HGS Bulletin Volume 10 No.4 (December 1967) - Houston Geological Society · March 29-31, 1968, South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Statler-Hilton

B U L L E T I N

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Houston, Texas

Volume 10, No. 4

December, 1967

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1967-1968 OFFICERS

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Fred L . Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA 5-5757 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Vice President James 0 . Lewis CA 7-2060 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Vice President Fred M Schall . Jr CA 2-9481

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . Secretary John B . Willianzs CA 4-7961 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer Martin M . Cassicly . . . . . . . . CA 7-4371

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George E Carver, J r CA 5-55 11

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Floyd B . Wilcox CA 7-5261 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HalH.Bybee CA5-1511

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lewis J. Hubka, Jr CA 5-5511 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesse L . George, Jr., E x Officio CA 8081 5

COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance James I V. Aocch CA 5-0811

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distribution & Publication G . Jack Fischer M O 60151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical Program Henry F . Keplinger CA 7-3 127

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Awards & Loans Marthu Shirley Broussard JA 8 4 14 1 . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Research & Study Martin M Cassidy CA 7-4371

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.G. S Membership John L . Riley CA 2-2526

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personnel Placement George Sealy CA 1-3312 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remembrances Royce E . Oualline RI 8- 1266

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public Relations Kenneth L Harkins CA 1-3351 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entertainment Tommy M . Thompson CA 4-981 1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.A.P.G. Membership James A . Wheeler CA 3-1618 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ballot C . E . Trowbridge CA 7-7804

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advertising James T . Goodwyn, Jr CA 8 8 7 4 1 Exhibits-G.C.A.G.S.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & A.A.P.G. Mac Thompson CA 3-4033 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation Carleton D Speed, Jr CA 4-2523

. . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Library Barkley Souders CA 87147 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boy Scout Clyde G Beckwith CA 5-151 1

Special Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Academic Liaison Robert Dollison CA 7-437 1

Submarine Geology and Advisor to Museum of

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Science Harold Geis CA 51396 Special Publications for

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geology of Deltas Martha Shirley Broussard JA 84141 AAPG Continuing Education

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-ordinator De Witt C . Van Siclen

REPRESENTATIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.C.A.G.S. Representative Raymond E . Fairchild 224-8991

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alternate Harold E . Voigt CA 4-51 11 . . . . . . . . . . A.A.P.G. Group Insurance . . . . . . John Bremsteller PR 4 3 1 8 8

THE BULLETIN

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Date Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . News of Memhers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Committee Reports .................................... Professional D i rec tory .................................

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Associate Editors . . . . . . Committee Reports . . . . Harry M . Perry. Apache Corporation CA 7-1424

News of Members . . . . . Kenneth S . Howell . Schlumberger . . . . . . . . CA 5-1607 In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . Royce E . Oualline. Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . Rl 8-1266

. . News of Societies . . . . . . Mclnnis S Newby North Central O i l Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA 4-5251 . . Geo Science Notes . . . . Walter Sadlick Dept of Geology University of Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748-6600

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Volume 10, No. 4

MEETING NOTICE

December, 1967

FOURTH REGULAR MEETING - December 11, 1967

The fourth meeting of the Houston Geological Society will be held Monday evening December 1 l th.

Place: 10th floor Houston Club Building Cocktails: 5:00 to 6:00 P.M. Dinner: 6:00 to 7:00 P.M. Cost: Dinner $4.10 Drinks $1.00 Speaker: Dr . H. F. Coffer, Vice-president,

Engineering and Research, CER Geonuclear Corp. Subject: "The Use of Nuclear Explosives in Oil andGas Production. "

BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ABOLTT THE SPEAKER - H. F . COFFER Dr. Henry F. Coffer i s Vice President in charge of Engineering and Research

for CER Geonuclear Corporation. He received his Ph.D degree in colloid chemistry from the University of souther^^ California in 1951. He holds a bachelor's and m a s t e r ' s degree in organic chemistry from the University of Arizona.

F r o m 1959 until March, 1965, D r . Coffer served Continental Oil Company a s Director of t h e Production Research Division, Research a n d Development Department. He joined Continental in 1951 a s a Research Engineer in the Well Engineering Section of Production Research. His work was principally concerned with the development of new drilling methods and fracturing techniques.

D r . Coffer i s the author of numerous technical publications in the fields of drilling, fracturing, and oil recovery. His most recent publications concern the economic utilization of nuclear explosives.

In the early par t of November a fellow member of the Houston Geological Society initiated a private survey of the consultant and independent members of our Society. By stating that the resul ts of the survey would be made "available to the Houston Geological Bulletin" i t left the impression that the survey had the knowledge and approval of the Executive Committee of our Society.

For the benefit of al l concerned it should be clearly stated that your Executive Committee had no pr ior knowledge of the survey, that it does not have the official sanction of the Executive Committee and that no agreement has been made t o publish the resul ts in the Bulletin.

. . McInnis S. Newby

T H E P R E S I D E N T ' S C O R N E R

Have you returned your questionnaire? If you have not, please retrieve it, take a few moments to fill i t out, and return it in the self addressed stamped envelope. The results of the questionnaire will be published in the Bulletin. If you want a voice in your Society's affairs, please act promptly. The deadline for submission of the questionnaires i s Monday, December 11, 1967.

Your Executive Committee i s very anxious to serve you in the best possible manner and we believe an expressionfromeach of you personally i s important in achieving our goal. We urge you therefore to take the few moments necessary to complete the Planning Committee's questionnaire and return it along withany additional comments o r suggestions that you may wish to add. Only by a sub- stantially large response can the results have any real meaning. Please give us your help.

Although it seems a long way off, it i s now official - - the 56th Annual Meeting of the AAPG will be held in Houston May 10-13, 1971, with the headquarters to be a t the Shamrock-Hilton Hotel. It will be a big responsibility for our Society and will require the dedicated efforts of a large number of our members to insure its success.

Our AAPG Continuing Education Program resumes again in January with Daniel A. Busch lecturing on: Sandstones - Applied subsurface stratigraphy; significance and methods of reconstructing paleo-depositional environments. This has been one of the most popular ser ies of the lectures of the Continuing Education Program and we hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity. In case you were wonderingabout the January scheduling of Dr.Busch, it was the only month Dew itt Van Siclen could get him.

On behalf of each of your officers and executive committeemen, I would like to take this opportunity to wish each of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

. . Fred L. Smith, J r .

CONTINUING EDUCATION'S MOST POPULAR LECTURER COMING IN JANUARY ! ! ! !

Have you ever wondered who's AAPG Continuing Education Lecture S e r i e s has been the most popular? Would you like to s e e for yourself why i t ' s so well received?

This Lecturer ' s topic i s Sandstones - A p p l i e d subsurface stratigraphy; significance and methods of reconstructing paleodepositional environments. He's presented the ser ies in Corpus Christi, Lafayette, New Orleans, Tulsa, Los Angeles, Evansville. Clarksburg and Oil City, USA; and in Venezuela, Brazil. England, Libya, and most recently in Australia. Next month he ' l l come to Houston, the Oil Capitol of the World!!

The Domed Stadium was already booked up, but we did get the auditorium of the Humble Building again. His lectures a r e scheduled for Wednesdays and Thursdays, January 10 and 11 and 17 and 18, 1968, from 3:30 to 7:00 p.m., with a 30 minute coffee break around:^^ p.m.

T o be sure there will be room for you, i t ' s advisable to preregister; acceptances will he on a first-come basis. T o preregister, place your check for $10.00 in the no-stamp envelope that's enclosed with this Bulletin, print your name, affiliation and address on the outside, and drop in the nearest mail box; OR stop by the H.G.S. office, 234 Esperson Building. Then t ry to a r r ive a t the Humble auditorium by 3: 15 on Wednesday, January 10th to pick up your admission badge a t the door.

The Lecturer, by the way, will be Dr. Daniel A. Busch, consulting geologist, of Tulsa. He received the Bachelor's Degree in chemistry and biology from Capital University, and studied geology a t Ohio State University where he r e - ceived the Ph.D. in 1939. He's taught a t Pitt, Ohio State, Tulsa, and Oklahoma; and worked for the Pennsylvania Geological Survey, Huntley and Huntley, and Carter; then he passed over the res t of the alphabet to become Exploration Manager of Zephyr Petroleum. In 1955 he became a consulting geologist and has been a t it ever since.

Come see and hear how a real expert does it, on Wednesday and Thursday, January 10 and 11, - and 17 and 18, from 3:30 until 7:00 p.m.

D A T E BOOK

December 9, 1967, Dallas Geological Society, Field Trip, Exposure of channel sandstone and beach sandstone of the Woodbine formation.

December 11, 1967, Houston Geological Society Monthly Meeting, 5:00 p. m., 10th floor, Houston Club Bldg. Subject: "The Use of Nuclear Explosives in Oil & Gas Production. "

January 10- 11 and January 17- 18, 1967, Houston Geological Society Continuing Education Program, 3:30 to 7:00 p .m. , Auditorium Humble Building. Topic: "Sandstone - Applied subsurface stratigraphy, significance and methods of reconstructing paleo-depositional environments. " Lecturer: Dr . Daniel A. Busch.

January 12,1968, Houston Museum of Natural Science Lecture Series, 8:00 p. m., Prudential Auditorium, Subject: Hawaii Film.

February 7-9, 1968, Southwestern Section, A. A.P. G., Memorial Auditorium Headquarters, Wichita Falls, Texas.

March 29, 1968, Houston Geological Society, Spring Dance, Time and place to be announced la ter .

March 29-31, 1968, South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Statler-Hilton Hotel, Dallas, Texas. Subjects: Subject 1: Urban Geology and Subject 2: Atoka Series.

April 4-6, 1968, Southeastern Section, Geological Society of America (G. S. A. ), 1968 Meeting, Jack T a r Durham Hotel and Motor Lodge, Durham, North Carolina. Subject: "Marine Geology of the Atlantic Continental Margin of the Southern U. S. "

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THE JOURNEY OF THE WISE MEN will be shown during the month of December in the Burke Baker Planetarium. The normal schedule will be followed except during the week days of December 19 through 22 and December 26 through 29. On each of these days there will be an afternoon show at 3:45 P. M. The Museum and Planetarium will be closed Christmas Day and New Year ' s Day. Member's preview of The Journey of the Wise Men will be shown in the Burke Baker Plane- tarium a t 8:00 P.M. on December 4, 1967. This show will be open to Museum Members a t half price, but they may bring guests by paying full f a re for their friends. Children under five a r e not permitted in the Planetarium shows.

NEWS .................................................... OF MEMBERS

JAMES A. WHATLEY has been appointed Vice President of Exploration, Colorado Oil Company and t ransferred to Denver, Colorado.

ROBERT L. MUSSLEWHITE has been named Regional Exploration Manager fo r Colorado Oil Company he re in Houston.

BOB MAPES has joined Offshore Operations, Inc. 2nd Floor, Esperson Building. His phone number i s CA 5-0185.

RICHARD A. HOOKER has opened consulting offices a t 1706 C & I Building, and a t t ime of writing had not obtained his new telephone number. Dick formerly was Distr ict Development Geologist for the Union Oil of California.

B. C. ST. MARTIN, JR. a n n o u n c e s the opening of his consulting office a t Room 714, 3801 Kirby Drive. His new telephone number is 523-1119.

DAVE ARCHER has joined Barkley Souders a s geologist a t Geo Map Company. Geo Map has moved their office to Suite 720, 3801 Kirby Building., where their new telephone number is 524-7471.

Incidentally, Barkley Souders has been named Chairman of a new GCAGS standing committee charged with the promotion and inventory control of CCAGSpublications .

HARRY PERRY, REID FRENCH and JOHN BLACK, a l l with Apache Corp. have moved to new offices a t 1500 Americana Bldg. The i r new telephone number is ?28-0281.

MonsantoCompany has named three new District Geologists: BEN BUONGIORNO, Texas Gulf Coast; L. A. GRAVEL, Ark-La. and B. J. SPARKS, Louisiana Gulf Coast.

GRAHAM W. FENNER, formerly with Ashland Oil & Refining Co., has n o w joined the staff of Woodham Consulting Co., located a t 1200 C & I Building.

DR. JOHN D. MARR has moved f rom the Chamber of Commerce B u i 1 d i n g to 739B Tennessee Building . New phone number is 225-4922.

FRED E. GRINSTEAD, geologist with Humble Oil & Refining Co. has been promoted to the position of Senior Professional Geologist. The position is for recognition of outstanding achievement and is pa r t of a new system of professional t i t les recently crea ted by the Exploration Department.

HAVE YOU MAILED IN YOUR QUESTIONNAIRE ??? ??

REMEMBER - MAIL IN YOUR RESERVATION CARD!!!

THE SOCIETY WELCOMES THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS:

Robert Fredrick Kast (associate) Bette Pollard Roberts (associate) Ward Owen Abbott Bobby R. Ammer T e r r y M. Anderson Feodor (Ted) Bourgeois Ennio Bruzzichini J. W. Brickner Robert W. Bybee Roland W. Car te r Leo R. Chisholm (Dick) Arthur F. Christensen Franklin Barker Conger Marion A. Custer, J r . John K. Dubiel For res t John Fielder James B. Fleece Glenn J. Kirk W. K. (Ken) Grittrnan John M. Greene A. V. Hargis E. D. Haymond Robert B. Haynie Richard E. Heffner John H. Hefner Charles L. Jones Virgil W. Krutsinger James E. Lewark Dan R. McGregor Je re W. McKenny Lawrence C. Menconi Maureen Mitchell H. Jeff Noble Giorgio Paulucci Victor V. Pernoud Marvin L. Reinold Jimmy A. Rodriguez Donald R. Seely Edward M. Self Daniel B. Shaw Elgean C. Shield John W. Shute Skillern, I. E. Daniel L. Smith Stephen G. S t a r r Thomas N. Sudderth James N. T e s s i e r William H. Throop Don G. Tobin

Electronic Explorations, Inc. Teacher-Marian High School.

Shell Oil Company Texas Oil & Gas Corp.

Continental Oil Company Standard Oil Co.ofTexas

A. G.I. P. Petroleum Co. , Inc. Southern Natural Gas

Humble Oil & Refining Co. Union Producing Co.

Amerada Petroleum Co. Shell Oil Co. Shell Oil Co.

Humble Oil & Refining CO. Continental Oil Co.

Pan American Petroleum Corp. Humble Oil & Refining Co. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Continental Oil Co. Shell Oil Co.

Geophysical Consultant Southern Minerals Corp.

Continental Oil Co. Columbia Gas System Service, Corp,

Humble Oil & Refining CO. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Trunkline Gas c:. Humble Oil & Refining CO. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Kerr-McGee Corp. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

George R. Brown, Oil & Gas Division Humble Oil & Refining Co.

A. G.I.P. Petroleum Co., Inc . General Crude Oil

Humble Oil & Refining Co. Florida Gas Transmission Co. E s s o Production Research Co.

Trunkline Gas Co. Milchem, Inc.

Southern Minerals Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Union Producing Co. Roberts & Whitson Petroleum, Inc.

Humble Oil & Refining Co. Florida Gas Transmiss ion Co.

Humble Oil & Refining CO. Schlumberger Well Services

Shell Oil Co.

C O M M I T T E E R E P O R T S

Research and Study Committee Report

The Researchand Study Committee of the Houston Geological Society remains active. The publication "Deltas in their Geologic Environment" i s just about sold out. The continuation of our work studying deltas i s a publication provisionally entitled "Deltas of the World" and subtitled "A Compilation of Data" to be edited by Martha Lou Broussard and Martin M. Cassidy. Several new members have joined the Research and Study Committee and more a r e needed. We a r e now entering into worldwide correspondence with persons who a r e active in research on recent deltas.

Dr. Daniel Horowitz i s assuming the chairmanship of the Researchand Study Committee from Martin M. Cassidy. Dr . Horowitz was a contributor to our successful f i rs t Delta volume and i s currently employed a s a research geologist by Esso Production Research Company. He has been an active member of the Committee since coming to Houston and will be a capable and dedicated chairman. It i s hoped that even more people will join this research effort, those wishing to do s o may find more i n f o r m a t i o n by calling Dr . Horowitz at NA 2-4222 o r contacting him by letter a t E s s o Production Researchcorporation, P. 0. Box 2189, Houston, Texas. The Research and Study Committee has a $700 budget this year and with our favorable experience in turning out our last publication we fully expect t o successfully finish this companion volume by the end of 1968. This i s an interesting and satisfying endeavor which i s of benefit t o the whole geological profession and a lso to the individuals involved. Our m'p' meeting will be 7:30 P.M. December 6th at the Geological Library of Rice University. Once again, if interested, please contact us o r simply come to this meeting.

Library Committee

The Texas Well Logs (Dril lers Logs) collection, which dates from 1920, was purchased and donated to the Houston Public Library in 1966. The H.G.S. provided funds in 1967 for the microfilming of these files.

The dr i l lers logs a r e available for your use in the l ibrary. These files a r e the only readily available source of data on wells drilled before the development of the electric log.

Recent gifts t o the l ibrary have been received from the collections of the late Mr . George Buchanan and Mr. Anthony Tamborello. Mr . Edgar W. Kimball has donated a complete se t of A. A. P.G. Bulletins. Mobil has provided a box of miscellaneous books, bulletins from the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Com- mission (1942-1956), and A. P. I. Proceedings from the production section (1926- 59).

We welcome all gifts which will aid us in providing a complete public geologic library. Duplicate publications will be used a s trade material . Money contri- butions through the l ibrary committee will be used to purchase current books that the present l ibrary budget cannot supply. The l ist of needed, pertinent, publications i s long. Your contribution (tax deductible) will be appreciated and acknowledged.

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY Space for Professional Cards o f Members

JOSEPH L. ADLER Geologist & Geophysicist

Chamber of Commerce Bldg. CA 2-7925

Houston, Texas 77002

R. P. AKKERMAN Geologist EXPLORATION Engineer

Review of Subsurface Data

3425 Bradford Place M O 8-4327


ALLEN & GlLKlSON Oi l and Gas Consultants

Harris H. Allen and D. C. Gilkison

963 Son Jacinto Bldg. CA 8-9329


JOY J. ANNELER Consulting Geophysicist

and Geologist 7054 Hendon

PR 4-6562 Houston, Texas 77036

A. I. BARTOW

Geophysical Consultant

231 5 Watts Road

Phone: M O 8-3306

BELL AND MURPHY Consulting Geophysicists

Houston Dallas CA 7-571 6 RI 2-31 96

JOHN L. BIBLE BIBLE GEOPHYSICAL CO., INC.

Gravity-Magnetic Surveys Interpretations

236 Esperson Bldg. CA 2-6266 Houston, Texas 77002

LESLIE BOWLING

Oil and Gas Consultant

31 6 California Bldg. JA 2-0432

New Orleans, Louisiana

WAYNE F. BOWMAN Independent Geologist

13 14 Niels Esperson Bldg. CA 2-0279


ORVAL L. BRACE

Geologist

2206 South Coast Bldg. CA 8-5404


BREWER AND COMPANY

Consultants

IRA BRINKERHOFF

Petroleum Consultant

822 Americana Bldg.

CA 4-2656

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY Space for Professional Cards of Members

RALPH B. CANTRELL

Petroleum Geologist and Engineer

4005 Bellaire Boulevard

Houston, Texas 77025 M O 8-0471

MICHEL T. HALBOUTY Consulting Geologist Petroleum Engineer

, Independent Producer and Operator i The Michel T. Halbouty Bldg. 51 1 1 Westheimer N A 2-1 130


GEORGE H. CLARK Petroleum Geologist

404 First City National Bank CA 3-1 187

Houston, Texas

THOMAS 0. HALL


N A 2-8680 Office

N A 1-1870 Residence

JACK COLLE & ASSOCIATES I HILLORD HINSON Consulting Geologists

and Paleontologists 817 C & I Building

Houston. Texas 77002

Consulting Geologist CA 8-9455

21 38 Bank of the Southwest Bldn. I Houston, Texas 77002 -

SU 2-4555

Petroleum Consultant

I

Suite 709 Capital National Bank Bldg.

CA 7-7209 Houston, Texas 77002

MORGAN J. DAVIS Petroleum Engineers and Geologists

1436 Americana Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002

CA 7-3127 229 Kennedy Bldg.

Tulsa. Oklahoma 74103 LU 7-559 1

KEPLINGER AND ASSOCIATES

ERNEST A. ELWOOD, JR.

Prudential Drilling Company

141 8 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.

CA 4-7741 Houston, Texas 77002

GENTRY KlDD and

SHIRLEY L. MASON Geologists

8 13 Esperson Bldg. CA 7-8231

PAUL FARREN


Geodata Building M O 7-33 17

5603 S. Rice Ave. (77036)

KlMES & GRUBBS

Exploration Consultants

9 183 Katy Road

Geology Geophysics


ORVILLE G. LUNDSTROM Nutter & Lundstrom

Geologists 899 Houston Club Building

Houston, Texas 77002/CA 7-601 5

R. B. MITCHELL Geologist

2801 First City National Bank Bldg.


JOHN D. MARR Petroleum Exploration Consultant

Geophysics, Geology Seismic Data: Acquisition, Processing

and Interpretation 2130 Chamber of Commerce Building

CA 4-9624

GEORGE N. MAY & ASSOCIATE: Consulting Geologists and Poleontologists

Building 36, Heymann Oi l Center

P. 0 . Box 51858 O i l Center Station

Lafayette, Louisiana 70501

CE 4-3379

W. B. McCARTER C. E. McCARTER

Independents 2522 Hazard JA 3-5733

JA 9-1881 Houston, Texas 770 19

GEORGE I. McFERRON Consulting Geologist

Room 5, 1973 W. Gray JA 2-2627

Houston, Texas

JOHN C. MYERS Consultant in Oil, Gas and Sulphur

1207 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.

CA 5-41 33 and CA 5-4559


KENNETH DALE OWEN

Geologist

Esperson Building


ROLAND B. PAXSON Consulting Geologist

O i l and Sulphur 3524 Sunset Blvd. M O 8-91 96


WALLACE E. PRATT

Geologist

1620 El Paso National Bank Bldg.

El Paso, Texas 7990 1

KINDEL P. McNElLL Geoph ysical-Geological Computer Applications

McDonnell Automation Center 500 Jefferson Building

Suite 400 CA 4-5921

RAYMOND D. REYNOLDS Geologist

436 Bankers Mortgage Bldg. Houston, Texas 77001

CA 7-7633


A. L. SELlG Geologist

1907 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. CA 4-9774


FRED L. SMITH, JR. Consulting Geologist

Paleontologist 1226 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.

Houston, Texas 77002 H O 8-7300 CA 5-5757

CARLETON D. SPEED, JR.

Geologist - Oi l Producer

71 1 Houston Club Bldg. CA 4-2523


H. C. SPOOR, JR. HARRY KlLlAN

Geologists

2130 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.

Houston, Texas 77002 CA 4-9624

D. C. STALLWORTH, INC. Engineering and Geological Drafting

Surveying and Mapping Planimetering and Acreage Calculations

1210 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002 CA 3-7343

CRAMON STANTON Geologist

2229 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.


CA 4-2759

S. BROOKS STEWART Geophysical Consultant

320 Bankers Mortgage Bldg. CA 2-771 8


HAROLD VANCE Petroleum Investment Counselor Petroleum Evaluation Engineer

CApitol 7-3949 1 1 19 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.


GENE V A N DYKE

Van Dyke O i l Company

Southwest Tower

MERLIN J. VERRET Geologist

Route 2, Box 109 Lake Charles, Louisiana

Phone: 477-1 477-8

LAWRENCE J. VITTRUP Petroleum Geologist

Representing Goodale, Bertman & Co., Inc.

1925 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. CA 3-1 191 Houston, Texas

J. C. WALTER, JR. Geologist and Petroleum Engineer

3055 Humble Bldg. CA 7- 1 246


Home Phone: HO 5-9773


JAMES M . WILSON

Geophysical Consultant 246 Main Bldg.

CA 5-2 145

JAMES A. WHEELER Geologist

C.P.G. N O . 109 926 Americana Bldg. CA 3-1 61 8


NEWS ................................................ OF AAPG

W O O D H A M CONSULTING CO. Geological-Geophysical Consultants

Bill Woodham - H. R. Warren

1200 C & I Building

CA 7-41 38

Tulsa, Oklahoma-- the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, has nominated two Texas petroleum geology consultants for the 1968-69 presidency, it was announced by J. Ben Carsey, of Houston, incumbent AAPG president.

The AAPG membership, now over 15,000 in all 50 states and 80 countries of the world, will vote by mail on Frank B. Conselman, of Abilene, the organiza- tion's 1960-61 vice president, and William J. Hilseweck, of Dallas, 1957-58 AAPG secretary-treasurer . Both men have been extremely active in a wide spectrum of services to the Association for many years .

Mr. Carsey announced the other AAPG officer nominees a s follows: Vice president, Clarence E. Brehm. independent oilman and geologist, Mt.

Vernon, Ill . , and John E . Kilkenny, geological coordinator, Union Oil Company of California, Los Angeles.

Secretary-treasurer, James M. Forgotson, J r . , research group supervisor, geological research division, Pan American Petroleum Corp. , Tulsa, and M. Gordon Frey, chief geologist, The California Company, divisionof The Chevron Oil Company, New Orleans, La.

John D. Ham, AAPG Editor, has been nominated for a second term. He is professor of geology a t the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado.

The following amendments to AAPG Bylaws were approvedand, following early notification to the District Representatives, will be referred to the Business Committee at Oklahoma City for transmittal to the Annual Business Meeting:

(1) Establishment of International Science Fair Award Committee a s a standing committee;

(2) Establishment of the AAPG Foundation a s a standing committee;

(3) Establishment of the Electronic Data Processing Advisory Committee a s a standing committee;

(4) Revision of the ethics procedure to provide a more effective means of enforcement. A draft of this proposed amendment will be published in the October 1967 BULLETIN.

If you have any comments or questions on any of these matters, please contact one of your A. A.P.G. District Representatives.

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Remembrance Committee

The HoustonGeological Society has a fundand a committee to furnish flowers, growing plants and other remembrances to i t s members and their families when sickness o r greater tragedy occurs.

It i s my sincere wish that this group i s a s healthy a s would appear based on the few gifts delivered this year. There i s always the possibility that informa- tion that should be released has been stamped "tight hole", and I a m not in- formed of the poor fortune of our Brother Geologist.

One mancovering the well-being of the Houston Geological Society i s like one geologist covering the exploration activities around the world - - by the time you hear, i t s ancient history.

I hereby appoint each member of the HoustonGeological Society a co-chairman of the Remembrance Committee, and request that you inform me when a member i s ill o r passes away. My telephone number during office hours i s RI 8-1266-- home HO 5-2135. . . . Royce Oualline

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SEPM'S PERMIAN BASIN SECTION ANNOUNCES NEW BOOK a

Just off the press i s a new volume titled "Comanchean(LowerCretaceous) Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Texas." The book contains 428 pages, 94 illustrations, is priced a t $17.50, and can be ordered from: - -

Permian Basin Section SEPM, P. 0. Box 1595, Midland, Texas .

December 9 Dallas Geological Society field tr ip in the Arlington a rea . Mem- be r s will be shown exposure of channel sandstone and beach sandstone of the Woodbine formation. Dr . Charles F. Dodge of the University of Texas a t Arlington will be the leader. Dr.Dodge has recently completed a detailed stratigraphic study of the outcropping channel sandstone of the Woodbine in Eastern Tar ran t County, Texas.

THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA - SOUTHEASTERN SECTION PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS 1968 MEETING

Sponsored by the Duke University Department of Geology -Jack T a r Durham Hotel and Motor Lodge - Durham, North Carolina - April 4, 5, 6, 1968.

Call for Papers: Papers a r e invited from Fellows, Members, and non-members. Our principal concern i s to develop a program that reflects the work of geologists in the southeast a s well a s studies in southeastern geology.

Abstracts of not more than 250 words must be submitted on offical GSA forms obtainable from and returnable to S. Duncan Heron, J r . , Program Chairman, Department of Geology, Duke University, Box 6665, College

Station, Durham, N. C. 27708. Ti t les and abst racts must be submitted to Heron. NO LATER THAN JANUARY 9, 1968.

As an added incentive to improve the quality of illustrations accompanying presented papers, awards of $50 each will be madeto the three papers judged having the best illustrative material .

New Orleans, November 19 - - The president of the American Geological Insti- tute for 1968 i s Laurence L. Sloss of Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. He was elected here today by the House of Society Representatives, which ac t s for the 16 professional and scientific societies that make up the Institute.

William B. Heroy, J r . , of Teledyne, Inc., Dallas, was elected vice-president. Re-elected were the vice-president of finance, Laurence Brundall, a consulting geologist of Santa Barbara, California, and the secre tary- t reasurer , J . Thomas Dutro, J r . of the U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.

Continuing their t e r m s a s boardmembers a r e Hugh M. Thra l l s of GeoProspectors Inc. , Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Peter T . Flawn of the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas, Austin. The past-president, B. Warren Beebe, a consulting geologist and geophysicist of Boulder, Colorado, will a lso serve on the board in 1968.

The American Geological Institute has i t s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

San Antonio, Texas, October 26 - - Increasing maturity of the petroleum industry i s reflected in independent producer andmajor oil company managements disagreeing l e s s on basic issues, the president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists noted here today.

J. Ben Carsey, Houston consultant heading AAPG, world's largest geologica: society, said that past disagreements, often confusing the public, have hurt the whole industry more than they have helped any segment of it.

Mr. Carsey addressed the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, a section of the AAPG.

"There i s now more mutual concern over working together to strengthen the whole industry, and in keeping our r e se rves and production up for the benefit of the F r e e World, " said Mr . Carsey. "In unity between major and independent managements, and in joint concern for solving industry problems involving such things a s exploration and the public interest, our industry will be stronger and better for al l concerned. "

He called upon the entire industry to unite in a "massive campaign to talk directly with people about the importance of the depletion tax provision to them. "

DON'T FORGET T O MAIL IN THE ENCLOSED CONTINUING EDUCATION ENVELOPE THAT IS ENCLOSED IN THIS BULLETIN!!

IN MEMORIAM

George Sawtelle (1892- 1967)

The sudden demise of George Sawtelle on September 3, 1967 leaves a great feeling of loss among those who knew him.

He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia on February 27, 1892, where his father was a pioneer drilling contractor. As a young boy he was indoctrinated early in hard labor attached t o the drilling and dcveloprnent of wells of that e ra , carrying water and food to his father 's drilling c rews and a t a la ter age, after school and during summer vacations, working a s a tool d r e s s e r . Due to his physical fitness he became an outstanding football player a t a n ear ly age. Being ambitious and desiring a college education he received a Scholarship to L e h i g h University where he graduated in 1916 witha B. S. Degree in Chemistry. During his stay a t Lehigh he played end on theva r s i ty football team and was named All American in his senior year.

After finishing college he joined the United States Calvary where he served on the Mexican Border and attained the rank of Captain. While attending a Specialty School at For t Riley, Kansas, he met the charming and gracious Mary Seymour Sawtelle and mar r i ed her in 1917. During the f i rs t World War his Regiment was re-organized a s the 79th Field Arti l lery which joined the Seventh Division in France where he spent two years .

. His des i re t o enter the Exploration Branch of the Oil Business led him to en- roll a t Northwestern University where he studied Geology for two years while working a s Assistant Football Coach.

In 1922 he joined the staff of Kirby Petroleum Company, doing surface and subsurface geological work in the Mexia Trend Area of Eas t Texas . He became President of Kirby in 1934 and Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1957. He continued t o serve in th is capacity until 1964, a t which t ime he r e t i r ed from active employment, but remained a Director until his death.

Mr . Sawtelle was quite active in the affairs of the Geological profession, having been a founder of the HoustonGeological Society of which he was President from 1929-30. He served a s president of Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association and during World War I1 served a s Distr ict Director of Facility Security Division, Petroleum Administration for War. He was a lso Vice-president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists from 1934-35, and served a s Director of the Independent Petroleum Association of America. He was a founder of the Library Books Fund, a member of the Newcomer Society, Delta Upsilon Fraternity, Dallas and Houston Petroleum Clubs, Ramada Club, Houston Country Club and Mill Reef Club in Antigua, B. W. I. In 1936 he was co-editor of the symposium "Gulf Coast Oil Fields". In 1956 he received an honorary Doctors Degree from Marietta College and was recipient of the highest award in the Lehigh Alumni Association.

Believing that people in business should contribute to the welfare of their community and industry, he found t ime to devote to this endeavor. He headed

the United Fund Drive in 1943 and se rved a s President of the Houston Chamber of Commerce . While acting in various capacit ies with the Houston Chamber of Commerce he felt, along with others, that our underground water supply should be conserved fo r human use and industrial water should besuppliedfrom other sources . He did much work toward this end.

Mr . Sawtelle i s survived by a son, G. Flint Sawtelle of Austin, Texas and a daughter, M r s . E. B. Berry of Houston.

He will long be remembered in the hear ts of h is friends and co-workers in the oil industry.

Gentlemen of the Society - please, take this Bulletin home to your wife (that is, if you rece ive i t a t your office) s o that she will know to c i r c l e Sunday, January 28, on he r calendar. That i s the da te se t for the Auxiliary's annual Evening Party and she will be asking you out for drinks and dinner a t Braeburn. Country Club and a stage show a t the Houston Music Theat re . T i m e - 5:00 p. m .

Among those traveling to the Orient th is fall were: Tommy and Lynn Thomas. John and Virginia Vetter and Bob and Lillian Moehlman. T h e twenty-four day t r ip was sponsored by the Geo Club and included stops in Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong and Thailand. The Thomases then continued on t o Singapore and Bob Moehlman extended h i s t r i p to include Australia. A grand t ime was had by all and Tommy Thomas i s t o be congratulated for being such a n efficient tour d i rec tor .

Another interest ing t r ip this fall was taken by Helen and David Hedley when they went ona two week "safari" through the Big Bend National Park . They con- cluded the i r t r i p a t the i r summer home in Ruidoso, New Mexico, where they spent ten days.

Imagine the su rp r i se of the Sidney Schafers while at the i r farm in Arkansas one day in ea r ly fall, t o awaken and find the ent i re countryside covered with a blanket of snow and the water pipes frozen. T h i s was most unusual for that par - t icu lar t ime of year , but i t must have made a beautiful picture.

Getting things off to a grand s t a r t a t the G. C. A. G. S. Convention cocktail party were: F reda and Karl Schneidau, Linda and Raymond Fairchild, a n d Marge and B. Phillips.

Faye and Ray Lewis were the re f rom Schulenburg and among those tripping

the light fantastic (would you believe, Schulenburg Stomp?) with them a t the dance were: the Eddie Heiders, the Jim Werners, the Charles Trowbridges and the Louis Newitts.

Others seen attending the various functions a t the recent meeting in San Antonio were: Jackie and Mac Newby, Martha and Floyd Wilcox, Barbara and James Barker, Nelda and Jimmy Sims, Barbara and Neil Hanson, Ernestine and Otto Pixler, Robbie and Paul Carlton, Dora and John Campbell, Betty and Jim Goodwyn, Betsy and Gordon Hinz and Martha and Ed Tyson.

Former Houstonians who attended were the Ray Burkes &om California and Velma and Bob Ross from Jackson, Mississippi, thus affording their Houston friends a n i c e visit and a chance to catch upon all the latest family n e w s .

Journeying in another direction, Pat and Howard Les te r visited their son a t Tulane and attended the many homecoming activities in New Orleans.

Meanwhile, back inHouston the social season continuedand the Bill Paynes and the Sam Webbs were among the geologists and their ladies who attended a dance held a t the Geo Club on November 11.

Houston delegates and wives who attended the S. E .G. Convention held in Oklahoma City, October 29 to November 2, got a preview of things to come when the A. A. P. G. Convention takes place there in April. ~ r s , Noyes D. Smith, J r . (Ruth) repor ts that a full program of well-planned entertainment made the meetingmost enjoyable. She though the style show-luncheon was p re - sented in a particularly interesting and different way by showing how some designs in present day fashions were originated by the Indians (Mini-ha-ha to

- Mini-skirts!)

Elizabeth and Steve Kovacs, formerly of Houston, were houseguests of the Bob Moehlmans during the Thanksgiving holidays and saw a lot of friends while here . They now live in Bartlesville .

"Over the r iver and through the woods t o Grandmother's house" they did go when Gwinn Lewis took husband Jim and children to he r mother 's farm near Brenham for Thanksgiving.

The Geo-Wives-Newcomers Club December meeting at the Geo Club will feature Christmas music by The Singing Sextette and with that thought in mind I would like to say-

HAPPY H O L I D A Y S T O A L L ! !

. . . Val Oualline

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

Check your l ibrary! Do you have each of these publications? If not the following publications of the Houston Geological Society a r e available through Cambe Log Library:

1966 - DELTAS in Their Geologic Framework $ 9.00

1959 - GUIDEBOOK Field T r i p - Lower Ter t iary & Upper Cretaceous of the Brazos River Valley Texas 1.20

1959 - Study Group F r i o Formation of the Upper Coast of Report Texas 1.20

1959- MAP Geological Strip Map - U. S. Highways 80 & 90 - Louisiana State Line to New Mexico State Line .50

1961- Geology of Houston & Vicinity 1.20

Geology of the Gulf Coast and Central Texas

Typical Oil & Gas Fields of Southeast Texas 3.95,

1963 - GUIDEBOOK AAPG-SEPM-SEG - Stratigraphic Study - Pleistocene to Middle Eocene 1.50

1967 -DIRECTORY 1964 Directory Cover 1.30 1967 Directory Cover 2.40 1967 Directory Fi l ler (members) 1.50

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Documents

HGS Bulletin Volume 10 No.4 (December 1967) - Houston Geological Society · March 29-31, 1968, South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Statler-Hilton