|
| Sunday, October
21 |
|
Poster
Session 1 (6:00
pm–8:00 pm) |
| Monday, October
22 |
Gulf
of Mexico Geology—
East
to West (Part 1)
(8:00 am–11:20 am) |
Shales
in the Gulf Coast Region (Part 1)
(8:00 am–11:20 am) |
Geology
and the Environment
(8:00
am–11:20 am) |
Poster
Session 1 (7:30
am–2:30 pm) |
All-Convention
Luncheon
(11:30 am–1:00 pm) |
Panel
Discussion: A Glimpse into the 21st Century Energy, Economy, Environment, and
Policy
(1:10 pm–2:30 pm) |
Poster
Session 2 (2:30
pm–6:00 pm) |
Gulf
of Mexico Geology— East to West (Part 2)
(2:30 pm–6:00 pm) (3:10 pm–4:30 pm) |
Shales
in the Gulf Coast Region (Part 2)
(2:30 pm–6:00 pm)(3:10 pm–4:30 pm) |
Hazards—Earthquakes, Tsunamis,
and Storms(2:30 pm–6:00 pm) (1:10 pm–2:30 pm) |
| Tuesday, October
23 |
Bringing
up the Next
Generation of Geoscientists
(8:00 am– 11:20 am) |
Water
Issues of the Gulf Region—Use,
Availability, and “Unconventional” Needs (Part 1) (8:00am
–11:20
am) |
What
Lies beneath—Structure, Stratigraphy,
and Energy Resources beneath
the Tertiary Blanket of the Gulf of Mexico
(8:00 am–11:20
am) |
Poster
Session 2
(7:30
am–1:30 pm) |
GCSSEPM
Luncheon (11:30 am–1:00 pm)
AAPG
Division of Professional Affairs (DPA) Luncheon (11:30 am–1:00 pm)
AAPG
Energy Minerals Division (EMD) Luncheon (11:30 am–1:00 pm) |
| Salt—To
the Depths and Beyond (1:10 pm–4:10 pm) |
Water
Issues of the Gulf Region—Use,
Availability, and “Unconventional” Needs (Part 2) (1:10 pm–4:10 pm) |
Integration
of Coastal Issues and the Energy Future
(1:30 pm–2:30 pm) |
|
| Wednesday, October
24 |
Sharing
Knowledge to Add Value—Veracruz 2011 (Oral and Poster Presentations)
(7:45
am–4:30 pm) |
Poster Sessions |
|
| Lorie Dunne, John Barton, and David Ewen: Geoscience
Careers in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Most Excellent Adventure
|
| Eleanour Snow: How to
Make a Geology Major: A Recipe for Success from GeoFORCE Texas
|
| Warren
Schulingkamp, Chacko J. John, Brian Harder, and Reed Bourgeois: A Potential
Geopressured, Geothermal Area in Southwest Louisiana
|
| Douglas
Carlson and Marty Horn: Impact of seasons, nutrient pulse, and Mississippi River
flood of the Spring-Summer of 2011 on water quality in Atchafalaya Basin,
Louisiana
|
| Brian
B. Hunt, Brian A. Smith, and Nico Hauwert: Real and Apparent Daily Springflow Fluctuations
during Drought Conditions in a Karst Aquifer, Barton Springs Segment of the
Edwards Aquifer, Central Texas
|
| Douglas
Carlson, Amanda Lewis, Dillion Soderstrom, Marty Horn, and Gary Hanson: Impact of 2010–2011
drought of Wilcox Aquifer on water supply and water quality
|
| Brian
A. Smith, Brian B. Hunt, and Steve B. Johnson: Revisiting the
Hydrologic Divide between the San Antonio and Barton Springs Segments of the
Edwards Aquifer: Insights from Recent Studies
|
| James Connors: Groundwater
discharge and associated nitrogen transport in a northern Gulf Coast estuary
|
| Stephanie
S. Wong, Joe C. Yelderman Jr., and Bruce Byars: Developing a Geospatial
Model for Analysis of a Dynamic, Heterogeneous Aquifer: The Brazos River
Alluvium Aquifer, Central Texas
|
| Timothy Duex, Sean Comisky, Durga Poudel, and Carl Richter: Sediment magnetic
susceptibility and instream water quality across the Coulee Baton
microwatershed in southwestern Louisiana
|
| Lauri
A. Burke, Scott A. Kinney, Russell F. Dubiel, and Janet K. Pitman: Regional Map of the
0.70 psi/ft Pressure Gradient and Development of the Regional
Geopressure-Gradient Model for the Onshore and Offshore Gulf of Mexico Basin,
USA
|
| Anthony Rodriquez and Paul Mann: Off shore Mexican Gulf of Mexico stratigraphic
and structural framework from Late Jurassic to Recent and implications for
hydrocarbon potential
|
| Ed
Haire, Don Howard, and Barbara Radovich: Continuing Insights into Structure and
Stratigraphy of the Onshore Gulf Basin from Prestack Depth Imaging of
Mega-Regional Strike Lines from South Texas to the Florida Panhandle
|
| Ofori
N. Pearson, Elisabeth L. Rowan, and John J. Miller: Modeling the
Mesozoic-Cenozoic Structural Evolution of East Texas
|
| Olabisi
Ajiboye and Seiichi Nagihara: Stratigraphic and Structural Framework of the
Clemente-Tomas and Corsair Growth Fault Systems in the Texas Continental
Shelf
|
| Stephanie
R. Forstner: Depositional
and Diagenetic Controls on Reservoir Quality in the Upper Wilcox Sandstone,
Fields Field, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana
|
| M.
Iulia Olariu, U. Hammes, W. Ambrose, and R. Loucks: Facies Variability of
the Oligocene Frio Formation in Growth-Faulted Compartments in Corpus Christi
Bay, Texas
|
| Zehui
(Tim) Huang, Ursula Edwards, Steve Carson, David Eickhoff, and Tobi Kosanke: Gulf of Mexico Salt
Structures and their Impact on Reservoir Quality—An Evaluation Methodology
|
| Xu Han: Towards
a better understanding of surface deformation in Houston, Texas
|
| David
T. King and Lucille Petruny: Northern Belize’s Onshore Petroleum
Stratigraphy, Structures, and Oil Seeps
|
| Collin Moore: Methane hydrates probable cause for BP Gulf spill
|
| |
|
|
Co-Chairs: Lorena
Moscardelli and Lesli Wood |
| 8:00 |
Hermann Lebit and Luke Jensen |
Passive margin
architecture in the Atlantic basins |
| 8:20 |
Kaare Egedahl, Gary L. Kinsland, and Dan Han |
Seismic Facies Study of
3D Seismic Data, Northern Louisiana, Wilcox Formation |
| 8:40 |
Thomas E. Yancey, Andrew Dunham, and Kevin Durney |
Paleocene-Eocene Marine
Transgression in Upper Calvert Bluff Formation, Wilcox Group, Bastrop County,
Texas |
| 9:00 |
Robert G. Loucks and David C. Hull |
Depositional Significance
of Siliciclastic Component of the Lower Cretaceous Pearsall Cow Creek Limestone
Member in the Western Maverick Basin, South Texas |
| 9:20 |
BREAK |
|
| 10:00 |
Krystal Pearson |
Geologic Evaluation of Regional Production Trends in the
Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk |
| 10:20 |
Linda McCall, James Sprinkle, Ann Molineux, and Christopher Garvie |
An Undescribed Fauna From
the Upper Cretaceous “Pyroclastic Zone” of the Austin Group at Pilot Knob,
Central Texas |
| 10:40 |
Earle
F. McBride, Robert L. Folk, and Thomas E. Yancey |
Silica-Cemented
Sandstones (Groundwater Silcretes) in Outcrops of the Jackson Group, Texas
Coastal Plain |
| 11:00 |
William A. Tedesco and R. P. Major |
Influence of Primary Ooid Mineralogy on
Porosity Evolution in Limestone and Dolomite Reservoirs: An Example from the
Eastern Gulf of Mexico Basin |
| |
Co-Chairs: Eric
Potter and Clint Moore |
| 8:00 |
Robin Dommisse and Kevin Pelton |
3D geological
interpretation examples in unconventional shale reservoirs |
| 8:20 |
Brian Lock and Nick Whitcomb |
Eagle Ford outcrops in
West Texas: Guide to evaluation for the resource play |
| 8:40
|
Arthur D. Donovan, T. Scott Staerker1, Aris Pramudito, Weiguo Li,
Matthew J. Corbett, Christopher M. Lowery, Andrea Miceli Romero, and Rand D.
Gardner |
The
Eagle Ford Outcrops of West Texas: A Laboratory for Understanding
Heterogeneities within Unconventional Mudstone Reservoirs |
| 9:00 |
Kirk Barrell |
The Tuscaloosa Marine Shale—An emerging
shale play |
| 9:20
|
BREAK |
|
| 10:00 |
Eddie Valek, Jamie Lawrence, and John Breyer |
From 0-60 in ninety days:
Rapid play entry to fully integrated play development in the Eagle Ford trend,
south-central Texas |
| 10:20 |
Richard
Newhart, James Holmedal, Phuong Le, Joe Beer, Tom Smagala, Kim Stevens, Shanna
Herring, Mike Caputi, Dave Metzner, Mark Wilemon, Elizabeth Jinks, and Chris Lane |
Haynesville Shale Play –
Perspectives |
| 10:40 |
John F. Sinclair |
Oil Production Potential of the Upper Cretaceous Tuscaloosa
Marine Shale (TMS) |
| 11:00 |
Zach Handershott |
The Eagle Ford Shale – A
Geologic Review |
| |
Co-Chairs: William
Ambrose and Rebecca Smyth |
| 8:00 |
Mustafa Saribudak |
Urban Geophysics: Geophysical Signature of the
Mount Bonnell Fault and its Karstic Features in Austin, Texas |
| 8:20
|
Mustafa Saribudak |
Don’t Mess with a Geophysicist’s House: A Case
Study of Ground Penetrating Radar (3D) for Concrete Moisture Mapping and Void
Detection in the Saturated Soil beneath the Concrete Foundation |
| 8:40 |
Walter
W. Wornardt |
Genetic
Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis A New Tool for Consistent Correlation,
Placement of Laterals, and Mapping Richness Zones in the Eagle Ford-Austin,
Eagle-Woodbine and Bossier-Haynesville |
| 9:00 |
Douglas Carlson and Marty Horn |
Evidence that old oil and gas fields influence
chemistry of overlying Wilcox Aquifer |
| 9:20 |
BREAK |
|
| 10:00 |
Abel
Porras, Changbing Yang, Kan Tu, Brad Broussard, and Alex Sun |
Numerical Modeling of
Groundwater Flux through a Low-Level Radioactive Waste Repository for
Performance Assessment |
| 10:20 |
Jeffrey G. Paine, Sojan Mathew, and Tiffany Caudle |
Historical Shoreline
Change through 2007, Texas Gulf Coast: Rates, Contributing Causes, and Holocene
Context |
| 10:40 |
*William Ambrose |
Clean Coal in the Texas Gulf Coast |
| 11:00 |
John Browning, Svetlana Ikonnikova, Gürcan Gülen, Eric Potter, Ken
Medlock, Frank Male, Susan Horvath, Tad Patzek, Qilong Fu, Forrest Roberts, and
Scott Tinker: |
Barnett
Shale Production Model and Economics |
| |
|
Panel Discussion:
Panel Chairman and Moderator:
Dr. Scott W. Tinker, Director,
Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, Texas
Panel Members:
Amy Jaffe, Associate
Director, James A. Baker III Institute of Public Policy, Rice University,
Houston, Texas
Dr. Tadeusz Patzek, Professor
& Chair, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering,University of Texas at Austin
Scott Anderson, Senior
Policy Advisor, Air and Climate Program, Environmental Defense Fund, Austin,
Texas
Dr. Ken Medlock, Adjunct
Professor of Economics, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas
James H. Painter, Executive
Vice President, Exploration and Technology, Cobalt International Energy,
Houston, Texas
|
Co-Chairs: Lorena
Moscardelli and Lesli Wood |
| 2:50 |
Jonathon Castell, Mary Cocksey, and Loring Harvey |
A global sequence
stratigraphic perspective on the Mexican frontier for shale gas/oil |
| 3:10
|
Milly Wright, Sarah Rilling-Hall, and Brian Driskill |
Defining
Lithostratigraphic Units Using Inorganic Elemental Data: Eagle Ford, Austin
and Buda Formations |
| 3:30 |
Robert L. Folk, Earle F. McBride, and Thomas E. Yancey |
Proposed Microbial Origin
of Kaolinite in Simsboro Sandstone (Upper Paleocene), Limestone County, Texas |
| 3:50 |
Kitty Milliken, Joe Macquaker, and Kevin Taylor |
Early diagenetic kaolinite
precipitation: a widespread phenomenon in organic-rich mudrocks |
| 4:10 |
Yao Tian, Walter B. Ayers, and William D. McCain, Jr. |
Regional Analysis of
Stratigraphy, Reservoir Characteristics, and Fluid Phases in the Eagle Ford
Shale, South Texas |
| no abstract available |
Co-Chairs: Eric
Potter and Clint Moore
|
| 3:10 |
Jeffrey A. Nunn |
Burial and Thermal History of the Haynesville
Shale: Implications for Overpressure, Gas Generation, and Natural
Hydrofracture |
| 3:30 |
Harry Rowe, Pukar Mainali, and Stephen Ruppel: |
Some chemostratigraphic
insights on the Haynesville-Bossier system |
| 3:50 |
Jennifer D. Eoff: |
Correlation of Resource Plays and Biodiversity
Patterns: Accumulation of Organic-Rich Shale Tracks Taxonomic Turnover |
| 4:10
|
Scott Singleton and Mark Suda: |
Assessment of a Marcellus Shale Prospect
Using Seismic, Microseismic, and Completions Data |
| |
Co-Chair: Cliff
Frohlich |
| 1:10
|
Sojan Mathew and Reuben Reyes |
Delivering Fast 3D Interactive
Visualization of Natural/Man-Made Hazards Using Processed Lidar and
Photogrammetric Data |
| 1:30 |
Joseph M. Kruger and Kristopher Farmer: |
Hurricane Ike Storm Surge
Depths in Southeastern Texas Based on High Water Marks |
| 1:50 |
Mustafa Saribudak |
Geophysical Mapping of the Hockley Fault in
Northwestern Houston and Recent Surface Observations |
| 2:10 |
Malcolm B. Hart, Thomas E. Yancey, Andrew D. Leighton, Brent Miller,
Chengjie Liu,Christopher W. Smart, and
Richard J. Twitchett |
The Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary on the Brazos River,
Texas: New Stratigraphic Sections and Revised Interpretations |
| |
| Mustafa
Saribudak: 2D
Resistivity Imaging Investigation of Long Point, Katy-Hockley, Tomball, and
Pearland Faults, Houston, Texas |
| Scott Sallay, Carl Richter, and Bill Schramm: Geoelectrical imaging
of hydrocarbon plumes: Two Louisiana case studies
|
| Thomas
A. Tremblay, Edward W. Collins, and Jeffrey G. Paine: Geoenvironmental Map of
the Matagorda–Matagorda SW Quadrangles, Texas Gulf Coast |
| Gary
L. Kinsland, Shawn Kushiyama, and Christoph Borst: LIDAR and Gravity Data
Combined to Establish Cross-Cutting Relationships of Features on the Surface
of the Prairie Allogroup near Lafayette, Louisiana |
Mark Robinson: Using high-density digital well log analysis to interpret
the sequence stratigraphic characteristics of the Eagle Ford Shale, Central
Texas |
| Russell
F. Dubiel, Ofori N. Pearson, Janet Pitman, Krystal Pearson, and Scott Kinney:
Geology
and Sequence Stratigraphy of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in
Conventional and Continuous Petroleum Systems in the Upper Cretaceous Eagle
Ford Group and Related Strata, U.S. Gulf Coast Region |
| James
K. Markin and David T. King, Jr.: Wetumpka Impact Structure’s Resurge Chalk Deposits—Insights
from X-Ray Computed Tomography |
| Krystin Robinson and Harry Rowe: Chemostratigraphy of the
Mississippian-aged Barnett Formation, northern Fort Worth Basin, Texas
|
| Rolando Castilleja, David Hull, Harry Rowe, Robert Loucks: Chemostratigraphy of
the Pearsall Formation, Lower Cretaceous, South Texas
|
| Milton Cortez III, Robert Baumgardner, H. Scott Hamlin, and Harry Rowe: Chemostratigraphy
of the Pennsylvanian-Permian section in the Midland Basin of West Texas with
focus on the Wolfcamp Series: Developing a stronger mudrock correlation and
paleo-depositional framework
|
| Karen McCreight, Robert Baumgarder, H. Scott Hamlin, and Harry Rowe: Chemostratigraphy,
mineralogy, and depositional environment of the Wolfcamp Series, Midland
Basin, Reagan County, Texas
|
| Catherine
B. Enomoto, Krystina R. Scott, Brett Valentine, Paul C. Hackley, Kristin
Dennen, and Celeste Lohr: Preliminary Evaluation of the Shale Gas
Prospectivity of the Lower Cretaceous Pearsall Formation in the Onshore Gulf
Coast Region, United States |
| Jennifer
K. Hendricks, Thomas E. Yancey, James E. Flis, Christopher J. Flis, and Ethan
L. Grossman: Formation
of Barrel Concretions around Methane Seepage Pathways in Upper Middle Eocene Shelf
Sediments, Stone City Bluff, Texas |
| William
C. Dawson, William R. Almon, and Laura M. Vestal: Mudstone Microfabrics
and Pore Networks: Gulf Coast Analogs |
| Robert
M. Reed and Stephen C. Ruppel: Pore Morphology and Distribution in the
Cretaceous Eagle Ford Shale, South Texas, USA |
| Timmon
Drumm and Jeffrey A. Nunn: Geothermal and Geopressure Assessment with
Implications for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration, Lower Tuscaloosa Formation,
Louisiana |
| John
R. Andrews and Jong-Won Choi: A Custom Software Approach to Visualizing 4D
Models: An Example From the CO2 Sequestration Study Area, Lower Tuscaloosa
Formation, Cranfield Field, Mississippi |
| Jong-Won Choi, Kyung-Won Chang, Jean-Philippe Nicot, and Susan Hovorka: Numerical
Investigations of CO2 storage
capacity in a U.S. Gulf Coast reservoir coupling CO2 EOR and CO2 Sequestration
|
| C.
J. John, B. J. Harder, B. L. Jones, R. J. Bourgeois, and W. Schulingkamp: Potential for Carbon
Dioxide Sequestration in Five Fields along the Mississippi River Industrial
Corridor in Louisiana |
| Seiichi
Nagihara, Cory Christie, Nosakhare Ogiamien, Motunrayo Oladokun, Olabisi
Ajiboye, and Sergio Ojeda: Gulf of Mexico Borehole Geothermal Data
Integration into the National Geothermal Data Systems, Part 1: Texas Continental
Shelf |
| Joseph el-Azzi, Reuben Reyes, and Charles Kerans: Integrating gigapixel
panoramas and LIDAR: Increasing geological interpreters power in 3D color
space
|
| |
Chair: Eleanour Snow |
| 8:00
|
Marilyn J. Suiter and Lina C. Patino |
Geoscience Workforce
for 21st Century Challenges |
| 8:20
|
Ann E. Benbow |
Status of K–12 Earth Science Education in the U.S., with an
Emphasis on the Gulf States |
| 8:40
|
Frank Wantland |
Retention of Talent and Elevation of Performance among
Petrotechnical Professionals |
| 9:00 |
Carlos Chavoya |
Sourcing Talent for Scholarship & Internship
Opportunities: The Hispanic Scholarship Fund—Working With the Industry to
Recruit Talent and Diversify the Field |
| 9:20
|
BREAK |
|
| 10:00 |
Rebecca Haacker-Santos |
Strategies to build a
diverse geoscience workforce—Lessons from community-based research in Louisiana |
| 10:20 |
Diane F. Maygarden, Heather L. Egger, and Ivan P. Gill |
Summer Geoscience Field
Trips for Minority High School Students—Successes and Challenges in Louisiana
and Beyond |
| 10:40 |
James Connors |
Using easily accessible subsurface data to
teach crucial geological skills |
| 11:00 |
Tiffany L. Caudle and Jeffrey G. Paine |
Pre-College Student
Involvement in Texas Coastal Research |
| |
Co-Chairs: Brad
Wolaver and Jean-Philippe Nicot |
| 8:00 |
Robert Mace and Brenner Brown |
How Texas responds to
drought |
| 8:20
|
Geoffrey P. Saunders |
Gain-Loss Studies in the Colorado River Basin of
Texas: Drought of 2011–2012 Update |
| 8:40 |
Gary Hanson, Douglas Carlson, and Amanda Lewis: (FLAG) |
Drought of 2010–2011
causes water supply crises throughout northeast Texas and northwestern
Louisiana |
| 9:00 |
Brian Smith, Brian Hunt, and W. F. Holland |
If not the Edwards, then
what? |
| 9:20 |
BREAK |
|
| 10:00 |
Yujuin Yang, Ruben Solis, and John Zhu |
Assessing reliability of
reservoir firm yield |
| 10:20 |
Abhishek Singh, Toya Jones, John Pickens, and Robert M. Holt |
WRVAT: A Comprehensive
GIS-Based Water Resources Vulnerability Assessment Tool |
| 10:40 |
Brian B. Hunt, Brian A. Smith, Raymond Slade Jr., Robin H. Gary, and W.
F. Kirk Holland |
Temporal
Trends in Precipitation and Hydrologic Responses Affecting the Barton Springs
Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, Central Texas |
| 11:00 |
Brad Wolaver, Cassandra Cook, Bridget Scanlon, and Michael Young |
A Hydrologic-Characterization
Approach for Texas Aquatic-Species Studies |
| |
Co-Chairs: John
Snedden and Lauri Burke |
| 8:00 |
Delores M. Robinson, Ryan M. Bailey, and Andrew M. Goodliffe |
Structure of the
Alleghanian Thrust Belt under the Gulf Coastal Plain of Alabama |
| 8:20 |
Mark G. Rowan, H. Scott Sumner, Holly Huston, Sujata Venkatraman,
and David Dunbar |
Constraining
Interpretations of the Crustal Architecture of the Northern Gulf of Mexico |
| 8:40 |
Scott A. Bowman |
Exploration Targets of Offshore Western Florida |
| 9:00 |
L. J. Wood and K. Woolf |
Late Cretaceous Paleo-Mississippi Valley Feeder
Systems to the North-Central and Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: A
Tuscaloosa-Time Sediment Machine |
| 9:20 |
BREAK |
|
| 10:00 |
William A. Ambrose and Tucker F. Hentz |
Shelf-Edge Deltaic
Depositional Systems in the Upper Woodbine Succession, Double A Wells Field,
Polk County, Texas |
| 10:20 |
Frank Cornish: |
Do Upper Wilcox incised valleys support
Paleogene Gulf of Mexico isolation? |
| 10:40 |
Rattanaporn Fongngern and William A. Ambrose |
Variability of Sandstone
Architecture and Bypass Systems of the Miocene Oakville and Lower Lagarto
Formations in the Carancahua Bay Area, Texas Gulf Coast |
| 11:00 |
John W. Snedden, William E. Galloway, Timothy L. Whiteaker, and Patricia E.
Ganey-Curry |
Eastward
Shift of Deepwater Fan Axes during the Miocene in the Gulf of Mexico:
Possible Causes and Models |
| |
|
Co-Chairs: Joseph
(Carl) Fiduk and Thomas Hearon |
| 1:10 |
Michael R. Hudec |
Explanation for Differences in Deepwater Salt
Tectonics Between the North-Central and Northwestern Gulf of Mexico |
| 1:30 |
Dan’l Lewis and William Sager |
Salt Tectonics and its Effect on Sediment
Structure and Gas Hydrate Occurrence in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico from 2D
Multichannel Seismic Data |
| 1:50 |
Josgre Salazar, James Knapp, Camelia Knapp, David Pyles,
and Christopher Kendall |
Structural Styles and Seismic Stratigraphy of Pliocene Sediment Gravity Flows at MC-118, Gulf of Mexico |
| 2:10 |
Miles A. McCammon and Jeffrey S. Hanor |
Spatial Variations in
Pore Water Salinities Above and Below Allochthonous Salt in Offshore Gulf of
Mexico Sediments—Implications for Mechanisms of Solute Transport and Timing of
Salt Emplacementshore Gulf of Mexico sediments—Implications for mechanisms of
solute transport and timing of salt emplacement |
| 2:30 |
BREAK |
|
| 3:10 |
Gaynor Paton, Michael Halpin, and Ryan Martin |
Salt delineation: Data
driven—Interpreter guided extraction of salt morphologies |
| 3:30 |
M. P. A. Jackson and Timothy Dooley |
Internal Deformation of
Layered Evaporites: Flow Profiles and Deformation Styles |
| 3:50 |
Lino Miranda, Carlos Williams, José Ruíz, Rodrigo Maldonado, and
Alejandro Cárdenas-Alvarado |
Hypothetical Presalt Play in the Deepwater Gulf
of Mexico, Northwestern Yucatan Block, Mexico (*Veracruz 2011 presentation) |
| 4:10 |
Carl Fiduk |
A look at salt keels in the deepwater northern
Gulf of Mexico |
| |
Co-Chairs: Brad
Wolaver and Jean-Philippe Nicot |
| 1:10 |
Jeffrey A. Nunn |
Spatial and Temporal Trends in Louisiana Water
Use: 1960 to 2005 |
| 1:30 |
Jean-Philippe Nicot |
Current and Future Water Demand of the Texas Oil
and Gas and Mining Sectors and Potential Impact on Aquifers |
| 1:50 |
Mustafa Saribudak, Brian Hunt, and Brian Smith |
Resistivity Imaging and Natural
Potential Applications to the Antioch Fault Zone in the Onion Creek / Barton
Springs Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, Buda, Texas |
| 2:10 |
Robert Traylor |
Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC)
geologic criteria for groundwater protection |
| 2:30 |
BREAK |
|
3:10 |
*Changbing Yang, Kan Tu, Abel Porras, Brad Broussard,
Alexander Sun, Jean-Philippe Nicot, and Bridget Scanlon: |
Sensitivity analysis of radionuclide
downward migration for a low-level radioactive waste repository: An analytical
approach for performance assessment |
| 3:30
|
Joseph Grimball and Franklin T. Heitmuller |
Characteristics of
Fluvial Bed Material in and adjacent to Instream Aggregate Extraction Pits
along the Bouie River in Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| 3:50 |
Laura Rosales Lagarde, Penelope J. Boston, Andrew R. Campbell, and
Louise D. Hose: |
Hydrogeology
of Northern Sierra de Chiapas, Mexico, Based on Spring Characterization
(*Veracruz 2011 presentation) |
| |
Chair: Michael Young |
| 1:30 |
Tip Meckel and Lawrence Meckel: |
On the origin,
distribution, and size of natural CO2 accumulations and implications for CH4 exploration and
development on continental margins |
| 1:50 |
Allan R. Standen |
Exploration of West Texas Brackish Groundwater
to Supply Fracking Fluids for the Bone Spring Play |
| 2:10 |
Richard C. Haut and Tom Williams |
Reducing Environmental
Tradeoffs along the Texas Coastal Areas |
| 2:30
|
BREAK |
|
| 3:10 |
Fares Howari |
The unique economic opportunities of the
coastal sabkhas environment |
| 3:30 |
Cary R. Lindsey |
Evaluation of Geothermal Energy Potential in
Mississippi Counties of the Black Warrior Basin |
| 3:50 |
Maria C. Richards and David D. Blackwell |
Developing Geothermal
Energy in Texas: Mapping the Temperatures and Resources |
| |
|
Co-Chairs: Javier
Meneses-Rocha and Juan Antonio Cuevas-Leree
|
| 7:45 |
Introductions |
|
| 8:00 |
Paul A. Comet |
The Gulf of Mexico Oil Correlation Study—22 Years Later! |
| 8:20 |
Anne Domzig, Stuart MacLean, Dave Waltham, Tim Rice, and Ryan
Shackleton |
Forward
Modelling of Turbidite Sand Deposits on Restored Paleobathymetric Surfaces:
Case Studies in Salt Tectonics Affected Areas |
| 8:40 |
Lori A. Hathon and Michael T. Myers |
A Survey of the
Production Time-Scale Compaction Behavior of Unconsolidated Sands |
| 9:00 |
Paul
Watson, Caroline Reid, and Elisabeth Nairn |
Stratigraphy to Seismic (StSTM):
Integrating Biostratigraphic Interpretations with Seismic Data |
| 9:20 |
BREAK |
|
| 9:50 |
Ricardo Martínez-Sierra Ricardo, Tellez Mariano, Mario
Aranda-Garcia, Juan R. Román, and Alejandro Sosa-Patrón |
Unconventional Play
Potential in Northern Mexico |
| 10:10 |
M. Milland Padrón, J. Ruiz Morales, and M. Terán García |
Mesozoic Remaining
Potential in the Southeast Basins of Mexico |
| 10:30 |
Carlos
T. Williams-Rojas, Enrique Reyes-Tovar, Lino Miranda-Peralta, Gerardo
Reyna-Martinez, Alejandro Cardenas-Alvarado, Rodrigo Maldonado-Villalon,
Veronica Muñoz-Bocanegra, and Carlos Lora-delaFuente |
Hydrocarbon Potential of
the Deepwater Portion of the “Salina del Istmo” Province, Southeastern Gulf of
Mexico, Mexico |
| 10:50 |
Leonardo E. Aguilera Gómez, Enrique Guzmán Vera, Javier Contreras
Trejo, Marco A. Arreguín López, and Arturo Escamilla Herrera: |
Gas Province in the Deepwater
Southern Gulf of Mexico |
| 11:00 |
Elena Centeno-García, Víctor Dávila-Alcocer, Michelangelo Martini,
Claudia C. Mendoza-Rosales, Emiliano Campos-Madrigal, and Gilberto Silva-Romo |
Evidence of Westward
Progression of Multiple Pull-Apart Basins in Central-Eastern Mexico:
Transition from Proto-Oceanic Rift to Oceanic Back Arc Setting |
| 11:20
|
LUNCH AND POSTERS |
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| 1:00 |
J. Javier Hernández-Mendoza, Abelardo Escamilla-Hernández, Ma. Lidia
De la Huerta-Cobos, and Domingo Saavedra-Torres |
Depositional Systems in
the Chicontepec Basin, Central-Eastern Gulf Coast, Mexico |
| 1:20 |
Luis L. Villanueva González, Víctor Chávez Valois, José Robles
Nolasco, José Ruiz Morales, Jaime Patiño Ruiz, Arnulfo Sánchez Valerio, and
Francisco Olivares Pérez |
Sedimentological Study of Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic)
Oolites in the Southern Basins, Mexico |
| 1:40 |
Rubén D. Martínez |
Advances and Challenges in Seismic Data
Processing and Imaging for Geologically Complex Areas |
| 2:00 |
Peter Birkle, Miguel Á. Lozada Aguilar, Esteban Soriano Mercado, and
José de Jesús Torres Villaseñor |
Hydraulic Mobility in Fractured Systems of the
Cantarell and Ku-Maloob-Zaap Oil Fields, Gulf of Mexico |
| 2:20 |
BREAK |
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| 3:10 |
Diego Gracia-Marroquín and Mariano Cerca |
Insights on the Evolution
of Backstop Zones Related to Salt Tectonics in Analogue Models |
| 3:30 |
Erik A. Kneller and Christopher A. Johnson |
Plate Kinematics of the
Gulf of Mexico Based on Integrated Observations from the Central and South
Atlantic |
| 3:50 |
Xavier Fort and Jean-Pierre Brun |
Kinematics of Regional
Salt Flow in the Northern Gulf of Mexico |
| 4:10 |
Jean-Pierre Brun and Xavier Fort |
Salt Tectonics at Passive
Margins: Geology Versus Models |
|
| Elena
Centeno-García, Ángeles Verde-Ramírez, Gilberto Silva-Romo, Emiliano
Campos-Madrigal, and Claudia C. Mendoza-Rosales: Sandstone Provenance and
U/Pb detrital zircon ages from the Huayacocotla and Xaltipa Formations,
Veracruz State, and their Tectonic Meaning |
Paul
R. Marshall and Paul Watson: Geosteering with Minimal LWD Capability:
Biosteering during Underbalanced, Coiled Tubing Drilling Operations for Gas and
the Development of the StratsteerTM Concept |
| M.
L. Sweet and M. D. Blum: Paleocene-Eocene Wilcox Submarine Canyons and Thick
Deepwater Sands of the Gulf of Mexico: Very Large Systems in a Greenhouse
World, Not a Messinian-Like Crisis |
| Rafael
Gutiérrez Aguilar and Francisco de Jesús Cafaggi Félix: Ecologic Territorial
Order and Mine Land Aptitude: The Baja California Peninsula Case |
| Zheng
Y. Huang, Shuhab Khan, Robert Stewart, and Ramesh Shrestha: Investigating Salt Domes
in Harris County, Texas, Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques |
| Vlad
Andrus and Edgar H. Guevara: Petroleum Play Distribution and Characteristics
in the Southern Gulf of Mexico Petroliferous Basins: From Coastal Onshore to
Shallow Water and Deep Water |
| Tianguang
Xu: Play
Analysis in the U.S. Sector of the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Basin in the
Framework of Tectonic Development and Depositional Systems |
| Luis
E. Salomon-Mora, Miguel Cruz-Mercado, Ian Alsop, and Stuart Archer: Tectonics, Structure, and
Hydrocarbon Potential of the Mexican Ridges Fold Belt, Western Gulf of Mexico |
| Gianluca
Grando and João Alberto Bach de Oliveira: Basement Controls on Salt Related
Structures in Deep Water Northern Gulf of Mexico |
| Ofori
N. Pearson: Undiscovered
Hydrocarbon Resources in the U.S. Gulf Coast Jurassic Norphlet and Smackover
Formations |
| Colin
A. Doolan and Alexander W. Karlsen: An Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas
Resources in Clastic Facies of the Lower Cretaceous Sligo Formation, Eastern
U.S. Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain |
| Andrew
Hartwig, James Pindell, Don Van Nieuwenhuise, and Barbara Radovich: UTIG Reprocessing and
Interpretation: Stratigraphic Framework and Play Concepts, Alaminos Canyon,
U.S.A., to Bay of Campeche, Mexico |
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