2012 WBPC Presentations
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Emerging Bakken Technologies
Benchmarking, Geomechanics, Frac Water & Gas Utilization: Critical Applied Research – James Sorensen, Energy & Environmental Research Center
Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation in the Williston Basin - Kumar Ramurthy, Halliburton (Not available)
Reaming While Drilling – Lee Smith, Western Energy Products
Engineered Flare – Todd Mayer, Steffes Manufacturing
Logging While Tripping – Rob Duthie, Datalog LWT Inc.
Recycling of Drilling Waste: The Road to Sustainability – Manny Gonzalez, R360 Environmental Solutions
Laboratory Investigation of Proppants, Fluids & Bakken/Three Forks Core – Bethany Kurz, Energy & Environmental Research Center
Oil & Gas Impacts
Bakken Basics – Lynn Helms, ND Department of Mineral Resources
Mineral Management 101 – Jerry Simmons, National Assoc. of Royalty Owners
Housing, Roads & Workforce – Al Anderson, ND Commerce Commissioner
Dust Control Strategies Study – Francis Schwindt, ND Oil & Gas Research Council
How We Managed an Oil Boom
Cindy DeLancey, Wyoming County Commissioners Association
Ward Koeser, Mayor of Williston
Bakken Investment Session
How Wall Street Views Oil Stocks and the Bakken – Scott Hanold, RBC Capital Markets Corporation
Drilling Capital for the Small Producer – Michael Nepveux, Wells Fargo Energy Capital
Non-operated Oil & Gas Interests: Building and Financing a Portfolio – Jay Goldfarb, Woodbridge Financial
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Williston Basin Outlook
Saskatchewan – Melinda Yurkowski, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy & Resources
Manitoba – Keith Lowdon, Manitoba Innovation, Energy & Mines
Montana – Tom Richmond, MT Board of Oil & Gas Conservation
South Dakota – Darren Johnson, SD Dept. of Mineral Resources
North Dakota – Lynn Helms, ND Dept. of Mineral Resources
Engineering
Understanding Vertical & Horizontal Communication: Bakken Reservoir – Russ Buettner, Marathon Oil
Coral Creek Bakken Unit – Steve Carroll, ConocoPhillips (Not available)
Pad Drilling – Alan McNally, Continental Resources
Options for On-Site Treatment of Flowback Water – Patrick Blau, Tervita
Advances in Frac Technologies Panel
Tweaking the Frac- Russell Rankin, Statoil
Efficient Fracture Stimulation – Rick Ross, Whiting Petroleum
Frac Stages and Proppant Types – Jim Thompson, Marathon Oil
Frac Efficiencies – David McKay, Hess
Williston Basin Geology
Bakken & Three Forks Assessment – Stephanie Gaswirth, U.S. Geological Survey (Not available)
Evolution of the Giant Bakken/Lower Three Forks Oil Field: Part 2 – Jack Stark, Continental Resources
The Saskatchewan Bakken: Unconventional, Conventional or All of the Above – Dan Kohlruss, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy & Resources
Tyler Formation in North Dakota – Tim Nesheim, ND Geological Survey
Using Geophysics to Optimize Horizontal Well Performance – Marivi Molina, Petrobakken Energy
3D Geological Model of the Devonian Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, Elm Coulee Field – Adrian Almanza, Marathon Oil
Bakken Bottlenecks
You Can Get There From Here – Tom Williams, BNSF Railway Company
New Bakken Markets via Pipeline – Perry Schuldhaus, Enbridge Energy Co.
Williston Basin Export Capacity – Justin Kringstad, North Dakota Pipeline Authority
Electric Power Demand Growth & Supply – Jay Lundstrom, Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Best Practices for Good Relationships with Landowners – Daryl Dukart, Dunn Co. Commissioner & rancher
Municipal Wastewater to Frac Water - David Lamb & Peter Bernard, Active Water Solutions
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Morning Session
The Role of Unconventionals in the Global energy Future - Scott Tinker, Bureau of Economic Geology (Not available)
Extending the Bakken – Julie LeFever, ND Geological Survey
Bakken CEO Panel
New Discovery Areas in the Bakken: It Just Gets Better – Jim Volker, Whiting Petroleum
Luncheon
License to Operate: Socioeconomic Impacts and the Public-Industry Partnership - Mike Turner, Hess Senior Vice President, Global Production
