November, 1999 HGS Seminars, Courses and Field Trips

November, 1999Seminars, Short Courses, and Field Trips

EASTERN GULF REGION PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER COUNCIL
Announces a Technology Workshop,
"Miocene Deposition and Petroleum Geology, Northern Gulf of Mexico"

Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1999
Place: Capital Club, Capital Towers, 19th Floor, 125 South Congress St., Jackson, Mississippi 39201 Telephone: 601/969-7101
Time: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Cost: $ 25.00
Registration: It is essential that we have an accurate accounting of those who plan to attend the workshop. Therefore, we request a reply no later than November 3, 1999. Please contact Bennett Bearden: Department of Geology, Box 870338, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338, Telephone: 205/348-9372, Fax: 205/348-0818
Email: bbearden@wgs.geo.ua.edu Or, you can register on-line at the Eastern Gulf Region's web site at: egrpttc.geo.ua.edu

Description:
The Eastern Gulf Region of the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council invites oil and gas producing and related companies operating in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida to participate in a Technology Workshop entitled, “Miocene Deposition and Petroleum Geology, Northern Gulf of Mexico.” The purpose of the workshop is to transfer recent research advances in depositional sequences and petroleum geology of Miocene reservoirs to pro-ducers operating in the Eastern Gulf Region to facilitate exploration of oil and natural gas in the area.
PROGRAM:

• 8:30 - 8:45 Welcome and Introduction Brian Sims, PAG Chair
  
• 8:45 - 10:00 The Miocene, A Global Perspective, Richard Fillon, Exploration Texaco Deep-Water
  
• 10:00 - 10:15 Break
  
• 10:15 - 11:30 Lower Miocene Sequences and Depocenters in the Gulf of Mexico, Richard Fillon and Paul Lawless
  
• 11:30 - 12:30 Lunch
  
• 12:30 - 1:30 Upper Miocene Sequences and Depocenters in the Gulf of Mexico, Paul Lawless and Richard Fillon
  
• 1:30 - 2:30 Reservoirs and Exploration Strategies in the Miocene of the Gulf of Mexico, Paul Lawless, CNG Producing, South Louisiana Exploration
  
• 2:30 - 3:00 Summary, Ernest A. Mancini, The University of Alabama

HGS Course: Development Geology: Reservoir Characterization and Reservoir Management

Authors: John S. Sneider, Robert (Bob) Sneider
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999
Place: One Shell Plaza Auditorium (in the DowntownTunnel), 910 Louisiana, Houston, Texas, 77002
Time: 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m
Cost: Advance Registration: $50 HGS members, $60 Non-HGS members. Onsite registration: $55 HGS members, $65 non-HGS members
Contact: Robert Pledger, Fax:(281) 558-7557
Note: Lunch may be purchased from your choice of several restaurants conveniently located near the One Shell Plaza auditorium in the Downtown Tunnel.
To Register: Send check by November 11, 1999 to the HGS office, 7457 Harwin, Suite 301, Houston, TX, 77036-2190, Attn: Development Geology Course

Description:
The objective of this course is to provide a working knowledge of reservoir pore space and flow barrier distribution and procedures used to develop, characterize, and manage reservoirs for the purpose of optimizing recovery.
Many practical exercises and case studies provide insight and experience in development. Determination of net pay and reserves is reviewed. Deterministic and stochastic modeling techniques, especially for reservoir simulation, are discussed. 
Who Should Attend: This school is for geologists, geophysicists, and supervisors involved in field development from appraisal and development drilling , reservoir characterization and management, to redevelopment.
  Biographical Sketch:
John S. Sneider, an exploration and development consultant, has over 12 years experience in E & P projects in the North Sea, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad, Gulf Coast, and the Permian Basin. He received a B.S. and an M.S. from Texas A&M University and his Ph.D. from Rice University.
Robert (Bob) Sneider, President of Robert M. Sneider Exploration, Inc., previously worked 18 years for the Shell companies. He has spent the last 25 years in worldwide exploration, production, property acquisition, research, training, and management. He has a Ph.D. in geology and mining engineering from the University of Wisconsin.

International Association of Geophysical Contractors Conference on Current Issues in Non-Exclusive Geophysical Data

Date: Tuesday - Wednesday, November 16–17, 1999
Place: Doubletree Post Oak Hotel, Houston
Contact: Charles Darden at 713-957-8080 iagc@wt.net, or Louise Durham at 713-840-1510.

Description:
The conference will examine legal, financial, political, and other matters affecting current issues in "spec" geophysical data, including:

• legal issues in transferring non-exclusive data
  
• fiduciary issues in handling non-exclusive data
  
• security issues
  
• disclosure
  
• structuring license agreements
  
• brokering oil company proprietary data