Publications

Silva, R.C., Snowdon, L.R., Huang, H., Larter, S., 2021. The dating of petroleum fluid residence time in subsurface reservoirs. Part 2: Tracking effects of radiolysis on crude oil by comprehensive molecular analysis. Organic Geochemistry 152, 104142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.104142

Cramm, M.A., de Moura Neves, B., Manning, C.C., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Archambault, P., Chakraborty, A., Cyr-Parent, A., Edinger, E.N., Jaggi, A., Mort, A., Tortell, P., Hubert, C.R.J., 2021. Characterization of marine microbial communities around an Arctic seabed hydrocarbon seep at Scott Inlet, Baffin Bay. Science of the Total Environment 762. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143961) 

Hosseini, S.H., Sachsenhofer, R.F., Snowdon, L.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P., 2021. Characterization of crude oils derived from carbonate and siliclastic source rocks using FTICR-MS. Organic Geochemistry (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2021.104286) 

Jin, X., J. Wu, R.C. Silva, H. Huang, Z. Zhang, N. Zhong, B. Tutolo, S. Larter 2021. Alternate routes to sustainable energy recovery from fossil fuels reservoirs. Part 1.Investigation of high-temperature reactions between sulfur oxy anions and crude oil.  Fuel 302: 121050.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Brown, M., Inwood, J., Radovic, J.R., Snowdon, R.W., Larter, S.R., Mercader, J., 2021. A novel route for identifying starch diagenetic products in the archaeological record. PLoS ONE 16(11): e0258779. (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258779) 

Wang, Q., Huang, H., Li, Z., 2021. Mixing scenario of a vagarious oil in the Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin. Fuel, 294, 120589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.120589

Wang, Q. and Huang, H., 2021. Perylene preservation in an oxidizing paleoenvironment and its limitation as a redox proxy. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 562, 110104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110104

Wang, Q., Huang, H., Zheng, L., 2021. Thermal maturity parameters derived from tetra-, penta-substituted naphthalenes and organosulfur compounds in highly mature sediments. Fuel, 288, 119626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119626

Wang, Q., Huang, H., Li, Z., Ma, Y., Zeng, J., Larter, S., 2021. Geochemical significance of β-carotane in lacustrine oils from the Shahejie Formation of the Dongying Depression, eastern China. Organic Geochemistry, 104241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2021.104241

Bubenheim, P., Hackbusch, S., Joye, S., Kostka, J., Larter, S.R., Liese, A., Lincoln, S., Marietou, A., Müller, R., Noirungsee, N., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Radović, J., Viamonte, J. 2020. Biodegradation of hydrocarbons in deep water and sediments (Chap. 7). In: Murawski, S.A., Ainsworth, C., Gilbert, S., Hollander, D., Paris, C.B., Schlüter, M., Wetzel, D. (eds). Deep oil spills – facts, fate and effects. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cam, Switzerland.

Chanton, J.P., Jaggi, A., Radović, J., Rosenheim, B.E., Walker, B.D., Larter, S.R., Rogers, K., Bosman, S., Oldenburg, T.B.P. 2020. Mapping isotopic and dissolved organic matter baselines in waters and sediments of Gulf of Mexico (Chap. 10). In: Murawski, S.A., Ainsworth, C., Gilbert, S., Hollander, D., Paris, C.B., Schlüter, M., Wetzel, D. (eds). Scenarios and responses to future deep oil spills – fighting the next war. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cam, Switzerland.

Foekema, E.M., van Eenennaam, J.S., Hollander, D.J., Langenhoff, A.M., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Radović, J., Rohal, M., Romero, I.C., Schwing, P.T., Murk, A.J., 2020. Testing the effect of MOSSFA (marine oil snow sedimentation and flocculent accumulation) events in benthic microcosms (Chap. 17). In: Murawski, S.A., Ainsworth, C., Gilbert, S., Hollander, D., Paris, C.B., Schlüter, M., Wetzel, D. (eds). Scenarios and responses to future deep oil spills – fighting the next war. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cam, Switzerland.

Huang, H.P., Yin, M., & Han, D., 2020. Novel parameters derived from alkylchrysenes to differentiate severe biodegradation influence on molecular compositions in crude oils. Fuel, 268, 117366.

Jaggi, A., Snowdon, R.W., Radović, J., Stopford, A., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R. 2020. Partitioning of organics between oil and water phases with and without the application of dispersants (Chap. 8). In: Murawski, S.A., Ainsworth, C., Gilbert, S., Hollander, D., Paris, C.B., Schlüter, M., Wetzel, D. (eds). Deep oil spills – facts, fate and effects. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cam, Switzerland.

Kostka, J.E., Joye, S.B., Overholt, W., Bubenheim, P., Hackbusch, S., Larter, S.R., Liese, A., Lincoln, S.A., Marietou, A., Müller, R., Noirungsee, N., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Radović, J.R., Viamonte, J., 2020. Biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in the deep sea. In: Murawski, S.A., Ainsworth, C., Gilbert, S., Hollander, D., Paris, C.B., Schlüter, M., Wetzel, D. (eds). Deep oil spills – facts, fate and effects. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cam, Switzerland.

Langenhoff, A.M., Rahsepar, S., van Eenennaam, J.S., Radović, J.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Foekema, E., Murk, A.J., 2020. Effect of marine snow on microbial oil degradation (Chap. 18). In: Murawski, S.A., Ainsworth, C., Gilbert, S., Hollander, D., Paris, C.B., Schlüter, M., Wetzel, D. (eds). Deep oil spills – facts, fate and effects. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cam, Switzerland.

Li, Z.X., Huang, H.P., (2020) Bulk and molecular composition variations of gold-tube pyrolysates from severely biodegraded Athabasca bitumen. Petroleum Science 1-13.

Li, Z.X., Huang, H.P., Zhang, S., (2020) Carbon and hydrogen isotopic variations in gold tube gas pyrolysates from an Athabasca oil sand. Organic Geochemistry, 148, 104082.

Li, Z.X., Huang, H.P., Zhang, S.C., (2020) The effect of biodegradation on bound biomarkers released from intermediate-temperature gold-tube pyrolysis of severely biodegraded Athabasca bitumen. Fuel 263, 1 March 2020, 116669.

Lincoln, S.A., Radović, J.R., Gracia, A., Jaggi, A., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R., Freeman, K.H. (2020) Molecular legacy of the 1979 Ixtoc 1 oil spill in deep-sea sediments of the southern Gulf of Mexico (Chap. 19). In: Murawski, S.A., Ainsworth, C., Gilbert, S., Hollander, D., Paris, C.B., Schlüter, M., Wetzel, D. (eds). Deep oil spills – facts, fate and effects. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cam, Switzerland.

Liu, Y., Huang, H.P., Liu, Q., Xu, X., & Cheng, H., (2020) The acid and neutral nitrogen compounds characterized by negative ESI Orbitrap MS in a heavy oil before and after oxidation. Fuel, 277, 118085.

Liu, Y., Huang, H.P., Liu, Q., Xu, X., Cheng, H., & Cheng, W., (2020) A reversed compositional pseudo-gradient in biodegraded oil column from Liaohe Basin, NE China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 104378.

Liu, Y., Huang, H.P., Xu, X., Liu, Q., Han, D., Cheng, H., Wu, D. & Yan, H., (2020) Novel geochemical proxies derived from 1D simulation of Liaohe oil sand bitumen to monitor in-situ combustion process. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 104811.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Jaeger, P., Gros, J., Socolofsky, S.A., Pesch, S., Radović, J., Jaggi, A. (2020) Physical and chemical properties of oil and gas under reservoir and deep-sea conditions (Chap. 3). In: Murawski, S.A., Ainsworth, C., Gilbert, S., Hollander, D., Paris, C.B., Schlüter, M., Wetzel, D. (eds). Deep oil spills – facts, fate and effects. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cam, Switzerland.

Radović, J.R., Jaggi, A., Silva, R.C., Snowdon, R., Waggoner, D.C., Hatcher, P.G., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2020) Applications of FTICR-MS in oil spill studies (Chap. 15). In: Murawski, S.A., Ainsworth, C., Gilbert, S., Hollander, D., Paris, C.B., Schlüter, M., Wetzel, D. (eds). Deep oil spills – facts, fate and effects. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cam, Switzerland.

Radović, J.R., Romero, I.C., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R., Tunnell, J.W. 2020. 40 years of weathering of coastal oil residues in the southern Gulf of Mexico (Chap. 20). In: Murawski, S.A., Ainsworth, C., Gilbert, S., Hollander, D., Paris, C.B., Schlüter, M., Wetzel, D. (eds). Deep oil spills – facts, fate and effects. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cam, Switzerland.

Rattray, J.E., Chakraborty, A., Li, C., Elizondo, G., John, N., Wong, M., Radovic J.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Hubert, C.R.J., 2020. Sensitive quantification of dipicolinic acid from bacterial endospores in soils and sediments. Environmenal Microbiology (https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15343) 

de Rezende, J.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Korin, T., Richardson, W.D.L., Fustic, M., Aitken, C.M., Bowler, B.F.J., Sherry, A., Grigoryan, A., Voordouw , G., Larter, S.R., Head, I.M., Hubert, C.R.J., 2020. Anaerobic microbial communities and their potential for bioenergy production in heavily biodegraded petroleum reservoirs. Environmental Microbiology. (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14995.) 

Silva, R.C., Yim, C., Radović, J.R., Browm, M., Weerawardhena, P., Huang, H., Snowdon, L.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R. (2020) Mechanistic insights into sulfur rich oil formation, relevant to geological carbon storage routes. A study using (+) APPI FTICR-MS analysis. Organic Geochemistry 147, 104067. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.104067)

Wang, Q.R., Huang, H.P., Chen, H. and Zhao, Y., (2020) Secondary alteration of ancient Shuntuoguole oil reservoirs, Tarim Basin, NW China. Marine and Petroleum Geology 111, 202-208.

Yin, M., Huang, H.P., (2020) Quaternary exhumation history of NE Tibetan Plateau revealed by peculiar distributions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in core extracts from Sanhu depression eastern Qaidam basin. Journal of Quaternary Science 35(7), 869–880.

Yin, M., Huang, H., Oldenburg, T.B.P., 2020. An application of exploratory factor analysis in the deconvolution of heavy oil biodegradation, charging and mixing history in southeastern Mexico. Organic Geochemistry 151. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.104161) 

Yin, M., Huang, H., Brown, M., O. Lucach, S., Caminero, L.G., Chavez, S.M., Oldenburg, T.B.P., 2020. A novel biodegradation parameter derived from bicyclic sesquiterpanes for assessing moderate biodegradation levels. Organic Geochemistry 147. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.104049) 

Yin, M., Huang, H., Caminero, L.G., O. Lucach, S., Chavez, S.M., Oldenburg, T.B.P., 2020. An integrated biodegradation parameter incorporating hydrocarbon and polar/non-hydrocarbon fractions of heavy oils. SPE/AAPG/SEG Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, 20-22 July 2020, virtual. Paper URTEC-2020-2502-MS (https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2502)  

Zhang, H., Huang, H.P., Li, Z., Liu, M., (2020) Comparative study between sequential solvent-extraction and multiple isothermal stages pyrolysis: A case study on Eocene Shahejie Formation shales, Dongying Depression, East China. Fuel 263, 116591

Zhang, H., Huang, H.P., Li, Z., & Liu, M., (2020) Impact of maturation on the validity of paleo-environmental indicators: Implication for discrimination of oil genetic types in lacustrine shale systems. Energy & Fuels 34, 6, 6962–6973.

Bao, Y., Ju, Y., Huang, H., Yun, J. and Guo, C. (2019) Potential and constraints of biogenic methane generation from coals and mudstones from Huaibei coalfield, eastern China. Energy & Fuels, 33 (1), 287-295.

He, D., Huang, H.P. and Arismendi, G.G., (2019) n-Alkane distribution in ombrotrophic peatlands from the northeastern Alberta, Canada, and its paleoclimatic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 528, pp.247-257.

He, C., Huang, H.P., Wang Q.R., Li, Z., 2019. Correlation of maturity parameters derived from methylphenanthrenes and methyldibenzothiophenes in the Carboniferous source rocks from Qaidam basin, NW China. Geofluid Volume 2019, 5742902.

Huang, H.P., Li, Z., Wen, Z., Han, D. and Pan, R., (2019) Biodegradation influence on alkylphenanthrenes in oils from Bongor Basin, SW Chad. Scientific reports 9, 1-11.

Jaggi A., Radovic J.R., Snowdon L., Brown M., Larter S., Oldenburg T.B.P. (2019) Composition of the dissolved organic matter produced during in situ burning of spilled oil. Organic Geochemistry 138. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.103926)

Larter, S., Silva, R.C., Marcano, N., Snowdon, L.R., Villarreal-Barajas, J.E., Sonei, R., Paredes Gutiérrez, L., Huang, H., Stopford, A., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Zhao, J., Weerawardhena, P., Nightingale, M., Mayer, B., Pedersen, J.H., di Primio, R. (2019) The dating of petroleum fluid residence time in subsurface reservoirs. Part 1: A radiolysis-based geochemical toolbox. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 261, 305-326. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.07.020)

Li, Z.X., Huang, H.P.*, He, C., Fang, X.X. (2019) Maturation impact on polyaromatic hydrocarbons and organosulfur compounds in the Carboniferous Keluke Formation from Qaidam basin, NW China. Energy & Fuels 33, 54115-4129.

Renzo C. Silva, Lloyd R. Snowdon, Haiping Huang, Michael Nightingale, Veith Becker, Stephen Taylor, Bernhard Mayer, Jon H. Pedersen, Rolando di Primio, Steve Larter (2019) Radiolysis as a source of 13C depleted natural gases in the geosphere. Organic Geochemistry, 138.

Van Eenennaam, J., Rohal, M., Montagna, P.A., Radovic, J.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Romero, I.C., Murk, T., Foekema, E. (2019) Ecotoxicological benthic impacts of experimental oi-contaminated marine snow deposition. Marine Pollution Bulletin 141, 164-175. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.02.025)

Wang, Q.R., Huang, H.P., Li, Z.X. and Li, Z., (2019) Novel thermal maturity parameters derived from alkylbiphenyls and alkyldiphenylmethanes. Energy & Fuels 33, 8491-8502.

Xu, X., Huang, H.P.*, Zhang, S. and Hu, S. (2019) Gas generation potential and processes of Athabasca oil sand bitumen from gold tube pyrolysis experiments. Fuel, 239, pp.804-813.

Zhang, H., Huang, H.P., Li, Z. and Liu, M., (2019) Oil physical status in lacustrine shale reservoirs–A case study on Eocene Shahejie Formation shales, Dongying Depression, East China. Fuel, 257, 116027.

Conference presentations

Escario, S., Nightingale, M., Jaggi, A., Tutolo, B.M., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S. (2019) Examining the role of aqueous organo-silica complexes on silicification during carbonate diagenesis. In: Goldschmidt 2019 Conference, August 18-23, CCIB, Barcelona, Spain.

Hollander, D.J., Murawski. S.A., Schluter, M., Schwing, P.T., Paris-Limouzy, C.B., Petsch, S.J., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S., Hu, C. (2019) New Visions for Oil Spill Preparedness from the Perspective of the Deepwater Horizon Blowout, the Sediment Slumping at Taylor Energy, and Continued Deep Sea Oil Exploration and Production in Frontier Region. In: AGU Fall Meeting 2019. December 9-13, Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, United States

Hosseini, S.H., Brown, M., Snowdon, R., Sachsenhofer, R.F., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2019) Organofacies cariation control on hydrocarbons and non-hydrocarbons from the Austrian Molasse Basin as revealed by FTICR-MS. In: 29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG) 2019. September 1-6, Gothia Towers, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Marcano, N., Galarrage, C., Larter, S., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2019) Molecular tranformations during catalytic upgrading of bitumen: towards monitoring underground reactors. In: 29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG) 2019. September 1-6, Gothia Towers, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Brown, M., Hosseini, S.H., dos Santos Rocha, Y., Sachsenhofer, R.F., Larter, S.R., (2019). Advances in Petroleomics approaches for petroleum systems assessment using ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry – FTICR-MS. In: GeoConvention 2019. May 13-17, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Hosseini, S.H., Brown, M., dos Santos Rocha, Y., Sachsenhofer, R.F., (2019). Recent developments in Petroleomics approaches for petroleum systems assessment using ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry – FTICR-MS. In: 29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG) 2019. September 1-6, Gothia Towers, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Jaggi, A., Snowdon, R.W., Silva, R.C., Perdicakis, B., Rowley, D.J., (2019). Effects of additives, diluents and temperature on the composition of organics in SAGD production water. In: Oil Sands Innovation Summit 2019. June 3-4, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Radovic, J.R., Jaggi, A., Lincoln, S., Romero, I., Nelson, R., Schwing, P., Reddy, C., Hollander, D., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P., (2019). Comprehensive Analytical Approaches to Spill Characterization: Case Studies and Examples. In: 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Conference, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, February 04-07, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Schlüter, M., Aman, Z., Paris, C., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Pesch, S., Malone, K., Krause, D., Jaggi, A., Jaeger, P., (2019). The Pressure is on: Understanding Deep Oil Spills in the Ultra-Deep Environment. Workshop: Responding to future deep oil spills- fighting the next war. In: 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Conference, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, February 04-07, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Justine S. van Eenennaam, Shokouh Rahsepar, Jagoš R. Radovic, Thomas B.P. Oldenburg, Jessica Wonink, Alette A.M. Langenhoff, Albertinka J. Murk, Edwin M. Foekema (2018) Marine snow increases the adverse effects of oil on benthic invertebrates. Marine Pollution Bulletin 126, 339-348.

Mercader, F.J., Akeyu, T., Brown, M., Bundala, M., Collins, M., Copeland, L., Crowther, A., Dunfield, P., Henry, A., Inwood, J., Itambu, M., Kim, J.-J., Larter, S., Longo, L., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Patalano, R., Sammynaiken, R., Soto, M., Tyler, R., Xhauflair, H. (2018) Exaggerated expectations in ancient starch research and the need for new taphonomic and authenticity criteria. Facets; https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2017-0126.

Niu, J., Huang, H.P.*, Jiang, W.L. (2018) Geochemical characteristics and correlation of continuous charge mixing and biodegradation of heavy oil in southeastern Dongying Sag, Bohai Bay basin, China. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 166, 1–12.

Huang, H.P., Li, J. (2018) Biomarker signatures of Sinian bitumens in the Moxi–Gaoshiti bulge of Sichuan Basin, China: Geological significance for paleo-oil reservoirs: Discussion. Precambrian Research 314, 487-491.

Jagoš R. Radovic, Thomas B.P. Oldenburg, Stephen R. Larter (2018) Chapter 19 – Environmental Assessment of Spills Related to Oil Exploitation in Canada's Oil Sands Region. Oil Spill Environmental Forensics Case Studies, 401-417.

Yu, X.G., Zhang, W.Y., Liu, X., Lei, J.J., Lin, Z.S., Yao, Z.W., Yao, X.Y., Jin, X.B., Yang, H.L., Huang, H.P.* (2018) The distribution of and biodegradation impact on spilled oil in sediments from Dalian Bay, NE China. Marine Pollution Bulletin 135, 1007-1015.

Conference presentations

Algeer, R.A., Huang, H., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R. (2018) Analysis of hydrocarbon and polar species from highly compositionally graded oil reservoirs to refine reservoir process models. In: Geoconvention 2018. May 7-11, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Duong, N., Radovic, J.R., Jaggi, A., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2018) Stratigraphic fingerprinting and source identification of oil present in recent marine sediments. In: 2018 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Conference, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, February 05-08, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Hollander, D.J., Schwing, P., Romero, I., Brooks, G.R., Hastings, D., Kostka, J., Chanton, J., Garcia, A., Machain, M., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Ruiz-Fernandez, A.C., Sanchez-Cabeza, J. (2018) A sedimentary comparison of MOSSFA events from the Ixtoc-1 (1979) and Deepwater Horizon (2010) sub-marine oil well blowouts in the Gulf of Mexico. In: 2018 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Conference, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, February 05-08, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Jaggi, A., Radovic, J.R., Snowdon, R.W., Brown, M., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2018) Differences in the impact of in situ burning of spilled light oil versus diesel and bunker C oil on transformation and solubilization and the production of dissolved organic matter. In: 41st AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. October 2-4, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Jaggi, A., Radovic, J.R., Snowdon, R.W., Silva, R.C., Brown, M., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2018) Impact of in situ Burning on Transformation and Solubilization of Spilled Oil and the production of Dissolved Organic Matter. In: 2018 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Conference, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, February 05-08, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Jaggi, A., Snowdon, L., Snowdon, R.W., Rowley, D.J., Perdicakis, B., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2018) Temperature effects on organics in SAGD OTSG Boiler Feed Water. In: Innovation Summit 2018. June 7-8, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Oldenburg, T.B.P.  (2018) FT-ICR-MS – More than just mass spectrometry? Towards reaction systems models in petroleum geochemistry. In: 13th European Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry Workshop. April 24-27, Freising, Germany.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Jaggi, A., Radovic, J., Larter, S. (2018) Short and long-term fate of oil spilled in the environment – methods developed following the Deepwater Horizon tragedy. In: 41st AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. October 2-4, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Jaggi, A., Snowdon, R.W., Silva, R.C., Perdicakis, B., Rowley, D.J. (2018) Variations of organics in SAGD wastewater – A search for the bad actors. In: Innovation Summit 2018. June 7-8, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Radovic, J.R., Jaggi, A., Duong, N., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2018) Geochemical Connectivity in the sGoM: old and new organic proxies for the Ixtoc-I Spill.  In: 2018 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Conference, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, February 05-08, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Radovic, Jaggi, A., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R. (2018) Environment in the Anthropocene - Case Studies and New Analytical Strategies. In: 101st Canadian Chemistry Conference. May 27-31, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Radovic, J.R., Romero, I., Tunnell, J.W., Jaggi, A., Kostka, J., Chanton, J., Hollander, D.J., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2018) Weathered Petroleum in the Coastal Samples from the southern Gulf of Mexico Collected 37 Years after the Ixtoc-I Spill and characterized by FTICR-MS. In: 41st AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. October 2-4, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Radovic, J.R., Romero, I., Tunnell, J.W., Jaggi, A., Kostka, J., Chanton, J., Hollander, D.J., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2018) Characterization of Weathered Petroleum in the Coastal Samples from the southern Gulf of Mexico using FTICR-MS. In: 2018 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Conference, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, February 05-08, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Radovic J., Silva R., Novotnik B., Venkatesan S., Thangadurai V., Bryant S., Strous M., Larter S. (2018). SYZYGY: Direct production of electricity from oil fields. Gordon Research Conference - Scientific Insights and Economic Value from State-of-the-Art Organic Geochemistry, Holderness, United States.

Romero, I., Tunnell, J.W., Jaggi, A., Radovic, J.R., Kostka, J., Chanton, J., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Hollander, D.J. (2018) Assessing the weathering of residual oil deposited in Mexico coastal environments 37 years after the IXTOC-1 spill using novel techniques. In: 2018 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Conference, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, February 05-08, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Xie, Wei, Radovic, J., Li, Penhui, Silva, R., Oldenburg, T., Larter, S., Zhang, Chuanlun. (2018). Biogeochemical Characterization of Surface Sediments Along the Pearl River Estuary Transect. Goldschmidt2018, Boston, United States.

Huang, H. (2017) The effect of biodegradation on gammacerane in crude oils. Biodegradation 28, pp.313-326.

Huang, H. (2017) On the origin of molecular compositions in the Proterozoic extractable organic matter from the Jixian section, Northern China. Geochmical Journal 51, 167-180.

Huang, H.P., Li, J. (2017) Molecular composition assessment of biodegradation influence at extreme levels – A case study from oilsand bitumen in the Junggar Basin, NW China. Organic Geochemistry 103, 31–42.

Huang, H., Zhang, S., Gu, Y. and Su, J. (2017) Impacts of source input and secondary alteration on the extended tricyclic terpane ratio: A case study from Palaeozoic sourced oils and condensates in the Tarim Basin, NW China. Organic Geochemistry 112, 158-169.

Jaggi, A., Snowdon, R.W., Stopford, A., Radović, J.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R. (2017) Experimental simulation of crude oil-water partitioning behavior of BTEX compounds during a deep submarine oil spill. Organic Geochemistry, 108, 1-8.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Jones, M., Huang, H., Bennett, B., Shafiee, N.S., Head, I., Larter, S.R. (2017) The controls on the composition of biodegraded oils in the deep subsurface- Part 4. Degradation and production of high molecular weight aromatic and polar species during in-reservoir biodegradation. Organic Geochemistry 114, 57-80.

Pesch, S., Jaeger, P, Jaggi, A., Malone, K., Hoffmann, M., Krause, D., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Schlüter, M. (2017) Rise Velosity of Live-Oil Droplets in Deep-Sea Oil Spills. Environmental Engineering Science 35, 289-299.

Book chapter

Huang, H.; Silva R.C.; Radović J.R.; Larter S.R. (2017). Environmental and Economic Implications of the Biogeochemistry of Oil Sands Bitumens. Wilkes, H. Hydrocarbons, Oils and Lipids: Diversity, Origin, Chemistry and Fate, Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Springer International Publishing AG.

Conference presentations

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Brown, M., Snowdon, R.W., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Larter, S. (2017) Ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry in petroleum geochemistry. Gussow Research Conference, October 10-12, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Jaggi, A., Radovic, J., Larter, S. (2017) Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Where did all the oil go? In: 40th AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. October 3-5, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Radovic J. (2017). Recent advancements in Organic Geochemistry: An invaluable tool for energy and environment applications. CSPG International Division Talk, Calgary, Canada, Conference Date: 2017/11.Oral Presentation, Invited

Radovic J. (2017). Characterization of organic species in the Pearl River Estuary sediments using FTICRMS: Preliminary findings. The 2nd Shenzhen Forum on Ocean Sciences for Young Scholars, Shenzhen, China, Conference Date: 2017/11.Oral Presentation, Invited

Radovic J., Lincoln S., Silva R., Jaggi A., Romero I., Schwing P., Larson R., Brooks G., Freeman K., Hollander D., Larter S., Oldenburg T. (2017). The 1979 Ixtoc-I Oil Spill Revisited. 27th Goldschmidt Conference, Paris, France, Conference Date: 2017/8. Oral Presentation.

Radovic J., Novotnik B., Venkatesan S., Murphy J., Bergerson J., Shor R., Thangadurai V., Bryant S., Strous M., Larter S. (2017). SYZYGY: Direct production of electricity from oil fields. Suncor 2017 Reservoir Engineering Conference, Calgary, Canada, Conference Date: 2017/10 Oral Presentation, Invited

Radovic J., Oldenburg T., Larter S. (2017). Pipeline Oil Spills in Alberta: Routes to improved Assessment and Remediation. 40th AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response, Calgary, Canada, Conference Date: 2017/10. Oral Presentation.

Radovic J., Schwing P., Romero I., Silva R., Jaggi A., Larson R., Brooks G., Larter S., Oldenburg T. (2017). Multiproxy approach to reconstruct the response of marine environment to major oil spills using the geochemical stratigraphy of deep-water sediments. 2017 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Conference, New Orleans, United States, Conference Date: 2017/2. Oral Presentation.

Rattray, J.E., Gittins, D., Chakraborty, A., Bernard, B., Brooks, J., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Hubert, C.R.J. (2017) Investigation into spore coat properties for the rapid identification of endospores in marine sediments. Gussow Research Conference, October 10-12, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Haiping Huang, Shuichang Zhang, Jin Su. (2016) Palaeozoic oil-source correlation in the Tarim Basin, NW China: A review. Organic Geochemistry. Accepted manuscript.

Overton, E.B., T.L. Wade, J.R. Radovic, B.M. Meyer, M.S. Miles, and S.R. Larter. (2016) Chemical composition of Macondo and other crude oils and compositional alterations during oil spills. Oceanography 29(3):50–63.

Jagoš R. Radovic, Renzo C. Silva, Ryan W. Snowdon, Melisa Brown, Steve Larter and Thomas B. P. Oldenburg. (2016) A rapid method to assess a broad inventory of organic species in marine sediments using ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 2016, 30, 1273–1282.

Jagoš R. Radovic, Renzo C. Silva, Ryan Snowdon, Stephen R. Larter, and Thomas B. P. Oldenburg. (2016) Rapid Screening of Glycerol Ether Lipid Biomarkers in Recent Marine Sediment Using Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization in Positive Mode Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, 88 (2), 1128-1137. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02571

Renzo C. Silva, Jagoš R. Radovic, Farouq Ahmed, Ursula Ehrmann, Melisa Brown, Lante Carbognani Ortega, Steve Larter, Pedro Pereira-Almao, and Thomas B. P. Oldenburg. (2016)  Characterization of Acid-Soluble Oxidized Asphaltenes by Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry: Insights on Oxycracking Processes and Asphaltene Structural Features. Energy Fuels, 30 (1), 171-179. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b02215.

Lloyd R. Snowdon, John K. Volkman, Zhirong Zhang, Guoliang Tao, Peng Liu. (2016) The organic geochemistry of asphaltenes and occluded biomarkers. Organic Geochemistry, 91, 3–15.

Conference presentations

Algeer, R., Snowdon, L., Huang, H., Oldenburg, T., Larter, S., (2016) Is Water Washing An Important Petroleum System.  In: AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition 2016, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), June 19-22, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Clothier, L.N., Quesnel, D.M., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R., Gieg, L.M., Chua, G., (2016) Algal-based remediation strategy for detoxification of oil sands process-affected water. In: 2016 COSIA AI-EES Water Conference, March 22-23, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Jaggi, A., Snowdon, R.W., Radovic, J.R., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2016). Characterization and Partitioning of Organic Compounds in the Water Phase of two submarine oil spill scenarios: DWH vs. IXTOC-1. At: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference; February 1-4, 2016; Tampa, FL. Oral Presentation.

Jaggi, A., Snowdon, J.R., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2016). Experimental simulation of Partitioning Behavior of Low Molecular Weight Water Organic species between Live Oil and Water throughout the water column. At: University of Calgary Geosciences Research Exchange; April 15, 2016; Calgary, AB. Oral Presentation.

Jaggi, A., Snowdon, R.W., Radovic, Silva, R.C., J.R., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2016). Molecular characterization of dissolved organic matter in water bodies by ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry. At: University of Calgary Geosciences Research Exchange; April 15, 2016; Calgary, AB. Oral Presentation.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Silva, R.C., Snowdon, R., Larter, S.R., (2016) Understanding the Complexity of Organics in Waters from SAGD Operation Treatment Plants: Dilbit versus Hotbit. In: 2016 COSIA AI-EES Water Conference, March 22-23, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Radovic J. (2016). Applications of ultrahigh resolution FTICR-MS in (bio)geochemical studies. 1st Shenzhen Forum on Ocean Sciences for Young Scholars South University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, Conference Date: 2016/11. Oral, Invited

Radovic, J., Silva, R., Larter, S. Oldenburg, T. (2016) Multiproxy Characterization of Sedimentary Biomarker Archives Using Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Spectrometry. In: 26^th Goldschmidt Conference, June 26^th-July 1^st, Yokohama, Japan.

Radovic, J.R., Silva, R.C., Snowdon, R., Brown, M., Jaggi, A., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P., (2016) Characterization of Sedimentary Biomarker Species from the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Using Ultra-High Resolution FTICR-MS.  In: 2016 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Conference, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, February 01-04, Marriott, Tampa Waterside, Tampa, Florida, United States. 

Silva, R., Radovic, J., Jiang, C., Mort, A., Snowdon, L., Oldenburg, T., Larter, S., (2016) Thermochemical Sulfate Reduction in Upper Devonian Nisku Formation Reservoirs, Alberta: Insights From Molecular Characterization With FTICR-MS and GCxGC Approaches.  In: AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition 2016, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), June 19-22, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Sonei, R., Ghent, E., Brown, M., Oldenburg, T., Larter, S. (2016) Investigation on Natural Bitumen Occurrence in Birch Mountains Kimberlite Pipes in Northern Alberta. In: 26^th Goldschmidt Conference, June 26^th-July 1^st, Yokohama, Japan.

Haiping Huang, Shuichang Zhang, Jin Su, (2015) Pyrolytically Derived Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Marine Oils from the Tarim Basin, NW China. Energy & Fuels, July 2015; 29(9).

Quesnel, D.M., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R., Gieg, L.M., Chua, G., (2015) Biostimulation of oil sands process-affected water with phosphate yields removal of sulfur-containing organics and detoxification. Environmental Science and Technology (DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01391)

Wong, M.-L., An, D., Caffrey, S., Soh, J., Dong, X., Sensen, C.W., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S., Voordouw, G., (2015) Roles of thermophiles and fungi in bitumen degradation in mostly cold oil sands outcrops. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81, 6825-6838.

Conference presentations

AlGeer, R.A., Huang, H., Weerawardhena, P., Larter, S.R. (2015) Origin of the Mid-Cretaceous Heavy Oils from the Safaniya Sandstone Reservoir, (Wasia Formation), Saudi Arabia. In: (GeoRex) Geoscience Research Exchange 2015, April 16, 2015, University of Calgary, Blue Room, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Won First Prize.

Gonzalez-Arismendi, G., Huang, H., Weerawardhena, P., Silva, R.C., Snowdon, R.W., Radovic, J., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P., (2015) High-resolution geochemical characterization of ombrotrophic peat bogs from northern Alberta.  In: Goldschmidt 2015 - 25th Anniversary, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry, August 16-21, Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic.

Gonzalez-Arismendi, G.P., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Brown, M., Larter, S.R. (2015)  Petroleomics: shedding some light on quantitation.  In: (GeoRex) Geoscience Research Exchange 2015, April 16, 2015, University of Calgary, Blue Room, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Larter, S.R., (2015) Organic geochemical proxies - Successes, failures and the future.  In: Goldschmidt 2015 - 25th Anniversary, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry, August 16-21, Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic.

Larter, S.R., Strous, M., Head, I.M. (2015) Is a zero CO2 emission fossil fuel energy transition possible? In: Gordon Research Conference – Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage – Defining the Frontiers, May 31- June 5, Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts, United States. Poster Presentation.

Ma, J., Huang, H., Larter, S. (2015) Molecular characterization of source rocks from the second White Specks Formation in the WCSB.  In: Geoconvention 2015, New Horizons, May 04-08, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Poster Presentation.

N. Marcano, J.E. Villarreal-Barajas, T. Oldenburg, L. Snowdon, R. Sonei, H. Huang, P. Weerawardhena, M. Briscoe, R. Silva, F. Song, L. Paredes Gutiérrez, S. Larter (2015). The dating of fluid residence time in Petroleum and CO2 storage reservoirs. Part 1: Challenges and a design schematic for a practical geochemical toolbox. 27th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, September 13–18, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Silva, R.C., Radovic, J., Snowdon, R.W., Gonzalez-Arismendi, G., Brown, M., Larter, S., (2015) FTICR-MS - towards reaction lsystems models in petroleum geochemistry.  In: Goldschmidt 2015 - 25th Anniversary, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry, August 16-21, Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Silva, R.C., Snowdon, R.W., Gonzalez-Arismendi, G.P., Brown, M., Larter, S.R., (2015) FTICR-MS – More than just mass spectrometry? Towards reaction systems models in petroleum geochemistry. 10^th North American FT MS Conference at the Key West Marriott Beachside Hotel, Florida, April 12-16, 2015. Invited Speaker

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Silva, R.C., Snowdon, R., Larter, S.R. (2015) Understanding the Complexity of Dissolved Organics in Waters from SAGD Operation Treatment Plants using FTICR-MS. In: PetroPhase 2015 – The Sixteenth International Conference on Petroleum Phase Behaviour and Fouling, June 07-11, Fairmont Maykoba Resort & Spa Hotel, Riviera Maya, Mexico. Poster Presentation.

Osadetz, K., Lawton, D.C., Larter, S.R., Mayer, B., Pedersen, P.K., Saaedfar, A. (2015) CaMI’s Countess well (10-22-17-16W4): the Upper Cretaceous succession at a Unique Subsurface Laboratory and Technology Demonstration Site in Newell County, Alberta.  In: Geoconvention 2015, New Horizons, Core Conference May 07-08, AER Core Research Facility, 3545 Research Way N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Technical Presentation.

Radovic, J.R., Correa Silva, R., Gonzalaez Arismendi, G., Jaggi, A., Snowdon, R., Weerawardhena, P., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2015) Spatial and Temporal Comparison of Pre- and Post- Deepwater Horizon Spill Hydrocarbon Records in Sediments from the Gulf of Mexico.   In: 2015 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, February 16-19, The Westin Galeria-Houston, Houston, Texas, United States.

Radovic, J.R., Silva, R.C., Jaggi, A., Snowdon, R., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P., (2015) A Tale of Two Spills: Studying the Impacts of Oil Spills on the Gulf of Mexico.  In: PDFA (Post Doctoral Fellows Association) Research Day, University of Alberta, October 15, Lister Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Radovic, J.R., Silva, R.C., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R., (2015) Comprehensive screening of geochemical proxies using RADAR mode FTICR-MS.  In: Goldschmidt 2015 - 25th Anniversary, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry, August 16-21, Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic.

Silva, R.C., Radovic, J.R., Brown, M., Snowdon, R., Larter, S., Oldenburg, T., (2015) Ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry for complex organic mixture analysis.  In: PDFA (Post Doctoral Fellows Association) Research Day, University of Alberta, October 15, Lister Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

R.C. Silva, J.R. Radovic, G. del P. Gonzalez-Arismendi, D. Derksen, C. Jiang, S. Larter, T.B.P. Oldenburg. (2015)
Novel geochemical markers from ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry. 27th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, September 13–18, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic.

Silva, R.C., Ahmed, F., Ehrmann, U., Borwn, M., Carbognani, L., Larter, S.R., Pereira-Almao, P., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2015) Using FTICR-MS to Unravel the Chemistry of Water Soluble Asphaltene Oxidation Products from Oxycracking Reactions. In: PetroPhase 2015 – The Sixteenth International Conference on Petroleum Phase Behaviour and Fouling, June 07-11, Fairmont Maykoba Resort & Spa Hotel, Riviera Maya, Mexico. Oral Presentation.

Snowdon, R., Jaggi, A., Radovic, J.R., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2015) Partitioning Behavior of Low Molecular Weight Xenobiotic Components throughout the Water Column from wellhead to surface.   In: 2015 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, February 16-19, The Westin Galeria-Houston, Houston, Texas, United States.

Snowdon, R., Jaggi, A., Radovic, J.R., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2015) Partitioning Behavior of Low Molecular Weight Xenobiotic Components throughout the Water Column from wellhead to surface.   In: (GeoRex) Geoscience Research Exchange 2015, April 16, 2015, University of Calgary, Blue Room, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Sonei, R., Marcano, N., Weerawardhena, P., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Huang, H., Snowdon, L., Zhao, J., Larter, S.R. (2015) Development of an approach to a practical petroleum charge & reservoir residence time dating method in petroleum reservoirs. In: (GeoRex) Geoscience Research Exchange 2015, April 16, 2015, University of Calgary, Blue Room, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Bennett, B., Jiang, C., Snowdon, L.R., Larter, S.R., (2014) A practical method for the separation of high quality heavy oil and bitumen samples from oil reservoir cores for physical and chemical property determination.  Fuel, (February 2014, Volume 116, pp. 208-213).

Chanthamontri, C., Stopford, A.P., Snowdon, R.W., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R., (2014). On-Line Desalting of Crude Oil in the Source Region of a Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer: Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Volume 25, 1506-1510, May 2014.

Gates, I.D., Larter, S.R., (2014) Energy Efficiency and Emissions Intensity of SAGD.  Fuel, January 2014, Volume 115, pp. 706-713.

Head, I.M., Gray, N.D., Larter, S.R., (2014).  Life in the slow lane; biogeochemistry of biodegraded petroleum containing reservoirs and implications for energy recovery and carbon management.  Frontiers in Microbiology, Volume 5, Article 566, 1-23, November 2014.

Huang, H., Su, J., Larter, S., (2014) Secondary microbial gas formation associated with biodegraded oils from the Liaohe Basin, NE China.  Organic Geochemistry, Volume 68, 39-50.

Larter, S.R., Head, I.M., (2014) Oil Sands and Heavy Oil: Origin and Exploitation.  Elements, Volume 10, 277-284, August 2014.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Brown, M., Bennett, B., Larter, S., (2014). The impact of thermal maturity level on the composition of crude oils, assessed using ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry. Organic Geochemistry, Volume 75, 151-168.

Zhang, S., Huang, H., Su, J., Zhu, G., Wang, X., Larter, S., (2014) Geochemistry of Paleozoic marine oils from the Tarim Basin, NW China.  Part 4: Paleobiodegradation and oil charge mixing.  Organic Geochemistry, Volume 67, 41-57, February 2014.

Conference presentations

AlGeer, R.A., Huang, H., Weerawardhena, P., Larter, S.R. (2014) Origin of the Mid-Cretaceous Heavy Oils from the Safaniya Sandstone Reservoir, (Wasia Formation), Saudi Arabia. In: Petroleum Reservoir Group – 10 Year Anniversary Party, December 09, 2014, University of Calgary, Earth Science Building, 5^th Floor, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Chanthamontri, C.K., Weerawardhena, P., Larter S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2014)  Investigation of Recent Sediments Around the Deepwater Horizon Blowout in Gulf of Mexico Using FTICR-MS Techniques.  In: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, January 26-29, Mobile, Alabama, United States.

Cheng, B., Wang, T., Huang H., Larter, S. (2014) Application of GCxGC-TOFMS to analysis of LMWHCs in crude oils. In: Petroleum Reservoir Group – 10 Year Anniversary Party, December 09, 2014, University of Calgary, Earth Science Building, 5^th Floor, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Gonzalez-Arismendi, G.P., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Brown, M., Larter, S.R. (2014)  Petroleomics: shedding some light on quantitation.  In: Gordon Research Conference – Organic Geochemistry – Linking Past and Recent Systems and Processes, August 3-8, Holderness School, Holderness, New Hampshire, United States. Poster Presentation.

Huang, H., Oldenburg, T., McIntosh, J., Larter, S. (2014) Bioconversion of Coal: Enhanced Engineering Pathways into Fuel products (Them B; Mitra et al), Coal biodegradation systematic and geological constraints on bioconversion of coal to methane.  In: 4^th Annual Carbon Management Canada Conference, The Banff Centre, May 27-29, 2014, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Larter, S. (2014) Viscous Oil Occurrences, Biodegradation and Tar Mats.  Advances and Knowledtge Gaps.  In: SPE/EAG Workshop on Tar Mats and Heavy Oil, June 1-4, 2014, Dubai, UAE.

Larter, S., da Silva, R., Marcano, N., Sonei, R., Huang, H., Oldenburg, T. (2014) The containment centure: Caprocks and containment?  In: Subsurface Carbon Storage Symposium, October 02-03, MacEwan Hall, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Larter, S., da Silva, R., Marcano, N., Sonei, R., Huang, H., Oldenburg, T. (2014) The containment centure: Caprocks and containment?  In: Schlumberger Industry Day, October 08, EEEL 5^th Floor, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Poster Presentation.

Larter, S., Huang, H., Oldenburg, T., Nightingale, K., Chanthamontri, K. (2014) Barriers to production scale microbial gasification of coal to produce methane in subsurface.  In: Petroleum Reservoir Group – 10 Year Anniversary Party, December 09, 2014, University of Calgary, Earth Science Building, 5^th Floor, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Ma, J., Huang, H., Weerawardhena, P., Larter, S. (2014) A New Concept of Maturity: Mass Fraction Maturity – Impact of Petroleum Charge Mixing on Reservoir Geochemistry. In: Petroleum Reservoir Group – 10 Year Anniversary Party, December 09, 2014, University of Calgary, Earth Science Building, 5^th Floor, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Chanthamontri, C., Sanguantrakun, N., Stopford, A.P., Brown, M., Huang, H., Marcano, N., Snowdon, R.W., Voordouw, G., Larter, S.R. (2014)  FT-ICR-MS Method Developments and Applications in Organic and Petroleum Geochemistry, Realizing the potential of the “omics” world.  In: Schlumberger Industry Day, October 08, EEEL 5^th Floor, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Poster Presentation.

Phinney, G.M., Snowdon, R.W., Stopford, A.P., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2014)  Partitioning Behavior of Low Molecular Mass Xenobiotic Components within Live Crude Oil/Seawater Systems.  In: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, January 26-29, Mobile, Alabama, United States.

Radovic, J.R., Snowdon, R., Jaggi, A., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R. (2014) C-IMAGE Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem – Investigating long-term environmental fate of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In: Petroleum Reservoir Group – 10 Year Anniversary Party, December 09, 2014, University of Calgary, Earth Science Building, 5^th Floor, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Silva, R.C., Brown, M., Gonzalez-Arismendi, G.P., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2014)  Long alkyl chain diamondoids: facts, fiction and FTICR-MS.  In: Gordon Research Conference – Organic Geochemistry – Linking Past and Recent Systems and Processes, August 3-8, Holderness School, Holderness, New Hampshire, United States. Poster Presentation.

Silva, R.C., Brown, M., Gonzalez-Arismendi, G.P., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2014)  Long alkyl chain diamondoids: facts, fiction and FTICR-MS.  In: Schlumberger Industry Day, October 08, EEEL 5^th Floor, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Poster Presentation.

Silva, R.C., Bhola R., Gonzalez-Arismendi, G., Brown, M., Snowdon, R.W., Larter, S., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2014) Interfacial materials.  Tesla Petroleomics: Investigating key elements for oil industry operations. In: Petroleum Reservoir Group – 10 Year Anniversary Party, December 09, 2014, University of Calgary, Earth Science Building, 5^th Floor, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Silva, R.C., Weerawardhena, P., Larter, S., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2014) Novel organics in oil industry production waters: FTICR-MS at glance Unraveling molecular compositions for sustainable fossil fuels production. In: Petroleum Reservoir Group – 10 Year Anniversary Party, December 09, 2014, University of Calgary, Earth Science Building, 5^th Floor, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Sonei, R., Marcano, N., Weerawardhena, P., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Huang, H., Snowdon, L., Zhao, J., Larter, S.R. (2014) Development of an approach to a practical petroleum charge & reservoir residence time dating method in petroleum reservoirs. In: Petroleum Reservoir Group – 10 Year Anniversary Party, December 09, 2014, University of Calgary, Earth Science Building, 5^th Floor, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Suarez-Suarez, A., Aitken, C.M., Jones, M., Sherry, A., Gray, N., Hubert, C.R.J., Larter, S., Head, I.M. (2014) Role of spore-forming Firmicutes in the degradation of hydrocarbons in estuarine surface sediments.  In: Mineralogical Society, Geomicrobiology Network Meeting “When the biosphere meets the geosphere; implications of geomicrobiology for Earth System processes, September 10-11, Research Beehive Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon the Tyne, United Kingdom.

Aitken, C.M., Jones, D.M., Maguire, M.J., Gray, N.D., Sherry, A., Bowler, B.F.J., Ditchfield, A.K., Larter, S.R. and Head, I.M. (2013) Evidence that crude oil alkane activation proceeds by different mechanisms under sulfate-reducing and methanogenic conditions.  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 109(5), 162-174.

An, D., Caffrey, S.M., Soh, J., Agrawal, A., Brown, D., Budwill, K., Dong, X., Dunfield, P.F., Foght, J., Gieg, L.M., Hallam, S.J., Hanson, N.W., He, Z., Jack, T.R., Klassen, J., Konwar, K.M., Kuatsjah, E., Li, C., Larter, S., Leopatra, V., Nesbo, C.L., Oldenburg, T., Page, A.P., Ramos-Padron, E.R., Rochamn, F.F., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Sensen, C.W., Sipahimalani, P., Song, Y.C., Wilson, S., Wolbring, G., Wong, J-L., Voordouw, G. (2013) Metagenomics of Hydrocarbon Resource Environments Indicates Aerobic Taxa and Genes to be Unexpectedly Common. Environmental Science & Technology, 47: 10708-10717. DOI: 10 .1021/es4020184.

Bennett, B., Adams, J.J., Gray, N.D., Sherry, A., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Huang, H., Larter, S.R. and Head, I.M. (2013) The controls on the composition of biodegraded oils in the deep subsurface – Part 3.  The Impact of microorganism distribution on petroleum geochemical gradients in biodegraded petroleum reservoirs.  Organic Geochemistry, 56(3), 94-105.

Larter, S. Archie Douglas 1927–2013. Father of a geochemical dynasty. Organic Geochemistry. 01/2013

Marcano, N., Larter, S. Mayer, B. (2013) The impact of severe biodegradation on the molecular and stable (C, H, N, S) isotopic
compositions of oils in the Alberta Basin, Canada. Organic Geochemistry 59, 114–132.

Sherry, A., Gray, N.D., Ditchfield, A.K., Aitken, C.M., Jones, D.M., Roling, W.F.M., Hallmann, C., Larter, S.R., Bowler, B.F.J., Head, I.M. (2013) Anaerobic biodegradation of crude oil under sulphate-reducing conditions leads to only modest enrichment of recognized sulphate-reducing taxa.  International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 81, 105-113.

Patents

Larter, S.R., Bennett, B., Snowdon, L.R. (2013) Reservoir Sampling Tools and Methods.  Publication No. WO/2013/023299, International Application No.: PCT/CA2012/050554.  IPC: E21B 49/10 (2006.01), E21B 25/08 (2006.01), E21B 49/00 (2006.01), G01N 33/28 (2006.01).  Publication No. US 2014/0208826 A1 (July 31, 2014) Assignee: Gushor Inc.

Conference presentations

Aitken, C.M., Jones, M., Sherry, A., Gray, N., Hubert, C.R.J., Larter, S., Head, I.M. (2013) Evidence for Heat Resistant Sulfate-Reducing Hydrocarbon Degrading Bacteria in Estuarine Surface Sediments. In: 26th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (26th imogbremen2009) IMOG, September 16-20, Costa Adeje – Tenerife, Canary Islands. Session IV, Poster Presentation.

Brown, M., Sanguantrakun, N., Chamnongsak, K., Snowdon, R., Larter, S.R., Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2013) FT-ICR MS – Studying the Effects of Ion Suppression on Crude Oil Constituents using Standard Compounds and Systems. In: 61st ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, June 9-13, Minneapolis Convention Centre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Poster Presentation.

Huang, H., Oldenburg, T., Chanthramontri, K., Larter, S. (2013) Bioconversion of Coal by Enhanced Engineering Pathways Into Fuel Products. In: Carbon Management Canada (CMC-NCE) Annual Conference, June 3-5, The Westin Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Larter, S.R., Head, I.M., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Adams, J.J., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Marcano, N. (2013) The Roles of Water in Subsurface Petroleum Biodegradation-Part1 The Role of Water Radiolysis. In: Geoconvention 2013, Integration, May 06-10, TELUS Convention Centre & ERCB Core Research Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Larter, S.R., et al. Petroleum Reservoir Group, (2013) In: 75th EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2013, June 10-13, London, United Kingdom.

Lawton, D.C., Osadetz, K.G., Larter, S.R., Adamson, R.J. (2013) In: University of Calgary Grand Challenge Workshop: Hydraulic Fracturing, November 21, MacEwan Hall Ballroom, 4th Floor MacEwan Student Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Marcano, N., Larter, S., Snowdon, L., Bennett, B. (2013) An Overview of the Origin, Pathways and Controls of H2S Production During Thermal Recovery Operations of Heavy and Extra-Heavy Oil. In: Geoconvention 2013, Integration, May 06-10, TELUS Convention Centre & ERCB Core Research Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Poster Presentation. Won Best Integrated Poster Presentation Award

Marcano, N., Larter, S., Oldenburg, T. (2013) Generation and Sources of Aromatic Hydrocarbons During Thermal Recovery of Extra Heavy Oil. In: 26th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (26th imogbremen2009) IMOG, September 16-20, Costa Adeje – Tenerife, Canary Islands. Session IV, Oral Presentation.

Murray, A.P., Dawson, D.A., Carruthers, D., Larter, S. (2013) Reservoir Fluid Property Variation at the Metre-scale: Origin, Impact and Mapping in the Vincent Oil Field, Exmouth Sub-basin, in KEEP, M. & Moss, S.J. (Eds), 2013, The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia IV: Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration of Australia Symposium. In: Western Basins Symposium (WABS) 2013, August 18-21, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia. Poster Presentation.

Oldenburg, T., Chanthamontri, K., Brown, M., Stopford, A., Larter, S. (2013) Resistance and alteration of high molecular weight NSO compounents of crude oils to long term environmental exposure in the water or sediment column. In: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, January 21-23, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Brown, M., Chanthmontri, K., Sanguantrakun, N., Stopford, A., Marcano, N., Snowdon, R., Larter, S., Jones, D.M., Head, I.M. (2013) Maximizing Knowledge from a Single Drop using Ultra-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry. In: Geoconvention 2013, Integration, May 06-10, TELUS Convention Centre & ERCB Core Research Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Chanthamontri, K., Brown, M., Larter, S. (2013) Resistance and alteration of high molecular weight NSO components of crude oils to long term environmental exposure in the water or sediment column. In: 1st Hamburg Symposium on Deep-Sea Oil Spills, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Hamburg, Germany, September 4th, 2013.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Brown, M., Chanthamontri, K., Sanguantrakun, N., Bennett, B., Snowdon, R.W., Larter, S. (2013) The controls on the composition of Biodegraded Oils in the Deep Subsurface Part 4. Degradation and Production of High Molecular Weight Aromatic and Polar Species During In-Reservoir Biodegradation. In: 26th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (26th imogbremen2009) IMOG, September 16-20, Costa Adeje – Tenerife, Canary Islands. Session IV, Oral Presentation.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Brown, M., Chanthamontri, K., Sanguantrakun, N., Bennett, B., Larter, S. (2013) Production and destruction of high molecular weight aromatic and polar compounds during petroleum biodegradation – examples from laboratory experiments and in-reservoir case studies. In: 19th Reservoir Microbiology Forum (RFM), November 20-21, London, United Kingdom.

Shafiee, N.S., Jones, M., Oldenburg, T., Larter, S. (2013) Crude Oil Acidity Measurement Development and Applications. In: 26th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (26th imogbremen2009) IMOG, September 16-20, Costa Adeje – Tenerife, Canary Islands. Session IV, Oral Presentation.

Stopford, A., Oldenburg, T., Larter, S. (2013) Multi-phase Partitioning Behaviour of Xenobiotic Compounds in Crude Oil/Natural Gas/Seawater Systems. In: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, January 21-23, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Stopford, A.P., Snowdon, L., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R. (2013) Experimental Measurement of BTEX and Alkylated Phenol Multi-phase Partitioning Behaviour under Petroleum Reservoir and Submarine Oil Spill conditions. In: Geoconvention 2013, Integration, May 06-10, TELUS Convention Centre & ERCB Core Research Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Book chapters/other contributions

Adams, J., Larter, S., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Westrich, J., van Kruisdijk, C. (2013) The Dynamic Interplay of Oil Mixing, Charge Timing, and Biodegradation in Forming the Alberta Oil Sands: Insights from Geologic Modeling and Biogeochemistry. In: Heavy-oil and oil-sand petroleum systems in Alberta and beyond: AAPG Studies in Geology, (Ed. F. J. Hein, D. Leckie, S. Larter, and J. Suter, eds.), Studies 64, (Co-published by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, The Canadian Heavy Oil Association and The AAPG Energy Minerals Division, Chapter 2, p. 23–102. Medal of Merit for Best Paper Related to Canadian Petroleum Geology – CSPG Awards 2014.

Fustic, M., Bennett, B., Hubbard, S.M., Huang, H., Oldenburg, T., Larter, S. (2013) Impact of Reservoir Heterogeneity and Geohistory on the Variability of Bitumen Properties and on the Distribution of Gas- and Water-saturated Zones in the Athabasca Oil Sands, Canada. In: Heavy-oil and oil-sand petroleum systems in Alberta and beyond: AAPG Studies in Geology, (Ed. F. J. Hein, D. Leckie, S. Larter, and J. Suter, eds.), Studies 64, (Co-published by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, The Canadian Heavy Oil Association and The AAPG Energy Minerals Division, Chapter 6, p. 163 – 206.

Hein, F.J., Leckie, D., Larter, S., Suter, J.R. (2013) Heavy Oil and Bitumen Petroleum Systems in Alberta and Beyond: The Future Is Non Conventional and the Future Is Now, In: Heavy-oil and oil-sand petroleum systems in Alberta and beyond: AAPG Studies in Geology, (Ed. F. J. Hein, D. Leckie, S. Larter, and J. Suter, eds.), Studies 64, (Co-published by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, The Canadian Heavy Oil Association and The AAPG Energy Minerals Division, Chapter 1, p. 1 – 22.

Carbognani, L., Diaz-Gomez, L., Oldenburg, T., Pereira-Almao, P. (2012). Determination of molecular masses for petroleum distillates by simulated distillation. Journal –CT&F-Ciencia, tecnologia y futuro, 4(5), 43-56.

Fustic, M., Bennett, B., Huang, H. and Larter, S. (2012) Differential entrapment of charged oil – New insights on McMurray Formation oil trapping mechanisms.  Marine and Petroleum Geology, 36, 50-69.

Fustic, M., Hubbard, S.M., Spencer, R., Smith, D.G., Leckie, D.A., Bennett, B. and Larter, S. (2012)  Recognition of down-valley translation in tidally influenced meandering fluvial deposits, Athabasca Oil Sands (Cretaceous), Alberta, Canada.  Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 29, pp. 219-232.

Hubert, C.R.J., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Fustic, M., Gray, N.D., Larter, S.R., Penn, K., Rowan, A.K., Seshadri, R., Sherry, A., Swainsbury, R., Voordouw, G., Voordouw, J.K. and Head, I.M. (2012)  Massive dominance of Epsilonproteobacteria in formation waters from a Canadian oil sands reservoir containing severely biodegraded oil.  Environmental Microbiology, 14(2), 387-404.

Larter, S., Huang, H., Adams, J., Bennett, B. and Snowdon, L.R. (2012) A practical biodegradation scale for use in reservoir geochemical studies of biodegraded oils.  Organic Geochemistry, 45(4), 66-76.

Sherry, A., Gray, N.D., Ditchfield, A.K., Aitken, C.M., Jones, D.M., Roling, W.F.M., Hallmann, C., Larter, S.R., Bowler, B.F.J. and Head, I.M. (2012) Anaerobic biodegradation of crude oil under sulphate-reducing conditions leads to only modest enrighment of recognized sulphate-reducing taxa.  International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, in press.

Book chapters/other contributions

Fustic, M., Bennett, B., Hubbard, S.M., Huang, H., Oldenburg, T., Larter, S. (2012) Impact of reservoir heterogeneity and geohistory on the variability of bitumen properties in the Athabasca oil sands, Canada, In: Heavy-oil and oil-sand petroleum systems in Alberta and beyond: AAPG Studies in Geology, (Ed. F. J. Hein, D. Leckie, S. Larter, and J. Suter, eds.), 64, p. 1 – 42. In press.

Patents

Larter, S.R., Gates, I.D., Adams, J.J., Jiang, C., Snowdon, R., Bennett, B., Huang, H. (2012) Preconditioning an Oilfield Reservoir.  Publication No. WO2008/070990, Patent No. US 8,235,110 B2 Aug 07, 2012.. Gushor. Inc.

Conference presentations

Adams, J., Larter, S., Bennett, B., Huang, H. (2012) Oil Charge Migration in the Peace RiverOil Sands and Surrounding Region.  In: 2011 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention – GeoConvention 2012 - Vision,Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, May 14-18, Calgary, Alberta,Canada.

Bennett, B., Marcano, N., Larter, S. (2012) Geochemical Insights into the Oil Charging and Degradatikon Systematics of the Grosmont Bitumen Accumulation.  In: 2011 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention – GeoConvention 2012 - Vision,Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, May 14-18,Calgary,Alberta,Canada.

Bennett, B., Marcano, N.I., Larter, S.R. (2012).  Exploiting the natural variation in fluid properties in oil sands reservoirs: Geochemical fingerprinting supporting heavy oil thermal recovery operations.  In: World Heavy Oil Congress, Improving Sustainability Through Innovation and Collaboration, September 10-13, Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.

Chanthamontri, C., Stopford, A.P., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Snowdon, R.W., Hsieh, B., Larter, S.R. (2012) ESI-Droplet Trreatment for Crude Oil Desalting in FTICR-MS.  In: 60^th ASMS (American Society for Mass Spectrometry) on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, May 20-24,Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada.

Fay, M., Larter, S., Bennett, B., Snowdon, L., Fowler, M. (2012) Petroleum systems and Quantitative Oil chemometric Models for heavy Oils in Albertaand Saskatchewanto characterize Oil-Source Correlations.  In: 2011 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention – GeoConvention 2012 - Vision,Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, May 14-18,Calgary,Alberta,Canada.

Huang, H., Larter, S., (2012) Significance of shale fabric in shale resource exploration and developoment.  In: International Symposium on Shale Oil Resource and Exploitation Technologies, Chinese Geological Society, April 16-17,Wuxi,China.

Larter, S., Oldenburg, T., Marcano, N., Snowdon, L., Adams, J., Chanthramonti, K., Stopford, A., Huang, H., Song, F., LaFlamme, C., Ranger, M. (2012) New routes to solutions of the WCSB oil charge conundrum: y-ray Photons, and Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry.  In: 2011 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention – GeoConvention 2012 - Vision,Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, May 14-18,Calgary,Alberta,Canada.

Larter, S., Huang, H. (2012) What don’t we know about self sourced oil reservoirs: Challenges, potential solutions and fixing the academia-industry innovation bottlenecks.  In: International Symposium on Shale Oil Resource and Exploitation Technologies, Chinese Geological Society, April 16-17,Wuxi,China.

Larter, S., Huang, H., Oldenburg, T., Nightingale, K., Chanthamontri, K. (2012) Barriers to production scale microbial gasification of coal to produce methane in subsurface.  In: 2012 Carbon Management Canada 2^nd Annual Conference, May 23-25, Hilton Lac-Leamy,Gatineau-Ottawa,Quebec,Canada.

Larter, S., Bennett, B., Oldenburg, T., Adams, J., Head, I. (2012) The location of microorganisms in petroleum reservoirs.  In: Goldschmidt 2012 – Earth in Evolution, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry, June 24-29, Paliais des Congress,Montreal,Quebec,Canada.

Larter, S., Huang, H., Snowdon, L., Bennett, B. (2012).  What We Do Not Know About Self Sourced Oil Reservoirs: Challenges and Potential Solutions.  Presented on Wednesday October 31 in Session: Advances in Defining and Understanding Shale Fundementals.  In: SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference, October 30 to November 01,Calgary Telus Convention Centre,Calgary,Alberta,Canada.

Larter, S., et al. (Petroleum Reservoir Group) (2012) Barriers to the production scale microbial gasification of coal to produce methane in subsurface.  In: University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Annual Open House, November 02,Calgary,Alberta,Canada. Poster Presentation.

Larter, S., et al. (Petroleum Reservoir Group) (2012) Can comprehensive analysis of degraded oil indicate the conditions under which biodegradation occurred in an oil reservoir?  In: University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Annual Open House, November 02,Calgary,Alberta,Canada. Poster Presentation.

Larter, S., et al. (Petroleum Reservoir Group) (2012) prg - Basin, Energy & Environmental Resources Program – THOTH.  In: University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Annual Open House, November 02,Calgary,Alberta,Canada. Poster Presentation.

Larter, S., et al. (Petroleum Reservoir Group) (2012) FT-ICR-MS Method Developments and Applications in Organic and Petroleum Geochemistry - Realizing the potential of the "omics" world.  In: University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Annual Open House, November 02,Calgary,Alberta,Canada. Poster Presentation.

Larter, S., Marcano, N., Huang, H., Oldenburg, T. (2012).  New routes to solutions of oil charge conundrums: ?- ray Photons, Mass Fraction Maturity and Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry.  In: XIII Latin American Congress on Organic Geochemistry, “Between the Sierra and the sea”, November 12-13,Santa Marta,Columbia.

Marcano, N., Oldenburg, T., Mayer, B., Larter, S. (2012). Systematics of biodegradation of sulfur compounds in heavy oil reservoirs. .  In: Goldschmidt 2012 – Earth in Evolution, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry, June 24-29, Paliais des Congress, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Chanthamontri, K., Stopford, A., Huang, H., Wong, M.-L., Voordouw, G., Larter, S. (2012). Characterization of microbial activity by petroleum compositional changes using ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry techniques (FT-ICR-MS). In: Goldschmidt 2012 – Earth in Evolution, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry, June 24-29, Paliais des Congress, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Fustic, M., Bennett, B., Adams, J., Huang, H., MacFarlane, B., Leckie, D.A. and Larter, S. (2011) Bitumen and heavy oil geochemistry: a tool for distinguishing barriers from baffles in oil sands reservoirs.  Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, Volume 59, No. 4, December, 295-316. (Medal of Merit for Best Paper Related to Canadian Petroleum Geology – CSPG Awards 2012).

Gray, N.D., Sherry, A., Grant, R.J., Rowan, A.K., Hubert, C.R.J., Callbeck, C.M., Aitken, C.M., Jones, D.M., Adams, J.J., Larter, S.R. and Head, I.M. (2011) The Quantitative significance of Syntrophaceae and syntrophic partnerships in methanogenic degradation of crude oil alkanes.  Environmental Microbiology, Volume 13, Issue 11, pp. 2957–2975.

Hubert, C.R.J., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Fustic, M., Gray, N.D., Larter, S.R., Penn, K., Rowan, A.K., Seshadri, R., Sherry, A., Swainsbury, R., Voordouw, G., Voordouw, J.K. and Head, I.M. (2011)  Massive dominance of Epsilonproteobacteria in formation waters from a Canadian oil sands reservoir containing severely biodegraded oil.  Environmental Microbiology, Early View (Online Version of Record published before inclusion in issue September 14).

Conference Abstracts/Non-refereed Publications

Fustic, M., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Oldenburg, T., Hubbeard, S. and Larter, S. (2011) Differential Entrapment of Charged Oil – New Insights on McMurray Formation Oil Trapping Mechanisms.  In: 25^th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, European Association of Organic Geochemists, September 18-23, Interlaken, Switzerland. Poster Presentation.

Huang, H., Spencer, R., Aplin, A., Gates, I., Pedersen, P. and Larter, S. (2011) Natural Gas Geochemistry: Recent Developments, Applications, and Technologies.  In: AAPG Hedberg Research Conference, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, May 9-12, Beijing, China.

Huang, H., Pedersen, P., Spencer, R., Aplin, A., Laycock, D., Taylor, S. and Larter, S. (2011) Organic geochemistry of the Colorado Group shale sequence stratigraphic framework of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Implications for shale gas fairway identification.  In: 25^th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, European Association of Organic Geochemists, September 18-23, Interlaken, Switzerland. Poster Presentation.

Larter, S. and Bennett, B. (2011) Now you see them, now you don’t, now you might see them again!  A review of the systematics of alkylphenol occurrence in conventional and heavy oil petroleum systems.  In: 2011 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention – Recovery – Energy, environment, Economy, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, May 9-13, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Larter, S. and Gates, I. (2011) Shalegas, tight oil and bitumen.  Unconventional problems need a new approach to innovation and technology development!.  In: 2011 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention – Recovery – Energy, environment, Economy, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, May 9-13, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Larter, S. and Snowdon, L. (2011)Towards the geochemical tricorder: Trends and needs in subsurface geochemical sensor systems for energy recovery and carbon management.  In: Goldschmidt 2011 – Earth, Life and Fire, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry, August 14-19, Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic.

Larter, S., Oldenburg, T., Huang, H., Gates, I., Bennett, B. and Marcano, N. (2011) The organic geochemistry of carbon management.  In: 25^th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, European Association of Organic Geochemists, September 18-23, Interlaken, Switzerland. Oral Presentation.

Laycock, D.P., Pedersen, P.K., Spencer, R., Larter, S., Huang, H. and Aplin, A. (2011) 3-D Architecture of Muddy Clinoforms: Control on the Distribution and Lateral Variation of Sedimentary and Reservoir Facies, Upper Cretaceous, Eastern Alberta.  In: AAPG Annual Conference and Exhibition – Making the Next Giant Leap in Geosciences, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, April 10-13, Houston, Texas, United States.

Laycock, D.P., Pedersen, P.K., Larter, S., Huang, H., Spencer, R. and Aplin, A. (2011) Clinoform Architecture of a Shale Dominated Succession in the Cretaceous Colorado Group, Central Alberta.  In: 2011 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention – Recovery – Energy, environment, Economy, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, May 9-13, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  Poster Presentation.

Marcano, N., Huang, H., Bennett, B., Oldenburg, T. and Larter, S. (2011) Using Produced Oil Molecular composition to Monitor In Situ Upgrading Operations in Oil Sands and Heavy Oil Reservoirs.  In: 2011 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention – Recovery – Energy, Environment, Economy, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, May 9-13, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Won Best Student Oral Geology Presentation.

Marcano, N., Larter, S., and Mayer, B. (2011) Study of the stable isotopic composition of severely biodegraded oils as petroleum system correlation parameters. In: 25^th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, European Association of Organic Geochemists, September 18-23, Interlaken, Switzerland. Oral Presentation.

Mullins, O.C., Andrews, A.B., Pomerantz, A.E., Dong, C., Zuo, J.Y., Pfeiffer, T., Latifzai, A.S., Elshahawl, H., Barre, L. and Larter, S. (2011) Impact of Asphaltene Nanoscience on Understanding Oilfield Reservoirs.  In: 2011 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition – New Perspectives (ATCE 2011), Society of Petroleum Engineers, October 30 – November 02, Colorado Convention Centre, Denver, Colorado, United States.

Murray, A., Dawson, D. and Larter, S. (2011) Metre-Scale fluid property variation within an oil field revealed by Mud Gas Isotope Logging (MGIL). In: 25^th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, European Association of Organic Geochemists, September 18-23, Interlaken, Switzerland. Oral Presentation.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Brown, M., Hsieh, B. and Larter, S. (2011) Fournier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry – the analytical tool for heavy oil and bitumen characterization.  In: 2011 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention – Recovery – Energy, environment, Economy, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, May 9-13, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Oldenburg, T., Brown, M., Huang, H., Gates, I., Hsieh, B. and Larter, S. (2011) Beyond Petroleomics – Petroleum Geochemistry for the 21^st Century.  In: 8^th North American FT MS Conference, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Key West Marriott Beachside Hotel, May 1-05, Key West, Florida, United States.  Poster Presentation.

Oldenburg, T., Wong, M-I., Voordouw, G. and Larter, S. (2011) Assessing the Effect of Aerobic Microbial Community Changes in Oil Sands Outcrops on Bitumen Molecular composition.  In: ISMOS³ - International Symposium on Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oil Systems, June 13-15.  University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Poster Presentation.

Oldenburg, T., Brown, M., Wong, M-I., Voordouw, G. and Larter, S. (2011) Effect of aerobic microbial community changes in oil sands outcrops on bitumen molecular composition using GCMS and FTICRMS techniques. In: 59th ASMS Conference, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, June 04-09, Denver, Colorado, United States. Poster Presentation.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Marcano, N., Huang, H., Hsieh, B. and Larter, S.R. (2011) Beyond Petroleomics – Petroleum geochemistry for the 21^st Century.  In: Goldschmidt 2011 – Earth, Life and Fire, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry, August 14-19, Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic.

Oldenburg, T., Larter, S., Brown, M., Hsieh, B., Head, I., Jones, M., Aitkins, C. and Gray, N. (2011) Can comprehensive analysis of degraded oil indicates the conditions under which biodegradation occurred in an oil reservoir. In: 25^th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, European Association of Organic Geochemists, September 18-23, Interlaken, Switzerland. Oral Presentation.

Taylor, S.E., Pedersen, P.K., Spencer, R., Huang, H., Larter, S. and Aplin, A. (2011) Vertical Changes in Shale Sedimentary Facies, Organic Content and Composition, Carbonate Content, and Clay Mineralogy of a Thick Shale Dominated Succession of the Carlile and Niobrara Formations, Southwester Saskatchewan and Southeastern Alberta – Paleo-Oceanographic circulation and Depositional Setting Controls.  In: AAPG Annual Conference and Exhibition – Making the Next Giant Leap in Geosciences, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, April 10-13, Houston, Texas, United States.

Head, I.M., Larter, S.R., Gray, N.D., Sherry, A., Adams, J.J., Aitken, C.M., Jones, D.M., Rowan, A.K., Huang, H. and Röling, W.F.M.  (2010). Hydrocarbon Degradation in Petroleum Reservoirs. In: K.N. Timmis (Ed.), Hydrocarbon Degradation in Petroleum Reservoirs, Part 28 (Ed. by K.N. Timmis), pp. 3097-3109. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Huang, H. and Larter, S. (2010) Microbial Conversion of Residual Oil to Methane Over Extended Period of Petroleum Production.  Petroleum Geology and Exploration, Year 2010(5), 496-503.

Huang, H. and Larter, S. (2010) The Origin of Heterogeneity and Prediction of Physical Properties of the Fluid Within heavy Oil Reservoirs. China Foreign Energy, Year 2010(9), 43-81.

Huang, H., Gates, I. and Larter, S. (2010) Application of Fluid Heterogeneity in Heavy Oil Reservoir Appraisal and Production.  China Foreign Energy, Year 2010(10), 34-42.

Jiang, C., Bennett, B., Larter, S.R., Adams, J.J. and Snowdon, L.R. (2010). Viscosity and API Gravity Determination of Solvent Extracted Heavy Oil and Bitumen. Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technologies, 49(7), 20-27.

Ross, A.S., Farrimond, P., Erdmann, M. and Larter, S.R. (2010). Geochemical compositional gradients in a mixed oil reservoir indicative of ongoing biodegradation. Organic Geochemistry, 41(3), 307-320.

Conference Abstracts/Non-refereed Publications

Adams, J., Marcano, N., Oldenburg, T., Mayer, B., Larter, S. (2010). Sulfur and Nitrogen Compounds Reveal Oil Sands Source. In: GeoCanada 2010 - Working with the Earth. JACC (Joint Annual Convention Committee of CSPG, CSEG and CWLS) - Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists - Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Canadian Well Logging Society - Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada - Canadian Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences, Geoscientists Canada, May 10-14, BMO Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Adams, J., Larter, S., Bennett, B., Marcano, N. (2010). Alberta Oil Sands Charge Allocation Mapping Source Rock Contributions. In: AAPG International Conference & Exhibition - Frontiers of Unconventional Thinking: Saddle Up for the Ride. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, September 12-15, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Adams, J., Bennett, B., Snowdon, L., Larter, S. (2010). Geochemical determination of heavy oil viscosity using multivariate statistical algorithims: Procedures, pitfalls and paths to practicality! In: AAPG Hedberg Research Conference "Applications of Reservoir Fluid Geochemistry". American Association of Petroleum Geologists, June 08-11, Vail, Colorado.

Bennett, B., Jiang, D., Larter, S. (2010). Exploiting Natural Variations in Fluid Properties to Solve Production Problems in Heavy Oil Reservoirs-Production Allocation, Viscosity Profiling and Barrier Detection. In: Unmasking the Potential of Exploration & Production, 2010 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, April 11-14, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Bennett, B., Fustic, M., Huang, H., Larter, S.R. (2010). Geochemical Solutions to Havy Oil Production Problems. In: AAPG Hedberg Research Conference "Applications of Reservoir Fluid Geochemistry". American Association of Petroleum Geologists, June 08-11, Vail, Colorado.

Bennett, B., Marcano, N.I., Larter, S., Ranger, M. (2010). The Application of Oil-Source Correlation Tools towards Understanding Oil Charge Systematics in the Carbonate Reservoirs of Northern Alberta. In: AAPG International Conference & Exhibition - Frontiers of Unconventional Thinking: Saddle Up for the Ride. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, September 12-15, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Bennett, B., Snowdon, L., Larter, S., Gates, I. (2010). Water Film modification of reservoir properties in heavy oil and bitumen reservoirs. In: 11th International Symposium on Evaluation of Wettability and Its Effect on Oil Recovery. September 06-08, Alberta Room, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Cokar, M., Kallos, M.S., Huang, H., Larter, S.R., Gates, I.D. (2010) Biogenic Gas Generation from Shallow Organic-Matter-Rich Shales.  In: CSUG/SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources and International Petroleum Conference.  October 19-21, 2010, BMO Centre at Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Fay, M.C., Larter, S., Bennett, B., Snowdon, L. (2010). Oil Mixing Versus Biodegradation as a Control on Oil Properties - A Study from the West Canada Heavy Oil Belt. In: Unmasking the Potential of Exploration & Production, 2010 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, April 11-14, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Fustic, Milovan, Bennett, B., Huang, H. and Hubbard, S. (2010). Differential Entrapment of Charged Oil - New Insights on McMurray formation Oil Trapping Mechanisms. In: AAPG International Conference & Exhibition - Frontiers of Unconventional Thinking: Saddle Up for the Ride. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, September 12-15, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Gates, I., Cokar, M., Larter, S., Pedersen, P.K., Huang, H., Laycock, D., Taylor, S., Spencer, R., Allen, N., Thomas, M., Zhao, X., Adamu, M. and Aplin, A. (2010) Gas Generation and Transport in Shallow Organic-Matter-Rich Shales.  In: AAPG Hedberg Conference, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, December 5-10, Austin, Texas, United States.

Gates, I., Larter, S., Lei, H. and Huang, H. (2010). Impact of Oil Viscosity Variations and Mixing on SAGD Performance. In: AAPG International Conference & Exhibition - Frontiers of Unconventional Thinking: Saddle Up for the Ride. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, September 12-15, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Head, I., Gray, N., Aitken, C., Sherry, A., Jones, M. and Larter, S. (2010). Biogeochemistry of anaerobic crude oil biodegration. In: European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2010, May 02-07, Vienna, Austria

Head, I., Gray, N., Aitken, C., Sherry, A., Jones, M. and Larter, S. (2010). Hydrocarbon activation under sulphate-reducing and methanogenic conditions proceeds by different mechanisms. In: European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2010, May 02-07, Vienna, Austria.

Huang, H., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Su, A., Jokanola, O., Shuai, Y. and Larter, S. (2010). Biogenic Gas Systems in the Qaidam Basin, NW China. In: AAPG International Conference & Exhibition - Frontiers of Unconventional Thinking: Saddle Up for the Ride. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, September 12-15, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Award of Excellence “Top 10” Oral Presentation.

Jiang, D., Bennett, B. and Larter, S.R. (2010). Heavy Oil and Bitumen Viscosity Measurement During Drilling Activities. In: Unmasking the Potential of Exploration & Production, 2010 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition. American Association of Petroleum Engineers, April 11-14, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Larter, S. and Adams, J.J. (2010). Constraining Oil Charge Rates and Oil Reservoir Residence Time: Key Variables in Prospect Analysis and Heavy Oil Fluid Property Prediction. In: Unmasking the Potential of Exploration & Production, 2010 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, April 11-14, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Larter, S., Gates, I. and Adams, J. (2010). An initial evaluation of some biogeochemical-engineering routes to carbon management. In: GeoCanada 2010 - Working With The Earth. JACC (Joint Annual Convention Committee of CSPG, CSEG and CWLS) - Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists - Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Canadian Well Logging Society - Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada - Canadian Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences, Geoscientists Canada, May 10-14, BMO Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Larter, S., Oldenburg, T., Clements, M. and Gates, I. (2010). Beyond Petroleomics - Petroleum Geochemistry for the 21st Century. In: Unmasking the Potential of Exploration & Production, 2010 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, April 11-14, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Larter, S., Gates, I., Adams, J. and Head, I. (2010). Can studies of petroleum biodegradation help fossil fuel carbon management. In: Goldschmidt 2010, Earth, Energy, and the Environment. European Association of Geochemistry, June 13-18, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Larter, S. (Petroleum Reservoir Group) (2010) Fundamental Insights into the Operation of the Deep Biosphere and Origin of Heavy Oil.  In: University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Downtown Campus Open House, November 25, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Poster Presentation.

Larter, S. (Petroleum Reservoir Group) (2010) Basin, Energy and Evnironmental Resources Program - Thoth.  In: University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Downtown Campus Open House, November 25, Calgary,Alberta, Canada. Poster Presentation.

Larter, S. (Petroleum Reservoir Group) (2010) People, Technologies and Commercialization.  In: University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Downtown Campus Open House, November 25, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  Poster Presentation.

Larter, S., Bennett, B., Oldenburg, T., Marcano, M., Huang, H., Gates, I., Brown, M., Adams, J., Jiang, D. and Song, F. (2010) Organic Geochemistry, Carbon Management and Cleaning the End of the Fossil Fuel Era.  In: Gordon Research Conference - Organic Geochemistry, August 1-6, 2010, Holderness School, Holderness, New Hamshire, United States.

Larter, S., Jiang, C., Snowdon, L., Bennett, B., Oldenburg, T., Huang, H., Gates, I. and Adams, J., (2010) Some Future Directions in Reservoir Fluid Geochemistry. In: AAPG Hedberg Research Conference "Applications of Reservoir Fluid Geochemistry".  American Association of Petroleum Geologists, June 08-11, Vail, Colorado, United States.

Laycock, D., Pedersen, P.K., Taylor, S., Spencer, R., Huang, H., Larter, S., Gates, I. (2010). A sedimentological and straatigraphic approach to correlating clinoforms within shale dominated clastic wedges and implications for shale gas exploration: Upper Colorado Group shales, Wildmere Area, Central Alberta. In: GeoCanada 2010, Working With The Earth. JACC (Joint Annual Convention Committee of CSPG, CSEG and CWLS) - Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists - Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Canadian Well Logging Society - Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada - Canadian Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences, Geoscientists Canada, May 10-14, BMO Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Poster Presentation.

Laycock, D.P., Pedersen, P.K., Spencer, R., Huang, H., Larter, S., Gates, I. (2010). A Sedimentological and Sequence Stratigraphic Approach to Correlating Clinaforms within Shale Dominated Clastic Wedges and Implications for Shale Gas Exploration: Upper Colorado Group Shales, Wildmere Area, Central Alberta. In: AAPG International Conference & Exhibition - Frontiers of Unconventional Thinking: Saddle Up for the Ride. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, September 12-15, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Marcano, N., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Larter, S. (2010). Application of Petroleum Geochemistry to Monitoring In Situ Upgrading Operations in Oil Sands and Heavy Oil Reservoirs. In: Unmasking the Potential of Exploration & Production, 2010 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, April 11-14, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Marcano, M., Huang, H., Bennett, B., Snowdon, L. and Larter, S. (2010) Using Molecular Transformations To Monitor In Situ Upgrading Operations In Oil Sands And Heavy Oil Reservoirs. In: AAPG Hedberg Research Conference “Applications of Reservoir Fluid Geochemistry”.  American Association of Petroleum Geologists, June 08-11, Vail, Colorado, United States.

Marcano, N., Larter, S., Mayer, B. (2010). Molecular and Isotopic Study of Bitumens From The Alberta Oil Sands. In: GeoCanada 2010 - Working With The Earth. JACC (Joint Annual Convention Committee of CSPG, CSEG and CWLS) - Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists - Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Canadian Well Logging Society - Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada - Canadian Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences, Geoscientists Canada, May 10-14, BMO Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Poster Presentation.

Marcano, N.I., Larter, S., Mayer, B. (2010). The Utility of the Stable Isotopic Composition of Severely Biodegraded Oils as Petroleum System Correlation Parameters. In: AAPG International Conference & Exhibition - Frontiers of Unconventional Thinking: Saddle Up for the Ride. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, September 12-15, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Oldenburg, T.B., Brown, M., Huang, H., Adams, J., Bennett, B., Marcano, N., Larter, S. (2010). Applications of FTICRMS towards Evaluating Source Charge Contributions in Severely Biodegraded Oils; Examples from the Alberta Oil Sands and the Liaohe basin, NE China. In: AAPG International Conference & Exhibition - Frontiers of Unconventional Thinking: Saddle Up for the Ride. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, September 12-15, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Oldenburg, T., Brown, M., Gates, I., Larter, S. (2010). Beyond petroleomics petroleum geochemistry for the 21st century. In: 58th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. American Society for Mass Spectrometry. May 23-27, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

Oldenburg, T., Brown, M., Hsieh, B., Larter, S., (2010) Biodegradation resistant proxies for source evaluation using FT-ICR-MS.  In: Gordon Research Conference - Organic Geochemistry, August 1-6, 2010, Holderness School, Holderness, New Hampshire, United States.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Bennett, B., Larter, S. (2010).  Amphoterics, Petroleomics and Wettability.  In: 11th International Symposium on Evaluation of Wettability and Its Effect on Oil Recovery. September 06-08, Alberta Room, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Yarranton, H.W., Larter, S.R. (2010) The Effect of Low Molecular Weight Multifunctional Additives on Heavy Oil Viscosity.  In: CSUG/SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources and International Petroleum Conference.  October 19-21, 2010, BMO Centre at Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Pedersen, P.K., Larter, S., Huang, H., Laycock, D., Taylor, S., Cokar, M., Gates, I., Spencer, R., Allen, N., Thomas, M., Zhao, X., Adamu, M. and Aplin, A. (2010) Colorado Group, Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Controls on a Working Biogenic Shale Gas System.  In: AAPG Hedberg Conference, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, December 5-10, Austin, Texas, United States.

Sherry, A., Grant, R.J., Grey, N.D., Aitken, C.M., Jones, M., Larter, S.R., Head, I.M. (2010) Syntrophacea: key players in anaerobic oil biodegradation. In: Energy Institute Reservoir Microbiology Forum (RMF), Nov 30 - Dec 1, Energy Institute, 61 New Cavendish Street, London, United Kingdom W1G 7AR.  Poster Presentation.

Taylor, S., Pedersen, P.K., Laycock, D., Spencer, R., Huang, H., Larter, S., Gates, I. (2010). Bedforms and Stratigraphic Architecture of Colorado Group Shales as an Indicator of Shallow Shelf Depositional Setting of the Carlile and Niobrara Formations, Southeastern Alberta - Southwestern Saskatchewan. In: GeoCanada 2010 - Working With The Earth. JACC (Joint Annual Convention Committee of CSPG, CSEG and CWLS) - Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists - Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Canadian Well Logging Society - Geological Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada - Canadian Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences, Geoscientists Canada, May 10-14, BMO Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Poster Presentation.

Patents, patent applications and technology areas

1. Methods and Systems for Gas Production from a Reservoir
   Publication info: CA2638451 (A1) - 2010-02-01
   Link to patent
2. Method and Apparatus for Obtaining Heavy Oil Samples from a Reservoir Sample
   Publication info: US2010089132 (A1) - 2010-04-15
   Link to patent
3. Preconditioning an Oilfield Reservoir
   Publication info: US2010012331 (A1) - 2010-01-21
   Link to patent
4. Catalytic Down-Hole Upgrading of Heavy Oil and Oil Sand Bitumens
   Publication info: US2010212893 (A1) - 2010-08-26
   Link to patent
5. In Situ Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Process
   Publication info: US2010065268 (A1) - 2010-03-18
   Link to patent 

1. Profero Energy

Technology commercialised through Profero Energy Inc., which seeks to convert heavy oil to methane or hydrogen or convert injected carbon dioxide as methane and recover energy as a lower carbon emission.

2, 3, 5. Gushor

Technologies commercialised through Gushor Inc., which applies our understanding of heavy oil composition to heavy oil and oil sands production problems.

4, 5. UTI & AICISE

Technologies commercialised through University Technologies International (UTI) or via AICISE which seek to improve bitumen recovery while reducing carbon emission associated with production.

Books, Book Sections, Manuscripts

Gates, I.D., Larter, S.R., and Bennett, B., (2010) SAGD, CSS and Steam-Solvent Hybrid Processes for Bitumen Recovery: Impact of Geological and Fluid Compositional Heterogeneity. Chapter in Heavy Oil/Bitumen Petroleum Systems in Alberta & Beyond to be published by the AAPG.

Gates, I.D., Adams, J. and Larter, S. (2010) The Impact of Oil Viscosity Heterogeneity on Production from Heavy Oil and Bitumen Reservoirs: Geotailoring Recovery Processes to Compositionally Graded Reservoirs.  In: Chopra, S., Lines, L., Schmitt, D.R., Batzle, M.L. Heavy Oils: Reservoir Characterization and Production Monitoring, SEG Geophysical Developments Series No. 13, Jones, I. Managing Editor. Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

Head, I.M., Larter, S.R., Gray, N.D., Sherry, A., Adams, J.J., Aitken, C.M., Jones, D.M., Rowan, A.K., Huang, H. and Röling, W.F.M. (2010) Hydrocarbon Degradation in Petroleum Reservoirs. In: K.N. Timmis (Ed.), Hydrocarbon Degradation in Petroleum Reservoirs, Part 28 (Ed. by K.N. Timmis), pp. 3097-3109. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Bennett, B., Jiang, C.Q. and Larter, S.R. (2009).  Identification and occurrence of 25-norbenzohopanes in biodegraded bitumen from Palaeozoic carbonates in northern Alberta.  Organic Geochemistry, Volume 40, pp.667-670.

Dolfing, J., Xu, A., Gray, N.D., Larter, S.R. and Head, I.M. (2009).  The thermodynamic landscape of methanogenic PAH degradation.  Microbial Biotechnology, Volume 5, pp.566-574.

Gray, N.D., Sherry, A., Larter, S.R., Erdmann, M., Leyris, J., Liengen, T., Beeder, J. and Head, I.M. (2009).  Biogenic methane production in formation waters from a large gas field in the North Sea.  Extremophiles, Volume 13, Issue 3, pp. 511-519.

Liao, Y.H., Geng, A.S. and Huang, H.P. (2009). The influence of biodegradation on resins and asphaltenes in the Liaohe Basin. Organic Geochemistry, Volume 40, Issue 3, pp. 312-320.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R., Adams, J.J., Clements, M., Hubert, C., Rowan, A.K., Brown, A., Head, I.M., Grigoriyan, A.A., Voordouw, G. and Fustic, M. (2009).  Methods for Recovery of Microorganisms and Intact Microbial Polar Lipids from Oil-Water Mixtures: Laboratory Experiments and Natural Well-Head Fluids.  Analytical Chemistry, Volume 81, Issue 10, pp. 4130-4136.

Conference Abstracts/Non-refereed Publications

Adams, J., Bennett, B. and Larter, S. (2009). Physical, chemical and geological controls on the biodegradation systematics of alkylaromatic hydrocarbons, Abstract 0-28, Oral Presentation. In: 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, IMOG, September 6-11, Bremen, Germany.

Adams, J., Jiang, C., Bennett, B., Snowdon, L., Gates, I. and Larter, S. (2009). Heavy Oil and Super Heavy Oil Viscosity Measurement and Estimation: Getting Representative Samples, Abstract and Poster Presentation. In: Frontiers + Innovations, 2009 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, May 4-8. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Roundup Centre Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Poster Selected as an Honourable Mention Geological.  

Adams, J., Larter, S., Jiang, C., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Oldenburg, T., Noke, K., Snowdon, L. and Gates, I. (2009). Determination and Statistical Estimation of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Viscosity, Abstract and Poster Presentation. In: AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition - A passion for the West lives on. Are you in? June 7-10. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Colorado Convention Centre, Denver, Colorado.

Adams, J.J., Huang, H., Bennett, B. and Larter, S.R. (2009). The Dynamic Interplay of Oil Charge, Basin Dynamics, Caprock Leakage and Gas Generating Biodegradation Produces Heavy and Super-Heavy Oil Fields: Examples from Western Canada, Abstract and Poster Presentation, Poster Selected as an Honourable Mention Geological. In: Frontiers + Innovations, 2009 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, May 4-8. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Roundup Centre Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Adams, J.J. and Larter, S.R. (2009). Advances in our understanding of the origin of heavy and super-heavy oil fields and the pre-drill prediction of heavy oil fluid properties. In: III of the Cuban Convention on Earth Sciences Geosciencias 2009, March 16-20, Havana, Cuba.

Adams, J.J., Larter, S.R., Gates, I.D., Wang, J., Bennett, B. and Huang, H. (2009). Geological Controls on Oil Composition and Viscosity in Alberta Bitumen Reservoirs: Assessing Vertical Reservoir Continuity, Paper 2009-184. In: Canadian International Petroleum Conference, June 16-18. Petroleum Society, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Aitken, C., Jones, M., Sherry, A., Gray, N., Rowan, A., Head, I. and Larter, S. (2009). Is fumarate addition a common mechanism for hydrocarbon activation in the anaerobic degradation of crude oil? P-387, Poster Presentation. In: 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (24th imogbremen2009) IMOG, September 6-11, Bremen Germany.

Aplin, A., Kurtev, K.D., Abrakasa, S., and Larter, S.R. (2009). Leakage Dynamics through Fault and Top Seals, Abstract and Poster Presentation. In: AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition - A passion for the West lives on. Are you in? June 7-10. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Colorado Convention Centre, Denver, Colorado.

Bennett, B., Adams, J.J. and Larter, S.R. (2009). Oil Fingerprinting for Production Allocation: Exploiting the Natural Variations in Fluid Properties Encountered in Heavy Oil and Oil Sand Reservoirs, Selected as an Honourable Mention Geological, Oral Presentation. In: Frontiers + Innovations, 2009 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, May 4-8. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Roundup Centre Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Bennett, B., Huang, H., Asgar-Deen, M., Adams, J.J. and Larter, S.R. (2009). The petroleum reservoir deep biosphere, new views from petroleum geology and geochemistry, Page A109. In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73 (13, Supplement 1, Awards Cermony Speeches and Abstracts of the 19th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2009, June 21-26, Davros, Switzerland.

Carbognani, L., Oldenburg, T., Diaz Gomez, L., Larter, S. and Pereira-Almao, P. (2009). Gas chromatography for molecular mass determination of petroleum distillates. In: The 237th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, March 22-26. American Chemical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

Clements, M., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Carbognani, L. and Larter, S.R. (2009). Exploring solvent and concentration effects on the average molecular weight (MW) for petroleum samples using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), Poster Presentation. In: 57th ASMS Confefrence. American Society for Mass Spectrometry, May 31 – June 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Dolfing, J., Xu, A., Gray, N.D., Larter, S.R., Head, I.M. (2009). Thermodynamic constraints on methanogenic PAH degradation, Page A298. In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(13, Supplement 1, Awards Cermony Speeches and Abstracts of the 19th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2009, June 21-26, Davros, Switzerland.

Fay, M., Larter, S., Bennett, B. (2009). Hydrocarbon biodegradation trends related to fluid and mineral geochemistry, Border Plains region, western Canada foreland basin, Page A358. In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(13, Supplement 1, Awards Cermony Speeches and Abstracts of the 19th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2009, June 21-26, Davros, Switzerland.

Fay, M., Larter, S., Bennett, B. (2009). Hydrocarbon Systems and Basin Analysis of Central Alberta - Saskatchewan Border Plains Region - Fluid Flow and Petroleum Biodegradation Trends Based on Produced Fluid Sampling and Analysis, Abstract and Poster Presentation. In: Frontiers + Innovations, 2009 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, May 4-8. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Roundup Centre Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Fay, M.C., Larter, S.R., Bennett, B. (2009). Hydrocarbon Systems and Basin Analysis of Central Alberta to Saskatchewan Border Plains Region - Fluid Flow and Petroleum Biodegradation Trends Based from Produced Fluid Sampling and Analysis, Abstract and Poster Presentation. In: AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition - A passion for the West lives on. Are you in? June7-10. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Colorado Convention Centre, Denver, Colorado.

Gates, I., Larter, S. (2009). Geoviscothermal Efficiency of SAGD Projects; Energy Efficiency and Emissions. In: 2009 Gussow Geoscience Conference. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, October 05-07, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Gates, I.D., Larter, S., Adams, J.J. (2009). Optimal Well Placement for Heavy Oil and Bitumen Reservoirs with Vertical and Lateral Oil Mobility Distribution. In: 15th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, April 27-29, Paris, France.

Gray, N., Aitken, C., Sherry, A., Head, I., Jones, M., Erdmann, M., Adams, J., Larter, S. (2009). Biogenic methane production from subsurface petroleum systems: organisms and mechanisms, Page A462, Oral Presentation. In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(13, Supplement 1, Awards Cermony Speeches and Abstracts of the 19th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2009, June 21-26, Davros, Switzerland.

Gray, N., Aitken, C., Sherry, A., Head, I., Jones, M., Erdmann, M., Adams, J. and Larter, S. (2009) Microbial Community Structure, dynamics and function in Methanogenic petroleum Degrading Systems.  In: ISMOS² Abstract Book, 2^nd International Conference on Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oil Systems, June 17-19, Aarhus, Denmark.

Grossi, P., Christiansen, J., Adams, J., Marcano, N., Larter, S. (2009). Lower Cretaceous Mannville Oil Sands Prospect in the Buffalo Head Hills - Peerless Lake Region, Northern Alberta: Petroleum Generation, Migration, and Biodegradation. In: Frontiers + Innovations, 2009 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention. May 4-8, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Roundup Centre Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Huang, H., Spencer, R., Adams, J., Bennett, B., Larter, S. (2009). Geological Controls from and Geochemical Interpretations of Reservoir Fluid Heterogeneity in Northern Alberta Heavy Oil and Tar Sand Fields, Abstract and Poster Presentation. In: AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition - A passion for the West lives on. Are you in? June 7-10, Colorado Convention Centre, Denver, Colorado.

Hubert, C., Sherry, A., Seshadri, R., Rowan, A., Swainsbury, R., Oldenburg, T., Larter, S., Voordouw, G. and Head, I. (2009) Dominance of Epsilonproteobacteria in Basal Waters of the Canadian Oil Sands.  In: ISMOS² Abstract Book, 2^nd International Conference on Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oil Systems, June 17-19, Aarhus, Denmark.

Jokanola, O.A., Aplin, A.C., Larter, S.R. and Kurtev, K.K. (2009) Petroleum Leakage in the Snorre Oilfield, North Sea – A Case for Change in Cap-rock Wettability and Dynamic Seal Risking.  In: 2^nd International Conference on Fault and Top Seals – From Pore to Basin Scale, Sep 21-24, Montpellier, France.

Larter, S. (2009). Dating petroleum charge and reservoir residence times: the final frontier in petroleum geochemistry? In: CSPG Technical Geofluids Division Talk, Thursday, March 12. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Muligan Room, James Joyce Irish Pub and Restaurant, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Larter, S., Adams, J., Gates, I. (2009). Improving the Efficiencies of In Situ Energy Production: The Quick Win on Emission Reduction in Oil Sands. In: Frontiers + Innovations, 2009 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, May 4-8. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Roundup Centre Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Larter, S., Adams, J., Gates, I., Snowdon, L. (2009). Tunnels and Barriers in Energy Technology Innovation. Or; Why is the oil industry so conservative when dramatic technological change is needed? In: Frontiers + Innovations, 2009 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, May 4-8. Canadian Petroleum Society of Petroleum Geologists, Roundup Centre Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Larter, S., Adams, J., Huang, H., Bennett, B. (2009). The Dynamic Interplay of Oil Charge, Basin Dynamics, Caprock Leakage and Gas Generating Biodegradation Produces Heavy and Super-Heavy Oil Fields. In: AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition - A passion for the West lives on. Are you in? June 7-10. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado.

Larter, S., Head, I., Gates, I., Santosham, P., Rafter, D., Adams, J., Zhang, X., Fay, M., Cherry, A., Jones, M., Gray, N. (2009). Low Emission Microbial Upgrading and Recovery (LEMUR) A Potential Route to Low or Zero Emission Energy Recovery from Oilfields, Abstract and Poster Presentation. In: Frontiers + Innovations, 2009 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, May 4-8. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Roundup Centre Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Larter, S.R., Adams, J.J., Jiang, D., Snowdon, L., Gates, I.D. (2009). Assessing Bitumen and Heavy Oil Viscosity In Situ, Paper 2009-127. In: Canadian International Petroleum Conference, June 16-18. Petroleum Society, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Marcano, N., Bennett, B., Oldenburg, T., Huang, H., Larter, S. (2009). The Potential of Heavily and Severely Biodegraded Oils to be Partly Upgraded During High Temperature Thermal Recovery Conditions. In: Frontiers + Innovations, 2009 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, May 4-8. Canadian Society of Petroleum Engineers, Roundup Centre Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Marcano, N., Huang, H., Larter, S., Bennett, B., Mayer, B. (2009). Monitoring in Situ Upgrading of Heavy Oil and Tar Sands under Simulated Thermal Recovery Conditions, Abstract and Poster Presentation. In: AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition - A passion for the West lives on. Are you in? June 7-10. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Colorado Convention Centre, Denver, Colorado.

Marcano, N., Larter, S., Mayer, B. (2009). Molecular and Isotopic Study of Petroleum Columns Containing Progressively Biodegraded Heavy Oil (Bitumens). In: 2009 Research Symposium. Department of Geoscience, September 18, Earth Science Foyer, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.

Marcano, N.I., Larter, S., Mayer, B. (2009). Biodegradation effects on the molecular and isotopic compositions of petroleum columns: A case study from the Alberta tar sands. In: The 237th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, March 22-26. American Chemical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. American Chemical Society, Division Fuel Chemistry, 54.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R., Adams, J.J., Rowan, A.K., Brown, A., Head, I.M., Grigoriyan, A.A., Voordouw, G., Fustic, M., Hubart, C. (2009). Methods for Recovery of Microorganisms and Intact Microbial Polar Lipids (IPLs) from Oil-water Mixtures - Lab Experiments and Natural Well-head Fluids, Abstract and Poster Presentation. In: Frontiers + Innovations, 2009 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, May 4-8. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Roundup Centre Stampede Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R., Huang, H. (2009). Nutrient supply during subsurface oil biodegradation-New insights from organic nitrogen isotope systematics and high resolution mass spectrometry, Abstract 0-24, Oral Presentation. In: 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), September 6-11, Bremen, Germany.

Olsen, S.D., Bennett, B., Larter, S.R. (2009). Observations of some post-sourcing alteration factors on the metal signature of crude oils, Page A971, Oral Presentation. In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(13, Supplement 1, Awards Ceremony Speeches and Abstracts of the 19th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2009, June 21-26, Davros, Switzerland.

Pedersen, K., Larter, S., Spencer, R., Gates, I., Huang, H., Laycock, D., Taylor, S. (2009). Shale Gas: Prospectivity of Immature Shale at Shallow Burial Depts. In: 2009 Research Symposium. Department of Geoscience, September 18, Earth Science Foyer, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.

Samimi, H., Marcano, N., Larter, S. (2009). Relationship Between Geochemical Proxy Parameters and Compositional Reservoir Simulation Parameters of Tar Sand Reservoirs. In: Western Inter-University Geoscience Conference, hosted by the University of British Columbia, January 8-10, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Patents, patent applications and technology areas

Head, I.M., Larter, S.R., Gates, I.D., (2009) Methods for Increasing Methanogenesis in Subsurface Reservoirs.  Publication No.: US 2013/0020073 A1 Jan 24, 2013.  Profero Energy Inc.

Method for Determining a Value of a Property of Oil Extracted from a Sample
Publication info: CA2666148 (A1) - 2009-02-17
Link to patent

Preconditioning an Oilfield Reservoir
Publication info: CN101611216 (A) - 2009-12-23
Link to patent

Technologies commercialised through Gushor Inc., which applies our understanding of heavy oil composition to heavy oil and oil sands production problems.

Bennett, B. & Larter, S.R. (2008).  Biodegradation scales: Applications and limitations.  Organic Geochemistry, Volume 39, Issue 8 (August), pp. 1222-1228.

Bennett, B., Larter, S., Carbognani, L. and Pereira-Almao, P. (2008).  Identification and Characterization of Reaction Proxies for Monitoring the Progress of Thermal Processing of Heavy Oils and Tar Sands under Vis-Breaking Conditions.  Energy & Fuels, Volume 22, Issue 1 (Jan-Feb), pp. 440-448.

Dolfing, J., Larter, S.R. and Head, I.M. (2008).  Thermodynamic constraints on methanogenic crude oil biodegradation.  2008 International Society for Microbial Ecology, The ISME Journal, Volume 2, Issue 4 (April), pp. 442-452.

Gates, I., Adams, J. and Larter, S. (2008).  The impact of oil viscosity heterogeneity on production from heavy oil and bitumen reservoirs: Geotailoring recovery processes to compositionally graded reservoirs.  CSEG Recorder September 2008, Volume 33, Issue 7, pp. 42-48.

Gates, I.D., Adams, J. and Larter, S. (2008).  The impact of oil viscosity heterogeneity on production characteristics of tar sand and heavy oil reservoirs.  Part II: Intelligent, geotailored recovery processes in compositionally graded reservoirs.  Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Volume 47, Issue 9 (September), pp. 40-49.

Huang, H.P., Bennett, B., Oldenburg, T., Adams, J., Larter, S.R. (2008).  Geological Controls on the Origin of Heavy Oil and Oil Sands and Their Impacts on In Situ Recovery.  Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Paper: 2006-045, April 2008, Volume 47, Issue 4 (April), pp. 37-45.

Jiang, C., Larter, S.R., Noke, K. and Snowdon, L. (2008).  TLC-FID (latroscan) analysis of heavy oil and tar sand samples.  Organic Geochemistry, Volume 39, Issue 8 (August), pp. 1210-1214.

Jones, D.M. , Head, I.M., Gray, N.D., Adams, J.J., Rowan A.K., Aitken, C.M., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Brown, A., Bowler, B.F.J., Oldenburg, T., and Larter, S.R. (2008) Crude-oil biodegradation via methanogenesis in subsurface petroleum reservoirs. Nature, Volume 451, no. 7175 (January 10), pp. 176-180. Geochemical Society best paper award 2008.

Lambo, A., Noke, K., Larter, S.R. and Voordouw, G. (2008).  Competitive, Microbially-Mediated Reduction of Nitrate with Sulfide and Aromatic Oil Components in a Low-Temperature, Western Canadian Oil Reservoir.  Environmental Science & Technology, Volume 42, Issue 23 (December), pp. 8941-8946.

Larter, S. (2008).  Cleaning up the final phase of the fossil-fuel industry.  Nature, Volume 451, Issue no. 7188, (10 April), pp. 685-685.

Larter, S. (2008).  Microbes could provide cleaner energy from Earth's oil reserves.  Nature, Volume 451, Issue no. 7175, (10 January), pp. ix.

Larter, S., Adams, J., Gates, I.D., Bennett, B. and Huang, H. (2008). The origin, prediction and impact of oil viscosity heterogeneity on the production characteristics of tar sand and heavy oil reservoirs. Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Volume 47, Issue 1 (January), pp. 52-61.

Li, M., Zhang, S., Jiang, C., Zhu, G., Fowler, M., Achal, S., Milovic, M., Robinson, R. and Larter, S. (2008).  Two-dimensional gas chromatograms as fingerprints of sour gas-associated oils.  Organic Geochemistry, Volume 39, Issue 8 (August), pp. 1144-1149.

Conference Abstracts/Non-refereed Publications

Adams, J., Jiang, C., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Oldenburg, T., Noke, K., Snowdon, L., Gates, I., Larter, S. (2008).  Viscosity Determination of Heavy Oil and Bitumen: Caution and Solutions.  World Heavy Oil Congress, Edmonton, Alberta 10-12 March 2008, Paper 2008-443.

Adams, J.J., Larter, S.R., Gates, I.D., Huang, H. and Bennett, B. (2008). Reading the rocks and fluids to design geotailored and geotolerant strategies for heavy oil and bitumen recovery: The need for high resolution fluid mobility logs. 2008 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 12-15, Roundup Centre Stampede Park.

Adams, J.J., Larter, S.R., Huang, H. and Bennett, B. (2008) Why heavy oilfields exist? The dynamic interplay of oil charge, basin dynamics, caprock leakage and gas generating biodegradation that produces heavy oilfields. Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 15-19.

Bennett, B. and Larter. S.R. (2008). Petroleum Geochemical Responses to Reservoir Rock Properties. 2008 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 12-15, Roundup Centre Stampede Park.

Bennett, B., Larter, S., Carbognani, L. and Pereira Almao, P. (2008).  Identification and characterization of hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon reaction proxies for monitoring the progress of in reservoir processing of heavy oils and tarsands (Part 1 Thermal Cracking).  World Heavy Oil Congress, Edmonton, Alberta 10-12 March 2008.

Gates, I.D. Larter, S., and Adams, J.J. (2008). Oil Mobility Variations in Heavy Oil and Tar Sands Reservoirs - Towards a Grand unified Theoretical Model of Heavy Oil Fluid Properties. World Heavy Oil Congress, Edmonton, Alberta 10-12 March 2008, Paper 2008-452.

Gates, I.D., Larter, S.R., Adams, J.J., Snowdon, L. and Jiang, C., (2008) Preconditioning Methods to Improve SAGD Performance in Heavy Oil and Bitumen Reservoirs with Variable Oil Phase Viscosity (Paper 117717-MS). In: SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, ITOHOS 2008 "Heavy Oil: Integrating the Pieces", Volume 2, Pages 948-957, October 20-23, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Huang, H., Koksalan, T., Bennett, B., Adams, J., Larter, S. (2008).  Geochemical based proxies for assessing in-situ processing of heavy oils and oil sands.  World Heavy Oil Congress, Edmonton, Alberta 10-12 March 2008, Paper 2008-144.

Jiang, C.J., Adams, J., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Oldenburg, T.B.P., Noke, K.J., Snowdon, L., Gates, I.D., Larter, S.R. (2008).  Viscosity Estimation of Heavy Oil and Bitumen.  World Heavy Oil Congress, Edmonton, Alberta 10-12 March 2008.

Larter, S., Adams, J. and Gates, I. (2008).  Improving the Efficiencies of Insitu Energy Production from the Oil Sands and Did the Formation of the Oil Sands Contribute to Global Warming at the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum 55Ma ago?  2008 Gussow-Nuna Geoscience Conference, October 20-23, Banff, Alberta.

Larter, S., Adams, J. and Gates, I. (2008).  From syntrophic bacteria to beyond SAGD. From steam to green! CHOA Lunch Feb 6 2008.

Larter, S., Gates, I.D. and Adams, J.J. (2008) From Steam Towards Sustainability! Pass Transition Technologies for Heavy Oil and Bitumen Industry, Paper 2008-133. In: Canadian International Petroleum Conference: Petroleum Society's 59th Annual Technical Meeting, June 17-19, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Larter, S., Adams, J.J., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Jiang, D., Fay, M., and Gates, I.D. (2008) The physics of the confusing organic geochemistry of subsurface petroleum biodegradation. Gordon Research Conference, Organic Geochemistry, Aug. 3-8, Holderness, New Hamshire.

Larter, S., Adams, J.J., Huang, H. and Bennett, B. (2008) Insights into the Deep Biosphere from Petroleum Geology. Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 15-19.

Oldenburg, T., Carbognani, L., Yarranton, H., Bennett, B. and Larter, S. (2008). Characterization of Bitumen and the Relationship of Structure to Process Reactivity.  COSI-AICISE Symposium, May 27, 2008, Canmore, Alberta.

Pereira Almao, P. and Larter, S.  An integrated Approach to On Site/In Situ Upgrading.  19^th World Petroleum Congress, June 29 to July 23, 2008, Spain, Madrid.

Robinson, C., Larter, S. and Spencer, R. (2008). Assessing Shale Gas Potential of the Upper Colorado Group, Southern Alberta: A Multidisciplinary Approach. 2008 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 12-15, Roundup Centre Stampede Park.

Yang, X., Larter, S.R. and Gates, I.D. (2008) Design and Optimization of Hybrid Ex Situ / In Situ Steam Generation Recovery Processes for Heavy Oil and Bitumen (SPE/PS/CHOAE SPE 117643 PS2008-324). In: SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, ITOHOS 2008 "Heavy Oil: Integrating the Pieces", Volume 2, Pages 674-689, pp. 16. Copyright 2008, SPE/PS/CHOA International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, October 20-23, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Patents, patent applications and technology areas

Gates, I.D., Larter, S.R., Adams, J.J., (2008) In Situ Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Process (JAGD Formerly Known as JAGASS). Publication info: US2010065268 (A1) – 2010-03-18.  US patent Awarded September 2011.

Larter, S.R., Gates, I.D., Adams, J.J., Jiang, C.,Snowdon, L.R., Bennett, B., Huang, H., (2008) Preconditioning an Oilfield Reservoir. Publication info: US2010012331 (A1) – 2010-01-21. 

Larter, S.R., Jiang, C.,Oldenburg, T.B.P., Adams, J.J., Noke, K.J., Bennett, B., Gates, I.D.,Snowdon, L.R., (2008) Method and Apparatus for Obtaining Heavy Oil Samples from a Reservoir Sample (PLUNGER). Publication info: US2010089132 (A1) – 2010-04-15.

Moini Araghi, B., Kantzas, A., Pereira-Almao, P., Larter, S., (2008) Catalytic Down-Hole Upgrading of Heavy Oil and Oil Sand Bitumens. Publication info: US2010212893 (A1) – 2010-08-26.  US Patent Awarded 2010.

Process for Sequestering Carbon Dioxide
Publication info: WO2008128331 (A1) - 2008-10-30
Link to patent

Technology commercialised through Profero Energy Inc., which seeks to convert heavy oil to methane or hydrogen or convert injected carbon dioxide as methane and recover energy as a lower carbon emission

Bennett, B., Aitken, C.M., Jones, D.M., Farrimond, P. and Larter, S.R. (2007).  The occurrence and significance of 25-norhopanoic acids in petroleum reservoirs.  Organic Geochemistry, Volume 38, Issue 11 (October), pp. 1977-1985.

Bennett, B., Lager, A. and Larter, S.R. (2007).  Polar non-hydrocarbons in crude oils and rock extracts: Recovery and impact of sample storage protocols.  Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 58, Issue 3-4 (September), pp. 367-374.

Bennett, B., Lager, A., Potter, D.K., Buckman, J.O. and Larter, S.R. (2007).  Petroleum geochemical proxies for reservoir engineering parameters.  Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 58, Issue 3-4 (September), pp. 355-366.

Bennett, B., Noke, K.J., Bowler, B.F.J. and Larter, S. (2007).  The accurate determination of C₀-C₃ alkylphenol concentrations in crude oils.  International Journal of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, Volume 87, Issue 5, (20 April), pp. 307-320.

Zhang, Q., Huang, H.P., Zheng, L.J. and Qin, J.Z. (2007). Secondary hydrocarbon generation potential from heavy oil, oil sand and solid bitumen during the artificial maturation. Organic Geochemistry, Volume 38, issue 12, pp. 2024-2035.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R. and Huang, H. (2007).  Nitrogen isotope systematic of petroleum fractions of differing polarity - Neutral versus basic compounds.  Organic Geochemistry, Volume 38, Issue 10 (October), pp. 1789-1794.

Conference Abstracts/Non-refereed Publications

Adams, J., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Koksalan, T., Jiang, D., Fay, M., Gates, I. and Larter, S. (2007) Controls On The Variability Of Fluid Properties Of Heavy Oils And Bitumens In Foreland Basins: A Case History From The Albertan Oil Sands. AAPG Hedberg Conference, "Basin Modeling Perspectives:  Innovative Developments and Novel Applications", May 6-9, The Hague, The Netherlands. 

Adams, J.J., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Koksalan, T., Jiang, D., Fay, M., Gates, I.D. and Larter, S. (2007) Controls On The Variability Of Fluid Properties Of Heavy Oils And Bitumens In Foreland Basins: A Case History From The Albertan Oil Sands.  AAPG Hedberg Conference, "Heavy Oil and Bitumen in foreland Basins - From Processes to Products", Sept. 30-Oct 3, Banff, Alberta.

Adams, J.J., Larter, S. and Gates, I.D. (2007) The impact of oil viscosity heterogeneity on production characteristics of heavy oil and tar sand (HOTS) reservoirs. Part III: The origin of highly nonlinear oil viscosity gradients and the design of geotailored recovery processes suitable for such compositionally graded reservoirs. CHOA "Slugging It Out" Conference, March 27, Calgary, AB.

Adams, J.J., Neufeld, C., Carruthers, D. and Larter, S. (2007) Heavy Oil-the final frontier! Practical basin- and reservoir-scale simulation of biodegradation using 1 to 3D models to effectively predict reservoir fluid properties. AAPG Hedberg Conference, "Basin Modeling Perspectives:  Innovative Developments and Novel Applications", May 6-9, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Aitken, C., Brown, A., Gray, N., Rowan, A., Head, I., Jones, M. and Larter, S. (2007). Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation in Petroleum Reservoirs and Methane Generation. 23^rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Torquay, United Kingdom, September 9-14, 2007. Paper 339-TH.

Bennett, B. and Larter, S.R., (2007). When biodegradation scales fill: Basil fawlty does Athabasca. 23^rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Torquay, United Kingdom, September 9-14, 2007.  

Bennett, B. and Larter, S.R. (2007). Application of Molecular Markers to Petroleum Maturity Assessment. 23^rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Torquay, United Kingdom, September 9-14, 2007. 

Carruthers, D., Chen, Z., Larter, S., Adams, J. and Gates, I.  (2007) Coupled reservoir simulation and basin models - reservoir charging and fluid mixing. AAPG Hedberg Conference, "Basin Modeling Perspectives:  Innovative Developments and Novel Applications", May 6-9, The Hague, The Netherlands. 

Fay, M.C.H.M., Larter, S.R. and Bennett, B. (2007) Aqueous and Isotopic Geochemical Constraints on Gas and Heavy Oil Composition in the Border Plains Region, Central Alberta and Saskatchewan. 2007 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 14-17.

Fustic, M., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Spencer, R., Hubbard, S. and Larter, S. (2007) Controls on Bitumen Heterogeneity in the Athabasca Oil Sands Deposit - Evidence from Cores and Outcrops.  AAPG Hedberg Conference, "Heavy Oil ad Bitumen in foreland Basins - From Processes to Products", Sept. 30-Oct 3, Banff, Alberta.  

Fustic, M., Bennett, B., Hubbard, S., Spencer, R. and Larter, S. (2007).  Effects of Reservoir Compartmentalization on Bitumen Quality in the Athabasca Oil Sands Deposits, NE Alberta.  Oral Presentation. 2007 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 14-17.

Fustic, M., Bennett, B., Spencer, R., Hubbard, S. and Larter, S. (2007).  Effects of Reservoir Compartmentalization on Hydrocarbon Composition and Bitumen Quality in the Athabasca Oil Sands Deposits, Canada.  AAPG and AAPG European Region Conference, November 18-21, 2007, Athens, Greece.

Fustic, M., Bryan, J., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Mai, A., Spencer, R., Hubbard, S., Kantzas, A. and Larter, S. (2007) High Resolution Characterization of Reservoir Fluid and Rock Properties: Integrating Sedimentology and Advanced Geochemical and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Methods - Case Study from the Athabasca Oil Sands Deposit.  AAPG Hedberg Conference, "Heavy Oil ad Bitumen in foreland Basins - From Processes to Products", Sept. 30-Oct 3, Banff, Alberta. 

Fustic, M., Spencer, R., Hubbard, S., Bennett, B. and Larter, S. (2007).  Dipmeter Application in Canadian Oil Sands Development - Evolution from Predicting Potential Block Slides to 3D Geological Interpretation and Modelling.  AAPG and AAPG European Region Conference, November 18-21, 2007, Athens, Greece.

Gates, I.D. Larter, S.R., and Adams, J.J. (2007) The impact of oil viscosity heterogeneity on the production characteristics of tar sand and heavy oil reservoirs. Part II: Intelligent, geotailored recovery processes in compositionally graded reservoirs. Paper 2007-023 presented at 58th Canadian International Petroleum Conference, June 12-14, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Gates, I.D., Larter, S. and Adams, J. (2007) Design of Geotailored Recovery Processes to Produce Oil Sand Reservoirs.  AAPG Hedberg Conference, "Heavy Oil ad Bitumen in foreland Basins - From Processes to Products", Sept. 30-Oct 3, Banff, Alberta. 

Huang, H., Adams, J.J., Bennett, B. and Larter, S., (2007) What controls the occurrence of heavy oil and tar sand? A comparison study between the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and Liaohe Basin, NE China. Oral Presentation. 2007 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 14-17.

Hubbard, S.M., Fustic, M., Spencer, R., Gates, I. and Larter, S. (2007) Interpreting Reservoir Geometries and Assessing Reservoir Qualities from Oil Sands Cores-Challenges during Exploration and Development.  AAPG Hedberg Conference, "Heavy Oil ad Bitumen in foreland Basins - From Processes to Products", Sept. 30-Oct 3, Banff, Alberta. 

Jiang, C., Larter, S.R., Noke, K. and Snowdon, L.R. (2007). TLC-FID (Iatroscan) Analysis of Heavy Oil and Tar Sand Samples. 23^rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Torquay, United Kingdom, September 9-14, 2007.

Jokanola, O., Issler, D.R., Aplin, A.C., Larter, S.R. and Kurtev, K.D. (2007).  Seal Risking and Petroleum Leakage - A Case Example from TagluGas/Condensate Field, Richards Island, Beaufort Mackenzie Delta, Northern Canada.  AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition: Understanding Earth Systems Pursuing the Checkered Flag, April 1-4, 2007, Long Beach, California.

Larter, S., Adams, J. and Gates, I. (2007).  The Impact of Oil Viscosity Heterogeneity on Production Characteristics of Heavy Oil and Tar Sand (HOTS) Reservoirs.  Part III: The Origin of Highly Non Linear Oil Viscosity Gradients and the Design of Geotailored Recovery Processes Suitable for such Compositionally Graded Reservoirs.  Oral Presentation.  2007 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 14-17.

Larter, S.R., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Adams, J., Jiang, C.T., Koksalan, T., Liao, Y., Rodgers, R.P., Klein, G.C. and Marshall, A.G. (2007). The impact of in-reservoir biodegradation processes on non GC-amenable fractions of crude oil and advanced thermal recovery processes for heavy oil. 23^rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Torquay, United Kingdom, September 9-14, 2007.

Li, M., Zhang, S., Jiang, C., Zhu, Guangyou, Fowler, M. and Larter, S. (2007). Application of Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography in Fingerprinting Sour Gas Associated Oils: Molecular Constraints for BSR and TSR Related Sulfur Isotope Fractionation. 23^rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Torquay, United Kingdom, September 9-14, 2007.

Lines, L., Embleton, J., Fay, M., Larter, S., Settari, T., Palmiere, B., Reine, C. and Schmitt, D. (2007).  Reservoir Characterization of Plover Lake Heavy-Oil Field.  AAPG Hedberg Conference, "Heavy Oil ad Bitumen in foreland Basins - From Processes to Products", Sept. 30-Oct 3, Banff, Alberta. 

Marcano, N., Samimi, H., Larter, S., Gates, I., Mayer, B., Huang, H., Bennett, B., Adams, J. and Spencer, R. (2007) Integration of Chemical Data into Reservoir Simulation - A Case Study from Western Canada. AAPG Hedberg Conference, "Heavy Oil ad Bitumen in foreland Basins - From Processes to Products", Sept. 30-Oct 3, Banff, Alberta.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R., Grigoriyan, A.A., Voordouw, G., Brown, A. and Head, I. (2007). Recovery of Microorganisms/Intact Membrane Lipids (IPLS) From Oil/Water Mixtures-Lab Experiments and Natural Well-Head Fluids. 23^rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Torquay, United Kingdom, September 9-14, 2007.

Pedentchouk, N., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Koksalan, T. and Larter, S.R. (2007). D/H Composition of Individual Hydrocarbons From In-Reservoir Biodegradation Oils: A Link To Successful Oil-Sand Recovery. 23^rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Torquay, United Kingdom, September 9-14, 2007.

Suter, J.R., Leckie, D.A. and Larter, S. (2007) Challenges to the Heavy Oil and Tar Sand Industry - A Comparative Analysis of the Petroleum Systems for Two Super-Giant Foreland Basin Accumulations: The Canadian Athabasca Oil Sands and the Faja Petrolifera Del Orinoco (Venezuelan Heavy Oil Belt) and the Impact of Reservoir and Fluid Heterogeneities on Sustainable Recovery of Energy from Bitumen Reservoirs. AAPG Hedberg Conference, "Heavy Oil ad Bitumen in foreland Basins - From Processes to Products", Sept. 30-Oct 3, Banff, Alberta.

Poster Presentations

Aitken, C., Brown, A., Gray, N., Rowan, A., Head, I., Jones, M. and Larter, S. (2007). Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Degradation In Petroleum Reservoirs And Methane Generation. Presented at 23^rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Torquay, United Kingdom, September 9-14, 2007. 

Bennett, B. and Larter, S.R. (2007). Quantitative considerations for the application of molecular markers to petroleum maturity. Presented at 23^rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Torquay, United Kingdom, September 9-14, 2007.  

Bennett, B. and Larter, S.R. (2007). Application of Molecular Markers To Petroleum Maturity Assessment. Presented at 23^rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Torquay, United Kingdom, September 9-14, 2007.  

Jiang, C., Larter, S.R., Noke, K.J. and Snowdon, L.R. (2007). TLC-FID (latroscan) Analysis of Heavy Oil And Tar Sand Samples. Presented at 23^rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Torquay, United Kingdom, September 9-14, 2007. 

Pedentchouk, N., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Koksalan, T. and Larter, S.R. (2007). D/H Composition Of Individual Hydrocarbons From In-Reservoir Biodegraded Oils: A Link To Successful Oil-Sand Recovery. Presented at 23^rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Torquay, United Kingdom, September 9-14, 2007. 

Patents, patent applications and technology areas

Larter, S.R., Head, I.M., Jones, D.M., Erdmann, M., Wilhelms, A. (2007) Process for Stimulating Production of Methane from Petroleum in Subterranean Formations.  Publication info: NO20066037 (A) – 2007-02-26.  European Patent Awarded July 2011, Canadian Patent issued on July 24, 2012 Patent No. 2568574.

Larter, S.R., Head, I.M., Jones, D.M., Erdmann, M., Wilhelms, A. (2007) Process for Stimulating Production of Hydrogen from Petroleum Subterranean Formations. Publication info: NO20066038 (A) – 2007-02-26.  European Patent  Awarded July 2011.

Technologies commercialised through Profero Energy Inc., which seeks to convert heavy oil to methane or hydrogen or convert injected carbon dioxide as methane and recover energy as a lower carbon emission.

Adams, J., Riediger, C., Fowler, M. and Larter, S. (2006). Thermal controls on biodegradation around the Peace River tar sands: Paleo-pasteurization to the west. Journal Of Geochemical Exploration, Volume 89, Issue 1-3, Special Issue Sp.Iss.SI (April-June), pp. 1-4.

Bennett, B., Fustic, M., Farrimond, P., Huang, H. P. and Larter, S. R.  (2006). 25-Norhopanes: Formation during biodegradation of petroleum in the subsurface. Organic Geochemistry, Volume 37, Issue 7, pp. 787-797.

Jokanola, O.A., Aplin, A.C. and Larter, S.R. (2006).  Significance of seal risking in petroleum exploration.  Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Reservoir, April 2006, Volume 33, Issue 4, pp. 33-35.

Larter, S., Huang, H., Adams, J., Bennett, B., Jokanola, O., Oldenburg, T.,  Jones, M.,  Head, I., Riediger, C. and Fowler, M. (2006). The controls on the composition of biodegraded oils in the deep subsurface: Part II - Geological controls on subsurface biodegradation fluxes and constraints on reservoir-fluid property prediction. AAPG Bulletin, Volume 90 Issue 6 (June), pp. 921-938.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Larter, S.R. and Huang, H. (2006). Nutrient Supply during Subsurface Oil Biodegradation - Availability of Petroleum Nitrogen as a Nutrient Source for Subsurface Microbial Activity, Energy & Fuels, Volume 20, Issue 5, pp. 2079-2082.

Roling, W.F.M., Ortega-Lucach, S., Larter, S.R. and Head, I.M. (2006). Acidophilic microbial communities associated with a natural, biodegraded hydrocarbon seepage.  Journal of Applied Microbiology, Volume 101, Issue 2 (June), pp. 290-299.

Conference Abstracts/Non-refereed Publications

Adams, J.J., Larter, S., Gates, I., Bennett, B. and Huang, H. (2006) Oil viscosity heterogeneity of tar sand and heavy oil reservoirs: prediction and impact of the production fluid properties. World Heavy Oil Conference, Nov. 5-8, Beijing, China.

Adams, J.J., Larter, S., Riediger, C. and Fowler, M. (2006) Deep Burial Microbial Sterilization Limits the Canadian Tar Sand Reservoirs. AAPG 2006 Annual Convention: Perfecting the Search - Delivering on Promises, April 9-12, 2006, Houston, Texas.

Adams, J.J., Riediger, C.L, Fowler, M.G. and Larter, S.R. (2006). Thermal controls on biodegradation around the Peace River tar sands: paleo-pasteurization to the west. GeofluidsV: 5^th International Conference on Fluid Evolution, Migration and Interaction in Sedimentary Basins and Orogenic Belts Conference, May 17-21, 2006, Windsor, ON.  

Alpin, A., Kurtev, K. and Larter, S. (2006)  Dynamic Evaluation of Leaking Fault and Top Seals.  2006 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 15-18.

Fustic, M., Ahmed, K., Brough, S., Bennett, B., Bloom, L., Asgar-Deen, M., Jokanola, O., Spencer, R. and Larter, S. (2006).  Reservoir and Bitumen Heterogeneity in Athabasca Oil Sands.  2006 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 15-18.

Fustic, M., Bennett, B., and Larter, S. (2006).  Geological Controls on Bitumen Heterogeneity in Athabasca Oil Sands.  2006 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 15-18.

Haiping Huang, Barry Bennett, Jennifer Adams and Steve R. Larter (2006).  Comparison of the controls on heavy oil and tar sand formation in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and Liaohe Basin, NE China.  World Heavy Oil Conference, Nov. 5-8, 2006, Beijing, China.

Huang, H., Bennett, B., Oldenburg, T., Adams, J.J. and Larter, S. (2006) Geological controls on the origin of heavy oil and tar sands and their impacts on in-situ recovery. Paper 2006-045 presented at 57^th Canadian International Petroleum Conference, June 13-15, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Huang, H., Larter, S., Adams, J., Gates, I.D. and Bennett, B. (2006).  The Origin, Prediction and Impact of Oil Viscosity Heterogeneity on the Production Characteristics of Tar Sand and Heavy Oil Reservoirs.  AAPG Hedberg Conference, October 8-10, 2006 - Veracruz, Mexico.

Jokanola, O. and Larter, S. (2006).  Cap Rock Failures in Petroleum Systems-Case studies from the Snorre Oilfield, Tampen Spur, North Sea and Taglu Gas field, Beaufort Mackenzie Delta.  2006 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 15-18, Roundup Centre Stampede Park.

Jokanola, O., Aplin, A.C., Larter, S.R. and Durtev, K.D. (2006) Sealing Properties of Source Rocks: The Example of the North Sea's Kimmeridge Clay Formation. AAPG 2006 Annual Convention: Perfecting the Search - Delivering on Promises, April 9-12, 2006, Houston, Texas.

Jones, D.M., Aitken, C.M., Rowan, A.K., Gray, N.D., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Adams, J., Head, I.M. and Larter, S.R. (2006).  Processes and rates of petroleum biodegradation in reservoirs.  Geophysical Research Abstracts, Volume 8, 08487, (European Geosciences Union 2006). 

Koksalan, T., Huang, H., Bennett, B., Adams, J. and Larter, S. (2006).  Variation in Oil Biodegradation Level Along Long Horizontal Well Sections in Tar Sand Reservoirs.  2006 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 15-18.

Larter, S., Adams, J., Gates, I., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Koksalan, T., Fustic, M. and Fustic, M. (2006).  The Origin and Impact of Fluid Heterogeneity on Production Characteristics of Heavy Oilfields.  2006 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 15-18, Roundup Centre Stampede Park.

Larter, S., Adams, J., Gates, I.D., Bennett, B. and Huang, H. (2006).  The origin, prediction and impact of oil viscosity heterogeneity on the production characteristics of tar sand and heavy oil reservoirs.  Paper 2006-134 presented at 57^thCanadian International Petroleum Conference, June 13-15, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Larter, S., Adams, J.J., Gates, I., Bennett, B., Huang, H. and Coombe, D. (2006) The origin and impact of fluid heterogeneity on production characteristics of heavy oilfields. 2006 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 15-18.

Larter, S., Gates, I., Adams, J.J., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Koksalan, T. and Fustic, M. (2006) Reservoir Fluid Characterization of Tar Sand and Heavy Oil Reservoirs-Impact of Fluid Heterogeneity on Production Characteristics. AAPG 2006 Annual Convention: Perfecting the Search - Delivering on Promises, April 9-12, 2006, Houston, Texas.

Lines, L., Embleton, J., Fay, M., Larter, S., Settari, T., Palmiere, B., Reine, C. and Schmitt, D. (2006).  Reservoir Characterization of Plover Lake Heavy-Oil Field.  2006 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 15-18.

Moini, B., Kantzas, A, Pereira, P. and Larter, S. (2006).  Catalytic down-Hole Upgrading of Heavy Oil.  AIChE 2006 Annual Meeting, November 12-17, 2006, San Francisco, California.

Robinson, C., Spencer, R. and Larter, S. (2006).  Variability and Shale Gas Potential of Milk River Formation Shales in Southwestern Saskatchewan.  2006 CSPG CSEG CWLS Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 15-18.

Ross, A.S., Farrimond, P., Larter, S., Love, G. and Erdmann, M. (2006).  Reservior Modeling of In-Reservoir Biodegradation Explains composition of Mixed Oil.  AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, November 5-8, Perth, West Australia.

Aplin, A.C. & Larter, S.R. (2005). Fluid Flow, Pore Pressure, Wettability, and Leakage in Mudstone Cap Rocks. AAPG Special Bulletin: AAPG Hedberg Series, 2, 1-12.

Huseby, O., Chatzichristos, C., Sagen, J., Muller, J., Kleven, R., Bennett, B., Larter, S., Stubos, A.K. and Adler, P.M. (2005). Use of natural geochemical tracers to improve reservoir simulation models. Journal Of Petroleum Science And Engineering, 48(3-4), 241-253.

Larter, S. (2005). From deep water exploration to tar sand production: Bugs, biodegradation, and the origin of heavy oil. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Reservoir, 32(4), 13.

Larter, S. & di Primio, R. (2005). Effects of biodegradation on oil and gas field PVT properties and the origin of oil rimmed gas accumulations. Organic Geochemistry, 36(2), 299-310.

Larter, S.R., Head, I.M., Huang, H., Bennett, B., Jones, M., Aplin, A.C., Murray, A., Erdmann, M., Wilhelms, A. and di Primio, R. (2005). Biodegradation, gas destruction and methane generation in deep subsurface petroleum reservoirs: an overview. Petroleum Geology Conference Series, 6, 633-639.

Okiongbo, K.S., Aplin, A.C. and Larter, S.R. (2005). Changes in type II kerogen density as a function of maturity: Evidence from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation. Energy & Fuels, 19(6), 2495-2499.

Yang, Y.L., Aplin, A.C. and Larter, S.R. (2005). Mathematical models of the distribution of geotracers during oil migration and accumulation. Petroleum Geoscience, 11(1), 67-78.

Zhao, W.Z., Li, M.W., Larter, S. and Zhang, S.C. (2005). Advances in natural gas geochemistry of Chinese sedimentary basins. Organic Geochemistry, 36(12), 1581-1582.

Patents, patent applications and technology areas

Head, I.M., Jones, D.M., Erdmann, M., Wilhelms, A. and Larter, S.R. (2005) Process for Stimulating Production of Methane from Petroleum in Subterranean Formations, WO2005115649  (A1)   US2007251146  (A1)   NO20066037  (A)   EP1776198  (A1)   EA200602236  (A1).
Publication number: EP 1 776 198 B1 European Patent Specification.

Larter, S.R., Head, I.M., Jones, D.M., Erdmann, M. and Wilhelms, A. (2005) Process for Stimulating Production of Hydrogen from Petroleum Subterranean Formations (Ed. by U.S.P.A.P.A.E.P. Office), United States.  In: Publication number: WO/2005/115648 (08.12.2005 Gazette 2005/49),
International Application. Publication number: EP 1 765 529 B1 European Patent Specification.

Aitken, C.M., Jones, D.M. and Larter, S.R. (2004). Anaerobic hydrocarbon biodegradation in deep subsurface oil reservoirs. Nature, 431(7006), 291-294.

Bennett, B., Buckman, J.O., Bowler, B.F.J. and Larter, S.R. (2004). Wettability alteration in petroleum systems: the role of polar non-hydrocarbons. Petroleum Geoscience, 10(3), 271-277.

Bennett, B., Lager, A., Russell, C.A., Love, G.D. and Larter, S.R. (2004). Hydropyrolysis of algae, bacteria, archaea and lake sediments; insights into the origin of nitrogen compounds in petroleum. Organic Geochemistry, 35(11-12 Special Issue), 1427-1439.

England, W.A. & Larter, S. (2004). Introduction.  Understanding petroleum reservoirs: Towards an Integrated reservoir engineering and geochemical. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 237, 1-5.

Huang, H., Bowler, B.F.J., Oldenburg, T.B.P. and Larter, S.R. (2004). The effect of biodegradation on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in reservoired oils from the Liaohe basin, NE China. Organic Geochemistry, 35(11-12 Special Issue), 1619-1634.

Huang, H., Larter, S.R., Bowler, B.F.J. and Oldenburg, T.B.P. (2004). A dynamic biodegradation model suggested by petroleum compositional gradients within reservoir columns from the Liaohe basin, NE China. Organic Geochemistry, 35(3), 299-316.

Oldenburg, T.B.P., Huang, H., Donohoe, P., Willsch, H. and Larter, S.R. (2004). High molecular weight aromatic nitrogen and other novel hopanoid-related compounds in crude oils. Organic Geochemistry, 35(6), 665-678.

Yang, Y., Aplin, A.C. and Larter, S.R. (2004). Quantitative assessment of mudstone lithology using geophysical wireline logs and artificial neural networks. Petroleum Geoscience, 10(2), 141-151.