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Jay A. Raney and Rebecca C. Smyth
traveled to Brownsville, Texas on February 28 to attend
a forum on producing flood hazard prediction maps for
a 200 square mile area spanning the Texas-Mexico border
and including the municipalities of Brownsville, Texas
and Matamoros, Mexico. Representatives from the U.S.-Mexico
Foundation for Science in Mexico City, the Universidad
Autonoma de Tamaulipas in Tampico, Tamaulipas,
Mexico, the Bureau of Economic
Geology  and
the Center for Space Research
at The University of Texas at Austin, the International
Boundary and Water Commission, NASA
Stennis Space Center, Texas
Natural Resource Information Systems, and city
planners for the cities of Matamoros and Brownsville,
met to discuss project planning and coordination. 03/19/02
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 The
Fracture Research and Application Consortium
held its annual Applications Meeting outside of Monterrey,
Mexico, February 24 through 26. The program included presentations
on recent advances in fracture prediction and characterization
and methods to incorporate fractures in flow simulation. Participants
were given exercises to teach how to apply research results
developed in the program. A field trip to view Cretaceous
carbonate rocks illustrated new methods of fracture intensity
quantification. For more information visit the FRAC
section of this website. 02/13/02
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|  Bureau
Research Scientist
Dr. Susan D. Hovorka, together with Kathy
Ellins from the Institute for Geophysics
and Jay Banner from the Department of Geological Sciences
and Environmental Science Institute, were the featured speakers
at the Bureau’s morning seminar Thursday, February 21. The
title of this collaborative presentation is "UT Geoscience
Alliance: Outreach Projects of the John A. and Katherine G.
Jackson School of Geosciences." [Abstract]
02/19/02
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 The
Austin Chapter of the Society of
Independent Professional Earth Scientists (SIPES)
featured Bureau Director Scott Tinker
at its monthly Luncheon on Wednesday, February 20, 2001.
The title of his presentation: "Are
Those Extra Dimensions Worth It? 3-D and 4-D Modeling of
Oil Reservoirs and Aquifers." [Abstract]
02/01/02
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Members of the Dallas Paleontological
Society, led by noted author Charles Finsley,
visited the Bureau's Publications Sales office to browse and
purchase publications on Saturday, February 16, from 3 until
5 p.m. Their visit also included a stop at UT's NonVertebrate
Paleontology Laboratory, also located in the J. J.
Pickle Research Campus. Other visitors, particularly those
unable to visit the Bureau's Publications Sales office during
regular weekday hours, were cordially invited to come to the
Bureau that Saturday afternoon. Visitors enter the Campus
via the Burnet Road entrance and check in with the UT security
guard on duty. Publications may be purchased by cash, check,
and major credit card. To visit our publications online, click
here. 02/14/02 |
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 Bureau
Research Associate Paul R. Knox was the featured
speaker at the Bureau's Friday morning seminar on February
15, 2002. The title of Paul Knox's technical presentation:
"Of Hierarchies and Hydrocarbon
Columns: Predicting Shale Characteristics."[Abstract]
02/13/02
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 Scott
Tinker was the guest luncheon speaker for the North
Houston Landmen’s Association on Thursday, February
14. The title of his presentation was "Oil
and Water: Rocks and Models Improve Resource Understanding."
[Abstract]
02/01/02
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 Bureau
Research Scientist Dr. Mike Hudec departed
for Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on
February 10, 2002 to visit the offices of Applied
Geodynamics Laboratory (AGL) Industrial Associate PanCanadian
Petroleum Ltd. Mike will be transferring some of AGL's
research results by teaching a short course and discussing
the application of AGL research to various PanCanadian data
sets.
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 On
February 8, 2002, Steve Begg, Director
for Decision Science for Landmark Graphics
in Austin, addressed the Bureau as seminar guest speaker Friday
morning. The title of his presentation: "I
would rather be vaguely right than precisely wrong: A new
approach to evaluating oil and gas investment decisions."[Abstract]
02/06/02
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|  Bureau
and Central Texas geologists! Please join the Austin
Geological Society (AGS) at its upcoming Poster Session
Meeting on Monday, February 4, 2002, 7:00–8:00 p.m., at the
Lower Colorado River Authority Board Room, 1st Floor Hancock
Building. All AGS members and area geologists are encouraged
to bring poster presentations or "show-and-tell"
items to the meeting. Past poster meetings have proved to
be an excellent—and fun—way to share geologic work and interests
with fellow geologists. For a list of some poster presentations,
click
here. 02/01/02
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 As
part of the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory's
(AGL) research program on the West African continental margin,
sponsored by TotalFinaElf,
Dr. Martin Jackson departed for France and
Angola on February 2. Martin delivered the results of AGL
research by presenting lectures, examination of data sets,
and discussions of tectonic issues in exploration with TotalFinaElf
Angola (Luanda), Total Gabon
(Paris), and TotalFinaElf's
research group (Pau). 02/01/02
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 This
week’s Friday morning seminar was presented by the Bureau’s
own Dr. Alan R. Dutton. His presentation,
titled “Hydrogeology of the Carrizo-Wilcox
Aquifer in Central Texas,” began at 8:30 a.m. on Friday,
February 1, 2002 in the Main conference room. [Abstract]
01/31/02
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|  A
real class act… Senior Research Scientist
Dr. Shirley P. Dutton’s recently completed
DOE project titled “Advanced Reservoir
Characterization to Maximize Recovery in Slope and Basin Clastic
Reservoirs, West Texas (Delaware Basin),” is the cover
story for the Winter 2002 edition of The Class Act,
DOE’s Reservoir Class Program Newsletter. PDF
of Shirley’s article online. 01/31/02
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 In
February, Bureau researchers David C. Jennette
and Jerome A. Bellian conducted ILRIS
3-D (ground-based Lidar) surveys of deepwater outcrops
in the Tabernas Basin in southern Spain. The work, part of
a series of outcrop-based workshops sponsored by Shell,
ExxonMobil, and ChevronTexaco
became possible through the Bureau's recent purchase of the
instrument. The workshops are part of the BEG's continuing
program of understanding subsurface reservoirs through detailed
outcrop characterization. 01/30/02
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