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A NOTE FROM THE CHARLES BOETTCHER CHAIR AND
DIRECTOR OF THE MUDROCKS AND TIGHT OIL CHARACTERI-
ZATION (MUDTOC) CONSORTIA
WRITTEN BY STEPHEN SONNENBERG

Sonnenberg newsletter information 2020.
Sonnenberg Faculty Representative For:
Steve Sonnenberg’s research focuses on unconventional petro-
leum systems (from the micro-pore to outcrop scales). He runs IBA Team 2020
the MUDTOC research consortium. This project is multi- AAPG Student Chapter 2020
faceted (geology, geophysics, engineering) and industry sup-
ported. Monies from industry are used for tuition, fees, and CSM Subsurface Core Lab Director
stipends for students and laboratory analyses as needed. Stud- Professional Masters Petroleum Reservoir Systems
ies include the following North America areas: Bakken
(Williston Basin); Niobrara (Rockies region); Mowry (Rockies idigmines ambassador
area); Skull Creek Shale (Rockies area); Sharon Springs Mem- SDL Committee (new core lab)
ber of Pierre Shale (Rockies region); Carrier Bed plays in the
Powder River and Denver basins; Marcellus and Utica Classes Taught 2019:
(Appalachian Basin); Haynesville Shale (Gulf Coast); GEGN 438, Petroleum Geology; GEOL 551, Applied Petroleum
Wolfcamp, Avalon, Bone Springs, Dean formations (Permian Geology; GEOL 552 Unconventional Petroleum Systems;
Basin). GEOL 560 Imperial Barrel; GEOL 609 Advanced Petroleum
Kathy Emme works as the research associate for the consorti- Geology
um.
2020 Awards
Steve Sonnenberg is the Director/Manager of the Subsurface
Core Laboratory. Best Paper Award 2019 URTEC Conference

Current Students Supervised MUDTOC:
2020 Service Activities
Cankut Kondakci (PhD Niobrara project), Alexa Socianu 2020 AAPG ACE General Vice Chairman
(Mowry project), Carolina Mayorga (Lewis project), Chris Mat-
son (PhD Niobrara thesis), Andrew Wood (Marcellus project), 2021 AAPG ACE General Chairman
Josh Shaw (Marcellus project), Corey Milar (Turner Sandstone 2020 URTEC Program Committee
thesis), Brian Hankins (Mowry-Muddy-Skull Creek thesis),
Rebekah Parks (Shannon thesis), Lisa Reeves (Parkman the-
sis), Nick Damon (Codell Sandstone thesis), Cahill Kelleghan
(Permian thesis), Scott Manwaring (Niobrara thesis), Ryan
Rogers (Bakken thesis), Patrick Sullivan (Skull Creek thesis),
Adam Simonsen (Niobrara thesis), Sywei Yeap (Permian the-
sis) Selena Neale (Permian Basin project); Chris Beliveau
(CCUS thesis), Adrienne Bryant (Graneros Shale thesis), Scott
Kennedy (Semilla Sandstone thesis), Chad Taylor (Niobrara
thesis)

2020 Graduates

Jennifer Blake MS, 2020, Geologic reservoir characterization
of the Avalon Shale and 1 Bone Spring Formation in the
st
Southern Delaware Basin, MS thesis CSM, 183 p.

Courtney Bone MS, 2020, Petroleum geology of the Turner
Sandstone Member of the Carlile Shale, Weston County, Wyo-
ming: MS thesis CSM, 143 p.

Jacqueline Colborne PhD, 2020, A multi-scale approach to res-
ervoir characterization of the Wolfcamp A, Delaware Basin,
Texas: PhD thesis CSM, 237 p.