing
Seismic Reservoir Characterization
Time Lapse Seismic
Seismic Fracture Analysis
Seismic Visualization
Rock Physics
Advanced Petrophysics
Geomodelling
4) Public Relations, Water Resources and Regulatory Bodies
Honorary and Special Sessions:
1) Carbonates from Canada and Abroad - Dr Eric W. Mountjoy Honorary Session I
The focus of this session is on carbonate sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy in cores and outcrops, and processes of diagenesis and dolomitization in modern and ancient reefs. Speakers are encouraged to link their findings to aspects of exploration and development of oil and gas reserves, especially reservoir quality. Carbonate studies from Western Canada and abroad are welcomed.
2) Structural and Tectonic Styles of Fold and Thrust Belts - Dr Eric W. Mountjoy Honorary Session II
This session will consider Rocky Mountains-style structure and tectonics. Along with Dr Raymond Price and others, Dr Mountjoy mapped the Canadian Rockies front and main ranges of the Banff –Jasper region. This work produced more than 40 1:50,000 scale maps and cross-sections that are classic representations of the structure and evolution of this famous fold and thrust mountain belt. Structural studies of this and similar fold and thrust belts are welcomed in his honour.
Dr Eric W. Mountjoy PhD, FRSC (1931-2010) was an award-winning Canadian emeritus professor at McGill University. He was a renowned expert in the fields of sedimentology, Devonian reefs, carbonate diagenesis and porosity development, and in the structure and tectonic style and evolution of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. His research, and that of more than 50 master's and doctoral students he supervised, has provided many useful applications and insights of value to the petroleum industry. We welcome contributions for the two sessions to honor Dr Mountjoy's research on topics pursued during his career.
3) Petroleum Systems of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin - Dr Cindy Riediger Honorary Session
Cindy Riediger died tragically in August 2010 in an accident at a too early age that had already included many accomplishments both in academia and industry, including being the first CSPG Professor of Petroleum Geology at the University of Calgary. This oral session celebrates the contributions and influence of Cindy Riediger to the understanding of petroleum systems of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (WCSB). We welcome contributions from her former students, industry colleagues and friends on any of the following topics that she had a great interest in: source rocks, basin and thermal modeling, gases, tar sands and biodegraded oils, stratigraphy, sedimentology, organic petrology and WCSB petroleum systems in general.
4) Future Petroleum Resources of Canada - Their Geology and Potential - Special Session I
In 1973 the CSPG published Memoir 1, "The Future Petroleum Provinces of Canada - Their Geology and Potential. That comprehensive and synoptic work, edited by R.G. McCrossan, provided a strategic benchmark for our industry. Much has changed since the publication of Memoir 1. The concept of the petroleum system and quantitative resource appraisals were introduced to better characterize and compare resource potential and exploratory risks. The unconventional resources, which are barely mentioned in Memoir 1, have grown significantly in number and importance, technology has redefined the word reservoir, and while some production has been established in the geographic frontiers most of the frontier regions remain undeveloped just as Canada enlarges its territory and defines its exclusive economic zone on the continental margins. It is important and timely to revise and update our strategic overview of petroleum exploration and development opportunities in Canada, both as a strategic planning tool and to provide a current
handbook for a new generation of geoscientists.
