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MEMORIAL DAY (Office Closed) on 27-May-2013 8:30 AM

Mon, 27 May 2013 13:30:00 GMT

MEMORIAL DAY (Office Closed)
Start Date: 27-May-2013 8:30 AM
End Time: 27-May-2013 5:30 PM

HPC Summer Institute (Basics) on 28-May-2013 8:00 AM

Tue, 28 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT

HPC Summer Institute (Basics)
Start Date: 28-May-2013 8:00 AM
End Time: 30-May-2013 5:00 PM
Location: Rice University, Duncan Hall, Houston, TX 77005
Speaker: John Mellor-Crummey, Tim Warburton and Erik Engquist

Event Details:

For more information about the High-Performance Computing Summer Institute (Basics) including
curriculum, instructors, registration, and fees go to http://hpcsi.rice.edu

Rice University, Duncan Hall

6100 Main St

Houston, TX United States 77005

Webinar with Brian Russell - An Introduction to Seismic Inversion on 29-May-2013 8:00 AM

Wed, 29 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT

Webinar with Brian Russell - An Introduction to Seismic Inversion
Start Date: 29-May-2013 8:00 AM
End Time: 30-May-2013 12:00 PM
Speaker: Brian Russell

Event Details:

Potential Fields Special Interest Group - EULER Depth Estimation for Gravity and Magnetics on 30-May-2013 5:30 PM

Thu, 30 May 2013 22:30:00 GMT

Potential Fields Special Interest Group - EULER Depth Estimation for Gravity and Magnetics
Start Date: 30-May-2013 5:30 PM
End Time: 30-May-2013 8:30 PM
Location: HESS Club, Houston, Texas 77056
Speaker: Dr Afif Saad

Event Details:

EULER Depth Estimation for Gravity and Magnetics

A Historical Perspective, A mini-Tutorial, and All you want to know about Euler Deconvolution and were Afraid to Ask !

ABSTRACT

The FIRST automated or computer-assisted Euler Deconvolution technique and software for magnetic depth estimation was developed at Gulf Research & Development Co (GRDC), Harmarville, PA in 1974 ( the year I joined Gulf GRDC ). Dan Thompson wrote the software program for profiles (line-oriented data) known as EULDPH (pronounced "OIL DEPTH" !) and published the work in GEOPHYSICS in 1982. Since then the technique has gained tremendous popularity throughout the geophysical industry and attracted numerous researchers to it worldwide. What was new about this technique compared to other existing methods is that no basic geologic model is assumed although a knowledge of the structural index was required. This was also the first technique that can be applied to both profile (2-D Euler) and map (3-D Euler) data, magnetic as well as gravity, gravity gradient, and magnetic gradient vector and tensor data. Several improvements including extension to gravity were made to the software, renamed EULD, by Afif Saad within Chevron in the 1980’s after the Gulf–Chevron Merger in 1984. Saad also did the initial testing and applications of EULDPH on synthetic and real data and provided training and technology transfer to the operating Companies of both Gulf and Chevron and later within the industry that led more to the popularity of the technique. Alan Reid visited Chevron in 1986 to discuss his proposal of extending EULER to 3-D based on the suggestion made by Thompson (1982). Reid (1990) published his 3-D EULER in Geophysics later in 1990, further adding to the global popularity of the technique.

This presentation will include a brief description of the technique, its uses and abuses, a discussion of the early algorithm and its implementation, and several model studies and applications. I will also focus on the structural index because of its importance in defining the source types of the anomalies and impacting the accuracy of the depth estimates. Discussion - Q&A session will follow , soliciting the experience of the attendees with the Euler Deconvolution technique.

HESS Club

5430 Westheimer Rd

Houston, Texas USA 77056

HGS Guest Night on 8-Jun-2013 6:00 PM

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT

HGS Guest Night
Start Date: 8-Jun-2013 6:00 PM
End Time: 8-Jun-2013 10:00 PM
Event Details:

For more information: https://www.hgs.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1261

Big-Data Summer Institute on 10-Jun-2013 8:00 AM

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:00:00 GMT

Big-Data Summer Institute
Start Date: 10-Jun-2013 8:00 AM
End Time: 13-Jun-2013 5:00 PM
Location: Rice University, Duncan Hall, Houston, TX 77005
Speaker: Chris Jermaine and Rudy Guerra

Event Details:

For more information about the Big-Data Summer Institute including
curriculum, instructors, registration, and fees go to http://bigdatasi.rice.edu

Rice University, Duncan Hall

6100 Main St

Houston, TX United States 77005

Microseismic Special Interest Group - Full-waveform Based Microseismic Source Mechanism Studies in the Barnett Shale: Linking Microseismicity to Reservoir Geomechanics on 13-Jun-2013 11:30 AM

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:30:00 GMT

Microseismic Special Interest Group - Full-waveform Based Microseismic Source Mechanism Studies in the Barnett Shale: Linking Microseismicity to Reservoir Geomechanics
Start Date: 13-Jun-2013 11:30 AM
End Time: 13-Jun-2013 1:00 PM
Location: Apache Corporation, Houston, TX 77056
Speaker: Fuxian Song

Event Details:

Full-waveform Based Microseismic Source Mechanism Studies in the Barnett Shale: Linking Microseismicity to Reservoir Geomechanics

Microseismic moment tensor (MT) contains important information on the reservoir and fracturing mechanisms. Difficulties arise when attempting to retrieve complete MT with conventional amplitude inversion methods if only one well is available. With the full-waveform approach, near-field information and non-direct waves (i.e. refracted/reflected waves) help stabilize the inversion and retrieve complete MT from the single-well dataset. However, for events which are at far field from the monitoring well, a multiple-well dataset is required. In this study, we perform the inversion with a dual-array dataset from a hydrofracture stimulation in the Barnett shale. Determining source mechanisms from the inverted MTs requires the use of a source model, which in this paper is the tensile earthquake model. The tensile model could describe the source more adequately and predict non-DC components. The source information derived includes the fault plane solution (FPS), slip direction, Vp/Vs ratio in the focal area and seismic moment. The primary challenge of extracting source parameters from MT is to distinguish the fracture plane from auxiliary plane. We analyze the microseismicity using geomechanics and use the insights gained from geomechanical analysis to determine the fracture plane. Furthermore, we investigate the significance of non-DC components by F-test. We also study the influence of velocity model errors, event mislocations and data noise using synthetic data. The results of source mechanism analysis are presented for the events with good signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). Some events have fracture planes with similar orientations to natural fractures delineated by core analysis, suggesting reactivation of natural fractures. Other events occur as predominantly tensile events along the unperturbed maximum horizontal principal stress (SHmax) direction, indicating an opening mode failure on hydraulic fractures. Microseismic source mechanisms not only reveal important information about fracturing mechanisms, but also allow fracture characterization away from the wellbore, providing critical constraints for understanding fractured reservoirs.

Apache Corporation

2000 Post Oak Blvd. #100

Houston, TX USA 77056

HAPL Energy Entrepreneurs Social on 13-Jun-2013 5:00 PM

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:00:00 GMT

HAPL Energy Entrepreneurs Social
Start Date: 13-Jun-2013 5:00 PM
End Time: 13-Jun-2013 8:00 PM
Event Details:

For more information go to: http://hapl.org/en/cev/487

Father's Day on 16-Jun-2013 8:30 AM

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:30:00 GMT

Father's Day
Start Date: 16-Jun-2013 8:30 AM
End Time: 16-Jun-2013 5:30 PM

Juneteenth on 19-Jun-2013 8:30 AM

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:30:00 GMT

Juneteenth
Start Date: 19-Jun-2013 8:30 AM
End Time: 19-Jun-2013 5:30 PM

Upcoming Events Rotating Presentation

Glenn Bear - noemail@gshtx.org — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:00:00 GMT

See the attached rotating power point presentation suitable for display at GSH technical breakfasts, technical lunches, and special interest group meetings.

12-Nov-2012 10:00 AM

What A Year!

James Schuelke - noemail@gshtx.org — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:00:00 GMT

WHAT A YEAR!

By James S. Schuelke – GSH President

My year in office is rapidly coming to an end. It is at this time you usually reflect upon your accomplishments and regret your failures. Overall, I am very pleased with the way our GSH Leadership guided our organization through this tumultuous year. I am especially proud of the new initiatives that we implemented, such as the on-line learning, the North side Technical Breakfast, the Microseismic SIG, and the enhancements to the Journal, the Website and the e-newsletter. We have implemented more rigorous financial controls on the organization, necessitated by the separation from the HGS, with whom we previously shared office space and staff. We now have our own Office/Website Manager and our own office. Our address is the same but the suite number is now 204. Our phone number is changed to (281) 741-1624. Our Office/Website Manager is Karen Blakeman, who is eager to help you.

I was particularly pleased with the technical program that Fred Hilterman (1^stVP), Glenn Bear (1^stVP-Elect) and their Chairs put together. We had over 60 technical programs in an eight month period with outstanding attendance in all. It is a credit to Fred and his technical program team and their ability to identify key speakers with relevant topics that our technical programs were so popular. In particular, we had an outstanding Spring Symposium on Reservoir Geophysics and Interpretation. This year’s symposium honored Dr. Robert Sheriff for all of his contributions to our Society and to our profession. The attendance broke all records, and we had to expand the room size to meet demand.

As in the past, our social activities were very popular and provided the funds for our various scholarship programs. Our social events are a great place to network and participate in fun activities like golf, fishing, tennis and shooting clays. If you have not attended one of these events, do so next time around. We are very lucky to have such able and willing volunteers that run these successful social programs like Dennis Sump, Bobby Perez, Kenneth Mohn and Francois Hindlet.

Our Membership 2000 effort has been successful in generating over 270 new members (a 22% increase), but we are still short of our goal of 2000 total members. We plan to continue the membership drive through the summer during our membership renewal period. Please help us to recruit new members. Offer to take a young professional from your company to one of our technical or social events. Bring them to our Annual Ice Breaker event in September when we kick off the new GSH year. Show them the GSH Journal and our Website. Explain to them the career benefits provided by our local Society.

Finally, I would like to thank the outgoing Board of Directors for their superb service to the GSH. It was a pleasure working with you, and I was truly amazed by your dedication and commitment to the Society. Most of you had full time jobs (or at least full time retirement) and family commitments competing for your time, but you delivered on your promises. You kept an open mind when we came up with some wild ideas and calmly handled the ever changing situations we had during the year. I am confident that the newly elected Board will do as well in 2012-2013 under the able leadership of Scott Singleton. I thank you all and I especially thank you, the members of the GSH. It has been quite a year!

10-Aug-2012 10:00 AM

June 2011 GSH Journal

Gabriela Henriquez - noemail@gshtx.org — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Click here to download PDF of June 2011 Journal

3-Jun-2011 3:00 PM

2011-2012 GSH Board of Directors

Gabriela Henriquez - noemail@gshtx.org — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:00:00 GMT

GSH is is pleased to welcome the new members to our Board for 2011-2012. These new board members bring strong leadership and their own personal commitment to improve GSH. Congratulations!

President-Elect

Scott Singleton

First Vice-President Elect

Glenn Bear

Second Vice-President Elect

Jackie Ming

Treasurer

Barry Rava

Secretary

Geoff Chambers

Editor

Gabriel Perez

17-May-2011 1:00 PM

GSH Tennis Tournament 2010

Gaby Henriquez - noemail@gshtx.org — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:00:00 GMT

The annual GSH Tennis Tournament was held September 17 at the Houston Racket Club where the 50+ participants enjoyed a patio lunch, door prizes, and great tennis played in a round robin format including partner shuffles after every match. Although getting there was most of the fun, the top four point totals from each of three divisions participated in a final doubles match to determine the division winners. Lucho Vizcardo, Joelito Pangiliana, Doug Dawson, and Joan Hauff competed for the trophy in the A division with Dawson/Hauff winning. Pete Heatherington, Paul Dominic, Mike Breaux, and Ram Maharaj were the final four in the B division. Francois Hindlet, David Pitcher, Debra Dryer, and Mike Whitehead were the C division finalists.

Thanks to Marvin Taylor and Liz Ivie for hosting and coordinating the event, and thanks to the many sponsors who helped make the event possible.

Get your rackets re-strung or borrow one to come out for next year’s event. Like all the GSH sporting events, individuals of all skill levels participate and enjoy the camaraderie of the day.

Click here to view the photo album.

12-Oct-2010 9:00 AM

Geoscience Day 2010 Provides an Industry Overview to New Employees

Gaby Henriquez - noemail@gshtx.org — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:00:00 GMT

The Geophysical Society of Houston and the Houston Geological Society hosted the fourth annual Geoscience Day on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at the Bureau of Economic Geology in Houston. The purpose of the event was to give a high-level, broad overview of geological and geophysical methods to individuals who are new to the industry. This year’s theme was The Life of an Oilfield. Activities consisted of presentations given by experienced employees of the industry, field acquisition demonstrations, modern and vintage equipment exhibits, and docent lead interpretative displays. Geological and geophysical topics were addressed as were various aspects of the commercial and political issues faced by the industry. Over 100 presenters and students participated.

Through viewing the various aspects in the life of an oilfield, participants left with a broader knowledge of what difficulties and problems their peers in other areas must routinely solve for others to see their “finished” product, began to understand what those in other areas may expect and rely on from the products of the participant’s work, and gained a perspective that will help them ask or answer questions when discussing a project with experts outside their immediate expertise.

The day’s activities were divided into five main track presentations and four periods of breakout sessions. The main track followed the life of an oilfield beginning with an overview and then presentations on The Politics of Oil, Geologic Idea to Lease Acquisition, Prospect to Drill Site, and After the Initial Discovery Well. The breakout sessions amplified detailed aspects of the main track sessions and included presentations and demonstrations on Basic and Intermediated Seismic Processing, Geologic Interpretation, 3D Visualization, Google Earth in Seismic Surveys, and Cores Interpretation. A field seismic acquisition demonstration, complete with an operating vibrator, deployed geophone strings, and recording and QC equipment was a particular highlight as was a logging truck complete with several downhole tools. A “Tools of the Trade” section exhibited vintage and modern day equipment and technology in booths manned by docents explaining such technology as drill bits, marine seismic cable birds and steering devices, analog and digital recording media evolution, and a geophone response demonstration.

Comments left on the attendee evaluation forms stated: “Excellent overview of E&P in O&G industry.” “Gave me a better understanding of what my company does.” “Very useful for co-workers to attend” “Well organized and presented” “Nice to meet people outside my company.” “Made us work, not just listen.” “Just an amazing talk.” “Easy to understand.” “I’d never seen a vibrator work or been inside a logging truck before.” “I learned a lot in one day.” “Fun & good way to learn.” “Had a good time. Great for meeting new people and networking.”

Geoscience Day 2011 is scheduled for October at the same BEG venue. Please contact Haynie Stringer through the HGS/GSH office for additional information or inquiries about participation in next year’s event.

To view the photo album click here.

Thank you to our generous sponsors:

11-Oct-2010 2:00 PM

September 2010 Editor Column

Gabriel Perez - noemail@gshtx.org — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT

From the Editor:

The GSH Journal is a new venture for the GSH. We have outgrown our venerable newsletter, which has served us well for decades. We have added special features and hope to add more as interest is expressed by our readers. There will be one technical article. We can add more if our membership increases to where it should be.

What to look for in the Journal:

A new format with color.

The content of a technical meeting will be headlined instead of the date and location

Photographs will be identified when possible

Color will be used where appropriate

Professional Events

Technical Article

Special Interest Groups

Luncheon meetings with a technical presentation

Breakfast meetings with invited speakers

Spring Seminar

Social Functions

Ice Breaker

Golf Tournament

Tennis Tournament

Sporting Clays

Saltwater Tournament

Special Features

Doodlebugger Diary

State of the Art Column

Panel of Experts

Outreach

Museum News

Item of Interest

Interviews (profiles)

Tutorial Seminar

Making Waves (personnel moves)

Geophysical puzzles

Editorial features

President’s column

Guest Column

Letters to the Editor

This new venture is the first step in increasing the scope of the GSH. Send us your ideas. Submit technical articles for publication. This is your Journal. Let’s make it a roaring succes

22-Jul-2010 7:00 AM

GSH MEDIA KITS

Karen Blakeman - noemail@gshtx.org — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT

TO DOWNLOAD the SEG INTERPRETATION Paper Submission Info, CLICK HERE

TO DOWNLOAD the GSH AUTHOR'S MEDIA KIT, CLICK HERE

TO DOWNLOAD the GSH JOURNAL AD MEDIA KIT, CLICK HERE

TO DOWNLOAD the GSH WEBSITE AD MEDIA KIT, CLICK HERE

22-Jul-2010 7:00 AM

GSH JOURNAL

Lilly Hargrave - noemail@gshtx.org — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Dear Valued GSH Advertiser;

The Geophysical Society of Houston is pleased to announce that this Fall starting with the September issue, it will launch the GSH Journal.

The GSH Journal will be an expanded magazine that will bring more science and more news to our ever growing geophysical community.

In addition to news about upcoming technical meetings, social events, and updates from the GSH Board, we have added these features:

· Reverbs: Interviews with local geophysicists and other notables

· Technical Articles

· Doodlebugger Diary with anecdotes from the past

· Tutorial Seminar - see it to believe it

· State of the Art section, to allow companies to announce their new techniques and products

· Panel of Experts, to answer questions on any subject (Exploration/Production/Geophysics)

· The Main Event, where you test your interpretive skills

The GSH Newsletter would not have been possible without the loyal support of our advertisers. We hope that your company will take advantage of promoting its services in FULL COLOR in the NEW GSH Journal. To find out more about advertising sponsorship, including updated pricing options and advertising deadlines, please contact the GSH office at 713-463-9477.

We look forward to hearing from you very soon!

Sincerely,

Gabriel Perez, Editor

Lee Lawyer, Chair, Editorial Board

GSH JOURNAL MEDIA KIT

15-Jul-2010 3:00 PM

September 2010 Main Event

Bob Wegner - noemail@gshtx.org — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:00:00 GMT

The Main Event

Below is a seismic line for your perusal. We challenge you to make a seismic interpretation within the stipulated guidelines. Send in your interpretation and have it published in the Journal along with your name.

September’s challenge:

Interpret top and base salt across this depth-migrated seismic section.

VE = 4x

TO DOWNLOAD THE HIGH RESOLUTION LINE CLICK HERE

Data courtesy of TGS

Rules of engagement:

The seismic line can be found online at http://www.gshtx.org/mainevent/seismicline#. Download it and use PowerPoint (or any other means) to generate your interpretation. Submit the final product as a ppt or pdf file to rcwegner@sbcglobal.net along with your name and contact information. Allow for a two-month cycle time between your submission and its appearance in the Journal. In the event of a tie, a random drawing will determine the winner. Employees of the company contributing the seismic data are ineligible to compete in this month’s entry. Suggestions and comments welcome.

Organized by: Frank Dumanoir, Don Herron and Bob Wegner

15-Jul-2010 8:00 AM

Technical Trainer (Geophysicists) - Imaging Services

Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

Title: Technical Trainer (Geophysicists) - Imaging Services Description: TGS provides multi-client geoscience data to oil and gas Exploration and Production companies worldwide. In addition to extensive global geophysical and geological data libraries that include multi-client seismic data, magnetic and gravity data, digital well logs, production data and directional surveys, TGS also offers advanced processing and imaging services, interpretation products, permanent reservoir monitoring and data integration solutions. If interested in the position, Click Here to Apply! Position Summary: To develop, maintain and deliver technical training for geophysicists in the Imaging organization. Duties: Maintain existing training material and create new training material as needed for all aspects of time and depth processing. Provide training to Imaging staff by teaching some of the training classes Work with management and subject matter experts to ensure that training materials...

Geophysics full time job

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT

Desired Position Title: Geophysics full time job Experience: The study of coal bed multiples in Cooper Basin, Australia (Thesis) (May. 2012 – May. 2013) Houston, TX · Studied effects of the strong coal bed interbed multiples including time delay, energy attenuation, phase rotation, resolution decrease, etc. Well log and seismic data were supported by Beach Energy Company. · Developed a novel convolution method to duplicate the multiples impact seismic trace so that further processing such as time-variance inverse filtering and deconvolution could be applied to remove the multiples.(Master Thesis) Seismic data interpretation (Aug.2012 -Dec. 2012) Houston, TX · Interpreted 3D seismic data in Gulf of Mexico with Kingdom software (a data interpretation software by HIS Inc.). · Proposed a potential oil/gas prospect following processes of horizon picking to structure analysis. AVO modeling (May. 2012 –...

Sr. Explorationist

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Desired Position Title: Sr. Explorationist Experience: WCO Exploration, CO &TX Consulting Sr. Explorationist to the oil and gas industry. I represented international farm-in opportunities to industry, generated prospects and evaluated farm-in opportunities for several clients. My software tools were SMT, Petra and OpendTect. West African data room evaluation of Cretaceous turbidite / density flow play Recognized new three leads, in addition to reporting on the established play Recognized the primary prospect had different fan configuration then anticipated. Represented Precaspian Basin prospects,on behalf of previous employer, at NAPE and AAPG convention booths Retained to reproduce original prospect interpretations and to develop technical presentation and marketing materials Tuscaloosa Marine Shale and Austin Chalk resource play Identified 325 km2 prospect area within a 12,150 km2 basin scale evaluation Prospective regions identified where...

geophysicist

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Desired Position Title: geophysicist Experience: WORK & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Volunteer for Rice University seismic survey project August 2012 3-D P wave and 2D multi-component land seismic survey acquisition in Rifle, Colorado Equipment deployment, real time quality control, geometry surveying Internship at Terrasond May 2012 3D Marine seismic survey acquisition in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Equipment deployment, real time quality control Research Assistant to Dr. Han in Rock Physics Laboratory (RPL), UH. Sep 2011--now Performed rock physics modeling to tie in-situ rock property with seismic response. Performed seismic inversion for seismic attributes such as impedance, Vp/Vs ratio, Poisson's Ratio and Young's Modulus Interpreted the...

Geophysicist

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:00:00 GMT

Desired Position Title: Geophysicist Experience: Geophysicist - KMS Technologies, Houston, TX August 2009 - September 2012 KMS Technologies is the leading technology development firm for integrating advanced electromagnetic methods for the oil industry to increase the discovery and recovery factor. As a senior staff geophysicist, conducted field surveys and feasibility studies for both conventional and non-conventional reservoirsthat verified the presence of oil deposit and geological structures. Utilized various non-seismic techniques for reservoir monitoring and surveillance. Performed 1D and 3D simulations for sensitivity studies, survey design, and integrated interpretation using geological and geophysical data such as well logs on conventional and non-conventional reservoirs. Managed customer relationships, public relations, marketing and training. Proved salt overhang and oil deposit in Hockley reservoir...

Geophysicist

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Desired Position Title: Geophysicist Experience: Geophysical processing intern, ExxonMobil Exploration Company - June 2012-Current: Re-processing 2D marine sail lines. Working closely with vendors, and QCing data. Testing and creating work flows to eliminate multiples in shallow marine data, using technologies like EPSI (Estimation of Primaries using Sparse Inversion), Tau-P decon, SRME (Surface Related Multiple Elimination). Creating data synthetics, and performing well seismic-well ties and AVO analysis. Processing Geophysicist at DataSeismic Corp. for Geophysical Services -August 2010-January 2011: Processing 2D and 3D land datasets. Testing denoise attenuation techniques. AVO processing and analysis. Network Engineer, internship at Nortel Egypt- June-September 2008: ...

Geophysicist

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

*Home Page

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:37:15 GMT

SAVE THE DATE! 28th Annual SPORTING CLAYS TOURNAMENT Saturday, August 24th To view 2012 photos, CLICK HERE Get Ahead of the Curve! ONLINE RENEWAL starts on MAY 1st. Our Membership is Growing - Lets keep the momentum! RENEW NOW! Memberships Expire on June 30th. Help us to avoid the DIP in numbers during the Renewal Period. You can now renew your Membership for Multiple Years! Contact the Office. SAVE THE DATE! 13th ANNUAL GSH / HGS SALTWATER TOURNAMENT Friday, October 11th A Word From the Board By Dave Monk, President of the SEG May, 2013 Guest contributors are occasionally asked to author this column. We are fortunate to have one of our own members serving as President of the SEG....

*Home Page - Technical Events

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:30:04 GMT

May 2013 Journal Want to advertise in the GSH Journal? Download the Media Kit. Journal Subscription for Corporation / Library Thank you to our Platinum level Corporate Sponsors! HOUSTON PETROLEUM AUXILIARY COUNCIL - H P A C HPAC Membership Information OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE 2013 SEG Convention in Houston

Promotional PowerPoint

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:07:15 GMT

For the current PowerPoint to show at all GSH Events, CLICK HERE.

GSH OFFICERS 2012-2013

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:10:48 GMT

JULY 1, 2012 TO JUNE 30, 2013 President Scott Singleton President-Elect Tad Smith 1st VP Glenn Bear 1st VP Elect Phil Schultz 2nd VP Jackie Ming 2nd VP Elect Julie Reid Secretary Rhonda Duey Treasurer David Hammer Editor Rajendra Shrestha For security reasons, to click on the name of an officer, you must be a registered user of the GSH Website and you must be logged in. You need not be a member of the GSH. CANDIDATES FOR 2013-2014 FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT Bob Gauer ...

By Laws

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:13:50 GMT

THE GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF HOUSTON BYLAWS February 14, 2013 ARTICLE I. NAME AND AFFILIATION SECTION 1. NAME:. The Society shall be named the Geophysical Society of Houston. SECTION 2. AFFILIATION AND ETHICS The Society is a section of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and is therefore subject to the Constitution and Bylaws of that Society. The Code of Ethics of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists is hereby adopted by the Society. ARTICLE II. OFFICES SECTION 1. PRINCIPAL OFFICE The principal office of the Society shall be located in Houston, Harris County, Texas. The Society may have other offices, either within or without the State of Texas, as the Board of Directors may determine or as the affairs of the Society may require. SECTION 2. REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENTS The Society shall have and shall continuously maintain in the State of Texas a registered agent whose office is identical with such registered...

Community Outreach

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:48:26 GMT

OUTREACH VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2013
Please contact Lisa Buckner at lbuckner@hess.comor 713-496-4256 if interested. There are always new events where volunteers are needed.

September 23 – 26, 2013 120+ volunteers needed for the 2013 SEG Convention in Houston, please contact Sofia Campbell at volunteer@seg.org or the SEG Business Office at 918-497-5500

Houston Geoscience Center

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:01:25 GMT

The GSH Museum and Outreach Committees have undertaken a project to establish a Houston Geoscience Center and are currently looking for a few more sponsors or donors to help with the expenses of starting up and maintaining this endeavor. The rental space will be used to store, maintain, and refurbish the geophysical artifacts in the GSH Museum collection that are not presently on display in 12 different locations. The space will have a display area and a sponsor wall to recognize our supporters.

The space will also include room to build and create interactive displays, hands-on activities and educational materials that can be used at school career days, scouting fairs, classroom presentations, science fairs and festivals, and other opportunities to interact with students as well as space to hold workshops for teachers. If your company is interested in becoming a sponsor and learning more details about our plans, please contact
Bill Gafford at geogaf@hal-pc.org or at 281-370-3264.

The GeoScience Center is located at:

1790 W Sam Houston Parkway, N

Houston, TX 77043

For Directions click here

Corporate Membership

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:34:50 GMT

Any corporation or organization which is actively engaged in geophysical exploration, geophysical research, or a related field, or in furnishing services or products used in geophysical exploration or research and with an active interest in supporting the objectives of the GSH shall be eligable to be a Corporate Member. Corporate Members shall have all privileges of membership except the rights to vote, to petition and to hold office.

Corporate Members for 2012-2013 receive these benefits:

Corporate Logo displayed on GSH Corporate Member's webpage with link to sponsor's website
Corporate Logo in Scrolling Display at all Technical & Social Events
Corporate Logo displayed in GSH Journal (10 monthly issues) as a Corporate Member

Corporate Member year runs July 2012 - June 2013 and is $1000

Please contact the GSH office at 281-741-1624 or office@gshtx.org to apply

or CLICK HERE to download a form.

About GSH

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:52:49 GMT

The Geophysical Society of Houston was formed in 1947 to promote the science and profession of geophysics, and to foster fellowship and cooperation among all persons interested in geophysics. The GSH forms the heart of a Houston-based geophysical community and gives opportunities to interact with colleagues throughout the profession. It is a public foundation and a charitable, tax-exempt organization under 501(c)(3) of the IRS tax codes.

Currently the largest Section of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the GSH encourages and supports scientific, educational, and charitable activities of benefit to geophysicists. With nearly 2000 members, the Geophysical Society of Houston conducts monthly technical luncheons in two locations, two technical sessions (with breakfast) and a number of meetings for special interest groups. We host an annual two-day Spring Symposium and support community outreach programs. Continuing education opportunities in exploration geophysics are available at all levels.

Programs and Opportunities

Technical Activities
Technical Luncheons
Special Interest Groups

Data Processing
Multi-Component
Potential Fields
Rock Physics

Microseismic

SEG Wavelets

Technical Breakfasts
Spring Symposium
Distinguished Instructor Short Courses
Conserve, catalog and display geophysical artifacts and documents
Academic liaison with geophysics departments at Rice University and The University of Houston
Publications

Monthly Journal

Scholarships
Contributions to the SEG Foundation - administer numerous scholarships
Fund-raising Activities

Sporting Clays Tournament

Tennis Tournament

Golf Tournament

Salt Water Fishing Tournament

Honors and Awards annually to worthy geophysicists in Houston area

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