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April, 1991
BULLETIN
KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES
GOES TO EUROPE! See page 38
TRAP ANALYSIS OF FAULTS See page 52
ELECTIONS!
VOTE!
IN THIS ISSUE
...
...................... Page 12
What Makes a Company "World-Class?" ........................ Page 20
Belt Buckles and the Oil Industry ............................... Page 22
- Streamlining Air Toxics Risk Assessments
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 27
Candidates for 1991 HGS Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 44
Chandeleur Sound Offers Petroleum Potential ................... Page 58
- The Austin Chalk - An Overview
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AND MORE!
(For April Events, see page 1 and Geoevents section, page 37)
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HGS APRIL EVENTSMEETINGS
APRIL 10, 1991 (Dinner Meeting)
HGS
ENVIRONMENTAL/ENGINEERING
GEOLOGISTS
Committee Meeting
Wyatts Cafeteria, Sharpstown
6:00 p.m.
HGS PERMIAN BASIN/MID-CONTINENT
EXPLORATIONISTS
"Pennsylvanian
Cycle Stratigraphy
and Carbonate
Facies Control of Reservoir Development in the Salt
Creek Field, Kent County, Texas"
D. A. Walker (see page 18)
Westin Oaks Hotel, 5011 Westheimer
Dinner and Meeting 6:00 p.m.
Reservations made by name only, telephone 785-6402. Must
be made or cancelled by noon Friday, April 12.
HGS INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATIONISTS
This Schlumberger belt buckle shows a three-quarter front view of
"Evidence for Deep-Water Evaporite Deposition in the
a logging truck. This buckle, along;:vith many others, is discussed
Miocene Kareem Formation, Southwestern Gulf of Suez,
in the article entitled "Belt Buckles and the Oil Industry" starting
Egypt"
on page 22. Photo by Thalbert McGinness.
Sharon A. Stonecipher (see page 11)
Social Period 5:30 p.m., Dinner and Meeting 6:30 p.m.
Reservations by name only, telephone 785-6402. Must be
made or cancelled by noon Monday, April 15.
APRIL 22, 1991 (Dinner Meeting/Student
Awards)
"Depositional and Diagenetic Fabric of Gas Reservoirs in the Oligocene Vicksburg Formation, McAllen Ranch Field,
Hidalgo County, Texas"
Richard P. Langford (see page 8)
Social Period 5:30 p.m., Dinner and Meeting 6:30 p.m.
Reservations by name only, telepnone 785-6402. Must be made or cancelled by noon Friday, April 19.
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SEMINARS,
COURSES,
AND ENTERTAINMENT
APRIL 5, 1991
HGS TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Lost Forest Country Club 12:00-5:00 p.m.
(see page 53)
APRIL 19, 1991 (HGS Short Course)
"Trap Analysis of Faults"
Urban S. Allen
Shell Oil Training, 3837 Bellaire
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
(see page 52 for more information)
APRIL 25-27,1991 (HGS Field Trip)
"The Arbuckle Mountains"
Nowell Donovan
APRIL 27,1991 (HGS/GSH Field 1;rip)
"3-D Seismic Data Acquisition and Total Survey Quality
Control"
Holiday
Inn
- Crowne
Plaza,
9:00 a.m.
This belt buckle was designed for the offshore oil industry by
Award Design Medals. Photo by Thalbert McGinness.
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HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
BULLETIN
April, 1991
Vol. 33, No. 8
BULLETIN COMMITTEE
EDITOR:
George E. Kronman. 556-4452
Amoco Production Co.
MANAGING
EDITORS:
J o Ann Locklin, 954-6262
Texaco
Sue van Gelder, 466-3348
Consulting Geologist
ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
Business
LOUISBertoli. 968-6821
Pacific Enterprises Oil Co.
Computer
Mark W. Hodson, 629-6600
Marathon
Editorial
Mary J o Klosterman, 973-3112
Exxon Internat~onal'
Mindy Kronman, 531-7424
Rice University
Donna Dav~s,961-0141X374
P.I. Explorat~onSystems
Larry Levy, 981-0008
LSL Resources
J. Todd Stephenson, 556-2929
Amoco Product~onCo.
Janet B. Thornburg, 589-2640
Geologist
Environmental
Glenn R. Lowenstein, 224-2047
P.S.I.
David C. Callaway. 584-3445
Arco 011& Gas
Sand1 Barber
Unocal
Donna Fouch-Flores, 957-6507
Louisiana Land & Explor. Co.
Events
Exploration
Review
Bill E~senhardt,774-6669
International
Hugh Hay-Roe, 358-5871
Consultant
Planning
Bruce L. Grethen, 940-4053
Sonat Exploration Co
John Hefner, 468-9495
Consult~ngGeologist
Technical
Articles
Willlam H. Roberts. 465-2228
Hydrexco Company
Nelson C. Steenland. 666-0266
Geophysic~st
CONTENTS
COLUMNS/ARTICLES
DEPARTMENTS
President's Comments
Society Meetings
...................................
"Depositional and Diagenetic Fabric of Gas Reservoirs
in the Oligocene Vicksburg Formation,
McAllen Ranch Field, Hidalgo County, Texas"
Richard P. Langford ........................................ 8
"Evidence for Deep-Water Evaporite Deposition in the
Miocene Kareem Formation, Southwestern Gulf of Suez, Egypt"
Sharon A. Stonecipher ..................................... .I1
"Pennsylvanian Cycle Stratigraphy and Carbonate Facies
Control of Reservoir Development in the Salt Creek Field,
Kent County, Texas"
D. A. Walker .............................................I8
International Explorationists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Permian Basin/Mid-Continent Explorationists . . . . . . . . . . . ..18
Geo-Events and Calendar ............................... .37
CommitteeNews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
OnTheMove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Houston Geological Auxiliary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..43
HGS Officer Nominees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
W. L. Calvert Scholarship Awards ....................... .49
HGS Outstanding Student Awards. ...................... .50
New Members .......................................... .53
HGS Student Poster Session Competition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Exploration Activity Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..64
Manuscripts, ~nquiries,o r suggestions should be
directed t o Editor, c/o H G S Bulletin, 7171 Harwin, Suite
314, Houston, TX 77036. Deadline for copy is six weeks
prior to publication. All copy must be typewritten and
double-spaced on standard white paper. Line drawings
and other illustrations must be photo-ready. I f prepared
PRICE SCHEDULEon a word processor, please send a copy of the computer
M A R C H MEETINGS
disc, preferably in e ~ t h e rPagemaker or Ventura format.
PhOtOgraphssubm~ttedfOrpub~icatiOnarewe~cOme~
( N ~ n - ~ e m b e radd
s : $2.00 to the meal price)
but cannot be returned.
HGS D i n n e r M e e t i n g
Westin Oaks
A p r . 22. . . . . . . . $20.00
HGS International Explorationists
P l e a s e call
785-2885
Dinner Meeting
W e s t i n O a k s H o t e l , A p r . 17. . . . . . . . $20.00
RESERVATIONS POLICY
Reservat~onsare made by calling the H G S office
(785-6402). At the meetlng, names are checked dga~nst
the reservation l~stThose with reservations w~llbe sold
t ~ c k e t s~mmed~ately.
Those without reservations will
be asked t o wait for available seats, and a $2
surcharge will beadded to the price of the ticket. All
who d o not honor their reservations will b e billed
for the price of the meal. If a reservat~oncannot he
kept. please cancel or send someone in your place.
Permian Basin/Mid-Continent
Explorationists
Dinner Meeting
W e s t i n O a k s H o t e l , A p r . 16. . . . . . . . $20.00
located at 7171 Harwin, Suite 314, Houston,
Texas 77036. The telephone number is (713)
785-6402.
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Environmental Notes
How t o Streamline Air Toxics Risk Assessments,
Richard V. C r u m e
20
Business of Geology
"What Makes a C o m p a n y 'World-Class'?",
Ivan Campbell Smith
22
Feature Articles
Belt Buckles a n d t h e Oil Industry,
Thalbert McGinness
27
T h e Austin Chalk - An Overview,
Doug Haymond
58
Chandeleur S o u n d O f f e r s Petroleum Potential,
Rodney W. J a c k s o n
COVER P H O T O
A rig crew is shown making a pipe connection on a belt buckle designed for the oil industry. For more information about
collecting oil industry-related belt buckles, see the article entitled "Belt Buckles and the Oil Industry" inside this issue. (Photo
courtesy of Thalbert McGinness.)
FUTURE H G S MEETINGS AND EVENTS (May and June)
MAY 8, 1991 (Dinner Meeting)
H G S ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE MEETING
W y a t t s Cafeteria in S h a r p s t o w n
MAY 2 9 , 1 9 9 1 (Luncheon Meeting)
"Bonne T e r r e Field"
Houston Club
"Tectonics-Primary C o n t r o l o n S e q u e n c e Stratigraphy"
Westin O a k s Hotel
MAY 17-19,1991
H G S Field Trip
"Deep W a t e r Clastics of t h e Ouachita Mountains"
Rice Stadium
H G S INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATIONISTS
"Geology of Grafsa Trough, Central Tunisia"
PERMIAN BASIN/MID-CONTINENT EXPLORATIONISTS
"Marathon Thrust-Belt, West T e x a s "
MAY 21-23, 1991
HGS Short Course
"lntroduction t o Hydrogeology"
Paul Revere Middle School
(see page 17)
J U N E 1 , 1991
HGS Skeet Shoot
American Shooting C e n t e r
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H O U S T O N GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Houston. Texas 77036
7171 Harwin. Suite 314
(713) 785-6402
.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
.
President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ronald W . (Ron) Harlan. BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc .
President-Elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cyrus (Cy) Strong. Shell Western E&P Inc .
Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P a t r i c k T . (Pat) Gordon. Arkla Exploration
Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M a r t i n J . Oldani. Sandefer Oil & Gas
Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denise M . Stone. Amoco Production
Executive Committeeman ('91) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard R. ( D i c k ) McLeod. Independent
Executive Committeeman ('91) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph S . ( S c o t t ) Laurent. Preston Oil
Executive Committeeman ('92) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara P. Bentley. Amoco Production
Executive Committeeman ('92) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S a m H . Peppiatt. Horizon Exploration
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COMMITTEE
CHAIRMEN
.
Academtc Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J o h n Chronic, Consultant
Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W . D o n Neville, Independent
Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D o u g Selvius. BHP Petroleum
A w a r d s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J o h n Adamick. TGS Offshore
Ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NancyT.Benthien.Marathon Oil
Boy Scouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D a n Helton. Natural Gas Pipeline
Bulletin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Kronman. Amoco Production
Computer Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M a r k Hodson. Marathon Oil
Continuing Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James R. ( J i m ) Lantz. A m o c o Production
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard T . (Tom) Clark. Pennzoil
Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Ahlborn. Diversified Energy M g m t .
Environmental and Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert B . (Bob) Rieser. Groundwater Technology
E x h i b ~ t s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gerald A . (Jerry) Cooley. PetCons & Assoc .
Field Trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul W . Britt. Elf Aquitaine Petroleum
Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DavidA.Fontaine.Consultant
Historical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D a v i d Shephard. Amoco Production
International Explorationists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pinar 0. Yilmaz. Exxon Prod. Research Co .
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evelyn WilieMoody. Consultant
Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Falkenstein. Amoco Production
Midland-Midcontinent Explorationists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A n d r e w C . ( A n d y ) Lattu. Columbia Gas
Nominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard S . ( D i c k ) Bishop. Exxon Prod . Research Co .
Office Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gerald A . (Jerry) Cooley. PetCons & Assoc .
Personnel Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steven H . Brachman. Wintershall Energy
Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William A . ( B i l l ) Hill. A R C 0 Oil & Gas
Publication Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thomas T . (Tom) Mather. Columbia Gas
Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerald D. (Gerry) Prager. Energy Development Corp .
Rememberances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renee Elosegui. Petroleum Information
Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K a t h y McDonald. Exxon Co. U S A
Technical Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P a t r i c k T . (Pat) Gordon. Arkla Exploration
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gaylon Freeman. BHP Petroleum
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SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES .
Advisor, M u s e u m of Natural Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M o r g a n J . Davis. Jr.. Consultant
GCAGS Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ronald W . (Ron) Harlan. BHP Petroleum
GCAGS Alternate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cyrus (Cy) Strong. Shell Western E & P
AAPG Delegate Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carol M . Lucas A R C 0 011& Gas
AAPG-DPA Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel L . (Dan) Smith. Texoil Co .
AAPG Group Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara & J o h n D . Bremsteller
Memorial Scholarship Board Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C . R. (Chuck) Noll, Jr.. N e w Bremen Corp .
HGS Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M e r r i l l Haas, Consultant
E n g i n e e r ~ n gCouncil of Houston Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claudia P. L u d w i g Consultant
Houston Geotech Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F. K e n n e t h (Ken) Aitken. I B M
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HOUSTON
GEOLOGICAL AUXILIARY .
Pres~dent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M r s . S t e w a r t ( M a r y ) F o l k
President-Elect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M r s - J i m ( K a t h r y n ) Bennett
First Vice President (Social) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M r s . P. W . J i m (Daisy) Wood
Second Vice President (Membership) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M r s . Richard (Janet) Steinmetz
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April has always been one of my favorite months. There is no place as
beautiful as Texas in April. I love to drive the highways, see the wild flowers and
experience the renewal of spring that seems to fillevery nook and cranny of
our wonderfulstate. You've guessed it - I'm lookingforward to the drive to
Dallas to help celebrate AAPG's Diamond Jubilee anniversary. Please attend if
you can for your own enrichment. Plans include over 400 papers 'and 320
poster sessions with emphasis on international exploration activities. The
meeting willalso include the usual array of field trips, short courses and social
events. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet old friends, stay abreast of
developing technology and exploration concepts as well as get a peek into
eastern Europe and Russia's pageant of exploration opportunities.
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Along with spring, April is also the month of renewal for HGS. Yes, its time
to elect from your peers the society's leadership for the coming year. We all
know time passes fastest when we're really busy and having fun. I've been guilty
of both because I was surprised to realize that it was election time already.
Dick Bishop (Chairman), Deet Schumacher and Dan Smith have provided
you with excellent choices. Please remember that you voted and approved
Constitution and Bylaws chan!]es that elevated Editor to Officer and Executive
Board status and created Treasurer.Elect and Editor-Elect positions to better
provide for continuity between administrations. Your vote is your minimum
obligation to our society. Take charge of your society by working within the
organization so that you willbe prepared to provide the leadership for our
society through the '90s and into the next century. We especially encourage
our younger members to become more active.
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Another important April event is to honor the outstanding geology
students from our six area universities. Each year the Awards Committee
requests each of the universities to select its most outstanding student who,
accompanied by his or her professor, is honored by a professional recognition
of his/her achievements and a check for $150.00. I know from experience (U of
H, 1962) that this event is a proud moment for these young scientists. Please
pass on your "Atta Boy/Girl" at this month's evening meeting.
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If you've been attending the technical meetings this year, you've
undoubtedly noticed the high quality of the presentations. Pat Gordon, Pinar
Yilmaz, Andy Lattu, and Bob Rieser have all attracted really outstanding
papers. Their work is greatly appreciated by all of us who have been attending
one or more of our five monthly meetings. If you've not been in attendance on a
monthly basis, we would sure like to see you!!
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RICHARD P. LANGFORD-Biographical
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NOTE RESERVATION POLICY
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Mr. Langford received
his B.A. in Geology from
Colorado College in 1979.
He then received
his
Masters from Indiana University in 1982, with a thesis
on fan-delta deposition in
the Pennsylvanian Fountain Formation, Colorado.
In 1988, he received his
Ph.D. from the University
of Utah. His dissertation
was on modern and ancient
fI'uvial-eolian deposition.
Since 1989, he has worked
at the Texas Bureau of
Economic Geology. Currently he is working on the
Secondary Gas Recovery Project which is designed to
determine the potential for increasing the recoverable
reserves of natural gas through development of existing
mature reservoirs.
adjoining sandstones irrespective of grain size. Authigenic
chlorite fabrics are interbedded, forming distinct alternating
bands O.I-inch to 3-feet thick. The quartz overgrowth facies
occurs in 1- to 2-ft-thick zones within the coarsest grained
sandstones.
Three depositional facies in McAllen Ranch contain
reservoir quality rock: (1) mid-delta-front deposits; (2)
massive upper delta-front sandstones; and (3) distributary
channel-fill sandstones. Mid-delta-front deposits coarsen
upward overall and consist predominately of thin, 3-inch- to
5-foot-thick upward-fining sequences that have scoured
bases. These upward-fining sequences are cemented by
calcite at the base and top. Proximal delta-front deposits are
upward-coarsening intervals interpreted to be either delta
mouth-bar crest or similar upper-shoreface deposits. Poorly
defined laminae are the most common sedimentary
structure. Porous and tightly chlorite- and calcite-cemented
bands commonly parallel sedimentary structures. Distributary channel fills consist of thicker (10 to 20 foot),
poorly sorted, upward-fining sandstones. The basal 1 to 2
feet of distributary channel fills, where underlain by shales,
are tightly cemented with calcite. Porous, quartz-cemented
diagenetic facies form 1- to 2-foot-thick bands with the
coarsest channel fill.
Differences in the character of the microresistivity
curve of the high-resolution dipmeter log correlate with
differences in cementation and with different depositional
facies within the cores. Examination of microresistivity logs
and high-resolution density logs allows accurate prediction
of diagenetic facies and resulting reservoir properties.
DEPOSITIONAL AND DIAGENETIC FABRIC OF
GAS RESERVOIRS IN THE OLIGOCENE VICKSBURG
FORMATION, McALLEN RANCH FIELD,
HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS
McAllen Ranch gas field in Hidalgo County has been
studied as part of an effort to understand reservoir heterogeneity within mature natural gas fields as a means to detect
uncontacted and bypassed' gas pools. McAllen Ranch
produces from overpressured sandstone reservoirs of the
Oligocene Vicksburg Formation. Structurally, the fieldconsists of a faulted, shingled set of southeastward tapering
structural wedges. Deposition was contemporaneous with
deformation, resulting in a complex interplay between
sedimentation and tectonism.
The sandstones contain subequal proportions of volcanic rock fragments (VRF), feldspar, and quartz grains.
Grain size ranges from very fine to coarse sand. Porosity is
mostly secondary, having formed through dissolution of
VRF and feldspar grains. Three major diagenetic facies in
cored reservoir rock can be grouped by the predominance
of one diagenetic cement type: (1) calcite-cemented, (2)
chlorite-cemented, and (3) quartz overgrowth-cemented.
Permeability variation of more than two orders of magnitude
within the reservoir sandstones corresponds to different
diagenetic facies.
The calcite-cemented facies predominates in very finegrained sandstones and siltstones and encroaches into
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Chairperson's Column
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Geologists a r e a n innovative and creative bunch who
a r e striving t o find more oil and gas in different areas around
t h e world, all after the "big one". They continuously
generate new ideas which a r e developed into plays a n d
presented t o managers for their review. Of the many ideas
generated, only a few a r e approved by management.
Geologists whose ideas a r e approved a r e delighted t o have
m a d e a "sale", while o t h e r s w h o may be disappointed
maintain hope to find new plays. This familiar management
process focuses o n "management by results". In this
structure managers maintain the control point for decision
making. They also typically s e t the goals a n d targets by
which geologists a r e judged. It is a management system that
h a s served most companies well since the turn of the
century. However, in today's highly competitive world, a
more effective managc,ment process is gaining in popularity:
o n e that focuses o n management of processes. This system
is commonly called "Total Quality Leadership".
Total Quality Leadership, as defined by B. Joiner
(1985), "is a n approach t o management which focuses on
giving t o p value t o ci-~stomersby building excellence into
every aspect of the organization ..." It starts with the
customer. It is data-oriented a n d calls for monitoring
variables inside a n d outside the organization. In Total
Quality Leadership there is freedom t o discover, develop
a n d gain mastery over processes. Yet there is control of a
d a t a - b a s e d a p p r o a c h t o c o n t i n u o u s improvement of
processes. W h e n quality is increased by improving
processes, better productivity a n d a satisfied work force
results.
Key c o m p o n e n t s of Total Quality Leadership c a n be
summarized a s follows: constant and rigorous improvement in every system in any organization is stressed. T h e
work c a n be and must b e studied, analyzed a n d scientifically
dissected. Processes must be standardized a n d these
procedures must b e followed, yet the opportunity must be
provided for everyone to contribute t o improving the
processes and t o eliminate problems. It has a customer
focus. It recognizes that there a r e internal a n d external
c u s t o m e r s . I t d e m a n d s improved relationships with
suppliers. It emphasizes process improvement rather than
individual accountability. It requires that communication
s y s t e m s be adapted to the needs of t h e job, not to the needs
of the hierarchy. It d e m a n d s constancy of purpose throughout the organization, persistence in accord with a clear and
widely understood vision.
T o accomplish Total Quality Leadership, education
a n d re-education of managers is needed. They must be
leaders instead of bosses, coaches instead of enforcers.
T h e y must focus on problem solving and constant improvement instead of blaming a n d controlling. T h e r e must be
constant communication and feedback within a n d between
units of t h e organization. They must lead the development
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a n d c o m m u n ~ c a t i o nof a clear vision of the organization's
future. In s h o r t , managers a r e responsible for developing
supportive work environments a n d in building t h e capability
of employees a n d organizational work processes. If they d o
that, good results will follow.
I t is best when these changes start at t h e top of t h e
organization. Unfortunately, that is not often the case. Still,
we c a n e a c h begin this new way of working ourselves.
Clarify a n d get t o know the needs of your c u s t o m e r s better.
Examine your work processes a n d eliminate those actions
that have n o value. Write down three ways to improve the
quality of your work a n d begin making those changes within
your control today. Initiate with others more effective ways
of working together. F o c u s on generating reliable data.
Move from blaming for possible problems to engaging in
constructive problem solving.
This new way of working in "Total Quality Leadership"
c a n pay big dividends. It c a n create sustained growth in the
reserve base and c a n improve the quality of plays. Besides,
it is a much m o r e enjoyable way t o work.
PINAR 0. YILMAZ
References:
W . Edward Deming, N o t e s o n "Need for Change",
November 5 , 1988.
C u r t J . Howes, Notes o n "Continuous Improvement
Processes", 1990.
Brian J o i n e r , 1985, Total Quality Leadership versus
Management by Results. Joiner Associates Inc., 9p.
INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATIONISTS
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Hotel and A/V Arrangements:
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Marls sandwiching the evaporites contain a diverse and
abundant assemblage of nannoplankton, planktonic foraminifera and diatoms, pteropods, and fish scales indicative
of basinal deposition. Associated turbidites also argue for
deep-water sedimentation. The paucity of benthic diatoms
and foraminifera, plus the presence of unburrowed shales,
phosphate nodules, early ferroan carbonate cements, and
authigenic pyrite suggest periodic anoxic, or at least
disaerobic, bottom waters.
Beneath the evaporites, foram-rich calcareous shales
grade upward to diatomaceous dolomites, organic-rish
dolomites, and varved porcellanite. The dolomites change
upward into dolomitic shales containing nodular celestite
and then chicken-wire anhydrite. Above the evaporites,
calcareous shales and shaly limestones recur. Such
sequences are best explained by restriction and evaporative
draw down of a standing body of water; increasing salinity
probably also caused the progr'essive upward decrease in
foram abundance and diversity in marls beneath the anhydrites. In contrast, a diverse, indigenous nannoplankton
assemblage in shale seams within the anhydrites suggests
the evaporative basin was stratified; shallow open-marine
conditions coexisted with anhydrite crystallization from
deeper hypersaline waters.
These Kareem sequences thus suggest partial isolation
of the Suez by middle Miocene resulting in restriction and
stratification of the basin, leading to periodic hypoxia and
subaqueous evaporite formation.
All meetings will be at Westin Oaks Hotel in the
Galleria.
We willmeet every third Wednesday of September to
November and January to May.
EXOTIC ROCI<S
The International
Explorationists
Committee is
looking for exotic rocks to use for speaker awards.
Please contact one of the committee members if you
have an exotic sample you would like to donate. We give
credit to the donor of the sample, as well as the age,
formation, etc.
HGS-INTERNATIONAL
EXPLORATIONISTS
DINNER MEETING-APRIL
17,1991
SHARON A. STONECIPH~R-Biographical
Sketch
Sharon A. Stonecipher
attended Case Western
Reserve University for two
years and received her B.S.
in Geology from Ohio State
University. Sharon com.
pleted a Ph.D. in Marine
Geology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Upon graduation she was
employed by Marathon Oil
at its Production Technology Center in Littleton,
Colorado.
Dr. Stonecipher's main areas of in.
terest include sandstone
petrography, diagenesis, low temperature geochemistry,
clay minerals, and empirical diagenetic/stratigraphic
modelling. Much of her work concerns the interpretation of
depositional environmen~ from textural and diagenetic
characteristics for exploration purposes. Sharon has also
done extensive work on textural and mineralogic controls
on petrophysical rock properties for development and production oriented projects. In addition, she is extensively
involved in Marathon's training program. Sharon is a
member of AAPG, SEPM, and the Clay Mineral Society.
WE'VE
SEARCHED
THE
WORLD
rr-
EVIDENCE FOR DEEP-WATER
EVAPORITE DEPOSITION IN THE
MIOCENE KAREEM FORMATION,
SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF SUEZ, EGYPT
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Intercalated Kareem siliciclastics and evaporites provide evidence for the timing of isolation of the Gulf of Suez
from the Mediterranean. The evaporites include celestites
and massive, "chicken-wire", and laminated anhydrites.
Although previously interpreted to represent sabkhas, our
core studies suggest these evaporites more likely formed in
a submarine setting.
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H O W TO STREAMLINE AIR T O X l C S
RISK ASSESSMENTS
By Richard V. Crume
to express the likelihood that individuals within an exposed
population will suffer adverse health effects as a result of
exposure.
The adverse effect is death from cancer when the
contaminant is a carcinogen, while exposure to noncarcinogens may lead to a variety of fatal or non-fatal health
effects.
Risk is expressed as a probability. For example, in an
exposed population of one million, if one person would be
expected to die from lifetime exposure to a toxic air
contaminant, the risk of death associated with the contaminant is one in one million, or 10-6.Risk calculations often
are based on worst-case exposure scenarios, such that the
risk is more likely overestimated or conservatively calculated and resulting health protection measures are more
certainlv sufficient.
Regardless of whether worst-case or typical-case assumptions are used, environmental toxicologists consider
risk assessment results to be upper bound estimates of risk,
where the true risk lies somewhere between the calculated
value and zero.
Air toxics risk assessments are applied in a variety of
situations. For example, as part of a state's permitting
procedures, new industrial facilities may be required to use
risk assessment techniques to demonstrate that risks are
below specified d e minimis values.
Additionally, both new and existing facilities may be
required to perform risk assessments in situations where
catastrophic releases of toxic air contaminants are possible.
Finally, risk assessments may be performed for a variety of
other purposes, including compliance with the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (CERCLA), and the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act (SARA).
Examples of air toxics policies and regulations for
California are presented in Table 1. Although California
leads the nation in air toxics policies and regulations, several
other states also have active air toxics programs.
Steps can be taken in planning for and conducting an
air toxics risk assessment that will streamline the assessment process, increase the likelihood of first-time approval
of the assessment to avoid repeated revisions, and ultimately
reduce risk to an acceptable level. These steps include:
Preliminary contacts with air regulatory agencies;
Preparation of a risk assessment protocol document;
Use of screening techniques; and
Use of model refinements, process technology and
emission controls t a reduce risk.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The environmental geologist must become a "renaissance" person. Knowledge of engineering
geography, chemistry, law, meteorology, biology a n d botany are all necessities in the environmental business. In that
light, the following article introduces the reader to the
concern of air pollution. It is well documented that airborne
contaminants can re-enter and pollute the surfacesoils and
water (i.e. acid rain) and therefore is increasingly becoming
a n area of interest in environmental site assessments. (This
article was originally published in Pollution Engineering,
July, 1990, and is reprinted here with their permission.)
A number of state and local agencies have developed
air toxics policies and regulations for the control of toxic
compound emissions from industrial processes. These
policies and regulations commonly require that air inhalation
risk assessments be performed to demonstrate that public
health risks associated with the industrial processes are
below established d e minimis values. Often the risk assessment must include an evaluation of the potential for both
carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health effects in the
surrounding community, including various sensitive receptors (e.g., school students and nursing home residents).
A consideration of health effects from multipathway exposures (e.g., the deposition of toxic air contaminants on
surface waters, crops, and soils where subsequent human
exposure may occur) may also be required.
This article does not attempt to describe risk assessment methodologies and procedures. Instead, various steps
are described that can streamline the execution of air toxics
risk assessments, increase the likelihood of first-time approval of an assessment, and reduce risks when calculated
values exceed d e minimis levels.
Air toxics and risk assessments
Air toxics are hazardous air pollutants discharged into
the atmosphere by various sources including industrial
facilities. The degree of hazard associated with air toxics
exposure varies widely depending on the air contaminant's
toxicity; the route, level and duration of exposure; and the
size of the exposed polulation. The principal route of
exposure is inhalation, although skin absorption and the
ingestion of air-contaminated surface waters, crops, and
soils also are possible.
The consequences of exposure to air toxics include
both carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic human health
effects. These effects are often characterized using risk
assessment practices, as specified in various state and local
air toxics policies and regulations. Risk assessment is used
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Non-carcinogenic effects - potential health problems
associated with compounds causing non-carcinogenic acute
or chronic health effects.
Multipathway risks
calculation of risk, taking into
account non-inhalation exposure routes such a s the ingestion of air toxics including contaminated soil, fish, water,
a n d crops o r the absorption of air contaminants through the
skin.
Worker effects - adverse health effects in on-site
employees a s well a s in workers in nearby facilities.
Target populations a n d points of exposure for these
measures of risk are summarized in Table 2.
TABLE 1.
California Air Toxics Policies and Regs
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Law
AB 2588
Requirement
R e q u ~ r eindustr~alsources to perform an air toxlcs
em~ssionInventory and to calculate or measure
emlsslon rates. In some cases, a subsequent r ~ s k
assessment may also be requ~red.
Requ~resa Risk Management Prevention Program to
be prepared for emergency or catastrophic releases
of acutely hazardous mater~als
Requ~resregulation of toxlc air contammant
emissions from municipal waste incinerators, based
on risk assessment results.
Air toxics risk assessments c a n provide valuable information a b o u t community exposure to industrial facility
emissions
Requires the public to b e informed about pokentd
health hazards.
Air District
Rules and
Polic~es
The South Coast and Monterey Bay Alr Quality
Management Districts both have establ~shedrules
requ~ringr ~ s kassessments for new air emiss~on
p e r m ~ tapplicants. T h e Bay Area Air Quality
Management Distr~cthas a n alr toxics policy w ~ t h
s ~ m ~ l requirements.
ar
TABLE 2.
Typical Objectives of Air Toxics Risk Assessments
Preliminary contacts
An important first s t e p in conducting a n air toxics risk
assessment is to become familiar with the risk assessment
requirements of the air regulatory agency with jurisdiction
over the emission source in question. Although usually not
required, a preliminary meeting with,the local air regulatory
agency c a n provide valuable insight regarding how the risk
assessment should be performed a n d documented, and
what information should be provided t o ensure future
acceptance of the final assessment without major revision.
Most agencies make available risk assessment guidelines a n d reference documents. However, these materials
seldom provide t h e detailed information needed to perform
the entire assessment. An added problem is that air toxics
risk assessment policies a r e becoming more sophisticated
a n d policies and reference documents may not be up t o
date. Thus, initial contacts with the regulatory agency take
o n critical importance in determining how to perform the
assessment.
When regulatory agencies require assessments to be
repeated or extensively revised, a common reason is that
the risk assessment was not designed with appropriate
objectives in mind. These objectives may include the
calculation of o n e o r more of t h e following measures of risk:
Maximum individual risk - the risk of death from cancer
for a hypothetical adult exposed at the point of maximum
predicted ambient air concentration for a 70-year period, 24
hours per day.
Risk f o r the maximum exposed individual - s a m e a s the
maximum individual risk, but for the point of actual
exposure for t h e adult living closest t o the emission source.
Excess c a n c e r burden - the increased incidence of
cancer death in the community surrounding the facility,
usually based o n either a 70-year exposure period or on the
actual expected operating lifetime of the facility.
Sensitive receptor evaluation - calculation of the maximum individual risk for high-risk individuals such a s children,
asthmatics a n d the elderly.
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Measure of risk
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Sometimes, o n e o r more of the above measures of risk
a r e erroneously excluded from a risk assessment d u e to
miscommunication with the regulatory agency o r incorrect
assumptions about what logically should a n d should not be
included in a n air toxics risk assessment for a given facility.
Because different agencies have varying philosophies about
the purposes a n d objectives of risk assessments, it is
important to discuss the objectives of the risk assessment
with the appropriate agency a s a first s t e p in designing a risk
assessment study. O t h e r important topics to raise with the
agency include:
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What de minimis values have been established by the
agency in determining the levels at which calculated risks
are considered significant?
Is the use of emissions factors satisfactory, or will emission
testing be required?
What are the requirements for the use of specific
dispersion models or risk assessment methodologies?
Should the worst-case, worst-plausible case, average or
typical values be used for emission rates and other critical
parameters?
What reference sources should be used to determine
compounds of interest to the agency and to determine
appropriate unit risk factors?
Should risks be calculated over a 70-year lifetime period
or over the expected operating lifetime of the facility?
Should 24-hour community exposure be assumed, even
when many residents may spend 8 to 10 hours per day
working outside the community?
At what distance from the facility site should excess
cancer burdens be calculated? Often these distances are
expressed in terms of 10-7or 10-6 risk levels.
What are acceptable risk-screening approaches?
Are future revisions or amendments expected to the
agency's risk assessment policies?
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Although the question of de minimis values may not
seem important from the viewpoint of conducting an air
toxics risk assessment, knowledge of the de minimus value
may be very useful in determining the degree of refinement
required by the assessment.
For example, if the de minimis value is relatively
stringent - a maximum individual risk of 10-6,or one cancer
death in an exposed population of one million - the use of
precise dispersion models and assumptions may b e
necessary to determine whether risk is below the de minimis
value. O n the other hand, if the d e minimis value is less
stringent - a maximum individual risk of 10-5or higher more conservative, less costly dispersion models and
assumptions may be adequate to demonstrate compliance
with the de minimis value. The level of the d e minimis risk
value may have a'significant impact on the required
complexity of the assessment, affecting costs as well as time
for completion.
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not an exact science, and the many inherent uncertainties in
the process are accommodated through a series of conservative, health-protective assumptions.
Screening techniques
Considerable time and cost savings can be realized
through the use of screening techniques. A good example of
a screening technique is the use of the PTPLU dispersion
model in place of the standard Industrial Source Complex
(ISC) model. Although the ISC model provides more
precise results than PTPLU, ISC is more expensive and
time-consuming to run. If the regulatory agency will allow
use of screening models such a s the PTPLU, and if the
screening model will provide results that are sufficient to
demonstrate compliance with the de minimis value, its use
should be considered.
Another screening technique involves the use of worstcase values for a variety of risk assessment parameters such
as emissions factors. Worst-case values usually are easier to
select and justify than more realistic values and many
regulatory agencies encourage or require their use. The
hazard associated with worst-case values is that their use
may result in an artificially high estimate of risk. In fact, using
worst-case values throughout a risk assessment can lead to
calculated risks that are three or more orders of magnitude
higher than a best estimate.
Protocol document
Before an air toxics risk assessment is performed, a
protocol document that outlines all procedures and assumptions to be used in the study should be prepared. Preparation
of a protocol document not only provides an opportunity for
all parties to consider and agree upon the risk assessment
methodology, it also gives the regulatory agency staff who
review the protocol the opportunity to sign off on the
proposed risk assessment plan.
A well-written protocol document that has the approval
of all interested parties can minimize the revisions, corrections and associated delays required later in the study,
more than justifying the extra time and expense required to
prepare the document.
The protocol document should specify all models,
procedures, parameters and assumptions to be used in the
risk assessment. The document also may be an appropriate
place to remind interested parties that risk assessment is
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Risk reduction
In situations where calculated risk values exceed d e
minimis values, steps often can be taken to refine the
calculations such that the calculated risk values are reduced.
For example, where screening techniques have been used,
portions of the risk assessment can be repeated using more
refined and realistic models and assumptions.
If the risk values are still unacceptable, risk can be
reduced further by implementing various process modifications. These include:
Reducing hours of operation or operating capacity;
Reducing feed rate or modifying feed composition; and
Increasing stack height.
In the case of stack height, calculations can be performed to determine what height would result in sufficient
dilution of the plume such that the desired level of risk is
achieved. However, caution should be exercised in increasing stack height because in some cases this can result
in pollutants being dispersed to a larger population.
Risk can also be reduced through the application of
emission control equipment. Because carcinogenic risk
reduction calculations are generally based on the assumptions that risk reduction is linear with emission rate reduction, significant reductions in calculated risk can be
realized by applying efficient emission controls.
Air toxics risk assessments can provide valuable
information about community exposure to industrial facility
emissions. Although the risk assessment process can be
time-consuming, the assessment can be expedited and
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delays minimized by making initial contacts with the regulatory agency, by preparing a protocol document and by using
risk screening techniques.
Risks above d e minimis values often can be reduced to
acceptable levels through the use of more refined models
and assumptions, the implementation of process modifications and application of emission control technology.
Risk is discussed here a s a tool used by regulatory
agencies in the issuance of permits and by industry in
determining the level of emission control required. In fact,
risk used in this manner may in some cases have little
bearing on the true health hazard associated with operation
of a given facility. Better estimates of true risk can be
achieved by using more realistic, less conservative exposure
assumptions and scenarios, and through the application of
more refined dispersion models.
Richard V. Crume is head of the Engineering a n d
Regulatory Support Section, Environmental Engineering
Department, a t Midwest Research Institute, Cary, N.C.
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H G S SHORT COURSE
E N V I R O N M E N T & ENGINEERING SECTION C O N T I N U I N G EDUCATION COURSE
COURSE TITLE:
"INTRODUCTION T O HYDROGEOLOGY"
SCOPE OF COURSE:
This course is intended for geologists a n d related professionals. It will provide them with a n
introduction to the basic principles of hydrogeology, how our groundwater is endangered by
disposal of hazardous wastes, a n d the remedial / corrective measures currently in adoption to
combat hazardous wastes within t h e S t a t e a n d Federal environmental regulatory guidelines. It is
a good follow-up to the "Introduction t o the RCRA/ CERCLARegulations" which was offered in
February.
INSTRUCTORS:
Professional Staff of ERM SOUTHWEST.
Richard Bost, Certified Groundwater Professional.
Brian Flynn, Professional Engineer.
Bill Stevens, Professional Geologist a n d Engineer.
May 21, 1991:
Richard Bost will lead with the principles of groundwater a n d effectsof hazardous waste upon our
groundwater supply.
May 22, 1991:
Brian Flynn will cover t h e Federal a n d S t a t e Regulations within the framework of groundwater
concerns.
May 23, 1991:
Bill Stevens will conclude with a discussion of various case studies.
DATES & LOCATION: May 21,22,& 23,1991, Paul Revere Middle School Auditorium, 10502 Briar Forest, Houston,
T e x a s (112 block west of Beltway 8).
TIME:
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PERMIAN BASIN,/MID-CONTINENT
EXPLORA TIONISTS
Permian Basin and Mid-Continent
Exploration Meeting
Tuesday, April 16, 1 9 9 1
6:00 p.m. - Westin Oaks
O N PAGE 2
T h e April dinner meeting of the H G S Permian Basin
and Mid-Continent group will feature Dale A. Walker. H e
will present a paper entitled "Pennsylvanian Cycle Stratigraphy and Carbonate Facies Control of Reservoir Development in the Salt Creek Field, Kent County, Texas," which
h e co-authored with J . M. Jensen, S. P. Zody, and S .
Tomlinson Reid. Reservations must be made before noon
on Friday, April 12, by calling Margaret at H G S (785-6402).
Dinner is $20.00 for H G S members a n d $22.00 for nonmembers; no-shows will be billed.
DALE A. WALKER-Biographical
decided to recorrelate the producing units at Salt Creek
using additional lithologic a n d paleontologic information
gained from infill wells. T h e purpose was to use these new
correlations t o assist in locating development wells, completion of drilled wells, determining what zones to test with
workovers, and to optimize the waterflood.
O n e of the primary goals of this study was to recorrelate
the reservoir internally using biostratigraphic zones to
distinguish lithostratigraphic units. In addition, it became
apparent that the reservoir contained numerous shoalingupward cycles. From the biostratigraphic zones, it appears
that these cycles correlate with other Pennsylvanian
seauences o n the Eastern Shelf of Texas and midcontinent
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Mr. Walker received his B.S. in Geology in 1976 from
Dennison University and while serving in the Army Reserves
received his M S . in Geology from Ohio State in 1982. H e
has worked at Mobil since 1983, with his duties being divided
between the application of Remote-Sensing Technology at
the Research Division in Dallas and production geology with
the Horseshoe Atoll and Pegasus Units in Midland, Texas.
H e will present a paper on remote sensing imagery on the
Gulf Coast at the Dallas AAPG meeting this year.
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PENNSYLVANIAN CYCLE STRATIGRAPHY AND
CARBONATE FACIES CONTROL O F RESERVOIR
DEVELOPMENT IN THE SALT CREEK FIELD,
KENT COUNTY, TEXAS
T h e Salt C r e e k Field is located in Kent County,
approximately 150 miles northeast of Midland, Texas. Salt
C r e e k was discovered using surface mapping and recognition of the producing trend established by the Kelly Snyder
(SACROC) Field. T h e Salt Creek Field has been a prolific
producer since its discovery well, Caroline Hunt Trust
Estate C-1, flowed 2184 barrels of oil per day in April 1950.
T h e field was unitized in 1952, a n d in 1953 a centerline
injection pattern was initiated t o maintain reservoir
pressure. As recently a s 1988, daily production for the field
exceeded 31,000 barrels of oil, a n d yearly production was
over 10.6 million barrels of oil.
Numerous geological a n d engineering studies have
been performed o n Salt Creek since its discovery. It was
recognized quite early that Salt Creek consisted of multiple
producing zones. T h e most productive intervals a r e oolitic
grainstones. However, correlation of oolitic grainstones is
difficult because oolites deposited at different times a r e
lithologically similar. Correlations based strictly on well log
curves a n d facies information were not accurate. It was
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BUSINESS OF GEOLOGY
"WHAT M A K E S A COMPANY
'WORLD-CLASS'?"*
By Ivan Campbell Smith
EDITOR'S NOTE: Although this article does not
specifically address oil/gas/environmental minirig companies, many of the ideas expressed here haue direct
application to our industries. The article also refers to
"customer satisfaction."The "customer"can be internal o r
external. Everyone w h o works in a company serves
"customers," whether they a r e management, peers,
another department, a supplier, o r someone else.
Everybody always knows what major changes are going o n
inside the company. Internal communications are, in a
word, superb.
Fourth, work flows smoothly and swiftly across the
functional lines of the organization, and productivity therefore is extremely high. In a world-class company, there a r e
customer-satisfying chains running across the traditional
organizational structure. No longer is important, value-
World-class companies always dominate the markets
o r market segments they serve. In addition, they a r e always
very profitable. How d o they get that way? W e have
identified nine essential characteristics of such organizations.
First, in a world-class company, everyone truly
respects everyone else. That doesn't necessarily mean
frequent backslapping, lots of company social functions, or
a "one big happy family" environment. It simply means
genuine, sincere respect on the part of all in the organization
for the dignity, rights a n d freedoms of each and every fellow
human being. Without such mutual respect, a company has
n o chance of achieving world class status.
Second, world-class companies function under what 1
like t o call a n umbrella of customer satisfaction (see figure).
This means that satisfying customers is the preeminent
driving force and responsibility of the entire organization
a n d all the people in it. That's the whole organization, not
just the marketing department. In all decisions, whether
chiefly involving operations, marketing, finance, MIS, the
credit department-all decisions-primary emphasis is on
their impact on customer satisfaction.
Third, everybody always knows what's going on in the
business, be it good newsor bad. From bottom to top, top to
bottom and side to side. "Need to know," along with its
disastrous demoralizing effects, is out. Openness and
candor a r e in.
Everyone in the world-class organization knows how
the company is performing, relative to competition, in its
primary mission-customer satisfaction. They know market
shares and their trends. Market survey and research results
a r e circulated and discussed throughout the organization.
adding, revenue-producing, profit-generating work allowed
t o fall into the cracks between the boxes on the organizational chart. Those impermeable barriers to effective
performance have tumbled. "Teamwork" n o longer refers
to the R&D team o r the manufacturing team or the
customer service team. Rather, customer-satisfying teams
include representatives of all functions involved in serving a
specific category of customers in a particular way. Furthermore, both suppliers, at the beginning of the chain, and
customers, at the end, a r e n o longer treated as outside
enemies but a s integral links in the chain.
Fifth, the role of management in companies that have
achieved world class status has changed drastically. No
longer is the emphasis on establishing uniform inflexible
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Gone too is the chronic focus on the bottom line itself.
It has been replaced by a focus on fulfilling customer needs
and on creating or strengthening the means for doing so, i.e.,
on the causes of an exceptionally good bottom line.
The implementation point is an important one, as it
highlights a major responsiblity of management in the worldclass company. It must be made clear throughout the
company that management is committed to implementing
the results of team improvement planning efforts. Otherwise, the team's work is perceived, quickly and correctly, as
simply an exercise.
The management team of the business is, most importantly, the top customer satisfaction team. In addition to
his or her functional hat, each key manager now wears a
customer-satisfying strategic hat, which is every bit as
important.
Clearly, the culture in the world-class organization has
changed. Management has created the environment in
which this change may occur, and those in the ranks of the
organization-those who actually do the work that leads to
customer satisfaction-have brought about the change.
Another major task of each member of the management team is empowering teams in the ranks of the
organization to do their work, appointing them when
necessary, supporting them, removing obstacles, encouraging them and making sure the work is being done well.
Ninth, process support and information systems are
specifically tailored to the needs and characteristics of the
organization. Very importantly, progress in satisfying customers is now measured routinely and the results circulated
and discussed throughout the organization. Productivity of
the entire organization, defined in terms of value added per
employee, is similarly communicated and reviewed.
policies, guarding important information, and the traditional
incentive-stifling approaches to control.
Sixth, the organization is very flat. This relates closely
to points four and five. Much has been said about it in recent
years. But the world-class company has become flat not
simply as a knee-jerk reaction to parrot-like recitation of
some mindless slogan such as "lean and mean," nor of
"fat-cutting" in the interest of preserving short-term profitability. It has happened as management increasingly realized
that in many cases middle and supervisory management
was not only superfluous, but was actually hindering the
flow of value-adding, customer-satisfying, profit-generating
cross-functional work.
Position descriptions, performance appraisals, and
compensation programs focus on and reinforce the dual
goals of customer satisfaction and internal productivity.
Computer support mechanisms such as order entry
systems now truly support the cross-function processes
they were designed to help, in the way those who participate
in each process have determined it works best, eliminating
the traditional requirement that those trying to use the
support systems serve them.
Seventh, there is a constant commitment in worldclass organizations to make the changes required for
enhancing customer satisfaction and/or improving internal
efficiencies. (It's amazing how frequently these two ends
complement one another ...provided decisions are made
first with consideration of their impact on customers.) And,
of course, needed resources are made available to permit
the organization to capitalize on improvement opportunities
identified.
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Five Poet Oak park, Suite 1530
Houeton, Texae 77027
(713)439-1530
Eighth, it is niainly the "worker bees," those "in the
trenches" in the organization, who pinpoint customer
satisfaction and work flow improvement opportunities and
then, working in cross-functional teams, plan and implement improvements.
EARL P. BURKE, JR.
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GLENN P. BURKE - Geologist
STEPHEN J. FOLZENLOGEN - Geologist
BRIAN D. BURKE
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FEA TURE
BELT BUCI<lES
AND THE Oil INDUSTRY
By Thalbert McGinness
firm, in celebration of Hughes' 50th anniversary. A bit of
history is included on the back of the buckle. It reads "April
15, 1922, Hobson Blackstone, and. their crew drilled the
Mexia, Texas field with the 12%,''Hughes Simplex' bit. On
Humphries Rogers No.3 one set of cones drilled 146' of
surface rock in two days. Two more sets of cones drilled
180' on Humphries Thomas No.3 injust three days. Hughes
built the bits needed for tough drilling problems in 1922. We
are still doing it today."
Also on the back of the buckle is the Hughes HT
trademark; the company slogan, "Everyday we make
drilling history"; and what appears to be a pattern identification. The design for the front supposedly comes from a
publicity photograph taken near Mexia, Texas, soon after
the bit was delivered. The buckle has a very high relief and is
made of highly polished pewter, both characteristic of the
Bergamot company. This buckle is worth about $25.00 to a
collector.
Many professionals in the petroleum industry today
need something outside of their job to occupy their minds.
Hobbies and outside interests are healthy diversions to
keep minds from being stifled and are recommended by
mental health organizations to relieve the daily stress of
business.
A low-stress option for spending one's free time is
collecting. A collection occupies time and effort, but the
enjoyment and satisfaction can be quite rewarding.
I have been collecting belt buckles over the past several
years. One large part of my collection is devoted to belt
buckles that are related to oil and oil-service companies.
The collection has evolved to more than 500 buckles, many
of which are displayed at home. Generally speaking,
collecting belt buckles is not an expensive hobby. Most
collector buckles can be bought for less than $25.
Most belt-buckle collectors are also interested in the
history of the buckle, including the material or metal used to
construct the buckle, the manufacturer, the date created,
and the source.
I willattempt to show a number of buckles in .thisarticle
that represent a cross-section of the industry. Pictures and
brief discussions about .selected belt buckles are found
below.
Red Adair
Evidence shows that this buckle (Figure 1) was made
for Hughes Bit Company by Bergamot, a manufacturing
The Red Adair Company buckles are also highly prized
collector's items, as they represent the premier oil and gas
well-control company in the world. The first Red Adair belt
buckle was made of plain brass and showed the leaning,
fiery rig that Mr. Adair chose as his logo many years ago. A
second version of the buckle has a very deep red epoxy
filling. But certainly the most eye-grabbing version is the
Figure 1. Hughes Buckle
Figure 2. Red Adair
Hughes Buckle
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existence more than once by the issuance of belt buckles.
The simplest of the available designs (shown on page one,
upper photograph) shows a three-quarter front view of a
logging truck above the Schlumberger emblem. This buckle
is rumored to have created a new navel in some overweight
wearers due to the sharp point aU he truck on the top part of
the buckle. This buckle would be worth about $10.
third which was made in full color (Figure 2). The buckle is
gold colored with a very impressive us~ of red and black on
the rig fire and smoke. A collector would pay about $15 for a
copy of the third version.
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Rental Tool Company
A very neatly made pewter buckle as shown in Figure 3
was made for the Centennial Bental Tool Company. The
relief and detail are very good. Rental tool companies
represent one of the major segments of the oilfieldindustry.
Rental tools include almost everything a drilling company
could use in the dril1ingor completion of a welLThis buckle
is fairly common and would be worth less than $10 to the
collector.
Offsl)ore Drilling
Awards Design Medals manufactured a belt buckle
patten} expecially for the offshore petroleum industry,
highlighting a deep-water completion and productioTJ;platform'(see page l:bottom photograph) The wording on the
borders reads "OFFSHORE DRILUNG", yet the unit
pictured has a pressure control 'unit, a flare boom,' and no
living quarters, all characteristics of a completion unit. The
eternal chopper pad is shown; together with either a semisubmzrsible or floater rig. Estimated value of the buckle is
$15.
"Black Gold"
Indiana Metal Craft has put together a montage of the
oil industry on the face of this buckle (Figure 5). The
prominent label is "BLACK GOLD". Among the many and
Figure 3. Centennial Rental Tool Company
"B&B"
"The Place" Inc., located in Michigan, takes credit for
the 'B & B' buckle shown here in Figure 4. The excellent
figure 5. "Black, Gold"
varied items on this buckle are an offshore floating (semi-:
subm~rsible) rig, a work boat, a land-based dril1ingrig'; 'a
pipel;ine, a Rump jack, a refinery or cracking planfand a
trucK transport. The detail is outstanding andfhebL1<;::kleis
highlighted with some colorful lacquer fillnot discerri'ible in
this photo.
"The Poor Boy Oil Co."
Figure 4. "B & B"
Bergamot manufactured this buckle (Figure 6) for
Gordon Bankston Enterprises, Inc. in 1978. It is believed
that Mr. Bankston originated the "Poor Boy Oil Co." and
licensed BBW to manufacture the buckle. The company
(Poor Boy) was the central item in a series of cartoons
several years ago in some industry and business magazines.
This particular illustration shows a pump jack under repair
and the company's sign well placed. Note the oil field chain
serving as a border for the entire buckle. Once again, detail
is good and relief is high.
pewter buckle represents another of the specialty companies that occupy a particular niche in the petroleum
industry. As shown on the buckle, they sell equjpment
rather than rent it, or they may act as brokers, gathering
equipment for resale. This buckle is worth about $5.
Schlumberger
Schlumberger
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Figure 6. "The Poor Boy on Co."
back of the buckle also contains a brief company history.
"Hammerhead" Buckle
Another one of Bergamot's older patterns is shown in
Figure 7. This is a design they did on their own for
commercial purposes, and is currently out of production.
The buckle was produced in both brass and pewter. The
"hammerhead" unit illustrated in the figure is a fairly small
one, but tbe detail and relief of the buckle is outstanding.
Thunder Basin Coal Company
Thunder Basin Coal Company, a subsidiary of Atlantic
Richfield, appears on a CD Hit buckle with a simple, yet
eye-catching design of an eagle's head profiled in an
apparent night sky with a fullmoon (Figure 10). The piece is
rendered in silver metal and black epoxy. The buckle is
estimated to be worth about $10 to a collector.
Oilfield Safety
Hit Line USA made a very heavy and interesting buckle
for Oilfield Safety, Inc. (Figure 8). The buckle is a bright gold
color with the first letters of the company name highlighted
in reg: Their slogan, appearing along the bottom edge, is
Cyprus Minerals
Thompson
Creek, Idaho, is the home of Cyprus
Figure 7. Hammerhead
"Experience Pays". Collectors would probably pay up to
$10 for this buckle.
Figure 9. Sedco Drilling
Minerals' Thompson Creek molybdenum mine. Bergamot
Brass made this pewter buckle (Figure 11). The simple, but
elegant, design of a sun or moon rising over the Rocky
Mountains and the intricate texturing on the face of the
mountains and on the sky above catches the eye of any
admirer. The Cyprus group was a subsidiary of Standard Oil
of Indiana (Amoco) when this buckle was made. Standard
later spun off Cyprus, as well as most of the rest of its
mineral holdings, into the new Cyprus Minerals Corporation.
Sedco Drilling
Sedco Drilling is known worldwide, both on and
offshore. Here (Figure 9) they have chronicled their work in
Alberta, Canada, signified by the very shortened outline of
the province behind all the finery. Of course, the logo and
name of the company are prominent. The buckle is split
vertically with a full-buckle-height land rig. A plant or
refinery is also featured, as well as a couple of pumps. The
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Figure 10. Thunder Basin Coal Company
"The Drilling Process"
monogram "B" on a world globe is topped by an eagle in
flightwith talons out, preparing to attack. This buc'kle has an
estimated value of $10 to a collector.
The buckle shown on the front cover does not represent any particular company, but gives center stage to the
rig crew intent on completing the drilling process. The two
floor hands are shown here making a pipe connection.
Neither the manufacturer nor the artist is acknowledged.
Amoco Corporation
In 1989, Amoco Corporation celebrated its centennial.
As a part of this celebration, a series of belt buckles were
created, one of which is shown in Figure 13. The buckles
were made in five combinations of style and size. There
were 100 serialized large brass buckles produced and the
Brown and Root
Brown and Root Engineers and Constructors had a
buckle made for themselves in 1985 (Figure 12). The
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owners had the opportunity to register the numbers. The
buckle shown in the picture is thought to be worth about
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T. E. (ThaI) McGinness is currently a member of the
Formation Evaluation General Office Staff of Amoco Production Co. He joined Amoco in 1979 after 10 years of field
experience with Schlumberger. He received his B.S. in
Math Ed. from East Central State University in Ada, OK, in
1964 and his M.N.S. from Eastern New Me)(ico in Portales,
NM, in 1969. He started seriously collecting in 1980,
concentrating on energy and oilfield related. belt buckles.
His current collection numbers in excess of 500 ~ith over 75
Amoco buckles, many of which he has designed and/or
produced.
The collecting of oil industry-related belt buckles has
been a very enjoyable and rewarding hobby. It is easy to
start collecting belt buckles because of the relatively low
costs and the wide variety of buckles that are available.
Most importantly, such collections offer the geoscientist a
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FEATURE
T H E A U S T I N CHALK - A N OVERVIEW
By Doug Haymond, Petroleum Geologist
Houston. Texas
INTRODUCTION
The Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk Trend as c u r
rently delineated in Texas Railroad Commission Districts
One and Three extends from southern Maverick County,
on the Rio Grande, northeastward some 325 miles through
Madison County (Figure 1).In places the width of the trend
approaches 40 miles, with an average w~dthon the order of
20 miles. The trend covers parts of nineteen counties and
encompasses over 4,000,000 acres.
Recorded Austin Chalk production in South Texas
dates to the 1920s. However, early production was generally
incidental to the exploration and development of deeper
Cretaceous objectives, primarily the Edwards. Recognition
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periodic influxes of elastics, as the formation is interbedded
with thin shale units and all sections of the chalk have some
degree of clay content. T h e Austin Chalk is a very hard,
dense, brittle. finely textured carbonate. Soft marl w ~ t h
limestone streaks is occasionally encountered. Pyrite.
glauconite, volcanic ash and fossil fragments are often
present. The rock matrix exhibits very low primary porosity,
in the 3 to 9 percent range, with permeabilities normally less
than 0.5 md and often below 0.1 md.
T h e thickness of the Austin Chalk varies both along
strike a n d down-dip. Structural strike is northeastsouthwest, with southeast dip into the Gulf Coast Basin at
o n e to four degrees (100 to 400 feet per mile). T h e thinnest
chalk, at about 200', is seen in the central portion of the
trend in Gonzales and Wilson counties over the S a n Marcos
Arch (Figure 2). In the extreme southwestern portion of the
trend in Dimmit and Maverick Counties, where the chalk
was deposited in the Maverick Basin, it attains a thickness in
excess of 1100'. Throughout the remainder of the trend the
chalk averages 300' t o 500' in thickness. There is n o
apparent direct relationship between the thickness of the
Austin Chalk and the quality of production.
T h e best Austin Chalk production occurs between the
depths of 4500' and 9500' along the entire trend. T h e chalk's
porosity and permeability loss is directly related to depth of
burial; therefore, above 4500' higher matrix porosity and
permeability requires conventional anticlinal or fault traps
t o effect accumulation. Also, water content is greater in the
of the Austin Chalk a s a primary target throughout much of
the trend did not occur until the mid-1970s.
O n e notable exception is Pearsall Field. located by
surface work in the South Texas counties of Frio, Zavala, La
Salle a n d Dimmit. T h e Pearsall Austin Chalk Field was
discovered in 1936 by the Amerada Corporation Openheimer No. 5 well, which potentialed 850 BOPD. However,
after a robust development period, drilling in Pearsall Field
tapered off, with 87 total wells having been drilled and 5303
MBO produced by 1950. T h e next 23 years saw only 40
additional Austin Chalk wells drilled in the field, with
cumulative production through 1973 totaling 6368 MBO.
A second period of intense drilling activity in Pearsall
Field commenced in the mid-1970s a n d resulted in the
drilling of 1270 additional wells through 1981, with cumulative production standing a t 40,589 MBO at year's end. By
the late 1980s, a total of s o m e 1600 wells had produced in
excess of 60 MMBO from the Austin Chalk in Pearsall Field.
Oil was first produced in commercial quantities at
Giddings Field, located in the upper coastal counties of
Burleson, Lee, Bastrop and Fayette, in 1973. T o date this
field has produced over 185 MMBO from approximately
3000 wells.
T h e primary factors that spurred the exploration and
development of the Austin Chalk commencing in the 1970s
were advances in hydraulic fracturing technology, improved
seismic technology and steadily escalating oil prices. By the
mid 1980s, however, conventional exploration and drilling
activity in the Austin Chalk Trend essentially ceased d u e to
declining oil prices a n d generally disappointing producing
characteristics. Average recoveries from vertical wells in
Pearsall Field are variously calculated at from 30 to38 MBO.
Average recoveries from vertical wells in Giddings Field are
in the 50 to 60 MBO range.
A new era of Austin Chalk activity had its beginning o n
October 22,1984, when Exxon completed their Ehleret No.
7 well in Giddings Field from a horizontal borehole with a
displacement of 285'. This well potentialed 149 BOPD, 95
M C F G P D and 2 1 BWPD. In the s a m e year Oryx Energy
experimented with horizontal drilling in Pearsall Field. Due
t o mechanical problems associated with refining horizontal
drilling techniques, only 14 wells were drilled by eight
operators through 1987. Nine of these wells were drilled in
Giddings Field.
Although these initial 14 horizontal wells had a n
average displacement of only 617', the results were encouraging with a n average I.P. of 143 B O P D and a n anticipated
ultimate recovery of 80,000 B O per well. Thirty-four horizontal wells were completed in 1988, and 1989 saw an
additional 56 completions. In 1990 horizontal well completions
in the Austin Chalk Trend totaled 548 wells. Per-month
horizontal completions are now averaging 50 wells, and
between 120 a n d 130 rigs have been active at any given time
over the past three months. One-hundred-twenty-two
horizontal wells were permitted in the trend in December,
1990.
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T h e Austin Chalk is a widespread Upper Cretaceous
formation that underlies much of the Texas Gulf Coast and
Central and East Texas. Deposition occurred o n a lowenergy shelf in a shallow, clear-water sea. There were
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up-dip chalk. Below 9500', most production has been either
gas or high GOR oil. This, coupled with higher drilling costs,
has discouraged many operators from pursuing the downdip play.
Reservoir development in the Austin Chalk below 4500'
is almost wholly the result of fracturing. Although some
matrix porosity and permeability may be encountered,
commercial production cannot be established or maintained
in the absence of fractures. The fractures approach being
vertical and the overwhelming consensus is that the fracture
systems tend to parallel regional strike, i.e., northeastsouthwest.
The cause of the fracturing is directly related to the
tectonics responsiblz for creating the Gulf Coast Basin,
specifically: (1) downwarping as a result of the burden of
younger Tertiary sediments, (2) localized uplifts such as the
Pearsall Anticline and the Chittim Arch and (3) faulting.
Downwarping had the effect of stretching the Austin, and in
response to this tension it fractured. The focus of these
tensional forces would have been on the Upper Cretaceous
hinge-line and it seems likely that the defined Austin Chalk
Trend delineates this hinge-line. Similarly, localized uplifts
created tensional forces resulting in fracturing. Fractures
associated with faulting are, for the'most part, found on the
down-thrown side of the faults and within grabens. Where
the chalk had been sufficiently stressed, fractures will
always be present.
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The degree of fracturing in the Austin Chalk is neither
uniform nor predictable, and fractures are not always
continuous vertically throughout the entire chalk section. In
fact, evidence suggests that fractures within individual chalk
beds tend to terminate where the thickness of an intervening
marl bed is as little a s one-tenth the thickness of the
surrounding chalk beds. For the most part fracture intensity
appears to be highest in the upper and lower third of the
chalk and there is unquestionably a direct relationship
between the brittleness of the chalk and fracture intensity.
Fractures do not appear to communicate in a dip
direction, as evidenced by the occurrence of gas down-dip
to oil production and highly variable fluid ratios in adjacent
wells. There is, however, ample evidence of communication
along strike. Good initial production can be anticipated and
a stabilized level of production at an economically attractive
rate is probable where the fracture systems are numerous
and extensive or where swarms of micro-fractures or some
mattix porosity is found. However, due to the variable
nature of this fractured reservoir, even the best producing
areas have a few poor wells scattered in with the good wells.
It would therefore be a mistake to condemn an area on the
basis of just one or two penetrations.
The Eagle Ford Shale section separates the Austin
Chalk and the Buda. It is a brittle, often micaceous and
fossiliferous black shale which ranges in thickness from less
than 100' in the southwestern end of the trend to in excess of
Flgure 2.
Reglonal Stratigaphic
Cross Section
Austin Chalk Trend
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content of the matrix or the fracture zones. Although this
subject has not been addressed to any great extent in the
literature, evaluation of numerous electrical logs indicates
that resistivities of less than 10 to 20 ohms imply that the
zone is shaly and/or water-bearing. Resistivities in excess of
40 to 50 ohms imply an extremely dense chalk and often a
high gas content. It therefore appears that the best oil
production will come from zones where the resistivities fall
in the 20- to 40-ohm ranse.
All of the methods of exploration discussed above are
viable, and it is wise to take advantage of all of the data
available in selecting areas where significant fracturing is
most likely to exist. However. since the late 1970s we
have seen-the emergence and iefinement of seismic a s a
modern exploration tool for identifying fractures and, in
some instances, hydrocarbon-bearing fractures.
Current seismic field acauisition ~ a r a m e t e radvocated
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by industry include short-shot poin; and geophone group
intervals, commonly 330' and 110' respectively, which
results in 20-fold data; a high frequency energy source
(dynamite); and sufficient Ene length to properly identify
changes in signature. In addition t o standard structural
sections, data acquired in this manner can be processed to
obtain acoustic impedance d o t s from which variations in
rock density can be obseried. Instantaneous frequency
plots can also be prepared, from which low-frequency
anomalies resulting from the absorption of the highfrequency signal by hydrocarbon-bearing fractures can be
seen. Other attributes such a s instantaneous phase and
900' to the northeast in Madison County. This shale is highly
petroliferous and is often highly fractured. The Eagle Ford is
generally considered to be the source bed for hydrocarbons
in the Austin Chalk and Buda.
METHODS OF EXPLORATION
Since hydrocarbon accumulation in the Austin Chalk
below 4500' is not in conventional anticlinal or fault traps,
methods generally used for prospect definition are not
applicable. The problem is to define areas with sufficient
fracturing to sustain commercial production. Prior to the
mid-1970s and the extensive drilling in the Pearsall and
Giddings Fields, the best tool was data from scout tickets
and drilling records on wells drilled looking for deeper
objectives. In drilling through the Austin Chalk and Buda,
many wells encountered lost circulation or experienced a
kick with oil on the pits, which is direct evidence of the
presence of fractures. Other clues are reports of cores with
fractures and driltstem tests that had some oil recovery
with good shut-in pressures.
Examination of production records is also a valuable
exploration tool in that numerous deep tests were plugged
back and completed in the Austin Chalk or Buda after failing
to establish production in deeper zones. Although most of
these were one- or two-well fields and had rather dismal
production histories, it must be remembered that these
weHs did not have the benefit of modern comdetion
techniques and that generally the operators believed that
they were dealing with "bailout" production at best.
Structure and isopach mapping, and the preparation of
dip-oriented cross sections, are valuable exploration tools.
They help define localized downwarping, minor structures
that could cause tension fracturing, and faulting. In areas
where a significant number of completions have been
effected, the presentation of initial potentials and cumulative
production in contoured map form offers direct evidence of
the presence and orientation of zones of fracturing.
However, one must be cautious in utilizing this data.
Operators have been known to exaggerate their well's
potential for various nefarious reasons. Also, areas containing a large number of vertical wells that produced relatively
large volumes of oil should be avoided, as it is probable that
the fractures have already been drained.
Examination of electric log resistivities in the Austin
Chalk appears to offer at least some indication of the
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However, improved seismic technology, a better understanding of reservoir mechanics, moderately acceptable oil
prices and the application of horizontal drilling techniques
have combined to make this the play of the '90s in the Texas
Gulf Coast. Further, the potential to apply horizontal
drilling techniques to other fractured reservoirs is obvious.
It is very likely that the near-term future of the trend
promises to be robust in the absence of a precipitous decline
in the price of oil.
Thus we see that although 86.7% of the currently
permitted or active wells in Districts One and Three have
proposed or actual horizontal displacements of between
2000' and 4999', only 37% of these wells fall in the slightly
favored displacement range of 3000' to 3999'. Reportedly,
one major operator is presently planning horizontal displacements in excess of 4000' for all their wells.
The questions of what the ultimate recovery will be
from the average horizontal well and how much more oil the
average horizontal well will recover vs. a comparable
vertical well remain largely unanswered. Studies by Oryx
indicate that a horizontal well will recover from three to five
times more oil than a com~arablevertical well. However.
there are good operators and poor operators, good areas
and poor areas. There are so many variables that influence
recoveries that any estimate of what the averages will be,
based on the limited historical data nresentlv available.
would be misleading. In a trend covering-at least 6500 squard
miles in which thousands of wells will ultimately be drilled,
averages really have limited meaning. The generally rapid
payouts and apparent favorable economics of horizontal
drilling, however, have encouraged no less than 184 operators to be active at the present time in Texas Railroad
Commission Districts One and Three.
The application of sound horizontal drilling and completion techniques is extremely critical to a successful
horizontal drilling venture. Although an in-depth discussion
of these techniques is beyond the scope of this paper, it is
important to mention two aspects of planning and drilling
the horizontal borehole.
First, the operator must identify the zone or zones
within the chalk that he wishes to evaluate with the
horizontal borehole. Ideally this decision is made subsequent
to the drilling of a vertical or angled hole through the chalk
and a careful examination of the local chalk stratigraphy.
amplitude also help to identify anomalous seismic events
related to fracturing.
Many operators have tried reprocessing old CDP
seismic data to locate zones of fracturing. However, as
these data were often acquired with less than ideal acquisition techniques and energy sources, reprocessed data has
for the most part enjoyed limited success. In some instances
reprocessed CDP data can be helpful in locating "wiggle
trace" anomalies caused by energy being diffracted and
absorbed in a fracture zone.
Although it is evident that many horizontal wells are
being drilled without benefit of advanced seismic acquistion
and processing techniques, the most successful operators
are using these data to pick drilling locations and to aid in the
determination of which zone within the chalk to drill
horizontally.
HORIZONTAL DRILLING
It is evident that a vertical wellbore in the Austin Chalk
can drain only a limited area. However, drilling horizontally
with a dip orientation has the potential to connect multiple
vertical fracture systems with a single wellbore, resulting in
drainage of a larger area and in higher producing rates. The
development and application of horizontal drilling technology within the past two years has proved this approach
to be valid, and horizontal drilling is now the standard
operating procedure throughout the Austin Chalk Trend.
In selecting areas for leasing and locations for horizontal
wells, three main characteristics are sought: (1)evidence of
hydrocarbon accumulation, (2) indications of multiple
fracture systems and (3) the absence of significant drainage
from existing vertical wells. In a hot trend play such as the
Austin Chalk evaluating acreage using high resolution
seismic data is generally impractical. Therefore, all of the
subsurface, older CDP seismic, test and production data
available should be utilized to identify the most promising
areas and acreage. When possible large, contiguous acreage
blocks should be acquired. Such blocks, particularly if
oriented in a dip direction, permit an effective seismic
program, the placement of wells at optimum locations and
the ability to achieve maximum horizontal displacement.
Logically there should be a direct relationship between
horizontal dis~lacement.initial flow rates and ultimate
recoveries; i.e., longer laterals will intersect more fracture
systems and therefore result in better wells. There does not,
however, appear to be a clear-cut consensus as to the
optimum horizontal displacement based on wells permitted,
drilling, testing or completing in Texas Railroad Commission
Districts One and Three. The Petroleum Information
Reports of January 21 and 24, 1991 published the status of
553 horizontal wells that fall in one of these categories, and a
breakdown of proposed or actual horizontal displacements
shows the following:
Displacement
999' or less
1000' to 1999'
2000' to 2999'
3000' to 3999'
4000' to 4999'
5000' or greater
Number of
Wells
7
54
143
205
132
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The production history of vertical wells in close proximity to
the planned horizontal well, if such exist, may also provide
clues to the chalk zones most likely to be fractured. With
rare exception, the hardest, cleanest, most brittle chalk
intervals will exhibit the highest fracture intensity. Having
identified the zone or zones to be evaluated, the prudent
operator should try to maximize the amount of horizontal
penetration in these targeted zones.
As noted above, there is some degree of clay content
throughout the Austin Chalk. These clays are frequently
fresh-water sensitive. As the clays are drilled into fine
cuttings and distributed throughout the drilling fluid system,
they can be carried into the fractures by normal invasion
mechanics. If the drilling fluid is fresh water and if the fluid
and cuttings are allowed to remain in the fractures, the clays
may swell and reduce the permeability of the fractures,
possibly plugging them completely. It is therefore imperative
that during drilling operations the well be allowed to flow to a
degree sufficient to flush the cuttings from the fracture
systems. Also, the use of NaCl brine-based drilling fluid can
greatly prevent the swelling of such clays.
unpredictable ultimate recoveries. These characteristics
have historically been impediments to the exploration for
and development of the formation.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The writer wishes to thank Thurmon Andress, Andress
Oil & Gas Company, for his careful reading of this paper
and his many helpful comments and suggestions, and
General Atlantic Resources, Inc. for permission to publish.
REFERENCES
Halbouty, M. T., 1982; The Deliberate Search for the Subtle
Trap: AAPG Memoir 32.
Kuich, N., 1990; Seismic and horizontal drilling unlock
Austin Chalk: World Oil Sept. 1990.
Rolf, E. G. and Stone, G . A., 1990; The Austin Chalk
horizontal drilling in South Texas: Bulletin, South Texas
Geological Society.
Scott, R. J., 1977; The Austin Chalk-Buda Trend of South
Texas: Trans., GCAGS.
Snyde;, R. H. and Craft, M., 1977; Evaluation of Austin and
Buda formations from core and fracture ar~alysis:
Trans. GCAGS.
Stapp, W. L., 1977; The Geology of the fractured Austin and
Buda formations in the subsurface of South Texas: Trans.
GCAGS.
SUMMARY
The Austin Chalk is an Upper Cretaceous carbonate
reservoir rock known for its high initial producing rates,
precipitous decline curves, erratic production histories and
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COST:
THE ARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS
Thursday, April 25th - Saturday, April 27th, 1991. Arbuckle Mountains near Ardmore,
Oklahoma.
On this trip, we will see the classic outcrops, quarries, and roadcuts which expose the lower
Paleozoic section in the Arbuckle Mountains. We can see the early Cambrian rhyolites which
flooded the downdropped aulacogen. The 8,000 ft. of Arbuckle is stratigraphically interesting and
complicated by brecciation and dolomitization. We'll discuss movements along the Washita
Valley faults and the associated oil fields. A visit to the Ordovician-glass sand quarries and the
asphalt mine is planned. At Turner Falls, we can see not only the travertine accumulation but also
the conglomerates by which we can time the Arbuckle uplift.
Dr. Nowell Donovan, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
Approximately $200, two nights lodging, meals included, bus from Dallas. Participants must
convene at Dallas airport for ride to Ardmore.
If interested, call John Turmelle, (713) 871-3655.
3 D SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION A N D TOTAL SURVEY QUALITY CONTROL
DATE & LOCATION: Saturday, April 27,1991, meet at 9:00 a.m. in the West parking lot, Holiday Inn - Crowne Plaza,
Highway 6 and Katy Freeway (1-10).Group will then proceed to HGS test site, Brookshire, TX.
S C O P E O F TRIP:
A live demonstration of Halliburton Geophysical Products MDS-18X Seismic Acquisition
Recording System and Seis-Q Field Processing System will be conducted at Halliburton
Geophysical's newly constructed test site near Brookshire, Texas. Participants will see how
seismic cables and geophones are placed in the field, observe the loading and shooting of seismic
charges and operation of the HGS marine sleeve gun energy source. The seismic system
graphically displays 3D line configurations for quality control of geophone cables and ground
electronics as well as providing automated observer logging.
HOST:
Tony Scales, Halliburton Geophysical, 6909 Southwest Freeway, Houston, Texas 77074
None, but you must furnish your own lunch and transportation. Cold drinks will be provided.
COST:
Please register by April 19.
DEEP WATER CLASTICS OF THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS
DATE & LOCATION: Friday, May 17 through Sunday May 19,1991. A traverse from Little Rock, Arkansas to Potean,
Oklahoma.
S C O P E O F TRIP:
Features Stanley, Jackfork and Lower Atoka deep sea fan facies of the Ouachita Mountains.
We'll travel 150 miles downdip from the apex to the distal edge of a fan facies complex.
TRIP LEADER:
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AWG Dinner Meeting, S u s a n Cunningham. "My
Adventures Doing Field Work in the Tanzanian Rift Valley,
East Africa", Village C a f e 5935 Kirby Dr., in Rice Village,
6:OO-8:00 p . m . Apr. 2. (If attending call Florence Arya
496-0864).
SPWLA Westside Luncheon, Holiday Inn-Houston
West (1-10 at Hwy 6 ) , 11:30 a . m . . Apr. 4.
UH Geological Alumni Association Luncheon,
Petroleum Club, 11:45 a . m . , Apr. 10.
HGS Environmental Committee Meeting, Wyatts
Cafeteria, Sharpstown. 6:00 p.m., Apr. 10.
GSH Noon Luncheon, Ramada Northwest, 11:30
a . m . , Apr. 15.
H G S Permian Basin/Mid Continent Dinner
Meeting, D . A. Walker, "Pennsylvanian Cycle Stratigraphy
a n d C a r b o n a t e Facies Control of Reservoir Development in
Salt C r e e k Field, Kent C o u n t y . Texas", Westin O a k s , 6:00
p . m . . Apr. 16.
SPWLA Galleria Luncheon, Holiday Inn C r o w n e
Plaza, 2222 W e s t L o o p S o u t h , 11:30 a . m . , Apr. 16.
HGS International Dinner Meeting, S h a r o n S t o n e cipher, "Evidence for D e e p Water Evaporite Deposition in
the Miocene Kareeni Formation, Southwestern Gulf of
Suez", Westin O a k s , 5:30 p.m., Apr. 17.
SPWLA Greenspoint Luncheon, Baroid Cafeteria,
300 North Belt, 12 Noon, Apr. 18.
SIPES Luncheon, T o m Fett, "Evaluating Horizontal
Holes in Fractured Reservoirs", Petroleum Club, 11:30
a.m., Apr. 18.
HGS Dinner Meeting (Student Awards), Richard
Langford, "Depositional a n d Diagenetic Fabric of G a s
Reservoirs in the Oligocene Vicksburg Formation, McAllen
Ranch Field, Hidalgo C o u n t y , Texas", Westin O a k s , 5:30
p.m., Apr. 22.
SPWLA Downtown Luncheon, Petroleum Club,
11:30 a.m., Apr. 23.
GSH Data Processing Group Mini-Geo 1991,
Ramada-Northwest Crossing, 12:30-6:00 p.m., Apr. 25.
AROUND THE COUNTRY
AWG Breakfast, Ann Martin, "She's the O n e W h o ...:
Establishing a n Identity in Your Profession", 7:OO-9:30 a.m.,
Apr. 9.
SEG 7th Annual Gulf Coast Meeting, New Orleans,
Apr. 17-18.
AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting, Dallas, Apr. 7-10.
Geologic Remote Sensing: 8th Thematic Conference, Denver, Apr. 29-May 2 .
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The Palm Restaurant, Armondo's, La Tour D'Argent,
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Brazil. American Airlines flies throughout South America,
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time your trip to s e e Carnival next year.
From now until J u n e , all new members a r e exempt
from paying the 1991-1992 Dues, s o they a r e getting a n
entire year of H G S membership FREE! J u s t another reason
for those procrastinators you work with, or for, to join the
H G S TODAY. PLEASE REMEMBER T H A T T H E 1990-91
DUES WILL STILL NEED T O BE PAID.
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With the change in the contest, now everyone is eligible
t o win a trip t o a world destination. There a r e two ways t o
win. Endorse a s many new members a s possible before May
15. Each new member you endorse is equivalent to o n e
entry in the drawing, t o b e held at t h e e n d of the contest.
T h e prizes available in the drawing will be two of the four trip
prizes, a n d all but o n e of the restaurant prizes. T h e three
members who have t h e most entries will win automatically,
a n d will select the other two trips and the top restaurant
prize. Regardless of who wins the final prizes, all members
endorsing 3 o r more new members will receive t h e H G S
Lapel Pin, now worn by over 70 members.
T h e Westin Hotels. Armondo's, La T o u r D'Argent and
Italian Cavatore a r e again supporting the H G S a n d the
Membership Drive. T h e Westin Hotels is offering a deluxe
weekend stay for o n e night, plus a $100 dinner for two at
Delmonico's, their gourmet restaurant. I'm s u r e this can be
used a s a romantic get away from the Houston routine, o r a
great place to put your in-laws when they're visiting!
Armondo's, the River O a k s of Mexican dining, is offering a
dinner for four, and the m a r g a r ~ t a sa r e worth their weight in
gold (thanks g o to Mr. Armondo). Both restaurants
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t o Michael Sadek). In addition, a dinner at the Palm with a
value of $100 could b e yours, even with the endorsement of
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cities for a total of 21 days. T h e cities t o c h o o s e from a r e
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This month we have two trips planned, one to the
Arbuckle Mountains, and the other, a 3-D Seismic Survey
Acquisition. If you are planning on going, please register
early, as space is limited. See trip descriptions elsewhere in
this issue for details.
The Sequence Stratigraphy of the Guadelupe Mountains, led by Peter Vail, had to be cancelled due to conflicts
in scheduling. We hope to run it next spring, and would like
to hear from anyone who may have an interest in attending.
The trip to NASA was delayed one week due to
complications at NASA, but was attended by 48 people the
following Saturday. Refreshments for the trip were provided
courtesy of John Crawford of Schlumberger. Our thanks to
both John and Schlumberger for their support!
The Introduction to Geoscience Workstations t r i ~ at
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Sierra Geophysics on February 9, was such a successthat
an overflow trip is planned for Saturday, May 25. The trip is
limited to 25, and there are already 10 on the list, s o early
registration is encouraged. See next month's Bulletin for
registration details.
We're looking into the possibility of running a summer
canoe trip along the upper Brazos River to examine modern
fluvial sedimentary features. The tr'ip may be led by a leading
dipmeter/formation micro-scanner expert, and would probably be in August. We'll keep you informed as things
develop.
The 1991 GCAGS Annual Convention is going to be
held in Houston this October, and the HGS is sponsoring
seven trips in conjunction with that meeting. The trips are
not limited to GCAGS Delegates, and HGS members are
encouraged to attend. Below is a tentative list of trips;
details will be available in a later issue of the Bulletin.
Through the years, the HGS has arranged for the
contribution of a large amount of this scientific material to
the library. It is available in the G.S. collection and other
collections on the second floor in the Business, Science and
Technology (BST) Section in the Main Library located
downtown at 505 McKinney Street.
An excellent recount of other resources which are of
interest to earth scientists was published by HPL in their
newsletter BST Direct Line. For your information we have
reproduced this with their permission.
GEOLOGICAL LITERATURE GROUNDED
IN SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY
The importance of the oil and gas industry to Texas has
traditionally meant that the library has placed great emphasis on its collections in the earth sciences and related
technologies. The Science and Technology Library contains
a wealth of this material.
The library's 105-year status a s a U.S. Government
depository for federal publications has resulted in BST's*
fine collection of U.S. Geological Survey Monographs,
Bulletins, Reports of Investigation and Professional Papers;
U.S. Bureau of Mines reports and surveys; a s well as a large
collection of USGS topographic maps for Texas and the
four contiguous states.
Scholarly and technical reports published in the
journals of many geological associations and professional
societies are maintained as part of our serials holdings.
Geological literature is extremely well documented.
Numerous indexing services are available for searching the
large volumd of primary literature available to geologists,
students, and other scientists.
The American Geological Institute's Bibliography and
Index of Geology includes citations to books, serials,
reports, maps and North American theses. Produced
monthly and cumulated annually, this index provides access
to the literature via broad fields of interest, detailed subject
and author. Every five years, the American Association of
Petroleum Geologists publishes its index to AAPG publications providing citations to essentially all formal AAPG
publications except maps.
Also available are publications of the Texas Bureau of
Economic Geology which serves a s the geological survey
for Texas. Access to BEG publications is through the
agency's Bibliography and Index to Texas Geology. Various
local and regional geological associations, including the
Houston Geological Society and the Gulf Coast Association
of Geological Societies, produce materials a s well.
In the area of applied earth sciences, the Science
Library offers a wide range of information on oil and gas
recovery, production, and refining a s well as on minerals
extraction and production. In this area, materials must be
current to reflect new developments in these technologies.
BST subscribes to over 60 scientific and professional
journals in the earth science fields. Additional holdings
include yearbooks, production records, well logs, various
technology and and engineering handbooks, and industrial
specifications and standards.
Publications of the Interior Department are a major
strength, especially in the areas of mineralogy and mining.
The USGS's annual Minerals Yearbook, for example,
provides detailed information on minerals and mineral
PAUL BRITT
Field Trip Committee Chairman
1991 GCAGS FIELD TRIP SCHEDULE
Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous of
Monterray-Saltillo, Mexico ............. .Oct. 11-15
Geology of the Big Bend Area ...............Oct. 12-15
Recent Sediments with Rufus LeBlanc ........Oct. 15-16
NASA, Johnson Space Center ................ Oct. 16
carboniferous Geology of the
Llano Uplift, Ft. Worth Basin
and Concho Platform ................. .Oct. 18-20
Environmental & Engineering Geology of
N. Houston/Montgomery County .......... Oct. 19
Modern Carbonates of the
Florida Keys ..........................Oct. 19-22
LIBRARY COMMITTEE UPDATE
Geological resources are abundant at the Houston
Public Library. Updating the content of these to the
Houston Geological Society membership is a report I
publish when appropriate as part of my job as Library
Committee Chairman.
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industries both domestic a n d abroad. I t is updated by the
agency's Mineral lndustry Surveys published periodically
during the year. Applied Science a n d Technology lndex is
another of the indexing services available to tap the
technical literature in the field.
Because of the broad base of literature in the pure and
applied aspects of geology, it is wise t o continue a literature
search until you and a science librarian have determined
that all s o u r c e s have been investigated. If BST d o e s not own
a publication, the librarian can help obtain the document by
referral to another area library o r t o HPL's Interlibrary Loan
Department.
*BST refers to the Business Science a n d Technology Dept.
in the Central Library.
T o m Horne, former Reference Librarian with the HPL,
with whom 1 worked wrote the above article. H e ordered
valuable books that we requested s u c h as The Oil a n d G a s
Financial Sourcebook, AAPG Memoirs and obtained
missing issues of widely used Geological Society and
Bureau o f Economic Geology publications. He also obtained
requested video tapes and audio cassettes from AAPG for
the library.
T h e well logs referred t o in his article are the more than
500.000 drilicr's logs donated by the H G S which the
Houston Grological Auxillary and the H G S meticulously
a n d patiently refiled ( a rescue operation) for the library a few
years ago. These are a reliable valuable source of information if you ~ i r vworking in old fields with or without wells that
have no elec-tric logs or scout cards. T h e logs d a t e from
1920-1966 at which time the Texas Well Log Service
permanently closed its doors. T h e logs were obtained by
H G S , a11prai';ed at $100.000 and donated to HPL. I t was the
largest w r ~ t t r gift
~ i ever presented to HPL at that time.
T h e tens of thousands of electric logs from the former
Flaitz and Mitchell Oil C o . were donated t o HPL through
H G S many years ago and were heavily used but they have
not been in the~t-proper place at the Main Library for over 4
years. They were removed from the premises along with
tens of rhousands of other e-logs (found in HPL storage in
1986) for the 1)urpnse of creating an integrated computerized
filing system for all of the electric logs. T h e r e a r e many
valuable unrc~!easedlogs in both of these collections which
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have been sorely needed by the geological community
especially during the economic downturn.
IT HAS N O W BEEN REPORTED T O ME BY THE
HPL THAT ALL O F T H E MANY TENS O F THOUSANDS
O F L O G S WILL FINALLY BE AVAILABLE T O W A R D
T H E END O F MARCH 1991 A T T H E MAIN LIBRARY O N
McKlNNEY STREET. It will certainly b e a cause for great
celebration for all of u s when the logs a r e once more in place
a n d ready t o help the thousands of earth scientists in
Houston.
Something else of interest is also coming to the HPL. It
is GSA's DNAG series (Decade of North American
Geology). This multi-volumed series deals with Atlantic
Continental Margins, the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Artic
O c e a n , Geomorphic systems, a n overview of Hydrology
and much more. C h e c k it out.
EVELYN WlLlE MOODY
Library Commit tee Chairman
APGE LOOKS AT SEISMIC EXPRESSION
OF SEEPS
Rice University, April 15, 1991
T h e April meeting of the Houston chapter of the
Association of Petroleum Geochemical Explorationists
(APGE) will be highlighted by a presentation by Gregory J .
Nash entitled "Expression o f S e e p s and Seep-Related
Features on High-Resolution Seismic and O t h e r Imaging
Systems." A variety of examples of anomalous acoustic
responses on high-resolution marine seismic profiles will be
presented and discussed. S u c h high-resolution geophysical
data are natural complements to geochemical exploration
programs when they are used to identify locations having
the highest potential for sampling success.
G r e g Nash is a senior geologist~geophysicist with
Fugro-McClelland's Marine Geoscience G r o u p in Houston.
He is currently responsible for planning high-resolution
geophysical surveys for various geochemical, geophysical,
and engineering programs. His presentation will be given o n
Monday, April 15 at 4:00 PM in Room 106 of Rice University's
Geology Building. Attendance is free and open to all
interested persons. For additional information, call Deet
Schumacher at 546-4028.
EXPRESSION O F SEEPS A N D SEEP~RELATED
FEATlJRES O N HIGH-RESOLUTION SEISMIC AND
OTHER IMAGING SYSTEMS
Most high-resolution geophysical survey systems were
developed by the petroleum industry and by the military a s
remote-sensing techniques for measuring seafloor morphologic a n d shallow geologic conditions in the marine
environment. These systems have evolved over the past 20
years and now provide a wide range of capabilities and
potential applications. However, they are primarily being
used to provide detailed geologic information for offshore
drilling-hazards surveys a n d production facility-siting
studies.
High~resolution geophysical datci will augment geochemical exploration programs when they are used t o
target locations with the highest potential for- sampling
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success. In addition, they will fill the "gap in resolution"
between conventional seismic data and surface geochemical
data. T h e collection of high resolution geophysical data is
completely field-compatible with geochemical exploration
programs and very beneficial t o overall program success.
Several examples of anomalous acoustic responses on
high-resolution marine seismic profiles are presented here.
Many of these anomalies correlate the presence of gaseous
hydrocarbons in the shallow sediments and in the water
column. It is also very common t o falsely associate some
"anomalies" with the presence of gas. A complete understanding of the geological environment is critical t o proper
interpretation.
Sir?iultaneous operation of u p to five different highresolution systems is now possible. This process allows
s o m e qualification of the subtle variations in each system's
response to shallow acoustic anomalies. It also confirms
their relative capacity t o resolve various geologic features.
When data are properly collected and interpreted,
high-resolution systems can be used to delineate relatively
small concentrations of gas and zones of gassy sediments in
the shallow geologic section. These systems can also be
used to locate and identify surface features s u c h a s s e e p
mounds, gas craters, carbonate build-ups, water-column
anomalies, and seafloor fractures. All of these features,
associated with hydrocarbon migration t o the seafloor,
provide ideal targets for successful geochemical exploration
programs.
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TEJAS-LUCIANA EXPLORATION COMPANY
Seeking Prospect l deas
Seismic and Acreage Dollars Available
Cash and ORRl
Contact:
Pat Martin
Exploration Manager
( 7 1 3 ) 759-0661
1212 Main, Suite 422,
Houston, T x 77002
The McKenae Companies
McKen~k
Methane Corporation
McKenQe Petrdeum Company
McKen<k Produdion Company
Brown and Md(en<~,Inc.
B G M Operating Co., Inc.
7880 Son Felipe, Suite 100, Houston. Texos 77063
Phone: (713) 783-4300 Fox: (713) 972-3300
O N THE MOVE
T h e Houston office of TXG Engineering has changed
its name t o International G a s Consulting, Inc. (IGC). IGC is
no longer affiliated with Texas G a s Transmission Corporation o r Transco G a s Company. IGC will continue operations under its new name with the original Houston staff and
facilities.
Ed Fiffick has joined OMNl Petroleum Services, Inc.,
a s Marketing Director. Previously with C o r e Laboratories
and Keystone Environmental
McCORD
EXPLORATION CO.
6575 West Loop South
Suite 280
(7 13) 664-4224
CHARLES T. McCORD, 111 / PAUL H. CARTER, JR.
Actively Seeking Well Documented
Prospect Ideas
H o u h t o n G e o l o g ~ c a lSoclety Bulleun. Aprd 1991
PALEOmDATA, I N C .
6619 Fleur de Lis Drive
New Orleans, Louisiana 70124
(504) 488-37 11
T. Wayne Campbell
Francis S. Plaisance, Jr.
Arthur S. Waterman
Albert F. Porter, Jr.
Michael W. Center
Norman S. Vallette
supports the
H O U S T O N GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETV
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AUXILIARY
HGA ACTIVITIES
Everyone is still talking about the great time had by all
who attended the Mardi Gras party on February 1 at
Lakeside Country Club. The Committee headed by Sue
Bullock and Hjordis Hawkins did a top-notch decorating
project that transformed the Club into a wonderland. The
music and food were tops. Congratulations, ladies!
If you missed the Mardi Gras party, you certainly don't
want to miss our last function of the year. Please look for
details in the next issue of the Bulletin. Mark your calendars
for May 16.The HGS membership is invited to the luncheon
meeting at the Westin Galleria. Jim Wood willmake a very
thought-provoking and up-to-the-minute presentation on
"The Future of Petroleum Geology." Nancy Poynor and
Lois Matuszak have a lot of surprises in store for you - one
of which they are letting me pass on to you: One door prize
is round-trip air transportatiol) for two to. Boston provided
by American Airlines. This is a splendid opportunity to
make your plans for a holiday to the East Coast. Look for
the invitation in the next Bulletin and in the mail - and do
make your reservations early. See you there!
EDIE FRICK
HGA Board Meeting - January 9, Jerry Wheeler, hostess
"
HGA MARDI GRAS GALA
February 1, 1991 - Lakeside Country Club
Planning Meeting for Mardi Gras Gala
HGA President Mary Folk & Committee Members
The Jazz Band was great - with
Mary Folk, Joyce Champeny, Lois Matuszak
Mardi Gras - Feb. 1, 1991
A Big Thank You to HGA V.P. Daisy Wood
and the Gala Committee
Did you recognize this couple?
Behind the masks - our own Daisy & Jim Wood
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NOMINEES
FOR HGS
PRESIDENT-ELECT,
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1991-1992
Constitution, Article III, See. 2. The duties of the President shall be to preside at all meetings, call special meetings,
appoint such committees as are not provided for in the constitution, and jointly with the Secretary and the Treasurer sign all
written contracts and other obligations of the Society.
Article III,Sec. 3. The President-EleCt willserve as.a member of the Finance Committee, and on the Board of Directors of
the Houston Geological Society Memorial Scholarship Fund. This person shall prepare to serve as President and, in the
absence of the President, shall assume the duties-of that office. If the President is not able to complete the term, the
President-Elect shall assume that' office for the remainder of the administrative ye'ar, and shall also serve the following
presidential term.'
PATRICK T. GORDON
Academic
Training:
1968
1966
Military
Service:
1968-70
Experience:
1989-Present
1987-89
1982-87
1979-82
1970-79
Professional
Affiliations:
Professional
Activities:
1990-91
1988-91
1987
1986,87
1985-88
1981
1971-75
Texas A&M University,
Texas A&M University,
WILLIAM K. (BILL) PEEBLES
Academic
Training:
1970
M_S. Geology
B.S. Geology
Experience:
1990-Present
1988-90
1975-88
US Army
1973-75
Arkla Exploration Co.
Michel T. Halbouty Energy Co.
Gulf Oil Corp., Midland, Texas
Gulf Oil Corp_, Houston, Texas
1972-73
Professional
Affiliations:
Professional
Activities:
1989
AAPG,HGS.GSA,SEPM
1988-89
1988.89
HGS Vice President
AAPG House of Delegates
Contributor Typical Oil & Gas Fields of Southeast
Texas, Vol. II
AAPG Convention Judge
AAPG Memoir 32, Contributor
HGS Research and Study Committee
1987-89
1986-89
1984-91
1983-85
1981
1975
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Rice University,
B.A. Geology
Tejas Gas Corp., Reservoir Geologist
Independent Geologist
Enron Oil & Gas Co., Division Development
Geologist
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., Reservoir
Geologist
Sun Oil Co., Production Geologist
HGS, AAPG (Certified Petroleum Geologist), SPE,
SPWLA
AAPG Convention Oral Presention (Co-author)
"Ulrich (Yegua)Field, Harris County, Texas"
Chairman of House Nomination and Election
Committee
Foreman of Houston Delegation, AAPG House of
Delegates
AAPG Convention Judge
.
Authofof HGS Publication "Directory of Oil Company
Name Changes", five editions
AAPG Convention Oral Presentation "Continental
Reserves System"
Chairman of HGS Directory Committee
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NOMINEES
FOR HGS VICE PRESIDENT,
1991-1992
Article III,See. 4. The duties of toe Vice President shall be to serve as Chairman of the Technical Program Committee
and, in the absence of the President and President-Elect, to assume the duties of the President for no longer than the
remainder of the administrative year.
JOHN M. BIANCARDI
Academic
Training:
1973
1972
GARY S. GRINSFELDER
Academic
Training:
1976
1974
1972
Stanford University, M.S. Geology
University of Wisconsin. Madison, B.S. Geology
Experience:
1978. Present
(Retainers:
1976.78
1973.76
Professional
Affiliations:
Professional
Activities:
1990.91
1989.Present
1984-Present
1973.79
Experience:
1983-Present
Petroleum Geologist. Prospect Generation
and Sales, Houston, Texas
Paraffine
Oil Corporation,
i
Oil
1979.83
Corporation,
Lauritzen Energy, Inc.)
Shenandoah
Oil Corporation,
Gulf Coast Division
Houston, Texas
Tenneco Oil Company, Gulf Coast Division
Houston, Texas
1977-79
1975.77
1971.73
HGS, AAPG, SIPES
HGS Poster Sessions Committee, Chairman
SIPES Continuing Education, Chairman
HGS Continuing Education Committee,
Chairman, 1988-89, 1989-90
Member Mesozoic Geologists of the Gulf Coast,
Chairman 1976
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University of Houston, Graduate Studies
University of Puerto Rico, Graduate Studies
Southern Methodist University, B.S. Geology
Triad Energy Corporation,
Vice-President
Exploration
Independent
Geologist, Spartan Petroleum
Corporation
American Petrofina, District Geologist
Union Oil Company of California, Geologist
DeGolyer and MacNaughton,
Engineer Assistant
Professional
Affiliation,s:
AAPG, HGS
Professional
Activities:
1989
1988
1987
Contributor, AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology
GCAGS Convention Judge, New Orleans
GCAGS Convention Judge, San Antonio
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NOMINEES FOR
HGS TREASURER. 1991-92
ArticleIII,See. 6.The dutiesofthe Treasurer shallbe to
handle all monies and, jointlywith the President and the
Secretary, to sign allwritten contracts.
SANDI M. BARBER
NOMINEES
FOR
HGS TREASURER-ELECT.
1991-1992
Article III, Sec. 7. The duties of the Treasurer-Elect
shall be to assist the Treasurer, to become familiar with the
details of the office of Treasurer, and to assume the duties of
the Treasurer in the event the Treasurer is absent. The
Treasurer-Elect shall serve for one year as such and in the
following year assume the office of Treasurer.
MARY MICHAEL PAGE
STEVEN H. BRACHMAN
SANDI M.' BARBER
Academic
Training:
1978-82
1977
1974
Experience:
1979-Present
1977-79
Professional
Affiliations:
Professional
Activities:
1991
1990-Present
1990-Present
1983-Present
1988-Present
1987
1987
1985-86
1983-85
1983-85
1983
1982-83
1981-86
1980
Experience:
1990-Present
1985-90
(UNOCAL)
.
1984-85
1983.84
1981-83
Professional
Affiliations:
Professional
Activities:
1982-83
1988.Present
AAPG, SEG, HGS, and GSH; UH Geological Alumni
Association
GCAGS Icebreaker Committee
Member, AAPG House of Delegates
HGS Bulletin Committee
SEG Constitution & Bylaws Committee,
Chair 1987-present
SEG Publicity Committee
Houston Geotech 1987 Convention Coordinator
(Advisor in 1989 & 1990)
Arrangements Committee, 57th Annual SEG Meeting
GSH Second Vice-President
GSH Section Representative to SEG Council
GSH Board of Directors
HGS Boy Scout Committee
GSH Secretary'
SEG Offshore Exploration & Oceanography
Committee
Publications Chair, 50th Annual SEG Meeting
1989-90
1987-89
1986-87
1978-86
Professional
Affiliations
Professional
Activities:
1990-Present
1987-Present
Experience:
1988-Present
1982-88
1982
1980-82
Professional
Affiliations:
University of Tulsa, Ph.D. Geochemistry
University of Southern California, M.S. Geology
UCLA, B.S. Chemistry
Professional
Activities:
1990-91
1990
1989
Geochemical and Environmental
Research Group
(GERG), Texas A&M University
GERG and Exploration Associates of Texas, Inc.
Geo Pro Services
Barringer Geoservices,
Inc.
Robertson Research (U.S.) Inc.
1988-90
1988
1986-88
1986
HGS, AAPG, SEPM, TGS, Geochem Society,
Sigma Xi
Assistant ticket taker
Pennsylvania State University, M.S. Geology
Eastern Illinois University, B,S. Geology
Winters hall Energy-Houston
SOHIO/Standard
Oil Company/BP
ExplorationHouston "
SOHIO Petroleum Company-Oklahoma
City, OK
Gulf Oil Company. Kilgore, TX
Gulf Oil Company-Oklahoma
City, OK
HGS, AAPG (CPG #4279), OCGS
Assoc. Editor, "Shale Shaker"-Journal of the OCGS
Chairman-HGS Personnel Placement Committee
MARTIN J. OLDANI
Academic
Training:
1988
1979
MARY MICHAEL PAGE
Academic
Training:
1979
1972
1970
Experience:
1990-Present
MARTIN J. OLDANI
STEVEN H. BRACHMAN
Academic
Training:
1983
1978
University of Houston'
UI1iversHyof Texas at Austin, M.A. Mathematics
Uniyersity of Texi;\s,at AusFin',B.A. Mathematics
Union Oil Company of California
Texaco Bellaire Laboratories
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Baylor University,
Baylor University,
M.S. Geology
B.S. Geology
Sandefer Oil and Gas Corporation-Houston,
Senior Staff Geologist
Wintershall Corporation-Houston, Senior Geologist
Solar Petroleum Corporation-Houston
Exploration Geologist
First Energy Corporation of Mississippi-Houston,
Geologist
AAPG (CPG #4483), SEPM, HGS, NOGS, COGS,
HALPC
GCAGS Convention, Field Trips Chairman
HGS Secretary
AAPG National Convention, AAPG/STGS Field Trip
Co-leader
HGS Field Trip Committee Chairman
AAPG National Convention, AAPG/HGS Field Trip
Coordinator
HGS Field Trip Committee
HGS Guidebook, Field Seminar of the Big Bend Trans Pecos Region, Texas, Contributor
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NOMINEE
FOR HGS
EDITOR AN D EDITOR-ELECT,
1991-1992
Article III,Sec. 8. The Editor shall serve for one year
and shall have general supervision and final authority in
soliciting, accepting, and rejecting all material on technical
subjects for publication in the Bulletin. The Editor shall
appoint, replace, and reappoint such volunteer managing
editors, associate editors, or assistant editors, from among
the Society membership as may be required to accomplish
the publication of the Bulletin.
NOMINEES
FQR
HGS SECRETARY,
1991-1992
Article III,See. 5. The duties of the Secretary shall be to
keep the Minutes of all meetings, to attend to all correspondence, and jointly with the President and Treasurer, to sign
all written contracts and other obligations of the Society. He
shall assume the duties of the President in the absence of the
President, President-Elect and Vice President for no longer
than the remainder of the administrative year.
CAROL M. LUCAS
JO ANN LOCKLIN
ANN A. MARTIN
CAROL MacDONALD LUCAS
Academic
Training:
1974
Experience:
1989-Present
1981-88
1980-81
1979-80
1978-79
1975-78
Professional
Affiliations:
Professional
Activities:
1990-91
1986-92
University
Experience:
1989-Present
1981-89
1974-81
Professional
Affiliations:
Professional
Activities:
1988-Present
SUSAN M. VAN GELDER
JO ANN LOCKLIN - HGS EDITOR
of Texas at Austin, B.S- Geology
ARCO Oil and Gas Company
Transco Exploration Co.
Superior Oil
Enserch
Sohio
Pennzoil
HGS, AAPG (CPG #2622)
Academic
Training:
1981
1973
Experience:
1980-Present
University
University
Professional
Affiliations:
AAPG, SEPM, HGS
Professional
Activities:
1989-Present
HGS Bulletin Committ~e
of Houston,
of Houston,
M.S. Geology,
B.S. Elementary
Getty/Texaco
Exploration
Department
Education
and Technology
SUSAN M. VAN GELDER - EDITOR-ELECT
HGS Academic Liaison Committee
Foreman, 1990-91
ANN AYERS MARTIN
Acode-mic
Training:
1974
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University of Texas at Austin, B.S. Geology,
Cum Laude
Tertiary Trends Exploration
Northwind Exploration
Houston Oil and Minerals
Academic
Training:
1980
1977
University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, M.S. Geology,
Franklin and Marshall College, B.A. Geology
Experience:
1989-Present
1988
1986-88
1980-86
Geological Consultant, Houston
Petrophysics, Inc., Houston
Geological Consultant, Dallas
Mobil Oil
Professional
Affiliations:
HGS, AAPG, ISEM
Profession(ll
Activities:
1989-Present
1988-Present
AAPG (CPG #4477), AWG
HGS Continuing Education Committee
1987.Present
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1990-91, Managing Editor
1989-90,Chairman, Layout Subcommittee
1988.89, Layout Subcommittee
Institute for the Study of Earth and Man at SMU,
Symposium Committee
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Article III, Sec. 7. The President, President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and the four executive
committeemen shall constitute an Executive Board. The Executive Board's duties shall be to receive and pass upon all
ar plications for membership, to appoint officers to fillvacancies occurring during the year, and to have general supervision of
the affairs of this organization.
Sec. 8. The duties of the Executive Committeemen shall be to serve on the Executive Board and to assist the President in
administrative duties.
Article III, Sec. 1. ...The tenure of executive committeemen shall be two years with two members being elected each
administrative year.
EDWARD A. BUSH, JR.
FRANK D. LOVETT
WILLIAM R. DUPRE'
FRANK D. LOVETT
EDWARD A. (ED) BUSH, JR.
.
Academic Training:
1967
Washington State University, Geology
1966
Bowling Green State University, M.A. Geology
1964
Baldwin-Wallace College, B:S. Geology
Experience:
1985-Presen't
Columbia Gas Development Corp., Vice Pres.
1983-85
Sohio Petroleum Co.
1981-82
Traverse Oil Co.
1978-81
Home Petroleum Corp.
1975-78
Union Texas Petroleum Co.
1967-75
Humble Oil & Ref. Co./Exxon, U.S.A.
Professional Affiliations:
AAPG-DPA #1709, AIPG Cert. #2609, HGS, SEG,
GSH, API
Professional Actiuities:
1991
AAPG Matson Award Judge
1991
API General Committee on Expl. Affairs,
Onshore Exploration Committee
1978
GSH First-Vice President
1970-80
SEG Variol,ls Committees
1968-85
AAPG Various Committees
Academic Training:
1%0
Universityof Oklahoma, M.S.Geology
1958
University of Oklahoma, B.S. Geology
Experience:
197b-Present
Consultant
1%9-76
McKnight Petroleum Trust
1966-69
Union Texas Petroleum
1963-66
Superior Oil Company
1960-63
Sunray DX Oil Company
ProfessionalAffiliations:
HGS, AAPG,AIPG,RMAG
Professional Actiuities:
1984-88
1970-72
AAPG Matson
Award Committee
SYNTHIA E. SMITH
Academic Training:
1986
Universityof Houston, B.S. Psychology
1978
Indiana University, B.S- Geology
1975
Universite de Strasbourg, France, lere & 2eme Degree
Experience:
1978-Present
Exxon Company USA
Professional Affiliations:
AAPG,HGS
WILLIAM R. (BILL) DUPRE'
Academic Training:
1975
Stanford University, Ph.D. geology
1974
Stanford University, M.S. Hydrology
1970
University of Texas (Austin), M.S. Geology
1968
University of Texas (Austin), B.S. Geology w/Honors
Experience:
1976-Present
University of Houston - Associate Professor
1974-76
Wesleyan University - Assistant Professor
1974-Present U.S. GeologicalSurvey- Geologist(WAE).
ProfessionalAffiliations:
HGS, AAPG, SEPM, GSA, [AS
ProfessionalActiuities:
1991
GCAGS/SEPM review manuscripts far Fall'Meeting
1991
AGI committee on Earth Science Curricula
1989-90
Member, AAPG House' of Delegates
1988
AAPG/SEPM Co-chair, Technical Session
1987
HGS Panelist. Alternative Careers Conference
1985 & 87
HGS Short Courses on Gulf Coast Geology
1985-86
HGS Treasurer
.
1983-84
HGS Boy Scout Committee
1982-84
AAPG Publication Committee
1981 & 83
SEPM field trip leader
1981-83
SEPM Coastal Research Committee Chairman
1979
GSA Co-chair, Technical Session
Professional Actiuities:.
1991-Present
Alumni Chairman, 1991 GCAGS Convention
1990-Present
AAPG Distinguished Lecture Committee
1990-Present
AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology
Advisory Board
1990-Present
Nominations and Election Committee,
1989-90
Chairman, AAPGHouse of Delegates
1987-Present
HGS Continuing Education Committee
1984-Present
Member,AAPGHouse of Delegates
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SCHOLARSHIP FUND
W.. L. CALVERT
SCHOLARSHIP
FUND
During the current academic year, the W. L. Calvert
Memorial Scholarship Fund is supporting four earth science
graduate students in the amount of $2250 each. An increase
in fund earnings allowed a raise to this level from the $2000
awards of the last four years.
Meredith Denton is an M.S.
candidate in the Geophysics Department at Texas A&M. Her research and thesis will center on the
process of stylolitization and its relation to 'hydrocarbon accumulation.
Meredith expects to complete her
thesis in December 1992.
David Sivils, a Ph. D. candidate
at New Mexico Tech in Socorro, is
receiving his first year of support
from our fund. His dissertation will
document a study of the Mississippian Paradise Formation in southwestern New Mexico, tracing its
depositional and diagenetic history
and interpreting the tectonic setting
of the region at that time. David
expects to finish the work in 1992. He
plans to pursue a career in petroleum geology as an
exploration or production geologist.
Pamela Roths is a Ph.D. candidate qt the University of TexasDallas. By August she hopes to have
completed her study of a Precambrian sedimentary sequence in the
Van Horn area that records a complete Wilson cycle. She has already
accepted full-time employment with
ARCa International.
Stan P. Franklin expects to complete his Ph.D. work
at Texas A&M in August 1991. His dissertation research is
an experimental study of feldspar alteration under diagenetic conditions, and his long-term goal is to continue his
work with a research-group in the petroleum industry.
AAPG MAY SCRAP ANNUAL
DEVELOPMENTS
ISSUE
GEO-EVENTS
Continued
from page 37
SCHOOLS AND FIELD TRIPS
- SPWLA Symposium, "Geological Aspect of Wireline
Logs", Apr. 17.
HGS Short Course, Urban S. Allen, "Trap Analysis
of Faults", Shell Oil Training, 3837 Bellaire, 8:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m., Apr. 19.
HGS Field Trip, Dr. Nowell Donovan, "The Arbuckle
Mountains", Dallas Love Field, Apr. 25-27.
HGSjGSH Field Trip, "3-D Seismic Acquisition and
Total Quality Control", Holiday Inn-Crowne Plaza, Hwy. 6
& 1-10,9:00 a.m., Apr. 27.
WORLD
AAPG has for many years been publishing its annual
World Energy Developments issue. This popular volume,
issued every October, summarizes exploration and
development highlights in the major domestic and international basins for the preceding year. Fred Dix, AAPG's
Executive Director, recently confirmed that AAPG would
not be publishing a World Developments Issue in 1991 due
to difficulties in finding authors to prepare key chapters of
the report. Dix also noted that the volume is not a big seIter
- only some 800 copies sold in 1990 - and is costly to
produce. AAPG plans to resume publication of a modified
Developments Issue in 1992; however, at this time it is
unclear whether that wiltin fact take place. If you and your
colleagues find this~annual summary of exploration highlights useful, particularly the section devoted to international activities, you may wish to let AAPG headquarters
know your feelings. AAPG can be reached at (918) 584-2555
(phone) or (918) 584-0469 (FAX).
OTHER EVENTS
HGS Tennis Tournament, Lost Forest Country
Club, 12 Noon-5:00 p.m., Apr. 5.
GSH Golf Tournament, Kingwood Country Club,
12:00 Noon, Apr. 29.
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AWARDS
HGS OUTSTANDING
STUDENTS
The Houston Geological Society is proud to present this year's Outstanding Student Award winners. Each year, the HGS
requests that the geology departments from six local universities select one undergraduate or graduate student who has
exemplified both academic and service achievements. These students are honored at the April HGS Dinner meeting with an
inscribed plaque and a check for two hundred and fiftydollars. The HGS congratulates all of these students andwishes them
the very best in their future endeavors.
FELIPE AUDEMARD
Rice University
RICHARD T. BEAUBOUEF,JR,
Universityof Houston
Felipe is a Ph.D."candidatem
Geology and Geophysics from RiCe
University. He received a M.S. in
Geology from Colorado School of
Mines in 1982 and his B.S. from the
Universidad de Oriente at Bolivar
City in 1976. A native of Venezuela,
Felipe is fluent in English, Spanish
and French, with a reading knowledge
of Portugese and Italian. He is a
member of AAPG, GSA, American
Geophysical Union, Sociedad Venezolana de Geologos,
and has been the recipient of the Petroleos De Venezuela
S.A. Scholarship at Rice University (1987-91), Fonin\!es
Scholarship at Colorado School of Mines (1979-82), and ~
University Stipend at Universidad de Oriente at Bolivar City
(1973-76).Professional geological experience includes seven
years working for Intevep, S.A. and the Venezuelan Ministry
of Energy and Mines. Felipe has authored or co-authored
numerous articles and is expected this spring to defend his
dissertation entitled "Cenozoic Tectonics of the Sierra de
Perija and Maracaibo Basin, Western Venezuela".
Richard is a graduate student in
the Ph.D, program at the University
of Houston. He is a native of Seattle,
Washington but has lived in the
Houston area since 1965. His general
research interests include application
of paleomagnetic and rock magnetic
techniques to 1) stratigraphic, sedimentologic and diagenetic problems
and 2) structural
and tectonic
problems. Specifically, his Ph.D.
dissertation involves the Neo-Tethyan of southern Turkey.
Expected graduation date is December 1991. Academic
honors and affiliations include recipient of U of H Geological
Alumni Scholarship (1990), Phillips Geology/Geophysics
Scholarship (1989-90), U of H Department of Geosciences
Grant-in-Aid (1990), member of American Geophysical
Union, Sigma Gamma Epsilon; and past president (1985)
and vice-president (1984) of the U of H Geology Club.
Richard has presented several papers concerning his
research interests and has several manuscripts awaiting to
be published.
ELMER C. FERRO
Stephen F. Austin State University
Elmer received his B.S. in
Geology from the Universidad
Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in
Lima, Peru in 1981, and received the
professional
title of Geological
Engineer in 1982 from the same university. After graduation, he was
employed as a petroleum geologist in
Peru before arriving at SFA in 1989.
He is currently involved in thesis
research at SFA and expects to
complete his M.S. in the summer of 1991. Elmer's thesis
deals with the petrography and diagenesis of an unusually
productive part of the Smackover Formation in an oilfield in
northern Louisiana. He has served as a graduate teaching
assistant for the past two years. Elmer is currently president
of the SGE chapter at SFA and is a member of the AAPG
chapter and the Geology Club.
PAMELA F. BORNE
Lamar University
Pamela is a senior at Lamar
University and a recipient of the
HGS Undergraduate Scholarship
(1990-91). While carrying a full
academic load, Pamela works as a
research assistant, paleontology lab
supervisor, and teaches a historical
geology lab to help finance her
education. In addition, she is the coordinator of the Diocese of Beaumont
Science Fair. After receiving a previous undergraduate degree from the University of S1.
Thomas in 1981, Pamela taught middle school math and
science for eight years before resigning and returning to
schooL After graduation in December 1991, she plans to
enter graduate school to continue her education. Her
present interests lie in the areas of paleontology and
hydrogeology.
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Texas A&M University
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ASSOCIATION
FOR
WOMEN GEOSCIENTISTS
Tad Smith is a Ph.D. candidate
at Texas A&M University. His research interest is the diagenesis of
lower Mississippian carbonates in
central to southcentral Montana. In
particular, his research has focused
on the formation of sedimentary
dolomite and shallow burial meteoric
calcite cements. He expects to complete his Ph.D. by November 1991.
Tad received his B.A degree in
geology from Ohio Wesleyan University in June, 1984. He
earned an M.S. degree from Washington State University in
June, 1987; his research centered on the dolomitization of
the Devonian Jefferson Formation in central to southwestern Montana. While at Washington State University,
he received the W. F. Scott Award for excellence in
sedimentary geology. Tad recently received the McDonald's
Graduate Assistant Teaching Award at the Texas A&M
College of Geosciences in recognition of his outstanding
teaching efforts. In December of 1989, he received the
Mountain Geologist Best Paper Award from the Rocky
Mountain Association of Geologists for the paper he coauthored with, his faculty advisor, Dr. Steve Dorobek,
entitled "Dolomitization
of the Devonian Jefferson
Formation, central to southwestern Montana". Tad is a
member of SEPM and GSA He was vice-president of Sigma
Gamma Epsilon while at Ohio Wesleyan University, and
was SGE president at Washington State University. He will
begin employment with Amoco in November of 1991.
Ann Martin will speak at the AWG breakfast held at
the AAPG Convention in Dallas, from 7 to 9:30 AM.,
Tuesday, April 9, 1991. Her topic will be: "She's the one
who...: Establishing an'identity in your Profession." The
breakfast will be held in the Royal Room of the Fairmont
Hotel. PLEASE JOIN US.
Ann Ayers Martin received a B.S. degree with honors
in Geological Science at The University of Texas at Austin
in 1974. She began her professional career with Houston Oil
and Minerals where she worked in both development and
exploration, princ;ipallyin the Frio and Miocene Formations
of the Upper Texas Gulf Coast.
She left Houston Oil and Minerals in 1981 to become
one of the founding members of Northwind Exploration, a
contract Oil and Gas Exploration Partnership. While at
Northwind she worked. extensively in the Yegua trend
leading to the discovery and development of Ulich Field in
Harris County. In 1990 she founded Tertiary Trends
Exploration of which she is president. Ms. Martin is a
member of HGS, AAPG, and AWG and works on the HGS
Continuing Education Committee. She is a Certified
Pet oleum Geologist.
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THE LONE STAR CHAPTER OF AWG IS PRODUCING A 1991 DIRECTORY. The directory will
contain a resume of each member which will be sent to
geoscience schools and businesses located in the state of
Texas. This will provide the recipients with a data base of
qualified Geoscience Professionals with diverse experience
and training in petroleum, environmental, and academic
specialties.
We encourage everyone to purchase advertisement
space in the directory. The prices are reasonable and will
help us defer some of our pril)ting and postage costs. We
require $100 for.a photo-ready, black and white full-page
advertisement; $50 for a 1/2 page advertisement; $25 for a
1/4 page, advertisement; and $10 for a business card. Any
additional funds willbe rolled over to our scholarship fund.
Advertisers will receive a copy of the directory.
If you wish to be listed in the directory you must be a
member of AWG. Contact Florence Arya at P.O. Box
55602, Houston, TX 77258 ifyou wish to become a member
or to place an advertisement. By becoming an AWG
member you can attend interesting and informative business
talks by knowledgeable professionals. Also, you will be
involved with a very active organization of Geoscience
Profes,sionals.
CARLOTTA B. CHERNOFF
University of Texas
Carlotta is an undergraduate
research assistant at UT in pursuit of
a B.S. in geophysics. Achievements
and awards which have been bestowed upon Carlotta include W.
Kenley Clark Memorial Endowed
Presidential
Scholarship
(1990-91),
Chevron REACH Scholarship (198688 and 1990-91), Department
of
Geological Sciences Undergraduate
Petrography
Award (1990), Rotary
Foundation Scholar (1989), Dean's Honor List (Fall '86 and
Fall '88), Robert H. Cuyler Endowed Presidential Scholarship (1987-88), Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma
Freshman Honors Societies (Spring '87), and Phi Beta
Kinsolving Honor Society (Spring '87), Carlotta is also active
with Rotary International, University Catholic Center, UT
Geological Society, and UT recruitment
activities. Her
long-term goals are to pursue masters and doctoral degrees
with an eye toward a research-based
career.
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TrapAnalysis of Faults
The Houston Geological Society will sponsor a one day continuing education
course entitled "Trap Analysis of Faults", After a short review of a model for
hydrocarbon migration and entrapment within faulted structures, Urban Allen
will explain the method of analyzing fault traps with fault plane sections. This
will be followed by an extensive hands-on exercise in evaluating the trapping
potential of faults using a simulated subsurface data set of maps and logs.
Your Instructor:
Urban S. Allen is retired from Shell Oil, where he
held a variety of positions in technical and operational management in exploration. His July 1989
AAPG paper, entitled "Migration and Entrapment
of HyClrocarbonsWithin Fault Structures"forms the
basis for this course.
Location:
Shell Oil Training, The Braes
Heights Building, 3837 Bellaire
Boulevard (at Stella Link). Upstairs, next to I.W. Marks Jewelers. Park in St. Mark's Church
parking lot across the street.
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course, and the instmctions will be given in the beginning! This course is
being offered again by popular demand, and classroom space is limited, If
you pre-register, but find that you cannot attend, please advise us so that
space reserved for you in the course is not wasted!
Date and Time:
Friday, April 19, 1991
"8:30am to 4:30 pm
You willieam how to:
*Construct fault plane sections
*Identify critical spill points
*Evaluate interplay between variationa in
reservoir thickness and fault throw
*Reconstruct the migration path of
hydrocarbons through a faulted structure
*Evaluate the hydrocarbon potential of a
faUlttrap prospect. .
Cost: $50 in advance, advance regisration
only.
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M A R C H ACTIVE MEMBERS
David W. Abrahamson
Geologist
7398 S. Lafayette Cr. W.
L~ttleton.C O 80122
(303) 794.7453
Babak Afshar
Mktg. Rep.
Exlog lnc.
7000 Hollister $210
Houston. TX 77040
744-4743
Mark A. Allendorf
Hydrogeologist
Browning-Ferris
P.O. Box 3151
Houston. TX 77253
870-7675
Mickey W. Alston
Hydrogeologlst
E R M - Southwest
16000 Memorial Dr. $200
Houston, TX 77079
496-9600
Donald E. Ashabranner
Stall Geophysicist
Phillips Petroleum
6330 W. Loop South
Bellaire. TX 77401
669-3782
Asher Atkinson
Petrophysical Consultant
3000 Woodland Park Dr.
Houston, TX 77082
531-4818
Raymond R. Audette
Engineering Geologist
US Army Corps ol Engineers
819 Taylor St.
Ft. Worth, TX 76102
Michael R. Bagnasco
Technical Support
Teledyne Exploration
5825 Chimney Rock
Houston, TX 77081
666-2561
Charles E. Baron
Organic Laboratory Mgr.
Keystone Lab
8300 Westpark
Houston. TX 77063
266-6800
R0bert.A. Barton
Geologist
Ensrrch Exploration
4849 Greenvllle $1200
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(214) 369-7893
John H. Bauch
Geologlst
Dekalb Energy Co.
654 N. Sam Houston Pkwy $390
Houston, TX 77060
999-6008
Mary A. Bauer
Sr. Geologist
Barreda & Assoc.
P.O. Box 707
Navasota. TX 77868
(409) 825-2741
William C. Bishop
Petroleum Consultant
Bishop Resources Inc.
2815 W. Pebble Beach
Missouri City, TX 77459
499-7911
Edwin G. Bowles
Sr. Geologist
British Gas Services
1100 Louisiana #2500
Houston, TX 77002
752-8515
Allen D. Breaux
Gen. Mgr. Offshore Div.
Fina Oil & Chemical
1301 McKinney
Houston. TX 77010
652-5926
Sandra S. Brown
Geologlst
C T T Env~ronmentalSrvcs.
14626 Morales Rd.
Houston, TX 77032
442 8402
Gordon G. Browning
Mgr Western Hemsphere
Seismograph Serv~ce
8323 SW Frwy $400
Houston, TX 77074
772 5561
H. Richard Burman
Owner
& Gas
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Rt 1, Box 660
Hockley, TX 77447
John M. Busch
Acct Representatwe
Teleco OJfteld Srvcs
4 Greenway Plaza $841
Houston. TX 77046
850-3900
Colin A. Chapman
Intl. Mktg Consultant
Geoservices
14902 Henry Rd.
Houston, TX 77060
820-5908
Charles F. Christopher
Geologist
American Sequoia
911 Bunker Hill #290
Houston, TX 77024
827-8111
Alan T. Costello
Geologist
Royal Oil & Gas Corp.
Corpus Christi, TX
(512) 888-4792
James C. Crabbe
Exploration Technologist
Amoco Production Co.
P.O. Box 3092
Houston, TX 77253
556-4133
Donald H. Deibert
President
Exploration Consulting Srvcs.
16115 Spinnaker Dr.
Crosby, TX 77532
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A WARDS
STUDENT POSTER
The Poster Committee and Awards Committee have worked together to find student presenters for a poster session to
be held immediately prior to our April 22nd dinner meeting. The Awards Committee will select the best posters and present
cash awards totalling $250. The following students will present posters:
University
Rice
Lamar
Student
Pablo Eisner
Title
Tectonostratigraphic Evolution of the Neuguean Basin, Argentina
Pamela F. Borne
Monitoring Changes in a Sediment-Starved Texas Beach Following the
Removal of an Erosion-Prevention Structure
K. D. Apperson
Mechanical Models of Compressional Fault-Related Folds: Controls on
Deformation and Internal Stress
A. M. Therriault
W. U. Reimold
Field Studies of Bronzite Granophyre, Vredefort Structure, South Africa
R. T. Beaubouef
P. F. Rush
Diagenetic Framework for Chemical Remanence Acquisition in Lower
Paleozoic Carbonate Rocks from W. Newfoundland
STUDENT POSTER SESSION COMPETITION ABSTRACTS
DIAGENETIC FRAMEWORK FOR CHEMICAL
REMANENCE ACQUISITION IN LOWER PALEOZOIC
CARBONATE ROCKS FROM W. NEWFOUNDLAND
By R. T. Beaubouef and P. F. Rush
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The Lower Ordovician (Tremadocian) St. George
Group on Port au Port Peninsula forms part of the Cambro Ordovician autochthonous carbonate sequences of W.
Newfoundland. The geology and stratigraphy of the St.
George Group indicates that these rocks have been subjected to distinct uplift and exposure events and their
petrographic characteristics suggest a complex diagenetic
history. The fabrics of these rocks range from those of
relatively pristine limestones to diagenetic dolomites and
dedolomites with only relict depositional textures. Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic data show that there are two
generations of hematite that record separate magnetization
events in these strata, and also indicate the presence of
magnetite. The hematite is shown to be diagenetic,
occurring in association with karst fabrics and dedolomitization and as an alteration product of pre-existing sulfide
minerals. Three components of remanence are observed in
these rocks: 1) a recent overprint, 2) a Late Paleozoic
remagnetization, and 3) an Ordovician (but not depositional)
magnetization. The recent component is best explained as a
viscous overprint. The Late Paleozoic component is contained in hematite, while the Early Paleozoic (Ordovician)
component is found to be contained in both magnetite and
hematite.
Paleomagnetic, petrographic, geochemical, and geologic evidence will be presented that indicates both Paleozoic components record chemical remanent magnetizations
associated with subaerial exposures of the ancient continental sheif during at least two distinct times in the Paleozoic.
Given the observed range of petrographic and magnetic
variability, it appears that during the (Early - Middle ?)
Ordovician, the lower St. George rocks underwent relatively
rapid diagenesis including lithification, calcite cementation,
sulfide precipitation, dolomitization, dedolomitization, and
hematite authigenesis. The Late Paleozoic component
appears to represent a remagnetization component also
associated with dedolomitization and hematite authigenesis
and cementation. Perhaps more importantly, rock samples
bearing hematite as the major remanence phase can be
petrographically identical to one another, yet carry distinct
directional components acquired at different times in geologic history.
MECHANICAL MODELS O F
COMPRESSIONAL FAULT-RELATED FOLDS:
CONTROLS ON DEFORMATION
AND INTERNAL STRESS
By K. D. Apperson
Plane strain finite element models were used to investigate how rock properties and layering control the sequential
development of fault-bend and fault propagation folds and
their internal stress state. The models use an elastic-plastic
rheology, displacement boundary conditions, and special
elements for frictional surfaces and fault t i ~ sLaver
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deformation and stress and strain distribution are computed at
discrete intervals of displacement for models that vary ramp
angle (10"-30°),layer thickness (500-1000 m.), and material
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map on which subsequent sediment movement can be
shown. Aerial photographs and historical papers will be
utilized to further document sediment movement.
properties (e.g., yield stress, 50-200 MPa). A comparison of
our results to those based on geomefric models illustrates
the strengths and weaknesses of each method for modeling
the deformation and stress state in fault-related folds.
The results for fault-bend folds are: 1) fold shape and
amplitude are little affected by material contrasts between
layers; 2) fold geometries are smooth rather than kinked; 3)
the strength of the layer at the ramp controls stress and
strain distribution in the structure; 4) deformation is very
sensitive to the relative magnitudes of the frictional coefficient and yield stress. In fault propagation folds, the
stress state results from superposition of fault tip stresses
and the shortening and buckling of the upper plate. The
mechanical models of fault-bend and fault propagation folds
do not reproduce the distinct dip domains predicted by
geometric models. However, the external fold shape is
similar to that predicted by geometric models involving
flexural slip. Flattening of the fault ramp and foot wall
deformation with increasing displacement in finite element
models accounts for the smooth profile of these folds.
FIELD STUDIES O F BRONZITE GRANOPHYRE,
VREDEFORT STRUCTURE, SOUTH AFRICA
A. M. Therriault and W. U.Reimold
In recent years increased interest has been shown in
the bronzite granophyre (BG) that occurs a s a series of
homogeneous dikes in the Vredefort structure, South
Africa. 1,23,4 These recent studies, most of which rely
heavily on earlier field work, 5 6 reach contrasting conclusions as to the origin of the BG. During the summer of 1990,
a field study of the BG was completed for all the exposed
dikes. The objectives of this study were: (1)to describe the
field relations between BG and host rocks, (2) to determine
the attitude of BG dikes, (3)to describe the matrix texture
and clast distribution for all BG dikes, (4) to sample each
dike systematically, both along and across strike, and (5) to
sample the numerous clasts found in BG dikes. The field
observations are presented herein.
The BG Dikes: The BG is medium gray to dark
greenish-gray on fresh surface, and rusty medium brown to
dark brown on weathered surfaces. The surface of the dikes
may be pitted to different degrees due to erosion and
differential weathering of and around the clasts. Vesicles are
also common in all dikes. Ten BG dikes extending for a total
of approximately 50 km can be mapped within the Vredefort
structure. BG dikes occur in two major zones: five dikes
occur in the northwestern and western parts of the core
near the town of Vredefort, and five others occur at the
core-collar boundary, forming a crescent from the northnortheastern part to the western part of the ring. The BG in
the core of the structure (zone 1) occurs a s small radiating
dikes, up to 20 m. wide and 4.5 km. long. At the core-collar
boundary (zone 2), the BG occurs as much larger dikes, up
to 65 m. wide and 9 km. long, concentric to the structure. At
the ground surface in zone 1, the dikes are exposed as
discontinuous, sinuous, and even kinked lines of sparsely
distributed rocks. More massive and positive outcrops
occur in zone 2, but the dikes remain discontinuous and
sinuous. Offshoot arms to the main dikes, occuring in both
zones, are rare and vary in size (a few meters wide and a few
tens of meters long). At the ground surface, the dikes
terminate in two fashions: by pinching out, or by sharply
MONITORING CHANGES.IN A SEDIMENT-STARVED
TEXAS BEACH FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL O F
AN EROSION-PREVENTION STRUCTURE
By Pamela F. Borne
The Texas Open Beaches Act prohibits the construction df any erosion-prevention structures on Texas beaches.
The recent forced removal of such a structure just south of
Sabine Pass, Texas provides the opportunity to study the
redistribution of trapped sediments by the longshore
current. Locally the coastline has undergone considerable
erosion due to subsidence, sea level rise and trapping of
sediment from the Sabine River before it is distributed by
the longshore currents of the Gulf of Mexico. The shore to.
the west of the jetty location has retreated substantially due
to sediment starvation caused by the jetty in addition to the
other factors listed above. The beach on either side of the
former jetty position is being monitored to determine if the
removal of the jetty will significantly alter the rate of
shoreline erosion. An initial topographic map of the heavily
eroded shore immediately west of the jetty is being surveyed
using plane table and alidade. Additional preliminary surveys
have been made of the areas adjacent to the topographic
map area. These surveys will be used to establish a base
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Contacts and Crosscutting Relationships: Crosscutting relationships are generally clear, with the BG
intruding the country rocks. In general, contacts have been
eroded, and only one true contact was observed in Zone 1,
where the host rock is a charnockite. At one locality in Zone
2, where a trench is cut along the flank of one dike, the outer
(-4-meter thick) edge of the dike is strongly jointed and
easily eroded and displaced. Another plausible agent causing the destruction of contacts would be reactivation of fault
lines, a phenomenon suggested by slickensides observed on
some contact surfaces. In places where massive outcrops of
both BG and host rocks occur close together, fractures,
joints, and color changes are observed in the host closest to
the BG dike. In a few localities throughout the structure,
pseudotachylite occurs on both dike margins between BG
and the granite host. It is unclear whether the pseudotachylite pre- or post-dates the BG or if they are contemporaneous. Pseudotachylite veins crosscutting the country
rocks are common; however, no pseudotachylite or other
rock types have been recognized to cut the BG.
Clasts and Matrix: The BG is composed of orthopyroxene, plagioclase, alkali feldspar and quartz as major
phases, ilmenite, magnetite, apatite and zircon as minor
phases, and numerous, accessory monomineralic ahd lithic
fragments. The larger clasts (2 - 80 cm. in diameter) tend to
be concentrated on one side of any given dike. Fractures
were seen to cut both the clasts and the matrix. The clasts
are sub~aralleland stretched. or folded and curved. or
fractured and faulted. The major country rocks are all
represented as clasts in every dike examined. Granite,
ending at a slope or before a depression such as a valley or
dry creek. Five sets of joints are observed: horizontal;
vertical, perpendicular to the walls of the dike; vertical,
parallel to the strike; oblique, perpendicular to the walls of
the dikes; and oblique, dipping in the direction of strike.
These joint sets occur together with one being the most
dominant, dependingon the location. Displacements up to a
few decimeters were observed along some of these sets.
Faulting has been observed to affect the BG dikes at some
localities.
Magnetometry Survey: A magnetometry survey,
using an EGS magnetometer mounted on a vertical rod, was
carried out over four of these dikes (two located in zone 1
and two in zone 2). The purposes were to determine (1) if
the magnetic signature of BG can be used to trace the dikes,
(2) if BG dikes are truly continuous or discontinuous, and
(3) if they dip at depth. Although dip angles have not yet
been computed, the survey nevertheless has yielded interesting results. The signature difference between BG
dikes and host rocks is strong (-700nT) in zone 2 and
weaker (-300nT) in zone 1. In addition, the magnetometer
can be used to confirm the presence or absence of dikes in
at least two cases: (1) the subsurface (and often sinuous)
continuity of dikes that "disappear" can be confirmed
magnetically; and (2) the presence of the dikes that "disappear" into the depressions cannot be detected magnetically, suggesting that at such localities the BG terminates,
has been eroded away (at least to some depth), or is
interrupted by a fault zone (indicated in some cases by
displacement of the dike on the other side of the depression).
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gneiss and quartzite are the most abundant, shale and
metasediments other than quartzite are less abundant, and
mafic clasts are rare. Although apparent shock features
have been observed in the adjacent rocks,7 none have been
found in the clasts included in the BG dikes. In zone 1 the
matrix is characterized by spherulitic textures, with
spherules ranging from less than 1 cm. up to 4 cm. in
diameter. In zone 2 the matrix is more granular and finegrained, lacks spherulitic textures, and shows what appear
to be "flow textures" at the rock surface.
Discussion: The BG is extremely homogeneous in
bulk chemical composition on a regional scale.4 The clast
distribution is virtually the same in all dikes. There are,
however, definite textural and dimensional distinctions
between the BG dikes of the core zone and those of the
core-collar boundary. The BG in the core must have cooled
more rapidly than at the core-collar boundary where dike
size may be constrained by the fracture system available at
the time of emplacement. These observations are not
sufficient to determine an impact or cryptoexplosion origin
for the BG. Further studies are underway on: (1) petrography of the samples collected, including a search of shock
metamorphism in clasts; (2) mineralogical and geochemical
analyses with respect to major- and trace-element compositions, to establish whether variations exist in bulk
composition or mineral composition within and between
dikes; (3) assessment of temperatures using ilmenite-
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magnetite geothermometry; and (4) palaeomagnetic
analyses to complete the magnetic data and determine the
dip angles of the BG dikes.
REFERENCES:
1. Bisschoff, A. A. 1988. S. Afr. J. Sci. 84:413-417.
2. French, B. M., and R. L. Nielsen. 1988. Proc. 18th Lun.
Plan. Sci. Conf. Vol. XIX, pp. 354-355.
3. French, B. M., et al. 1989. Proc. 19th Lun. Plan. Sci. Conf.
pp. 733-744.
4. Reimold, W. U., et al. 1990. Proc. 20th Lun. Plan Sci.
Conf. pp. 433-450.
5. Hall, A. L., and G. A. F. Molengraaff. 1925. Verhand.
Akad. Wer. Amst., 2 sec. Dec. 24, Vol. 3, pp. 1-183.
6. Nel, L. T. 1927. Geol. Surv. S. Afr., Spec. Publ. 6,133 pp.
7. Grieve, R. A. F., et al. 1990. Tectonophys. 171:185-200.
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CHANDELEUR S O U N D OFFERS
PETROLEUM POTENTIAL
By Rodney W. Jackson
The Louisiana Mineral Board and their staff desire to
encourage oil and gas operators to renew their interest in
South Louisiana as a prime exploration target. Toward that
end, the Board has announced that a special lease sale will
be held on June 12, 1991.
Approximately 195,000 acres of state water bottoms
located within Chandeleur Sound have been set aside
expressly for the special lease sale (Figure 1). Individual
tracts of up to 2500 acres in area will be offered for lease, and
portion bids will be accepted.
that occurred during deposition were accompanied by
equally abrupt changes in the sedimentary environment and
the subsequent lithogenesis. Several thousand feet of early
Miocene sediments formed in this depositional environment,
and in figures 2 and 3 are shown to onlap and offlap the steep
continental slope. Thus, with these conditions, an ideal
environment existed for the formation and entrapment of
hydrocarbons.
Mink and others (1988), in their study of Upper and
Middle Miocene gas sands in Alabama, have reported
production in the Cibicides carstensi zone and the Discorbis
12 zone. In addition, the Discorbis 12 zone is productive in
the Viosca Knoll area and in blocks 14, 25, and 29 of the
adjoining Chandeleur area. If the trend continues westwardly, one would expect the Discorbis 12 zone at drilling
depths of 4,000 to 5,000 feet in Chandeleur Sound.
In the F & A Oil Report of August 8,1990, ARCO was
credited as having found excellent gas production in a
shallow Miocene sand in the Mississippi Sound. Their Tract
73, State Lease No. 1 well near Dauphine Island, was
perforated between 1870 to 1929 feet and flowed at 4,115
MCFPD through a 20164 inch choke with a flowing tubing
pressure of 745 pounds. ARCO has tested two other
Miocene discoveries in the area but has not released the
results.
The underlying Heterostegina lime and older sediments are cut by a number of faults which strike parallel to
the hinge line. If oil and gas was generated in the early
Miocene sediments, then the faulting and lithologic changes
along the hinge line would be strategically located to act as
"Approximately 195,000 acres of state water
bottoms located within Chandeleur Sound have
been set aside expressly for the special lease
sale."
Chandeleur Sound and the area immediately to the
south have a cumulative production af over 34,116,065
barrels of oil and condensate and 280,996,188 MCF of gas
since production began in 1948. Most of the fields are
restricted to low relief, structural closures with all of the
production being from Miocene sands at a depth of 4,000 to
10,000 feet. Fewer than 60 wells have been drilled to a depth
greater than 11,000 feet. In Chandeleur Sound there are
areas of buried faults and structures observable on seismic
data which, to be evaluated, will require drilling deeper than
11,000 feet (Figure 1).
Following a review of seismic data from most of the
Louisiana offshore areas, Chandeleur Sound was chosen by
the Mineral Board staff as the area having the greatest
potential. Halliburton Geophysical Services and Seismic
Exchange, Inc. provided the seismic data used in the review.
These companies share the Board's belief that the State
needs to stimulate the interest of industry by offering
potentially productive tracts that are known to have structural and stratigraphic promise.
The most striking geologic feature illustrated by the
seismic data is an Upper Oligocene Heterostegina hinge line
which trends northwesterly across Chandeleur Sound
(Figures 2 & 3). This hinge line probably developed as the
overlying Miocene sediments were being deposited in a
rapidly subsiding basin. The abrupt changes in water depth
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trapping mechanisms. There is also evidence of time dip
reversal and structural closure at the Heterostegina horizon
and deeper reflective horizons.
The Heterostegina lime has much undeveloped potential in the northeastern portion of the Gulf Coast Basin.
Krutak and Beron (1990), Stuckey (1964), Mais (1957),
Squires and Sachs (1957), and Forman (1955) have documented reef or reef-like buildups in the Heterostegina lime
in the eastern portion of South Louisiana. From the various
discussions one learns that the entire shelf should be
regarded as prospective for reefal development and not just
the hinge line. Figure 4 illustrates a seismic dip reversal on
the Heterostegina reflection event which could be interpreted as a patch reef. This particular event is several miles
north of the hinge line.
Another significant feature of the hinge line is the
apparent subcrop of the Frio, Vicksburg, and older
Oligocene-Eocene sediments beneath the Heterostegina
lime. A consistent and distinct wedge of reflection events,
which occur near the Heterostegina hinge line, pinch out in
a northeasterly direction (Figures 2 & 3).
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In the Ansley Field in Hancock County, Mississippi, 25
miles to the northwest, the Heterostegina lime lies unconformably upon the Paleocene-Eocene Wilcox aged sediments. According to Howe (1962), the apparent truncation
of the upper Wilcox, Claiborne, Jackson, and Vicksburg
sediments beneath the Miocene series indicated that a
major uplift of the Hancock County High (Ansley) occurred
sometime prior to early Miocene. He states that stratigraphic traps are possible along the flanks of the Hancock
County High. Stratigraphic traps are also possible in
Chandeleur Sound along the hinge line and on the shelf
where the unconformity appears to be regional in extent.
The Cretaceous Tuscaloosa Sand has been penetrated
by several wells drilled in Chandeleur Sound and found to be
non-productive. However, it is a prolific gas and condensate
producer in the deep Tuscaloosa trend of South Louisiana
and it is also an important oil and gas producer in South
Mississippi. It should not be overlooked as potentially
productive in the fault blocks along the Heterostegina hinge
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The Cretaceous Edwards Limestone of Texas is equivalent to the upper Fredericksburg of Louisiana which could
be a potential reefal hydrocarbon reservoir within
Chandeleur Sound. In South Central Texas the Edwards
Limestone culminated in a barrier reef complex along the
shelf edge where it is referred to as the Stuart City. As
reported by Tartamella (1982), the Great Barrier Reef of
Australia exemplifies that barrier reefs may develop
anywhere on the shelf. Therefore, the Fredericksburg
should be explored both on the shelf edge and on the gently
sloping shelf in Chandeleur Sound where conditions in
Texas similar to those in Australia may have occurred.
"... Chandeleur Sound has considerable potential
at many horizons..."
In summary, Chandeleur Sound has considerable
potential at many horizons which should make it attractive
for an exploratory program. The Miocene is productive at
moderate drilling depths in Chandeleur Sound and it is also
productive from shallower zones in offshore Alabama and
the Chandeleur area. The deeper Miocene may be found to
be productive where it onlaps or offlaps the continental
slope and the Heterostegina lime is very likely to have
developed large reefal structures. The Frio, Vicksburg,
Jackson, and Claiborne age sediments are truncated by an
unconformity which provides for a large number of possible
reservoir traps. In addition, the Tuscaloosa sands are
prospective along the hinge line a s is the Fredericksburg
which has the added potential of reefal development over a
large portion of the shelf.
Seismic data are necessary to fully appreciate the
geology of Chandeleur Sound. Neither the obvious hinge
line nor the wedge-out of pre-Heterostegina sediments
along the hinge line arrd shelf area can be demonstrated by
the available well control. Seismic sequence stratigraphy,
seismic trace inversion, and seismic modeling will be
required to map and interpret stratigraphic variations which
will define most of the productive areas.
Chandeleur Sound is a shallow water area near established producing fields and presents no unusual or difficult
drilling problems. Service company facilities are readily
available. Halliburton Geophysical Services and Seismic
Exchange, Inc. have excellent seismic data over most of the
area. Also, electric logs for approximately 20 wells located
along the Heterostegina lime hinge line have been released.
Each of these wells penetrated the Tertiary and the upper
Cretaceous sediments. The Pel-Tex State Lease 11778 No.
1 well, located in Block 54 of Chandeleur Sound Addition,
was the most recently completed deep well. It was plugged
and abandoned on September 14, 1985.
REFERENCES
Erlich, R. N., S. F. Barrett, and Guo Bai Ju, 1990: Seismic
and Geologic Characteristics of Drowning Events on
Carbonate Platforms: AAPG Bulletin, v. 74, p. 15231537.
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Forman, M. J., 1955. The Heterostegina Zone at Anse La
Butte, Lafayette and St. Martin Parishes, Louisiana: A
Study in Gulf Coast Tertiary Reefs: GCAGS Transactions, v. 5, p. 65-68.
Howe, H. J., 1962, Subsurface Geology of St. Helena,
Tangipahoa, Washington and St. Tammany Parishes,
Louisiana: GCAGS Transactions, v. 12, p. 121-135.
Krutak, P. R. and Philip Beron Jr., 1990. Heterostegina
Zone - A Shallow Anahuac (Lake Oligocene-Early
Miocene) Oil Frontier in Southern Louisiana and
Mississippi: GCAGS Transactions v. 40, p. 397-484.
Mais, W. R., 1957, Peripheral Faulting at Bayou Blue Salt
Dome, Iberville Parish, Louisiana: AAPG Bulletin, v.
41, p. 1915-1951.
Melancon, L. J., editor, 1987: Louisiana Annual Oil and Gas
Report 1968-87.
Mink, R. M., C. C. Smith, B. L. Bearden, E. A. Mancini,
1988a. Regional Geologic Framework and Petroleum
Geology of Miocene Strata of Alabama Coastal Waters
Area and Adjacent Federal Waters Area: State Oil and
Gas Board/Geological Survey of Alabama and U.S.
Dept. of Interior, Minerals Management Service, Cooperative Agreement No. 14-12-0001-30316, Draft
Interim Report, p. 79.
1988b Regional Geologic Framework and
Petroleum Geology of Miocene Strata of Alabama
Coastal Waters Area and Adjacent Federal Waters
Area: State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama, Oil and
Gas Report, p. 64.
1988c, Middle and Upper Miocene Natural Gas
Sands in Onshore Alabama: GCAGS Transactions, v.
38, p. 1-6.
Smith, C . C., 1989, Regional Biostratigraphy and Paleoenvironmental History of The Miocene of Onshore and
Offshore Alabama: GCAGS Transactions, v. 39, p.
285-301.
Squires, D. F. and K. N. Sach; 1957, Corals and Larger
Foraminifera at Anse La Butte Reef, Louisiana: AAPG
Bulletin, v. 41, p. 746-750.
Stuckey, C . W. Jr., 1964, Some Observations on Lithologic
Changes in The Heterostegina Zone (Abstract):
GCAGS Transactions, v. 4, p. 109.
Tartamella, N. J., 1982, An Ecostratigraphic Model For
Shelf Platform Development of Middle Cretaceous
(Stuart City) Limestones of South Central Texas:
GCAGS Transactions, v. 32, p. 483-495.
Wittick, Tom, 1990: Using Seismic Trace Inversion to Find
Oil: Houston Geological Society Bulletin, v. 33, p.
36-39.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rodney W. Jackson received his B.S. in geology from
the University of Nebraska in 1947. He was then employed
as a geophysicist by The Carter Oil Company and by
Humble Oil and Refining Company for 19 years in the MidContinent, Indonesia, the Rocky Mountains and the Gulf
Coast. Following 14 years in private business he returned to
the oil patch in 1981 as a District Geologist with the
Louisiana Office of Mineral Resources.
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EXPLORATION ACTIVITY REVIEW
By Bill Eisenhardt
Consultant, Geol. Representative-Geomap
Co.
National Rig Count: February 18-977; Year Ago-918
Gulf of Mexico Rig Count: 125
In east-central Atascosa County and about 2 miles
east of Austin Chalk production at Pleasanton East Field,
Nimrod Exploration will re-enter the 7540' dry Sandia #1
Cavazas and attempt a horizontal Austin Chalk completion. The #l-A Lana will sidetrack NNW (including a 2000'
lateral) to a BHL 350' north of the Mercury Production #1
Eichelberger, a dry 7251' Buda test. At the base Austin
Chalk horizon the new venture spots on a broad south
plunging nose upthrown to a down-to-the-southeast fault.
Geodominion Petroleum has staked a 4750' Vicksburg test in the southwestern corner of Colorado County,
2 miles southeast of Miocene, Frio, Yequa and Wilcox gas
production at Provident City Field (across the county line in
Lavaca County). The #1 Hancock Unit is about 1 miles
southeast of the Hanson #I-A Hancock, a dry Wilcox
attempt. Top Yegua structure here is regional southeast
dip.
CXY Energy has announced completion of its #1
Champion as a new Jackson discovery 5 miles northwest
of Evergreen in western San Jacinto County, opening
Golightly Field. Flow rate was 1,160 MCFGPD from perfs
2642-50'. Top Yegua structure here is regional southeast
dip.
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Texas
San Patricio Corporation will drill a 3800' Queen City
wildcat in extreme western Starr County, 1 '/4 miles east of
the abandoned one-well McDermott Field (in adjoining
Zapata County), originally productive from the Queen City.
The #1 Guerra is also about 400' southeast of the dry Forest
#1 Guerra GU, an 18,018' Wilcox test. At the Queen City
horizon the wildcat spots near the crest of a southeast
plunging nose off the Lopeno Field structure and immediately upthrown to a small north-south fault.
In eastern Kenedy County, US Exploration is planning
to re-enter the recently abandoned Bright & Co. #1 State
Tract 280 (in Laguna Madre), an 8315' vertical dry hole, and
will sidetrack SSE to 7500' TD in adjoining Tract 281. New
BHL will be about 1 3/4 miles north'of Frio production in
Potrero Lopeno Field. Principal targets will be Miocene and
M a r g i n u l i n a sands, well developed, but wet, in the Kilroy
#1 S T 283 dry hole, about 4000' south of the proposed BHL.
At the Marginulina horizon the new BHL spots on local
southwest dip and upthrown to a regional down-to-thesoutheast fault.
Farther north, in central Nueces County, Amoco has
staked the #1 Kircher Gas Unit, a projected 16,500' deep
Vicksburg test 3/, mile east of lower Frio production at the
one-well Massey Field. Frio structure is dominated by smallscale localized faulting transversely oriented to the major
northeast-southwest structural trends generally observed
in the area; however, deep Vicksburg structure is most
likely substantially different.
Petroleum Management has announced comp!etion of
a new Wilcox discovery 1 )$ miles west of Wilcox gas
production at Nunley Ranch Field in southern LaSalle
County. The #1 Asche Ranch flowed51 1 MCFGPD through
perfs 5668-83', opening Riva Ridge Field. At the lower
Wilcox horizon the new producer spots on regional southeast dip just south of the southwestern terminus of a local
down-to-the-southeast fault.
Farther east, in southwestern Live Oak County, Cox
& Perkins will attempt to find deep Wilcox production in
the Sierra Vista Field area (Jackson, Queen City and
shallow Wilcox pays). The # l Eickhoff, projected t o 14,000',
is 2 miles southwest of a 14,227' dry hole (Warrior #1-A
Lyne) which encountered potential targets at 9504.26'954466', and 12,843-13,061'. However, no cores, tests or shows
were reported. At the top Wilcox horizon the wildcat spots
in the plane of a regional down-to-the-coastfault.
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South Louisiana
Triad Energy of Texas will drill a 9700' Hackberry test
2 I/, miles northwest of basal Hackberry production at
Edgerly Field in west-central Calcasieu Parish. The #1
Johnson Heirs is about 1700' east of the operator's #1
Baggett, a 9512' dry Hackberry test abandoned in 1989. At
the Hayes horizon the wildcat spots in a mild re-entrant
along regional dip.
About 5 miles northeast, also in Calcasieu Parish,
Ballard Exploration will drill its #1 Jones, et al, a projected
12,300' Cockfield/Yegua wildcat, 2 34 miles east of Cockfield production at Southeast Lunita Field. The operator will
be attempting to extend the "expanded" or "down-dip"
Cockfield/Yegua trend eastward from the three existing
fields in western Calcasieu Parish: West Starks, Lunita and
Southeast Lunita. Hayes structure here is regional southeast dip with local nosing.
A 10,800'wildcat has been staked by Coastal Oil & Gas
4 '/z miles southeast of Nonion struma (middle Frio)
production at Gray's Creek Field in western Livingston
Parish. The #1 L&A School Board will be evaluating
N o n i o n s t r u m a and N o d o s a r i a b l a n p i e d i s a n d s , and
is about 800' south of the Texaco #1 Georgia Pacific, a
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10,784' dry Frio test. Structure at the Nonion struma
horizon is moderate south dip off a downthrown fault
closure along the University fault.
MESOZOIC TREND
East Texas
Grand Energy has staked a 6400' Woodbine wildcat
1 1/2 miles southeast of Woodbine production at Wooden
Horse Field in northeastern Leon County. The #1 Barnett is
one mile east of the American Cascade #1 Shaw, completed
from the Dexter sand (Woodbine) at 6257-62', flowing2,686
MCFGPD, 5.8 BCPD and 2 BWPD. Structure at the base
Austin Chalk is regional southeast dip, interrupted by
numerous small northwest dipping faults.
Palmer Petroleum has released completion data for a
new discovery and confirmation well in southern Van
Zandt County, about 2 % miles northeast of Edge Field
(Rodessa production). The #1 Naquin flowed 2,533
MCFGPD, 287 BCPD and 6 BWPD from the James lime
at 8705-27', ol~eningAventura Ranch Field. About '/2 mile
south, the #1 Weatherford was completed flowing 2,081
MCFGPD, 186 BCPD and 140 BWPD from James perfs
8671-86'. Structure at the base Massive Anhydrite is
regional east-southeast dip.
North Louisiana
Walsh Operating will drill an 11,750' Hosston wildcat
about 2 miles north of Wilcox production at Dodson Field in
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northern Winn Parish. The #1 Burns Forest Products is
about 3600' west of a 16,155' dry Cotton Valley test, the
Continental #1 Tremont, which cored several intervals in
the Cotton Valley and tested a small amount of gas from the
Cotton Valley Calvin Sand before abandonment. At the
base Massive Anhydrite horizon the new venture spots
near the crest of a strong southwest plunging nose.
Farther north, in southwestern Lincoln Parish, Sonat
Exploration has taken over operations at the Harvey
Broyles #1 Atkins, a new completion that extends West
Simsboro Field production (Hosston, Cotton Valley) about
9000' west. Gas was tested from a new Hosston pay
designated as the "Harvey Broyles Sand", but perforations
and test results are not yet available. At the base Massive
Anhydrite horizon the new producer spots near the crest of
a strong nose plunging westward into the Arcadia salt dome
rim syncline.
Mississippi - Alabama
Pacific Enterprises Oil has opened new Hosston
production in eastern Jones County, Mississippi, over 8
miles southeast of closest existing production at the multipay Laurel Field. The #1 PEOC-Paramount Walker flowed
468 BOPD (44" API) and 549 MCFGPD from selective
perforations between 16,069-173'. The discovery is located
in an area of very sparse control, and reported formation
tops place the base Ferry Lake considerably higher than
presently mapped, suggesting a possible salt structure of
Lower Cretaceous age.
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50 minutes from the Lower Callovian at 1532.1542 m
(5026-5059').Long-term tests are planned.
A new Smackover discovery has been completed in
southwestern Conecuh County, Alabama, about 1 !;miles
northwest of Range West Field (1989),also productive from
the Smackover. The Fina Oil & Chemical #1 ATIC 2-11
flowed 403 BOPD and 404 MCFGPD through perfs 13,222244'(0A), probably indicating the presence of another preJurassic basement high.
Farther east, in extreme western Covington County,
Torch Operating has completed its #1 Paramount-Findley
as a new Jurassic oil discovery 1 3/4 miles north of the town
of Rome. Flow rate was 121 BOPD (38.8" API) from the
Haynesville's Frisco City Sand at 11,976-12,007'.At the
top Smackover horizon the new producer appears to be
located on moderate southeast dip in close proximity to the
approximate updip limit of the Smackover.
Germany
Erdoel-Erdgas Gommern made an oil discovery at
wildcat Fuerstenwalde 1 in Brandenburg in the Northeast
German basin. A test yielded some 630 BOPD (38" API)
from the Permian Stassfurt carbonate at a depth of 2700
m (8859').
United Kingdom (Offshore)
Conoco's 15130-7appraisal on the Lapworth structure
flowed an aggregate 25,700 MCFGPD and 2,398 BCPD
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from two intervals in the Lower Cretaceous.
Hamilton's 9/29a-1 wildcat northeast of Crawford
tested 23,000 MCFGPD and 1,300 BCPD from a deep high
pressure J u r a s s i c pay. The new discovery is possibly
linked to the earlier BP 9/24b-1 gaslcondensate find.
Angola (Offshore)
Elf's wildcat Gazela 1, in the Lower C o n g o basin
Block3, was suspended as an oil discovery after flowing at a
combined rate of more than 6,000 BOPD from two zones in
the Albian. Location is about 50 km (31 miles) WSW of
Quinzau and almost a mile ESE of the Bufalo oil field.
AFRICA
Egypt (Onshore)
Bapetco, the Shell/EGPC joint venture, announced a
'significant' oil discovery on the Badr El Din development
leases in the Abu Gharadiq basin of the Western Desert.
Wildcat Badr El Din 18 1 tested oil at an undisclosed rate
from the C r e t a c e o u s sandstones of the Kharita formation. Location is about 1 '/, miles NNE of the Badr El Din 3
gas/condensate field which was put on stream last October
and is estimated to contain about 1 TCFG, also in Kharita
sandstones.
Nigeria
Elf has reportedly made a major oil discovery in eastern
delta OPL 93 at Amenam 1,said to be the largest discovery
in many years in the Niger Delta basin. The wildcat tested
3,000 BOPD (42" API) from four zones in a 984' reservoirbearing interval below 3600 m (11,812') in the Agbada
formation. Location is about 5 km (3.1 miles) NNW of
Mobil's Ekpe WW Field.
FAR EAST
China (Offshore)
The ACT group (Agip/Chevron/Texaco) reported
further drilling success within PSCA 16/08 in the South
China Sea Zhujiangkou (Pearl River Mouth) basin.
Tests of four productive zones at wildcat Huizhou 32-2-1
gauged an aggregate 15,000 BOPD (27-36"API). This latest
find is 8 km (5 miles) WSW of the Huizhou 26-1 oil field,
scheduled to be brought on stream this year.
Egypt (Offshore)
Gupco, the Amoco/EGPC joint venture, discovered a
new oil reservoir in the October Field area in the northern
part of the Gulf of Suez. Shallower pool wildcat G S 172 2
flowed 28" API oil at a stabilized rate of 9,500 BPD from the
Asi Member of the Miocene Rudeis formation. North of
the main October Field, which produces principally from
the early Cretaceous Nubia A formation, G S 172 1 tested
7,880 BOPD, also from the Nubian.
India (Offshore)
State oil company O N G C has announced four oil and
gas discoveries in the Bombay-Ratnagiri area:
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Pakistan
In Sind Province, Premier's Kandra 1 wildcat was
suspended as a gas discovery 13 km (8 miles) south of
Sukkur. Flow rate was 7,500 MCFGPD from an undisclosed interval.
B-121-2, located about 23 km (14 miles) southeast of
the Bombay High IL platform, tested 1,488BOPD (37" API)
and2,650 MCFGPD, reportedly from basement below 1952
m (6405'). Drilling is continuing. In the Bombay High Field,
substantial reserves were proven in 1989 in fractured, vuggy
Archean igneous basement, and the identification of the
basement as a reservoir away from the field suggests that
this play may extend to the adjoining structures in the
Bombay offshore.
Philippines (Offshore)
Philodrill has made a gas/condensate discovery at
Octon 1 (SC 6/A, West Palawan) in the Galoc clastic
corresponding unit (early Miocene). After two unsuccessful tests, a third DST was run between 2313-2323 m
(7589-7622') and produced 12,500 MCFGPD and 1,037
BCPD.
B-126-1, located about 6 km (3.7 miles) northwest of
Mukta Field (B-19 and B-57 structures) and 135 km (84
miles) northwest of Bombay, tested 1,470 BOPD (41" API)
and 4,765 MCFGPD from a 30' zone below 2241 m (7353') in
Unit I1 of the Bassein Limestone reservoirs. Three other
potential pays had yet to be tested.
AUSTRALIA
Queensland
Delhi suspended two new oil discoveries in the
Cooper-Eromanga basin. Bolan 1 flowed 1,350 BOPD
(50" API) from 1729.1742 m (5673-5716'); while Jarrar 1
flowed 1,466 BOPD (45" API) from 1798-1811 m (58995942') in the Jurassic Hutton Sandstone.
In B-157-1, four of five zones tested yielded hydrocarbons from a gross interval of 263 m (863') below 2330 m
(7645'). From Unit 11, 600 BOPD was tested from a 6 55'
zone below 2591 m (8501'). An aggregate flow of about
10,060 MCFGPD and 200 BCPD was tested from three
zones totaling 68 m (223') in thickness below 2330 m (7645').
Location is 12 km (7.5 miles) east of Bombay High Field.
Western Australia (Offshore)
BHP's Ramillies 1 wildcat in the Carnarvon basin was
suspended as an oil discovery after flowing at a stabilized
rate of 4.036 BOPD (54.7" API) and 1,187 MCFGPD from
an undisclosed pay at 2686-2708 m (8813-8885').
B-192-1,located about 20 km (12.4 miles) southwest of
Bombay High Field, tested 1,670 BOPD (36" API) and 952
MCFGPD from an 11 1/2' zone below 2244 m (7363') in
Horizon IV. A 21' zone in Horizon 111 below 2338 m (7671')
tested 700 BOPD. Testing was to continue.
Indonesia (Onshore)
On West Java, Pertamina (the state oil company)
made a gas/condensate discovery at wildcat Sindangsari 1
in the West Java basin. On a drill stem test of the
Miocene Cibulakan group, a flow of 8,230 MCFGPD and
231 BCPD was achieved; while the Batu Raja formation
yielded carbon dioxide at a rate of 5,270 MCFGPD.
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