Geoscience BC Oil and Gas, Geothermal and Water Research Featured at GeoConvention 2020
Vancouver, BC – September 11, 2020 – This year’s online GeoConvention conference (September 21-23) will feature a series of posters and talks about Geoscience BC-funded oil and gas, geothermal and water research.
Talks are available to watch live online, or you can view on demand until October 31st, 2020. You can register for the conference here.
Session: Latest Advances in Geothermal Exploration and Development in Canada Part 1
Presenter: Steve Grasby, Geological Survey of Canada
Talk: Bedrock fracture study of the Mount Meager Area: implications to geothermal reservoir characterization
Session: What's Shaking in Induced Seismicity? Part 1
Presenter: Amy Fox, Enlighten Geoscience Ltd.
Talk: Statistical Assessment of Operational Risks for Induced Seismicity from Hydraulic Fracturing in the BC Montney: Interpretation
Session: Deep Groundwater Sourcing and Wastewater Disposal
Presenter: Brad Hayes, Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd.
Talk: Wastewater Disposal in the Montney Play Fairway of NE British Columbia
Date: Monday, September 21
Session: Groundwater Issues Associated with Energy Development Part 1
Presenter: Jessie Chao, University of British Columbia
Poster: Subsurface natural gas migration in heterogeneous Quaternary deposits of the Montney Resource play, northeastern British Columbia (NE BC), Canada: Insights provided by a controlled release experiment
Session: Groundwater Issues Associated with Energy Development Part 1
Presenter: Maximilian Goetz, Geoscience BC Scholarship Recipient
Poster: Characterizing dissolved methane in groundwater in the Peace Region, Northeast BC, using a regional, dedicated groundwater monitoring well network
Session: Latest Advances in Geothermal Exploration and Development in Canada Part 1
Presenter: Hersh Gilbert, University of Calgary
Poster: Geothermal prospecting – examining the structure of Mt. Meager
Geoscience BC generates independent, public geoscience research and data about British Columbia’s minerals, energy and water resources. This advances knowledge, informs responsible development, encourages investment and stimulates innovation.
Our collaboration with the resource sectors, academia, communities, Indigenous groups and government develops and shares unbiased and credible earth science research and data.
Geoscience BC is a not for profit society incorporated under the BC Societies Act.
Visit www.geosciencebc.com or follow us @GeoscienceBC to find out more.
For more information, please contact:
Richard Truman
Geoscience BC
604-662-4147/778-929-1662
truman@geosciencebc.com
Talks are available to watch live online, or you can view on demand until October 31st, 2020. You can register for the conference here.
Conference Talks
Date: Tuesday, September 22Session: Latest Advances in Geothermal Exploration and Development in Canada Part 1
Presenter: Steve Grasby, Geological Survey of Canada
Talk: Bedrock fracture study of the Mount Meager Area: implications to geothermal reservoir characterization
View Abstract View Geoscience BC Project
Date: Wednesday, September 23Session: What's Shaking in Induced Seismicity? Part 1
Presenter: Amy Fox, Enlighten Geoscience Ltd.
Talk: Statistical Assessment of Operational Risks for Induced Seismicity from Hydraulic Fracturing in the BC Montney: Interpretation
View Abstract View Geoscience BC Project
Date: Wednesday, September 23Session: Deep Groundwater Sourcing and Wastewater Disposal
Presenter: Brad Hayes, Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd.
Talk: Wastewater Disposal in the Montney Play Fairway of NE British Columbia
View Abstract View Geoscience BC Project
Conference Posters
Details on poster sessions can be found here.Date: Monday, September 21
Session: Groundwater Issues Associated with Energy Development Part 1
Presenter: Jessie Chao, University of British Columbia
Poster: Subsurface natural gas migration in heterogeneous Quaternary deposits of the Montney Resource play, northeastern British Columbia (NE BC), Canada: Insights provided by a controlled release experiment
View Abstract View Geoscience BC Project
Date: Monday, September 21Session: Groundwater Issues Associated with Energy Development Part 1
Presenter: Maximilian Goetz, Geoscience BC Scholarship Recipient
Poster: Characterizing dissolved methane in groundwater in the Peace Region, Northeast BC, using a regional, dedicated groundwater monitoring well network
View Abstract View Geoscience BC Project
Date: Tuesday, September 22Session: Latest Advances in Geothermal Exploration and Development in Canada Part 1
Presenter: Hersh Gilbert, University of Calgary
Poster: Geothermal prospecting – examining the structure of Mt. Meager
View Abstract View Geoscience BC Project
About Geoscience BCGeoscience BC generates independent, public geoscience research and data about British Columbia’s minerals, energy and water resources. This advances knowledge, informs responsible development, encourages investment and stimulates innovation.
Our collaboration with the resource sectors, academia, communities, Indigenous groups and government develops and shares unbiased and credible earth science research and data.
Geoscience BC is a not for profit society incorporated under the BC Societies Act.
Visit www.geosciencebc.com or follow us @GeoscienceBC to find out more.
For more information, please contact:
Richard Truman
Geoscience BC
604-662-4147/778-929-1662
truman@geosciencebc.com