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VOLUME LIV NUMBER 2 AUGUST 2017

IN THIS ISSUE

Industry Information 2

In Memoriam 3

New Members 4

Cornerstone Group 5

Chapter News 8

Chapter Meeting Info. 16

News of Members 17

Foundation Donors 22

Raffle Winners 23

Board of Directors 24

Society of Independent Professional Earth ScientistsSociety of Independent Professional Earth Scientists

Field Trip to the Oklahoma

Arbuckle Mountains

by Joel A. Alberts,SIPES Limited MemberEdmond, Oklahoma

This article is the ninth in a new series submitted by SIPES Members and Chapters.

The OCGS sponsored a structural geology field trip in October of last year that includ-ed, in eight hours, nine sites in south central Oklahoma. Organized by SIPES Limited Member Joel Alberts, Andy Wray and the field trip committee, the trip was led by Bob Neman.

Dr. Bob Neman, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, is CEO of Arbuckle Geosciences LLC. His company provides geochemical analysis for mining and petroleum explora-tion companies, as well as consulting servic-es. He is a member of the American Chemical Society and the AAPG. He has published a field guide on the Ardmore Basin region. Since 1980, he and his mentor, Bob Allen, have collaborated over 150 times to take people of all walks of life on geological field trips in this region.

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Patrick A. Nye, #3105Corpus Christi, TX

President's Column

Bob Neman (left) with his mentor, Bob Allen.

The SIPES National Convention in Vail — oh my gosh! It was a wonder-ful event filled with great talks, tremendous venue, great food, networking, family and friends. Highlights for me includ-ed: my brother, Bill Nye’s

presentation to the SIPES Foundation of his experiences in the jungles, wild oceans, des-erts and extreme environments in corners of the world that included the Alaskan north-slope to Antarctica. “Wild” Bill told tales of harrowing and dangerous encounters as a fluids specialist working on all seven conti-nents. Pete Stark, with IHS, presented the All-Convention Luncheon talk, which was a crystal ball view of the future of oil pricing. Although not favorable in the short term, multiple variables could cause oil disrup-tions, and volatility is always a future risk.

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Environmental Information

The following report on environmental information was pre-pared by Environmental Committee Chair John Kimberly. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author. Some of the information presented is in the public domain and is available from a variety of sources; other references were selected by the author, and are noted in his report.

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTModeling

In the last few months there has been news about new climate modeling that has been developed related to the subject of global warming. For the past twenty years, more than 100 models have existed that were designed to predict global temperature changes into the future. These models were constructed from various forcings that were believed to control changes in temperature

such as greenhouse gases, solar irradiance, aerosols, reflectiv-ity such as snow cover and stratospheric H2O. In the last SIPES Quarterly I presented the Milankovitch Cycles, which should probably be included as one of the forcings for climate change.

Models are very useful in science because they serve as a means of testing hypotheses or theories. If a model makes

predictions of what will happen in the future, and empirical evidence collected over time correlates with the predictions that had been postulated, then the hypothesis or theory may be true. On the other hand, if the empirical results do not reflect the forecast, the models are not true, and should be amended or discarded. Unfortunately for the 100 plus models forecasting global warming over the past twenty years, all of them have been wrong. That being so, it is known that the relative strengths of the forcings employed are incorrect.

The new modeling that has been created comes from a group of Swiss research laboratories. It is considered a prod-uct of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. CERN worked with four Swiss research institu-tions to develop the new model predicting temperature for the next 100 years. The institutes are EAWAG (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology), ETH Zurich, PMOD (Physical Meteorological Observatory Davos), and University of Bern. The new model allots a lot more forcing effect from solar activity and a lot less effect from greenhouse gas CO2.

CERN has been studying clouds, their formation, and their role in climate and temperature for many years. They have studied the inter-relationship between cloud formation and the sun’s magnetic and ultraviolet output. They see solar radiation as a major factor in cloud formation, and they see stratospheric H2O as perhaps the most important greenhouse gas in forecasting earth’s temperature and climate. Accordingly, as we enter an already documented decrease in sun spot activity that is expected to reach a minimum around 2040 and continue another 60 years, the projection for increased warming for the remainder of the 21st century may be nil.

One might think that such news about new models on cli-mate change would be widely welcomed by scientists and would be highlighted by the media. Reviewing blogs on the Internet, I find that is not the case. Many are resistant to see-ing the possibility that solar irradiance could overpower the importance of CO2 in our models, or that we have nothing to fear about anthropogenic carbon dioxide for the next century.

It is a sad truth that many institutions and scientists in influential positions have par-ticipated in data revisions in order to propa-gate the belief that CO2 is the principal driver of global warming. For you readers who are interested in finding out more about this activity, log in to http://manhat-tancontrarian.com/blog/2017/7/8/the-greatest-scientific-fraud-of-all-time-part-xv.

This is a series of sixteen articles by Francis Menton explain-ing data revisions that have been done by NASA, NOAA, and Hadley CRU in Great Britain. Part XVI was just posted on July 19th.

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On a positive note, I refer you to an arti-cle excerpted from “State of Fear” by Michael Crichton entitled “Why Politicized Science is Dangerous” (http://www.michaelcrich-

ton.com/why-politicized-science-is-dangerous/). The author cautions about intermixing science with politics. He says doing that “is a bad combination, with a bad history. We must remember the history, and be certain that what we present to the world as knowledge is disinterested and honest.”

Enjoy the articles by Francis Menton and Michael Crichton.

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

In accordance with the SIPES Constitution, By-Laws & Code of Ethics, the following announcement of new members unanimously approved by the SIPES Membership Committee during the last quarter is printed below.

Any member in possession of information which might possibly disqualify an applicant is asked to submit this information to the secretary of the society (Michael L. Jones) within thirty days of this publication. To be considered, this information should be in writing and bear the writer's name. If this information is received within thirty days after the publication of the applicant's name, the SIPES Board of Directors must reconsider its previous approval of the applicant. The board's action, after consideration of such new information, shall be final.

Carol M. Shiels, National Membership Committee

2017-2018 SIPES CORNERSTONE GROUPMany thanks to the members listed belowfor their continuing support of our society

Promoter – $2500Charles A. Lundberg III — Dallas, TXThomas A. Smith — Austin, TXPaul M. Strunk — Corpus Christi, TX

Oil Finder – $1200William C. Burkett — Midland, TXStewart Chuber — Schulenburg, TXRalph J. Daigle — The Woodlands, TXDouglas H. McGinness II — Wichita, KSStephen D. Reynolds — Denver, CO

Driller – $750Michael N. Austin — Westminster, COKenneth J. Huffman — Mandeville, LAWalter S. Light, Jr. — Houston, TXMarc D. Maddox — Midland, TXPatrick A. Nye — Corpus Christi, TXD. Craig Smith — Midland, TX

Prospector – $500Robert W. Anderson — Houston, TXJames B. Bennett — Houston, TXLouis C. Bortz — Denver, COLanny O. Butner — Wichita, KSBrian S. Calhoun — Corpus Christi, TXGeorge M. Carlstrom — Littleton, COEdward K. David — Roswell, NMDouglas A. Draves — Tonasket, WARalph C. Duchin — Tucson, AZArlen L. Edgar — Midland, TXJames P. Evans III — Franklin, LADavid A. Eyler — Midland, TXWilliam R. Finley — Lafayette, LAPatrick J. F. Gratton — Dallas, TXDavid G. Griffin — Midland, TXEdward W. Heath — Durango, COJames H. Henderson — Dallas, TXGary C. Huber — Centennial, COAlfred James III — Wichita, KSGeorge S. Johnson — Amarillo, TXRalph O. Kehle — The Hills, TXConstance N. Knight — Golden, COBrian K. Miller — Midland, TXMichael A. Oestmann — Midland, TXJ. David Overton — Midland, TXArthur J. Pansze, Jr. — Arvada, COHugh C. Pendery — Dallas, TX

Michael A. Pollok — Purcell, OKBarry J. Rava — Houston, TXA. Scott Ritchie — Wichita, KSJames D. Robertson — Fort Worth, TXC. Randall Schott — Houston, TXMichael R. Vasicek — Midland, TXLarry R. Wollschlager — Midland, TX

Roughneck – $250William C. Bahlburg — Plano, TXWilliam D. Bennett — Fredericksburg, TXBruce M. Brady III — Midland, TXPaul W. Britt — Houston, TXGarnet W. Brock — Midland, TXH. Kent Brock — Houston, TXBradley R. Broekstra — Houston, TXLeo C. Carr — Midland, TXWendell R. Creech — Midland, TXDuncan D. Dubroff — Houston, TXRobert B. Ferguson* — San Juan Capistrano, CARoger A. Freidline — Midland, TXDonald C. Gifford — Dallas, TXWilliam T. Goff III — Littleton, COScott G. Heape — Addison, TXAlbert R. Hensley — Rockwall, TXWilliam F. Howell — Houston, TXJohn D. Kullman — Midland, TXRobert C. Leibrock — Fort Worth, TXGregg A. McDonald — Oklahoma City, OKJohn H. Newberry — Austin, TXR. Leo Newport – Dallas, TXF. X. O'Keefe — Denver, CORobert B. Owen — Corpus Christi, TXLarry J. Rairden — Bellaire, TXJohn M. Rakowski — Florissant, CODavid L. Read — Highlands Ranch, CODeborah K. Sacrey — Houston, TXPhillip Salvador — Conroe, TXDaniel L. Smith — Houston, TXStephen M. Smith — Houston, TXStephen A. Sonnenberg — Golden, COJohn R. Stephens — Dallas, TXJerry S. Stokes — Fort Worth, TXC. Al Taylor, Jr. — Reston, VAJames Travillo — Oxford, MSScott A. Wainwright — Metairie, LAClifford A. Walker — Dallas, TXWilliam G. Watson — Midland, TX

Mark A. Worthey — McKinney, TXJames M. Zotkiewicz — Metairie, LA

Investor – $100Donald I. Andrews — Metairie, LADawn S. Bissell — Corpus Christi, TXRichard C. Blackwell — Midland, TXFoy W. Boyd, Jr. — Midland, TXE. Bernard Brauer — Corpus Christi, TXMarlan W. Downey* — Dallas, TXMerle J. Duplantis — Mandeville, LALeonard S. Fowler — Richardson, TXJ. Frank Fuller — Dallas, TXClement E. George — Midland, TXDavid N. Grimes — Midland, TXW. Kenneth Hall — Fort Worth, TXHenry R. Hamman — Houston, TXJ. Donald Haynes — Wimberley, TXArthur H. Johnson* — Kenner, LAGeorge R. Jones — Wichita, KSLarry L. Jones — Houston, TXWilliam M. Kazmann — Richardson, TXWilliam E. LaRoche — Dallas, TXWayne Lebsack — Lyons, KSLouis J. Mazzullo — Morrison, COMichael F. McKenzie — Lafayette, LAEric L. Michaelson — Midland, TXWayne D. Miller — Midland, TXJames F. O'Connell — Amarillo, TXGary W. Palmer — San Antonio, TXSteve R. Payton — Marble Falls, TXEdward B. Picou, Jr. — New Orleans, LAJulius M. Ridgway — Ridgeland, MSJoe H. Smith — Plano, TXRobert L. Smith — San Antonio, TXC. G. Tyner — Houston, TXWilliam F. Von Drehle — Wheat Ridge, COWilliam A. Walker, Jr. — Austin, TXH. Vaughan Watkins, Jr. — Madison, MSW. David Willig — Houston, TX

Scout – $50Orville R. Berg — Shreveport, LAMartin M. Cassidy — Cypress, TXRobert A. Cooksey — Richardson, TXFrank G. Cornish — Corpus Christi, TXLouis H. Du Bois — Arlington, TXJacob D. Eisel — Boulder, CO

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Peter A. Emmet — Cypress, TXDouglas R. Essler — Dallas, TXWilliam J. Furlong — New Orleans, LAMonty J. Gist — Midland, TXEduardo Gonzales — Carrollton, TXJames M. Hancock, Jr. — Meadows Place, TXTravis A. Helms — Lafayette, LAJames B. Jackson — Oklahoma City, OK

Bill Layton — San Antonio, TXNina C. Lian — Houston, TXLaurence S. Melzer, Jr. — Midland, TXStanley L. Perkins — San Antonio, TXJack J. Richard — Parker, COHector F. San-Martin — Katy, TXRobert C. Shoup — Houston, TXAutry C. Stephens — Midland, TX

Tony R. Stuart — Hattiesburg, MSRichard W. Thompson, Jr. — Plano, TXMitchell F. Veh, Jr. — Bellaire, TXBonnie R. Weise — San Antonio, TXGerrit Wind — Houston, TX

* Deceased

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AccessSIPES

Online!

Go to http://www.sipes.org/ and click “Login” under “SIPES Members.”

You may pay your National Dues and set up your account and password. If you’ve already paid your national fees for 2017-2018, please contact the SIPES Headquarters Office in Dallas to create your account. Email [email protected] or call 214-363-1780. We are in the process of setting up online accounts for all members. You’ll be sent an email advising that your account is ready!

Registered members gain access to:

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PRESIDENT'S COLUMN CONTINUED

Steve Sonnenberg, #2158, presented two papers on the Niobrara, and pro-vided his leadership on the fabulous field trip through Glenwood Canyon. Last but certainly not least, the Outstanding Service Award this year was presented to a well-deserving Marc Maddox, #2777, of Midland, Texas.

I would like to thank Diane Finstrom and Katie Ruvalcaba for putting togeth-er a memorable and successful conven-tion. This would not have been accom-plished without their heroic efforts to organize and implement. I wish to thank the Corpus Christi committee for their support to locate quality speakers, raise advertising monies and making it fun. Thank you, Brian Calhoun, Dawn Bissell, Steven Thomas and Ed Riddle, for all of your hard work. Finally, I want to give my heartfelt thanks to all of the speakers and presenters that made the convention such a great success!

I want to thank Doug McGinness for his leadership as president of SIPES, and all of the board of directors, as well as the SIPES Foundation Directors, for their efforts this past year. A list of the present board of directors is located on the last page of the Quarterly. Please support their efforts at the local level as we face another demanding year.

Some of the past year’s highlights include the formation of a SIPES

Foundation investment committee. Money market funds are now residing in a Schwab account with CDs earning more than the old money market account received. A committee of five board members will determine where and when to make low-risk investments that would increase the Foundation’s income.

One of the new programs the SIPES Foundation is currently working on is a handbook on “How to Become an Independent.” The object is to encour-age SIPES Members to contribute their knowledge by supplying information to be included in chapter form. We hope that we can publish excerpts in each SIPES Quarterly, as well as sell the pub-lication.

We also have had board discussions about opening doors for younger mem-bers to join SIPES. With this in mind, I have had conversations with some younger geologists, landmen and engi-neers, with hopes of bridging the gap of our aging membership base. What has come out of these discussions is a pos-sible mentoring program in Corpus Christi where we will offer graduates and/or college students an opportunity to access a log library, and mentor them by showing them how to pull logs, maps, production data and scout tickets. A SIPES Member would then schedule a

lecture on how to prospect utilizing the data collected. We intend to expand this to include land, legal, engineering, geo-physics and geology. This will create value for SIPES, and be a stepping stone for job placement, internships, and ulti-mately SIPES Membership. As luck would have it, my son, Austin, is the Corpus Christi Geological Society President this year, and we hope to dovetail this program utilizing both soci-eties where memberships overlap.

Arguably, the most significant pro-gram that needs everyone’s consider-ation is the SIPES Cornerstone Group. As the name suggests, those loyal mem-bers listed on pages 7 and 8 of the Quarterly, have generously given funds to support the SIPES National Organization. The SIPES Cornerstone Group supports the viability of SIPES, and supports the programs that build upon our efforts. SIPES is also reliant upon your national dues. Please check to make sure that you’re current.

I am looking forward to the challenges of the coming year, and to building upon all of the programs with the support of the talented slate of board of directors. Enjoy your summer!

Julie Nye, Paddy and Ellie enjoying summer-time!

Marc Maddox (left) receiving the Outstanding Service Award at the SIPES 2017 Convention from Past President Craig Smith.

Outgoing SIPES President Doug McGinness (left) received his plaque from incoming President Patrick Nye at the convention in Vail.

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CORPUS CHRISTIPhil Plant, a partner in Herndon Plant

Oakley Ltd. in Corpus Christi, Texas, spoke in April. Phil has been involved in the money management business since 1970, and his many years of experience in: daily interaction with the stock mar-ket, commodity markets, and capital industry, give him a unique insight into current trends in business and invest-ments.

Phil’s talk covered a variety of topics: gross domestic product, the national debt, the velocity of money, world oil demand and production, U.S. oil con-sumption, world oil consumption, and some stock recommendations for buys and avoidance.

U.S. Representative Blake Farenthold was our speaker in May. While Blake addressed many topics of local interest, some of the state and national issues he discussed included:

• Extending the red snapper season• Widening/deepening the Corpus

Christi Channel

• Rolling back EPA fracing and meth-ane production regulations

• Promoting more teamwork between the government and industry

• Tax Reform Bill — NAFTA needs updating, and the Border Adjustment Tax will likely not be included in a tax reform bill

• Climate change – under President Trump, the war on coal is over and per-mits will be approved faster

• Infrastructure – President Trump’s definition includes privately-funded projects, such as pipelines and power lines

• VA disability benefits transitioning to Social Security disability benefits

• Healthcare issues being addressed• Border wall does not have much

money allocated to it. Representative Farenthold hopes it will transition to a virtual wall. The cost of building two miles of physical border wall is the same as one Predator drone

The SIPES Annual Convention was held in Vail, Colorado in June. The Corpus Christi Chapter co-hosted the 54th Annual Meeting and 2017 Convention in place of a local June meeting. We appreciate everyone who joined us in Vail. Over 125 folks attend-ed.

Bill Nye, a drilling fluids engineer, shared tales of his adventures from seven continents for the SIPES Foundation Seminar on Monday of the convention. Fifteen excellent technical presentations were made. Seven outings were offered. Steve Sonnenberg led the outstanding post-convention field trip studying the geology from Vail to Glenwood Springs.

We also had a Discovery Room for the first time at this convention. Deals were shown and sold!

Patrick Nye and Brian Calhoun did a fantastic job coordinating the technical sessions for this convention. Frank Cornish, Ed Riddle, and Stephen Thomas provided invaluable assistance as well. Gary Huber, Art Pansze, and Keith Shanley assisted with the field trip. Of course, none of this happens without Diane Finstrom and Katie Ruvalcaba from our national office.

Plan to attend next year’s convention, June 11-14, 2018 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. As Randy Bissell, a first-time attendee said “This is the best geologi-cal meeting I’ve ever attended!” Dawn Bissell

Secretary

Chapter News

The May guest speaker was U.S. Representative Blake Farenthold.

At the SIPES 2017 Convention in Vail, Colorado are (L to R) Diann and Frank Cornish, Austin and Meagan Nye, Colin Nye, Brent Winborne, Patrick and Julie Nye, Brian and Sherilyn Calhoun, Tony Hauglum, Randy and Dawn Bissell, Mia and Scott Taylor.

Phil Plant of Herndon Plant Oakley Ltd.

CHAPTER NEWS CONTINUED

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LAFAYETTEThe Lafayette Chapter started the sec-

ond quarter of 2017 with a great presen-tation by John Dribus at our April meet-ing. John Dribus is the Global Geosciences Advisor for Schlumberger Oil Field Services. He is a reservoir geologist with over forty years’ experi-ence, and has worked all aspects of petroleum exploration, exploitation, and production geology. His talk was titled “An Examination of the Geology of the Deep Water Plays in the Gulf of Mexico.” This talk reviewed the origin of the Gulf of Mexico including the influence of evaporates and salt (Callovian) on the petroleum system. It then updated recent activity in three key plays in the Gulf of Mexico deep water. It began with the Jurassic Norphlet (Oxfordian) Appomattox Deep Water Play, which has been extended by Shell from the Mobile Bay HT gas play out into the deep waters of the gulf where it becomes an oil play. Next was an update of activity in the prolific and excellent-quality Pliocene-Miocene Deepwater Turbidite Play, the main deep water producing channelized turbidite reser-voir in the GoM. The talk then covered the Lower Tertiary Wilcox and Frio

Plays, where three fields are now pro-ducing from the deepest Spar and FPSO in the world. The talk concluded by looking at the geology of the deep water plays of Mexico including the Perdido Fold Belt, adjacent Sub-salt Fold Belt, and southern Campeche Province. Potential carbonate reservoirs were also briefly reviewed.

Our May meeting was held at the Wilderness Gun Club. It was held there because our May meeting starts out with our annual sporting clays tournament. Our sporting clays committee chair (for life) John Duplantis, #2139, organized another great tournament. We had per-fect weather, a great turnout and a lot of support from industry sponsors. The shoot wraps up about noon giving every-

one enough time to take care of busi-ness, get freshened up and return to the gun club for happy hour. Boiled crawfish serve as an appetizer, with grilled rib eye steaks, rice dressing, beans and cole slaw serving as the main course. Our May meeting is most useful as a recruiting tool for new members. Who would not want to join an organization that has a good time shooting guns and then enjoy-ing free booze, boiled crawfish and steak?

We have nothing to report for our June meeting since we do not have a June meeting. King Munson

ChairApril guest speaker John Dribus

of Schlumberger.

AUSTINThe Austin Chapter’s regular lunch

meeting is held the first Thursday of the month at the County Line on the Hill Restaurant from October through May.

In April, John Brett, owner of John Brett Exploration, LLC, provided a technical talk describing how capillary pressures and buoyancy pressures are relatable and measurable. There are times when better production is encoun-

tered down dip from existing produc-tion. John provided an excellent case study demonstrating that the best pro-duction is located down dip from the discovery wells.

Tucker Hentz, a research scientist at the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, discussed the stra-tigraphy and depositional systems of the Eastern Shelf of the Permian Basin at the May meeting. This study is the first

comprehensive examination of the dep-ositional framework of the southern por-tion of the Eastern Shelf (an area of some 15,000 square miles). The report is available at the Bureau of Economic Geology — www.beg.utexas.edu. Ward Davenport

Chair

John Duplantis and assistants at the annual sporting clays tournament.

Sporting Clays Tournament attendees at the Wilderness Gun Club.

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DENVERThe Denver Chapter of SIPES had a

great lineup of luncheon speakers for the second quarter, thanks to Vice Chair and Program Chair Neil Sharp.

The April meeting featured Dan Hallau, senior geologist with The Discovery Group, in Denver.

He has worked on projects worldwide involving stratigraphy, geological inter-pretation, and petrophysics. Dan’s pre-sentation covered some of the early work done at the Discovery Group on vitrinite reflectance of the Lower Cretaceous, fluvio-deltaic J and D sand-stone of the Denver Basin. They con-ducted an exhaustive sampling program of numerous cores, isolating coaly mate-rial for analysis, they were able to estab-lish the onset of oil generation (at approximately 0.6% vitrinite equiva-lence) corresponding to the -500 ft. sub-sea contour of the Fort Hays Limestone. This recognition expanded significantly the area of the basin in the oil generation window with respect to prior studies.

Mike Pollok, #2512, and Mike Austin, #2366, were co-presenters at the May luncheon meeting. Mike Pollok, who has worked as an independent geologist since 1986, has extensive regional map-ping experience identifying and pros-

pecting for oil and gas producing reser-voirs of the Northern Oklahoma and Southern Kansas areas. His primary expertise is in generating and selling prospects in the region of his subsurface mapping projects. Mike Austin started out in the oil business as a landman after receiving his undergraduate degree in mathematics. He returned to school earning a B.S. degree in geology in 1985, and an M.S. degree in geophysics in 1988. His primary area of expertise is in geophysical applications using 3D seis-mic in the Midcontinent and the Gulf of Mexico. Their presentation was on the ups and downs of the past thirty years of

prospecting along the Mississippian subcrops of Kansas and northern Oklahoma.

Paul Lillis concluded the quarter with his talk on the Neoproterozoic Chuar Group. Paul is a petroleum geochemist with the Central Energy Resources Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Denver, Colorado, where he has worked since 1987. His research focuses on the application of petroleum and source-rock geochemis-try to identify, characterize, and map petroleum systems.

The Chuar Group consists of marine mudstone, sandstone and dolomitic strata divided into the Galeros and Kwagunt Formations that are exposed only in the eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona. Research by the USGS in the late 1980s identified strata within the group to be possible petroleum source rocks, and in particular the Walcott Member of the Kwagunt Formation. Interest in a Chuar oil play led to several exploratory wells drilled in the 1990s in southern Utah and northern Arizona to test the overlying Cambrian Tapeats Sandstone reservoir, and confirm the existence of the Chuar in subcrop. Recent mapping by the USGS delineat-ed the Chuar petroleum system. This work has led to hypothesizing two pos-sible plays: (1) a conventional play with a Chuar source and Tapeats reservoir, and (2) an unconventional play with a Chuar source and reservoir. Testing of the conventional play has been discour-aging, although the unconventional play is untested and remains promising even though the subcrop distribution of source facies within the Chuar Group is largely unknown.

The Denver Chapter is sad to announce the loss of its longtime mem-ber Jerry Hodgden who passed away on June 18 at 85 years old. Jerry Cuzella

Secretary

Guest speaker Dan Hallau and Denver Chapter Member Melanie Westergaard. Dan is a senior geologist with The Discovery Group in Denver.

June guest speaker Paul Lillis of Central Energy Resources Science Center of USGS (right) and Program Chair Neil Sharp.

Mike Pollok (left) and Mike Austin gave a presentation at the May luncheon on the ups and downs of the past thirty years of prospecting along the Mississippian sub-crops of Kansas and northern Oklahoma.

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OKLAHOMA CITYThe Oklahoma City Chapter of SIPES

met on April 5 at the Petroleum Club. Our speaker for the day was Greg Riepl, #2323, an independent geologist in Oklahoma City. Greg Riepl is a graduate of Kansas State University and worked for Statex Petroleum for nine years before becoming an independent in 1989. He has worked in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, but has spent much of his career exploring for oil and gas in central and northern Oklahoma. The title of his presentation was "A Working Geologist's View of Oklahoma

Earthquakes." Greg just gave his per-spective in light of what has occurred, and the effect of the various entities working on the problem. These entities are both state and national in extent.

Our Chapter usually foregoes its May luncheon date to have an annual picnic event. We held the picnic event at the Whitewater Café located in the Boathouse District near downtown Oklahoma City. It overlooks the world class whitewater kayaking course and the river walk. Members and their guests were treated with BBQ ribs, chopped brisket, pulled pork, salad, baked beans,

potato salad, roasted corn, and apple pie and cheesecake for dessert. A beautiful evening greeted us as we arrived and walked around the whitewater course and enjoyed a congenial evening visiting with friends and colleagues. Thanks to our treasurer, Terry Hollrah, for arrang-ing everything for an excellent evening.

Our Chapter does not meet during the summer months. We will resume our normal monthly luncheons in September. James Franks

Chair


FORT WORTHThe Fort Worth Chapter finished out

its 2016-2017 season with two enjoyable luncheons.

In April, forty-two members and guests were in attendance at the Fort Worth Petroleum Club as John B. Holden, Jr., partner with Jackson Walker Law Firm, presented his informative talk, “The Joint Operating Agreement: Pitfalls, Nuances, & Opportunities.”

Closing out the 2016-2017 season, thirty-one members and guests were in attendance at the Fort Worth Petroleum club on May 3rd for our annual “Members Free-For-All” where chap-ter members and affiliates give a 10-15 minute talk on their current projects or items of interest. Presenting this year were Jerry Stokes, #2866, Chapter Affiliate Dave Koger, new member Dennis Browning, #3487, Tom Zadick, #3323, and Chapter Chair Dan Earl Duggan, #3230.

No June meeting was held.The Fort Worth Chapter meets

September through May on the first Wednesday of each month at the Fort Worth Petroleum Club. Jarvis ( Jay) Moore

Secretary

Dennis Browning shares his information during the May "Free-For-All."

Jerry Stokes presenting at the May meeting.

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SAN ANTONIOThe San Antonio Chapter enjoyed

summer weather and informative topics at SIPES’ spring meetings. In April, Charles A. Goebel, #3031, from Fort Worth, Texas, gave a talk titled “Margham Field - Dubai, United Arab Emirates, an Exploration Success Story.” Margham Field, located in the Emirate of Dubai, lies within the Oman Mountain Fold and Thrust Belt of the North Eastern Arabian Plate. The field was discovered in 1982 by ARCO

International Oil & Gas Company, as operator for the East Dubai Onshore Concession Area. The discovery well tested approximately 50 MMCFGD and 2500 BPD of condensate from Early Cretaceous Thamama Group shelf car-bonates. Development drilling quickly demonstrated the limits of the seismic data; a shallow syncline formed by a decollement thrust zone was found to overlie the productive anticline, and 40-degree dips were measured within the reservoir in flank wells. Fortunately, the Thamama and Wasia Group sedi-ments were deposited prior to the com-pressional events, and their relatively consistent and cyclic stratigraphy made it possible to detect faults, fractures, and other important structural phenomena. Over 100 MMBbls of condensate were produced from the field.

Mr. Goebel has been the chief geolo-gist for Banner Resources since 2011. In 2001, Mr. Goebel formed Santa Rita Energy, LLC. Activities include pros-pect generation, participation in devel-

opment drilling and production (small scale), and consulting. From 1981 to 2000, Mr. Goebel was a geologist with ARCO International Oil & Gas Company, where he was involved in evaluation, discovery and development worldwide. Specific focus areas were the Middle East and Latin America. Mr. Goebel received a B.S. in geological sci-ences from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980. Mr. Goebel is an AAPG Certified Petroleum Geologist, and is a Licensed Professional Geologist in the State of Texas.

The SIPES San Antonio Chapter held a “Spring Fling” on Saturday, May 6, at Stew Chuber’s “Double Czech Ranch,” which is twenty miles southeast of San Antonio near Adkins, Texas. The event was well attended, with members of both the San Antonio and Houston SIPES chapters attending. The weather was good, the grass was green, and the views from the ranch house were fabu-lous.

Julia Gale, senior research scientist at the Bureau of Economic Geology in the Jackson School of Geosciences was the speaker in May. Her talk was titled “Natural Fractures in Shale Hydrocarbon Reservoirs.” Interaction with hydraulic fracture treatments may serve to increase the effectiveness of the hydraulic fracture network, or could work against it. Factors governing the interaction include natural fracture intensity, orientation with respect to reservoir stress directions, and the strength of the fracture plane relative to intact host rock. They tested the effect of calcite-sealed fractures in Barnett Shale on tensile strength of shale with a bending test. Samples containing natu-ral fractures have half the tensile strength of those without, and always break along the natural fracture plane. Yet in other samples the weakness is in the cement itself, partly because of the retained frac-ture porosity. Natural fractures in shales likely grew by slow, chemically assisted (subcritical) propagation, and we use a subcritical propagation criterion to model the growing fractures. The sub-critical crack index is a mechanical rock property that controls fracture spacing and is an input parameter for the mod-els. The measured subcritical crack index for several shales was reviewed. The index is generally high for Barnett Shale, in excess of 100, although it does show variability with facies. By contrast, subcritical indices in the New Albany Shale are much lower, and also show

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Spring Fling at Stewart Chuber's ranch.

April luncheon speaker Charles Goebel.

Julia Gale, May guest speaker from the Bureau of Economic Geology.

View from the house across the ranch.

considerable variability. Barnett Shale subcritical indices suggest high cluster-ing, whereas New Albany Shale subcriti-cal indices suggest fractures are likely to be more evenly spaced, with spacing related to mechanical layer thickness.

Dr. Gale obtained a Ph.D. in structural geology from Exeter University, UK, in 1987, while working on the Archean of southern West Greenland. She taught structural geology and tectonics for twelve years at the University of Derby, UK. Julia moved to the University of Texas at Austin in 1998. Her research focus is on natural fracture characteriza-tion and prediction in shale and carbon-ate hydrocarbon reservoirs.

David Kessler, president of SeismicCity, Inc., was our speaker in June. His talk was entitled “New life to an Old Field-Main Pass 73 Gulf of Mexico Shelf.” MP73 Field was discov-ered in 1974 by Mobil Oil Company. Based on 2-D seismic data and well con-trol, a salt model was developed. The model consisted of a salt dome with steeply dipping flanks and hydrocarbon bearing sands around the dome. In 1992, a 3-D dataset was acquired over the field. The 3-D dataset did not add a clear image of the salt dome, and there-fore the historical model did not change. In 2007, Energy XXI acquired the field and found discrepancies between well data and seismic data. In order to resolve these discrepancies, in 2008, Energy XXI decided to reprocess the existing seismic data. SeismicCity was selected to construct an anisotropic model and apply depth imaging with the objective to clarify the image and interpretation around the salt dome.

Because of the lack of salt flank imag-ing, model building and depth imaging was done using a unique model building technique called the “salt expansion technique.” During the application of this process, it was discovered that pri-mary reflection seismic events were imaged inside the historical boundaries of the salt body. In order to preserve these seismic reflections, an alternative salt model was created consisting not of a single dome type salt body, but several smaller detached salt bodies with sedi-mentary layers between the salt bodies. This seismic processing observation led to a dramatic change of the historical salt model. In 2009, thirty-five years after the discovery of MP73 Field, a new salt model, consisting of several smaller and detached salt bodies was developed. This new model replaced the historical continuous diapir shape salt dome, lead-ing to a new and optimistic interpreta-tion of the producing sands. With the application of more advanced model building, the construction of more accu-

rate anisotropic models, and by incorpo-rating all available subsurface informa-tion, legacy salt models can be updated and improved. Successful drilling that was executed using the new PSDM data resulted in significant new finds of addi-tional oil and gas reserves in MP 73 Field, validating the viability of the model building and depth imaging tech-niques used. We expect that similar suc-cess can be applied to other salt dome related prospects both offshore and onshore.

SeismicCity, Inc. is a company dedi-cated to the development and imple-mentation of depth imaging technology. David received a B.S. degree in geophys-ics in 1981, an M.S. in geophysics in 1985, and a Ph.D. in geophysics in 1991, all from Tel Aviv University. At the start of his career David worked as a research geophysicist. In early 2000, together with several other colleagues, David cre-ated an independent seismic processing company called SeismicCity with the objective to develop proprietary model building and depth imaging technology, and to provide this technology in execu-tion of commercial depth imaging proj-ects. SeismicCity, located in Houston, Texas is developing technology in the areas of seismic simulation, velocity estimation and prestack depth migra-tion, and is providing pre-processing, anisotropic model building, prestack depth migration and data analysis ser-vices to its clients exploring for oil and gas in various geological environments around the globe. Doug McGookey

Secretary


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David Kessler, president of SeismicCity, Inc.

SIPES Constitutional Vote

Several constitutional changes will be voted on by full SIPES Members this fall.

Ballots will be sent at a later date.


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HOUSTONThe April luncheon lecture was pre-

sented by Richard Ball, vice president of geology at Detering Energy Advisors (DEA). DEA is a mid-cap acquisitions and divestitures advisory firm partnered with DrillingInfo to provide basin level technical reports on every major and active U.S. Basin. The first reports cover two sub-basins of the Greater Permian Basin: the Midland and Delaware Basins. His presentation was “The Vast Potential of the Midland and Delaware Basins.” The emphasis of his talk was to review the significant data of the reports and to provide an in-depth, multi-disci-plinary analysis of the basins, aimed at both the technical and investment com-munities.

Mr. Ball provided an overview of the GPB geography, hydrocarbon produc-tion history and geology. He said the GPB covers approximately 115,000 square miles and contains the Midland, Delaware, Val Verde and Marfa sub-basins. While each of these sub-basins holds varying degrees of oil and gas development potential, the Midland Basin is largely responsible for the recent drilling activity with over forty percent of the horizontal drilling rigs in this basin. Production from the Wolfcamp and Spraberry Formations began in the basin during the 1950s. Since then, activity has fluctuated with the price of oil and advent of technologies. During the past six years, increase in activity has drastically accelerated during the “Shale Gale,” as horizontal drilling and hydrau-lic fracturing techniques have become more efficient and cost-effective.

Mr. Ball provided data and analyses from Detering’s reports of the geology and economics driving the Wolfcamp and Spraberry/Bone Spring plays. The data assessment included production decline curves of 9,000 wells that were individually calculated through geologic analysis and defined multiple type curve areas. The study encompasses geology, geography, performance and hydrocar-bon content of each hydrocarbon-bear-ing zone pursued through industry activity.

Mr. Ball presented several cross sec-tions illustrating the structural and stratigraphic history of the Midland and Delaware Basins. These basins were primarily filled by sediments from the surrounding highlands. Midland Basin well logs show higher gamma ray and lower resistivity responses toward the basin center and away from the Central Basin and Eastern Shelf platform-sup-ported margin. This is indicative of materials becoming finer grained away from the stable margins. In the Delaware, the basin becomes gradually shallower to the south. The third Bone Spring Carbonate thickens into the basin and corresponds to some of the best produc-tion return on investment noted in Detering’s Type Curve Analysis. Numerous supporting bubble analyses were presented of the drilling and eco-nomic variations across the basins.

Mr. Ball’s conclusion was that the geological Type Curve Analysis pro-vides a method of dividing the Midland Basin into 45 type curves and Delaware Basin into 71 type curve sub areas. This technique is utilized to predict the rate of return for the basins. Detering’s report calculated the Midland Basin rate of return at $38 oil and the Delaware at $30 oil. At these prices, the return on investment will be ten percent. Mr. Ball concludes that SIPES Members can benefit from the analyses of the basins to find new opportunities and ideas for the future as independents have done in the basins since the 1930s.

John Brand, geological advisor at Nexen Petroleum USA, gave the May presentation. It was entitled “Stratigraphy and Minerology of the Oxfordian Lower Smackover Formation.” Mr. Brand focused on the Lower Smackover Formation in the Mississippi Canyon and De Soto Canyon area of the eastern offshore Gulf of Mexico. He compared the calculated mineralogy of the Elemental Capture Spectroscopy (ECS) wireline logs to eighty-eight rotary sidewall cores, and to the patterns of the gamma ray, resistivity and density wireline logs of approxi-mately seventeen wells. A series of seven

sub-seismic units were identified that occur in the same sequence in all wells penetrated through the Lower Smackover section.

An overview of the stratigraphy of the Mesozoic of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico was provided. The strata include the Cotton Valley, Haynesville, Smackover and Norphlet Formations. The Smackover Formation is divided into three members: Upper, Middle and Lower. The focus of the presentation is the Lower Smackover Member located below the Upper Smackover Member and above the Norphlet Formation. Mr. Brand utilized wireline correlations to define the Smackover Formation top and Lower Smackover Member top. An interesting history and map was provid-ed that showed the town locations where the Mesozoic Formations derived their names and the approximate 550-mile distance from Smackover, Arkansas to the study area. The 1,100-square mile Mississippi Canyon and De Soto Canyon study area contains approximately sev-enteen wells. The source of the Smackover Formation clastic sediments is to the east. The study wells have the basic wireline log suite and twelve wells have the ECS logs. The Smackover Formation occurs at a depth of 20,000 to 30,000 feet. Eighty-eight rotary sidewall cores from five wells provided the XRD information for the mineralogy of the Lower Smackover Member study area.

Mr. Brand showed cross sections that indicated the thickness of the Upper Smackover Member relative to the Lower Smackover Member and high-lighted the structural significance of the variation. From the mineralogic, litho-logic and wireline log data, it was con-cluded that the Lower Smackover Member has defined stratigraphic con-trasts that resulted in the seven correlat-able units across the study area. Mr. Brand discussed the matrix density andelements recorded from the ECS analy-sis. Ca, Fe and S minerals were abun-dant in the form of siderite, hematite and pyrite and trend within the study area. The ECS did have inconsistent

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identification of anhydrite, and porosity logs were unreliable due to the presence of pyrite. The importance of his obser-vations is that wells greater than six miles from one another display the same mineral and lithology trends.

Mr. Brand concluded with a slide that revealed the direction for future studies of the Oxfordian Smackover Formation of the Mississippi Canyon and De Soto Canyon offshore areas. A thorough study requires establishing environ-ments of deposition to establish age relationships (paleontological markers) within the Smackover Formation. The identification of primary versus diage-netic mineralogy, of organic content dis-tribution, and of variances in clay miner-alogy within the sediments is required. Many of the outstanding questions regarding the Smackover Formation are answered through analysis of the forma-tion rock with whole cores.

Our June guest speaker was Joe Davis, vice president at Kalnin Ventures in Dallas. His presentation was “Permian Basin Resource Plays: A Cautionary Note.” Mr. Davis contends that there is significant risk and uncertainty in the fast-paced Permian Basin unconvention-al plays. He cites critical reservoir pro-duction factors that are discounted in evaluation for unconventional plays that relate to reservoir production including traps, seals, transition zone water, pres-sure gradients, drive mechanisms, matu-ration profile, classification of uncon-ventional reservoirs (shale vs. hybrid vs. tight), hydrocarbon migration and pres-ence of volatile-oil/sweet-spot.

Valuation of the asset for current pro-ducing wells and offset locations requires certainty in forecasting future produc-tion. Mr. Davis provided data for the hydrocarbon phase maturation windows for black oil, volatile oil, wet gas and dry gas for the producing benches associated with the Delaware Basin’s Bone Spring, Wolfcamp, Pennsylvanian, Barnett, Woodford and Devonian stratigraphic units. Permian Basin high asset valua-tions are based on the resource potential of multiple stacked benches. Economic uncertainty results from inaccurate pre-

dictions of water and hydrocarbon vol-umes. If a single bench is in the sweet spot and the other benches do not per-form as well as the sweet spot, then wells would be uneconomic.

The speaker illustrated production factors for asset valuation for unconven-tional reservoirs. He displayed current industry and government charts and diagrams showing detailed examples from Reeves County, Texas in the Delaware Basin. A USGS report was highlighted that contained a vitrinite reflectance data map for the Permian Basin, west Texas and southeast New Mexico. Mr. Davis provided a sophisti-cated discussion for each productive bench and its relative position within the maturation window. He presented Midland County, Texas examples of maturation window thicknesses. Although the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring Formations are in the volatile-oil/sweet-spot chart position, other res-ervoir parameters including gas oil ratios, number of benches in the sweet spot, formation pore pressure, oil matu-ration, bubble point, dew point and tran-sition zones would affect ultimate pro-duction. A Lea County, New Mexico Bone Spring cross section example dem-onstrated the importance of identifying the transition zone in tight conventional reservoirs for landing a well horizontal component to optimize production.

Mr. Davis concluded the presentation by summarizing the reservoir risk fac-tors and provided risk mitigation for the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring/Spraberry Formations. The Wolfcamp volatile-oil/sweet-spot is 700 feet thick, and many potential benches/reservoirs may fall outside this interval. Mitigation may require mapping regional oil maturation, modeling maturation depth and map-ping formation pore pressure gradients. The Bone Spring/Spraberry risk factors include the relative permeability associ-ated with solution gas drive mechanism and the highly variable saturation pro-files that result from a thick transition zone. Risk mitigation would require mapping the formation pore pressure gradients, the base of seal and the top of

the water-free zone to avoid the transi-tion zone. Permian Basin unconvention-al exploration should be economical; however, risk factors related to hydro-carbon phase and reserve calculation must be addressed in play economic evaluation.

Continuing Education Seminar Chair Barry Rava has selected October 26, 2017 as the date for the SIPES Houston Chapter Continuing Education Seminar. This year the focus is “Prospecting and Production Soup to Nuts.” Scheduled talks are on seismic back-scatter waves, small survey design and processing, deriving S-wave data form existing con-ventional data, paleo techniques, identi-fying bypassed pay in open hole and case hole logs, reserve determination param-eters and ethics. The Independent Day Celebration is August 10, 2017 at the Cadillac Bar and Grill. Coerte A. Voorhies III

Secretary

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AUSTIN Chairman: Ward Davenport Secretary: TBA Treasurer: Dwight Cassell Meets: The County Line (On the Hill) 1st Thursday

CORPUS CHRISTI Chairman: Brian Calhoun V-Chrmn: Michael Bergsma Secretary: Dawn Bissell Treasurer: Dan Pedrotti Meets: Ortiz Int'l. Center Last Tuesday of month

DALLAS Chairman: Don Muth V-Chrmn: Michael Adams Secretary: TBA Treasurer: Neil Barman Meets: Dallas Petroleum Club 3rd Tuesday

DENVER Chairman: Connie Knight V-Chrmn: Neil Sharp Secretary: Jerry Cuzella Treasurer: Gary Thompson Meets: Wynkoop Brewing Co. 4th Thursday

FORT WORTH Chairman: Dan Earl Duggan V-Chrmn: Tom Zadick Secretary: Jay Moore Treasurer: Bob Leibrock Meets: Fort Worth Petroleum Club 1st Wednesday

HOUSTON Chairman: Russell Hamman V-Chrmn: Bill Bippus Secretary: Coerte Voorhies Treasurer: Bruce Blake Meets: Petroleum Club 3rd Thursday

LAFAYETTE Chairman: King Munson V-Chrmn: Julia Battle Secretary/ Treasurer: King Munson Meets: Petroleum Club 2nd Wednesday

MIDLAND Chairman: Roger Freidline V-Chrmn: Bill Mueller Secretary: Curtis Helms Treasurer: Jasha Cultreri Meets: Midland Country Club 3rd Wednesday

NEW ORLEANS Chairman: Louis Lemarié V-Chrmn: Cliff Williams Secretary: TBA Treasurer: Eric Broadbridge Meets: Andrea’s Restaurant 3rd Tuesday

OKLAHOMA CITY Chairman: Jim Franks V-Chrmn: Greg Riepl Secretary: Mike Pollok Treasurer: Terry Hollrah Meets: The Petroleum Club Chase Tower, 35th Floor 1st Wednesday

SAN ANTONIO Chairman: Tom Fett Co-V-Chrmn: Lee Billingsley & Bill Layton Secretary: Doug McGookey Treasurer: Tim McGovern Meets: Petroleum Club 3rd Thursday

WICHITA Chairman: Lanny Butner V-Chrmn: Lanny Butner Secretary: Lanny Butner Treasurer: Tom Pronold Meets: Time and Location TBD


NEW ORLEANSFor the April 18th luncheon, the New

Orleans Chapter held its “2nd Annual Membership Drive and Crawfish Boil” at the Harbor Bar and Grill in Metairie. The event was a great success, drawing forty-six members and affiliates, eight potential members, and three guests. As with the initial crawfish boil last year, the intent was to reach out to the grow-ing number of earth scientists who are going independent in the New Orleans area. Several of the potential members who attended last year have since joined SIPES, and we are confident of a similar result for this year.

The May 16th meeting was held at Andrea’s Restaurant in Metairie, and was the annual dinner event including spouses and guests. In the past, this

event had featured a guest speaker who would make a presentation on a topic of general interest, although it tended to make for a very late evening without as much time for socializing. As a result, a new approach was undertaken last year, as the chapter chose to forego the guest speaker and have an extended social hour. The change was continued for this year, and the change was endorsed by the members, spouses and guests in attendance as they enjoyed the addi-tional time to catch up on the events in each other’s lives. For many of the spouses, this was one of the few oppor-tunities they had to meet each other. The food was great, the conversations were lively, and a wonderful time was shared by all.

As we close out the current term, the New Orleans Chapter has fifty-seven members, eight affiliates, and two more in the application process; a gain of nine members and four affiliates from this point a year ago. Others are getting ready to apply for membership.

Louis Lemarie' will be continuing as chapter chair, joined by Vice Chair Cliff Williams, and Treasurer Eric Broadbridge. A candidate is being sought to serve as a national director. Art Johnson

Secretary

Editor's Note: Arthur H. Johnson, #3153, passed away unexpectedly on August 9, 2017.

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News of Members

The following SIPES National Directors have agreed to serve as national officers during 2017-18: President Patrick A. Nye, #3105, of Corpus Christi; Vice President Carol M. Shiels, #3007, of Dallas; Vice President of National Energy Barry J. Rava, #3198, of Houston; Secretary John H. Newberry, #2634, of Austin, Texas; and Treasurer Kirk C. Kolar, #3343, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Incoming SIPES President Patrick A. Nye is pleased to announce new and continuing SIPES Directors for 2017-18: Jeffrey L. Allen, #3491, of Houston, and John D. Patterson, #2765, of San Antonio, Texas are new directors. Continuing their board terms are: Gary C. Huber, #3134, of Denver, Colorado; John E. Kimberly, #1430, of Midland, Texas; Douglas H. McGinness II, #1964, of Wichita, Kansas; Peter MacKenzie, #2991, of Worthington, Ohio; and Michael R. Vasicek, #2354, of Midland, Texas.

The SIPES Foundation, at their board meeting in June, announced the following new officers for 2017-18: President Gary C. Huber, #3134, of Denver, Colorado; Vice President Michael R. Vasicek, #2354, of Midland; Secretary John H. Newberry, #2634, of Austin, Texas; and Treasurer Peter MacKenzie, #2991, of Worthington, Ohio. New SIPES Foundation Directors are: John E. Kimberly, #1430, of Midland, Texas; Kirk C. Kolar, #3343, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Douglas H. McGinness II, #1964, of Wichita, Kansas; Patrick A. Nye, #3105, of Corpus Christi; Barry J. Rava, #3198, of Houston; and Carol M. Shiels, #3007, of Dallas, Texas.

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Joel Alberts is a University of Kansas graduate with a degree in geology. He has been engaged in exploration for hydrocarbons, helium and minerals since 1980, and is currently working various exploration and development projects in several states for H. Huffman & Co. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Stop No. 1 — On Friday morning, the group met Dr. Neman at the Vendome artesian well in the town of Sulphur. Dr. Neman proved to be an entertaining tour leader, providing interesting history and personal stories, along with geologi-cal information, including anecdotes about the many Halliburton engineers who have participated in his field trips over the years. At the Vendome well, we got a complete chemistry lesson on how bacterial colonies in the water degrade sulfate salts to form the bubbling carbon-ation and odiferous hydrogen sulfide that emanate from the well.

Stop No. 2 — The area south of Sulphur, known as the Buckhorn Asphalt District, was actively mined for road-building materials from 1890 until 1962, when the last mines closed. On a coun-try road of State Highway 110, we saw the Dougherty Rock Quarry, which pro-vided limestone for use in roadbuilding. Rocks from the Viola Limestone were crushed, mixed with sand, and then mixed with locally obtained asphalt and

used for roadbuilding throughout the state. Asphalt was obtained from oil seeps of the Oil Creek Formation. We also visited asphalt pits on nearby pri-vate property.

Stop No. 3 — Next on the tour was the Goddard Youth Camp and Museum southwest of Sulphur. Established in 1967, the large facility offers ecological education including residential environmental courses and summer nature camps. Now run by pale-ontologist Preston Edgar, the son of founding director Wayne Edgar, who established the camp. The museum has replicas of dinosaur fossil skeletons, including many found in Oklahoma, a hands-on cultural artifact room com-plete with teepees, dioramas of Oklahoma locations depicted at various ages, and a strikingly artistic diorama, a vast relief wall depicting a cross section from the Ardmore Basin.

We continued on to Stop No. 4 — the Hunton Anticline. This stop is along the axis of a plunging anticline formed in the Hunton Group limestones. We were able to sample the Haragan and Bois d’Arc Formations (Lower Devonian), and the Woodford Shale (Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian). The limestone has been quarried at this site

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Stop 1: Vendome Well in downtown Sulphur, Oklahoma. Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer.

Stop 2: Oil Creek sands (lower Ordovician), sands saturated in bitumen.

At the Vendome well,

we got a complete

chemistry lesson on how

bacterial colonies in the

water degrade sulfate

salts to form the bubbling

carbonation and odiferous

hydrogen sulfide that

emanate from the well.

and used as riprap in building the Lake of the Arbuckles Dam, about one-half mile to the north of the quarry.

Of course, after this much field geolo-gy, a BBQ lunch at Bill’s Diner in Davis, Oklahoma – was a MUST! It was a chance to rest and visit.

Stop Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8 — After our lunch break, several US 77 sites were visited. We observed the tombstone

topography of the West Spring Creek Formation. Differential erosion of the alternating layers of thin, shaley lime-stones and dolomites causes these steep dipping beds (50°) to give the impres-sion of upright, aligned grave markers. Then it was onward to Turner Falls, where the waters of Honey Creek have created the falls in the Ordovician Cool Creek Formation. We pulled over brief-

ly, after rounding a hairpin turn, to look at the Collings Ranch Formation – Pennsylvanian age! We had just crossed the Washita Valley Fault – vertical dis-placement is estimated to be 3,500 feet! Continuing on, we stopped near I-35 Exit 51, to see an excellent exposure of the Sylvan-Hunton contact continuing up section to the Hunton-Woodford contact.


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Cross Section Diorama at Goddard Youth Camp.

Stop 4: Along the axis of a plunging anticline formed in the Hunton Limestones.

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At this point, our leader asked the question: What is this stop also known as? The answer was across the street – The Fried Pie Shop. A nice afternoon break!

Our last stop of the trip was Stop No. 9 — Martin-Marietta Washita Quarry, formerly known as Boral Aggregates Quarry. This is an active quarry in the Viola Formation. After check-in, we worked our way to one of the back walls

of the quarry to observe freshly blasted quarry walls, and very well-exposed structures within the Viola. Folding, faulting and fractures were all very visi-ble. In areas, oil seeps are present as well.

This was the last stop of the trip and most all agreed a very worthy stop. We packed up our sample bags and rock picks and headed back to the city. I think

all agreed – it was great to get out and do some field geology!

A special thanks to our leaders and the field trip committee for all the work put in to organize and execute a great trip!

We will be taking a one-day trip this fall, on September 30th, during the AAPG Midcontinent Section Meeting. Please see www.2017aapgmcsmeeting.org to learn more and perhaps join us!


Stop 8: The Sylvan-Hunton contact very well exposed! Stop 9: Viola Formation in the Martin-Marietta Washita Quarry.

Group photo of field trip participants and leaders at Goddard Youth Camp.

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Attendee Wallet Ad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,500

Your ad will appear in the 2018 Convention registration book, the program book, and the 2018 Membership Directory

2018 CONVENTION SPONSORSHIP RATES Silver Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500 Gold Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 (Gold Sponsors receive one complimentary convention registration) Platinum Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000 (Platinum Sponsors receive one complimentary convention registration, a complimentary 1/2 page ad, and the opportunity to include advertising materials in the convention registration packets)

Emerald Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,000 (Emerald Sponsors receive two complimentary convention registrations, a complimentary full page ad, the opportunity to include advertising materials in the convention registration packets, and other forms of recognition)

Diamond Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,000 (Diamond Sponsors receive the same benefits as Emerald Sponsors, plus additional perks)

Sponsor company names and logos will be included on the SIPES website (www.sipes.org).Names can be hyperlinked to company webpages or to an e-mail form. Company names and logos will be printed

in the convention registration and program books, and on a banner that will be displayed at all convention functions.Sponsors may also choose to host or co-host a convention event.

Circulation: SIPES Members, Industry Customers, Individuals Responsible for Directing Purchases of Goods and ServicesDeadline for Inclusion: January 17, 2018 Publication Dates: March & June 2018 Ad Format: Camera-ready or digital

ORDER FORM & PAYMENT OPTIONS - Please Circle Your SelectionBusiness Card Quarter Page Half Page Full Page Cover Page Attendee Wallet Ad

Silver Sponsor Gold Sponsor Platinum Sponsor Emerald Sponsor Diamond Sponsor

Name:___________________________________________________ Contact:______________________________________________________

Address:___________________________________________________ Telephone:___________________________________________________

City:___________________________ State:_______ Zip Code:________________________ Fax:_____________________________________

Ad Size:________________________ Amount Enclosed:_____________ E-Mail:____________________________________________________

Payment Information: Please Circle Form of Payment Make Checks Payable to: SIPES 2018 Convention

____ Payment Enclosed ___ Bill Me* ___ VISA ___ MasterCard ___ Discover ___ American Express

(*Payment must be received by January 17, 2018 for inclusion in publication)

CREDIT CARD INFORMATION

Credit Card No.:________________________________________________________________________ Expiration Date:___________________

Billing Address and Zip Code:_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Name on Card:________________________________________________ Signature:_________________________________________________Mail or Fax this order form with copy of ad/business card to: SIPES, 4925 Greenville Ave., Suite 1106, Dallas, Texas 75206

Phone: 214-363-1780 Fax: 214-363-8195 E-mail: [email protected]

Sold!

$4,000 - $4,999SIPES Fort Worth Chapter

Scholarship Endowment Fund

$2,000 - $2,999Ralph J. Daigle

SIPES Midland ChapterScholarship Endowment Fund

Thomas A. Smith

$1,000 - $1,999William C. Burkett


James A. Gibbs

Douglas H. McGinness IIIn memory of

Douglas H. McGinness, #500

Patrick A. NyeIn memory of

Douglas H. McGinness, #500

Mark A. WortheyScholarship Endowment Fund

$500 - $599Gary C. Huber

A. Scott Ritchie

Paul M. StrunkScholarship Endowment Fund

Robert M. Wynne, Jr.In memory of David Farmer, #3212

$400 - $499Sally J. Meader-Roberts

$300 - $399James B. Bennett

Marvolene Speed Bennett &Carleton D. Speed, Jr. Fund

in honor of Arlen L. Edgar, #620 & In memory of Eileen F. McNaughton

Raymond N. BlackhallIn memory of Robert Morris, #3197

Earl E. Gaertner*In memory of John E. Scherer, #358

& Van Howbert, #1650

William T. Goff IIIIn memory of Robert M. Cluff, #1832

& in honor of Suzanne G. Cluff, #1810

Kenneth J. HuffmanH. W. Peace II

In memory of Jon R. Withrow, #910

Larry J. RairdenScholarship Endowment Fund

Barry J. RavaVinton H. Sholl

Scholarship Endowment Fund in memory of John E. Hankey, #2548

SIPES New Orleans ChapterIn memory of Arthur H. Johnson, #3153

William G. Watson

$200 - $299Robert J. Ardell

In honor of Paul M. Strunk, #1869

Robert E. BoyerScholarship Endowment Fund

Carlo C. ChristinaScholarship Endowment Fund

Thomas E. EwingRoger A. FreidlineEdward W. HeathJohn E. Kimberly

Constance N. KnightIn memory of Robert M. Cluff, #1832

Robert C. LeibrockEdward A. McCullough Endowed Fund

Walter S. Light, Jr.Peter MacKenzie

Marcus D. MaddoxJames F. O’ConnellH. Rudy ParkisonDennis R. Robbins


John D. Sistrunk, Jr.Scholarship Endowment Fund in

memory of Ronald R. Sistrunk, #2362

William M. Smith(Oklahoma City)C. Al Taylor, Jr.


$100 - $199Barry W. Acomb


Donald I. AndrewsMichael N. Austin

In memory of Robert M. Cluff, #1832

Don W. BeauchampRobert E. Bell

Dawn S. BissellGarnet W. BrockB. K. Buongiorno

In memory of Eileen F. McNaughton & in honor of Diane M. Finstrom

Jack C. CartwrightD. Harding Collins, Jr.

Jene C. DarmstetterLawrence H. DavisRebecca L. Dodge


Marlan W. Downey*Duncan D. DubroffJames P. Evans III

In memory of Thomas A. Cullinan, #1133 & Richard A. Edmund, #1670

Diane M. FinstromIn memory of Shannon Evans,

Jean Marie Gratton, Anne Chuber & Arthur H. Johnson, #3153

Leonard S. FowlerWilliam J. Furlong


Willard R. GreenWilliam S. Grubb

Scholarship Endowment Fund in memory of Arden A. Anderson

Dean C. HamiltonHenry R. Hamman

Edward F. HayeJ. Donald HaynesAlfred James III

Arthur H. Johnson*Richard R. Lindsly

Robert W. Maxwell, Jr.Scholarship Endowment Fund

Wayne D. MillerRobert G. Murphy

In memory of Thomas A. Cullinan, #1133 & Rudolf B. Siegert, #777

John H. NewberryJ. David Overton

Thomas A. PasquiniIn memory of John E. Hankey, #2548

Hugh C. Pendery

David C. PetersonIn memory of G. Allen Nelson

Edward B. Picou, Jr.Ronald W. Pritchett

In memory of Philip J. McKenna, #1027

John M. RakowskiChristopher P. Renaud

In memory of Charles B. Renaud, #507

Eddie W. RheaCecil R. Rives

C. Randall SchottC. Ray Scurlock

William M. Smith(Houston)


Stephen A. SonnenbergIn memory of

Frank P. Sonnenberg, #1417

Lawrence W. StaubIn memory of Steven L. Staub

Charles J. SwizeC. G. Tyner


Michael R. VasicekIn memory of Victor F. Vasicek, #766

& Jack G. Elam, #124

William F. Von DrehleRodger L. Walker

H. Vaughan Watkins, Jr.Robert E. WebsterRichard Wilkerson

George D. Zimmerman

$50 - $99Richard S. BishopE. Bernard Brauer

George M. CarlstromDouglas J. CollinsRobert A. Cooksey

Jerry B. DavisScholarship Endowment Fund

Ross M. DavisLouis H. Du Bois

Arlen L. EdgarIn memory of Clifford H. Sherrod, Jr.,

#370, Clem E. George, #132 & Earl E. Gaertner, #282

Monty J. GistScholarship Endowment Fund

(Continued)

SIPES Foundation Donors — August 1, 2016 to August 15, 2017

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David N. GrimesScholarship Endowment Fund

William R. GuffeyAndrew Harper

Marc H. HelsingerScholarship Endowment Fund

A. Darryl JamesIn memory of Laurence E. Gnagy, #303

Michael S. JohnsonThomas C. Klekamp

In memory of L. Franklin, Rogers, Jr., #2786

Steven R. LockwoodRobert H. MarshallRoger M. Matson

In memory of Philip J. McKenna, #1027

Richard McCulloughScholarship Endowment Fund

in honor of John C. Nichols, #2379

Laurence S. Melzer, Jr.William D. Neville

David B. PearcyGerald S. Pitts

George D. Severson

Arthur H. TrowbridgeMelanie K. Westergaard

Ralph O. Wilson IIMarvolene Speed Bennett &Carleton D. Speed, Jr. Fund

I. Wayne Woolsey

* Deceased

FOUNDATION DONORS CONTINUED

The SIPES Foundation gratefully accepts all donations and acknowledges these contributions with a letter. Due to limited space in the newsletter, we are unable to list gifts under $50.

Please remember the SIPES Foundation in your estate plans.

AUGUST 2017 23

Congratulations to the Winners

of the

SIPES Foundation 2017 No Hassle Raffle!

1st Prize — $500

Joe H. Smith — Plano, Texas

2nd Prize — $250

Kenneth R. Chaivre — Sugar Land, Texas

George M. Harper — Fort Worth, Texas

3rd Prize — $100

Bruce M. Brady III — Midland, Texas

Brandon B. Matherne — Covington, Louisiana

Edward W. Heath — Durango, Colorado

Richard R. Lindsly — Dallas, Texas

Proceeds f rom the SIPES Foundation Raffle support educational programs, seminars,

f ilm projects and scholarship awards.

Drawing the winning tickets are Diane Finstrom and SIPES 2017-18 President Patrick Nye during the Awards Banquet at the SIPES 2017 Convention in Vail, Colorado.

2017-2018SIPES

Officers

SIPESDirectors

SIPES Vision Statement

To be the pre-eminent organization for furtheringthe professional and business interests

of independent practitioners of the earth sciences.In achieving this vision, emphasis will be placed on

(1) professional competence,(2) professional business ethics, and(3) presenting a favorable, credibleand effective image of the Society.

Adopted by the SIPES Board of Directors September 21, 1996

President ....................................Patrick A. Nye .............................. Corpus Christi, Texas

Vice-President ............................Carol M. Shiels ........................................Dallas, Texas

Vice-President of National Energy ......................Barry J. Rava .........................................Houston, Texas

Secretary ...................................John H. Newberry .................................... Austin, Texas

Treasurer ...................................Kirk C. Kolar .......................Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Jeffrey L. Allen ........................................................................................Houston, Texas

Dawn S. Bissell .............................................................................. Corpus Christi, Texas

Gary C. Huber ...................................................................................Denver, Colorado

John E. Kimberly .................................................................................... Midland, Texas

Douglas H. McGinness II .......................................................................Wichita, Kansas

Peter MacKenzie ............................................................................... Worthington, Ohio

John D. Patterson ............................................................................. San Antonio, Texas

Michael R. Vasicek ................................................................................. Midland, Texas

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