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NEW PUBLICATIONSGeologicInvestigations

Nordeng, S.H. andNesheim,T.O.,2012,APreliminaryEvaluationof theResourcePotentialof theTylerFormation(Penn.)BasedonaCombinationofaKineticallyBasedMaturationIndex,OrganicCarbonContent& Interval Thickness: North Dakota Geological Survey, Geological Investigations No. 148. This posterpresentsfivemapsthatareusedtoshowhowgeothermaldatacanbecombinedwithgeochemicalandintervalthicknessdatatodefineregionswithintheTylerFormationthataremostlikelytobeassociatedwithactivepetroleumgeneration.Price:$25.00fortraditionalpapermapformatand$5.00onCD.

LeFever,J.A.andLeFever,R.D.,2012,SpearfishFormation–AnUnconventionalTarget:NorthDakotaGeologicalSurvey,GeologicalInvestigationsNo.150.Theposterpresentsan overview of the data available for the Spearfish Formation in the north-centralportionoftheWillistonBasin.Includedonthepostersarewirelinelogs,cross-sections,supportingmapsand reservoirphotographs. Also included is additional dataon thereservoir and completions methods used successfully on the Canadian side of theWillistonBasinforthisformation.Price:$25.00fortraditionalpapermapformatand$5.00onCD.

Nesheim, T.O., and Nordeng, S.H., 2012, Source Rock Intervals within the TylerFormation,ND:NorthDakotaGeologicalSurvey,GeologicalInvestigationsNo.151.Thisposter contains fourmaps and two cross-sections that detail the distribution of twostratigraphically defined sets of sourcebeds. Summary formationpressure data andRockEvaldataareusedtosupporttheideathattheTylerFormationcontainstworegionsofoverpressurethatappeartoberelatedtoseparatedepositionalenvironments.Price:$25.00fortraditionalpapermapformatand$5.00onCD.

Anderson,F.J.,2012,GeneralizedGeologicCross-SectioninSoutheasternNorthDakota:NorthDakotaGeologicalSurvey,GeologicInvestigationsNo.152.GI-152isageneralizedcross-sectionconstructedfromthewestinmid-KidderCounty,easttotheRedRivernearFargoinsoutheasternNorthDakotacreatedtosupportconceptual industrystudiesofCompressedAirEnergyStoragepossibilities.This1:250,000scalegeneralizedgeologiccross-sectionisavailableonlineonly.

Anderson,F.J.,2012,AnalysisofLineamentsandHorizontalWells in theParshallArea,NorthDakota:NorthDakotaGeologicalSurvey,GeologicInvestigationsNo.153.GI-153isahorizontalwell map poster that describes the relationships between lineaments and horizontal wellproduction in theParshallarea. Directionalanalysisofhorizontalwellsandoilproduction isdiscussed. Thismapposterwasdisplayedat the20thWillistonBasinPetroleumConferenceinBismarck,NorthDakota.Scale:1:252,000.Price:$25.00paper(31”x40”)or$5.00onCD.

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Anderson,F.J.,2012,LineamentDensityandGeneralizedWellProductionintheMinot1:250KSheet,NorthDakota: NorthDakotaGeologicalSurvey,Geologic InvestigationsNo.154.GI-154isapetroleumgeologyinvestigationsteppingofffromthelineamentmapping and analysis work completed in GI-145. This investigation evaluates therelationshipbetweengeneralizedoilproductionandlineamentdensity.Oilproductiondatawascombinedwithlineamentdensityinformationonagrid-cellbasedlineamentdensitymapforapresentationofproductionandsuccessforwellsoccurringwithineachlineamentdensityclass.Price:$15.00fortraditionalpapermapformatand$25.00onCDwithshapefiles,$5.00forpdfonCD.

LeFever, J.A.,Nordeng,S.H.,Nesheim,T.O.,2012,2012CoreWorkshop,NorthDakotaGeologicalSurvey,GeologicalInvestigationsNo.155.91pgs.Thiscoreworkshopcontainsarticles,scouttickets,representativewirelinelogs,selectedcoreanalysesandcross-sectionsforthefollowingformations:Spearfish(threecores),Tyler (four cores),Bakken from thenorth-centralpartofNorthDakota (four cores), PronghornMember(threecoresincludingthestandardreferencesection)andthelongestThreeForkscorecurrentlyavailable.Highresolution,colorphotographsofallofthesecoresareincluded.Price:$20.00forpaperformatand$5.00onCD.

LeFever, J.A. and Nordeng, S.H., 2012, Preliminary Report on the Bakken Formation,North-CentralNorthDakota:NorthDakotaGeologicalSurvey,GeologicalInvestigationsNo.156. Thispostercontainsacorebasedcross-sectionenhancedbygeologicmaps,geothermal gradientmap,and tectonicelementsof the studyarea. RockEvaldata isincludedtosupportsomepreliminaryconclusionsbasedoncoreobservations. Price:$25.00fortraditionalpapermapformatand$5.00onCD.

Nesheim,T.O.,andNordeng,S.H.,2012,PetroleumGeologyoftheTylerFormation(Pennsylvanian),NorthDakota:NorthDakotaGeologicInvestigationsNo.157,presentation.GI-157isapdfversionof the Tyler Formation presentation given at the 2012Williston Basin Petroleum Conference.Completewithfootnotesexplainingtheslides,thispresentationreviewsrecentworkcompletedbytheNorthDakotaGeologicalSurveyinefforttoreexaminetheTylerFormationasapotentialresourceplay.Availableonlineonly.

ReportofInvestigationsNordeng,S.H.,andNesheim,T.O.,2012,AnEvaluationoftheResourcePotentialoftheTylerFormation(Pennsylvanian)usingaBasinCenteredPetroleumAccumulationModel,NorthDakotaGeologicalSurvey,Report of Investigation No. 111, 61 p. This investigation includes an examination of the deposition,maturation,expulsionandpotentialaccumulationofoilwithinornearorganic-richsourcebedscontainedwithintheTylerFormation.Includedaretheanalyticalresultsobtainedfromover800totalorganiccarbonanalysesandover200RockEvalanalysescollectedfromover50wells.ThesedataareusedtodelineatethedistributionandqualityofoilproneorganicmatterthroughouttheNorthDakotaportionoftheWillistonBasinunderlainbytheTylerFormation.MaturationtrendsbasedonbasinmodelingandRockEvaldataarepresentedandreservoirchargingbyexpelledoilisinferredfrompressuregradientsobtainedfromdrillstemtests.Thecurrentstatusofdrillingandcompletiontechnologiesarealsodiscussed.Price:$5.00forpdfonCDand$25.00forCDwithdatafiles/shapefiles.

LandslideMapsAnderson,F.J.,2012,AreasofLandslides,KenmareQuadrangle,NorthDakota:NorthDakotaGeologicalSurvey24K:Knmr-l.