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Monday, September 22, 2003

0800-0805 Introduction

0805-0840 Cretaceous Crud from Canada - Organic Facies Analysis of the Colorado Group,
Western Canada Sedimentary Basin by L. Buckley and R.V. Tyson

0840-0915 Mechanism of Hydrogen Gas Generation in Coalbed Methane Desorption
Canisters - Causes and Remedies by Basim Faraj, Anna Hatch, Derek Krivak,
and Paul Smolarchuk

0915-0950 Application of organic petrology in Astrobiology - ancient terrestrial life, &
biological entities in meteorites and planetary samples by Lavern D. Stasiuk

0950-1005 BREAK

1005-1040 Coal Characteristics and Coalbed Methane Potential in the Jurassic Coal Measures
of Tuha Basin, Northwestern China by Liu Honglin, Zhang Jianbo, Wang Hongyan, and Li Jingming

1040-1115 Petroleum Prospects (Natural Gas, Condensates, and Gas Hydrates) of the Scotian
Margin, Eastern Canada and its Signifi cance to East Coast Energy Strategy
beyond 2010 by Prasanta K. Mukhopadhyay

1115-1150 M & M - a sweet petroleum system by Louis L. Tsai, Li-Chung Sun, Jane Hsieh,
and Hsien Tsung Lee

1200 - 1330 Lunch — TSOP Business Lunch

1330 - 1730 Technical Session B: Ron Stanton Coal Characterization Session, Leslie
Ruppert, Chair

1330-1400 Vitrinite Refl ectance Trends in Tertiary-Age Coal Basins of Wyoming, Montana,
and North Dakota, U.S.A. by James Pontolillo, Ronald W. Stanton, and Brenda S.
Pierce (speaker)

1400-1430 Variations in coal maceral chemistry and mineral matter characteristics with rank
advance in the German Creek Coal Measures of the Bowen Basin, Australia,
using electron microprobe and other techniques by Colin R. Ward, Zhongsheng Li,
and Lila W. Gurba

1430-1500 Geological processes that control lateral & vertical variability in coal seam
moisture contents - Latrobe Valley (Gippsland Basin) Australia by G.R. Holdgate

1500-1530 Mercury Variation in Powder River Basin Coal Samples by Allan Kolker, Joseph R.
Hatch, Curtis A. Palmer, and Linda J. Bragg

1530-1545 BREAK

1545-1615 Distribution of mercury in Indiana coals by A. Drobniak, M. Mastalerz, and G.
Filippelli

1615-1645 Response of major geochemical thermal maturity parameters to suppression of
vitrinite refl ectance, Gunnedah-Surat Basins, New South Wales, Australia by Rushdy Othman
and Colin R. Ward

1645-1715 Coal Sample Storage - Preservation Using Foil Multilaminate Bags by David C.
Glick, Gareth D. Mitchell, and Alan Davis

1730 - 1900 Happy Hour Poster Session

1900 - 2030 Conference Dinner - TSOP Banquet - Marcus E. Milling (Speaker)

2030 - 2400 Council meeting - Hyatt Arlington

Tuesday, September 23, 2003

0800 - 1200 Technical Session C: Energy and Government Session, Brenda Pierce, Chair

0800-0830 Federal energy policy — The earth science dimension by David Applegate,
American Geological Institute

0830-0900 The National Academy of Sciences by Tamara Dickinson, NAS, National Research
Council

0900-0930 Federal science policy and science funding by Gene Whitney, USGS Representative,
Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Offi ce of the President

0930-1000 Department of Interior — Land and Minerals Management by Patty Morrison,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Land and Minerals

1000-1015 BREAK

1015-1045 The U.S. House of Representatives Resources Committee — Subcommittee on
Energy and Mineral Resources by Jack Belcher, Staff Director

1045-1115 The USGS Energy Resources Program by Brenda Pierce, USGS Energy Resources
Program

1115-1145 Some perspectives on long-term domestic oil and gas supply technologies and
needs in a carbon-constrained future by David Beecy, Director, Offi ce of Planning and
Environmental Analysis, of the DOE Offi ce of Fossil Energy’s Oil and Natural GAS Programs

1200 - 1310 Lunch — Poster Session

1315 - 1330 Group Photo

1330 - 1730 Technical Session D: TSOP General Session, Robert Finkelman, Chair

1330-1405 The source of the coal in the Titanic and effects of exposure to seawater by Curtis
A. Palmer, Robert B. Finkelman, Gerald H. Luttrell, Chaosheng Zhang,, and
Cortland Eble

1405-1440 Influence of a basic intrusion on the vitrinite refl ectance and chemistry of the
Springfield (No. 5) Coal, Harrisburg, IL by Alexander K. Stewart, Matt Massey,
Penny L. Padgett, Susan M. Rimmer, and James C. Hower (speaker)

1440-1515 Organic Pollutants from the Recent Sediments of the Halifax Harbour, Lake
Ontario, and New York Bight — A Comparative Analysis by Mukhopadhyay, P. K. (Muki),
Kruge, M. A., Friedman, G.M., and Lewis, C. F. M.

1515-1530 BREAK

1530-1605 Integrated Approaches to Understanding the Relationship of Coal to Human and
Ecosystem Health by Joseph E. Bunnell and Robert B. Finkelman

1605-1640 Where do the Maidens fly? Trace elements and what controls their fate —
Examples from the Greymouth Coalfi eld, New Zealand by Z. Li , A.H. Clemens, T.A. Moore,
D. Gong, S.D. Weaver, and N. Eby

1640-1715 Petrographic Comparison of Several Coal Seams in Ningxia Hui Autonomous
Region by Zhiwen Han

POSTERS

1. Coalbed Methane (CBM) Potential and Resources of the Anthracite Region, Eastern
Pennsylvania, and CBM Production Data for the Bituminous Region of Southwestern Pennsylvania
(U.S.A.) by Paul C. Lyons, R. M. Bustin, and A.K. Markowski

2. Effect of Geological Factors on the Permeability of Coal Seam Gas Reservoir by Xingjin Wang

3. The World Coal Quality Inventory by Susan J. Tewalt and Robert B. Finkelman

4. The Inorganic Chemistry of 15 Coal Samples from the Prince Charles Mountains, East
Antarctica by Lora A. Chiehowsky, Robert B. Finkelman, Tim A. Moore, Guy R. Holdgate,
Jason C. Willett, Stephen McLouglin, and Andrew N. Drinnan

5. The Infl uence of Extractable Organic Matter on Vitrinite Reflectance — Implications to
Liquid Hydrocarbon or Bitumen Impregnation as a Suppression Mechanism by C.E. Barker,
M.D. Lewan, M.J. Pawlewicz, and C.L. Carlson

6. Characterization of the Petrology, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry of mined coals, Western
Venezuela by Paul C. Hackley, Peter D. Warwick, and Eligio Gonzáles

7. Prediction of CO sorption in coal seams using uncrushed coal cores under realistic P, T and 2
moisture conditions by Rachel Walker, Maria Mastalerz, Arndt Schimmelmann, Laurence Hawkes,
Jon Fong, and Wilfrido Solano-Acosta

8. Rare-earth element systematics in Upper Permian mineralized coal, southwestern Guizhou
Province, P.R. China by Harvey E. Belkin, Baoshan Zheng, and Robert B. Finkelman

9. Organic Geochemistry of Retained and Expelled Oil based on Hydrous Pyrolysis Experiments
— An Example from the Irati Oil Shale, Brazil by Noelia Franco, Wolfgang Kalkreuth, and
Henrique Penteado

10. Comparative Analysis of Moscow Lignite and Kama Coal Basins by Albina Gazizova

11. Thermodynamic modeling of trace elements in South African Coals by Fernando
Martinez-Colon, Dr. Sharon Miller and Dr. Harold Schobert