DECEMBER 2008 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Technical Breakfast Technical @ Fugro GSH Board Meeting VOL. 43, NO. 4 NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2008 Lunch Technical Lunch Multi-Component SIG Technical Luncheon Technical Breakfast President’s Column @ Omni @ Petroleum at WesternGeco By George Marion, Past President Club Date: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008 The Same Talk, AN EXCITING CAREER Time: 7:00 a.m. Social 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Two Locations and MONEY 7:30 a.m. Presentation 8:00 a.m. Q & A Date 1 his is intended for those Location: Fugro Date: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 college students who are 6100 Hilcroft, Suite 100 T Time: 11:30 a.m. deciding on a career path, but you long- Houston, TX 77274 Location 1: Omni Palace (Salon A) timers can read it too. Unfortunately, 12121 Westheimer Rd. RSVP: Liz Ivie at Fugro 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 very few of the college students will 713-369-5863 Houston, TX 77077 be reading the GSH NEWSLETTER, or [email protected] CHRISTMAS because our membership are mostly Title: “Reservoir-Prone DAY Date 2 working professionals, so your assignment Mass Transport and Date: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008 is to pass this Newsletter to college Slump Deposits” Time: 11:30 a.m. students, college advisors, and guidance Location 2: Petroleum Club Speaker: Dr. Trey Meckel, 28 29 30 31 JANUARY 1 2 3 counselors. 800 Bell St. (43rd Floor) Woodside Energy (USA), Inc. Houston, Texas 77002 Consider this a testimonial of sorts. I’ve Downtown Houston been a professional for 31 years and Happy New Year Abstract: I’m having so much fun that I’m looking Mass-transport deposits are common in Register Online: www.gshtx.org forward to the next 31. That’s no joke. the deepwater stratigraphic record, but JANUARY 2009 Cost: $25/members pre-registered I’m a consultant, so I don’t have to SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY are rarely considered to contain reservoir- $30/members nonregistered retire. Why would I want to leave the $35/non-members quality sands. However, several recent 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 party? Seriously, this career has been publications have documented sand-prone fun and there’s no reason for it to end Technical mass flows and slumps, including reservoirs Title: “Seismic Attributes For now. Why isn’t everyone rushing to join Breakfast in prolific oil and gas fields, as well as shallow Stratigraphic Feature the energy industry? Characterization” drilling hazards. These observations suggest that such remobilized sands are “Join the Navy and See the World” is a The Geophysical Society of Houston Newsletter (ISSN 1082-0817) is published monthly except in July by the Geophysical Society of Houston, 14811 St. Mary’s Lane, Suite 250, Houston, TX 77079. more common than previously suspected, Subscription to this publication is included in the membership dues of $30 annually. Periodicals postage paid in Houston, Texas. Speaker: slogan that most everyone knows. After Satinder Chopra and may be a more significant component POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Geophysical Society of Houston Newsletter, 14811 St. Mary’s Lane, Suite 250, Houston, TX 77079. , Manager college I considered the Navy, for that of deepwater hydrocarbon systems than Reservoir Services very reason. The Navy offered to pay for has been generally acknowledged. Arcis Corp., Calgary my graduate degree in nuclear physics, Technical Luncheon continued on page 14. Technical Breakfast continued on page 12. President’s Column continued on page 6. Inside This Issue January Technical Breakfast ........... 3 Sponsor Thanks ........................... 11 Item of Interest................................ 4 Geoscience Day Thank You.......... 12 Happy Multi-Component SIG .................. 12 EEGS Annual Meeting .................... 7 Membership Report ...................... 17 Holidays! Items of Interest .............................. 8 Seismic Stratigraphy Review, Part 2 ....20 Geoscience Day 2008 .................. 10 Calendar of Events ....................... 24 GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF HOUSTON Sandra Babcock, Office/Business Accounts Manager • 14811 St. Mary’s Lane, Suite 250, Houston, TX 77079 • Office Hours 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Phone: (713) 463-9477 • Fax (713) 463-9160 email: [email protected] • website - http://www.gshtx.org GSH Board of Directors = GSH Executive Committee + SEG Section Representatives Phone Fax/Other Email PRESIDENT ___________________ Frank Dumanoir _______ 713-594-2371 _____________________ [email protected] Corp Relations ____________ George Marion ________ 713-408-0147 _____________________ [email protected] Historian _________________ Art Ross ______________ 281-360-9331 _____________________ [email protected] Museum __________________ Tom Fulton ___________ 281-242-1806 _____________________ [email protected] Nominating _______________ Frank Dumanoir _______ 713-594-2371 _____________________ [email protected] Outreach _________________ Lisa Buckner __________ 713-609-4256 ___ 713-609-5666 ____ [email protected] Scholarship Liaison ________ Art Ross ____________ 281-360-9331 _____________________ [email protected] PRES-ELECT __________________ Mike Graul ____________ 713-465-3181 _____________________ [email protected] Academic Liaison __________ Steve Danbom ________ 713-937-7530 _____________________ [email protected] Advisory __________________ Lee Lawyer ___________ 281-531-5347 _____________________ [email protected] Employment Referral _______ Sam Leroy ____________ 281-556-9766 ___ 281-556-9778 ____ [email protected] Office ____________________ Dave Agarwal _________ 281-920-4450 ___ 281-920-1576 ____ [email protected] Volunteers ________________ Hamzat Erogbogbo ____ 713-465-3181 _____________________ [email protected] FIRST VP _____________________ Bill Fahmy ____________ 281-654-7907 _____________________ [email protected] Continuing Education ______ Bill Fahmy ____________ 281-654-7907 _____________________ [email protected] Speakers _________________ Bill Fahmy ____________ 281-654-7907 _____________________ [email protected] Tech Breakfasts ___________ Marvin Taylor _________ 713-369-5864 ___ 832-367-3837(c) __ [email protected] Tech Luncheons ___________ Bill Fahmy ____________ 281-654-7907 _____________________ [email protected] Tech Committee ___________ Jim DiSiena ___________ 832-854-4289 ___ 832-854-7606 ___ [email protected] SIGS Data Processing ___________ Steve Cole ____________ 713-369-5883 ___ 713-408-9405(c) __ [email protected] Potential Fields ____________ Greg Jorgensen _______ 435-313-1950 _____________________ [email protected] Rock Physics ______________ Ayako Kameda ________ 281-544-4354 _____________________ [email protected] _________________________ Ronny Hofmann __________________________________________ [email protected] _________________________ Ezequiel F. 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