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GSH Meetings _____________________

SEG Lecture

April 17 .................................................. 1

Technical Breakfast

April 18 .................................................. 4

SIG Meetings ............................................ 5

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E

VOL. 35, NO. 9 NEWSLETTER APRIL 2001

Articles and Comments ______________

Offshore Technology Conference .............. 8

The Society of Petroleum Evaluation

Engineers ............................................ 11

Annual Honors and Awards Banquet ...... 12

SEG - GSH Spring Symposium .............. 17

Geophysical Societyof Houston

Spring 2001 SEG Distinguished LectureDate: April 17, 2001Location: HESS BuildingTime: 11:30 a.m.Cost: $20

Breaking Down Barriers to Effec-tive Use of Multicomponent Seis-mic Data

Dr. Robert H. TathamDepartment ofGeological SciencesThe University of Texasat Austin

For the past twenty-five years, seis-mic shear wave data have been appliedin various parts of the petroleum explo-ration and production industry. Sincedirect sources of shear-wave energy wereoften deployed, data acquisition wasgenerally limited to land locations. Fur-ther, concerns about receiver couplingalso limited recording of mode-convertedshear waves from conventional sourcesto land environments. In recent years,

multicomponent seismic data acquisi-tion has been successfully extendedinto the marine environment through3-C and 4-C bottom cable recordingusing conventional air-gun sources.Mode-converted shear-wave energyhas been quite effectively recorded andprocessing capabilities are rapidlyevolving. The actual interpretation andapplication of these data, however, hasnot experienced as rapid a rate ofprogress as the evolution of acquisi-tion and processing technology.

This lecture focuses on where westand as an industry in the applicationof multicomponent data, experience ofend users and how they can incorpo-rate multicomponent data into their in-terpretations, and the status of effec-tive interpretive models requited to fullyexploit the potential of the informa-tion contained in multicomponent seis-mic data. This includes a review ofpublished results demonstrating the ex-istence of many applicable interpretivemodels and how they have been suc-cessfully applied. Further improve-ment of communications among tech-

nology implementers and developers willreduce apparent barriers to widespreadapplication of these technologies.

One barrier to widespread applica-tion of 4-D P-wave and shear (P-SV)wave data acquired in marine environ-ments has been limited experience andunderstanding by asset team interpret-ers of just how to use these new typesof data offered by technology develop-ers. This limitation in actual applicationof data may be a result of either the pau-city of effective interpretive models or afailure of technology developers to com-municate potential application tech-niques to the ultimate users. Some ap-plications, such as using shear-wave datato image through gas clouds, have re-ceived almost immediate acceptance bythe end users, while other applications,such as lithology and pore-fluid discrimi-nation and prediction, have been slowerto be widely applied.

A review of published applicationsaddressing some of the specific concernsof interpreters and end users of conven-

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Annual Honors andAwards Banquet

Thursday, May 3, 2001Lakeside Country Club

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2 Geophysical Society of Houston April, 2001

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PAST PRES .................................... Pat Starich .................... 281-423-5036 ........... 281-423-5766 .......... [email protected] PAST PRES ......................... Bob Tatham .................. 713/954-6027 .......... 713/954-6113 .......... [email protected] SECTION REPS* ..................... Dan Ebrom .................... 281-366-3011 ........... 281-366-7561 .......... [email protected]

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GeoEvents CalendarMake reservations by e-mail at [email protected] and include your

member number (found on Bulletin mailing label), or use the phone reserva-tion system at 713/917-0218.

Reservation CodesUse these codes to make voice mail meeting reservations:

Technical Luncheon ................................... 601

Data Processing SIG................................... 602

Interpretation SIG ...................................... 603

Reservoir SIG ............................................ 604

Potential Fields SIG .................................... 605

Environmental Applications SIG .................. 606

Breakfast ................................................... 607

Editor’s NoteTo insure your information reaches

the GSH society members in a timelymanner it must appear in the in the ap-propriate newsletter issue. Please notethe following deadlines and plan yourfunction’s publicity strategy accordingly.Items must be received on or before thecorresponding deadline date. Materialsmay be sent to [email protected] faxed to 713/783-9780. If you haveany questions please call Patty Cardwellat 713/783-7837.

2000 GSH NewsletterDeadlinesIssue ...........May 2001Deadline .. April 13, 2001

Issue ...........August 2001Deadline .. July 13, 2001

tional P-P and newer P-SV seismic datamay help us break down the perceivedbarriers to application of all the seismicdata available to solve exploration, pro-duction and reservoir characterizationand monitoring problems. Overall, suc-cessful application of multicomponentdata to solve a variety of new problemswill depend upon dissemination of notonly new technology but also the infor-mation we already have from existingtechnology.

BiographyDr. Robert Tatham is a professor of

exploration geophysics in the Depart-ment of Geological Sciences at the Uni-versity of Texas at Austin where he holdsthe Shell Oil Companies CentennialChair in Geophysics. His 30 years ofindustry experience includes researchand exploration positions at Texaco andGeoSource.

In 1967, Dr. Tatham completed hisB.S. in physics from California StateUniversity at Northridge and immedi-ately began his career in geophysics withTexaco. Initial activities at Texaco in-cluded processing of digital seismic data(then a new technology) and progress-ing to interpretation of data from eastTexas, south Texas, and the Gulf of

Mexico. While working in this early as-signment, Dr. Tatham studied at theUniversity of Houston and completed hisM.S. in applied geophysics in 1970. Ayear later, he began studies at theLamont-Doherty Geological Observa-tory of Columbia University and wasawarded his Ph. D. in 1975.

Dr. Tatham is actively involved inSEG activities. He has served as anAssociate Editor for GEOPHYSICS(1990-1997), has been chair of the SEGResearch Committee, where he contin-ues active participation, and has servedas the President of the Geophysical So-ciety of Houston (1997-1998). Con-tinuing activities include involvementwith integrating geophysical, geologicaland reservoir engineering activities.

Dr. Tatham has published exten-sively on a variety of topics in explora-tion geophysics, including co-authoringthe book “Multicomponent Seismologyin Petroleum Exploration”, currently inits third printing. His dozens of publica-tions include not only numerous paperson shear wave topics, but data process-ing and reservoir geophysics as well. Heis an active member of the SEG, GSH,AAPG, SSA, AGU and SPWLA.

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NOTICE TOMEMBERS

The March 8, 2001 report of theGSH Membership Committee listed 94new members. That figure added to theexisting members totaled 1967 totalmembers. This figure leaves the GSHonly 33 members short of the objectivetotal of 2000. However, when the 224delinquent members which exist as ofthis date are deducted from the 2000objective, it leaves us 257 members shortof our goal. IF YOU ARE ONE OF THEDELINQUENTS - PLEASE - SENDYOUR RENEWAL DUES CHECK ORCALL THE OFFICE AT (713)785-6403WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD INFOR-MATION. The 2001 Membership di-rectory is currently being prepared and,if you are delinquent, you will not belisted in the directory.

Thank you,Hugh Hardy


Technical BreakfastDate: Wednesday, April 18Location: Anadarko Petroleum;

17001 NorthchaseTime: 7:00 a.m.

Title:The Inverse Problem: Predicting Reser-voir Properties from Seismic Data

Speaker:T. B. Berge, Forest Oil International;[email protected]

The Scientific Method involves per-forming an experiment with a set ofknown variables and observing the re-sults. This is called a Forward Model. TheForward Model is repeatable and theresults are always the same. When wecollect geophysical data, Seismic, Grav-ity data, Magnetic data, MT or whatever,we are performing an experiment thatis a Forward Model. When we interpretseismic data, we don’t know exactly whatthe subsurface conditions were, but wedo know what the experiment was andwe know the results. From this informa-tion we have to ‘backward infer’ the sub-surface conditions. This process isknown as inverse modeling. One majordifference between forward and inversemodeling is that there are many possiblesolutions to the inverse model that willgive the same results. In fact, all inter-pretation is a form of inverse modelingand that is why there is uncertainty ingeological interpretation.

Methods of predicting reservoirproperties from seismic (and well) dataare generally forms of inverse modelingor called Inversions. There are gener-ally 3 types of inversion techniques;

1) Acoustic Inversion: Can predictDensity, Velocity, and Porosity

2) Elastic Inversion: Lithology, netpay, and fluid or gas contentfrom incompressibility, rigidity,and Poisson’s ratio

3) Shape Attribute inversionEach method from 1 to 3 involves

more information as input, and providesprogressively more reservoir informationas output.

Acoustic inversion uses only thestacked P-wave data and is often calledRecursive Inversion. Basically, it is a run-

ning sum of the changes in impedanceor the integration of the trace reflectioncoefficients. Elastic inversion addition-ally uses shear wave data. Shape at-tribute Inversion requires well control andmay use P or S wave or gather data,and will often be very statistically basedand may use AI or Neural Networks.Most of the service contractors offervariations of most of these types of in-versions, and there are some differencesin approach. There is also excellent in-version software available.

There is no ‘best’ Inversion tech-nique; there are a number of factors thatwill influence results. The right choicemay depend on the type of data avail-able, the area studied, budget and timeconstraints, or other factors. In the earlyexploration stage recursive inversionmay be used, as it requires no well con-trol. Later, as wells are drilled, elastic orshape-attribute inversion should be usedto take advantage of the additional in-formation added by well control. Anyinversion may be scaled or calibrated toexisting well control.

One can reduce risk by modelingmany different geologic conditions tounderstand the possible range of validsolutions. Also, if a model can be veri-fied by using several different inversionmethods on the data, risk is reduced.Alternatively, if a model is not confirmedby one inversion method, it is should bediscarded.

The two basic limitations of the In-version method should always be keptin mind and those are that inversion doesnot have a unique solution, and that seis-mic is a band-limited dataset.Bandlimitation has two main conse-quences; it’s upper frequency limitsmean that thin beds cannot be resolved,and it’s lack of DC component meansthat inversion results must be calibratedto real well control and may be strictlyvalid only for a certain depth range.

Nevertheless, Inversion offers us away to get more information from ourdata, and offers the possibility to fairlyaccurately predict reservoir propertiesdirectly from seismic data. This has beena major goal for many exploration andproduction geophysicists. It is now pos-sible to accurately measure reservoir

volumes, predict well productivity, opti-mize complex development plans, mapmeandering channel complexes, carbon-ate reefs, deltas, dune fields or any othertype of stratigraphic feature, monitorwater floods, and map field depletion.

BiographyTimothy B. Swearingen Berge

Born Feb. 9, 1953 in Des Moines,Iowa to Robert and Patricia Swearingen.His father was a Marine Corps Officerand the family moved often. His parentslater divorced and his mother remarriedPaul G. Berge who adopted him. Hegraduated from High School atMiddleton High School in MiddletonWisconsin, a suburb of Madison Wiscon-sin. He worked at the University of Wis-consin as a research assistant in HighEnergy Physics and worked on E259under Drs. Pondrem and Prepost andhelped in the discovery of the Pion, asub-atomic particle. He helped constructand run the experiment at ArgonneNational Laboratory in Chicago andanalyzed the collected data at Madison.He attended Beloit College and latertransferred to the University of Wiscon-sin, Madison Wisconsin where he earneda Bachelor of Science degree in Geol-ogy and Geophysics in 1976. He be-came interested in Geology through anUncle, Dr. Lowell Laudon, who was aprofessor at UW and lived nearby.Lowell influenced several generations ofUW geologists. At UW he was a LaFolletScholar, assistant curator of the Geol-ogy Museum, and worked as an assis-tant to the Ross Ice Shelf. From 1976to 1980 he worked as a roughneck,mudlogger, and owned and operated amudlogging service company. In 1979he enrolled at the University of Texas atAustin where he earned a Master of Artsin Geology in 1981. While at UT he wasa teaching assistant and taught OpticalMineralogy and Petrology, Field Meth-ods, and Introductory Geology. His the-sis was in Structural Geology under thedirection of Dr. Bill Muelhberger in theChihuahua Tectonic Belt. In 1981 Hejoined Exxon Co. USA where he workedfor 17 years in Denver, Midland, Bogota

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Colombia, and Houston. He worked forCorpoven in Puerto La Cruz, Venezu-ela as a Technical Advisor, and withApache Corp. on the Zhao Dong devel-opment project in China. He has beenChief Geophysicist at Forest Oil Inter-

Technical Breakfast continued from page 4 national for the past 3 years. He hasexpertise in the areas of Structural Ge-ology, Sequence and seismic stratigra-phy, Workstation applications, and 3Dinterpretation. He has worked interna-tionally for over 15 years in the West-ern Cordillera from Canada to Chile,most of North and South America, Eu-

rope, parts of Africa, Russia, and Asia.He is the author and co-author of nu-merous publications. He lives in Mag-nolia Texas, has been married for 22years to Victoria Berge and has 4 chil-dren, Eamon (21), Bryan (18), Dana Kay(16), and Nikolai (9).

SIG MeetingsDATA PROCESSING

The data processing SIG arrangesmonthly technical presentations for theGeophysical Society. Typically atten-dance is over sixty people. Meeting placevaries, but recently Bill Symes of RiceUniversity has offerred their excellentfacility in Duncan Hall. We intend touse this location more in the future andappreciate this generous offer.

APRIL MEETING

Theme: Anisotropy

Date: Wednesday,April 18, 2001

Time: Social 4:30Presentations5:00 to 6:30

Cost: NONE

Organizers: Turgut Ozdenver,GeoCenterKarl Schleicher, GeophysicalDevelopement CorporationRefreshments: John Clough, VeritasTraining

Location: McMurftry Auditorium,Duncan Hall, Rice University

Directions: Enter Rice campus at cor-ner of Main and Sunset Blvd. Park to the right of the large lawn.Duncan Hall is on the right. Overflowparking is available on the east side ofthe main administration building.

Speaker 1: Steve Kelly, PGS SeresTitle: The Identification of Fractures andInversion for their Properties from Mul-ticomponent Data High Production En-vironments

Speaker 2: Bee Bednar, Advance DataSolutions

Title: Seeing the Invisible: Most Ener-getic Anisotropic Traveltimesin Seismic Imaging

Abstract:The Identification of Fractures and In-version for their Properties from Multi-component DataBy Steve Kelly, PGS Seres

In recent years, there has been muchinterest in the use of multicomponentseismic technology to identify the loca-tion, intensity and direction of fracturesin hydrocarbon reservoirs. These ob-jectives have already been met, at leastin part, in a number of field data stud-ies. Early experiments used shear-wavesources. It was recognized that the in-terpretability of the resulting, shear-wavesections could be enhanced by introduc-ing kinematic manipulations in order tounravel the cross-mixing introduced bybirefringence. As a bonus, these proce-dures provided all the information nec-essary to determine both the magnitudeand the direction of the weakmicrofracturing that caused the birefrin-gence. This transmission-related infor-mation also proved to be useful for de-fining the fracture directions in reservoirrock, provided that the principal direc-tions were the same as those for themicrofracture-bearing overburden. Laterefforts exploited the unique character ofshear-wave reflectivity to directly deter-mine lateral variations in fracture con-centration. More recently, marine OBSstudies and budget-minded land surveyshave attempted to use birefringencemeasurements from the shear-wave legof mode conversions (C waves) in orderto extract fracture information. There

is the additional hope that C-wavereflectivity can be used with the sameeffectiveness as shear-wave reflectivityfor high-resolution fracture delineation.Finally, in an unexpected twist of fate,our acquisition/processing paradigm hascome “full circle,” as the utility of pureP-wave information is once again beingconsidered for fracture analysis.

In this seminar, I discuss an inver-sion strategy that I developed severalyears ago when I was a student at UTD.The strategy is a result of conclusionsthat I developed while analyzing somecommercially-processed, 2D, post-stackdata that had been acquired in SE Texasusing a compressional source and a lineof multicomponent geophones. Theinversion integrates an amplitude-basedprocedure that can provide a high-reso-lution measure of fracture propertieswith an automated, correlation-based, ki-nematic technique that provides fractureestimates with low spatial resolution.The theory for the dynamic part of theinversion is based on the observation thatlocalized pockets bearing plane-parallel,vertical fractures will yield ?anomolous?mode conversions from wave type P towave type SH in a layered medium. Theinversion can be performed on eitherpre-stack or post-stack data, but it re-quires that the reflectors be approxi-mately flat. Preprocessing is requiredto remove the imprint of shear wave bi-refringence from the data prior to theamplitude-based inversion. Examplesare provided using both synthetic dataand the Texas field recordings.

BiographySteve Kelly

Steve has worked in the energy in-dustry for the last 26 years, first as a

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nuclear engineer and more recently asa geophysicist. His educational back-ground includes a B.A. in Physics fromthe University of Chicago, an M.E. inNuclear Engineering from the Univer-sity of Virginia, an M.S. in Geophysicsfrom The University of Washington anda Ph.D. in Geoscience from The Uni-versity of Texas at Dallas. His employ-ment experience in geophysics hasspanned the areas of processing andresearch for both GPR and seismic data.Additional, “eclectic” ventures have in-cluded algorithm development for coreneutronics calculations in nuclear reac-tors and the development of investmentstrategies using inverse theory. He hasworked for PGS for the last four yearsand is currently a Senior Research Geo-physicist in the Seres Division. His re-search interests include elastic, inelasticand anisotropic wave propagation ef-fects, imaging strategies, inverse theoryand the use of statistical hypothesis testsin processing applications. He is a mem-ber of GSH and SEG.

AbstractSeeing the Invisible: Most EnergeticAnisotropic Traveltimes in Seismic Im-agingBy Bee Bednar, Tariq Alkalifah

The recent advent of fast, inexpen-sive personal computers (PC’s), is revo-lutionizing modern seismic-depth imag-ing. Prices for supercomputer style com-putation, graphical display, and datastorage, halve every eighteen months.

Modern networking technologiescouple inexpensive PC’s into powerfulclusters that easily solve problems oncethought intractable on far more expen-sive machines. It is now feasible to uti-lize accurate, computationally intensivealgorithms to calculate multi-componenttraveltime tables in complex transverselyisotropic media with arbitrary axis ofsymmetry. Data are efficiently imagedusing full-waveform Kirchhoff or moreaccurate downward continuation tech-niques. Full waveform synthethics canbe generated economically. While thesedevelopments have been dramatic, whathas not changed is our need to under-stand and differentiate between impor-tant and unimportant parameters. Wemust place exploration value on new

technologies. In this talk we take a smallstep toward this goal. We focus on pa-rameterization of anisotropic media andadaptive most-energetic raytracing in theresult. We discuss the construction ofanisotropic models and, through synthet-ics, show that even in weakly anisotro-pic cases dramatic results can be ex-pected. We argue that the next genera-tion in seismic imaging will include theroutine estimation and utilization of elas-tic earth parameters.

NEAR SURFACEWhere: Fugro-South, 6100

Hillcroft Avenue,Conference Room#160

When: April 18, 2001Time: Social 5:30 pm

Presentation 6:00 pm

Speaker: Dr. Chuck Connor

Contact: Mustafa Saribudak, Chair Near-Sur face SIG, at 281-370-7066;[email protected]

“Geophysics in Near-Real-Time”By Dr. Chuck Connor, Ph.D.

Abstract:Geophysicists require state-of-the-

art, real-time, high-speed data acquisi-tion and data visualization. Computerscience technologies can provide fast,robust, multi-threaded, modular, net-work-distributed real-time and near real-time systems. These tools provide a pathtoward high resolution, high quality con-trol surveys. Numerous examples will beprovided of application of real-time vi-sualization to shallow (environmental)geophysical surveys. This talk will pro-vide an overview of a range of near-real-time data visualization methods, and il-lustrate how the applications of thesemethods will drive environmental geo-physics toward highly automated datacollection methodologies.

BIOGRAPHYa. Professional Preparation

Ph.D. in Geology, Dartmouth Col-lege, Hanover, NH, October, 1987.

M.S. in Geology, Dartmouth Col-lege, Hanover NH, June, 1984.

Data Processing continued on page 6 B.S. in Geology, Univ. of Illinois,Urbana IL, January, 1982.

B.A., Anthropology, Univ. of Illi-nois, Urbana, IL, January, 1982.

b. AppointmentsPrincipal Scientist, Center for

Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses,Southwest Research Institute (1998-present)

Senior Research Scientist, Centerfor Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses,Southwest Research Institute (1993-1998)

Associate Professor, Florida Interna-tional University, Miami, FL (1992-1993)

Assistant Professor, Florida Interna-tional University, Miami, FL (1987-1992).

c. Selected publicationsConnor, C.B., and S. Sandberg,

2001, Characterization of the Edward’sAquifer using Electromagnetic and mag-netic methods, South Texas Geology,Bulletin, in press.

La Femina, P.C., C. Connor, J.Stamatakos, and D. Farrell, 2001, Struc-ture of an active normal fault delineatedby electromagnetic methods, Bulletin ofEnvironmental and Engineering Geol-ogy, in press.

Connor, C.B., B. Hill, B. Winfrey,N. Franklin, P. La Femina, 2001, Esti-mating volcanic hazards from tephrafallout, Natural Hazards Review, 2: 33-42.

Connor, C.B., B. Hill, P. LaFemina,M. Navarro, and F.M. Conway. 1996.Soil 222Rn pulse during the initial phaseof the June-August 1995 eruption ofCerro Negro, Nicaragua. J. Volcanol.Geotherm. Res., 73: 119-127.

Connor, C.B., S. Lane-Magsino,J.A. Stamatakos, R.H. Martin, P.C.LaFemina, B.E. Hill, and S. Lieber,1997, Magnetic surveys help reassessvolcanic hazards at Yucca Mountain,Nevada, Eos, Transactions of the Ameri-can Geophysical Union, 78(7): 73, 77-78 (Lead article).

Connor, C.B., J. Stamatakos, D.Ferrill, B.E. Hill, G. Ofoegbu, F.M.Conway, B. Sagar, and J. Trapp, 2000,Geological controls on patterns of ba-saltic volcanism: Application to a volca-

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nic hazards assessment at Yucca Moun-tain, Nevada, J. Geophys. Res., 105:417-432.

Hill, B.E., C.B. Connor, M.S.Jarzemba, and P.C. La Femina, 1998,1995 eruptions of Cerro Negro, Nica-ragua and risk assessment for futureeruptions, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 110:1231-1241.

RC-SIG NEWSThe next RC-SIG meeting will be

held May 9th and 10th at the VirtualEnvironment Application Center(VRAC) at Iowa State University (ISU)in Ames, Iowa. ISU has the only pub-licly known C-6 in North America (a sixwall CAVE(TM) or Computer Aided Vi-sualization Environment).

Those interested in following the

organization committee meetings, see-ing results from previous meetings, orbecoming involved in the RC-SIG cando so at http://www.walden3d.com/rcsig. Those interested in presentingcase histories or who have questionsabout the RC-SIG contact the GSH rep-resentative, Roice Nelson [email protected] or call281.579.0172.

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ACTIVELouis Berent

Kamaluddin BhuyanSandra BoydJoseph Brock

Stephen BurgessTom Caldwell

Kerry CampbellLuis CanalesJing Chen

Walter Denny, IIIRobert Estill

Timothy FasnachtHershal FergusonJonathan Finsteen

Eric GardnerStephan Gelinsky

Michael GreenspoonRafael GuerraDaniel HeinzeHugh Hodge

Roger HoleywellWilliam Howieson

Paul HuntLorena Jiminez

Ching-nan KaoKenneth LakeRichard LeeZhimiing LiAlfred LiawSenren Liu

Eduard MailiJohn McKoskyChristos MazisJoerg MeyerDavid Monk

Clara-Luz MoraJeff Pan

John PolasekSanti RandazzoDavid RensinkJohn Robinson

David SchlichtemeierTimothy Schroeder

Gehrig SchultzPaul Sease

Mario SernaStefan Seyb

Lester SisemoreNeil Snepp

Robert Springman

GSH 2001/2002 -Nominations

President-Elect: Dan Ebrom, Joe AlcamoFirst VP: Hua-Wei Zhou, Jim SchuelkeSecond VP: Ron Ward, Bob Parker

Secretary: Jim Wood, Karl SchleicherTreasurer: Donna Sisak, Josef Paffenholz

Editor: Frank Levin

Geophysical Auxiliaryof Houston

Tuesday, April 10, we will partake in a gastronomical tourof Houston’s own downtown Chinatown. Dorothy Huang willdirect us through a Dim Sum luncheon and tour local shopsand teach us how to shop at a Chinese grocery store. Formore information about the programs and to offer suggestions,please call Georgeann Massell at 281-353-7894.

Thomas StitelerXinYi Sun

Kenneth SwiftJulie Taylor

Connie VanschuyverSteven WaddellDarrell Weller

K.C. WhittemoreChristopher Whitten

Thomas WilkerShenayu Wu

ASSOCIATEThomas BurchMichael Carnes

Mike ChristiansenMelissa Coleman

Derrick CrispEdward Eble

Bradley ElliottAlan Fuqua

Stephen GabbertEmilio GarciadaroChristianne GellByron Golden

Membership ReportThe GSH would like to welcome it’s newest members:

Jeffrey GranaPhilip HiltonGreg Huey

Shengwen JinRussell JonesXiugnan LiChung Lui

Beatrice MagnaniScott McDonough

Leslie MooreArlon Motsch

Shkelqim MiskajLinda NoyesKevin PriceMark Reid

Norman RossDavid WegnerMichael WhiteKeith Wrolstad

STUDENTBryan Hanks

Ramazan Yilmaz


Offshore Technology ConferenceApril 30 - May 3, 2001

Arrangements Committee Volunteers

Offshore Technology Conference Arrangements Committee Volunteers are asked to serve as SpeakersRoom Monitors for one half day session. Duties consist of monitoring the papers presented in each session forclarity of presentation, quality of slides and performance of audio visual equipment. This information togetherwith a count of the number of people in attendance, will be reported to the Headquarters office Room 106, byfilling out and returning the check list for provided for that purpose.

Also, Room Monitors are to work closely with the Session Chairman to maintain room temperature andlighting at optimum conditions by contacting building and audio visual personnel as necessary (telephonenumber provided).

Other detail instructions will be furnished before each Session. Volunteers will be provided with free entrybadges and parking passes (good for the entire conference).

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Date: Monday, May 7, 2001Location: Westchase Hilton,

9999 Westheimer

Key Patterns of Corporate Organizationand Culture Influencing Exploration Per-formancePeter R. Rose and Gary P. CitronRose & Associates, LLP.Austin, Texas

Recent independent studies docu-ment that companies managing petro-leum exploration using (1) integratedgeotechnical prospect and play assess-ment; (2) systematic probabilistic riskanalysis; and (3) venture selectionthrough centrally coordinated portfoliomanagement clearly outperform com-panies that do not. This has naturallyprompted great interest in sophisticatedmathematical and software tools andsystems that enable routine applicationof portfolio theory, real options theory,and decision analysis.

To be effective, however, such ad-vanced management tools must rely onobjective geotechnical input — that is,the estimates of key geotechnical param-eters must be free of bias. Outperform-ing companies reduce bias through dis-ciplined linkage of integratedgeotechnical work, probabilistic riskanalysis, and applied learning from post-drill well reviews. Then they select thoseventures which optimize portfolio per-formance, consistent with acceptablerisk. But the primary problem remainsthe input — not the tools — and firm,consistent process implementation isessential, reinforced by positive incen-tives.

Analysis of many active E and Pcompanies indicates that organizationaland cultural patterns of underperformingfirms encourage biased geotechnical in-put, and discourage centrally coordi-nated portfolio management. Subjec-tivity, intuition, salesmanship, and geo-politics flourish in the absence of con-sistent probabilistic procedures, thus

HGS Dinner Meetingpromoting persistent motivational bias,mostly as prospect overestimation. Ob-jective and consistent assessment of pre-dictive performance is neither requirednor evaluated. Decentralization of ex-ploration decision-making into autono-mous business units necessarily reducesthe selective power of portfolios, andallows inferior projects from some busi-ness units to replace superior projectsfrom others. Incentives often work atcross-purposes to efficient portfolio per-formance and correct corporate goals.The result is general underperformancerelative to centrally coordinated E&Pfirms.

Companies who purposefully under-take to improve persistent explorationunderperformance should anticipate(and encourage) substantial changes toboth their organizational structure as wellas their prevailing professional culture,if they are to succeed.

BIOGRAPHIESPETER R. ROSE (BS, MA, PhD,

Geology, University of Texas at Austin)is a certified petroleum geologist whowas Staff Geologist with Shell Oil Com-pany; Chief, Oil and Gas Branch of theU.S. Geological Survey; and Chief Ge-ologist and Director of Frontier Explo-ration for Energy Reserves Group, Inc.[now BHP Petroleum (Americas), Inc.].In 1980, he established his own inde-pendent oil and gas consulting firm,Telegraph Exploration, Inc. His clientsinclude most major U.S. companies andmany prominent independents as wellas many international firms and state oilcompanies. Dr. Rose has explored foroil and gas in most North American geo-logical provinces and has published andlectured widely on U.S. resource assess-ment, basin analysis, play development,prospect evaluation, and risk and uncer-tainty in exploration. He has taughtextensively at the professional level andwas a 1985/1986 AAPG DistinguishedLecturer. Since 1989 he has beendeeply involved in design and implemen-

tation of comprehensive exploration riskanalysis systems for executive manage-ment of many major oil companies,operating in both the Domestic and In-ternational theaters. His courses em-phasize the link between geoscience andmaking money in the business of petro-leum exploration. Dr. Rose was 1996/97 President of AAPG’s Division of Pro-fessional Affairs, and received the cov-eted Parker Memorial Medal from theAmerican Institute of Professional Ge-ologists in 1998. He is the ManagingPartner in a newly established consult-ing firm, Rose & Associates, LLP (R&A).

GARY P. CITRON (BS, Geology,State University of New York at Buffalo;MS Geology, Cornell University; Ph.D.,Geology and Geophysics, Cornell Uni-versity) joined Telegraph in February1999 after 19 years with Amoco. He isa certified Petroleum Geologist whoworked at Amoco as a geophysicist, su-pervisor, manager, planner and consult-ant. In his last assignment, with Amoco’sProspect Quality Team, he worked withexploration teams worldwide for fouryears, helping them assess prospectcomponent ranges and associatedchance factors. Dr. Citron has devel-oped expertise in consensus-building inrisk assessments and performance track-ing. He also coordinated the yearly postappraisal of the exploration drilling pro-gram, which helped develop, dissemi-nate and institutionalize learningthroughout the exploration department.Prior to that, he coached Amoco’s man-agers on planning, exploration perfor-mance measurement and work processissues. He has worked most of the U.S.domestic trends as an explorer and man-ager, with special emphasis on the Gulfof Mexico. In 1999 he was selected bythe AAPG to serve in their Visiting Ge-ologist Program. While at Amoco Dr.Citron actively mentored younger geo-scientists on prospect measurement andassessment. He is a Partner in Rose &Associates, LLP (R&A).


OVERVIEW OF EXPLORATION RISK ANALYSIS FOR MANAGERS - - REGISTRATION FORM

Name:____________________________________________ Company: _______________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________ City: _____________________State: _______________

Phones: Home ___________________Office ___________________ E-mail: ______________________________________

Amount sent (US $)____________________

Note: Cost is $75 members of organizations below and full-time students before May 8, $95 for non-members before May8, $125 for registration after May 8 and at the door.

Membership (circle): HGS, GSH, SIPES, API Houston, SPE Gulf Coast, HAPL, SPEE Houston, SPWLA Gulf Coast

HGS/GSH Member No:________________

To reserve a seat, please return this form with your check payable to: HGS

Mail to: HGS Office —Attn: Overview of Exploration Risk Analysis for Managers Seminar7457 Harwin, Suite 301 - Houston, Texas 77036-2190

Description:The seminar reviews key geotechnical principles in-

volved with estimation of prospect reserves and chanceof success, identifies key management issues, commonmisconceptions and pitfalls (as well as their consequences),and the inherent power of systematic RA methodologyto generate drilling portfolios which optimize corporategoals and deliver on promised performance. It highlightsthe critical management tasks necessary to cause pro-gressive improvement in exploration performance of E&Pfirms; and it addresses concerns about the constraints onmanagement decision-making imposed by systematic RAprocedures.

Who should attend:Because the course integrates fundamental topics such

as Uncertainty, Reserves Estimates, Chance of SuccessPredictions, Economic Measures, Portfolio Management,Profitability Forecasts, and Performance Tracking, westrongly encourage the participation of decision-makerswith diverse backgrounds, such as Geoscience, Engineer-ing, Finance, and Business Management

Instructors:PETER R. ROSE (BS, MA, PhD, Geology, Univer-

sity of Texas at Austin) is a certified petroleum geologist

who was Staff Geologist with Shell Oil Company; Chief,Oil and Gas Branch of the U.S. Geological Survey; andChief Geologist and Director of Frontier Exploration forEnergy Reserves Group, Inc. (now BHP Petroleum (Ameri-cas), Inc.). In 1980, he established his own independentoil and gas consulting firm, Telegraph Exploration, Inc.His clients include most major U.S. companies and manyprominent independents as well as many international firmsand state oil companies. His courses emphasize the linkbetween geoscience and making money in the business ofpetroleum exploration.. He is the Managing Partner in anewly established consulting firm, Rose & Associates, LLP(R&A).

GARY P. CITRON (BS, Geology, State University ofNew York at Buffalo; MS Geology, Cornell University;Ph.D., Geology and Geophysics, Cornell University) joinedTelegraph in February 1999 after 19 years with Amoco.He is a certified Petroleum Geologist who worked at Amocoas a geophysicist, supervisor, manager, planner and con-sultant. Dr. Citron has developed expertise in consensus-building in risk assessments and performance tracking .He has worked most of the U.S. domestic trends as anexplorer and manager, with special emphasis on the Gulfof Mexico. He is a Partner in Rose & Associates, LLP(R&A).

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS

Overview of Exploration Risk Analysis forManagers

May 15, 2001Auditorium, Shell Plaza, 910 Louisiana (Downtown Houston)


APRIL LUNCHEON MEETING

DATE: Wednesday, April 4,2001

TIME: 11:30 a.m.COST: $25.00 Members and

GuestsLOCATION: Petroleum Club

Coastal Suite

SPEAKER:STEPHEN P. A. BROWN

“California’s Electricity Woes: A Visionof the Future?”

Talk SummaryCalifornia has long been in the van-

guard of national trends. Since mid-2000, California has experienced a con-siderable number of problems with itselectricity market, including fluctuatingprices and shortages. California’s elec-tricity woes give us a reason to takepause and consider the future of U.S.electricity markets and of energy poli-cies in general.

Electricity is an important part of theU.S. energy infrastructure-accountingfor more than one-third of U.S. energyconsumption. If other states experiencedproblems with their electricity marketssimilar to those in California, the effectswould be felt throughout the economy.

Nearly half the states are restructur-ing their electricity markets, and manymore are considering doing so. Eightstates have already implemented restruc-turing of their electricity markets. Six-teen states and the District of Columbiahave enacted legislation or issued regu-latory orders that will restructure theirelectricity markets. Eighteen states areinvestigating the possibility of restructur-ing their electricity markets. Only eightstates are not currently taking any stepstoward electricity market restructuring.

The problems with the Californiaelectricity market are the result of sev-eral factors, including a poorly devisedrestructuring that took place nearly threeyears ago. As the states progress towardrestructuring their electricity markets, weshould ask: Are California’s electricity

woes a dark vision of the future or anisolated incident in a state wherepolicymaking was not sufficiently in-formed by economic reality?

Speaker BioStephen P. A. Brown is director of

energy economics and microeconomicpolicy analysis at the Federal ReserveBank of Dallas. In this position, he con-ducts and manages economic researchand analysis. He also briefs the Bank’spresident and board of directors on eco-nomic conditions and policy. His man-agement responsibilities include energyeconomics, microeconomic public policyand the Bank’s publications Economicand Financial Review and SouthwestEconomy.

He holds a B.S. in economics fromCalifornia Polytechnic State Universityand an M.A. and Ph.D. in economicsfrom the University of Maryland. He alsohas completed a number of leadershiptraining programs, including the execu-tive development program at the Fed-eral Reserve Bank of Dallas and severalat the Center for Creative Leadershipin Greensboro, North Carolina.

Brown is the author of numerousarticles on economic policy, economictheory and business conditions. His re-search focuses primarily on energy, en-vironmental and natural resource eco-nomics, microeconomic public policyand economic conditions. His articleshave appeared in such publications asBusiness Economics, The Energy Jour-nal, Contemporary Economic Policy,Economic and Financial Review, Jour-nal of Environmental Economics andManagement, Public Choice and South-west Economy.

His work has received national andinternational attention from academia,the business community, governmentand OPEC. He has been quoted in vari-ous regional publications, as well as inBusiness Week, the Economist, Finan-cial Times, Newsweek, The New YorkTimes, Time, The Wall Street Journaland Marilyn vos Savant’s book, ThePower of Logical Thinking. He also hasappeared on various regional broadcasts

in addition to CNN’s Financial Report,ABC’s Financial World, the McNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, Public RadioInternational’s Market Place, and thePBS series Man, Energy and the Envi-ronment. He has made numerous pre-sentations to academic, civic and pro-fessional groups, including members ofthe British Parliament.

Brown joined the Federal ReserveBank of Dallas in 1981, after workingas an energy economist for BrookhavenNational Laboratory and teaching eco-nomics at several universities. In addi-tion to his principal position, he servesas an adjunct professor of economics atSouthern Methodist University. He alsoserves on the advisory board for theCollege of Business at California Poly-technic State University.

He is a member of the AmericanEconomic Association, Western Eco-nomic Association, International Asso-ciation for Energy Economics and Pub-lic Choice Society. He has also partici-pated in the Energy Modeling Forum atStanford University and the InternationalEnergy Workshop. He recently servedon the economic review panel for theNational Petroleum Council study of fu-ture issues in the oil and gas industry.Brown plays guitar and, with his wife,dances and teaches Argentine tango.

Seating is limited so please registerearly. This month only, please call Angieat Sproule Associates, Inc. - 713-652-5140 by Noon, Monday, April 2, 2001to make reservations. (Do not call B. K.and leave reservations on her voice mailthis month. She will be out of the cityand unable to check messages). Can-cellations and no-shows will be billed theluncheon cost of $25.00.

THE SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM EVALUATIONENGINEERS


Annual Honors and Awards BanquetThursday, May 3, 2001Lakeside Country Club

RESERVATION FORM

Name: ____________________________________________________________________________________

Guest: ____________________________________________________________________________________

No of Guests: _______________________ Check No: __________________________

Make your check payable to the GSH and forward it by April 30th to:April Robertson

c/o Diamond Geophysical2925 Briarpark, Suite 400

Houston, Texas 77042

Please reference “Awards Banquet” on your check.

MenuFrench Onion Soup

House SaladFilet Mignon

Roasted New PotatoesFresh Asparagus

Chocolate Covered Pecan Balls

On Thursday, May 3, 2001, the GSH will host its Annual Honor and Awards Banquet in theGrand Ballroom of the Lakeside Country Club. Our special guests will be your friends who have25 and 50 years of membership in the SEG along with this years GSH Honorary and Life Mem-bers. Bring your spouse and guest and enjoy cocktails (cash bar) from 6:30-7:15 p.m. in the PineLake Room. Then at 7:15 p.m., enjoy an elegant seated dinner and music. SEG President, SallyZinke, will give the Presidential Address and assist GSH President, John Sumner, in presenting theawards.

The cost for the dinner is $30.00 per person, with pre-paid reservations necessary to accommo-date the guarantee requirements of Lakeside Country Club. Make your check payable to the GSHand forward it by April 26th to April Robertson, Diamond Geophysical, 2925 Briarpark, Suite400, Houston, Texas 77042. Please reference “Awards Banquet” on your check.


Lawrence Ford Asher

William K. Aylor, Jr.

Michael Thomas Balombin

Max Baumeister

Harry George Beggs

Charles Howard Blumentritt

David L. Brewster

Robert J. Bruce

Scott D. Bugosh

Donald Lindy Buscarello

Chester J. Callahan

David Roy Carlson

Raymond O. Clifton, Jr.

Bruce Edward Cornish

Scott Daniel

Scott L. Davies

David L. Donalson

Donald Ray Dutcher

Alan Paul Frink

J. Michael Graul

Michael L. Harkness

Steven George Henry

H. Truman Holcombe

David Scott Holland

Carslile Gene Huxohl

Karl Christian Joern

Albin K. Kerekes

Harvey R. Klingensmith

Vic Lamanuzzi

Tony A. Lauhoff

George E. Marion

Allen Earl May

Jerome P. Mazzaferro

Robert David McCann

John A. Minor

Ronald K. Nickle

Annual Honors and Awards BanquetThursday, May 3, 2001 • Lakeside Country Club

SEG 50 YEAR HONOREES

John C. Baxter

Wesley E. Bird, Jr.

LeRoy Brow

T. Norman Crook

Ned E. Duval, Jr.

James H. Frasher

John T. Murphy, Jr.

Samuel O. Patterson

Robert E. Sheriff

Marvin L. Wagoner

SEG 25 YEAR HONOREES

Malcolm Paterson

Gerald Linwood Penn

Arnold L. Porter

Mary J. Repar

Randall Scott Riepe

Michel Ivan Roberson

Gilbert Walter Snell

Fred Dean Spindle

J. David Stevens

Gordon Robert Wainscott

Robert Edward Warmbrodt

R. Daniel Wisecup

David Ray Wood

Michael W. Zebrowski

Richard K. Zoss


Date: April 25, 2001Where: Petroleum Club, 43rd floor, in the

Exxon building downtown: 800 BellAve

Cost: $25

Reservations: Matt Martin (President, UHGAA) at281-874-1632 by noon Friday, April 20th.

Title: Geologic Overview of the NE Mississippi Fanand Shelf to West Florida Terrace Region, OffshoreGulf of MexicoNorman E. Biles1, Andrew E. Hannan1, George AJamieson1, and John E. Bain2

1 WesternGeco, 3600 Briarpark Drive, Houston,Texas 77042

2 Galileo Geophysics, Inc., 6100 Hillcroft, Hous-ton, Texas 77081

ABSTRACTThis study is based on the joint venture

(WesternGeco and TGS NOPEC) Phase 46, 16,000-line-mile 2D seismic and gravity/magnetic programthat was acquired, processed, and interpreted from1997-1999. It consists of a 2 x 2 mile grid (16,100mi2), covering parts of Main Pass, Destin Dome,Viosca Knoll, Mississippi Canyon, Desoto Canyon,Atwater Valley, and Lloyd Ridge. Water depths rangefrom 75 feet to over 10,000 feet. Geological con-trol from 44 biostratigraphy wells helped calibrateseven mapped horizons. In addition, a velocity cubewas generated from this dataset.

A Cretaceous carbonate shelf, a prominent es-carpment to the southeast, dominates the east andnortheast portions of the survey. It is overlain byprimarily regressive Cenozoic clastics. West of thecarbonate shelf is a Miocene to Plio-Pleistocene shelf/slope/fan complex. The shelf facies is developedin the northwest and progresses through slope todeepwater fan deposits toward the southeast. Thiscomplex contains numerous allochthonous salt bod-ies. In general, autochthonous salt structures arepresent east of the detached salt, underlying the slopefan complex. These continue eastward to the Cre-taceous shelf edge.

This region is becoming an increasingly attrac-tive area to explore. For example, “Crazy Horse” inMississippi Canyon (MC) Block 778 is a recent subsaltdiscovery within the study area.

BiographyNorman E. Biles received a BS in physics from

Lewis and Clark College, and an MS (1966) in geo-physics from New Mexico Tech. He worked forPhillips Petroleum from 1966 to 1988 in data pro-cessing and international/domestic exploration.Consulted for BP and TGS on GOM lease sales andvelocity interpretation from 1988 to 1990. Since1990 he has been involved with velocity studies andseismic interpretation at WesternGeco (previouslySchlumberger Geco-Prakla). Recent seismic interpre-tation assignments include the eastern Gulf of Mexicoand deepwater Brazil. He is a member of the SEGand Houston’s geologic and geophysical societies.

University of HoustonGeoscience Alumni Association

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➤ Exhibit Space Available

Society of Exploration GeophysicistsSan Antonio, TXSeptember 9 - 14, 2001

Explore the world’s largestmarketplace of geophysicaltechnology and services.Join an estimated 10,000 geoscientists in San Antonio who will be“Thriving On New Challenges” with the latest acquisition,processing, and interpretation technologies and methods. Surveymore than 500 technical presentations and approximately 300exhibits displaying state-of-the-art products and services for thegeophysical industry.

3 Ways to Register➤ Input online at http://meeting.seg.org➤ Use forms inserted in the “Annual Meeting Announcement”➤ Contact SEG Business Office and we will fax the forms to you

Technical Papers Deadline .................................... March 7Advance Registration Due................(save off the on-site fee) July 27

For more info: tel +1.918.497.5500fax +1.918.497.5557

email [email protected]

➤ Exhibit Space Available


DATE: Monday, May 21, 2001 FORMAT: Four Man Florida Scramble

PLACE: Kingwood Country Club COST: $115.00 Members and Guests

TIME: 9:30 AM Registration DEADLINE: April 15, 200111:30 AM Tee off (Shotgun)

MAIL ENTRIES TO:Fairfield Industries • 14100 Southwest Freeway, Suite 600 • Sugar Land, TX 77478 • Attn: George Lauhoff

MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO:Geophysical Society of Houston

GOLFERS READ CAREFULLYThe three courses at Kingwood are available to the first 432 entrants. No entry will be accepted until the entry form andfees are received in full. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

MULLIGANS $5.00 EACH (MAX. 2/PERSON) AVAILABLE AT CHECK-IN

If you are not playing golf but want to join your friends attending the dinner following the tournament, please send in$15.00 per person to cover the cost of the dinner. Make a note at the bottom of the check “Dinner Only”. These checksshould also be payable to the Geophysical Society of Houston.

GOLF TOURNAMENT FORMYou may select your own foursome, if not you will be assigned to a group. The first name listed will be considered theTEAM SPOKESPERSON.

Name: ______________________________________ Name: _______________________________________

Circle: Member Guest Circle: Member Guest

Company:____________________________________ Company: ____________________________________

Phone: _________________________ HDCP: ______ Phone: _________________________ HDCP: ______

Name: ______________________________________ Name: _______________________________________

Circle: Member Guest Circle: Member Guest

Company:____________________________________ Company: ____________________________________

Phone: _________________________ HDCP: ______ Phone: _________________________ HDCP: ______

Course Preference: ISLAND LAKE MARSH DEERWOOD(Circle One)

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SEG - GSH Spring Symposium 2001

Reservoir Resolution Through Comprehensive Use ofSeismic Data Attributes

Dates: May 8 - 10, 2001Location: Houston, TX

Program: Seismic data attributes comprise not only the standard complex trace attributes, but AVO attributes, non-lineartransformations, spatial attributes, velocity, and virtually any seismically-derived measurements that may shed light on thesubsurface picture. Applying modern mathematical and computational techniques, such as neural networks and multi-variant analysis, coupled with the emerging visualization technology, the predicted characterization of reservoirs is becom-ing sharply resolved, and realistic. Topics to be addressed in the symposium include the following.

* Lithologic and Pore Fluid Predictions

* High Resolution Reservoir Imaging

* Reservoir Modeling ... Fluid Substitution Techniques

* Developments in Neural Network Classification

* Case Histories with Technique Validation

* AVO Attributes and their Applications

* Well Log Prediction

* Visualization Technology

Call for Papers (Deadline: April 17, 2001):

Please submit an expanded abstract of your paper as follows:

Electronic form: as an e-mail attachment in MS Word or Power Point to < [email protected] >

Hardcopy:SEG Symposium

Attention: Mike GraulTexseis, Inc.

10810 Old Katy Rd., Ste. 201Houston, TX, 77043

For information:Co-Chairman Mike Graul, phone: 713-465-3181; e-mail: [email protected]

Co-Chairman Tury Taner, phone: 713-783-5593; e-mail: [email protected]


1st ANNUALGSH/HGS SALTWATER TOURNAMENT

Friday, June 22, 2001Teakwood Marina, Village of Tiki Island

Galveston, Texas

This year’s Fishing Tournament will be held on Friday, June 22 at the Teakwood Marina, Village of Tiki Island, Galveston,Texas. We are looking forward to a big event this summer and we encourage full family participation. We planned it on aFriday to make it a long weekend so the entire family can participate in the Tournament.

Trophies will be awarded for the heaviest individual Redfish (Non-Tagged), Speckled Trout, and Flounder for the Anglers,Junior Anglers, and Lady Anglers. Trophies will also be awarded for the heaviest individual Stringer - 1 Redfish, 3Speckled Trout, and 1 Flounder.

Registration fee includes: launch fee, GSH/HGS Fishing Cap, BBQ meal at the marina after weigh-in, refreshments,Trophies, and DOOR PRIZES. For more information, please contact:

Bobby Perez (HGS & GSH)281-240-1234 ext. 219 Office • 281-240-4997 Fax • 281-468-1809 Cell • 281-495-8695 Home

E-mail addresses: [email protected] or [email protected]

Greg Doll (HGS & GSH)713-658-8096 ext. 28 Office • E-mail address: [email protected]

The Geophysical Society of Houston and the Houston Geological Society are non-profit organizations serving the Geo-physical Industry. Corporate and individual contributions are appreciated and will be acknowledged on several sponsorboards and banners at the weigh-in station and marina. All contributors will be recognized in their respective organizationnewsletters following the tournament. This is a great way to entertain friends, family, business associates, and clients. Sospread the word!

GSH/HGS SALTWATER TOURNAMENT

NAME: _______________________________________________ COMPANY: ____________________________________

ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

PHONES: (H) ______________________ (B) _____________________________ (C) ______________________________

E-MAIL ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________________________________________

Upon receipt of the Registration form, each participant will be provided with a copy of the specific tournament itineraryand rules sheet by e-mail. Please register EARLYPlease return this form with your check for $50.00 per contestant payable to:

GSH/HGS SALTWATER TOURNAMENT and Mail to:Ms. Joan Henshaw, 7457 Harwin Drive, Suite 301 ( Houston, Texas 77036

Registration Fee: $ _____________ + Sponsor Contribution: $ ________________ = TOTAL $ __________________

DISCLAIMER:I acknowledge that neither the Geophysical Society of Houston nor the Houston Geological Society will be held respon-sible for injury or accidents during this event. PRACTICE SAFETY!!!!!

Signature:_____________________________________________________________________________________________


ANNUAL MEETING and

Bar-B-Que5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 17, 2001

Come Enjoy A Great Evening - Welcome The New GSH Officers

WE WILL BE SERVINGTickets:

Only $17.00 EachIf Purchased By May 15, 2001

$20.00 Each At The Door

Note:We Have To Guarantee TheNumber Of Dinners, So You

Must Prepay To Be GuaranteedYour Meal.

Annual Meeting and Bar-B-QueThursday, May 11, 2000

Name: _____________________________________________________________ Phone:_____________________________

Name: _____________________________________________________________ Phone:_____________________________

Number Tickets Desired: __________________ X $17.00 Each = $ _____________________

Enclose Check Payable To: Geophysical Society of Houston

And Mail To: 7457 Harwin Drive, Suite 301 • Houston, Texas 77036 • (713) 785-6403

Tickets Will Be Held At The Door. If Your Company Is Purchasing A Block Of Tickets -Please Indicate Names On The Form To Eliminate Any Confusion At The Door.

Ticket Orders Must Be Received By May 15, 2001 to Obtain $17.00 Price.

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NEWSLETTERDEADLINE

Technical BreakfastAnadarko7:00 a.m.

Near Surface SIGFugro-South

5:30 pm

Spring 2001 SEGDistinguished Lecture

HESS Building11:30a.m.

GAHDim Sum Luncheon

THE SOCIETY OFPETROLEUMEVALUATIONENGINEERS

Petroleum ClubCoastal Suite

11:30 a.m.

University of HoustonGeoscience Alumni

Association luncheon

Petroleum Club,

Data Processing SIGMcMurftry Auditorium

5:00 pm

DEADLINEGOLF TOURNAMENT

REGISTRATION

Paper Deadline forSpring Symposium

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