AGS to host geology review meeting Nov. 19 on USGS updated central Slope assessment

Kay Cashman

Petroleum News

The U.S. Geological Survey is conducting an updated assessment of technically recoverable oil and gas resources of the central North Slope and adjacent state waters, encompassing the area between the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

In preparation for the upcoming assessment, a public geology review meeting will be hosted by the Alaska Geological Society in Anchorage on Nov. 19, the primary purpose of which is to present the geological framework that the assessment will be based on and to solicit feedback from the geological community regarding the geology and interpretations that represent the foundation of the assessment. An overview of methodology also will be included.

The meeting will be held at the BP Energy Center, 900 East Benson Boulevard from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

USGS personnel also will be available for expanded discussions in a smaller room from 1 to 4 p.m.

Attendance is open to anyone interested in the scientific foundation on which the assessment will be conducted.

A WebEx will be available for remote participation at the following address:

https://alaskageologicalsociety-lcb.my.webex.com/alaskageologicalsociety-lcb.my

If you have questions and comments - and if you wish to receive a direct calendar invitation to the WebEx - email Rebecca Smith at: [email protected].

She can provide the meeting number (access code) and password.

Also feel free to send questions to USGS senior research geologist Dave Houseknecht, a long-time USGS expert on northern Alaska petroleum geology, at [email protected].

- KAY CASHMAN