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Last modified
25 March 2011

Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of
The Society for Organic Petrology
Denver, Colorado, USA
12 - 16 September, 2010
Meeting theme: Advances in Organic Petrology

Meeting Schedule (PDF)
Presentations and Posters
Abstracts of oral presentations and posters are now available on AAPG Datapages, or to TSOP members in the members-only section.
Instructions for presenters

Welcome to Denver - the city and its weather
Registration Page
TRANSPORTATION information
Oil Shale Field Trip - Details for participants
Day Trips - Details

General Schedule:
  •     Sat/Sun, Sept 11,12: Arrival Denver, Colorado and Sheraton
Denver West Hotel, Lakewood, CO.
  •     Sunday, September 12: Registration;
Short course- Basics of Organic Petrography offered Sunday afternoon.
Icebreaker- Sunday evening.
  •     Monday, September 13: Registration;
Technical Sessions;
TSOP Business Lunch;
Keynote speaker Dr. John Curtis on Unconventional Natural Gas;
Annual Council Meeting;
Local half-day trip to Denver Museum.
  •     Tuesday, September 14: Technical Sessions;
Keynote speaker: Dr. Michael Lewan on Chemistry and Hydrous Pyrolysis of oil shale;
Conference Dinner;
Local half-day trip to Dinosaur Ridge.
  •     Wednesday, September 15: Field Trip: Western Colorado - Piceance Basin, overnight stay in Rifle, CO. Attendance limited to 25 people.
  •     Thursday, September 16: Field Trip return


Conference Topics include:
        • Oil Shale and Gas Shale
        • Petroleum Geology and Geochemistry
        • Coal Resources and Utilization
        • New Techniques and Applications

Technical Sessions
        • Oil Shale: Geology; Geochemistry and Technology
        • Gas: Shale and Coal: Geology; Technology; the Future
        • Oil & Gas: Conventional oil and gas: From Exploration to Application
        • Coal: Technology: the Future

Keynote speakers for Monday and Tuesday sessions
· Dr. John Curtis, Colorado School of Mines, to speak on Unconventional Natural Gas
· Dr. Michael Lewan, USGS, to speak on Chemistry and Hydrous Pyrolysis of Oil Shale



         Go to the Registration Page

REGISTRATION, CONFERENCE DINNER AND FIELD TRIP FEES:
Registration includes participation in all TSOP sessions, ice breaker reception, and business luncheon** for TSOP members and coffee breaks.
Registration coststhrough June 15after June 15  on-site  
TSOP member$300$325$335
non-member$335$350$365
student$150
one-day attendance$175

Short course: $35
Conference Dinner**: $50
Field Trips: See below.
Payment can be made at PayPal via the registration page or in cash at the time of registration.
Please return to this web page www.tsop.org/2010Denver/ to find any updates to meeting and registration information.

** Please make known any special dietary considerations for luncheon and dinner.

Welcome to Denver - the city and its weather
TRANSPORTATION information

ACCOMMODATIONS: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Denver West Hotel*. This hotel is located in Lakewood, Colorado, west of Denver. It is about 55km (35 miles) from Denver International Airport, easily accessed by major highways. Attendees should plan to stay at the Sheraton.

*In making reservations, please indicate your participation in the TSOP meeting. Meeting pricing is available. Call + 888-627-7027.
For hotel information please see:
www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/search/hotel_detail.html?propertyID=883

Short course: $35. Sunday afternoon, half day. Basics of Organic Petrography: Sample preparation to reflectance data acquisition; microscope equipment to data quality and accreditation.

Field Trip to western Colorado: $ 185. See DETAILS for participants. A special overnight trip to the Piceance Basin near Rifle, Colorado. This will be conducted as a trip by van to various vantage points to see the Mahogany ledge zone of the Green River Formation, a significant oil shale deposit. Attendance limited to 26 people.

LOCAL FIELD TRIPS: see DETAILS
  •     Denver Museum of Natural History. $35. Monday, half day.
  •     Dinosaur Ridge: walk along roadside outcrops with dinosaur
footprints and see geology of Denver's Front Range. $35. Tuesday, half day.

ORGANISING COMMITTEEE:
Mark Pawlewicz    USGS   pawlewicz@usgs.gov
Paul Hackley    USGS   phackley@usgs.gov
Mike Lewan    USGS  
Ron Johnson    USGS   (oil shale field trip)
Brett Valentine    USGS   (abstracts reviewer)

Sponsorship

TSOP wishes to thank the following corporations for sponsoring the meeting:

CoreLabs



Other interested corporations may contact the meeting committee.