A presentation from Jared VanMeter from Range Resources showing maps and background information on the emerging Upper Devonian Shale formation--a layer of shale that sits a few hundred feet above the Marcellus Shale in the northeastern U.S. Range and several other drillers are now targeting the Upper Devonian, part of a "stacked play" strategy that includes drilling three layers in the same well: Upper Devonian, Marcellus and Utica.
DSD-INT 2020 Forecasting the Mississippi River During Hurricane SeasonDeltares
Presentation by David Welch, LMRFC, at the Delft-FEWS International User Days 2020, during Delft Software Days - Edition 2020. Thursday, 5 November 2020.
February 2022 TAGD Business Meeting
Texas Railroad Commission Updates
Chris Heiligenstein, Clean-Up Program Coordinator
Peter Pope, Oil & Gas Site Remediation Manager
Duke University Study on Potential for Fracking Fluid to Migrate into Groundw...Marcellus Drilling News
A paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by grad students at Duke University. The paper is a summary of research analyzing data from six counties in Pennsylvania for evidence that brine (salty water) found thousands of feet below the surface in some instances can and does migrate to surface water aquifers. The paper finds that naturally occurring brine in some instances has migrated, but did not find that Marcellus drilling wastewater has migrated.
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Presentation by David Welch, LMRFC, at the Delft-FEWS International User Days 2020, during Delft Software Days - Edition 2020. Thursday, 5 November 2020.
February 2022 TAGD Business Meeting
Texas Railroad Commission Updates
Chris Heiligenstein, Clean-Up Program Coordinator
Peter Pope, Oil & Gas Site Remediation Manager
Duke University Study on Potential for Fracking Fluid to Migrate into Groundw...Marcellus Drilling News
A paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by grad students at Duke University. The paper is a summary of research analyzing data from six counties in Pennsylvania for evidence that brine (salty water) found thousands of feet below the surface in some instances can and does migrate to surface water aquifers. The paper finds that naturally occurring brine in some instances has migrated, but did not find that Marcellus drilling wastewater has migrated.
Water’s Journey Through the Shale Gas Drilling and Production ProcessesMarcellus Drilling News
The paper "Water’s Journey Through the Shale Gas Drilling and Production Processes in the Mid-Atlantic Region" was published by Penn State Cooperative Extension in May 2012. It traces the various paths for a water droplet used by the Marcellus Shale natural-gas industry in the mid-Atlantic region, also dealing with the issue of wastewater.
DSD-INT 2018 Groundwater modelling in Colombia - Galvis FanecaDeltares
Presentation by Marta Faneca Sanchez and Sandra Galvis Rodriquez (Deltares) at the iMOD International User Day 2018, during Delft Software Days - Edition 2018. Tuesday 13 November 2018, Delft.
Lakeland Resources Inc. (TSXv: LK) announces the completion of its Phase 1 drilling program at the Gibbons Creek/ Star Property, Athabasca Basin region in Northern Saskatchewan. Phase 1 consisted of a total of 2,550 metres, totaling 14 holes at the Gibbons Creek – Star Property(s). In total, four drill holes encountered...
Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources Report on Potential for Drilling in Devonian ...Marcellus Drilling News
A report issued by the ODNR in May 2016 titled "Mapping Source Rock and Thermal Maturity of the Devonian Shale Interval in Eastern Ohio." The report takes a close look at the Devonian Shale layer and concludes two sub-layers--the Huron Shale and Rhinestreet Shale--have "significant oil and gas potential and may be good candidates for modern-day horizontal drilling techniques."
Water’s Journey Through the Shale Gas Drilling and Production ProcessesMarcellus Drilling News
The paper "Water’s Journey Through the Shale Gas Drilling and Production Processes in the Mid-Atlantic Region" was published by Penn State Cooperative Extension in May 2012. It traces the various paths for a water droplet used by the Marcellus Shale natural-gas industry in the mid-Atlantic region, also dealing with the issue of wastewater.
DSD-INT 2018 Groundwater modelling in Colombia - Galvis FanecaDeltares
Presentation by Marta Faneca Sanchez and Sandra Galvis Rodriquez (Deltares) at the iMOD International User Day 2018, during Delft Software Days - Edition 2018. Tuesday 13 November 2018, Delft.
Lakeland Resources Inc. (TSXv: LK) announces the completion of its Phase 1 drilling program at the Gibbons Creek/ Star Property, Athabasca Basin region in Northern Saskatchewan. Phase 1 consisted of a total of 2,550 metres, totaling 14 holes at the Gibbons Creek – Star Property(s). In total, four drill holes encountered...
Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources Report on Potential for Drilling in Devonian ...Marcellus Drilling News
A report issued by the ODNR in May 2016 titled "Mapping Source Rock and Thermal Maturity of the Devonian Shale Interval in Eastern Ohio." The report takes a close look at the Devonian Shale layer and concludes two sub-layers--the Huron Shale and Rhinestreet Shale--have "significant oil and gas potential and may be good candidates for modern-day horizontal drilling techniques."
Crystal Lake Mining: TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NICOBAT PROJECT: A PIPELINE ...MomentumPR
Crystal Lake Mining is a Canada-based junior exploration company focused on building shareholder value through the discovery of new magmatic nickel sulphide deposits using technical excellence in exploration target development.
Lakeland Resources Inc. and its option partner Declan Resources Inc. announced an update on work completed at the Gibbons Creek Uranium Property located along the northern margin of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan.
Impact of A Paleochannel on Hydrogeochemistry of A Quaternary Aquifer: Case S...QUESTJOURNAL
ABSTRACT: This study investigated the influence of Wadi Lamhah paleochannel on hydrogeochemistry of the Quaternary aquifer in Umm Al Quwain area, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Results show that the groundwater temperature in water wells affected by Wadi Lamhah channel was 3 to 7°C less than the groundwater temperature in rest of the study area. Groundwater salinity in the channel-affected wells ranged from 803 to 5,407 mg/L and averaged 3,219 mg/L, while the groundwater salinity in rest of the study area was higher, reaching 11,643 mg/L in well 24, which suffered from salt-water intrusion from the sea. Except HCO3 - (329 mg/L), average concentrations of major ions in the channel-controlled wells were lower than their average concentrations in all wells within the study area. Average concentrations of detected trace elements B, Fe and Zn were lower in channel-affected wells than the rest of the study area. The high total hardness in channelaffected wells reflected the flux of Ca and Mg-rich recharge water moving into the aquifer through its southern boundary. The calculated SAR values indicated that the groundwater is good for irrigation along the course of Wadi Lamhah channel and harmful to plant and soil in the rest of the study area.
The Chilcotin Basalts: implications for mineral explorationGraham Andrews
This is a presentation I gave at the GSA Cordilleran Meeting in Kelowna, BC, in May 2009. It presents advanced results from geological studies of the Chilcotin Group basalts in south-central BC, and their impact on mineral exploration activities.
After emerging from the resources wilderness thanks to its world-class geology and industry-friendly government policies, South Australia is now a leader in Australian mining and hydrocarbon developments over the last decade.
In little more than a decade the State has gone from four operating mines to more than 20 and is rated Australia’s second most popular exploration destination.
With a comprehensive review of the Mining Act under way, the State’s attractiveness as a place for resources and energy investment is expected to be strengthened.
South Australia is now a leader in the exploration for next generation energy sources with companies such as Santos and BP leading the charge, while initiatives such as the Government’s Copper Strategy – designed to treble annual copper production to 1 mtpa – is set to establish the State as one of the world’s premier producers of the red metal.
In the energy space, uranium and nuclear energy is another area of keen interest, with the South Australian Government initiating a Royal Commission into Participation in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle in 2016.
The State has become synonymous with innovation, cutting-edge development and a remarkable rate of discovery. From uranium prospects, to geothermal energy and the buoyant hydrocarbons sector, South Australia is now a leader in the exploration for next generation energy sources.
With full support from the Department of State Development, the South Australian Resources and Energy Investment Conference will continue to showcase this burgeoning sector in 2017. From copper plays in the Gawler Craton, to iron ore and graphite developments on the Eyre Peninsula and the emergence of the State as a new hydrocarbon frontier, South Australia’s resources potential is at last being fully recognised.
The conference will feature the success stories and emerging players in the State from both minerals and oil and gas and will also tackle thorny industry issues such as infrastructure, corporate social responsibility and the future of the Woomera Prohibited Area.
The International Journal of Engineering and Science (IJES)theijes
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
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Quarterly legislative action update: Marcellus and Utica shale region (4Q16)Marcellus Drilling News
A quarterly update from the legal beagles at global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. A quarterly legislative action update for the second quarter of 2016 looking at previously laws acted upon, and new laws introduced, affecting the oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
An update from Spectra Energy on their proposed $3 billion project to connect four existing pipeline systems to flow more Marcellus/Utica gas to New England. In short, Spectra has put the project on pause until mid-2017 while it attempts to get new customers signed.
A letter from Rover Pipeline to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requesting the agency issue the final certificate that will allow Rover to begin tree-clearing and construction of the 511-mile pipeline through Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Michigan. If the certificate is delayed beyond the end of 2016, it will delay the project an extra year due to tree-clearing restrictions (to accommodate federally-protected bats).
DOE Order Granting Elba Island LNG Right to Export to Non-FTA CountriesMarcellus Drilling News
An order issued by the U.S. Dept. of Energy that allows the Elba Island LNG export facility to export LNG to countries with no free trade agreement with the U.S. Countries like Japan and India have no FTA with our country (i.e. friendly countries)--so this is good news indeed. Although the facility would have operated by sending LNG to FTA countries, this order opens the market much wider.
A study released in December 2016 by the London School of Economics, titled "On the Comparative Advantage of U.S. Manufacturing: Evidence from the Shale Gas Revolution." While America has enough shale gas to export plenty of it, exporting it is not as economic as exporting oil due to the elaborate processes to liquefy and regassify natural gas--therefore a lot of the gas stays right here at home, making the U.S. one of (if not the) cheapest places on the planet to establish manufacturing plants, especially for manufacturers that use natural gas and NGLs (natural gas liquids). Therefore, manufacturing, especially in the petrochemical sector, is ramping back up in the U.S. For every two jobs created by fracking, another one job is created in the manufacturing sector.
Letter From 24 States Asking Trump & Congress to Withdraw the Unlawful Clean ...Marcellus Drilling News
A letter from the attorneys general from 24 of the states opposed to the Obama Clean Power Plan to President-Elect Trump, RINO Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel and RINO House Speaker Paul Ryan. The letter asks Trump to dump the CPP on Day One when he takes office, and asks Congress to adopt legislation to prevent the EPA from such an egregious overreach ever again.
Report: New U.S. Power Costs: by County, with Environmental ExternalitiesMarcellus Drilling News
Natural gas and wind are the lowest-cost technology options for new electricity generation across much of the U.S. when cost, public health impacts and environmental effects are considered. So says this new research paper released by The University of Texas at Austin. Researchers assessed multiple generation technologies including coal, natural gas, solar, wind and nuclear. Their findings are depicted in a series of maps illustrating the cost of each generation technology on a county-by-county basis throughout the U.S.
Annual report issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration showing oil and natural gas proved reserves, in this case for 2015. These reports are issued almost a year after the period for which they report. This report shows proved reserves for natural gas dropped by 64.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), or 16.6%. U.S. crude oil and lease condensate proved reserves also decreased--from 39.9 billion barrels to 35.2 billion barrels (down 11.8%) in 2015. Proved reserves are calculated on a number of factors, including price.
The monthly tabulation and prediction from the U.S. Energy Information Administration on production and activity in the largest 7 U.S. shale plays. All 7 shale plays will experience a decrease in natural gas production from the previous month due to low commodity prices.
Velocys is the manufacturer of gas-to-liquids (GTL) plants that convert natural gas (a hyrdocarbon) into other hydrocarbons, like diesel fuel, gasoline, and even waxes. This PowerPoint presentation lays out the Velocys plan to get the company growing. GTL plants have not (so far) taken off in the U.S. Velocys hopes to change that. They specialize in small GTL plants.
PA DEP Revised Permit for Natural Gas Compression Stations, Processing Plants...Marcellus Drilling News
In January 2016, Gov. Wolf announced the DEP would revise its current general permit (GP-5) to update the permitting requirements for sources at natural gas compression, processing, and transmission facilities. This is the revised GP-5.
PA DEP Permit for Unconventional NatGas Well Site Operations and Remote Piggi...Marcellus Drilling News
In January 2016, PA Gov. Wolf announced the Dept. of Environmental Protection would develop a general permit for sources at new or modified unconventional well sites and remote pigging stations (GP-5A). This is the proposed permit.
Onerous new regulations for the Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale industry proposed by the state Dept. of Environmental Protection. The new regs will, according to the DEP, help PA reduce so-called fugitive methane emissions and some types of air pollution (VOCs). This is liberal Gov. Tom Wolf's way of addressing mythical man-made global warming.
The monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) from the U.S. Energy Information Administration for December 2016. This issue makes a couple of key points re natural gas: (1) EIA predicts that natural gas production in the U.S. for 2016 will see a healthy decline over 2015 levels--1.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) less in 2016. That's the first annual production decline since 2005! (2) The EIA predicts the average price for natural gas at the benchmark Henry Hub will climb from $2.49/Mcf (thousand cubic feet) in 2016 to a whopping $3.27/Mcf in 2017. Why the jump? Growing domestic natural gas consumption, along with higher pipeline exports to Mexico and liquefied natural gas exports.
A sort of "year in review" for the gas industry in the northeast. If you could boil it all down, the word that appears prominently throughout is "delay" with respect to important natgas pipeline projects. From the Constitution, which should have already been built by now, to smaller projects, delays were the prominent trend for 2016.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission responded to each point raised in a draft copy of the PA Auditor General's audit of how Act 13 impact fee money, raised from Marcellus Shale drillers, gets spent by local municipalities. The PUC says it's not their job to monitor how the money gets spent, only in how much is raised and distributed.
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Act 13/Impact Fees Audit by PA Auditor...Marcellus Drilling News
A biased look at how 60% of impact fees raised from PA's shale drilling are spent, by the anti-drilling PA Auditor General. He chose to ignore an audit of 40% of the impact fees, which go to Harrisburg and disappear into the black hole of Harrisburg spending. The Auditor General claims, without basis in fact, that up to 24% of the funds are spent on items not allowed under the Act 13 law.
The final report from the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection that finds, after several years of testing, no elevated levels of radiation from acid mine drainage coming from the Clyde Mine, flowing into Ten Mile Creek. Radical anti-drillers tried to smear the Marcellus industry with false claims of illegal wastewater dumping into the mine, with further claims of elevated radiation levels in the creek. After years of testing, the DEP found those allegations to be false.
FERC Order Denying Stay of Kinder Morgan's Broad Run Expansion ProjectMarcellus Drilling News
Several anti-drillers filed an appeal of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Certificate for the Kinder Morgan Broad Run Expansion Project, asking for a stay claiming a removal of 40 acres of forest for a compressor station would irreparably harm Mom Earth. FERC has ruled against the stay and told the antis Mom Earth will be just fine.
‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
हम आग्रह करते हैं कि जो भी सत्ता में आए, वह संविधान का पालन करे, उसकी रक्षा करे और उसे बनाए रखे।" प्रस्ताव में कुल तीन प्रमुख हस्तक्षेप और उनके तंत्र भी प्रस्तुत किए गए। पहला हस्तक्षेप स्वतंत्र मीडिया को प्रोत्साहित करके, वास्तविकता पर आधारित काउंटर नैरेटिव का निर्माण करके और सत्तारूढ़ सरकार द्वारा नियोजित मनोवैज्ञानिक हेरफेर की रणनीति का मुकाबला करके लोगों द्वारा निर्धारित कथा को बनाए रखना और उस पर कार्यकरना था।
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In a May 9, 2024 paper, Juri Opitz from the University of Zurich, along with Shira Wein and Nathan Schneider form Georgetown University, discussed the importance of linguistic expertise in natural language processing (NLP) in an era dominated by large language models (LLMs).
The authors explained that while machine translation (MT) previously relied heavily on linguists, the landscape has shifted. “Linguistics is no longer front and center in the way we build NLP systems,” they said. With the emergence of LLMs, which can generate fluent text without the need for specialized modules to handle grammar or semantic coherence, the need for linguistic expertise in NLP is being questioned.
2. INFLECTION POINT
Regional Mapping and Reservoir Analysis of the
Upper Devonian Shale in Pennsylvania
“An event that results in a significant
change in the progress of a company.”
-Investopedia
3. Introduction
The Upper Devonian Shale has produced gas since 1980s in West Virginia
Vertical wells targeting fractures were hit and miss in low pressure area.
Since then organic packages, above and below the Marcellus attracted industry
interest
Advances in drilling and multistage fracture technology in Marcellus and
Barnett Shale have made this possible
Upper Devonian Shale is a viable economic play
Stacked potential reservoir over a widespread area
Currently being tested by industry
2009 Range produced from the first horizontal Upper Devonian Shale well in
Pennsylvania
The main purpose of this investigation is to define and map distribution of
organic-rich facies in various Upper Devonian Shale intervals above Tully
Limestone
4. Stratigraphy of Pennsylvania
0
Southwestern PA – Central PA
Cashaqua Shale
Penn Yan Shale
Burket Shale
Middlesex Shale
Rhinestreet
Shale
Tully Limestone
Mahantango Shale
Marcellus
Shale
Onondaga
Limestone
Cashaqua Shale
Northwestern PA
Rhinestreet
Shale
Tully Limestone
Mahantango Shale
Marcellus
Shale
Onondaga
Limestone
Central PA - Northeast PA
Cashaqua Shale
Penn Yan Shale
Burket /Geneseo
Shale
Tully Limestone
Mahantango Shale
Marcellus
Shale
Onondaga
Limestone
5. 4
Regional Log Signatures of Upper Devonian Shale
Rhinestreet Shale
Cashaqua Shale
Northwestern PA
0 300
Cashaqua Shale
Penn Yan Shale
Burket Shale
Middlesex Shale
Rhinestreet Shale
Southwestern PA – Central PA
0 300
Cashaqua Shale
Penn Yan Shale
Burket / Geneseo
Shale
Central PA - Northeast PA
0 300
2
1 1
8. Burket Shale Gross Thickness
C.I.= 10ft
2200 120
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burket
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
Burket Shale
9. Burket Net Thickness greater than 160 API
C.I.= 10ft
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burket
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
1600 80
Burket Shale
10. Burket Net Thickness greater than 200 API
C.I.= 5ft
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burket
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
600 30
Burket Shale
11. Penn Yan Shale Gross Thickness
C.I.= 20ft
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burkett
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
5000 250
12. Genesee Group Gross Thickness
C.I.= 20ft
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burket
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
6000 300
13. Middlesex Gross Thickness
C.I.= 10ft
Westward shift
of depocenter
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burket
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
1200 60
14. Middlesex Net Thickness greater than 160 API
C.I.= 5ft
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burket
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
350 20
15. Middlesex Net Thickness greater than 200 API
1
2
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burket
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
300 15
16. Cashaqua Gross Thickness
C.I.= 20ft
Two Clastic Influx
Sources
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burket
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
5600 280
17. Rhinestreet Gross Thickness
C.I.= 20ft
Westward shift
of depocenter
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burket
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
4000 200
18. Rhinestreet Net Thickness greater than 160 API
C.I.= 10ft
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burket
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
2000 100
19. Rhinestreet Net Thickness greater than 200 API
C.I.= 5ft
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burket
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
700 35
20. Total Upper Devonian Shale Gross Thickness
1
2
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burket
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
20000 1000
21. Total Upper Devonian Shale Net Thickness greater than 160 API
C.I.= 10ft
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burket
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
2800 140
22. Total Upper Devonian Shale Net Thickness greater than 200 API
Cashaqua
Penn Yan
Burket
Middlesex
Rhinestreet
Tully
Strat Column
700 35
23. 22
Upper Devonian Shale Activity Map
1 2
The first reservoir fairway has a
stacked potential of 2 main
reservoir packages: 1) Burket and
Middlesex, and 2) Rhinestreet
The second reservoir has a
thickened Burket, but is separated
from the Middlesex by non
reservoir rocks
24. 23
Conclusions
Gross Thickness mapping shows the following:
•Mapping indicates that basin dynamics caused gross thickness of
organic members to shift westward over time.
•Mapping indicates two clastic sources fed the basin in Upper Devonian
time
•Regional basement faults and lineaments had an effect on the
deposition of the formations and different cross strikes activated at
different times
• Foreland bulge paleostructural high caused lack of deposition and/or
erosion of Burket, Penn Yan, and Middlesex in NW PA
Reservoir mapping indicated two reservoir “fairways” in Pennsylvania.
In southern PA there are two reservoir packages, whereas in
northeastern PA the Burkett is the main reservoir.
Upper Devonian Shale is being explored by multiple companies for
potential oil and gas reserves and is a viable play with many successful test
wells already drilled