The Wise Report
Henry
M. Wise, P.G.
July
17, 2011
I received
the following from Charles Horton, Deputy Executive Director of the Texas Board
of Professional Geoscientists:
Good
afternoon interested members of the Oil and Gas Advisory Workgroup, any
interested members of the general public, and Members of the Texas Board of
Professional Geoscientists (TBPG):
I
am sending this message on behalf of Charles Knobloch, JD, PG. Mr. Knobloch
serves as Vice Chairman of the TBPG and Chair of the Oil and Gas Advisory
Workgroup (that is advisory to the TBPG).
This
is an announcement of an important event of interest to the Oil & Gas
Workgroup members and, importantly, to the geoscience organizations you
represent. We ask you to please forward this to the appropriate persons within
the geoscience organizations you represent so that these individuals also have
an opportunity to choose to attend.
Most
of you aware that Dr. Chip Groat will be heading an interdisciplinary team at
the University of Texas that will review the science, policy and perceptions
surrounding hydraulic fracturing. Below this e-mail text is an article from the
Oil and Gas Online that reports on the upcoming study:
(http://www.oilandgasonline.com/article.mvc/University-Of-Texas-At-Austin...).
There are several other news reports about the study available on the internet.
Dr.
Groat has kindly agreed to talk to interested members of the TBPG's Oil and Gas
Advisory Workgroup, TBPG Board Members, and any other interested members of the
public about the scope of the study. We certainly appreciate Dr. Groat sharing
this information.
Please
note that this presentation is posted as a meeting of the Texas Board of
Professional Geoscientists in order to be incompliance with the Texas Open
Meetings Act in the event that a quorum of the TBPG is in attendance, but the
TBPG has no action items on the agenda and no decisions will be made.
Dr.
Groat's presentation is scheduled for:
J.J.
Pickle Research Campus
Research
Office Complex ROC 1.603
10100
Burnet Road, Austin, Texas, 78758
(between
U.S. 183 and Braker Lane)