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.

Conference Talks

Date: Tuesday, September 22
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

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Date: Wednesday, September 23
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

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Date: Wednesday, September 23
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

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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

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Date: Monday, September 21
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

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Date: Tuesday, September 22
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

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