Dr. Roger M. Slatt is the Director of the Rocky Mountain Region of the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council.
LOCATION:
Department of Geology and Geol. Eng.
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401
Telephone: (303) 273-3822 FAX: (303) 273-3859
birthdate: July 5, 1941 birthplace: San Francisco, Calif.
PRIMARY AREAS OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:
-Integrated Reservoir Geology -Petroleum Geology -Clastic Sedimentology with emphasis on Turbidite Systems -Sequence Stratigraphy -Sedimentary Geochemistry -Glacial Geology -Quaternary Geology -Shale Geology -Outcrop Logging Technologies
EDUCATION:
A.A. San Francisco City College, 1961 B.A. California State Univ. San Jose, 1965 M.S. University of Alaska, 1967 Ph.D. University of Alaska, 1970
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
1961-64 Jr. Soils Engineer, Calif. State Division of Highways 1964-65 Research Assistant, California State Univ. San Jose 1965-69 Teaching/Research Assistant, Univ. Alaska 1970-76 Post-doc Fellow, Assist./Assoc. Prof. of Geology, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada) 1976-78 Visiting Assistant Prof. of Geology, Arizona State Univ. 1978-80 Senior Research Geologist, Atlantic Richfield Co. 1980-83 Stratigraphy Research Manager, Cities Service Co. 1983-90 Director of Lithostratigraphic Evaluation, Director of Reservoir Geology, and Manager of Stratigraphic Exploration Research, ARCO Research and Technical Services Co. 1990-92 Manager, Reservoir Evaluation, ARCO International Oil and Gas Co. 1992- Professor and Head, Dept. Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
PUBLICATIONS:
Articles, abstracts, and blocks 97
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Memberships: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Denver International Petroleum Society Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists
Committees: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Chairman, Research Activities Subcommittee, 1987-90 Chairman, Research Committee, 1991-94 Education Committee, 1985-91 Development Geology Committee, 1986-91 Project Leader, Gulf of Mexico Type Well Project, 1989-94 Science Coordinator for Exploration and Development Advanced Technology School, 1989-90 Technical Program Chairman, Annual Convention, Dallas, 1991 International Technical Program Chairman, Annual Convention, Denver, 1994 General Chairman, 1995 ARCHIE Conference on "Visualization Technologies to Find and Develop More Oil and Gas", AAPG-SEG-SPWLA-SPE, Houston, May, 1995 Co-convenor, 1996 AAPG/AEGS Conference on ìCompartmentalized Reservoirsî, Houston, October 1996
Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Research Committee, 1983-88 Honorary Membership Committee, 1993-96
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Taught undergraduate/graduate university courses in Intro. Geol., Hist. Geol., Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Sedimentary Petrology, Sedimentary Geochemistry, Marine Geol., Glacial Geol., Petrol. Geol., Reservoir Geology Organize and teach specialized courses to industry Teach petroleum geology course for Bureau of Indian Affairs Involved in enhancing integrated petroleum education at the university level
Recipient AAPG Distinguished Service Award, 1996 Director, Rocky Mountain Region Petroleum Technology Transfer Council 1995-present Co-led approximately 30 industry field trips to examine scales of geological heterogeneities in turbidite strata, Arkansas Ouachitas-Organized and chaired several technical sessions and symposia at professional society meetings Leader of AAPG Field Seminar on Petroleum Geology of Deep-Water Clastic Depositional Systems Over 30 invitations to speak at professional society meetings, technical organizations, and universities Associate Technical Editor, Geomarine Letters Technical paper reviewer, Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull.
Slatt, R.M., P. Weimer, and C.G. Stone, (in press), Reinterpretation of Depositional Processes in a Classic Flysch Sequence (Pennsylvanian Jackfork Group), Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas and Oklahoma: Discussion, Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull.
O'Brien, N.R., Thyne, G., and Slatt, R.M. (in press), Initial state of primary hydrocarbon migration, Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull.
Al-Raisi, M.H., R.M. Slatt, and M.K. Decker, 1996 Structural and stratigraphic compart-mentalization of the Terry Sandstone and effects on Reservoir Fluid Distributions: Latham Bar Trend, Denver Basin: Colorado, Mount. Geol., vol. 33, p. 11-30
Slatt, R.M., M.R. Thomasson, P.R. Roming, Jr., E.S. Pasternack, A. Boulanger, R. N. Anderson, and H.R. Nelson, Jr., 1996 Visualization technology for the oil and gas industry: today and tomorrow, Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Bull., v. 80, p. 453-459
Mark, S.M. and R.M. Slatt, 1996, Characterizing compartmentalization of a petroleum reservoir by integrating sequence stratigraphy, 3D seismic interpretation and production data, Sorrento field, Colorado, U.S.A., in Longacre, S., Katz, B., Slatt, R., and Bowman, M. (convenors), Compartmentalized reservoirs: their detection, characterization and management, AAPG/EAGE Research Symposium volume, The Woodlands, Texas
Slatt, R.M. and R.J. Weimer, 1996, Structural compartmentalization and reservoir fluid distribution in the Terry and Muddy (J) Sandstones, Denver Basin, Colorado, in Longacre, S., Katz, B., Slatt, R., and Bowman, M. (convenors), Compartmentalized reservoirs: their detection characterization and management, AAPG/EAGE Research Symposium volume, The Woodlands, Texas
Slatt, R.M., J.M. Borer, B.W. Horn, H.A. Al-Siyabi, and S.R. Pietraszek, 1995, Outcrop gamma-ray logging applied to subsurface petroleum geology, Mount. Geol., v. 32, p. 81-94
Slatt, R.M. (ed. and contributor), 1994, Geological methods section, Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Development Geology Reference Manual.
Slatt, R.M., Jordan, D.W., Stone, C.G., and Wilson, M.S., 1994, Stratigraphic and structural compartmentalization observed within a `model turbidite reservoir', Pennsylvanian upper Jackfork Formation, Hollywood Quarry, Arkansas, in, Weimer, P. and Bouma, A. (eds.), Submarine fans and turbidite systems: sequence stratigraphy, reservoir architecture, and production characteristics -- Gulf of Mexico and international, 15th Ann. Gulf Coast Sec. SEPM Research Conf., Houston.
Slatt, R.M., Jordan, D.W., and Davis, R.J., 1994, Interpreting Formation Microscanner Log (FMS) images of Gulf of Mexico Pliocene turbidites by comparison with Pennsylvanian turbidite outcrops, Arkansas, in, Weimer, P. and Bouma, A. (eds.), Submarine fans and turbidite systems: sequence stratigraphy, reservoir architecture, and production characteristics -- Gulf of Mexico and international, 15th Ann. Gulf Coast Sec. SEPM Research Conf., Houston.
King, P.R., Browne, G.H., and Slatt, R.M., 1994, An outcropping late Miocene basin floor fan to channel-levee complex succession in coastal north Taranaki, New Zealand: sequence stratigraphic implications and subsurface correlations, in, Weimer, P. and Bouma, A. (eds.) Submarine fans and turbidite systems: sequence stratigraphy, reservoir architecture, and production characteristics -- Gulf of Mexico and international, 15th Ann. Gulf Coast Sec. SEPM Research Conf., Houston
O'Brien, N.R., Thyne, G.D. and Slatt, R.M., 1994, `Micro-channels' in organic-rich shales and mudrocks as primary hydrocarbon migration pathways: possible example from the Monterey Formation, California, Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. Ann. Conv., Denver, Abs.
Slatt, R.M., Phillips S., Boak, T.M., and Lagoe, M.B., 1993, Scales of geological heterogeneity of a deep-water sand giant oil field, Long Beach Unit, Wilmington Field, California, in: Rhodes, S. and Moslow, T.M., (eds), Marine Clastic Reservoirs, Springer-Verlag.
Green, C. and Slatt, R.M., 1992, Complex braided stream depositional model for the Murdoch Field, Block 44/22 U.K. Southern North Sea, Braided Rivers: Form, process, and economic applications, The Geological Society, London, May 6-7, Conf. abs.
Slatt, R.M., Jordan, D.W., D'Agostino, A.E., and Gillespie, R.H., 1992, Outcrop gamma-ray logging to improve understanding of sub-surface well log correlations, in: Hurst, A., Griffiths, C.M., and Worthington, P.F., (eds), Geological Applications of Wireline Logs II, The Geological Society Spec. Publ. No. 65, p. 3-19.
O'Brien, N.R. and Slatt, R.M., 1990, Argillaceous Rock Atlas, Springer-Verlag, N.Y., 141p.
Slatt, R. M. and Hopkins, G.L., 1990, Scaling geological reservoir description to engineering needs, Jour. Pet. Tech., p. 202-210.
Slatt, R.M., Robinson, J.C., Lighty, K.A., and Moore, G.T., 1987, Seismic reflection character analysis of stratigraphic traps in the Cretaceous Cardium Formation, Alberta, Canada, Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol., v. 71, p. 298-307.
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