BULLETIN I HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

April 1980

BULLETIN

I HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Volume 22 Number 8

H68 APRIL CALENDAR APA 14 1@8@ (mnkog W w ) Rlos Fedty Club

Mr. A. A. Meyerhoff, Consultant "World Pol icb Band Paroburn Remuroes through 1085 Science Falr Wlnners to be Announced Soclal Hour-5r90 PM, Dinner end Meeting-6.30 PM RBeervatione (telephone only, Bm) must be made or cancelled by Friday. April 11, 19tEO.

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Dr. Robert E. Sherlff Sdscorn DeJta, Inc. Houston, Tx. "Strartigraphlc lnterpretatlon of Saismlc Data"

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Mr. C. Kipp Ferns, American Natural Qaa Production Co., Jackeon, Mlsaisslppi Mr. Mark E. York, Citlee Srvlce Company, Jackson, Miasisalppi ''Bayou Middle Fork Field (Smackover). Clalbom Wrlsh, Loulslana- A cam History: Discovery to Watwflood

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HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Suite B-1, 806 Main Street

Houston, Texas 77002 223-9309

EXECUTIVE BOARD

WHllwn A. Fowler, Phillips Petroleum Company Cheater A. M, Dow Chemical, USA

WlHlam F. Bkhop, Tenneco Oil Company Pe@gy J. Rice, Conoco, Inc.

Mathew W. Dwm, Tnn~oontlnuntal Gaa Plpe Una Corp. Robert W. Bybu, Exxon Company USA

Dr. Cul I. )Ikmm, U n i v d t y of Houaton Jamea A. R-, Blocker Exploration Company

C t w h E. Trowbrldge, Consultant Jeflery V. Morrlr, Transcontinental Gas Pipe line Corp.

COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

L o u h Durham, Consultant Fred Baker, Great Western Drilling Company,

Ron Harlan, Oxy Petroleum Inc., Eral M. Sutton, Lomax Exploration Company,

Jerry $Ides, Hanover Petroleum Corp., Greg Bum6, Cities Service Company,

8. CaRd#e Yubrwgh, Terra Resources. Inc. Bru- E. Archind, Houaton 011 & Mineral Corp.,

Dl& Hughart, Ada Inc., Thomar liemman, Amoco Production Company,

Dan E. Dugmn, Exploration Caplt.1 Co. Jkn McMumy, Tranoco Exploration Company,

Mhw R. Trodl, Franks Petroleum Company, &man Kmdcy, Conoco, Inc.

Robed J. Mooes, First City Natlonal Bank J ~ M e. krru'lr

Evelyn WHh Moody, Conaultant John H. Hefner, Exxon Company USA,

Jeffery V. Morrk, Transcontlnental Gas Plpe Line Corp., Rlchwd McLeod, Gulf Oil Company Ch..kr A. Bdrd. Dow Chemical USA,

Chular K. Bvarbn, Amoco Production Compny, Frsnk Rutherford, Santa Fe Energy, Inc.

Walter A. Boyd, Columbia Gas Development Company Scott J. Lyslngar, Centura, Inc,

Do* M. Curtla, Robertson Research U.S., Inc. William F. Blshop, Tenneco Oil Company,

Davld M. Egghion, Geomap Peppard-Souder,

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES Advirer, Museum of Natural Science Edd R. Turner, Getty Oil Company GCAQS Representative JePlwy V. Illorrk, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. 871-2502 GCAGS Alternate WMam A. Fowkr, Phillips Petroleum Company 7-7613 M P G Delegate Chairman James E. Warner, Miller & Lents Ltd., 651-9455 AAPG Group Insurance John Bremsteller, Insurance Consultant 668-0610 Memorial Scholarship Board HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL AUXILIARY

R o M J. WUOCk 497-4411

OFFICERS

Pnbddent ReeM.nZ-E1.d Flmt V W m i d e n t (Soclal) Samd Vtce-PrmsIdentl (Membership) Tlrlrd VCogPrebldent (HGS Representative) *-ry Tmmursr

Mrs. J a m Q. (Qkmy) Fbyd 467-8248 Mn. Androw B. (Norm him) b d t o 494-9247

Mn. Do- H. (C1Kolyn) Chmhgm 437-9644 Mn. John D. (Me) MaL 784-4842

Mn. Jeffuy V. (SyM.) MmIa 774-0636 Mrs. Larry I.. (Norma) Jon08 497-3857

ham. Tlrnottry F. (Barbara) B ~ m n 780-4194

PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS The Twelfth Annual Offshore Technology Conference

will be held May 5-8,1980 here in Houston. Onceagainevery hotel in the area will bulge at the seams with visitors from all over the world attending our city's largest convention. Astrodomain will be thronged with conferees viewing the awesome displays of offshore goods and services in the sprawling exhibit areas and attending the 45 half-day technical sessions. However, if attendance follows the pattern of recent years, precious few of these will be registered as geologists.

The reasons for this sparse geological representation at the Conference are not readily apparent. Houston contains the world's largest concentration of geologists. Many of these work offshore areas and reasonably might beexpected to attend the Conference. The carnival atmosphere in the exhibit areas may obscure the fact that theOTC is basically a technical meeting. If we think of theOTC asa trade show and equipment fair, we may be understandably reluctant to risk sore feet and a stiff neck viewing equipment we have seen before and will probably be able to see again next year. We forget that the OTC is the world's largest technical conference: a major interdisciplinary scientific meeting held annu- ally in our own back yard.

Perhaps the program is part of the problem. As a former AAPG-OTC program chairman, I can personally attest to the problems encountered in trying to get significant papers for the OTC that are of interest to broad sectors of thegeological community. Much exciting geological work is being done offshore in petroleum exploration and development, mineral genesis and exploration, plate tectonics, sedimentation and stratigraphy; but the results seldom are submitted to the OTC. Many geologists apparently feel that the Conference is not a suitable forum for such reports, even though it is a major interdisciplinary conference offering prompt, non- exclusive publication in the Proceedings. Despitesuch problems, AAPG-OTC program chairman, Dr. Art Beall, and his SEG counterpart, Red Olander, have arranged five sessions for this year's Conference that should be of interest to many Houston geologists: two each on Sediment Properties and Geophysical Research/Operations plus a session on Marine Geology and Geophysics.

Perhaps some geologists do not realize that their attendance at OTC helps support their professional societies. OTC surplus revenues, largely from exhibitors' fees, are divided up among the sponsoring societies in proportion to the attendance of each Society's members at the Conference. Last year AAPG received almost $15 from OTC for each $1 spent on registration fees by conferees registering as AAPG members. HGS also receives money from the OTC. Thanks to the efforts of Dean Grafton and his Advance Registration Com- mittee, HGS will receive $1,00Ofor fulfilling the AAPG's bien- nial responsibility of providing one of the Conference's operating committees.

I urge every HGS member to support OTC. Plan to go this year. Be sure to list your AAPG affiliation when you register. Help Dean and the Advance Registration Committee if you can. Attend the technical programs. Consider submit- ting any suitable papers you may have in preparation to the 1981 OTC Program Committee. The OTC is Houston's major regular convention. Let's all work for its success.

William Fowler President

SOCIETY CALENDAR FOR MAY May 12, 1980 HGS Evening Meeting Rice Faculty Club Prof. Dr. Wolfgang J. Stahl

"Carbon Isotopes in Hydrocarbon Research and Exploration"

May 28, 1980 HGS Luncheon Meeting Holiday Inn - speaker and topic to be an- Medical Center nounced

NEW DATES FOR HGS FIELD TRIP The Spring Field Trip to the Texas Hill Country has been

changed from Apirl 26-27, 1980 to April 12-13, 1980, due to scheduling difficulties. If you plan on attending, please make reservations immediately. (See the March Bulletin for details.)

Susan Krosky Chairman Field Trip Committee

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL BARBEQUE

The Houston Geological Society will hold its annual barbeque on Thursday, May 1, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 607 E. Whitney Drive again this year from 6:00 p.m. to midnight. Entertainment will be provided by The Saddle Tramps band. Door prizes, as well as, the golf and tennis awards will be presented. Everyone should plan to attend; there will be plenty of good barbeque, beer, and dancing.

The price will be $6.50 per person. Send checks and a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

Houston Geological Society Attn: Vicki King 806 Main Street, Suite B1 Houston, Texas 77002

Checks should be made out to the HGS Entertainment Fund. Your tickets will be mailed to you if checksare received by April 12. Also, tickets may be purchased thru the Enter- tainment Committee.

FIELD TRIP MAY 10-11, 1980 The Gulf Coast Section of SEPM is sponsoring afield trip

on May 10-1 1, 1980, to the Queen City Formation in the East Texas Embayment: A Depositional Record of Riverine, Tidal and Wave Interaction. Trip leader will be David K. Hobday from the Bureau of Economic Geology, the University of Texas at Austin. The trip will begin and end in Longview, Texas.

For more information please contact Chip Carney, Amoco Production Co., P. 0. Box 50879, New Orleans, Loui- siana 701 50.

PRICE SCHEDULE-HGS MEETINGS Rice Faculty Club

Dinner ........................................ $13.25 Holiday Inn-Medical Center

Luncheon ..................................... $ 7.50

RESERVATIONS-223-9309 Please make reservations for the Monday evening meeting by the preceding Friday; for the Wednesday noon meeting by the preceding Monday.

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EVENING MEETING-APRIL 14, 1980

ARTHUR A. MEYERHOFF-Biographical Sketch

Arthur A. Meyerhoff, born,Northampton, Massachu-setts, September 9, 1928.BA degree in geology,Yale University, 1947, PhiBeta Kappa, Sigma Xi, andCum Laude. MS in geol-ogy and geophysics, Stan-ford University, 1950. Ph.D.in botany and geology,Stanford University, 1952.Geologist, northern RockyMountains, United StatesGeological Survey, 1948-1952. Geologist and geo-physicist with Standard

Oil Company of California organization, South America,Central America, and West Indies, 1952-1965. Senior geolo-gist for Standard Oil Company of California, 1956-1965 Pub-lications Manager, AAPG, 1965-1974. Professor of Geology,Oklahoma State University, 1975-1977. Partner, Meyerhoffand Cox, Inc., Tulsa 1974-present. Fellow of AAAS, GSA, andGeological Society of London. Member of AAPG, SEPM,AGU, AESE, APGS, SIPES, TGS, LGS, OCGS, RMAG, TheIndian Geological Association, Sociedad Mexicana Geolog-ica, and many others.

WORLD POLICIES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCESTHROUGH 1985 (Abstract)

At least 450 billion bbl of oil and 1,020 Tcf of gas havebeen produced by the end of 1979.Ofthe 450 billion bbl of oil,43 billion or 9.5 percent was produced in 1978-1979alone; ofthe gas, 300 Tcf or 29 percent was produced during the sameperiod.

The estimated volume of remaining recoverable (provedplus probable plus potential) oil is 1,830billion bbl and of gas,-6,950 Tcf. Of these two amounts, between 646and 735 billionbbl of oil and about 2,550 Tcf of gas were proved and proba-ble on January 1, 1978. Therefore, 1978-1979 productionused 7 percent of the remaining proved and probable oil and12 percent of the remaining proved and probable gas. Ifpotential oil and gas are included, 1978-1979 productionused, respectively, 3 percent and 4 percent of the remainingtotal. Therefore, if one assumes (1) no further growth in theuse of oil and gas and (2) that the estimates for the future arecorrect, there is a remaining supply of oil for 76 years and ofgas, 46 years.

However, one should note that 57 percent of the futureoil production will be from the Middle East, North Africa, andthe USSR; and that 60 percent of future gas production willbe from the same areas. The same area (North Africa, MiddleEast, USSR) contains 69 percent of the proved plus probablereserves of the world's oil and 70 percent of the world's gas.

In terms of world politics and current events, these statis-tics should be most sobering, particularly with regard to thefuture of the OECD countries (western Europe, Canada,United States, and Japan). For example, these four areastogether consume 14.6 billion bbl per year, but producedonly 4.3 billion bbl. The utter dependence ofthe OECD coun-tries on foreign oil increases daily. Therefore, areas of future

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exploration and development, and the pOlitics of these areas,are critical.

Recent events in Iran and Afghanistan, the recent twoattempts to overthrow the Saudi Arabian government, theSoviet domination of Iraq and Syria, Soviet infiltration andpredominance in Yemen and Libya, and the attempted Soviettakeover of Algeria should be most sobering. The only impor-tant Middle East country not to be affected by Soviet policiesis Egypt. Yet Egypt has only a fraction of the oil of its neigh-bors. Our future interests, in the short term, lie in the NorthAfrican and Middle Eastern countries and it is there where weshould be exerting all efforts in foreign policy. It is also therewhere terror has begotten terror for a decade, and theresponse to terror is"'power and strength-something whichall countries except those in the West understand best. How-ever, even OPEC oil is finite, as we have found out about U.S.oil. Therefore, we should be getting on with exploration inthis country and searching, together with our Western andJapanese allies, for energy alternatives. Such alternativesexist, and massive efforts to develop them should be under-way, but are not. If we can get an enlightened policy inWashington conducive to the development of alternativeenergy sources-in which geologists, geophysicists, andpetroleum engineers should be in the forefront-we shouldalso be able to get an enlightened Washington attitudetoward the petroleum industry, which still has between 50and 150 million bbl of oil and gas equivalent to find in thiscountry in places that are easy of access.

CALL FOR PAPERS1981 AAPG SYMPOSIUM

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists andthe Society of Exploration Geophysicists are sponsoring aresearch symposium session on exploration for subtle traps,which will be part of the 1981 AAPG Convention in SanFrancisco. The title of the symposium is "Geological andGeophysical Rationale Related to the Deliberate Search forthe Subtle Trap (Stratigraphic, Unconformity andPaleogeomorphic)".

It is time for the explorationist to ensure that an essentialand substantial part of his exploration policy includes thepurposeful search for subtle hydrocarbon traps. Geophysi-cists and geologists should make use of all earth sciencestudies which will shed light on ancient environments thatfavor the formation of these types of traps and openly discusshow these traps may be searched for and delineated. It is ourintent to devote approximately 50% of the session to geo-physical approaches and the other 50% to the geologicalapproaches to the exploration for subtle traps.

As coordinator for this session, I am calling for papers;and anyone interested in presenting a paper should so informme as soon as possible. All of the accepted papers will beconsidered for publication either in theAAPG Bulletin or asaspecial Memoir publication.

Michel T. HalboutyThe Halbouty Center5100 Westheimer Road

Houston, Texas 77056******

When planning a shopping trip, call ahead to see if thestore has the item you want. If the item is not in stock, youwill have saved gasoline and your own energy and time.

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NOON MEETING-APRIL30, 1980

C. KIPP FERNS-Biographical Sketch

Kipp Ferns is SoutheastDistrict Production Geo-logist with American Natu-ral Gas Production Co. inthe Jackson, Mississippioffice. He received his B SDegree from the Universityof Missouri at Rolla in 1952.He joined Cities ServiceCo. in 1953and has workedin Texas, Montana, andOklahoma offices beforemoving to Jackson in 1963.He had worked in the SouthArkansas-North Louisiana"State Line" Jurassic Trend

for Cities before joining American Natural in February 1980.

MARK E. YORK-Biographical Sketch

Mark E. York is an exploration geologist with Cities Ser-vice Company, Jackson, Mississippi. He received his BS andMS Degrees from Tulsa University in 1968 and 1975. From1968 through 1977, he worked as a research assistant andgeologist for Cities Service Company in the fields of paleon-tology, palynology, and carbonate research. During thistime, he also helped conduct carbonate sediment seminars inBelize, Florida, and the Bahamas. Since 1978, Mark hasworked as an exploration geologist in the South Arkansas-North Louisiana "State Line" Jurassic Trend concentratingmainly on the Smackover Formation.

BAYOU MIDDLE FORK FIELD (SMACKOVER), CLAI-BORNE PARISH, LOUISIANA-A CASE HISTORY: DIS-COVERY TO WATERFLOOD (Abstract)

Bayou Middle Fork Field, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana islocated in north-central Louisiana near the Arkansas-Louisiana border in an area known as the "State Line Trend"of the Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation. Smackoverproduction in the area is associated with a complex faultsystem masked by approximately 10,000 feet of youngersediments. A geophysical program combined with geologi-cal studies indicated a faulted deep seated east-west trend-ing anticline. Based on this evidence, Cities ServiceCompany drilled a test well on the structure resulting in thediscovery of the Smackover reservoirs at Bayou Middle ForkField in March, 1975.

Core and sample st~dies made as the field developedshowed the Smackover Formation at Bayou Middle ForkField to be a limestone composed mainly of oolites, hardenedpellets, pisolites, oncolites, and micrite. This limestone hasbeen divided into three units, designated as the Smackover"A", "B", and "C". The general environmental setting thatproduced these sediments varied from low to high energyconditions over a broad, shallow, gradually south slopingmarine shelf. This environmental setting underwent contin-ual minor sea level fluctuations and structural changes whichproduced an interfingering and mixing of the various carbo-nate sediments. One major change occurred as sea levelcompletely receded. The shelf was exposed to supratidalconditions which resulted in the deposition of evaporitic and

continental sediments. This regression ended Smackover"C" deposition and produced the Buckner "B" member of thestratigraphic section. This was followed by a partial trans-gression and subsequent regression resulting in the Smack-over "B" and "A" being deposited in an off-lap sequence. Thissecond withdrawal of the sea ended Smackover depositionand again produced conditions for accumulation of suprati-dal and continental sediments.

Porosity preserved within these oolitic rocks is primaryintergranular which has been enhanced by leaching of theoolites. Effective porosity varies from a low of 8%to a high of23.7% while permeability ranges from less than 1 md to 270md. During early d,evelopment of the field, the porosity andwater values from log analysis indicated the possibility ofsubstantial water production; however, as wells were com-pleted no water was produced. This can be explained by thepresence of microporosity containing irreducible water, asnoted by scanning electron microscopy and petrographicexamination.

Smackover production at Bayou Middle Fork Field isfrom three separate reservoirs, the Smackover "C", andupper and lower "A". the lower Smackover "A" reservoir is thelargest of the three. This reservoir contains volatile oil, andthe mechanism for primary production would be solution gasdrive, recovering only 20% of the oil in place. It was deter-mined that a pressure maintenance system would be neces-sary to recover the maximum amount of hydrocarbons. Awater drive system was chosen as the most favorable meansto accomplish pressure maintenance. It is estimated that anadditional 20% of the oil in place will be produced by thiswater flood program.

HGS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The Houston Geological Society Memorial ScholarshipFund recently received contributions in the categories indi-cated from the following individuals and organizations:Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Werner DONOR1513 Bracher DriveHouston, Texas 77055

Houston Geological Auxiliaryc/o Mrs. James G. Floyd11534 Shadow WayHouston, Texas 77024Mr. W. H. McKainP. O. Box 393Hico, Texas 76457

Mr. & Mrs. Claude H. Roberts, Jr.Alliance Exploration Corp.1717 Houston Club Bldg.Houston, Texas 77002(in memory of Mr. Ray A. Stuart)

DONOR

CONTRIBUTOR

CONTRIBUTOR

Carl E. NormanSecretary

THANK YOU

The Houston Geological Society wishes to thank Mr.Billy Hagen, owner of Stratagraph Inc., for defrayi ng the costof the HGS Annual Shrimp Boil held in October. It is this typeof support which enables the HGS Entertainment Fund tooperate in the black.

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PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS

Professional and Organizational news may be sent to Mrs. Virginia Lee Bick, 2534 Yorktown, Suite 156, Houston, 77056, or telephone 840-9562 or 961-0406, for publication in the HGS Bulletin. All news to be published in the June issue should be sent to Virginia by April 13th.

Davld Stoudt has accepted a position with Mosbacher Exploration as an Exploration Geologist. Mr. Stoudt has a degree in Geology from Waynesburg College and his M.S. in Geology from Texas A. & M. He formerly was with Getty Oil, Amoco and Reserve Oil and Gas. He is married and has two children. He is a member of the HGS and AAPG.

Hal T. Herdklotz has accepted a position with Cotton Petroleum Corporation as Exploration Geologist. Mr. Herdk- lotz was formerly with Michigan Wisconsin. He has a B.S. in Geology from Northern Illinois University.

Sam Pepplatt of Horizon Exploration announces the following news release. Michael I. Treesh has joined this organization as Exploration Geologist. He was formerly with Texaco and Mesa Petroleum.

Larry K. Lukavsky hasalso joined Horizon Exploration as an Exploration Geologist. He was formerly with Texaco and Champlin.

Robert F. Brandt, formerly with Getty Oil Company, has joined Champlin Petroleum Company in Houston as regional staff Geophysicist. Mr. Brandt has his B.S. in Geology from the University of Texas with his M.S. from the University of Houston. He is a member of the HGS, SEG, and Geophysical Society of Houston.

Claudla Ludwig has joined theoffshore Division of Getty Oil Company as of February 4th. Ms. Ludwig was formerly with World Wide Energy Corporation. She has a B.S. from Lamar University and her M.S. from Texas A & M in Oceanography.

J. Davld Lazor, formerly with Cities Service and Texaco, is starting exploration activities for Beaumont Energy, a full owned subsidiary of Eastham Enterprises, Inc. Mr. Lazor is Vice President and will be building the company. His office is at 4710 Bellaire Blvd., Suite 350, P. 0. Box 26, Bellaire, Texas 77401. Telephone 1 (713) 661-6890. Mr. Lazor has an M.A. and PhD degree in Geology from Indiana University. He and his wife, Barbara, have two children. He is a member of the HGS, SEPM, West Texas Geological Society, Alaska Geolo- gical Society and the Tobacco Root Geological Society.

R. L. (Bob) Musslewhite has been elected Vice President, Exploration, for Valero Producing Company in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Musslewhite was formerly Assistant Vice Presi- dent and Chief Geologist for Gas Producing Enterprises, Inc. and Border Exploration Company in Houston. Prior to that, he was Regional Exploration Manager of the Southern Region for Gas Producing Enterprises, Inc. and Coastal States Gas Producing Company in Houston. He has been engaged in exploration activities in the petroleum industry for 28 years. Valero is engaged in the search for oil and gas in the United States and Canada as an exploration and production branch of Valero Energy Corporation (its parent) which was recently spun-off from Coastal States. Musslewhite will manage the exploration efforts for this new entity.

Barklay Souders has opened Exploration and Produc- tion Consulting offices under the name of Soudersand Com- pany. He was previously Senior Partner in Peppard-Souders and Associates, Petroleum Consultants, and President of


Geomap Company. the firm's offices are at 9800 Northwest Freeway, Suite 110, P.O. Box 94126, Houston, Texas 77018, Telephone (713) 681-6330.

Maynard Little, a Senior Geologist, previously with Amoco, is now employed by the Houston office of Davis Oil Company. He is responsible for oil and gasexploration in the Texas Gulf Coast Region. He joins Chan Tysor, Mike Arden, and Chuck Noll. The home office for Davis Oil is Denver, Colorado.

John W. Skelly recently opened an oil and gas exploration office as an lndependent at 12600 Northborough Drive, Suite 302, Houston, Texas 77067. Telephone (713) 893-9438. He was formerly a Senior Vice President with Clark Oil and Refining Corporation. Prior to his thirteen years with Clark Oil, he was associated with Seaboard Oil and Gas, Texaco, and Kern Oil of California, Ltd. (KALIF, Ltd.). He was also an lndependent in New Orleans for five years.

John G. Drake has joined Entex Petroleum, Inc. as a Geologist in the company's Texas Division operations head- quartered in Houston, Texas. Mr. Drake, a native of Fabens, Texas, received his B.S. degree from the University of Texas in Austin. Prior to joining Entex Petroleum, Inc., Drake was associated with Cities Service Co.

George A. Kelly, Jr., has opened an office in Houston for Walter Duncan Oil Properties to handle all Gulf Coast prospects. His office is at 1326 Americana Building, telephone (713) 757-0205. Mr. Kelly was formerly with Texaco and Houston Oil and Minerals. He hasa M.S.degreefrom LSU. Mr. Kelly is a member of AAPG and the HGS.

Dean Grafton, Cities Service Company, has been elected President-Elect of the Texas Section-American Institute of Professional Geologists. Dean is a past president of HGS (1977-78). Sam R. Evans, Independent, is the current Presi- dent, Texas Section - AIPG.

Wlley B. Harle, Texoma Production Company, was elected Editor, Texas Section - AIPG, for a 2 year term, 1980-82.

Rlchard J. Frost, formerly with Shell Oil Company and Sunbelt Exploration Company has joined LOFCO as an exploration geologist.

ACADEMIC LIAISON SPEAKERS The following is a list of names of people who have

spoken in the schools in the Houston area through arrange- ments with the Academic Liaison Committee:

Bob Norris Katy Elementary (Mich-Wisconsin)

Otis Coulson Mayde Creek Jr. High (Arco)

Angelo Dispensa West Memorial Elementary (Mitchell Energy)

Cindy Pierce West University Elementary (Phillips)

Bill Roberts Katy Jr. High (Gulf R&D)

Carlton Reed Bear Creek Elementary (Not a member of HGS, but a member and historian of the Houston Gem & Mineral Society)

Louise S. Durham

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PROPOSED BYLAWS AMENDMENT

The Executive Board has approved placing a proposedamendment to Article Vwith word changes in Section 1andthe addition of Sec. 21 of the Bylaws on the ballot which willbe distributed to all active members by April 20, 1980. Tobecome effective, the proposed amendment must beapproved by at least two-thirds of the total number ofmembers voting.

Proposed deletions are in parentheses; proposed newmaterial is in italics.

ARTICLE V

Sec. 1:There shall be the following standing committeeswithin the Society: Finance Committee, Publications Com-mittee, Technical Program Committee, Awards and StudentLoan Committee, Personnel Placement Committee, PublicRelations Committee, Research and Study Course Commit-tee, Boy Scout Committee, Entertainment Committee, Mem-bership Committee, Remembrances Committee, AdvertisingCommittee, Exhibits Committee, Library Committee, FieldTrip Committee, Academic Liaison Committee, BulletinCommittee, Transportation Committee, (and) HistoricalCommittee, Publications Sales Committee, and Continu-ing Education Committee.

Sec. 21: The Publication Sales Committee shall arrangefor proper storage of the Society's publications and willpro-mote and exhibit these publications for the purpose of sellingthem. The committee willprovide a monthly report on publi-cation sales and inventory to the Executive Board. The com-mittee shall consist of four members.

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUMGEOLOGISTS

POST-OTC CONTINUING EDUCATIONPROGRAMS

Course title: OIL AND GAS ESTIMATION

DATE: May 9 PLACE: Shamrock Hilton

A basic survey of methods for estimating oil and gasreserves for both primary and secondary drive mechanisms.Primary recovery estimation techniques discussed includevolumetric estimates, statistical methods, estimates basedon performance data and correlation charts. Water and gasinjection, as well as gas reservoir analysis techniques arecovered.Course Title: PETROLEUM EXPLORATION ECONOMICS

DATE: May 10 PLACE: Shamrock Hilton

Course covers derivation of commonly used profitabilitycriteria. Also discussed isa new decision-making philosophybased on the unexpected-value concept, which takes explicitaccount of risk and uncertainty.

For forther information contact:

American Association of Petroleum GeologistsEducation DepartmentP. O. Box 979Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101918/584-2555Judy Golasinski, Manager

HGS CONTINUING EDUCATION-APRIL 24AND 25

"STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OFSEISMIC DATA"

by Dr. Robert E. SheriffDr. Robert E. Sheriff willpresent the fifth Continu-ing Education Program ofthe 1979-80 series to beheld April 24 and 25 in theExxon Building Audi-torium.

His course, "Stratigra-phic Interpretation of Seis-mic Data," is a survey of thetechniques and limitationsof seismic stratigraphy.Seismic stratigraphyinvolves the extraction ofgeologic information fromseismic data beyond

merely structural information. The techniques includerecognition of patterns associated with stratigraphic fea-tures, division of seismic sections into seismic sequenceunits which are identified with depositional units, seismicfacies analysis which is characterization of depositionalenvironment based on reflection characteristics, reflectioncharacter analysis or examination of reflection wave shape,and seismic evidences of hydrocarbon accumulation. Tech-niques for preparing seismic data for stratigraphic analysis,limitations imposed by seismic resolving power, syntheticseismograms, synthetic sonic logs (seismic logs) and attrib-ute analysis will be examined.

Dr. Sheriff is Senior Vice President for Seisom Delta,Incorporated and Adjunct Professor of Geology at the Uni-versity of Houston. He is a graduate of Wittenberg Universityand hold M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Ohio State University.He retired from Chevron Oil Company after twenty-five yearsof geophysical work in various parts of the world prior to hispresent employment. Dr. Sheriff is the author of Encyclo-pedic Dictionary of Exploration Geophysics, co-author ofApplied Geophysics and author of First Course in Geophysi-cal Exploration and Interpretation.

Dr. Sheriff was awarded the Virgil Kauffman Gold Medalof the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in 1969; in 1977he was SEG Distinguished Lecturer, and in 1979was made anHonorary Member. He has been a lecturer in the AAPG-SEGSchools on Seismic Stratigraphy since their inception.

EXPANSION OF SUBSEA MINERALRESOURCE PRODUCTION SEEN

Subsea mineral resources on or beneath the continentalmargins are potentially as diverse as those currently pro-duced from the continents, according to a U.S. GeologicalSurvey scientist. If underground exploration and extractiontechnologies are improved, the scientist said, it is possiblethat the range of minerals produced from the continentalmargins will expand.

Dr. V. E. McKelvey, a senior UGSG research geologist, ina recent address before the annual meeting of the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San

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Francisco, said that although the prospects for such expansion in the foreseeable future are moderate at best, "the potential for the long term should not be discounted.

McKelvey said the variety of potentially producible minerals from the deep ocean floor is much more limited than that of the continental margins. He added, however, that there is a considerable potential for the production of metals from manganese oxide nodules and from other deposits associated with hydrothermal activity in the oceanic ridge systems.

McKelvey said that deep-sea nodules, composed chiefly of manganese and iron oxides, but relatively rich also in nickel, copper, cobalt, and molybdenum in places, are abundant on the surface of the deep ocean floor over large areas.

McKelvey, who is also senior scientific advisor to the U.S. Law of the Sea Delegation, reported that several consor- tia have been investigating the feasibility of mining the nodules commercially. "Since 1973," he sald, "the Third United Nations Law of the Seaconference has been attempt- ing to establish the conditions that will govern exploration and exploitation of the nodules beyond the limits of national jurisdiction." He said, however, that there were "great uncer- tainties" about when commercial exploitation would begin, or, if it began, the extent to which production would supply world needs for these metals.

Noting that current commercial interest is focused on nodules that have a combined nickel-copper content of 1.8 percent or more, McKelvey cited several areas thus far known for such metal-rich nodules.

The most prospective area for the nodules, McKelvey said, is in the northeastern equatorial Pacific between the Clarion and Clipperton fracture zones.

The Clarion-Clipperton "prime" area, totaling about 1 million square miles, McKelvey said, might contain about 2.1 billion dry metric tons of potentially recoverable nodules averaging about 25 percent manganese, 1.3 percent nickel, 1 percent copper, 0.22 percent cobalt, and 0.05 percent molybdenum.

"Compared with land reserves of the nodule metals; that is, identified deposits economically producible at present prices," McKelvey said, "the resources in the Clarion- Clipperton prime area are equal to about 50 percent of those of nickel, 4 percent of those of copper, 320 percent of those for cobalt, and 30 percent of manganese reserves.

"Although the manganese nodules of the Clarion- Clipperton area thus represent potentially significant addi- tions to reserves of nickel, manganese, and especially cobalt, in themselves they are not the solution to the metal-supply problems of the long-range future," McKelvey said. He added, however, that there are several localities in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, mainly in the equatorial regions, which may be potentially minable. Attempts to estimate the magni- tude of such resources, McKelvey said, have resulted in totals, including the Clarion-Clipperton area, up to about 6.6 times the resources of the Clarion-Clipperton zone. Many believe, however, that the potential in such rich deposits is much lower.

Elsewhere in the world, McKelvey said, there are metalliferous deposits associated with hydrothermal systems along the oceanic ridges or ocean-floor spreading centers, the most promising of which consists of metal-bearing hot brines and muds in a series of deep basins along the central rift valley beneath the Red Sea.

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The largest of these basins, McKelvey said, is the Atlantic II deep, with an area of about 2.2 million square miles. It has been estimated, he said, that the upper 30 feet or so of sediments in the Atlantic II deepaverages 29 percent iron, 3.4 percent zinc, 1.3 percent copper, 0.1 percent lead, 54 parts per million silver, and about 0.5 parts per million gold. "Con- templating recovery of all these metals except iron," McKel- vey said, "it has been estimated that the upper sediments in the deep would contain about 2.9 million tons of zinc, 1 million tons of copper, 800thousand tons of lead, 45 hundred tons of silver, and 45 tons of gold. Compared with land reserves, these amounts are not significant-representing only 2 percent of zinc reserves and much lower percentages for the other metals. But viewed as a deposit potentially suitable for mining, these quantities are large indeed, with a gross value of about $6 billion at 1979 prices.

"Inasmuch as metalliferous muds are known in other Red Sea deeps and extend in places to sediment depths greater than 30 feet, these estimates could prove to be con- servative as applied to the region asa whole," McKelvey said.

Other areas discussed by McKelvey that contain metalliferous sediments include the equatorial Pacific sedimen- tary basin, both east and west of the East Pacific Rise, and a region near the continental margin o f y ~ a p e Hatteras, N.C.

In a concluding statement, McKelvey said that deep-sea mining is yet to be accomplished. "The prospects," he said, "for production of metals from manganese nodules in the northeast equatorial Pacific and from muds in some of the deeps of the Red Sea are reasonably good. Less certain, but conceivable, is that deposits of metal-bearing sulfides similar to those recently found on the crest of the East Pacific Rise will prove to be minable. Beyond these possibilitiesare lower grade metalliferous muds and sub-sea floor hydrothermal and magmatic deposits that, although probably extensive, cannot be thought to be minable in the foreseeable future."

FUNDAMENTALS OF GROUND WATER QUALITY PROTECTION

A seminar on "Fundamentals of Ground Water Quality Protection" will be presented by Geraghty & Miller, Inc., leading ground water consultants, on May 19th-20th at the Ramada O'Hare Inn, Chicago. The forum is co-sponsored by American Ecology Services, Inc., and will feature presenta- tions by senior members of the Geraghty & Miller staff led by the firm's president, James J. Geraghty.

Course topics include an explanation of mechanisms of ground water contamination, monitoring techniques, monitor well construction and sampling, the behavior of organic and inorganic contaminants in the subsurface environment, and the use of models in ground water contamination investigations. Particular attention will be paid to explaining the methods available for containment of contaminated ground water, the legal implications of ground water contamination, and hydrogeological factors associated with ground water protection when wastes are disposed of on land or through injection wells.

For program details and information concerning who should attend, contact Richard M. Miller, President of Ameri- can Ecology Services, Inc., 127 East 59th Street, New York, New York 10022. The telephone number is (212) 371-1620.

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FIELD STUDY VOLUME

The Houston Geological Society will publish a compilation of oil and gas field studies. In 1962 the Society last published a collection of field studies. This book, now out of print, still gets heavy usage. However,

numerous new fields and extensions of old fields have been found since 1962. An updated volume is drastically needed. This is an opportunity for your to help yourselves and your profession by publishing a field study. All you need to do is to work up the study using the outline as a guide and submit it to:

Houston Geological Society Attention: Arthur Troell

10405 Town and Country Way P. 0. Box 79160

Houston, Texas 77079 Should you have questions or need assistance call Arthur Troell (464-8552) or Gene Trowbridge (652-5088). The Society

can provide drafting and typing services.

OUTLINE FOR COMPILATION OF OIL AND GAS FIELD DESCRIPTIONS Name of Fleld, County

Author's Name, Company

Geographlc Locatlon Distances from nearby towns or cities.

Methods of Exploratlon Leadlng to Dlscovery How the field was found. Key wells prior to discovery, if any. Geologic or geophysical methods employed.

Dlscovery Well(s). Zone Discovery Date Well Name T. D.

Elevatlon of Surface

Geology Surface Formation. Oldest stratigraphic horizon penetrated. Regional stratigraphic setting. Regional structural setting. Description of trap(s).

Development Data Zone No. Productive acres No. of Wells Spacing

Lithology of Resewolr Rocks (list or describe each zone separately)

Table of Produclng Zones Zone Product Ave. Por.

Table of Re8ewolr Data (original) Zone Gravity G.O.R. Ratio

Elevatlon and Rellef of Productlve Zones Zone Apex Water Contact

011 Productlon Zone Cum. Prod. No. of Wells

Gas Productlon Zone Cum. Gas Cum. Cond.

Speclal Problems Drilling Completion Production

References

lllustratlons (each to be 8%" x 11")

Ave. Perm. Gross Thickness

Temp Pressure

Relief Amount of Closure

Ave. per Well

No. of Wells Ave. per Well

Type LO^ (example log) with productive zones and stratigraphic data (formations, age and paleontology). Structure Map(s). Stratigraphic maps (sand thickness, pinchout or etc.). Cross Section(s).

Houston Geological Society Bulletin. April 1980

U.S. HAS NEARLY 3 MILLION TONS OF THORIUM FUEL-MINERAL RESOURCES

Principal known thorium deposits in the United States contain an estimated 693,000 tons of the radioactive mineral which can be used as a nuclear fuel, and an additional 2.2 million tons occur in less well known disseminated deposits, according to a report published by the U.S. Geological Survey.

The report summarizes findings of the USGS and the Bureau of Mines, both in the Department of the Interior, in the first definitive assessment ever made of U.S. thorium resources. The national inventory was done for the Department of Energy.

Thorium is now used mostly for non-energy purposes, but it is used in a high-temperature gas-reactor commercial nuclear power plant operated by Colorado Public Service Co. near Platteville, Colo. Thorium also may be used to breed new fuel in some of the advanced nuclear technologies, and as a fuel in light- and heavy-water reactors.

Thorium resources were poorly known in the past because there was little use for the element and because there was little exploration for deposits, thereportsays. Until recent years, the most widely cited figure for total US. thorium resources was 100,000 tons, based on deposits in the Lemhi Passdistrict in the Beaverhead Mountains in Montana and Idaho.

The report does not describe all the thorium deposits in the United States, but it doesdescribe most of thedeposits of higher-grade ores, as well as the greater part of the known resources that could be mined relatively cheaply.

Known thorium deposits in veins, massive carbonatites, and Carolina stream placers contain an estimated 188,000 tons of known reserves of thorium. These deposits also contain an estimated 505,000 tons of probable potential resources.

An estimated 2.2 million tons of thorium could be produced from "disseminated deposits whose resources are not as well defined as the other three types of deposits. Although the disseminated deposits would not be the first deposits exploited, they would undoubtedly play a major role in any large-scale thorium exploitation."

There is currently no U.S. production of thorium, and the 30,000 tons of thorium used in theunited States in 1978came from imports and government stockpiles, according to the Bureau of Mines. Except for use as a nuclear fuel in the commercial electric generating plant in Colorado and in experimental reactors, all of the thorium used in the United States in 1978 was for non-energy purposes, mostly in making mantles for incandescent lamps.

In many U.S. thorium deposits, other products such as titanium, uranium, rutile, zircon and rare earths could be produced in conjunction with the thorium.

Vein deposits make up 70 percent of the known reserves and probable potential resources of thorium, the report says, and "undiscovered thorium resources in veins are likely to equal those already discovered."

Although vein deposits are known in at least 17 widely scattered areas, the report describes only the seven largest districts: Lemhi Pass in Montana and Idaho; the Wet Moun- tains in Custer County, Colo.; Powderhorn in Gunnison County, Colo.; Hall Mountain in the Idaho panhandle; Dia- mond Creek near Salmon, Idaho; Bear Lodge Mountains in

Crook County, Wyo.; and Mountain Pass in northeast San Bernardino County, Calif.

The two massive carbonatite deposits described in the report are in the Powderhorn district i n Colorado and the Mountain Pass district in California.

The stream placers in the North and South Carolina piedmont were the world's first source of thorium, with production starting in 1887 and ceasing in 1917 because of lower-priced imports.

The three disseminated deposits of thorium described in the report are in the Bear Lodge Mountains district of Wyom- ing, the Powderhorn district in Colorado and Hicks Dome in Hardin County, Ill.

Authors of the report are Mortimer H. Staatz, T. J. Arm- brustmacher, Jerry C. Olson and Maurice R. Brock, all USGS geologists, Denver, Colo.; Isabelle K. Brownfield, USGS physical science technician, Denver; Jim F. Lemons, Bureau of Mines metallurgist, Denver; Luis V. Coppa, Bureau of Mines mining engineer, Washington, D.C.; and Benjamin V. Clingan, former Bureau of Mines student assistant from the Colorado School of Mines.

The report was published as USGS Circular 805 and titled, "Principal Thorium Resources in the United States." Copies are available free from the Branch of Distribution, U.S. Geological Survey, 1200 South Eads St., Arlington, Va. 22202; and over the counter at USGS Public Inquiries Offices in Anchorage, Alaska; Los Angeles, San Francisco and Menlo Park, Calif.; Denver, Colo.; Washington, D.C.; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Reston, Va.; and Spokane. Wash.

RECORD HIGH INCOME FROM 1979 MINERAL OPERATIONS

Preliminary estimates indicate that royalties collected in 1979 from production of oil, gas, coal, potash, phosphate, sodium, and other minerals on federal and Indian lands will exceed $1.9 billion, setting a new high, and topping the pre- vious record set in 1978 by $382 million, the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, announced today.

The increases are due, mainly, to continued increase in oil and gas prices. Oil prices increased, on the average, from $9.39 a barrel to $10.88 a barrel, and gas prices increased from $0.94 per thousand cubic feet to $1.25 per thousand cubic feet. Gas production increased to 238 billion cubicfeet, primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, whereas oil production declined by 19 million barrels (10 million in the Gulf of Mexico).

Of the total royalties collected during 1979, more than 73.9 percent-$1.443 billion-accrued from oil and gas production on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), $1.431 billion from production in the Gulf of Mexico, and $12 million from offshore California.

Oil and gas leases supervised by the USGS at the end of the year totaled nearly 135,000 in number, covering more than 115.6 million acres of public, acquired, Indian, military, and OCS lands.

Production for 1979 from more than 16,684 producible leases is estimated to be 500 million barrels of crude oil and gas liquids, and 5.8 trillion cubic feet of marketed gas, valued at more than $12.3 billion. This production representsabout 29.6 percent of the marketed gas and 16.1 percent of the total crude oil and gas liquids produced in the United States during the calendar year.

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The OCS portions of these totals are 2,200 leases, covering more than 10.6 million acres. OCS production from about 1,007 producible leases is estimated to b 281.9 million barrels of crude oil and gas liquids and 4.6 trillion cubic feet of marketed gas, valued at more than $8.8 billion. This repres- ents about 23.5 percent of the marketed gas and 9.1 percent of the total crude oil and gas liquids produced in the United States during the calendar year.

The onshore portions of these totals are 132,800 leases, covering more than 105 million acres. Onshore production from about 15,677 producible leases is estimated to be 218.1 million barrels of crude oil and gas liquids and 1.2 trillion cubic feet of marketed gas, valued at more than $3.5 billion. This representsabout 6.1 percent of the marketed gasand 7.0 percent of the total crude oil and gas liquids produced in the United States during the calendar year.

The value of coal, potash, sodium, phosphate, and other minerals mined from leased federal and Indian lands during the year is estimated to be $1,668 million; the royalty collected on this production was more than $68 million.

Royalties accruing from mineral leases supervised by the U.S. Geological Survey are ultimately credited to the states through the Bureau of Land Management, the Indians through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, other federal agencies, the Reclamation Fund, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the Historic Preservation Fund, and the U.S. Treasury.

NEW PHOTOIMAGE MAPS FOR HAWAII New black-and-white photoimage maps covering the

eight principal islands of the state of Hawaii have been released by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.

The three-year mapping project was undertaken by the USGS in cooperation with the Hawaii State Mapping Advi- sory Committee to provide up-to-date maps of changing land use and growing urban areas. The 133 new photoimage maps will aid state and regional planners in providing a faster and more current appraisal of changes in land use and surface features than is available by traditional mapping techniques.

To mark completion of the project, a set of maps was presented to Hawaii Governor George Ariyoshi and state officials on December 13, 1979, by R. 8. Southard, chief, USGS Topographic Division, and Kazautaka Saiki, chairman, Hawaii State Mapping Advisory Committee.

Photoimage maps (orthophotoquads) are one of the newer map products prepared by the USGS, the nation's principal civilian mapping agency, as part of the National Mapping Program. Published at a scale of 1:24,000 (1 inch to 2,000 feet, or 4 centimeters to about 1 kilometer), each photoimage map covers an area of 7.bminutes of latitude and longitude or about 63 square miles (163 square kilometers) on a 21- by 27-inch (55 by 70-centimeter) sheet. Aerial pho- tography required 16 months of effort and flight heights that varied from 20,000 to 27,000 feet to accomodate problems with terrain, sun angle, clouds, and seasonal factors.

Hawaiian photoimage maps may be purchased from the Western Mapping Center, USGS, 345 Middlefieid Rd., Menlo Park, Calif. 94025. Prices are $1.25 for each paper diazo copy and $12.00 for each copy on stable base film. Orders must include check or money order payableto the U.S. Geological Survey. Photoimage maps may also be purchased from commercial outlets, but prices may vary. Afree index listing other available maps of Hawaii may also be obtained from the Western Mapping Center.

INDEX TO ALASKA OCS PLANS, REPORTS AVAILABLE

An index to reports and documents used by the federal government in the decision making process for leasing, exploration, development, and production of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), has been prepared jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Land Manage- ment, Department of the Interior, and is available free upon request from the USGS.

The 91-page annotated guide to relevant information on the Alaska OCS oil and gas leasing program was prepared by the two Interior agencies in cooperation with the Council on Environmental Quality. Under provisions of the OCS Lands Act, the USGS and BLM have responsibility for the majority of activities necessary to administer mineral leasing and development of offshore areas under federal jurisdiction.

The Alaska index, the third in a series of four, is part of an effort to ensure timely access to information by state and local governments affected by OCS activities. An Atlantic OCS index was published and made availableto the public in August 1979 and an index for the Pacific OCS was made available earlier this month. The remaining volume, Gulf of Mexico, is expected to be available within a month.

The index lists and describes documents in the sequence by which they are generated throughout the entire leasing program, a long-term process that begins at least 26 months prior to a lease sale and continues through exploration, commercial production, if any, and abandonment.

Documents listed and described are related to the following steps in the leasing procedure:

+ Proposed OCS Planning Schedule + Resource Reports + Call for Nominations and Comments + Tentative Tract Selection Notice and State Notifica-

tion + Pre-Sale Environmental Impact Statement + Hazards Report + Secretarial Issue Document + Proposed Notice of Sale + Sale + Exploration Plan and Environmental Report + Environmental Assessment and Environmental Im-

pact Statement (if necessary) for Exploration + Drilling Permit for Exploration + Development and Production Plan and Environmental

Report + Environmental Assessment and Environmental Im-

pact Statement (if necessary) for Development and Production

+ Drilling Permit for Development and Production + Pipeline Permit

Copies of the index, "Alaska Index (December 1974- June 1979)," may be obtained free upon request from the chief, Resource and Land Investigations (RALI) Program, U.S. Geological Survey, 750 National Center, Reston, Va. 22092, Telephone (703) 860-71 66.

Go shopping with a neighbor now and then. If the fuel used by the average car were reduced 15 percent through fewer daily trips, better driving practices and better maintenance, the Nation's use of petroleum would fall by nearly 3.5 percent of demand.

9 Houston Geological Society Bulletin. April 1980

NOMINEES FOR OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMEN, 1980-81

PRESIDENT

The Nominating Committee submits the following list of nomlnees for office in the Houston Geological Soclety, 19- 1981. Each nomlnee is an Active member of the Society and has indicated a willingness to serve if elected.

Ballots will be mailed to each Active member by April 20. Your marked ballot must be received in the Society office by May 10, 1980 to be counted.

Chester A. Balrd Dow Chemical USA. 011 & Gas Divlslon

Brian E. O'Brlen Sanchez-O'Brlen Minerals

Corporation

FIRST VlCE PRESIDENT d' SECOND VlCE PRESIDENT

Wllliam F. Blshop Tenneco Oil Co.

Dan E. Duggan Exploration Capital Company

Craig E. Moore Natural Gas Pipellne Co.

Peggy J. Rice Continental Oil Co.

SECRETARY TREASURER

Albert C. Rac,sch Exxon USA.

Matthew W. Daura Transcontinental Gas Pipe

Line Corporation

Andrew B. Bacho, Jr. Total Petroleum, Inc.

Qerald A. Cooley Phllllps Petroleum Co.

J EXECUTIVE COMMllTEEMAN

Theodore D. Cook Shell Oil Co.

Wendell L. Lewis Independent Geologist

James L. Smith Danlel Oil Co.

Tommy M. Thompson Highland Resources Inc.

CHESTER A. BAlRD (President)

BRIAN E. O'BRIEN (President)

Academic Training:

1947-51

Experience: 1951-54 1954-56 195657 1957-69 1969-71 1971-72 1972-

Professional Affiliations:

Professional Activities:

1975 1976

Ohio State University, BS Geology

Mene Grande Oil Company, Venezuela U.S. Army, Topographic Surveyor Chester A. Baird, Sr. Atlantic Refining Co. and Atlantic Richfield King Resources Crown Realty Dow Chemical U.S.A.. Oil 8 Gas Division

AAPG - Matson Award Judge AIPG-Texas Section, Public Relations Commit-

tee, Chairman HGS - Public Relations'Committee, Chairman AAPG - House of Delegates, Alternate AlPG - Texas Section, Membership Committee HGS - Editor, HGS Bulletin AAPG - House of Delegates, Delegate AAPG - Matson Award Judge AlPG - Texas Section, Membership Committee,

Chairman AAPG - Matson Award Committee HGS - Business Manager. Guidebook Publication

for AAPG Convention Field Trips HGS - First Vice President AlPG - Texas Section, Executive Committeeman AAPG - House of Delegates, Constitution and By-

laws Committee

Academic Training:

1958 1963

Experience: 1961-1968 1968-1 973 1973-



1971-72 1979

University of Oklahoma, BS Geology University of Oklahoma. MS Geology

Atlantic Richfield Mesa Petroleum Company Sanchez-O'Brien Minerals Corporation

Second Vice President. H.G.S. A A P G House of Delegates

Academic Training:

1954 1957

Experience: 1954-56 1957-63 1963-72 1972-73 1973-77 1977-



1974-76 1977-79 1979-80

WILLIAM F. BISHOP (First Vice President)

Miami University (Ohio), BA Geology Miami University (Ohio), MA Geology

U.S. Army Marathon Oil Co. Tenneco Oil Co. Weaver Oil & Gas Co. Ashland Exploration Inc. Tenneco Oil Co.

HGS, AAPG, SEPM, SEAPEX

AAPG Delegate HGS Field Trip Committee Chairman HGS 2nd Vice PresidentfProgram Chairman

Academic Training:

Experience: 1964-76 197679



1967

1967-68 1967-68

1971

1971-73

1973

1973

DAN E. DUGGAN (First Vice President)

University of Oklahoma, B.S. Geology University of California (Riverside), M.A. Geology Pepperdine University, MBA

Exxon Company, U.S.A. Kirby Exploration Company

AAPG. WTGS, AIPG, HGS

Chairman, Publicity Committee-AAPG National Convention (Los Angeles)

Editor, Pacific Section AAPG Newsletter Member, Executive Committee Pacific Section

AAPG Member, Registration Committee-AAPG Na-

tional Convention (Houston) Chairman, Membership Committee, Houston

Geological Society Member, Registration Committee-GCAGS Con-

vention (Houston) Speaker, Academic Liaison Committee, Houston

Geological Society


1973 Secretary, Houston Geological Society Elected but did not serve due to company transfer.

1974-80 Member, AAPG Committee on Environmental Geology

197480 Chairman, Environmental Publication Committee, Houston Geological Society

Academic Training:

1961

Experience: 195657 1957-65 1965-77 1977-



1973 1973-74 1974-75

1975-76 1977-78 1978-79

197480

PEGGY J. RICE (Second Vice President)

University of Tulsa, BS Geology

Great Basin Petroleum Co. John Cassidy, Jr., Oil Producer American Assoc. of Petroleum Geologists Conoco Inc.

AAPG, HGS, Tulsa Geol. Soc., Assoc. Earth Science Editors

Tulsa Geol. Soc. Field Trip Committee Tulsa Geol. Soc. Secretary Tulsa Gol. Soc. Editor; TGS Membership Com-

mittee Tulsa Geol. Soc. Newsletter Editor HGS Bulletin Associate Editor AAPG/SEPM Ann. Convention, Technical Pro-

gram Editorial Committee and Chm. Printing Committee

HGS Secretary

Academic Training:

1969

Experience: 196470 1970-72 1972-76 1976-78 1978-



1977-80 1979 1979

CRAIG E. MOORE (Second Vice President)

Colorado School of Mines, gineer

Geophysical En-

Texaco Inc. U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Asia Gulf Oil Co. Gulf Research and Development Co., Houston Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America

(Texoma Production Company)

HGS, AAPG, APGS, SPE/AIME, SPWLA, GSH, EAEG, AGH

HGS Program Committee Slide Editor, 1979 AAPG/SEPM Convention Speaker, 1979 AAPG/SEPM Convention

Academic Training:

1950

Experience: 1950-56 195659 195462 1962-



1971 1973 1974

1975-77 1977-79 1979

197480

MATTHEW W. DAURA (Secretary)

Louisiana State University, BS Geology

Houston Oil Company Atlantic Refining Company Commonwealth Oil Company Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp.

HGS, AAPG (Certified Petroleum Geologist), APGS

Registration Commiteee - AAPG Convention Registration Committee - GCAGS Convention Advance Registration Chairman - Offshore Tech-

nology Conference Exhibits Chairman - HGS Advertising Chairman - HGS Educational Exhibits Chairman - AAPG Conven-

tion Treasurer - HGS

Academic Training:

1940 1954

Experience: 1939



1952 1963

1968-76 1976-77 1977-78

1979

ALBERT C. RAASCH (Secretary)

University of Houston BS Geology Florida State University MS Geology

Exxon U.S.A.

AAPG, HGS

Southeastern Geological Society, President AAPG Convention, Chairman, Publicity Commit-

tee HGS, Chairman, Academic Llaison Committee HGS, Chairman, Ballot Committee HGS, Chairman, Awards and Student Loan Com-

mittee AAPG Convention, Chairman, Poster Sessions

Award Committee


ANDREW B. BACHO, JR. (Treasurer)

GERALD A. COOLEY (Treasurer)

Academic Training:

1946 1947

Academic Training:

1953 1955

University of Michigan B.S. Geology University of Michigan M.S. Geology

Lehigh University, BA Geology University of Iowa. MS Geology

Experience: 1947

Experience: 1955-70 1970-74 1974-

Phillips Petroleum Company Gulf Oil Corporation Mitchell Energy & Development Corporation Total Petroleum, Inc.




1953 1966-67 1971-72 1977-78 197879

HGS, AAPG (Certified Petroleum Geologist), SPE of AIME, Oklahoma City Geological Society, Michigan Oil and Gas Association

Frio Study Group Treasurer G S H A A P G Delegate Program Committee H G S Program Committee H G S


1961-62 Stratigraphic Correlations Committee - Ft. Smith Geological Society

Treasurer, East Texas Geological Society Publicity Committee, AAPG Convention Decoration Committee, AAPG Convention Director, Michigan Oil & Gas Association

WENDELL L. LEWIS (Executive Committeeman)

THEODORE D. COOK (Executive Committeeman)

Academic Training:

Academic Training:

1948 1950

University of Nebraska

University of Utah. BA Geology University of California, MS Paleontology

Experience: 1941-56 1956-64 1964-

Houston Oil Company of Texas Highland Oil Company Independent

Experience: 1950- Shell Oil Company


Professional Affiliations: AAPG, HGS, SlPES HGS. GSA


1956 1964-66

Professional Activities: Editor of Stratigraphic Atlas of North and Central

America (Princeton Press), Underground Waste Management (Memoir 18, AAPG), and numerous papers on Tertiary and Mesozoic stratigraphy and production history of South and Central Texas published in various journals.

HGS First Vice President HGS Executive Committeeman

TOMMY M. THOMPSON (Executive Committeeman)

JAMES L. SMITH (Executive Committeeman)

Academic Training:

1950

Academic Training:

1953 1955

Cornell University, BA Geology University of Virginia, BA University of Virginia, MS

Experience: 1950-75 197576 1976-



1964-65 1970-71 1973

Experience: 195575 1975

Cities Service Oil Company Suburban Propane Gas Corporation Daniel Oil Company

Texaco Inc. Highland Resources, Inc.

Professional Affiliations: HGS, AAPG, APGS, LGS, SGE MEMBER: HGS, AAPG, Sigma XI


1966-75 Delegate - AAPG House of Delegates, LGS Delegate - AAPG House of Delegates, HGS GCAGS Ann. Conv. - Co-Chairman, Entertain-

ment Committee AAPG Matson Award Judge

District Chairman - AAPG Committee on Statis- tics of Drilling

Chairman Entertainment Committee, HGS

Houston Geologtcal Society Bulletin. April 1980

BULLETIN COMMITTEE

EDITOR

GREG BURNS, Cities Service Co., PO Box 27570, Houston Texas 77027, Ph. 850-6193

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

JOAN CARLSON, City Exploration Co., 4801 Woodway, Suite 480 West, Houston, Texas 77056, Ph. 965-0881

ASSISTANT EDITORS

KIM DOUD, Mesa Petroleum Co., 601 Jefferson Ave., Hous- ton, Texas 77002, Ph. 659-8585

SUSAN CONGER, Gulf Research and Development Co., 11 11 1 S. Wilcrest, Houston, Texas 77099, Ph. 778-5129

ADVERTISING

FRED BAKER, Great Western Drilling Co., Suite 1273, Galle- ria Towers West, 5075 Westheimer. Houston. Texas 77056. Ph. 961-4162

NEW MEMBERS ARCHER. STEPHEN R. Geologist Hunt Energy Corporation 4615 Southwest Fwy X1015E Houston. Tx. 77027 627-8830

ARMSTRONG. ERNEST E. Geologist Exxon Company USA P. 0. Bo 2180 EDPC Houston. Tx. 77001 965-7422

BAGWEL, T. DALE Geologist Amoco International Oil Co. 16825 Northchase Drive Houston. Tx. 77060 931-2110

BALISTRIRE. CRAIG T Associate Geologist Tennessee Gas Pipline P. 0 . Box 2511 Houston. Tx. 77001 757-3400

BLYSKAL. STEPHEN C. Production Geologist Gulf Oil Expl 8 Prod Co. P. 0 . Box 1635 Houston. Tx. 77001 226-1775

BURNS. SCOTT D. Geophysicist Exxon Company USA P. 0 . Box 2180 Houston, Tx. 77001 656-1931

COFFMAN. BRUCE PHILLIP Geologist Sun Production Co. P. 0 . Box 3327 Houston. Tx. 77001 6804644

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APPUED DRILLING TECHNOLOGY provides all of the information obtained in Baroid's Mud Logging Service and adds the equipment and experienced personnel to make pore pressure and drilling efficiency recommendations including: pore pressure, hac gradients, running speeds, and hydraulics factors. Baroid's ADT, utilizing the latest instrumentation and automatic recording devices, detects and plots: "d" exponent (normalized drilling rate) * connection gas * casing fill-up during trips pump pressure casing pressure mud weight and viscosity shale density shale fac- tor e intercom with driller.

Your Baroid Logging Systems representative can help you select the service best suited to your needs. NL BaroldINL Industries, Inc., PO. Box 1675, Houston, Texas 77001. (71 3) 527-1 100.

COMPUTERIZED APPUED DRlLLlWG TECHNOLOGY provides all of the information obtained in Baroid's MLS and ADT Services and utilizes an on board computer to monitor drilling and mud system parameters, analyze and provide alarms on abnormal conditions, record data on tape for historical records, dis- play data on CRT and print complete reports, perform complex cal- culations to derive pore pressures, ECD, delta chlorides, cuttings slip velocity, "what if" hydraulics, surge and swab pressures, and many other on line parameters and off line user programs.

~ I I ~ Baroid

I 7000 Regency Square Blvd., Suite 130 Houston, Texas 77036

EXPLORING THE GULF COAST

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1100 MILAM SUITE 3333

OIL C o., INC

HOUSTON, TEXAS 7700: 713 - 658 - 8284

(113) 780-491 1 0 Telex: 762059

NRR HOUSTON DISTRICT, Sulte 2630 Two Allen Center, Houston, Texas 77002, (71 3) 751 -0034

OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION

World's largest independently owned geophysical contracting

and processing firm

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Vice President. Corporate Geophysical Marketing P.O. Box 36928, Houston. Texas 77036

713/789-6020

THE GRUY COMPANIES G H. J. Gruy and Associates, Inc.

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BOLT ASSOaATES I*. 205 WILSON AVE NORWALK. M N N 06854 (203) 853070C TELEX 94-0310

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SERVING THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA GEOLOGICAL GEOPHYSICAL LAND DRAFTING

SUITE 31 7 SAN JACINTO BUILDING (713) 228-6138

Develop "We Specialize in Finding the People Your Who Find Oil and Gas"

Potential Our professional Exploration and Production division can offer a total of 80 years experience in

the Oil and Gas industry.. . . . .50 years domestic and 30 years international work. We know the oil business, and we know the job market. Let us use our experience to help you take your next step upwards in your career. Or, if you are a manager in need of hiring a staff member, we can assist you in finding a qualified candidate for your present company's needs.

We employ an on-line, in-house computer to speed up our selection process. If a candidate prefers, we will discuss an opportunity with him/her prior to our presentation to an employer. We are not a resume mail-out service. We pride ourselves in providing quality, not quantity, and in maintaining discreet confidentiality.

Additional areas served by Burnett Personnel Consultants are: Legal (our consultants are all attorneys), Financial, Data Processing (scientific and business applications), Refining, Petrochemicals, Construction, Energy Related Engineering Disci- plines, Clerical, Temporaries, Contract, and Payrolling Personnel for Houston.

So if you need to add to your present staff, or wish to seek some upward mobility in your own career, or just want to stay current with today's rapidly changing job market and compensation packages . . . . . . Call Us.

All Positions Are Fee Paid Burnett

3300 S. Gessner #250, 77063 713-977-4777 Consultants

J. R. Butler and Company OIL AND GAS CONSULTANTS

Suite 130, 4605 Post Oak Place, Houston, Texas 77027 Telephone 713/627-7180 Telex: 910 881 4408

Affiliated with GeoQuest International, Inc.

BIG "6" DRILLING COMPANY

7500 San Felipe, Suite 666 Houston. Texas 77063

W. H. Smith, Chairman of Board 783-2300 C. B. Benge, Jr., President-General Manager

GeoQuest International, Inc. EXPLORATION CONSULTANTS

Suite 130, 4605 Post Oak Place, Houston, Texas 77027 Telephone 7131627-7180 Telex 910 881 4408

Affiliated with J.R. Butler and Company

GULF COAST REPRESENTATIVE Trio Exploration Consultants 217 Southwest Tower Houston, Texas 77002

Frank Lovett res. 371 -3444 Harry M. Perry res. 371-7272 W. E. Belt, Jr. res. 494-2026

THE STONE OIL CORP. GULF COAST OIL & GAS EXPLORATION

3801 K / R B Y D R / VE, S U / T E 544 HOUSTON, TEXAS 7 7 0 9 8

KARL H . ARLETH 0. W. KIMMEY SAM G. OBOURN

(713) 5 2 6 - 8 7 3 4

e E s EXETER EXPLORATION COMPANY (713) 659 941 0 2300 Lincoln Center Building Denver, Colorado 80264 J. Allen Gardner, President (303) 623-51 41

PRUDENTIAL DRILLING COMPANY

5433 Westheimer, Suite 620 Houston, Texas 77056

Ofc. Phone 621-7330 CECIL R. RIVES Res. Phone 467-9894

Schlurnberger Well Services

1300 Main, Suite 1209 Houston, Texas 77002

Texas Coast Lh'vision 658-8300

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exploration computing service

Joe H. Smith President

3000 Weslayan / 340 / Houston. Tx. 77027 / 713/850-9361

SIERRA PRODUCTION COMPANY

1400 Capital National Bank Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002

Byron F. Dyer James P. Blackstone

EXPLORATION 5825 Ch~rnney Rock Road P 0 Box 36269

Houston, Texas 77036 7131666-2561

Of f~ces MldlandlNew Orleans/Denver/CalgarylCaracas

PEPPARD-SOUDERS & ASSOCIATES--

GEOLOGY * ENGINEERING * GEOPHYSICS &

Dallas Denver Houston I idl land

CAVALLA ENERGY EXPLORATION CO.

JAMES A. McCARTHY President

HERMAN L. SMITH PETER R. FRORER Vice President 600 Jefferson Bldg. Suite 508 Vice President

Houston, Texas 77002 713/652-0907

Bii: F o r n e y P r e s i d e n t

BILL FORNEY, INC.

Bill Fsrney, Jr. Vice P r e s i d e n t

Q U A L I T Y T H I N S E C T I . O N S S I N C E 1962

N A T I O N A L

PETROGRAPHIC SERVICE

7001 -H MULLINS ( 7 1 3 ) 661-1884

HOUSTON, TEXAS 7708 1

Seismopaph Soruic~ Corporation A S U B S I D I A R Y O F R A Y T H E O N C O M P A N Y

Box 1590 Tulsa, O k l a . 741 02 (91 8) 627-3330

DISTRICT OFFICES A N D DATA PROCESSING CENTERS

H O U S T O N M I D L A N D D E N V E R

Geologists, Geoph ysists

Bill Sonne

INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE SEARCH CONSULTANTS

14760 Memorial Suite 304 Houston, Tx. 77079 Also Colorado Springs (303) 573-6398 Dick Troth

Resumes sent with consent

\ALICE 512-664-7251 - HOUSTON 713-651 -3007 - LAREDO/ 512-724-7691

Analysis and Evaluation Services

Conventional Core Analysis

Sidewall Core Analysis

Special Core Analysis

Reservoir Fluid Analysis

Gas Analysis

Hydrocarbon Source-Bed and Geochemical Evaluation

Contact: Milton Craft m Computerized and Conventional

Hydrocarbon Well W n g Contact: Peter Rutledge

Engineering and Geological Consulting

Reservoir Engineering Studies

Reservoir Simulation Studies

Enhanced Recovery Processes

Geological Services

Reserve and Evaluation Studies

Dri l l ing and Production Services

Computing and Software Services

Logistic and Product Util ization Studies

Contact: L. D. Romrne Jr. 4

CORE LABORATORIES, INC-

5295 Hollister Road, Houston, TX 77040 (713) 460-9600

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Contact: REGIONAL MARKETING OFFICE (Houston) - 713/931-7992

SUITE B-1,806 MAIN STREET HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002

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Houston, Texas Permit No. 5872

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1143-C B R I T T H E ROAD HOUSTON, TEXAS 77043

Phone 17131 487-1-1 TWX 910 881 1518