J.-P. Nicot, pictured from Friday's webcast, helped get the Bureau's Spring Seminar Series fully under way with his presentation "Water Needs of the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry in Texas and Impact on Aquifers." Hosted by AEC's David Chapman, the seminar series offers a wide range of topics presented by leading researchers from academe and industry. Among the 11 remaining speakers are Toti Larson of JSG presenting "Experimental Results Showing Carbon Isotope Fractionation during Gas-Phase Transport of CO2: A Useful Process Tracer for Diffusion and Adsorption?" and Dr. Bill Hu presenting "Simulating Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport in Karst Aquifers with Conduits." Other speakers currently scheduled include the Bureau's own Bridget Scanlon, Chris Zahm, Dallas Dunlap, and Associate Director Michael Young, along with Markus Berli of the Desert Research Institute and UC Berkley's Bruce Buffet. Now in its 13th consecutive year, the seminar series is designed to increase awareness of current research and improve interdisciplinary collaboration. The seminars, held Friday mornings at 9:00 a.m. in the Bureau's Main Conference Room, are frequently webcast.