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[firstname], HGS Newsletter 8-May-08

noemail@hgs.org — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:28:44 GMT

HGS This Week May 8 2008 Technical Meeting HGS General Dinner Meeting Monday, May 12 , 5:30 pm, Westchase Hilton Dr. Paolo Ballin (BP) talks about the deepwater Holstein Field, in which stacked Pliocene turbidite sands are trapped in a large, steep, southeasterly-dipping monocline. The fields rapid decline rates prompted a re-evaluation of what was thought to be pressure-isolated reservoirs. The revised reservoir model re-characterizes the field as sandy sheets and channels that shingle to form genetically-related reservoirs. The reservoirs are further complicated by a structural overprint of...

8-May-08 4:28 PM

HGS Guest Night - June 14, 2008

noemail@hgs.org — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Article by Bonnie Milne and Guest Night Committee Chairman, Bill Osten Featured speaker: Dr Jim Reilly, NASA Commander Rick Sturchow and Mission specialist Jim Reilly on the space shuttle in July 2008. Reilly will be the Guest Night speaker This year’s HGS Guest Night program features a presentation by geoscientist and NASA Astronaut Dr. James Reilly, PhD as the evening’s keynote speaker in the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s IMAX theatre. Dr. Reilly, a veteran of five spacewalks will share his experiences and insights with the Guest Night audience. The 2008 Guest Night program will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. As has been the tradition in past years, the HGS will reserve the first and second floors of the museum for guests and HGS members to enjoy the intriguing collections of minerals, fossils and energy-related exhibits. Reilly will offer his insights and experiences of both walking and working in space during his...

7-May-08 9:00 AM

Call for Papers - GSA 2008 "Western Interior Seaway" Technical Session (abstract deadline is June 3rd!!!)

noemail@hgs.org — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Session Number: T37 Session Name: The Western Interior Seaway (Posters) Sponsors: Paleontological Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Session Type: Posters (all day this year!) Scientific Categories: Paleontology, Biogeography/Biostratigraphy, Stratigraphy, Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography - not limited to these categories! This session is intended to be a multidisciplinary session specifically devoted to studies of the Western Interior Seaway. Ideally, presenters will be an eclectic mix of vertebrate and invertebrate paleontologists, stratigraphers, sedimentologists, geophysicsts, geochemists, petrologists, et. cetera. Also planned is a pre-convention field trip across Texas (through the southern Texas portion of the Western Interior Seaway and on to Big Bend National Park). Studies of the Western Interior Seaway have global implications and presenters and visitors to the GSA from around the world are invited to...

6-May-08 11:00 AM

GSA 2008 Pre-Meeting Field Trip to Trans-Pecos, TX

noemail@hgs.org — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT

401. The Southern Extension of the Western Interior Seaway: Geology of Big Bend National Park and Trans-Pecos, Texas Mon.-Sat., 29 Sept.-4 Oct. Cosponsored by Big Bend National Park. Dee Ann Cooper, University of Texas, Austin, Tex., +1-409-651-7619; Roger W. Cooper, Lamar University, Beaumont, Tex., +1-409-755-7244. Co-leaders are Dr. Brian Lock of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and Dr. Thomas M. Lehman of Texas Tech. University. Price: US$595 (B, L, R, 5ON). Big Bend National Park, in Trans-Pecos, Texas (that part of Texas west of the Pecos River), is bounded on three sides by the Rio Grande and Mexico. This high desert is the southernmost expression of the Rocky Mountains within the United States. For six days and five nights, field-trip participants will have a rare opportunity to examine this least-studied portion of the Western Interior Seaway while enjoying the remote and scenic splendor of one of the less-visited historic areas of the United States (mercury...

6-May-08 11:00 AM

The Wise Report

noemail@hgs.org — Sun, 04 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Wise Report Henry M. Wise, P.G. May 3, 2008 I try to be as accurate a possible, but occasionally things get reported incorrectly. Recently I reported that the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists has come up with new guidelines for when you may be exempted from taking the ASBOG exams. Ive been corrected in that only the first exam, the Fundamentals of Geology exam, is the only one that the Board may allow an exemption on. Youd still have to take the second exam, the Practice of Geology exam. Also, it appears that I was given some bad information from one of my TCEQ sources on when the TCEQ will require a drinking water survey report (DWSR, also known as a HB3030 investigation) be performed. According to Jo Bell, who gave a talk at the TCEQ Trade Fair this week, you dont need to perform a DWSR until after youve received confirmation that the groundwater is affected, and only if its above the TRRP PCL. Regulatory Guidance document RG-428, Preparation of a Drinking...

3-May-08 11:00 PM

HGS Website Redesigned Menu Tips

noemail@hgs.org — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

HGS Website Redesign May 5, 2008 We hope you find the redesigned Website a place where you can do your HGS business easier. Here are a few tips to help: To register for a meeting or event, click on the large brown button (left), View Technical Program to go to the calendar. Then click on the event to register exactly the same way as you did on the old website. Note you can also go to the Monthly Calendar by clicking the horizontal green Menu Tab Activities and Events. To change your member information, click on the large brown button (left), Update Member Profile to see your contact information. If you want to change it, click on the edit link or small pencil icon. To join HGS click on the large brown button (left) Join HGS. Active members are geologists or geophysicists, Associate Members are students and non-geoscientists. Dues are $24 a year. A great deal of information can be found under the Menu Tabs extending horizontally in the middle of the page: To search the...

2-May-08 6:00 PM

May 2008 President's Letter

noemail@hgs.org — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:00:00 GMT

May 2008 Presidents Letter 2008 International Year of Planet Earth: Expanding Public Awareness of Geology and Geophysics by Linda Sternbach This year is anything but ordinary! For one, it’s the Year of Planet Earth! For another, we’ve got a big event coming right here in Houston: HGS and GCAGS volunteers are busy with program planning for a joint meeting between Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (GCAGS), Geological Society of America (GSA) and the Tri-Societies (Agronomy, Crop Science and Soil Science). This historic mega-convention will take place October 5-9 in downtown Houston. Attendance could top 10,000 geoscientists! HGS is the host society for the GCAGS segment of the meeting. Former HGS President Dave Rensink is General Chairman of the convention, and HGS past Treasurer Ken Nemeth is the current President of GCAGS. Registration information is on the website http://www.gcags2008.com. I thought the convention was big, but the scope of the International Year of...

1-May-08 2:00 PM

May 2008 Editor's Letter

noemail@hgs.org — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:00:00 GMT

May 2008 Editors Letter Do Good and Have Fun by Steve Earle By the time you read this, I will have completed my 17th MS 150. As many of you know, the BP MS 150 is a two-day bicycle ride from Houston to Austin pedaling through the rolling hills and wildflowers along the way. If you start at Tully Stadium and have trained, it is 171 miles of the most fun you can legally have. The serious side of this ride is that it is the largest fundraising event of its kind in the country, with a goal this year of $14 million to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Lone Star Chapter. Houston actually is a great fundraising city and the corporate teams really get into the friendly competition here. My point is not to generate more interest in this event, it is doing fine on its own, but to tell you that Houston has a big heart when it comes to worthy causes. And that you can have a great time while helping out. There are plenty of excellent examples. When Katrina came through New...

1-May-08 2:00 PM

HGS Newsletter 28-Apr-08

noemail@hgs.org — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:23:03 GMT

Hello [firstname], HGS This Week April 28, 2008 HGS International & North American Joint Dinner Meeting TONIGHT! Mon April 28, Westchase Hilton Did the growth of enormous floating mats of freshwater ferns over 800,000 years in the Arctic sequester enough atmospheric CO2 to transform the atmosphere from the supergreenhouse conditions of the Mesozoic to the modern bipolar icehouse condition? And was this massive carbon drawdown the reason for the deposition of massive source rocks in the Arctic at this time? Find out, when Dr. Jonathon Bujak (Bujak Research Ltd.) speaks on From Greenhouse to Icehouse – The Azolla Trigger Implications for Climate Change and Arctic Petroleum Source Rocks. This should be a fascinating talk,...

28-Apr-08 10:23 AM

The Wise Report

noemail@hgs.org — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:00:00 GMT

The Wise Report Henry M. Wise, P.G. April 27, 2008 The annual update of the TRRP Tier 1 PCL tables is now available on the TRRP PCLs web page at http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/remediation/trrp/trrppcls.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Damon Waresback, with Eagle Construction & Environmental Services, L.P. sent me notification from the TCEQ that a drinking water survey report (DWSR, also known as a HB3030 investigation) is to be included with the initial site investigation report that documents groundwater contamination. In the past, this report wasnt required until after groundwater contamination was confirmed. Now, youll need to perform it if you have to install a groundwater monitoring well, regardless of whether or not groundwater contamination is confirmed. This is the result of the 30-day notification requirement of HB3030. The TCEQ is required to notify all water well owners within 0.25 days of...

27-Apr-08 2:00 PM

Member Benefits

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:00:00 GMT

1. HGS Bulletin: The HGS Bulletin is a high-quality journal published monthly by the HGS (with the exception of July and August). The journal provides feature articles, meeting abstracts, and information about upcoming and past events. As a member of the HGS, youll receive a hard copy of the journal, as well as exclusive access to the download the complete Bulletin as a PDF via the Societys website (www.hgs.org). Membership also comes with access to the online archives, with records dating back to 1997. The Bulletin is a major source (along with the website) for information regarding upcoming events, with a monthly calendar view of all dinner and lunch meetings, social activities, continuing education classes, field trips and more. The Bulletin also offers advertisement spaces - everything from full-page ads to personal business cards, offering a great venue to advertise services, products, or job opportunities. Complete abstracts, often with full-color figures and speaker...

22-Apr-08 9:00 AM

Peak Oil and Future Challenges

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Peak Oil and Future Challenges

Wednesday, April 30th 5:30-7:30 p.m.Biology Labs #131

With Panelists:

Dr. Amy Myers Jaffe
Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies
Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

Dr. Nansen G. Saleri
Independent consultant to the Oil and Gas industry

Paul S. Wallace
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Hunton Energy

Moderated by:
Dr. Steve Danbom
Geophysical consultant and adjunct faculty at Rice University

Refreshments will be served.

Please RSVP to eak4412@rice.edu

For more information please see:
http://terra.rice.edu/events/peakoil.html

To download flyer

18-Apr-08 7:00 AM

University of Louisiana at Lafayette wins regional Imperial Barrel team contest

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:00:00 GMT

University of Louisiana at Lafayette wins regional Imperial Barrel team contest
The first place winner of the GCAGS graduate student contest was University of Louisiana at Lafayette! Team members were John Rosen, Fleur Bases, Derek Hargrove and John Salsbury. Their academic advisor is Dr. Brian Locke. This team will compete for the top Imperial Barrel award at the AAPG Annual Meeting in San Antonio which will includenational and international teams.
Thanks to GCAGS President Ken Nemeth for chairing the regional contest!

17-Apr-08 9:00 AM

HGS Newsletter 16-Apr-08

noemail@hgs.org — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:01:12 GMT

Hello [firstname], Assessment of Undiscovered Oil & Gas Resources Of The Gulf Coast Region Update on Petroleum Systems Symposium NEW LOCATION Attention—Everyone on a Wait-List or desiring to attend The HGS Con Ed Symposium Petroleum Systems of the Gulf Coast Region has been moved to a new location to accommodate the large number of people who want to attend this program. The symposium will now be held at the Westchase Hilton, 9999 Westheimer, Houston, same date and time, April 24, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. If you are one of the original 80 people who signed up to attend, all you need to do is come to the new location instead of the previous location. ...

16-Apr-08 2:01 PM

HGS This Week: Correction and Symposium Update 11-Apr-08

noemail@hgs.org — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:35:56 GMT

Hello [firstname], HGS This Week Correction and Notes April 11, 2008 HGS E&E Group Dinner Meeting—Topic Correction Tues Apr 15, 5:30 pm, Churchill Room in the Black Lab Pub, Montrose Lora Terrill (Houston ALS Laboratory Group) presents an interactive workshop Got Good Data? Understanding Laboratory Data for TRRP DUS Workshop The Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) requires that laboratory data is reviewed and a Data Usability Summary (DUS) is generated. This interactive workshop will help data users understand Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) reportable data concepts and some supporting data concepts using examples and detailed definitions, including TRRP...

11-Apr-08 3:35 PM

HGS Newsletter 7-Apr-08

noemail@hgs.org — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:12:07 GMT

Hello [firstname], NEW! HGS Continuing Education Symposium Petroleum Systems of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in Tertiary and Cretaceous-Tertiary of the Gulf Coast Region Thurs April 24, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm TBEG Houston Research Center, 11611 W. Little York Program includes notes, coffee service and boxed lunch. Register Now In an excellent series of publications, the USGS has identified petroleum systems in the Tertiary and Cretaceous-Tertiary of the Gulf Coast. This symposium will present the yet unpublished update to the series, and provides excellent information...

7-Apr-08 11:12 AM

HGS Newsletter 4-Apr-08

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Hello HGS This Week April 5, 2008 JUST ADDED! HGS Continuing Education Symposium: Petroleum Systems of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in Tertiary and Cretaceous-Tertiary of the Gulf Coast Region Thurs April 24, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm TBEG Houston Research Center, 11611 W. Little York In an excellent series of publications, the USGS has identified petroleum systems in the Tertiary and Cretaceous-Tertiary of the Gulf Coast. This symposium will present the yet unpublished update to the series, and provides excellent information for anyone working in the onshore Gulf of Mexico and state waters....

4-Apr-08 3:00 PM

HGS Newsletter 28-Mar-08

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Hello [firstname], HGS This Month April 2008 Technical Meetings North American Dinner Meeting Mon Mar 31, 5:30 pm, Westchase Hilton With The Deliberate Search for the Seismic Stratigraphic Trap Marc H. Helsinger (Hamman Oil & Refining) speaks about the critical role that seismic stratigraphic analysis plays in the complete integration and evaluation of exploration and development projects. Leading to better delineation of depositional environments, reservoir geometry, and potential porosity trends, seismic stratigraphic analysis has been around a long time but remains underutilized. Substantial reserves both onshore and offshore Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast have...

28-Mar-08 12:00 PM

April 2008 Editor's Letter

noemail@hgs.org — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Science vs. the Texas State Board of Education? by Steve Earle Providing our K-12 students a firm foundation in the sciences is absolutely critical for Texas and the United States if we hope to stay competitive globally. Regular readers of my column will note that I have already written variations on this theme, but it’s worth re-iterating: a properly educated populace is necessary for making appropriate technological decisions to solve problems facing our country. With this in mind, the HGS Board took up the issue and recently approved the following public policy statement: The Houston Geological Society supports the teaching of science in Texas schools that is based upon the scientific method. Part of the mission of the HGS is to disseminate geological information and to aid and encourage academic training in the geosciences. The Houston Geological Society believes that earth science education must include the concepts of an old and continually evolving Earth as documented...

27-Mar-08 7:00 PM

April 2008 President's Letter

noemail@hgs.org — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Elections and Conventions-What’s Your Slogan? by Linda Sternbach I am fascinated by slogans these days, especially since no one can escape the current Internet bombardment of national election coverage, fueled by Republican and Democratic slogans. This is compounded by my personal interest in the latest oil company slogans that relentlessly scroll by on the sidebars of numerous geoscience websites. Apparently oil companies are using advertising banners to cast out fishing lines and troll for younger staff. If you are over 45, you can remember catchy oil product slogans. My favorites are Drive with care and buy Sinclair, You can trust your car to the man who wears the star (Texaco), It’s not just oil-it’s Pennzoil and Put a tiger in your tank (Esso). Want to know what are the latest in trendy oil company slogans? I will get back to this topic later in this article. Speaking of elections, April and May bring big choices in the HGS officer elections. HGS has a great slate of...

27-Mar-08 7:00 PM

New Leaders of HGS GSH NeoGeos

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:00:00 GMT

New Leaders of HGS GSH NeoGeos

The NeoGeos group of HGS /GSH will be chaired by Cecilia Baum and Rachael Czechowskyj starting in April. Tim Gibbons, the former chairman, is taking a new job out of Houston. Tim did a fantastic job for NeoGeos starting in Sept 2007 including organizing the Central Texas Field trip scheduled for April 5-6. Jackie Ming, of GSH, will be in charge of the Central Texas Field trip logistics, replacing Tim.
Cecilia Baum works for Maersk Oil America as a geologist, Rachael Czechowskyj (geologist) works for Hess, and Jackie Ming works for Hampson-Russell as a business development coordinator. NeoGeos HGS advisor are Ianthe Sarrazin (HGS Secretary) and Dianna Phu. The Neogeos have bulletin board site at http://www.neogeos.org/bb/.

27-Mar-08 10:00 AM

The Wise Report

noemail@hgs.org — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:00:00 GMT

The Wise Report

Henry M. Wise, P.G.

March 21, 2008

The TCEQ announces the publication of a new TRRP guidance document, Risk-Based NAPL Management (TRRP-32) and is available for download from the TCEQ TRRP Guidance and Forms web page at: http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/remediation/trrp/guidance.html .

Henry M. Wise, P.G.

The Wise Report

3/21/2008

21-Mar-08 9:00 PM

The Wise Report

noemail@hgs.org — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:00:00 GMT

The Wise Report Henry M. Wise, P.G. March 8, 2008 Bud Martin, with Eagle Construction & Environmental Services, L.P. submitted the following on the TPDES General Permit TXG83000. This is very important if you are running remediation units (especially MDPE units) that discharge to the stormwater sewers: After talking to Yvonna Pierce (512) 239-4671 at TCEQ, heres what Ive found out about the TPDES General Permit TXG830000 for the discharge of petroleum contaminated water. The previous general permit did expired 10/2/07, five years after the initial issuance. Although a draft of an amended permit was published and comments solicited last June, the amended permit has not yet been renewed. It has been re-published 2/8/08 in the Texas Register and a new comment period ends 3/10/08. Yvonna estimates that it will probably be at least mid summer before the amended permit is approved. IN THE MEANTIME, THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR NEW COVERAGE UNDER THAT PERMIT-i.e. new NOIs are being...

8-Mar-08 2:00 PM

HGS Newsletter 7-Mar-08

noemail@hgs.org — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:00:00 GMT

HGS EVENTS HGS General Dinner Meeting Mon Mar 10 5:30 PM Westchase Hilton 9999 Westheimer Rd Houston, TX 77042 The HGS is delighted to present an invited speaker from the 2007 Hedberg Conference on Basin Modeling at Monday’s HGS General Dinner meeting. Robert Tscherny, currently working with Chevron’s Basin Modeling Group, will speak about How to Lower Migration Risk Using Basin Modeling: 3D Fluid-Flow. The talk will show and compare fluid-flow algorithms, with an emphasis on multi-component fluid flow, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each method. ...

7-Mar-08 1:00 PM

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies TRANSACTIONS

noemail@hgs.org — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies TRANSACTIONS are now available on a single DVD. This disk includes a fully searchable archive of the Transactions from the first meeting in 1951 through the recent conventions. It replaces the set of CDs that were previously available, updates through the more recent meetings (the CDs covered 1951 through 2003) and utilizes current search software. The DVD is available through the GCAGS Bookstore at the Bureau of Economic Geology or through AAPG-Datapages – purchase and contact information below. The purchase price of the DVD is $250.00, but for holders of the old CD set, a major discount is available if the DVD is purchased through Datapages (note – special discount NOT available through the Bureau of Economic Geology). If you send in a 1998 or 2001 Master Disc, your cost for the DVD is $75.00. If you had the latest version of the CD set, send in the 2003 Master Disc and the DVD is free! Order from GCAGS Bookstore: Visit...

6-Mar-08 3:00 PM

HGS Newsletter 5-Mar-08

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:00:00 GMT

Hello HGS General Dinner Meeting Mon Mar 10 5:30 PM Westchase Hilton 9999 Westheimer Rd Houston, TX 77042 The HGS is delighted to present an invited speaker from the 2007 Hedberg Conference on Basin Modeling at Monday’s HGS General Dinner meeting. Robert Tscherny, currently working with Chevron’s Basin Modeling Group, will speak about How to Lower Migration Risk Using Basin Modeling: 3D Fluid-Flow. The talk will show and compare fluid-flow algorithms, with an emphasis on multi-component fluid flow, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each method. Reserve your seat today! Register Mapquest | Add to Calendar ...

5-Mar-08 1:00 PM

The Wise Report

noemail@hgs.org — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:45:00 GMT

The Wise Report Henry M. Wise, P.G. March 1, 2008 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announces a 45-day public comment period for the draft document titled, U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.1: Coastal elevation and sensitivity to sea level rise. Comments must be received by April 10, 2008. The document is posted on the CCSP Web site at: www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-1/default.php [Federal Register: February 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 37)] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the Chapman Engineering Newsletter: Based on both the federal Energy Bill of 2005 and on Texas Legislature actions in the 2007 session, the 30 TAC Chapter 334 rules are being revised in a number of ways. The major points are: PST Reimbursement Fund has been extended for four years, and the tank registration fee for both UST’s and AST’s is repealed until the Reimbursement Fund...

1-Mar-08 4:45 PM

March 2008 President's Letter

noemail@hgs.org — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:00:00 GMT

March Momentum: HGS and Affiliated Societies Support Science Education and Young Geoscientists by Linda Sternbach This months column is to reassure all HGS members that we care about young people entering science as a career! You may not have thought about this, but the HGS directs significant funds and volunteer efforts to support science education for K-12 students to college-level undergraduate and grad students. This month has March Momentum, because this is the time of year the HGS awards scholarships and recognizes student achievers. HGS has been supporting science education and encouraging students to explore geosciences for over 85 years, as part of its 1923 charter. What HGS Does for Elementary, Junior and Senior High Students HGS is a patron-level sponsor of the Science and Engineering Fair of Houston (SEFH). We support this event by donating money (we gave $1250 this year) and providing volunteer judges. The SEFH is part of the Engineering, Science and Technology...

29-Feb-08 3:00 PM

March 2008 Editor's Letter

noemail@hgs.org — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:00:00 GMT

Its Midnight- Do You Know Where Your Geologist Is? by Steve Earle One of the unwritten rules of drilling operations states: All logging operations shall commence between midnight and 05:00 hours, preferably on the weekend. So it is that I cancel my planned Saturday activities and hop a plane to New Orleans, drive an hour and a half to the Tidewater dock outside of beautiful Golden Meadows and catch a boat to Hercules Rig 29. We actually start into the hole with the logging tool at 12:30 a.m. During my 34 years in the exploration business, I have done field work in Nevada; run seismic crews in Texas, Wyoming and Alaska; processed seismic data from all over the world; correlated thousands of well logs; and picked maybe a million line miles of seismic (it adds up real fast working 3D data). I have mapped prospects using surface geology, well logs, core data, 2D and 3D seismic, gravity and magnetics, geochemistry and some rather quaint modeling routines. I imagine that I am hardly...

29-Feb-08 3:00 PM

The Wise Report

noemail@hgs.org — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Wise Report Henry M. Wise, P.G. February 25, 2008 The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has withdrawn the proposed amendments to §37.9001, pertaining to financial assurance for onsite disposal of radioactive substances, which appeared in the September 7, 2007, issue of the Texas Register (32 TexReg 6045). For more information go to: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/September72007/PROPOSED/30.ENVIRONMENTAL%20QUALITY.html#519 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The TCEQ has also withdrawn the proposed amendments to §§37.9030, 37.9035, 37.9040, and 37.9045 pertaining to financial assurance for radioactive substances, which appeared in the September 7, 2007, issue of the Texas Register (30 TexReg 6045). For more information go to: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/September72007/PROPOSED/30.ENVIRONMENTAL%20QUALITY.html#522 ...

25-Feb-08 10:00 PM

HGS Website Redesign Underway

noemail@hgs.org — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:00:00 GMT

The HGS Board has contracted Schipul Web Design Company to redesign the HGS Website.

HGS kicked off the www.hgs.org website redesign at Schipul's offices Feb 21.
Pictured is Bill Osten, HGS Webmanager, Lyndia Haryanto (web designer),Linda Sternbach, HGS President, and Javier Avellan (Schipul Manager).

The goal is to have the HGS website changed to enhance user access and encourage more of the many visitors to the site to join HGS.

Here is DRAFT copy of what the new site design will look like. We hope to go-live with the new design early in May, 2008

Comments welcome: HGS Webmanager.

Thanks

22-Feb-08 10:00 AM

HGS Newsletter 20-Feb-08

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:00:00 GMT

HGS This Week February 21, 2008 February T^2 NeoGeos Thirsty Thursday Social Thurs Feb 21, Ginger Man Join the HGS and GSH Young Professionals for our monthly social, Thirsty Thursday (aka T^2) Mapquest | Add to Calendar North American Dinner Meeting Mon Feb 25, Westchase Hilton James Geary (Hess) presents a case history and predicts undiscovered reserves for the Pennsylvanian Oswego Limestone and Big Lime in Putnam Field, in Controls on...

21-Feb-08 12:00 PM

HGS Newsletter 13-Feb-08

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:00:00 GMT

HGS This Week February 13, 2008 International Explorationists Dinner Meeting Mon Feb 18, Westchase Hilton This week Kurt Rudolph will give his 2007 AAPG Michael Halbouty Lecture entitled, Current Exploration Trends -- Prudent Investments or Irrational Exuberance? Is the prospect of $100 oil making us lose our good judgement? Are we being lured into plays that would be ram pasture at any oil price? Come argue the point with ExxonMobil Explorations Chief Geoscientist. Register Mapquest | Add to Calendar Sponsor: Fugro Robertson and GeoKnowledge USA, Inc HGS Northsiders...

13-Feb-08 12:00 PM

The Wise Report

noemail@hgs.org — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:00:00 GMT

The Wise Report Henry M. Wise, P.G. February 8, 2008 The TCEQ guidance document, TRRP-24 (Determining PCLs for Surface Water and Sediment), has been updated to reflect the March 2007 revisions to the TRRP rule. Other minor revisions have been completed as detailed below. The revised document is dated December 2007 and is available from the TCEQ TRRP guidance and forms web page at http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/remediation/trrp/guidance.html · Minor text revisions have been incorporated throughout the document as a result of changes to the rule at: §350.37 (i) Human Health Points of Exposure - POEs for surface water runoff or groundwater discharges to surface water; §350.37(k) Human Health Points of Exposure - POEs for sediment; §350.51 (k) Affected Property Assessment; §350.74 (h) Development of Risk-Based Exposure Limits - Surface water RBEL (changes throughout); Figure: 30 TAC §350.75(b)(1) - Surface Water Exposure Pathway PCL Equation; §350.75(i)(4) PCLs for COCs in...

8-Feb-08 9:00 PM

HGS Newsletter 5-Feb-08

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:00:00 GMT

HGS This Week Feb 5, 2008 HGS General Dinner Meeting February 11 Westchase Hilton Hotel Dan Tearpock, SCA Professionalism as it Applies to Petroleum Geoscience Professionalism is a key and fundamental aspect of delivering on our promises and conducting ourselves in an ethical manner. This talk discusses Professionalism in petroleum geoscience and highlights the important factors such as educational background, experience, knowledge of recommended practices, the use of advanced technology,...

5-Feb-08 3:00 PM

The Wise Report

noemail@hgs.org — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:00:00 GMT

The Wise Report
Henry M. Wise, P.G.
February 4, 2008

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will hold a public hearing on the proposed rules for HB 3220: Dry Cleaner Regulation and Remediation in Austin on March 11, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. at the TCEQ Complex located at 12100 Park 35 Circle in Building E, Room 201S. This new regulation sets the deadline for property owners to register by 12/31/07 as requirement for eligibility for fund benefits, allows for quarterly billing for registration fees, amends fees for solvents, requires refund of current credit balances, restricts use of perc at sites where corrective action has been completed, and allows an owner of non-participating drop stations to move and retain non-participating status. For more information go to: http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/rules/hearings.html or http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/rules/prop.html#07035

Henry M. Wise, P.G.
The Wise Report
2/4/2008

4-Feb-08 2:00 PM

February 2008 Editor's Letter

noemail@hgs.org — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:00:00 GMT

February 2008 Editors Letter Workforce Supply Issues by Steve Earle Much has been written about the looming personnel gap in the oil and gas industry as the large group that entered the workforce in the late 70s and early 80s begins to leave it. Or in corporate-speak, the demographics problem. I wont bore you with more facts, just offer some vignettes as a focus for thought. The departure of key personnel took a more personal note for me as an active AAPG member and friend, Ben Hare, passed away recently. (See Remembrance on page 43.) Ben served on a number of important committees at his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, and at AAPG, including chair of the Reserves Committee. He will be greatly missed by those of us who knew him. The flip side of the issue is the group of energetic budding explorationists coming up. The second of our Sheriff Lecture Poster Award winners is a very nice field study of a Catahoula channel complex on page 33. All the student posters...

31-Jan-08 4:00 PM

February 2008 President's Letter

noemail@hgs.org — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:00:00 GMT

February 2008 Presidents Letter Field Trip in Greece Was Pure Digital Inspiration by Linda Sternbach Heres the scene: Geologists from different countries hike to the top of a remote hill on the Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece (Figure 1). At the crest of the hill, above a plain of olive trees, they see a northeast-facing exposure of Pliocene fluvial and deltaic strata dipping toward the present-day basin. It’s too far to hike over to see the beds in detail across the canyon. Everybody has a simultaneous thought! Has anybody looked at this on Google Earth? Who brought a laptop? We need to see this in 3D! Figure 1: Geologists on a field trip wonder what the scenery would look like in a 3D view on the free internet program Google Earth. The field trip I just described took place after the AAPG European Conference in Athens, Greece, last November. The post-conference excursion, The Corinth Rift and Its Giant Gilbert Deltas, was led by Dr. Mary Ford, geology professor at...

31-Jan-08 4:00 PM

North American January Meeting

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:00:00 GMT

North American Explorationists hosted speaker Robert G. Clarke (left),

industry analyst at Wood MacKenzie, at the NAE dinner meeting Monday

January 28. NAE chairman Mike Jones (Scout Petroleum, right)

introduced Clarke who spoke to an audience of 65 people on how

"Independents Drive Gulf Coast Growth Through Barnett Shale, Cotton

Valley, Deep Bossier, and Wilcox Activity."

29-Jan-08 9:00 AM

HGS Newsletter 23-Jan-08

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Houston Geological Society This Week January 23,2008 Inaugural 2008 HGS/GSH NeoGeos T^2 Meeting Thur Jan 8, Flying Saucer 705 Main Street Neogeos Social: Come catch up on all of the happenings of your NeoGeo friends, or meet new ones at the first NeoGeos event of 2008. During our winter hibernation, the NeoGeos have been born anew to officially include members of GSH. Let’s make our G&G brethren welcome. See you then. Mapquest | Add to Calendar ...

23-Jan-08 2:00 PM

HGS Newsletter 16-Jan-08

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:00:00 GMT

International Explorationists Dinner Meeting Monday January 21 International Explorationists Dinner Meeting Westchase Hilton Hotel Speaker: Allan Driggs, Anadarko Oil and Gas Resources of the North African Triassic/Ghadames Petroleum Province Anadarko and its partners, ENI, Maersk and Sonatrach, have been active for over 15 years in the Ghadames Basin. This talk will be on the predictive methodology developed by Arps & Roberts applied to public domain and company data, predicts that the potential of that Paleozoic sourced – Triassic reservoir petroleum system in the Ghadames Basin is less than 1 billion barrels of oil reserves yet to be...

16-Jan-08 2:00 PM

HGS Newsletter 16-Jan-08

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:45:00 GMT

I hope you enjoyed the Monday January 14 dinner meeting with T. Boone Pickens. Joining the Houston Geological Society has many benefits, including supporting our great technical meeting program and getting discounts on meeting prices. Download our recent membership brochure at: http://www.hgs.org/en/cms/?1630 Now is a great time to become a member of the Houston Geological Society! You will receive the color magazine HGS Bulletin at the beginning of each month, emails about upcoming events, and access to our online membership directory ,by becoming an Active or Associate member. You can signup online at www.hgs.org , click on Join HGS on the left bar or use this link: ...

16-Jan-08 1:45 PM

HGS Newsletter 14-Jan-08

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Come hear Dr Johanson talk about Lucy on February 9, 2008 The Texas AEG (Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists) welcomes you to attend a scholarship fundraising event at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and hear Dr Donald Johanson talk about his discovery of Lucy. The event will support the AEG Texas Section Scholarship Fund through AEG Foundation For more information click here ...

16-Jan-08 7:00 AM

T Boone Pickens Speaks to HGS

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:00:00 GMT

T. Boone Pickens spoke to the Houston Geological Society at the Monday Jan 14 dinner meeting. Over 375 people in the audience, including AAPG Will Green, heard Pickens favorite life stories and his opinions on the direction of the oil business. Stay tuned for more photos later.

Photo: Linda Sternbach (HGS President), Gary Coburn (Vice President) , T. Boone Pickens, and program host Bill Howell.

15-Jan-08 11:00 AM

HGS Newsletter 14-Jan-08

noemail@hgs.org — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:00:00 GMT

HGS Environmental & Engineering Group Dinner Speaker Change for Tuesday E&E Meeting We regret that our speaker for the Tuesday Jan. 15 Environmental & Engineering Dinner meeting is ill and will be unable to speak. We wish him well and plan to reschedule the talk at a later time. The E&E Dinner will be presented at the previously announced time and place (Black Lab Pub, Churchill Room, 5:30 pm Tuesday Jan 15). We are pleased to present a substitute speaker, Brandon Dugan, of Rice University, who will present Shallow Water Flow and Seafloor Failure in the Ursa Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico. Abstract Multi-channel seismic, log,...

14-Jan-08 9:00 AM

Nomintions for AAPG House of Delegates

noemail@hgs.org — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Any active member of both HGS and AAPG can run for upcoming spots on the Houston-based House of Delegates.Term of service is 3 years. Delegates are responsible for reviewing and verifying the qualifications of new AAPG members and voting on AAPG issues at the sectional (GCAGS) and annual AAPG convention meeting.

If you want to run as a local HOD candidate please submit your name to either Steve Brachman or Martha Lou Broussard by Jan 31.

Steve Brachman

Martha Lou Broussard or phone 713-348-4492.

11-Jan-08 8:00 AM