AAPG 2011 Anual Convention & Exhibition

10-13 April 2011, Houston, Texas, USA

 

 

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

and the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

 

60^th Annual Convention

October 10-12, 2010

San Antonio, Texas

 

Hosted by the South Texas Geological Society

 

 

On behalf of the South Texas Geological society, I invite you to the 2010 Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies/Gulf Coast Section of the SEPM Annual Convention to be held in San Antonio, Texas. Come and sample the sights and sounds, and of course, the tastes of San Antonio during the meeting, which will coincide with the City’s unique version of “Oktoberfest”. Come early and spend the pre-meeting week-end at various German cultural events embedded in San Antonio’s Spanish, Mexican and distinctly Texan and American cultures. Visit this web site <beethovenmaennerchor.com > for dates and times.

The Technical Program will contain three concurrent sessions on Monday and Tuesday, with an all-day symposium, in memory of F.L. (Fred) Stricklin, on Tuesday, entitled “Forming and Filling of the Gulf of Mexico Basin: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Tectonics, Source Rocks and Petroleum Systems”. Saturday and Sunday have a full complement of Short Courses and Field Trips, with an Eagleford Field Trip on the Wednesday after the meeting. The Opening Session on Sunday afternoon will be highlighted by the GCAGS and GCSSEPM awards and a key note address by Scott Tinker of the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. A principal focus for this meeting will be student programs, including an Imperial Barrel Award Competition training session on Saturday and several student Short Courses, as well. For more detailed information, visit www.gcags2010.com.

 

Lyle F. Baie, General Chair

 

 

Technical Session Summaries

                       

 

Sess. #	Sess. Title
1	Organic ‘Shales’ of the Gulf Coast – Controls on Reservoir Quality and Producibility I and II
1	This session will focus on the Haynesville and emerging Eagle Ford shale plays of the Gulf Coast. Controls on reservoir quality and producibility will be presented in terms of regional tectonics, depositional systems, sequence stratigraphy, facies, geochemistry, diagenesis, and pore structure. The session will also feature the developing Eagle Ford Hawkville field, coring technologies and the Environmentally Friendly Drilling program.
3	Eastern Gulf of Mexico Basin – Exploration Potential and Environmental Challenges
3	The Eastern Gulf of Mexico basin has received much attention lately from both U.S. government and industry perspectives as demonstrated by the recent announcement of new areas available for hydrocarbon exploration and development, as well as from the newly announced Jurassic, Norphlet discoveries within the deep-waters, offshore Florida.  This session will take us from a regional look at the Eastern Gulf of Mexico basin, looking at both onshore and offshore expressions of the Mesozoic sediments, down to more focused study areas where detailed reservoir characteristics ranging from siliciclastic eolian to carbonate sediments will be discussed.
4	Texas/Mexico Borderlands – Structures, Resources, and Lessons Learned
4	The Texas/Mexico Borderlands session focuses on lessons learned from the reinterpretation of existing fields in South Texas and the re-evaluation of structure in Northern Mexico basins.  In South Texas, recent investigations have taken a fresh look at mature fields completed in the Middle and Lower Frio Sandstones, the Upper Cretaceous Olmos Formation, and the Catahoula Formation.   In Mexico, information on the stratigraphic architecture and facies distribution have been used to re-evaluate the structure and proposed origins of the Tampico-Misantla and La Popa Basins.
6	Integrated Answers in Subsurface Exploration for Shelf-to-Ultradeep Opportunities
6	Integration of well logs, seismic and engineering data is the key.  A never- ending source of complexity is the problem. This session will discuss analysis of newly-minted GOM plays, such as the ultradeep and deep water turbidites as well as new resources from known fields both onshore and offshore utilizing a range of techniques in wave equation analysis, structural reconstruction in subsalt, sequence frameworks and biostratigraphic integrated analysis.  Sometimes a little bit of new knowledge is all it takes!
9	Carbon Sequestration – Risks, Opportunities, and Implications for EOR
9	Geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide is one of the attractive forms of abatement for slowing the increasing emissions of CO2 to the atmosphere.  This rapidly emerging discipline requires merger of many geoscience expertises, from hydrogeology to multiphase flow; from public education to policy and economic framework development.  This session will provide snapshots of the current evolution of this rapidly growing discipline.
11	Water for a Growing Region – Geology, Water Quality, and Resource Management
11	Anthropogenic effects on both the quantity and quality of water will impact the quality of life for future generations. Water resources and environmental geology investigations are key factors in determining our ability to both utilize and protect our resources.  This session will explore examples of groundwater and environmental issues in the circum-Gulf of Mexico region.
12	Preparing for the Crew Change in the Geoscience Workforce:  Outreach, Training and Education
12	As the Baby Boomers retire and a new generation of Earth Scientists is recruited, important questions loom: Who will this new generation be?  What will be the key skill sets needed? How will the gaps be filled? How will knowledge transfer occur?  Which technologies will be most effective?  How will we identify opportunities in the multi-generational workplace?  An eclectic group of speakers from the American Geological Institute, the AAPG, University of Texas, and the founder of a staffing/recruiting firm will share their viewpoints on these important topics.
13	Integrated Sequence Stratigraphic, Diagenetic, and Reservoir Architectural Analysis of Cretaceous Carbonates, Gulf of Mexico Basin I and II
13	An up-to-date review of the Cretaceous stratigraphic section in the Gulf of Mexico basin with emphasis on the Lower Cretaceous interval. A variety of depositional settings are presented as well as other topics including dolomitization, reservoir quality, and impact structures. Data include subsurface cores, wireline logs, 2D and 3D seismic, outcrop studies, and forward computer modeling.
14	Special Stricklin Symposium - Forming and Filling the Gulf of Mexico Basin: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Tectonics, Source Rocks and Petroleum Systems
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15	Posters
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GCAGS 2010 SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

 

‘FORMING AND FILLING THE GULF OF MEXICO BASIN: TRIASSIC, JURASSIC AND CRETACEOUS TECTONICS, SOURCE ROCKS AND PETROLEUM SYSTEMS’

(a symposium in memory of Fred Stricklin)

 

Date: Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Location: San Antonio, Texas- Convention Center, Room: Ballroom B

Conveners: E.A. Mancini, T.E. Ewing

 

8:20      Welcome and dedication

8:30      History of tectonic modeling and implications for depositional architecture in the Gulf of Mexico basin (GOM): where we should go from here – J. Pindell*

9:00      The plate tectonic, palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic context for the development of the Mesozoic Gulf of Mexico basin– Jim Harris, R. Crossley, N. Stronach, P. Valdes and R. Proctor, Fugro-Robertson*

9:30      A view of the genetic development of Gulf of Mexico basin petroleum systems – S. Creaney, ExxonMobil*

10:00    BREAK

10:30    Jurassic depositional systems, facies, and reservoirs of the northern Gulf of Mexico basin– E. Mancini*, Wayne Ahr

11:00    Detrital Zircon U-Pb age constraints on the provenance of the Late Jurassic Norphlet Formation, eastern Gulf of Mexico basin: Implications for Paleogeography - T. Lovell

 

11:30-1:00 Ticketed Luncheon – SEPM Luncheon – Roger Sassen* The opening of the Gulf basin, source rocks and petroleum plays

 

1:00      Cretaceous stratigraphy and plays – R.V. Scott*

1:30      Pre-Pearsall geology and exploration plays in South Texas – T.Ewing*

2:00      The Kimmeridgian oolite banks and exploration potential in the Marina de Campeche Zone, southeastern Mexico: biostratigraphical and sedimentological implications – M.A. Flores F., J.L. Tenorio L., Noemi Aguilera F., and M.A. Prado P., Pemex

2:30      Laminated lime mudstone of the Upper Jurassic Smackover Formation: Source of high-sulfur oil and gas – R. Sassen*

3:30      Stratigraphy and petroleum exploration history of the Smackover Formation (Oxfordian), Northeastern Gulf of Mexico basin - A. Petty

3:30      Geology and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in Mesozoic (Jurassic and Cretaceous) rocks of the onshore and state waters of the Gulf of Mexico Region, USA – Russell F Dubiel and others, USGS*

 

 

 

Short courses

 

Short Course #1 – Critical Elements of Gas Shale Evaluation 

Instructor:   Randall S. “Randy” Miller, Core Laboratories

Date:  One Day Short Course, Saturday October 9th, 2010

Time:   8:00am-4:00 pm

Room: TBA

Tuition:  $TBA per person; price includes course notes and refreshments

Enrollment: Maximum TBA persons.

Who Should Attend?

This short course will be of interest to geologists, geophysicists, paleontologists, petrophysicists, stratigraphers, reservoir engineers, exploration managers and strategic decision makers who are considering operations in gas shale plays.   

Summary:

Many E & P companies are either actively involved in developing gas shale reservoirs or are exploring for new potential gas shale reservoirs. This short-course will highlight the key parameters and data relationships that are critical for identifying productive gas shales. These include reservoir geology, mineralogy, geochemistry, petrophysical properties, gas adsorption, geomechanical properties, fluid compatibility, and stimulation design and reservoir simulation. In addition, core-log integration techniques for gas shale petrophysical log models will be presented along with gas-in-place calculations and estimates of ultimate recovery. Case histories of different gas shale plays will be utilized to demonstrate the critical elements of Gas Shale Evaluation.

 

 

Short Course #2 – Evaluation of Shale Gas Reservoirs with Focus on the Eagleford

Instructor:   Rick Lewis, Schlumberger

Date:  One Day Short Course, Sunday, October 10^th, 2010

Time:   8:00am-4:00 pm

Room:  TBA

Tuition:  $TBA per person; price includes course notes and refreshments.

Enrollment: Maximum TBA persons.

Who Should Attend?

This short course will be of interest to geologists, geophysicists, paleontologists, petrophysicists, stratigraphers, reservoir engineers, exploration managers and strategic decision makers who are considering operations in gas shale plays.   

Summary: N/A

 

 

Short Course #3: Geology & Geophysics Applied in Industry

Instructor: Fred W. Schroeder (ExxonMobil Retired)

Date:  One Day Short Course, Saturday, October 9, 2010

Time:   8:00am-4:00 pm

Room:  203B

Tuition:  $TBA per person; price includes course notes and refreshments.

Enrollment: Maximum TBA persons.

Who Should Attend?

This short course will be of interest to geology students, graduate students, and working geologists who desire a fundamental understanding of the uses of seismic and subsurface data as applied in industry.

Summary: This course is designed to provide attendees with insight into how geology and geophysics are applied within our industry.  Through a combination of short lectures and hands-on, paper exercises, we will look at:

•     The Focus of Industry

•     The Basics of Prospecting

•     Structural Analysis Using Seismic Data

•     Stratigraphic Analysis Using Seismic Data

•     Well-Seismic Ties

•     Mapping a Direct Hydrocarbon Indicator (DHI

 

 

Short Course #4 - Multicomponent Seismic Stratigraphy & Technology for Evaluating Fracture Systems of Unconventional Reservoirs

Instructor:   Bob A. Hardage, Bureau of Economic Geology

Date:  One Day Short Course, Sunday, October 10, 2010

Time:   8:00am-4:00 pm

Room:  TBA

Tuition:  $TBA per person; price includes course notes and refreshments.

Enrollment: Maximum TBA persons.

Who Should Attend?

This short course will be of interest to geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists, exploration managers, and strategic decision makers who are searching for new tools and evaluation methods to assess fracture systems in unconventional reservoirs.

Summary:

Multicomponent seismic technology is an emerging science that is becoming the business driver for many oil and gas ventures.  In this class, we will examine P and S wavefield illumination concepts, unified P and S interpretations, and multicomponent data applications and case histories.  Class topics will include:

• Vector Seismic Sources
• Vector Seismic Sensors
• P and S Reflectivities
• Multicomponent Imaging Principles
• Fracture Physics and Multicomponent Applications
• Depth Registration of P and S Images
• Integrated P and S Interpretation
• Multicomponent Case Histories

Course notes will be provided.  All lecture material is presented as digital PowerPoint graphics that are provided to attendees.  Applications to shale gas and unconventional reservoirs will be stressed.

 

 

Short Course #5 – Basic Log Analysis

Instructor:   Tom Fett, Consulting Petrophysicist, San Antonio, Texas

Dates:  Half Day Short Course, Saturday Afternoon, October 9, 2010

Time:   1:00pm-4:00pm

Room:  TBA

Tuition:  $TBA per person; price includes course notes and refreshments.

Enrollment: Maximum 50 persons.

Who Should Attend?

This short course will be of interest to new geologists and engineers, experienced geologists looking for a refresher course, graduate students, geophysicists, oil and gas investors, and non-technical managers who seek a fundamental understanding of log analysis and the information derived from logging tools.

Summary:

This Short Course is essentially Log Analysis 101. It is intended to be a free wheeling “black board” style discussion of the basics of practical log analysis. It will follow the evolution of petrophysics from the perspective of the acquisition of the parameters needed to understand reservoirs and their ability to store & produce fluids (mainly oil & gas). The discussions will be designed so that new geoscientists can follow and understand the topics. Small digressions into more advanced examples will give them exposure to some of the complexities and nuances of the “art” of log analysis. More experienced geoscientists looking for a refresher course should find these topics of special interest.

 

 

Short Course #6 – Advanced Log Analysis of Shale Gas and Tight Gas Reservoirs

Instructor:   Tom Fett, Consulting Petrophysicist, San Antonio, Texas; Others TBA

Dates:  One Day Short Course, Sunday, October 10, 2010

Time:   8:00am-4:00 pm

Room:  TBA

Tuition:  $TBA per person; price includes course notes and refreshments.

Enrollment: Maximum TBA persons.

Who Should Attend?

This short course will be of interest to geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists, exploration managers, and strategic decision makers who seek to keep up with the latest logging technologies available in the industry, and want to understand the latest methods to use those technologies to evaluate and analyze tight and unconventional reservoirs.

Summary:

Advanced log analysis tools and techniques will be presented by experts in the newer developments. While service company experts will be presenting these new tools & techniques; they will be encouraged to approach the course from an application, rather than a “sales”, perspective. The latest approaches to the evaluation of non-conventional reservoirs such as the shales and tight reservoirs will be featured.

 

 

Short Course #7 – Carbon Sequestration

Instructors*:   Sue Hovorka, Ramon Trevino, J.P. Nicot, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Steven Bryant, Sanjay Srinivasan, Larry Lake, Carlos Torres-Verdin, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas, Austin, Sandia Technologies Personnel, Houston, TX, Hilary Olson, Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin

Dates:  One Day Short Course, Sunday October 10^th, 2010

Time:   8:00am-4:00 pm each

Room:  TBA

Tuition:  $TBA per person; price includes course notes and refreshments.

Enrollment: Maximum TBA persons.

Who Should Attend?

This introductory level short course will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students in geology, geologists, engineers, petrophysicists, exploration managers and strategic decision makers who wish to better understand the influence of CO2 in the environment, and on our economy.

Summary:

This Short Course will cover the following topics:

Introduction to Carbon Sequestration

Carbon Sequestration Project Development

Carbon Sequestration Site Characterization-Subsurface Geology

CO2 Injection, Monitoring, Petrophysics, & Geophysics

Carbon Sequestration Project/Risk Assessment

*actual instructor list may vary slightly

 

 

Short Course #8 – Career Development, Adaptive Skills, Ethics, & Project Management

Instructor:   TBA

Dates:  One Day Short Course, Sunday, October 10, 2010

Time:   8:00 pm-4:00pm

Room:  TBA

Tuition:  $TBA per person; price includes course notes and refreshments.

Enrollment: Maximum TBA persons.

Who Should Attend? This short course is designed for geology students, graduate students, and working geologists in the early stages of their careers who desire to develop better skills for working in a professional team environment.

Summary: This course will help attendees to develop the professional, ethical, and interpersonal relationship skills necessary to work with colleagues, and to be a productive member of a professional asset management team.

 

 

Short Course #9 – Ethics I

Instructor:   Cary Barton (Barton, East & Caldwell, LLP)

Dates:  One Hour Short Course, Monday, October 11, 2010

Time:   Noon-1:00pm

Room:  TBA

Tuition:  $TBA per person; price includes course notes and refreshments.

Enrollment: Maximum TBA persons.

Who Should Attend? This short course is for professional geologists, geophysicists and engineers who seek to satisfy their ethics requirement for State Certification.

Summary: Ethics I, Ethics II, are identical courses that will evaluate various moral, ethical, and legal situations that arise in the practice of geoscience and engineering. The class will discuss the proper courses of action for the geoscientists or engineer to follow in order to maintain the appropriate standards of professional conduct.

 

 

Short Course #10 – Ethics II

Instructor:   Cary Barton (Barton, East & Caldwell, LLP)

Dates:  One Hour Short Course, Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Time:   7:00 am-8:00am

Room:  TBA

Tuition:  $TBA per person; price includes course notes and refreshments.

Enrollment: Maximum TBA persons.

Who Should Attend? This short course is for professional geologists, geophysicists and engineers who seek to satisfy their ethics requirement for State Certification.

Summary: Ethics I, Ethics II, are identical courses that will evaluate various moral, ethical, and legal situations that arise in the practice of geoscience and engineering. The class will discuss the proper courses of action for the geoscientists or engineer to follow in order to maintain the appropriate standards of professional conduct.

 

 

 

Field trips

 

Trip #1 – Stratigraphy and Structure of the Glen Rose Formation and Hidden Valley Fault, Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge, Comal County, Texas

Leaders:   David A Ferrill (Southwest Research Institute), William C. Ward (retired, University of New Orleans), and Ann Molineux (Texas Natural Science Center, University of Texas at Austin)

Date:  Sunday, October 10, 2010

Depart:  Grand Hyatt, Convention Center, 8 am

Return:  Grand Hyatt, Convention Center, 3 pm

Tuition:  $TBA per person; price includes transport, picnic lunch and guidebook. 

Enrollment: Maximum 44 persons.

Who Should Attend? This field trip will be of interest to paleontologists, geomorphologists, stratigraphers, and structural geologists.  The hike will require walking and moderate climbing over uneven terrain for nearly 2 km (1.2 mi).  Wear sturdy shoes or boots.  Wear hat and bring water. No fossils or rock samples may be collected in Canyon Lake Gorge.

Summary: Horrendous rains in the Guadalupe River watershed in late June and early July 2002 sent rapidly rising waters of Canyon Lake over the spillway for the first time.  The creek valley below the spillway was transformed by floodwaters into a long gorge, excavated as much as 9 m below the former ground level.  This new canyon exposes a 60-m-thick continuous section of the Lower Albian Glen Rose Formation.  This stratigraphic section is deformed and offset by the Hidden Valley fault, which is exposed for an along-strike distance of 800 m (0.5 mi) in the gorge, providing the opportunity to explore a fault zone in carbonate strata like many other faults that influence the behavior of groundwater aquifers and hydrocarbon reservoirs in carbonate strata.  During the field trip we will explore the stratigraphy, paleontology, and structure of Canyon Lake Gorge.  For those interested in groundwater reservoirs, the Upper Glen Rose Trinity Aquifer is exposed in the gorge.  We also will see examples of spring discharge from faults, fractures, and beds with vuggy porosity, as well as contrasting cases where the fault zone appears to be impermeable versus highly permeable.

 

Trip #2 – The Balcones Fault Zone Edwards Aquifer of South-Central Texas

Leaders:   Geary Schindel, Steve Johnson, and John Hoyt – Edwards Aquifer Authority, San Antonio, Texas

Date:  Sunday, October 10, 2010

Depart:   Grand Hyatt, Convention Center, 8 am

 Return:  Grand Hyatt, Convention Center, 5 pm

Tuition:  $TBA per person; price includes transport, one picnic lunch and guidebook.

Enrollment: Maximum 44 persons.

Who Should Attend? This field trip will be of interest to geologists, hydrogeologists, and environmental scientists. 

Summary: The Balcones Fault Zone Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, located in south-central Texas, is one of the most permeable and productive aquifers in the United States.  The aquifer extends more than 180 miles from Del Rio, east through San Antonio, and then north through Austin to Waco.  The Edwards Aquifer is the primary water source for more than 1.7 million people in the region and provides most of the water for agriculture and industry.  In addition, the aquifer discharges through a series of large springs that provide critical habitat for a number of threatened and endangered species.

The Edwards Aquifer Authority (Authority) was created in 1996 by the Texas Legislature to preserve and protect the Edwards Aquifer, a unique groundwater resource.  The Authority has broad authority to implement programs to regulate water withdrawal and water quality in the aquifer.  The Authority has a comprehensive research and data collection program to support regulatory and policy programs for the aquifer. This field trip will visit various research and environmental monitoring sites in the contributing, recharge, and artesian zones of the aquifer. 

 

 

Trip #3 – Landscapes, Water and Man: Geology and History in the San Antonio Area

Leader:   Thomas E. Ewing, Frontera Exploration Consultants

Dates:  Sunday, October 10, 2010

Depart:   Grand Hyatt, Convention Center, Sunday morning, 8 am

Return:  Grand Hyatt, Convention Center, Sunday afternoon, 4 pm

Tuition:  $TBA per person; price includes transport, lunch and guidebook. 

Enrollment: Maximum 44 persons.

Who Should Attend? Anyone interested in the interaction of geology, landscapes, and natural and human history would enjoy and learn from this trip. It is also an excellent introduction to the geology and history of the San Antonio area. The trip is non-technical and open to all attendees, delegates and spouses.

Summary: San Antonio and the nearby Hill Country are the most historical part of Texas. The development of this area has been intimately shaped by the diverse landscapes, the abundant groundwater, and other earth resources. The diverse rocks that underlie the area control these resources and landscapes.

On this field trip we ‘follow the water’ from caves and other recharge features north of San Antonio to the springs where Edwards Aquifer water issues, then downstream to discuss the five early Spanish mission complexes and their building stones and water supplies. We will also visit quarry sites which supplied building stone and cement, and which have been reclaimed as gardens and golf courses.

 

 

Trip #4 – Eagle Ford (Boquillas) Formation and Associated Strata in Val Verde County, Texas.

Leader:   Brian Lock – University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Dates:  October 12 through October 14, 2010

Depart:   Grand Hyatt, Convention Center, Tuesday afternoon, 4 pm, October 12, 2010 (NOTE: last technical session ends at 3:55 pm, so plan to leave early and be on bus by 4 pm)

Return:  Grand Hyatt, Convention Center, Thursday evening, 8 pm, October 14

Tuition:  $TBA per person; price includes transport, two picnic lunches and guidebook.  Breakfasts, dinners, and two nights in Del Rio Inn and Suites ($40 to $60 per night), to be paid directly by individual participants.

Enrollment: Maximum 44 persons.

Who Should Attend? This field trip will be of interest to petroleum geologists, particularly those interested in shale plays, as well as stratigraphers and sedimentologists.

Summary: If you are trying to decide where to buy Eagle Ford leases or in what interval to drill your lateral, here is a chance to see the environments of Eagle Ford shale deposition which may control the reservoir quality in the subsurface. Outstanding outcrops along U.S. Highway 90 in Val Verde and neighboring Terrell counties expose the sequence from Albian through Coniacian.  Wednesday will be spent looking at outcrops of the Boquillas and Atco formations.  The Boquillas is the local equivalent of the Eagle Ford and is attracting interest as a potential shale reservoir.  Good outcrops of black, bituminous shale will be visited.  The basal member displays excellent examples of debris flows and slump structures, with possible contourites.

Thursday morning will be devoted to the Del Rio Formation (Grayson equivalent), with outstanding tempestite sands (hummocky cross-stratification, gutter casts, sole marks and microbial mats). 

We shall also visit and discuss the distinctive tepee structures in the Boquillas, interpreted to result from Cenozoic caliche formation, as well as several unconformity surfaces whose significance will also provoke debate.

 

 

 

Programs for Undergraduate and Graduate Students

 

The GCAGS/GCSSEPM 2010 Convention will have a strong student focus, recognizing that students represent the future of our profession. The weekend program (October 9-10), will feature BP sponsored short courses, specifically designed to fill the recognized needs of students preparing for a career in geoscience. These will include:

• “Career Development, Project Management and Ethics” short course.
•  “Imperial Barrel Competition Training for Graduate Students.
• “Geology and Geophysics as Applied in Industry” short course designed for students.

Several, reduced-price slots will be reserved for students in short courses and on field trips. Additional benefits for students include:

• The opportunity to build a “structure of connectedness” with professionals via convention activities such as the Ice Breaker, as well as after the convention concludes;
• Experience new concepts and technology via the Oral and Posters Session.  Learn how the industry is working to improve our efforts to supply the oil, gas, water and minerals that drive the US and global economy.

Come and join our geoscience community in San Antonio as we each seek to develop ourselves professionally.