37 Powering the West: Energy Resource Exploration and Development in the Greater Rocky Mountain Region

Tuesday, 20 May 2025
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Cascade D

Participants

• Chair Eugene Szymanski
• Chair Gabriela St Pierre
• Chair Michael Vanden Berg

Presentations

• 10:15 AM
  ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF GEOLOGIC CARBON STORAGE IN THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE THROUGH THE DOE’S CARBONSAFE INITIATIVE
  Nathan Moodie, Energy & Geoscience Institute, Salt Lake City, UT and Brian McPherson, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Michael Vanden Berg, Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT and Eugene Szymanski, Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT and Jiaqi Jin, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Daniel Minguez, Reno, NV and George El-kaseeh, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM
  409543 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  QUANTIFYING CARBON STORAGE POTENTIAL IN UTAH: INTEGRATING GEOLOGIC DATA WITH THE SCO2TPRO MODELING TOOL
  Gabriela St Pierre, Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT and Gabriela St Pierre, Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT and Tara Tankersley, Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT and Michael Vanden Berg, Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT
  409863 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  USING EXPOSURE SURFACES AS CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC SURFACES IN THE LACUSTRINE CASTLE PEAK MEMBER OF THE EOCENE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, UINTA BASIN, UTAH
  Alonzo Brinkerhoff, Provo, UT
  409256 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  THE FULL VALUE CHAIN SWEET SPOT IN THE MOWRY SHALE: A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH INITIATIVE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
  Timothy Fischer, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Scott Quillinan, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and J. Fred Mclaughlin, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
  410110 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:15 AM
  GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE SCREENING IN THE DENVER-JULESBURG BASIN USING 3D BASIN MODELING
  Justin Birdwell, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Rand Gardner, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Scott A. Kinney, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Holger Petermann, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO and Patrick Sullivan, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Annaka Clement, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO and Melia Eaton, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and James Hagadorn, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver
  409885 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:30 AM
  DEEP BASIN CHARACTERIZATION WITH VOLUMETRIC THERMAL MODELING: A STRATIGRAPHIC HYDROTHERMAL EXAMPLE FROM THE GREAT SALT LAKE BASIN, UTAH
  Christian Hardwick, Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT and Kellen Gunderson, Projeo Corporation, Des Plaines, IL
  410242 (Theme Sessions)