PRODUCED WATER & WASTEWATER TREATMENT

• Overview of Emerging Produced Water Treatment Technologies Tom Hayes, Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL; Dan Arthur, ALL Consulting, LLC, Tulsa, OK
• Regeneration Kinetics of Surfactant Modified Zeolite for Produced Water Treatment Robert S. Bowman and Craig Altare, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; Enid J. Sullivan, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM; Lynn E. Katz and Kerry A. Kinney, University of Texas, Austin, TX
• Produced Water Treatment with a Surfactant Modified Zeolite/Vapor Phase Bioreactor System: BTEX Removal in the Vapor Phase Bioreactor Kerry A. Kinney, Lynn E. Katz, and Soondong Kwon, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; Robert S. Bowman, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; Enid J. Sullivan, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
• Photocatalyzed Remediation of Cr(IV) in Groundwater Using Porphyrin H. Eric Nuttall and William Anderson, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; Jim Studer, InfraSUR, LLC, Albuquerque, NM
• Improved QSPR Models for Infinite Dilution Activity Coefficients of Aqueous Systems Srinivasa Godavarthy, Khaled A.M. Gasem, Brian J. Neely, Devipriya Ravindranath, and R.L. Robinson, Jr., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
• Refinery Toxicity Reduction Evaluations - Regulatory and Technical Considerations Enos L. Stover, The Stover Group, Stillwater, OK; Sarah K. Walls, Cantey & Hanger, Fort Worth, TX

THE OSAGE-SKIATOOK PETROLEUM ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECT - THIRD YEAR RESULTS

• Three-dimensional Architecture of Bedrock Lithology, Weathering, and Produced Water Movement at the USGS Osage Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research (OSPER) Site A, Northeast Oklahoma James K. Otton and Robert A. Zielinski, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
• Hydrology and Subsurface Transport of Oil-Field Brine at the Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research "A" Site, Oklahoma William N. Herkelrath and Yousif K. Kharaka, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
• Removal of Contaminant Salt from a Depleted Petroleum Field by Runoff: Results from OSPER "A" Site, Osage County, Oklahoma James J. Thordsen, Yousif K. Kharaka, and Evangelos Kakouros, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
• Hyperspectral Signature of the Salt Scar and Other Oilfield Disturbed Areas at USGS Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research (OSPER) Site A, Northeast Oklahoma - A Preliminary Report James K. Otton, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO; David B. Reister, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
• Conductivity Depth Imaging of Areas of Shallow Brine Plumes at the USGS OSPER Site, Osage Co., Oklahoma Bruce D. Smith, James K. Otton, and Robert A. Zielinski, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO; Marvin M. Abbott, U.S. Geological Survey, Oklahoma City, OK; Hoaping Huang, Geophex, Raleigh, NC; Alan J. Witten, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Impacts of Petroleum Production on Ground and Surface Waters: Results form the OSPER "B" Site, Osage County, Oklahoma Yousif K. Kharaka and Gil Ambats, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA; Marvin M. Abbott, U.S. Geological Survey, Oklahoma City, OK
• Mode of Occurrence and Environmental Mobility of Oilfield NORM at USGS Research Site B, Osage Skiatook Project, Northeast Oklahoma Robert A. Zielinski and James R. Budahn, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, COMPLIANCE, & AUDITING

• RC 14001 or RCMS: Which is Best for My Facility? Jerry Skaggs, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., McKees Rocks, PA
• Offshore Oilfield Ecotoxicity Testing - An Overview John Hall, Halliburton Energy Services, Houston, TX; J. Michael Wilson and Arron Karcher, Halliburton Energy Services, Duncan, OK
• Managing the Proliferation of EHS and Related Management Systems Michael DeWit, ICF Consulting, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Will Gibson, ICF Consulting, Fairfax, VA (slides)
• Road-Related Erosion Issues on BLM-Administered Lands in Northwestern New Mexico Karen P. Smith, Argonne National Laboratory, Lakewood, CO; David Miller and David Tomasko, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
• Sampling and Analytical Methods for Environmental Issues in Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas James H. Viellenave and John V. Fontana, ESN Rocky Mountain, Golden, CO
• Mitigating the Health, Safety and Environmental Risks of an Enhanced Oil Recovery Project in a Tropical Forest Francois Khan, Jens Sastoo, Vernon Ramlogan and Kelvin Ramnath, Petrotrin Corporate Health, Pointe-a Pierre, Trinidad
• Benefits of Centralized Management of Environmental Data for Petroleum Projects David Rich, Geotech Computer Systems, Inc., Englewood, CO

RISK-BASED CORRECTIVE ACTION (RBCA) / SITE RESTORATION

• Approaches to Ecological Risk Characterization and Management: Selecting the Right Tools for the Job Mary T. Sorensen and Jeff Margolin, ENVIRON International Corp., Inc., Atlanta, GA; Will R. Gala, ChevronTexaco Energy Research and Technology Company, Richmond, CA
• Compensatory Restoration: An Alternative to the Standard Ecological Risk Characterization and Management Approach Richard W. Dunford, Triangle Economic Research, Durham, NC; Will Gala, ChevronTexaco Energy and Technology Company, Richmond, CA; Peter Samuels, ChevronTexaco Energy and Technology Company, Bellaire, TX
• Renovating the Hotel California: An Update on RCRA Corrective Action Keith Marcott, Trihydro Corporation, Laramie, WY
• Risk-Based Screening Level (RBSL) Spreadsheet for Upstream Sites Lynn Spence, Spence Environmental Engineering, Pleasanton, CA; Sara McMillen and Renae Magaw, ChevronTexaco Energy Research and Technology Company, Richmond, CA; Harley Hopkins, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC; Michele Amaral, BBL, Petaluma, CA
• Assessing the Distance of Petroleum Transport in Groundwater at a Large E&P Site Paul D. Lundegard, Unocal, Brea, CA; Paul Johnson, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
• In Situ Assessment of Benzene Biodegradation Potential in a Gas Condensate Contaminated Aquifer Jennifer Busch-Harris, Kerry L. Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; David White, Aaron Peacock, Center for Biomarker Analysis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; William E. Holmes, School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• Changes in Microbial Communities During Bioremediation of Oil and Brine Spills Kathleen E. Duncan, Bruce Roe, and Fares Najar, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Greg Thoma, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; Chintan Mehta, Aditya Moralwar, Kerry L. Sublette, and Laura P. Ford, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
• Analysis of Nematode Counts as an Ecological Indicator of Site Restoration Chintan Mehta, Kerry L. Sublette, Aditya Moralwar, Laura Ford, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; Tim Todd, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; Kathleen Duncan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Joshua Brokaw, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; Greg Thoma, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

POSTER SESSION

• Structure-Activity Relationship of Lipopeptide Biosurfactants Produced by Bacillus Species Noha H. Youssef and M.J.McInerney, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Transport of Spores from Three Different Bacillus Species Through Unconsolidated Sand Packed Columns Trinity J. Fincher and M.J. McInerney, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Aerobic Bioremediation of BTE-Contaminated Groundwater in Biosep/Sand Packed-Bed Barrier Dae-Soo Kim and Greg Thoma, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
• Reliability Modeling and Failure Modes Study for E&P Facilities in the Tallgrass Prairie Lyda Zambrano and Greg Thoma, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; Kerry L. Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; Kathleen E. Duncan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Comparison of Biostimulation, Bioaugmentation and Chemical-Biological Stabilization for Remediation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Sediments Francisco Javier Guzman O. and Randy H. Adams, Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco (UJAT), Tabasco, Mexico; Juan Avial G., Pemex Gas and Basic Petrochemical (PGPB), Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
• Case Study of Petroleum Contaminated Maritime Terminal of Dos Bocas in Mexico Manuel Muriel and Samuel Flores Perez, Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo, Cam. Mexico; Alfredo Castro Lobato and Fernando Casados Ponce, GTDH Pemex Exploracion y Produccion RMSO, Paraiso, Tab, Mexico
• Generating the Oil Exploration and Production Risk Index Map of Tallgrass Prairie Preserve to Serve as an Environmental Risk Management Tool Chun Yen Wong and Greg Thoma, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; Kerry L. Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; Kathleen E. Duncan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Application of Bio-Trap Samplers in Conjunction with Real-Time PCR (CENSUS) Analysis to Directly Assess Petroleum Hydrocarbon Degradation Greg A. Davis, Dora Ogles, Debra McElroy and Josh Streufert, Microbial Insights, Inc., Rockford, TN; Aaron Peacock, Center for Biomarker Analysis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Kerry L. Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
• Developing Guidelines for Bio-Trap Samplers to Evaluate ORC®-Enhanced Remediation of BTEX Contaminated Aquifers Greg A. Davis, Dora Ogles, Josh Streufert, and Debra McElroy, Microbial Insights, Inc., Rockford, TN; Scott Mullin, Regenesis, San Clemente, CA; Steve Sittler, Handex, Indianapolis, Indiana; Kerry L. Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
• Fate of C₆₀ Nanoparticles and Adsorbed Hydrocarbons - Comparison with Activated Carbon and Soil Organic Carbon Xuekun Cheng, Mason B. Tomson, and Amy T. Kan, Rice University, Houston, TX
• Natural Brine Pump in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Osage County, Oklahoma Nathan Buchanan, Cailean Carlberg, Juliana Gendron, Kathleen McKee, Emily Starke, Sophia Rodriquez, Brian Tapp, Winton Cornell, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
• Design of Electro Dialysis Setup for Concentrating Effluents Vamsi Prasad Rao Jamalapuram, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
• Surface Water Quality in an Active Crude Oil Exploration and Production Site in Oklahoma Rick Yates, Aditya Moralwar and Kerry L. Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
• Linking Aboveground and Belowground Soil Ecosystem Parameters at the Site of an Old Crude Oil Spill: Inexpensive Assessment of Soil Ecosystem Status Jennifer Busch-Harris and Kerry L. Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; Tim Todd, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; Kathleen Duncan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Sampling Below an Oil-Water Interface for MIC Microorganisms Daniel Tristan Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa OK
• A Comparison of Classical and Molecular Methods for Counting Soil Bacteria at the Site of an Old Crude Oil Spill Kate Key, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN; Kathleen Duncan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Kerry L. Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

CHARACTERIZATION AND REMEDIATION OF BRINE SPILLS

• Status of Oil Brine Spill Site Remediation Milan C. Vavrek, Howard Hunt, Donna Vavrek, and Wes Colgan, III, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
• Remediation of Brine-Impacted Soil with Organic Matter: Microcosms - IPEC FUNDED PROJECT Laura Ford, Shailendra Singh, Kimberly Carter, and Kerry L. Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; Kathleen E. Duncan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Field Determination of Chloride in Salt-Impacted Soils - Just Add Water! David G. Boyer, Safety and Environmental Solutions, Inc., Hobbs, New Mexico
• A Modular Design and Implementation of a Brine Conversion Process: Oil Removal and Desalting Units Maria A. Barrufet and David Burnet, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
• Fate and Transport of Chloride from Produced Water Spills to Ground Water, Lea County, New Mexico Randall T. Hicks and David Hamilton, R.T. Hicks Consultants, Ltd., Albuquerque, NM; Jirka Simunek, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA
• A Simple Tool to Predict Impact to Ground Water from Produced Water Spills Randall T. Hicks and David Hamilton, R.T. Hicks Consultants, Ltd., Albuquerque, NM; Jirka Simunek, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA; Jason Libersky, Zia Consortium, Albuquerque, NM
• Remediation of a Spill of Crude Oil and Brine Without Gypsum Aditya Moralwar, Kerry L. Sublette, Laura Ford, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; Kathleen Duncan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Greg Thoma, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; Josh Brokaw, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
• The Land Resource Breach Problems in Oilgas Extraction Regions of Mangystau A. Bigaliev, Kazakh National University, Alamaty, Kazakhstan; Yedil Zhanburshin, A. Demegen and A. Dameev, Karaganda State University, Aktau City, Republic of Kazakhstan

DRILLING WASTE MANAGEMENT

• Innovative and Interactive Drilling Waste Management Information System John Veil, Markus G. Puder, and Deborah Elcock, Argonne National Laboratory, Washington, D.C.; Thomas J. Kotek, Pamela D. Richmond, and Robert G. Sullivan, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL; Brandy Fidler, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
• Constructing the Regulatory Module for a Web-Based Drilling Waste Management Information System Markus Puder, Argonne National Laboratory, Washington, DC
• An Overview of Drill Cuttings Re-Injection - Lessons Learned and Recommendations Quanxin Guo and Thomas Geehan, M-I SWACO, Houston, TX
• Improving the EPA Method for Detecting PAH in Non Aqueous Drilling Fluids Cuiwei Lai, Marc Churan, John Candler, and Michael Freeman, M-I SWACO, Houston, TX
• Environmental Compliance Systems for Gulf of Mexico Synthetic Muds Jim Friedheim, John Candler, and Stephen Rabke, M-I SWACO, Houston, TX
• Comprehensive Drilling Waste Management Program Significantly Increases Value and Sets Standard for Compliance in Brunei Operations Simon Seaton, Halliburton Baroid, Houston, TX; Brian Campbell, Halliburton Bariod, Brunei; Mike Ward, Brunei Shell Petroleum, Brunei   slides

PHYTOREMEDIATION

• Effect of Vegetation on Bioremediation of Weathered Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soil James L. Brown, Lockheed Martin/REAC, Edison, NJ; Harry Allen, U.S. EPA, Edison, NJ
• Rhizosphere Fungal Diversity in Oil and Brine Contaminated Soils Wes Colgan, III, D. Ross Patrick, and Milan Vavrek, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
• Field Application of AM Fungi for Phytoremediation of Oil-Brine Spill Sites Barrett Clark, Wes Colgan, III, and Milan Vavrek, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
• Novel Approaches to Measurement of Rhizosphere - IPEC FUNDED PROJECT Thanh B. Lam, Greg Thoma, Duane C. Wolf, and Susan Ziegler, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
• Characterization of the Root Zone of Introduced Switchgrass Growing in Soil from an Historic Brine Scar Kerry L. Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; Dennis Beckmann, Atlantic Richfield Co., Tulsa, OK; Kevin Heaton, Atlantic Richfield Co., Houston, TX; David Tsao, Atlantic Richfield Co., Chicago, IL; Walter Zverina, RETEC, Austin, TX; Greg Davis and Ed Sobak, Microbial Insights, Inc., Rockford, TN

FORENSIC GEOCHEMISTRY & SITE ASSESSMENT / HYDROCARBON REMEDIATION

• Long Term Groundwater Monitoring Using Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization: Development and Case Study Dennis D. Beckmann, Atlantic Richfield, Tulsa, OK; Barbara Minsker and Meghna Babbar, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL; Jon Greetis, Delta Environmental Consultants, Grand Rapids, MI; Peter Groves, Moire, Champaign, IL
• Fingerprinting BTEX Sources in Groundwater Ted C. Sauer, Blasland, Bouck & Lee, Inc., Duxbury, MA; Helder J. Costa, Blasland, Bouck & Lee, Inc., New Bedford, MA
• Using GIS to Quickly Locate Possible Sources of Contamination Patricia Billingsley and Charles Lord, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Oklahoma City, OK
• Evidence of the Proliferation of Native Petroleum Reducing Bacteria Subsequent to Application of Controlled In-Situ Chemical Oxidation Thomas Douglas, AET, LLC, Pensacola, FL; William Lundy, DTI, Inc., Oak Forest, IL; Eric Nuttall, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (slides)
• Surfactant Enhanced LNAPL Recovery and Attenuation Robert J. Tworkowski, URS Corporation, Gaithersburg, MD; Jason L. Baer, REM, State of Maryland, Maryland Environmental Service, Millersville, MD
• The Mobilization of Metals and Inorganic Compounds During Resuspension of Anoxic Sediment Heather J. Shipley, Yan Gao, Amy T. Kan, and Mason B. Tomson, Rice University, Houston, TX
• Trench-Based Dual Phase Extraction in a Low Permeability Soil Robin M. Jones and Paul A. Karas, CDM, Albuquerque, NM

COALBED METHANE PRODUCED WATER

• Coalbed Natural Gas Produced Water Management: New Insights to a Challenging Issue J. Daniel Arthur, ALL Consulting, LLC, Tulsa, OK
• Coalbed Methane Produced Water: Management Options for Sustainable Development James R. Kuipers and Kimberly A. MacHardy, Kuipers & Associates, Butte, MT; Walter Merschat, Scientific Geochemical Services, Casper, WY; Tom Myers, Reno, NV
• Equilibrium Adsorption Models for Coalbed Methane and CO₂ Sequestration Processes Khaled A.M. Gasem, R.L. Robinson, Jr., J.E. Fitzgerald, Z. Pan, M. Sudibandriyo, and A. Arumugam, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
• Produced Water from Coal-Bed Methane in the Powder River Basin: Interactions Between CBM Water and Solid Phases in Infiltration Impoundments and Characterization of Organic Compounds Cynthia A. Rice and Richard W. Healy, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO; Timothy T. Bartos, U.S. Geological Survery, Cheyenne, WY; Yousif K. Kharaka, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA; William H. Orem, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
• Managing Produced Water at CBM Properties in the Rocky Mountain Region John Boysen and Deidre Boysen, BC Technologies, Ltd., Laramie, WY
• Changes in Community Structure after Habitat Loss and Potential Changes in Water Quality in Northern Great Plains Rivers Impacted by Long-Term Flow Increases Resulting from CBM Production James Gore, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL
• Coalbed Production Water Management and the Environmental Laboratory Kate Forsting, Energy Labs, Casper, WY

WASTE MANAGEMENT & POLLUTION PREVENTION

• Feasibility of Using Produced Water as the Base Fluid for Hydraulic Fracturing Frank Huang and Rupesh Gundewar, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; Darrin Steed, XTO Energy, Inc., Farmington, NM; Bill W. Loughridge, Halliburton, Farmington, NM
• Evaluation of Commercial, Microbial-Based Products to Treat Paraffin Deposition in Oil Production Equipment - IPEC FUNDED PROJECT Lisa Gieg, Michael McInerney, and Joseph Suflita, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Gary Jenneman, ConocoPhillips, Bartlesville, OK
• Environmentally Friendly and Economical Process for Plugging Abandoned Wells Using Fly Ash - IPEC FUNDED PROJECT Subhash Shah and Yeon-Tae Jeong, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Environmentally Acceptable Fluid-Loss Alternatives for Use in the North Sea Samuel J. Lewis and Michael J. Szymanski, Halliburton Energy Services, Duncan, OK
• Application of Polyacrilimide to Enhance Silt Fence Performance Jeyarathan Arjunan, Khaled A.M. Gasem, Ellen Stevens, and Bill Barfield, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
• The Failure Avoidance and Effective Silt Fence Technology (FAESF): Modeling and Laboratory Evaluation - IPEC FUNDED PROJECT Ellen Stevens, Bill Barfield, Khaled A.M. Gasem, Sandeep Yeri, Jey Arjunan, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
• Survey of Ultra-Trace Metals in Gas Turbine Fuels Bruce Rising and Jianfan Wu, Siemens Westinghouse, Orlando, FL; Phil Sorurbakhsh, Texas Oil Tech Laboratories, Houston, TX
• Closed and Pressurizable Mud Returns System Provides Significant HSE Benefits to Onshore and Offshore Oil & Gas Drilling Don Hannegan, Weatherford International, Fort Smith, AR
• Hazardous Waste Minimization at an Offshore Production Complex Located in Mexican Gulf Alfonso Espitia C., Griselda Gonzalez, Juan Jose Lara M., Juan Velazquez J., Elena Taboada V., and Leonel Franco C., Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico D.F.

MICROBIAL ECOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY OF SULFATE REDUCTION & ITS CONTROL

• Spatial Variability of Sulfate Reduction in a Shallow Aquifer Chris Musslewhite and M. McInerney, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Evaluation of Nitrate and Nitrite for Control of Biogenic Sulfides in Ekofisk Produced Water Gary E. Jenneman and Robert H. Webb, ConocoPhillips, Bartlesville, OK; Anthony J. Dinning, Aquateam, Oslo, Norway; Kaare Voldum and Oystein Bache, ConocoPhillips, Stavanger, Norway
• Genetic Tools for Manipulation of Sulfate Reducing Bacteria Lee Krumholz, Qingwei Luo, Nydia Castaneda, and Xiangkai Li, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Detection of MIC in Oilfield Brines Using an On-Line Biofilm Activity Monitor and Bug-Traps Gary E. Jenneman and Robert H. Webb, ConocoPhillips, Bartlesville, OK; Kerry L. Sublette, Chintan Mehta, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; Aaron Peacock, Center for Biomarker Analysis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Greg Davis, Microbial Insights, Inc., Rockford, TN
• Bioregenerable Selective Sorbents for Hydrogen Sulfide Removal from Natural Gas - Continuing Studies Brandy Fidler and Kerry L. Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; Gary Jenneman, ConocoPhillips, Bartlesville, OK; Greg Bala, INEEL, Idaho Falls, ID
• Influence of Organic Matter Quality on In Situ Sulfate Reduction Rates in an Aquifer Steve H. Harris, Jr., Joseph Suflita, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Jonathan D. Isotok, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

LEGAL & REGULATORY ISSUES

• Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan Revisions - Evaluation for E&P Operators - Question and Answer Period for Tuesday Plenary SPCC Presentation George Holliday, Holliday Environmental Services, Inc., Bellaire, TX; Michael Donald, Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P., Shreveport, LA
• Is There a Silver Lining Behind Those Dark Regulatory Clouds? Sam Farris, Commission on Marginally Producing Oil and Gas Wells, Oklahoma City, OK
• The Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2002 - New Emphasis on and Funding for Petroleum Site Assessment and Cleanup Dorothy Crawford, US EPA Region 6, Dallas, TX; Patricia Billingsley, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Oklahoma City, OK
• What You Need to Know About ADR Richard S. Bayer, La Jolla Center for Dispute Resolution, La Jolla, CA
• Muddy Waters for the Oil and Gas Industry: "Navigable Waters" and Clean Water Act Case Histories Sarah K. Walls, Cantey & Hanger, LLP, Fort Worth, TX
• REACH is real: The Proposed REACH System and its Effect on a Service Company Janine Killaars, Halliburton, The Netherlands; Samuel J. Lewis, Halliburton Energy Services, Duncan, OK
• Comparative Analysis of Assessment Methodologies for Waters of the U.S. in North Central Texas Peter D. McKone, James E. Huff, and John R. Alexander, Carter & Burgess, Inc., Ft. Worth, TX; Ray Stevens, Devon Energy, Bridgeport, TX
• Environmental Permitting Differences Within Selected States in the Midwestern U.S. Peter D. McKone, J. Alexander, and J. Huff, Carter & Burgess, Inc., Ft. Worth, TX

BIOREMEDIATION OF SOILS AND GROUNDWATER

• Chemical-biological Stabilization Method for Treatment of Drilling Cuttings and Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soils Randy H. Adams, Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco (UJAT), Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
• Guidelines for Applying Molecular Techniques in the Assessment of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Degradation Dora Ogles, Greg A. Davis, Debra McElroy, and Josh Streufert, Microbial Insights, Inc., Rockford, TN; Aaron Peacock, Center for Biomarker Analysis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Kerry L. Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
• Innovative Bioremediation of Petroleum Contaminants Song Jin, Terry H. Brown, and Paul H. Fallgren, Western Research Institute, Laramie, WY
• In Search of the Truth Using Microbial Analyses Eric J. Raes, Engineering and Land Planning Association, Inc., Clinton, NJ; David C. White and Aaron Peacock, Center for Biomarker Analysis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Kerry L. Sublette, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; Greg Davis, Microbial Insights, Inc., Rockford, TN
• Acetate and Butyrate Metabolism in a Gas Condensate-Contaminated Aquifer Chris Struchtemeyer, Mostafa Elshahed, and Michael J. McInerney, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Influence of Abiotic Factors on Hexadecane Biodegradation in a Captina Silt Loam Kristen Greer, Susan E. Ziegler, Greg Thoma, Kaaron J. Davis, and Duane C. Wolf, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
• In Situ Remediation Using Direct Push Technology: A Decade of Experience and Applications James H. Viellenave, ESN Rocky Mountain, Golden, CO; Todd Herrington, Regenesis, Inc., Denver, CO
• The Effect of Heterogeneity on Injection Systems for the In Situ Remediation of Groundwater David B. Vance, Arcadis G&M, Midland, TX
• Enhanced Bioremediation with Agrochemicals of a Polluted Site with Oily Wastes from a Pig Trap Launcher at a Crude Oil Storage Facility at the Southwest of Mexico Alfonso Espitia, Virginia Torrecilla, Rocio Jimenez Hernandez, Nina Kondratenko, and Olivia Salas, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico D.F.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER / AIR AND FUGITIVE EMISSIONS

• Technology Transfer to Independent Oil Producers in Pennsylvania and New York for Restoration of Small Crude Oil-Contaminated Sites - Phase II James L. Brown, Lockheed Martin/REAC, Edison, NJ; Harry Allen and Dwayne Harrington, U.S. EPA, Edison, NJ
• The Kansas Oil and Gas Industry Public Outreach Program Edward P. Cross, Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association, Topeka, KS
• The Value of Pilot Studies, Leading to Full Scale Design for Innovative Technologies at the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center, Casper, WY Lorri M. Kirby and Brian Meiding, Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center, Casper, WY; Fernando de Torres, Global Petroleum Environmental Technologies, Casper, WY; James E. Myers, ChevronTexaco Energy and Research Company, Bellaire, TX; Brian Hageman, Deluge, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
• OERB - The Next 10 Years Robert Sullivan, Jr., Sullivan and Company, Tulsa, OK; G. Phil Spurlin, BEACON Environmental Assistance Corp., Edmond, OK
• Hands on Audience Participation in Using IPEC Soil Salt Analysis Kit George F. Collington, Jr., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; G. Phil Spurlin, BEACON Environmental Assistance Corp., Edmond, OK

• Data for Design of Vapor Recovery Units for Crude Oil Stock Tank Emissions - IPEC FUNDED PROJECT Jorge Plaza, R.E. Babcock, and Greg Thoma, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
• Field Demonstration for the Continuous Measurement of Crude Oil Stock Tank Emissions - IPEC FUNDED PROJECT R.E. Babcock and Greg Thoma, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; Jorge Plaza, Trinity Consultants, Baton Rouge, LA
• CO₂ Reduction from Process Streams Omar Barkat and Young Hoon Choi, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
• Torch for Burning Passing Oil and Waste Gases Yedil Zhanburshin and E. Oramalov, Karaganda State University, Aktau City, Republic of Kazakhstan; Ye Zhanburshin and A. Dostiyarov, Kazakh ATK
• Pollution of Air Pool by Harmful Emissions in Areas of Extraction and Processing of Hydrocarbons Raw Material of the Western Kazakhstan Yedil Zhanburshin, Karaganda State University, Aktau City, Republic of Kazakhstan

NATURAL ATTENUATION OF MTBE

• Techniques to Evaluate MNA of MTBE John Wilson, National Risk Management Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Ada, OK
• Effect of Microbiologic and Hydrologic Properties on Determining the Fate of MTBE in Ground-Water Systems James E. Landmeyer, U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia, SC; Paul M. Bradley, U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia, SC
• MTBE to TBA Conversion and Biodegradation in Aerobic, Anaerobic, and Methanogenic Soil Conditions for Several UST Sites in Orange County, CA, USA George Devaull, Paul T. Sun, Daniel F. Walsh, Halina L. Wisniewski, and Lleana A.L. Rhodes, Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc., Houston, TX
• Anaerobic Biotransformation of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) and Related Fuel Oxygenates Max M. Haggblom and Piyapawn Somsamak, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
• An Evaluation of the Use of Stable Isotopes as a Tool for Studying the Origin and Fate of MTBE Paul Philp, Tomasz Kuder, and Jon Allen, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Demonstration of In-Situ MTBE Biotransformation by Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analysis Tomasz Kuder, Paul Philp and Jon Allen, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Ravi Kolhatkar, Atlantic Richfield Company (a BP affiliated company), La Palma, CA; John Wilson, U.S. EPA, Ada, OK
• The Physiology and Enzymology of Aerobic MTBE Biodegradation Michael Hyman, Kimberly Glover, and Christy Smith, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; Kirk O'Reilly, ChevronTexaco, Richmond, CA
• Characterization of Microbial Communities in MTBE and TBA Contaminated Aquifers Utilizing Bio-Sep® Biotraps Kerry L. Sublette, Marjorie Boone, and Laura Ford, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; David White, Aaron Peacock, and Anita Biernacki, Center for Biomarker Analysis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Greg Davis, Microbial Insights, Inc., Rockford, TN