In this issue:

• From the desk of the director
• Update on EORI Chemical Flooding Unit
• AAPG Annual Meeting Presentations
• GSA Rocky Mountain Section Meeting Papers
• New Horizons in Database Management

Osage Partners, LLC. a Wyoming based operator contacted EORI and requested the institute’s assistance regarding their Muddy/Newcastle assets. The operator provided EORI with core from four wells and associated data related to the Osage field in the Powder River Basin. The operator requested that EORI characterize the clay mineralogy of the pay sands using XRD, SEM, and CEC analysis of samples from the provided core.