Opportunities in Oily Shales: Bakken, Niobrara and More
North Dakota’s oil output continues to climb rapidly, and is already up to 405,000 barrels per day, closing in on 450,000. |
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
8:35am | Opening Keynote: Bakken and Three Forks Explorers Hess Corp. opened the Williston Basin in the 1950's, and it is continuing that tradition with an aggressive Bakken program. The company holds some 500,000 net acres in the play, and prides itself on a lean manufacturing approach and an advantaged infrastructure position. Moderator: Leslie Haines, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor Greg Hill, Executive Vice President and President, Worldwide E&P, Hess Corporation |
9:05am | Operator Spotlight: Expanding the Bakken, part 1
Continental Resources has established one of the biggest and most successful positions in the Bakken shale. The company holds more than 800,000 net acres in the play. It has also established a significant position in the Niobrara, and it is the largest leaseholder in the liquids-rich Anadarko Woodford play. Moderator: Peggy Williams, Director Unconventional Resources, Hart Energy Harold Hamm, Chairman & CEO, Continental Resources Inc. |
9:30am | Operator Spotlight: Expanding the Bakken, part 2
The remarkable Bakken continues to expand, and has now moved firmly west of the Nessen Anticline and across Montana to the U.S. extension of the Alberta Basin. Moderator: Richard Mason, Chief Technical Director Upstream, Hart Energy Digital Media
Jim Volker, Chairman and CEO, Whiting Petroleum Corp. |
10:30am | Operator Spotlight: Expanding the Bakken, part 3
This Bakken focused firm went public in June 2010, cementing Wall Street's interest in the play. Moderator: Peggy Williams, Director Unconventional Resources, Hart Energy Taylor Reid, Executive VP & COO, Oasis Petroleum |
10.50am | Operator Spotlight: Mississippi Lime
The shallow, high-perm, high-porosity, oil- and gas-liquids-rich Mississippian Lime lies beneath some 6.5 million acres in northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas, making 1,000-barrel IPs in early horizontal and multi-stage-frac tests.
Moderator: Ann Priestman, Editor UGCenter.com, Hart Energy How The New Midcontinent Mississippian Lime Play Works
Steve Antry, Chief Executive Officer, Eagle Energy of Oklahoma LLC Richard Lane, Chairman and CEO, Vitruvian Exploration LLC |
1:00pm | Afternoon Keynote: Turning to Oil Moderator: Leslie Haines, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor Aubrey McClendon, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Chesapeake Energy |
1:30pm | Roundtable: Drilling and Completing Wells in Oil-prone Shales The Hierarchy of Oil Reservoir Conductivity
David G. Gallagher, Vice President, Carbo Ceramics |
2:30pm | Operator Spotlight: California Unconventional Oils
Oil-rich California offers several intriguing resource plays, from the world-class Monterey and Kreyenhagen shales to the Vaqueros tight sands. Moderator: Ann Priestman, Editor UGCenter.com, Hart Energy Murray Rodgers, CEO, Zodiac Exploration Ed O’Donnell, Senior Vice President, Southern California, Venoco |
3:45pm | Bakken Infrastructure: Moving Oil to Market
Pipelines, trucks and rail are the transportation options for Bakken crude oil. Operators, transporters, investors and economists are grappling with new and expanding projects to accommodate soaring volumes from this prolific play. Moderator: Jeannie Stell, Editor Midstream Business,Hart Energy
Delivering Transportation Solutions to the Bakken Producer
Perry Schuldhaus, Vice President Business Development, Enbridge Pipelines Inc.
Belle Fourche and Bridger Take-away
Tad True, Vice President, True Companies
Benchmark Oil Prices (WTI)
Conrad Barnes, Manager of Energy Pricing Center, Hart Energy |
4:30pm | Closing Keynote Moderator: Leslie Haines, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor
Brigham's Continued Bakken Success, Including In Montana
Bud Brigham, Chairman, President and CEO, Brigham Exploration Co. |
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
8:35am | Opening Keynote Moderator: Leslie Haines, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor
The Financial Paradigms & Geopolitics of Unconventionals
Tom Petrie, Vice Chairman, Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
9:00am | Niobrara Nuts and bolts: Geology, Economics and Activity
The emerging horizontal Niobrara play has lit up the Rocky Mountain region, as oil-prone shale explorers study the reservoir, snap up leases, make deals and set rigs to work across a broad area. Moderator: Richard Mason, Chief Technical Director Upstream, Hart Energy Digital Media Ramona Hovey, Sr. VP of Products, DrillingInfo Inc. Manuj Nikhanj, Vice President, Ross Smith Energy Group |
10:10am | Operator Spotlight: Niobrara, part 1
Operators are working the Niobrara in several prospective basins in the region, fanning out from the Denver-Julesburg to its neighbors. Moderator: Peggy Williams, Director Unconventional Resources, Hart Energy Richard W. McCullough, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PDC Energy |
10:40am | Panel: Emerging Oil-Prone Shales to Watch
The strong interest in oil-rich unconventional reservoirs has brought several new plays into the forefront, in North America and overseas. Moderator: Ann Priestman, Editor UGCenter.com, Hart Energy Cabot Martin, President, Deer Lake Oil & Gas
Paul Favret, Chief Executive Officer, Source Energy Partners LP
Michael Bodino, Head of Energy Research,Global Hunter Securities |
11:40am | Operator Spotlight: Niobrara, part 2
Moderator: Leslie Haines, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Investor
Brad Fisher, COO, Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. |
