March, 1977

BULLETIN

I HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

DISCOASTER LODEMSB (arr:ENBNANNOFOSSI L) PARTIALLY Photo c a m m y W. W I m n Cooper ENVELOPING A C O L I T H , ETEC AUTOSCAN 4,!30 DIAMETERS.

HGS MARCH CALENDAR

Dr. Wi Mmlkin Cuaiq Shell Devebpment Co,, Houston Edward B. Piwu. Jr., Shdl Oil Co., M w Orleans "Gulf Coast Cmoroic - Modd for Application'of Stratigraphic Canc8pts to ErrplorPri on P w i v e Margim" So(:ial'hour4:15 PM, D h m r - 4 1 5 PM, Mseting-7.-00 PM Make or c a d remvrtiens (22SWtlQ) by Friday, March 4,1977

Clayton S. V a h r , Jr., Amoco Production Co., Houston "Gm Produdion from Tight Sandstones of krrno-Pennsylvanian Age, Val Vwch Basini T~~CPS" R~ceptiom-1 l:Sl AM, Lmhrron and Meeting-12 Noon Make or cancel r ) by U0nd.y March 28,1977

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 234 Esperson Building Houston, Texas 77002

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President First Vice-president Second Vice-president Secretary Treasurer Executive Committeeman (7-1-77) Executive Committeeman (7-1 -77) Executive Committeeman (7-1-78) Executive Committeeman (7-1-78) Past President

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EXECUTIVE BOARD

Hal H. Bybee, Continental Oil Co. Royce E. Schneider, The Superior Oil Co.

Dean Grafton, Cities Service Co. Jeffery V. M d , Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp.

M. M. "Ode" Osbome, Trunkline Gas Co. Clyde G. Beckwith, Continental Oil Co.

W. L. Tldwell, Houston Oil and Minerals Robert A Harris, Mitchell Energy Corp.

Elgean C. ShleM, The Anschutz Corp. Anthony Reso, Tenneco Oil Co.

COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

Dan C. Edwards, Ashland Oil, Inc. Kenneth W. Toedter, Natomas International Corp.

Albert W. Erxleben, Exxon Co., U.S.A. Albert C. Rmsch, E xxon Co., U.S.A.

Tom W. Penn, Penntex Petroleum Co. Donald W. Lane, Consultant Stewart Chuber, Consultant

William K. Peebles, Florida Gas Transmission Co. J. Denny Bartell, Hemingway, Bartell, Purcell 8 Associates

Matthew W. Daura, Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp. George W. Hinds, Photogravity Co. Inc.

Thorns4 A. Bay, Jr., Shell Development Co. Inlng L. Snider, Newmont Oil Co.

George H. Gon, Texas Gas Exploration Corp. Jean A. Andrews, Marathon Oil Co.

Fred A. Ealmd, Exxon Co., U.S.A. Robert A. Hank, Mitchell Energy

Mllton E. J o h m , Exxon Co., U.S.A. Cheeter A. Belrd, Dow Chemical Co.

.Billy E. MaxweH Exxon Co., U.S.A.-Retired Cyrw Strong, Shell Oil Cb.

Dorls M. Curtis, Shell Development Co. Michael A. Roberts, Houston Natural Gas Corp.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES

Edd R. Turner, Jr., Getty Oil Co. 8sMn W. MBnh.ll, Texas Gas Transmission

Anthony Reso, Tenneco Oil Co. Thomas D. Berber, Michel T. Halbouty

John Brwnrleller, Insurance Consultant

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PRESIDENT'S COLUMN-MARCH, 1977

It has come to my attention through several sources that there is being drafted for consideration of the 1977 Legislature of the State of Texas a bill known as the Earth Scientist Licensing Act. The bill will require licensing of persons in earth science disciplines of geology, geophysics, geochemistry, paleontology, mineralogy, engineering geolo- gy, marine geology, mining geology and petroleum geology, provided that person or his work product has professional contact beyond the confines of his own corporation, company or employer.

This bill is being drafted for State Senator Walter Mengden, Jr. of Houston as a companion bill to accompany a bill to amend the Schedule D section of the Securities Act. The licensing bill was deemed necessary to be able to adequately "define a professional geologist." As of this writing the bill has not been placed in the "hopper" so it is impossible to know its final form. The draft I have seen has some good and some bad. It certainly needs input from a broader cross section of the over 6000 geologists in the State of Texas. It certainly will have a direct impact on the more than 2600 members of the Houston Geological Society.

I suggest to each of you to become informed about this bill and let your feelings be known to your elected state representatives. Senator Walter Mengden, Jr. will have the up-to-date information on the bill and its status in his Austin, Texas, office.

Your Executive Committee has changed the HGS Member- ship Application Form. In a move to expedite new member- ship applicants and also to cut down on administrative expenses, it has been decided to require new applicants to include a check for HGS Dues ($10) with their application for membership.

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS 27TH ANNUAL MEETING

GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES

AND GULF COAST SECTION-SEPM

AUSTIN, TEXAS - OCTOBER 26-29,1977

The Program Committee is now considering papers for presentation at the twenty-seventh Annual Meeting and for publication in the Transactions of that meeting. If you have a paper that you believe will be of interest and importance to geologists of the Gu If Coast area, please contact either of the following:

Victor R. Baker, GCAGS Program Chairman, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712; or, Don G. Bebout, GCS-SEPM Program Chairman, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712

CALL FOR AUTHORS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF HOUSTON AND VICINITY

Authors are now being solicited for a series of papers to be included in a comprehensive Geologic Atlas of the Greater Houston Area. The text will be geared for the lay reader on about the technical level of recent articles on plate tectonics appearing in Scientific American. Topics to be included are: active geologic prqcesses, surface, subsurface, regional and historical geology. Additional sections covering natural resources and applications of geology to current environ-

This new form is in this bulletin. Please remove the form mental problems such as watersuppl~flooding, subsidence,

from the bulletin and give it to a prospective new member. faulting, foundations, and waste disposal are planned. A

With this cooperation from the membership your Society can companion field guide documenting and further illustrating

continue the healthy growth we have experienced in recent the Atlas is also envisioned. Prior to final publication a series of community oriented seminars will be presented. years.

Copies of the membership application can be obtained A great deal of interest in the project has already been

from the HGS office, 234 Esperson Building, from any expressed by the Houston-Galveston Area Council, Museum

member of your Executive Committee and from the Member- of Natural Science, local schools, Boy Scouts, the League of

ship Committee. Please destroy any copies of "old" applica- Women Voters, and other committees of the Society.

tion forms.

HAL H. BYBEE, President Houston Geological Society

SOCIETY CALENDAR FOR APRIL

April 11, 1977 Dr. Myron H. Dorfman, Austin Summit Club "Alternate Energy Resources"

If you would like to research, write, edit or help in any other way, please contact any of the committee members for more information. Your suggestions and comments will be greatly appreciated.

Al Allong 220-3836 Clyde Bechwith 965-2297

Cy Strong-Chmn. 220-3798 Bob Thornton 621 -9550

DeWitt van Siclen 749-3871 Tom Zimmerman 626-5700

April 27, 1977 Dr. James M. Coleman, Baton Rouge CY STRONG, Chairman Rice Rittenhouse Topic to be announced Research and Study Committee

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EVENING MEETING MARCH 7, 1977

DORIS MALKIN CURTIS-Biographical Sketch

Doris Malkin Curtis wasborn and educated in NewYork City, where she ma-jored in geology at Brook-lyn College and receivedMaster's and Ph.D. degreesin geology from ColumbiaUniversity. The two seg-ments of her Shell career,begun in 1942, were separ-ated by a period from 1950to 1959 during which shewas a geology professor atthe University of Houstonand the University of Okla-homa, and a research geol-

ogist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Herwork inShell has included assignments in the Gulf and Atlanticcoasts and in Shell's International Region. Presently she isStaff Geologist in the Basin Studies group at Shell Develop-ment Company, worki ng on the geology and geochemistry ofsource rocks. Her principal fields of geologic interest arestratigraphy, sedimentation, and petroleum habitat. Dr.Curtis is a member of the Houston Geological Society,International Association of Sedimentologists, AAPG, andSigma Xi. She is a Fellow of both GSA and AAAS, and she isan Honorary Member of SEPM. In June 1977, Dr. Curtis willtake office as President-elect of the Society of EconomicPaleontologists and Mineralogists.

EDWARD B. PICOU, JR.-Biographical Sketch

Edward B. Picou, Jr. is anative of Baton Rouge, La.He majored in geology atLouisiana State Universitywhere he earned his B.S.degree in 1955. After grad-uation, he served two yearsas an officer with the Corpsof Engineers, mostly inKorea. He joined Shell OilCompany in 1957 as amicropaleontologist. As-signments with Shell's Ex-ploration Divisions haveincluded duty stations inBaton Rouge, New Orle-

ans, Lafayette, and Houston. His experience includesbiostratigraphic work in the Louisiana-Texas Cenozoic, bothonshore and offshore. In 1965 he was promoted to DivisionPaleontologist and he is currently serving in that capacity inthe Offshore Division of Shell's Southern E & P Region,

headquartered in New Orleans. Mr. Picou's professionalaffiliations include membership in New Orleans GeologicalSociety, Paleontological Society, Gulf Coast Section ofSEPM, AAPG, and SEPM. In 1973-74 heservedas Presidentof the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM; and most recently he wasTechnical Program Chairman for SEPM at the May 1976annual meeting of AAPG-SEPM in New Orleans.

GULF COAST CENOZOIC-MODEL FOR APPLICATIONOF STRATIGRAPHIC CONCEPTS TO EXPLORATIONON PASSIVE MARGINS (Abstract)

by: Doris Malkin Curtis and Edward B. Picou, Jr.

Since the early examination of rotary drill cuttings in the1920s and the acceptance of electric and geophysicalmethods as geologic tools in the 1930s, the application ofdata derived from direct observation (fossils and rocks) tointerpretation of data from indirect observation (electric andgeophysical surveys) has resulted in the discovery of morethan 40 billion bbl of oil and 300 Tcf of gas in the Gulf CoastCenozoic section. With basic stratigraphic principles andsophisticated exploration technology, still more petroleumremains to be found.

The lithologically monotonous sequence of more than50,000 ft (15 km) of Cenozoic shales and sandstones wasdeposited in varied depositional settings from continental tobathyal marine. Studies of modern-sedimentation modelsand ancient-sediment distribution patterns, and of theCenozoic microfaunal successiQn, ecology and paleoecolo-

gy, have formed the basis for concepts that have evolvedduring the past 50 years. These include: (1) there is a closeinterrelation in time and space of environment, sedimenta-tion, fauna, structure, and hydrocarbon distribution; (2) inthe generally regressive basin-filling cyclic sequence, grosslithologic units are diachronic; (3) benthonic-foraminiferalzonation provides isochrons and paleoenvironmental indica-tors; (4) within each cycle, deltaic depocenters can berecognized; (5) elements of deltaic and littoral morphologycan be interpreted from depositional sequences; (6) faciesdistribution is the product of rate of supply of sediments, rateof subsidence of the basin, and energy distribution in thedepositional environment; (7) distribution of sandstonereservoirs is predictable from biofacies and lithofaciesstudies.

Concepts can be applied to such problems as electric-logcorrelations, correlating across growth faults, determiningbase of objective section, calibrating seismic events, well-design programs for geopressured drilling, salt-domeexploitation, not only in the search for new reserves in theGulf basin but also in the exploration of other paralic basinswith similar clastic fill on passive continental margins.

DEADLINE

Material to be included in April Bulletin should be received bythe HGS editor no later than March 1. Deadlines for futurebulletins will always be the first day of the preceding month.

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NOON MEETING MARCH 30, 1977

CLAYTON S. VALDER, JR.-Biographical Sketch

Clayton S. Valder, Jr. is aSenior Staff Geologist withAmoco Production Com-

pany, Houston, Texas. Hewas born in Winimac, India-na and reared in Omaha,Nebraska. During WorldWar II, he was with the 14thArmored Division in the

European Theater. Hecompleted his college edu-cation after the war and

graduated from the Univer-sity of Oklahoma in 1947.Mr. Valder began his oilindustry career in January

1948 when he was employed by Stanolind Oil and Gas Co.(now Amoco Production Company) Department where herose to the position of Staff Geophysiscist, he transferred tothe Geological Department and has spent the past twenty-two years in various geological assignments in North Texas,West Texas, and Southeast New Mexico. While in WestTexas, he served as President of the Lubbock GeologicalSociety in 1959 and as Treasurer of the Southwest Federationof Geological Societies in 1960. Mr. Valder is a member of theHouston Geological Society and AAPG, which he has servedas a District Delegate and Chairman of Regional CrossSection Committee.

GAS PRODUCTION FROM TIGHT SANDSTONESOF PERMO-PENNSYLVANIAN AGE,VAL VERDE BASIN, TEXAS (Abstract)

by: Clayton S. Valder, Jr.

During the past five years more than 1900 wells have beendrilled in a tight quartz sandstone of Permo-Pennsylvanianage in the Val Verde Basin of Texas. This active playencompasses parts of Sutton, Schleicher, Crockett, Ed-wards, Val Verde, and Terrell counties. These wells have

already proven the existence of major gas reserves whichhave the potential to develop into the "giant" category, givena favorable economic climate. This is a somewhat uniqueplay in that the exploration wildcat success has averagedabout 50%, with development well success averaging around80%.

RECENT DEATHS

Don G. Benson, 71, died February 7, 1977, formerly aconsultant with Colorado Oil Company and Sinclair OilCompany.

Marvin J. Bennett, 63, formerly Sales Manager for TobinResearch Inc. died January 25th, 1977, in St. Louis.

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AAPG - WASHINGTON D.C.JUNE 12 - 16, 1977

Group space has been reserved for AAPG membersplanning to fly to the 1977 annual meeting. Group Airfareshave not been approved by the C.A.B. at this time but, we willadvise you of the lowest available airfare as soon as possible.Please advise us if you are interested in flights for June 11 or12, returning June 16. We are also arranging round trip bustransportation from the airports to the convention hotels andreturn for a small additional cost.

For further information on the group flights for the 1977AAPG annual meeting in Washington D. C. FILL IN THEATTACHED COUPON AND RETURN IT TO:

TRAVEL UNLIMITED, INC. - AAPG FLIGHTSP.O. BOX 25187 .HOUSTON, TEXAS 77005ATTENTION: WENDY HANSEN713-526-3161

I AM INTERESTED IN YOUR FLIGHTS TO WASHINGTON D. C. FOR THEAAPG ANNUAL MEETING. I PREFER TO LEAVE ON:

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TECTONIC AND SEDIMENTATIONLECTURE SERIES AND SEMINARAT RICE UNIVERSITY

This Spring, Rice University presents a lecture series ontectonics and sedimentation. Free public lectures will bescheduled during the semester at 4 o'clock P.M., usually onThursday in Rm. Biology 131. Speakers for February andMarch include:

Mar. 10 Dr. Donald R. Seely, Exxon ProductionResearch Company, "Fore arc Stratigra-phy and Structure"

Mar. 17 Dr. Peter R. Vail, Exxon ProductionResearch Company, "Depositional faciesand tectonic settings"

Mar. 23

(Wed.)

Dr. John C. Maxwell, University of Texas,Austin, "Tectonics and Sedimentation inthe Franciscan- Great Valley sequencesof the northern Coast Ranges of California- room Geol 106. (note time and placechange)

Mar. 31 Dr. Creighton A. Burke, University ofTexas, Austin, "On going research pro-grams and results - University of TexasMarine Science Institute

Call John Warme (527-4883) or Kevin Biddle (527-4054),Rice University, for more information.

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TREASURER'S REPORT

This report is submitted to the membership in order to furnish a statement regarding the financial condition of the Society. The bylaws require this statement at periodic intervals.

The Houston Geological Society budgets money from two funds: Operating, and Academic. The Operating Fund is used to run the Society, i.e. publish the Bulletin, cover meeting expenses and pay for necessary administrative, clerical, printing and mailing costs. Our greatest expense is incurred from publishing the Bulletin. Operating income is derived from two sources, members' dues and Bulletin advertising. The major portion of this income is received during the three months of October, November, and December, while expenses continue throughout the following months. A budget is presented to the President at the beginning of the fiscal year and is reviewed each quarter by the Finance Committee. Based on the December 31 review, sufficient funds are anticipated to be available to meet projected

expenses for the remainder of the fiscal year. This is due mainly to the increase in dues and the efforts by the Executive Committee to maintain and increase the membership of our Society.

The Academic Fund is endowment capital and not to be used for operating expenses. It is the source of money for Student Loans, Continuing Education classes, Field Trips and similar academic or educational programs, plus the Society's publication fund.

In the past, a Memorial Fund was also maintained. This year the money was transferred to the Houston Geological Society Memorial Scholarship Fund. The Society is trustee for the fund which is supported by donations from the Society in memory of our departed colleagues and by other donations which are used to award scholarships in Earth Sciences to the worthy, needy students in our community.

M. M. "OZZIE" OSBORNE, Treasurer Houston Geological Society

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION INCOME AND EXPENSES FOR SIX MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1976

OPERATING FUND

CASH IN BANK - July 1, 1976 ADD: RECEIPTS

Membership dues Bulletin advertising Miscellaneous

DEDUCT: DISBURSEMENTS Bulletin $ 7,626.00 Meetings 2,217.00 Administrative 2,831.00 Awards & Gifts 36.00 Remembrance 144.00 Miscellaneous 412.48

CASH IN BANK - December 31, 1976

ACADEMIC FUND

CASH IN BANK - July 1, 1976 ADD : RECEIPTS

Publications sales Continuing Education

DEDUCT: DISBURSEMENTS Administrative $ 975.00 Publication refund 111.00 Continuing Education 1,415.00 Transfer to savings 9,000.00 Operating fund adjustment 1,072.00 Miscellaneous 520.00

CASH IN BANK - DECEMBER 31, 1976 SAVINGS IN BANK - DECEMBER 31, 1976

TOTAL

$13,093.00 $ 6,648.52 $33,576.57 $40,225.09

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PRICE SCHEDULE-MARCH MEETINGS

Summit Club Houston Association of Petroleum Landmen-Host

Dinner Cocktail New price schedule Beer being negotiated. Soft Drink

Rice Rittenhouse Geophysical Society of Houston-Host

Luncheon $6.00 Cocktail 1.40

Houston Oaks Hotel Luncheon Cocktail

RESERVATIONS

Please make reservations for the Monday even- ing meetings by the preceding Friday and for the Wednesday noon meetings by the preceding Monday. (Phone 223-9309)

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CONTINUING EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS

Approximately 270 Houston Geological Society members attended the January 20, afternoon lecture of Dr. George DeVries Klein concerning "Exploration for Turbidites and Other Deep- Water Sandstones. "The group met at the Exxon Auditorium for the three hour program, interrupted only by a short break for coffee, soft drinks, and cookies. Comments from the group indicated that Dr. Klein's turbidite message was timely, but lacking in specific subsurface examples. In this regard, several excellent papers describing turbidite oil fields in California are published in the February, 1977AAPG Bulletin.

The next (and final 76-77) C. E. program will be held on May 4 and 5 when Dr. Richard C. Selley will present a six-hour program entitled "Subsurface Facies Analysis." This course describes in detail the diagnostic criteria of sedimentary facies determined from subsurface data. The format will be slightly changed in timetable; the first three hours will be given Thursday afternoon as usual and the second on Friday morning, ending at lunch time. Dr. Selley has prepared some notes which will be handed out at the auditorium. Details concerning cost and enrollment will begiven in the April HGS Bulletin. Membership response to this year's Continuing Education Programs has been rewarding to the Society. It appears that many members who attend the seminars are reasonably happy with time, the place, and the topics. Next year, provided the AAPG continues to present stimulating programs, the C. E. committeewill organizesixseminars: one each in October, November, January, February, March, April, and May. The schedule and topics will be published in the June issue of the Bulletin. If therearespecial programs which you would like to see scheduled, please contact Stewart Chuber, any committee member, or the Society office to make your requests known. Listed below are the Continuing Education committee members:

Tom Bakewell Dave Lazor Ralph Bass Paul Moors John Biancardi Caroline Pickens Hugh Bickford David Philer Bill Burkman Elizabeth and Raymond Rall Max Carman Kenneth Reiss Tom Casey Herman Sieck Paul Cernock Sharon Smith Bruce Dice Earl Swett Albert Engel Graham Tyner Stewart Folk Carol Urish William Fowler DeWitt Van Siclen Paul Gebhard David VonTress Kirby Gowen Rolla Wade William Huckabay Richard Zoerb Syed Hussaim Roy Knappe Howard Kunz

STEWART CHUBER, Chairman Continuing Education Committee

GAY C . HELM, formerly Gulf Coast Regional Geologist for Ranger Oil, has joined Tricentrol, U. S., Inc. as Chief Geologist. Tricentrol, U. S headquarters are at 1100 Milam Bldg.. Suite 1585, Phone: 651-9887.

GEORGE KEPRTA, formerly geologist with Monsanto Company, is now a geologist with P. R. Rutherford, Inc.

JAMES L. SMITH has become Chief Geologist of Daniel Oil Company. He was recently employed by Suburban Propane Gas Corp. as Area Geologist. Prior to this he spent 25 years with Cities Service Oil Company working the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast areas.

LEO J. McCLURE, formerly a geological drilling specialist with Exxon Company, announces the opening of his new office as an exploration and drilling consultant at 1212 Main Street. Suite 551. Houston.

COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY has released Special Publication No. 9, "1975 Summary of Coal Resources in Colorado" by A. L. Hornbaker, R. D. Holt, and D. K. Murray, 1976. The price is $1 .OO postpaid. It can be ordered from the Colorado Geological Survey, Room 715, State Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman St., Denver, Colorado 80203.

CYPHER ENERGY CORPORATION is a new exploration company formed to explore the Gulf Coast Area of Louisiana and Texas. Partners in the Company and H.G.S. members are: WILLIAM F. HOWELL, President, formerly with Mesa Petroleum and Vice-president of exploration for Basin Exploration; CLAUDE H . RO- BERTS, Vice-president, formerly with Hemingway, Bartell and Associates and Damson Oil Corporation; and C. DAN BUMP, Vice-president, fomerly with Kilroy Company of Texas and Hamilton Brothers. Cypher's office is 711 Houston Club Building, Phone: 223-5349.

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SCHOOLS AND SHORT COURSES ANNUAL MEETING SOUTHWEST SECTION AAPG

URANIUM GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION, a 3-day short course offered March 30-April 1 at Colorado School of Mines. The instructor will be Dr. Richard H. DeVoto of the CSM department of geology. Registration fee is $300.00. Address further inquiries to the Office of Continuing Education, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401. (Registration deadline March 15, 1977)

FIRST SHORT COURSE IN MICROPALEONTOLOGY, a 10- day course offered June 27-July 7 at the University of Nebraska. The course is designed to update industrial and academic personnel, and to provide training for graduate students. A team of 10 specialists will serve as instructors. Course tuition is $600.00. Address further inquiries to Dr. Paul R. Krutak, Dept. of Geology, 418 Morrill Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508.

PROBABILITY METHODS IN OIL EXPLORATION, a week- long course offered September 11 -16, at Snowmass, Colora- do. This course is an outgrowth of the AAPG Conference on Probability Methods in Oil Exploration held at Stanford University. lnstructors will be Profs. J. C. Davis and J. H. Doveton of the Univ. of Kansas, and Prof. J. W. Harbaugh of Stanford. The course will be concerned with numerical methods and computer-aided techniques that have been developed within the last few years. Details and registration forms may be obtained by writing Probability Short Course, Stanford University Post Office Box 8888, Stanford, Califor- nia 94305.

CARBONATE WORKSHOP FOR EXPLORATIONISTS AND ENGINEERS, a 4-day session sponsored by the University of Texas at Austin. Modern depositional environments, petrog- raphic classifications, facies characteristics and relation- ships, diagenesis of carbonates and evaporites will be discussed. Half the course will consist of lectures and lab sessions, the other half a field trip to examine central Texas Cretaceous carbonates. lnstructors will be Drs. D. G. Bebout and R. G. Loucks of the Bureau of Economic Geology, and Drs. A. J. Scott, R. L. Folk, and L. S. Land of the Dept. of Geological Sciences. Registration for the course and trip is $175.00. This does not include food or lodging. Interested persons should contact Continuing Education Program - Carbonates, Dept. of Geological Sc~ences, University of Texas at Austin, Texas 7871 2. Registration deadline is March 11. Limit - 30 participants.

H. G. S. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The Scholarship Board acknowledges with sincere appre- ciation the following contribution to the Memorial Scholar- ship Fund:

Mrs. Sam D. Rogers, Houston, Texas CONTRIBUTOR

Mrs. Rogers has made this contribution in the memory of her late husband, a former member of the Houston Geological Society.

The Abilene Geological Society is now at work preparing for the SW Section Convention meeting in Abilene on March 6-8, 1977.

Continuing Educational Courses will be offered on Sunday preceding the convention: Dr. John Shelton of Olkahoma State University-"Exploration for Sandstone Reservoirs," and John F. Harris, Consultant of Tulsa- "Practical Subsurface and Stratigraphic Methods of Explora- tion for Carbonate Reservoirs". A program of some 16 papers will be presented, covering various aspects of the geology of central, western, and panhandle Texas, and adjacent partsof New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Mexico. The program also includes several papers on alternate energy and geologic concepts.

Registration fee is $35, short course fee is $25. To pre- register, mail check payable to SW Section AAPG, to:

Box 974, Abilene, Texas 79604

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MINERALS F-I-N-D X X A-L-L X M-I-N-E-R-A-I3 E R A L I M O N I T E E T I N E L E S T E E H A G O E T H I T E K M E T A L C D T E P S A L T B I O T I T I L L O N I I R H E A F G E E T I R C O L O E T O T A U G I T E R T D O Z C O T L E S A A Y H A G O A Y I T E U T O B N E L P M T O R M H G L I T S C U N G T S O I E K E N A R T E A R A R R A U L P S P H A L E R I T E I L M O M T E T O D I P E I T U I V L C A H P U S A P O Y A F S O S M O M I L A L A S T D R S T Q U T R O L E T I L E I L C I N G I L L A L E N E N O I E T I T O I B T O F L O R I T E D T E L E O P V S E S U S D R T H E E E S G C A S D I T E R O I T E B A L H E X I N I R I T E S E 3 I R O L H C L A B R A D O R I E T E i E T I R A B 0 WG-P)-.f -S-f-T--E4 ~FR-E---W-O-t--*f-f

The names of 35 common and well-known minerals are concealed within this puzzle. They are written horizontally, vertically, diagonally, backwards and forwards. A list of the 35 minerals can be found somewhere else in this bulletin.

8 Houston Geological Society Bulletin, March 1977

FUTURE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SELECTED EARTH SCIENCE SOCIETIES

i AIME

Amer. I n s t . o f M i n i n g , M e t a l . , and Pe t ro leum Eng ineers

Mar. 6 - 10 A t l a n t a , Ga.

I

AGU Amer. Geophys ica l Un ion S p r i n g Annual Mee t ing

Amer. Geophys ica l Un ion F a l l Annual Mee t ing

May 30-June 3 Washington

Dec. 5 - 9 San F r a n c i s c o

1 IPAA Independen t P e t r o l e u m I A s s o c i a t i o n o f k m e r i c a

SExG S o c i e t y o f E x p l o r a t i o n G e o p h y s i c i s t s C a l g a r y , Canada

Oc t . 23 - 25 D a l l a s , Tx.

OTC O f f s h o r e Technology Conference

P r o f . E a r t h S c i e n t i s t s I

May 2 - 5 Houston, Tx.

Eng ineers o f AIME Denver , Co lo .

1 Wor ld P e t r o l e u m Congress i

- Circum P a c i f i c Energy and M i n e r a l Resources Conf. ip

L --- -- -- , AAPG AAPG-SEPM n a t i o n a l p - - - ' - - - - - June 13 - 16 I SEPM Annual M e e t i n g W a s h ~ n g t o n I i AAPG East-ern S e c t i o n I j o i n t w i t h 1 AAPG n a t i o n a l

G u l f Coast S e c t i o n ( w i t h GCAGS)

M i d - C o n t i n e n t S e c t i o n

1 ( b i e n n i a l ) T Sept . 11 - 13 A m a r i l l o , Tx.

I P a c i f i c S e c t i o n I A p r i l 20 - 22 1 B a k e r s f i e l d . C a l .

I - Mounta in S e c t i o n

AAPG Southwest S e c t i o n

A p r i l 4 - 6

March 6 - 8 A b i l e n e , Tx.

GS A G e o l o g i c a l S o c i e t y o f Amer ica N a t i o n a l Annual Mee t ing

Denver, Co lo . I

- Nov. 7 - 9 S e a t t l e , Wash.

GS A Rocky Moun ta in S e c t i o n May 12 - 13 M i s s o u l a , Mont .

GSA N o r t h C e n t r a l S e c t i o n

I 1

Southeas te rn S e c t i o n 1 March 23 - 26 / Winston-Salem, N.C.

A p r i l 28 - 30 Carbondale, Ill.

GSA C o r d i l l e r a n S e c t i o n

March 17 - 19 E l Paso, Tx.

A p r i l 5 - 7 Sacramento, Cal .

I

Feb. 29-Mar. 4 I Feb. 25-Mar. 1 Denver, Co lo . I New York 1

I A p r i l 17 - 21

Dec. 4 - 8

Oc t . 29-NOV. 2 I

San F r a n c i s c o I I

A p r i l 16 - 20

Dec. 3 - 7

May 8 - 11 Houston, Tx.

1

Oc t . 1 - 4 I Sept . 30-Oct . 3 San A n t o n i o , Tx. 1 Houston, 7 Tx.

i 1

A p r i 1 30-May 3 Houston, Tx .

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I J u l y 30-Aug. 5 H o n o l u l u , Hawai i I I i2.. - - - - v .~ - - -

A p r i l l - 4 Oklahoma C i t y Houston, Tx. 1

i Oct . 11 - 13 New Or leans , La.

Houston Geo'oocal Soc~ety Hulletm, February 1977

I

A p r i l 26 - 29 Sacramento, Cal .

Feb. 26 - 28 M id land , Tx.

Oc t . 23 - 25 Toron to , Canada

I -4

I

NOV. 5 - 7 San D iego , Ca l .

1

WAYNE Z. BURKHEAD

C'or~a~ilt~ng Geolog~bt

713 Rocky River Houston, Texas 77027

Ph. 713/621-3077

R. P. AKKERMAN Geologist EXPLORATION Engineer

Review of Subsurface Uata

3425 Bradford Place 668-4327 Houston, Texas 77025

T. WAYNE CAMPBELL

PALEO-DATA, INC. CONSULTING PALEONTOLOGIST AND GEOLOGIST

HARRIS H. ALLEN Oil and Gas Consultant

933 San Jacintv Bldg. 228-9329 Houston, Texas 77U02 6619 FLEUR De LIS DRIVE

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70214 (504) 488-371 1

JOHN L. BIBLE BIBLE GEOPHYSICAL CO., INC.

C. D. CANTRELL, JR. Petroleum Geology, Evaluation and Exploration

Geologis t a n d E n g i n e e r

508 C & I Building, Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 225-3754

Gravi ty-Magnet ic S u r v e y s I n t e r p r e t a t i o n s

236 Esperson Bldg. 222-6266 Houston, Texas 77002

LESLIE BOWLING Oil and Gas Consultant

STEWART CHUBER Consulting Geologist

1228 First National Bank of Commerce Bldg. (504) 522-0432

Res. 713-465-3360 Office - 7 13-658-8395

71 1 Polk St. , Suite 802 Houston, Texas 77002

New Orleans, Louisiana

JOHN D. BREMSTELLER AAPG-SEG G r o u p I n s u r a n c e P l a n

H G S - G r o u p C a n c e r I n s u r a n c e P l a n

Phones: P.O. Box 36632 Business: 668-0610 Houston, Texas Residence: 774-3188 77036

GEORGE H. CLARK Petroleum Geologist

201 Gordon Dr. Ph 544-8257 Crockett, Texas 75835

GENEOS PETE COKINOS Petroleum a n d Geological Engineering Consultant

947 Hazel Street Beaumont, 'Texas 832-033 835-150 1 892-8733

JACK COLLE JACK COLLE & ASSOC.

( 'onsulting Geologists & Paleontologists

708 C&I Uuilding - Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 287-6266

Jack Colle (622-9555) J G Ward (497-7298)

-rl= W. F. COOKE, JR. PRESIDENT

q c c o OIL ) GAS C o . I

One Briar l h l e Ct. (713) 622-7070 Houston, Texas 77027

JACK W. CRAIG Consulting Geologist

1520 C & I Building Houston, Texas 77002

713/652-4960

WALT M. CURTIS GEOPHYSICAL CONSULTANT

8822 W e s t v ~ e w D r . Houston, Texas, 77055 (71 3) 464-0801

JOHN S. DUDAR, Ph.D. Consultant

Oil, Gas, Coal, Uranium Carbonate & Sandstone Stratigraphy

8102 Mobud Houston, Texas 77036 (713) 771-0793 or 464-9451

EVARD P. ELLISON Geologist

1214 Americana Building 225-6285

Houston, Texas 77002

ERNEST A. ELWOOD, JR. Prudential Drilling Company

1880 Post Oak Tower 621-7330 Houston, Texas 77027

PAUL FARREN. Geophysical Consultant

Geodata Building 667-3317

5603 S. Kice Ave. (77081)

STEWART H. FOLK Certlfled Professional Geolog~st

Coal, Petroleum, & Geothermal Kesuurct.~

700 Pust Oak Bank Building Office 713 622-9700 Houston, Texas 77056 Home 713/781-23:%

JOSEPH N. GRAGNON Consulting Geophysicist

1410 Americana Building Houston, Texas 77002 713/652-3837

STEVEN R. GUSTISON

Consulting Petroleum Geologist

Res. (713) 469-4456 7510 Fernbrook Office (713) 658-0601 Houston, Texas 77070

MICHEL T. HALBOUTY Consulting Geologist

and Petroleum Engineer

Independent Producer and Operator

TELEPHONE (713) 622-1 130

The HALBOUTY CENTER 5100 WESTHEIMER

HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056

WILLIAM E. HUMPHREY Petroleum Exploration Consultant

Suite 700 Office 713/622-9700 2200 South Post Oak Road Home 713/444-8180 Houston, Texas 77056

DONALD W. LANE Consulting Gc.ologist

Gul/ US(, h'oc.l;.v J l r~ i t r l l n~~rs Mtdco t~ l i ne t r~ . E ( I s / ~ , I . ~ I I t~l( ,r ior

-2214 Mossycup Drive Houston, Texas 77024

(713) 461-16:)7

0. G. LUNDSTROM GEOLOGIST

R E 5 ? E ' 4 A B E R D t E N W A Y

H O V ' T O N T E X A S 7 7 0 1 5

" L 4 4397

VIRGINIA LEE BICK Member of American

Association Petroleum Geologists

5865 San Fel~pe Houston, Texas 77057

GEORGE N. MAY GEORGE N. MAY and ASSOCIATES

Consulting Geologists and Paleontologists

P. 0 . Box 51858 Oil Center Station Lafayette, Louisiana 70505

234-3379

W. B. McCARTER C . E. McCARTER

Independents

2522 Hazard 523-5733 529-1881

Houston, Texas 77019

JOSEPH G. PUTMAN Ill R . B. MITCHELL

Geologist

2,iOl F i r s t Ci ty N a t i o n a l Hank Hldg. Hous ton , T e x a s 77002

I . K. NICHOLS Gulf Coast Exploration Geologist

C.P.G. No. 932 Phone: 782-4970

4 I St111 Fiir t~st l )r . t ious ton , 'l'exns 77024

R A Y M O N D D. REYNOLDS ~ ~ ~ ~ ) 1 ~ ~ g ~ ~ t

7on Main S t ree t - Sui te 4;Hi Houston , 'l'exas 77002

227-76X3

RICHARD L. PORTER Petroleum Geolog~s t & Explorat~on Consullant

2101 F o u n t a ~ n V ~ e w No 29

Ph 7 1 3 781 5 3 5 7

Houston, Texas 7 7 0 5 7

Consul t ing Geophystc is l & Geologis t

1514 Pine Gap

444-3536 Houston, Texas 77090 658-0601

LEO PUGH

Gulf Coast Geo Data Corp. Seismic - Gravity Data

81 6 AMERICANA BLDG. Houston, Texas 77002 (71 3) 652-3879

MARTIN M. SHEETS ( ' u n s u l t a n t E:nergy E;nvironrnent

I'etroleum Geothermal A c t ~ v e Sur face F a u l t s S u b s ~ d e n c y

I9 i ; l W . G r a y , S u ~ t e 4 I l ~ ~ u s t o n . T e x a s 77019 71; j :i2.)-197:1

FRED L. SMITH, JR.

Consulting Geologist Paleontologist

Office: 659-5757 1014 C & I 13uiltling Kes. 468-7200 Houston . T e x a s 77002

GENE VAN DYKE

PRESIDENT SOUTHWEST TOWER VAN DYKE COMPANY HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002

(713) 228-8174 TELEX 762200

Merlin J. Verret President

Delta Energy Resources, Inc. 3002 Country Club Road Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601 (318) 477-1477

WILLIAM C. WAGNER Consulting Geophysicist

CRAMON STANTON Oil & Gas Consultant

5906 Bermuda Dunes Drive Houston, Texas 77069

444-0965

E. H. STORK, JR. Consulting Paleontologist arid Geologist

Biostratigraphy-Paleo ecology Geologic Interpretations

1908 C&I Building Houston, Texas 77002

Off: (713) 652-5026 Res: (713) 862-8502

& y,, David D. Swinehart Contract Geophysicist

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RALPH E. TAYLOR Geology of Sal t Domes

Exploration a n d Evaluation of Petroleum Phosphates, Potash, Salt , Sulphur, Uranium

P.O. Drawer A LaPorte, Texas I 7571 713/471-3321

HAROLD VANCE Petroleum Investment Counselor Petroleum Evaluation Engineer

652-5842

1429 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002

1428 Capital Towers Jackson, Mississippi 39201

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WILLIAM E. WALLACE Ph. D. Certified Petroleum Geologist

Exploration Consultant Domestic - Foreign

Phone: (318) 235-2987 517 Beverly Drive Lafayette, Louisiana 70501

J. C. WALTER, JR. Geologist a n d Petroleum Erigmeer

242 Main Bldg. 236-1212 Houston, Texas 77002 Home Phone: 785-2030

A. D. WARREN ANDERSON. WARREN & ASSOCIATES, INC

Consult ing Micropaleonlology Foramir~ifera-Nannopiankton-Palynomorphs

S~l iceous M~crofossi ls

11526 Sorrento Valley Road San D ~ e g o . C a l ~ f o r n ~ a 92121

(714) 755-1524 Cable M~cropa leo Sari D ~ e g o

GEORGE F. WATFORD 2200 IIOUS'I'ON NA'I'UKAL GAS BUILDING

HOL'S'I'ON, 'I'EXAS 77002 713-658-8413

PRESIDENT IJKAl HIE PRODUCING COMPANY

JAMES M. WILSON ( kophys i ca l ( :onsultxnt

HUH 'The Main I3ldg Houston. Texas

GEORGE 0 . WINSTON Consultant

Florida Petroleum Geology Florida Sample Service

151 1 Mataro Avenue Coral Gables, Fla. 33146

NELSON B. YODER Consulting Geologist

RIO-LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY PALEOECOLOGY

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INTEGRATION WORLD-WIDE Integrated Exploration Services 300 S. 9th Street Richmond, Texas 77469 7 13-342-3331

DAVID A. HINERMAN CONSULTING GEOLOGIST

DOMESTIC-INTERNATIONAL

5331 Beverly Hi1 Ln. 8 A Houston, Texas 77056

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Box 2469 Houston, Texas 77001

(713) 781-3261

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Schlurnberger Well Services

1300 Main, Suite 1209 Houston, Texas 77002

Texas Coast Division 658-8300

r>et r o h s i c s . inc. I I w - r

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3130 S.W. Freeway, Suite 415/Houston. Texas/(713) 523-9790

Seismograph Service Corporation I\ hI'HSI1)IAKY OF KAY'I'HEOK COMPANY

Su~te 320, 9000 Southwest Freeway Houston, Texas 77074 (713) 772-5561

South Texas Div. Office 3801 Kirby Building, Suite 41 1

AC-713/529-5995

W. L. Laflin J. B. Cook C. C. Franks I

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Houston, Texas 77036 71 3-666-2561

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J. R. Butler and Company OIL AND GAS CONSULTANTS

Su~te 130. 4605 Post Oak Place. Houston, Texas 77027 Telephone 713/627-7180 Telex. 910 881 4408

Affiliated with GeoOuest International Ltd. t selscom Delta

P. 0. Box 36928 Houston, Texas 77036

71 3/785-4060

Principal Offices: Houston, London, Singapore, Calgary

EXPLORATION ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL 9 l O C & 1 Buoldlng Houston. Texas 77002 Phone 7131227 3146 Cable Address EXPLORE

David B. Darden Charles C. Lilley

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ATWATER, CARTER, MILLER & HEFFNER

Consulting Geologists and Engineers

424 Whitney Bank Building New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

(504) 581-6527

R. BREWER & CO., INC. Houston

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MORGAN J. DAVIS ASSOCIATES Petroleum Consultants and Geologists

1300 Main-Suite 620 Houston, Texas 77002

MORGAN J. DAVIS EDWARD D. PRESSLER 713-651-0209 713-658-1832

RALPH E. DA VIS ASSOCIA TES, INC. Consultants

Petroleum and Natural Gas

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

H. J . GHUY & ASSOCIATES, INC. P ~ t r o l e u m Consul tan ts

420 Southwest Tower Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 652-5753

2501 Cedar Springs Rd. Dallas, Texas 75201

(214) 742-1427

INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSULTANTS I Oil, Gas, C w l , Uranium, Minerals, Geothermal

Engineering, Geological, Geophysical

3430 Entex Buildina 1400 4th Nat'l Bank Blda. I Houston, Texas 77062

(71 3) 651 -3 127 Tulsa,

(9 Oklahoma 74 18) 587-5591

WOODHAM CONSULTING CO. I Geophysical-Geological Consultants

Bill Woodharn

1200 C & I Building 654-4 138

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Houston, Texas 77019

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Telephone 71 31627.71 80 Telex 91 0 881 4408

Affiliated with J .R. Butler and Company

HOUSTON OIL &

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242 The Main Building, 1212 Main Street Houston, Texas 77002

71 31'651 -3800

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W H Smlth tJresldent 652-5896 C' H Bewe. J r , V P -General Manager

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1880 Post Oak Tower Building 5051 Westheimer

Houston, Texas 77056 Off. Phone 621-7330

E. A. ELWOOL), J R . Res. Phone 782-3275

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41 200 Directors Row Houston, Texas 77092

71 3-686-551 6

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Suite 1910

I 1 2000 So. Post Oak Rd. 1 Sam H. Peppiatt

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