Technical Program  

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45-10:15 a.m.

Session I: Shale Profiles

Session Chairs: John Martin, NYSERDA and George Koperna, Advanced Resources International

Presentation 1: Marcellus - Controls on a Multi-Flavored Shale Play
Jack Ward, PetroEdge Energy

Presentation 2: Overview of the Tectonic and Eustatic Framework of Devonian Black Shale
Gary Lash, SUNY-Fredonia

Presentation 3: The Application of Hydrocarbon System and Play
Fairway Analysis for Unconventional Resource Plays: The Case for
Shale Gas Reserves in New York’s Ordovician Utica Shale
Jay Leonard, Platte River Associates

10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Session II : Rock Mechanics

Session Chairs: Mark Anderson, EQT Production
Colby Fuser, Halliburton Energy Services

Presentation 1: Use of Image Log And Core Data in Rock Mechanics
Studies and Modeling
Al Lacazette, EQT Production

Presentation 2: Logging Mechanical Properties
Chris Wolfe, Baker Hughes

Presentation 3: Modeling of Discrete Fracture Networks (DFN) for Shale Formations
Bruce Meyer, Meyer & Associates

1:30-3:00 p.m.

Session III : Fluid Stimulation

Session Chairs: Bryce Yeager, Energy Corporation of America
Javad Paktinat, Universal Well Services

Presentation 1: Shale Gas Fracturing Water Sources: What Does the
Rock Want?
Kevin Smith, Total Separation Solutions and Michael Conway, CoreLab

Presentation 2: A New, Effective Biocide for Slick-water Fracturing
Barry Elder, FracTech Services

Presentation 3: Friction Reduction Performance In Non-Freshwater Applications
Jason Bryant, Halliburton

3:30-5:00 p.m.

Session IV: Produced Water/Water Management

Session Chairs: Tony Gaudlip, Range Resources
Larry Buchanan, PetroEdge Resources

Presentation 1: Marcellus Shale Flowback Water Characteristics and
Mangement Alternatives
Tom Hayes, Gas Technology Institute

Presentation 2: Reuse vs. Release – Can Fracturing Fluid Innovations Help Reduce Environmental Risk in Developing the Marcellus Play?
Matt Blauch, Superior Well Services

Presentation 3: Where’s All the Salt Water Coming From and How Do We Dispose of it?
Roger Myers, EXCO - North Coast Energy

8:00-9:30 a.m.

Session V: Water Economics

Session Chairs: George Koperna, Advanced Resources International
Len Paugh, Range Resources

Presentation 1: Well Site Produced Water Management in Oil & Gas
Operations
Dave Burnett, Texas A&M University

Presentation 2: Marcellus Shale Water Reclamation
Gene Brock, STW Resources

Presentation 3: Evaporation & Crystallization Options for Flowback
and Produced Waters
Bill Shaw, Veolia Water

Coffee Break

10:00-11:45 a.m.

Session VI: Regulatory

Session Chairs: Bradley Field, New York State Dept of Environmental Conservation; Michael Godec, Advanced Resources InternationalNational and New York Regulatory Overview; Michael Godec and Bradley Field

Presentation 1: Balancing Economic Development and Environmental Impacts in the Susquehanna River Basin
Mike Brownell, Susquehanna River Basin Commission

Presentation 2: What Regulations and Permit Requirements are Applicable to Drilling Oil & Gas wells in the Marcellus Shale - The Industries View on Permitting and Regulations
Ken Komoroski, K & L Gates

Presentation 3: EPA Region 2 UIC Permit Application Basics
Frank Brock, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2

Keynote: Meeting the Environmental and Regulatory Challenges of Shale Development

Paul Hagemeier, Chesapeake

1:30-3:00 p.m.

Session VII : Call to Action - Achieving Full Scale Development of the Marcellus

Session Chairs: George Koperna, Advanced Resources International
Roger Myers, EXCO - North Coast Energy

An interactive session discussing the recent Marcellus Shale regulatory developments, remaining challenges, and what future changes
are needed to facilitate full scale development.

Panelists: Bradley Field, New York Department of Enviromental Conservation; Tony Gaudlip, Range Resources; Michael Godec,Advance Resources International; Paul Hagemeier, Chesapeake; Jay Ewing, Devon Energy; Ken Komoroski, K & L Gates;Dan Arthur, ALL Consulting