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than 60 people from 40 companies attended 2 meetings--one
in Midland on November 30 and one in Houston on December
7 —to learn about a new BEG program that will
create an integrated depositional and stratigraphic
synthesis of the Permian Basin. This synthesis will
result in an integrated database of geological, geophysical,
and petrophysical information that will provide fundamental
information for guiding future exploration and development
of the remaining hydrocarbon resources in the Permian
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Ruppel (center, in sweater) discusses aspects of the
Permian Basin study with members of the petroleum industry.
PTTC Texas Region is providing logistical support for
the project.
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program has been provided by the Department of Energy,
and BEG is soliciting involvement of industry groups who want
to participate in the program. For more information, contact
project manager Steve Ruppel by clicking
here. 12/16/04 |
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Pinnacle
Technologies, Inc., recently conducted a study
for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
on hydraulic fracturing of deep gas wells. In the study,
workers assessed current and projected U.S. deep-gas-drilling
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growth in deep, high-pressure/temperature wells; and studied
a few wells in selected areas.
On
December 8, more than 80 professionals from industry attended
a PTTC Texas Region workshop at the Houston
Research Center. The workshop covered results of
the Pinnacle study, including case histories that reviewed
fracture design, execution, and evaluation.
For
more information about this program, and to contact Pinnacle
project manager Steve Wolhart click
here. 12/14/04 |
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Research Scientist Jeff Paine was quoted in
the December 3 issue of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times
in an article titled “Helicopter
to be Used in Salt Test: Petronila Creek Shown to Have High
Level of Salt.”
You can read the article in PDF format by clicking
here.
12/13/04 |
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The
2004 Third Place Gordan I. Atwater Best Poster
Award was given to Bureau scientists Frank
Brown, Bob Loucks, and Ramón
Treviño for their presentation “Isochronous
Correlation of Sandstone Facies within and between |
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Frio Intraslope Sub-Basins: Common
Correlation Pitfalls.”
The poster was presented at the GCAGS meeting held
October 10–12, 2004, in San Antonio. 12/13/04 |
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subject of Friday’s seminar was “Integrating
Ground-Penetrating Radar in Seismic Modeling and Interpretation.”
Lars Nielsen, Adjunct Professor of the Geological
Institute, University of Copenhagen, was the presenter.
12/09/04
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Director
Scott W. Tinker was an invited speaker at the
2nd Annual Enhanced Oil Recovery Carbon Management Workshop
in Midland on December 7. He spoke on “The
Converging Forces: The Size of the Prize.”
12/07/04
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Thursday, December 2, 2004, 5th grade students from Saint
Andrews School in Austin visited BEG for a classroom
tour. Students, teachers, and parents were treated to hands-on
activities and presentations by researchers Ramón
Treviño, Ursula Hammes, John
Andrews, and Sue Hovorka. Amanda
Masterson, Claudia Gerardo, and
Tatiana Fomel served as tour guides.
12/06/04
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Ramón
Treviño presented the hands-on activity Aquifer in
a Tank to the students, which teaches them about groundwater
processes.
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The
featured speaker at Friday’s seminar was BEG’s own
Charlie Kerans, who presented “3D
Modeling of Carbonate Ramp Systems: Permian and Cretaceous Examples.”
[Abstract]
12/02/04 |
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