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The
2003 AAPG International Conference and
Exhibition took place September 21–24 in Barcelona,
Spain. The conference, titled "Crossroads
of Geology, Energy, and Cultures," was attended
by many Bureau researchers. Click
here for a list of their presentations. 09/12/03 |
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Frank Brown, Jr. presented "Sequences,
Depositional Systems, and Synsedimentary Tectonics, Oligocene
Rocks, Corpus Christi Region, South Texas: Revisiting Mature
Fields with New Prospecting Tactics" on Friday,
September 19 as part of the Bureau's Technical Seminar Series.(Abstract)
09/17/03 |
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Senior
Research Scientist Bob Loucks presented a half-day seminar
to the Roswell Geological Society
on September 19, 2003, titled "Ellenburger
Paleocave Reservoirs: Origins, Burial-Depth Modifications, Spatial
Complexity, and Reservoir Implications." 09/23/03 |
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Researcher Mike Hudec was an invited presenter
at the 8th International
Congress of the Brazilian Geophysical Society
held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 14–18,
2003. The title of his talk, co-authored by Martin Jackson,
was "Effects of Basement
Uplift on Passive Margin Salt Basins: New Insights from
Regional
Section Restoration in the
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Angola." Following the meeting, Mike gave a
one-day short course on salt tectonics, spent several days consulting
with Petrobras' technical staff, and presented several talks
at Petrobras Corporate University.
The work with Petrobras' staff was provided as a benefit of
their membership in the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Industrial
Associates Program. 09/19/03 |
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| On September
10, 2003, Research Scientist Alan Dutton presented "Characterization
of Subsurface Contaminant Plumes at Oil and Gas Exploration
and Production Sites" as part of a short course
titled "Curso Sobre Contaminatión
de Hidrocarburos en Suelo y Agua Subterránea, Fundamentos
de Restauración" sponsored by Pemex
Refinación; Centro
de Geociencias, Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro;
and Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México (UNAM). The short course, held in
Mexico City, Mexico, from September 1–12, was attended
by approximately 40 professionals. 09/15/03 |
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Bureau
Researcher Ramón Treviño was invited
to present his poster titled "Defining
Systems Tracts and Sequence Stratigraphic Architecture
from Well Logs: Example from the Oligocene/Lower Miocene
Section, Offshore Mustang Island, South Texas,"
at the 2003 AAPEX: AAPG Prospect
and Property Expo held in Houston on September
9–11, 2003. Ramón's poster, coauthored with
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L. Frank Brown, Jr., and Robert G. Loucks, was
originally presented at the AAPG 2003
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Shirley Dutton participated in a field trip to the
Frontier sandstone in Wyoming as part of the Wyoming
Geological Association 2003 Field Conference
in Casper on September 6–10. She presented a talk
at the meeting titled, "Origin
of calcite cement and influence on fluid flow in a deltaic
sandstone, Frontier Formation." Photo
taken by the field trip
leader, Dr.
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of Texas A&M University.
09/11/03 |
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Dr.
Robert G. Loucks presented "Origin
of Ordovician Brecciated and Fractured Reservoirs; Paleocave,
Thermobaric, Tectonic, or All the Above?" as
part of the Bureau's Seminar Series. His presentation took place
on Friday, September 12. (Abstract)
09/09/03 |
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Bureau's 2003 Fall Technical Seminar
Series continued Friday, September 5, with a presentation
by Dr. Scott W. Tinker and Dr. Eugene M. Kim.
The title of this lecture was, "The
Coming Gas Economy." (Details)
08/25/03 |
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Bureau
researchers Mike Hudec and Martin Jackson
traveled to Houston on September 3–4 to attend a
symposium titled "Africa:
New Plays—New Perspectives."
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second international symposium sponsored by the Houston
Geological Society International Explorationists Group
and the Petroleum Exploration Society
of Great Britain. Mike presented a poster titled,
"Effects of Basement Uplift in
Deepwater Kwanza Basin, Africa" (Abstract)
and Martin gave an oral presentation titled, "Structural
Restoration of Minibasins Translating Down a Basement Ramp,
Kwanza Basin, Angola" (Abstract).
08/29/03 |
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| On Wednesday,
September 3, 2003, Research Scientist Dr. Alan Dutton
attended a Board of Directors
meeting of the Panhandle Groundwater
Conservation District in White Deer, Texas, and presented
results of an analysis of historical rates of saturated-thickness
change in the district's Ogallala aquifer. The following day
he joined Ray Brady and Amy
Crowell, Panhandle Groundwater
Conservation District staff, on a tour of water supply
and monitoring wells in the well-field operated in Roberts County
by the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority. 09/05/03 |
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