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June, 1991
BULLETIN
HGS ASTROWORLD FAMILY DAY See page 21
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!
IN THIS ISSUE.
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- HGS Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Geological Hazards (from Far Away). ...........................
- The Gini (Wilcox) Field .........................................
- Bass and Tennis Tournament Results ...........................
AND MORE!
(For June Events, see page 1 and Geo-Events section, page 31)
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HGS JUNE 'EVENTS
MEETINGS
JUNE 10, 1991 (Dinner Meeting)
HGS GUEST NIGHT
Museum of Natural History
6:00 p.m.
(see page 10)
Lamar Geology Dept.
Needs Our Help!
See Page 47.
(L-R) Bill Roberts, Larry Levy, Jo Ann Locklin (1991-92 HGS
Editor), John Hefner and Janet Bauder- Thornburg review copy for
the June issue of the HGS Bulletin.
SEMINARS, COURSES,
AND ENTERTAINMENT
JUNE 1, 1991 (Event)
HGS 9th ANNUAL SKEET SHOOT
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(see page 30)
Bill Eisenhardt, HGS Associate Editor and Exploration Activity
Review writer, has provided his column for eight years.
HGS ELECTION RESULTS
1991-1992
President-Elect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick T. "Pat" Gordon
Vice-President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John M. Biancardi
Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Ayers Martin
Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sandi M. Barber
Treasurer-Elect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steven H. Brachman
Executive Committeeman. . . . . . . . . . . . .. William R. Dupre'
Executive Committeeman
Frank D. Lovett
Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jo Ann Locklin
Editor-Elect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Susan M. van Gelder
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BULLETIN
Vol. 33, No. 10
June, 1991
BULLETIN COMMITTEE
EDITOR:
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President's Comments
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Editor's Comments. ...................................... 9
Awards
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12
International Explorationists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..16
Houston Geological Auxiliary.
Geo-Events and Calendar
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Committee News. ....................................... .32
GCAGS News
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AAPGCorner
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46
OnTheMove
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Exploration Activity Review
New Members
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Geotales From Far Away
"Geological Hazards"
P. J. Shannon
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Feature Article
"The Gini (Wilcox) Field, Fayette County, Texas"
John B. Westmoreland
COVER PHOTO
One of the many sandstone natural formations in Arches National Park, Utah.
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EXECUTIVE BOARD
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Pres~dent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R o n a l d W . ( R o n ) H a r l a n . BHP Petroleum (Amer~cas)
Inc .
President-Elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C y r u s ( C y ) S t r o n g . Shell Western E&P Inc .
Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P a t r i c k T . ( P a t ) G o r d o n . Arkla Explorat~on
Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M a r t i n J . Oldani. Sandefer 011& Gas
Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D e n i s e M . S t o n e . A m o c o P r o d u c t ~ o n
Executive Commrtteeman ('91) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R i c h a r d R . ( D i c k ) M c L e o d . Independent
Executive Comm~tteeman('91) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J o s e p h S . ( S c o t t ) Laurent. Preston 011
. a r b a r a P . B e n t l e y . Amoco Production
Executive Committeeman ('92) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B
Executive Committeeman ('92) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S a m H . P e p p i a t t . Chambers Oil and Gas
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COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
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Academic L ~ a i s o n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J o h n C h r o n i c . Consultant
Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W
. . D o n Neville. Independent
Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D o u g Selvius. BHP Petroleum
Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. o h n A d a m i c k . TGS Offshore
Ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N
. a n c y T . B e n t h i e n . Marathon 011
Boy Scouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D a n H e l t o n . Natural Gas Pipel~ne
Bulletin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G
. e o r g e K r o n r n a n . Amoco Production
Computer Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M a r k H o d s o n . Marathon 011
Continuing Educat~on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...J a m e s R . ( J i m ) Lantz. Amoco Product~on
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...R i c h a r d T . ( T o m ) C l a r k . Pennzo~l
Enterta~nment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. R o b e r t A h l b o r n . D~verslfiedEnergy Mgmt .
Environmental and Eng~neering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R o b e r t B . ( B o b ) Rieser. Groundwater Technology
Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...G e r a l d A . ( J e r r y ) Cooley. PetCons & Assoc .
Field Trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P a u l W . B r i t t . Elf A q u ~ t a ~ nPetroleum
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Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DavidA.Fontaine.Consultant
Historical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D a v i d Shephard. Amoco Product~on
International Explorationists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P i n a r 0 . Yilmaz. Exxon Prod. Research Co .
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E v e l y n W i l i e M o o d y . Consultant
Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B r u c e F a l k e n s t e i n . Amoco Product~on
Midland-Midcontinent Explorationists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A n d r e w C . ( A n d y ) Lattu. Columb~aGas
Nominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R i c h a r d S . ( D i c k ) B i s h o p . Exxon Prod. Research Co .
O f f ~ c eManagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G e r a l d A . ( J e r r y ) Cooley. PetCons & Assoc .
Personnel Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S t e v e n H . B r a c h m a n . W~ntershallEnergy
Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W i l l i a m A . ( B i l l ) H i l l . ARC0 011
& Gas
Publication Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T h o m a s T . ( T o m ) M a t h e r . Columbia Gas
Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G e r a l d D . ( G e r r y ) Prager. Energy Development Corp .
Rememberances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R e n e e Elosegui. Petroleum Informat~on
Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K a t h y M c D o n a l d . Exxon Co. USA
Technical Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P a t r i c k T . ( P a t ) G o r d o n . Arkla Exploration
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G a y l o n Freeman. BHP Petroleum
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SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES
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Advisor, Museum of Natural Sclence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M o r g a n J . Davis. Jr.. Consultant
GCAGS Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R o n a l d W . ( R o n ) Harlan. BHP Petroleum
GCAGS Alternate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C y r u s ( C y ) S t r o n g . Shell Western E & P
AAPG Delegate Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C a r o l M . Lucas, ARC0 Oil & Gas
AAPG-DPA Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D a n i e l L . ( D a n ) S m i t h . Texoil Co.
AAPG Group Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B a r b a r a & J o h n D . B r e m s t e l l e r
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HGS Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M e r r i l l Haas. Consultant
Engineerrng Counc~lof Houston Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C l a u d i a P . L u d w i g . Consultant
Houston Geotech Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F . K e n n e t h ( K e n ) A i t k e n . IBM
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President-Elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M r s . J i m ( K a t h r y n ) B e n n e t t
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Second Vice President (Members ip) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M r s. R i c h a r d ( J a n e t ) S t e i n m e t z
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Last year's Guest Night was such a resounding success we decided - like
myoid footballcoach would say - "run that play at 'em again". Doug Selvius
(Arrangements Chairman) has been busy finalizing plans for a wonderful
evening. You will be able to browse the Museum of Natural History, exclaim
over the beauty of our fine gem collection and generally update yourself
culturally. Clint Moore arranged for an exclusive showing of "Seasons" at the
IMAX theatre following dinner and our awards program. Thanks to Anadarko
Petroleum Corporation for their subsidy that offset part of the event's cost so
that the ticket price is affordable.
The evening's highlight willbe the recognition of this year's HGS awardees.
Both Dick McLeod and Clyde Harrison have provided many years of service
to our local and regional organizations and well deserve the HGS Honorary Life
Membership. George Kronman has distinguished himself by elevating our
HGS Bulletin to a new level of excellence and thus earned the HGS
Distinguished Service Award. Sue van Gelder and JoAnn Locklin earned the
President's Award by their supportive work on the Bulletin. John Chronic
(Academic Liaison Chairman) earned the President's Award for leading a team
of almost 30 earth scientists, some of whom lectured weekly at local middle
school and high school classes. Bob Rieser earned the President's Award for
his work with the Environmental and Engineering Committee, while Andy
Lattu earned the President's Award for initiating the Permian Basin/MidContinent Explorationists Group.
In addition to our regular HGS Awards, we will recognize for the first time
a local earth science teacher. Linda B. Knight of Houston's Paul Revere
Middle school will be recognized by the HGS for her excellence in earth
science teaching. I hope you'll be present for the fun and culture on this special
evemng.
**********
As this administrative year closes, I've been reflecting on the quantity and
quality of service our membership contributes to the HGS. We have only one
full-time employee who is shared with GSH. Our gross budget is approaching
one-half million dollars. Yet, we organize and execute about 70 events each
year, including quality technical programs, entertainment events, field trips,
seminars and short courses. Our Bulletin is "world class" and in no other
organization could you find a better, more willinggroup to work with. The
enormity of all the accomplishments of this organization would be impossible if
it were not the product of many, many individuals creating a whole much
greater than the sum of its parts. From my vantage point, two people need
special recognition for their many years of contributions of time and talent to
the HGS. Jerry Cooley and John Hefner truly love this organization - a
special thanks to them and a round of applause for all of you.
**********
I could not have been more proud than to have served as your president. It
has been an honor and pleasure and I feel a deep sense of gratitude for your
confidence in me. Thanks for the opportunity and your support throughout the
year - I've loved it.
Adios,
~~
Ronald W. Harlan
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speakers. William"Bill"H. Roberts and Nelson C. Steenland
deserve much credit for soliciting and providing technical
review for the approximately 30 technical articles we
published this year. The Exploration Activity Review, a
regular column that has been published for the past eight
years in the Bulletin, is unique among geological society
publications. Bill Eisenhardt has expanded his column to
include exploration and production activities in the Gulf
Coast, Gulf of Mexico, and International regions. Many
thanks to Geomap and Petroconsultants for providing data
and information for this column. Hugh Hay-Roe has been
responsible for the introduction of a new column this year
called "Geotales "from Far Away". This popular column
serves to remind the younger generation of geologists that
oil exploration was not always done behind a desk. Mark
Hodson's witty computer columns are enjoyed by many
HGS members and help many of us better understand the
wonderful, but often confusing, world of computers. With
Continued on page 11
This issue marks the end of my two-year job as editor of
the HGS Bulletin. It is traditional for the outgoing editor to
thank those people who have worked hard to make our
Bulletin so successful. And believe me, these people deserve
your support and appreciation for all of the many long hours
of editing, soliciting articles and columns, layout, advertising
work and other tasks necessary to publish the Bulletin.
There are many people who contribute to the making
of the HGS Bulletin. During the 1990-1991 year, nine
subcommittees have handled different responsibilities in
publishing the Bulletin. The Editorial Group, headed by
Managing Editor Sue van Gelder, has done an outstanding
job in improving the quality of the Bulletin. Mary Jo
Klosterman, Mindy Kronman, Donna Davis, Donna FouchFlores, Larry Levy, Todd Stephenson and Janet BauderThornburg deserve special recognition for their efforts.
David Callaway and Sandi Barber have successfully handled
the difficultjob of tracking all Houston-area geologic events
and preparing! editing bibliographies and abstracts of HGS
"
1990-1991 HGS BULLETIN COMMITTEE
From left, 1st row, Jo Ann Locklin, Donna Fouch-Flores, Mary Jo Klosterman, George Kronman, Janet Bauder-Thornburg,
Sue van Gelder; 2nd row, from left, Larry Levy, Bill Eisenhardt, David Callaway, John Hefner, Mark Hodson, Nelson
Steenland, and Bill Roberts. Committee members not pictured include Lou Bertoli, Mindy Kronman, Donna Davis, Todd
Stephenson, Glenn Lowenstein, Sandi Barber and Hugh Hay-Roe.
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MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1991
at
THE HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE
and
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featuring
An Exclusive* HGS Showing of the Award Winning IMAX Film
with
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$25.00 PER PERSON
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8:15-8:45pm Awards Presentations in Museum
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Call HGS at 785-6402 to confirm receipt of your check.
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The advertisers in the Bulletin have been most
supportive. Without their advertising dollars, our Bulletin
would be almost impossible to print. The number of
advertisers in the ~ ~ lhas lrisen~ to~about
i 50
~ this year. A
complete listing of the companies who advertise with us is
given on the last page of each Bulletin. Please support
these companies and let them know that
saw their
advertisement in the HGS Bulletin.
There are a few people who deserve special recognition.
samPeppiatt has been most important in providing support,
advice, vision, and leadership to the Bulletin. J o Ann Locklin
and Sue van Gelder, 1991-92 HGS Bulletin Editor and
Editor-Elect, respectively, have been critical to the success
of the Bulletin. Both will be receiving the HGS
Award this month. Dick Bishop, last year.s HGS President,
offeredmuch needed advice and counsel at the beginning of
my tenure that proved to be instrumental
to the success of
the Bulletin. Tom Lapinski, my former supervisor at Amoco,
provided me with the support and freedom needed to get
the Bulletin done. Lastly, my thanks goes to my lovely wife
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for their
patience and
Lou Berfoli's help, the "Business of Geology" section has
become one of the most popular HGS Bulletin columns
Glenn Lowenstein and Bob Rieser have been instrumental
in finding outstanding environmental articles for publication.
Our Society is also indebted to John Hefner for his advice
and help with the Bulletin.
I wish express my aPPreciati0" '0 1' of the officers
and 'Ommittee
who have 'Ontributed
to the
Bulletin. Don Neville (Advertising), Bruce Falkenstein
(Membership), Jim Lantz (Continuing Education), Bob
Rieser (Environmental), Pinar Yilmaz (International) and
Pat Gordon (Technical Programs and HGS Vice-President)
have worked especially hard with the Bulletin Committee to
provide the HGS membership with interesting, up-to-date
thanks also goes to Barbara
Executive Committeeman, Ron Harlan, HGS President,
Denise
Treasurer* and Deet Schumacher (HGS
Past-President) for all their support, encouragement and
advice. The efforts of John Sauri, the 1988-89HGS Bulletin
Editor, were very important to the current success of the
Bulletin.
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Boyd, and the rest of the gang at Four Star Printing have
done a great job in printing the Bulletin this year.
Margaret Blake and Lisa Gibson at the HGS office have
also been very helpful with the Bulletin.
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HONORARY LIFE
AWARD 1990-1991
The Executive Board of the Houston Geological Society takes pleasure in announcing that Clyde Harrison and Richard
R. "Dick" McLeod have been elected Honorary Life Members. Honorary Life Membership is bestowed upon persons who
have distinguished themselves in the science of geology, or who have contributed outstanding service to the success and
welfareof this organization.A citation and plaque willbe presented to each at the June 10, 1991meeting.
CLYDE HARRISON
HONORARY
LIFE MEMBERSHIP
RICHARD R. McLEOD
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP
It is my distinct pleasure to be invited to highlight the distinguished
career of a fellow geologist
who just happens to be one
of my very close friends.
Clyde E. Harrison is, in
fact, a friend of many
geologists having spent
more than forty years as a
very active and special exploration geologist. I met
Clyde more than twenty
years ago at both University of Oklahoma Alumni
gatherings and Memorial
Drive Presbyterian Church activities where Clyde's terrific
wife Marilyn has also been quite active over the years. She
has been his great helpmate in Houston Geological Society
Auxiliary activities and is this years GCAGS Co-Chairman
of spouse activities while Clyde is President. When Dan
Smith, Mac McKinney and I got together to set up the
Management positions for this years GCAGS meeting in
October, Clyde was the,unanimous choice for President.
This position culminates an affiliation of which many HGS
members may not be aware. He was the 1973 GCAGS
General Chairman in Houston, Finance Committee Chairman in 1982, 83, 84 and Vice president last year (1990). His
counsel has been sought by Houston geologists over the
past 15 years concerning GCAGS matters. He received the
GCAGS Distinguished Service Award in 1985. When I was
HGS President in 1986-87, I invited him several times to run
one more time for the position of President elect. While
graciously declining, he was very helpful with suggestions
concerning those geologists who would be good HGS
officer candidates. He was one of the reasons I established
the President's Award in 1987. Let me list some of his other
professional credits. Clyde was an AAPG House of Delegates Houston member in 1976-78and then Vice Chairman
of the House of Delegates in 1978. He was Entertainment
Committee Chairman of the AAPG "Boomtown Blowout"
National Convention in 1979and Iwas privileged to work on
his committee. That may have been one of the greatest
.parties in the oil patch at the Albert Thomas Convention
Hall. It was certainly one of the greatest years for petroleum
geologists. Clyde Harrison chaired the HGS Entertainment
(continued on page 15)
Born and raised in
Jackson,
Mississippi,
Richard McLeod received
a B.S. degree in Geology
from Millsaps College in
1952. He attributes much
of his intense interest in
geology and resultant skills
to the late Dr. Richard
Priddy of that institution.
His professional career
be'gan with Gulf Oil Corporation in 1952 in Laurel,
Mississippi, with subsequent transfers to Gulf
offices in Shreveport and
Tallahassee. Following sixteen months' service in the Army,
he rejoined Gulf in Jackson where he was responsible for
the implementation of a Cenozoic subsurface study which
required the handling of a "great mass" of data. This
experience helped set the course of his career.
He was transferred to New Orleans in 1957, and spent
nine years working on the dev~lopment of a regional
stratigraphic system (to his knowledge the first corporate
use of sequence stratigraphy), which in turn resulted in the
first practical application of electronic data processing to
geological prospecting within the Gulf organization. He then
moved to the Houston headquarters of Gulf where he
introduced his methodology to other corporate offices
throughout the country. A series of management positions
in exploration and production followed, ending by his
retirement in 1985. Dick has been working as an independent geologist since.
A member of HGS for 26 years, Dick has served as
Treasurer, Placement Committee Chairman and Chairman
of the Research and Study Committee which published
"Typical Oil and Gas Fields of Southeast Texas - Volume 2".
He currently serves the society as an Executive Committee
member. In addition to his active support of the HGS, he
has served as Vice President of the New Orleans Geological
Society and editor of the Mississippi Geological Society
Newsletter. He is an active member of the AAPG and
SIPES.
Dick and his wife Dolores have been married for 38
years and have three children. Dolores is an active member
of the HGS Auxiliary.
ROBERT G. McKINNEY
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AWARD 1990-1991
The Executiue Board of the Houston Geological Society is pleased to announce that George Kronman has been elected
to receiue the Distinguished Seruice Award. This award was established to honor members who haue rendered long-term
and ualuable seruice to the Society. A citation and plaque will be presented at the June 10, 1991 meeting.
GEORGE KRONMAN
DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE AWARD
"I'll see what I can do"
ranged from monthly speaker awards, coordination of HGS
said George, and do he
judging at the Science Fair, coordination of HGS nomidid!
nations for AAPG and GCAGS awards, to coordinating all
George Kronman, this
the HGS awards and the HGS President's Dinner. Following
year's recipient of the
his chairmanship of the Awards Committee, George receivHouston
Geological
ed the HGS President's Award, from then HGS President
Society Distinguished SerDan Smith. George served four years as a trustee of the
vice Award is one of those
HGS Undergraduate ScholarshipFoundation. Two of those
individuals who doesn't say
years, he served as the Foundation's Secretary.
"no" or "I'm sorry but Ijust
George Kronman's service extends beyond the HGS
. don't have the time."
as he has linked his HGS work with the AAPG and
Today, most of us find ourGCAGS. In 1988, George joined forces with Deet Schuselves loaded down with
macher to co-coordinate judging for the AAPG Matson
responsibilities and it's diffiAward. In 1981-82, George served as associate editor for
cult to find that rare person
GCAGS. And don't be surprised to learn that George will
who is always willing to
be the Awards Chairman for the upcoming GCAGS
Convention in Houston.
give a hand. George Kronman is one of those rare people
who does take the time and with George, once he's
George's roots extend back to upstate New York
involved, amazing things happen!
where he received his Bachelors of Science in Geology,
George's involvement with the HGS started in a quiet
from the State University of New York at Cortland, in 1976.
way but has steamrolled into being one of the key elements
He completed his Masters of Science in Geology at the
State University of New York at Fredonia in 1979. Conin the communication lines of our Society. This June,
George Kronman completes his tenure as Editor of the
sidering further education, George did post-graduate studies
HGS Bulletin. You'll find his name in small print buried in the
at Vanderbilt University from 1978 through 1980. While at
Bulletin, but what George and his committee have done for
Vanderbilt, George was employed by the Tennessee
our Bulletin is by no means a small nor insignificant result.
Divisionof Geologywhere he.did surface fieldmapping.In
While editor, George has brought to the Bulletin more
1980, George left Tennessee to take a geological position
articles addressing technical items, career development and
with Amoco Production Company, where he is currently
business strategies. These quality articles have increased
employed. Although the majority of George's career as an
the value of our Bulletin to us, it's readers. George has also
explorationist has concentrated on U.S. plays, George has
moved several times between domestic and international
changed the Bulletin layo)Jt and formatting making it easier
for us to read. But something George has added is an item
assignments. To broaden his background, George attended
you won't see in print. This is his enthusiasm and desire to
night school at the Universityof Houston and completed an
M.B.A. in Finance in 1987.
make our Bulletin the best possible. It's his "let me see what I
can do" attitude which keeps him continuously developing
Outside of the geological world, George and his wife,
new ways to improve what we have. George isn't the kind of
Mindy, are the parents of three small children, Rachel, age 8,
guy who willallow us to pat only him on the back. If you talk
Sammy, age 6, and Michael, age 2. Mindy just completed her
to George, he'll tell you its the Bulletin staff that keeps the
M.B.A. at Rice University.
ship afloat, but no ship sails the straight course without its
When you put this entire story together you have to
captain.
wonder how one person can juggleallthe responsibilitiesof
Prior to his tenure as Bulletin Editor, George has
full-time job demands, a young family, and still devote
served the HGS as a member of the Boy Scouts (Explorers)
multiplehours of volunteer effortto the Houston Geological
Committee, chairman of the HGS Awards Committee and
Society. We are grateful to rare individuals like George
as both a secretary and trustee of the HGS Undergraduate
Kronman who have the "I'll see what Ican do" attitude for all
Scholarship Foundation. The hours of service that George
they DO contribute to the HGS. A portion of this award we
has willinglygiven are countless. With the Explorer Troop,
extend to Mindy for her support and assistance in helping
he introduced teenagers to new aspects of the geological
George juggle these multiple responsibilities.
world through weekly meetings and weekend geological
The Society is pleased to present George Kronman
field trips. As chairman of the Awards Committee (1986-88),
with this years Distinguished Service Award and by the
George filled one of those "behind the scene" multitask
way THANKS George!
B. P. BENTLEY
roles that keeps the society going. His responsibilities
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PRESIDENT'S AWARDS
1990-1991
Each year, certain individuals stand outfor their efforts and their unique contributions to the presidency of the Houston
Geological Society. Those designated by the president are cited for continuing excellence or for a one-time contribution. It is
intended that this award be an expression of the President's esteem and appreciation. In order to maintain a high standard
for the award, no more than five awards can be given in anyone year, and Executiue Board approval is required. These
awards will be presented at the June 10, 1991 meeting.
The President's Awards were established in 1987 by President Chuck Noll to recognize especially significant service to
the Houston Geological Society. This year the awardees are:
John Chronic
Andrew
Susan M. van Gelder
John Chronic:
John Chronic is in his 4th year as chairman of the
Academic Liaison Committee. He coordinates the activities
of over 30 committee members as they visit and discuss
geology with students from many local schools. John is also
a member of the AAPG Education Committee.
Jo Ann Locklin
Jo Ann Locklin:
Jo Ann Locklin is being presented the President's
Award for her contributions to the society as a member of
the Bulletin Committee. Jo Ann has been a member of the
Bulletin Committee since 1989 and is currently a candidate
for HGS Editor, 1991-1992.
Susan M. van Gelder:
Sue van Gelder is the Managing Editor of the HGS
Bulletin Committee for 1990-1991. She has been involved
with the Bulletin since 1988 and is currently a candidate for
the position of HGS Editor-Elect, 1991-1992.
Robert B. Rieser:
Bob Rieser is chairman of the Environmental and
Engineering Committee of the HGS. During Bob's tenure as
chairman, the Environmental/Engineering Committee has
obtained many quality speakers for meetings, arranged
environmentally related geologic field trips for HGS, and
increased committee participation at the Science and
Engineering Fair of Houston.
Andrew C. Lattu:
Andy Lattu is chairman of the newly formed Permian
Basin/Mid-Continent Explorationists group of HGS. Andy
arrived in Houston in 1988 and noticed a lot of Permian
Basin and Midcontinent explorationists working here due to
the consolidation of the oilindustry. He convinced the HGS
of the need for a Permian Basin/Mid-Continent group and
officiallystarted group meetings in 1990.
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EARTH SCIENCE TEACHER
AWARD 1990-1991
The Executive Board of the Houston Geological Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Linda B. Knight has been
elected to receive the 1990-1991 Earth Science Teacher Award. This newly created award was established to honor the
efforts of earth science teachers from junior and senior high schools in the Houston area. A citation, plaque, and cash award
will be presented at the June 10, 1991 meeting.
.
LINDA B. KNIGHT
EARTH SCIENCE
TEACHER
AWARD
Dr. Linda Knight
earned a B.A. in English
Literature
from Knox
College, IL, an M.A.T. in
Earth Science and an Ed.D.
in Science Education from
Indiana University. Dr.
Knight has been working in
. the public school forum for
many years, teaching
earth, life,physical, and exploratory science courses.
She joined the Houston
Independent School District eight years ago and
has been teaching
at
Revere Middle School for the past three years. Contributions to teacher education programs include conducting
workshops, university science courses, and seminar
programs. Her involvement in professional teaching
organizations includes serving as past President of the
Texas Earth Science Teachers Association and as a member
of the convention planning committee for the National
Science Teachers Association.
Dr. Knight's experience in curriculum writing is extensive, including co-authoring an earth science textbook for
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich and developing topographic
models for Ward's Natural Science. She has received a
Houston Business Committee for Educational Excellence
Mini-grant, four IMPACT II Developers Grants for instructional units, and was recognized through the Business
Week Award for Instructional Innovation. She was awarded
the 1990 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and
Mathematics Teaching and the 1990 Geological Society of
America's Excellence in Earth Science Teaching Award.
CLYDE HARRISON,
spent at Oklahoma Baptist University and in the Navy, he
finished his college career at the University of Oklahoma in
1949 with a degree in Geology. He has been a strong O.U.
supporter over the years. His bloodline is definitely "Big
Red". He spent 23 years with Conoco being located at
Midland, Wichita Falls, Shreveport, Lafayette, and Houston.
He was Division Geologist (1958) at the early age of 31 in
Wichita Falls. In Houston he was Regional (Chief) Geologist
of the CAGC Marine Region, Gulf of Mexico 1969-76when
he retired after 23 years. Not known to be the idle type,
Clyde's second career started by forming a partnership,
O'Donohoe and Harrison Exploration Company and
Rockashaw Petroleum, Inc., which performed consulting
services for various clients. Clyde can claim discoveries in a
number of counties in Texas and Louisiana and he became a
full-time Oil and Gas Consultant after which he became
affiliated with Lignum Oil Company (pearson P.L.C.
subsidiary) serving as Exploration Manager from 1983-89.
He worked for Boston Company Energy Advisors and most
recently U. S. Exploration Company. He is active in SIPES,
he is a Certified Petroleum Geologist (DPA), has been
active in AIPG and is a long time active member of the
Petroleum Club of Houston.
In summary, Clyde Harrison is a special cut above the
average exploration Geologist and he has lived an admirable
and exemplary lifestyle of which all of us can be proud. He is
the type of person for whom Honorary Life Memberships
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We have finished another season of International
Explorationists meetings with the usual wide variety of talks
representing industry, academia and consultants in the
area. We hope to maximize attendance at future meetings
by resurrecting our old reservations policy of using company
representatives, as well as Margaret at the HGS office, as
reservation contacts. As you look at the attendance figures,
one can see how an extra effort by the representatives helps
out. Here are additional representatives whom we would
like to thank, who were inadvertently left out from last
month's column.
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The 1990-91season started with the September talk on
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of Exploration Associates International of Texas, and was
attended by 77 people. The October talk given by Gerry
Genik of Exxon International covered the Rift basins of
Chad and Surrounding Areas and was attended by 106
people. Our November meeting was disappointing since it
was the night before Thanksgiving and the attendance of 40
was a reflection of the holiday rather than the quality of the
talk on Tectonics and Stratigraphic Framework of the
Eastern Yellow Sea Basin given by Joe Lambiase of
Marathon Oil. January 1991 started with a presentation on
the Structure of the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia by
Carlos Dengo of Exxon Production Research Company
and attendance was at 112. The February talk was on the
Role of Vertical Oil/Gas Migration by Chris Pratsch,
Consultant and was attended b579. Our March presentation on Stratigraphic Development of Proto-South Atlantic
Rifting in Cabinda, Angola by Tim McHargue of Chevron
Overseas & Rice University was attended by 103 people.
Our May presentation was on Geologic evolution and
hydrocarbon prospects of the Gafsa Trough of Central
Tunisia by Steve Schamel of Earth Sciences & Resources
Institute, University of South Carolina.
Several members have donated books and journals to
the International Group to be sent to Eastern European
Geological libraries. These have been collected and will be
on their way once all the customs procedures are completed. Many thanks to those who volunteered for this
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GEOTALES FROM FAR A WAY
GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS
Three Short Stories
By P. J. Shannon, Consultant
to their relief, I thought. Then the two of us set off walking
toward another village.
We walked and conversed for a while; he told me that
he had been an Olympic wrestler (the Turks' national sport)
as a youth, and had then travelled a bit. He was now mayor
of the village.
After we were well out of sight of the other villagers, he
apologized for their frightened actions and explained that he
understood our petroleum exploration work and bade me
go safely with Allah back to our field camp. The moral that I
took from this adventure was that big men who are not
afraid of you are a lot less dangerous than little men who are!
When you are doing field geology, hazards come in
many unexpected forms, a s the following true tales make
clear.
THE DAY OF THE AXES
In the field season of 1955, the Esso Rover Boy's field
party was traversing the creeks in the southern part of the
Thrace Basin of Turkey, doing, more detailed reconnaissance-type work than usual. As you will recall, Thrace is
the European part of Turkey, north of the Dardanelles-Sea
of Marmara Bosphorus. To the north lies Bulgaria, which at
that time was a bulwark of communism, and to the west is
Greece, which has always been at odds with the Turks. As a
result of persistent government propaganda about the
dangers of communists and other spies, the local people
were quite suspicious of foreigners.
S o one fine summer day I was down in a creek cut,
measuring the dip with my Brunton compass, chipping off
rock samples, making notes in my field book, and minding
my own business, when I became aware that I had been
quietly surrounded by a band of about 40 villagers, all
wielding axes. Some were concealed behind bushes and
trees and rocks, and others were in the open. I was surely
trapped. They had decided that this obvious foreigner was
probably a spy, and it was their patriotic duty to capture him
and haul him in to the local police authorities.
No amount of explanation that I was on official business
exploring for oil, and how beneficial it was to their country
that we find oil, would allay their suspicions. Nor would my
official documents replete with seals, stamps and signatures
convince them of my innocence, (they probably could not
readvery well, either, since they kept turning the documents
around).
S o we set off walking toward the nearest village, which
was about 5 km away - me, surrounded by the band of
ax-wielding farmers. It was only then that I became aware
that I, at six feet, was much taller than the villagers, and that
they, though armed, were somewhat afraid of me, because
of my size as well as my obvious spy potential.
About halfway to the village we came across a villager
coming out to meet us. He was obviously known to my
captors as someone of authority in the village. But what
seemed to me of greater import: he was as tall a s I, and
consequently was not awed by my stature, even though he
had no ax.
After a bit of discussion amongst themselves, the band
of ax-wielders turned me over to the big man, who assured
them that he would take care of the stranger - somewhat
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"...measuring the dip with my Brunton ... I became
aware that I had been quietly surrounded by a
band of about 40 villagers..."
A RURAL FEAST
Jaime Gallo, a Colombian geologist, and for many
years field party chief working for Intercol, recounted this
true happening that took place in the Eastern Cordillera of
the Andes in Colombia, in about'1970. Jaime tells of the
night that he and his party got too far away from their base
camp and had to appeal to the hospitality of the local
farmers for a place to spend the night.
Now this is not your run-of-the mill story of the
travelling geologist and the farmer's daughter; but rather, it
is the tale of the supper that the lady of the house prepared
for them. The principal dish was chicken, which they ate
with gusto by candlelight.
It was only the next morning, after paying for their
board and lodging and thanking the lady for her hospitality,
that they came across a pile of bones and feathers out
behind the house. These showed conclusively that the
chicken they had s o enjoyed, and whose bones they had s o
hungrily gnawed the night before, was actually a vulture.
THE NIGHT OF THE CAMELS
It had been a long, hot, dusty field season in the desert
of southeastern Turkey that summer of 1954, and the Esso
Rover Boys - hardened field geologists, young bachelors
all - felt that they deserved some rest and relaxation. We
therefore decided to sample the tourist attractions of the
town of Gaziantep, which had been described to us in
glowing terms by one of the local villagers a s "Paradise." We
weren't sure if he was thinking of the Koranic version of
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So, getting into the spirit of the occasion, we bought a
bottle of champagne for the ladies. We could see that the
waiter surreptitiously shook the bottle a bit backstage
before bringing it out - to make sure that the cork would
provide a properly impressive pop. Then, after the ladies
had their glasses filled, the music began, to which they
clapped in time and sang in unison, toasting the audience
with the champagne, and favoring us with their smiles. And
s o the evening passed.
Of course, being young and optimistic, we kept at this
for a considerable time, hoping that something more than a
smile would materialize. But after eating, and downing
numerous rounds of drinks, we were finally forced to
conclude that nothing else would be forthcoming. So,
having had more rounds than we probably should have, we
decided to abandon the pleasure palace and Gaziantep
itself, and follow our usual custom of retiring to the open
country outside of town, to set up our nightly fieldcamp. We
piled out of the local night club and into our jeep station
wagons, which we had left parked at the curb right in front of
the cabaret.
Unbeknown to us, local pranksters had hooked the
front winch cable of the second jeep to the back bumper of
the first. As Dave Kingston and Abdullah Gurun took off in
the first jeep they were closely followed by the second, with
the driver honking his horn and yelling to get them to stop.
They misunderstood, thinking him under the influence, and
roared on through the darkened town, around the street
corners with jeep number two careening madly behind.
Paradise, or perhaps (as we suspected) something a little
less spectacular; but we decided to have a shot at it anyway.
That summer evening we accordingly pulled up in front
of what one might call the local emporium of pleasure. This
was a place across the street from the Gul Palace Oteli
(Rose Palace Hotel) that must certainly have been called a
night club - or the Turkish version of something French
such a s "Moulin Rouge" or "Folies Bergere."
"That summer evening ...we pulled up in front of
what one might call the local emporium of
pleasure."
Anyway, it turned out to be a large open-air courtyard
surrounded by a wall eight feet high. Once inside, we sat
around one of the many tables and ordered something to
drink. Buzbag red wine, Kavaklidere white wine, and
Portakal Suvn Ve Vodka (a Screwdriver made with canned
orange juice) were the staples. All the other customers, like
us, seemed to be men. The center of attention was a lighted
stage up at one end of this courtyard; seated across this
stage were about a dozen attractive ladies who, we assumed,
would be in charge of whatever entertainment might be
forthcoming. We quickly discovered, however, that the sole
pleasure dispensed by these charmers consisted of smiles,
beamed in the general direction of whichever patrons
deigned to treat them to a bottle of champagne.
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A policeman passing by finally stopped the parade and
we found out about disturbing the peace, lax police patrols,
hooliganism, a n d other subjects. Eventually we were told t o
leave town, which is what we had been trying t o d o all along.
W e drove north out of town about 15 km on o n e of the main
dirt roads, a n d then turned off across the desert. T h e area
was full of big basalt boulders; we wended our way through
this maze.
It was, of course, rather late at night by this time, and
o u r selection of a campsite alongside the road was not a s
good a s it might have been had we done this by daylight.
Nevertheless we managed to travel a few kilometers from
the road a n d c a m e across a n area with a beautiful wide open
space, which was ideal for the purpose. We set up our
folding c o t s with sleeping bags under the stars, a s we usually
did, and very quickly were in bed and peacefully asleep ...
dreaming, naturally, of the adventures that might have
ensued, had the evening developed a s hoped.
For my part. I was dreaming that o n e of those delightful
ladies had come to me. T h e dream progressed to the point
that the iady was actually kissing me. Then it c a m e to me,
even in my dream: that the situation was somehow more
rea!istic than any dream should be. At that point I woke
abruptly and realized that I was not being kissed by one of
the lovely G a z i a n t e ~girls, but rather, by a camel standing
alongside my carnpcot. This, however, was only part of a
scenario developing through our entire campsite. Numerous
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camels milled around our strewn-out cots; excited cameldrivers were running about waving their sticks a n d shouting
things. All of this, of course, resulted in everybody in our
group, with heavy heads and broken dreams, strugglingout
of bed to slip into boots o r whatever we could get on in a
hurry, and try to sort out what was happening.
It was only then that we discovered, through the help of
our able interpreters and field assistants (and our own
limited knowledge of Turkish), that this beautiful, wide,
cleared-out camping area that we had selected was actually
part of the main camel-caravan trail into Gaziantep. The
camels and their drivers who h a d blundered into our
campsite were carrying wares for the weekly open-air
bazaar that was scheduled to begin the next day in town.
If o n e now wishes t o put a moral to this narrative, we
might conclude by observing that in this life and this world,
neither cabarets nor campsites a r e necessarily what they
appear to be.
About the author: Pat Shannon got h ~ sB.A. 111
Geology from T C U and his M.S. from the University of
Oklahoma. In 1954 he joined Exxon a s a Rover Boy. H e
spent 25 years overseas with different Exxon affiliates. Smce
1986 h e has been a consultant in Houston, specializing in
remote sensing and photogeology
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FEATURE ARTICLE
T H E GIN1 (WILCOX) FIELD,
FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS
By John B. Westmoreland
AOP 1 ISIS well. This gas cap well had an absolute open flow
potential of 54,000 MCFGPD from performations at 55085534'. The honor for this discovery goes to Mr. Jim Mulligan
with LARUE, MOORE, and SCHAFER, INC.
Much of the field was encompassed by leases held by
the existing Austin Chalk production. HECl scrambled to
recomplete the HECI 1 and 2 NANA as viable oil completions and the Gini (Wilcox)Field was declared an associated
reservoir. As a result, the AOP 1 ISIS, which had produced
414,907 MCF and 5,075 BC in five months was shut-in to
conserve reservoir energy and prevent migration of oil into
the gas cap portion of the reservoir. Additional development
has resulted in 24 oil completions and the one associated gas
well which together have delineated the field boundaries.
The Gini (Wilcox) Field is three miles long and an average
4000 feet wide, having an areal extent of approximately
1,500 acres.
INTRODUCTION
The Gini (Wilcox) Field is located in the William Nabors
Survey, Abstract-251, and the Henry Craig Survey,
Abstract-148, in northern Fayette County, Texas (Fig. 1).
Although several Austin Chalk wells penetrated the
shallower Gini Wilcox Sand as early as 1981, the field was
overlooked until June of 1985, with the recompletion of the
GEOLOGIC SETTING
The Gini (Wilcox) Field produces from a specific
heterogenous member of the Lower Wilcox Group. The
Gin, Wilcox Sand is a lateral accretion point bar of a
distributary channel in the updip depositional regime. The
field lies east of the San Marcos Arch within the Colorado
Delta, part of the ancestral Rockdale Deltaic System
(Fisher, et a/., 19691.
Deltaic reservoirs have been cited as one of the most
common and prolific in occurrence (Berg, 1986). Abundant
deltaic lignites, shales and clean sands occur within cycles of
deposition. These cycles represent transitional processes
indicative of the lower deltaic plain classification of distributary channels offered by LeBlanc. In this classification,
deposition occurs in channels as well as lateral accretion of
point bars. Natural levees are maintained contemporaneous
with channel deposition. Marsh, lacustrine, tidal channels
and tidal flats characterize the interdistributary areas. All of
this fits into the larger category of a cuspate arcute delta
(LeBlanc, 1972).
Gini IWilcoxl FieM
Fayette Co.
STRUCTURE AND STRATIGRAPHY
The arcuate point bar accumulation deposited on
regional monoclinal dip is a classic stratigraphic trap. The
Type Log Display (Fig. 2) contains sections of the HECI 1,
RUSSELL NEEL and HECI 5-A, GEORGE HAYS. These
logs are typical of the heterogeneity and lenticularity of the
Gini Wilcox Sand. Both logs show the Upper Lignite and
Lower Lignite which vertically bound the Gini Wiicox Sand
interval. Within the Sand interval the logs and sidewall core
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HECI 1 ALBERT LUECKE
analysis give evidence of shale, silty sand, clean sand, finegrained sand, and some calcareous streaks. Permeabilities
range from zero to as high as 2 darcies.
The Structure Map: Top of the Wilcox (5500') Sand
(Fig. 3) shows the Gini (Wilcox) Field with a dip rate just
slightly less than that of regional dip. Dip is down to the ESE
with regional strike NE-SW. The well control and proprietary seismic data available have allowed the cutbank
edge of the distributary channel or zero line of the Gini
Wilcox Sand to be established in the position indicated on
the map. This cutbank edge provides the lateral updip trap
on the north, northwest, and western edges of the field. The
Gini Wilcox Sand is wet downdip. The original gas/oil and
oillwater contacts of -5,226' and -5,275, respectively, are
shown a s dashed lines. Well symbols with a circle around
them indicate these wells were carried on the field proration
schedule at the time the maps were constructed.
The average net sand thickness depicted on the Net
Sand Isopach (Fig. 4) is 54 feet. Shale lenses were systematically removed from the gross sand interval to produce the
net sand thicknesses contoured on this map. The Gini
Wilcox Sand approached its thickest limits in a band close
to, but not immediately in contact with, the cutbank edge.
Large variations in net sand are evident from one well to the
next within the field, such as in ttie:
HECI 1-A GEORGE HAYS
HECI2 NANA
HECI 2-A JENNIFER
HECI 4-A JENNIFER
WCS2
WCS3
SCHULTZ
SCHULTZ
An important morphological feature is the arcuate
anomaly manifested in the 24 feet of net sand in the HECI
4-A JENNIFER, the 38 feet of net sand in the HECI 3-A
JENNIFER, and the 37 feet of net sand in the AOP 2
FREEMAN. Comparison of these and adjacent well logs
with others in the field indicates that at some time
subsequent to the deposition of the point bar, an erosional
force such as storm runoff or perhaps normal but rerouted
channel flow eroded a channel in this location. This eroded
channel was later filled with sand and shale lenses. Although
this channel fill has a higher concentration of shale than the
rest of the point bar, there is no evidence that this feature
forms a competent barrier to effectively separate the
HECl
1 RUSSELL NEEL
HECl
5-A GEORGE HAVS
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0
0,
Figure 2. Type Log Display
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Lignite. The AOP 1 FRANCIS WITHERS and the AOP 1
ISIS demonstrate the relative conditions observed between
updip wells beyond the cutbank edge and wells within the
Gini (Wilcox)Field. The two-dimensional component of the
erosional feature identified as an arcuate anomaly in the
isopach maps is evident in the HECI 4-A JENNIFER.
reservoir. The Gross Sand Isopach (Fig. 5) reflects the same
feature seen in the Net Sand Isopach.
Additional mapping (not shown), such as the Net Gas
Sand Isopach, depicts the gas cap geometrically as it
wedges out downdip against the gas/oil contact as encountered at the top of the clean sand. The updip boundary,
as in the Net Sand Isopach, is provided by the cutbank edge
of the Gini Wilcox Sand. The Net Oil Sand Isopach identifies
the oil reservoir as it wedges out downdip against the
oillwater contact as encountered at the top of the clean
sand, and as it wedges out updip against the gas/oil contact
as encountered at the base of the clean sand. The gas/oil
contact (top/clean Sand) and the oil/water contact (base/clean sand) criss-cross one another within the boundaries of
this "NET OIL SAND WEDGE," thus demonstrating the
unconformable nature of the datums, base of the Wilcox
(5500') Sand and the top of the Wilcox (5500') Sand.
The cross-section C - C' (Fig. 6) is a six-well exhibit
depicting the updip pinchout of the Gini Wilcox Sand and
the convergence of the Upper Lignite with the Lower
METHODOLOGY
The reserves for the Gini (Wilcox) Field are based in
part upon net acre-feet of pay. This was derived by digitizing
all well logs in the field beginning in the base of the Upper
Lignite continuing down through the pay section to the
Lower Lignite. Water samples were obtained from a number
of wells and a field1wide average Rw of 0.035 ohms was
agreed upon. The basic Archie equation was used to solve
for water saturation.
GEQ H1 BRAZEALE
Figure 3. Structure Map: Top of the Wilcox (5500') Sand
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A cementation factor (m) of 2 was selected. Water
saturations were calculated for each one foot interval and
tabulated for each well log. The tabulated columns were
then marked with the corresponding original gas/oil and
oil/water contacts. A comparison was then made of the
sidewall core analysis, the open hole logs, and the tabulated
data to obtain a reasonable cutoff value for porosity and
water saturation for counting net sand. Numerous instances were noted which indicated that reasonably accurate
arbitrary cutoff values for porosity and water saturation
were unobtainable. One reason for this is the fact that the
resistivity of the shale is greater than that of a clean sand
containing oil or water. Additionally, there were instances of
porosity and resistivity tabulations which, with the resulting
water saturations, indicated net feet of gas pay. These
tabulations were of intervals above the subsea datum
corresponding to the gas/oil contact. However, comparison
of these same intervals with the sidewall core data indicate
little or no permeability. This seems to hinge upon the
content and resistivity of the shale.
Figure 4
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Ultimately, specific determinations were made in the
same way for each successive well log in the Gini (Wilcox)
Field and net feet of pay was derived for each well. The net
feet of oil and gas pay was then mapped and planimetered.
The results of this method were in close agreement with
studies performed by other engineering groups with classical
methods.
RESERVES
The Gini (Wilcox) Field has recoverable reserves of an
estimated 4.8 million STB and 33 BCF of gas. Cumulative
production to date is 2.3 million barrels of oil and 1.8BCF of
gas. The solution gas-oil ratio for the reservoir is 600
SCF/STB. The field has a strong water influx which has
maintamed the reservoir pressure within 100 PSIG of the
original reservoir pressure of 2,332 PSIG (Chandler, et al.,
1990).Studies conducted by M. S. McKaye (1989)"indicate
some u~ellsin the Gini (Wilcox) Field exhibit rate sensitivity
due to the 44 pound differential between the oriqinal
(continued on page 39)
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HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL
A UXlLIAR Y
As President of the Houston Geological Auxiliary, I
wish t o welcome members t o an exciting a n d entertaining
year for 1991-1992. First Vice-president Joyce Champeny is
already engaged in planning parties a n d programs with her
committees. T o give you a hint of what is in store, 1 can tell
you we will meet at the lovely Junior League in September
where party co-chairmen G w e n Caussey and Bettie
McFarlan will present Dolores Humphrey in scenes from
"Anastasia".
G w e n Caussey has assumed duties a s Editor of The
Eclectic Log, t h e H G A newsletter. S h e c a n b e reached at
850-7654 if you have news t o b e included in our August
issue.
Let me tell you a bit about the HGA. O u r purpose is
two-fold: t o encourage social relations among our members
and t o assist the Houston Geological Society in whatever
manner they shall request. T h e latter includes aiding the
H G S office staff from time t o time, assisting with name tags
and tickets at the annual H G S Shrimp Peel a n d most
importantly, contributing t o the H G S Scholarship Fund.
Since t h e H G S now has a membership of over 5000, we
know there are many eligible spouses who have not yet
joined the Auxiliary. W e ask you t o show this BulIetin t o
your s p o u s e and encourage membership in the HGA. Any
women who are members of t h e H G S are also eligible for
membership. T o b e included in our Year Book, our annual
d u e s of $10 should b e paid by July 1. A check made o u t to
H G A should be sent with the completed form below to:
Mrs. Keith Hawkins
H G A Membership Chairman
2515 Anniston
Newcomers t o the H G A are then eligible for member^
ship in Geo-Wives, a smaller group which meets monthly
and is led by President Lois Matuszak.
We look forward to helping you find new friends and
renewing acquaintances with old friends.
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CALENDAR of EVENTS
JUNE
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TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
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SKEET SHOOT
American Shooting
Center
AWG
"Pot L u r k "
Party
1IPKO Annudl Mrermg, A u s l ~ nJune
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GUEST NIGHT
DINNER MEETING
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M u s e u m Nat. Hist.
U H G e o l Alurnnl
Assr,r L u n c h e m
A A P G SI h l x l . Ed Capen "Managing R ~ s k " J. u n e 1 1 14
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GEO-EVENTS
MEETINGS
AAPG School, Ed C a p e n , B o b Meplii a n d Peter Rose,
"Evaluating a n d Managing Petroleum Risk". Adanis Mark
Hotel, J u n e 11-14.
AAPG Short Course, Larry Lakc? a n d Norman
Wardlaw, "How Rock a n d Reservoir Properiies Determine
Oil Recovery", J u n e 24-26.
IN H O I J S T O N
AWG "Pot Luck" Party, Anglia Sweet's H o m e , 2:00
p.m., J u n e :' iCall Florence Arya 496-0864).
H G S Guest Night Dinner, M u s e u m o l Natural
History. Wort h a m IMAX T h e a t e r , "Seasons", 6:OO-10:OO
p . m . , J u n e 10.
OTHER EVENTS
H G S 9th Annual Skeet S h o o t , American Shooting
C e n t e r , 16500 Westheimer Parkway, J u n e 1.
UH Geological Alumni Association Luncheon,
Petroleum Club, 11:45 a . m . , J u n e 12.
NOTE:
SlPES Luncheon, L e n a G u e r r e r o , Petroleum Club,
1 1:30 a.m., J u n e 20.
Julv Events:
AAPG C o m p u t e r Mapping a n d Contouring
Module Short Course, July 8-12.
Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Billings, July
28-3 1.
SEG Research Workshop, Adam's Mark Hotel, S t .
Louis, July 28-Aug. 1.
AROUND THE COUNTRY
TlPRO Annual Meeting, Austin, T e x a s , J u n e 2-4.
SPWLA Annual Meeting, Midland, J u n e 15-19,
S C H O O L S A N D FIELD TRIPS
August Events:
Gulf C o a s t SEPM Research C o n f e r e n c e ,
"Sequence Stratigraphy a s a n Exploration Tool", Adam's
Mark, J u n e 2 ~ 5 .
SEPM Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, Aug.
15-18.
H G S Astroworld Days, Aug. 24-25.
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COMMITTEE N E W S
M E M B E R S H I P INCREASES BY 20% TO 5500
AFTER T H E TWO-YEAR M E M B E R S H I P DRIVE
My term a s Membership Chairman is now over, after
two successful years helping t o build the world's largest
local geological society. Many changes have been made
over the two years, all designed to streamline the way we
deal with each of you. T h e most significant change is the
increase in size of the H G S , from 4600 two years a g o t o
nearly 5500 today. Organizing and implementing the
membership dl-iveshas been a great experience for m e , but
i*;i)st rewarding has been seeing the increased enthusiasm
for the H G S developing within the society over the past two
years. These changes will eventually mean improved
services for you and m e , and a more stable society. T w o
years ago, there was a feeling that the 4-year decline in
mer~lbershipwould continue and further weaken the HGS,
but that is no longer in the HGS's future. I have been happy
to have devoted my efforts t o you and the HGS. and wish
you and the H G S many years of continued success.
The 1991-1992 Dues Invoice is arriving in your mailbox
within the week. The Membership Committee had to work
hard over thc last two years reminding hundreds of you to
pay, and it's easier for everyone if you would pay imniedidtriy upon recelvlng the Invotce. If yoci don't get one. please
c d ! qur off~ceat 785-6402 s o that we car1 check your
clddress T h e d ~ l e sare such a small amount thdt e v e r v o w
should have n o problem renewing. Without continued
iinancial sllp;,ort, the many services available 10 you might
be s e v e r e l ~curtailed or eliminated.
The men;lwt.ship drive contest is now complete. T h e
winners o f the drawing and especially the winners of the four
tl-avel awards will be known by the time you read this. hut
their names will be announced in the September Bulletin.
Presentation of the travel awards will be made o n Guest
Night o n J u n e 10.
T h e three members who have endorsed the most new
members this year have been Dietmar Schumacher, Robert
K . Johnson, and Gerald Cooley. They cun~ulativelyadded
nearly 80 new members to the H G S in only one year.
The donors of the awards have been very loyal and
generous supporters of the HGS. O u r Society is lucky t o
have businesses in Houston that are willing to give their
services for free to help u s build a stronger Society. Special
thanks go out t o all the donors.
Several companies have been very outstanding, and some
industries a r e becoming more dominant within the H G S
than ever before. Many members a r e now working in the
environmental segment o f geology, indicating a noticeable
shift within our profession since 1986. Membership statistic.^
wili be published in a future Bulletin.
Finally, I'd like t o express my dppreciation anti say
thanks to those who helped the Membel-ship Coinnli'ie'
this year. They have worked hard all yedr and hdve no! w e n
bee11 eligiblc to win any of t h prizes
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offered this yeal-.
Mike Deming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amocc!
S . Kumar Bhattacharjee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SlTA
Jeff Waiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sdme&ar-i
Ben Winkleman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arco
Jim W e b b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B P America
Marilyn Taygi Cisar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shell
Robert Fryklund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ameradil Hesa
Mike D e m ~ n gwill be taking over the CI:airmanshi;, ior
the next two years. He will need your help. If you're
intetcsteci ill z,ssi;!ir?g him with the ~ c . ~ ! ~ n i i t tpic.~sc~
e c , ,:dl
him at Arxoco. 556-2030.The re.1 of the committee ~ i i also
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continue o n , s o you iciil get t h r same <;?!-eats ~ .ice
t
i , c ' t i ' . creceived over the lasi lwo years.
Milie is ~ ( , ) f i t i ~ - ~(~h.ei ::l~gw ~ i ~(of. ciHGS
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pins f o ~< l i ;
those who c~ndorsethree new inrn~l-wrs.Nrarly l C C i I ~ : . ::>
have been awarded ovei ilte last tiv:) y e ~ r s .Wil<iri
atfend the mce!ings c~ro~ir:d
t o ~ ~ yo~i
t i . will b e I>et~tl:. i o
idenlify key supporters of the H G S
Best Regards,
BRUCE A. FALKENSTEIN
H G S Membership Chairmnn
C O N T I N U I N G E D U C A T I O N COMMITTEE
T h e Continuing Education Committee completed a
successful 1990-91 schedule o n April 19 with the return of
Urban Allen's "Trap Analysis of Faults" workshop given for
40 participants at the Shell training center. T h e same
workshop was given in October t o a sell-out audience.
Other courses offered by the committee this year included
"Geological considerations in horizontal drilling," by S a d a
Joshi with Clay Durham (September), a three-evening
resume writing workhsop led by Dan Hogan in c o n ) ~ ~ n c t i o n
with the Personnel Placement Committee (November),
"Mastery of Learning" weekend workshop by Chris Welsh
(February), a t w o ~ d a yclimate modeling workshop by Eric
Barron (February), and two workshops o n sequence stratigraphy led by J o h n Van Wagoner (March).
T h e Continuing Education C o n ~ m i t t e eorganizes highquality short course programs at the lowest reasonable cost
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Continental Airlines
Las Alamedas
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Armondo's
American Airlines
Magic Island
Westin Hotels
La T o u r D'Argent
Italian Cavatore
O n c e again, corporate participation has played an
important role in the success of the membership drive.
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on subjects which may not be widely available elsewhere.
Our emphasis this year has been on quality and teaching.
We wish to thank attendees for their strong positive
feedback received for spring courses led by Chris Welsh,
Eric Barron, John Van Wagoner and Urban Allen.
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Sandstone deposition for students and professors only,
led by Rufus J. LeBlanc. (Saturday)
Other Plans:
Future plans include a possible September program
covering basic petroleum geology for landmen. In addition,
Henry Posamentier of Exxon will be offering a sequence
stratigraphy workshop in November focusing on deeper
water marine sediments. The Environmental Committee is
planning two evening programs this fall on the subject of
hazardous waste. Finally, a tentative half-day short course
on the geology of Venus arranged through NASA is being
planned in conjunction with the February, 1992 Southcentral GSA convention in Houston. Watch for details of
upcoming courses in the September Bulletin, and register
early to avoid space limitations.
The committee members thank you for your support
and we welcome your input and feedback.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Florence Arya
Marc Heisinger
John Biancardi
Frank Huber
Bill Burkman
Ann Martin
Jack Burgess
Synthia Smith
Dave Fontaine
Colin Stabler
Zubair Haq (Environmental Committee rep.)
JIM LANTZ
Chairman
Support the GCAGS
The HGS Continuing Education Committee will
sponsor the following five short courses as part of the
GCAGS convention this October in Houston. The courses
will be held on Wednesday, October 16 or Saturday,
October 19.
State-of-the-art seismic technology, 1991, by Norman
Neidell, focusing on seismic definition of reservoirs and
hydrocarbon effects. (Wednesday)
Fracture identification and interpretation workshop,
organized by Florence Arya, including eight speakers and
case histories from carbonates (Austin Chalk), tight sands
and coals. Techniques will include seismic, borehole televiewer, FMS logging, well cuttings and more. (Wednesday)
Exploration concepts in carbonate rocks, by Morad
Malek-Aslani, researcher and instructor for several years
with Tenneco. (Wednesday)
Marketing and purchasing exploration prospects in the
1990's, organized by Bill Burkman, and led by Robert H.
Chaney, John C. Aubreg, James C. Trimble and Michael R.
Wisda. (Saturday)
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TOURNAMENT
The 18th Annual HGS Tennis Tournament was held
April 10th at The Houston Metropolitan Tennis Club. Due
to the Houston Friday flood, the tournament was moved
indoors and it turned into a great finals match.
The winners were as follows:
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
1st: Steve Allen - Ken Nemeth 6-2,3-6,6-5 (7-5)
2nd: Kent Brock - Herb Holchak
3rd: Sam Obourn - Graham Livesey
"B" FLIGHT
1st: Marvin Taylor - Mary Jane Dickerson 6-2, 6-2
2nd: Henry Cullins - Ollie Costello
3rd: Don Scherer - John Adamick
Special thanks to BillScott w/Petrolog
for Door Prizes & Balls
A special thanks to Committee members John
Adamick and Ken Nemeth for a successful tournament.
Our generous sponsors were:
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Petrolog
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Cambe Geological Library
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WILLIAM F. HOWELL
Chairman
BASS
TOURNAMENT
WRAP-UP
This year's HGS-GSH Bass Tournament was definitely
a success. The weather and Toledo Bend Lake were both
beautiful, and created a perfect time for catching fish.
Congratulations to the entire group: we had a large
turnout and caught a total of 385 pounds of Black Bass.
Most of these fish were returned to the water unharmed, in
order to help preserve the ecological integrity of one of our
favorite lakes. Tony Moherek and Rob Gatza caught 41
pounds, as well as the largest bass at 5.5 pounds. Second
place went to Earl Taylor and Bob Baker with 37 pounds,
and Joe Cantlon with the second place bass at 4.9 pounds.
Third place went to Bob Dean and Brian Arabie, who have
placed three years in a row, with 30 pounds of bass. Richard
Barren and his son Wesley pulled in a whopping 4.4 pound
lunker to wind up third place. Herald Landers caught the
largest catfish, and John Richard caught the largest crappie.
Special thanks to our sponsors for making this tournament a success:
Ashland Exploration
QUAD, U.S.A.
. Schlumberger
Alliance Geophysical Co.
Data Log
Seismic Resources
Geophysical Pursuit
StraGo Petroleum Corp.
Haliburton Logging Services
Stratigraphic Inc.
Lone Star Seismic
Welco
Western Geophysical
HGS 1991 Champions - Steve Allen, Ken Nemeth
1991 BASS TOURNAMENT
(L-R) Joe Alcamo, Bob Dean, Herald Landers, Rob Gatza,
Earl Taylor, Brian Arabie, Wesley Barren, Tony Moherek,
Joe Cantlon, Bob Baker, Bill Vest
HGS 1991 "B" Champions
Marvin Taylor, Mary Jane Dickerson
Houston
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FAIR
The Houston Geological Society served as both a
financial contributor and a special awarding agency for the
1991 Science Engineering Fair of Houston held March 21-23
at the Astroarena. Approximately 1300 students from
intermediate and high schools throughout a 17 county area
in southeast Texas presented exhibits in 12 different
categories of science and engineering. The HGS provided
judges for the earth and space science category in the
senior, ninth grade and junior divisions. Awards were
presented to first and second place winners in each of three
divisions.
1st Place:
2nd Place:
1st Place:
2nd Place:
1st Place:
2nd Place:
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Derrick'King,
2nd Place winner,
Ninth Grade Division
WINNERS
Senior Division (10-12 Grade)
Elizabeth A. Coon
Why is Houston Cracking Up? III
Bellaire High School
Jessica A. Gaskin
Shake'n Quake II
Clear Brook High School
Leslie M. McQuitty
Oil Eaters Anonymous
Ross Sterling High School
Leslie McQuitty,
1st Place winner,
FIELD TRIP COMMITTEE
The Recent Sediments trip with Rufus LeBlanc, Sr. in
March, was attended by 22 people, in spite of the rain that
fell on them for virtually the entire trip. The April trip to the
Arbuckle Mountains was organized by the newly formed
HGS Mid-Continent group, and at the time of this writing,
12 participants had signed up. We look forward to more new
and exciting trips focusing on the interests of HGS members
outside of the traditional Gulf Coast region. The 3-D seismic
trip in late April has over 45 people registered, and the Deep
Water Clastics of the Ouachita Mountains, with Rufus
LeBlanc, Sr. promises to provide an exciting conclusion to
the field trip year. The canoe trip that I mentioned in the
April news is currently without a leader, so we hope to get
that one together for next year's trip agenda.
Speaking of next year, the GCAGS meeting willbe held
in Houston October 16, 17, and 18, and the HGS Field Trip
Committee is sponsoring seven field trips in conjunction
with that meeting. The trips begin October 9th and finish on
the 22nd, offering a wide variety of places and geology to
see. Since most of you will be too eager to wait for the
GCAGS pre-registration flier, we have provided a trip
schedule and registration form elsewhere in this issue of the
Bulletin. More complete trip descriptions will be available
shortly, so call the HGS office to be put on a mailing list. Also
next year, the Geological Society of America is having their
Gulf Coast Section meeting in Houston, and four HGS field
trips will be run for that event. The trip budget is being
finalized and a list of trips willbe published in the fall.See the
December, 1991, Bulletin for more details and registration
information. In addition, we plan to run two or three major
trips that willnot be affiliated with any convention. This trip
itinerary will be published in the fall.
As you have probably noticed by now, the Field Trip
Committee's plate is quite full for 1991-92, so for those of
you that are willingto donate a little time, we can offer plenty
of fun in exchange for your help on the committee. Please
call me if you are interested in helping. And remember, "it's
not just a job, it's a field trip".
See you on the outcrop!
Derrick L. King
Waste Not Want Not
John Cooper School
Junior Division (7-8 Grade)
Johnny Shih
Mima Mounts: What Causes Them
Clear Lake Intermediate
Erin E. Shilk
Growth Made Crystal Clear
Truitt Junior High School
The winners were presented certificates of award and
earth science books at the awards ceremony on March 23.
This year's HGS judges were Michele Bishop, John Hollins,
John Spaid, Elizabeth Strathouse, and Carl Taylor.
Three of the winners of HGS awards are (L-R) Jessica
Gaskin, 2nd Place, Senior Division; Leslie McQuitty, 1st
Place, Ninth Grade Division; and Elizabeth Coon, 1st Place,
Senior Division. At far right is John Spaid who presented the
awards for the HGS.
PAUL BRITT
Chairman
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MEMORIAL GRADUATE
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The Society's Graduate Memorial Scholarship Fund,
launched in December, 1974 with an $8000 contribution
from Warren L. Calvert, has grown steadily over the past
sixteen years through contributions from individuals, corporations and fund earnings.
The Scholarship Board is responsible for investing the
funds in safe, high yield securities. Half the earnings of the
fund are used to support scholarships for graduate students
majoring in the earth sciences and planning a career in some
area of economic geology. The remaining half is added to
the corpus of the fund. This year the fund has awarded four
$2250 scholarships.
Three categories of contributions are designated:
Patron ($500 or more), Donor ($100 to $499) and Contributor (less than $100). The Board expresses its appreciation to those who have made recent gifts to the Fund as
follows:
COMPANY PATRONS
Unocal Exploration Company
Exxon Company USA
North Central Oil Corporation
Brewer and Company
Rutherford Oil Corporation
BF Services (U.S.) Inc.
BHP Petroleum
INDIVIDUAL PATRONS
W. Dean Grafton
Robert L. Zinn
James E. Wermer
COMPANY DONORS
Texas Crude, Inc.
Brooklyn Union Exploration Co., Inc.
Mills' Exploration
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Ralph C. Duchin
George M. Nevers
R. J . Callaway
Byron F. Dyer
Ralph R. McLeon
Wade W. Turnbull
Clark E. Sutley
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SEPM ANNOUNCES 1990-1991 AWARDS
SEPM honored a number of individuals at the Annual
Awards Dinner in Dallas, April 8,1991. John Imbrie (Brown
University, Providence, RI) received the William H. Twenhofel Medal, the Society's highest award, for sustained
excellence in outstanding contributions to sedimentary
geology. Honorary Membership in SEPM, the Society's
second highest honor, was conferred upon H. Edward
Clifton (U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA) and John
C . Harms (Harms & Bradley Inc., Littleton, C O ) , who have
demonstrated excellent professional achievement and
extraordinary service to the Society. Elazar Uchupi (Wood
Hole Oceanography Institute, MA) received the Francis P.
Shepard Medal for outstanding contributions to marine
geology. Erle G. Kauffman (University of Colorado, Boulder)
received the Raymond C. Moore Medal for a significant
record of outstanding contributions in paleontology.
William F. Koerschner I11 (Phillips Petroleum, Borger,
TX) and James F. Read (Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
Blacksburg) received the Outstanding Paper in the Journal
of Sedimentary Petrology Award for 1989 for their paper
"Field and Modelling Studies of Cambrian Carbonate
Cycles, Virginia Appalachians," Vol. 59, No. 5, p. 654-687.
Robert G. Maliva (RSMTS, Miami, FL), Andrew H. Knoll
(Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) and Raymond Siever
(Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) received the Outstanding Paper in PALAIOS Award for 1989 for their paper
"Secular Change in Chert Distribution: A Reflection of
Evolving Biological Participation in the Silica Cycle," Vol. 4,
No. 6, p. 519-532.
The Excellence of Presentation Award (for oral presentation) for the 1990 Annual Meeting was given to Richard J .
Behl (University of California, Santa Cruz) for his presentation "Chertification in the Monterey Formation of California." The Excellence of Presentation Award (for poster
presentation) for the 1990 Annual Meeting was given to Eric
J . Oswald (SUNY Stony Brook), William H. Meyers (SUNY
Stony Brook) and Lluis Pomar-Goma (Palma de Mallorca
University, Spain) for their presentation "Dolomitization of
an Upper Miocene Reef Complex, Mallorca, Spain: Evidence for a Messinian Dolomitizing Mediterranean Sea."
SEPM is an international society of sedimentary geologists that promotes a synergistic approach to understanding
earth history through integration of physical, chemical and
biological subdisciplines of earth sciences. Founded in 1926,
it currently has over 5,000 members from academia,
industry and government organizations.
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
Ronald W. Harlan
A. L. Clardy, Jr.
Cyrus Strong
Yoshi Yaguchi
John N. Gilbert, I1
Tomislav M. Gracanin
Stephen R. Hartzell
Donpaul Henderson
Alf Klaveness
Maynard N. Little
Ogden W. Nine
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September 30,1991
PLACE:
FORMAT:
FEATURING:
Kingwood Country Club
Four Man Scramble
* Closest to the pin contests
* Longest drive contests
* Putting contests
* Trophies, Awards, & Prizes
* Refreshment stands
* Bar-B-Q dinner
* Betting holes
This year's tournament will be a four-manscramble. A shotgun start at 11:45a.m.
using all three courses will be followed by an informal buffet dinner with presentation
of awards. A player may select his/her own foursome or be placed in a foursome by
the tournament committee. The field will be split into flights according to handicap and
thus be placed on one of the three courses.
Entries will be limited to the first 108 four-man teams entered (432 total golfers),
and will be accepted on a first-in basis. If a fourth course is warranted, Kingwood Cove
will be used.
Entry fee will be$65.00 for HGS members and $80.00for non-members. (Membership
verified by computer listing; check with the Geological Society at 785-6402 about
member status if there is any doubt.) The deadline for entries is September 20, 1991,
or when tournament is full. Entry fee includes green fees, golf carts, driving range use
with practice balls, and the buffet award dinner. S o get your group together, come out
and enjoy the competition, food, and fun.
Companies interested in sponsoring part of the tournament, or people interested
in helping, should contact tournament chairman Chris Bechtel, with OMNI
Laboratories Inc. at 681-6666.
To enter, fill out the following entry blank and mail with your entry fee (payable to
HGS Entertainment Fund) to:
Chris Bechtel
OMNl Laboratories, Inc.
2501 Central Parkway
Suite C-13
Schedule of Events
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(egistration and free use oi
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11:30 AM
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11:45 AM
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4:45 PM
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5:30 PM
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Editor, Special Publications: BARBARA H. LIDZ, is a
geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey a n d has served a s
editorial consultant for the University of Miami's Comparative Sedimentology Laboratory and Department of
Geology. Ms. Lidz is a graduate of the University of Miami.
GAIL M. ASHLEY, Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, took over
the duties of President of SEPM a t the Society's Annual
Business Meeting, Tuesday, April 9, 1991 in Dallas, Texas.
The SEPM is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and
has a worldwide membership in excess of 5,500 individuals
with a wide range of interests in sedimentary geology and
paleontology. It publishes two bimonthly journals, PALAIOS
and the Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, and numerous
reference books. SEPM also sponsors continuing education
courses, field trips, research conferences, and symposia, in
addition to its Annual and Theme Meetings.
Dr. Ashley has been a professor at Rutgers University
since 1977 and is director of the Quarternary studies
graduate program. S h e received a B.S. and M.S. from the
University of Massachusetts and a Ph.D. from the University
of British Columbia. S h e is also affiliated with the AAPG,
AQA, AWG, GSA, IAS, IGS, IQA, NAGT and Sigma Xi.
Other newly elected officers who will serve with Dr.
Ashley are:
President-Elect: HARRY E. COOK, is a research
geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA.
He received his B.A. from the University of California-Santa
Barbara and Ph.D. from the University of CaliforniaBerkeley.
Paleontology Councilor: GREGORY H. BLAKE, division manager of Paleontology and Biostratigraphy at
UNOCAL. H e received his B.A. from the University of
California-Santa Barbara and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
from the University of Southern California.
Sedimentology Councilor: STEPHAN A. GRAHAM is
a professor of Geophysics and of Applied Earth Sciences
and Geology at Stanford University, Stanford, CA. He
received his A.B. from Indiana University and his M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University.
Secretary-Treasurer: MICHAEL E. FIELD, is a senior
research marine geologist with the USGS, Menlo Park, CA.
H e received a B.S. from the University of Delaware, his
M.A. from Duke University, and Ph.D. from George
Washington University.
Society of Independent
Professional Earth Scientists
Councilor for Research Activities: LISA M. PRATT,
joined the faculty at the Indiana University a s associate
professor in 1987. S h e received a B.S. from the University of
North Carolina, an M.S. from the University of Illinois and
from the University of North Carolina, and a Ph.D. from
f r ~ n c e t o nUniversity.
If you are an independent geologist, geophysicist or engineer
with freedom of choice of clients
and have a Bachelor's degree and
eight years of professional experience, you may qualify for
membership in SIPES.
Editor, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology: HARVEY
BLATT, is a professor a t the University of Oklahoma. He
began his teaching career at the University of Houston in
1962 a s a n instructor and then associate professor. He
moved to O U in 1968. Dr. Blatt received a B.S. from the
Ohio State University, an M.A. from the University of
Texas-Austin, and a Ph.D. from UCLA.
Today SIPES is an international
society with members in 1 5 1 cities in 26 states of the U.S. as
well as the British West Indies
and Italy.
Editor, PALAIOS: DAVID J. BOTTJER, is an associate
professor at the University of Southern California and also
serves a s research associate at the Los Angeles County
Museum of Natural History. He began his career a s a
National Research Counsel Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the U.S. Geological Survey at the Smithsonian.
He joined U S C a s assistant professor in 1979. He received a
B.S. from Haverford College, a n M.A. from SUNY Binghamton, and a Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington.
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environment in recent years. While the Wilcox is known for
its variety, many features found in this field are common to
other reservoirs. It has been determined that seismic data
can successfully delineate known fields and is valuable as an
exploration tool. The exciting realization is that while this
trend has been popular as far away as Mississippi, it has
been largely overlooked in the Texas Gulf Coast. Any
number of leads exist and undoubtedly additional discoveries are just around the corner. Well-conceived and
properly researched prospects will continue to add to the
list.
reservoir pressure and the bubble point pressure. Therefore, a small amount of pressure drawn down in the wellbore
area will cause differential gas liberation. In some instances,
this may be misinterpreted as coning of gas from the gas
cap. Other factors contributing to the rate sensitivity of
some wells are net feet of sand, permeability, and proximity
to the gasioil and oil/water contacts. However, engineering
data indicates a rate of as much as 150 BOPD can be
sustained without damage to offsetting wells (Chandler, et
a/., 1990).
The orig~nalgas/oil and oil/water contacts are -5,226'
and 5,275',respectively. The maximum thickness of the
Gini Wilcox Sand in any given well is approximately 80 feet.
It has been determined from comparison of datums that the
maximum vertical oil column is 49 feet and the maximum
vertical gas column is 186 feet (Westmoreland, 1989).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
It has been a pleasure to work with other professionals
on a project such as this. I would like to thank Mr. M. S.
McKaye of M. S. McKAYE & CO., INC. for his support and
contributions in selecting appropriate criteria for tabulation
and calculation of data, volumetric and reserve calculations.
In addition, he made invaluable contributions in reviewing
volumes of data and preparation of exhibits. I would also like
to thank Mr. Kevin M. Smith of KEVIN M. SMITH, INC. for
CONCLUSION
The Gin1 (Wilcox) Field is one of several stratigraphic
traps discovered in the updip distributary channel deltaic
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his review of seismic data, the reprocessing he directed and
for his interpretation of the data. He and his staff have made
countless contributions to each phase of this project. Final
thanks go to GSI OIL & GAS, INC. for providing the basis
to pursue such projects and for permission to publish an
overview of the results.
REFERENCES
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John has been employed by GSI OIL & GAS, INC.
since 1983. He has been responsible for screening prospects
for participation and for developing exploratory and developmental prospects primarily in the Gulf Coast of Texas.
Additional duties have included expert witness testimony.
Previous experience includes screening prospects, and
development of lease positions for MOGIC in Oklahoma
and Texas. John also participated in work-study programs
while in school
John received a B.S. degree in Geology from Abilene
Christian University and Hardin-Simmons University. He is
a member of the AAPG, HGS, SPE, and API.
Current projects include developmental prospects in
underdeveloped fields, mirror image wildcat prospects, and
a survey of potentially overlooked Wilcox targets.
Berg, Robert R., 1986, Reservoir Sandstones, Prentice-Hall,
Inc. Englewood Cliffs,New Jersey, p. 92, 184,213, and
2 14.
Chandler, Donna K., Epstein, Barbara, and Schultz, Jr.,
Ronald C., 1990, Examiners' Report and proposal for
Decision: Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil & Gas
Docket No. 3-92,484 and 3-93,026, p. 1-10.
Fisher, W. L., and McGowen, J . H., 1969, Depositional
Systems in Wilcox Group (Eocene) of Texas and Their
Relation to Occurrence of Oil and Gas; Bulletin of the
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 53,
NO. 1, p. 30-54.
LeBlanc, R. J., 1972, Geometry of Sandstone Bodies: In
Underground Waste Management and Environmental
Implications, American Association of Petroleum
Geologists, Memoir 18, Fig. 8.2
McKaye, M. S., 1989, Exhibit 30, Railroad Commission of
Texas, Oil and Gas Docket No. 3-92,848 and 3-93,026,
p. 1.
Westmoreland, John B., 1989, Exhibits 2-6, Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Docket No. 3-92,484and
3-93,026.
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GCAGS NEWS
1990 Convention
The Lafayette Geological Society and the American
Association of Petroleum Geologist's staff in Tulsa are to be
commended for their very successful 40th Annual Meeting
of the GCAGS in Lafayette, October 17-19, 1990. Attendance was 1,928 registrants including spouses, students and
exhibitors. Social events and ladies functions were well
received. President Peter G. Gray and General Chairman
Brian Lock did a very good job of handling the affairs of the
GCAGS and the Annual Meeting during their tenures.
Awards
The Awards and Nominations Committee, capably
chaired by Stewart Chuber, recommended the following
awards which were approved by the Board of Directors and
awarded at the Annual Meeting:
Honorary Membership
Robert E. Boyer, Austin
James A. Hartman, New Orleans
Thomas H. Philpott, New Orleans
Distinguished Service
Charles J. Corona, New Orleans
Robert W. Sabate'. New Orleans
Many thanks to Stu for his three years of hard work as
Chairman of the Committee. Mr. Gary W. Lauman of
Houston is the succeeding chairman.
Financial Aid to Students
GCAGS, by recommendation of the committee headed
by retiring chairman, Dick Boebel, awarded grants to 25
students from 14 schools for summer field projects totaling
$24,815.80. The Board of Directors agreed to raise the cap
per grant to $1,500 and a total of $30,000 per year. Valerie
M. Ewing, New Orleans, is the new chairman of the
committee.
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Something New Matching Scholarship Fund
The Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting in
Lafayette agreed to have the GCAGS match, up to $10,000
per society, scholarship funds donated by members to their
respective societies for a period of one year from Annual
Meeting 1990 to Annual Meeting 1991. Societies that do not
have the required tax-exempt Foundation have a two-year
period to gather matchable donations.
Long-Range Planning
After 14 dedicated years of serving the GCAGS as
officer, Chairman of the Student Aid Committee and LongRange Planning Committee, Edward C. Roy has resigned
the latter position. Ed, the GCAGS thanks you for your
lengthy and very capable duty. Ed has been replaced as
Long-Range Planning Chairman by C. Lane Sartor, Shreveport. Lane is a former GCAGS President and Honorary
Member.
GCAGS 1991 Convention
Chuck Noll and Dan Smith and their committees are
working hard on the convention to be held October 16-18in
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Houston. Convention headquarters are the Adam's Mark
Hotel on the west side of the city. Numerous field trips and
workshops are planned in addition to the paper and poster
sessions. The ladies have planned a number of interesting
social functions plus the usual entertaining Hospitality
Room for the spouses. The main Thursday night entertainment function will appeal to all you cowgirls and cowboys,
s o bring your boots!
Looking forward to seeing you in Houston!!!
Clyde E. Harrison
GCAGS President
1 9 9 1 GCAGS GOLF TOURNAMENT
OCTOBER 1 6 , 1 9 9 1
Place:
Raveneaux Country Club
415 Cypresswood Dr.
Northwest Houston. Area
Entry Fee: $60 per person
4-man scramble with pairings based on handiFormat:
caps. Shotgun start at 8:30 A.M. on two 18
hole championship courses.
Number of players is i~mitea:CI 288
Field:
Included in entry fee is green fee, cart, practice balls,
continental breakfast, soft drinks and beer on course and
lunch. Prizes for first three places on each course plus
longest drive contest and closest to pin on each course.
Additional door prizes will be given away to entrants other
than winners.
Open cash bar will be available at turn on each course
as well as during lunch.
Bus transportation from Adam's Mark leaving at 7
A.M. and return around 3 P.M.
Early reservation requested including handicap. Please
mail to:
1991 GCAGS GOLF TOURNAMENT
7171 HARWIN, SUITE 314
HOUSTON, TX 77036
SURFACE GEOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR
San Antonio, June 2 1 , 1 9 9 1
The South Texas Geological Society and the San
Antonio chapter of the Society of Independent Earth
Scientists are jointly sponsoring a one day seminar entitled
"Surface Exploration for Oil and Gas: Advances of the
Eighties, Applications for the Ninetites." The seminar
will be presented by Deet Schumacher (Pennzoil, Houston),
and he will review the various geochemical and non-seismic
geophysical surface methods and their exploration applications. Early registration is suggested since attendance is
limited. Interested persons are encouraged to contact
Stewart Chuber at (409) 561-8700 for more information.
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U H A N N O U N C E S FALL COURSE SCHEDULE
The following courses are scheduled to be offered by the Geoscience Department at the University of Houston for the
Fall semester. Priority Registration is on June 24,lO a.m. - 7 p.m. Regular Registration will be August 12-13,lO a.m. - 7 p.m.
For more information please contact Cassandra Heavrin at 749-1805.
Course Title (Instructor)
Time
Course Number
Introductory Oceanography (Lawrence)
1377
Crystal Chemistry (Mineralogy) (King)
3370
Optical Mineralogy (Reid)
4135 4235
Stratigraphy (Evans)
3350
Petroleum Geology
4382
Intro. Geophysics (Hall)
4330
groundwater & Eng. Geophysics (Hall)
4379
Geology of the Gulf of Mexico (VanSiclen)
6384
,.-fluvial Hydrology (Dupre')
6397
,Advanced Hydrogeology (Capuano)
6397
&Iydrochemistry (Capuano)
6345
Depositional Models (Chafetz)
6397
Carbonate Sedimentology (Chafetz)
6358
Plate Tectonics (Casey)
6382
Tectonics Seminar (Casey)
6397
Advanced Structure (Norman)
6391
Isotope Geochemistry (Copeland)
6569
Research Methods in Geology (Woronow)
6397
Space Geology I (King)
637'7
Seismic Velocity (Noponen)
7320
Seismic Stratigraphy (Sheriff)
732 3
Theoretical, Seismology (McDonald)
6397
Wave Propagation (McDonald)
7332
Geophysical Data Processing (Zhou)
639'7
LET'S RODEO!
The Houston Geological Society will be
the host for the GCAGS Convention next
October. The special entertainment
event during the convention will be
held at the Round-Up Rodeo facility a
short distance west of HoustonThis indoor arena will house all of
the activities including a five event
professional rodeo, a great dinner
catered by 'The Swinging Door' and a
variety of listen' and dancin' music
by a llve and lively band, You can
belly upsto the host bar and order
your favorite beverages.
Since the EIGS is the largest geological organization of its kind in
the world, let's show our support with
a big turnout. If you don't have
wheels, use our busses.
So pull on your jeans and boots if
ya got'em and let's show the GCAGS
what a real big Texas evenin' is all
about. Y'all come now, ya hear?
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OCTOBER 1 9 9 1
T h e H G S Field Trip Committee is sponsoring t h e following field trips in conjunction
with t h e 1991 G C A G S meeting:
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Detailed Field Trip information will b e sent o n request,
by calling the H G S office at 785-6402.
S e e registration form for trip fees.
H G S TRIP # 1 - RECENT SEDIMENTS O F SOUTHEAST TEXAS
Tuesday, October 15,7:30 AM, through Wednesday, O c t o b e r 1 6
Rufus J. LeBlanc, Sr. will lead this trip along the Brazos and Colorado river systems and delta complexes at
Matagorda and Freeport, Sargent, and to the Galveston barrier islands. Fee includes transportation, guidebooks,
lunches, 1 night lodging, breakfast a n d refreshments.
H G S TRlP #2 - HOLOCENE CARBONATES O F S O U T H FLORIDA
Saturday, October 19, 12:OO Noon a t Miami International Airport,
through Tuesday, October 22 a t 5:00 PM
Jeffrey Dravis will lead this trip to the Florida Keys and Florida Bay. Carbonate facies will be examined through
snorkeling in shallow water. Fee includes lodging, ground and water transportation in Florida, guidebooks and
lunches. Participants will meet in Florida, where the trip begins.
H G S TRlP #3 - CARBONIFEROUS GEOLOGY AND TECTONIC HISTORY O F THE
SOUTHERN F O R T WORTH (FORELAND) BASIN AND C O N C H 0 PLATFORM, TEXAS
Friday, O c t o b e r 18,2:00 PM, through Sunday, O c t o b e r 20
Robert C . Grayson, J r . a n d Glen K. Merrill will lead this trip through the Fort Worth Basin, north of the Llano
uplift. The trip will begin and end in Houston, and the fee includes transportation, 2 nights' lodging double occupancy,
2 lunches and breakfasts, refreshments and guidebook.
H G S TRIP #4 - UPPER JURASSIC - LOWER CRETACEOUS PLATFORM BASIN SYSTEM O F NORTHEASTERN MEXICO
Friday, October 11, 10:30 AM, through Tuesday, O c t o b e r 15
J a m e s L. Wilson, William C. Ward, and Joseph M. Finneran will lead the trip into the Monterrey and Saltillo
areas of northeastern Mexico. Spectacular geology, interesting sights, good accomodations and food are in store for
all! T h e trip begins and ends in Houston, and the fee includes airfare, guidebook, 4 nights' lodging, lunches
refreshments, and insurance.
H G S TRlP #5 - GEOLOGY O F THE BIG BEND AREA O F TEXAS
Saturday, O c t o b e r 19,8:00 AM (at Houston Hobby Airport), through Monday, October 21
J a m e s Stevens and Patricia Wood Dickerson will lead the trip through the western side of Big Bend National
Park. The trip will begin a n d end in Houston, and will stay overnight in Lajitas. The fee includes air fare from Houston
to Midland, bus transportatidn, two nights' lodging with double occupancy, lunches, refreshments and guidebook.
H G S TRIP #6 - ENVIRONMENTAL & ENGINEERING GEOLOGY O F NORTH HARRIS
AND S O U T H MONTGOMERY COUNTIES, TEXAS
Saturday, October 19, 8:00 AM
Saul Aronow and Carl Norman will lead this trip, which will examine surface faulting, water & flood control
projects, a Superfund site, a n d more. Local experts will add t o the discussions at various stops. T h e fee includes
guidebook, transportation, lunch and refreshments.
H G S TRIP #7 - NASA J O H N S O N SPACE CENTER TOUR
Wednesday, October 16,8:00 AM t o 3:00 PM
J o h n W. Dietrich and David L. Amsbury of NASA will present information on the Moon rocks and Lunar a n d
planetary remote sensing. Mission control will also be a stop on the trip. The f e e includes bus transportation and
refreshments.
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IN ADDITION, T H E GCAGS I S OFFERING
T H E FOLLOWING TRIPS:
G C A G S TRIP # 1 - COASTAL DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS
O F T H E NORTHWEST G U L F O F MEXICO
Monday, O c t o b e r 14 through Wednesday, O c t o b e r 16
This trip will begin in New Orleans and travel to Houston, visiting marine systems and bays around Cocodrie, LA,
the Teche basin, the High Island area, Bolivar Penninsula and Galveston Island. The fee includes van and boat
transportation, LUMCON Marine lodging, guidebook and meals.
G C A G S TRIP #2 - C O R E AND L O G ANALYSIS O F DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS AND
RESERVOIR PROPERTIES O F G U L F C O A S T NATURAL G A S RESERVOIRS:
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH T O INFIELD RESERVE G R O W T H
IN FRIO, VICKSBURG, AND WlLCOX SANDSTONES
Monday, O c t o b e r 14,3:00 PM through Tuesday, O c t o b e r 15
This trip will visit the Balcones Research Center in Austin, where core and log data will be examined. The fee
includes transportation, lodging (double occupancy), meals and guidebook.
G C A G S TRIP #3 - T H E CRETACEOUS SECTION O F CENTRAL TEXAS
Friday, O c t o b e r 18,2:00 PM through Saturday, O c t o b e r 19
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G C A G S TRlP #4 - SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF
T H E PALEOCENE AND EOCENE O F THE LOWER BRAZOS RIVER VALLEY
Saturday, O c t o b e r 19 a t 8:00 AM
This trip will examine the updip part of the Paleocene and Eocene section in central Texas along the Brazos River
Valley. The fee includes transportation, guidebook, lunch and refreshments.
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funneled t o Headquarters for passing to the appropriate
committees. Other questions which may be brought before
the House in future years include a question from a survey
of foreign delegates by the Canadian Society of Petroleum
Geologists: Should the AAPG be lobbying Congress,
through the DPA, considering that some of that lobbying
may be in favor of U.S. members/companies but against the
interests of foreign members o r companies; also, in the area
of membership categories and requirements, should they be
changed to allow peripheral disciplines to advance beyond
Student a n d J u n ~ o membership?
r
S o m e of these questions
for the future may be addressed by the report of the 21st
Century Committee which was released the day before the
House meeting; the mechanism of dissemination of this
report has not been determined.
T h e final item of business was announcement of the
new officers for the House of Delegates for 1991-1992.The
Chairman will be Willard R. Green, Vice-chairman Robert
W. Richter, a n d Recording Secretary Carol Lucas of the
Houston Delegation
At the annual House of Delegates meeting at the AAPG
convention in Dallas, 59 of the HGS's 60 delegates were
present o r represented by authorized alternates, much
better than the 2231282 ratio of the House a s a whole.
Reports presented by officers and staff of the Association included the following significant items. The Government Communications a n d Statistics of Drilling committees
were dissolved during the past year because their activities
will be covered by other committees (DPA) or have become
t o o expensive to be continued. A Committee o n C o m mittees was established to make two nominations to the
Executive Committee for e a c h committee opening for the
future. Anyone interested in committee service should
contact the Committee on Committees through headquarters. Summarizing the Association's financial position,
we will probably e n d the current fiscal year with a 5%
surplus, about half the recommended level for a non-profit
organization, but much better than s o m e previous years. In
the Bulletin, the editor is targeting 160-200 pages per month;
the total number of technical pages per year will be
increased in the future by pulling the abstracts for the
national meeting out of the Bulletin a n d placing them in a
special publication. (These will be for sale separately and will
be included in the registration packet from the convention.
Abstracts for section meetings will continue to appear in the
Bulletin.) The DPA is working o n a model consulting
agreement which will contain blanks for the specifics of
many consulting situations. They a r e close to a draft of a
confidentiality agreement, o n e of the tougher parts of the
larger consulting agreement. Discussing the nuts a n d bolts
of our Association, o u r membership has about stabilized;
but much of the loss in numbers of the last few years has
been in Junior a n d Student members, reflecting a return to
domination by members over 40 years old. Dues make up
23% of t h e income of the Association whereas normal
organizations of this type typically get 40% of their income
from dues. We a r e the world's largest geological publishing
house, selling s o m e 250 publications per day. Finally,
Grants-in-Aidfrom the AAPG Foundation have held steady
at 65-70 per year (some $60,000), even during the bust.
Actual business conducted by the House included
approval of a change to the Bylaws of the Association
increasing from 30 days to 60 days the amount of time
allowed for members to comment on prospective members
after publication of the name in the Explorer, thereby
increasing the chance that overseas members will b e able to
comment. We also approved a request for affiliation with the
Association from the Dhahran (Saudi Arabia) Geological
Society a n d were advised that the Circum-Pacific Council
for Energy Resources a n d the Ontario (Canada) Petroleum
Institute will officially request affiliation at the next annual
meeting. Another proposal which will be presented for our
approval at the next annual meeting will be from the
Environmental a n d Hydrogeology/Waste Management
committees t o form a Division of Environmental G e o science. Any comments (either pro o r con) or suggestions
for organization, governance, funding, etc., should be
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LAMAR NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Daniel Geophysical, Inc. is now Geotrace Technologies, Inc. Geotrace operates worldwide from offices
in Denver, Colorado; Dallas, Texas; Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma; and Houston, Texas.
The Geology Department at Lamar University was
burglarized on March 1, 1991. The loss of two new
computers (value: $18,000.00) destroyed stratigraphic
modeling capabilities of the Statistics and Mapping
Laboratory. The stolen machines were uninsured (a State
policy), and it now appears that there is no chance of
retrieving them, or of replacing them with University funds
in this period of budget cuts. Mindful of the generosity of the
Houston Geological Society and members in support of
Lamar geology students, Lamar Geology requests aid in
replacing the machines. Please contact Don Owen or Jim
Stevens at:
Department of Geology
Lamar University
Box 10031 LU Sta
Beaumont, TX 77710
Phone: (409) 880-8236
Mike Walker has been appointed District Manager of
the Houston office of Petroleum Testing Service, Inc.
C. Cragg Eubanks has announced the formation of
Geosearch, Inc., (GSI) with offices in Houston and Wichita
Falls, Texas. GSI is developing and marketing exploration
prospects in both Texas and Louisiana. Eubanks' prior
industry experience has been with MESA Petroleum Co.,
Colorado Interstate Gas Co., and as a private consultant.
Jeffrey C. Mills has been named Chief Geologist for
the group. Mills has worked for MESA Petroleum Co.,
Donald C. Slawson, Oil Producer, and Pacific Enterprises
Oil Co.
NASA, NOAA, ERIM A N N O U N C E
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"There are many objects of great value to man which
cannot be attained by unconnected individuals, but must be
attained if at dl, by association." - Daniel Webster
The Svciety of Independent Professional Earth
Scientists (SIPES) is an association of self-employed earth
scientists whose members have been certified by the
governing body of the Society as to professional competence and professional ethics. It is the only national
organization of self-employed geologists, geophysicists, and
engineers primarily involved in domestic energy exploration
and development.
If you have eight years of professional experience
beyond a bachelor's degree and have freedom of choice of
clients, you may qualify for membership in SIPES. Other
requirements are similar to those for AAPG Certification. In
fact, if you're AAPG Certified, there is a reciprocal clause
that streamlines admission to SIPES. You must be sponsored by SIPES members.
SIPES IS concerned with the spectrum of technical,
economic, and political factors that affect all of us. For
example, SIPES recently adopted a resolution calling for a
national energy policy. Copies of the resolution were sent to
government leaders (including President Bush and all U.S.
Senators), regulatory agencies in 7 southwestern states,
news services, newspapers, and professional publications
and associations.
National dues are $60.00/year. Houston chapter dues
are an additional $40.00/year. This may seem high, but it
includes, in addition to the monthly newsletter, an opportunity for buffet luncheon meetings at the Houston
Petroleum Club for $17.50/month, an opportunity to attend
our annual banquet, an opportunity for professional networking and a professional photo-directory.
For more information, please contact SIPES Membership Chairman Stuart Hastings, 774-4091.
On October 22-23,1991,NASA, NOAA, and ERIM will
again host a major environmental conference entitled
"Earth Observations and Global Change Decision Making:
A National Partnership" at the National Press Club in
Washin~ton,D.C. The purpose of the conference is to
evaluate the impact of satellite earth observations on the
global change decision-making process and to build a
national partnership to address global change in science and
policy issues.
For information contact Dr. Robert H. Rogers, ERIM,
Box 8618, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48107-8618. Telephone
(313) 994-1200, extension 3234, Fax (313) 994-5123.
Members, Family, & Guests
are Invited to:
A Pot Luck Dinner
Saturday, June 8,1991
2:00 - 6:00 P.M.
At The Home of Anglia & Chris Sweet
Bring a dish to share, which feeds 3-4 persons,
& Contribute $2.00 each to AWG for expenses.
Ice Tea and soft drinks will be provided!
Reservations Please!
CALL:
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or Florence Arya 496-0864.
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EXPLORA TION ACTIVITY RE VIEW
By Bill Eisenhardt
Consultant, Geol. Representative-Geomap
Co.
National Rig C o u n t : April 8-881;
GULF COAST
Texas
Shell Western E&P is continuing its deep Vicksburg
exploration in north-central Hidalgo County at its #16
Beaurline, staked about 213 mile north of Frio-productive
Los Indios SW Field. The scheduled 17,200' TD for the
wildcat is 1000' deeper than the previous deepest test in the
area, the Shell #1 Beaurline, discovery well for Los Indios
SW Field, which was drilled to 16,250' and logged several
well-developed deep Vicksburg sands before being plugged
back and completed in the Frio. At the middle Frio horizon
the wildcat spots on northeast dip off the large faulted
anticline upon which the Frio-productive Los Indios, Los
Indios West and Los Indios East Fields are located.
In southwestern Duval County, Santa Fe Energy
Operating is drilling ahead below 16,000' towards a projected 17,000' TD at its #1 Santa Fe Energy-Hamilton, a
significant deeper pool wildcat in the shallow, Jacksonproductive Richardson Field. Location is one mile southeast
of the two-well Dinn Deep Field, discovered in 1988 and
producing Wilcox gas from three pays: the 13,600', 12,900'
and 11,200' Sands. At the Carrizo Wilcox horizon the
wildcat spots on the southwest flank of a small anticline
downthrown to an inferred down-to-the-east regional fault,
the easternmost of several such faults traversing the area.
A 5200' Wilcox test has been scheduled by GSI Oil
about 2 1/2 miles southeast of Reklaw and Wilcox oil
production at Wherry & Green Field in central Atascosa
County. The #1 West, which should penetrate the entire
Wilcox section, is one mile northeast of a 4000' dry hole
Year Ago-937
(Dilley #1 Simmons) which encountered the top Lower
Wilcox at 3850'. At the top Wilcox horizon the wildcat spots
on a subtle southeast plunging nose along regional dip.
Farther southeast, in northern Bee County, Rlat~coOii
has staked a 12,500' Wilcox test a mile south of Wilcox oil
production at Yoward Field. The 81 Yowald is a!.,o 500'
southeast of the Miller & West g2 Yoward at] 11%
Miocene gas discovery which flowed 4,409 MCFGPD
(AOF) from 1136-43'. Closest deep Wilccix pl-r)d\~itio!i
(10,974-11,060') is 3 miles north at the Woffard 1 Wcari. At
the ic!p Wilcox horizon the wildcat spots on northeast dip.
immediately upthrown to an inferred down-~c>-the~ba.;i~i
fault.
Arkla Exploration will attempt to find Wilcox oil a! its
#1 Pritchard, 2 miles north of Wilcox oil production at Sweet
EXPLORING THE GULF COAST
PEL-TEX
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Five Post Oak Park, Suite 1530
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EARL P. BURKE, JR. - President
BRIAN D. BURKE - Geologist
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UMC PETROLEUM CORPORATION
1201 Loublaaa Smite UOO Hom8om.
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OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION
UMC Petrdeum Corporation b actively seeklng
High QuaIlty, Hlgh Potential Drilling
Opportunities In the Gulf Coast.
Please Contact Robert L. Hlxon
Chief GeoIofist
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Home Field in west-central Lavaca County. The 8500'
wildcat is about 4000' northeast of- the Mosbacher #1
Middlebrook, a 9615' dry hole which encountered the target
section between 7950-8500'. Top Wilcox structure here is
regional southeast dip with local nosing.
Farther southeast, in adjoining Jackson County, Tri-C
Resources has set 9-5/8" casing at 6706' and is drilling ahead
towards a projected 13,500' TD at its#l Rose, 3 miles east of
Miller Field (Yegua gas). The wildcat is targeting deep
Yegua sands. At the Textularia warren; horizon the new
venture spots on southeast dip, about midway between two
down-to-the-basinfaults.
Sandefer Petroleum will drill a 13,040' wildcat about 3 '/z
miles southwest of Port Bolivar in Galveston County. The
#1 Mitchell Fee will be deviated approximately 2600' southeast from its surface location and will target the Frio's "Big
Gas Sand", productive at Concrete Ship Field, one mile
northeast. At the top Frio horizon the new test spots near
the crest of a faulted structural high and upthrown to a large
down-to-the-coast fault which separates it from downthrown fault closure at Concrete Ship Field.
In northern Orange County, Greenhill Petroleum is
drilling below 11,000' at its #1 Champion International, a
16,000' down-dip Yegua test about 3000' northeast of
closest production (Hackberry) in Linscomb Field. About 2
1/2 miles northeast, Chevron's #1 Powell, et al, discovery well
for Long Prairie Field, encountered productive Yegua
(Cockfield) gas sands between 12,329-338',and tested 2,400
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MCFGPD and 43 BCPD, but is now shut-in. At the
Nodosaria blanpiedi horizon the wildcat spots near the
crest of a small downthrown closure against a down-to-thecoast fault.
South Louisiana
Quintana Petroleum will drill an 18,500' wildcat 2 3/4
miles southwest of Chalkley Field in north-central Cameron
Parish. Projected TD of the #1 Herbert-Helms & Company
should allow it to evaluate Miogyp sands, an increasingly
popular target in the Chalkley Field area. At the Planulina
(lower Miocene) horizon the new test spots on the distal
southwest flank of,the faulted Chalkley Field structure.
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Ron Symecko - Gulf Coast Regional Manager Ernie Knirk - Northern Regional Manager
Jessie Puckett - Gulf Coast Land Manager
Dave Barrett - Texas Gulf Coast Exploration Manager Robert Garrison - S.La Exploration Manager
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In eastern Cameron Parish, Cliffs Oil & Gas has
recompleted the former Amoco(GNC) #1 Amoco Fee as a
gas discovery about 2 miles east of lower Miocene production at Little Cheniere Field. Flow rate was 3,500 MCFGPD
and 12 BCPD through perfs 13,852-864'in the Planulina.
At the Robulus chambersi (lower Miocene) horizon the new
producer spots on the far east flank of the faulted Little
Cheniere anticline. Cliffs has staked a second test, the #2
Amoco Fee, about 4500' due north of the discovery.
Plains Resources will drill a 14,000' lower Tuscaloosa
test in northern East Feliciana Parish, 11M miles southeast
of lower Tuscaloosa production at Mt. Common Church
Field. The #1 Cain, et al is about 1 '/, miles southwest of the
dry 14,532' Sabine #1 Phares which logged a well-developed
but wet lower Tuscaloosa section between 13,240-512'.
Lower Tuscaloosa structure here is regional southwest dip
with broad, subtle nosing.
Farther south, in southwestern Livingston Parish,
Coastal Oil & Gas has completed a new middle Frio gas
discovery 4 % miles southeast of Gray's Creek Field (middle
Frio production). The #1 L & A School Board flowed 1,900
MCFGPD and 45 BCPD through perfs 9259-72', probably in
the Marg tex. Structure at the Nonion struma horizon is
moderate south regional dip with local nosing.
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Green Valley Field in southeastern Rains County. The #1
Greene is about 4000' northeast of a 13,870' dry hole, the
Delta #1 Hare, which cored and drill stem tested the upper
Smackover between 13,567-619', recovering only salt water.
At the top Smackover horizon the new venture spots along
the southeast bounding fault of a narrow northeast-southwest graben system off the northeast flank of the Green
Valley-Dunbar SE Field structure.
In southwestern Henderson County, Union Exploration Partners has completed a significant deeper pool
discovery in Cayuga NW Field, currently productive from
the Rodessa and Pettet. The #2 Creslenn Ranch gauged
4,713 MCFGPD and 104 BWPD from the Smackover at
12,650-816'. Nearest current Smackover production is
about 12 miles northwest in Trinidad Field. At the top
Smackover horizon the discovery appears to be situated on
the crest of a structural closure underlying Cayuga NW and
Cayuga West Fields.
Mississippi
Norcen Explorer has opened Tallohoma Creek Field at
its #1 Moffett, a new Cotton Valley oil discovery about 4
miles southwest of the multi-pay Laurel Field in northcentral Jones County. From upper Cotton Valley perfs
16,199-212' the new strike flowed 968 BOPD (43.4"API) and
700 MCFGPD. A deeper Cotton Valley zone at 16,567634'(0A) swabbed 150 BOPD (32.2" API). In addition,
shows were reported from Hosston sands and other Cotton
Valley sands. At the base Ferry Lake horizon the discovery
MESOZOIC TREND
East Texas
Unocal Exploration has staked a 14,500' Smackover
wildcat 1 M miles northeast of Smackover production at
TEJAS-LUCIANA EXPLORATION COMPANY
Seeking Prospect ldeas
Seismic and Acreage Dollars Available
Cash and ORRl
Contact:
Chevron U.S.A. is seeking applicants for
a position as Biostratigrapher in our Western
Exploration Business Unit in Houston. Candidates must be familiar with benthonic
foraminifera1 biostratigraphy and
paleoemlogy, with experience in the %rtiary
sequences of the Gulf Coast. A Master's in
Geology is required, and hmiliarity with
planktonic foraminifera and the concepts of
sequence stratigraphy is a desired asset.
Pat Martin
Exploration Manager
(713) 759-0661
1212 Main, Suite 422, Houston, T x 77002
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Chevron offers competitive salaries and
an excellent benefits package. Applicants
Chevron should submit a resume to: Chevron,
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Biostrattgnpher. We are proud to be an
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LATIN AMERICA
Brazil
Petrobras has made an oil and gas discovery at its
wildcat Vale do Quirico 1 (1-VQ-1-BA)in the Reconcavo
basin. Location is 37 km (23miles) southeast of Alagoinhas
and about 2 miles east of the Miranga Field. Flow rate was
314 BOPD (40" API) from a 98' interval below 1756 m
(57611),and an aggregate 11,650 MCFGPD from a 148' zone
below 1620m (5315'), both believed to be in the Hauterivian
Ilhas sandstones.
spots on a broad nose on the southwest flank of the large,
faulted Laurel Field structure.
A new lower Tuscaloosa discovery has been completed by Plains Resources in northwestern Amite County,
2 1/4 miles north of lower Tuscaloosa production at St.
Patrick Field, discovered last year. The #1 Foster flowed 324
BOPD and 600 MCFGPD from lower Tuscaloosa "A" perfs
11,917-928', opening Christmas Field. A second sand at
11,939-949' (designated the "Foster" sand), yielded 767
MCFGPD and 68 BOPD before being shut-in. At the top
lower Tuscaloosa horizon, the new find appears to be
situated on a subtle south plunging nose along regional
southwest dip.
In southwestern Amite County, Anadarko Petroleum
has completed its #1 Sieger as a new Wilcox oil discovery
about 1 213 miles northeast of Frio production at the twowell Olio Field, discovered last year. Flow rate was 188
BOPD and 24 MCFGPD through perfs 5844-54, opening
Serendipity Field. The new producer was originally proposed as a lower Tuscaloosa test and drilled to 12,680' in the
Lower Cretaceous before being plugged back and completed from the Wilcox. Lower Tuscaloosa structure here is
regional southwest dip with local nosing.
Ecuador
Belco's wildcat La Mata Chivato 1 in Block 1 (Progresso basin) has been confirmed as an oil discovery after
testing up to 500 BOPD (34" API) from a 75' net pay in the
Lower Eocene Basal Conglomerate between 58906026'. Extensive production testing is underway.
EUROPE
Germany
Erdoel-Erdgas Gommern reported three oil discoveries
out of nine wildcats drilled in 1990 in the area of former
GDR, all three producing from the Permian Stassfurt
Carbonates. Fuerstenwalde 1/90, drilled in Brandenburg,
tested light oil at a rate of 630 BPD. In the Lausitz area of
southeast Brandenburg, Breslack 3/89 flowed 250 BOPD.
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Mesekenhagen 1/89 tested
300 BOPD.
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Provided by PETROCONSULTANTS, Foreign Scouting
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France
An oil discovery was reported by SNEA(P)in the Paris
basin at wildcat Fay les Nemours 1 in the Essonne permit.
About 15 barrels of oil were recovered in 142 minutes from
2134-2160 m (7002-7087') in the Chaunoy sandstones
(Upper Triassic), which equates to 92 BOPD.
Italy
SPI, a subsidiary of Agip, discovered gas at wildcat
Torrione 1 in the Macerata concession, Marche-Abruzzi
basin. Location is 14 km (8.7 miles) ESE of Macerata and
3.7 miles WNW of Agip's 1983Fontevecchia 1gas discovery.
The reservoir is a Lower Pliocene sand below 1078 m
(3537').
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Norway (Offshore)
Elfhas reported a new gas/ condensate discovery south
of Froy. Wildcat 25/5-4 tested 26,500 MCFGPD and 1,500
BCPD from the Middle Jurassic.
United Kingdom (Offshore)
Arco has reported a gas discovery at its wildcat 43/24-1
southwest of the Gordon Field. Flow rate was 34
MMCFGPD from the Carboniferous.
Enterprise's wildcat 48/22-4, drilled to 9120' TD northwest of Hewett, flowed an aggregate 27 MMCFGPD from
two unidentified zones.
AFRICA
Angola (Offshore)
Texaco made its second oil discovery in 1991 in the
Lower Congo basin Block 2 at wildcat Albacore 1, drilled
to 3007 m (9866') TD. Location is 36 km (22 miles) south of
Soyo and about 3 miles ESE of the company's Savelha oil
discovery (6,000 BOPD). Reservoir is believed to be the
Albian Pinda formation.
Gabon (On/offshore)
Elfhas reported two discoveries, one onshore and one
offshore. In the onshore Mandji Sud block, wildcat
N'Tchengue Ocean 1, located about 14km (8.7 miles) south
of Port Gentil, tested 1,415 BOPD (270 API) from the
Upper Cretaceous Anguille formation after reaching a
TD of 2160 m (7087') in the Upper Cretaceous Azile
formation. Offshore, in the Cap Lopez A block, wildcat
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Upper Cretaceous Batanga sandstone.
Nigeria (Offshore)
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delta OPL 96, was suspended as an oil and gas discovery
after encountering 11 Y2'net oil sand between 2448-2458 m
(8032-8065') and a 6 Y2'net gas sand between 2259-2267 m
(7412-7438').
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company's onshore' Block Iand Adco's South Block, tested
oil from two intervals in the Lower Cretaceous Upper
Thamama A and B members. No other test results were
disclosed.
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Indonesia (Onshore)
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Wildcat MS DC 1, located in the South Malacca Strait block
about 3 miles south of the Kurau oil field, tested gas and 540
API condensate at a cumulative rate of 31 MMCFGPD and
686 BCPD from four zones in the Oligo-Miocene
Menggala and Pematang formations. The gas reportedly
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