Williston Basin Petroleum Conference
19th Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and Expo
May 1 - 3, 2011
Regina, Saskatchewan
www.wbpc.ca
SUNDAY, MAY 2
Automation/Facilities Efficiency
- Bye, Bye Form 16 & 17: Pedigree Salt Water Injection Monitoring Partners with ND Oil & Gas – Alex Warner, Pedigree Technologies
- Portable Well Testing – Jim Cron, Ward Williston
- Bakken Play Artificial Lift – Don Connally, Weatherford ALS
- Field Automation: Lessons from the Cedar Creek Anticline and Bakken Applications – Joe Starkey, ConocoPhillips
- Well Testing with High Well Count – Kent Halley, TJ Cross Engineers
Bakken Basics: Drilling, Fracing, Producing (How it Works) – Lynn Helms, ND Dept. of Mineral Resources; Larry Dokken, Frear Consulting; Tyler Dokken, Hess
Risk Strategies for Independents – David Lazarus, Macquarie Bank Limited
MONDAY, MAY 3
Williston Basin Outlook
- Saskatchewan – Melinda Yurkowski, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy & Resources
- Manitoba – John Fox, Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines
- Montana – Tom Richmond, MT Board of Oil & Gas Conservation
- South Dakota – Mack McGillivray, SD Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources
- North Dakota – Lynn Helms, ND Dept. of Mineral Resources
Drilling & Engineering
- Pad Drilling/Rig Walker – Greg Manry, Hess
- Bakken Coil Tubing Annular Fracturing Techniques – Lyle Laun, BJ Services Canada
- Three Forks Completion Methods – Mike Eberhard, Halliburton
Williston Basin Geology
- Saskatchewan BirdBear Play – Gavin Jensen, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy & Resources
- The Bakken Source System: Emphasis on the Three Forks – Stephan Nordeng, ND Geological Survey
- Lower Lodgepole – Kathy Neset and R. C. Neset, Neset Consulting
North Dakota Resource Management – Panel/Discussions
- North Dakota Refining Capacity Feasibility Study – Kurt Swenson, Corval Group; Steven Kelly, Purvin & Gertz; and Dennis Hill, ND Assoc. of Rural Electric Cooperatives
- VOC Capture Technology Exchange – Jim Semerad, ND Health Dept.
- Western ND Water Resource Opportunities – Dale Frink, ND State Water Engineer
- ND Housing Issues – Brad Bekkedahl, Williston City Commissioner
- Roads Infrastructure – Vicky Steiner, ND Oil & Gas Producing Counties
- Roads Infrastructure – Dave Leftwich, Dept. of Transportation
Midstream Issues
- Bakken Gas Challenges/Opportunities – Grant Monsour, Alliance
- Infrastructure Solutions for the Bakken and Three Forks – Guy Jarvis, Enbridge
- Emerging Bakken Markets in Midcontinent – Greg Kaneb, NuStar
- Has the Landscape Changed for Williston Basin Pipelines? – Tad True, True Companies
- Stanley EOG Rail Facility – Marc Eschenburg, EOG Resources
General Education Session
- Bakken and Three Forks Basics – Ed Murphy, ND Geological Survey
- Bakken Economics (Operators and Mineral Owners) – Tim Maloney, Bakken Express, and John Paganis, Murex Petroleum
- Informational websites
- Oil Can! and Royalty Owner Information Center – Kelly Jo Wald, ND Petroleum Council
- Pipeline Authority – Brent Brannan, ND Oil & Gas Research Council
- ND Oil & Gas Research Council – Brent Brannan, ND Oil & Gas Research Council
- ND Department of Mineral Resources – Jim Lindholm, ND Dept. of Mineral Resources
TUESDAY, MAY 4
Oil Sands Myth Busters – Don Thompson, Oil Sands Developers Group
World and North American Benchmarks – John Kingston, Platts
Parshall Prospect – Mike Johnson, Geologist, AAPG 2009 Explorer of the Year
Bakken/Three Forks Connectivity Study – Brad Aman, Continental Resources
Bakken Analysis Paper
A Basic Analysis of the Bakken Oil Boom: Precautions and Planning
By Laura Seifert, University of Minnesota
