Who:

This seminar is intended to help land personnel understand landowner concerns regarding groundwater related issues.

What:

The seminar will cover an introduction to groundwater topics, common landowner concerns and mitigative measures, case-studies and a description of pre and post well testing directives. Specific topics will include groundwater concerns relating to oil and gas operations, coal bed methane production, seismic surveys, drilling operations, mining, pipeline excavations and road-cut excavations.

Instructors:

Blake Louden and Scott Rayner, Matrix Solutions Inc.

R. Blake Louden is Principal Geologist with Matrix Solutions Inc. and has 15 years of consulting hydrogeology and geology experience. Mr. Louden has worked with Matrix Solutions Inc. (Matrix) since 1992 and has conducted more than 300 site assessments in the upstream oil and gas industry and is a groundwater remediation specialist.

Scott Rayner is a Staff Consultant with Matrix Solutions Inc. and has 5 years of environmental and water supply consulting experience. He has a M.Sc. in hydrogeology and provides hydrogeological and numerical modeling expertise for local and regional water supply projects.