The 2024 Rockies Petroleum Conference will be held August 21-23, 2024 at the Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center on the University of Wyoming campus.

EORI is hosting a new Enhanced Oil Recovery Insights event with WOGCC Supervisor Tom Kropatsch from 8:00 - 9:00 AM at the True River Cross Commons.

Don't miss out on this chance to connect with industry leaders and peers. 

There is no charge for this event, but registration is required as space is limited. After registration, a confirmation email will be sent. Coffee and breakfast snacks will be provided.

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Virtual attendence is an option and you will receive a link to attend virtually in your event confirmation email after signing up.

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About the Speaker:

Tom Kropatsch has been with the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC) since 2010 and served as a Natural Resources Analyst, Natural Resources Supervisor, Deputy Supervisor, Interim Supervisor and since 2021 as the State Oil and Gas Supervisor. During his tenure at the WOGCC, Tom has been responsible for the implementation of the agency’s environmental programs such as baseline groundwater quality; remediation and disposal of exploration and production generated wastes; recycling, reuse, and disposal of flow back and produced water; spill and incident response; pit and seismic permitting; and the bonding program.

As the Natural Resources Supervisor Tom was also the program director for the agency’s Class II Underground Injection Control program and has been leading the replacement of the agency’s legacy database and development of the WYSTAR system. Prior to his time with the WOGCC, Tom spent approximately ten years working in the environmental consulting industry.

Tom is currently the vice-chair for the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, is a board member for the Ground Water Protection Council, participates as an ex-officio board member of the Wyoming Energy Authority, is a member of Wyoming’s Consensus Revenue Estimating Group, and is a Wyoming registered Professional Geologist. He is also a graduate of the Leadership Wyoming Class of 2019.

The 19th annual tournament will be held on May 8, 9, and 10, 2024. There will be an estimated 30 two-man teams competing for the trophy fish. Each day holds many activities and lots of great fishing. The tournament is concluded with a ceremonial evening and auction of fine art – all of this benefiting worthy causes. We are passionate about our river and the betterment of our community. That is why the focus of our tournament is to raise money for Wyoming charities and preserve the wildlife habitat — all while having fun!

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Topic: Enhanced Oil Recovery Insights: Practical Conventional Well Log Interpretation

This class is designed as a review of conventional well log analysis from a practical point of view. It will primarily take a look at resistivity and porosity logs as they pertain to obtaining water saturation, but will also look at logs such as the gamma ray, spectral gamma ray, microlog, imaging, and photoelectric log as a way to get a feel for lithology and mineralogy and permeability. The class aims to help engineers and geologists determine the best suite of logs to run on a new well, and to evaluate whether to run pipe and what interval to complete. Examples and problems will be presented to help cement the concepts into the attendee’s minds.

The two-day course will be presented by Leo A. Giangiacomo, P.E. Mr. Giangiacomo has been working with well logs for 46 years in the Gulf Coast, Rocky Mountains, Midcontinent, North Dakota, Permian, and Central Asia. He has experience in running them on new wells, as well as using a combination of new and old logs for field redevelopments.

The training time is from 8am - 5pm.

Wednesday, January 17^th, 2024

9:00 a.m. MST – 12:00 p.m. MST

Details to follow

Agenda: http://eorc.wy.gov/meetings.html

Enhanced Oil Recovery Commission General Meeting with Executive Session

Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute
2435 King Blvd., Suite 313
Casper, WY 82604

Topic: Enhanced Oil Recovery Insights: WEA’s Current Direction & Projects

Wyoming Energy Authority’s (WEA) Executive Director Rob Creager will be presenting WEA’s direction, current projects and support for the oil and gas industry on Wednesday, November 15, in Casper and virtually via Zoom.  The talk is part of EORI’s “Enhanced Oil Recovery Insights” series, focused on minimizing stranded oil in Wyoming reservoirs.

Did you miss the live event? Watch the event video below.

Enhanced Oil Recovery Insights on Wednesday November 15, 2023 will feature WEA Executive Director Rob Creager

Join us from 7:00 am - 8:30 am at True River Cross Commons (465 N. Poplar, Casper WY) 

There is no charge for this event, but registration is required as space is limited. After registration, a confirmation email will be sent. Coffee and breakfast snacks will be provided.

Topic: New Interpretations of Alpha Minnelusa Field Based on Geologic Mapping and a 3D Seismic Survey

Mr. Ellingson and Mr. Frederick will discuss analysis of a 3D seismic survey over the Alpha Minnelusa field and how these new data affected geological mapping of the field. The purpose of the study was to develop a better understanding of the reservoir boundaries and to determine if there were additional locations worth drilling. This work shows that it is now possible to predict reservoir thickness more accurately for PUD locations and of equal importance, to minimize the chances of drilling a dry hole.

Enhanced Oil Recovery Insights on Tuesday September 12, 2023 will feature Scott Ellingson, Geologist & John Frederick, Geophysicist

Join us from 7:00 am - 8:30 am on Tuesday, September 12th at True River Cross Commons (465 N. Poplar, Casper WY) 

There is no charge for this event, but registration is required as space is limited. After registration, a confirmation email will be sent. Coffee and breakfast snacks will be provided.

Location: 2435 King Blvd, Suite 319

Details: 2023 EORC 3^rd Quarter Meeting

Agenda: http://eorc.wy.gov/meetings.html

Location: Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center on the University of Wyoming campus

Details: https://pawyo.org/rockies-petroleum-conference/

Agenda: https://pawyo.org/rpc-agenda/