HGS Bulletin Volume 9 No.8 (April 1967) · 2020-03-02 · Vol. 9, No. 8 MEETING NOTICE April, 1967 JOINT MEETING EIGHTH MEETING -- APRIL 17, 1967 This meeting will be a joint meeting

BULLETIN

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Houston, Texas

Volume 9, No. 8

April, 1967

g o u s t o n CjeoOogicaO Society

OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Jesse L . George CA 8-08 15

. . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred L . Smith CA 5-5757 . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward G . Lipp CA 2-6285

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Secretary D . C . Gilkison CA 8-9329 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer James 0 . Lewis CA 7-2060

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMEN HalH.Bybee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA5-1511

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lewis .J . Hubka CA 5-551 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E . H . Rainwater CA 9-5123

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LawrenceJ . Vittrup FA 3-1191 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J . Ben Carsey. Ex-Officio CA 2-6976

COMMlllEE CHAIRMEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance James Roach CA 5-08 11

. . . . . . . . Distribution & Publication Jack G . Fischer . . . . . . . . . M O 6-015 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical Program Edward G . Lipp . . . . . . . . . . CA 2-6285

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Awards & Loans Leighton F . Young. J I: . . . . CA 8-9461 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Research & Study Martin M . Cassidy . . . . . . . . CA 7-437 1

. . . . . . . . . . . . H . G . S . Membership John B . Williams . . . . . . . . . CA 4-7961

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personnel Placement George Sealy CA 1-3312 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remembrances Donald I. Gahagan . . . . . . . CA 9-27 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public Relations Kenneth L Harkins CA 1-3351

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entertainment George K . Harcourt . . . . . . . RI 8-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . AAPG Membership James 0 . Lewis . . . . . . . . . . CA 7-2060

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ballot C . E . Trowbridge . . . . . . . . . CA 7-7804 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advertising James T. Goodwyn. J r . . . . . CA 8-8741

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibitis GCAGS-AAPG Curtis W . Burgess. J r C A 4-7591 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation Carleton D Speed. Jt: CA 4-2523

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Library Barkley Souders CA 8-7147 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boy Scout J A . Mouton CA 8-9681

Special Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Academic Liaison Robert Dollison CA 7-4371

Submarine Geology & Advisor to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Museum of Natural Science Harold Geis CA 5-1396

Special Publications Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for Geology of Deltas Martha Lou Shirley J A 8-4141

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REPRESENTATIVES . . . . . . . G.C.A.G.S. Representative Raymong E . Fairchild . . . . M O 4-3401

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alternate Harold E Voigt . . . . . . . . . . CA 4-51 11

T H E B U L L E T I N

THIS MONTH

VOLUME 9 NUMBER 8

Meeting Notice.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 2

President 's Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3

Items from Editors Desk and Committee Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4

News of Other Societies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . Page 6

Professional Directory.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9

News of Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14

Distaff ................................................... Page 15

News of AAPG.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 16

Ads ..................................................... Page 19

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Associate Editors Committee Reports . . . . . McInnis S. Newby, North Central Oil . . CA 4-5251 News of Members. . . . . . . Eddie Heider, Schlumberger Well

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Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA 9-2711 News of Societies. . . . . . . Fred M. Schall. Texas Gas Exploration

Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA 2-9481 Geo Science Notes . . . . . . Walter Sadlick, Dept. of Geology

University of Houston.. . . . . . . . . . . . CA 5-4451 On the Distaff S ide . . . . . . Mrs . Clark (V~rginia) Edgecomb . . . . MO 5-6333

Vol. 9, No. 8

MEETING NOTICE

April, 1967

J O I N T M E E T I N G

EIGHTH MEETING - - APRIL 17, 1967

This meeting will be a joint meeting with the Geophysical Society of Houston t o be held a t 12:00 Noon in the Grand Ballroom of the Rice Hotel.

Our guest speaker for this Noon Meeting i s Dr . Howard R. Gould. Dr . Gould was born in Adrian, West Virginia. He received his bachelor degree in geology from the University of Minnesota in 1943, and his doctorate in geology from the University of California in 1953. He has been associated with Humble Oil & Refining Company since 1956, and presently i s Manager, Stratigraphic and Structural Geology Division, EssoProductionResearch Co., here in Houston. He i s a member of AAPG, GSA, API, GCAGS, the AGU, American Association for Advancement of Science and Geochemical Society.

Dr . Gould's paper was prepared for the AAPG Distinguished Lecture Tour and i s entitled "Sedimentary Facies and their Importance in Oil Finding". This

, paper discusses our need for information that will permit more accurate prediction of porous and permeable facies which a r e important in exploring for accumulations of hydrocarbons due to both structural and strat igraphic condi-

, tions. Investigations of recent sediments has made it possible to define the major types of potential reservoir facies such a s alluvial, deltaic, shoreline, shelf, and turbidite deposits. Each of these facies can be readily distinguished by a combination of certain character is t ics which provides the ability for locating porous facies and predicting their probable trends, shapes, and dimensions.

It i s extremely important that your reservation be made early to enable prompt and adequate serving. Please mail in your reservation c a r d o r contact Cardinal Printing & Letter Service, not l a t e r than Friday, April 14. Y o u r cooperation will be appreciated.

NINTH MEETlNG

May 8, 1967

This meeting will be held in the Houston Club a t our regularly scheduled t ime. Our speaker will be Dr. Albert W. Bally, who i s chief geologist for Shell Canada, Ltd., here in Houston. The title of this AAPG Distinguished Lecture tour paper i s "Oil and Gas Exploration, Seismic Reflections, a n d Mountain Building in the Canadian Rockies."

THE PRESIDENTS C O R N E R

When this letter i s published, I should be enjoying the sunny climate of California and the convention of the A. A.P. G.

Appropriately, I received a letter korn Mr. R. C. Bowles, Chairman of the A. A.P.G. Membership Solicitation Subcommittee, reminding me of the strong membership drive being conducted this semi-centennial year of the A.A.P. G. He enclosed an excellent le t ter on this subject, published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, korn which I would like to quote a few pertinent paragraphs:

- - - "The A. A. P. G. i s an organization of 15,000 members and i s the world's

leading scientific and professional organization dedicated to the advancement of petroleum geology and re la tedareas of knowledge. Membership in the A. A. P. G. fosters a better relationship between the petroleum geologist and his profession. The membership ros ter of A. A.P. G. i s consulted continuously a s one factor that determines the qualifications of a petroleum geologist. Being a member stamps one a s having applied to and having beenchecked, approved and accepted by the A. A. P.G., and thus gives the geologist a certain stature which he does not have a s a non-member. This i s one of the most tangible recommendations a petroleum geologist can have and can give to himself.

The principal publication of the A. A.P.G., the Bulletin, every month contains a wealth of information which i s both of local and of general interest t o every petroleum geologist. I t i s the finest source of technical data a petroleum geologist could wish to have, and the value of this publication far exceeds the cost of annual dues. Without the Bulletin the petroleum geologist cannot keep up with new thinking, new ideas, and new data pertinent to the everchanging "state of the ar t" . In addition, the special publications of the A. A. P. G., which a r e published in book form, a r e a MUST for every personal l ibrary. All the A. A.P.G. 's publications a r e available to members a t a reduced price.

There a r e many young geologists in particular who have not yet joined the A. A.P. G. They a r e not interested in paying dues when the Bulletin i s readily available korn the l ibrar ies of their employers. Where i s the pride in their profession? Where i s the price in belonging to the largest geological organization in existence which is devoted to theprofession they chose to join and follow a s their life's work? And suppose they do not continue with their companies; where will they obtain the Bulletins they will need for ready reference?" - - - -

Well said !

. . . Jesse L. George

Under News of AAPG in th is bulletin you will find a timely and thought pro- voking discussion by Paul F a r r e n who i s well known in Houston Geophysical and Geological c i r c l e s . Many of you may not know that he has been a member of AAPG since 1948 and i s currently serv ing his second t e r m a s Distr ict Repre- sentative.

Paul has been Vice-president of SEG and past President of the Houston Geophysical Society. He i s a l so a representat ive on the committee for joint co-operation between AAPG and SEG.

. . . F r e d M. Schall

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

LIBRARY COMMITTEE

"The following i s a listing of periodicals cur rent ly received by the Houston Public Library:

American Assoc. of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin American Gas Association Monthly American Gas Journal American Geophysical Union Transac t ions American Paleontology American Petroleum Institute Proceedings Drilling Economic Geology Engineering and Mining Journal Gas Age Geological Magazine Geological Society of America Bulletin Geophysics Houston Geological Society Bulletin Petroleo Interamericana Independent Petroleum Monthly Petroleum Age Journal of Geology Petroleum T i m e s Journal of Geophysical Research Pipe Line Industry Journal of Paleontology Seismological Society of Journal of Petroleum Technology America Bulletin Institute of Petroleum Journal World Oil Mining Engineering World Petroleum National Petroleum News Oil Oil and Gas Journal

Why not plan a visit t o the Business Technology Room of the Library ."

Houston Geological Society

G O L F T O U R N A M E N T

The Houston Geological Society annual spring swat fest will be held Friday, May 12th a t the Atascocita Country Club. A shotgun s tar t will get things under way a t 12:45. Fill out the following form and mail i t with a check for $6.00 for each golfer to George Harcourt, P. 0. Box 2687, Houston 77001. We a r e limited to 144 swingers s o invite your boss to play and get the afternoon off.

All reservations must be accompanied by $6.00. A reservation can be cancelled by noon Tuesday, May 9th and your money will be refunded. If you do not make a paid advanced reservation, it will cost $7.00 the day of the golf tournament.

Price of admission is for golf, gate fee, dinner (Bar BQ beef, baked ham, Bar BQ link sausages, potato salad, baked beans), refreshments during golf and dinner, and prizes. This year we will have dinner served a t the 19th hole next to the Pro Shop.

Detach the entry blank below and get registered early.

..................................................... ( please type o r print)

Name Address HGS Member

Phone or Guest

Please enter our group/ place me in a foursome.

Cut and send this sl ip and $6.00 for each golfer to George Harcourt, P. 0. Box 2687, Houston, Texas 77001.

N E W S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . O F OTHER SOCIETIES

CAREER SYMPOSIUM AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

The University of Houston Geology Department will host a n Earth Sciences Caree r Symposium for the counselors of the Houston, Pasadena, and Spring Branch School Distr icts on Saturday, April 29, 1967 a t the M.D. Anderson Library Auditorium on the University of Houston Campus. Mr . Michel Halbouty will give the keynote address on "Geology for Human Needs".

Other speakers will include Mr . Neal Smith, president of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists; Mr . T . D. Barrow, Director of Humble's Exploration Department; Clark Edgecomb, Schlumberger W e 11 Services; Peter Flawn, Director, Bureau of Economic Geology; and P r o f e s s o r Samuel P. Ellison, University of Texas. The symposium i s supported by the Houston Geological Society, the S o c i e t y of Exploration Geophysicists, Humble and Shell Oil Companies.

LSU School of GEOLOGY CONFERENCES

The Louisiana State University School of Geology, in cooperation with other L. S. U. groups, i s sponsoring separate conferences on abnormal subsurface pressures , geology and technology, of Gulf Coast salt , and Recent-ancient deltaic sediments.

1 . CONFERENCE ON ABNORMAL SUBSURFACE PRESSURES, F r i d a y , April 28, co-sponsored by L. S. U. Department of Petroleum Engineering; seven industrial, government and University speakers will discuss engineering and geological aspects of abnormal subsurface pressure zones, including their occurrence, characterist ics, hydrodynamics, detection methods, and producing mechanisms; associated topics a r e osmotic properties, consolidation, ear ly diagenesis and diapirism of clays; information i s available from Professor William Hise, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Conference Coordinator, telephone 388-5215, Area Code 504.

2 . SYMPOSIUMON GEOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY OF GULF COAST SALT, Monday, Wednesday, May 1-3 , cosponsored by L. S. U. Institute for Saline Studies, in honor of Dr . Richter-Bernburg, visi tor from West Germany Geolo- gical Survey. Nine government, industry and university panelists will discuss tectonic setting, depositional history, mechanical properties, mode of intrusion, relationship to surrounding sediments, caprock, and technological utilization of salt diapirs, with emphasis on those of the Gulf basin on Monday. Tuesday will be devoted to an organized discussion, and an optional salt mine t r ip i s scheduled Wednesday. Information i s available from Professor D. H. Kupfer, Department of Geology, Symposium Coordinator, telephone 388-301 1 . Area Code 504 .

3 . SEMINAR ON RECENT AND ANCIENT DELTAIC DEPOSFS, Saturday- Wednesday, May 20-24, cosponsored by L. S. U. Coastal Studies Institute; com- parison of Mississippi delta and ancient (Carboniferous) delta sediments will emphasize relationships between depositional environment and sedimentary s t ructures revealed by radiography and other techniques; seminar begins on Saturday with flight over Mississippi delta and c loses Wednesday with surface t r ip by bus; limited enrollment of college professors in the field of sedimentology; this conference will be repeated for industrial geologists on sufficient demand; information available from Dr . James M. Coleman, Coastal Studies Institute, Seminar Director, 388-2327; other leaders a r e John C. F e r m , S h e r w o o d M. Gagliano, William G. McIntire, James P. Morgan.

CORPUS CHRIST1 GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY - Announces the P u b 1 i c a t i o n of "TYPICAL OIL & GAS FIELDS OF SOUTH TEXAS" - Volume One

This valuable hard-backed symposium contains papers on thirty-six fields from Railroad Commission Distr icts one, two and four.

The authors represent a b roadcross sectionof the working Petroleum Geolo- g i s t s actively exploring this prolific Petroleum Province.

An introductory paper furnishing the regional geologic setting i s followed by detailed studies of fields ranging h-om Cretaceous through Miocene in age with detailed Geologic, drilling, completing andproduction data, a s well a s structural maps and c r o s s sections on a l l fields.

This volume should prove t o b e a n invaluable addition t o the technical l ibrary of anyone concerned with the Petroleum Industry.

Special Pre-Publication Price - $7.50 if ordered before April 1, 1967. After April 1, 1967 - $9.00.

Make checks payable to: Corpus Christ i Geological Society. Return Order to: Corpus Christ i , Geological Society, P.O. Box 1068, Corpus Christ i , Texas 78403

Add: 5Qk each for Foreign mailing - 1% each for U. S. mailing and 1% each for Texas Residents Sales Tax.

Name Return Order to: Corpus Christ i Geological

Society Address P. 0. Box 1068

Corpus Christ i , Texas 78403

Number of Copies Total Amount Enclosed

Make checks payable to: Corpus Chr is t i Geological Society.

"SYMPOSIUM ON DOLOMITIZATION"

The PermianBasinSectionof the SEPM will hold i t s twelfth annual meeting on Friday, April 21, 1967, in Midland, Texas . This meeting, a "Symposium on Dolomitization", will include six speakers with ample t ime to develop their conclusions in a comprehensive manner, a noon luncheon, and a late afternoon panel discussion of the subject material . Speakers a r e John Emery Adams, Dr . Christopher Kendall, D r . Ray Murray, Dr . Volkmar Schmidt, R. Je r ry Lucia, and Dr . Michael Lloyd. The lat ter four were contributors to the excellent 1965 SEPM Carbonate Diegenesis Symposium in Toronto.

TIME: 7:45 A. M., Friday, April 21, 1967 PLACE: Midland Community Theat re

2301 W. Indiana COST: $7.50 Registration, lunch, coffee, donuts

N O T I C E T O HGS M E M B E R S

T h e following have been NOMINATED for officers of the Houston Geological Society for the coming year 1967-1968.

President :

1st Vice-president:

F red L. Smith. J r . - Consultant James A. Wheeler - Consultant

James 0. Lewis. J r . - Consultant A. H. Wadsworth, J r . - Geologist and

Oil Producer

2nd Vice-president: F red M. Schall, J r . - Texas Gas Exploration Co. Donald F. McNamee - Union Texas Petroleum

Secretary:

Treasurer :

John B. Williams - Texas Eas te rn Transmission 4. E. Woodard - c/o Dan J. Harrison. J r .

James W. Roach - Sohio Oil Company Martin M. Cassidy - Pan American Petroleum Co.

Executive Committee: Floyd B. Wilcox - Cabot Carbon Co. George E. Carver. J r . - Ashland Oil Company Owen B. Wood - Wood, Klep & Company Edward W. Hard - Sun Oil Company

. . . Nominating Committee

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY Space for Professional Cards of Members

JOSEPH L. ADLER

Geologist & Geophysicist Chamber of Commerce Bldg.

CA 2-7925 Houston, Texas 77002

R. P. AKKERMAN Geologist EXPLORATION Engineer

Review of Subsurface Data 3425 Bradford Place MO 8-4327

Houston, Texas 77025

ALLEN & GlLKlSON Oil and Gas Consultants

Harris H. Allen and D. C. Gilkison

963 San Jacinto Bldg. CA 8-9329 Houston, Texas 77002

JOY J. ANNELER Consulting Geophysicist

and Geologist 7054 Hendon PR 4-6562


CRAMON STANTON Geologist

2229 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002

CA 4-2759

A. I. BARTOW

Geophysical Consultant

23 15 Watts Road

Phone: MO 8-3306

JOHN L. BIBLE BIBLE GEOPHYSICAL CO., INC.

Gravity - Magnetic Surveys Interpretations

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

LESLIE BOWLING

Oil and Gas Consultant

316 California Bldg. JA 2-0432

New Orleans, Louisiana

WAYNE F. BOWMAN Independent Geologist

1314 Niels Esperson Bldg. CA 2-0279


ORVAL L. BRACE

Geologist

2206 South Coast Bldg. CA 8-5404


BREWER AND COMPANY

Consultants

IRA BRINKERHOFF

Petroleum Consultant

822 Americana Bldg.

CA 4-2656


RALPH B. CANTRELL

Petroleum Geologist and Engineer

4005 Bellaire Boulevard

Houston, Texas 77025 MO 8-0471

GEORGE H. CLARK Petroleum Geologist

404 First City National Bank FA 3-1187

Houston, Texas

JACK COLLE & ASSOCIATES Consulting Geologists and Paleontologists 817 C & I Building

Houston, Texas 77002 Associate CA 7-6266 E. H. Stork, Jr. SU 2-4555

MORGAN J. DAVIS Petroleum Consultant

MORGAN J. DAVIS, JR. Geologist

Suite 709 Capital National Bank Building


ERNEST A. ELWOOD, JR.

Prudential Drilling Company

1418 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.


PAUL FARREN


Geodata Building MO 7-3317

5603 S. Rice Ave. (77036)

KENNETH L. GOW Geologist and Engineer

1511 C & I Bldg. CA 2-9921


MICHEL T. HALBOUTY Consulting Geologist Petroleum Engineer

Independent Producer and Operator The Michel T. Halbouty Bldg.

51 11 Westheimer NA 2-1130 Houston, Texas 77027

HILLORD HINSON Consulting Geologist

CA 8-9455 2138 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.


JOHN L. KALTENBACH KALTENBACH CONSULTANTS

Photogeology - Photogeomorphology Suite 104, 51 11 Woodway

NA 2-8062 Houston, Texas 77027

GENTRY KIDD and

SHIRLEY L. MASON Geologists

813 Esperson Bldg. CA 7-8231

KlMES & GRUBBS

Exploration Consultants

San Jacinto Building

Geology Geophysics


ORVILLE G. LUNDSTROM Nutter & Lundstrom

Geologists 889 Houston Club Building

Houston, Texas 77002 CA 7-6015

GEORGE N. MAY & ASSOCIATES Consulting Geologists and Paleontologists

Building 36, Heymann Oil Center P. 0. Box 51858 Oil Center Station

Lafayette, Louisiana 70501 CE 4-3379

W. B. McCARTER C. E. McCARTER

Independents 2522 Hazard JA 3-5733

JA 9-1881 Houston, Texas 77019

GEORGE I. McFERRON

Consulting Geologist

Room 5, 1973 W. Gray JA 2-2627

Houston. Texas

KINDEL P. McNElLL Geophysical - Geological

Computer Applications McDonnell Automation Center

500 Jefferson Building Suite 400 CA 4-5921

R. B. MITCHELL

Geologist

2801 First City National Bank Bldg.


JOHN C. MYERS Consultant in Oil, Gas and Sulphur 1207 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.

CA 5-4133 and CA 5-4559 Houston, Texas 77002

KENNETH DALE OWEN

Geologist

Esperson Building


ROLAND B. PAXSON Consulting Geologist

Oil and Sulphur 3524 Sunset Blvd. MO 8-9196


S.I.P.E.S. SAM M. PENA

Consulting Geophysicist Offshore

(Geophysical Data Trades) 2601 Esperson Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002

Bus: FA 3-8455 Res: SU 2-6802

WALLACE E. PRATT

Geologist

1620 El Paso National Bank Bldg.

El Paso, Texas 79901

RAYMOND D. REYNOLDS Geologist

436 Bankers Mortgage Bldg. Houston, Texas 77001

CA 7-5309


A. L. SELIG Geologist

1907 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. CA 4-9774


HAROLD VANCE Petroleum Investment Counselor Petroleum Evaluation Engineer

CApitol 7-3949 1119 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.


FRED L. SMITH, JR. Consulting Geologist

Paleontologist 1226 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002 CA 5-5757

GENE VAN DYKE

Van Dyke Oil Company

Southwest Tower

CA 8-8174

CARLETON D. SPEED, JR.

Geologist - Oil Producer

71 1 Houston Club Bldg. CA 4-2523


H. C. SPOOR, JR. HARRY KlLlAN

Geologists 2130 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002 CA 4-9624

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

Surveying and Mapping Planimetering and Acreage Calculations

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

MERLIN J. VERRET Geologist

Route 2, Box 109 Lake Charles, Louisiana

Phone: 477-1477-8

LAWRENCE J. VITTRUP Petroleum Geologist

Representing Goodale, Bertman & Co., Inc.

1925 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. FA 3-1191 Houston, Texas

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

3055 Humble Bldg. CA 7-1246 Houston, Texas 77002

Home Phone: HO 5-9773 - - -

S. BROOKS STEWART Geophysical Consultant

320 Bankers Mortgage Bldg. CA 2-7718


JAMES A. WHEELER Geologist

C.P.G. No. 109 926 Americana Bldg. CA 3-1618



JAMES M. WILSON


415 San Jacinto Building

CA 7-7845

JOHN D. MARR Petroleum Exploration Consultant

Geophysics, Geology Seismic Data: Acquisition, Processing

and Interpretation

2130 Chamber of Commerce Building CA 4-9624

WOODHAM CONSULTING CO. Geological-Geophysical Consultants

Bill Woodham - H. R. Warren 1200 C & I Building

CA 7-4138

THOMAS 0. HALL


NA 2-8680

N E W S ............................................. OF MEMBERS

JOE DE GUIRE has resigned f rom George Mitchell & Associates, where he was chief Geologist, to open his own office a t 729 Houston Club Bldg., Houston Texas, a s an independent operator. Phone number is CA 3-1234.

Union Producing Company has formeda Houston Division Office. R. DOUGLAS ROGERS, JR., has been elected to head this office. Doug is now a Vice Pres i - dent of Union Producing Company and of Pennzoil Oil Company.

JAMES T . GOODWYN, JR., has been elevated t o fill Doug's fo rmer position a s Coordinator of Exploration.

JAMES R. SCHWABENLAND plans to move to San Anontio t o join Cit ies Service Oil Company.

E. H. STORK, JR., has resigned from Jack Colle to join Texaco Inc., a s a Micro-Paleontologist.

ROBERT D. HENDRICKSON and RUSSELL McFARLAND have joined forces and a r e operating a s Hendrickson and McFarland with offices a t 732 Main Bldg. Houston, Texas. Phone number is CA 5-3297.

The Society wishes everyone much success in their new assignments.

Cit ies Service Oil Company has moved to their new quar ters a t 800 Main Bldg.

ARTHUR S. DICKINSON has moved from the Chamber of Commerce Bldg. to 534 Main Building.

On March 13, E. H. RAINWATER, Tenneco Oil Company, p r e s e n t e d a lecture to the Mississippi Geological Society, Jackson, on deltaic sedimentation and i t s importance in petroleum exploration.

THE HGS WELCOMES THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS:

Patsy Jo Hockaday Jarboe J. S. Thigpen Vito A. Gotautas John W. Roup Alice Kathleen Pra isnar Richard L. Woodhams John S. McCallum Marlan W. Downey F r e d F. Meissner S. Duff Kerr. J r . Eugene J. Foglietta Bobby Marcum Greenwood Max E. Waltemeyer

Spring Branch J r . High School Phillips Petroleum Company

Consulting Geologist Pan American

Photogravity Company, Inc. Atlantic Richfield Company

Shell Development Shell Development Shell Development Shell Development

Tenneco Oil Gulf Oil Corporation

Woodham Consulting Company

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John F. Landau Linn F. Adams Lewis J. Nelson Douglas A. Vincent Car l A. Tucker J . Kaspar Arbenz William B. Oliver Stanley Wilbur Totten H. M. Rutledge Robert D. Johnston James D. Lowell Randall J. Fleming James S. Eldred George R. Reddy John B. Dunlap, J r . Thomas Myers McLaren U. Clyde Marquis A, John Hausladen James D. Divelbiss Sammy G. Manos John Samuel Gilstrap W. B. Porter

Gulf Oil Corporation Standard Oil Company of Texas

Marathon Oil Company Sinclair Oil & Gas Company

Humble Oil & Refg. Company Shell Development Company

Humble Oil & Refg. Company Standard Oil Company of Texas

Texaco Inc. Shell Oil

E s s o Production Research Co. Sinclair Oil & Gas Co.

Humble Oil & Refining C o. Consultant

Humble Oil & Refg. Company Humble Oil & Refg. Company Humble Oil & Refg. Company Humble Oil & Refg. Company

Tidewater Gulf Oil Corporation

Audas, Inc.. Schlumberger Well Services

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Roy and E l s i e Bennett will head down Florida way April 1 to do some fishing a t Crystal River.

Estell and A1 Nance will be among the Tex-Ex's flight to Spain and par ts of Southern Europe in May.

Louise Dunnam i s out of Herman Hospital fit a s a fiddle. Bill and Dorothy Cooke a r e in Kansas City due to the i l lness of Bill's dad. Elizabeth Kovac brought two Oklahoma friends to s e e the Houston Azalea trai l .

She and Steve will be in Los Angeles next month a t the AAF'G Convention.

Speaking of the Convention, Jim and Gwen Lewis, Betty and Don Gahagan, Frances and Char les Sample, L a r r y and Nan Vittrup, J e r ry and Jim Wheeler, and T . R. and Bebe Dean have made re se rva t i o n s in Los Angeles.

T h e Geological Auxiliary i s looking forward to Ladies Night in June with the HGA. Yours truly returned l a s t night from a ten day holiday in Miami whichexplains

the brevity of this edition.

. . . Virginia Edgecomb

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

GEOLOGICAL-GEOPHYSICISTS AND GEOPHYSICAL-GEOLOGISTS

I have been asked to discuss the relationship briefly between geologists and geophysicists, especially a s it relates to the pending amendment to our geologic constitution to admit "those who have a degree related to geology and have a t least seven years experience ininterpretinggeophysical evidence intogeological terms. "

I attended a most fascinating meeting last Friday night--the Geophysical Society of Houston had the annual Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Enders Robinson, who gave a talk on deconvolution. Deconvolution sounds like one of those technical t e r m s that doodlebuggers a r e always fretting over, but I wish every member of HGS had been there to hear Dr. Robinson.

He set a theme: You need a model before you can have any data processing. The best data processing i s that which i s done with the best model. Data processing of geophysical evidence to achieve geological ends therefore needs good geological modeling.

Now, the word deconvolution itself means to unfold. The objective in "deconvolving seismic evidence with a computer, then, i s to unfold it--from i ts original heterogeneous complexities into i ts simpler components. So you, the interpreter, can see what is what. A deconvolved seismic t race i s one that is unfolded from i ts original recorded components s o that the interpreter can see which energy i s due to multiples, which is due to ghosts, and which i s due to the deep Frio, o r a fault, for example.

The best data processing will be done from the best model- - one which repre- sents in the best way the geologic box under consideration; and the best final interpretation in the search for a dril l si te will result from the E r e c o g n i t i o n of the validity of the geologic model that is revealed a f t e r the unfolding. -- --

The data processing machine has allowed the geophysicist to refocus his attention on the entire process of prediction--to find time structures along seismic t races by unfolding them into their components and seeing how the time events interlock and fit together. The data processing machine by its handling of tremendous masses of information allows man to spend more of his time on the edge of knowledge- -applying his unique talents to the field of the unknown. A veritable revolution in the application of man's talents has occurred because of this ability to save time and manipulate masses of information.

The data processing process even allows man to make of the ear th itself a computer which i s in turn linked to man 's computer--recycling energy into the ear th in accordance with the needs determined by sampling of the original energy re tu rn from the earth! It i s possible for man to see the geophysical and geological resul ts of his own ideas a t the time of recording by such use of the earth a s a computer, coupled to the new dynamic energy sources . The information from the earth can be unfolded o r deconvolved during the recording process itself so that man in his geological thinking can tune man 's computer and the ear th computer to acquire knowledge of the ear th undreamed of a few yea r s ago.

Refinement of thesegeophysical tools, refinement of man's talents, refinement of man 's geological models to be manipulated by this data processing manipu- la tor i s extending the edge of our unknown in tremendous s t r ides . Three di- mensional modeling of geological resul ts a r e in the offing.

I 've simplified Dr . Robinson's wonderfully erudite thinking, of course, but I kept realizing that his objective was beautifully simple: his every effort in applying the most complex geophysical technology of the present and the future was to s e e the geology a little c l ea re r . Despite what he ca l l s himself, and the tools he uses , he i s a n active exploration geologist.

Our President, Mike Halbouty, has gone for broke in an effort to increase effective cooperation between geologist and geophysicists. It has been his thesis from the moment of his acceptance speech in St. Louis. He's heckled me about it, and we have discussed it long and earnestly. We geophysicists appreciate very much his good work, and what we believe t o be his good hard headed thinking on this subject. Mike thinks of the petroleum geologists a n d geophysicists a s explorationists, and to heck (not his word!) with the differences --we're a l l working for the same objective. He 's counting on the geologists to be in favor of the carefully worked out amendment involving geophysical memberships. So a m I. T h e vote occurs a t Los Angeles.

The best geologists of the future will be the best geophysicists. The best geophysicists of the future will be the best geologists.

I wonder how many of us realize that geologists have been using geophysical tools since the advent of the e lec t r ic logs.

. . . The Editor

GEOPHYSICAL SERVICES

APACHE EXPLORATION CO., INC.

Geophysical Consultants

Houston, Texas 77002 C & I Life Bldg.

A. L. Ladner CA 2-9649

NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY, INC.

2345 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas 75235 8100 Westglen, Houston, Texas 77042

H. L. Johnson, Houston W. R. Mitchell, Dallas SU 2-6022 FL 2-2671

SIDNEY SCHAFER AND COMPANY

2200 Welch Avenue Houston, Texas 77019

Sidney Schafer JA 9-8789

SEISMOGRAPH SERVICE CORP.

1229 Capital National Bank Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002

Robert B. Baum CA 2-9071

ELECTRIC AND WELL LOGGING

BAROID DIVISION, NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY

Well Logging and Mud Company

P. 0. BOX 1675 I A 4-6381

LANE WELLS COMPANY

450 The Main Bui lding

J. L. P. Campbell CA 2-9771 W. D. Bishop o r D. E. Roberson HU 9-8214 Division Sales Engineers

PAN GEO ATLAS CORPORATION


P. 0 . BOX 14524 RI 7-1300

SCHLUMBERGER WELL SURVEYING CORP. 1512 Bank of the Southwest

Houston, Texas 77002 H. Duane Babcock Guy Sullaway E. H. Heider Kenneth S. Howell CA 5-1607

CORE ANALYSIS

CORE LABORATORIES, INC.

3615 Gulf Freeway

Core Analysis and Mud Logging

John E. Furen CA 3-4193

GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS

DRESSER SIE

10201 Westheimer Road P. 0 . Box 2928, Houston, Texas 77001

E. A. Pratt Vice President, Marketing SU 2-2000

OIL PRODUCERS

JOHN W. MECOM and

U. S. OIL OF LOUISIANA, INC.

1500 Gray Street P. 0. Box 2566 Houston, Texas 77001 CA 5-0331

GEORGE MITCHELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.

12th Floor, Houston Club Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002

George Mitchell CA 5-0161

SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY

Richmond Tower Bldg. P. 0. Box 1513


J. K. Larsen NA 2-7270

OIL FINANCING

BANK OF THE SOUTHWEST, N.A.

P. 0. Box 2629 Houston, Texas 77001

Frank McGonagill, Vice President CA 5-1551 Manager, Oil and Gas Department Ext. 481

DRILLING COMPANIES

BAY CITY DRILLING COMPANY

Box 1389

Bay City, Texas

R. Q. McSwane CI 5-8389

BIG "6" DRILLING COMPANY

1228 Bank of the Southwest


W. H. Smith, President CA 5-6576

SAN JACINTO DRILLING COMPANY

412 San Jacinto Bldg.


Ben Schnapp CA 7.5354

OTIS RUSSELL DRILLING COMPANY

2916 7th Street Bay City, Texas

Otis Russell CA 8-7919

TRITON DRILLING COMPANY

P. 0. Box 22166

Houston 77027 SU 2-2250

Robert Briggs Roland Nelson

LOG LIBRARIES

CAMBE LOG LIBRARY

718 Milam Street Houston, Texas 77002

John Todd B. W. Bown CA 8-3494

SEISMOGRAM LIBRARY CORPORATION

Gulf Coast Division Texas - Louisiana -Mississippi

3815 Richmond Ave. Houston, Texas 77027 T. Pope MO 7-0916

REPRODUCTION COMPANIES

CARDINAL PRINTING & LEllER SERVICE, INC.

234 Esperson Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002

Mrs. Pollyann Howe CA 3-9309 Mrs. Julie Green CA 3-9300

HOUSTON BLUE PRINT & STATIONERY CO.

700 Walker CA 3-4358 1324 Travis CA 4-6036 3301 Richmond Ave. JA 9-4141

Houston, Texas

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