Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education

Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5731 USA
(269) 387-8633

PowerPoints, Bibliographies and Presentations

The research staff at Western Michigan University's Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education regularly participates in industry workshops across the state of Michigan. Below is a list detailing our specific presentations over the last 10 years, accompanied by an educational PowerPoint and a bibliography on Michigan geology.

*MGRRE research staff
Bold=WMU students

PowerPoint

"Geology of Michigan": *William B. Harrison, III

Bibliography

"Michigan Geology-A Bibliography": *Peter Voice (for the Michigan Geological Survey's Data Compilation Series)

Presentations

2015

  • Bryan Currie, 2015, Sedimentology of the Early Mississippian Bedford-Berea Sequence, Michigan Basin, USA—Core Displayed: Retzloff 2-31 of Bay County, MI, PTTC Carbonate and Shale Reservoir Core Workshop March 26, 2015, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 16 p.

  • *Harrison, W.B., III, 2015, Petroleum Systems of the Michigan Basin—A Core Workshop, presentation and workbook, , PTTC Petroleum Systems of the Michigan Basin Core Workshop November 12, 2015, Kalamazoo, MI, 206 p.

  • Cameron J. Manche, 2015,  Preliminary Analysis of the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Controls on Reservoir Quality of the Late Devonian Antrim Shale—Mounted Cutting Displayed: St. Kalkaska 1-22 of Kalkaska County, MI, PTTC Carbonate and Shale Reservoir Core Workshop March 26, 2015, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 8 p.

  • Nicholas R. Panyard, *Joyashish Thakurta, *William Harrison, and *Robb Gillespie, 2015,  All shales are not created equal: a geochemical and depositional facies analysis of the Antrim Shale, Michigan Basin, USA- Core Displayed: Krocker 1-17 of Clare County, PTTC Carbonate and Shale Reservoir Core Workshop March 26, 2015, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 7 p.

  • Matthew J. Rine, 2015, Petrophysical and Stratigraphic Characterization of Michigan Silurian Reefs, MI, PTTC Carbonate and Shale Reservoir Core Workshop March 26, 2015, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 6 p.

  • Frank Sattler, 2015,  Lithologic Properties of the Upper Ordovician Utica Shale Formation, Michigan Basin, USA: A Geological Characterization and Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Confinement Potential from  Mechanical and Petrophysical Properties, PTTC Carbonate and Shale Reservoir Core Workshop March 26, 2015, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 16 p.

  • Agam Arief Suhaimi, 2015, Analysis of Porosity and Permeability of Dolomite vs. Limestone Reservoirs and the Control of Dolomitization in the Silurian Northern Niagaran Pinnacle Reef, Michigan Basin - Core Displayed: Kerr 1-10 of Crawford County, MI, PTTC Carbonate and Shale Reservoir Core Workshop March 26, 2015, Mt. Pleasant, MI, 12 p.

  • Christopher Swezey and *William B. Harrison, III, 2015, Petroleum Systems of the Michigan Basin, PTTC Core workshop highlighting the recent USGS release of their Petroleum Systems Assessment of the Michigan Basin, with core workshop on display, November 12, 2015, Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education, Kalamazoo, MI.

  • *Voice, P. J., and *Petcovic, H. 2015. A Demonstration Model of Hydraulic Fracturing: A Hands-on Analog to Fracturing Shale.  Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association Annual Meeting, 2015, Okemos, MI.

2014

  • Adducci, Joe, Bryan Currie and Abotalib Zaki A Farag, 2014, Rogers City and Dundee Formations in the Sun—Arms No. 10 well core, Devonian Carbonate Reservoir Core Workshop, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, March 20, 2014, Mt. Pleasant, MI, pp. 169-202.
  • Emil, Mustafa Kermal, and Kyle Cox, 2014, Traverse Limestone and Squaw Bay Formations in the Wolverine-4-40 Club #1-35 and Mannes-Bangor Unit No. 1 well cores, Devonian Carbonate Reservoir Core Workshop, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, March 20, 2014, Mt. Pleasant, MI, pp. 45-86.
  • *Harrison, III, W.B., 2014, Lithologic Properties and Facies Characteristics of Devonian Producing Formations in the Michigan Basin, Devonian Carbonate Reservoir Core Workshop, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, March 20, 2014, Mt. Pleasant, MI, pp. 35-44.
  • *Harrison, III, W.B., and Abrahim Abduslam, 2014, Rogers City and Dundee Formations in the Sun Exploration-Mt. Pleasant Tract 55-1 well core, Devonian Carbonate Reservoir Core Workshop, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, March 20, 2014, Mt. Pleasant, MI, pp. 203-216.
  • *Harrison, III, W.B. and *Voice, Peter, 2014, Geology, Depositional Environments and Characteristics of Devonian Carbonate Reservoirs in the Michigan Basin: Introduction to Core Workshop, Michigan Basin Field Experiences and Devonian Carbonate Reservoir Core Workshop Presentation, March 20, 2014, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • *Harrison, III, W.B. and *Voice, Peter, 2014, Geology, Depositional Environments and Characteristics of Devonian Carbonate Reservoirs in the Michigan Basin: Introduction to Core Workshop, Devonian Carbonate Reservoir Core Workshop, March 20, 2014, Mt. Pleasant, MI, pp. 3-18.
  • Manche, Cameron J.,  Khrusrina B. Mohamed and *Peter Voice, 2014, Amherstberg, Bois Blanc and Bass Islands Formations in the Core Energy-State Charlton #4-30 well core, Devonian Carbonate Reservoir Core Workshop, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, March 20, 2014, Mt. Pleasant, MI, pp. 271-294.
  • Panyard,  Nicholas and Abdulaziz Ibrahim Aljammaz, 2014, Lucas Formation, Richfield Member and Upper Amherstberg Formation in the Dart-Benchley #1-29 well core, Devonian Carbonate Reservoir Core Workshop, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, March 20, 2014, Mt. Pleasant, MI, pp. 217-248.
  • Rine, Matthew and Abdullah Othman, 2014, Bois Blanc and Sylvania Formations in the Michigan Chloride Sales-Gregory #1 well core, Devonian Carbonate Reservoir Core Workshop, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, March 20, 2014, Mt. Pleasant, MI, pp. 249-269.
  • Sattler, Frank and Agam Arief Suhaimi, 2014, Traverse Limestone and Squaw Bay Formations in the Sun-Beyer Farms No. 1 well core, Devonian Carbonate Reservoir Core Workshop, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, March 20, 2014, Mt. Pleasant, MI, pp. 87-112.
  • *Voice, Peter, 2014, Outline for the Devonian Carbonate Reservoirs of the Michigan Basin–A Core Workshop,  Devonian Carbonate Reservoir Core Workshop, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, March 20, 2014, Mt. Pleasant, MI, pp. 23-34.
  • *Voice, Peter, 2014, Rogers City and Dundee Formations in the Midwest Oil Productions-Thelma Rousseau #1-12, the Wiser-State Buckeye “D” #1-36 and the Cronus Development-Tow #1-3-HD-1 well cores, Devonian Carbonate Reservoir Core Workshop, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, March 20, 2014, Mt. Pleasant, MI, pp. 113-168.
  • *Voice, P. J., and *Harrison, W. B., III. 2014, Paleozoic Geology of the Central Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Michigan Basin Geological Society and Michigan Geological Survey, 111 pp.

 2013

  • *Harrison, III, W.B., 2013, Facies characteristics, organic geochemistry and rock fabric properties of Michigan’s Salina A-1 Carbonate,Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 31, 2013, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • *Harrison, III, W.B., and Abrahim Abduslam, 2013, Reservoir characterization and enhanced oil recovery potential in the Middle Devonian Dundee Limestone, Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 31, 2013, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • *Voice, Peter, 2013, Geology and Petroleum Geology of the Lower Silurian Burnt Bluff Group, Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 31, 2013, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

2012

  • Feutz, Peter, 2012, Evaluating the Effects of Lithofacies and Thin Shales on the Lateral Distribution of Hydrothermal Dolomite in the Michigan Basin,  Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Student Poster Presentation, March 31, 2011, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • *Grammer, G. Michael and *William B. Harrison, III, 2012, Stratigraphic Controls on Lateral Development of Hydrothermal Dolomites away from Major Fault Planes, Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences – Focus on the Trenton-Black River, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 30, 2012, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • *Harrison, III, W.B., 2012, Historic Production and Reservoir Performance of Michigan Trenton-Black River Fields, Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences – Focus on the Trenton-Black River, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 30, 2012, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • *Harrison, III, W.B., 2012, Michigan Office of Oil, Gas and Minerals Annual Staff Meeting and informational Utica Shale and Collingwood Formation Core Workshop, August 23, 2012, Kalamazoo, MI, 84 p.
  • Robinson, Marcel, 2012, Integrating Depositional Facies and Stratigraphy in Characterizing Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs: Trenton Group of Albion-Scipio Trend, Michigan Basin, Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Student Poster Presentation, March 30, 2012, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

2011

  • Feutz, Peter, *Harrison, III, W.B., and *Grammer, G. Michael, 2011, Effect of Thin Shales on the Lateral Distribution of Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs Albion-Scipio and Stoney Point Fields, Michigan Basin,  Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Student Poster Presentation, March 31, 2011, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • McCloskey, Shawn, *Harrison, III, W.B., and *Grammer, G. Michael, 2011, Sequence Stratigraphy and 3-D Reservoir Characterization of the South Buckeye Field, Dundee Formation( Devonian), Michigan Basin, USA, Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Student Poster Presentation, March 31, 2011, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • Robinson, Marcel, *Harrison, III, W.B., and *Grammer, G. Michael, 2011, Integrating Depositional Facies and Stratigraphy in Characterizing Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs: Trenton Group of Albion-Scipio Trend, Michigan Basin,  Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Student Poster Presentation, March 31, 2011, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • Thornton, J.E., *Grammer, G. Michael and *William B. Harrison, III, 2011, Prediction of Petrophysical Properties of Trenton-Black River (Ordovician) Reservoirs by Comparing Pore Architecture and Permeability to Sonic Velocity, Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 31, 2011, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • Trout, J.L., *Harrison, III, W.B., and *Grammer, G. Michael, 2011, Faunal Distribution and Relative Abundance in a Silurian (Wenlock) Pinnacle reef Complex – Ray Reef, Macomb County, MI, Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Student Poster Presentation, March 31, 2011, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

2010

  • *Barnes, D.A., 2010, Application of Traditional Subsurface reservoir Characterization Methodology to Geological Sequestration Studies, Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 25, 2010, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • *Grammer, G. Michael and *William B. Harrison, III, 2010, Stratigraphic Control on Lateral Development of Hydrothermal Dolomites away from Major Fault Planes, Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 25, 2010, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • *Grammer, G. Michael, *William B. Harrison, III, *Robb Gillespie, Jennifer Shulz, 2010, Trenton and Black River Core Workshop and Reservoir Characterization Symposium, AAPG Eastern Section, Annual Meeting, Pre-meeting workshop, September 25, 2010, Kalamazoo, MI, 262 p.
  • *Harrison, III, W.B., 2010, Organic Shales and Fine-grained Organic Carbonates of the Michigan Basin Core Viewing Workshop (Collingwood Shale, Antrim Shale, and A-1 Carbonate), AAPG Eastern Section, Annual Meeting, Post-meeting workshop, September 29, 2010, Kalamazoo, MI, 186 p.
  • *Harrison, III, W.B., 2010, The Collingwood/Utica Shale in Michigan, Michigan Basin Insights and Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 31, 2011, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

2009

  • *Grammer, G. Michael, *William B. Harrison, III, *Robb Gillespie, Jennifer Shulz, 2008, Trenton and Black River Core Workshop and Reservoir Characterization Symposium, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Focused Technology Workshop, September 25-26, 2008, Kalamazoo, MI, 262 p.
  • *Grammer, G. Michael, Qualman, H., Noack, A.K., Ritter, A., Wold, J. and Thornton, J.,  2009, three-Dimensional Modeling and Reservoir Characterization of Silurian (Niagaran) Pinnacle Reefs in the Michigan Basin, Michigan Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 26, 2009, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • Kirschner, J.P. and *Barnes, D.A., 2008, Geological Controls on Dundee Reservoirs, Michigan Field Experiences, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 26, 2009, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • Laughrey, Christopher D. and *William B. Harrison, III, 2008, Carbonate Reservoirs with Appalachian and Michigan Basin Examples, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Focused Technology Workshop, March 25, 2008, Washington, PA.

2008

  • *Grammer, G. Michael, 2008, Reservoir Characterization and Application of Sequence Stratigraphy to Michigan Pinnacle Reef Reservoirs, Michigan Field Experiences–Focus on the Trenton-Black River, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 20, 2008, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • *Harrison, III, W.B., 2008, Trenton-Black River cores, samples and data archived at the Michigan Geological repository for Research and Education, Michigan Field Experiences–Focus on the Trenton-Black River, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 20, 2008, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

2007

  • *Barnes, D.A., 2007, Using public digital well and log data in the petroleum industry, Seizing Opportunities in a Mature Basin, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Focused Technology Workshop, October 18, 2007, Gaylord, MI.
  • Crisp, Jessica, Kirshner, J., Noack, A., Ritter, A. and Shulz, J., 2007, Western Michigan University Geosciences Graduate Student Research Poster Presentations and Core Workshop, Michigan Field Experiences – Focus on Hydrothermal Dolomite, Shallow Gas and New technologies, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 22, 2007, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • *Gillespie, Robb, 2007, A Detailed Core Study of Albion-Scipio Trend Oil Field, Michigan Field Experiences–Focus on Hydrothermal Dolomite, Shallow Gas and New technologies, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 22, 2007, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • *Grammer, G. Michael, 2007, Hydrothermal Dolomite, State of the Art in Current Research, Michigan Field Experiences–Focus on Hydrothermal Dolomite, Shallow Gas and New technologies, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 22, 2007, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • *Grammer, G. Michael and *William B. Harrison, III, 2007, Carbonate Reservoir Characterization, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council /Michigan Oil and Gas Association Workshop and Short Course, May 4, 2007, Kalamazoo, MI.
  • *Harrison, III, W.B., 2007, Shallow Gas Reservoirs in the Michigan basin, Michigan Field Experiences–Focus on Hydrothermal Dolomite, Shallow Gas and New technologies, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 22, 2007, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • *Harrison, III, W.B., 2007,  Oil and gas well cores, samples and geological and reservoir data available at the Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education at Western Michigan University, Seizing Opportunities in a Mature Basin, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Focused Technology Workshop, October 18, 2007, Gaylord, MI.

2006

  • *Grammer, G. M., 2006, Carbonate Reservoir Characterization in the Michigan Basin, Michigan field Experiences–Carbonate Reservoirs, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 23, 2006, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
  • *Grammer, G. Michael and *William B. Harrison, III, 2006, Carbonate Reservoir Characterization, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council/Michigan Oil and Gas Association Workshop and Short Course, November 10, 2006, Kalamazoo, MI.
  • *Harrison, III, W.B., 2006, Michigan Carbonate Reservoir Types, Michigan field Experiences–Carbonate Reservoirs, Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Workshop Presentation, March 23, 2006, Mt. Pleasant, MI.