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REPORTS OF Second vice Director at large REPORTS OF Books Editorial Distinguished Geophysics SEG BOARD OF president Maria A. Capello COMMITTEES Board Instructor Valentina Socco, editor DIRECTORS Manika Prasad 13 Mauricio Sacchi, chair Short Course 31 10 AGU–SEG 24 Adel El-Emam, chair President Director at large Collaboration 27 Geoscientists Robert R. Stewart Treasurer and Paul S. Cunningham Chi Zhang, cochair Committee on Without Borders® 5 Finance Committee 14 20 University and Distinguished Robert Merrill, chair Dan Ebrom and Lee Student Programs Lecturer 34 President-elect Bell Director at large Annual Meeting Joan Marie Blanco, Gerard Schuster, chair Rick Miller 11 David E. Lumley Steering chair 28 Global Advisory 7 15 Glenn Winters, chair 25 George Buzan, chair Vice president, 20 Emerging 36 Past president Publications Director at large Continuing Professionals Nancy House Sergey Fomel Ruben D. Martinez Annual Meeting Education International Gravity and 8 12 16 Technical Program Malcolm Lansley, chair Johannes Douma, chair Magnetics Dimitri Bevc, chair 25 30 Luise Sander, chair First vice president Chair of the Council Director at large Olga Nedorub, cochair 36 Alexander Mihai Gustavo Jose Carstens Kenneth M. Tubman 22 Development and EVOLVE Popovici 12 16 Production Michael C. Forrest, Health, Safety, 9 Audit Andrew Royle, chair interim chair Security, and Director at large Executive director Bob Brook, chair 27 30 Environment Bob Brook John Koehr 24 Luke Decker, chair 13 17 Field Camps 37 Dylan Mikesell, chair 31 2 2019 Annual Report

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Honors and Awards Passive SEG–SPE REPORTS OF FOUNDATION SUBSIDIARIES FINANCIAL Don Steeples, chair Ulrich Zimmer, vice Collaboration REPRESENTATIVES REPORT REPORTS REPORTS 37 chair James Rector, cochair 44 47 GeoScienceWorld Foundation Board of SEAM Board of SEG Consolidated Interpretation Ted Bakamjian, Directors Directors Financial Statements Editorial Board Publications SEG Women’s representative Michael G. Loudin, Josef Paffenholz, chair 66 Balazs Nemeth, editor- Kris Innanen, chair Network 53 chair 62 in-chief 44 Hendratta Ali, chair 60 SEG Foundation 39 47 IPTC Management SEG Global Inc. Financial Summary Research Joseph Reilly and Board of Directors 87 Meetings Review and Sergio Chávez-Pérez, The Leading Edge Mohammed Badri, Bruce Shang, chair Planning chair Editorial Board Board members 63 Carmen Dumitrescu, 45 Baishali Roy, chair 53 chair 49 SEG Real Estate 41 Reviews NAPE Advisory Corporation Board of Amit Padhi, chair Translations Patrick Rutty, Directors Membership 46 Raul Cova, chair representative Keith Willson, chair Aldo Vesnaver, chair 49 54 64 41 Scholarships Camelia Knapp, chair Travel Grants Offshore Technology Mining 46 J. Tyler Schwenk, chair Conference Jean Legault, chair 50 Alex Martinez, chair 43 SEG–AAPG 56 Cooperation Wiki Near-Surface Brandy Hawkins, chair Karl Schleicher, chair Unconventional Geophysics 46 51 Resources Technical Section Technology José Arce, chair SEG Bylaws Conference 43 Joseph Reilly, chair Management 46 Frank Brown, Nominations representative Ruben Martinez, chair SEG–NGWA 57 43 Collaboration John Lane, cochair 47

3 REPORTS OF OFFICERS “It is important to realize and communicate the impact that geoscience has on nearly every aspect of the life we enjoy today.”

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President and management to make them more gave a major donation (US$1 million) our global outreach and contribution. Part of the president’s mandate (and Robert R. Stewart efficient and understandable. We made to the NAPE Expo Charities Fund in I was thrilled to see friendly true joy) is to connect with as many real our belief in geophysics’ global support of U.S. veterans in the name conversations with our colleagues SEG activities, meetings, and members future and SEG’s place in it by opening of the late U.S. President George H.W. at the Asociación Mexicana de worldwide as possible. Our SEG offices in Kuala Lumpur and Houston. Bush. Former President George W. Geofísicos de Exploración (AMGE) offices and associated societies placed It was an eventful year and a time for Bush (originally a landman) was on result in SEG’s rerelease of AMGE’s approximately 20 trips on my calendar which I’m deeply grateful. hand to recognize the gift and honor book on the history of geophysics including speaking engagements in in his late father’s name. As part of in Mexico. We also are delighted Houston, Austin, Midland, Dallas, SEG’s 89th year of operation began that event, we were privileged to have with the incredible accomplishment Denver, Calgary, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, at our Annual Meeting in Anaheim, breakfast with Mr. Bush. He was of an armada of volunteers and Tokyo, Dubai, Dhahran, Muscat, California. This was a happy relaxed, engaging, and related several staff translating the entire Sheriff’s Kuwait City, and Perth. While I’m still homecoming on my end, as I’d worked stories. He made one comment, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Applied summarizing the observations and “Applied geophysicists can take two summers in neighboring La Habra which I think was quite germane and Geophysics into Spanish. It is available learnings (and catching my breath), it’s great pride in our science, its at Chevron’s Oil Field Research Center helpful in times of challenge. When he on the SEG Wiki. fair to say that there is plenty of exciting contributions, and our fellowship.” as an interning graduate student. The accepted the nomination for president, geophysical activity, capability, need, Annual Meeting was a technical and he didn’t anticipate (nor anyone else) Further on our international journey, and and opportunity around the world. Applied geophysicists can take great financial success but attracted lower the upcoming tragedy of 9/11. However, assisted via a global strategy session Geophysics’ future is bright. pride in our science, its contributions, attendance than wished. This was largely after its occurrence, it was the duty convened in London in June 2019, we and our fellowship. The remarkable on account of economic and political of his office to lead. And so he did. opened an office in Kuala Lumpur. This One of the foundational aspects clarity of our subsurface pictures, the challenges that are classically unforeseen Our commitments will bring surprises, facility will help service our southern of any professional organization is resources they have uncovered, and when convention venues are booked hopefully none of that magnitude, but Asian members and will participate its continuing-education program. the resultant prosperity from their many years in advance. Attendance also they may seem more manageable in the vibrant activities in the region. Because of employment contraction recovery have been a substantial part speaks to ongoing discussions about the in comparison. Mr. Bush did share a Complementing our offices in Beijing, in the energy industry in the last few of humanity’s progress in the last role and efficacy of Annual Meetings as personal anecdote about that day when Dubai, and Kuala Lumpur is the nascent years, the community has had fewer 90 years — SEG’s legacy. While this as where to place them. SEG has many families were trying to get in touch “global hub” office in Houston. We see job openings. Those who are working satisfying retrospective is justified, we presciently been a founder or participant with their loved ones. As we remember, this office as engaging the international seem to have expanded duties, and are in a time of transition. We now have in a number of collaborative meetings the nation came to a standstill. He finally energy industry in Houston, helping perhaps less professional-development to revisit our success and ameliorate including the Offshore Technology connected with his mother, former First enhance our Latin America activities, time. Thus, the enrollment in courses its results. SEG is wrestling with and Conference, Unconventional Resources Lady Barbara Bush, and asked her and leveraging local services for has been limited. SEG is attempting to responding to economic, professional, Technology Conference, International where she was. She told him and he worldwide application (e.g., the EVOLVE reconfigure its offering to the demand and societal changes. In the last year, Technology Conference, and responded, “What are you doing there?” program). Many of our meetings and — different course lengths, topics, our Society has made some bold the inaugural Energy in Data Conference. She said, “You grounded my airplane!” workshops have been organized from locations, instructors, and media. decisions. We sold our Tulsa campus the China and Middle East offices. We hope that new initiatives such to provide a healthier financial future. Another key SEG-cosponsored event is A dominant theme of SEG in the last Both offices continue to develop their as destination-learning events (e.g., We restructured our internal operations NAPE. In 2019, the NAPE organization few years was increasing emphasis on offerings and services energetically. Western Canadian Resources) and 5 2019 Annual Report

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university-SEG programs, based on presented to Yogaani Bhatia, director management team’s experience and of exploration geophysicists has us many of our marching orders. With our job task analysis, will kindle interest of SEG’s Middle East, Africa, and hard work. Much gratitude to all of been somewhat controversial in regular restructurings, mergers, and and satisfy new and ongoing needs. Asia-Pacific realms, for her enormous you who help us run our science and jurisdictions where it has been takeovers in the energy industry, there energy and initiatives in expanding our profession. We’re especially thrilled broached or applied. Certification is a periodic call for SEG to consider Along the lines of outreach and activities in the region. She has been an to have had John Koehr join the SEG shares many of the characteristics doing likewise. However, I believe it communication, it was very pleasing organizational inspiration and reflects team as our executive director. He’s of a license. Ultimately, it appeared is by far better for us to dedicate our to start a president’s “Report from the the spirit of international development. already making a major impact. that much of the proposed market time, resources, and wisdom toward Field” video series. The idea was to The President’s Award also was given for certification actually wouldn’t be improving geophysics, enhancing our continue to use social media to share to NASA Astronaut and Geophysicist SEG hosts dozens of committees with qualified (due to lack of experience) geophysical offerings, and finding new SEG activities and associated personnel Andrew Feustel. Feustel is a veteran of hundreds of dedicated volunteers. to acquire this credential and would applications rather than negotiating with our members. I hope that this three spaceflights, taking his geophysical Some of the committees finish their also be challenged to pay for it. The and restructuring our profession into can continue as a type of fireside acumen to astronomical heights. He has missions, or become inactive, or Board’s decision was to discontinue a subset of another association. At chat to engage our membership and promoted geophysics enthusiastically perhaps have interests better served the certification thrust. However, this stage, applied geophysics has a highlight the interesting places and inside the space community in addition by other committees. There’s a there were some important results superb ability to identify new targets, people of geophysics. Also, on the to having logged some 226 days in pleasant term for discontinuing these from the effort. We developed a adapt to different demands, and fellowship aspect of our Society, was space. Feustel is an exemplary explorer, — “sunsetting.” To help our Society comprehensive job task analysis create new techniques. We have been the return of the President’s Jam. While space mechanic, and geoscientist. use its resources in the best places outline that informs our continuing- successfully independent for 90 years, we are conscious about budgets and and allow for new initiatives, we have education offerings. As well, we better and I certainly think applied geophysics financial prudence, we want to make As with Feustel’s example, the sunsetted some committees. Healthy understand what various sectors of will have specialized and critical work our meetings memorable on both collegiality, dedication, and good plants often need pruning. This is our membership want (internships to do for the next 90 years. technical and cultural levels. Creating humor of our SEG Board members sometimes a difficult matter, but in and good job opportunities). a happy sound with musically inclined makes volunteer hours enjoyable and the face of limited resources plus the An organization can be an almost geophysicists has been a wonderful satisfying. The wisdom and character demand to develop new initiatives, The great cycles and stages of life magical entity — living vibrantly for part of many Annual Meetings. We are of the upcoming, current, and former some committees and programs need joyfully give us new students and many decades or centuries, changing planning and looking forward to an presidents whom I have had the to ramp down. colleagues, but sadly take others away. its shape and size, and arising incredible 2020 Annual Meeting in a few pleasure of knowing (Maurice Nessim, In 2019, we lost some of our dear and thriving in numerous disparate short months and to an expanded jam Rick Miller, Nancy House, Bill Abriel, An area that was consuming friends and geophysicists. We hope to locations. Some of our SEG analysts that will highlight a broad array of SEG John Bradford, Don Steeples, Chris considerable staff and volunteer be able to honor the memory of these and interpreters are so bright and musical talents. Liner, Brian Russell, Peter Duncan, time was the idea of SEG fine scientists in articles, scholarships, imaginative that they seem like wizards and Bill Barkhouse) has deeply developing a certification of applied and special sessions. conjuring images and treasures from Another satisfying aspect of a president’s enriched my presidency. Thank you. geophysicists. Certification would incomprehensible chaos. So, from this year is the opportunity to recognize require a given number of years of As applied geophysicists, most of us enchanted world of glowing computer particularly outstanding members of SEG staff are amazing — from Mandi experience, an examination, letters like signal analysis, the natural world, displays to the realities of planting our organization. This year had an Duckworth’s expert coordinations to of reference, and annual dues. and making a reasonable living while geophones, we have a healthy and abundance of individuals who achieved Laurie Whitesell’s and Lance Cole’s It would have been managed by providing useful contributions. But, capable SEG. We’re adapting to an great things. The President’s Award was international savvy to the senior SEG. State registration or licensing ultimately, it’s the economy that gives intense world with more demands and 6 2019 Annual Report

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constraints. We’ve had an exciting and profession and professionals engaged the Society to be nimble in determining place, with continuing development With more than 60 committees that productive year, but there’s plenty to in applied geophysics. product value and in recognizing of associated metrics and enterprise drive and oversee our programs, SEG do as we progress toward our 100th opportunities to better support level goals well beyond 2020. Once is truly a member-driven society. As a birthday in this next decade! Our roots are deeply embedded in Member needs. fully implemented, this method of matter of fact, without the engagement exploration, specifically oil and gas. strategic planning and refreshing of and commitment of our committee Stability of our future and sustainability Budgeting under this system impacts plans and metrics will occur on a members, the Society would not be President-elect of our relevance is reliant on the both current and out years, allowing regular annual cycle, keeping SEG as vibrant as it is today and would lack Rick Miller evolution of our science to meet greater transparency and long- posed for exploiting opportunities direction and the energy necessary the emerging challenges posed by term goal-oriented approaches. while minimizing negative impacts that to grow applied geophysicists and the energy and resource industry. Strategy and business planning at threats will have to our mission. advance the profession as we have Growth, however, will come as we the Board level is supported under over the last 90 years. During my engage a wider range of underserved this new structure through review and One of the most significant year as president-elect, I served geophysicists while enlightening recommendations by a strategy and accomplishments of 2019 was the as liaison to the Board for several professions that don’t yet understand business advisory committee. Equally hiring of a new executive director. We standing committees. One of the the value of our science. SEG needs significant under this system is the undertook an international search most enlightening and inspiring of to expand on our energy roots. That ability of the Finance Committee to do facilitated by a search firm and those was my engagement with foundation will be essential to powering a deep dive into finances and budget, orchestrated by an engaged and the SEG Foundation. This group of our growing planet while building providing guidance to the Board on talented group of SEG volunteers highly successful professionals and “The future holds vast potential a diverse community of applied the fiscal solubility of various/specific to ensure we got the best person leaders of the business of applied for diversifying the applications geophysicists addressing humanitarian, programs based on current and out available. It was my privilege to geophysics are committed to finding of geophysics and associated , , environmental, year budgets, without the need to lead this blue-ribbon committee of and optimizing resources for essential subdisciplines, while continuing to and groundwater problems for the make strategy judgments. SEG volunteers consisting of Anna SEG programs. They are the builders improve the fidelity and accuracy betterment of humanity. Shaughnessy, Nancy House, Edith and growers of our endowment and of our exploration products.” Integral to the effective implementation Miller, Peter Annan, Wafik Beydoun, the Society’s future. The efforts and With excellent groundwork put into of this portfolio system of business John Bradford, John Eastwood, Jia accomplishments of this group are What a year! The global downturn in play by Past Presidents Bill Abriel, management was the initiation of a Zhang, Maitri Erwin, Gretchen Gillis, and underrecognized. My hat goes off to the industry seems to have stabilized Nancy House, and Rob Stewart, strategic refresh cycle by the Board Paul Cunningham. This group of highly this talented, influential, and focused and may be showing glimmers the portfolio system of business during the third quarter of 2019, regarded volunteers spent an enormous group of leaders who work on behalf of improvement. A few persistent practices and organization was fully which will continue into the future on number of hours reviewing and of SEG to ensure its sustainability deep pockets of concern continue to paint implemented in 2019. This approach an annual cycle. Strategic planning assessing each applicant’s potential to into this century. a bleak picture of the role applied latches committees to business units undertaken under Past President John lead our staff and the business of our geophysics will play in the future of with multiyear business plans that are Bradford in 2016 provided a solid Society. It took two in-person interview In closing, I wanted to applaud the energy discovery and delivery. But, one linked to the SEG strategy. The form of foundation and minimized the time and sessions and much discussion/debate passion and fortitude of our Members thing we can all be proud of is SEG’s portfolio systems implemented by SEG cost necessary to get a refreshed plan to reach a final decision, which speaks who support and promote SEG upcoming milestone anniversary, allow continuity in business decisions, established in 2020 without starting well to the quality of the candidates and and its mission to the profession marking 90 years of service to the integrated with solid metrics to evaluate from scratch. A revised strategic plan the desire that all of the candidates had and professionals. Our science and performance. These attributes allow with well-defined initiatives is now in to lead our staff. technology is driven by discovery, 7 2019 Annual Report

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both in the tools we use and the Past president have geoscience departments. As to help facilitate that communication of volunteers and staff enabled the outcomes of our applications. For Nancy House the world’s focus shifts to renewables and to share technical knowledge and program to complete a successful first our profession to grow and sustain and green energy choices, the experiences. year and grow significantly. relevance, we must evolve and geoscientists so valued by energy do what we do best: innovate. As companies in the past must adapt to SEG has enabled the exchange and EVOLVE is a program that provides with any change comes immense a new reality. The new structure and uplift of technology and maintained the teams of students around the opportunity to prosper or perish. focus of SEG must help to enable professional standing of geophysicists world with practical experiences How change affects an industry or that critical transition. and for 90 years. As the role of SEG in evaluating geoscience data for profession depends on how rapidly geophysics are not solely for the increased in complexity, it became exploration of natural resources. The and smoothly the community evolves purpose of locating fossil fuels, though necessary to sort SEG’s businesses teams meet online and present their and adapts. We have put the business the profession has enjoyed significant into manageable groups to enable results at the Annual Meeting. This and fiscal wheels in motion to be at support from that sector in the past. more efficient and flexible budgeting serves in some ways like a virtual the forefront of opportunity. Applied “SEG has enabled the exchange and Geology and geophysics play a critical and operations. This was called the internship. EVOLVE is a way for SEG geophysics is rooted in energy uplift of technology and maintained role in locating the raw materials used “Rebuild” or “SEG 2.0.” It is now to prepare students to enter the exploration, where our successes the professional standing of for solar panels, batteries, cell phones, implemented. workforce as if they already have have provided the resources needed geophysicists for 90 years.” and a myriad of other materials, experienced an internship. to keep innovation poised to address notably water. As the world shifts During my term as past president, Rick each new challenge. The future For 90 years, SEG has played a away from fossil fuels, there still will be Miller (president-elect) conducted a The program has expanded to holds vast potential for diversifying critical role in advancing the science a critical need for good geoscience to search for a new executive director that encompass 20 teams in 2019 and 30 the applications of geophysics and of applied geophysics. Over the past locate and develop natural resources. resulted in hiring John Koehr. Koehr teams in 2020 from around the world. associated subdisciplines, while three years, it has been my pleasure has successfully implemented the continuing to improve the fidelity and to serve as president-elect, president, Water is becoming a critical resource, portfolio structure, clarified roles and accuracy of our exploration products. and past president of SEG. Previously, and risk in locating it can be reduced responsibilities, added critical staff, and I served as treasurer and chair and significantly by geophysical surveys. promoted deserving staff members in member of the Finance Committee. More and more places need to locate that effort. That experience was critical to my and use deep aquifers, and geophysics understanding of the inner workings of is a critical tool. The first SEG Craig J. SEG has become more aligned with the Society. Beasley Award for Social Contribution the SEG Foundation, whose funds was given to Paul Bauman (Paul support programs such as EVOLVE, SEG survived the industry downturn Bauman Geophysics), who used Distinguished Lecture, Honorary in 2015–2018, and the outlook as we geophysical methods to locate water Lecture, Field Camps, and more. emerge seems significantly different resources for a large refugee camp Paul Bauman (Paul Bauman Geophysics) than other downturns have been. in Kenya. It is important to realize EVOLVE, a highly ranked program, used geophysical methods to locate water The rebound in demand for qualified and communicate the impact that was nearly canceled due to lack of resources for a large refugee camp in geoscientists isn’t as robust, and there geoscience has on nearly every aspect budget in 2019. However, the portfolio Kenya. Many of his projects are supported are fewer oil and gas companies that of the life we enjoy today. SEG is here budgeting process and tireless efforts by Geoscientists Without Borders®. 8 2019 Annual Report

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EVOLVE Professional, the first`industry to focus on core aspects of the SEG First vice president TABLE 1 intern team funded by the industry, mission. Alexander Mihai Popovici EVOLVE TEAMS FOR 2020 will begin in 2020. The model could be expanded to a number of popular It has been a pleasure to serve TEAM programs, increasing access to SEG. I hope that the Society has TEAMS NUMBER SOFTWARE SUBAREA members globally without relying on benefited from the relationship as I Boise State University 2001 DSG F3 insecure funds from a limited number have in terms of new connections, State University 2002 DSG Vermilion of sources. ideas, and friendships. I hope that University of Texas at El Paso F3 2003 DSG all geophysicists do their best to University of Houston 2004 DSG Northland University of Oklahoma 2005 DSG N Taranaki Another initiative that grew during my communicate the essence and value University of Louisiana at Lafayette 2006 DSG Vermilion time as past president was adopting of well-implemented geophysical Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 2007 DSG Vermilion a model to duplicate workshops that methods to the success of exploration AGH University of Science and Technology 2008 DSG N Taranaki have been successful in one region to for and management of water, “SEG is focused on strengthening Montanuniversitat Leoben 2009 DSG N Taranaki other regions. SEG partnered with the minerals, and hydrocarbons for the and expanding geophysics University of Perugia 2010 DSG N Taranaki Society of Petroleum Geophysicists benefit of humankind. internationally.” Instituto Politecnico Nacional 2011 Petrel Mustang Island (SPG) of India and the European University of the West Indies East Cameron 2012 Petrel Association of Geoscientists and I joined the SEG Board of Directors at University of Birmingham 2013 Kingdom East Cameron University of Oslo 2014 Kingdom Eugene Island Engineers to facilitate the workshops the Annual Meeting in 2017. It has been University of Boumerdes 2015 Petrel Mustang Island with support from the Oil and Natural a great honor to represent and serve University of Ibadan — Nigeria 2016 Kingdom Eugene Island Gas Corporation. In February 2019, the SEG membership as second vice Ain Shams University — Egypt 2017 Kingdom SNS 01 through collaboration with SPG, we president during the 2017–2018 period Kyiv University — Ukraine 2018 DSC LOCAL Mustang Island held a workshop on foothills and and as first vice president during the King Abdullah University 2019 Kingdom Eugene Island subbasalt imaging. In 2017, a similar 2018–2019 period. Lomonosov Moscow State University 2020 Petrel SNS 01 workshop was held in Nanjing, China. Makerere University — Uganda Main Pass 2021 Petrel SPG hosted a fantastic field trip to During my second year on the Board IIT Roorkee — India 2022 DSC LOCAL Mustand Island University of Indonesia 2023 Petrel Main Pass the Himalayan foothills to top off the of Directors, I participated in several University of Technology workshops. Subsequent collaborative Board meetings and served as liaison — Malaysia 2024 Petrel Main Pass workshops are planned. between the Board and a number of University of Science and Technology of committees. We restored the financial China 2025 Petrel East Cameron The SEG Board made the health of the Society by insisting on Nnamdi Azikiwe University 2026 Petrel Galveston recommendation to list the a balanced budget and by selling University of Bucharest 2027 Petrel SNS 01 Geophysical Resource Center campus the two buildings in Tulsa that were Ain Shama University 2028 Petrel Vermilion for sale in 2018. The sale of the losing money. SEG is not in the real- buildings was closed in October 2019, estate business. We should focus and the SEG Real Estate Corporation on our core mission to promote the was dissolved in December 2019. science of , This allows SEG staff and volunteers foster the common scientific interests 9 2019 Annual Report

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of geophysicists, and maintain a reach by establishing offices in each Second vice president Applications for grants to attend the and resubmit it the following year. high professional standing among geographic influence area following Manika Prasad SEG Annual Meeting are handled by A valuable aspect of field camps is Members. Many thanks to all of the the model of the service companies the Travel Grants Committee. The safe operations. Together with the dedicated volunteers who serve our that expand internationally. In the committee is responsible for travel SEG Health, Safety, Security, and Society and to the outstanding group same way that Houston became the grants in three categories including the Environment (HSSE) Committee, of professionals on the SEG staff. energy center for North America, Rio Student Education Program, Student the Field Camps Committee is de Janeiro is the center for South Leadership Symposium, and Technical strengthening the HSSE portion of SEG is focused on strengthening and America, and London is the gravity Program. The Travel Grants Committee the proposal-evaluation process. expanding geophysics internationally. center for Western Europe. also grants the Near-Surface Research The next step is to open additional Award. The committee evaluated a CUSP had several goals for the past regional offices. This will increase the Before opening a new office, the total of 239 applications and awarded year. Among them was a thrust to reach of SEG’s membership services SEG president and a member of 104 grants and awards. convert CUSP from being an advisory to more countries and global areas. the business-development staff can “Serving on the SEG Board committee to an active committee. visit each market; talk with local showed me how much work The Scholarships Committee manages The committee members organized We are trying to copy and adapt to companies and establish a level of goes into creating and the application process for various several peer-to-peer webinars, and local conditions the successful model interest in local workshops, lectures, maintaining an excellent forum scholarships offered by SEG. The they have more planned in 2020. In of the SEG Middle East office. That participation, and sponsorship for that people want to join and in committee evaluated 428 applications addition to organizing the webinars, office is approaching US$1 million in local events; and create a budget which they want to participate.” and granted 124 student scholarships, they worked hard to ensure that the local revenue annually from organizing estimate for each market. The goal totaling US$578,463. SEG merit-based information was disseminated to all eight to 12 local workshops a year, for each office is to serve local SEG During my term as SEG second geoscience scholarships are valued as districts. CUSP also helped promote partnering in local conferences, Members and constituents and deliver vice president, my aim was to highly prestigious awards. Members and staff the International Geoscience and reaching several countries in its on the SEG mission to promote the support emerging professionals of the committee devote considerable Student Conference (IGSC) in orbit. The SEG Middle East office science of exploration geophysics and and students. I also continued as time to serve as advisors to provide Uppsala, Sweden. This is significant is reaching into Southeast Asia and related fields, including applications a member of the SEG Women’s students with information about career because the program was closed in North Africa. The Society opened an and research, foster the common Network Committee and several opportunities and other education and 2016 after the first conference. With office in Kuala Lumpur in 2019. scientific interests of geophysicists, other technical committees. I was research resources. CUSP’s help, IGSC had 60 attendees and maintain a high professional Board liaison for the Committee on and a strong technical program. The potential for each SEG standing among its Members. University and Student Programs The Field Camps Committee saw international office is to reach (CUSP), Scholarships Committee, a 50% increase in applications and Having served as second vice a US$1–2 million revenue level, Travel Grants Committee, and Field reviewed 30 applications in 2019. president, I have gained a healthy increase local SEG membership, Camps Committee. It was interesting Of the 30 applications, 17 were appreciation for the role of professional engage students and early-career to observe how members of these selected for funding, with a total of societies. Serving on the SEG Board professionals, collaborate with local committees volunteer so much of US$108,455 in committed funds. The showed me how much work goes into societies, and increase scientific their time to develop new programs committee also is providing valuable creating and maintaining an excellent and innovative activities in each and decide on applications for feedback for unsuccessful applicants forum that people want to join and in territory. SEG will expand its global various awards. so they may improve their application which they want to participate. 10 2019 Annual Report

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Treasurer and Finance Committee Dan Ebrom and Lee Bell Net Revenue by Portfolio (With IDC) 3,500,000

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The efforts of SEG staff and volunteers (1, 500,000) Support Svc Busi ness Dev Students/Early Career Meetings Publications Constiuent Engagement Professional Dev Regional Offices to responsibly look after SEG funds 2019 Net 390,568 (744, 702) (213, 585) 2,155,626 (931, 340) 512,341 (1, 025, 513) (490, 950) are commendable, and the treasurer 2018 Net 99,094 (560, 197) (312, 462) 2,940,932 (640, 658) 493,794 (293, 506) (429, 730) 2017 Net 214,232 (619, 526) (147, 741) 2,402,367 (768, 804) 684,072 (351, 540) (364, 202) and Finance Committee wish to 2016 Net 83,430 (890, 225) (362, 443) 2,462,060 (742, 909) 719,258 (561, 446) (468, 949) recognize their hard work. Working with the new portfolio system, staff have concentrated on budgeting, monitoring, and forecasting cash reserves and cash flow. account. Coupled with unrealized The 2019 income was US$17.4 by the Board of Directors for 2019, The 2020 budget will be roughly the investment gains of US$1.585 million, million with the earlier mentioned including financial software, funds for same as 2019, with approximately There were several large positive our total Reserve Fund grew to extraordinary items and US$14.8 the executive director search, startup US$15.4 million in revenues and financial events of note this year. We US$10.58 million at the end of 2019. million without. Expenses totaled amounts for the Houston and Kuala expenses. However, as a result received a US$1 million insurance Additionally, proceeds from the sale US$15.3 million, resulting in a 2019 Lumpur offices, and a loan to the of President Rick Miller’s strategy settlement related to the impact of the Geophysical Resource Center net gain of US$2.1 million with the Real Estate Corporation for expenses initiatives, several new growth of Hurricane Harvey on the 2017 campus in Tulsa totaled US$7.1 extraordinary items and (US$0.49 related to the real estate sale. These directions will be funded. First, the SEG Annual Meeting in Houston. million, of which US$6.1 million will be million) without. The 2019 budget net totaled US$0.49 million. Without Houston office is being planned to These funds were placed in our invested in the Reserve Fund at the was (US$0.27 million). There were these variations, the final net would house several people in business Morgan Stanley Reserve Fund beginning of 2020. several budget variances passed have been breakeven. development with a focus on 11 2019 Annual Report

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international events. Additionally, a Vice President, Publications These boards and committees plus engines was improved. The site was Chair of the Council near-surface/mining manager will be Sergey Fomel the Technical Program Committee all relaunched in late February 2019. Gustavo Jose Carstens added to promote events in these are represented on the Publications areas to increase our professional Committee, of which I am serving as As a result, usage has improved diversity. There also will be new chair for 2019–2021. remarkably. Usage in each of the final positions in publications months of 2019 was more than 200% and marketing. The reports of all of these boards and greater than for the same months committees plus the report of the in 2018. Consistent with a trend of The growth initiatives in professional GeoScienceWorld Advisory Council recent years, the number of articles and geographical diversity are representative describe in detail how and other content items delivered important for several reasons. The each team of editors, chairs, and other through the SEG Library grew by included chart shows a disturbing member volunteers advanced SEG 5.6% during 2019. trend. The majority of our portfolios “A major upgrade to the SEG publications during 2019, so I invite “Three of the sets of Bylaws are trending net negative to strongly Library amplified the work of you to examine these reports carefully. The SEG Library is a resource that changes were approved, and one net negative after indirect costs are nearly all aspects of SEG The charter of the Wiki Committee was Members long have counted among was rejected.” added. Our only two net revenue publications.” expanded to include an oversight of their most highly treasured, and it has income generators, Meetings and other member-generated content and become even more appreciated and I assumed this position at the end of Constituent Engagement, are trending It was my honor to serve the social media outreach. will continue to grow in value. The the SEG Council meeting during the down strongly. Our current method past two years as the first Board development path includes additional 2018 Annual Meeting in Anaheim. of conducting business needs to member elected as vice president, A major upgrade to the SEG content and technology integrations change, and the growth initiatives publications. SEG Bylaws charge Library amplified the work of nearly and discovery improvements that will The Council met twice in 2019. The are a response to this need. We the vice president, publications with all aspects of SEG publications, further serve the Society’s mission of purpose of the first meeting on 27 need to become more global, and we oversight of all SEG publication and so I will take this opportunity to advancing applied geophysics. June was to approve the 2018 Annual need to include a greater diversity technical dissemination activities, describe that briefly. SEG’s staff, Report. It was a virtual meeting via of professionals. ensuring that all such activities are primarily the publications platform As vice president, publications, Zoom, and the report was approved aligned with SEG’s mission, goals, team, worked with SEG’s publishing I dealt with resolving conflicting without comments. As always, the treasurer and Finance and policies and that the publications platform vendor to deliver a issues between authors and editors Committee intend to provide the achieve the highest standards for fresh online presentation of SEG according to the Ethical Guidelines The second meeting took place Board of Directors with all of the technical and scientific integrity. In content. Navigation was simplified, for SEG Publications. The experience during the 2019 Annual Meeting in financial information needed to guide this position, I served as Board liaison a responsive design that allows suggested the need for reviewing the San Antonio. We had in-person and them to make decisions in the best for all of the Society’s publications for better reading experience on guidelines. The work will continue by virtual participation. Four Bylaws interest of SEG. boards and committees. These are mobile devices was added, new the new vice president, publications modifications were proposed. After a the editorial boards for Geophysics, technologies such as auto-generated and the Publications Committee. period of discussion, three of the sets The Leading Edge, Interpretation, related articles and altmetrics were of Bylaws changes were approved, and books and the Translations, added, and optimization for search and one was rejected. (See Bylaws Reviews, and Wiki committees. Committee report.) 12 2019 Annual Report

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In December 2019, I established a Big decisions were made in 2019, Tulsa real estate, we enter 2020 with staff, management, and volunteers that advance SEG with them. I have task force to discuss (and improve) the including the hiring of a new executive a strong balance sheet and in a good make the Society function. We are well enjoyed workshops, discussions, long District Representative structure. The director who in turn hired a new chief position to expand the many services positioned to improve and expand our meetings, and numerous video calls, task force has been working on this financial officer, and the sale of the we provide our global membership. services into the future. I look forward in which we advanced our agenda, during the first quarter of 2020. Tulsa real estate. These decisions were to my final year on the Board. fearless of step changes. It is in this part of an overall strategy to position In 2019, I was appointed Board liaison vibrant and debated environment that I The “President’s Page” in the the Society for success in a challenging to the Research Committee. Sadly, the serve on the Board. December 2019 issue of The Leading and evolving environment. With 14 week before the Annual Meeting, we Director at large Edge presented a description of the Board members, it is sometimes hard heard the news that the committee Maria A. Capello It was a particularly active year. functions of the Council and guidelines to get agreement on big decisions. It is chair, Azra Tutuncu, had passed away. We sold the real-estate property for future action. a credit to the stability and dedication Our thoughts go out to her family, in Tulsa, hired a new executive of SEG staff and Board leadership that friends, and colleagues. Many thanks director, revamped the SEG strategy, these tasks have been implemented. go to cochair Sergio Chávez-Pérez, envisioned new roadmaps for our Director at large who stepped into the role of chair. We portfolios, and challenged the 2020 Bob Brook As chair of the Audit Committee, are now in the process of appointing a budget, propelling net zeroing and I have the opportunity to take a new cochair. I look forward to working impacting the allocation of funds to close look at the SEG financials. We with Chávez-Pérez in 2020. programs in deficit. I must conclude entered 2019 with a budget that was that it was an interesting rollercoaster balanced from a cash perspective and In September, President Rick Miller and productive year that taught me a approximately US$255,000 negative asked me to head a task force to “It was an interesting lot about the commitment toward SEG on an accrual basis, with revenue examine our global growth strategy. rollercoaster and productive improvement by the Board, staff, and comparable to 2017. In some ways This was one of five strategy task year that taught me a lot about Members. this was aggressive, given the state forces aimed at defining the Societies’ the commitment toward SEG of the oil and gas industry at the start future direction. The task force was improvement by the Board, I led a task force dedicated to of the year. Challenges in the industry made up of staff and Members from staff, and Members.” envision opportunities to enhance “We are well positioned to continued through the year, and, as all points of the compass. This made the collaboration, participation, and improve and expand our services previously discussed, we underwent for some interesting scheduling, This was my first year as director integration of early-career professionals into the future.” significant restructuring. Despite and I appreciate the sacrifices that at large, and it has been a privilege in SEG and geophysics. We produced this, we completed the year with were made to participate. The and a pleasure to serve SEG in this a series of recommendations ranging I completed the second year of my positive net revenue. This was aided recommendations have been finalized new capacity. The Board is a vibrant from communication strategies to three-year term as director at large by investment gains and a one-time and will be a part of our ongoing compendium of active volunteers with specific continuing-education and during the 2019 Annual Meeting. It has payment for lost convention revenue strategy discussions in 2020. different experiences, perspectives, representation options. I think we been an honor and privilege to work resulting from Hurricane Harvey. Net and characters, all unified in their will to paved some useful paths. with the impressive group of individuals revenue would have been negative There has been much accomplished work for the betterment of the Society. who volunteer to serve on the SEG without these two items. However, in 2019. 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as they steered key and challenging liaising with sister societies, and Foundation to encourage donations of not actively participating in the Director at large initiatives of SEG: their commitment to increment their to directly support the activities of the decarbonization initiatives from our Paul S. Cunningham presence on social media. committee. Have you already donated? individual or corporate stands. My goal • Development and Production I did and encourage you to do so. was to trigger some about Committee, chaired by Andrew Royle The Membership Committee engaged our own participation. It was a first for in changing key administrative Additionally, 2019 was the launching SEG to engage so openly in a polemic • Gravity and Magnetics Committee, workflows to make SEG membership pad for several ground initiatives topic. I received good feedback that chaired by Luise Sander more appealing for new and returning around the globe, and this opens I appreciate because I like disruptive Members. I was particularly impressed our eyes, as WNC is spearheading changes that advocate for noble • International Association of Oil and at the vitality of this committee in not engagement from a critical segment objectives. And being recognized for Gas Producers Surveying and only proposing but also implementing in SEG: the early-career professionals. that is truly rewarding. Positioning Committee, chaired by new formats to engage Members WNC propels step changes for Victor Ancira to bring in more Members. I expect SEG. Not only to transform SEG Do not hesitate to contact me to “Through everyone’s efforts, even more accomplishment coming and geophysics to a more inclusive share your feedback, your ideas, or SEG will continue to improve and • Membership Committee, chaired by from their creativity to counteract the ecosystem but also more modern and your questions. As 2020 unfolds, I expand services to its Members Aldo Vesnaver downslope trend of SEG membership. adapted to the needs of the current am thrilled to keep contributing to my while maintaining sound It is not easy to augment a paid journeys in energy-related careers. cherished SEG with my best. Thanks stewardship of its finances.” • Women’s Network Committee, membership in our era, where access for your support! chaired by Hendratta Ali to digital solutions and information is The Development and Production As I completed my third and final incrementally free. I highly appreciate Committee was invigorated during year as a director at large, I looked • Oil and Gas Reserves Committee, the effort of this committee, propelling 2019. It is working with with the back at all of the challenges SEG has chaired by Eric von Lunen changes and envisioning possible Oil and Gas Reserves Committee faced and overcome and the many enablers of growth. to jointly pursue important goals changes for the better that have been Some of the highlights from their common to both, such as the implemented over the past couple of accomplishments merit a mention, as The Women’s Network Committee participation in joint events with years. The reason for this success they were key for supporting and leading (WNC) continues its lively activities sister societies as well as a retake at was twofold. First, SEG has a large, SEG to better serve its Members. of energizing the participation, definitions and workflows pertinent to diverse, and dedicated group of representation, recognition, and the Petroleum Resource Management volunteers who invest significant time The Gravity and Magnetics Committee leadership of women in geophysics System (PRMS) peer-review process. and effort in supporting our many organized three technical sessions and in SEG. The WNC gives a voice to endeavors. Second, SEG is fortunate and a luncheon at the 2019 Annual one of the most important minorities in In the last month of 2019, I wrote the to have a talented, hardworking, and Meeting. They steer the Meter Reader geophysics, and we need to be proud President’s Page that was published in committed staff who have done their column in The Leading Edge, and of their outstanding contributions in the January issue of TLE by invitation best to carry SEG through financially I particularly like their actions in 2019. I was particularly impressed of President Miller. I shared some turbulent times. Without both, the organizing customized workshops, with the creation of a WNC fund that factual data and my own reflections Society would not be able to carry

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out the many programs we have for for field camps, Geoscientists Without stewardship of its finances. Thank you finances in order to navigate through maintain critical mass, or growing its our Members. Borders®, and other Society-sponsored for giving me the opportunity to serve the crisis. Today, SEG’s finances are membership by expanding in more activities in which HSSE matters are of on the SEG Board of Directors. in reasonably good shape due to the diverse areas of applied geophysics The changes undertaken by SEG concern. astute actions of current and past such as environment, water, food, should ensure the sustainability of its Board members over the last decade. climate-change mitigation, etc. It is core programs and services within The Bylaws Committee approved Director at large Our current Board recently authorized in this context that I decided to run a system of portfolios so that these a number of changes, aimed at David E. Lumley and completed the sale of the SEG for the Board to see if I could help activities are better aligned with the simplifying and enhancing clarity for real estate, which will provide much- pivot SEG to new directions while Society’s mission and strategy and certain sections related to SEG Council needed funding to invest in innovative simultaneously preserving our core make the best use of resources in operations and Voting Members. new programs for Members. expertise in applied geophysics for serving Members. Equally important, natural resources. the changes were carried out The Near-Surface Geophysics Today, many of us see a major new maintaining financial discipline. Annual Technical Section (NSTS), for which challenge facing our Society. SEG is In addition to my strategic objectives budgets were at minimum cash neutral, I also served as the Board liaison, arguably the world’s premier nonprofit as director at large, I also serve and any variances were for items continues to be active. The section organization representing applied as Board liaison for several SEG considered as investments for the is growing to the extent that it has geophysics. SEG has always had the committees, mostly associated with long term. Significant events this year expanded the number of positions majority of its membership and funding the Professional Development portfolio included the sale of the SEG property in its leadership group and redefined “Geophysicists often state that sources from the energy industry, with ably led by SEG staff member Linda and buildings at the Tulsa headquarters, roles and responsibilities. At the SEG’s professional-education additional smaller but equally important Ford. They include the Continuing which will further stabilize the Society’s 2018 Annual Meeting, NSTS held courses and workshops are representation from environmental, Education Committee, Distinguished finances; the transition of the executive three special sessions, three poster among the highest value benefits minerals, groundwater, and other Lecture Committee, Honorary Lecture director position; and, following sessions, and five oral sessions. of being an SEG Member.” applied-geophysics sectors. Many of Committee, Distinguished Instructor extensive cuts in previous years, a small us are now concerned that the energy Short Course (DISC) Committee, expansion in staff positions to better Finally, I would like to reiterate my I joined the SEG Board of Directors industry is undergoing fundamental EVOLVE Committee, and Emerging serve our membership. closing statement last year in that for a three-year term as director at structural changes and may have Professionals International Committee SEG’s accomplishments this past large during the 2018 Annual Meeting. entered an irreversible decline curve. (EPIC). As you can see, these In 2019, I had the pleasure to continue year would not have been possible My previous service was as first vice Although the energy industry always committees represent the best of as the Board liaison for the SEG Health, without the dedication and effort of president 10 years ago in 2009–2010. will be at the forefront of cutting-edge existing and new flagship programs Safety, Security, and Environment the Society’s volunteers, staff, and At that time, the global financial crisis applied geophysics, the opportunities for SEG. (HSSE) Committee and be the new management, as well as the wisdom, had hit us hard. I was happy to be for future employment and funding liaison for the Bylaws Committee. thoughtfulness, and commitment of my able to contribute my business and may continue to decrease. The The Distinguished Lecture Committee, fellow Board members with whom it financial experience (earned as a challenge for SEG will be whether chaired by Jerry Shuster, and the DISC The HSSE Committee continued to has been a pleasure to work. Through project manager in a US$200 billion to meet this change by reducing its Committee, chaired by Adel El-Emam, grow in the number of volunteers everyone’s efforts, SEG will continue corporation and as a founder and CEO programs and activities in proportion to are two of our brightest flagship interested in safety and health matters to improve and expand services to of a geophysical technology company) declining energy industry membership, programs. Because of their similar but related to SEG activities, particularly its Members while maintaining sound to help stabilize and manage SEG’s merging with other societies to different objectives, I recommended 15 2019 Annual Report

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and they agreed to meet regularly to real seismic, log, core, production, Director at large At the end of 2018 and beginning of Geophysicists (AMGE). The objective more closely coordinate processes and and other data types. This program Ruben D. Martinez 2019, I served as chair of the SEG was to develop closer links between lessons learned regarding nominations, originally started a few years ago with Committee on Nominations. This was SEG and AMGE. Some initiatives travel, programs, funding, etc. Both Forrest’s vision to improve the practical an honor with great responsibilities. are still in progress between the programs have experienced recent training of exploration geophysics The committee held several meetings two societies in areas including decreases in funding, which had been students so they could better hit the to select highly qualified candidates membership, publications, meetings, previously fully provided by the energy ground running when hired by oil and for positions on the SEG Board. At and continuing education. We are sector. These committees are working gas companies. A new spinoff version, the end of the process, a fine group of looking forward to continuing this close well to adapt to their new conditions, EVOLVE Professional, aspires to candidates was selected. The results communication throughout 2020. and I look forward to helping them replace the in-house training programs are published in a separate report on develop new delivery methods and that most companies once provided to page 43. funding opportunities. new hires but no longer can afford to Director at large do alone. I am happy to offer advice to “The Board is an impressive During 2019, I also contributed in an Kenneth M. Tubman The Continuing Education Committee, Forrest (although he certainly doesn’t group of volunteers from whom I initiative to revise the current SEG chaired by Malcolm Lansley, continues need it) on how to turn this new idea have learned from their skills and strategy. Several meetings were held, to play an essential role in support of into a self-funded revenue-generating knowledge.” and my participation was at the SEG our Membership. Geophysicists often business, which in turn will help fund Global Strategy Workshop held in state that SEG’s professional-education the more charitable student program At the 2019 Annual Meeting, I June. The end result of this effort was courses and workshops are among the aspects of EVOLVE. completed my last of three years the inclusion of amendments to the highest-value benefits of being an SEG serving SEG as director at large. As in existing strategy. Member. As a university professor, I am Last, but by no means least, EPIC, the previous two years, it has been a aware that there are dramatic changes chaired by Johannes Douma and great honor and privilege to serve. As part of my responsibilities as a going on today in the way people want recently Kelsey Kidd, is doing a great Board member, I served as Board educational courses to be marketed job of attracting and retaining SEG I had the opportunity to meet new liaison on several committees of “I had the privilege of working and delivered, and this is no different emerging professionals (those with members who joined the SEG Board the SEG meetings portfolio. They with a strong Board and a number for SEG Members. I look forward fewer than eight years in the applied- in 2019. The Board is an impressive included the Offshore Technology of committees that delivered to helping with the update of SEG’s geophysics profession). This includes group of volunteers from whom I Conference, Unconventional excellent results in 2019.” educational courses and programs. growing a professional network of have learned from their skills and Resources Technology Conference contacts, programs, and activities knowledge. It was also great to work Management, and Meetings Review I had the privilege of working with Mike Forrest energetically chairs specially customized for SEG’s with the SEG senior management and Planning committees. a strong Board and a number of the EVOLVE Committee, with major emerging professionals. I have been team and staff. Their dedication committees that delivered excellent contributions from Allen Bertagne. Its working with EPIC to help it establish and hard-working attitude are very In another activity, I continued to results in 2019. main purpose is to provide emerging greater presence and opportunities for impressive. They deserve many enhance relationships between SEG professionals and students with a contribution at the SEG committee and thanks from all of us on the Board. and its associated societies in Latin SEG China, operating with SEG Global hands-on boot camp to learn oil and Board levels. The future is bright. America. 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were added there in the fourth quarter. arrangements. Our staff remain in the accomplishments from my perspective already heard some of this from in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Also, the SEG China office expanded same office space, and the Society has as SEG’s executive director. I joined preceding officer reports, but address opportunities in the Asia- its ability to perform transactions in local an improved financial position. SEG in this role in June 2019 and feel I’d like to summarize key SEG Pacific region. currency after approval by the Board. genuinely honored and privileged to accomplishments from my This is a big step that is necessary to I also was asked to chair the serve in this capacity. At the end of May perspective: • Launched a successful new partner facilitate more global activities. SEG Committee on Nominations. That 2019, Members may have noted the event, Energy In Data, which is Middle East also added new members work began in the fourth quarter announcement of my appointment as • Finished 2019 with strong managed by SEG and cohosted and held 10 events in 2019. SEG Asia of 2019 and is ongoing today. The SEG’s new executive director based at statements relative to activities with our good friends at the Pacific hired an event manager and committee is assembling a strong slate our headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (profit and loss), financial position American Association of Petroleum opened an office in Kuala Lumpur. of candidates for the 2020 elections. I would like to thank all who have (balance sheet), and cash flows. and the Society of SEG Asia Pacific continues to ramp up, We also are looking at ways to improve extended such a warm welcome to me. We are very fortunate to be in this Petroleum Engineers. with an active advisory committee and Board representation for our growing My excitement in the role continues to position, which provides us the strong plans for 2020. The success of constituencies. More will be discussed grow. I presented my initial observations foundation on which to grow our • Launched the new EVOLVE these and other regional offices is key on that in the near future. in the President’s Page column in the mission impact. Professional program. for SEG’s future. October 2019 issue of The Leading I am looking forward to helping SEG Edge and would like to summarize the • Realigned staff resources with SEG’s • Held a successful 2019 Annual The SEG Advanced Modeling grow and improve in our response to year and offer a glimpse of 2020. new portfolio structure. This includes Meeting. This was my first SEG Corporation (SEAM) has continued to the changing market in 2020. Meetings, Publications, Community Annual Meeting, and I was make strong technical contributions My efforts in 2019 included learning as Engagement, Professional impressed with all aspects of the and huge strides to become financially much as I could as quickly as possible Development, Student and Early event and community including our self-sufficient. Executive director about the organization, profession, Career Programs, Regional Offices, business and committee meetings, John Koehr constituents, stakeholders, and Business Development and networking and social events, During my time on the Board, my markets served. I attended multiple Expanding Markets, and Support. awards ceremony, plenary sessions, main focus has been and continues to events including the Energy in Data technical program, education be getting SEG on a strong financial Conference, Unconventional Resources • Completed a refresh of the SEG program, exhibition, student and basis to enable a vibrant society. We Technology Conference, SEG’s Annual strategy including the work of early-career programs, Student need healthy core programs to allow Meeting, SEG/SPE Induced Seismicity presidential task forces addressing Leadership Symposium, Challenge investment in new efforts. Workshop, and Offshore Technology key strategic imperatives. Members Bowl, President’s Jam, Wrap-Up Conference Brasil. During these events, can expect more communication as Party, and member events. I was I was asked to lead the SEG Real Estate I had the opportunity to meet with the Board achieves consensus on struck that geophysics is a true Task Force. While working with the Real many of our Members, stakeholders, the roadmap. community with its own identity. Estate Committee, a lot of effort went associated societies, and affiliated into analyzing the performance of our “As a Society, we have much to societies. My overall impressions have • Completed the sale of SEG’s Tulsa • Participated in alliance with a real-estate investments and projecting be proud of in 2019.” been entirely positive. real estate. number of prestigious societies via scenarios for likely future outcomes. GeoScienceWorld to launch a new The result was the successful sale I’m pleased for the opportunity to As a Society, we have much • Expanded SEG’s global presence open-access journal, Lithosphere. of the buildings with continuing lease report on SEG’s 2019 activities and to be proud of in 2019. You’ve by establishing a new office The journal will cover research in 17 2019 Annual Report

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all areas of , planetary, and geophysics for the benefit of humanity. growing humanitarian contributions • Further organizational alignment environmental sciences, providing a Execution on our purpose can achieve and impact, creating sustainable around a strategy addressing our unique publishing choice for authors a vision where applied geophysics is product and program solutions, imperatives in the geoscience community. recognized worldwide for what our meeting market needs, expanding Members already know — enabling the cross-discipline collaboration and • Deeper collaboration with • Launched the SEG Library on a best solutions to grand challenges that partnerships, enabling adoption associations representing related new platform with a completely new benefit humankind. of emerging technologies, and science and engineering disciplines design. The SEG Library continues increasing utilization of geophysics. to be cited as a top Member benefit. During my brief time with SEG, I • Renewed opportunities for mission have noted that staff and volunteers To address these imperatives, SEG and humanitarian impact enabled • Launched the new SEG Value in share values that include preserving will implement a strategy roadmap through philanthropy Partnering (VIP) program to enable the integrity of science; adhering to to advance applied geophysics that corporate partners to bundle SEG high standards of ethical professional includes continuing to grow the • Focus on ensuring the sustainability offerings including membership, conduct; embracing diversity of impact and excellence of our core of impactful programs within SEG’s industry events, education, and thought, culture, and demographics; knowledge-exchange channels, portfolios global networking opportunities. treasuring the environment and the expanding diversity of our offerings and world’s natural resources; celebrating presence in new markets, expanding In closing, I would like to acknowledge • Initiated a new SEG Advanced the proud heritage and contributions our global presence in support of the inspiring and visionary leadership of Modeling (SEAM) project on artificial of geophysicists; and serving as applied-geophysics communities, our 2019 presidential team: President intelligence. responsible stewards of Society increasing engagement with early- Rob Stewart, Past President Nancy resources. These shared values form career professionals, and raising House, and President-elect Rick Miller. • Created a new staff Executive a solid foundation, allowing SEG to awareness of the role and relevance of I would also like to acknowledge with Perspectives column for The Leading confront market realities, advance applied geophysics. Our plans for 2020 sincere thanks the contributions of Edge, written monthly by a member our purpose, and take on our will start us moving more deliberately those outgoing Board members who of the senior management team to strategic imperatives. in this direction, and Members can concluded their terms in 2019: Nancy share knowledge about the Society’s expect clear communications of the House, Sergey Fomel, Mihai Popovici, products, programs, and services. Some key strategic imperatives that strategy and our progress. A preview Paul Cunningham, and Ruben Martinez. resurfaced through the Board’s includes: Additionally, I would like to welcome our SEG’s purpose is to promote the strategy refresh exercise include new 2020 Board members: Maurice science of applied geophysics and expanding global engagement, • Celebration of SEG’s 90th Nessim, Scott Singleton, Baishali Roy, related fields, to foster the common growing our constituent base anniversary at the 2020 Annual Tad Smith, and Kurt Marfurt. They have scientific interests of geophysicists, in other applied-geophysics Meeting already made substantial contributions. and to maintain a high professional industries, engaging students I am very pleased to report that our standing among its Members. In my and early-career professionals, • Expanded SEG global hub office in Society is extraordinarily well served by view, this noble purpose includes attracting the next generation of Houston supporting initiatives across the group of talented, passionate, and engaging and serving our diverse geophysicists, improving diversity all portfolios committed professionals among our global communities to advance applied of the profession and membership, elected volunteer officers. 18 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES “WNC has been instrumental in raising the collective awareness of women’s challenges and contributions to geophysics through a series of communicative, informative, and educational strategies.”

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AGU–SEG Collaboration COMMITTEE MEMBERS • Chris Sherman Another goal of ASCC is to conduct Building on this success, Rhianna Chi Zhang, cochair Lawrence Livermore National joint sessions at the major annual Collier (SEG’s managing director of • Chi Zhang Laboratory meeting of each organization. global events) and the preselected The AGU–SEG Collaboration University of Kansas • Dale Bird The standing special session on technical chairs for 2019 made Committee (ASCC) was established SEG cochair Bird Geophysics hydrogeophysics at the SEG Annual the transition easier to assemble as part of the AGU–SEG Alliance • Xavier Comas • Esben Auken Meeting has been held since 2012. outstanding chairs for the 2019 Annual MOU signed in 2010. In the MOU, Florida Atlantic University Aarhus University Kristina Keating served as lead Meeting. I would especially like to ASCC was “charged with considering AGU cochair • John Goff convener since inception until John thank Vice Chair Kevin Woller, who and making recommendations to the • John Lane University of Texas at Austin Lane took over in 2016, Louise was instrumental in working with the respective organizations regarding USGS • Jonathan Ajo-Franklin Pellerin in 2017, Chi Zhang in 2018, technical chair and the Business of areas of cooperation, such as joint • Fred Day-Lewis Lawrence Berkeley National and Niels Grobbe assumed lead Applied Geophysics (BAGs) program, workshops or programs, publications, USGS Laboratory convener for 2019. This standing along with several other responsibilities. continuing education courses, etc.” • George Tsoflias • Kristina Keating special session has attracted the University of Kansas Rutgers University brightest hydrogeophysicists. At AGU, OPENING AGU and SEG provide complementary • John Bradford • Michael Behm an annual joint technical session on support for geophysical sciences, Colorado School of Mines University of Oklahoma exploration geophysics is held and The 2019 Annual Meeting started with SEG focusing on methodology • Louise Pellerin • Nathan Bangs organized by Kennedy Doro and with a mariachi band leading current development in applied geophysics Green Engineering University of Texas at Austin Louise Pellerin. This session continues President Rob Stewart and incoming and AGU primarily supporting • Benjamin Drenth • Sarah Morton-Rupert to grow. President Rick Miller, myself, several geophysics as applied to broader USGS University of Kansas other SEG leaders, our spouses, and scientific questions. • Andrew Lamb friends around the exhibition floor to University of Arkansas SEG support was provided by Board Annual Meeting Steering shake hands and welcome attendees. ASCC identified the following areas of • José Arce Liaison Mihai Popovici and Staff Glenn Winters, chair Hopefully everyone enjoyed the overlap between the two communities: Arce Geofisicos Liaison Laurie Whitesell. music, appetizers, and numerous active and passive seismology, • John Louie San Antonio’s Henry B. González refreshment stands. gravity and magnetics, electrical and University of Nevada at Las Vegas In 2011, SEG and AGU executives Convention Center was the setting for electromagnetic methods, near-surface • James Irving approved an MOU that provides a the 2019 SEG International Exposition The Annual Meeting opened at 8:30 geophysics, geothermal exploration, University of Lausanne framework for joint meetings and and 89th Annual Meeting held 15–20 Monday morning with our opening and basin analysis. • Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis workshops to be held by the two September. I was contacted to be the session followed by the opening of the Rutgers University organizations. The first cooperative 2019 chair a couple of months before exhibition floor at 10:00 a.m. After my ASCC meets four times per year, of • Anja Klotzsche workshop on hydrogeophysics was the 2018 Annual Meeting. Attending opening remarks, I had the pleasure which two are in person at the major Forschungszentrum Jülich held in July 2012. Subsequent annual the meetings allowed me to better of introducing Stewart, who provided annual meetings of each organization. • Stephen Wilson workshop topics included cryosphere, understand the relationship of the an informative and inspirational Seismogenic potential-field and electrical methods, numerous committee chairs with SEG presentation. He then introduced • Anne Becel rock physics, airborne geophysics, staff. They pulled off an excellent event our keynote speaker, Walter Guidroz Columbia University distributed array acoustics, etc. in 2018. (program coordinator for the Energy 20 2019 Annual Report

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Resources Program, U.S. Geological to better understand the needs and in San Antonio. Shorter hours on the of which 509 were students. The and Ana Curcio, who put together a Survey). Even though Guidroz was a concerns of our exhibitors. Exhibitors exhibition floor, afternoon snacks on the number of students was down from great session about new plays and substitute for Jim Reilly who canceled have a multitude of opportunities floor in several locations, a free lunch the previous year, in addition to several challenges in Latin America. During late, the Society lost nothing as far as around the world where they can to all registrants, and a better mixing presenters and attendees who were the year, as they were gathering content, as Guidroz was able to speak show their cutting-edge technologies of companies and their products are unable to attend because of problems speakers, they encountered many directly to concerns of the oil and gas while conducting business with clients some of the instituted changes. I’d securing visas. impediments. They worked with community. and seeking new opportunities. A like to thank all of those who offered countries and companies that common concern is how to attract suggestions, and hopefully exhibitors Speaking of presentations, 1472 limited the range and scope of the EXHIBITION more people to the exhibition floor. will continue to make suggestions to abstracts were submitted, of which presentations because of national After visiting 20–30 booths of large enhance the experience. 1077 were accepted for oral or poster. secrecy, company confidentiality, travel One of the first issues that I undertook and small exhibitors in Anaheim, This allowed us to have 151 technical limitations, and cost to the speakers. during the 2018 Annual Meeting was collected feedback was implemented Exhibitors are a critical and significant sessions and eight special sessions. They also put together a luncheon that reflection of the success and health The technical sessions consisted of was well attended. of the current state of the geophysical 706 oral and 371 poster presentations. industry. While the number of exhibitors Other education opportunities were Another change at this year’s was down (197 in 2019 versus 216 available, including 18 postconvention convention was the Wrap-up Party in 2018), the floor space utilized was workshops, eight continuing-education on Wednesday evening after the last about the same. I believe the reduction courses, six BAGs, two near-surface technical session. The Latin-themed we encountered was partly due to events, a special global session, and party, which was free for students and the number of mergers that continue the second annual JAWS competition. at a greatly reduced cost to registrants, to occur in our business. We also While the BAGs had a varying degree had 610 attendees. The event featured had 34 sponsors (20% increase) who of success, we realize that to enhance an outstanding array of appetizers, contributed and helped in several this program in the future, they need margarita machines, and great dance ways, sponsoring a range of activities to be closer to other oral presentations music, bringing together geophysicists that enhanced the SEG experience in and the number of sessions need to dancing outdoors on the pavilion steps San Antonio. Special thanks to Exhibits be reduced. Thanks to Bill Abriel for along the Riverwalk and cruising the Cochair Debbie Mitcham. his work in championing the BAGs and San Antonio River with their friends and also to Dimitri Bevc (technical chair) colleagues. EDUCATION and Olga Nedorub (cochair) for the excellent program that they and their SPECIAL ACTIVITIES The 2019 Annual Meeting focused committees produced. on the unconventional plays of the Unfortunately, due to commitments Permian and Eagle Ford and had GLOBAL EVENTS as chair, I attended fewer technical a special regional focus on Latin sessions than normal. Fortunately, I Attendees enjoyed exploring the exhibition floor during the 2019 Annual Meeting. America. In attendance were 5126 A big thank you to the global did attend other events that were fun registrants representing 68 countries, committee chairs, Claudia Duenas and well attended. The preconvention 21 2019 Annual Report

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golf tournament returned and was I think most students would agree issued passports stamped. Then, and SEG staff to make the technical and 1472 abstracts were submitted. held at The Quarry. Though we that the highlight of their experience Wednesday afternoon at 1:00 p.m., program a success. Thus, the chairs Of those, 1077 were accepted, 706 didn’t have a full 18 holes of players, was visiting with Scott Tinker from the there was a drawing for participants would like to extend their appreciation were presented as oral presentations, we enjoyed an excellent day on the Bureau of Economic Geology. Tinker to win several prizes. I drew names for to the hard work and commitment and 371 were posters. This resulted course with fantastic weather for that recently released his second movie, the prizes. Watching the enthusiasm of the 47 members of the Technical in 90 oral sessions and 65 poster time of year. Next year in Houston, and his website switchon.org should build for mostly student attendees Program Committee who served sessions. The rejection rate was 27%, we are expecting an even better be bookmarked for anyone involved in was an awesome experience. as session topic organizers, 1227 which is significantly lower than last turnout, so mark your calendars for the oil and gas profession. He stressed reviewers who dedicated their time year’s rejection rate of 41%. This lower the Saturday before the 2020 Annual to the students the concept of critical These are some of the high points from to reading abstract submissions, 80 rejection rate was achieved by giving Meeting to play a round. Thanks to thinking, and it was amazing to see the 2019 SEG International Exposition postconvention workshop organizers, submitting authors the option of electing Denise Dorsey for her hard work on these young peoples’ attitudes and and 89th Annual Meeting. I’m grateful for 310 session chairs, and 90 session to have their paper considered for poster this event. Several attendees enjoyed preconceived notions change as Tinker the opportunity to serve as the general monitors. Special thanks to Jenny Cole presentation if their paper was not the Karst Geophysics and Geology spoke. He discussed climate change chair. I am appreciative to SEG staff for and the rest of the SEG staff whose accepted as oral. It also was achieved Field Trip and the tour of Comal Creek and alternative energy possibilities, their diligence and to all of the chairs who hard work, dedication, and positive by encouraging topic organizers to first Vineyards. I’d like to thank Mustafa batteries, and hydrocarbons. Vice Chair took time to be involved with organizing attitude had a huge imprint on the fill their oral quota and then accept all Saribudak who volunteered his time to Kevin Woller also presented information this successful Annual Meeting. success of the technical program. papers that didn’t make the oral cut lead the field trip. about the daily responsibilities of an as posters. This was done in an effort exploration geophysicist. Woller showed A significant change to the technical to increase overall acceptance, as it Tuesday morning was the Applied examples and discussed what skills will Annual Meeting Technical program this year is that it ended is recognized that many attendees Science Education program (ASEP), be needed by future geophysicists. Program on Wednesday afternoon rather require paper acceptance to warrant championed by Alf Hawkins. The ASEP Dimitri Bevc, chair than Thursday at noon. This allowed travel approval, and to make SEG more program brings high school students Tuesday night was the President’s Olga Nedrob, cochair postconvention workshops to start accessible. It is this chair’s opinion that to the convention, where they are Reception and Presidential Jam. Thursday morning rather than Thursday the topic area coordinators did not introduced to the world of geophysics There was a good turnout at both The 2019 Technical Program afternoon. Workshops continued quite get the message and intent of and oil exploration by visiting the events. During the Presidential Jam, Committee initiated its kickoff at the through Friday, ending at noon, allowing this initiative, and that if SEG wishes to exhibition floor and hearing outstanding several past SEG presidents and 2018 Annual Meeting in Anaheim. A for Friday travel. Additionally, poster continue with this strategy, more of an speakers share vital information about Woller went on stage to join the band. new tradition was established: the presenters were required to be at their effort needs to be made to implement the energy business. A total of 85 Some belted out vocals, while others previous year’s technical cochair poster station during designated times the higher acceptance rate. students from four San Antonio-area played instruments. became the technical chair. This in addition to their presenting time. This high schools arrived at 9:00 a.m. to will allow for better continuity of the allowed the opportunity for presenters This was the second year that SEG spend their morning visiting our Annual I also experienced firsthand the program, mentoring of new chairs, and and attendees to engage in discussion used a new abstract management Meeting. The students were able excitement generated by the Passport hopefully a reduced training burden to about their work outside the presenters’ system (AMS) that was created by to visit four booths (thanks to CGG, program. Briefly, for those of you get new chairs up to speed. scheduled presentation time. SEG and ScholarOne. The system Shearwater, PGS, and SHERP), ask who are unacquainted with this continues to work well, and Jenny Cole questions, and exchange ideas with program, attendees visited sponsored As in previous years, the committee The abstract submission portal was deserves special acknowledgment for booth personnel. exhibitor booths and had their SEG- chairs relied heavily on volunteers open from 1 February through 1 April, maintaining and running the system 22 2019 Annual Report

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and getting the topic area coordinators learning and full-waveform inversion remained a hot topic, with seven oral • DAS, borehole, and microseismic Several workshops had a digital and up and running on it. The AMS portal (FWI) to near surface and environment, sessions and seven poster sessions. geophysics for unconventionals tight rock theme and included: is a great improvement over previous with a good representation of all areas There were a wide array of other systems, with fewer complaints about of interest in between. The hot plays sessions covering traditional topics of • Geoscientists Without Borders® and • DAS — Part 1: Recent advances in the submission and review process. included tight rocks and unconventional acquisition, amplitude variation with humanitarian geophysics subsurface characterization using topics, but deep water and conventionals offset, anisotropy, borehole methods, distributed acoustic sensing and the The technical program consisted of 90 also were well represented, creating a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS), • Machine learning and artificial ahead oral sessions and 65 poster sessions. good balance between land and marine electromagnetics, passive seismic, intelligence applied to geophysics The oral and poster sessions were technical topics. potential methods, mining, reservoir • Advances with land seismic for spread out over 27 topic areas. There characterization, rock physics, and the • Seismic advancements in the characterizing reservoirs — Part 1 also were nine oral special sessions One of the hottest topics this year was usual array of reflection seismic topics. Permian that included Recent Advances and Machine Learning and Data Analytics There were five interpretation oral • Machine learning and data analytics the Road Ahead and a special global (MLDA), with six oral sessions, eight sessions and three poster sessions. • SEG/AGU hydrogeophysics algorithms and workflows for session. To end the convention, poster sessions, and a special session. Two new topic areas in 2019 were geoscience applications the technical program offered 18 Within the MLDA sessions, there induced seismicity and distributed • Surface wave method applications postconvention workshops. were several subtopics including acoustic sensing. The special global • Value of high-frequency FWI models interpretation, processing, and session was, “Latin America — New Besides the obvious digital theme, the In order to provide a technical inversion. Last year was the first time plays and challenges.” The eight program included a greater number • Joint imaging/inversion of S-waves program that had connection to we had the MLDA topic. In this era special sessions were: of sessions on geomechanics and with P-waves: Advances in Texas, in the midst of the large swath of digital transformation, the machine fracturing, as well as novel acquisition characterizing overburden, elastic of unconventional plays, the theme of learning theme also is showing up as • Recent advances and the road methodologies (such as DAS, drones, models, and petrophysical properties the meeting was “Hot Topics and Hot a subtopic in other areas including ahead and passive and electromagnetic related to conventional and Technologies for Hot Plays.” The hot interpretation, near surface, and methods) all applied to new and unconventional reservoir development

technologies ranged from machine reservoir characterization. FWI • CO2 monitoring challenging plays including the Permian and other tight rock plays, Latin America, • Frontiers in seismic reservoir and deep water. The unconventional characterization emphasis is driving many of the technical TABLE 2 topics in induced seismicity, shear • Real-time processing for large-scale PRESENTATIONS ACCEPTED FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING waves, land acquisition, microseismic, streaming seismic data Year Location Submissions Rejection Rate Presentations 2015 New Orleans 1094 accepted for presentation; 50 withdrawals; 5 no-shows geomechanics, passive seismic, and 2016 Dallas 1103 accepted for presentation; 38 withdrawals; 21 no-shows fracture characterization. • New technologies in marine 2017 Houston 1163 accepted for presentation; 50 withdrawals; 7 no-shows acquisition 2018 Anaheim 1854 41% 1090 accepted for presentation; 18 withdrawals; 37 no-shows The postconvention workshops came 2019 San Antonio 1472 27% 1077 accepted for presentation; 33 withdrawals; 18 no-shows together through the hard work of • Misac Nabighian memorial workshop approximately 80 organizers and the coordination of Cengiz Esmersoy. 23 2019 Annual Report

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• Long-term monitoring of CO2 Geophysics (BAGS) sessions, and the BAGS organizing team is 2019, the committee members were Books Editorial Board geosequestration: Continuous which are designed to be attractive working to remedy that for 2020. Maria Angela Capello, Dan Ebrom, Mauricio Sacchi, chair surveillance and quantitative to geophysics managers, service and Bob Brook. interpretation companies, operators, regulators, and As illustrated in Table 2, the 2019 The following books were published geophysicists focused on the value withdrawal rate was higher than The Audit Committee works closely during calendar year 2019: • Interpretation and de-risking of applied geophysics. The sessions 2018, but no-shows were significantly with the CFO. In April, there was a to support decision making in included the following themes: less. A factor that continues to be a transition in this role as Kay Lang • Understanding Signals: Basic development and production reason for no-shows and withdrawals stepped down and was replaced Waveform Analysis from a • Challenges and solutions in is visa and permission issues for by Wendy Hudgens as acting CFO. Geophysical Perspective by Michael • DAS — Part 2: What is next for developing resource plays delegates coming from countries Derek Williamson was named CFO Burianyk DAS? Operator needs versus such as China and Russia, and in August. I am pleased to say that technology suppliers’ vision • Putting diversity to work possible delays in their U.S. visa the SEG team did an excellent job • Illustrated Seismic Processing, application time. We recommend that managing these changes. Volume 1: Imaging by Stephen J. Hill • Advances with land seismic for • Digital transformation in petroleum future technical program organizers and Andreas Rueger characterizing reservoirs — Part 2 geophysics — What impacts are strongly encourage attendees to The committee interviewed we seeing? obtain permission to travel and independent auditors and thoroughly • Numerical Modeling of Seismic • Artificial intelligence frontiers in to start the U.S. visa application reviewed the 2018 financials in May, Responses from Fractured geosciences • Latin America and the Caribbean: process as soon as possible to avoid and the audited financials were Reservoirs by the Grid-characteristic Business opportunities and the need to cancel. approved by the Board in June. Method by Vladimir Leviant, Igor • Seismic attributes in the age of challenges Kvasov, and Igor Petrov machine learning SEG strives to run a net-neutral • Improving the business model of Audit budget. We completed 2019 with Books we expect to publish during • Least-squares migration: The way land seismic and processing in the Bob Brook, chair positive net revenue. This was aided calendar year 2020: forward : Technology, quality, by investment gains and a one-time economics The Audit Committee is a standing payment for lost convention revenue • Survey Design and Seismic

• Rock physics implications of CO2 committee of the Board of Directors. Its resulting from Hurricane Harvey. Net Acquisition for Land, Marine, injection in the subsurface • The changing business climate of primary function is to assist the Board revenue would have been negative and In-Between in Light of New marine geophysics: Roadmap to in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, without these two items. However, Technology and Techniques by • Ambient noise imaging and moni- the future specifically in the Society’s finance and when combined with the sale of the David J. Monk toring for high-resolution spatial and accounting procedures. It also is tasked Tulsa real estate, we enter 2020 with a temporal near-surface characteriza- The sessions all received excellent with reviewing the independence and strong balance sheet, well positioned • Physics and Mechanics of Rocks: A tion and exploration seismology reviews regarding topic, focus, and performance of the Society’s auditors. to execute new and exciting goals for Practical Approach by Manika Prasad quality. Although advertising for the the Society. This was the second year for sessions was better than at Anaheim, The committee is made up of three the new Business of Applied attendance was lighter than anticipated, nonexecutive Board members. In 24 2019 Annual Report

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• Illustrated Seismic Processing, Committee on University and Student Chapter. There were 215 Continuing Education Attendance for the University of Volume 2: Preimaging by Stephen J. Student Programs active student chapters in 2019. Malcolm Lansley, chair Houston/SEG Summer Program and Hill and Andreas Rueger Joan Marie Blanco, chair A total of 64 chapters submitted the SEG Annual Meeting failed to meet applications for the award. The The Continuing Education (CE) expectations, prompting a reevaluation • Basic Wave Analysis by Enders A. In 2019, the Committee on University evaluators selected the University Committee works to provide a of the current market and practice. Robinson and Tijmen Jan Moser and Student Programs (CUSP) of Oklahoma Geophysical Society curriculum of quality professional The following efforts are under way successfully reorganized into a as Best Student Chapter and courses to the exploration-geophysics to improve course attendance and • Blizzards and Broken Grousers: A structure that has defined roles the Universidad Simon Bolivar community. To ensure that the current schedule efficiencies in 2020. Year of Antarctic Glaciology by L. R. for members and supports active Geophysical Society (Venezuela) as and emerging needs and standards Denham participation from all on the committee. Most Improved Student Chapter. of the community are met, the • Contact instructors concerning The new structure was implemented in committee is dedicated to developing asynchronous virtual/live courses Acting as reviewers of book proposals the first quarter of 2019, and all roles 2020 OBJECTIVES a high-value, needs-based curriculum and as managing editors for accepted were filled by volunteers. Roles provide while adopting delivery approaches • Poll members and use surveys to proposals, Board members identify members with defined responsibilities The three main objectives of CUSP for consistent with best practice. determine needs-based training and authors and topics, particularly those that help support the efforts of our 2020 are: preferred delivery platforms that explain geophysical technologies student chapters. Additionally, each CE EVENTS to a broad audience of earth scientists, committee member is assigned 1) Develop webinars that expand • Develop new workflow-based to keep the SEG Books program several student chapters to maintain student chapter members’ In 2019, CE classes were offered courses topical and successful. communication with and encourage awareness of SEG student during the five training events listed their growth throughout the year. programs and encourage interaction in Table 3. In addition, six in-house • Decrease current five-year course between chapters. courses were held in support of review cycle to three years to The committee launched its first and Chesapeake improve the relevancy of content webinar for student chapters in 2019. 2) Improve communication with Energy requirements. The webinars, conducted by CUSP student chapters by identifying the members and others, provide student best means for interacting with chapters with information on SEG and chapter leadership (Basecamp, TABLE 3 SEG’s student programs. The webinars Slack, etc.). CE COURSES HELD IN 2019 are designed to encourage better Number of Number of understanding of SEG and to provide 3) Recruit additional committee Event Dates courses participants student chapters with an opportunity members from regions not University of Houston/SEG Summer to interact with each other. Additional currently represented. Program (augmented attendees) May–Aug 3 5 webinars are planned for 2020. SEG–GSH Education Week 26–27 March 2 22 URTeC 29–30 May 1 11 The Student Chapter Excellence SEG Annual Meeting 14–15 September 8 86 Program Subcommittee of CUSP evaluated applications for 2019 Best 25 2019 Annual Report

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• Use Zoom reviewers to validate new characterization for dual-media • “Affordable full-mode S-wave venture in support of a ten-day under way to convert Flash support courses simulation in conventional and with P destination learning event to be held lectures to MP4 format in 2020. unconventional fractured reservoirs” sources” by Bob Hardage 15–24 June 2020 in Calgary, Canada. • Increase promotion and visibility of by Reinaldo Michelena, Chris Zahm, The lectures in Table 4 have been CMS and IHRDC courses and James R. Gilman • “Fundamentals of rock physics for SEG ANNUAL MEETING 2020 translated to Mandarin, with an exploration” by Aiman Bakhorji additional block of 2020 candidates • Offer two soft skills courses • “An introduction to perspective The Professional Development under review by BGP and the SEG seismic interpretation” by Steven • “The seismic wavelet: Its Department is currently gathering China office. NEW COURSES IN 2019 Lynch modeling, acquisition, processing, data and performing market analysis interpretation, and inversion to provide the CE Committee with COMPETENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM The following courses were added to The following courses are pending a (in marine, transition, and land information to assist in the selection the course catalog. course review. environment)” by Osman Hassan of Annual Meeting courses. Selection Our partnership continues with the of the courses will be finalized by 15 International Human Resources • “Machine learning techniques for • “Effective science communication” CSEG/SEG DISTANCE LEARNING March 2020. Development Corporation (IHRDC), engineering and characterization” by by Umair bin Waheed and Roel EVENT a respected provider of training and Sid Misra Snieder SEG ON DEMAND competency development solutions In December, SEG and the Canadian for the oil and gas industry, to provide • “Integrated geologic, seismic, Society of Exploration Geophysicists With Knowledgette support, the Competency Management System and reservoir engineering (CSEG) entered into a revenue-sharing five Honorary Lecture (HL) and (CMS) free of charge to SEG Members. Distinguished Lecture (DL) recordings were added in 2019. An additional four This system allows members to assess TABLE 4 recordings are in production. Plans are their current capabilities against LECTURES THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED TO MANDARIN specific competency models for key

Title Lecturer Type/Year Getting more for less: Frequent low-cost seismic monitoring solutions for offshore fields Paul Hatchell DL 2017 TABLE 5 Imaging the earth’s near surface: The why and how of applied geophysics for the 21st century Doug Oldenburg DL 2011 USAGE OF THE CMS Looking into the near-surface imaging technologies and results Michael Kemper DL 2016 A pragmatic view of land multiple attenuation technologies Panos G. Kelamis DL 2005 Total accounts Assessments Marine seismic acquisition: Expanding the possibilities Sandeep Chandola HL 2014 created In progress completed Integrating well log, seismic, and CSEM data for reservoir characterization Lucy MacGregor HL 2011 2016 172 114 49 From imaging to inversion Ian Jones HL 2012 2017 312 216 73 The state and future directions of prestack depth migration Julian Cabera HL 2011 2018 440 195 83 Expanding seismic stratigraphy to the full-elastic wavefield Bob Hardage HL 2009 2019 528 234 105 Pitfalls and challenges of seismic imaging Evgeny Landa HL 2015 26 2019 Annual Report

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geoscience careers. The software is Development and Production • The 2019 Annual Meeting included Annual Meeting. Engagement º Technical session. The designed to easily identify competency Andrew Royle, chair a workshop titled, “Interpretation with the Society of Petroleum committee will investigate a gaps based on assessment results. It and de-risking to support decision Engineers (SPE), Geophysical possible Offshore Technology then recommends a learning plan that The Development and Production making in development and Society of Houston, or the American Conference technical session. helps close those gaps. Members are Committee continued to promote production.” This event was well Association of Petroleum Geologists referred to an ever-growing list of SEG discussion and interaction on the attended and spurred good (AAPG) could be an option. • Knowledge share. Committee training resources including SEG CE latest technologies to improve technical discussion. Another members will share the mission of courses, e-learning courses, generic reservoir characterization. workshop titled, “Geophysical • Workflows. The committee will build the committee. This may include third-party course titles, SEG technical monitoring of unconventional an oil and gas reserves geophysical avenues such as the SEG Wiki, the papers, books, and on-job work 2019 ACTIVITIES reservoirs,” was unfortunately workflow knowledge base and share Doodlebugger, and SEG SmartBrief. assignments. Per the user progress canceled for unforeseen best practice integration with other data report in Table 5, we are seeing an • Two new members were recruited circumstances. The Development subsurface disciplines. increase in the usage of this resource. in order to build a strong committee and Production luncheon was Distinguished Instructor core and to remain active in the not held due to low registration • Definition of seismic for reserves. Short Course IACET REACCREDITATION dissemination of development and numbers. We will define examples and put them Adel El-Emam, chair production in geophysics. in a place where they can be shared. Efforts are under way to prepare the 2020 FOCUS AREAS In 2019, Manika Prasad served as CE program for a five-year review of • Marianne Rauch will assume the role • Engagement with other societies. the first woman for the Distinguished its approved provider status in August of chair following the 2020 Annual • Committee membership. Focus will Engagement with other disciplines Instructor Short Course (DISC). Her 2020. The International Association for Meeting. I will continue to be a be on rebuilding the committee and will continue on the integration and course, “Physics and mechanics of Continuing Education/Training (IACET) committee member and help Rauch looking into ways to attract early- use of geophysics. rocks: A practical approach,” was a supports best practice through the use rotate into the role. career members. great success. The course offered of the ANSI/IACET Standard, in-depth º Interpretation (SEG/AAPG). practical instructions and provided research on the learning process, • It has been decided to merge the • 2020 Annual Meeting special Meetings will be held with the working knowledge in the areas of rock and a nationwide network of experts Oil and Gas Reserves Committee sessions/workshops. Work will AAPG Reservoir Development physics and rock mechanics for rock that help CE and training providers with the Development and continue with the 2020 Technical and Geophysical Integration characterization. Although the course develop a framework for continuous Production Committee. Eric von Program Committee to solidify Committee during the AAPG had a strong focus on rock-physics improvement. Currently, more than Lunen has carried the committee, special sessions/workshops for the Annual Meeting. fundamentals, key principles, and 60% of those attending SEG CE events but it has had dwindling numbers. Annual Meeting. controls for rock properties, Prasad continue to find value in the award of It is important to keep initiatives º Joint workshop with SPE. also discussed advanced topics in CEU credits. moving, since SEG is a part of the • D&P Forum. Discussions on Potential topics for the rock physics, such as attenuation Petroleum Resource Management possible 2021 and 2022 forums will workshop include applications and dispersion, complex electrical System peer-review process. This continue. Houston or Austin will be of geophysics in reserves properties, and the link of elastic will be a subcommittee, and von likely venues due to travel limitations. booking and monitoring properties to permeability. Lunen will continue the excellent May or June is being considered unconventional reservoirs with work he has been doing. in order to include awards at the geophysical methods. 27 2019 Annual Report

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It was a successful and attractive one- During the 2019 Annual Meeting, a • Plan the DISC candidate Countries: Australia, Egypt, India, they considered the topic to be of day course. A total of 23 stops were held luncheon was held 15 September nominations for 2022 Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Netherlands, critical importance and had even covering 14 different countries including and attended by Tom Agnew, Judy Oman, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, hoped the talk was longer than it was Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Wall, Professor Gerard Schuster, I want to thank the committee United Kingdom, and United States (approximately two hours).” — Matthew Canada, China, India, Japan, Kuwait, and Adel El-Emam. The objective members and especially SEG staff Storey, University of Houston, Houston, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, the United of the meeting was to discuss the and instructors for their professional Title: “Sometimes it pays to be cheap Texas, United States Kingdom, and the United States. The initiative of combining the DISC work and tireless efforts to ensure — Compressive time-lapse seismic total attendance was more than 350. Committee and the Distinguished successful continuation of the high- data acquisition” 2020 DISTINGUISHED LECTURERS Lecture (DL) Committee. level DISC program. The 2020 DISC instructor is Dave Quote: “Great presentation of a • Sergey Fomel, University of Texas at Monk. Monk retired from Apache There has been a common consensus complex subject, easy to understand, Austin, Q1/Q2 DL Corporation at the end of 2019 to keep the committees separate Distinguished Lecturer valuable examples, formulas, video and is now affiliated with ACTeQ, and to enhance the cooperation and Gerard Schuster, chair demonstrations, relevant to local • Aria Abubakar, , Q3/ Geophysical Technology Inc., and integration level of the selected topics workers.” — Olga Nedorub, Apache Q4 SEG–AAPG DL DownUnder GeoSolutions. His as well as the instructors. This has The SEG Lecture program, including Corporation, Midland, Texas, United course, “Survey design and seismic been immediately actioned through Distinguished Lecture (DL), Honorary States 2019 HONORARY LECTURERS acquisition for land, marine, and the attendance of Gerard Schuster at Lecture (HL), and the Virtual Near- in-between in light of new technology the DISC Committee meeting and the Surface Global Lecture, is considered • John Etgen, Q3/Q4 DL, 32 lectures, The HL program, which includes tours and techniques,” is expected to attendance of Adel El-Emam at the DL to be one of the most effective outreach 1559 attendees (or virtual lectures) in six regions, is be a great course covering the Committee meeting, both held on 16 programs of SEG as evidenced by the sponsored by Shell through the SEG fundamentals of survey design. September. reported 5332 attendees in 49 countries Countries: Canada, China, Denmark, Foundation. Due to reduced funding In addition, the course will highlight for the 2019 tours. Attendance of a France, Indonesia, Italy, Kuwait, in 2019, three of the six honorary the changes in technology that we The luncheon was conducted by DL/HL talk is the only opportunity for Malaysia, Norway, Oman, Saudi Arabia, lecturers gave virtual lectures instead of have seen in the past five years and the DISC Committee, where several many young people to directly interact Singapore, United Arab Emirates, traveling tours. those that are likely to develop in subjects were reviewed and discussed, with distinguished SEG speakers. We United Kingdom, and United States the next few years. The production including the relationship between the applaud SEG for continued support of • Latin America (virtual): Gladys of the course book has advanced, DISC and DL committees, instructor the outstanding program. Title: “Practical insights and techniques Gonzalez, two virtual lectures, allowing its readiness by the time of selection, and criteria. Committee in seismic velocity estimation” 127 attendees course commencement. members emphasized the following The DL program is supported by objectives to achieve: PGS and through the SEG Quote: “The presentation was great, Countries: The virtual lectures were The DISC Committee also has selected Foundation. especially the delivery. Dr. Etgen has a viewed within the region and globally. the 2021 instructor, Joe Dellinger, for • Attract new candidates/members to natural charismatic presentation style, his preliminary topic: forensic data join the DISC Committee 2019 DISTINGUISHED LECTURERS which creates an enjoyable atmosphere Title: “De-risking exploration and processing. The selection fits nicely for questions and discussion. The development with realistic 3D geologic following the 2020 course on seismic • Ensure that top-quality instructors • Felix Herrmann, Q1/Q2 DL, 22 content was really interesting, and I modeling, geophysical seismic acquisition by Monk. and interesting topics are selected lectures, 704 attendees heard from multiple attendees that simulation, and imaging” 28 2019 Annual Report

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Quote: “Very interesting presentation. Title: “Induced polarization effect she was able to create significant Quote: “I thoroughly enjoyed the reduced traveling tour followed by a Dr. Gonzalez captured the history of in time-domain electromagnetic breakthroughs in the industry.” — lecture and found the presentation live virtual lecture. de-risking exploration and development prospecting, noise, or signal?” Julian Chenin, University of Oklahoma, very interesting and informative. using real examples of 3D modeling. Norman, Oklahoma, United States This is not my field of expertise, so In 2019, many DL Committee Many thanks to Dr. Gonzalez and SEG Quote: “For someone with limited it was nice to learn something new.” members expressed concern about for the excellent lecture.” — Raquel experience in the field, I appreciated • Pacific South (traveling): Boris — Anonymous the reduced effectiveness of virtual Correa, Schlumberger, Mexico City, the concise review of the time-domain Gurevich, 29 lectures, 1080 HL tours and recommended efforts to Mexico and frequency-domain platforms as attendees 2020 HONORARY LECTURERS restore funding to ensure that all HL well as the visual discussion of different tours are live traveling tours. We will • Europe (traveling): Dirk Gajewski, 22 aspects of the response curves.” Countries: Australia, China, Japan, • Latin America: Patricia de Lugao, be happy to work with SEG and the lectures, 562 attendees — Anonymous Singapore, and Taiwan Strataimage Consultoria Ltda, Rio de SEG Foundation to identify options to Janeiro, Brazil restore funding. Countries: Austria, Azerbaijan, Czech • North America (traveling): Heloise Title: “Seismic attenuation, dispersion, Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Lynn, 19 lectures, 517 attendees and anisotropy in porous rocks: • Europe: Johan Robertsson, ETH, In 2020, we are asking HL speakers to Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, and Mechanisms and models” Zürich, Switzerland identify regional organizations that may United Kingdom Countries: United States and Canada be willing to cover some of the costs Quote: “The lecture was rich in content, • Middle East and Africa: Saleh of a tour. Once identified, we will seek Title: “Wavefront attributes — A tool Title: “Azimuthal P-P seismic excellent in teaching, and highly Al-Dossary, Saudi Aramco, Saudi local funding prior to a tour. for processing, imaging, and model measurements: Past, present, and targeted, which inspired participants. Arabia building” future” We learned a lot from Dr. Gurevich’s VIRTUAL NEAR-SURFACE GLOBAL visit.” — Qianzong Bao, Chang’an • North America: Anna Shaughnessy, LECTURER Quote: “Dirk Gajewski is a very clear Quote: “Dr. Lynn was a fantastic University, Xi’an, China consultant, Boston, Massachusetts, and engaging speaker. His supporting speaker for our student body. It was a United States The virtual near-surface global lecturer materials illustrated his message well.” pleasure to have one of the pioneers • South and East Asia (two virtual is focused on the discipline of near- — Rodney Johnston, BP, Sunbury, of azimuthal anisotropy come talk lectures and trips within India): • Pacific South: Lisa Gavin, Woodside surface geophysics. United Kingdom about the history of the subject, the Subhashis Mallick, two virtual Energy Ltd., Perth, Australia breakthroughs that we have made, and lectures and six traveling lectures in Acting on the suggestion of Louise • Middle East and Africa (virtual and trips the future. She was very clear about India, 417 attendees • South and East Asia: Xinming Pellerin, we are talking to other within Nigeria): Hesham El-Kaliouby, complex topics, to the extent that our Wu, University of Science and geoscience organizations, such as two virtual lectures and three traveling undergraduate geoscientists were able Countries: India. The virtual lectures Technology of China, Hefei, China the American Geophysical Union, lectures, 209 attendees to grasp the concepts and understand were viewed within the region and about how to enhance the visibility the importance of including azimuthal globally. Due to Shell’s sponsorship of the HL and impact of the Virtual Near-Surface Countries: Nigeria. The virtual lectures anisotropy in seismic processing and program and a generous contribution Global Lecture program. were viewed within the region and further analysis. It was also inspirational Title: “Reservoir characterization for the by Shiv Dasgupta, each 2020 globally. for our women geoscientists to hear next generation” honorary lecturer will complete a about her experiences and how 29 2019 Annual Report

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• 2019 Virtual Near-Surface Global To view SEG lectures online, visit development chair position in local geophysics. As members transition used by oil companies, and ultimately Lecturer: Rosemary Knight, two https://seg.org/education/SEG-on- geophysical societies. The goal of the from universities and student chapters recommend the best investment virtual lectures, 157 attendees Demand. Encourage your friends, position is to coordinate local events to their full-time employment, they will opportunities in their assigned colleagues, and students to explore that contribute to the technical and be able to quickly build a network if data sets. Countries: Knight’s virtual lectures were this valuable resource. leadership development of emerging they relocate to a new city for their job. viewed globally. professionals. Over the last year, we Each team of four to six students established this position in Corpus The committee has been working on with backgrounds in geology, Title: “Advancing the use of Emerging Professionals Christi, Denver, Midland, and Tulsa. creating new events. Kelsey Kidd is geophysics, , and geophysical methods for sustainable International EPIC guides and aids all of the chairs. championing one of these by working reservoir engineering, work together groundwater management” Johannes Douma, chair Additionally, the acting chairs have the in conjunction with other professional reviewing a technical data set. In 2019, opportunity to share ideas on how to societies in Denver to create an oil six varied data sets from around the Quote: “Rosemary delivered an The 2018–2019 time period was add value to emerging professionals and gas speed-mentoring event for world were used. For the third year excellent lecture, at the right level for the fifth year for the Emerging throughout local societies. emerging professionals. We hope in a row, the program was technically a broad audience, demonstrating Professionals International Committee to carry this concept to other local coordinated by Allen Bertagne from the the application of near-surface (EPIC) of SEG. The committee is EPIC’s third annual Happy Hour societies around the globe. Another SEG EVOLVE office in Houston with geophysics to real-life water- made up of members from around the event was held during the 2019 event we are hoping to organize is additional support provided by Jesus management problems.” — Professor world. EPIC is dedicated to positively Annual Meeting. We invited two guest a dinner for emerging professionals Ortiz, a University of Houston graduate, George Tsoflias, University of Kansas, increasing SEG’s professional, speakers from Shell and Chevron who to enjoy with an upper management advisors Mike Forrest and Jennifer Lawrence, Kansas, United States technical, and social impact on the have more than eight years of industry professional or executive in geoscience. Thompson, as well as many other lives of early-career geophysicists. experience and senior responsibility experienced mentors. The program 2020 Virtual Near-Surface Global An “emerging professional” is defined at their respective companies to expanded to 20 international teams Lecturer as someone who has worked in the share about their careers. Reynaldo EVOLVE in 2019 and will have 25 international industry for eight years or less and may Cardona (Chevron) and Kaijian Liu Michael C. Forrest, interim chair teams plus the EVOLVE Professional • Estella Atekwana, University of be gaining seniority and increasing (Shell) provided great perspectives. program in 2020. To date, 137 Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United responsibility. The main goal for 2019 We are grateful for their willingness to The EVOLVE program offers students students have completed the EVOLVE States was self-sustainment. volunteer and speak to the emerging direct experience in conducting program. Continuing its support from professionals at the event. integrated subsurface analyses 2018, several tutorials were donated The DL Committee will now perform How do we develop a structure to using real-world seismic, wireline, by the International Human Resources online voting for candidates by using make EPIC self-sustaining so social In 2019, we were able to continue production, and other data. The Development Corporation, and Survey Monkey. SEG Members are events, Annual Meeting technical several other social events throughout teams use the iEnergy teams also had access to a Rose & welcome to submit nominations for sessions, Distinguished Instructor the world. The purpose of these events Landmark DecisionSpace Cloud Associates risk analysis course. DLs and HLs, as well as the Virtual Short Course lecture dinners, and is to provide emerging professionals platform or locally installed Petrel, Near-Surface Global Lecturers at any EPIC meetings with visiting technical with the opportunity to network with Kingdom, or DecisionSpace software. The program culminated in May time. To submit a nomination, visit speakers can occur on a regular basis? one another, develop friendships They utilize modern technology, gain with presentations of each team’s https://seg.org/education/lectures/ Members of the committee worked and professional relationships, and an understanding of the exploration best investment opportunity to nominate-a-lecturer. to create an emerging professionals to discuss technical aspects of technical and business workflows the executive committee, a group 30 2019 Annual Report

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consisting of members of the technical student panel discussion to answer Field Camps In 2019, more than 200 students trial run, and the HSSE Committee committee, mentors, and select questions from the audience and to Dylan Mikesell, chair participated in field camps sponsored was able to provide feedback that leaders from a variety of exploration give industry leaders recommendations in whole or in part through funding will be incorporated in the revised and production companies. This for the future. In 1993, the Field Camp Grant provided by donors to the program. application guidelines for 2020. committee provides helpful but real- program was established by the SEG world feedback to all the teams. For In 2020, EVOLVE aims to increase Foundation to provide seed money for The committee also completed work The 2019 Field Camp Committee many, it is the first taste they get of student and university participation, geophysics faculty and SEG student on a rubric for evaluating applications. included Dylan Mikesell (chair), presentations in a business setting. expand in Asia, grow the number chapters to create and support field Based on results from the 2019 Francesca Fazzari, Hendratta Ali, Alex of universities offering credit courses that provide students with process, the committee will again Fick, Joe Estep, and Payson Todd. Continuing to provide unique and for the program, add additional hands-on experience in data collection make revisions to the application and educational opportunities, SEG comprehensive data sets, and increase and analysis using geophysical rubric to ensure equity and fairness and donors provided funding for technology application learning from instruments and software applications. across the range of applications. The Geophysics certain teams to attend the SEG enhanced data sets. The 2019 Field Camp Committee committee also is working to identify Valentina Socco, editor Annual Meeting, where they had the provided continued leadership in shortcomings and provide feedback opportunity to showcase their new The 2019 year was highlighted in evaluating applications and awarding to unsuccessful applicants. In 2019, In 2019, Geophysics proved to be skills over two half-day sessions. At a January 2020 The Leading Edge grants to eligible applicants, ensuring we created the opportunity for an extremely successful journal with the Annual Meeting, each team made article written by Andrew Geary, SEG that geophysics students around the applicants to utilize a presubmission 812 submissions, slightly lower than a 15-minute prospect presentation to EVOLVE program manager. EVOLVE world receive valuable field training in application reader. We will again 2018. This is possible thanks to the an international audience, hosted a also was featured in GEO ExPro, contexts that emphasize safety and encourage applicants to take commitment of the Editorial Board that poster session to discuss their detailed published in September 2019 and high-quality learning. advantage of this opportunity. includes assistant, associate, special, work and conclusions with other written by Mike Forrest. SWAT, and department editors; professionals, and participated in a In 2019, SEG received 30 applications Finally, the committee continues to guest editors associated with special for funding (a 50% increase from work on strengthening the health, sections; and the availability of a large 2018). The total funding requested was safety, security, and environment number of knowledgeable reviewers. US$348,147.97. From the submitted (HSSE) portion of the proposal I thank them for their dedication and applications, the committee selected 17 evaluation process. The Field Camp for their time. The whole process from to receive awards, totaling US$108,455, Committee teamed up with the submission to publication would not be with values ranging between US$3000 HSSE Committee to further refine possible without the professionalism and US$15,000. This year’s awards the guidelines and HSSE application and commitment of the staff of were given to help sponsor field camps plan requirements. The HSSE SEG’s Publications Department, in Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Nigeria, Committee also identified red flags to whom goes my warmhearted Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, during the application evaluation gratitude. During 2019, I invited eight Participants in the EVOLVE program showcase what they learn during the Annual Meeting. Turkey, Ukraine, and the United States. process. This year, we performed a

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new associate editors to serve as I between acceptance and publication to 70 days (Table 9), although the appears online within a couple of days The 2018 impact factor according to completed my term. has slightly increased and is equal just-accepted version of papers now after acceptance. the Science Citation Index Expanded of Clarivate Analytics’ Journal Citation The number of submissions to Reports is 2.793 (Table 10), and it is the Geophysics doubled in the last TABLE 6 highest ever. decade. The major contribution to SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION BY COUNTRY 1 JANUARY 2019—31 DECEMBER 2019 submissions in 2019 comes from In January 2018, Geophysics China (44%) followed by the United Country Submitted Published Country Submitted Published adopted a double-blind review States (15%) and Canada (5%). Europe China 361 127 Taiwan 2 1 process. In double-blind review, contributes 16% of submissions, the United States 121 92 Turkey 2 0 the reviewers are anonymous and Middle East contributes 7%, Asia Canada 40 25 Czech Republic 2 1 the authors are unknown to the (excluding China) contributes 5%, and Saudi Arabia 38 30 Denmark 2 3 reviewers. The decision of moving Latin America contributes 5% (Table 6). Brazil 30 16 Chile 2 0 to double blind was taken after long China has the highest number of Norway 27 17 Colombia 2 0 discussion within the Editorial Board published papers. Germany 20 12 Iraq 2 0 and thorough pros and cons analysis Australia 16 4 Hong Kong 1 0 carried out by SEG’s Publications The majority of contributions come Netherlands 16 12 Malaysia 1 2 Italy 14 7 Greece 1 0 from universities (74%) and research France 13 13 Hungary 1 0 TABLE 7 centers (14%), while the contributions India 12 3 Poland 1 1 from oil and service companies United Kingdom of Great Britain and 12 14 Portugal 1 1 ORIGIN OF PAPERS SUBMITTED continue to be moderate (8%) Northern Ireland Sweden 1 3 FOR PUBLICATION IN Geophysics BY EMPLOYER 1 JANUARY 2019– (Table 7). Republic of Korea 11 0 Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 Islamic Republic of Iran 10 9 Israel 1 1 31 DECEMBER 2019 The subjects that attract large Lebanon 1 0 Switzerland 7 4 Universities 600 numbers of manuscripts are seismic Russian Federation 6 4 Oman 1 0 Research institutes 112 inversion and migration, electric Japan 4 5 United Arab Emirates 1 3 Oil companies 52 and electromagnetic methods, Singapore 4 4 Total 812 422 Governments 18 and signal processing. A total of Spain 4 2 Service companies and 34 case histories and nine papers Mexico 4 2 manufacturers 13 Egypt 4 0 Consultants 10 accompanied by code in the Retired 5 geophysical software and algorithms Austria 3 1 Mining companies 2 category were published in 2019. Argentina 3 2 Nigeria 2 0 Total 812 The average time required for first South Africa 2 1 review is 73 days (Table 8), down from Indonesia 2 0 80 days in 2018. The average time 32 2019 Annual Report

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TABLE 9 MANUSCRIPT-HANDLING STATISTICS Department. The reason was 51.6% in 2017, 57.2% in 2016, 60.3% Year Average number published of days between mitigating possible bias due to fame, in 2015) have been evidenced. Year Average number Year Average number nationality, and gender in the review 1 July–30 acceptance and published of days between published of days between June online publication process. It was decided to carefully SPECIAL SECTIONS 1 July–30 acceptance and 1 July–30 acceptance and 2013–14 72 monitor the possible negative effects June online publication June online publication 2014–15 65 1991–92 176 2002–03 195 2015–16 69 of double blind, and after one year In 2019, Geophysics published one 1992–93 181 2003–04 161 no reduction in submissions or special section titled “Hydromechanical 1993–94 178 2004–05 158 Year Average number anomalous change in acceptance phenomena at the pore scale and 1994–95 210 2005–06 181 published of days between rate (49.5% in 2019, 56.6% in 2018, their upscaling.” This special section 1995–96 N/A 2006–07 143 1996–97 N/A 2007–08 82 1 January–31 acceptance and 1997–98 180 2008–09 111 December online publication 1998–99 177 2009–10 122 2016 66 TABLE 8 1999–00 202 2010 –11 135 2017 53 MANUSCRIPT-HANDLING STATISTICS 2000–01 208 2011–12 126 2018 65 2001–02 213 2012–13 78 2019 70 Year Year submitted Average number submitted Average number 1 July– of days required 1 July– of days required 30 June for first review 30 June for first review 1991–92 172 2013–14 72 1992–93 157 2014–15 70 1993–94 184 2015–16 66 1994–95 182 TABLE 10 1995–96 211 Year IMPACT FACTOR Year Impact factor 1996–97 186 submitted Average number 2005 1.030 1997–98 205 2006 1.228 1 January–31 of days required Year Impact factor Year Impact factor 1998–99 214 2007 1.167 1999–00 212 December for first review 1975 0.629 1990 0.905 2016 66 1976 1.095 1991 1.166 2008 1.349 2000–01 211 2009 1.662 2001–02 178 2017 71 1977 0.773 1992 0.697 2018 80 1978 0.591 1993 0.919 2010 1.404 2002–03 133 2011 1.418 2003–04 141 *2019 73 1979 0.918 1994 0.824 1980 0.895 1995 0.877 2012 1.723 2004–05 105 2013 1.759 2005–06 66 *First reviews have not been returned 1981 1.087 1996 0.867 for all papers. 1982 1.10 0 1997 0.824 2014 1.612 2006–07 53 2015 2.017 2007–08 57 1983 1.461 1998 0.687 1984 1.193 1999 0.818 2016 2.391 2008–09 55 2017 2.368 2009–10 66 1985 1.206 2000 0.861 1986 0.968 2001 0.649 2018 2.793 2010 –11 61 *The impact factor for 2003 is based on a 2011–12 66 1987 1.084 2002 0.834 single issue. A recalculation based on all 2012–13 61 1988 0.931 *2003 0.589 1989 1.017 2004 1.087 issues in 2003 gives 0.862. 33 2019 Annual Report

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contains 14 papers, and it is dedicated efficient in responding. His scientific by Kirsten Nicholson from Ball State beginning of the Holocaust in what was IX. Specific objectives of this project to investigations of hydromechanical and technical knowledge has been an University. The project will involve then the capital of Lithuania, Kaunas, include using geophysical methods to phenomena at the pore scale that important resource for the journal and six to eight students per year from by providing nondestructive evidence identify, describe, and delineate the mass complement or extend the classical for the authors. Kathmandu University and Ball State of the mass murders at Fort IX and a graves and to map the pre-World War II understanding of rock poroelasticity. University. The objective is to solve snapshot of a Jewish town at the onset submerged Jewish town (shtetl) In the process of upscaling the seasonal water problems of the of World War II. It is estimated that more of Rumsiskes. hydromechanical phenomena of fluid- Geoscientists Without communities Phortse and Lobuche in than 45,000 victims are buried at Fort saturated porous media, classical Borders® Sagarmatha National Park. The project theories of poroelasticity may suppress Robert Merrill, chair involves water-quality and quantity TABLE 11 certain pore-scale effects that affect testing, geologic mapping, and an SUBJECT RANGE OF RECEIVED PROPOSALS IN 2019 geophysical acoustic measurements in Grant applications are done twice a year. electrical resistivity tomography survey. the seismic-to-sonic frequency range. The Geoscientists Without Borders® The primary goal is to improve access Hence, in this special section, the pore (GWB) Committee reviewed 48 grant to drinking water and improve drinking Submittal subject Submittals Accepted scale is revisited to explore mechanical, applications in 2019. Table 11 shows water quality for the two communities. WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) hydraulic, and coupled hydromechanical the subject range for these proposals, The project involves characterizing Groundwater resource exploration 22 2 phenomena, and it also introduces new and the incuded map shows the global the community aquifers; quantifying Water resource management 5 upscaling approaches and validates reach of the projects funded in 2019. seasonal recharge and discharge; Water quality 0 classical ones. assessing the location of locally Disaster risk reduction Six submittals were ultimately accepted built filtration systems; and mapping Earthquake preparedness 4 Tsunami preparedness 2 Two other special sections on crucial and funded for a total of US$420,500. the geology of the basins, including Terrain stability 10 2 topics have been launched in 2018 The GWB grant application process structural geology, rock types, and Volcano preparedness 0 and 2019. “Machine learning and data is a two-phase process. Following the basin fill. The community plans to Flood mitigation 1 analytics for geoscience applications” initial screening, requests are made build a water-filtration and storage Natural hazard education 0 will be published in July–August 2020 to selected applicants to expand their facility, and the project will help with Food security and “Shallow void, tunnel, and other application, and the Phase II submittals placement and capacity of the system. Soil and agriculture 0 anomaly detection” is expected in are reviewed for final selection. All of Environmental and cultural conservation Habitat conservation 0 May–June 2021. the approved projects have significant PROGRAM 2 Pollution mitigation 2 1 student involvement. This year, the Archaeology 2 1 REVIEWER OF THE YEAR following programs were accepted “Holocaust mass burial and Other for funding. shtetl mapping in Kaunas and Geothermal exploration 0 Alexey Stovas has been awarded 2019 Rumsiskes, Lithuania” is led by Paul exploration 0 Reviewer of the Year. He has been PROGRAM 1 Baumann from the University of Hartford. serving as a reviewer for Geophysics Nine to 12 students from the United for several years. He contributed a “Understanding high mountain States, 30 students from Lithuania, and high number of reviews, gave highly aquifers to source drinking water in 10 students from Israel will be involved in relevant feedback, and is extremely the Sagarmatha National Park” is led the project. The goal is to illuminate the 34 2019 Annual Report

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PROGRAM 3 PROGRAM 4 Oommen from Michigan Technological University. At least two graduate “Improving water security in Mon State, “Hydrogeophysics to explore students from Michigan Technological Myanmar via geophysical capacity groundwater for minorities in Huong University, three graduate students building” is led by Douglas Oldenburg Lam A Luoi, Thua Thien Hue, from the University of Kerala, and from the University of British Columbia. Vietnam” is led by Thong Kieu from undergraduate students from Munnar The project will include 10 undergraduate Hanoi University of Mining and College of Engineering will participate. and three graduate students from Geology. The project will involve The objective of the project is to Mawlamyine University. In addition, the graduate and undergraduate improve landslide hazard analysis in project will train 23 engineers from the students from Hanoi University of the most vulnerable area within the Mon Department of Rural Development Mining and Geology and Ho Chi district of Idukki, Kerala, and help to incorporate geophysics in their Minh City University of Science. communities reduce landslide risk decision-making processes. The goals of The objective of the project is to in future extreme rain events. The This map shows the locations of the GWB projects that were approved in 2019. the project are to improve water security lay the groundwork needed to objective will be attained through the and well-drilling success rates, and to establish a sustainable groundwater following goals: increase technical capacity in all aspects management scheme for the remote geochemical sampling and analysis will of DC resistivity surveying for Mon area. The first step of this project • Utilize geophysical investigation PROGRAM 6 help characterize aquifer segmentation engineers, students, and researchers. will be to characterize the potential (particularly, electrical resistivity and correlate aquifer segment The objectives of the project are: aquifers and identify natural barriers surveys) to characterize “Mitigation of groundwater hazard geochemistry with local chronic kidney to contamination. Additionally, the geotechnical and groundwater related to chronic kidney disease, Sri disease risk. A second objective is • Perform geophysical surveys in 20 project will include developing properties of the landslide-prone Lanka” is led by Tom H. Brikowski to characterize adverse groundwater high-priority water-stressed Mon inexpensive geophysical toolkits and terrains in the study area from the University of Texas at impacts of reverse osmosis plants villages, improving water scarcity for transferring knowledge of tool usage, Dallas. Undergraduate and graduate established in the area, where the brine an estimated 15,000 people data processing, and interpretation to • Develop a rain gauge network in the students from the University of is disposed on the surface. Efforts also the local communities involved. This study area that can be integrated Kelaniya will participate in field and will be made to explore mitigation of • Increase well-drilling success rates will provide the communities with the with the satellite-based rainfall laboratory activities. Graduate students the reverse osmosis brine, possibly by 20% by using geophysics in ability to monitor and further develop forecast system to obtain accurate from the University of Colombo, using solar stills to produce additional select drilling locations groundwater resources in the future rainfall estimates undergraduate students from the fresh water from the waste. as they develop a sustainability plan. Institute of Chemistry, and at least one • Develop an open-source • Develop a landslide hazard graduate student from the University curriculum encompassing all PROGRAM 5 nowcasting system with improved of Texas at Dallas will be involved FINAL REPORTS aspects of DC resistivity methods geotechnical, groundwater, and in the project. The objective of the and technology, including “Geophysical investigation to improve rainfall characteristics that can be project is to minimize public exposure Three project completion reports were data acquisition, analysis, and the landslide susceptibility analysis utilized for reducing landslide risks in to chronic kidney disease caused by received in 2019. hydrogeological interpretation in Kerala, India” is led by Thomas the community groundwater contamination. Detailed 35 2019 Annual Report

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• “DC resistivity sounding for Global Advisory meeting with Alfred Liaw of SEG China Standard Policies and Procedures with The chair of the Gravity and Magnetics groundwater development in George Buzan, chair was held to update information about respect to the committee. Suggested Committee for 2017–2019 was Luise Leogane, Haiti” was supported by their office activities. changes to improve the functioning of Sander. Irina Filina served as vice chair the University of Kentucky, Haiti The Global Advisory Committee (GAC) the committee were made. in 2019 and assumed the role of chair Engineering, and Engineers Without met four times during 2019. Three of GAC leadership nominated three in September for a two-year term. Borders. Two graduate students the meetings were teleconferences. people, including two students from Finally, GAC leadership participated The vice chair for 2019–2021 will be from the University of Kentucky One was held in person at the 2019 Mexico and an Active Member from in the Global Markets Task Force, an Marianne Rauch. and several students from the State European Association of Geoscientists Trinidad, to receive travel grants to ad-hoc task force requested by the University of Haiti were involved in and Engineers Annual Conference attend the 2019 Annual Meeting. The president-elect of SEG and headed Chuck Campbell has organized the the project. and Exhibition in London. Geospace grants were made. One of the students by Bob Brook and Tom Agnew. technical oral and poster sessions for Engineering Resources International from Mexico had a last-minute Recommendations were made to the many years, with abstract-reviewing • “Capacity building in graciously lent us their meeting room. problem in attending, so his grant was task force, and participation ended assistance from committee members. hydrogeophysics at University of The quarterly teleconferences were transferred to one of the speakers for 15 November. He continued this task in 2019 and Malawi” was supported by the scheduled so Regional Advisory the Latin America Business of Applied volunteered to do so for 2020. There University of Illinois at Urbana- Committee (RAC) chairs from the Geophysics Session. were three gravity and magnetics Champaign and the University of Eastern Hemisphere and Western Gravity and Magnetics technical sessions at the 2019 Annual Malawi. Four master’s-level students Hemisphere had more convenient GAC leadership actively participated Luise Sander, chair Meeting in San Antonio: two oral were involved along with several times to attend. in the selection of the speaker and sessions and one poster session. senior-level students. various arrangements for the Latin In 2019, the SEG Gravity and Supplementary teleconferences were America and Caribbean luncheon that Magnetics Committee was involved in The committee supports the “Meter • “GPS training and application to organized with chairs of the Europe was held during the Annual Meeting. the organization of the Annual Meeting Reader” department in TLE, focusing seismic hazards in southern Haiti” Regional Advisory Committee and Latin technical sessions, a postconvention on different issues related to potential was supported by URGeo/FDS/ America/Caribbean Regional Advisory At the request of the SEG president, workshop, and the Gravity and fields. Alan Morgan has been UEH, Ecole normale supérieure, Committee. In addition, an in-person GAC leadership reviewed the SEG Magnetics Luncheon. In addition, the coordinating the publication of this Seismology Technical Unit of the committee revised and voted on the department. In 2019, there were two Bureau of Mines and Energy, and updated version of its policies and articles published in the department, National Center for Geospatial TABLE 12 procedures. Other activities included: and two more were in review for Information. A total of 15 students DOCUMENTED TELECONFERENCE ATTENDANCE SINCE THE FOURTH reviews of technical publications, 2020. One of the papers covered the from the University of Haiti were QUARTER IN 2018. continuation of the committee’s 2018 postconvention workshop about involved in the project. dedicated department in The Leading integrated imaging that triggered a Attendees Q4 2018 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2019 Edge, proposing and leading the call for papers for a special section in GAC leadership 2 2 3 1 2 editing process for a special section Interpretation focused on integrated RAC chairs 1 2 0 0 0 in Interpretation, and being involved . Some committee SEG staff 2 3 6 4 1 in the organization of a joint summer members served as associate editors workshop with the American for that special section. Overall, 13 Geophysical Union (AGU). papers were submitted and are 36 2019 Annual Report

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currently in review. The projected page on the SEG Wiki is in progress, • Provided feedback for a field camps • Locate a vice chair to ensure Editorial Board of Interpretation, and the publication date is August 2020. and its completion is the committee’s photo contest to ensure selected committee continuity and seek Editorial Board of The Leading Edge. goal for 2020. Another objective for 2020 photos adhered to HSSE standards additional committee members The 2019 W-10: Misac Nabighian is to increase the committee’s presence The Honors and Awards Committee — Memorial Workshop was organized on social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, • Reviewed international traveler The committee’s mission is, “to following extensive research by each in collaboration with the Mining Twitter, and Instagram). documents and identified help ensure that HSSE is taken into of the committee members — makes Committee. The organizers were Ed opportunities for improvement consideration for any activities that and documents recommendations, Biegert, Yaoguo Li, Jean M. Legault, The committee will continue to the SEG manages or sponsors. The which must receive approval from Aline Tavares de Melo, Ken Witherly, support SEG-related activities that 2019–2020 OBJECTIVES committee will not duplicate the work the SEG Board of Directors. In some Cara Schiek-Stewart, and Manik promote knowledge and applications that the International Association cases, the recommendations must Talwani. The workshop was attended of gravity and magnetics methods at • Support the Field Camps Committee of Geophysical Contractors and be unanimously approved by both the by 50 participants and included a the Annual Meeting and throughout International Association of Oil & Gas committee and the Board. series of invited talks and poster the year. º Continue to provide feedback on Producers do with HSSE for geophysical presentations. The organizers did a HSSE plan components of field operations, but rather complement it The following awards were conferred great job, and the workshop was a camps proposals and utilize wherever possible industry at the 2019 Annual Meeting held in San success. Health, Safety, Security, and guidance already developed.” Antonio. Full citations for these awards Environment º Provide an example uncertainty were published in the November 2019 The Gravity and Magnetics Luncheon Luke Decker, chair plan to include in the field camps issue of The Leading Edge. featured Caroline Morley from the call for proposals Honors and Awards Department of Astronomy of the 2018–2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Don Steeples, chair MEDAL University of Texas at Austin with a º Ensure that the field camps talk titled, “The exotic atmospheres Luke Decker continued his second request for proposals is clear The Honors and Awards Committee Robert H. Stolt of faraway worlds.” The luncheon year as chair of the committee. The about HSSE plan expectations consists of the five most recent was well attended and had positive following was accomplished: past presidents of SEG. The 2019 VIRGIL KAUFFMAN GOLD MEDAL responses from the participants. • Create an HSSE game that may be members were Don Steeples (chair), • Reviewed the health, safety, security, used during SEG student events by Chris Liner, John Bradford, Bill Abriel, Mauricio D. Sacchi Dale Bird is the SEG Gravity and and environment (HSSE) plan asking participants to identify good and Nancy House. Magnetics Committee representative component of field camps proposals and bad HSSE practices in old field REGINALD FESSENDEN AWARD on the AGU–SEG Collaboration and provided feedback to submitters camps photos Nominations were solicited from the Committee. A joint AGU–SEG to begin a dialog about safety membership at large following the Luis Alonso Gallardo and Max A. Meju workshop on airborne geophysics was • Explore the idea of bringing Kevin 2018 Annual Meeting in Anaheim. held 10–13 June in Florida. • Submitted an article to The Leading Bohacs’ field safety course to SEG Nominations for certain Best Paper J. CLARENCE KARCHER AWARD Edge about committee activities in collaboration with the American or Best Presentation awards were The committee had a goal for 2019 to and created a new contact e-mail Association of Petroleum Geologists provided by the Technical Program Xinding Fang and Hejun Zhu revise its policies and procedures (voted address ([email protected]) and look into the possibility of Committee for the 2018 Annual unanimously). The dedicated committee providing a virtual field safety course Meeting, the editor of Geophysics, the 37 2019 Annual Report

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DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT Vaughn Ball, Luis Tenorio, Christian HONORABLE MENTION, THE LEADING HONORABLE MENTION, BEST PAPER AWARD OF MERIT, BEST PAPER Schiøtt, Michelle Thomas, and J. P. EDGE PRESENTED BY A STUDENT Rock Solid Images Blangy “Least-squares seismic horizons with “Time-lapse seismic monitoring of local slopes and multigrid correlations” “Accurate estimates of simultaneous LIFE MEMBERSHIP “Near-surface velocity estimation using individual hydraulic frac stages using a seismic velocity changes and source-domain full traveltime inversion downhole DAS array” Xinming Wu and Sergey Fomel interfracture-source distances from Mike Graul and early arrival waveform inversion” coda wave interferometry” Grant Byerley, Dave Monk, Peter BEST POSTER PAPER SPECIAL COMMENDATION Lu Liu, Yan Wu, Bowen Guo, Song Aaron, and Mike Yates Jonathan Singh Han, and Yi Luo “Magnetoseismic resistivity mapping: Blair Benson Schneider BEST PAPER IN INTERPRETATION Fundamentals and challenges” BEST POSTER PAPER PRESENTED BY “High-resolution gravity measurement A STUDENT OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR aboard an autonomous underwater “Pore characteristics and dominant Qiuzi Li, Harry W. Deckman, and Deniz vehicle” controlling factors of overmature Ertaş “Amplitude variation with offset (AVO) Laura Valentina Socco shales: A case study of the Wangyinpu inversion modeling with a local elastic Takemi Ishihara, Masanao Shinohara, and Guanyintang formations in the HONORABLE MENTION, BEST POSTER solver” BEST PAPER IN Geophysics Hiromi Fujimoto, Toshihiko Kanazawa, Jiangxi Xiuwu Basin” PAPER Akito Araya, Tomoaki Yamada, Kokichi Elena Jaimes “First application of the marine Iizasa, Satoshi Tsukioka, Shinobu Fenglin Gao, Yan Song, Zhuo Li, “Flexible high-performance differential electric dipole for Omika, Takeshi Yoshiume, Masashi Zhenxue Jiang, Zhiye Gao, Xinxin multiphysics waveform modeling on AWARD OF MERIT, BEST STUDENT groundwater investigations: A case Mochizuki, and Kenji Uehira Zhang, Lei Chen, and Qingxin Liu unstructured spectral-element meshes” POSTER PAPER study from Bat Yam, Israel” BEST PAPER IN THE LEADING EDGE TECHNICAL PROGRAM AWARDS FOR Michael Afanasiev, Christian Boehm, “Jump-starting neural network training Amir Haroon, Klaus Lippert, Vladimir THE 2018 ANNUAL MEETING Martin van Driel, Lion Krischer, and for seismic problems” Mogilatov, and Bülent Tezkan “State of stress in the Permian Basin, Andreas Fichtner Texas and New Mexico: Implications BEST PAPER Fantine Huot HONORABLE MENTIONS, Geophysics for induced seismicity” BEST PAPER PRESENTED BY A “Frac-hits mapped by tube waves: STUDENT “Time reversal for wave refocusing Jens-Erik Lund Snee and Mark D. A diagnostic tool to complement and scatterer detection using machine Zoback microseismic monitoring” “Q-interface imaging based on data- learning” domain attenuation estimation” Zhao Zheng, Henry C. Bland, and Matan Shustak and Evgeny Landa Sean R. Machovoe Bei Li

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Interpretation Editorial Board editors directly enlist contributions roughly represents the membership of TABLE 13 Balazs Nemeth, editor-in-chief from potential authors who are either SEG and AAPG. As in 2018, the focus ORIGIN OF PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION IN INTERPRETATION BY authorities on a specific technical of the special sections can influence COUNTRY 1 JANUARY 2019–31 DECEMBER 2019 This is the seventh Interpretation topic or seasoned interpreters in a the origin of the papers. In 2018, China 140 France 2 annual report since its launch in specific basin. Such invitations from special sections on Brazil broadened USA 87 Ireland 1 October 2012. The Editorial Board the special-section editors on behalf of diversification beyond the United States Canada 12 Israel 1 members for 2019 included Balazs the American Association of Petroleum and China. India 10 Italy 1 Japan 1 Nemeth (editor-in-chief), Kurt Marfurt Geologists (AAPG) and SEG to publish Brazil 5 Colombia 3 Norway 1 (deputy editor-in-chief), William L. in Interpretation greatly facilitate the Table 14 groups the contributions Egypt 3 Pakistan 1 Abriel, Sunday Amoyedo, Huyen Thi release of proprietary data, workflows, by type of institution. With the desire Portugal 1 Malaysia 3 Saudi Arabia 1 Thanh Bui, Oswaldo Davogustto, and best practices from company of university faculty and students to Nigeria 3 Dallas B. Dunlap, Vsevolod Egorov, management. Indeed, such requests document their capabilities through Ukraine 1 Netherlands 3 Total. 287 Shu Jiang, Robert K. Merrill, Lisa are correctly viewed as outside peer-reviewed publications, it should be Stright, Oskar Vidal Royo, Bradley recognition of company expertise and no surprise that universities contribute United Kingdom of Great Wallet, Chicheng Xu, Bo Zhang, and therefore align with business goals of 60% of the papers, unchanged from Britain and Northern Ireland 3 Hongtao Zhu. being a preferred partner, operator, or previous years. However, note that the Australia 2 Denmark 2 technology provider. simple classification in these tables has Interpretation is built on special a North American bias — with many of sections, with standing sections on The expectation is that each board the Chinese university authors working “Tools, Techniques, and Tutorials” member will initiate at least two special in institutions that are more accurately and “Pitfalls,” as well as a general sections each year. Not all special categorized as university-industry- Xuan Tang, Sumit Verma, Xinming Wu, technical section. There are three sections receive the minimum of government technology labs based at Rui Zhang, Shuo Zhang, and Tao Zhao. TABLE 14 motivations for the special sections. three papers; in this case, accepted university sites. These deputy associate editors have ORIGIN OF PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR First, the readers of Interpretation can papers appear in the general technical been proficient in conducting efficient, PUBLICATION IN INTERPRETATION find multiple articles addressing a section. Papers that miss the special The success of the journal led to a timely, and objective reviews of papers in BY EMPLOYER 1 JANUARY 2019—31 given technical topic or geologic basin, section due to delays in data release continued increase in the number a wide range of topics. DECEMBER 2019 thereby identifying unifying themes or additional revisions also appear of unsolicited papers to the general Universities 168 and alternative perspectives. Second, in the next technical section. Papers technical section (Table 15). To aid in The manuscript-handling statistics Oil companies 45 the special sections are organized by accepted for publication prior to the this effort, we have enlisted a suite of are listed in Tables 16 and 17. There is Research institutes 34 guest editors, thereby broadening not target special-section publication date high-energy deputy associate editors, no significant change in the number Governments 17 only the intellectual scope but also the are placed online as accelerated articles including Gaurav Dutta, Nabanita Gupta, of days required for the first review Consultants 12 Service companies and 11 geographic and demographic diversity immediately after they have been edited, Bruno Cesar Zanardo Honorio, Yunsong (Table 16) and in the average number manufacturers of the journal. Third, in addition to the composed, and approved. Huang, Murari Khatiwada, Chaoli Lan, of days spent between acceptance Total 287 published calls for papers requesting Felipe Alberto Lozano, Marcilio Castro de and online publication (Table 17). Of submissions from the geotechnical Table 13 summarizes the origin of Matos, Andrea Miceli Romero, Osareni papers receiving a final decision in community at large, the special section papers by country for 2019. The origin Christopher Ogiesoba, Depapriya Paul, 2019, 61.3% were accepted. 39 2019 Annual Report

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During its seventh year in 2019, the TABLE 15 reputation of Interpretation has grown. SPECIAL SECTION AND PAPER COUNT Equally importantly, Interpretation has Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 risen in the Clarivate Analytics Science Issue A N F M A N F M A N F M A N F M A N F M A N F M A N Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) from Planned special sections 1 1 2 2 4 8 8 8 6 7 3 5 6 6 4 4 7 4 3 4 0.52 in 2015 to 1.172 in 2018 (Table 5 4 1 3 5 5 Special sections published 1 1 2 3 3 4 6 6 8 4 3 5 6 6 4 2 6 3 2 2 18). Although originally intended as 4 4 1 2 3 4 Papers in special sections 8 10 23 21 19 26 35 32 50 30 27 22 28 13 19 23 39 18 14 16 a tool for libraries, many government 20 27 3 10 29 21 Papers in general technical section 9 7 4 6 2 9 4 7 4 6 7 11 13 18 11 12 14 16 19 20 research institutions and international 14 21 18 20 12 15 Total papers published 21 19 28 26 21 35 40 41 55 38 35 34 42 33 30 38 53 35 34 36 37 49 23 30 42 36 universities use the score as a component in employee evaluation and promotion decisions. Interestingly, because most Interpretation articles cite papers previously published in TABLE 16 TABLE 17 TABLE 18 the AAPG Bulletin and Geophysics, MANUSCRIPT-HANDLING MANUSCRIPT-HANDLING IMPACT FACTOR the rise of Interpretation also has had STATISTICS STATISTICS a positive impact on these two well- Year Impact factor established journals. Year Average number Year Average number 2015 0.510 submitted of days required published of days between 2016 0.690 In summary, through the efforts of the 1 July– for first review 1 July– acceptance and 2017 0.937 Tulsa-based editorial staff, the work 30 June 30 June online publication 2018 1.172 2013–2014 64 2013–2014 82 of the special-section editors, the 2014–2015 69 2014–2015 70 board of editors, and most importantly, 2015–2016 59 2015–2016 58 the contribution of the authors and reviewers, Interpretation is running Year Average number submitted of days required Year Average number smoothly, addressing the needs of 1 January– for first review published of days between our readership, and further building its 31 December 1 January– acceptance and reputation as a peer-reviewed journal. 2016 61 31 December online publication 2017 66 2016 68 2018 63 2017 56 2019* 64 2018 73 2019 71 *First reviews have not been returned for all papers.

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Meetings Review and Planning changing face of SEG Membership 2020 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES to identify particular needs membership started). Previously, Carmen Dumitrescu, chair and healthy oil prices. The number for proposed SEG meetings. membership was related to the of submitted and approved • The meeting proposal submittal Specifically, RACs should act solar year, running 1 January to 31 The Meetings Review and Planning meeting proposals continued form is available on Basecamp. as advisors for their regions and December. Under this rule, a member Committee (MRPC) for most of the to increase. There were 45 More feedback (number countries to highlight meeting needs joining SEG mid-year received year had 20 members, including submissions in 2019, 25 in 2018, of participants, number of from SEG. only a few months of benefits, the SEG Board liaison and staff and 13 in 2017. In 2019, 38% of presentations, and financial) is new members were discouraged liaisons. MRPC membership includes the proposals came from North needed to better estimate the from joining in the second half of representatives from SEG’s regional America; the SEG Middle East meeting costs and finances and to Membership the year, and members were not advisory committees (RACs), SEG office produced 24%; and SEG clarify the expected benefits from Aldo Vesnaver, chair allowed to join in the fourth quarter standing committees (Development China office, India, and Singapore the requested meetings. of the year. With the anniversary date and Production, Gravity and produced 20%. The remaining The period from October 2018 to membership cycle, all new members Magnetics, Oil and Gas Reserves, 18% of requests came from South • MRPC will work with SEG staff to October 2019 saw relevant changes in will immediately enjoy a full year of and Technical Standards), and America and Europe. create a complete calendar by region the SEG Membership rules. SEG benefits, without reason to delay intersocietal/cooperative committees to include the American Association his/her membership. This rule will (Global Inc. and Offshore Technology • Approximately 36% of the approved of Petroleum Geologists, European In spring 2018, the SEG Board of also simplify the related administration Conference). proposals are promoted meetings, Association of Geoscientists and Directors and Council approved a processes, potentially producing an 56% are operated meetings, and 8% Engineers, Society of Petroleum Bylaws change in voting rights, allowing income increase and a cost decrease. MRPC provides the SEG Board of are partnered. Engineers, American Geophysical Associate Members to vote but not be Directors and SEG staff with member- Union, Developing Unconventionals, elected to Society leadership positions. The committee held online meetings, driven advice for all proposed • Some of the promoted meetings and other pertinent geoscience/ This decision was later approved discussing new initiatives to expand meetings that request in-kind or include the Virtual Student engineering meetings, workshops, by a ballot among the entire SEG the reach and size of SEG. One financial support of SEG. A secondary Conference, Congreso Mexicano del etc. Membership. This change is a positive meeting was devoted to discussing role of MRPC is to ensure that Petróleo, 16th International Congress conclusion after a decade of discussion concerns raised by President-elect all segments of the Society have of the Brazilian Geophysical Society, • The committee will continue to about engaging a larger share of Rick Miller in The Leading Edge. visibility, voice, and representation in General Assembly of the European provide informed recommendations members in the Society, without directly In which, he raised the question of the content, approval/rejection, and Geosciences Union, 10th Congress to the SEG staff and Board on event involving less-experienced members in why there are more professionals scheduling of proposed meetings. of the Balkan Geophysical Society, approvals, ensuring that the events critical decisions. attending the Annual Meeting than and 9th International Geosciences are consistent with the SEG mission; Active Members. One of the reasons 2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Student Conference. appropriately separated in time, Another change was approved by considered was the networking geography, and subject matter; and the Board of Directors and Council opportunity for both for business • A clear approval process for • Updated MRPC policies and are fiscally effective for the Society. for linking the start (and end) of and scientific idea exchange. For submitted proposals was used. procedures are available on individual memberships to the date this reason, the committee agreed Basecamp. • MRPC will encourage closer they first joined SEG in an anniversary to contribute to such networking • The number of reviewed and communication between RACs and date membership cycle (i.e., one growth by expanding its reach, in a approved meetings reflects the the Global Advisory Committee year from the day that the individual similar way adopted in the past by the 41 2019 Annual Report

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TABLE 19 Global Affairs Committee, although • The Meet, Eat, and Greet members- Annual Meeting, workshops, and DISTRIBUTION OF SEG MEMBERSHIP with a different goal. A revision of the only breakfast was successfully continuing-education courses. procedures manual for the committee held for the second year at the 2019 Percent SEG district was proposed and shortly discussed Annual Meeting. TOTAL PAID MEMBERS Count (all members) by the Board of Directors. This Houston 1820 13.62% revision is still being fine-tuned to link • The Bring a Member competition • Total paid members were 13,365. Greater Texas 1864 13.95% it to an ongoing general reorganization also was held in 2019. Members This number includes Active (8498), Southwestern United States 1072 8.02% of many other SEG committees. who successfully invited Associate (3088), and Student (1779) Northeastern United States 1290 9.65% nonmembers to join SEG between memberships. Active Members Canada 946 7.0 8% Several other accomplishments to May and September were entered to include Honorary, Life-awarded, and Latin America and Caribbean 712 5.33% North Europe 8.34% improve membership satisfaction and win a prize. Emeritus members. 1115 South and Central Europe 7.4 9% size include the following. 1001 Sub-Saharan Africa 431 3.22% • In the SEGratis program, participants The distribution of SEG Membership Middle East, North Africa, and • For the second year, the Community paying a nonmember rate now are worldwide confirms that its core is West Central Asia 1045 7.82% Engagement Department held a rewarded with a free membership. still in the United States, although Asia 1031 7.71% calling campaign to notify past-due The program will be expanded it is not a majority and is slightly Pacific 981 7.3 4% members. The campaign resulted in 2020 to include the SEG declining. However, adding Unknown 57 0.43% in the renewal of 952 suspended Canada, we see that North America United States 6046 45.24% memberships. All other regions 7262 54.34%

• A reenvisioned Corporate Membership benefits package was approved to increase group- payment options for companies who 23,216 22,930 PAID MEMBERS sponsor employee membership and 24,000 21,883 to better educate employers on the 22,000 18,696 privileges of SEG Membership. 20,000 18,000 16,714 • Sunday Funday members-only events 16,000 13,998 13,365 were held at four meetings during 14,000 2019. They included the American 12,000 Association of Petroleum Geologists’ 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Annual Meeting, Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Membership count over the last few years. *Student memberships paid by the SEG Foundation and SEG Honorary Lecturer tour in result in higher numbers for 2013–2017. Beginning in 2018, the SEG Foundation no longer had Oklahoma and Kansas. Member population in various districts. funding to sponsor Student Members. 42 2019 Annual Report

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accounts for more than half of the The committee held four meetings summit, and a traditional reception. committees), and Kennedy Doro organization and its members in mind, total membership. At the same time, during 2019. These took place at the In addition, we presented the Harold (global chair). and are willing to work hard to achieve it suggests that potential growth Association for Mineral Exploration Mooney Award to Jonathan Ajo- the goals of the Society. Therefore, it may be envisioned in Asia, Africa, Roundup Conference in Vancouver, Franklin. Work is currently under way is not surprising that nominees often and Latin America, while taking into Canada; the Australian Society of for the 2020 technical program. Nominations are people who have served on SEG account their population size Exploration Geophysicists Conference Ruben Martinez, chair committees, have been involved in the and extension. in Perth, Australia; the Prospectors Our annual elections concluded organization of the Annual Meeting, and Developers Association of Canada 1 July, and we had an excellent The Committee on Nominations is have served on the board of an SEG Student memberships paid by the SEG International Convention in Toronto; candidate pool. charged with assembling a list of subsidiary, have been Council members, Foundation result in higher numbers for and the SEG Annual Meeting in San candidates for the Board of Directors or have otherwise made a mark. 2013–2017. Beginning in 2018, the SEG Antonio, United States. A significant step for the section and the district representatives and Foundation no longer had funding to was the new definition of roles and overseeing all membership votes. 2019 SEG ELECTION sponsor Student Members. Attendance was varied with a minimum responsibilities, allowing for better The committee is made up of three of three and a maximum of 16. collaboration between leadership and immediate prior SEG past presidents; President-elect: Topics discussed during the meetings duplicated functions to compensate four representatives from sections, • Maurice Nessim Mining included planning for the SEG Annual for cases when our members are in associated societies, technical • James Rector Jean Legault, chair Meeting; closer cooperation with the the field. These modifications will allow sections, or geographic districts; Near-Surface Geophysics Technical us to improve actions and services for the chair of the Council; and two Second vice president: The end of 2019 marks the midpoint for Section, Gravity and Magnetics our membership. SEG directors at large. This year’s • David Bartel me as chair of the Mining Committee, Committee, and SEG; the SEGMIN list committee members were John • Scott Singleton during which I have been ably assisted server; and archiving the mining and We appointed leaders for various Bradford, Bill Abriel, Nancy House, by Glenn Chubak (vice chair) and Sarah geothermal workshop presentations. areas, including TLE, Geophysics, Abdulaziz Muhaidib, Mike Wilt, Stuart Vice president, publications: Devriese (technical program chair). membership communication, Wright, Tim Dean, Gustavo Carstens, • Baishali Roy newsletters, student programs, and Ken Tubman. • Mauricio Sacchi The primary function of the Mining Near-Surface Geophysics continuing education, and social Committee continues to be the Technical Section media. We also defined new elected Filling a slate of candidates is not an easy Director at large: organization of mining-related José Arce, chair positions for global chair and global task. The Board and the Council need to • Mohammed Badri activities at the SEG Annual Meeting. cochair in accordance with the SEG represent and give voice to our diverse • Tad Smith For the 2019 Annual Meeting in San The SEG Near-Surface Geophysics expansion to better serve all regions in membership of different geophysical Antonio, the committee organized Technical Section has continued the world. disciplines, geographic areas, and Director at large: one full oral session, one poster sustained growth. Our participation personal backgrounds. The committee • Kurt Marfurt session, and a committee meeting. at the 2019 Annual Meeting included The 2019 leadership included Chester looks for candidates who not only help • Amy Rhodes The committee also co-organized a five oral, three poster, and three Weiss (chair), Catherine Truffert (chair- balance this representation but also care postconvention workshop with the special sessions. We also held one elect), José Arce (past chair), John Goff about SEG, have shown that they are District 1: Gravity and Magnetics Committee panel discussion, one postconvention (vice chair), Lia Martinez (secretary), willing to make an effort and commit • Allen Bertagne honoring the late Misac Nabighian. workshop, a full-day postconvention Sarah Morton Rupert (vice chair of time, have the best interests of the • Karen Carlson 43 2019 Annual Report

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District 2: District 12: • District 6: Hector Alfonso Publications In early April 2019, the Publications • Kathy Hardy • Kim Frankcombe • District 7: Isabelle Lecomte Kris Innanen, chair Committee voted to recommend • Frank Brown • Ahmad Riza Ghazali • District 8: Dirk Gajewski to the SEG Board of Directors that • District 9: Obi Ifeanyichukwu During 2018–2019, the Publications SEG become a participant in the District 3: Survey & Ballot Systems Inc. (SBS) • District 10: Sherif Hanafy Committee trained its focus on one new journal. The Board approved • Tiziana Vanorio was contracted to conduct the SEG • District 11: How-Wei Chen question — whether SEG should join the proposal later in the month, and election for the Board of Directors. • District 12: Kim Frankcombe with other societies as a participant in SEG formally contracted with GSW District 4: SBS designed ballots and distributed a new open-access journal operated as a participant at midyear. There • Ray Earley an electronic ballot and a paper by GeoScienceWorld (GSW). are six other professional geoscience ballot to each voting member. SBS Passive Seismology organizations participating — the District 5: received, tabulated, and verified the Ulrich Zimmer, vice chair Committee discussions on the matter American Association of Petroleum • Jennifer Leslie-Panek votes, and submitted the results to the began in November 2018 as the Geologists (AAPG), Geological • David Mosher SEG business office. The Committee In 2019, the main activity of the concept for the new publication was Society of America (GSA), Geological on Nominations verified the count Committee for Passive Seismology in early stages of development. Less Society of London, Mineralogical District 6: provided by SBS. was developing a workshop on recent than two months prior, a group of Society of America, Society of • Hector Alfonso developments in the interpretation and European governmental research- Economic Geologists, and Society for • José Arce Official ballots were sent out 4 June 2019 application of microseismic technologies. funding agencies organized under Sedimentary Geology. to 10,498 voting members eligible to vote The workshop was planned for June in the name cOAlition S had issued an District 7: in this year’s election. The annual election Santa Fe, New Mexico. Unfortunately, open-access mandate that raised GSW has operated primarily as a • Isabelle Lecomte had a participation rate of 20.48%. the workshop was canceled due to a potential demand for the journal geoscience journals aggregation • Sjoerd de Ridder lack of participation, although quality GSW was developing. Under Plan program since its founding in 2004 and speakers from many operators had S, as the mandate is called, authors online launch in 2005. SEG, a founding District 8: ELECTION RESULTS accepted the invitation. whose research is funded by society, has its three journals in the • Dirk Gajewski cOAlition S agencies will have their aggregation. Journal publishing is a • President-elect: Maurice Nessim The committee recognizes that there article processing fees covered only new enterprise for GSW. Rather than District 9: • Second vice president: Scott are numerous induced seismicity efforts. if the articles in which their research start from scratch, GSW purchased • Obi Ifeanyichukwu Singleton Looking forward, the question arises results are reported appear in fully an existing journal, Lithosphere, from • George Smith • Vice president, publications: Baishali of where the committee should focus. open-access journals. Geophysics, GSA, and it will open for submissions Roy One thought is that it should focus on Interpretation, and The Leading Edge in January 2020. District 10: • Directors at large: Tad Smith and the practical integration and application all are hybrid open-access journals, • Sherif Hanafy Kurt Marfurt of passive seismology techniques. The meaning they include a mixture of Through its participation, SEG can • Jackie Zhang • District 1: Allen Bertagne primary topic during the first-quarter articles available for free under an provide a publishing channel for • District 2: Kathy Hardy 2020 committee meeting will be defining open license and content available applied-geophysics researchers District 11: • District 3: Tiziana Vanorio the committee’s direction. only by member or institutional subject to open-access mandates • How-Wei Chen • District 4: Ray Earley subscription, and are, thus, not such as Plan S. Authors may submit • District 5: Jennifer Leslie-Panek Plan S compliant. directly to Lithosphere or gain the 44 2019 Annual Report

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benefit of SEG peer review by Research in Houston (30–31 January) at the • There are two workshops scheduled • Artificial intelligence frontiers in submitting to one of the journals Sergio Chávez-Pérez, chair ExxonMobil campus. for 2020. The first, “Maintaining true geosciences operated by the Society. Authors seismic amplitudes from sensor to submitting articles to Society-operated The Research Committee currently • Matthew Brzostowski was selected image,” will be held 20–24 July in • DAS part 1: Recent advances in journals also can indicate if they are includes 79 members from a variety as vice chair for the committee. He Park City, Utah. The second, “Data subsurface characterization using willing to have the SEG editors (SEG/ of industry segments and academia, will assume the position of chair in analytics and machine learning for distributed acoustic sensing and the AAPG in the case of Interpretation) including student members and 2021. exploration and production,” will road ahead transfer articles to Lithosphere that young professionals. Due to travel take place 10–13 August in Denver, they reject for their own journals restrictions and the downturn in oil • There is a lack of international Colorado. • DAS part 2: What is next for DAS? because they are lean on novelty or and gas, committee attendance and opportunities (i.e., workshops) in Operator needs versus technology otherwise deemed out of scope yet participation has been lower than Latin America. 2019 ANNUAL MEETING SPECIAL suppliers’ vision that are well written, reflect adherence expected. However, the committee SESSIONS AND POSTCONVENTION to sound scientific principles, and have meeting during the 2019 Annual • There also is a need for an increased WORKSHOPS • Frontiers in seismic reservoir value in the marketplace. Meeting was well attended and active. footprint in Asia. characterization The Recent Advances and the Road It has been my pleasure to serve as UPDATES AND DISCUSSIONS • A broader proposal of workshops Ahead special session was sponsored • Joint imaging/inversion of S-waves chair of this committee, comprised of will be presented to the SEG Board. by the Research Committee. with P-waves: Advances in leaders of all SEG publications teams. • Azra Tutuncu was chair of the Presentations included overview characterizing overburden, elastic Members were Valentina Socco Research Committee for the • Real workshop interaction is needed. perspectives and examples of cutting- models, and petrophysical properties (Geophysics editor), Balazs Nemeth 2018–2020 term. She unexpectedly edge research in unconventionals, related to conventional and (Interpretation editor), Mauricio Sacchi passed away before the 2019 • Further participation is required full-waveform inversion/imaging, unconventional reservoir development (Books Editorial Board chair), Baishali Annual Meeting. Her memorial is to help select the Best Paper in machine learning, and seismic Roy (The Leading Edge Editorial in the January 2020 issue of The Geophysics. acquisition. The average attendance • Least-squares migration: The way Board chair), Raul Cova (Translations Leading Edge. was 112. forward Committee chair), Karl Schleicher • Members would like to include a

(Wiki Committee chair), Amit Padhi • Sergio Chávez-Pérez assumed the monthly committee column in The The Research Committee sponsored • Long-term monitoring of CO2 (Reviews Committee chair), Dimitri position of chair during the 2019 Leading Edge. 14 of the 18 postconvention workshops geosequestration: Continuous Bevc (Technical Program Committee Annual Meeting. at the 2019 Annual Meeting. Titles and surveillance and quantitative chair), James Rector (member at large), 2019 AND 2020 SUMMER RESEARCH topics included: interpretation and Sergey Fomel (vice president, • New committee members include WORKSHOPS publications). Fomel has assumed the Miguel Bosch, Aaron J. Girard, Niels • Advances with land seismic for • Machine learning and data analytics role of chair for 2019–2020. Grobbe, and Sjoerd A. L. de Ridder. • Summer research workshops were characterizing reservoirs — Part 1 algorithms and workflows for not scheduled during 2019 to avoid geoscience applications • Partha Routh will provide meeting topic conflicts with the Energy in • Advances with land seismic for space for the 2020 winter meeting Data conference. characterizing reservoirs — Part 2 45 2019 Annual Report

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• New technologies in marine for review, despite multiple discussions During 2019, the SEG Scholarships resources to enhance their education • Joint events focusing on women, acquisition on the matter. Committee managed the application and prepare for their careers. diversity, and inclusion that would process for the 2019–2020 academic be held in regions and during annual • Real-time processing for large-scale A final word of warm thanks for her year. The committee evaluated 428 The 2019 Scholarships Committee meetings streaming seismic data invaluable assistance in handling the applications and granted 124 students included Camelia Knapp (chair), affairs of this committee goes to Callie scholarships, totaling US$578,463. Esther Babcock, Lorie Bear, Loralee • Facilitating joint publications such as • Seismic attributes in the age of Lee-Petricek. She is organized, diligent, Dickson, Yong Ma, Adam Mangel, Karl Interpretation machine learning and ensures that the committee is During the evaluation process, each Schleicher, and Kai Zhang. never off track. committee member ranked applicants • Contributing to “Geophysical Corner” • Value of high-frequency FWI models for merit based on information in AAPG Explorer provided in their applications. SEG–AAPG Cooperation The average attendance ranged from Scholarships Individual rankings were compiled, Brandy Hawkins, chair • Listing dual memberships in 30 to 300. Camelia Knapp, chair and a composite forced ranking was publications created to determine the highest- During the 2018–2019 period, the Since its inception in 1956, the qualified applicants in each of six SEG–AAPG Cooperation Committee Reviews SEG Scholarships program has categories (freshman, undergraduate, endeavored to make headway on SEG Bylaws Amit Padhi, chair helped advance the field of applied and graduate, each divided into North several fronts for new collaboration Joseph Reilly, chair geophysics by encouraging students American and international). and reinvigoration. Because there are In 2019, we published 29 book who excel in geoscience. Gifts from no committee members at this time, During 2019, the Bylaws Committee reviews. This is the same number of SEG Members, their employers, The committee considered the specific most discussions developed among consulted with the Board and various reviews that were published in 2018. corporate sponsors, SEG Sections selection criteria for each of the myself, SEG, and AAPG leadership other committees on a number of and Associated Societies, and individual scholarships and carefully and staff. It is our recommendation items including Council processes, Committee membership decreased memorial funds given in honor matched qualified applicants, in some to decommission this standing voting member definition, the after the chair requested less-active of colleagues, friends, and family cases with the assistance of advisory committee to a task force or special membership application process, members to step down. Several new members provide substantial merit- boards that provided feedback and interest group that may function to and an anniversary dues cycle. members were added from different based financial awards for deserving recommendations on applicants. All coordinate specific objectives. Subsequently, formal reviews regions and age groups. And, in students. Approximately US$9 scholarships are merit based, ensuring were requested by the Board of all an unfortunate turn of events, two million in scholarship money has that the top geoscience students in the There is interest by both organizations proposals. This eventually resulted in members passed away. The current been awarded to date to the top world are honored and awarded. to see potential collaboration for: motions on all items to the Council. membership stands at 32. geoscience students in the world. With the exception of the membership From freshmen just beginning their Committee members also served as • Concurrent or consecutive application process, all proposed Scientific publishers are increasingly education to graduate students doing advisors to each of the 122 recipients conferences every 2–5 years amendments were approved by the offering e-books rather than printed research to advance the field, SEG for the 2018–2019 academic year, Council. In addition, the committee books for review. Within the committee, scholarship awardees are recipients helping them learn more about • Early-career and student programs advised the Board on various topics there is hesitation to accept e-books of the most prestigious geoscience career opportunities in geophysics including the European Union privacy scholarships in the world. and connecting them with valuable law and the need to retain legal advice. 46 2019 Annual Report

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SEG–NGWA Collaboration COMMITTEE MEMBERS SEG–SPE Collaboration conditions. The third workshop in Fort A look back at the workshop series John Lane, cochair James Rector, cochair Worth was timed with the release brings into focus the key enabling • John Lane of the USGS one-year hazard map, concepts for the rapid progress The SEG–NGWA Collaboration USGS The SEG–SPE Collaboration updated to include induced seismicity that has occurred — collaboration, Committee (SNCC) was established as SEG cochair Committee’s work has fostered a for the first time. The workshop integration, communication, part of the SEG–NGWA affiliation MOU • Bill Ally series of workshops on injection- identified the need for proactive transparency, and trust. The signed 23 May 2016. In the MOU, the NGWA induced seismicity. Per agreement, the mitigation strategies including improved workshops have served as an National Groundwater Association was NGWA cochair societies take turns being the primary predictive modeling capabilities. important framework for ongoing “charged with considering and making • John Jansen operator. The initial SPE-operated The fourth workshop in Dallas discussions between researchers, recommendations to the respective Collier Consulting workshop occurred September 2012 highlighted continuous improvements industry, and academics. organizations regarding areas of • John Sciacca in Broomfield, Colorado. Subsequent in understanding and operational risk cooperation, such as joint workshops AECOM workshops in the series occurred in management and stressed the need or programs and continuing • Jonathan Ajo-Franklin Banff, Alberta, Canada (2014); Fort for improved public engagement. SEG Women’s Network education courses.” Lawrence Berkeley National Worth, Texas (2016); and Dallas, Texas Hendratta Ali, chair Laboratory (2017). All workshops, including the fifth The most recent workshop in 2019 NGWA and SEG provide • Kristina Keating and latest SEG-operated workshop drew 108 participants, by far the The SEG Women’s Network complementary support for Rutgers University (Dallas, Texas, November 2019), have majority being from the United States Committee (WNC) was created in 2011 geophysical sciences, with • Gordon Osterman essentially been sellouts and, with tight and Canada, but there also were to raise awareness and find solutions SEG focusing on methodology Aarhus University budgetary control, profitable for both participants from Japan and China. for the challenges women encounter in development in applied geophysics • Stephen Moysey SEG and SPE. Workshop participants Themes covered within the workshop applied geophysics. and NGWA primarily supporting East Carolina University strongly advocate continuing with a included geomechanics and fracture geophysics as applied to hydrologic • Niels Grobbe sixth workshop in the series, possibly mechanics; reservoir-engineering STRATEGIES scientific questions. University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2021, which would be back to SEG perspectives; ground motion and • John Bradford to operate. seismic hazard; integrated case • Empower women’s participation and SNCC identified the following Colorado School of Mines studies of injection-induced seismicity leadership in applied geophysics areas of overlap between the • Kathy Butcher Technical content in the workshop from disposal; ; worldwide two communities: water resource NGWA series has mirrored evolving technical regulatory and operational protocols; management, ground and surface understanding. The inaugural risk assessment, management, and • Enhance opportunities for water measuring and monitoring, and SEG and NGWA agreed to sponsor workshop in Broomfield can best mitigation; stakeholder engagement, participation, representation, remediation of water resources. joint technical sessions, and the be summarized as a starting point, communication, and public education; self-empowerment, leadership, organizations are open to the targeting industry education and and the intersection of evolving networking, technical offerings, and SNCC meets four times a year, of development of joint meetings. awareness of the issue of induced science, regulations, and public sharing of best practices for women which two meetings are in person at seismicity. The second workshop in viewpoint. The workshop concluded in SEG, connected societies, and the major annual meetings of Banff showcased, with expanding with topical sessions highlighting the profession each organization. examples of induced seismicity, effective industry approaches to risk the establishment of reactionary management and public engagement. operational protocols tailored to local 47 2019 Annual Report

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• Create a community of mutual • Mentor students and early-career • Enrich the Annual Meeting program WNC IN 2018–2019 • WNC hosted a half-day support among female SEG professionals with specific activities created to postconvention workshop titled

Members raise awareness about diversity The committee made significant “Rock physics implications of CO2 • Maintain visibility on women’s and inclusion in geophysics and advances in 2018 and 2019. injection in the subsurface.” It was • Elevate awareness of the value of a challenges in geophysics by to support the empowerment of organized by Hendratta Ali from diverse workforce in the profession identifying changing opportunities women, specifically focusing on • A WNC webinar series was launched Fort Hays State University, Nazmul and implement solutions for and needs by communicating young professional and student in 2019, with five successful Haque Mondol from the University women’s challenges in geophysics these challenges in a constructive segments of SEG webinars held throughout the year. of Oslo, and Manika Prasad from and grounded way that is aimed to Colorado School of Mines. This OBJECTIVES identify and implement solutions WNC has made significant • A book contest was held on 8 March workshop brought together a panel contributions toward increasing the to celebrate International Women’s of experts and practitioners to • Promote SEG Membership among • Expand outreach to members in effective participation of women in Day. Four winners were chosen. share insights about the challenges women globally by creating order to raise collective awareness SEG by raising awareness of diversity and opportunities of applying rock

beneficial activities that increase on gender diversity and inclusion and inclusion issues for women • Several exciting WNC events were physics to image CO2 and fluid awareness of diversity issues and in geophysics and by boosting held at the 2019 Annual Meeting. interactions in the subsurface. offer a sense of community º Publish a series of articles in the the nomination of women for SEG Full Spectrum column of The governance roles and awards over the • The 9th Annual Women’s • Mentoring365 was held during the º Create opportunities for Leading Edge last eight years. Networking Event brought members Annual Meeting in collaboration with networking following an and students together to network the American Geophysical Union incremental approach º Advertise WNC on the SEG WNC also has been instrumental in and discuss current events. Allyson and the Association for Women website and in other societies’ raising the collective awareness of Anderson Book, executive director of Geoscientists. WNC provided º Provide self-empowerment publications women’s challenges and contributions the American Geosciences Institute, several mentors for this activity and and self-training opportunities to geophysics through a series of was the keynote speaker. contributed with the advertising. in technical and soft skills via º Create and maintain a strong, communicative, informative, and webinars and other means informative, and inspirational educational strategies such as the Full • A full-day postconvention workshop • A WNC fund was established presence of WNC on social media Spectrum column in TLE, presence titled “Near-surface geophysics through the SEG Foundation to º Maintain a sustained effort in on social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, for archaeological and forensic encourage individuals to donate and nominating women for SEG º Establish and enrich SEG Twitter, and Instagram), workshops, applications” was held. Workshop support activities of the committee. governance roles, participation in resources on diversity in the SEG courses, and networking events. leaders were Blair Schneider from committees and programs, and Wiki and BaseCamp the University of Kansas and Recep PLANS FOR 2020 in awards and recognitions Additionally, WNC has conducted “Ray” Cakir from the Washington º Host SEG webinars to widely several surveys to gather Geology Survey. This workshop • Launch a WNC newsletter to be • Enhance the effectiveness of WNC share women role models in demographic and experiential focused on how geophysicists can distributed quarterly activities by improving communication geophysics as well as gender- information on the current state of be valuable collaborators and aid in and by working with WNC key diversity statistics, issues, diversity within SEG Membership. identifying unknown site and future • Revise the WNC web page to better stakeholders in SEG committees, solutions, trends, and inclusion- excavation or preservation plans. facilitate engagement of all SEG programs, activities, and governance related articles Members 48 2019 Annual Report

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• Develop a WNC-sponsored award, ADVISORY COUNCIL The Leading Edge Editorial by the SEG Board of Directors, the Additionally, an Honorable Mention the SEG IDEAL Award, that will Board Editorial Board delegated review was awarded to Grant Byerley, Dave honor an individual for leadership in • Eve Sprunt Baishali Roy, chair and editing of nontechnical material Monk, Peter Aaron, and Mike Yates for inclusion, diversity, and equality • Nancy House to SEG staff, with the caveat that their paper titled “Time-lapse seismic • Maria Angela Capello The Leading Edge (TLE) Editorial Board any material judged to be sensitive monitoring of individual hydraulic frac • Submit a proposal for a new • Maitri Erwin members for the 2018–2019 term were or controversial would be elevated stages using a downhole DAS array.” technical award named after a Baishali Roy (chair), Yongyi Li, Steve to the Editorial Board for review. woman to be presented at the Sloan, Kyle Spikes, Ulrich Zimmer, This change was intended to allow Honors and Awards Ceremony at Margarita Corzo, and Michel Kemper. Editorial Board members to focus on Translations the Annual Meeting Roy completed her term of service technical articles. Raul Cova, chair during the 2019 Annual Meeting and • Continue efforts to globalize was replaced by Chengbo Li. Kyle SPECIAL SECTION TOPICS COVERED The Translations Committee reviews WNC, with regional committees, Spikes took over the role of chair for IN CALENDAR YEAR 2019 applied geophysics books and articles initiatives, and activities led by young 2019–2020 at the conclusion of the published globally and recommends professionals and students Annual Meeting. • January: Case studies: to the vice president, publications Conventionals and/or chair of the Books Editorial • Increase the publication frequency of In 2019, the SEG Board of Directors • February: Case studies: Board published materials deemed the Full Spectrum column approved the addition of two TLE Unconventionals to be of sufficient interest to the Editorial Board members to assist with • March: Full-waveform inversion general membership to warrant • Augment joint activities with the growing number of submissions. • April: India translation and publication either in connected societies and Current Editorial Board members will • May: Rock physics SEG journals or as an SEG special organizations that work for women identify and recruit additional members • June: Near-surface geophysics publication. Historically, the committee empowerment in 2020. • July: Machine learning applications focused on translations into English • August: Exploration geophysics in but has expanded its role to consider • Offer dedicated mentoring for In calendar year 2019, 83 technical China translations of works into other students articles were published in TLE with 68 • September: Acquisition and sensing languages as well. of those being assigned to specific • October: AVO inversion COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP special sections and the other 15 • November: Borehole geophysics In addition to fulfilling its charter, appearing as “standalone” technical • December: General submissions the Translations Committee advises • Hendratta Ali, chair papers. Numerous nontechnical the Board on policy matters related • Blair Schneider, vice chair articles related to Society events and The 2018 TLE Best Paper Award was to publications translations. It also • Ellie Ardakani, publications lead activities also were published. presented to Jens-Erik Lund Snee and collaborates with the Wiki Committee • Ogochukwu Ozotta, Mark D. Zoback for their paper titled in the translation of content published communications lead Through a change in the TLE Policies “State of stress in the Permian Basin, through the SEG Wiki. and Procedures, recommended by Texas and New Mexico: Implications the TLE Editorial Board and approved for induced seismicity.” 49 2019 Annual Report

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In 2019, the Translations Committee Method by Vladimir Leviant, Igor Travel Grants 2019 AWARDS Technical Program Travel Grant: continued its collaboration with the Kvasov, and Igor Petrov. The proposal J. Tyler Schwenk, chair • 40 applicants Wiki Committee on the Spanish was distributed to technical experts Near-Surface Research Award: • 23 award recipients translation of the Encyclopedic and reviewers who approved its The primary purpose of the Travel • Four applicants • 12 countries of citizenship Dictionary of Applied Geophysics, publication. The translation was Grants Committee is to evaluate student • Presented to Patrick Duff of the fourth edition. Volunteers were done by the authors. Thanks to an and recent graduate applications for University of South Carolina 2019 ACTIONS recruited during March to participate impressive copyediting effort led by grants that offset costs associated for the project, “Understanding in a Marathon Week of translation Susan Stamm, the final version of with attending the Annual Meeting. The shallow marine classic reservoir Committee members, SEG staff, the in April. A total of 70 volunteers the book was presented at the SEG majority of the grants go to attendees heterogeneity from modern SEG Women’s Network Committee, participated in the event, which Annual Meeting in San Antonio in of SEG-sponsored student programs, analogues resolved by GPR and and SEG Members at large worked to was extended for a second week. September 2019. such as the SEG/ExxonMobil drone imagery” diversify new committee membership: Volunteers reached the goal of Student Education Program and the geographically, technically, with young translating 100% of the Dictionary’s In September 2019, the committee SEG/Chevron Student Leadership Student Education Program: professionals, and by gender. Year-on- 6777 terms. When the last term was also received a recommendation Symposium. The committee also • 112 applicants year updates of the Student Education translated by Sven Treitel on 16 May, for translation of a book originally evaluates awards of the SEG Technical • 30 award recipients Program and Student Leadership phase 1 of the project was complete. published in Portuguese: Geophysics Program Travel Grant for those • 18 countries of citizenship Symposium essay questions continued. State of Bahia: Geological Studies planning to present their research at the Committee members also worked to Phase 2 began immediately after, with and Mineral Exploration. A formal Annual Meeting. Lastly, the committee Student Leadership Symposium: make the grading guidelines of grants a review of all of the translated terms submission and its distribution to evaluates applications for the SEG Near- • 83 applicants and best practices clear and uniform. to ensure quality and consistency. reviewers are in progress. Surface Research Award, which offsets • 50 award recipients This practice will continue in 2020. Figure labels and tables will continue costs associated with a near-surface • 21 countries of citizenship to be translated during this phase, and geophysics project. completion is expected year end 2020.

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PLANS FOR 2020 • Zhiguo Wang Top contributors were: Brenda museum online. Through this • Zoe Zhang Monsalve, Jorge Luis Ñustes partnership and additional support In 2019, the committee voted to Andrade, Maria Brandt, Andrés Felipe from Les Denham, Bill Gafford, and change the grant-review process. Wiki Salamanca, Raul Cova, Juan Márquez Ed Lengel, the wiki added more than Applications will be randomly sorted Karl Schleicher, chair Cruz, Reinaldo Michelena, César Darío 1400 items from the geoscience and reviewed by three members Cantú Bendeck, Lucía Torrado, Carlos museum to the SEG Wiki. Each item of the committee. This decision In 2019, the Wiki Committee proposed Finlay, and Lara Blazevic. published is searchable and linked was prompted by the difficulty of and the SEG Board approved an by multiple categories, including finding volunteers that could commit expanded charter. In addition to The Mandarin translation project for the location, donor, manufacturer, and to reviewing 100 or more grant organizing member contributions dictionary continues from 2018, now description. Most items have images, applications. The committee hopes to the SEG Wiki, the committee will led by Yang Zhang with support from and the public will be able to add their this will expand the possible volunteer help organize contributions to social Jianxiong Chen, Tao Li, Ching Wen, knowledge and information to each pool of future committee members media (LinkedIn, Twitter, and other Alfred Liaw, and additional volunteers. item to highlight the history and future and allow for a more thorough online outlets). The committee also will As of 15 December 2019, 3650 entries of applied geophysics. examination of each grant application. provide avenues for SEG Members had been translated in their entirety In addition to this change, goals for to recommend topics for the SEG by 41 volunteers. Close to 55% of this The SEG Wiki continues to be sustained 2020 include increasing membership podcast, Seismic Soundoff. translation is complete. by sponsors. Sustaining investors are of the committee from 13 to 16 and Apache (founding sponsor), Shell, IHS continuing to promote diversity. In February 2017, a group of volunteers The SEG Wiki university partnerships Markit, and In-Depth Geophysical. started translating Robert Sheriff’s continue to grow, as Heather Bedle We appreciate these companies’ The members of the committee Encyclopedic Dictionary of Applied from the University of Oklahoma led commitment to knowledge sharing dedicate a great deal of time and effort Geophysics into Spanish. On 16 four classes to write and submit new through the SEG Wiki. to the thoughtful evaluation of each May 2019, the entire dictionary was articles to the SEG Wiki in 2019. This of the grant applications. I’d like to translated. From the team leaders that partnership to date has produced acknowledge and thank them for their helped start the project to the ones more than 125 new high-quality service to SEG and its members: that stayed with us through the years, articles to the wiki. it was an amazing team effort from all • Emma Butler volunteers. The top contributors each The third book to be added to the wiki, • Chandra Dubey made over 1000 contributions, and Problems in Exploration Seismology • Seth Haines more than 70 volunteers participated and their Solutions by Lloyd P. Geldart • Dalton Hawkins in the project. Currently, the Spanish and Robert E. Sheriff, was completed • Sajad Jazayeri project team leaders, with a selected in 2019. Conversations are ongoing • Leslie Marasco group of volunteers, are reviewing the about translating this book. • John Onayemi translations and updating the SEG Wiki • Cecilia Ramirez with the translated figures and tables to The SEG Wiki and chair also worked • Justin Simmons create an e-book and/or print book of closely with the Geophysical Society • Chelsea Squires the final translation. of Houston to add its geoscience 51 REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES “In 2019, on the recommendation of the Publications Committee and endorsement by the Board of Directors, SEG decided to join six other societies as participants in the new GSW journal.”

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GeoScienceWorld to the journals are required to financed by cOAlition S and other transfer articles to Lithosphere that directors consists of eight members, Ted Bakamjian, representative purchase access to the entire journals organizations that have signed on to they reject for their own journals two appointed from each society. aggregation. Compensation to the Plan S be published only in fully open- because they are lean on novelty or Joseph Reilly, chief geoscientist for GeoScienceWorld (GSW) is a nonprofit publishers is based on a combination access journals. SEG’s journals are otherwise deemed out of scope yet ExxonMobil, and Mohammed Badri, collaborative and comprehensive of the amount of content the publisher hybrid open-access journals, meaning that are well written, adhere to sound managing director for Schlumberger Internet resource for research and contributes and how much it is used. that authors can pay a fee to make their scientific principles, and have value in Research Dhahran, are SEG’s IPTC communications in the earth sciences By participating in GSW, SEG extends articles free under an open license. the marketplace. board of directors representatives. that is built on a core database of peer- the usage of its publications beyond the reviewed journals and is integrated SEG Library while also earning royalties. In 2019, on the recommendation IPTC 2019 IN BEIJING with the GeoRef index. SEG is one of of the Publications Committee IPTC Management (26–28 MARCH 2019) GSW’s seven founding organizations, Approximately 20% of usage of and endorsement by the Board of Joseph Reilly and Mohammed along with the American Association Geophysics, TLE, and Interpretation Directors, SEG decided to join six other Badri, Board members The theme of IPTC 2019 was of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), the occurs through GSW, with nearly all of societies as participants in the new “Partnership and Innovation: The Geological Society of America (GSA), the rest enabled by the SEG Library. GSW journal. The other six are AAPG, The International Petroleum Technology Silk Road towards a Sustainable the Geological Society of London Usage of SEG publications on GSW GSA, GSL, MSA, SEPM, and the Conference (IPTC) rotates between Energy Future.” The China National (GSL), the American Geosciences declined significantly during 2018 as Society of Economic Geologists. Asia Pacific and Middle East locations. Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) was Institute, the Mineralogical Society of usage on the SEG Library increased. IPTC is organized to advance the host organization, and Saudi America (MSA), and the Society for A primary reason appears to be that Rather than start from scratch, technology related to exploration, Aramco was the cohost. More than Sedimentary Geology (SEPM). search algorithms have been adjusted GSW purchased an existing journal, drilling, and production as well as 2400 abstracts were submitted for versions of record, and for SEG Lithosphere, from GSA. The journal transportation and processing covering and 447 were presented (oral and The journals aggregation launched the versions of record are in the SEG opened for submissions in January upstream and technologies. e-poster combined) in 70 technical in February 2005 and today includes Library. Some adjustments were 2020. IPTC partners are the American sessions. This was a record for IPTC 46 journals from 28 publishers. SEG made to the GSW platform in 2019 Association of Petroleum Geologists conferences. has three journals available through that appear to have boosted usage, Through its participation, SEG can (AAPG), the European Association of GSW: Geophysics, The Leading Edge yet not to the level of years past when provide a publishing channel for Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), Attendance was more than 3000. (TLE), and Interpretation (copublished approximately a third of all usage was applied-geophysics researchers the Society of Petroleum Engineers Overall, content was well balanced with AAPG). SEG also is one of 11 through GSW. subject to open-access mandates (SPE), and SEG. SPE operates IPTC on between and publishers participating in GSW such as Plan S. Authors may submit behalf of the partnership. geoscience. Including special and eBooks, which launched in 2014 GSW spent much of 2019 developing directly to Lithosphere or gain the panel sessions and opening and and includes more than 1200 titles, a new business line — a multisociety benefit of SEG peer review by Key factors responsible for IPTC’s closing ceremonies, there were a total including more than 140 from SEG. open-access journal that would submitting to one of the journals success are the host national oil of 89 sessions. To further enhance be compliant with Plan S, the operated by the Society. Authors company, an international oil company an already strong technical program, GSW is supported by institutional mandate initiated by European Union submitting articles to Society-operated cohost, and service-sector support. additional elements included top journal and book subscriptions and government research funding agencies journals also can indicate if they are Structurally, IPTC is incorporated papers from sponsoring societies, an perpetual-access sales of books to known as cOAlition S. The mandate willing to have the SEG editors (SEG/ with the four societies as owners oil and gas project case study session, institutions. Institutions subscribing requires that reports of research AAPG in the case of Interpretation) (20% interest to SEG). The board of 53 2019 Annual Report

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ask the expert sessions, and the countries nominated. Review led to about its oil industry. The conference SEG representatives on the IPTC board to continue its presence in China. As society president’s panel session. a short list of six project nominations is expected to attract top executives participated in the IPTC Excellence in a result, a loss of US$272,000 was from six organizations representing four from national and international oil Project Integration Award Committee, recorded for the 2019 Annual Report. A special CEO plenary session was countries. Finalists were Manifa from companies from around the world. where three finalists were selected out However, the current projected budget moderated by Tor Fjaeran, president Saudi Aramco (winner), Malikai from of 17 candidate projects submitted surplus for IPTC 2020 in Dhahran of of the , with Shell, and Moho Nord from Total. The conference theme is “Vision from 11 organizations. more than US$2 million will restore CEOs from CNPC (Wang Yilin), Saudi to Prosperity: A New Energy Era IPTC to a positive cash flow. We Aramco (Amin Al Nasser), Total (Patrick IPTC 2020 IN DHAHRAN Emerges.” Industry response set a IPTC 2021 IN KUALA LUMPUR recognize Saudi Aramco for their Pouyanne), and Woodside Energy Ltd. (13–15 JANUARY 2020) new record with more than 3500 (23–25 MARCH 2021) support of IPTC. (Peter Coleman). In addition, there were abstracts submitted. The abstracts eight topically focused panel sessions. A first since being founded in 2005, were submitted from 336 organizations Early planning for IPTC 2021 is under IPTC will be held in the Kingdom of and 56 countries. A total of 762 way. The host for the event is Petronas, NAPE Advisory Education Week, a week-long program Saudi Arabia, with Saudi Aramco abstracts were selected (oral and and Mubadala Petroleum is the cohost. Patrick Rutty, representative running concurrently with the regular serving as the exclusive host. The e-poster combined) and worked The current plan is to have more than technical program, provided third- and conference is honored to receive into 100 technical sessions. The 400 papers presented in more than Partners in the North American fourth-year international university the patronage of his royal highness conference will take place at the 50 technical sessions, plus all of the Prospect Expo (NAPE) are the students a chance to work in groups Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Dhahran Conference and Exhibition additional components that are a part American Association of Petroleum in selected project areas. Selection Salman Bin Abdulaziz. Complex. The conference venue of the overall IPTC program. Landmen (AAPL), the Independent was very competitive. A total of 277 has been upgraded and enlarged to Petroleum Association of America applications were received representing IPTC 2020 will be the first accommodate delegates and visitors, IPTC FINANCIALS (IPAA), the American Association of 83 universities and 28 countries. international multidisciplinary including exhibition space and technical Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), and Through sponsorship, IPTC provided for multisociety oil and gas conference session rooms. While planning for IPTC 2019, the IPTC SEG. NAPE, which celebrated its 25th students’ travel and accommodations. and exposition to be held in Saudi board of directors was informed that anniversary in 2019, was founded Arabia. The conference is especially The technical program includes 14 achieving a financial surplus would by AAPL in 1993. IPAA joined as a For young professionals 35 years or welcomed since the last IPTC geoscience-specific, six integrated be a challenge in China. IPTC staff partner in 1995. In 2004, AAPG and younger or with less than 10 years of conference in the Middle East was geoscience and engineering, and provided regular financial updates to SEG came aboard, each taking a experience, IPTC offered a one-day in December 2017. The Executive 10 unconventionals sessions. The the IPTC board to keep them informed 10% interest. This left IPAA with 29% Emerging Leaders Workshop. The Committee of the conference conference also will feature four of the anticipated financial performance and AAPL with a majority-ownership program is a mix of talks and activities includes more than 45 top company technical program enhancements of the event. The IPTC board approved 50.5% position. NAPE Management prepared and presented by emerging executives and managers, positioning including top papers from sponsoring delivering the event despite the LLC retains 0.5% and serves as leaders, industry leaders, and experts. the event for remarkable success. societies, ask the expert sessions, projected poor financial performance, NAPE’s general partner. Partners The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has project case study sessions, and as they were comfortable with the participate through the NAPE A staple of every IPTC conference is seen significant changes in recent seminars. Several workshops also are company’s cash flow and reserves. Advisory Board, on which I began the Award for Excellence in Project years, making it a perfect place for planned including one titled, “Emerging Furthermore, they agreed that serving as SEG’s representative in Integration. 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NAPE is an environment where SUMMER NAPE 2019 by offering space and audio/visual at include job fairs and young professional record of adding something new to the prospect developers interact with (21–22 AUGUST, HOUSTON, TEXAS) no cost, but there are two caveats: events. NAPE has a strong track events each year. potential buyers with the expectation (1) events cannot conflict with NAPE of doing business. This environment In contrast to NAPE Summit, events, and (2) sponsorships cannot naturally draws engineers, exposition attendance and the number be solicited. SEG’s initial ROI Forum at geoscientists, landmen, lenders, capital of exhibitors of Summer NAPE 2019 NAPE Summit 2018 lost money. For providers, etc. Because there is the struggled to maintain the levels seen 2019, SEG developed a more focused expectation of making deals, many during 2018, and financial results program with four distinct geoscience attendees are decision makers. decreased measurably. Realizing that subthemes. Still, preregistrations NAPE Summit competes with Summer remained low, and the forum was NAPE began in Houston with Winter NAPE, NAPE is starting a season canceled. For NAPE Summit 2020, NAPE (now called NAPE Summit) and pass package in 2019 that will include SEG planned a popular two-day expanded to include Summer NAPE. attendance of both events (Table 21). machine learning short course, but Later, two regional conferences were due to low registration, the course was added in Pittsburgh and Denver, but Net surplus to SEG’s 10% interest from canceled. Striving to be a responsive since they proved unprofitable, NAPE Summer NAPE 2019 was US$54,004. partner, SEG will continue looking for a now only consists of the winter and model for a profitable partner event. summer conferences located SEG PARTNER EVENTS AT NAPE SUMMIT in Houston. NEW INITIATIVES WITHIN NAPE NAPE encourages its partners to NAPE SUMMIT 2019 develop training and events to foster NAPE has initiated a quarterly (11–15 FEBRUARY, HOUSTON, TEXAS) a NAPE week experience. These hardcopy publication, the intent being are partner events, not official NAPE to maintain regular contact with its NAPE Summit 2018 attendance events. NAPE encourages these events audience. Other new components Visitors engage at the SEG booth during NAPE 2019. and financial returns improved over prior years, as the industry started to emerge from the downturn. The TABLE 20 TABLE 21 2019 results were equally strong, with ATTENDANCE AND FINANCIAL DATA FOR NAPE SUMMIT 2019 ATTENDANCE AND FINANCIAL DATA FOR SUMMER NAPE 2019 exposition attendance and the number of exhibitors (and the net surplus) Attendance Attendance identical to 2018 (Table 20). Net surplus Business Number of Net surplus Business Charities Number of Expo ths Expo ths (8/8 $) Conference luncheon exhibitors (8/8 $) Conference exhibitors Summer NAPE 2018 US$893,876 Net surplus distributed to SEG’s 10% Summit 2018 12,298 902 1083 701 US$4,610,140 2866 265 225 Summer NAPE 2019 US$540,038 interest in June 2019 from NAPE Summit 2019 12,328 920 1597 694 US$5,000,933 2487 318 185 Summit 2019 was US$500,093. 55 2019 Annual Report

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Offshore Technology percentage standpoint, the exposition for Individual Achievement. The as well as recently introduced and acting director, Bureau of Ocean Conference footage (the primary driver for net Institutional Achievement awardee technologies. Energy Management (BOEM) Alex Martinez, chair surplus) only fell in the 10% to 12% was the ExxonMobil-operated Hebron range because companies want to Offshore Project. David Baldwin was Advancements in marine renewables • “DOE oil and gas: Addressing The Offshore Technology Conference maintain their priority space. The honored with the Hoover Medal. have impacted the offshore sector technology and market challenges” (OTC) organization is an excellent general perception is that the offshore Net proceeds from the dinner were on a global scale. In response, OTC by Shawn Bennett, deputy assistant collaboration between multiple market is rebounding, but sustainment donated to the 2019 charity beneficiary, has expanded its program content to secretary for the Office of Oil and professional societies, including SEG. requires further efficiency gains. Spindletop Charities. include technical sessions dedicated Natural Gas, U.S. Department of The conferences OTC sponsors to wind, hydrokinetic, and gas hydrate Energy bring people together to discuss and OTC 2019 (5–9 May) drew 59,200 In the opening general session, advancements. This expansion is learn about the latest advances in attendees, a decrease of about 5000 “The next 50 years of offshore expected to continue in future years. OTC’s Technical Program offshore technology and new business from OTC 2018. Exposition footage developments,” company executives Subcommittee would not be possible opportunities. OTC has been going fell approximately 6% from OTC 2018. shared how they are preparing for Technical and panel sessions featuring without the dedicated efforts of successfully for more than 50 years, Financially, net surplus increased the brave new world of digitalization, SEG collaboration with other societies volunteers. Alex Martinez was the adapting and evolving over that time modestly despite the decrease in automation, and machine learning. included: chair for OTC 2019, and Stephan to meet the needs of attendees and attendance and exposition space. Other special events during the week Gelinsky served as vice chair. Other exhibitors. In addition, it brings needed included: • “Offshore drilling, reservoirs, and volunteers included Nathan Bangs, revenue to the organizing societies. For OTC offers a plethora of learning and foundations: Solutions for today Brian Brookshire, Lance Cole, Ashwani the 2019 fiscal year, the net distribution networking opportunities through • Rice Alliance Startup Roundup @ and tomorrow” organized by the Dev, Elive Menyoli, and Larry Scott. to SEG from all OTC events was an extensive program of regular OTC American Association of Petroleum Immediately following OTC 2019, Alex US$1,143,123.04. and special technical sessions, Geologists (AAPG), Marine Martinez moved upward to fill SEG’s panel sessions, breakfast and • Spotlight on New Technology Technology Society (MTS), and SEG OTC board of directors position. It was A brief summary of each OTC event luncheon presentations, and other Awards vacated by Wafik Beydoun of IOGP follows. activities. Program development is a • “Coming to Americas” organized by after eight years of faithful service, the collaborative effort of the professional • OTC Energy Challenge (high school MTS and SEG last two as chair of the OTC board. OTC HOUSTON 2019 (5–9 MAY 2019, societies forming the OTC partnership. competition) Gelinsky stepped forward to become HOUSTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES) SEG primarily contributes through its • “State of the seismic industry: SEG’s subcommittee chair for OTC Technical Program Subcommittee. New to OTC in 2019 was the Around Preparing for the upturn” organized 2020, and Martin Terrell became the Held annually since 1969, OTC is the World Series. These special by AAPG and SEG new vice chair. the largest global offshore-focused OTC Week started with a Golden sessions focused on specific countries. conference in the world, drawing more Anniversary Gala, where SEG Countries featured this year were SEG also played a role in two Looking forward to OTC 2020, now than 100,000 attendees in the peak and AAPG jointly sponsored a Canada, Ghana, Guyana, Israel, breakfast/luncheon presentations: SEG Technical Program Subcommittee years of 2013 and 2014. Attendance table. During the dinner, the OTC Mexico, Norway, and the United Chair Stephan Gelinsky notes that during the current downturn has Achievement Awards for Individuals Kingdom. In these sessions, global • “BOEM: An update on the U.S. SEG will be sponsoring two invited dropped approximately 40% to the and Organizations were recognized. industry leaders discussed new offshore regulatory environment” by technical sessions jointly with AAPG. 60,000 range. 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and onshore shale opportunities, the presalt province, and the impact of OTC Asia 2020 will highlight how Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, a loss. OTC wants to continue other is on geohazards. There also the digital revolution on the offshore Asia continues to thrive as a center Myanmar, and Thailand supporting development and capture will be one or more general technical sector. SEG’s Technical Program of excellence to drive efficiency of Arctic technology, but until a sessions on reservoir characterization Subcommittee delivered a panel through vigilance in cost management, Charles Knobloch (partner in profitable business model can be and monitoring. SEG will host one session titled, “Geophysical advanced application of robust strategies, and Knobloch & Tripp) represents SEG on developed, there are no definitive luncheon (or breakfast) on energy technologies applied to the Brazilian development of emerging technologies the Oversight Committee. Chrissie plans for the next ATC. solutions across the Atlantic margin pre-salt reservoirs.” It was moderated to proof the industry as it transitions Sylvester Lojikim (Shell) is serving as with speakers from Brazil and South by Paulo Johann (). Past into a lower carbon world. chair of SEG’s OTC Asia Technical Africa. SEG also is cohosting a panel OTC Board Chair Wafik Beydoun Program Subcommittee, while Mohd Unconventional Resources on “Investing in uncertainty: Rewarding moderated a breakfast presentation Elements of the technical program that Firdaus Abdul Halim (Petronas) is Technology Conference the upside,” for which an impressive list by Alex Dal Pont (Petrobras) covering are likely of interest to SEG Members serving as vice chair. Other volunteers Management of senior managers from operators and “The new paradigm of innovation follow. include Xie Yi, Guillaume Cambois, Frank Brown, representative service providers have been recruited. in Brazil.” Prior to OTC Brasil, in a Hitoshi Mikada, Elita Yunyuye meeting arranged by Paulo Johann, • Panel session titled, “Talent Li, Alessandro Mannini, Wanida The Unconventional Resources OTC BRASIL 2019 (29–31 OCTOBER SEG leadership met privately with capability development: Closing Sritongthae, Stephan Gelinsky, and Technology Conference (URTeC) is 2019, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL) Petrobras’s geophysical group. the gap.” Panelists include Cindy Michelle Tham. a science-based annual conference Yielding (senior vice president, developed as a collaboration of the The 5th OTC Brasil was held at From a volunteer standpoint, Paulo strategic initiatives, BP America Inc.), It is with great sadness to announce American Association of Petroleum SulAmerica, switching locations from Johann represented SEG on the Emeliana Rice-Oley (vice president, the passing of Professor Deva Ghosh, Geologists (AAPG), the Society of Riocentro, where previous OTC Brasil Oversight Committee. Cochairs exploration upstream, Petronas), our long-serving SEG Member who Petroleum Engineers (SPE), and SEG. conferences were held. Unlike OTC for SEG’s Technical Program and Salam Salamy (administrator, also served as Honorary Lecturer for URTeC focuses on unconventional Brasil 2017, it was not colocated with Subcommittee were Marcilio Matos and Upstream Professional Development SEG (2010–2012). He was an excellent reservoir development with a specific Rio Pipeline. The conference theme Manuel Peiro. Other volunteers were Center, Saudi Aramco). contributor for OTC Asia since its emphasis on integrated workflow. was “Strengthening Deepwater for the Eduardo Lopes de Faria, William Meyer, inception. He unexpectedly passed URTeC operates through the Future.” An attendance of 15,291 from Gonzalo Flores, Terrel Dhanpaul, and • Technical sessions titled, away on 6 December 2019 in the Management Committee outlined in a 48 countries exceeded expectations, Pedro Mario Cruz E. Silva. “Geoscience/geology,” “Geophysical company of his beloved family. He will Sponsoring Organizations Agreement. reflecting both the strong technical technology and solutions — be deeply missed by the geophysical Leadership of the Management program and high interest in Brazil’s OTC ASIA 2020 (24–27 MARCH 2020, What’s new?,” “Novel approaches community around the world. Committee rotates among the upcoming bid rounds. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA) and emerging technologies in societies. The Technical Program geoscience,” “Advanced reservoir ARCTIC TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE Committee operates with cochairs The technical program featured four The biennial OTC Asia 2020 will characterization,” “Reservoir from the three societies. Shawn plenary sessions, 22 special sessions, have more than 150 exhibitors characterization,” and “Cost The last Arctic Technology Conference Maxwell served as SEG’s cochair and 40 technical sessions. Focus and anticipates more than 20,000 management by hazard mitigation” (ATC) occurred in November 2018. for URTeC 2017 and 2018. Scott areas were changing conditions of the attendees. With its theme “Excellence Attendance was low. Only 280 Singleton is SEG’s cochair for URTeC Brazilian gas market, exploration and in Asia: Creating a Sustainable Energy • Country sessions about Australia, registered and only 259 picked up 2019 and 2020. production in ultra-deep waters of the Equation — The Next 50 Years,” Brazil, Brunei, Canada, China, their badges. Financially, it suffered 57 2019 Annual Report

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Although the original intent was 400 attendees. The opening morning • URTeC one-day workshops. in Buenos Aires. SEG’s China for URTeC to have a home base in was topped off with two well-attended URTeC conducted three one-day office also is working to propose a Denver, Colorado, the location has topical luncheons. The first, “The workshops in 2019. They were held URTeC China conference. moved through the years due to venue shale revolution — Is the party over?,” in Midland, Texas (SEG operated); unavailability during the desired time was presented by Mike Wichterich , Oklahoma FINANCIALS frame. After two years in San Antonio, (CEO) and Leanne Churchward (vice (SPE operated); and Pittsburgh, URTeC 2017 moved to Austin and then president of business development) Pennsylvania (AAPG operated). All Although not yet finalized as of year- to Houston for URTeC 2018 where from Three Rivers Operating Company were well attended and financially end 2019, the net-surplus forecast for attendance set a record of more than IV. The second, “Targets, training, and profitable. Importantly, feedback URTeC 2019 exceeds US$1.4 million 6400. Although dropping from record technology in the 2020s: Where is indicated that by attending the one- (or more than US$420,000 to SEG’s levels, URTeC 2019 attendance in geoscience headed?,” was presented day workshops, attendees were 30% ownership). Financial results Denver was strong at around 5200. by Rob Stewart (SEG president and more likely to attend URTeC. Going were on par with those experienced This reflects strong unconventional University of Houston professor). forward, three one-day workshops in 2018, even with the expected drop resources activity and URTeC’s solid Topics of great interest included: are planned for 2020 with SEG in attendance. As has been since reputation as the go-to conference for again operating the workshop in inception, there is a note of caution in unconventionals. URTeC 2020 moves • Geomechanics and formation Midland. Longer term, there is the financial arena, as SEG Member back to Austin and to Houston for evaluation potential for expansion to additional attendance at URTeC significantly 2021. domestic locations and possibly to lags its ownership interest. Should the • Economics of unconventional plays global locations. conditions for an ownership adjustment URTEC 2019 TECHNICAL FOCUS be met, SEG’s interest could be • Operator’s Forum sessions • Global URTeC conferences. reduced, but the maximum allowable Fears concerning participation were SPE operated URTeC’s first global reduction would be to 25%. quickly allayed when the opening • conference in Brisbane, Australia (18– plenary session drew more than 2000 19 November). The event drew 565 people. High-profile speakers included • Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site II attendees from 20 countries and had Mike Henderson (senior vice president, positive financial results. It provided ), Clay Gaspar (president, • Depositional processes in insight into a potential model for WPX Energy), Jeremy Sweek (advisor, unconventional reservoirs, including smaller global URTeC conferences. Darcy Partners), Pete Hagist (senior geologic characterization of vice president engineering, Whiting unconventional reservoirs and • Global URTeC conferences Petroleum), and Shawn Bennett deriving rock properties from seismic in 2020. After monitoring (deputy assistant secretary for oil and unconventional activity in natural gas, Department of Energy). A EXPANDING THE UMBRELLA IN 2019 Argentina, the Management panel session on “Unconventional play Committee authorized conducting development — A view from the front This was a year of expansion for a URTeC Argentina conference lines” also was packed with more than URTeC. Expansion took three forms: to be held 16–18 November 2020 58 FOUNDATION REPORT “The SEG Foundation aspires to help geophysicists adapt and respond to humanity’s increasingly diverse and urgent needs.”

— Michael G. Loudin Foundation Board of Directors chair 2019 Annual Report

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Foundation Board of Directors deductible in the United States. The • PGS — Distinguished Lecture • 28 Sustaining Trustee Associates development of existing professionals, Michael G. Loudin, chair Foundation financially supported 16 program: $50,000 ($2000/year) enriching their careers by helping programs that benefited thousands of them prepare for the exciting new For nearly a century, exploration SEG Members in 2019 by contributing • Schlumberger — Geoscientists 2019 FOUNDATION BOARD OF opportunities of tomorrow. And we geophysicists have enabled global more than $2 million to SEG from the Without Borders® (GWB): $250,000 DIRECTORS must support geophysicists’ hands-on economic growth by finding and combination of endowment spending humanitarian efforts around the world, managing the oil and gas energy and numerous pass-through donations • TGS — Field Camps: $70,000 The Board included Michael G. Loudin as they pursue projects that apply our sources that power civilization. In from corporations and individuals. (chair), Anna C. Shaughnessy (vice unique science to improve quality of life parallel with this contribution, we have At the end of 2019, the Foundation’s • W&T Offshore Inc. — Scholarships: chair), Pete W. Cramer (treasurer), for communities in need. over the last few decades developed endowment was approximately $15.5 $50,000 David C. Bartel, Craig J. Beasley, the knowledge and tools to provide million, of which about half supports Arthur Cheng, Maitri Erwin, Raymond The SEG Foundation aspires to help solutions to additional societal scholarships, and our annual spending SOCIETY/SECTION GIVING: $67,250 C. Farrell, Michael C. Forrest, geophysicists adapt and respond to challenges that have emerged, e.g., rate for endowed programs was 4%. Gretchen M. Gillis, Julie K. Hardie, humanity’s increasingly diverse and managing scarce freshwater resources • AAPG Foundation — GWB: $60,000 John A. Lambuth, Zhaobo “Joe” urgent needs. Carefully stewarded and and mapping areas prone to natural Thank you to the many corporations Meng, and David J. Monk. Mid-term strategically applied by the Foundation, disasters. Since its founding in 1930, and hundreds of individuals who • AIPG Foundation — GWB: $2000 resignations were accepted for Glenn philanthropic investment will be vital SEG has helped guide the profession contribute their time, talent, and W. Bear (relocated by employer) and to our profession’s dynamic future, with clear long-term strategies, and treasure to the SEG Foundation each • Dallas Geophysical Society — Maurice M. Nessim (voted as SEG yielding exceptional educational, will continue this leadership in a year. You enable the education and Scholarships: $3500 president-elect). scientific, economic, and humanitarian changing future. Since 1987, the SEG continued development of thousands benefits as applied geophysics Foundation has worked with individual of members globally, as well as the • Pacific Coast Section of SEG — FUNDRAISING IN 2020 AND BEYOND continues to evolve. and corporate donors to provide tens application of geophysics in the service Field Camps: $1750 of millions of philanthropic dollars to of humanity. The ongoing expansion of exploration Note: All monetary values are in U.S. support programs that meet the needs INDIVIDUAL GIVING: $368,744 geophysics from its roots in oil and dollars. of students and professionals and to 2019 FUNDRAISING RESULTS gas into additional key arenas holds support global growth. • Donations with SEG Membership many implications for our profession. • $1,665,615 (unaudited numbers) dues: $31,102 We must act now to attract passionate The SEG Foundation, a wholly owned and talented new scientists to our subsidiary of SEG, is the fundraising CORPORATE GIVING: $1,228,219 • Employer Matching Gifts: $30,450 changing field. We must provide our arm of the parent organization. new professionals with the practical The Foundation is an IRS 501(c)(3) • Chevron — Student Leadership • Major Gift Donors — Cumulative learning experiences and resources charitable organization, which means Symposium: $800,000 total: $183,000 that will speed their contributions. donations to the Foundation are tax We must advance the professional

60 SUBSIDIARIES REPORTS “We organize collaborations among industry, government, and academia to build realistic subsurface models based on geophysical data simulations.”

— Josef Paffenholz SEAM Board of Directors chair 2019 Annual Report

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SEAM Board of Directors Working committees are utilized was issued. Tasks to be completed Collaboration with the Josef Paffenholz, chair on an as-needed basis. The include reservoir simulations, Open Subsurface Data Shelly Oakley, director of Board continues to ensure that the petrophysical modeling and cross Universe is operations operations of SEAM are conducted scaling, and geophysical simulations. being explored. in a fiscally and legally responsible SEAM is the research arm of SEG. manner. • With the addition of more PROJECT DEVELOPMENT Our mission statement asserts: “SEG participants, a carbonate model Advanced Modeling Corporation SEAM PROJECTS ACTIVE IN 2019 is being constructed. SEAM has Three projects are (SEAM) is a not-for-profit research contracted with Chevron to complete beginning to take shape entity that hosts collaborative projects • Pore Pressure Prediction this model. Work has begun and and gain momentum. between sponsoring stakeholders and Hazard Avoidance. With will be completed by March 2020. to further geophysical research by adequate funds remaining in the The project manager is Mike 1) Non-Impulsive Moving industry and academia.” Pressure Prediction budget, the Oristaglio (Yale University), and the Source project. Non- Management Committee issued a Management Committee is chaired impulsive moving To this end, we organize collaborations Request for Bids in June 2018 to by Shauna Oppert (Chevron). sources present several The SEAM Barrett Model among industry, government, and build an acoustic velocity model. new challenges to data

academia to build realistic subsurface Work was completed in December • Artificial Intelligence (2019–2021). processing, from the earliest data detection (CO2 sequestration

models based on geophysical data 2018, and the deliverables along The Artificial Intelligence project quality control and preprocessing reservoirs), monitor CO2 plume

simulations. In so doing, we stimulate with a final report were sent to all was launched in September 2019 to final imaging. This project will in the subsurface, and CO2 research and development and provide participants in early 2019. The chair with six participants. Several strive to understand and build containment. Several planning a basis for industry leaders to discuss of the Management Committee is Management Committee and industry-wide confidence in seismic meetings with interested parties and learn about specific geophysical Cengiz Esmersoy (Schlumberger), Technical Committee meetings processing tools. A prospectus and from industry, academia, and problems of common interest. and the project manager is Mike have taken place. The Management a work plan have been developed government labs have been held. Fehler (Massachusetts Institute Committee included Konstantin and distributed. Additionally, The plan is to use small-scale The 2019 SEAM Board of Directors of Technology). Osypov (Aramco), Adam Halpert Letters of Intent and Membership models for microseismic event included Josef Paffenholz (chair), John (Chevron), Jicai Ding (China Agreements were sent out during detection validation and reservoir- Eastwood (vice chair), Edith Miller • Life of Field (2016–2019). This National Offshore Oil Corporation), October and November 2019. The scale 4D seismic, gravimetric, and (treasurer), Paul Williamson, Adriana project began active development Cengiz Esmersoy (chair), Pandu project will be conducted in five electric simulations. Preparations Ramirez, Ali Tura, Eric Verschuur, Aria in 2017, following the learnings of Devarakota (Shell), and Rami phases. Based on industry input, for a DOE grant application are Abubakar, Peter Haffinger, and Ken the 2016 Time Lapse Pilot (or Pore Nammour (Total). Three working we expect to launch the project in under way. Tubman (SEG Board liaison). Pressure Extension) project. The committees have been formed, late 2020 or early 2021. project began with six participants which include the Standards 3) Near surface/ground water. A new

The Executive Committee meets and has grown to nine participants. and Formats Committee, 2) CO2 Sequestration Monitoring/ SEAM Director, Adam Mangel has every two weeks to discuss An ambitious clastic model was Committee, and the Microseismic project. The purpose volunteered to take the lead in current issues or concerns. decided on, and a Request for Bids Cloud Collaboration Committee. of the project is to improve fracture developing a near-surface project. 62 2019 Annual Report

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He plans to attend upcoming • Numerous steps were taken over SEG Global Inc. Board of In 2019, the SGI board conducted • Honorary Lecture tour in China by conferences to gauge interest in the last year to improve use and Directors quarterly reviews and provided Koya Suto, 27 July–7 August, SEG, possible collaboration. accessibility of SEAM data. Bruce Shang, chair guidance on SEG China technical included five tour stops in Beijing, programs and financial activities. With Nanjing, Jinan, Qingdao, and Xi’an SEAM FINANCES º All Phase I and Phase II data SEG Global Inc. (SGI) is the SEG four employees, the SEG China office are now available at cost to subsidiary established to promote and successfully conducted 14 events: • Distinguished Lecture tour in China SEAM is currently financially self academia. expand the global impact of applied by John Etgen, 20–25 August, SEG, sufficient. Control of cost structures geophysics around the world. It was • 11th International Petroleum included two tour stops in Beijing has been achieved. Data storage costs º Phase I data prices were originally tasked with operating all of Technology Conference, 22–26 and Nanjing of approximately US$50,000/year reduced by 50% for SEG’s regional offices. The scope March, Society of Petroleum have been eliminated by contracting corporations. of SGI’s business interest has been Engineers/American Association • 7th Oriental Cup National Exploration with Polaris E&E Services Inc. to share concentrated in China, with oversight of Petroleum Geologists/European Geophysics Competition for College a portion of the data license fees º Phase II data are now available of the China office. The operating Association of Geoscientists and Students, 27 August, Beijing, as opposed to a fixed annual cost. on a line-by-line basis. model has been evolving and maturing Engineers/SEG, Beijing, China China Additionally, the SEAM treasurer tracks thanks to the great effort of staff at the nd monthly income and expenses. º Phase I, Phase II, and Pore SEG headquarters and China office to • 2 Foothill Exploration Workshop, • Fractured Reservoirs and Pressure Prediction data will be optimize the impact and efficiency of 12–14 April, SEG/China National Unconventional Resources The contract with SEG for provision of available as small affordable 3D SGI. Petroleum Corporation, Chengdu, Technology Workshop, 1–3 services has been renewed through subsets. Phase II is available China September, SEG, Lanzhou, China February 2024. now. These subsets are The SGI board of directors continues distributed at cost to academia to be populated with leaders in the • International Workshop on Gravity, • 2nd Rock Physics Technology SEAM DATA STORAGE AND and at reduced rates to global community and serves to Electrical & Magnetic Methods and Workshop, 25–27 October, SEG, DISTRIBUTION commercial entities. complement the SEG China Advisory their Applications, 19–22 May, SEG/ Qingdao, China Committee. CGS, Xi’an, China • Oxy has processed the Phase II º The Phase I and Phase II reports • Business Application Seminar of Barret data set and agreed for are available for free download. SGI BOARD OF DIRECTORS • BGP-contracted in-house short Artificial Intelligence in Oil and Gas SEAM to license the data to the course by Mohammad Reza Saberi, Fields, 5 November, Beijing, China public. • The SEAM website is undergoing • Bruce Shang (chair) 25–27 June, Zhuozhou, China major reconstruction to improve • Huasheng Zheng (vice chair) • 3rd International Workshop on • A review of the data license and access to data and to inform • Alfred Liaw (executive director) • Geophysics for Smart City Mathematics Geophysics: Traditional other documents is complete, consumers. The new website • Said Sadykhov Development Technical Workshop, vs. Learning, 5–7 November, SEG, and inconsistencies have been will serve as a starting point for • Tien-When Lo 29–31 July, SEG, Beijing, China Beijing, China eliminated. developing a comprehensive • Turki M. Al-Ghamdi marketing plan. • Jie Zhang • UAV-based Geophysics Special • Distinguished Instructor Short • Xuri Huang Seminar, 29 July, Beijing, China Course by Manika Prasad, 10 • Richard Xu December, SEG, Beijing, China 63 2019 Annual Report

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In addition, the SEG China office • The 2019 SEG China incentive SEG Real Estate Corporation initiated trials for monthly meetings. bonus program structure that is Board of Directors Format and operation details will be designed to be competitive and to Keith Willson, chair decided after the trials. retain talent in the SEG China office. The SEG Real Estate Corporation is • SEG China’s 1st Monthly Meeting, The SEG China office engaged a subsidiary of SEG that was formed 21 August, SEG/Aramco/IHS, Maimang Technology of Beijing in 2011. The Board is charged with Beijing, China to develop an official SEG China oversight of all activities associated website in both Mandarin Chinese with the Geophysical Resource Center • SEG China’s 2nd Monthly Meeting, and English in the fourth quarter of in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The property 5 November, SEG/Aramco/Peking 2019. We expect to have the product consists of two Class A buildings with University, Beijing, China deliverable in January 2020. Phase 1 a combined office space for rent of of the website development focused almost 180,000 square feet situated on The board developed and presented on SEG membership registration and 11 acres at 8801 South Yale Avenue future strategies and initiatives to event management, including abstract and 8811 South Yale Avenue. The further increase SEG technical submission, abstract review, and event original building was completed in The two buildings that comprise the Geophysical Resource Center campus in Tulsa, programs, membership, and other registration. 1986, and the second building was Oklahoma, were sold in 2019. services while maintaining a more or completed in 2015. SEG staff is located less balanced budget. Among the With these new initiatives, we are on the fifth floor of the original building. In 2020, the only business will be some proposed initiatives, the SEG Board looking forward to expanding the final accounting and IRS filing, which of Directors approved the following impact of SEG in China and globally. During 2019, the campus was offered will be handled by SEG staff and the resolutions: for sale. There were a number of bids, Real Estate Board chair. including one that came in at the top • The acceptance of SEG membership end of the range that was established In 2019, the Real Estate Board of dues in Chinese currency. This will by the late 2018 valuation studies. In Directors were: Keith Willson (chair), help increase membership in China conjunction with the SEG Board, a Steve Simmons (vice chair), Dorsey by removing the difficulty of currency decision to sell was made in March. Morrow/Anna Shaughnessy/John Koehr conversion. Negotiations and due diligence led to (secretary), Bill Underwood (Finance an 31 October closing. Since the Real Committee chair), Kim Guyer (Buildings Estate Corporation exists only to manage and Grounds Committee chair), Ray SEG real estate, and with the sale of the Earley (Audit Committee chair), and Dan campus, the wholly owned Real Estate Piazzola (Board member). Corporation subsidiary was dissolved in December per Bylaws procedure and rolled back into the parent SEG. 64 FINANCIAL REPORTS

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Shipping activities

Sales tax and other related taxes

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Leases (Topic 842)

2019 Annual Report 79

Note 2 – Discontinued Operations

2019 Annual Report 80

Note 3 – Financial Assets and Liquidity Resources

Note 4 – Investments

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2019 Annual Report 82 Note 5 – Property and Equipment

Note 6 – Related Party Transactions

2019 Annual Report 83 Note 7 – Retirement Plan

Note 8 – Deferred Revenue

Note 9 – Long-Term Debt

2019 Annual Report 84

Note 10 – Capital Leases

Note 11 – Operating Leases

2019 Annual Report 85 Note 12 – Concentrations

Note 13 – Subsequent Events

2019 Annual Report 86

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019 and 2018

WITH

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

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2019 Annual Report 88 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

Report on the Financial Statements

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Auditor's Responsibility

Opinion

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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

December 31, 2019 and 2018

Assets

Liabilities and Net Assets

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STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

Year ended December 31, 2019

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STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

Year ended December 31, 2018

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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2019 and 2018

Note 1 – Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Without

Without donor restrictions

With donor restrictions

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2019 Annual Report 95 Note 2 – Financial Assets and Liquidity Resources

Note 3 – Pledges Receivable

2019 Annual Report 96 Note 4 – Investments

2019 Annual Report 97 Note 5 – Exhibits

Note 6 – Net Assets

Without

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Without

Note 7 – Endowment Funds

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2019 Annual Report 101 Note 8 – Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Note 9 – Grant Awards and Functional Expenses

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Note 10 – Commitments

Without

Note 11 – Subsequent Events

2019 Annual Report 103