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DR. DON KENT core WORKSHOP
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The Saskatchewan Geological Society presents a one-day core workshop. Details to come.
Monday, April 28 , 2025
8:30 am - 9:00 am - Registration
9:00 am - 4:00 pm - CORE Workshop
Location: Saskatchewan Energy and Resources Core Examination Facility
201 Dewdney Ave. E.
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9:00- 10:00 Technical Session 1
Presentation Title
Lithofacies Characterization and Depositional Model of the Ordovician Red River Formation in Southeastern Saskatchewan: New Ideas for Petroleum Exploration.
Speaker
Ashlee Thomas, Saskatchewan Geological Survey
Insights into the Tight Oil Plays of the Upper Devonian Torquay Formation in Southeastern Saskatchewan
Chao Yang, Saskatchewan Geological Survey
New Rules: Recognizing sea level drops on Highstand Carbonate Platform Shorelines
John Lake, Lake Geological Consulting
10:00am-10:30am Coffee and Core
10:30- 11:30 Technical Session 2
Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Reservoir Characterization of the Upper Devonian–Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation, Southeastern Saskatchewan
Dan Kohlruss, Director – Sedimentary Geoscience, Saskatchewan Geological Survey
An Overview of the Frobisher Beds in the Steelman Pool of southeastern Saskatchewan
Arden Marsh, Saskatchewan Geological Survey
Facies Analysis of the Mississippian Frobisher Beds in Southeastern Saskatchewan
Holly Shoulak, Research Geologist, Sedimentary Geoscience, Saskatchewan Geological Survey
11:30-12:00 Core Viewing
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00 pm- 2:00 pm Technical Session 3
Sask Eh! Follow-up analysis of Hummingbird Energy’s Open-hole, Multi-lateral Well Development of the Mississippian Frobisher State A Marker in the Steelman Region of Southeast, Saskatchewan
Kelsey Glennie, Hummingbird Energy
Regional hydrocarbon reservoir trends of the Midale-Ratcliffe Interval
Tim Nesheim, Government of North Dakota
Paleokarst Reservoirs of the Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) Madison Group and Jura-Cretaceous Success Formation, West-Central Saskatchewan
Dan Kohlruss, Director – Sedimentary Geoscience, Saskatchewan Geological Survey
2:00 pm-2:30 pm Coffee and Core
2:30 pm- 2:50 pm Technical Session 4
Multi-lateral Oil Well production from the Mannville Group Heavy Oil Region in West-Central Saskatchewan
Peter Hill, Saskatchewan Geological Survey
Investigating the critical mineral potential of Upper Cretaceous to Paleogene coals and carbonaceous shales in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada
Meagan Gilbert, Research Geoscientist Saskatchewan Geological Survey
2:50 pm-4:00 pm Core Viewing