2008

January 17, 2008 Frank Cornish (Imagine Resources) Discovery and Development of the Lower Wilcox - Southwest Speaks Field, Lavaca County, Texas

2007

December 20, 2007 Larry Bruno (Core Laboratories) Drilling Mud Tracers for Formation Evaluation & Reservoir Engineering Applications

November 15, 2007 Tim Brown (Sierra Resources) Time is Fact and Depth Is an Opinion- But We Drill Wells in Depth

October 18, 2007 Leslie Haines (Oil & Gas Investor) Bridging the Gap: Leaping Between Your E&P Ideas and the Capital You Need

September 16, 2007 Jason Robinson (MTEM) Using ElectroMagnetics for Onshore Hydrocarbon Detection and Delineation: Case Study from Trinidad

August 16, 2007 Janet Chafin (Jackson Walker LLP) Business Ethics: How to Be Ethical and Protect Yourself from Those Who Are Not

July 19, 2007 Ray Thomasson (Thomasson Partner Associates) A Geologic View of Climate Changes and Global Warming

June 7, 2007 Skip Hobbs (Ammonite Resources) Future of the Global Oil Industry: Resources, Challenges and the Geoscience Workface

May 17, 2007 Richard Adams (Carr Resources) Basement Tectonics and Origin of the Sabine Uplift

April 19 Mark Nibbelink (DrillingInfo.com) Exploration Trends in the TX & LA Gulf Coast - a 50,000' View

March 15  Art Berman (Independent Consultant) New Ideas and Their Diffusion: A Model for E&P Companies in the 21st Century.

February 15  Steve Blanke (Anadarko) Vernon Field - Waking a Sleeping Giant in North Louisiana

January 3  Annette Hugh (Platts) Fundamentals of Transparent and Accurate Pricing in Crude Oil and Refined Products.

2006

December 21 Phil Martin (New Century Exploration, Inc.), Fishing With Dynamite: 3D Case Histories in the Gulf Coast.

November 16  Lee Gill (Kilburn, Jones, Gill & Campbell, LLP) Legal Challenges for Independents.

October 19  Fred Byther (Oracle Resources) Deep Woodbine Exploration Models, Concepts, and Current Activity.

September 21  Bob Lieber (BP America) The Role of Petrophysics in the World of the Independent - Wow or Wizardry?

August 17  Alan Morgan (Access Exploration) How Independents Can Access Ownership on the Internet

July 20  Bruce Gates (US Energen, Ltd.) Hostetter, Wishbone and Spaulding Fields, McMullen County, Texas.

June 15  Dan Jarvie (Humble Geochemical Services) GEochemical Logic and Techniques for Unconventional Gas Exploration.

May 18  Robert J. Scott (The Exploration Company) The Maverick Basin - New Technology, New Success.

April 20  Marc Helsinger (Hamon Oil and Gas) Seismic Sequence Stratigraphy - Applications for the 21st Century.

March 16  Bee Bednar (Panorama Technologies, Inc.) Migration Without Math (OK, a Little Greek Math)

February 16  Matthew R. Simmons (Simmons & Company International) Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy.

January 19  Doug Wight (CDX Gas, LLC)  Unconventional Methods to Produce Unconventional Gas.

2005

 December 15   Dr. Janok P. Bhattacharya (University of Houston, AAPG Distinguished Lecture), Martian River Deltas and the Origin of Life.

 November 17   Fred Oliver, Independent SIPES - Dallas), Beware of Global Cooling

 October 20      Ron Moore, Attorney, Ethics in the Oil Patch

 September 15   Jeff Oglilvie, Noble Energy, Seismic Consideration for Classifying Resources/Reserves

 August 18         Rocky Roden, SMT, The Impact of Pre-Stack Data Phase on the AVO Interpretation Workflow - A Case Study

 July 21             Kurt Marfurt, UH, Geometric Attributes Applied to Fractures, Karst, and Channels

 June 16            Christina Economides, TAMU, The Role of Oil and Gas in the Future of Transportation

 May 10            John Mouton, Object Reservoir, Reservoir Modeling for the Rest of Us

 April 21            Daniel Tearpock, Subsurface Consultants, Recommended Geoscience Practices for Reserves Estimates

 March 17         John R. Hennessy, Jory A. Pacht, Samir Ghazi, Matt H. Peckrel, A New Exploration Play Concept from the Idea to the Drill Bit-the Search for Reservoir Sands in Deep-Water Facies of the Late Cretaceous Olmos and San Miguel Formations, Webb County, Texas

 February 17     John Smythe and Barbara Radovich, Fairfield Industries, Gulf of Mexico Shelf Stratigraphic and Structural Interpretation from Spectral Imaging

 January 30        Lynne Goodoff and Gene Wiggins, The Scotia Group, Inc., Burgos Basin Update

 2004

 December 16   Allen Gilmer, Chairman of the Board, DrillingInfo, The Coming Domestic Oil and Gas Boom

 November 18   Allen Howard, Co-founder, NuTech Energy Alliance, Determining a True Textural Permeability by Modeling Key NMR Outputs Using Only Conventional Log Data

 October 21      Jr. Joel Walls, Vice President, Rock Solid Images, Well Logs and Rock Physics in Seismic Reservoir Characterization

 September 17   Roger A.Young, eSeis, Inc., The Advantage of Utilizing the New AVO Classification to Drill Successful Wells in the Gulf Coast

 August 19         Victor T. Jones, III, PhD, President of Exploration Technologies, Inc., How to Design an Exploration Surface Soil Gas Geochemical Survey:  Illustrated by Application Examples from the Hugoton Embayment of SE Colorado and SW Kansas

 July 15             John F. Parrish, PeriSeis, Geophysics, Metaphysics, and the Independent Geologist

 June 17            Ronald L. Moore, President of Ronald L. Moore, PC, Where's the P in LLC?

 May 20            Scott Johnson, Managing Director, Weisser, Johnson & Co., The Landscape for E & P Financing

 April 15            Richard C. Bain, ChevronTexaco, Exploitation of Thin Basin-floor Fan Sandstones, Navarro Formation (Upper Cretaceous), South Texas

 March 25         Daniel Bendig, Under-Explored Plays in NW Appalachian Basin: Opportunities for the Independent?

 February 19     Sam Leroy, Earthview & Associates/PetroSolutions, AVO Models in Geopressure Settings:  Deep GOM Shelf

 January 15        Dr. Gary P. Citron, Rose & Associates, LLP, Rudiments of a Working Risk Analysis System

 2003

 December 18   Dr. Thomas E. Ewing, Frontera Exploration Consultants, Review of the Tectonic History of the Lower Rio Grande Border Region, South Texas and Mexico, and Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration

 November 13   John Gibson, Halliburton, The AAPG Distinguished Lecture on The Ethics Storybook   (Joint meeting with  GHS, SPEE, SPE-OCS, SPWLA, HAPL and API)

 November 7     Fall Social - Dr. Michael Economides - Color of Oil

 October 16      Steven Maione, Core Lab, Discovery and Petroleum Exploration Significance of Ring Faults Associates with Salt Withdrawal Basins in East Texas

 October 15      Fred Hilterman, SEG Distinguished Instructor - Short Course,  Seismic Amplitude Interpretation

 September 18   Tom Wittick, Lindon Exploration Co. and Paul Jones, GeoPlus Corporation, Multiple Seismic Attributes Improve the Accuracy of Reservoir Property Estimation

 August 21         Dr. Aftab Alam, Multi-Attribute Classification and Visualization of 3D Seismic Data for Detection of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs

 July 17             Dr. D. W. Wong, Chief PE, Object Reservoir, Case History of Esenjay's Frio Gas Fields

 June 19            Mark Knodal, UBS/PW & Don Roeski, LifeSource, Your Family or the IRS - The Choice is Yours

 May

April 17            Scott Newar, Labor Law Attorney, Scratching the Surface: Knowing and Protecting your Rights as an Employee in Texas in the 21st Century

 March 20         Dr. William E.Galloway, Jackson School of Geoscience, University of Texas, Cenozoic Deep-Water Reservoir Systems: Lessons of the Northern GOM Basin

 February 17     David Walker, BP America, SPE Distinguished Lecturer, The Challenge of Deep Water

 January 16        Ron Harrell, Ryder Scott Company, New Technology, (Joint Meeting with SPEE)

2002

 December        Charles Knobloch, J.D., Patent Attorney, Geophysicist, Lost Secrets of Edison: Project Management for Something Not Yet Invented

 November 20   Dr. Michael Economides, University of Houston, The Future Color of Energy

 October 17      Rudy Wilhelm, Shell Oil Company, Improved Well Planning Integrates Geologic Models in Geopressured Areas

 September 19   Dr. D. L. Dalziel, University of Houston, Texas Through Time

 August 15         Dr. Norman S. Neidell, Geopressure and Seismic Estimation of Enhanced Reservoir Quality - Subsalt Analogs

 July 18             Dr. George D. Klein, Sequence and Seismic Stratigraphy: The Bossier Formation of East Texas

 June 20            Dan Cotter, TerraPoint, LLC, High Resolution Topographic Detailing for Surface Planning

 May 16            Henry Groppe, Groppe, Long & Littell, World Oil and North American Gas Market Outlook

 April 18            John Rosenfeld, Veritas Exploration Services, Paleocene Isolation of the Gulf of Mexico: Evidence and Implications

 March 21         Dr. Michael Economides, University of Houston, The State of the Energy Industry

 February 2       John Hastings, Making an Old Play Sparkle: 3D AVO Successes in the Vicksburg Trend of South Texas

 January 17        Gerald J. Kuecher, Baker Atlas Geoscience, Imaging Deepwater Turbidites

  2001

 December 20   Gordon Van Swearingen, eSeis, Inc., Relating Rock Properties to Seismic Data

 November 15   Marc B. Edwards, Consultant, Rotated Blocks and Other Features of Retrograde Gulf of Mexico Tertiary Shelf Margins

 October 18      Larry Beyer, Burlington Resources, Rapid 3D Screening with Seismic Terrain: Gulf of Mexico Examples

 September 20   Chuck Skidmore, Emerald Geoscience, AVO Inversion: Isolating Rock Property Contrasts

 August 16         James L. Allen, Executive VP, Sovereign Oil & Gas Company, How a Small Independent Got Into Nigeria

 July 19             Peter M. Duncan, Executive VP and COO, Chroma Energy, “Unraveling Seismic Genetic Code”

 June 21            John G. “Jack” Fredine, Core of Engineers, New Orleans District, Using Mississippi River Waters of Coastal

 May 17            Alf Klaveness, Klaveness Research Company, Innovative Technology in Borehole Geophysics:  3D Seismic While Drilling

 April 19            Allen Howard, President and CEO, NuTech Energy Alliance, The Identification and Qualification of Bypassed Hydrocarbons Utilizing MRI Technology in Older Well Log Data

 March 15         Grant D. Wach, Rome Lyton, Douglass McCarthy, Laura Korn & Sharon Moate, Texaco, Sequence Stratigraphy, Biostratigraphy, Deposistional Environments, and Reservoir Compartmentalization of the Mid-Miocene Queen Bess Field, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (voted one of the best papers at GCAGS)

 February 15     Tony Whitbread, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, (Co-authors:  Todd Nicholson & Bill Owens), The Vicksburg of South Texas:  A Shelf Delta System With an Attitude

 January 19        Ron Harrell, Chairman and CEO, Ryder Scott Company, SEC Reserve Definitions, An Evolving Story (Joint Meeting with SPEE)

2000

 December 21   Steven J. Maione, Core Laboratories, Discovery of Ring Faults Associated with Salt- Withdrawal Basins of Early Cretaceous Age in the East Texas Basin

November 16   Ben O. Hare, Cazador Enterprises, Supply and Demand, Reserves and Resources:  21^st Century Energy Issues

 October 19      Karen Lanning, Geophysical Consultant, Co-Authors:  Guillaume Cambois and Jim Hallin, CGG, Houston Case Study of Elkhorn Slough Field, Solano County and Grand Island Field, Sacramento Count, California: Pre-3D Versus Post-3D Field Development

 September 21   Otto J. Welper, Integrated Seismic Solutions Texas Coherence Cube Visualization in Picking Seismic Processing:  Parameters and Post Processing Hybrid Visualization Products

 August 17         Cheryl Collarini, Collarini Engineering, The Current Environment for Employment and Consulting in the Oil & Gas Industry

 July 20             John M. Dacy, Core Laboratories, Adjusting a Permeability Database Using Core Data

 June 15            Deborah Sacrey, Auburn Energy, Visualization:  Pros and Cons

 May 18            H. J. Gruy, H. J. Gruy & Associates, History of the Ownership of Mineral Rights

 April 20            James C. Brenneke, VP Geoscience & Engineering Technology, Subsurface Consultants & Associates, LLC, Quick Look Techniques with Geologic Maps

 March 16         Wulf Massell, President & CEO, Epic Geophysical Matching Seismic Data Acquisition and Processing with Geologic Interpretation

 February 17     John S. Yantosca, Consultant, JSY Energy Solution, Risk Analysis and Deal Screening

 January 20        Christian Clark, Reservoirs, Inc. and Dr. Arnold Bouma, Louisiana State University, Turbidite Depositional Models of the Lower Atoka Formation, Jascksonville, Arkansas