Last Call for Some Great HGS Meetings This Year
The holiday season is about to begin and you will soon have much more to do than attend HGS technical talks. Make plans now to attend these great talks before time runs out.
But please, make your reservations and register your guests on the HGS website. That''s where the attendance lists are now kept. If you need assistance with the HGS website, email or call Dave Crane, the webmaster. (713) 789-5916. If you don''t have access to websites, you may e-mail or call the HGS office with the following information for yourself and each guest you want registered. E-mails are preferred because the call volume is sometimes overwhelming. Someone will then make your reservation on the website for you:
1. The event name and date.2. Attendee''s name and, if a current or past HGS member, their member number.3. Attendee''s email address (or a contact phone number if you don''t know the email address.)4. Your credit card number if you want to pre-pay. Or you may pay at the door.
Thank you very, very much for helping us make this transition to a web-based event reservations system. It will provide many new benefits to you and for the office staff.
Monday, November 10, 2003 (5:30pm, Westchase Hilton)
"Energy Dissipation:Origin of Structure and Organization in Siliciclastic Sedimentary Systems" Dr. John Van Wagoner of ExxonMobil will discuss his group''s thoughts unifying energy dissipation and dissipation pathways that provide a context for a new and all-encompassing way to analyze and interpret sedimentary systems.
Thursday, November 13, 2003 (11:15am, Houston Petroleum Club)
"The Ethics Storybook"
John Gibson, President and CEO of Halliburton''s Energy Services Group will present his distinguished lecture on business ethics. True tales from the oil patch will introduce the tools and techniques for ethical decision-making.
This is a joint Houston Energy Council Meeting (HGS, GSH, HAPL, SPE, SPEE, SIPES, SPWLA).
Monday, November 17, 2003 (5:30pm, Westchase Hilton)
"Large Scale Continental Extension"
Dr. Brian P. Wernicke of Cal Tech is the speaker at the Fifth Annual Robert E. Sheriff Lecture. In addition to Dr. Wernicke''s paper, come and meet the next generation of geoscientists from the University of Houston.
Tuesday, November 18, 2003 (5:30pm, The Woodlands Resort) "Exploration for Fault Related Fractured Reservoirs"
Dr. Ron Nelson of Broken N consulting will discuss exploration philosophy, technical approaches and recent examples related to finding fault-related fractured reservoirs.
Join the NorthSiders with their first scheduled dinner meeting in The Woodlands.
Wednesday, November 19, 2003 (11:15am, Houston Petroleum Club)"Santa Fe Ranch Field: A Recent, Significant Onshore Vicksburg Discovery"Paul Constance of Output Exploration LLC will present his paper on the background and modern-day discovery of the 200+ BCFE, Vicksburg - Santa Fe Ranch Field.
Tuesday, December 9, 2003 (5:30pm, Rudy Lechner''s Grill)
"Selection of an Environmental Laboratory: What to Do and What Not to Do"
Dr. William S. "Bill" Hitchcock of W.S. Hitchcock, Inc. will explain the importance of Data Quality Objectives and Level of Required Performance in selecting an environmental laboratory service.
Monday, December 15, 2003 (5:30pm, Westchase Hilton)
"Styles, Mechanisms and Hydrocarbon Implications of Syndepositional Folds in Deepwater Fold Belts; Examples from Angola and the Gulf of Mexico"
Dr. Frank Peel of BHP Billiton Petroleum will discuss deepwater fold belts, how they differ from orogenic fold belts, and how they influence the distribution of hydrocarbons within