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Past Meeting Abstracts

Abstracts for past HGS Meetings are listed below. They are sorted by category then by date of presentaiton beginning in September, 1997 and going through August, 2003. Later abstracts are available and searchable in the HGS Calendar by title, speaker, date or type of meeting. In addition, you can Google the entire HGS Website.


Emerging Technology Environmental / Engineering
HGS General International Exploration
NeoGeo North America Exploration
Symposia, Conferences Other Abstracts



Emerging Technology Meetings


"Using Technology for E&P Success - the Practices of Leader Companies in Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, E&P Strategies,and Potential Applications to Other Basins" George Eynon, Ziff Energy Group, Calgary, Alberta. Sept. 18, 1997

"Prestack Inversion: An Extension of AVO for Lithology and Hydrocarbon Fluid Quantification" Rick Wallace, Ulterra Geoscience Ltd., Calgary, Canada and Roger Young, Union Texas Petroleum, Houston

Jan. 8, 1998

"3-D Seismic Visualization" Michael Zeitlin, Texaco Exploration and Production Technology, Bellaire. Mar. 12, 1998

"Prediction of Rock Properties Using Well Logs, Seismic Attributes and Neural Networks"
James S. Schuelke, John A. Quirein, and Jorge A. Pita, Mobil Exploration and Producing Technical Center, Dallas, Texas
Sept. 24, 1998

"Interwell Imaging Using Crosswell Seismic"
Bruce P. Marion, TomoSeis Incorporated, Houston.
Nov. 19, 1998

"Large Scale & Fast Volume Visualization"
Michael J. Zeitlin; Texaco Fellow, Texaco Inc., E & P Houston
Jan. 21, 1999

"Using Seismic Attributes to Predict Reservoir Properties & Potential Risks" Dr. Cynthia T. Kalkomey, Kalculations, Inc. Mar. 18, 1999

"Seismic Pressure Prediction Method Addresses Problem Common in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico" Rudy Wilhem, Producing Technical Center, Dallas, Texas May 20, 1999

"Breaking the Rules for Seismic Reservoir Analysis" Dr. John "Jack" Ward Sept. 23, 1999

"High resolution sequence stratigraphy on a geologic workstation: hunting for sub-seismic resolution features in mature basins" William C. Ross, Vice President, Integrated Solutions, A2D Technologies/Interpretive Imaging Lakewood, CO. Jan. 20, 2000

"Simultaneous acquisition of 3D surface seismic data and 3C, 3D VSP data" P. E. Constance*, M. B. Holland, and S. L. Roche, Output Exploration, LLC. P. Bicquart, B. Bryans, S. Gelinsky, Baker Hughes; J. G. Ralph, and R. I. Bloor, Western Geophysical Mar. 16, 2000

"Geovolume visualization interpretation: Components and techniques" T. Mike Sheffield, Magic Earth LLC May 18, 2000

"Sequence Stratigraphy and 3D Modeling of a Pennsylvanian Distally Steepened Ramp Reservoir: Canyon and Cisco Formations, South Dagger Draw Field, New Mexico, USA" Scott W. Tinker, Bureau of Economic Geology, Donald H. Caldwell, Michael D. Brondos, Janine L. Carlson, Denise M. Cox, William D. Demis, Jeffry G. Hamman, Leonard C. Laskowski, Kurt A. Miller, Laura C. Zahn, Marathon Oil Company, and Lise Brinton, LithoLogic Sept. 21, 2000

"Real-time Geopressures While Drilling - Considerations and Case Histories" James W. Bridges, President , Knowledge Systems, Inc., Eamonn Doyle, Geopressure Systems Nov. 16, 2000

"Geomorphologic, Stratigraphic, and Seismic Visualization Analysis of Deepwater Deposits"
Dr. Rusty Riese, Consulting Geologist
Jan. 18, 2001

"Knowledge Management & New IT Architecture Will Maximize Upstream Value-Creation" John W. Gibson, President & CEO Landmark Graphics Corporation Mar. 22, 2001

"Benefits of Integrating Seismic and Petrophysical Data" David K. Davies, GeoSystems, and Roger A. Young, e-Seis Inc. May 17, 2001

"E-Business: What's the Big Deal?"
Jeanne Perdue, Senior Technology Editor, Harts E&P magazine
Oct. 11, 2001

"Oil and Water: Rocks and Models Improve Resource Understanding" Scott W. Tinker, Director, Bureau of Economic Geology The University of Texas at Austin, State Geologist of Texas Feb. 7, 2002

"Applications of The Chimney Cube® in Hydrocarbon Exploration" David L. Connolly and Fred Aminzadeh -- dGB-USA Apr. 11, 2002

"Progressive Seismic Data Mining for Reservoir Characterization " M. Turhan Taner, Gareth Taylor, David Dumas and Richard Uden, Rock Solid Images, Houston. Nov 7, 2002

"Global Geophysical Trends" Mike Bahorich, Apache Corporation. Apr 3, 2003

Environmental / Engineering Meetings


"Deepwater Geohazards and Engineering Geology: Meeting Tough Challenges" Kerry Campbell, Fugro-McClelland Marine Geosciences, Houston. Sept. 10, 1997

"Advances in Electromagnetic (EM) Surveys for Environmental Contaminants" David G. Paton, President, PEMSERV, Inc. [Chairman's note: We would like to thank Faizur R. Khan, P.E., Project Manager for Laidlaw Environmental Services Columbia Engineering Department (Houston), for substituting at the last moment for October's speaker. His talk was entitled "Cut-Off Wall System for Subsurface Liquid Containment."]
Oct. 8, 1997

"Ecology of Contaminated Groundwater" Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecture. Philip Bennett, University of Texas at Austin. Nov. 12, 1997

"Landfill Siting Criteria with Emphasis on Karst Hydrogeology" Allan Biddlecomb,P.G., Diane Yeager, P.G.,* and Laurie Irwin
Dec. 10, 1997

"Chronologies of Martian Meteorites: New Developments After the 1997 Mars Mission" John H. Jones, Planetary Science Branch, NASA Johnson Space Center Dec. 10, 1997

"A Comparative Evaluation of Current vs. Proposed Texas Risk Reduction Rules" Toraman Sahin and Jason K. Christian, Radian International, L.L.C. Feb. 11, 1998

"High Risk Landslide Analysis, Columbia" Jonathan Motherwell of Dames and Moore. Gulf Coast Veterinary Hospital. May 13, 1998

"Lessons Learned from the Sikes Disposal Pits Superfund Site." Tom Davis, Lockwood Andrews & Newman, Inc.
June 10, 1998

"The Psychology of Indoor Air Quality" - History of Air quality study and a discussion of what we know.Henry Smahlik, Certified Industrial Hygienist Oct. 21, 1998

"Environmental Architecture" - Discussion of philosophy and design considerations of environmental impact on architecture. Steve Josephvich, COO, Heights Venture Architecture. Nov. 11, 1998

"Technology Driven Economic Growth" Dr. Mary Lowe Good, Managing Member for Venture Capital Investors L.L.C., Little Rock, AR
Nov. 12, 1998

"The TNRCC Voluntary Cleanup Program" Jay Carsten, TNRCC Dec. 9, 1998

"TITLE RESEARCH: Unraveling the Environmental Record." Ms. Kelli Gorman, Co-owner of BAST Research Services, Inc.
Jan. 13, 1998

"Location and Depth Determination of Buried Ferro-Magnetic bodies in Environmental Site Assessments Using Euler's Homogeneity Equation" Mustafa Saribudak, Environmental Geophysics, Inc. Feb. 13, 1998

"Fate and Transport Computer Modeling: An Important Tool in Evaluating Environmental Contamination" Mark J. Lupo, Ph.D., ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller
May 12, 1999

"Introduction to DRIS-Deep Remediation Injection System" Randy Horsak, Petra Environmental Sept. 8, 1999

"Evolution of Fuel Systems and their impact on the environment" J. Curtis DuPriest Oct. 13, 1999

"Environmental pilot testing technologies and methodologies" Jim Sadler, AcuVac Remediation, Inc. Dec. 8, 1999

"TNRCC, Case Histories of TERP" Jay Carsten, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission Jan. 12, 2000

"The Katy Prairie: past and present" Wesley Newman, Katy Prairie Conservancy Feb. 9, 2000

TNRCC Advisory Role to the RRC and Oil & Gas Industry on Ground Water Protection and the Criteria for Determining Protected Ground Water" Robert J Traylor, TNRCC. Mar. 8, 2000

"Hazardous waste disposal operations" Lyn Sadler, Chevron Pipe Line Company Apr. 12, 2000

"Growth Faulting in Houston - an update" Eli Zlotnik HVJ Associates, Inc. May 10, 2000

"The Texas Risk Reduction Program Rule - The Next Step in Risk-Based Corrective Action" Paul S. Lewis, TNRCC June 14, 2000

"Subsidence" Tom Michel, Harris Galveston Coastal Subsidence District Sept. 14, 2000

"Case History of the Use of Cross-Hole Tomography in the Delineation of a Subsurface Hydrocarbon Release" Arlin Howles, Tidewater Environmental Services Oct. 12, 2000

Geological Registration Dave Rensink, former head of the HGS Registration commitee, and Dan Smith, former HGS President Nov. 9, 2000

"Rapid Remediation by Thermal Technologies" Myron Kuhlman, MK Tech Solutions, Inc. Dec. 14, 2000

"Light Rail in Houston - Environmental Impact Considerations in Transportation Construction Projects" Dave Marsh, Houston Metro. Jan. 11, 2001

"Of Slime and Punishment- Environmental Litigation in a New Age" Henry J. Smahlik, CIH, CSP Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Consulting Vallen Knowledge Systems Feb. 8, 2001

"Offshore Environmental Issues for Oil and Gas " Richard Keelan Mar. 15, 2001

"Expert Witness Testimony and Trial Exhibits" V. Stephen Reed , Geraghty and Miller, and Anchor E. Holm, P.E.,Centurion Consulting Group, Houston. Apr. 12, 2001

"TRRP-The First Year" Paul Lewis, Technical Specialist, TNRCC May 10, 2001

"Salt Water Contamination of the Chicot Aquifer from Historic Oil Field Operations, Tomball Field, Harris County, Texas" Robert "Bob" J Traylor and John D. Estepp Sept. 12, 2001

"Hydrogeology and Simulation of Ground-Water Flow and Land-Surface Subsidence in the Chicot and Evangeline Aquifers, Houston Area, Texas " Mark Kazmarek, USGS Jan. 9, 2002

"QA/QC Requirements for Laboratory Analysis under the Texas Risk Reduction Program" Ms. Pat Lynch, Senior Project Manager, Southern Petroleum Laboratories, Inc Mar. 13. 2002

Texas Regulatory Awareness Committee (TRAC) Apr. 10. 2002

"Texas Risk Reduction Program Developments, Case Histories, and Guidance" Paul Lewis, Technical Specialist with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission Jun 12, 2002

"Soil Features Common to the Houston Area, (As Seen by a Soil Scientist)" John S. Jacob, Texas A&M Sea Grant Program and Texas Agricultural Extension Service Oct 9, 2002

"Accessing Austin's Environmental and Geologic Information Resources" E. Scott Anderson , Atlas Environmental Research, Inc., Thomas W. Brown, Jr., Texas Natural Resource Information Sys Dec. 11, 2002

"Licensing Geologists in Texas: History, Current Status, Questions and Answers" W. Kevin Coleman, Reed Engineering Group, Dallas, TX, Edward G. Miller, Pape-Dawson Consulting Engineers, Dallas. Jan 8, 2003


Title: Never announced
Feb 12, 2003

"Brackish Groundwater Development for Potable Supply: Part 1" F. Steve Petersen, Malcolm Pirnie, Houston. Apr 9, 2003

"Alternative Final Covers for Landfills" Faizur Khan, Clean Harbors, Houston June 11, 2003


HGS General Meetings


"Geologic/Geophysical Models and Reservoir Characterization of the Gemini Subsalt Discovery, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico" Jeffrey S. Ogilvie , Texaco, London. Sept. 8, 1997

"Exploitation of Thin Oil Rims Using Horizontal Sidetracks at MC 194 (Cognac) Field" Mike Danahy, Shell Oil.
Sept. 27, 1997

"Confined-flow Turbidite Reservoirs: Plio-Pleistocene, Ship Shoal - Ewing Banks - Green Canyon areas, Offshore Louisiana" John M. Armentrout, Steve J. Malecek, Vinod R. Mathur, Gary L. Neuder, and Gerry M. Ragan, Mobil Oil Corporation, Dallas. Oct. 22, 1997

"Cotton Valley Reef Trend, East Texas Basin: Exploration and Diagenesis Model"
Dan Zeigler, SK Resources, Houston
Oct. 13, 1997

The Future of Four-D Roger Anderson of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University. Nov. 10, 1997

Changing Styles of Major Oil Companies Jack W. Schanck, president of "Spirit Energy 76", a business unit of Unocal. Nov. 12, 1997

"Worldwide Expansion of the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Success" Dr. Bruce S. Appelbaum, President, Texaco Exploration
Jan. 12, 1998

"Identification of Deltaic Facies with 3-D Seismic Coherency and the Spectral Decomposition Cube: A Study From South Marsh Island Area, Gulf of Mexico" John A. Lopez, Greg Partyka, Norm L. Haskell, and Susan E. Nissen, Amoco, New Orleans, Louisiana and Amoco, Tulsa. Jan. 28, 1998

"Worldwide Deepwater Drilling Activity: Can the Industry Experience Rational Growth In This "Age of Prosperity?" Scott B. Gill, Simmons and Company International
Feb. 9, 1998

"Litho-Stratigraphy of the Miocene in the Texas and Louisiana Transitional Zone: How to Recognize Sequence Boundaries and Hydrocarbons From Seismic Data" Fred J. Hilterman, and J.W.C. Sherwood, Geophysical Development Corporation; R. Schellhorn, and Brad Bankhead, ORYX; and Bryan DeVault, Colorado School of Mines Feb. 24, 1998

"Seismic Techniques in the Cotton Valley Reef Play in East Texas" Wayne Tittle, Sonat Exploration Mar. 25, 1998

Pressure Trends in Lower Viosca Knoll and Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico Deep Water: Implications for Seals, Column Heights and Hydrocarbon Migration" Bruce E. Wagner, Amoco Production Company Apr. 13, 1998

"Redevelopment of the Deep Tuscaloosa Gas Trend: A 3-D Seismic Case History of Judge Digby Field, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana" David Wright, Amoco Production Company, Houston Apr. 22, 1998

"Mensa Project, An Overview" Dennis McLaughlin, Shell Deepwater Development Systems, Inc. May 11, 1998

"Hoover: A Significant Oil Discovery in the Western Gulf of Mexico Deepwater" Jim Higgins (Exxon Exploration), D.G. Chergotis (BP) and J. C. Nania (BP). May 27, 1998

"Global Warming or Just Hot Air?" William Kazmann, LaRoche Petroleum Consultants, Ltd., Dallas Sept. 23, 1998

"Ram Powell 1998, Significant Challenges Met, Significant Challenges Ahead" Kenneth W. Bramlett, Shell Oil. Oct. 12, 1998

"Norpblet Geology and 3-D Geophysics of Fairway Field, Mobile Bay, Alabama" Chip Story, Amoco Houston, Oct. 28, 1998

"West Delta Block 107 Field: Hidden under a Mudflow" Carl W. Kuhnen, Walter Oil &Gas
Nov. 9, 1998

"3-D Acquisition, Perils & Pitfalls" Patrick C. Buckley, Global Geophysical Experts, Inc.
Nov. 18, 1998

"Paleo-Depositional Processes and Geological Drilling Hazards on the Continental Slope of Nigeria Identified using 3-D Seismic Coherency" Susan Nissen, Norm Haskell, Lisa Antrim, Katrina Coterill, Mary Cubanski, Raj Nataraj, Craig Steiner, and Doug Whitman, Amoco. Dec. 14, 1998

"Preserving geology in reservoir modeling; a practical application of stochastic modeling in heterogeneous reservoirs." Dr. Jeff Yarus, Smedvig Technologies.
Jan. 11, 1999

"Methodology for Minibasin Ranking in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico" Al Koch, Vinod Mathur (Mobil), Rick Nagy, and Frank Snyder (Phillips)
Jan. 27, 1999

"Loma Vieja Field: Structural Geology and Related Velocity Fault Shadow in the Upper Wilcox (Fandango) in S. Texas" James C. Meyerhoff and Rion Braddock, Samedan Oil Corporation
Feb. 8, 1999

"Reservoir Prediction Using the Forest and the Trees: Reducing Reservoir Risk and Uncertainty in Deepwater GOM Exploration" Cindy A. Yeilding, BP Exploration, Houston and Eric J. Ekstrand, Christopher J. Travis, J. Doug Boyd, Roger Reagan, Dennis M. Urban, andJohn D. Oldroyd.
Feb. 24 1999

"About Geophysics, Geology, and Regional Hydrocarbon Systems; A Discussion that Contrasts the Gulf of Mexico with Northeastern Venezuela" A.W. Bally, Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University Mar. 8, 1999

"Restructuring the Petroleum Industry" Jim Hackett, Seagull Energy
Mar. 24, 1999

"Balanced Filled Lakes Worldwide: Insights for Optimum Source Character and Distribution In Brazilian Continental Margin Basins" Kevin M. Bohacs and Neal E. Jacks, Exxon Production Research Company, Houston Apr. 5, 1999

"Petroleum Industry: Perspective 1999" Philip H. "Pete" Stark Ph.D., V.P. Industry Relations, IHS Energy Group, Denver Apr. 28 1999

"Low Resistivity, Low Contrast Pays" John T. Kulha, Engineering Consultant, Houston. May 10, 1999

"Seismic Facies Analysis in the Jurassic Reef Trend: A Case study in the Bear Grass Field, East Texas." Curt Bateman, Sonat Exploration, Tyler, Texas; Manuel Poupon, Flagship Geosciences, Houston. May 26, 1999

"Subsalt Exploration in the Deepwater Foldbelts of the Gulf of Mexico: Regional Analysis of a Giant Petroleum System" Michael J. Roberts, and Thomas W. Hall, Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company, Deepwater Business Unit, New Orleans Sept. 13, 1999

"Subsalt Turtle Play, Walker Ridge Area, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico" R. L. Nagy, L. H. Purnell, F. C. Snyder, C. D. Burge, Phillips Petroleum Company, Houston Sept. 29, 1999

"New exploration plays for Edwards and Sligo Cretaceous margins: untested opportunities in onshore Texas" Dale A. Fritz, Santa Fe Snyder Corporation, Houston Oct. 11, 1999

"A re-evaluation of the Hackberry - new life for a comatose trend" Michel Puzio, Mayne & Mertz, Inc. Houston Oct. 27, 1999

"Structural arrays and depositional geometries in hydrocarbon provinces: a view from orbit" Dr. Patricia Wood Dickerson, Lockheed Martin Space Operation Geologist, NASA Office of Earth Sciences Nov. 8, 1999

David F. Work, BP Amoco, speaks on the energy industry in the new century David F. Work, Regional President for BP Amoco Corporation.
Nov. 17, 1999

"Legends in Wildcatting"(held on the 99th anniversary of Spindletop ) Moderated by Byrd Larberg, Burlington International, and Charles Sternbach, Jordan Oil and Gas. Panelists include George Mitchell of Mitchell Energy, Gene Van Dyke, President of Vanco Energy Company, Joe B. Foster, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Newfield Exploration Company, John N. Seitz, President and Chief Operating Officer, Anadarko, and Marlan W. Downey, Bartell Professor of Geology & Chief Scientist-Sarkeys Energy Center, University of Oklahoma
Jan. 10, 2000

"Petroleum exploration and stratigraphy of the Lower Cretaceous James Limestone (Aptian) and Andrew Formation (Albian): Main Pass, Viosca Knoll, and Mobile areas, northeastern Gulf of Mexico." Andrew Petty, Minerals Management Service, New Orleans Jan. 26, 2000

"Classification of syndepositional structural systems, northern Gulf of Mexico" John F. Karlo, Shell Oil Co., & Robert C. Shoup, Samson Offshore Feb. 7, 2000

"Big Gas in the Rockies" M. Ray Thomasson, President, AAPG Thomasson Partner Associates, Inc. Feb. 23, 2000

"Play Opportunities of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico"
H. E. ‘Ed’ Denman and John Adamick of TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA in Houston.
Mar. 6, 2000

"Significance of mega-mergers and their implications for the future of the energy industry" Luke R. Corbett, CEO, Kerr-McGee Mar. 29, 2000

"Top Seal Character and Sequence Stratigraphy of Selected Marine Shales in Gulf-Coast Style Basins" William C. Dawson and William R. Almon, Texaco, Inc., Houston Apr. 10, 2000

"Production characteristics of sheet and channelized turbidite reservoirs, Garden Banks 191, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A." David S. Fugitt, Chevron North American E&P Co., Charles E. Stelting, Chevron Petroleum Technology Co., New Orleans, LA, William J. Schweller, Chevron Petroleum Technology Co., San Ramon, CA, James E. Florstedt, Gary J. Herricks, and Michael R. Wise, Chevron North American E&P Co., Lafayette, LA. Apr. 26, 2000

"Into the unknown: a history of the discovery of the giant fields of the western Mississippi Fan foldbelt, Gulf of Mexico" John J. Farrelly, Julie A. D'Ablaing, BP, Houston, Texas, Gary Grubitz, and Michael Moore, BHP Petroleum Americas, Houston. May 8, 2000

"Sequence stratigraphic framework and depositional variations of Miocene lowstand systems tracts, South Louisiana" Barbara A. Luneau, Jeffrey A. May, Joseph J. Garbee, and Charles Hinson Schlumberger Holditch-Reservoir Technologies, Denver May 24, 2000

"Global Energy Trends" Richard O. Berard, Jr., Arthur Andersen, Houston Sept. 11, 2000

"An Integrated Study of the Liuhua 11-1 Field Using an Ultra-High Resolution 3D Seismic Dataset: South China Sea" Chip Story, CAEX Services Inc., Patrick Peng and Claire Sullivan, BP Amoco, Christoph Heubeck, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Jian Dong Lin, CNOOC Sept. 27, 2000

"The Color of Oil: The History, the Money and the Politics of the World's Biggest Business" Michael Economides, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Houston. Oct. 9, 2000

"The Virtual Oil Company: Capstone of Integration" Robert P. Peebler,Vice President e-Business Strategy and Ventures Halliburton Co.,Dallas Nov. 6, 2000

"Case History and Integrated Study of the West Cameron 76 Field, Gulf of Mexico Shelf-Big Reserves in the Expanded Marg A" Kevin Guilbeau, Steve McGovern, Maurice Rouen, and Tim Addington, Dominion Exploration and Production, New Orleans Nov. 15, 2000

"Tectonic Control on the Creation of Supergiant Fields in the Central and South Caspian Area" Steve Hall, BP Houston Jan. 8, 2001

"Developing an Exploration Tool in a Mature Trend: a 3D AVO Case Study in South Texas" Mark Gregg, KiwiEnergy Ltd., Houston. Jan. 24, 2001

"Prospectivity of the Deepwater Clastic and Carbonate Portion of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Sale 181 Area. Play Concepts and Trap types." Robert F. (Rob) Kukowski, Geophysical Consultant for PanCanadian Gulf of Mexico Feb. 5, 2001

"Distinguishing Water Saturation Changes from Porosity or Clay Content Changes using Multicomponent Seismic Data" Fuping Zhu, Richard L. Gibson, Jr, Joel S. Watkins and Sung H. Yuh, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Feb. 28, 2001

"Interpretation and Modeling of Time-Lapse Seismic Data: Lena Field, Gulf of Mexico" D. H. Johnston, J. J. Shyeh, and J. E. Eastwood, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co.; and M. Khan, and L.R. Stanley, Western Geophysical Mar. 5, 2001

"Garden Banks 625 - A deepwater Gulf of Mexico post-drill review" Mark Sunwall and Rob Alexander of Texaco's Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Exploration Business Unit Mar. 28, 2001

"Case History: Amberjack A16ST (T) Well Pore Pressures" Vanessa Sturrock, BP Exploration, Houston,. Apr. 9, 2001

"From the Depths" - Texaco's Petronius Project James S. Gagliardi , Texaco - Commercial Development, Bellaire Apr. 25, 2001

"Key Patterns of Corporate Organization and Culture Influencing Exploration Performance" Peter R. Rose and Gary P. Citron, Rose & Associates, LLP.Austin May 7, 2001

"Walking through fractured reservoirs and failed seals" Dr. Alfred Lacazette, Consulting Geologist May 30, 2001

"A Comparison of Two Late Pleistocene Shelf-Edge Deltas (Indonesia and Gulf of Mexico)-Stratigraphic Architecture, Systems Tracts, Bounding Surfaces, and Reservoir Potential" Harry H. Roberts, John M. Robalin, Johan Sydow, and Richard Fillon Sept. 10, 2001

"Evolution of Pawnee Field (Edwards Formation), Bee County: A Horizontal Love Story" K.W. Schmidt, L. P. Goldstein, D. W. Holmes, M. A. Dablain, C. D. Sharp, and T. L. Jens Sept. 26, 2001

"Workstation Visualization Techniques and Workflows: Examples from the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico" Lou Liro, Veritas Exploration Services, Houston Oct. 8, 2001

"Shanghai Field, Expanded Upper Yegua Trend, Texas Gulf Coast: Unexpected Reserves and a Distinctive Fault Style Defined by 3D Seismic " Thomas E. Ewing, Venus Exploration, Inc., San Antonio Oct. 31, 2001

"The History of Water on Mars: Insights Provided by 35 Years of Robotic Exploration" Stephen Clifford, NASA Lunar and Planetary Institute, Clear Lake Nov. 12, 2001

"The Impending Obsolescence of Maps" H. Roice Nelson, Jr. Dynamic Resources Corporation Nov. 28, 2001

"New Resource from Old Fields: Revitalizing Recovery in Shelf-bound Pliocene and Miocene-age Reservoirs, Gulf of Mexico" Dr. Lesli J. Wood, John A. Jackson and Katherine G. Jackson, School of Geosciences, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin Jan. 14, 2001

"100 Years of Exploration and Production at Jennings Field" Jeff Spencer, Osprey Petroleum. Jan. 30, 2002

"Distributary Channels, Fluvial Channels or Incised Valleys?" Janok P. Bhattacharya, , A. Robinson, C. Olariu, M.M. Adams, and C. D. Howell, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX. Feb. 11, 2002

"Coalbed Methane Potential in Texas" Raymond C. Pilcher of Raven Ridge Resources and John C. Griffiths of Calvin Resources. Feb. 27, 2002

"Evolution and High Dissolution Porosity of Woodbine Sandstones in a Slope Submarine Fan, Double A Wells Field, Polk County, Texas-A Deep Water Gulf of Mexico Model Onshore" Mar. 27, 2002

"Origin and Significance of Retrograde Failed Shelf Margins- Tertiary Northern Gulf Coast Basin" Fred L. Stricklin, Jr., Wilcox Exploration Enterprises, Houston. Apr 8, 2002

"Converting Your Geotechnical Prospect to an Economic Business Venture" Mark A. McLane, Michael A. Andersen, and Peter R. Rose, Rose & Associates, LLP. Austin Apr. 24, 2002

"Thinking 'Out of the Box' - the Role of the Geologist in Meeting Future Energy Demand" Robbie Gries, AAPG President May 13, 2002

"Review of Late Jurassic Depositional Systems and Potential Hydrocarbon Plays, Northern Gulf of Mexico Basin" Thomas E. Ewing , Frontera Exploration Consultants. May 29, 2002

"The History of a New Play: Thunder Horse Discovery, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico" B. L. Yilmaz, D. I. Rainey, G. E. Pfau, R. L. Boyce, W. A. Wendt, M. H. Judson, S. G. Peacock, S. D. Duppenbecker, A. K. Ray, R. Chen, R. Hollingsworth, and M. J. Bowman Sept 9, 2002

"Anadarko 's Bossier Gas Play, A Sleeping Giant in a Mature Basin" Jim Emme and Bob Stancil. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Houston Sept 25, 2002

"Interpreting Complex Traps from Seismic Outcrops Lithology, Porosity, and Fluids are Now Possible to Image with Seismic"
Gordon Van Swearingen of e-Seis
Oct 7, 2002

"Maverick Misterios-Comanche Ranch Field, Maverick County, Texas" Brian O'Brien, Saxet Oct 30, 2002

"Geopressure and Seismic Estimation of Enhanced Reservoir Quality-Subsalt Analogs" Dr. Norman S. Neidell, N. S. Neidell and Associates, Houston Nov 11, 2002

"Future Colors of Energy" Michael J. Economides of the Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston and Ronald E. Oligney Nov 20, 2002

"Legends in Wildcatting, 2003 Panelits: William J. Barrett, Bill Barrett Corporation, Robbie Gries, Priority Oil and Gas. Marvin Davis, Davis Petroleum
and Tom Barrow, formerly of Humble and SOHIO, Introduction by Michel Halbouty
Jan 13, 2003

"Burgos Basin Play Analysis Reveals Frio-Vicksburg Exploration Focus Areas" Mark A. Cocker, Lynne R. Goodoff, The Scotia Group, Houston, Texas, J. Antonio Cuevas Leree, Ricardo Martinez Sierra, J. Javier Hernandez Mendoza, Pemex Exploration and Production, Reynosa, Mexico and Douglas S. Hamilton, Hamilton Geosciences, Austin Jan 29, 2003

"Pre-Mississippian Carbonate Plays in ANWR on Alaska's North Slope" Jim Clough; Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Fairba Feb 10, 2003

"Gulf of Mexico "Bright Spots" - Early Shell Discoveries" Mike Forrest, Consultant Feb 26, 2003

"Hunting for Elephants: Exploration and Appraisal Learnings from the Western Atwater Foldbelt of the Ultra-Deep Gulf of Mexico:" Mike Moore, BHP Billiton Petroleum (Americas) Inc., Houston Mar. 10, 2003
   
"The influence of syndepositional salt tectonics on carbonate platform development and stratal architecture" Dr. Robert Goldhammer, University of Texas. Mar. 19, 2003

"Gulf of Mexico Evolution and Structure" Dale Bird, Bird Geophysical Mar. 26, 2003

"Petroleum Geology of the Central North Slope, Alaska: Opportunities for Independents" David L. LePain, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, Alaska; Mark Myers, Gil Mull, Alaska Division of Oil and Gas, Anchorage, Alaska; and David Hite, Hite Consulting, Anchorage Apr. 7, 2003

"AVO Impedance: A New Attribute for Lithology and Fluid Discrimination" Rob Simm, Rock Physics Associates Ltd, UK; Michel Kemper, Ikon Science Ltd UK; and Jagat Deo, Seismic Image Processing Ltd UK. Talk presented by Martyn Millwood Hargrave Apr 30 2003

"The Energy Image and Recruiting" Lane Sloan, reprinted from World Energy Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2003 May 12, 2003

"Your Future" Dan Smith, President, American Association of Petroleum Geologists May 28, 2003


International Exploration Meetings


"Future Gas Development Projects in SouthEastern Asia" Ian Cross, IEDS Ltd, Singapore Sept. 15, 1997

"Anadarko's Experience in Algeria: A Case History" Richard Hook, James Emme, Robert Lunn, Brian Sunderland, Robert Daniels and François Gauthier of Anadarko Petroleum Oct. 20, 1997

"Geologic Evolution Of Conjugate Volcanic Passive Margins: Influence on the Petroleum Systems of the South Atlantic" Vitor Abreu, Peter R. Vail, Albert Bally; Rice University, and Edith Wilson, Amoco Dec. 15, 1997

"Pliocene Deepwater Sands, Niger Delta, Africa: Sequence Stratigraphy, Depositional Facies,Sand Body Geometry and Stacking Patterns" Ronald D. Kreisa. Mobil Exploration and Production Co Jan. 19, 1998

"Qarun and Beni Suef Oil Discoveries, Western Desert, Egypt" Michael Nemec and Gerald Colley, Seagull Energy International Feb. 16, 1998

"Regional Tectonics And Paleogeographic Evolution of China" Pinar O. Yilmaz*, Ian O. Norton, et.al, Exxon Exploration Company Mar. 16, 1998

"Tertiary Evolution of the Northeastern Venezuela Offshore" Raúl A. Ysaccis and A.W. Bally, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University, Houston Apr. 20, 1998

"The Integration of Geochemical, Geological and Engineering Data to Determine Reservoir Continuity in the Iagifu-Hedinia Field, Papua New Guinea" Russell Kaufman, Chevron Overseas Petroleum, San Ramon, CA, and L. I. Eisenberg, and R. E. Fitzmorris, South Pacific Chevron, Brisbane, Australia June 15, 1998

"Structural and Sedimentological Response to Diapirism in La Popa Basin, Mexico" Katherine A. Giles, Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University Sept. 8, 1998

"A 3D Seismic Volume of A Major Buried Thrust Front, Foredeep to Emergent Thrust Sheets, Quiriquire Block: Platform for Improved Exploration &Production, Eastern Venezuela Basin" Vincent Rigatti, et al. Sept. 21 1998

"Petroleum Systems of the Coastal Kwanza and Benguela Basins, Angola" Al Danforth, Texaco Exploration, Bellaire, TX Oct. 19 1998

"Abnormal Pressure Evaluation of the Recent Pliocene and Miocene Gas Discoveries from the Eastern Nile Delta, Egypt, Using 2D and 3D Seismic Data" Philip D. Heppard and Martin L. Albertin, Amoco Production Company. Nov. 16, 1998

The Western End of the Jebilet High Atlas System, the Onshore and Offshore Essaouira Basin (Morocco), and the Virtually Unexplored Cap Tafelnay Folded Belt Mohamad Hafid, University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco, Albert W. Bally, Rice University, Houston Jan. 18 1999

"Post-Rift Hydrocarbon Systems, Greater Amazon Mouth, Brazil:Transition from Shelf to Basin and Source Distribution Controls" David M. Advocate, Steven W. Young, Arthur H. Ross, Thomas P. Buerkert, Exxon Exploration Company; Jack E. Neal, Keith I. Mahon, Exxon Production Research Company Authors: By David M. Advocate, Steven W. Young, Arthur H. Ross, Thomas P. Buerkert, Exxon Exploration Company; Jack E. Neal, Keith I. Mahon, Exxon Production Research Company Feb. 16 1999

"Tectonic Significance of the Accumulation of the Voluminous Early Paleozoic Reservoir-Containing Quartz-Rich Sandstones of North Africa and Arabia" Kevin Burke, Dept. of Geoscience, University of Houston Mar. 15 1999

"The paleo-Volga delta and lacustrine sequence stratigraphy of the South Caspian basin" Dag Nummedal, Unocal, Sugar Land, TX. Apr. 19 1999

"Southern Arabian Basin Oil Habitat: Seals and Gathering Areas" W. H. Pierce, W. H. Pierce Exploration
May 17 1999

"Chronostratigraphy, Sedimentary Facies, and Architecture of Tectono-Stratigraphic Sequences within a Miocene Rift, Gulf of Suez, Egypt" William A. Wescott, Geological Consultant, Houston, Texas and William N. Krebs, Consulting Biostratigrapher, Katy, TX. Sept. 20, 1999

"Salt-tectonics provinces and superposed deformation across the continental-oceanic boundary in offshore Angola" M. P. A. Jackson, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin J.-M. Fonck, and C. Cramez, TotalFina Exploration and Production, Paris Oct. 18, 1999

"Timor Sea (Australia/Indonesia) Discoveries, 1994-1998" Frank Maio and Steve Plybon, Maio-Plybon Geoscience, Dallas. Dec. 13, 1999

"Depositional environments of Upper Cretaceous source and reservoir rocks of western Venezuela" R. N. Erlich, O. Macsotay I., A. J. Nederbragt and M. Antonieta Lorente Jan. 17, 2000

"Keys to exploration: lake-basin type, source potential, and hydrocarbon character within an integrated sequence-stratigraphic-geochemical framework." Kevin M. Bohacs - AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company Feb. 21, 2000

Why Brasil? - Some Insights into the Future Petroleum Potential, Offshore Brasil" Bob Fryklund, Independent Consultant, and Steve Edrich, British-Borneo International Ltd Mar. 20, 2000

"Libya: Petroleum potential of under-explored basin centers, a 21st century challenge" Don C. Rusk, Consulting Geologist for international exploration and Pratt Conference invited speaker. May 15, 2000

"The Rio Mini Basin of Equatorial Guinea - a new petroleum province" Paul Dailly and Kenny Goh of Triton Energy June 19, 2000

"Petroleum Geology of the Western Ust-Yurt Basin Republic of Kazakhstan"Kurt D. Reisser, Kerr-McGee, Houston. Sept. 18, 2000

"Deepwater Nigeria OPL-213: An Exploration Risk Reduction Approach Using Integrated Geoscience Technologies" R.K. Sawyer, David L. Connolly, Arnaud G. Pichon, and Raymond J. Fontenot. Texaco Exploration, Bellaire TX. Oct. 16, 2000

"Africa's Vast Petroleum Systems" Dr. Kevin C.A. Burke, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Houston. Second Annual Robert E. Sheriff Lecture Series, Sponsored by the U of Houston Geosciences Alumni Association in association with the Houston Geological Society. Nov. 20 2000

"The Future Hydrocarbon Potential of Iran" Weldon Beauchamp, Atlas Exploration and Production Company, Dallas Dec. 18, 2000

"New Trends of Petroleum Exploration in Central and Eastern Europe" Frank Horvath, Department of Geophysics, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary
with contributions by Andy Andraczke (Poland), Yuri Koltun (Ukraine), Mihai Stefanescu (Romania) and Vlasta Tari-Kovacic (Croatia)
Jan. 15, 2001

"Hydrocarbon Potential of the Brazilian Atlantic Margin" Ian Davison, Earthmoves Ltd. Virginia Water, UK. Feb. 19, 2001

"Petroleum Geology of the Peng Lai 19-3 Oil Complex, Bohai Bay, Peoples Republic of China" Michael D. Kuykendall, Phillips Petroleum Company Mar. 19, 2001

"Thermal Modelling - Oil or Gas? Examples from the Faroes-Shetland (NW Europe) and Casamance (NW Africa) Basins" A. D. Carr, Global Exploration Services Ltd. Apr. 16, 2001

"Cuba: An Overview of its Geology, Hydrocarbon Systems and Petroleum Industy" Jon Frederic Blickwede, IHS Energy Group, Houston. May 21, 2001

"New Exploration Plays: a Modification of a Traditional Exploration Approach in Colombia" Tomas Villamil, ECOPETROL, Bogota, Colombia Jun. 18, 2001

"Exploration and Production in Mexico, Opportunities and Challenges", with panel discussion Alfredo E. Guzman, Coordinacion de Estrategias de Exploracion, Pemex Exploracion y Produccion, Villahermosa, Tobasco, Mexico. Aug. 28, 2001

"The Petroleum Potential of Egypt and New Exploration Opportunities" Sami Shaheen, Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, Cairo, Egypt Sept. 17, 2001

"Structural styles of passive-margin deepwater provinces" Rowan, Mark G., Rowan Consulting, Inc., Boulder, CO Oct. 15, 2001

"Transtension in Arcs and Orogens" John F. Dewey, Department of Geology, UC Davis, Davis CA.
Third Annual Robert E. Sheriff Lecture Series, Sponsored by the U of Houston Geosciences Alumni Association in association with the Houston Geologic Society International Exploration Group.
Nov. 19 2000

"Remaining exploration potential on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) - An Opportunity for US Independents" Jim Munns, UK Department of Trade and Industry Dec. 17, 2001

"Chronostratigraphic Isopach Mapping of Sequences of the Arabian Plate" Walter H. Pierce, WHPierce Exploration Jan. 21, 2002

"A Review of the Petroleum Systems of the Gulf of Mexico with Emphasis on the Mexican Sub-basins: Oil Quality Distribution, Recognition of a New Petroleum System, and Remaining Petroleum Potential" J. Alejandro Morelos-Garcia and Wallace Dow Feb. 18, 2002

"Global Geomorphic Survey of Large Modern Fans: Distribution and Exploration Implications" M.Justin Wilkinson, N. R. Cameron and K. Burke. Mar. 18, 2002

"Future Giants in Frontier Basins of Latin America " Josh Rosenfeld, Veritas Exploration Services Apr. 15, 2002

"3D Paleogeographic and Plate Tectonic Reconstructions: the PALEOMAP Project is Back in Town " Christopher R. Scotese, Paleomap Project, University of Texas, Arlington. May 20, 2002

"Recent Exploration Drilling Results Highlight Significant Potential For Portugal's Lusitanian Basin" T.L. Uphoff, D.P. Stemler, M.J. Stearns, and P.H. Monteleon, Mohave Oil and Gas Corporation, Houston Jun. 17, 2002

"Independents in the North Sea" Gene Van Dyke, President of Vanco Energy Company and Mr. Iain R. Murray, Her Majesty’s (UK) Consul-General in Houston.
Aug 28, 2002

"Volta Fan Fold Belt, Ghana West Africa" Kenneth A. Nibbelink, J. D. Huggard, Devon Energy Corp, Houston, TX, A. Maclean and I. Botchway, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation Sept 16, 2002

"Geology And Exploration Potential Of The Veracruz Basin" Robert G. Hickman (Speaker); Structural Solutions, Sugar Land, Texas,
Arturo Soto Cuervo; PEMEX Coordinator PEMEX Exploración Veracruz, Victor Valdivieso; Coordinator Terciario; PEMEX Exploración Veracruz, Carlos Caraveo; Senior Seismic Interpreter; PEMEX Exploración Veracruz, Sergio Rivera; Senior Geologist; PEMEX Exploración Veracruz, Miguel Espinoza; Senior Geologist; PEMEX Exploración Veracruz, Marie Carmen Cuevas; Paleontologist; PEMEX Exploración Veracruz, Santosh Ghosh; Consultant, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Robert Kroener ; Manager Consulting Services, Schlumberger Data & Consulting Services, Veracruz, Mexico, Carl A. Marrullier ; TAIA Energy Inc., Consultant, Houston, Texas,
Oct 21, 2002

"Kwanza Arcana: a new look at Angolan salt tectonics, tectonostratigraphy, and differential uplift" Martin P. A. Jackson and Michael R. Hudec, Bureau of Economic Geology, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin. 4th Annual Robert E. Sheriff Lecture Series, Sponsored by the U of Houston Geosciences Alumni Association in association with the Houston Geologic Society International Exploration Group
Nov 18, 2002

"Integrated Subsurface Characterization of the Bonga Field, Offshore Nigeria" Mark Chapin, Peter Swinburn, Raphic van der Weiden, Dieter Skaloud, Sola Adesanya, David Stevens, Jacob Wilkie of Shell Deepwater Services, Houston. Eric Brentjens, Currently with Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, Lagos, Nigeria and Martijn Blaauw, currently with Jason Geosystems, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Dec. 16, 2002

"Tectonics of the South China Sea Region " Jim Granath, Granath & Associates, Dallas, Texas, Janice Christ, J-SEA Geoscience, Dallas, Texas, Bill DicksonDickson International Geosciences, Dallas Jan 20, 2003

"Cyclic Attributes on Seismic Data and Sequence Stratigraphy-New Criteria for Exploration, New Interpretation Styles" Barbara Radovich. Feb 17, 2003

"Exploring Brazil's Southeast Atlantic Margin Basins: What Are the Geologic Keys to Success?" Ronald B. Meers, Peter E. Gale, BHP Billiton, Houston. Mar 17, 2003

"The Stratigraphy and Reservoir Architecture of the Oligocene to Miocene Malembo Formation of the Lower Congo basin, Offshore Angola" John Ardill*, T.C. Huang and Orla McLaughlin, ExxonMobil Explortion Co., Houston Apr 21, 2003

"Petroleum Geology of Iraq: A 2003 Review" Walter H. Pierce, WHPierce Exploration, Cypress, TX , and Everett Rutherford, Matrix Geoscience, LLC, Knoxville, May 19, 2003

"Characteristics of Recent Oil and Gas Discoveries in the Deep Water Portion of the Western Nile Delta, Egypt " J Bork*, Apache Corp, D. W. Phelps, J. W. Bedingfield, and D. M. Allard. Apache Egypt June 16, 2003


NeoGeo Dinner Meetings



"From Spindletop to Y2K:Renowned oilpatch legend shares lifetime of experience" Michel T. Halbouty. Sept. 13, 2000

"The Prizes and Pitfalls of Becoming an Independent" Craig Moore of Bellweather Exploration and Robert Pledger, a Houston independent and president of Benchmark Oil and Gas Company Nov. 15, 2000

"Attributes and Skills for Successful Career Development" Dr. Rusty Riese, Consulting Geologist Jan. 17, 2001

"The Geologic/Geophysical Dialogue" Dr. Leon Thomsen, Principal Geophysicist, BP Amoco's Upstream Technology Group in Houston.
Mar. 17, 2001

"Gological Architecture and Reservoir Characteristics of Fine-Grained and Course-Grained Turbidite Systems." Arnold H. Bouma , Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA. May 23, 2001

"The Future For Early Career Geoscience Professionals: A Discussion Forum" Kelly Latter, BP, Houston, Texas and Andrea Adams Amerada Hess, Houston Sept. 27, 2001

"Being a 'minority' in the oil industry" Susan Cunningham, Senior Vice President of Exploration at Noble Affilia Apr. 18, 2002

"Subsurface Integration and Value" Gary Gunter, Director of the NExT Subsurface Integration Program at the University of Oklahoma in Tulsa Jun. 20, 2002

"STS-104, Joint Airlock Module of the International Space Station" James Reilly, NASA Astronaut Aug 1, 2002


North America Exploration Meetings


"Bohai Bay and Mongolian Basins of China" Changlin Wu and Don Turner, International Exploration, Kerr-McGee Corp Nov. 17, 1997

"Elk Hills" Jonathan G. Kuespert and Jeevan P. Anand, EGOR, Los Angeles, CA Nov. 13, 1997

"Stratigraphic Traps in Base-Level Rise Deposits of Braided Alluvial and Arid Coastal Plain Sandstones (Frisco City Sand, Jurassic Haynesville Formation), Alabama" Robert C. Handford, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, and Lawrence R. Baria, Jura-Search, Inc., Jackson, MS, Jan. 26, 1998

"Exploration and Higher Risk Development of Thrusted Foreland Reservoirs, Val Verde Basin, Texas" Barbara A. Sheedlo, John Snow, and Don A. Edwards, Conoco, Inc., Midland Feb. 23, 1998

"Second-Order Accommodation Cycles and Points of Stratigraphic Turnaround: Implications for High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy and Facies Architecture of the Haynesville and Cotton Valley Lime Pinnacle Reefs of the East Texas Salt Basin"Robert K. Goldhammer, SONAT Exploration Co., Houston Apr. 27, 1998

"The Outboard Trend of the Cotton Valley Limestone Pinnacle Reef Play, East Texas Basin" T. Hodge Walker, Gregory P. Wahlman, Rick C. Tobin, Art D. Lombard, and James A. Bergen, Amoco, Houston. Oct. 26, 1998

"Discovery and Development of Jonah Field, Wyoming - A New TCF Gas Field in the Green River Basin" John W. Robinson, McMurry Oil Company, Denver.
Dec. 7, 1998

"Compartmentation of Oil and Gas Fields: A Geochemical View." Martin Schoell, Dave Baskin (Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, La Habra), Bruce Cain (Altura Energy, Houston). Jan. 25 1999

"Sequence Stratigraphy of the Down-Dip Woodbine Sandstone, Upper Gulf Coast, East Texas" Howard White, Bronwyn Clear, and Fred Byther, Oryx Energy, Dallas Apr. 26, 1999

"Deltaic systems: perspectives on facies models and sequence stratigraphy" John R. Suter, Integrated Interpretation Center, Conoco, Inc., Houston. Oct. 25, 1999

"Permeability trends in distributary-mouth bar sandstones: a key to reducing risk in deltaic reservoirs" R. S. Tye, and J. J. Hickey, ARCO, Plano, TX. Jan. 24, 2000

"The English Basin, Kentucky: a seismic study of the relationship between a Proterozoic basin and subsequent Paleozoic structure and strata" T. Joshua Stark, Tulsa, OK; Stephen H. Rowley, Emet Consulting, Plano, TX; Carl K. Steffensen, Steven Bergman, Vastar Resources Inc., Houston, TX; James A. Drahovzal, KY Geological Survey, Lexington, KY; Glenn W. Bear, Exxon Production Corp., Houston, TX; and Louis Schultz, Williams Gas Pipeline Texas Gas, Owensboro, KY Feb. 28 2000

"Turbidites of the Lower Atoka Formation, Jacksonville, Arkansas" Christian Clark, Reservoirs Inc./Core Laboratories Apr. 24, 2000

"Understanding Stratigraphic Complexity - the importance to exploration and production" A Symposium.from 9am to 4pm. June 5, 2000

"Discovery of Ring Faults Associated with Salt Withdrawl Basins of Early Cretaceous Age in the East Texas Basin" Steven J. Maione, Scott Pickford, A Core Laboratories Company, Houston Oct. 30, 2000

"Multidisciplinary Analysis of Tight Gas Sandstone Reservoirs, Almond Formation, Siberia Ridge Field, Wyoming" Stephen D. Sturm, Lesley W. Evans, Barbara F. Keusch, William J. Clark Schlumberger Holditch Reservoir Technologies, Denver, Randal Billingsly Amoco Production Co., Donald N. Burch and Robert M. Cluff The Discovery Group, Denver. Dec. 11, 2000

"New Exploration Concepts for the Lower Cretaceous Shelf Margin Carbonates of Texas" Paul M. (Mitch) Harris, Chevron Petroleum Technology Company Houston. Jan. 29, 2001

"Depositional Response to Dynamic Slope Topography, Eastern Gulf of Mexico" Ciaran J. O'Byrne, BP Feb. 26, 2001

"The Development of Large Structures in the Deepwater Northern Gulf of Mexico" Steve Hall, BP Exploration, Houston Apr. 30, 2001

"Reexamination of Late Jurassic Reef Building in the East Texas Basin; A Maturing Gas Play" Edward M. Norwood and Lise Brinton Oct. 22, 2001

"Physiographic Controls on Submarine Fan Development Within Depositional Sequences" A.D. Donovan BP: Upstream Technology Group Dec. 10, 2001

"The Ellenburger of West texas and the Devonian Keg River of Western Canada: Case Studies where Deep-Burial Dissolution Controls Dolostone Reservoir Development" Jeffrey J. Dravis, Dravis Geological Services, Houston Jan. 28, 2002

North American Exploration Dinner Meeting"Integrated Analysis Of The Upper Jurassic Bossier Deltaic Complex, East Texas" K. M. Stevens, J.B. Wagner, T. D. Sheffield, L. L. Brooks, P. Zippi, M. A. Dablain, B. Brow, and R. Offenberger Feb. 25, 2002

"A Two-Pole Gulf of Mexico Basin Origin Model: Implications for Oceanic Crust Architecture and Louann Salt Distribution" Bruce K. Reitz, Conoco Inc, Houston Apr. 22, 2002

"Sequence and Seismic Stratigraphy of the Bossier Formation (Tithonian), Western East Texas Basin " George Klein Sed-Strat Geoscience Consultants, Kenneth Chavre, Phillips Petroleum Co Oct 28, 2002

"Grayson Field, Jurassic Smackover Reservoir, Columbia County, AR: A Case Study Using Leading Edge Reservoir Characterization Seismic Processing of 3D Seismic Data." Kevin B. Hill, Hill Geophysical Consulting, William R. Meaney, Anderson Oil and Gas Dec. 2, 2002

"Elephant Hunting in Nevada" K. Chamberlain, Cedar Strat Corp., Las Vegas Jan. 27, 2003

"Jonah Field Area: Seismic Coherency Cube Technology Used to Define Trap Boundaries and Stratigraphic Features" Victor H. Vega, William B. Hanson, Greg Partyka, Christopher J. Christensen, and Dennis L. Cox Feb. 24, 2003

"Stratigraphy and Diagenesis of the Mississippian Bakken Shale-Lodgepole Limestone Sequence, Williston Basin, North Dakota" Paul Grover. Mar. 24, 2003

"Subsalt Trap Archetype Classification: A Diagnostic Tool for Predicting and Prioritizing Gulf of Mexico Subsalt Traps" William Hart & Martin Albertin, BP Apr 28, 2003


Symposia, Conferences


HGS Emerging Technologies Group Technofest 1997 July 24, 1997

HGS North American Explorationists Symposium June 8, 1998

Michel T. Halbouty's Contributions to Geoscience Honored at HGS Luncheon June 30, 1999

HGS Emerging Technologies Group 3nd Annual Summer 1999 Technofest Jul. 29, 1999

4th Annual Technofest July 20, 2000

Earth Science Week Oct. 7-14, 2000

HGS Emerging Technologies Group 5th Annual Technofest July 26, 2001

HGS Emerging Technologies Group 6th Annual Technofest Aug 8, 2002

AAPG Prospect and Property Expo (APPEX) Aug 27-29, 2002

PESGB-HGS: First Annual International Symposium
"Africa, the success will continue"
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Sept 17-18, 2002

Other Society Abstracts



GCAGS 1997, New Orleans Oct. 15-17, 1997

SWLGS - Lafayette Jan. 12-13, 1998

AAPG Student Expo Sept. 20-22, 1998

Highlights of the Forthcoming 1999 Offshore Technology Conference May 3-6, 1999

SPE Reservoir SG "3D Seismic in a Cost-Constrained E&P Environment" Sept. 23, 1999

East Texas Geologic Society TECH 2000 & Prospect Expo Feb. 23, 2000

AAPG - SEG Distinguished Lecture
"Let the Data Speak To You: How to Improve Your 3-D Seismic Interpretation"
Mar. 21, 2000

HOGS Seminar
"Biodegradation rates in oilfields assessed using geochemistry and geology. Implications for petroleum exploration and deep, hot and slow biospheres(Largobiospheres)"
Mar. 22, 2000

Workshop & Program Co-sponsors: Oklahoma Geological Survey,U. S. Department of Energy, National Petroleum Technology Office, Tulsa, Kansas Geological Survey
"Petroleum systems of sedimentary basins in the southern midcontinent"
Mar. 28-29, 2000

Rice University
Spring 2000 Symposium: "BertFest"
Apr. 13-14, 2000

MMS FREE National Gas Symposium" Apr. 25, 2000

Texas Water Monitoring Congress Sept. 18-20, 2000
SPWLA Lunch Meeting
"Recognition and the Importance of Injected/Remobilised Sandstone in Turbidite Reservoirs"
Oct. 27, 2000
American Chemical Society (ACS) , American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), ECH (Science, Engineering, & Technology of Houston)
"Chemistry: An Odyssey of the Mind and of the Eye"
Nov. 16, 2000
UHGAA Lunch Meeting
"Deep-Water Exploration Opportunities on the Offshore Louisiana Shelf"
Feb 28, 2001
SPEE Lunch Meeting
" California's Electricity Woes: A Vision of the Future?"
Apr. 4, 2001

SIPES Annual Convention Galveston, Tx
Theme: 2001 - A Geospace Odysse
Apr. 25-27, 2001

OTC Houston, Tx Apr. 30 - May 3, 2001
Museum of Health and Medical Sciences Meeting
"The Dimensions of Brachiosaurus"
May 15, 2001

U of H Geoscience Alumni Association Lunch Meeting "Tectonomorphic provinces of the eastern East Maturin Basin: Intimate relations of structure and sedimentation in creation of a world-class hydrocarbon province." June 13, 2001

Wyoming Geological Association 2001 Field Conference
Wyoming Gas: Resources & Technology
Sept. 8-12, 2001

National Association for Black Geologists and Geophysicists
2001 Conference, Theme: Celebrating 20 Years - Reflecting on Our Past, Focusing on the Future
Sept. 26-29, 2001

U of H Alumni Assoc.(UHGAA) Lunch Meeting
"Hickory Field: Integrated Technologies Revitalize a Sub-salt Prospect"
Oct. 10, 2001

GCAGS 51st Annual Convention
Shreveport, La
Oct. 17-19, 2001

AAPG Annual Convention, Houston, Tx Mar. 10-13, 2002

The Tenth Annual Rice Environmental Conference
"The Future of Energy"
Apr. 6, 2002

SPE-GCS
2nd Annual Petroleum Leadership and Outlook Conference
May 16, 2002

UGHAA Lunch Meeting
" Petrophysical and Geologic Evaluation of the Bullwinkle Field with Implications for Time-Lapse Reservoir Monitoring, Green Canyon Block 65, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico "
Jun. 16, 2002

West Texas Geology Society
Field Trip (10/19-21) Prospect Expo (10/24), Symposium (10/25-26)
Oct 19 - 26, 2002

PTTC Workshop
New Resources from Old Fields
Sept 26, 2002

RMAG Symposium: "Innovative Gas Exploration Concepts" Oct. 1, 2002

International Petroleum Environmental Conference: Oct. 22-25, 2002

GCAGS Annual Convention Austin, Tx Oct. 30 - Nov 1, 2002

GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference
"Sequence Stratigraphic Models for Exploration and Production"
Dec. 8-12, 2002

AAPG Southwest Section Meeting Fort Worth, Tx Mar. 1-3, 2003

AAPG Distinguished Lecture tour 2002-2003
"Assessment of Global Oil, Gas and NGL Resources Based on the Total Petroleum System Concept"
Mar. 21, 2003

Drake Well Foundation
Symposium on the History of the Oil Industry
Mar. 26-29, 2003

Gulf Coast Energy Market Place - Onshore and Offshore New Orleans, LA Mar. 31- Apr 1, 2003

Gulf Coast Section of SEPM & South Texas Geological Society Symposium, Field Trip
"Structure and Stratigraphy of South Texas and Northeast Mexico: Applications to Exploration"
Apr 11-12, 2003

AAPG Annual Convention (Salt Lake City) May 11-14, 2003

NOGS Symposium South Louisiana Petroleum Exploration May 22, 2003