Program June 5^th-8^th, 2007

Day 1                     Tuesday  

2:00 p.m.                Registration and EXPLO open

7:00 p.m.                Symposium Opening-Premier Danny Williams

Evening Social/Meet and Greet with a Historical Geological Review by Larry Hicks, Department of Natural Resources, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador  

Day 2                   Wednesday

7:00 a.m.                Breakfast - Honorable Kathy Dunderdale, Minister of Natural Resources

8:00-8:15 a.m.         Dr. John Martin-NYSERDA, Albany, New York - Introductory Comments and Symposium Opening

8:15-8:40 a.m.         Ian Atkinson-Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Overview of the Western Newfoundland Paleozoic Basins and their Petroleum Plays

8:40-9:05 a.m.         Dr. Thomas Martel-Corridor Resources Inc., Halifax, NS - Corridor Resources, Development and Exploration: Present and Future Activities and Opportunities

9:05-9:35 a.m.         Harry Klassen-Canada-NL Offshore Petroleum Board, St. John's, NL -Offshore Exploration Activity in Western Newfoundland    

9:35-10:00 a.m.       Patrick Laracy -Vulcan Minerals Inc., St. John's, NL-Bay St. George Basin-Digging Deeper

10:00-10:20 a.m.      Nutrition Break

10:20-10:45 a.m.      Cabot Martin-Deer Lake Oil and Gas, St. John's, NL-An Overview of the Ordovician and Carboniferous Oil and Gas Potential of the Deer Lake Basin

10:45-11:10 a.m.      Dr. James Wright-Ptarmigan Resources Ltd., St. John's, NL, The Next Steps: Considerations Leading to Production

11:10-11:35 p.m.     Steven Hinds, Department of Natural Resources, Provincial Government of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Stratigraphy and Structure of the Moncton Sub-basin in the Urney-Waterford Area, Maritimes Basin, New Brunswick: Implications for the McCully Natural Gas Field

11:35-12:00 p.m.     Networking/Explo 

12:00-1:30 p.m.       Symposium Luncheon -Jim Keating, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, St. John’s, NL, Talk title to be announced

1:30-1:55 p.m.         Dr. Langhorne "Taury" Smith-New York State Museum, Albany, New York- Trenton-Black River Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs of the Northeastern US, Ontario, Quebec and (possibly) Newfoundland

1:55-2:20 p.m.         Dr. Karem Azmy-Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL- Diagenetic Characteristics and Multiphase Dolomitization of the Uppermost Sy. George Group Carbonates: implications for porosity development 

2:20-2:45 p.m.         Dr. Denis Lavoie-Natural Resources Canada, Quebec City, Quebec-Lower and Middle Ordovician Hydrothermal Dolomites on Anticosti Platform: Contrasting patterns and fluid history, and regional significance 

2:45-3:05 p.m.         Dr. Alan Ruffman, Geomarine Associates, Halifax, NS, Co-Authored by Claude Anger-Salt Storage as a Key to Energy Mix in Western Newfoundland: Natural gas, oil, or compressed air energy storage 

3:05-3:25 p.m.         Nutrition Break 

3:25-3:50 p.m.         Jean-Yves Lavoie-Junex Inc., Ste-Foy, Quebec -Developing Qu颥c's oil and gas potential: Junex's Strategy 

3:50-4:15 p.m.         Richard Boyce-Tekoil and Gas Corporation, The Woodlands, Texas  

7:00 p.m.                Dinner/Gala-Mark Western, Tekoil and Gas                                              Corporation, The Woodlands, Texas

Day 3                    Thursday     

8:00 a.m.                Breakfast  

10:00 a.m.              Optional Field Trip to Port au Port led by Cambro-Ordovician Carbonate specialist Dr. Ian Knight, Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador. This Field Trip is a land-based trip to the Port au Port Peninsula featuring coastal outcrops of the Cambro-Ordovician carbonate platform (Ellenberger/Beekmantown equivalent) and end the day with a lobster boil.  

Day 4                    Friday           

10:00 a.m.              An optional post-conference boat tour of scenic Goose Arm led by Dr. Ian Knight, Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador. View the fjord-like northern Bay of Islands, focusing on the seafloor sediments, oceanic crust and mantle rocks of Northern Arm and on the Ordovician carbonates of Penguin and Goose Arms.