26 Coal Geology: Emphasis on Active Coalbed Methane Plays - Session Dedicated to Charles L. Pillmore and his Work in the Raton Basin.

Sunday, 7 November 2004
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  THE IMPACT OF CHARLES L. PILLMORE ON THE COAL GEOLOGY OF THE RATON BASIN—AN OVERVIEW
  D.J. Nichols, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and R.M. Flores, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO
  76452 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  PALEOGEOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE CRETACEOUS IN SE COLORADO
  Chris Cornelius, Evergreen Rscs Inc, Denver, CO and Paul Clarke, Evergreen Rscs Inc, Denver, CO and Peter Turner, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, N/A
  78050 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  A REFINED LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY FOR THE RATON FORMATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR ALLUVIAL HETEROGENEITY, COAL-FORMING ENVIRONMENTS AND COAL BED DISTRIBUTION – RATON BASIN
  Paul Clarke, Evergreen Rscs Inc, Denver, CO and Chris Cornelius, Evergreen Rscs Inc, Denver, CO and Peter Turner, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, N/A
  78014 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF COAL AND COALBED METHANE RESOURCES OF THE RATON COALFIELD IN NEW MEXICO
  Gretchen K. Hoffman, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM and Brian S. Brister, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM
  74028 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  THE FUTURE OF COAL MINING IN THE RATON BASIN: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM A COAL AVAILABILITY STUDY IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, COLORADO
  Christopher J. Carroll, Colorado Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Christopher B. Martin, Encana Oil and Gas, Inc, Denver, CO
  77758 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  COGCC RATON BASIN BASELINE STUDY:
  Loren E. Avis, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Denver, CO and James J. Milne, Boulder, CO
  80121 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  UNDISCOVERED COALBED METHANE RESOURCES OF THE RATON BASIN, COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO
  Debra K. Higley, U.S.G.S, Lakewood, CO
  76336 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  GAS AND WATER PRODUCTION TRENDS OF THE RATON BASIN COALBED METHANE PLAY, NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
  J. Matthew Herrin, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM and Paul M. Basinski, El Paso Production Co, Houston, TX and John C. Lorenz, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Scott P. Cooper, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Rich Larson, Vermejo Park Ranch, Raton, NM
  79578 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  GEOLOGIC CONTROLS ON COALBED METHANE PRODUCTION DOMAINS WITHIN THE SOUTHERN RATON BASIN OF NEW MEXICO
  John C. Lorenz, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Scott P. Cooper, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Bill W. Arnold, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and James M. Herrin, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Paul M. Basinski, El Paso Production Co, Houston, TX and Rich Larson, Vermejo Park Ranch, Raton, NM
  75441 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  PUTATIVE METHANOGEN MOLECULAR EVIDENCE IN PALEOCENE FORT UNION COALS IN THE POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING AND MONTANA
  D.A. Klein, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO and R.M. Flores, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and L.P. Pereyra, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO and A. Pruden, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO
  75991 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM A COAL-BED METHANE TEST WELL IN OUACHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA
  P.D. Warwick, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and F.C. Breland, Louisiana Geol Survey, Baton Rouge, LA and R.L. Hixon, EnerVest Mgnt Partners, LTD, Houston, TX
  79159 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  ORGANIC PETROLOGY AND COAL-BED GAS CONTENT, DEEP-BASIN GULF COAST COALS, NORTHERN LOUISIANA
  Paul C. Hackley, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Peter D. Warwick, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA
  78954 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  APPALACHIAN BASIN ENERGY PRODUCTION - A VIEW FROM THE 21ST CENTURY
  Robert C. Milici, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA
  75938 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  PALYNOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF A VERTEBRATE LOCALITY AT THE MISSISSIPPIAN - PENNSYLVANIAN BOUNDARY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
  Cortland F. Eble, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Stephen F. Greb, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  80004 (Technical Sessions)