Thursday, April 17, 2008 from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (MT)
The Salt Lake Petroleum Section of the SPE is sponsoring a one-day Workshop on recent exploration and development activities in Utah. The program is broad-based and topical. All proceeds will go to the Salt Lake Petroleum Section’s Richard E. Wyman Scholarship program.
Agenda:
7:30 a.m. Check-in and Onsite Registration
8:20 a.m. Welcome John McLennan, University of Utah, SPE Salt Lake Section Chairman
8:30 a.m. The Oil and Gas Industry in Utah Lowell Braxton, Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States
9:00 a.m. Economic Overview of the Petroleum Industry in Utah Alan Isaacson, Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Utah
9:30 a.m. Petroleum Development on Utah Trust Lands LaVonne Garrison, Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration
10:00 a.m. Roads on Federal Lands: Current Issues in Securing and Improving Access to the Well Location Shawn Welch, Holme Roberts & Owen LLP
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Gas Marketing in Utah Mark Smoot, Wasatch Energy
11:15 a.m. The Paradox Basin in Utah and Colorado David Hill, Encana Corp.
11:45 a.m. Nine Mile Canyon and West Tavaputs Plateau Greg Hinds, Bill Barrett Corporation
12:15 p.m. Buffet Lunch Luncheon Keynote Address Energy Policy in Utah Dianne Nielson, Energy Policy Advisor to Governor Huntsman
1:30 p.m. Covenant Field Update Ellis Peterson, Wolverine Gas and Oil Inc.
2:00 p.m. Anadarko in Utah, Jordan Hixson, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
2:30 p.m. Great Salt Lake Petroleum Resources Marc Eckels, Wind River Resources Inc.
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Tar Sands in Utah Steve Schamel, GeoX Consulting Inc.
3:45 p.m. CO2 Sequestration Technology Brian McPherson, University of Utah
4:15 p.m. Developing New Technologies Ted Frederick, USTAR
4:45 p.m Closing statements Phil Cowdery, GeoResources, Inc. SPE Salt Lake Section Program Chairman
Date and Venue:
The venue is the South Towne Expo Center (9575 South State Street, Salt Lake City, for more information and maps go to http://www.southtowneexpo.com/index.html).
There will be 30 minute presentations including question and answer time with topics covering the opportunities, developments, and challenges for the upstream and downstream communities.
Registration and More Information:
Online: To register, go to http://speutah2008update.eventbrite.com. Note that online registration is the only option for credit card payment.
By mail: While online registration is preferred so that attendance can be tracked, if it is necessary to register by mailed check, please make checks payable to “SPE” and remit to: Mr. John Baza SPE Salt Lake Petroleum Section Treasurer P.O. Box 145801 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-5801
At the door: By cash or check only. A limited number of registrations will be allowed the day of the conference based on available space; however, participants are encouraged to pre-register as soon as possible because attendance space is limited.
Cost: Registration will be $150.00. All funds from this workshop are put into the Richard E. Wyman Salt Lake Petroleum Section Scholarship fund.
Costs for the workshop have been offset by generous sponsorship from Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP.
Registration is tax deductible. Organizations or individuals who can afford it are encouraged to by multiple registrations beyond those for attendees.
Questions? E-mail or call anyone on the organizing committee.
John McLennan jmclennan@egi.utah.edu 801-587-7925
Phil Cowdery pcowdery@vortexflowllc.com 801-523-9619
Dustin Doucet dustindoucet@utah.gov 801-538-5281
John Baza johnbaza@utah.gov 801-538-5334
Craig Buschmann Craig.Buschmann@hro.com 801-521-5800
Salt Lake Petroleum Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. For information, please contact John McLennan, 801-634-4412(jmclennan@egi.utah.edu).
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