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54 4 Easy Ways to Register: See Page 5 For complete details and updates: ACE.AAPG.org • New Approaches on Source Rock Analysis to Improve Hydrocarbon System Analysis — Optical Kerogen Analysis of Organic Rich Mesozoic Shales (Germany, Chile): S. A. Brysch, H. Jaeger • Applications of Portable XRF Analysis to the Amaranth, Lodgepole and Bakken Formations of South Western Manitoba: M. T. Rogowski • Integrated Petroleum Analysis for the Albertine Graben in East Africa: T. B. Alemu, A. Katumwehe, E. Atekwana, M. Abdelsalam • Bakken Oil-Generation Kinetics by Hydrous Pyrolysis and its Testing in 1-D Model: H. Jin, M. Lewan, S. Sonnenberg • Geochemical Evidence and Controlling Factors for High- Efficiency Hydrocarbon Expulsion of Chang7 Shale in Ordos Basin, China: Implications for Tight Oil and Shale Oil Accumulation: W. Zhang, W. Yang* Theme 5: Geomechanics Case Studies and Applications Hall C • 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Co-Chairs: K. Glover and K. Yule • Comprehensive Geomechanical Model for Field Development for Drilling and Completion Optimization in Carbonate and its Impact on Production, Tuba Reservoir, North Kuwait, Kuwait Oil Company: S. A. Eissa • Correlations Between a Mudstone Heterogeneity Index and Micromechanical Properties in the Lower Mancos Shale: A. A. DeReuil, L. Birgenheier, J. McLennan • Geomechanical Analysis of the Three Forks Formation and Implications for Oil Recovery: R. Idzior, U. Hammes, B. Garcia-Fresca, S. Tinker • Integrated Structural and Geomechanical Characterization of the Devonian Canol Formation, Central Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories, Canada: J. MacDonald, P. Hennings, B. Krantz, Z. Fang, E. Hanson, T. Gray • Geomechanical Evaluation of Hydraulic Fracturing Induced Seismicity: S. Maxwell, M. Grob • Impact of Poro-Elastic Coupling and Stress Shadowing on Injection-Induced Microseismicity in Reservoirs Embedded With Discrete Fracture Networks: L. Jin, M. D. Zoback • A Viscoplastic Stress Relaxation Model for Predicting Variations of the Least Principal Stress With Depth in Unconventional Reservoirs: S. Xu, M. D. Zoback • Nonlinear Multiple Regression Analysis for Shear Wave Velocity Prediction to Address the Mechanics of Induced Seismicty in Alberta: W. Ali, K. F. Tiampo, B. Cheadle • Improved Geology-Based Geomechanical Models Using Drill Cuttings Data for Selective Fracture Stage Placement in the Montney, Duvernay and Beyond: K. Glover, A. Cui, J. Tucker, B. Nassichuk Theme 5: Structural Interpretation of Basin Development Hall C • 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Chair: J. Pickering • Structural Styles and Related Accommodation Zones Associated With the Collapse of Salt Anticlines: Implications for Fluid Flow in Salt-Controlled Basins: T. Randles • Testing Models of Caribbean Tectonics in Global and Regional Contexts: P. J. Webb, C. J. Hill, N. G. Henshaw, J. Rodriguez, J. Barraud, E. Sutcliffe • Intra-Formation, "Sub-Seismic Resolution" Deformation in the Lewis Allochthon, Montana, and Arbuckle Anticline, Oklahoma: Preliminary Results and Implications: A. S. Yoshinobu, J. Hessert, K. Soundy • New Insights Into the Early Development of a Volcanic Passive Margin — 3-D Imaging of Seaward Dipping Reflectors and a South Atlantic Transfer Zone: H. J. Rowlands, D. Paton, E. Mortimer, J. Turner, P. Thompson, M. Soto, H. de Santa Ana • Structural Control on Upper Jurassic Sedimentation South of the Middle Ground Arch, Eastern Gulf of Mexico: C. Taggart, D. M. Robinson, A. Weislogel, C. W. Essex • The Occurrence and Distribution of Polygonal Fault Systems in the Gulf of Mexico: J. A. Palmer • Benguela and Namibe Basins: Syn-Rift Architecture and Sediment Thickness From Integrated Analysis of Aeromagnetic Data: S. Mazur, A. Quallington, S. Parker, M. Stewart, L. Sebastião, B. Cristinia, J. Saweka, J. Constantino, G. Scougal • Rift Basin Characteristics Originating From Antecedent Tectonic Events — Intricacies of the Falkland Plateau: C. M. Fraticelli, D. J. Yezerski, J. A. Mercer, Y. Yusri, S. Salamoff, J. Reece, E. R. Hyde, J. Bova • Low Temperature Paleogene Thermal History of the British Mountains, Yukon, Canada, Quantified by Apatite and Zircon U-Th/He Dating: J. E. Pickering, L. Lane, B. Guest, D. A. Schneider • 3-D Thermokinematic Restoration of the Eastern Cordillera and Foothill of Colombia, and Paleogeographies Prediction: D. Costantino, D. Paton, A. Mora • Geologic and Geophysical Evidence for a Pacific Origin for Seawater Filling the Callovian Gulf of Mexico Evaporite Basin: P. Mann, R. Padilla • Post-Rift Faulting Migration, Transition and Dynamics in Zhu 1 Depression, Pearl River Mouth Basin: Q. Ye, L. Mei, Y. Shu, H. Liu, W. Tian, H. Yan • Structural Architecture of the Southern Orange Basin, Block 5/6, Offshore South Africa: S. S. Wela • A Revised Plate Model for the Myanmar and Andaman Sea Regions and its Effects on Petroleum Systems: D. A. Sagi, C. J. Hill, S. M. Masterton, N. G. Henshaw, D. S. Tierney, I. Sevastjanova TECHNICAL PROGRAM WEDNESDAY *Denotes presenter is other than first author

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