BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_2638_d3319be4f90071e87b81b1178ed41494@www.hgs.org SUMMARY:HGS-GSH Case Study Seminar ll DESCRIPTION:GSH/ HGS \;\n Case Study Seminar II\n \n Lesso ns from Missed Opportunities and Surprise Successe s\n \n \n January 15\, 2026 | \;8:00 AM to 5: 30 PM\n Norris Conference Center (816 Town &\; Country Blvd.\, Houston\, TX 77024)\n Networking and Happy Hour 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM\n Registration includes a Buffet lunch\, a luncheon talk\, a pos t-event Happy Hour\, and a booklet of speaker titl es and abstracts.\n \n \n  \;\n \n HGS and GSH are teaming up for a premier one-day program call ed Case Study Seminar\, the second edition of the popular program\, which last hosted in November 20 24.\n \n The Case Study Seminar is a unique all-da y program. Twelve experienced geoscientists will r ecount how they found oil and gas during their car eers\, and what they learned from their exploratio n and production experience. The day-long event in cludes experts who are true Explorationists as wel l as geologists and geophysicists. \; Event sp eakers have extensive experience in the oil and ga s industry\; they expect attendees to ask question s! Speakers will share behind-the-scenes stories c entered on the theme &ldquo\;Lessons from Missed O pportunities and Surprise Successes!&rdquo\;\n \n Join the Case Study Seminar co-chairs\, Katya Case y (GSH) and Linda Sternbach (HGS)\, and absorb ins ights from Society leaders Rene Mott (GSH Presiden t)\, Patty Walker (HGS President)\, AAPG Past Pres ident Deborah Sacrey\, AAPG President Elect\, John Casiano\; HGS Past President Jeff Lund\; SEG Pres ident Joe Reilly\; and SEG and AAPG Legend Mike Fo rrest. \; We recommend staying late for the in cluded &ldquo\;Networking Happy Hour\,&rdquo\; sta rting at 5:30 PM at the Norris Center\, where all attendees and speakers can network in person.\n \n The Case Study Seminar II event at the Norris Cen ter on January 15 includes a group luncheon\, foll owed by a motivational noon-time talk by Scot Fras ier of Aurivos on &ldquo\;The Unfair Advantage: En gineering a Memorable Career in the Energy Sector. &rdquo\; The Case Study seminar features a morning and an afternoon panel session in which the semin ar speakers answer audience questions\, and a micr ophone is passed around the audience\, guided by m oderators. Bring some questions and leave with inf ormed answers!\n \n  \;\n \n The 2026 Case Stu dy Seminar Topics\n \n Discovery of unconventional resources in the \;Permian Basin/first oil (B ill Fairhurst)\n \n Risking exploration \;pros pects: GOM and international- (Mark Shann)\n \n Fr actured reservoir plays \;in Louisiana (Julie Garvin)\n \n Offshore Mexico: learn about the huge  \;Zama oil field \;(Steve Cossey)\n \n UK  \;North Sea \;Central Graben exploration discovery stories  \;(Rich Sears)\n \n Northwe st Africa\,  \;Mauritania \;Discoveries (B rian Frost)\n \n Argentina&rsquo\;s \;Onshore Vaca Muerte Unconventional Play\n \n (Daniel Minis ini and Fernando Sanchez Ferrer)\n \n Revisiting d ry holes \;and old wells: more to find (Matt F lannery)\n \n South America\, \;Suriname \ ;exploration: working with international partners (Scotty Salamoff)\n \n Southern Oklahoma - \;s eismic-based machine learning \;(Deborah Sacre y)\n \n Using \;vintage geology and geophysica l data \;creatively \; (Rene Mott)\n \n &n bsp\;\n \n To become a sponsor\, contact \;off ice@hgs.org \;or \;office@gshtx.org\n Gold \, Silver\, Bronze\, and Individual levels are ava ilable.\n \n Please submit the company logo with t he form to the GSH at \;\n Office@gshtx.org&nb sp\;or HGS\n Sponsorship packages available with t ickets\n \n  \;\n \n Cost:\n \n \n Member Pri ce  \; \;  \; \; \;  \;$29 5 \;\n Non-Member Price  \; \;  \ ;$325 \;\n Geoscience Student \;  \;  \;$150\n Walk-in Registration \;  \;  \;$325 \; \;\n \n \n  \;\n \n Jo in or renew your Society membership by contacting the HGS office or the GSH office.\n \n HGS phone 7 13-463-9476 email \;andrea@hgs.org\n \n GSH of fice 281-741-1634 \; \;kathys@gshtx.org\n \n \n \n  \;  \;\n \n  \;\n \n \n \n & nbsp\;\n \n Thank You to Our Sponsors\n \n Platinu m\n \n  \;\n \n Gold\n \n  \;\n \n Silver\ n \n \n \n \n \n  \;\n \n Bronze\n \n  \;\ n \n Individual Sustaining\n \n \n \n  \;\n \n Individual\n \n  \; CATEGORIES:Meeting CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260115T080000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260115T080000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260115T173000 LOCATION:Norris Conference Center\n 816 Town & Country Blvd .\, Suite 210\n Houston\, TX 77024\n United States \n URL:https://www.hgs.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=2638 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR