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History of Structure Contour Mapping in the Appalachian Basin: 1870-1917, Jim McDonald

  Jim McDonald Geology Program Supervisor, Ohio Geological Survey   Subsurface structure contours have been used as a method in delineating anticlines since the 1870s. Between 1870 and 1900, there were a handful of geologists and mining engineers who began using map-based depictions of structure contours to show the relationship between anticlines and oil accumulations. … Continue reading “History of Structure Contour Mapping in the Appalachian Basin: 1870-1917, Jim McDonald”


Don’t Be Stressed About the Origin of Ohio Structures, Mark Baranoski

11/9/2023

Don’t Be Stressed About the Origin of Ohio Structures Mark Baranoski (Thursday, November 9th, 2023) Looking back on our curious journey, studying the ground beneath us usually increases our understanding of what we presently observe. Sometimes emerging patterns we see make sense. Other times patterns lead to new questions. Mark Baranoski will review the paleotectonic … Continue reading “Don’t Be Stressed About the Origin of Ohio Structures, Mark Baranoski”


Rock Core Workshop Plugging of Orphan Oil and Gas Wells – Insights, Opportunities, and the Challenges They Present- Tom Tomastik, ALL Consulting

PLUGGING OF ORPHAN OIL AND GAS WELLS – INSIGHTS, OPPORTUNITES, AND THE CHALLENGES THEY PRESENT Tom Tomastik, Chief Geologist and Regulatory Specialist, CPG, ALL Consulting With the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocated $4.667 billion in funding opportunities for orphaned oil and gas well sites for … Continue reading “Rock Core Workshop Plugging of Orphan Oil and Gas Wells – Insights, Opportunities, and the Challenges They Present- Tom Tomastik, ALL Consulting”


Cuttings Volatiles: Produce More Oil, More Gas, and Less Water

Cuttings Volatiles: Produce More Oil, More Gas, and Less Water During the last decade AHS has worked several large projects for various operators in the Appalachian Basin.  These projects have focused on resource assessment, landing laterals, determining reservoir and product quality, mapping thermal maturity, and recently on dry gas vertical product allocation by statistical comparison … Continue reading “Cuttings Volatiles: Produce More Oil, More Gas, and Less Water”


Low-Cost Option for Including S-Wave Reflection Data in Seismic Applications

Low-Cost Option for Including S-Wave Reflection Data in Seismic Applications Ohio Geological Society Webinar, January 19th, 2023 Bob Hardage Hardage Consulting Researchers have demonstrated that image quality S-mode data exist in most reflection data generated by common, land-based, P-wave, sources (either buried explosives or vertical vibrators) and then recorded with standard vertical geophones. Although a … Continue reading “Low-Cost Option for Including S-Wave Reflection Data in Seismic Applications”


Geological Carbon Capture and Storage Commercialization in the Midwest U.S. (Evan Zeller, Battelle Carbon Services)

Geological Carbon Capture and Storage Commercialization in the Midwest U.S. Evan Zeller, Battelle Carbon Services An overview of CCUS and factors that influence the decision-making process from a project perspective. An overview of Battelle CarbonServices’ approach to CCUS and the project lifecycle.


Geology Tourbook Quarry Trails MetroPark and Marble Cliff Quarry The Ohio Geological Society Based on: Guidebook for the Marble Cliff Quarry by Mac Swinford for The 2004 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Eastern Section Meeting

6/23/2022

Geology Tourbook Quarry Trails MetroPark and Marble Cliff Quarry The Ohio Geological Society Based on: Guidebook for the Marble Cliff Quarry by Mac Swinford for The 2004 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Eastern Section Meeting


Short Term Energy Trends in the U.S. and Appalachian Basin, Naser Ameen, US Energy Information Agency

3/18/2021

This presentation will provide the EIA short term forecast on crude oil and natural gas prices, production, and consumption along with a review of trends for the Appalachian Basin. EIA collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the … Continue reading “Short Term Energy Trends in the U.S. and Appalachian Basin, Naser Ameen, US Energy Information Agency”


Ohio Geological Society Webinar, Thursday, January 21, 1 PM, Morphological Karst Mapping in Ohio, Douglas Aden, Ohio Geological Survey

The Ohio Geological Survey has mapped karst in Ohio since 2009. Field mapping of sinkholes has suggested that geomorphological parameters vary between the Bellevue, Delaware, Hillsboro, and Springfield karst regions. Statistical tests confirm that these parameters distinguish the four regions. An understanding of how they differ and what causes those differences can be used to … Continue reading “Ohio Geological Society Webinar, Thursday, January 21, 1 PM, Morphological Karst Mapping in Ohio, Douglas Aden, Ohio Geological Survey”


Delineating the Utica Shale/Point Pleasant Formation Play System to Determine the Influence of the Precambrian Basement on Deposition in Northeastern Ohio, Jarrod R. Bridges, S.F. Austin State University

12/30/2020

The Utica Shale/Point Pleasant Formation system has recently become a highly developed unconventional target for oil and natural gas production, leading to an increased desire for knowledge of the controls on deposition of this system. Precambrian basement features have long been known to affect deposition of older strata near these features across Ohio, but the … Continue reading “Delineating the Utica Shale/Point Pleasant Formation Play System to Determine the Influence of the Precambrian Basement on Deposition in Northeastern Ohio, Jarrod R. Bridges, S.F. Austin State University”


Extension of the Knox Unconformity Production Trend into Guernsey County, Ohio, via Marcellus/Utica multi-client 3D Seismic

November 19, 2020

In the past decade, thousands of square miles of high-quality multi-client 3d seismic data has been acquired on behalf of large operators developing Appalachia’s well-known Marcellus and Utica unconventional plays. Rarely has this data resource been exploited for the development of conventional prospects, since large shale operators typically lack interest in conventional drilling, while smaller … Continue reading “Extension of the Knox Unconformity Production Trend into Guernsey County, Ohio, via Marcellus/Utica multi-client 3D Seismic”


The Potential for Underground Storage of Natural Gas Liquids in Salt-Solution Mined Caverns in the Appalachian Basin Area

February 20, 2020

Initial development of underground storage of natural gas liquids (NGLs) and other “light hydrocarbons” began in the United States in the 1950s. By the 1960s and 1970s a number of underground storage projects had been developed across the United States that utilized both mined out rock caverns and salt-solution mined caverns in bedded and dome … Continue reading “The Potential for Underground Storage of Natural Gas Liquids in Salt-Solution Mined Caverns in the Appalachian Basin Area”


A Case Study on Downslope Transport Mechanisms and Their Effect on Carbonate Reservoir Quality Within Carbonate Debris Apron Environments

November 7, 2019

Calciclastic sedimentation and wave-resuspension processes are important transport mechanisms within carbonate debris apron environments. These processes yield deposits (calcidebrites, calciturbidites, and tempestites), that often feature predictable reservoir quality and thickness variations. Zach Cotter will be presenting a high-level overview of carbonate debris apron environments, how these deposits were observed in whole core, well logs, and … Continue reading “A Case Study on Downslope Transport Mechanisms and Their Effect on Carbonate Reservoir Quality Within Carbonate Debris Apron Environments”


Overview of Permian Basin Stacked Pays – the Gift That Keeps on Giving

Production from the Permian Basin of west Texas and New Mexico has sharply accelerated, recently exceeding 4 million BOPD.  The stratigraphic column of the region offers a unique combination of organic rich mudrocks, siliciclastics, and carbonates.  The current configuration of the basin resulted from tectonic activity during the Ouachita orogeny which formed two distinct basins … Continue reading “Overview of Permian Basin Stacked Pays – the Gift That Keeps on Giving”


Structural Control of the Point Pleasant Formation Deposition and Production

by Devin Fitzgerald – EMF Geoscience, Inc.             Early drilling and production observations in the Point Pleasant formation in Ohio suggest that structural setting influences production. To test structural setting versus production, Point Pleasant horizontal completions (~800 wells) were categorized into five structural settings based on Trenton and shallow residual … Continue reading “Structural Control of the Point Pleasant Formation Deposition and Production”


Interpretation and Integration of Core and Wireline Log Data of the Copper Ridge Dolomite in Morrow County, Ohio for potential CO2 storage.

Battelle has collected whole and rotary sidewall cores as a part of their evaluation of the technical and economic feasibility of CO2 utilization and storage. Whole and rotary sidewall cores and advanced wireline logs from the Knox Dolomite Group, specifically the Copper Ridge Dolomite, from a Morrow County, Ohio well, represents a uniquely complete data … Continue reading “Interpretation and Integration of Core and Wireline Log Data of the Copper Ridge Dolomite in Morrow County, Ohio for potential CO2 storage.”


Buhr-stone: The French Connection

April 20,2017

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What has been happening with Induced Seismicity since the release of the Induced Seismicity Primer by the States First Initiative?

March 8,2017

In September of 2015, the States First Initiative (a joint IOGCC (Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission) and GWPC (Ground Water Protection Council) Initiative) released a Primer on Technical and Regulatory Considerations Informing Risk Management and Mitigation to serve as a reference to regulatory agencies in setting rules on addressing potential injection induced seismicity.  Since … Continue reading “What has been happening with Induced Seismicity since the release of the Induced Seismicity Primer by the States First Initiative?”


Geological aspects on productivity variation along a Marcellus lateral – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

February 16, 2017

The Marcellus Shale Energy and Environment Laboratory (MSEEL) involves a multidisciplinary and multi-institutional team undertaking integrated geoscience, engineering and environmental research in cooperation with the operator, key technology partners and the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the US Department of Energy.  MSEEL has generated an extremely large and diverse (multiple terabyte) dataset that provides significant … Continue reading “Geological aspects on productivity variation along a Marcellus lateral – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”


Upper Devonian Burket/Geneseo Shale – Appalachia’s Little Brother to the Marcellus

11/12/2016

The Upper Devonian Burket/Geneseo Shale is the organic-rich mudstone that lies immediately above the Tully Limestone and 20’ to more than 800’ above the Marcellus. The thickness of the shale expands from only a few feet in western West Virginia to more than 150’ in its depo-center in central Pennsylvania. Drilling depths increase from less … Continue reading “Upper Devonian Burket/Geneseo Shale – Appalachia’s Little Brother to the Marcellus”


Low Oil Prices and Big Data Analytics – What’s the Synergy?

10/20/2016

The current challenging environment for oil prices has renewed the focus on improving efficiencies across all facets of E&P operations.  Petroleum engineers and geoscientists are continually being asked to ensure that “faster, cheaper, better” strategies become standard operating practice.  Unfortunately, a good understanding of the factors that are key to achieving these efficiencies is often … Continue reading “Low Oil Prices and Big Data Analytics – What’s the Synergy?”


Lessons Learned from Wireline Logs and Core Analysis of an Appalachian Basin Cambrian-Ordovician Core: Exploration for Vugular Carbonate

May 13, 2016

Battelle has collected significant sections of whole core as a part of their Carbon Sequestration research efforts. Two of these wells, located in Mason County, West Virginia, represent a uniquely complete data set for the Cambrian-Ordovician section in the Appalachian Basin and will be available for viewing following the presentation. The data set comprises whole and … Continue reading “Lessons Learned from Wireline Logs and Core Analysis of an Appalachian Basin Cambrian-Ordovician Core: Exploration for Vugular Carbonate”


The Lima-Indiana oil and natural gas field; a bridge to the future

April 21, 2016

With the 1884 discovery of natural gas in Findley Ohio, a new and explosive wave of oil and natural gas development was about to be unleashed upon the upper Midwest. From Findlay, development continued north to Wood County and south to Allen County with the discovery of the North Baltimore and Lima oil fields. The … Continue reading “The Lima-Indiana oil and natural gas field; a bridge to the future”


Determination of Wellbore Orientation in the Utica Shale of Southeast Ohio

March 16, 2016

The Utica Shale is fast becoming one of the premier shale plays in North America.  As the number of wells drilled in the play is growing daily, optimizing well performance by nailing down wellbore orientation, landing point, and proper completion strategy is vital to the play’s success.  In this presentation we will examine wellbore orientation.  … Continue reading “Determination of Wellbore Orientation in the Utica Shale of Southeast Ohio”


Air-FTG® – Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry: What it is and how it is being used to advance exploration programs

February 18, 2016

Air-FTG® directly measures different components of the 3D gravity field using the world’s only multi-accelerometer moving platform. Developed during the 1970’s and 80’s and first deployed on sea-going vessels in the 1990’s, the technology is now arguably the industry’s most successful exploration tool on offer. Much heralded success has resulted from deployment over Salt Basins … Continue reading “Air-FTG® – Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry: What it is and how it is being used to advance exploration programs”


Challenges and Strategies for Monitoring Induced Seismicity

October 29, 2015

Induced seismicity is potentially caused by activities such as mining, reservoir or dam impoundment, geothermal reservoir stimulation, wastewater injection, hydraulic fracturing and CO2 sequestration. Induced seismic events are rarely large enough to be felt locally or detected regionally. However, between 2013 and 2015, several events larger than M3.0 were recorded in British Columbia, Alberta, Ohio … Continue reading “Challenges and Strategies for Monitoring Induced Seismicity”


Berea Sandstone Horizontal Oil Play, Northeastern Kentucky

November 13, 2014

Presentation given November 2014: The Upper Devonian Berea Sandstone is a major natural gas and oil reservoir in eastern Kentucky. Oil and gas production dates back to the early 1900’s. Production is from stratigraphic traps in tight siltstone and very fine-grained sandstone reservoirs interpreted to have been deposited in turbidite fans and channels, and storm … Continue reading “Berea Sandstone Horizontal Oil Play, Northeastern Kentucky”


EO-Ulrichian to Neo-Ulrichian Views: Lessons from an Ordovician “Layer Cake”

March 10, 2014

Classical notions of “layer cake stratigraphy” have been denigrated as representing an antiquated view of the geologic record. The American paleontologist E.O. Ulrich was vilified as the quintessential advocate of “layer cake stratigraphy”, perhaps best exemplified by his views of the Ordovician Cincinnatian rocks in the Ohio-Kentucky area, because he failed to acknowledge the possibility … Continue reading “EO-Ulrichian to Neo-Ulrichian Views: Lessons from an Ordovician “Layer Cake””


Hydraulic Fracturing and Earthquakes: Ethically, How Do We Move Forward and Do the Right Thing?

March 11, 2015

This presentation was given March of 2015 at the Geological Society meeting hosted by OOGA in Columbus, Ohio:  In 2010 Senator Bingaman of New Mexico requested that Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu engage the National Research Council (NRC), the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering, to form … Continue reading “Hydraulic Fracturing and Earthquakes: Ethically, How Do We Move Forward and Do the Right Thing?”


What’s Shaking in Ohio? Using Earthquake Waveform Similarity to Investigate Whether They Are Caused by Deep Wastewater Injection Wells

February 10, 2014

From March to December 2011, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Seismic Network (OSN) recorded 11 earthquakes in Youngstown, leading to speculation that the earthquakes were caused by wastewater injection. In fact, this occurred during a dramatic rise in small to moderate seismicity in the central and eastern United States over the past decade that … Continue reading “What’s Shaking in Ohio? Using Earthquake Waveform Similarity to Investigate Whether They Are Caused by Deep Wastewater Injection Wells”


More Informed Drilling and Completions Through Advanced Cuttings Analysis at Wellsite

May 23, 2015

Routine geochemical screening methods combined with advanced mineralogical and elemental stratigraphy data are integral to successful unconventional petroleum reservoir assessment and development. Advances in instrumental technology and field deployment strategies are shown to facilitate “near real time” acquisition of these data sets while drilling. Specifically, data obtained from drill cuttings and core chips are organic … Continue reading “More Informed Drilling and Completions Through Advanced Cuttings Analysis at Wellsite”


Weighing the Greenland Ice Sheet using GPS

February 17, 2015

Presentation given February 2014: Greenland GPS Network (GNET) is being used in combination with other geophysical sensors to examine ice loss in the world’s second largest and most unstable ice sheet. Crustal uplift manifests delayed viscoelastic rebound due to the loss of ice since the Last Glacial Maximum, a phenomenon known as Postglacial Rebound, but … Continue reading “Weighing the Greenland Ice Sheet using GPS”


Investigations and Mining the OARS Tunnel

April 10, 2014

The OARS Tunnel is a 20-foot diameter sewer tunnel being constructed for the City of Columbus to prevent combined sewer overflows from downtown Columbus entering the Scioto River. The tunnel will eventually extend from the Jackson Pike Waste Water Treatment Plant on the City’s south end to north to Interstate 670, just north of the … Continue reading “Investigations and Mining the OARS Tunnel”


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