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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2014. Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources in the Appalachian Basin: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18624.

Appendix B

Workshop Agenda

Erickson Alumni Center
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
September 9-10, 2013

Monday, September 9
 
8:00 Registration
 
8:30 Welcome James P. Clements, President
West Virginia University
 
8:40 Overview of the workshop George Hornberger, Chair
Vanderbilt University
 
9:00 Session 1: Geology, hydrocarbon resources and their development, and induced seismicity
 
9:00 Geology, resources, and potential activity levels
Ray Boswell, National Energy Technology Laboratory
 
9:20 Engineering and technology for developing unconventional hydrocarbon resources: Current and prospective methods for exploration and production
Joseph Frantz, Jr., Range Resources Corporation
 
9:40 Earthquakes induced by hydrocarbon production: What Texas can tell us about Appalachia
Cliff Frohlich, University of Texas
 
10:00 Questions
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2014. Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources in the Appalachian Basin: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18624.
10:20 Instructions to the working groups George Hornberger
 
10:25 Break and divide into working groups
 
12:00 Working lunch
 
1:00 Working groups report back
 
  Working group 1 Kate Hadley Baker or Richard Bajura
  Working group 2 Susan Brantley or Daniel Billman
  Working group 3 Michael Hohn or Hannah Wiseman
  Working group 4 Carl Kirby or Radisav Vidic
 
1:30 Session 2: Water and regulations
 
1:30 Water issues relating to unconventional oil and gas production
John Veil, Veil Environmental, LLC
 
1:50 Identifying and assessing potential impacts of unconventional hydrocarbon production on surface and groundwater quality
Rosemary Capo, University of Pittsburgh
 
2:10 State shale gas regulation in the Appalachian Basin: Recent enhancements, remaining gaps, and opportunities for change
Hannah Wiseman, Florida State University
 
2:30 Questions
 
2:50 Instructions to the working groups George Hornberger
 
3:00 Break and divide into working groups
 
4:45 Working groups report back
 
  Working group 1 Kate Hadley Baker or Paul Ziemkiewicz
  Working group 2 Susan Brantley or Gregory Frost
  Working group 3 Michael Hohn or Zuleima Karpyn
  Working group 4 Carl Kirby or Paulina Jaramillo
 
5:15 Workshop adjourns for the day
 
Tuesday, September 10
 
8:00 Registration
 
8:30 Welcome and plans for the day George Hornberger
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2014. Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources in the Appalachian Basin: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18624.
8:40 Session 3: Ecosystems, air, and climate
 
8:40 Potential impacts of unconventional hydrocarbon production on stream biota: Current and needed research
Kelly Maloney, U.S. Geological Survey
 
9:00 Assessing and minimizing ecological impacts of shale development
Michael Powelson, The Nature Conservancy
 
9:20 Assessing emissions of hydrocarbons from rural and natural gas drilling impacted areas in Pennsylvania
Jose Fuentes, Pennsylvania State University
 
9:40 Climate impacts of shale gas
Paulina Jaramillo, Carnegie Mellon University
 
10:00 Questions
 
10:20 Instructions to the working groups George Hornberger
 
10:25 Break and divide into working groups
 
12:00 Working lunch
 
1:00 Working groups report back
 
  Working group 1 Kate Hadley Baker or Mark Engle
  Working group 2 Susan Brantley or Daniel Billman
  Working group 3 Michael Hohn or Peter MacKenzie
  Working group 4 George Hornberger or Patrick Drohan
 
1:30 Wrap-up and discussion All
 
3:30 Workshop adjourns
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2014. Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources in the Appalachian Basin: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18624.

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