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February 1979

BULLETIN

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

HGS FEBRUARY CALENDAR February 12,1979 (Evening Meeting) Marrlott Hotel-Wwt Loop

Congressman Bill Archer Social Hour-5.30 PM, Dinner-6:30 PM Reservations (telephone 223-9308) must' be made or cancelled by Thurt day, February 8,1979.

February 28,1979 (Luncheon W n g ) Hdlday I n n - M c d Center

Mr. Jeffrey W. Lund Offshore District Geologist, Southland Royalty Co. "PrePlatform Exploration of High Island Blocks A-560 and A-581" Social Perlod-l7:20 AM, Luncheon ,and Meeting-12:OO Noon Reservations (telephone only, 223-9509) must be made or cancelled by Mon- day, February 26, 1979.

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Suite 6-1, 806 Main Street

Houston, Texas 77002 223-9309

President First Vice President Second Vice President Secretary Treasurer Executive Committeeman (6-30-80) Executive Committeeman (6-30-79) Executive Committeeman (6-30-79) Executive Committeeman (6-30-80) Past President

Academlc Liaison Advertising Awards & Student Loan Ballot Boy Scout Bulletin Contlnuing Education Directory Entertainment Environmental Exhibits Field Studies Field Trip Finance Historical Library Mem bership Nominating Personnel Placement Publications Publication Sales Public Relations Remembrances Research & Study Course Special Publications Technical Program Transportation

EXECUTIVE BOARD Jeffery V. Morrls, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.

Wllllam A. Fowler, Jr., Phillips Petroleum Company Dr. Richard 8. HoMt, Border Exploration Co.

Jam- A. Rmgsdah John H. Hefner, Exxon Company USA

Donald H. Cummings, Getty Oil Company Howard W. Kiatta, Independent

M. M. "Oule" Osbome, Trunkline Gas Company Charles E. Trowbridge, Consultant

Dean Grafton, Cities Service Company

COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN W. E. Tlpton, Unlversity of Houston

Matthew W. Daura, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. George E. Guynes, Occidental Petroleum Corp.

D. J. Bonvlllaln, Cities Service Company Mclnnis S. Newby, Independent

Chrls P. Cunnlngham, GeoChem Laboratories, Inc. R. J. Tondu

Clyde G. Beckwlth, Continental Oil Company James T. Goodvqn, Jr., Pennzoil Producing Company

James 0. Lewis, Consultant Robert L. Hunt, Ranger Oil Company

Arlhur R. Troell, Franks Petroleum William F. Bishop, Tenneco Oil Company

George Sealy, Exxon Company USA James A. Wheeler, Consultant Evdyn Wllle Moody, Consultant

Fred A. Ealand, Exxon Company USA Dean Grafton, Cities Service Company

Royce E. Schnelder, The Superior Oil Company William A. Fowler, Jr., Phillips Petroleum Company

T. S. M. Rannett, Consultant Fnnk Rutherford, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Llne Corp.

Walter A. Boyd,'Columbia Gas Development Corp. Cyme Strong, Shell Oil Company

Dorls M. Curtis, Shell Development Company Dr. Richard B. Hohlt, Consultant

Kenneth W. Toedter, Natomas Int. Corp.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES Advisor, Museum of Natural Science Edd R. Turner, Getty Oil Company GCAGS Representative Dean antton, Cities Service Company GCAGS Alternate Jeffory V. Mod, Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp. AAPG Delegate Chairman Wllllam W. Woolfolk, Marathon Oil Company AAPG Group Insurance John Bremsteller, Insurance Consultant

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL AUXILIARY OFFICERS

President President-Elect First Vice President (Social) Second Vice President (Membership) Third Vice President (HGS Representative) Secretary Treasurer

Mrs. Robert J. (Midge) Schrock Mrs. James (Glenna) Floyd

Mrs. Reaver, W. (Sarah) Jackson, Jr. Mrs. Louis A. (Lydia) Newitt Mrs. Dean (Georgia) Qraflon

Mrs. Bruce K. (Jo) Frazee Mrs. Elgean C. (Singa) Shield

HGS CONTINUING EDUCATION

The continuing education committee would like to an- nounce the upcoming short courses.

I. On February 8 (1-5 p.m.) and 9 (8-12 a.m.), Dr. Arthur A. Meyerhoff will present his short course titled "Tec- tonic Development of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico".

Brief Course Description:

The Caribbean-Gulf of Mexico region provides geologists and geophysicists an unusual opportunity to study in a single region the geologic relations among (1) a small ocean basin (Gulf of Mexico), (2) a small ocean basin or marginal sea (Caribbean Sea), (3) two active Benioff zones and island-arc-type features (Lesser Antilles and Middle American trenches), (4) two Mesozoic-early Tertiary island arcs (Greater Antilles and Andes-Venzuelan Coast Ranges), (5) three or four Paleozoic orogens (Appalachians, Ouachita-Marathon fold belt, Mexican Paleozoic fold belt, Northern Central American orogen), and (6) several stable cratonic areas (North America, Florida platform, Yucatan platform, Middle American nucleus, Maracaibo platform, and Guyana shield). The tectonics of this region are very complex and poorly understood, as are the physical interactions among the major tectonic features present. From an economic viewpoint, the unraveling of the tectonic history assumes great importance, because of the effects of this complex history on the accumulation of oil and gas within this region. Study of this region dem- onstrates clearly a direct link between the type of tectonic history and hydrocarbon productivity.

Dr. Meyerhoff's lectures will include the incorpora- tion of his recent work in the newly discovered giant Mexican oil fields with emphasis on the geologic history and some implications of these discoveries to exploration in the Upper Gulf Coast.

II. On March 1 (1-5 p.m.) and 2 (8-12 a.m.), Dr. W. E. Gal- loway will present his short course titled "Depositional Systems in the Exploration for Sandstone Stratigraphic Traps".

Brief Course Description:

Terrigenous deposit ional systems consist of process-related suites of genetic facies. Framework ele- ments, primarily sand bodies, exhibit characteristic geometries, lateral relationships and internal architec- tures that determine their trapping potential. Associated non-framework facies provide seals, and may also serve as source beds for petroleum generation. Syndeposi- tional structures, such as growth faults and diapirs, are inherent features of some depositional systems and affect facies distribution. Understanding of facies and structural interrelationships within major systems ena- bles the explorationist to improve maps in areas of sparse data and to impart an interpretative overprint on more detailed facies analysis.

The course reviews potential reservoir and bound- ing facies of fluvial, deltaic, interdeltaic coastal, shelf, and slope systems. Emphasis is on reservoir geometry and dimensions, associations with surrounding facies that may serve as proximity indicators, and effects of syndepositional structural features. Methodologies for recognition and correlation of genetic sequences, applications of detailed log pattern interpretation, and use of seismic modeling to supplement log data are dis- cussed with examples from the upper Paleozoic of the midcontinent, Cretaceous and Tertiary of the Powder River Basin, and Tertiary of the Gulf Coast.

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HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONTINUING EDUCATION Pre-registration Application

"Tectonic Development of the Caribbean & Gulf of Mexico" By Dr. Arthur A. Meyerhoff

Feb. 8 & 9, 1979 Exxon Building Auditorium 1-5 pm/8:00-12 am

Company Phone

Address

Students $10.00 Mail check to: Preregistration $25.00 Houston Geological Society Registration at door $30.00 Attn: Vicki King

806 Main St., Suite B-1 Houston. Texas 77002

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONTINUING EDUCATION Pre-registration Application

"Depositional Systems in The Exploration for Sandstone Stratigraphic Traps"

By Dr. W. E. Galloway

March 1 & 2, 1979 Exxon Building Auditorium 1-5 pm/8:00-12 am

Name

Company Phone

Address

Students $10.00 Mail check to: Preregistration $25.00 Houston Geological Society Registration at door $30.00 Attn: Vicki King

806 Main St., Suite 8-1 Houston, Texas 77002

(DETACH AND MAIL)

ANNUAL HAPL-HGS MEETING - REGISTRATION Mail to: Houston Geological Society

Suite B-1, 806 Main Street Houston, Texas 77002

Enclosed is my check in theamount of $ ($1 1.50 per person) for person(s) for the Joint Meeting to be held at the Marriott West Loop on February 12, 1979.

NAME: GUESTS

COMPANY:

ADDRESS:

Office Phone:

DEADLINE: February 8, 1979

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PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS

Our February 12 meeting will beour annual joint meeting with the Houston Association of Petroleum Landmen. I urge each of you to attend this meeting.

Please note that you must have a paid reservation ($11.50) by Thursday, February 8.

Ed Turner, AAPG Past President has an excellent article in this month's Bulletin. Please take the time to read Mr. Turner's comments.

JEFFERY V. MORRIS

NOTICE-NOTICE-NOTICE

This year's HAPL-HGS Joint Meeting will be held at the Marriott Hotel at 1750 West Loop South (near Galleria) on Monday, February 12, 1979. Cocktails will be served at 5:30 p.m. in the Glass Palace Lounge (Pool Area) on the second floor. Dinner will be served at 6:30p.m. in the Ballroom on the first floor. Only the dinner, tax and tip are included in the $1 1.50 per person charge; cocktails will be served on an indi- vidual CASH BAR basis of $2.00 per drink, $1.25 for beer or wine. Free parking is available only in the rear garage (enter from San Felipe; after the Gulf Station); cars parked in front will be subject to towing.

Our speaker will be Congressman Bill Archer of Texas, who will be speaking on a topic of interest.

Registration for the meeting will be at theentrance to the Glass Palace Lounge and there will be two tables designated for "geologists" to check in at, and two tables designated for "landmen" to check in at, so be sure you check the signs to see you are at the right registration table. Reservations MUST BE IN by February 8, 1979. No refunds will be made after this date. For additional information, landmen should call Julie Shade at 651-3800, extension 2115; and geologists should call Dick Hohlt at Border Exploration Company, 651-1619.

Geologists should fill out the attached form and mail it, along with their check for $11.50, to the Houston Geological Society. Geologists who mail in their money too late for nor- mal return of tickets by mail should expect to find their tickets at the geologist's registration table upon arrival at the banquet.

Richard B. Hohlt Program Chairman

HGA ANNOUNCEMENT

Don't forgetthe HGACOUPLES PARTY, to be held in the "Theatre Under the Stars" Cabaret Theatre at the Shamrock Hilton, at 8:00 PM on Sat1.1-Jay. Feb. 17. This will beanexclu- sive performance for our members and their guests of the musical "A Little Night Music". Prices will be: $10.00 per person for our members and their spouses; $12.00 per person for guests. This is expected to be one of the most outstanding HGA social functions of the year. For further information contact Mrs. Reaves (Sarah) Jackson at 461-9215.

SOCIETY CALENDAR FOR MARCH

March 12, 1979 Location to be

announced HGS Evening Meeting Dr. Doris Curtis, President SEPM Topic to be announced.

March 28, 1979 Holiday Inn-Medical

Center HGS Luncheon Meeting Speaker to be announced.

HGS NOMINEES TO AAPG HOUSE OF DELEGATES

The HGS members listed below have agreed to stand for election to the AAPG House of Delegates for a 3 year term commencing July 1, 1979. Each of the candidates is an Active member of both AAPG and HGS. There are 2,375 Active members of AAPG in Houston and on this basis, Houston has 24 delegates in the AAPG House of Delegates. We have 8 new delegates to elect this spring who will join 16 holdover delegates. The election will be conducted by AAPG headquarters. A ballot will be mailed to each Active AAPG member in March. Results will be announced in early April.

CANDIDATES FROM HOUSTON FOR AAPG HOUSE OF DELEGATES

FOR TERM JULY 1, 1979 TO JUNE 30, 1982

C. Clarence Albers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amoco Production Co. 0. Lyle Austin . . . . . . .Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp. Jim L. Becnel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phillips Petroleum Co. Walter A. Boyd, Jr. . . . . .Columbia Gas Development Corp. Elena "Pixie" Clark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lntercomp Inc. Arthur L. Cochrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Self Employed Otis B. Coulson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlantic Richfield Co. Stewart H. Folk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consultant James J. Jamieson.. . . . . . . . . Gulf Energy 8 Minerals-US Sabin W. Marshall.. . . . . . . . Texas Gas Transmission Corp. Brian E. O'Brien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sanchez - O'Brien Fred J. Paulus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Superior Oil Co. Sam H. Peppiatt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ladd Petroleum Corp. Ben J. Sorrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Independent Charles F. Tomek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cities Service Co. A. H. Wadsworth, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wadsworth Oil Co.

MESOZOIC SOCIETY MEETING

The February meeting of the Mesozoic Geologists Society will be held Thursday, February 22, 1979 at the Briar Club. For details contact Ann B. Reaugh, GeoChem Labora- tories. Inc. Tel: 467-7011.

PRICE SCHEDULE-HGS MEETINGS Marriott Hotel-West Loop

Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11.50

Holiday Inn-Medical Center Luncheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6.50

RESERVATIONS-223-9309 Please make reservations for the Monday evening meeting by the preceding Thursday noon, and for the Wednesday noon meeting by the preceding Monday noon.

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EVENING MEETING-FEBRUARY 12,1979

CONGRESSMAN BILL ARCHER (HAPL-HGS JOINT MEETING)

Our keynote speaker and honored guest will be Con- gressman Bill Archer of Texas. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1970 and subsequently in 1972 and 1974 with the highest vote percentage of any Republican candiate in the nation. He was reelected without opposition in 1976 and 1978. He serves on the Republican Task Force on Energy 8 Resources, House Committee on Ways and Means as ranking Republican and chairs the Republican Study Committee Task Force on Regulatory Reform.

FIELD TRIPS 1979 AAPG-SEPM CONVENTION

1. Recent Sediments of Southeast Texas (Rufus LeBlanc). Guidebook is a publication of Bureau of Economic Geol- ogy, Guidebook No. 11.

2. Oil Fields and Their Relation to Subsidence and Active Surface Faults in the Houston Vicinity (Martin M. Sheets). HGS should publish the guidebook.

3. A Fleld Guide to Lower Cretaceous Carbonate Strata in the Moffat Mound Area Near Lake Belton, Bell County, Texas (Tom Bay). Guidebook will be published by SEPM.

4. Lower Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous of the Brazos River Valley (Texas ABM faculty). HGS should publish the guidebook.

5. Uranium Geology and Mines of South Texas (William Galloway). Guidebook will be published by Bureau of Economic Geology.

6. Lignite Resources in East - Central Texas (J. E. Johnson and J. L. Jobling). HGS should publish the guidebook.

7. Geology, Stratigraphy, and Het Reef Paleontology, Damon Mound, Texas (Steve Schafersman, Stan Frost, and Harold Overton). HGS has already published the guidebook.

8. Trace Fossils (John Warme). Guidebook will be published by Louisiana State University.

URANIUM GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION SHORT COURSE

A three-day short course in URANIUM GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION is to beoffered twice, March 14-16, and July 11-13, 1979, by Dr. Richard H. De Voto of the Colorado School of Mines. The course covers: a) the geochemistry and geology of uranium; b) the mechanisms important in the generation of anomalous uranium concentrations; c) the many geologic environments favorable for the formation of economic and subeconornic uranium deposits; and d) exploration techniques and programs. Registration fee: $300. For information regarding the course, contact the office of Con- tinuing Education, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo. 80401; telephone (303) 279-0300 extension 2321.

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LUNCHEON MEETING-FEBRUARY 28,1979

JEFFREY W. LUND-Biographical Sketch

Jeffrey W. Lund was born October 5,1947in Jamestown, New York. He received his B.S. in Geology in 1969from Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, Ohio, and also holds an M.S. in Applied Geophysics and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Houston.

He joined Amoco Production Company in Houston in 1969 and worked in the Texas Coast and West Texas Dis- tricts. The work resulting in this paper was donewhile hewas a geologist for Clark Oil Producing Co., which acted as operator for a group of independent companies exploring the Texas and Louisiana Pleistocene. Mr. Lund recently accepted the position of Offshore District Geologist with Southland Royalty Company.

PRE-PLATFORM EXPLORATION OF HIGH ISLAND BLOCKS A-560 B A-561 (Abstract)

Winning bids of $15,179,748 and $2,041,709 for High Island Blocks A-561 and A-560 were submitted by the Clark Group at the May 29, 1974 OCS lease sale. These bids were based on interpretation of geophysical data which indicated hydrocarbon accumulations in an anticlinal structure down- thrown to a major fault.

Eight exploratory wells were drilled on these blocks between June, 1975 and October, 1976. The exploratory drilling program confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons, and revealed complex stratigraphy with a variety of trapping mechanisms.

Information from several sources clarified the stratigraphic picture prior to selection of a platform location. Com- puted logs were used for water-level identification in shaly sands and for correlation. Dipmeter logs and petrographic analysis of sidewall cores allowed interpretation of sand geometry , t ranspor t d i rect ions, and deposi t ional environments.

The location of the initial platform was selected by the integration of seismic data and a geologic model of submarine-fan deposition. An eight-pile platform has been set.

PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS

Bruce Elijah has recently accepted a position as Senior Exploration Geologist with Ladd Petroleum Corporation, in their Gulf Coast Office in Houston, Texas. He will be primarily responsible for Ladd's exploration efforts in Southeast Texas.

Mr. Elijah formerly held an Exploration Geologist position with Texaco Incorporated, in their New Orleans Offshore Division, and most recently was District Geologist for the Gulf Coast-Southern Division of Mitchell Energy Corpora- tion, Houston.

AN OIL GEOLOGIST'S VIEW INFLATION: LAST RITESFOR OUR ECONOMY?

By Edd R. Turner

"lnflation is simply a situation where too much money is chasing too lew goods. "- Washington lobbyist Charlie Walker, quoted in TlME Magazine, Aug. 7, 1978.

"These are the main causes of inflation, according to the unions: High energy costs. High interest rates. High foodpri- ces. The rise in medical care and hospital costs."-The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Aug. 18, 1978.

If only inflation truly lent itself to such facile diagnosis! Then the traditional textbook remedies of encouraging savings, fostering competition and accelerating exports might be prescribed to alleviate this pernicious economic malady which in the past two decades has spread in epidemic pro- portions throughout the entire world.

Unfortunately, Mr. Walker and Kiplinger's unnamed labor sources, like so many others of us, make the common error of mistaking symptoms forcauses, and, asevery knowl- edgeable layman surely by now realizes, treating symptoms does not cure the disease. In fact, treating symptoms in the absence of a thorough intelligence of the ailment frequently harms more than heals, as in the case of the "print more money" palliative which so gravely weakened the dollar in the international currency market.

It may come as an intellectual shock to some thata comprehensive appraisal of inflation reveals governments, not private sectors, to be the culprit agents which host, nurture and inflict the ills of inflation upon unwilling victims.

One has only to assess the recent economic histories of Britain, The Netherlands, Sweden, Australia and our own United States, to cite random examples, to appreciate the obvious conclusion that when governments, whatever their structure, divert revenue from taxes into counterproductive and wasteful programs, inflation results.

Acceptance here in the U.S. of partial premises-that John Q. Public has "too much money chasing after too few goods" or that a "greed motive" incites private industry to initiate an uncontrolled deterioration of monetary values, or that "unions are not to blame if wages follow prices up"- reflects an unwitting naivety that is not only pathetic but dan- gerous as well since these cunning arguments are so obviously contrived to divert the public's emotions away from the power-grabbing incentives which motivates the instiga- tors of such reasoning.

Obscures Analysis

In addition, this moralistic finger-pointing obscures more realistic and objective analysis of inflation as a recur- rent disease of economics which can and should be promptly and dispassionately examined and corrected in order to assure return to a healthy state of affairs.

In 1929, 12 cents out of every dollar was paid by the tax- payer to the government; 29 cents in 1950; 34 cents in 1960; 39 cents in 1970; and today, 42 cents; according to the National Tax Limitation Committee, Washington, D.C. Almost half of every dollar thetaxpayer earns goes to governments at either the local, state or federal level!

That is a pretty high licensing fee for the privilege of doing business, or for that matter, just living in this country, isn't it?

Without doubt we must havegovernment and taxes must be paid, but i f excessive amounts are demanded to run a government committed to counterproductive programs, the economy must invariably suffer from the diversion of funds from productive sources to non-productive uses. Such mea- sures feed the fever of inflation.

Over one-half of our federal government outlays are toward purposes that in the strictest sense, are non- productive. These arespending for defense, income maintenance, interest and health, which together accounted for about 75 percent of the federal budget last year.

Though no government can do without some expendi- tures of this nature, i t should be immediately apparent to all that a predominant devotion to them constitutes irresponsi- ble and fallacious economic therapy for rampant inflation.

In support of this, consider these several case histories of federal non-productive spending:

1. Interest payment on the national debt. The U.S. national debt is now nearing $800 billion with an annual interest payment of close to $40 billion. If our president had not signed a bill recently allowing the debt toincreaseto $798 billion, federal payrolls could not have been met.

One marks with ominous concern that it has been pre- cisely this practice in New York City-paying employees with receipts from bond sales-that caused its bankruptcy! And, as old debts go, i t seems immensely ironic that the U.S. should still be paying interest on money borrowed in World War II.

For example, here is a graphic demonstration of the escalation in federal government borrowing to fund social programs, many of which have done nothing more than erect monuments to bureaucratic waste: In 1940, the debt burden imposed on each citizen was $381. By 1945 it had risen to $1,845, but settled back to $1,607 in 1960. By 1970 it rose to $1,866, by 1975 it was $2,542, in 1977 it had gone up to $3,318 and is estimated to hit $3,677 by the end of this year.

2. Social Security. The allocation of billions of dollars every year to maintain our elderly ($84.7 billion in 1977) is a non-productive use of tax revenues.

Except for 1976 and 1977, outlays for Social Security have been within receipts from employees, employers and the self employed. It is important to note that though the population of the United States has increased 19 percent since 1965 and the number over 65 years of age has increased 27 percent in the same time frame, outlays toward Social Secur- ity in that period have increased 384 percent.

Granting that our elderly need some form of old age benefit, the issue becomes that of establishing an actuarily sound trust fund which cannot be tapped now and again by an open handed Congress to remedy special situations, as in the instance of allowing generous monthly payments to ex- convicts who seem unable to cope with the outside world, or of payment of survivor benefits to wealthy orphans.

The inequities of the governmental Social Security program is best reflected by the fact that the federal employees are not affiliated with it, subscribing instead to the Federal Employee Retirement plan, while workers in private enterprise are allowed no alternate option to joining Social Security.

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3. Medicare. Here is another prime instanceof inflation in the raw! I f one wonders why medicaVhospital costs have risen so dramatically in the past 10 years, he has only to ask his insurance broker for the evidence that hospitalization costs spiralled with inception of Medicare. An almost over- night demand for medical services beyond existing facilities has resulted in, among other things, a vast over-building of hospitals and clinics. Though HEW has stated that currently there is an over supply of at least 100,000 hospital beds, still the building programs persist.

The base hospital expense per patient rose from $25.29 per day in 1965 to $1 18.69 per day in 1975. In that period the number of private hospital beds increased 277 percent while the population increased only 19 percent.

4. Revenue sharing and grants-in-aid. Thewisdom of the federal government distributing money that it does not actu- ally have to state and local governments is to be questioned, particularly since some such payments go to local governments that have budget surpluses while in other areas these federal funds have been used merely to augment salaries.

In city after county after state, the urge is ever present to apply for federal funds to underwrite "programs" which, if they are really all that necessary, should be financed by locally instituted alternatives. Every program approved and funded by the federal government adds a little more to inflation because to provide the money, the federal government must increase its own indebtedness.

Other Examples

These are but four examples on a list that could be expanded to include food stamps, much too liberal civil service and military retirement, inefficiency in services and administration, and even wars, and that done, the list would still not be complete.

Though government spending is the prime cause of inflation, the imposition of rules and regulations on industry that funnel funds into non-productive activities is a corollary inflation factor. Consider briefly the search for and production of energy minerals in the United States today.

The recent natural gas discovery in the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey is a good example of industry's perserverance under difficult governmental confrontation. First, there was the matter of a ridiculous lawsuit filed by government subdi- visions which delayed exploratory drilling for more than a year. (State of New York, Suffolk County, et a1 vs. Kleppe).

And, second, though at the timeexploratory well permits were initially requested, there was no law in effect requiring detailed exploration plans and environmental reports. rules and regulations written in 1977, in anticipation of congres- sional passage and presidential approval of S.9 OCS Land Acts Amendments, set out the detailed method of applying for permits. The OCS Land Acts became law on Sept. 18.

For one well to be drilled over 100 miles offshore from New Jersey, 50 copies of an exploration plan around 50 pages in length must be submitted so the U.S. Geological Survey can distribute them to state and local governments for their perusal. Seventy-five copies of the required accompanying environmental report-around 100 pages long and including six to eight maps-must be delivered, plus additional copies marked for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Obviously, the sinecures of the paper shuffling bureau- crats must be secured at the expense of expediting energy reserves development.

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Add Only Expense

Federal regulations which demand information and jus- tification far in excess of reasonable bounds add millions of dollars of unproductive expense to private business costs. Other cases in point include the vast time and construction delays forced upon nuclear power plant projects, and to a lesser extent, the imposition of archeological surveys required well can be drilled on federal lands-even when the drilling site happens to be covered by 300 to 400feet of water!

Indeed, governments do cause inflation and the members of our Congress are not above blame. Take the senator who hastens to contest the closing of an air base in his state even though extensive study by the Department of Defense shows its continued maintenance to bean unneces- sary and encumbering expense. Or thesenator who ina two- page newsletter deplores governmental controls and regulations but in committee testimony, even though his constituents do not support his view, strongly recommends an addition to automobiles that will raise prices at least $300 per vehicle.

Admlnlstratlon Plans?

A review of causes and cases raises the question of cures for inflation. What is the present administration going to do about it?

So far it has "identified inflation as a critical issue" and "called for industry and labor to exercise voluntary controls", but it has given "only token attention to government'scontri- bution", according to Shearon Harris, National Chamber of Commerce chairman.

Nor is it likely to give more than token attention. Re- election, not inflation, is the top political priority and government spending buys constituency. The "coercive Utopia", as Dr. H. Peter Metzersoaptly terms Washington'scurrent political disposition, is in reality an elaborate maneuver to secure the positions of those in power.

As long as our elected officials remain the puppets of manipulators whose ambitions transcend party affiliations to defy public trust in a manner reminiscent of the Roman hey- dey of the Borghesi and the Barbarini, not much in the way of imaginative, constructive government will be obtained.

What our country really needs is a series of dedicated one-term candidates of independent purpose with the cour- age to instigate inflation curbs, restore control to the electo- rate, reduce government spending, reinstate free enterprise and institute a general return to constitutional values.

Mr. Turner is past president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (1977-78) and of the Houston Geo- logical Society (1959-60). He has been in the oil business since 1946.

This article first appeared in The Journal of Commerce, September 29. 1978. Reprinted by permission.

An estimated 40% of Houston's approximately 50millior~ square feet of office space is occupied by the energy industry or related firms according to a study compiled by Coldwell Banker Commercial Brokerage Co. The study located 539 energy industry companies in Houston.

SCENES FROM THE PAST PRESIDENT'S LUNCHEON

Wmym b. Burkhepd. 1tW (L), and WMam A. Oorman, tmU-61.

Ralph B. Cantrell, 1SS1 - Ray C. Lewis, 1962 Charles H. Sample, 1947 - Robert B. Rieke, ISSO.

John M. Vetter, 1892.

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J o i n u s and s a l u t e t h e Mexican and American o i l Boomtowns o f

y e s t e r y e a r a t t h e BOOMTOWN BLOWOUT. P r e t e n d i t ' s S a t u r d a y

n i g h t i n Poza R i c a , Tampico, K i l g o r e o r B u r k b u r n e t t . You

w i l l be g r e e t e d by t h e l i v e l y m u s i c o f c o l o r f u l m a r i a c h i s .

I n s i d e , g r a b a p l a t e f u l o f t a s t y smoked BBQ and s p i c y Mexican

food a t t h e F i e s t a B u f f e t , v i s i t w i t h Boomtown f r i e n d s w h i l e

e n j o y i n g open s a l o o n s w i t h f r e e b e e r and s p i r i t s . The p o p u l a r

Buddy Brock O r c h e s t r a w i l l p r o v i d e c o n t i n u o u s m u s i c f o r y o u r

e n t e r t a i n m e n t and d a n c i n g p l e a s u r e .

OLD TIMERS' BANQUET - Tuesdiy N i g h t

AAPG members a s of 1948 o r b e f o r e and t h e i r s p o u s e s a r e c o r -

d i a l l y i n v i t e d t o t h e OLD TIMERS' BANQUET a t t h e P e t r o l e u m

Club o f Hous ton a t o p t h e Exxon B u i l d i n g . En joy t h e c a m a r a d e r i e

of t h e o c c a s i o n i n t h e e l e g a n t a t m o s p h e r e of t h e C lub and v i e w

t h e r a p i d l y c h a n g i n g s k y l i n e of H o u s t o n , t h e O i l C a p i t a l . One-

hour c o c k t a i l r e c e p t i o n f o l l o w e d by a gourmet b a n q u e t w i t h w ine

and m u s i c by J u l e s C e r u l l i Combo. Dancing l a t e r .

A t t e n d a n c e l i m i t e d .

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R e l a x , m e e t f r i e n d s , p l a y b r i d g e o r e n j o y v i s i t i n g o v e r r e f r e s h -

m e n t s . Ge t s h o p p i n g e x p e r t i s e , i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t c o n v e n t i o n

a f f a i r s and l o c a l a t t r a c t i o n s f rom o u r f r i e n d l y i n f o r m a t i o n d e s k .

BLUEBONNET TRAIL - Monday - T r a v e l b a c k t o t h e c o l o r f u l , e a r l y d a y s o f T e x a s v i a h i g h w a y s

banked w i t h f i e l d s o f b l u e b o n n e t s , I n d i a n p a i n t b r u s h and o t h e r

v i v i d T e x a s w i l d f l o w e r s . R e l i v e t h e d a y s o f e a r l y Texan

c o l o n i s t s and e n j o y a d e l i g h t f u l l u n c h i n o u r h o s t t o w n s .

B r i n g y o u r c a m e r a !

EYES OF TEXAS LUNCHEON - T u e s d a y

Wine and d i n e w i t h Ray M i l l e r , o n e o f T e x a s ' l e a d i n g t e l e v i s i o n

p e r s o n a l i t i e s , i n t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l s p l e n d o r o f La H a c i e n d a d e

Los M o r a l e s . E n j o y a m i n i - t o u r t h r o u g h H o u s t o n ' s m a g n i f i c e n t

R i v e r Oaks a n d Memor ia l r e s i d e n t i a l a r e a s .

BELLAS ARTES BRUNCH - Wednesday

S t r o l l o v e r t o t h e A l l e y , H o u s t o n ' s c o n t e m p o r a r y t h e a t e r , f o r

a n e l e g a n t b r u n c h a n d b a c k s t a g e t o u r .

R e s e r v a t i o n s l i m i t e d .

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Houston Geological Society Bulletin, February 1979

The exploration program in fiscal year 1979 includes EXPLORATORY DRILLING TO CONTINUE IN ALASKA RESERVE

Husky Oil NPR Operations, Inc. will receive a contract to administer a $200 million exploratory drilling program during fiscal year 1979 in the National Petroleum Reserve inAlaska (NPRA), the USGS announced.

Under provisions of the Naval Petroleum Reserves Pro- ductions Act of 1976, the jurisdiction of NPRA was trans- ferred from the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Interior. effective June 1. 1977, and responsibility for administration of the petroleum exploration program was delegated to the U.S. Geological Survey by Secretary of the Interior. In 1974, the Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale reserves began an evaluation and assessment program to determine the petroleum potential of the Reserve. The contract with Husky provides for the fourth year of that planned five year program.

A major goal of the program is to explore and evaluate the petroleum resources of NPRA by means of drill ing and geological and geophysical investigations and build an information base to assist Congress indetermining the best use of land within the Reserve.

At the time of transfer of the Reserve, the Navy, in the third year of its program, had drilled seven exploratdry wells in the northern coastal part of the Reserve, and had completed 7,680 miles of a 10,000 mile seismic program. All the wells were dry or at best had only slight indicationsof oil. The W. T. Foran well d id hve "good porosity andpermeability with residual oil" i n a formation equivalent to the main producing zone at Prudhoe Bay.

Some highlights of the fiscal year 1978 program:

'First exploratory well drilled by the USGS was the Drew Point Test Well No. 1 located o n the Arctic Coast near Smith Bay, and 37 miles west of the Navy's W. T. Foran Well No. 1 drilled in 1977. Although minor oi l and gas shows were encountered, the potential reservoir zones were thin or head low porosity and permeability. Need for an additional test well is indicated between the Drew Point Test Well and the W. T. Foran well. The well was drilled to a total depth of 7,946 feet.

'North Kalikpik Test Well No. 1 was drilled near the eastern margin of the Reserve about 37 miles southeast of Lonely (a support camp). No reservoirs were encountered, but the results, even though dis- curaging, indicate that future exploration should include continued drilling between the well and the Arctic coastal area. Total depth reached was 7,395 feet.

'Kugrua Test Well No. 1 was drilled 67 miles southwest of Barrow in a new area of the Reserve and reached a total depth of 12,588 feet, greater than any previous well in the western part o f the Reserve. Additional wells may be required to resolve geologic relations and indentify reservoir developments.

'South Meade Test Well No. 1 was drilled 45 miles south of Barrow. Likethe Kugra well, South Meade is a new "play" area. No attractive hydrocarbon reservoirs were encountered to a depth of 8,516 feet. The hole was conditioned for future re-entry and completion next winter.

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completion of two deep-wells begun in fiscal year 1978, lnigok and Tunalik test wells, and re-entry and completion of the South Meade test well. Four medium depth test wells (wells which can be completed in one winter drill ing season) will be drilled in the northern coastal region, and drill ing will be started at two deep well sites in thesouthern part of NPRA. At the conclusion of the fiscal year 1979 program, a total of 19 exploration wells will have been drilled o n the Reserve.

In the Barrow area, the USGS will continue to operate and maintain the South Barrow gas field as the primary source of natural gas for the community of Barrow and Fed- eral installations in the vicinity. To complete the petroleum assessment of NPRA and to aid in any further test drilling. about 1,600 line miles of seismic data will be acquired, pro- cessed, and intepreted from the southern Foothillsand in the Barrow area. Environmental rehabilitation activities will be continued in areas of the Reserve not previously completed.

Husky's work is under the supervision of a group of USGS spcialists, including geologists, geophysicists, and enqineers of the Survey's Office of the National Petroleum ~ e i e r v e in Alaska with operational headquarters at Anchor- I age, Alaska. George Gryc (pronounced GRITCH), a special- ist in Alaskan geology, and a career scientist with the USGS since 1943, is the chief supervisor and coordinator of the program.

The Reserve was created under a Executive Order signed by President Harding on February 27, 1923, Desig- nated as the Naval Petroleum Reserve Number 4, known as Pet-4, it was the last of four reserves to be placed under control of the U.S. Navy. Other reserves still under the control of the Navy are: Elk Hills and Buena Vista, California, and Tea- pot Dome, Wyoming.

NPRA, totaling 37,000square miles in the area, is located in a vast sedimentary basin on Alaska's North Slope, west of the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field. The Reserve is located mostly in the Arctic Coastal Plain and Foothills; its terrain is marked by tundra cover, underlain by perma frost. The rough boundary of the Reserve extends from the Arctic Ocean on the north to the crest of the Brooks Range on the south, and from about Longitude 161°50'W to the Colville River on the east.

The presence of oil on Alaska's North Slope has been known for decades. Coastal Eskimos occasionally used tar from oil seeps for fuel, and whalers and traders reported seepages along the Alaskan Arctic coast in the late 1800's. Inland Eskimos reportedly also burned oil shale which they called "blubber stone."

Exploration for petroleum was conducted in Pet-4 by the Navy between 1944 and 1953, Although none of the petroleum deposits discovered was large enough towarrant development they did provide positive evidence of a potential major oil province on the North Slope. Because of the many anticlinal structures and prominent oil and gas seeps, exploration was largely confined to shallow sedimentary formations. The large oil deposits discovered at Prudhoe Bay in 1968, however, were found in deeper formations in an unusual geologic setting. This discovery indicated that commercial petroleum reserves i n NPRA could possibly occur in deeper formations than those previously examined. The exploration program underway is designed to determine the posslble presence of oi l and gas in these deeper formations as well as in other, as yet untested, geologic settings.

A A m CQWVfWTION NEWS: "THE MAKING OF THE TECHNICAL PROGRAM"

The rwponse to the general call for papers and to the invited w d o n toplcs for the AAPG-SEPM annual meeting in Houaon, April 1-4,1979 was overwhelming. Some 700 titles and abatmcts were received. Six weeks after the deadline our chairman wm-e stlll receiving telephone calls from authors throughout the country and from foreign lands in an attempt to seek a plece on the program. This tremendous response is attributwl to flvecau~es: 1) growth of AAPG-SEPM rnember- ship; 2) the expanding interdisciplinary nature of our science; 3) addition of the Energy Minerals Division; 4) enthusieem and vitality of the session coordinators and con- venors; and 5) location in Houston, truly the petroleum capl- tal of the world, where anyone with exploration related ideas would wish to be heard.

ARer mducing the contributions to about 550 in number all committee chairmen convened In a conference room in the Exxon Building. With the use of string and tape one wall was llned to provlde a schedule showing hours, days and room locations in theconvention center. All session titles and toplca were wrltten on oards which could be attached or removed from any time period outlined on the wall. Cards were continually exchanged from place to place until a con- sensus wa9 reached where there would be the least time con- flict between related topics (see accompanying photos). This process took over 8hours. Food and beverages were brought into the meetlng, courtesy of Exxon, and an industrial nurse stood by wlth band aids and sedatives.

Our 1978 annual convention promises to bespectacular. It wlll attract the largest attendance in AAPG history. It is large and vefled in its technical contributions, exhlblts, short courses, f idd trips, banquet addresses and entertainment

features. When you receive your Conventlon Announcement be sure to register early!

ANTHONY RESO General Chairman

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROVES SUBSIDENCE CONTROL PROJECT FOR PENNSYLVANIA BOROUGH

A $3.25 million Federal-State project to protect nearly $20 million worth of property in Lackawanna County, Pa., from surface subsidence caused by the collapse of aban- doned anthracite mines, has been approved by the Depart- ment of Interior.

The endangered area, located in Blakely Borough, includes 1034 residential structures, 2 schools, 3 industrlal plants, 6 churches, 3 public buildings and 55 businesses. According to the Interior Department's Bureau of Mines, coal was mined extensively in the area from the early 1900's until sometime in the 1940's. The resulting mined-out beds lack the pillar support necessary to prevent thecollapseof overly- ing rock layers, and thesurfacesubsidence that often follows such collapse.

To provide additional support, the Interior-approved plan calls for backfilling the mine voids with crushed mine refuse, hydraulically injected through boreholes drilled from the surface. The plan was drawn up by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, which has direct responsibility for supervising the project.

The project, designated Public Health & Safety Project No. 12, will be conducted under Public Law 87-818. Half the funds will be provided by the government and half by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Work will be performed by a contractor selected through competitive bidding procedures.

Program Committee Chairmen. 1979 AAPG-SEPM Conven- tion. $tsndlng, L to R: Anthony Reso, General Chairman; Wallace Go Dow; Edward McFarian, Jr.; Nahum Schneider- man; R. J. Tondu; John E. Warme; and William H. Roberts Ill.

L to R: John E. Warme; William H. Roberts, Ill; and R. J. 'Tondu.

Houston Geological Soclety Bulktln, February 1979

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TEXAS I N S T R U M E N T S I h C O R P O R A T E D

Telephone: (713) 494-9061

Building #1 Mailing address: 12201 Southwest Freeway P.O. Box 2803 Stafford, Texas 77477 Houston. Texas 77001

Geological Information Centers Petroleum Information Corporation serves Houston with two geological information centers. Standard services include:

wel l logs

completion cards for southeastern states

production reports

I maps I 1 4 1 5 0 W e s t h e l m e r Petroleum Informationu 326 E n t e x B u ~ l d l n g I Corporation

A Subsld~ary o f A C Nlelsen Company

H o u s t o n . T e x a s 77028 7 1 3 / 6 5 8 - 9 5 7 3 I

Bios tra tigraphers

PALEONTOLOGY PALEOECOLOGY PALYNOLOGY SOURCE ROCKS NANNOFOSSILS THIN SECTIONS

W W FAIRCHILD C R PICKET1

5933 BELLAIRE BOULEVARD 0 HOUSTON. TEXAS 77081 0 (713) 665-8686

South Texas Div. Office 3801 Kirby Building, Suite 456

AC-713/529-5995

KEPLINGER c l r c d d , h. INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSULTANTS

Oil, Gas, Coal, Uranium, Minerals, Geothermal Engineering, Geological, Geophysical

HOUSTON 3200 Entex Building

Houston. Texas 77002 (713) 651-3127

TULSA 320 So. Boston Suite 320 Tulsa. Oklahoma 74103

(918) 587-5591

DENVER Suite 2361 Anaconda Tower

555 17th Street Denver. Colorado 80202

MINERALS MANAGEMENT

A KEPLINGER COMPANY

TOTAL CONCEPT OIL 8 GAS MANAGEMENT SERVICE

OIL 8 GAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT - DRILLING 8 COMPLETION ENGINEERING

LADD PETROLEUM CORPORATION GAS 8 OIL EXPLORATION

Texas Gulf Coast 8 N.E. Texas

2121 Sage Rd. Suite 300

Ph: 713-629-8111 An Equal Oppor tun~ ty Employer M / F

Listed on the American Stock Exchange

Ticker Symbol: M N D

[B WESTERN GEOPHYSICAL

10,001 R~chmond Avenue, P 0 Box 2469. Houston Texas 77001

Telephone 71 3 789-9600 Cable WESGECO Telex 762406

qeodata SERVICE INC. 5603 South Rice Avenue Houston, Texas 77081

<;. J . Long Paul Farren

Dresser Atlas wireline services for total competence, total confidence, total capabilities.

CONTACT YOUR DRESSER ATLAS REPRESENTATIVE

601 JEFFERSON, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77005 71 31784-601 1

DRESSER ATLAS DIVISION, DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC.

MORGAN J. DAVIS Petroleum Consultant

1100 Milam Building, Suite 4601 Houston, Texas 77002 Office 713-6564438

Residence 71 3-651-0209

HOUSTON OIL & MINERALS CORPORATION

242 The Main Building, 1212 Main Street

Houston, Texas 77002 7/3 /63 1-3800

Ana ys s. Comprehensive technical services for exploration and production.

Total concept well logging Core analysis Inspection services

Corporate Headquarters: The Analysts . Inc . 4120-0 Directors Row Houslon. Texas 77092 Telephone 713:686~5516 Telex. 76.2683

RALPH E. DA VZS ASSOCZA TES, ZNC. Consultants

Petroleum and Natural Gas

500 Jefferson Building-Suite 2031 Houston, Texas 77002 713-659-8835

DOW CHEMICAL U.S.A. OIL 8 GAS DIVISION HOUSTON, TEXAS

3 6 3 6 RICHMOND AVENUE P. 0. BOX 2 2 4 6 8 (713)623-3011

Midland, Texas - Walnut Creek, California

Lafayette, Louisiana - Mr. Pleasant, Michigan

ATWATER, CARTER, MILLEK & HEFFNEH

C'ur~sultlng Geologists and Engmwra

424 Whitney Bank Building New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

(504) 581-6527

R. BREWER & CO., INC. Houston

3615 Gulf Freeway 223-4193

SIDNEY SCHAFER & ASSOCIATES

Geophysical Consulting

Offshore Gravity Data

THE GEOPHYSICAL DIRECTORY

THE OIL AND GAS DIRECTORY

HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019

PHONE 713 529-8789 2200 WELCH AVENUE

7000 Regency Square Blvd., Suite 130 , Houstoq. Texas 77036

SUITE 3333 7 13 - 658 - 8284

NORTH AMERICAN ROYALTIES, INC.

HOUSTON DISTRICT. Sulte 3000. One Allen Center, Houston. Tenas 77002. Phone (713) 751-0034

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Worldwide experience in gravity, magnetlcs, and photogeology

PhotoGravlty Company a dlv~slon of berry ~ n d u a t r ~ e s corporation

OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION

EXPLORING THE GULF COAST

PEL-TEX OIL CO., INC.

1100 MlLAM HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002

World's largest independently owned geophysical contracting

and processing firm

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Fritz P. Kronberger Vice President. Corporate Geophys~cal Marketing

P . 0 Box 36928. Houston. Texas 77036 7131789-6020

H. J. GRUY & ASSOCIATES, INC. Petroleum Consultants

2500 Tanglewilde, Suite 150 2501 Cedar Springs Rd. Houston, Texas 77063 Dallas, Texas 75201 (71 3) 785-9200 (21 41 742-1421

BOLT N?xaamES IMC. 205 WILSON AVE . NORWALK. CONN 06854 (203) 853-0700

J. M. Sides A. B. Thorn

hanover petroleum corporation 2121 Sage Road

Suite 220 - Houston, Texas 77056

Go Wireline Services

- NOW IN TEXAS GULF COAST WITH COMPLETE OPEN HOLE SERVICES

Contact: REGIONAL MARKETING OFFICE (Houston) - 7131759-1830

BIG "6" DRILLING COMPANY

J. R. Butler and Company 1228 Bank of the Southwest Houston, Texas 77002

Suite 130, 4605 Post Oak Place, Houston, Texas 77027

Telephone 71 3/627-7180 Telex: 91 0 881 4408

Affiliated with GeoQuest International, Inc.

W. H. Smith, President 652-5896 C. B. Benge, Jr., V.P.-General Manager

THE STONE OIL CORP. GULF COAST OIL & GAS EXPLORATION

3 8 0 1 K I R B Y D R I V E , S U I T E 544 / H O U S T O N , TEXAS 7 7 0 1 4

KARL H. ARLETH B. W. KIMMEY (713) 5 2 6 - 8 7 3 4

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 21 7 Southwest Tower Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 659 9410 Frank Lovett res. 371-3444 Harry M. Perry res. 371-7272 W. E. Belt, Jr. res. 494-2026

EXETER EXPLORATION COMPANY 2300 Lincoln Center Building Denver, Colorado 80264 J. Allen Gardner, President (303) 623-51 41

PRUDENTIAL DRILLING COMPANY 5433 Westheimer, Suite 620


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

Schlurnberger Well Services

1300 Main, Suite 1209 Houston, Texas 77002

Texas Coast Uiuision 658-8300

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Joe H. Smith President

3130 S W. Freeway. Su~te 3051Houston. Texasl(713) 523-9790

SIERRA PRODUCTION COMPANY 1400 Capital National Bank Bldg.


Byron F. Dyer James P. Blackstone

OPERATING CO., INC. FIVE GREENWAY PLAZA EAST/SUITE 1704

HOUSTON, TEXAS 77046

TELEPHONE (713) 626-3300

C. F. BROWN, JR.

MICHAEL McKENZlE

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EXPLORATION OIL & GAS MARKETING GAS LIQUIDS

Suite 2680 One Allen Center Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 659-3060

PEPPARD-SOUDERS (L ASSOCIATES--

GEOLOGY * ENGINEERING * GEOPHYSICS L

Dallas Denver Houston I Midland

CAVALLA ENERGY EXPLORATION CO.

JAMES A. McCARTHY President

HERMAN L. SMITH Vice President 600 Jefferson Bldg. Suite 508

Houston, Texas 77002 713/652-0907

PETER R. FRORER Vice President

TELEDYNE EXPLORATION

5825 Chimney Rock Road .P. 0. Box36269. Houston. Texas77036 713 1666-2561

Midland I New Orleans I Denver I Calgary

CAYUGA EXPLORATION

INC. Texas - Louisiana Gulf Coast

Burt Dunn Gary Laurnan 1100 Milam Bldg. - 3 0 8 0

Howard Cox Pat Foster Houston,Texas 77002

John Chamberlain (713) 658-8544

BURNETT PERSONNEL CONSULTANTS

''The Pro fessiunals"

M'e S p c ~ i u l r z c ~ in Finding Proplr M'ho b'ind 0 1 1 & Gas

Our I<usinc~ss is cluitta sirni1;ir to your prof'ession. LVC'hether you are a Geologist, Geophysicist , l'c~trolc~um Elngincc~r, l,undmun, in n Stuff Position, or ;Wunugemc~nt, you are part of a team f inding cirid l ) c ~ i ~ , l o p i r ~ g Oil urld Gus Kc~sc~r~les.

At liurncbtt f't~rsonnul ( 'onsultants, we are professionals also. Our Profession is finding people who find oil and gas . LYtb art3 from thta oil industry a n d have technical exper t i s rand knowledge of your profession. We pride ourscal\ tjs o n working wlth our iipplicilnts on ;I prof'essionill basis, and our applicants a re presented on a c~onl'itlc~nrial t~iisis to our c.1ic.n~ companies. W e are not a resumc. mail-out service.

O u r ;iutonli~tvd 1 ' 1 1 ~ rt.trit,v:~l systcm insures your considt.ration for positions compatible with your l ~ ~ ~ c ~ l \ g r o u n t l ;inti ( 4 sircls. 11' l'ou 1'1-c.fi.r, we will discuss ;in opportunity with you prior to our presentation to thcb c,n~ploy(,~.. \Vll 1ht.r \ ou ; i r - r . acrivcly s tarching ['or a new opportunity or only desire to keepon topof ' thcjoh 111;11.1<(~1. ( ' ~ 1 1 0 1 - .~Iuil U S u Hwume T'oduy. It pays to be represented by the Professionals who are on top of' thc~ jo0 1n;irkt.t.

AlJL POSITIONS FEE P A I D

7 l3/629-%5O Houston, Texas 77056

NL Baroid Logging Systems reduce drilling costs. Baroid offers a wide range of logging services that reduce drilling costs, increase drilling efficiency and minimize drilling hazards. Baroid Logging Systems include Mud Logging Service (MLS), Applied Drilling Technology (ADT), and Computerized Applied Drilling Technology (CADT).

M U D LOGGING SERVICE includes all the instruments and facilities needed to provide the following information:

Baroid ppm LOG direct determi- nation of methane and total gas in mud total combustible gas and methane in drill cuttingso liquid hydrocarbons (Cs+) in cuttings oil fluorescence in mud and cuttings

drilling rate lithology record of mud pit level drilling mud properties - record of other data pertinent to drilling operations daily log of all data composite log of data on completion of well all equipment housed either in a skid-mounted doghouse or trailer.

APPLIED DRILLING TECHNOLOGY provides all of the information obtained in Baroid's Mud Logging Service and utilizing the latest in- strumentation and automatic record- ing 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 factor inter- com with driller.

COMPUTERIZED APPLIED DRILLING TECHNOLOGY provides all the information obtained in Baroid's MLS and ADT Services and by means of an on-site digital computer: weight on bit rotary speed rotary torque

mud weight depth differential mud resistivity mud temperature flow rate; and records on strip

charts: formation drillability cost per foot lagged differential mud temperature and mud resistivity . pore pressure.

Your Baroid Logging Systems representative can help you select the service best suited to your needs. NL BaroidINL Industries, Inc., PO. Box 1675, Houston, Texas 77001. (713) 527-1 100.

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SPECIALISTS IN HYDROCARBON GEOCHEMISTRY

Hydrocarbon Source Rock Evaluation

Crude Oil - Source Rock Correlation Crude Oil Characterization Geochemical Surface and Subsurface Prospecting

0 Biostratigraphic Services Depositional Facies Analysis Contract Laboratory Services

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