Oil Sands and Heavy Oil I
Room Palomino A/B/C
Co-Chairs: R. Rice and K. Amare
8:00 -- Introductory Remarks
8:05 -- T. Nardin: Regional McMurray Oil Sands Resource Characterization and Assessment, Athabasca Basin, Alberta
8:25 -- D. K. Cotterill: Regional Stratigraphic Framework and Outcrop-Subsurface Correlation, Athabasca Oil Sands, Fort McMurray Area, Alberta
8:45 -- C. Bagdan, M. Ranger, K. Weaving: McMurray-Wabiskaw Identity Crisis in the Oil Sands of Northeastern Alberta, Canada
9:05 -- T. D. Demchuk, G. Dolby, D. Michoux, J. R. Suter, A. Lejay: Characterization of McMurray Formation Strata Utilizing Palynofloral Assemblages, Surmont Lease and Immediate Surrounding Areas
9:25 -- M. K. Gingras, M. J. Ranger: Evidence for a Prograding Tide-Dominated Delta Model for the McMurray Formation Reservoir of the Athabasca Oil Sands
9:45 -- Break
10:05 -- D. J. Cant, M. Savage, K. Amare: Internal Stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, MacKay River Area, Alberta Oil Sands
10:25 -- M. J. Peacock: Kearl Oil Sands: Resource Characterization of a Giant Oil Sands Deposit
10:45 -- E. K. Kimball, M. K. Gingras, S. G. Pemberton, E. Swanbergson: Depositional Environments of the McMurray Formation in the Northernmost Activity of the Athabasca Oil Sands Area: Exploring the World’s Largest Energy System
11:05 -- A. Lejay, C. Yuill: The Bitumen-Bearing McMurray Formation: Description of Reservoir Units in a Large Fluvio-Estuarine Setting from the Athabasca and Christina Rivers Outcrops, Alberta, Canada
11:25 -- J. Bunger, A. Dammer, H. Guthrie, B. Gangle: Comparative Analysis of Athabasca Oil Sands and Green River Oil Shale Resources—Implications for Production