HGS Newsletter for March, 2004
Meetings and Notices
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Monday, March 8th - HGS Dinner MeetingCoal Bed Methane (CBM). Geological Overview of the Southern Raton Basin,New Mexico and Colorado Speaker: Paul M. Basinski, El Paso Production Company
Tuesday, March 9th - Houston Wildcatters BuffetHonoring Ray Hunt at the Houston Petroleum Club. Host: Texas Alliance of Energy Producers. HGS and GSH members will be admitted for half price ($25.00).
Monday, March 15th - HGS International Explorationists DinnerGeologic Framework of Upper Miocene and Pliocene Gas Playsof the Macuspana Basin, Southeastern MexicoSpeaker: Bill Ambrose, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin
Tuesday March 16th - GSA Gulf-Coast Growth Fault SymposiumAll-day sessions in College Station, Texas
Wednesday March 17th - SIPES 41st Annual ConventionThree-day meeting in San Antonio
Wednesday March 18th is the Pre-Registration deadline for the 2004 AAPG Convention. This is the final day to pre-register or cancel without penalty for the AAPG Convention April 18-21, 2004 in Dallas.
Mac McKinney, the HGS Exhibits Chairman, needs volunteers to man the HGS booth at the AAPG. If you plan to attend, there is no need to call him. Just go to the HGS booth (#2239) during the Ice Breaker and sign up on the scheduling sheet.
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The technical program includes:
* Over 400 oral presentations
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The 2004 Dallas meeting announcement, containing detailed information on speakers, session times and other meeting-related events was mailed to members last month. It is available FOR DOWNLOAD at the AAPG Website. Caution - this is a 24-megabyte, 88-page file. A high-speed Internet connection is recommended!
Monday, March 22nd - HGS North American Explorationists DinnerImproved Characterization of Compartmentalized and Overpressured Vicksburg Sandstone Reservoirs Using Integrated Seismic Stratigraphy, Diagenesis, and PetrophysicsSpeaker: Zuhair Al-Shaieb, Oklahoma State University. The speaker is tentative. Check the HGS website for last-minute changes.
Wednesday, March 31st - HGS/HAPL Joint LuncheonOld Dogs, Old Tricks, New SuccessesSpeaker: Bill Moody, Swift Energy
Two Prospect Expos are scheduled for early April:
April 5th-7th is