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GSH Meetings _____________________

GSH Technical Breakfast

May 8 .................................................... 1

SIG Meetings ............................................ 4

Geophysical Auxillary................................ 7

Annual Meeting & BBQ ............................. 8

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E

VOL. 36, NO. 10 NEWSLETTER MAY 2002

Geophysical Societyof Houston

Technical BreakfastDate: May 8Location: BHP Petroleum

1360 Post Oak Blvd.Time: Social 7:00 am

Presentation: 730

Reservations 713/463-8920 code 607

Questions: Karl Seibert @ ADS 713/339-1616

Title:The Structural and Stratigraphic Historyof the Prolific Gas Bearing VicksburgProvince of South Texas: An integratedstudy of 3D mapping and well correla-tion.

Why is the Vicksburg Such a Prolific Hy-drocarbon Bearing Province?

Understanding Complex Traps: Exten-sion in the Vicksburg

Speaker:Tony WhitbredTotalFinaElf

This much-received Vicksburg pa-per that now includes Logs has high-lighted Tony’s prolific career.

Join the society in the last GSHTechnical Breakfast of the season.

The OffshoreTechnologyConference

The Offshore Technology Confer-ence is an international meeting con-cerned with all aspects of offshore en-ergy enterprises. The SEG, and throughthe SEG, the GSH are major contribu-tors to the 2002 OTC technical pro-gram. There will be two full days ofgeophysics talks, Monday May 6 andTuesday May 7. Henry Pettengill ofMaxus YPF will deliver the keynote ad-dress to a session entitled DeepwaterSeismic Imaging: Case Studies from theGulf of Mexico, Brazil, and West Africa.Other sessions will be Integrating Sur-face and Borehole Geophysics, Multi-component Seismics in Offshore Explo-ration and Production, and one on AVOtechnology.

The 2002 OTC will be in the Reli-ant Center, a new facility replacing theold meeting places of the AstroArenaand Astrohall.

Not a member of the GSH?Go to http://gsh.seg.org/gshapp.html for a printable application form. Stay

connected with your profession. Support and participate in GSH activities.

Articles and Comments ______________

President’s Page....................................... 4

Saltwater Tournament ............................... 6

Golf Tournament........................................ 9

Honors and Awards Banquet .................. 10

2002 Petroleum Outlook & Leadership

Conference ......................................... 11

There will beno Technical

Luncheonthis month.

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GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF HOUSTON

Joan Henshaw, Office Manager • 10575 Katy Freeway, Suite 290 • Houston, TX 77024 • Office Hours 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Phone: (713) 463-9477 • Fax: (713) 463-9160 • Event Reservations Number: (713) 463-8920

email: [email protected] • website - http://www.seg.org/sections/gsh/gshhome.html

GSH Board of Directors = GSH Executive Committee + SEG Section Representatives

PHONE FAX E-MAIL

PRESIDENT .................................... Dave Agarwal ................ 281/920-4450 .......... 281/920-1576 .......... [email protected]

Corp. Relations ....................... Pat Starich .................... 281/654-5036 .......... 281/654-5766 .......... [email protected]

Historian ................................ Art Ross ........................ 281/360-9331 ............................................ [email protected]

Honors & Awards ................... John Sumner ................. 713/431-6796 .......... 713/431-6094 .......... [email protected]

Museum ................................. Tom Fulton .................... 281/242-1806 ............................................ [email protected]

Nominating ............................. Dave Agarwal ................ 281/920-4450 .......... 281/920-1576 .......... [email protected]

PRES.-ELECT ................................. Dan Ebrom .................... 281/366-3011 .......... 281/366-7561 .......... [email protected]

Academic Liaison .................... Hua-Wei Zhou ............... 713/743-3424 .......... 713/784-7906 .......... [email protected]

Advisory ................................. Lee Lawyer ................... 281/531-5347 .......... 281/531-5347 .......... [email protected]

Employment Ref ..................... Sam LeRoy ................... 281/556-9766 .......... 281/556-9778 .......... [email protected]

Finance .................................. Shane Coperude ............ 281/275-7514 .......... 281/276-7660 .......... [email protected].

Office ..................................... Hugh Hardy .................. 713/729-9208 .......... 713/726-0456 .......... [email protected]

Volunteers .............................. Jerry Donalson .............. 713/464-6188 .......... 713/464-6440 .......... [email protected]

FIRST VP ....................................... Jim Schuelke ................. 713/431-7620 .......... 713/431-6333 .......... [email protected]

Continuing Education .........................................................................................................................

Speakers ................................ Jim Schuelke ................. 713/431/7620 ......... 713/431-6333 .......... [email protected]

Tech Breakfasts ....................... Karl Seibert ................... 713/339-1616 ............................................ [email protected]

Tech Luncheons ...................... Keith Matthews .............. 281/275-7500 .......... 281/275-7660 .......... [email protected]

Tech Committee ...................... Roy E. Clark, Jr. ............ 281/654-5651 .......... 281/654-5891 .......... [email protected]

SIGS

Data Processing ...................... Karl Seibert ................... 713/339-1616 ............................................ [email protected]

Potential Fields ........................ Afif Saad ....................... 281/342-8575 ............................................ [email protected]

............................................. Bob Van Nieuwenhuise ... 281/679-2208 ............................................ [email protected]

Reservoir Geophysics .............. Alan Foley .......................................................................................... [email protected]

SEC. VP ......................................... Ron Ward ...................... 713/782-1234 .......... 713/782-1829 .......... [email protected]

Annual Meeting ....................... Jim Moulden .................. 281/876-8665 ............................................ [email protected]

Awards Banquet ...................... Carmen Comis .............. 713/393-4833 .......... 713/393-4801 .......... [email protected]

Golf Tournament ..................... George Lauhoff ............. 281/275-7623 .......... 281/275-7550 .......... [email protected]

Salt Water/Bass Tournament ... Bobby Perez .................. 281/240-1234 .......... 281/240-4997 .......... [email protected]

Shrimp Peel ............................ Lee Shelton ................... 713/789-2444 .......... 713/789-4449 .......... [email protected]

Sporting Clays ........................ Steve Bircher ................. 713/780-8334 .......... 713/780-8335 .......... [email protected]

Tennis Tounament ................... Joe Jones ...................... 281/438-5626 .......... 281/682-6928

SECRETARY ................................... Jim Wood ...................... 832/722-9092 .......... 281/358-6398 .......... [email protected]

Directory ................................ Laura Self ...................... 713/952-7526 .......... 713/952-6784 .......... [email protected]

GSH Membership ................... Hugh Hardy .................. 713/729-9208 .......... 713/726-0456 .......... [email protected]

Ladies Auxiliary ....................... Carol Gafford ................ 281/370-3264 ............................................ [email protected]

OTC Rep ............................... Alf Klaveness ................. 713/468-5123 .......... 713/468-0900 .......... none

SEG Membership .................... Hugh Hardy .................. 713/729-9208 .......... 713/726-0456 .......... [email protected]

TREASURER .................................. Donna Sisak .................. 281/654-7010 .......... 281/654-7820 .......... [email protected]

EDITOR .......................................... Frank Levin ................... 281/497-1090 ............................................ [email protected]

Assistant Editor ....................... Lee Lawyer ................... 281/531-5347 .......... 281/531-5347 .......... [email protected]

Company Contacts .................. Scott Sechrist ................ 281/856-8029 .......... 281/856-7445 .......... [email protected]

Electronic Pub ......................... Scott Sechrist ................ 281/856-8029 .......... 281/856-7445 .......... [email protected]

Photography ........................... John Freeland ................ 713/689-2618 .......... 713/966-3084 ..........

Publicity ................................. Scott Sechrist ................ 281/856-8029 .......... 281/856-7445 .......... [email protected]

PAST PRES .................................... John Sumner ................. 713/431-6796 .......... 713/431-6094 .......... [email protected]

PRIOR PAST PRES ......................... Pat Starich .................... 281/654-7435 .......... 281/654-5766 .......... [email protected]

SEG SECTION REPS* ..................... Steve Danbom ............... 713/937-7530 ............................................ [email protected]

............................................. Hugh Hardy .................. 713/729-9208 .......... 713/726-0456 ..........

............................................. Roy E. Clark,Jr .............. 281/654-5651 .......... 281/654-5891 .......... [email protected]

Alternate SEG Sec. Reps .................. Wulf Massell .................. 713/650-3820 .......... 713/659-3735 .......... wulf@epicgeo,com

............................................. Art Ross ........................ 281/360-9331 ............................................ [email protected]

............................................. Claire Bresnahan ........... 713/880-5910 ............................................

............................................. Shane Coperude ............ 281/275-7514 .......... 281/276-7660 .......... [email protected]

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Editor’s NoteTo insure your information reaches

the GSH society members in a timelymanner it must appear in the in the ap-propriate newsletter issue. Please notethe following deadlines and plan yourfunction’s publicity strategy accordingly.Items must be received on or before thecorresponding deadline date. Materialsmay be sent to [email protected]. If youhave any questions please call FrankLevin at 281/497-1090.

2002 GSH NewsletterDeadlines

Issue ........... June 2002Deadline .. May 6, 2002

Corporate Partner

The GSH would like to thank the followingcompanies for their support as corporate members:

Thank you for your supporting the GSH!For information on how to become a corporate member or to endow a scholar-

ship with an organization’s name please contact Pat Starich (281) 654-5036 or theGSH office at (713) 463-9477.

Corporate Sponsor

Corporate Benefactor

Corporate Underwriter

GeoEvents CalendarMake reservations by e-mail at [email protected] and include your

member number (found on Bulletin mailing label), or use the phone reserva-tion system at 713/463-8920.

Reservation Codes

Use these codes to make voice mail meeting reservations:

Technical Luncheon ................................... 601

Data Processing SIG ................................... 602

Potential Fields SIG .................................... 605

Environmental Applications SIG .................. 606

Breakfast ................................................... 607

AnnouncementsOTC 2002

May 6-9, 2002

Annual Honors andAwards Banquet

May 9, 2002

Annual GSH meetingMay 16, 2002

GSH Golf TournamentMay 20, 2002

Saltwater TournamentJune 22, 2002

SEG Annual MeetingOctober 6-11, 2002


President’s PageNew Waves and New Geo-physicists

The GSH today is in great shapefinancially. It hosts more than 30 tech-nical events a year, and holds at least 7purely social annual events. It commu-nicates with the membership boththrough a high-tech webpage and emailannouncements, and through a high-quality paper Newsletter. Paid member-ship exceeds 1800 (and if we includelazy folks who are late with their duespayments, this goes over 2000!), mak-ing GSH the largest chapter of the SEGanywhere in the world.

Yet there is something missing in theGSH, and a casual inspection of GSHevents immediately reveals what that“something” is. It’s young geophysicists.This, in spite of aggressive hiring of re-cent geophysics graduates for severalyears now by major oil companies andgeophysical service companies. Younggeophysicists are working in Houston inreasonable numbers, but they aren’t aslikely to show up at GSH events as theirnumbers would suggest. Why not?

I recall my own days with Cities Ser-vice (now Oxy) in the ’80s. Oil compa-nies were organized by discipline, oftenwith a chief geophysicist to suggest ca-reer development paths for most of thegeophysicists in the company. There wasan expectation that, as an adjunct tooffice responsibilities, geophysicists

should meet their peers socially and in-form themselves about new technologyadvances. Every month, my boss wouldorganize group excursions to the GSHluncheons. This situation has changeddrastically.

Oil companies are often now orga-nized by asset. This means that the pri-mary influences on a young geophysi-cist frequently come from an asset man-ager (usually a reservoir engineer or ge-ologist). The asset managers have a pri-mary goal of achieving maximum prof-itability from a particular oil or gas field.It can’t come as a big surprise when theyput career development of their geo-physicists fairly low on the prioritizationlist.

Does this mean that we can’t getyounger geophysicists in to our meet-ings?

Of course not. First of all, the newenvironment is an impediment to GSHparticipation, not a prohibition. As al-ways, if we have programs that are rel-evant to people’s interests, they will findways to attend. But we have to get theword out to young geophysicists whomay not be aware of all that the GSHoffers.

As a first effort to “getting the wordout” to recently hired geophysicists, theGSH held a “New Waves” event this pastApril 9. Lee Lawyer and John Sumnerdid an outstanding job of entertainingthe crew of more than thirty younger

geophysicists with their presentations onthe past and future of exploration geo-physics. Several other GSH officers (andex-officers) addressed the crowd aboutcurrent GSH activities, including DaveAgarwal, Claire Bresnahan, and HughHardy. The response was quite positive.Almost two-thirds of the attendees wereinterested in getting more involved withGSH. Planning is now ongoing for fu-ture events that will target early-careergeophysicists, with an emphasis on ca-reer development issues that are espe-cially relevant at this point in their lives.

Truisms are perennial because theyalways contain a grain of truth. “Youngpeople are the future” is such a truism,and I think that it contains enough truthto be worthy of our attention for the nextfew years. The challenges that the GSHwill face as the people hired in the ’70sand ’80s begin to consider early retire-ment demand that we invest in findingnew faces now. As we succeed in doingso, we can enjoy not only the companyof new colleagues, but also the satisfac-tion of building a foundation for the long-term health of the GSH.

Dan EbromBP200 WestLake Park BoulevardHouston, Texas 77079Voice: 281-366-3011FAX: 281-366-7561email: [email protected]

POTENTIAL FIELDS

WHERE: HESS building, 5430Westheimer, Houston

DATE : Thursday May 30TIME: 5:30 Social Hour;

6:30 Dinner;7:30 Presentation

Cost: $25.00

Contact:Afif Saad, Chair - GSH Potential FieldsGroup, at 281-342-8575([email protected]) or Bob VanNieuwenhuise, Co-Chair at 713-735-

6311 ([email protected]) by Tuesday,May 28, 2002 for reservations. E-mailis best because we can confirm your res-ervation. Please HONOR your reserva-tion! We must bill no-shows!

Title:Prospect Level Gravity Modeling inDeepwater Gulf of MexicoBy Harold YargerChevronTexaco Exploration & Produc-tion Technology Co.

SIG MeetingsAbstract:

A major challenge in deepwaterGOM continues to be seismically imag-ing the base of the allocthonous saltcanopy. The depth to canopy base istypically in the range 10,000 to 30,000ft. below sea level where we are blessedwith salt/non-salt density contrasts in therange ~0.1 to >0.3 gm/cc. These con-trasts, along with large volumes of salt,often create huge gravity anomalies withsteep gradients that cannot be inter-preted as basement sourced. Virtually all

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observed short wave length (< 20 miles)gravity anomalies are related to the pres-ence/absence of salt and provide con-straints to the canopy salt model usedfor prestack depth migration.

Subsalt prospects are typically as-sociated with deep canopy keels and/ordiapirs extending from basement depths.Gravity modeling will predict canopythickness in areas where base canopysalt reflectors are absent or ambiguous.In some cases, 2-D gravity modelingworks well, but out of the plane gravityeffects often make 3-D modeling themore desirable tool. Requiring the modelto honor the top & base salt, where theyare well imaged, considerably reducestraditional ambiguities inherent in grav-ity modeling. Gravity modeling will notalways discriminate between canopykeels and diapirs, but will limit the pos-sible interpretations. Determining theoptimum density function to use will al-ways be a challenge. Densities are ex-trapolated to basement depths using anempirical “Gardner style” link to veloci-ties.

The areal extents of prospect relatedgravity anomalies often extend well be-yond the boundaries of the depth mi-grated 3-D seismic volume used to in-terpret prospect. To avoid serious edgeeffects, that can extend many miles in-side model, the gravity model must beexpanded to incorporate the full arealextent of the anomalies. This is accom-plished by using a combination of inter-pretations from adjacent 3D depth vol-umes and depth stretched 2D/3D timedata.

Gravity modeling has allowed us tobetter focus and revise our explorationpriorities based on thin vs. thick saltcanopy. The use of gravity and mag-netics in deepwater GOM is an inexpen-sive and essential tool that reducesprestack depth migration costs and re-duces the risk of drilling a well that bot-toms in salt at target depth.

Biography:Harold Yarger, Staff Research Sci-

entist with ChevronTexaco EPTC, re-ceived a B.S. degree in physics fromAntioch College and M.S. & Ph.D. de-grees in physics from SUNY at StonyBrook. From 1970 -1985, while em-

ployed by the Kansas Geological Sur-vey at the University of Kansas, heworked in the areas of remote sensing,gravity & magnetics (G&M), and taughtgeophysics courses. As a G&M Spe-cialist with Chevron, from 1985 –present, he has worked in most of thebasins in the continental US with recentemphasis on deepwater GOM and off-shore Brazil. He has been active in theSEG: Scholarship Committee (1988-94); GEOPHYSICS Associate Editor(1992-99); and G&M Committee (1995– present). He has authored numerousprofessional papers and presentations inremote sensing and G&M.

DATA PROCESSING

DATE : May 15TIME: 4:30 p.m.WHERE: El Paso

9 Greenway Plaza,12th Floor

Sponsored by: Gary Clack of El Paso

Hosted by Dan Ebrom of BP

Contact:Karl Seibert, 713/[email protected]

Topics:Acquistion Methods and Applied Use ina Case Study

Talk 1: Seafloor SeismicBill Cafarelli

Abstract:When complex structures with large

velocity contrasts are present, 3-D pre-stack depth migration is often used inan attempt to focus reservoir images.However, for a growing number ofdeepwater discoveries, the illuminationafforded by towed streamer data is in-adequate. The end result is that itera-tion after iteration of the most advanced3-D PSDM fails to yield reservoir im-ages that can be interpreted with confi-dence. The recent advancement of sea-floor seismic technology to water depthsexceeding 2000 meters provides theopportunity to dramatically improve thesituation. To highlight the illumination

advantage of wide azimuth seafloor seis-mic surveys, a model study is shown.

Beyond these P-wave illuminationstrengths, seafloor seismic also has reso-lution advantages. These arise as a re-sult of the superior suppression of wa-ter column reverberations through P-Zsummation and the higher bandwidthwhich accompanies it.

A final, crucial advantage of seaf-loor seismic is the ability to simulta-neously record both compressional andmode converted shear waves. C-wavescan be used to peer through gas clouds,image transparent reservoirs, and for li-thology and fluid prediction. Examplesof these applications will also be shown.

Bill Cafarelli is a Senior Geophysi-cal Advisor with PGS Seafloor Seismic.

Talk 2: Interpretation and practi-cal applications of 4C-3D seismicdata over East Cameron Block 261and Block 265 Fields, Gulf ofMexicoJay W. Nahm, BP America &Mike Duhon, BP America

AbstractExploration successes in the East

Cameron Block 261 and Block 265Fields in the Gulf of Mexico Shelf arebeing enhanced by the use of recentlyacquired 4-component 3D ocean bot-tom cable seismic data. This survey (80sq. km.) was acquired by PGS in 1999as the first commercial 4C 3D survey inthe Gulf. The primary purpose of thesurvey was to address data degradationdue to the presence of shallow gas.Seismic imaging over these fields, whichhave over 30 gas bearing reservoirs withdepths ranging from 1000 ft. to 15,000ft., has been hampered with severe gaspull-downs and gas cloud effects in theconventional P-wave data.

The new survey, particularly theconverted wave data, unquestionablyimproved imaging in the gas cloud area.The fields were subsequently re-evalu-ated, and the interpretation of the newdata resulted in much more clear under-standing of the hydrocarbon-bearingreservoirs. New structure maps con-structed using the converted wave dataallowed more accurate ties to the wells.

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2nd ANNUALGSH/HGS SALTWATER TOURNAMENT

Saturday, June 22, 2002Teakwood Marina, Village of Tiki Island

Galveston, Texas

This year’s Fishing Tournament will be held on Saturday, June 22 at the Teakwood Marina, Village of Tiki Island,Galveston, Texas. We are looking forward to a big event this summer and we encourage full family participation.

Trophies will be awarded for the heaviest individual Redfish (Non-Tagged), Speckled Trout, and Flounder for the Anglers,Junior Anglers, and Lady Anglers. Trophies will also be awarded for the heaviest individual Stringer - 1 Redfish, 3Speckled Trout, and 1 Flounder.

Registration fee includes: launch fee, GSH/HGS Fishing Cap, BBQ meal at the marina after weigh-in, refreshments,Trophies, and DOOR PRIZES. For more information, please contact:

Bobby Perez (HGS & GSH)281-240-1234 ext. 219 Office • 281-240-4997 Fax • 281-468-1809 Cell • 281-495-8695 Home

E-mail addresses: [email protected] or [email protected]

The Geophysical Society of Houston and the Houston Geological Society are non-profit organizations serving theGeophysical Industry. Corporate and individual contributions are appreciated and will be acknowledged on several sponsorboards and banners at the weigh-in station and marina. All contributors will be recognized in their respective organizationnewsletters following the tournament. This is a great way to entertain friends, family, business associates, and clients. Sospread the word!

GSH/HGS SALTWATER TOURNAMENT

NAME: _________________________________________ COMPANY: ____________________________________

ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________________________________________

PHONES: (H) ______________________ (B) _________________________ (C) ____________________________

E-MAIL ADDRESS: ______________________________________________________________________________

Upon receipt of the Registration form, each participant will be provided with a copy of the specific tournament itineraryand rules sheet by e-mail. Please register EARLYPlease return this form with your check for $60.00 per contestant payable to:

GSH/HGS SALTWATER TOURNAMENT and Mail to:Ms. Joan Henshaw, 10575 Katy Freeway, Suite 290 • Houston, TX 77024

Phone: (713) 463-9477 • Fax: (713) 463-9160

Registration Fee: $ _____________ + Sponsor Contribution: $ _______________ = TOTAL $ ______________

DISCLAIMER:I acknowledge that neither the Geophysical Society of Houston nor the Houston Geological Society will be held responsiblefor injury or accidents during this event. PRACTICE SAFETY!!!!!

Signature:_______________________________________________________________________________________


Active

Raymond L. AbmaKenneth D. Baucum

Shon BourgeoisJames R. Cozzens

Charles G. DyeJohn R. FaragherJames L. FuchsClive M. Gerrard

Sujoy GhoseReynaldo J. HancoRandall e. HendrixErec S. IsaacsonGeorge E. KnapoLisa M. La Flame

Alan R. LeedsGary G. LewisJianchao LiEric Liebes

Tia Wen LinZhaojun LiuZhiqiang Luo

James E. Mabry IIIDavid D. McAdowDavid E. McReePeck-Hwa D. Ng

Mikhail T. OrlovichGary M. Patton

James H. RobinsonFain S. Roby

Walter N. RognerudMrinal K. Sen

Shih-I ShenRobert J. SpeerMilton A. Walz

Charles M. WitcombeJohn C. Wride

Shiyu XuGregory YundMark S. Zajac

Associate

Brad J. BaconAndrey Bakulin

Anatoly BaumsteinTammy L. Campbell

Jingru ChenKent d. Conaster

Julie A. Gordon(Martin)Jeffrey G. HammanKate M. Hinckley

Fa HuaAlan K. JacksonJuan R. Jimenez

Tony JollySoazig C.Leveque

Brian J. LidskyGregg B. MartinezRonald MartinussenNicholas M. McLean

Ian R. MeadesCraig M. MurphyPaul E. Murray

Boyi Ou

Michael F. PacholekGopal K. PalacharlaGeoffrey V. PangRobin A. Pearson

Neil PeakeQuyen V. Phan

Scott H. RothwellIndrajit G. Roy

Catherine M. SamuelsenMichael L. Schoemann

Vikram SenDavid P. Sixta

James T. SobczakE. Charlotte Sullivan

Jacob G. TesfayeMarcia L. Turner

Carsten R. UdengaardStan M. VolkJohn F. WillisJoe T. Worthy

Ran Zhou

Student

Imtiaz AhmedClaudio D’AgostoJason E. GumbleDhananjay KumarMatthew G. MorrisAnubrati MukherjeeArmando R. Sena

John A. Stine

The Geophysical Auxiliary of Hous-ton will end their year of activities withtheir annual business meeting and lun-cheon on Friday, May 17. Vargo’s res-taurant will be the site for this specialevent of the year. Join us in a beautifulsetting of gardens and wandering pea-cocks for a delicious lunch. Our guestspeaker will be Anita Knapp, FashionCoordinator for Stein Mart on Fondren.She wil l share with us ways to

Geophysical Auxiliary of Houstonaccessorize our clothing for travel andeveryday living.

Our activities for 2002-2003 willbegin again in September. We welcomethe spouse of any present or past mem-ber of the GHS or SEG, the widow offormer members of these two organiza-tions, or female members of the GSHor SEG. You will find a welcoming groupof members who enjoy fellowship at allof their various events including bridge

luncheons. Call Carol Gafford at 281-370-3264 or Marinell Williams at 7113-467-4517 for information. Dues areonly $15.00 for the year.

The Auxiliary extends sympathy toSybil Pettersen, wife of Bob Pettersen.He died December 10,01.

Membership Report


ANNUAL MEETING and

Bar-B-Que5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2002

Come Enjoy A Great Evening - Welcome The New GSH Officers

WE WILL BE SERVING

Tickets:

Only $17.00 EachIf Purchased By May 9, 2002

$20.00 Each At The Door

Note:

We Have To Guarantee TheNumber Of Dinners, So You

Must Prepay To Be GuaranteedYour Meal.

Annual Meeting and Bar-B-QueThursday, May 16, 2002

Name: _____________________________________________________________ Phone:_____________________________

Name: _____________________________________________________________ Phone:_____________________________

Number Tickets Desired: __________________ X $17.00 Each = $ _____________________

Enclose Check Payable To: Geophysical Society of Houston

And Mail To: 10575 Katy Freeway, Suite 290 Houston, Texas 77024 (713)463-8920

Tickets Will Be Held At The Door. If Your Company Is Purchasing A Block Of Tickets -Please Indicate Names On The Form To Eliminate Any Confusion At The Door.

Ticket Orders Must Be Received By May 9, 2002 to Obtain $17.00 Price.

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607 East Whitney St,Houston, TX 77022

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Additionally, amplitude attribute mapsof gas bearing reservoirs using both P-wave and converted wave data revealedthat the presence of gas, typically asso-ciated with bright amplitudes in the P-wave data, is shown consistently dim inthe converted wave data. Various cross-plotting methods have further supportedthat this ìbright on P and dim on Cî phe-nomenon can be potentially used as aìfalse bright spotî discriminator.

Jay W. NahmJay W. Nahm received his BSES

degree in engineering geology and hisMS degree in geophysics from BaylorUniversity in 1984 and 1986, respec-tively. He has worked for Amoco since1986 and has undertaken a wide rangeof processing and prospecting assign-ments from the Gulf of Mexico,Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Egypt,and Oman. Currently, he is an exploi-tation project geophysicist at BPís Gulfof Mexico Shelf Business Unit.

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Geophysical Society ofHouston

Golf Tournament and DinnerDATE: Monday, May 20, 2002

PLACE: Kingwood Country Club

TIME: 9:30 AM Registration11:30 AM Tee off (Shotgun)

FORMAT: Four Man Florida Scramble

COST: $115.00 Members and Guests

DEADLINE: April 15, 2002

For more information contact: George Lauhoff,281/275-7623, Fax 281/275-7550, [email protected]


Annual Honors and Awards BanquetThursday, May 9, 2002

Lakeside Country Club

MenuAssorted Baby Greens

Chicken JerusalemTomato FloretineMixed Wild Rice

Raspberry Creme Brulee

On Thursday, May 9, 2002, the GSH will host its Annual Honor and Awards Banquet inthe Grand Ballroom of the Lakeside Country Club. Our special guests will be your friendswho have 25, 50 and 60 years of membership in the SEG along with this years GSH Honor-ary and Life Members. Bring your spouse and guest and enjoy cocktails (cash bar) from 6:30-7:15 p.m. in the Pine Lake Room. Then at 7:15 p.m., enjoy an elegant seated dinner andmusic. SEG President, Walt Lynn, will give the Presidential Address and assist GSH Presi-dent, Dave Agarwal, in presenting the awards.

The cost for the dinner is $35.00 per person or table for eight for $250 with prepaid reserva-tions necessary to accommodate the guarantee requirements of Lakeside country Club. Makeyour check payable to the GSH and forward it by May 7 to Joan Henshaw, 10575 KatyFreeway, Suite 290, Houston, TX 77024 Please reference “Awards Banquet” on yourcheck.

RESERVATION FORM

Name: ____________________________________________________________________________________

Guest: ____________________________________________________________________________________

No of Guests: _______________________ Check No: __________________________

Make your check payable to the GSH and forward it by May 7th to:Joan Henshaw

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Please reference “Awards Banquet” on your check.


2002 Petroleum Outlook &Leadership Conference

The all-day conference will be heldMay 16, 2002

at the Omni Houston Hotel-Westside in Houston, Texas.

Attendee registration is in process using the www.PLOC.org. website,or

by calling Gregg Goss at the SPE-GCS office 713-779-9595.

Early registration is $199, $400 at the door and based on space availability.

Corporate sponsorships may still be available.

Please contact Sid Smith, Jr., soon at 281-285-8696 for information.

If you are or aspire to be a leader in the petroleum business, you will want to attend 2002 P.L.O.C.!

The conference offers a premiere chance to meet and hear Gary Hamel, one of the nation’s leading speakers on issuesimportant to Petroleum Leaders of today.

In his work with world leading companies such as Shell, Nokia, CGU, Ford and others, Professor Hamel and hiscolleagues at Strategos have helped management teams create rule-breaking strategies that have generated billions ofdollars in new wealth.

Professor Hamel is the world’s most sought-after speaker on strategy and innovation. His recent book is “Leading theRevolution”.

The program will consist of three sessions and viewpoints:

Leadership:Gary Hamel, Chairman of Strategos

Raoul Restucci, CEO Shell E & P USA

Geopolitical:Steve Griles, Dept. of Interior

Amy Jaffe, Baker Institute @ Rice University

Wall Street:Marshall Adkins, Managing Director of Energy Research, Raymond James

Mary Tolan, Accenture

Please visit the website where you will find additional information on the conference, sponsorships, registration, venue,agenda, and the PLOC commitment to SPE-GCS members.

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Petroleum Outlook &Leadership Conference

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