Monday August 22, 2011

6:00 p.m.

Registration Open

7: 30 p.m. 

Meet and Greet. Sponsored by Leprechaun Resources Ltd 

Tuesday August 23, 2011

7:00 a.m.

Field Trip Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m.

Field Trip: Marble Mountain to Port au Port

Led by:

Larry Hicks, P.Geo., Dept. of Natural Resources, Gov. of Newfoundland and Labrador

John Waldron, Ph.D., University of Alberta

4:00 p.m.

Registration and EXPLO Open

7:30 p.m.

Official Opening Reception

Wednesday August 24, 2011

7:30 a.m.

Registration Open

7:45 a.m.

Deluxe Breakfast Buffet

8:15 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:30 a.m.

Honourable Shawn Skinner, Minister Natural Resources, St. John’s, NL

8:50 a.m.

Larry Hicks, P.Geo., Department of Natural Resources, St. John’s, NL

Topic: To be announced

9:10 a.m.

John P. Martin, Ph.D., JPMartin Energy Strategy LLC, Saratoga Springs, NY

Topic: From Nanoporosity to Macroeconomics: Understanding the Challenges of Shale Gas (and Oil) Development 

9:30 a.m.

Karen Webster, Enerplus, Calgary, AB

Topic: Paleozoic sediments of the Williston Basin – can concepts and models be applied to East Coast Exploration?

9:50 a.m.

Shawna White, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Topic: Appalachian Foreland Basins Beneath the Gulf of St. Lawrence 

10:10 a.m.

Nutrition Break at the EXPLO

10:30 a.m.

Keynote Speaker: Christopher Laughrey, Weatherford Laboratories, Golden, CO

Topic: Petrology and petroleum geochemistry of tight-oil systems: new directions in laboratory methodology and assessment 

11:00 a.m.

Ashley Douds, EQT Production, Pittsburgh, PA

Topic: Produced Gas Composition Variations of the Marcellus Shale and its Relationship to Regional Structural and Depositional Features

11:20 a.m.

Vinay Mishra, Schlumberger, Houston, TX

11:40 a.m. 

Registration Open 

12:00 p.m.

Networking Lunch at EXPLO

1:30 p.m.

Ian Atkinson, P.Geo., Nalcor Energy, St. John's, NL

Topic: Nalcor Energy Exploration Strategy as it Relates to Western Newfoundland

1:50 p.m.

Patrick Laracy, B.Sc., LL.B., P.Geo., Vulcan Minerals Inc., St. John’s, NL

Topic: Evaluation of the Flat Bay Oil Deposit

2:10 p.m.

John Maher, M.Sc., P.Geo., Leprechaun Resources Ltd., Calgary, AB

Topic: To be announced

2:30 p.m.

Paul Durling, B.Sc., Corridor Resources Inc., Halifax, NS

Topic: Petroleum System Modelling of the Old Harry Prospect, Gulf of St. Lawrence 

2:50 p.m.

Craig Boland, B.Sc.(Hons.), M.Sc., P.Geo., Ptarmigan Energy Inc., Calgary, AB

Topic: Offshore EL-1120 Exploration Joint Venture Project, West Coast , Newfoundland: Corporate Overview and Exploration Update

3:10 p.m.

Nutrition Break at EXPLO

3:30 p.m.

George Langdon, Ph.D., Shoal Point Energy Ltd., Calgary, AB 

Topic: An update on Shoal Point Energy’s Green Point Oil-in-Shale Projects: EL 1070 and EL 1120, West Newfoundland

3:50 p.m.

Ali Chaisson, B.Sc.Soc., Investcan Energy Corporation, St. John’s, NL 

Topic: Corporate Update and Activities

4:10 p.m.

Cabot Martin, B.Sc., LL.B., Deer Lake Oil and Gas Inc., St. John’s, NL 

Topic: To be announced

4:30 p.m.

Panel Discussions: John P. Martin, Ph.D., Moderator

5:30 p.m.

Panel Discussions Close

6:00 p.m.

Registration Open

7:00 p.m.

Networking Reception

7:30 p.m.

Keynote Gala Dinner Speaker – Pete Stark, Ph.D., IHS Inc., Englewood, CO

Topic: The Unconventional Paradigm: Where Will Tomorrow’s Oil and Gas Come From?

Thursday August 25, 2011

7:30 a.m.

Registration Open

7:45 a.m.

Deluxe Breakfast Buffet

8:45 a.m.

Opening Remarks

9:00 a.m.

Steven Hinds, M.Sc., P.Geo., New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Fredericton, NB

Topic: Carboniferous Hydrocarbon Resources of New Brunswick - Current Exploration and Research

9:20 a.m.

Geriant Lloyd, Altai Resources Inc , Montreal, QC

Topic: Public Opinion, Politics and Geoscience in Southern Quebec’s Utica Shale- A Recent History

9:40 a.m.

Paul Harvey, B.Sc., B.Mining Eng., Nova Scotia Department of Energy, Halifax, NS

Topic: A New Approach to Exploration: Utilizing Gravity Gradiometry for Onshore Reef Oil Targets in Nova Scotia

10:00 a.m.

Nutrition Break at EXPLO

10:25 a.m.

Keynote Speaker: John Waldron, Ph.D., University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Topic: A 'Caribbean' Model for the Closing of the Lapetus Ocean and its Implications for Exploration in Western Newfoundland?

10:55 a.m.

Richard Callow, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL

Topic: Reservoir Potential of the Bradore Formation, Western Newfoundland: The Integration of Sedimentological and Ichnological Data

11:15 a.m.

Babatunde J. Olanipekun, B.Sc., M.Sc Eng., Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL

Topic: Nature and Origin of Dolomitization of the Boat Harbour Formation Carbonates in Northern Peninsula, Western Newfoundland, Canada: Implications for Porosity Controls

11:30 a.m.

Registration Open

11:35 a.m.

Michael Enachescu, MGM Energy Corp., Calgary, AB.

Topic: Recent Cambrian oil and gas discoveries within the Colville Hills, NWT, Canada: What can we learn to apply in Western Newfoundland exploration?

12:15 p.m.

Keynote Luncheon Speaker: John Harper, Ph.D., Harper Consulting International Inc., Calgary, AB

Topic: Hydrocarbon Exploration: Naysayers and the Faint – of – Heart Need Not Apply

1:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks