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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:30:00 GMT

Daylight Savings Time Begins
Start Date: 14-Mar-10 8:30 AM
End Time: 14-Mar-10 5:30 PM

GSH Technical Lunch

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:30:00 GMT

GSH Technical Lunch
Start Date: 16-Mar-10 11:30 AM
End Time: 16-Mar-10 1:30 PM
Location: Pellazzio/The new Omni Palace, Houston, TX 77077
Speaker: Craig Beasley

Event Details:

Dealing with external interferences imposed on a desired seismic signal is fundamental to achieving the goals of a seismic survey. Whether it be related to Earth transmission effects or external noise, this is the stuff of acquisition, processing and, ultimately, interpretation of seismic data.

From time-to-time, geophysicists have taken a different point of view and have attempted to use interfering “noise” as usable signal with mixed results. Recently, there has been renewed interest in this topic—in particular for the case of deploying and activating multiple seismic sources that intentionally interfere with one another. While long a topic of research and field practice for land vibrator acquisition, so-called simultaneous source (SimSrc) acquisition is relatively new to the world of impulsive sources as are commonly used for marine acquisition.

Proposed and demonstrated 10 years ago, the subject of marine SimSrc has lain fallow until the recent uptake of wide-azimuth marine surveys. Typically, in a wide-azimuth marine survey, multiple marine vessels are deployed to achieve efficient acquisition and sufficient azimuth and fold. The desire to make better use of these vessels and, at the same time, to achieve better coverage has driven geophysicists to pursue SimSrc for marine acquisition. The benefits promised by SimSrc are substantial. Some topics under consideration are reduced shot spacing, unlimited record length, increased sampling in the azimuth domain allowing azimuthal analysis, faster acquisition (particularly for VSP), improved land acquisition with new technology derived for marine, reduced undershooting time, and other safety benefits.

In this talk I will discuss the achievements of SimSrc and the challenges that remain for both land and marine if it is to become a mainstream acquisition methodology.

Pellazzio/The new Omni Palace

12121 Westheimer Rd

Houston, TX United States 77077

GSH Technical Lunch

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:30:00 GMT

GSH Technical Lunch
Start Date: 17-Mar-10 11:30 AM
End Time: 17-Mar-10 1:30 PM
Location: Petroleum Club of Houston, Houston, TX 77002
Speaker: Craig Beasley

Event Details:

Petroleum Club of Houston

800 Bell

Houston, TX United States 77002

Potential Fields SIG

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:30:00 GMT

Potential Fields SIG
Start Date: 18-Mar-10 5:30 PM
End Time: 18-Mar-10 8:30 PM
Location: Hess Club, Houston, TX 77056
Speaker: Dr. Philip Ball

Event Details:

Constraints on continental break-up within the Great Australian Bightfrom seismic reflection, gravity and magnetic data analyses

Weakly magmatic passive margins record large amounts of extensional strain prior to breakup, but the role of magma intrusion and the along-strike variability of strain remain poorly understood. This study utilized existing onshore and offshore gravity, magnetic, seismic reflection, and well data to probe the evolution of rifting, continental breakup, and seafloor spreading across the Australo-Antarctic margins. Continental rifting along the largely non-volcanic southern margin of Australia occurred during two discrete phases, Syn-rift 1 (165-140 Ma) and Syn-rift 2 (100-83 Ma), but existing data are too sparse to map their spatial extent.

The crustal thickness and structure onshore varies between tectonic domains, thinning from 35-40 km onshore to approximately 10 km beneath the magnetic quiet zone offshore. Euler deconvolution solutions calibrated with seismic reflection data reveal two discrete sub-parallel rift systems. Rift Structures of the western rift system overlap that of the eastern rift system, but they are separated by approximately 200 km. Each system terminates at or near to the boundary of the Gawler craton, suggesting that the craton served as an obstacle to rift propagation.

The Ceduna sub-basin, which contains up to 15 km of primarily post-rift strata, lies between the two rift zones. During Syn-rift II, a new rift zone developed oceanward of the Syn-Rift I along the western rift zone. Minor magmatism and possible mantle exhumation is observed during the second rifting stage and within ~10 My prior to the first well-defined seafloor spreading anomaly. The asymmetry of the conjugate Australian and Antarctic margins may be explained by the along-axis propagation of two spatially separated rifts that eventually linked via a NW-striking system of faults, or through discrete rift jumps to the NE within the rift-overlap zone. Using observations of the location and distribution of basement related structures, a revised model for breakup between Australia and Antarctica is proposed.

HESS Club

5:30 - 6:30 Social Hour

6:30 Dinner

Talk After dinner

Hess Club

5430 Westheimer Rd

Houston, TX 77056

Data Processing SIG

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Data Processing SIG
Start Date: 24-Mar-10 5:00 PM
End Time: 24-Mar-10 6:30 PM
Location: Fugro, Houston, TX 77081
Speaker: Bee Bednar & Sergey Fomel

Event Details:

How Many Beams Would a Beamer Form if a Beamer could form Beams?

This talk attempts to explain that mysteries of mysteries loosely referred to as Beam Migration. On the one hand, Beam Migration is one of the oldest and simplest approaches to imaging seismic data ever invented. On the other hand, modern approaches and algorithms cloud Beam Migration’s simplicity making it seem to be complex and mysterious. This presentation focuses to remove the cloud and reveal the inner practical workings of the emerging Beam Migration methods. This includes computerized historical approaches (what I like to call hand migration) more modern raytrace based methods, including Beam Stack and Gaussian Beam methods, and finally, full wave equation “delayed” shot migration. These concepts are explained through the use of practical graphics and examples while avoiding complex mathematical or physical concepts.

Time-domain seismic imaging using beams

Gaussian beams are locally coherent seismic events characterized by amplitude, position, slope, and complex-valued curvature. We apply analytical derivations to analyze the transformation of Gaussian beams in time-domain imaging, including prestack and post-stack time migration, as well as offset continuation and transformation to zero offset. We show that all common time-domain imaging operations for Gaussian beams can be described by analytical equations. Moreover, if both midpoint and offset (or, equivalently, source and receiver) slopes are defined in the prestack case, time-domain imaging of Gaussian beams is a straightforward mapping that does not require knowledge or estimation of seismic velocities.

Fugro

6100 Hillcroft

Houston, TX 77081

ROCK PHYSICS SIG

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:30:00 GMT

ROCK PHYSICS SIG
Start Date: 24-Mar-10 5:30 PM
End Time: 24-Mar-10 6:30 PM
Location: CGG Veritas (at the new learning center), Houston, TX 77072
Speaker: Enru Liu

Event Details:

Seismic Fracture Prediction: Status and Challenges

During the past two decades or so, significant progress has been made in our theoretical understanding of the mechanical (elastic) and hydraulic (transport) behavior of fractures. On an empirical level, we have made enough observations, both in the laboratory and on real data, to be able to categorize pretty well how seismic waves behave in fractured rock. For instance, we know that the size, shape, contacts and connectivity of the surfaces of fractures are important, as are the number of fracture sets and their orientations. Geophysicists may argue that we now know enough about the seismic response to fractures and may be able to predict their presence and spatial distribution in reservoirs. However, we cannot yet claim success in obtaining these fracture parameters from seismic data since we have not yet convinced reservoir engineers to routinely use seismically derived ‘fracture’ parameters in their flow simulations.

In this presentation, I will review the concept of fracture prediction from seismic data, focusing on fracture modeling, and will highlight our current understanding of its limitations and the challenges ahead.

CGG Veritas (at the new learning center)

10300 Town Park Dr.,

Houston, TX 77072

GOOD FRIDAY/OFFICE CLOSED

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:30:00 GMT

GOOD FRIDAY/OFFICE CLOSED
Start Date: 2-Apr-10 8:30 AM
End Time: 2-Apr-10 5:30 PM

EASTER

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:30:00 GMT

EASTER
Start Date: 4-Apr-10 8:30 AM
End Time: 4-Apr-10 5:30 PM

Technical Breakfast

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Technical Breakfast
Start Date: 14-Apr-10 7:00 AM
End Time: 14-Apr-10 8:30 AM
Location: Fugro Building, Houston, TX 77081
Speaker: David Monk

Event Details:

Reducing Infill Requirements Using Fresnel Zone Binning* and Steerable Streamers

Historically it has become accepted that in 3D surveys that the adequacy of fold coverage a survey is assessed by sampling the survey in “bins” and then examining how many traces, and with what offset distribution, fall into each of the survey bins. In marine 3D’s such binning analysis is commonly used in the field to assess whether infill data is required. However, the dimensions of the conventional bins are usually based on the assumption that the traces within these bins will be stacked together. When pre-stack migration is part of the processing scheme, the traces which are stacked are the traces which are output from pre-stack migration and a different coverage assessment may be appropriate.

For a typical marine 3D seismic survey, infill shooting may be as much as 25% or more of the total cost of prime seismic acquisition. By combining the use of an alternative method involving Fresnel zone computation for assessing subsurface coverage, with steerable streamer control, infill can be significantly reduced. Over the last 12 months, these ideas have been developed into a working onboard system that optimized infill reduction using the combination of Fresnel zone binning fold and coverage assessment techniques with steerable streamers. The background ideas will be described, and some examples from recent real 3D surveys shown.

* patents pending

Fugro Building

6100 Hillcroft Ste 100

Houston, TX 77081

GSH Technical Lunch

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:30:00 GMT

GSH Technical Lunch
Start Date: 20-Apr-10 11:30 AM
End Time: 20-Apr-10 1:30 PM
Location: Pellazzio/The new Omni Palace, Houston, TX 77077
Speaker: Patrick Connolly

Event Details:

Over the past two decades, BP has developed workflows to make predictions about lithology and fluid from seismic amplitudes. Their current form, which has stabilized in recent years, is based around a few fairly simply steps: two-term AVO coordinate rotations, spectral shaping derived from a power-law Earth spectrum model, and map-based detuning and calibration. These are underpinned by careful conditioning of the seismic and by close integration with petrophysical rock property analysis.

These processes have evolved to meet a number of criteria: (1) robustness and repeatability, (2) avoiding parallel workflows by integrating within existing practices, and (3) allowing most steps to be carried out by nonspecialist geophysicists.

Achieving robustness is also a prerequisite for making uncertainty estimates, which has many potential benefits: ranking the sources of uncertainty; validating our prediction models; providing a framework for integrating with other data types; and helping to understand the theoretical limits of seismic prediction.

In this talk, I’ll outline the concepts behind the main steps in the seismic characterization workflow and discuss approaches to uncertainty estimation.

Pellazzio/The new Omni Palace

12121 Westheimer Rd

Houston, TX United States 77077

Candidates for 2010/2011

Lilly Hargrave — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT

Candidates for Office 2010-2011

President-Elect

J. Haynie Stringer

Haynie Stringer graduated from Mississippi State University with a Bachelors of Science degree in mathematics and immediately began work at Western Geophysical Company in Houston, Texas as a computer programmer. After spending most of the first two years of his career traveling among field crews to install and support on-board computer systems, he returned to Houston where his career evolved through programming manager, project manager, and vice president at Western’s Aero Service Division. His last positions before retiring at the end of 2004 were Manager of Applied Technology Software at WesternGeco and Product Champion of Seismic Data Management at SIS. After retirement, Haynie founded PromoConnection Promotional Products where he is currently Manager. He holds patents in data management and data delivery techniques, has co-authored and presented papers and served as session chair at the SEG and other industry related conventions. He was the Volunteers Coordinator Chair for the 2009 SEG Convention, Second Vice President and Board member for the Geophysical Society of Houston, has published several articles, and has served on several geophysical industry committees. Currently Haynie is an alternate SEG representative for the GSH and co-chair of Corporate Relations. He has served on the GSH museum committee since 2005 and became a director in 2006 and has been the Chairperson of the annual GeoScience Day event since its beginning. He is an active member of the SEG, EAGE, GSH and HGS.

Haynie meet his wife, Barbara, when she was also a programmer at Western Geophysical. Their two children live and work in Sugar Land and College Station, Texas.

James S. Schuelke

Jim received a BS (1972) in geology from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and attended postgraduate studies in geophysics at the University of Houston. He started his career with Geophysical Services, Inc., and has worked for Superior Oil, Mobil Oil and ExxonMobil. He is presently a Senior Geophysical Advisor with Devon Energy in Houston, Texas as a member of a corporate reservoir services group. His recent work has been in the development and application of new geophysical technologies for shale gas plays. His interests include stress and fracture detection from seismic and mechanical properties estimation.

Jim has been very active at both the national and local levels of the SEG organization. He has served as the Dallas Geophysical Society President and Second Vice President and as the Houston Geophysical Society Second Vice President. Jim is currently a member of the SEG Research Committee and SEG Development and Production Committee. In addition, Jim has organized several SEG workshops and has provided technical review of many publications for Geophysics and the SEG annual meetings. Jim is a member of the SEG, AAPG and GSH.

First Vice-President Elect

Lisa Buckner

Lisa received her M.S. degree in Geophysics from the University of Houston in 1991 and B.S. in Geophysics from Texas A&M University in 1984. She has 25 years of industry experience in seismic data processing first with Western Geophysical (1985-1992), then with Chevron (1992-1993 Houston, 1994-2002 New Orleans) and as a Collarini Energy Staffing contractor at Shell in New Orleans (2002-2005). Shortly after Katrina, she accepted a position with Hess and moved back to Houston. She is currently the Seismic Data Loading Team Lead, a seismic data processor and UH Recruiting Team Lead. As co-coordinator of the Hess Geophysics Network, she organizes technical lunch n learn presentations by internal & external speakers. While in New Orleans, she served the Southeastern Geophysical Society (SGS) as Secretary 2001-2002, 2nd VP 2003-2004 and on the SGS membership and outreach committees 2000-2005. Since her return to Houston, Lisa founded and chaired the GSH Outreach Committee, served as the GSH/SEG Spring Symposium Arrangements Chair 2008 & 2009, served on the GSH/HGS Geoscience Day Committee 2007 & 2008 and still volunteers at the registration table for the GSH monthly technical luncheons at the Petroleum Club of Houston. Lisa is a member the SEG Youth Education Committee, served on the 2009 SEG Task Force and on the 2009 SEG Houston Annual Meeting Steering Committee as the Applied Science Education Program Chairman. Lisa is an active member of SEG, associate member of HGS and has been an active member of GSH continuously since 1991.

On Saturdays, she is an assistant coach with the Katy Kit marathon/half marathon training program. She enjoys traveling to jog/walk in races and has completed 3 full marathons (Walt Disney World 2007, Chevron Houston 2009, New Orleans Mardi Gras 2010) and well over a dozen half marathons since she started jogging in 2004. She also volunteers one Saturday per month through the Houston A&M Club with the Caring Aggies Mentoring Program (C.A.M.P.). Lisa is one of the mentors for a group of disadvantaged youth and gets to follow them from 3rd 12th grade. They go on field trips to places/events/experiences they would not normally be exposed to and encourages them to think about eventually going to college, preferably A&M, of course. She has been with CAMP for 4 years and her group is currently in 6th grade.

Fred J. Hilterman

Fred Hilterman is Chief Scientist for the Data Processing and Interpretation Division of Geokinetics, a geophysical services company providing seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation worldwide. Fred is also a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Houston (UH).

Fred J. Hilterman received an engineering degree and Ph.D., both in geophysics, from Colorado School of Mines. He worked at Mobil from 1963 to 1973 and then accepted a professorship at UH. In 1976, he co-founded the UH Seismic Acoustics Laboratory which still exists today. During his tenure at UH, Dr. Milton Dobrin introduced him to the benefits of lecturing in CE courses. This has been an enjoyable activity for Fred as he has been a CE lecturer for both SEG and AAPG since 1976. In fact, Mike Graul and Fred have been teaching the SEG Seismic Lithology course together since 1983.

In 1981, John Sherwood, Reg Neale and he founded Geophysical Development Corporation (GDC) where he was VP of Development. In 1998, Geokinetics bought GDC, and Fred tagged along.

In his early days of geophysics, Fred spent time on field crews and then began research on physical and theoretical modeling of wave propagation phenomena. In 1981, from a client’s request, he began developing a petrophysical database and integrated application programs for the Gulf of Mexico, an activity that still exists today in Geokinetics Interpretation Division.

Fred is a longstanding member of GSH, SEG, EAGE and AAPG. His services to the societies include: associate editor for GEOPHYSICS; SEG and AAPG Distinguished Lecturer; 2001 DISC Instructor; Chairman of TLE Editorial Board; Chairman of SEG CE Committee; SEG Vice-President and President; SEG Foundation Board Member; and, both Technical and General Chairman of SEG Annual Meetings.

He received the SEG Best Paper Award and Best Presentation Award; the CSM VanDiest Gold Medal and Distinguished Alumni Medal; the SEG Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal, Cecil Green Enterprise Award, Maurice Ewing Award; and, Honorary Memberships in SEG and GSH.

Second Vice-President Elect

Cecelia Baum

Cecelia Baum joined GSH and SEG shortly after moving to Houston in 2007, and has been active in the societies ever since. For the past two years Cecelia has been chairman of the NeoGeo organization, working to help new hires integrate into Houston’s geoscience community. By utilizing social networking sites and web-based media, she has increased attendance at monthly Thirsty Thursdays and other NeoGeo events in addition to raising awareness of the benefits GSH and HGS membership among younger geoscientists. Cecelia has also served on the planning committee for GSH’s Geoscience Day for the past two years.

Cecelia is honored to be nominated for the position of 2nd Vice President Elect and she looks forward to bringing enthusiasm and the voice of young geoscientists to the GSH Board of Directors.

After graduating from Columbia University with a degree in Geology in 2007, Cecelia worked with Fugro Multi Client Services interpreting salt in the Gulf of Mexico. In the later part of 2007, she took a job with Maersk Oil Houston where she currently works on the Brazil Team in Exploration.

Laurie Geiger

Laurie Geiger is a native Houstonian. She graduated from Texas A&M University and taught high school introductory Chemistry and Physics for five years at Katy High School. Laurie began her geophysics career in 1994 at Western Geophysical in the seismic data processing department. In her 12 years at Western, she worked in Time Processing for two years then spent the rest of her time in Depth Imaging. Her depth imaging work began in 1997, where she held various positions. Roles included supervising on multi-client and proprietary projects, developing and teaching a training course for new depth imagers and writing how-to documents for software users. In 2006 Laurie joined TGS, where she has been Depth Imaging Supervisor, Advising Processing Geophysicist and Geophysical Products Marketing Manager. Outside of work she likes sports, cooking and music. She has traveled to four continents and has a dream of making it to all seven before she leaves.

Secretary

Eric Lyons

Actively interested in promoting the education of exploration geophysics, both within my company and the community. Becoming more involved in the GSH is part of the plan, and encouraging more of my colleagues to be active is another part.

Currently employed at BP, in the North America Gas Seismic Delivery group. Training on the job for geophysical operations and processing. Involved in planning seismic surveys in East Texas, and BP internal education programs.
Previously assigned to deep water Gulf of Mexico and onshore exploration groups, acting as an interpreter. Modeled seismic response to varying sand distribution / impedance profiles. Tied well control to several seismic data sets, performed relative inversion, re-mapped intervals of interest, and generated new risked volume estimates over prospects. Oversaw and QCed contractor merge of several 3D surveys into a regional volume. Imported and merged interpretations from the component surveys to create regional surfaces.
Prior to joining BP, interned at Marathon Oil Company in offshore Gulf of Mexico and West Africa. Assisted in the re-assesment of prospects, by extending maps of producing intervals from active fields to structural leads on new seismic data volumes. Generated prospect maps and a distribution of probable volumes in place. Compared prospect characteristics to local analogs, derived probability of success. Reconditioned contractor velocites around salt bodies, to provide better AVO products for associated prospects.
Educated at The University of Texas at Austin, attaining both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Geological Sciences. Wrote a thesis on modeling the effect reflection at an interface has on the polarization of shear to shear waves from a single source. Proposed a method of correcting the false polarizations.

Tim Hall

Tim Hall began his processing career by way of an indentured servitude with Texseis inc. during the little known turmoil of mid 2005. There he was contorted by the Ninja-like mind of the company’s president and the relentless iron thumb of the late Cheri Williams into the relatively docile, dependable looking, slacks-wearing abomination we see today. He found his way into the GSH through volunteer work with Cheri, and was later forced into a reasonably pleasant conscription in the society with promise of adventure and travel. After Cheri passed Tim was given a field commission and underwent an intense trial by fire while struggling to fill the void of duty and responsibility she left behind.

Presently he is an integral cog in the company that he would like to believe he helps keep afloat, and if elected he would bring this same overly diligent attitude to the table of the GSH. Tim earned a BS in Physics from the University of Houston in 2004, and has no plans to put himself through the agony of obtaining any higher degree unless he absolutely has to. His Qualifications for the office of secretary include the ability to shut up and listen, a might handy mastery of spell checker and the wisdom to bring a cassette tape recorder.

In truth Tim is looking forward to the possibility of holding office in the GSH, and plans to continue to help out regardless, so long as he doesn’t have to write any more cheesy biographies about himself. If elected Tim plans fulfill what ever said assigned duties are said to be to the best of his ability, or at least do the best job he can looking like he is.

Editor

Gabriel Perez

Gabriel Perez has been active in exploration geophysics for over 20 years; earlier in his career he was interested in seismic imaging and processing but these days he finds himself immersed in and in love with seismic attributes and reservoir characterization. Currently he is a Senior Geophysicist with the Geophysical Technology team of Repsol in Houston. He obtained a civil engineering degree from Universidad Nacional in Medellin, Colombia, but he caught the geophysical bug after taking a one-year training program run by Colorado School of Mines in 1988-1989 in Colombia for Ecopetrol, the country's national oil company. He obtained an MSc degree in geophysics from Colorado School of Mines in 1997 and a PhD also in geophysics from the University of Houston in 2007. His career with Ecopetrol extended from 1989 to 2003 and included several positions in geophysical operations and research, among others as the leader of the Geophysics team in ICP, the R&D division of Ecopetrol, and as a senior geophysical advisor in Ecopetrol’s exploration division. In 2007, he worked for Oxy in Houston as an exploration geophysicist and seismic interpreter. In 2008 he was with Geotomo, also in Houston. Gabriel is currently an Assistant Editor for the GSH Newsletter. He has served the SEG as a member of the Translations Committee and of the Project Review Committee for the last three years, and also as a member of the Technical Program Committee for the past three SEG Annual Meeting Technical Programs. He loves reading (mostly geophysics!), jogging and spending time with Bertha, his wife of 21 years, and his two sons.

Treasurer

Bruce Moriarty

Bruce Moriarty has been in the oil & gas industry for nearly 30 years. He graduated with a BA, cum laude, in geology, from Colgate University, and worked several years in environmental geophysics before moving to Denver in 1981, to join the oil patch. After gaining experience in acquisition, processing, and interpretation, he generated and sold prospects for ten years for investors from New Zealand and Australia. While in Denver, Bruce served as Continuing Education Committee Chairman for Denver Geophysical Society, and was elected DGS president in 1985.

Bruce moved to Houston in 1995, and soon found employment with Visos, LLC., along with a great opportunity to work with multi-component seismic data. While the Crash of '98 ended the project, the experience changed his career direction toward use of advanced seismic technologies. Since then, he has helped find reserves at El Paso Production, Dominion E & P, and Swift Energy. Bruce was Chief Geophysicist for Dominion in Houston when the company divested from most of its exploration assets in 2007. He is now a Senior Geoscientist at Swift Energy, working South Texas and Louisiana.

Bruce has been a technical judge at several SEG conventions, and was a member of the 2007 SEG Convention Technical Committee. He has published several papers, and has been featured in Western Oil Reporter, AAPG Explorer, and World Oil.

What does this have to do with being treasurer for GSH? Having survived several major downturns over the years, I've learned how to get the most from every dollar. Besides, Houston has been very good to me and my family- I'd welcome a chance to give something back to our Society.

Carmen Michael Vito

Carmen Michael Vito started his career with WesternGeco after receiving a Bachelors of Science in Geosciences from Penn State University. His 13+ years with WesternGeco have provided him a broad range of experience. After spending a few years in the field as a seismic acquisition engineer, he transferred to Houston to work in the data processing department.
Over the last decade Carmen worked as a project leader processing multi-component data in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Trinidad. These projects consisted of time and depth processing, seismic well calibration and anisotropic model building.
Currently Carmen is as an Area Geophysicist working in the commercialization of full waveform inversion for WesternGeco.
Carmen’s professional memberships include the SEG and GSH.

3-Mar-10 8:00 AM

2010 Spring Symposium

Fred Hilterman — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:00:00 GMT

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13-Jan-10 10:00 AM

The Magic of Lame`

Bill Goodway — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:00:00 GMT

The Magic of Lame`

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10-Dec-09 2:00 PM

Geoscience Day 2009

Haynie Stringer — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT

The Geophysical Society of Houston and the Houston Geological Society hosted the third annual Geoscience Day on Thursday, September 24, 2009 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. Approximately 95 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 four main track presentations and four periods of breakout sessions. The main track followed the life of an oilfield through 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 on Seismic Processing, Monitoring & Fracturing, 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. A “Tools of the Trade” section exhibited vintage and modern day equipment and technology in booths manned by docents explaining such technology as well logging products and interpretation, marine seismic cable birds and steering devices, analog and digital recording media evolution, a geophone response demonstration, and seismic crew operations.

Comments left on the attendee evaluation forms stated: “Fun & good way to learn.” “It was a great overview of the industry & there were lots of hands on exposure (Cores, Vibroseis, etc.)” “Good source of expertise & industry knowledge & basic concepts for new employees” and most importantly, “Had a good time. Great for meeting new people and networking”

Geoscience Day 2010 is scheduled for October 7, 2010 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.

PHOTO ALBUM

13-Oct-09 8:00 AM

October 2009 Presidents letter

Marc Sbar — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:00:00 GMT

President’s Column for Oct, 2009 by Marc Sbar , 2^nd VP

Most of you may not realize that GSH has a fun side. With Technical Breakfasts, Technical Lunches and Special Interest Groups there’s hardly any time to just hang out with your buddies and do the things you like. Well it turns out there is a very dynamic program driven by active committee chairmen and …all of this fun is the purview of the 2^nd VP. However, before delving into the program I need to thank Bob Ayers for the great job he did last year as 2^nd VP. Everything was set up and ready to go when I took over in July.

The program currently consists of six sporting and social events. The first event from a chronological perspective is the Annual Awards Banquet at Lakeside Country Club on May 7^th. Thanks to Steve Davidson for organizing the Banquet this year. This is not billed as a fun event, but it is an opportunity to thank and recognize those that have contributed to the Society and to geophysics over the past year and throughout their careers. It also turns out to be a wonderful opportunity to meet those folks that drive this organization.

The summer really got rolling with the Golf Tournament at Kingwood Country Club four days later. Golf took the prize this year with the largest attendance of 385, including members and guests. A new trophy was instituted this year in memory of Steve Tyrell for the team with lowest gross score. Steve was an ardent golfer and helped to run GSH golf program over many years. This is a fitting tribute. On a lighter note make sure to take your lightning rods along on the next outing. Two of the golfers had a close call that knocked them down at the 2009 Tournament. Many thanks to Dennis Sump and Matt Tyrell for putting this successful program together.

The summer season continued with the Annual Meeting and Barbeque at Jax Grill in late May. We thank Jim Moulden for doing groundwork for this one. The Barbeque was a great event and featured the installation of new officers and the passing of the ‘Honorary GSH Shovel’? I had no clue at the time and will have to research this some more. Whatever the official reasons there is no doubt that a shovel is an appropriate symbol for our past and current presidents, given what they have to put up with.

You may have noticed the full-page spread devoted to the Salt Water Fishing Tournament in the August Newsletter. This event was held June 11^th and skillfully managed by Bobby Perez. I am always amazed when I see anyone with a fish longer than eight inches (my record). From a careful analysis of the photos, it seems this was not only a fishing tournament, but an eating tournament as well. It looks like a good time was had by all.

The Sporting Clays Tournament was held August 22^ndat the American Shooting Center. This was a very successful event with over 260 members and guests attending. The sponsorship came from over 30 geophysical companies as well as some others outside our universe. There were so many door prizes and awards ranging from shotguns to gift cards that about half the attendees won something. It is hard to beat those odds. If that was not enough, a catered lunch was also included. Dietrich Landis did the heavy lifting this year. He was helped by members Alan Foley and Steve Mitchell as well as Jeanni Harris of the American Shooting Center. All of them deserve our thanks for a fun and safe event.

This year’s activities ended with the Tennis Tournament September 11^th at the Houston Racquet Club. Marvin Taylor & Liz Ivie selected this date specifically to make it a support America event with American Flag tee shirts in memory of the tragedy of 9/11. At the time of this writing the Tennis Tournament is still in the future, but I have no doubt that there will be some great tennis that weekend. Thanks Marvin

The sporting and social events are not just fun. They provide a great networking opportunity and, with the sponsorships from a wide range of companies, actually produce a net income for the Society. Most of this income goes to our scholarship fund. I encourage all of you to get out there and participate and if you don’t see something you can really sink your teeth into, give me a call or send an email and I will be happy to work with you to get your activity on the list.

22-Sep-09 11:00 AM

President's Column August 2009

Mike Graul-2009/2010 GSH President — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT

President's.Column By Mike Graul The China Syndrome 2009

Before we get to the reviews and forecasts of our esteemed president and the GSH Board of Directors for 2008 - 2009, I thought you might want a peek behind the silicon curtain, into the murky world of geophysical politics, group dynamics, and other matters usually discussed in hushed tones by seismic conspiracy advocates.

Shortly before the June meeting of the old and new GSH boards, it was reported that the SEG was closing the Geoscience Center at the Tulsa headquarters. This came as a shock and surprise to committee chairs deeply involved with matters associated with this educational facility. Tom Fulton, Lisa Buckner, Hermes Malcotti, Bob Wyckoff, John Delaughter are but a few of the chairs or co-chairs of such committees as the Youth Education, Museum, or Historical Preservation that were neither consulted nor advised of the rather sudden and surreptitious closing of a facility that had hosted over 18,000 school children over the past several years. The GSH Board went to threat level Orange.

The 5% Rule. Deep in the bowels of the SEG Constitution is Article XVII, Member Review, which states that the members may overturn any decision by the SEG Council, the SEG Executive Committee, or any other committee, if such action is supported by 5% of the active members of the SEG. This is our version of the court of last resort. In order to implement this procedure with regard to the unilateral decision to close the Geoscience Center, the GSH board set about to form an electronic petition in which active members of the SEG, who are also members of the GSH (a total of approximately 775, representing nearly 10% of the SEG active membership) could express support for the cease and desist order with a mouse click on the GSH Website.

The basic purpose of the petition was to prevent re-Gistribution of the Geoscience artifacts and museum pieces before an alternative plan could be investigated. A plan that would certainly include consideration of Houston as the home of the Geoscience Center. As it turns out, more traditional political techniques were invoked to halt further final and irrevocable closure activities. A flurry of e-mails, telephone calls, and backroom bargaining brought all participants to an agreeable course of action, in which a Task Force,. charged with investigating various solutions to the preservation of the function and purpose of theGeoscience Center, would be formed. This is now underway, and will include key members of the GSH. Your input through these pages will be welcome.

But, the plot sickens ... Just when we thought it was safe to leave the building (think of Jack Lemmon, after avertingthe melt down - maybe) here comes the SEG Governance Review Committee (GRC) with some startlingly progressive recommendations for changing the way the SEG is governed, and how its members will be represented. (You can guess who's going to take the biggest hit if their hope and change recommendations are implemented.) The details must and will be published before the annual meeting in October. Key changes involve dissolution of the main governing body, the SEG Council, as it now stands, and replacement with bring it up before a vote by the full active 12 representatives, more in keeping with membership. our growing global community. The GRC considers the present Council ineffective and "too USA centric". For the moment, the GSH is represented on the Council by four active members (Last year we had five, but a way was found to reduce thatnumber). The District (3), in which we reside, is defined as "Southeast US - Texas, Oklahoma, and east to the Atlantic Ocean", and is represented on the Council by an additional nine members, bringing the total for the District, including the GSH, to 14. This is the largest district representation byfar - as well it should be, in consideration of the number of active members. That nonsense would be terminated, however, reducing the representation to one (1) - more in line with the spirit of Globalism. Oh, incidentally, the new 18-member governing body (12 district reps plus the 6-member ExCom.) would have their expenses paid, four times a year, to attend meetings in various places around the world. Care to guess who will be covering these costs?

Threat Level Red. OK, maybe it's time to think of the 5% rule our geophysical founding fathers put into the constitution to protect the membership from such foolishness. Nope. The GRC has thoughtfully recommended that Article XVII, providing for recourse by the members, be stricken from the SEG Constitution, thus leaving the members at the mercy of the freshly minted Global Council.

What can you do? First, if you are eligible, but you are not an Active Member of the SEG, now is the time to become one. Actives differ from Associates in that they can vote and they can petition; they can throw open the window, and shout, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take this any more!" Secondly, read the GRC recommendations, when published, and let us know how you would like your current representativeS to vote when this is brought before the Council - as it now stands. Thirdly, should the recommendations of the GRC be adopted - against your will- stand ready to sign (electronically or physically) a petition to stop the movement, and bring it up before a vote by the full active membership.Alright, now that we've journeyed into Global Politics, let's look at the local level, and what your GSH Board has to say about the previous year of activity. We'll set the tone with 2008 - 2009 President Frank Dumanoir

President's Report for the 2008-2009 GSH Term-Frank Dumanoir

With the new 2009-2010 term starling in a few days, it's time to reflect on what was accomplished in the past year and what was left for the incoming board to pursue if they so wish. As you can see with these officers' summary reports, we have revived the idea that part of our responsibility to you is to give an accounting of the previous term.

The past year has seen a complete reversal of the fortunes of the oil industry and by extension the geophysical industry. Like many professions in this severe downturn, we have not been spared the layoffs reminiscent of the previous oil busts.

The GSH is navigating through the current downturn and continuing to provide our flagship technical events. The technical program this past year was outstanding. Between the Technical Lunches held at two locations every month, the early morning technical breakfasts, the Spring Symposium and the DISC we have had ample opportunity to witness the resiliency of our industry and the continuing development of new techniques in acquisition, processing and interpretation.

The" social events" (Sporting Clays, Golf Tennis, Salt Water Rshing Tournament) have attracted many participants and the hope is that we will be able to maintain the generous corporate sponsorships that help build our scholarship annual contribution. This year, your society contributed $16,000 to the Hugh Hardy Scholarship fund.

The GSH also provided feedback to the SEG on the initiatives they proposed. There was strong concern that some of these would have dramatically recast the governance of the SEG and reduced the voice of associated societies like the GSH at the annual council. We hope this helped spark continuing discussion on this important issue for GSH as well as SEG members.

The Museum and Outreach committees continued to do an excellent job through the hard work and dedication of several volunteer members. The grass roots effort at reaching young people is paramount to presenting our profession as a worthy and enriching one to pursue. In the same way,the museum committee helps preserve our heritage. Very recently your society has jumped in to try and save the artifacts at the SEG in Tulsa and to see what can be done to extend the Youth Education Center which the SEG recently decided to shut down. You will be hearing more from the incoming board on this in the near future.

This new term will see the first expanded board with two 1st and 2nd VP's (one of each is a VP-Elect). This will provide more help for these positions as well as facilitate the transition from one year to the next. You have elected an outstanding group of colleagues to run the GSH this next year. I hope they will get the same support the previous board has received and I encourage the membership to communicate with your ideas and suggestions to help the GSH meet your expectations.

We have started work on a much needed revamp of the website - and yes - make it easier and less frustrating to do online reservations to our events!

Finally, I would be remiss if I did not, once again, ask you to maintain your membership, but also to encourage your colleagues to become members. This will continue to be a focus of the new board and they are already at work to roll out some initiatives to grow our society.

First Vice President's Report for the 2008-2009 GSH Term - Bill Fahmy
As my term concludes I want to say thanks for electing me your first Vice President. It was an honor and great pleasure to serve you. As your First Vice President I was able to set up 9 technical luncheons (with one interruption due to Hurricane Ike) and to organize the SEG/EAGE DISC which featured Dr. Patrick Corbett. However, the major part of the job revolved around organizing the 2 day annual Spring Symposium. This turned out as quite a success as we honored Dr. Frank Levin. All this was possible due to a wonderful committee that I was able to form through suggestions from various members of the board. You should know that they handled most of the logistics while I did most of the worrying. Finally, I want to thank several people for making my job easier. Special thanks go to Marvin Taylor for his outstanding job handling the Technical Breakfast. Thanks also to the volunteers who organized the Special Interest Group Meetings

Report of the Secretary, Jackie Ming

This past year (2008-2009), my duties consisted of taking monthly notes at Board Meetings, and distributing them for review and placement on the GSH website. With the help of our new (and continuing) Membership Chair, David Hammer, membership numbers were tracked and we maintained membership of around 1200. Elections went smoothly and we successfully voted on and brought in the new Board of Directors for the upcoming 2009-2010 term.

Report of the Second Vice President, Bob Ayres

The society held six social and sporting events between August 2008 and August 2009. Revenues from these events help to defray the costs associated with technical events sponsored by your society, and also to fund scholarships sponsored by your society. Those events were:

Sporting Clays Tournament - The event was held August 23, 2008 at the American Shooting Center. 285 members and guests participated in this event. This event provided a $4549.66 overage to the society.

Tennis Tournament - The event was held September 26, 2008 at the Houston Racquet Club. Fifty-two members and guests participated in this event. This event provided a $7818.00 overage to the society.

Honors and Awards Banquet - The event was held May 7, 2009 at the Lakeside Country Club. 94 members and guests participated in this event. This event incurred a net cost of $1270.73 which was covered by the society.

Golf Tournament - The event was held May 11, 2009 at the Kingwood Country Club. 364 members and guests participated in this event. This event provided $8843.69 overage to the society.

Annual Meeting and BBQ - The event was held May 21, 2009 at the Jax Grill. 51 members and guests participated in this event. This event incurred a net cost of $2,220.25 which was covered by the society.

Salt Water Fishing Tournament - The event was held June 20, 2009 at the Tackle Box Storage and Fishing Spot Marina in Texas City. At the time of this report, final accounting is still being prepared. Approximately 60 members and guests participated with positive net revenue to the society.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the event chairmen for their diligent efforts that truly made these events possible. Without their hard work and the many volunteers that helped them, these events would not have been a success. I would like to express my personal appreciation for their efforts. So to that end, to Steve Mitchell and Dietrich Landis (Sporting Clays), Marvin Taylor (Tennis), Steve Davidson (Honors and Awards), Jim Moulden (Annual Meeting), Dennis Sump (GoIf,) Bobby Perez (Saltwater Fishing), and their many volunteers, please accept my sincere thanks. And in closing, I would like to thank the many companies and individuals who provided generous sponsorship for these events.

August 2009

29-Jul-09 9:00 AM

To The Executive Committee of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists:

Mike Graul — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT

To The Executive Committee of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists:

We, the undersigned active members of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, do hereby petition the Executive Committee of the Society to cease and desist in any action in the furtherance of the closing of the Geoscience Center, now housed in the SEG headquarters, Tulsa, OK. Such actions would include, but are not restricted to, any distributions or warehousing of the material, items, or artifacts now housed or exhibited at the Geoscience Center; nor should any attempt be made to lease or sub-lease the Geoscience Center area.

It is further petitioned that the Executive Committee should meet with representatives of the SEG Youth Education Committee and the SEG Historical Preservation Committee to develop a plan for the ultimate disposition of this valuable and beneficial entity.

Name E-Mail Address

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23-Jun-09 7:00 AM

June 2009 President's Letter

Frank Dumanior GSH President 08/09 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Time Flies When You’re Having Fun!

It’s already been nine months since I wrote my first newsletter column as this year’s president.
It seems like just yesterday!

In that short time we have witnessed a most dramatic shift in the world’s economic fortune.
As with all major “seismic shifts” the impact has been felt by all business sectors. What started
out as a “financial meltdown” has now spread and is affecting all aspects of business including
manufacturing, energy resource management and, closer to us, the search for and production
of hydrocarbons.

There seems to be little doubt that we will have to adjust to these new economic realities and
plan for them accordingly. The optimists among us (I count myself as one of them) will see
this as an opportunity to rethink how we approach problems and hopefully come up with better
ideas and solutions.

When the current board took office, we hoped to improve on traditional GSH offerings, initiate
new events, improve communications with and expand ourmembership, and continue building
ties with our sister societies. We have achieved some of those goals, implemented some
that were started by our predecessors and laid the groundwork for others.

1st and 2nd VP-Elect positions on the board. With the current election of the 2009-2010 officers
we will have two new officers on the board. It has been the general consensus of the most recent
boards that it takes time to get up to speed once one joins the GSH board. The newly created
positions will allow the VP-Elects to attend the board meetings and get a feel for the work to be
carried out. This will increase continuity and provide backup for those times when the 1st or
2nd VP is absent. Remember that all GSH officers are volunteers and often have to balance
work with GSH demands.

Technical Events: By any measure, this has been a very successful year in terms of the technical
presentations that have been organized under the auspices of your 1st VP, Bill Fahmy and his
committees. The “same talk – two locations” for the monthly Technical lunch was continued this
year. We had the chance to listen to high quality papers on topics ranging from “Listening
to Fractures” to “4D” - all of this despite a cancellation due to Hurricane Ike. I want to thank all of
the speakers who graciously gave their talks two days in a row. As tradition would have it, the
out going 1st VP has already lined up speakers for the Fall schedule. Watch your newsletter and
the website for announcements.The monthly Tech Breakfast has also been a resounding success. It has been common to see 60 to 80 geoscientists gathered at 7 AM on the second Wednesday of the month to see a series of very informative talks. The series has been loosely built around case histories, subsalt work in deep waters and prestack depth migration techniques. We have Marvin Taylor to thank for this and he assures me that he will continue his stellar efforts in the coming year.

The Spring Symposium and the DISC are our marquee events. The Spring Symposium this year
was themed on New Acquisition Techniques and the processing challenges and improvements
they have engendered. The Symposium was also an opportunity for our industry to honor
Dr. Frank Levin’s contributions to Geophysics during his career at Exxon and later at Western
Geophysical. Bob Wegner chaired the organizing committee and reported on the symposium in the
most recent GSH newsletter.

By the time you read this we will also have hosted the SEG DISC and provided another chance
to build our technical knowledge. Over one hundred attendees were there to listen to Dr. Patrick Corbett’s course on Geoengineering.

Our special interest groups (SIG’s) have continued to provide another outlet for those with specialized interests in Data Processing, Rock Physics, Potential Fields and Multi-Component technologies.As one fervent attendee at many of these events commented to me, one could go to a half dozen technical presentation every month just from the GSH!

Social Events: The main social events of the year – Golf, Sporting Clays, Fishing Tournament
and now Tennis continue to attract many participants. These events not only give us an opportunity
to relax with fellow doodlebuggers but also provide some additional funding for the technical
events as well as our annual contribution to SEG scholarships. This source of revenue allows us to
keep the prices for the technical events to a minimum.

Sponsors: In this difficult financial climate we have received substantial support fromcompanies large and small that have stepped up and contributed necessary funds to hold our events and keep a lid
on costs to the participants. We certainly want to thank them and hope that they will continue to
support the GSH in the future.

Outreach: This year we again participated in Geoscience Day. This event is aimed at new people
coming into the industry and exposes them to many geophysical techniques in acquisition, processing and interpretation. The GSH was also a very visible participant at the annual High School Science fair where we not only provided judges for the projects but also had a booth with information on geoscience careers. The GSH gave three monetary awards to deserving high school students.

Initiatives: A major initiative that was approved this year was the (much needed) revamping of the
website. This will have to continue under next year’s board – fortunately, Glenn Bear, who will be
returning as Editor, has been involved in setting the criteria that we feel will make the site more
user friendly and welcoming to our membership as well as interested observers.

There are many other society activities but space does not allow me to do them all justice. All of
them require your active participation and I hope you will also encourage fellow workers to join
in the fun. The GSH provides a great platform to inform, educate and help explain our profession
so that we can attract the next generation of explorationists to this great undertaking.

On a personal note, I want to thank this year’s board, SEG reps, committee chairs and volunteers
for all of their work and active participation in our endeavors. It’s been a pleasure and privilege to
serve as president this past year. I hope the incoming officers will have as much fun as we’ve had!

4-Jun-09 12:00 PM

GSH Officers for 2009/2010

Lilly Hargrave — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Bob Wegner-President-Elect

Scott Singleton- 1st. Vice-President

David Carlson-1st VP elect

Marc Sbar-2nd VP

Paul Schatz-2nd VP-Elect

Carmen Comis-Treasurer

Tom Riley-Secretary

Glenn Bear-Editor

14-May-09 8:00 AM

2009 GSH/SEG Spring Symposium

Bob Wegner — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT

2009 GSH/SEG Spring Symposium - Honoring Franklyn K. Levin

On March 4 & 5, approximately 170 people attended the GSH annual Spring Symposium
held at the Omni Palace in West Houston. The symposium of invited and contributed
papers highlighted recent innovations in seismic (land, marine, ocean-bottom, simultaneous
sources) and EM acquisition technology, along with related processing and interpretation
techniques. Throughout the program, speakers celebrated Frank’scontributions to geophysics
and their personal remembrances of his influence on them and their work.

Invited papers covered the latest developments in land and marine acquisition technologies,
including the implementation of simultaneous sources, marine vibrators (yes!), the optimization
of marine wide azimuthacquisition, the acquisition of OBC/OBS data, and the uses of coil
shooting for full-azimuth coverage and dual-sensor streamers for removing ghosts.
Shown also were excellent examples of subsurface images obtained from wide-azimuth data processed
with the most advanced imaging algorithms, such as anisotropic reverse time migration.
Several talks were followed by lively discussions on various topics (e.g., cable vs. wireless acquisition
on land, the physical mechanism behind slowvelocity noise in shallow marine data.)

Six guest speakers recognized Frank Levin’s contributions to a broad array of geophysical topics,
comprising seismicacquisition, processing, modeling, and theory. In addition, he inspired an
entire generation of geophysicists at Exxon and Western Geophysical,as well as the geophysical
community at large, to contribute to geophysical knowledge and to publish the results.

The dinner featured a toast and roast by Bob Wegner, a reminiscence by Frank’s youngest son
Philip, and a 60-year retrospective of the industry by Frank. There were numerous testimonials from
those gathered in an expression of heartfelt thanks for his contributions both technical and personal.

By all accounts it was a very successful event. This was the first time aquestionnaire polled
attendees to comment on technical content, facility accommodation, refreshment and
venue location. While there is always room for improvement, the general feedback was
most favorable regarding the event.

Also to be commended are the Symposium committee volunteers who gave a lot of their time
to ensure that the event met the highest possible standards and attracted quality presentations.
The GSH is indebted to the corporate sponsors who stepped up to the plate and were an
important factor in helping make this a successful event. Their continued commitment in
supporting technical conferences such as the Spring Symposium even in this challenging
economic environment is a testament to their belief that communication and spreading of
knowledge is a valuable investment in the future of our industry.

In a closing remark by Frank reflecting on his 60-year career, his longheld conviction that
publication was the cornerstone of accomplishment had now changed. He felt of equal
importance was collaboration with others and the nurturing of ideas. This feeling was
reinforced throughout the symposium’s proceedings.

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The New GSH Job Board

The GSH Job Board now assists you in three ways::

1. There is a confidential Employment Referral Service that works like the original GSH Employment Referral Service (GSH-ERS). Employers and job-seekers send job listings and resumes to the Chairman of the GSH-ERS Committee. The Chairman responds to the employer with a set of resumes that look like they meet his or her requirements. These requests and resumes are not made known to the general public. Some employers prefer this to the Job Board model.

2. There is a similar but publicly displayed Job Board for:

A. Jobs that employers want to have published on the GSH website. Anyone may post a job opening at no cost but they must be registered users of the GSH Website and logged in under their user name and password.
B. Resumes of job seekers looking for regular employment who want their resumes published. Only current GSH members may post their resumes. They may include their name and address or post them anonymously. As before, resumes may also be posted by consultants looking for contract work or individuals who do specialty service work. Resumes will remain posted for one year unless you delete it or ask that it be put in stand-by. If you want it to remain longer than one year, notify the GSH webmaster when it expires.

3. Links to additional Job Hunting Resources.

About GSH

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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.

Programs and Opportunities

Technical Activities
Technical Luncheon, third Tuesday of the month
Special Interest Groups

Data Processing
Interpretation
Near Surface
Potential Fields
Rock Physics

Technical Breakfasts, monthly at sites on the West Side, Greenspoint, and Downtown Houston
Spring Symposium
Continuing Education
Organize and present courses to members at cost
Conserve, catalog and display geophysical artifacts and documents
Academic liaison with geophysics departments at Rice University and The University of Houston
Publications

Monthly Newsletter
Annual Membership Directory

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

Annual Meeting/BBQ
Shrimp Boil (w/HGS)
Sporting Clays, Tennis, Golf, and Salt Water Fishing Tournament

Honors and Awards annually to worthy geophysicists in Houston area

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The Order of Priority for Seating is: GSH pre-registered; GSH walk-in, non-member walk-in. An Overview of Geological and Geophysical Methods for Individuals New to the Industry Find out about the Life of an Oilfield from Prospect to Retirement Field Acquisition Demonstrations Presentations Docent Aided Displays of Tools of the Trade Gain Perspective For Discussing Projects With A Broad Audience Understand What Work Goes On In Areas Other Than Your Own Learn What Difficulties And Problems Must Routinely Be Solved Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 7:30 - 4:15 at University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology 11611 W. Little York Rd. Houston, TX 77041 Hurry! Register Now! Limited to 100 Registrants! Call for Maps in Schools Project Presenters About 20 teachers have made a request through the Maps in Schools Project for a geophysicist, geologist or geoscientist to come to their school and give a short map presentation to their students. Volunteers will...

GSH Job Board

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:21:52 GMT

As of August 15, 2008 the GSH Board has voted to charge for job postings.

The cost is $50 for 14 days and $100 for 30 days payable by credit card.

The GSH Job Board now assists you in three ways:

A. Jobs that employers want to have published on the GSH website. Anyone may post a job opening at no cost but they must be registered users of the GSH Website and logged in under their user name and password.

B. Resumes of job seekers looking for regular employment who want their resumes published. Only current GSH members may post their resumes. They may include their name and address or post them anonymously. As before, resumes may also be posted by consultants looking for contract work or individuals who do specialty service work. Resumes will remain posted for one year unless you delete it or ask that it be put in stand-by. If you want it to remain longer than one year, notify the GSH webmaster when it expires.

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Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:17:35 GMT

President's Column
By Scott Singleton

Got Technical Talks?

Well, in fact, now that you mention it -- we do.

Put away all those vacation pictures, pack the kids off to school and work through that backlog of email-- we have got a full slate of interesting, invigorating, and enlightening technical luncheon speakers lined up for the entire fall season.

Many thanks to 2008-2009 1st VP Bill Fahmy for building upthis backlog; it makes my life so much easier.

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