Williston Basin Core Workshop 2021

Dear Williston Basin geologists and engineers,

The North Dakota Geological Survey (NDGS) would like to invite petroleum geologists, engineers, and related staff to our 2021 Williston Basin Core Workshop event this coming August. This event will be held in Grand Forks, North Dakota at the Wilson M. Laird Core and Sample Library. Two separate, two-day core workshop sessions (which cover the same material) will be offered on August 9-10 (Monday-Tuesday) and August 12-13 (Thursday-Friday).

Each session will provide a walk-through of core samples and relevant geologic information for units including the Madison Group as well as the Bakken, Three Forks, Inyan Kara, and Deadwood Formations. The purpose of this event is to both better familiarize new geologists to the stratigraphy and geology of the Williston Basin as well as to further support continued exploration and development.

On August 11th, the Wednesday in between the two core workshop sessions, a full one-day Introduction to Core Logging course will be led by Bob Lindsay. This one-day session will provide participants with a hands-on, step-by-step approach to the basics of logging core. Attendees of either core workshop session will be able to attend this training for a minimal extra fee of $100.

Registration for this event is open and set at $300/person. Please contact for reduced government, academic, and student registration rates. Registrants will need to make their own travel arrangements (flights and hotels). Refunds will be available in full by request through July 16th, and afterwards will be reviewed on a case-by case basis (Covid-19 related refunds will be granted in full).

We hope that you will be able to join us this coming August. Visit www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/ for additional information (Full Brochure Link). Feel free to contact with any questions!

Sincerely,

Timothy Nesheim

Subsurface Geologist/Head of Subsurface Section

North Dakota Geological Survey

Wilson M. Laird Core and Sample Library

2835 Campus Rd.

Grand Forks, ND 58202-8156

(701) 777-2460

[email protected]

2021 NDGS Core Workshop Agenda (August 9-10 & 12-13)

David M. Petty

• A Facies and Flow Unit Approach to Porosity Occurrence in the Madison Reservoirs (Frobisher-Alida and Tilston Intervals) of Western North Dakota

Robert (Bob) Lindsay (Lindsay Consulting)

• Mississippian Mission Canyon Carbonate Reservoirs–Bluell, Sherwood, Mohall, and Glenburn Fields Williston Basin, North Dakota

• Mississippian Mission Canyon Reservoir–Little Knife Field, Williston Basin (CO2 EOR pilot project)

John Hohman

• Regional Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Middle Bakken

Riley Brinkerhoff

• Bakken-Three Forks Reservoir and Production Trends - Divide County, North Dakota

Timothy Nesheim (North Dakota Geological Survey)

• Facies Architecture and Reservoir Trends of the Middle Three Forks (2nd bench): Bakken-Three Forks Petroleum System, US Williston Basin

Alec Pollard (Hibou Resources)

• Characterization of the Alida and Frobisher Members of the Mission Canyon Formation, from Southeastern Saskatchewan.

Jeff Bader (North Dakota Geological Survey)

• An Evaluation of the Incised Valley Sequence Stratigraphic Model, Inyan Kara Formation, Southwestern North Dakota

John Lake (Lake Consulting - Invited/Tentative)

• Deadwood Formation - Saskatchewan

Anthony Sarnoski (Luff Exploration Co)

• Deadwood Formation - North Dakota

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Wilson M. Laird Core and Sample Library, 2835 Campus Rd., Grand Forks, United States