Paul Babcock
Paul is currently working at Peoples Energy Production Company, where he is Vice-President of Exploration.
He stepped in to serve as Chairman of the Vendors Corner Committee when the previous Chairman became the Finance Committee Chairman.
Paul has served the society as Vice-President, Director, Membership Committee Chairman and AAPG Delegate.
The Vendors Corner Committee has been quite active this fiscal year. Paul has proactively sought vendors to attend the dinner meetings each month. He has arranged for or set up 23 vendors (through March 15) at the General, International and North American dinner meetings. This is nearly double last year’s number and exceeds numbers from previous years. The money from Vendors Corner sponsors goes to the North Harris College Geoscience Technology Training Center and our undergraduate scholarship foundation.
In addition to his work on the Vendors Corner Committee, Paul serves on the Outreach Committee and also recently edited the 17th edition of the HGS “Directory of Oil Company Name Changes,” which was made available at the AAPG Convention this April. Paul has a BS in geology from the State University of New York - Cortland and 30 years’ experience in the oil & gas industry. He is a Licensed Professional Geologist in the State of Texas. He is a member of AAPG, RMAG, Houston Producers’ Forum, and Onshore Exploration Independents and is an affiliate member of SIPES. Before coming to Peoples Energy Production Company, he worked for a variety of companies, the most recent being Burlington Resources, where he served as Chief Geologist – North America, Exploration Manager and Vice President – New Ventures.
The HGS Board acknowledges and thanks Paul for his spirit of volunteerism, dedication and work for the Houston Geological Society.