GeoGulf Convention 2019
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Event Schedule
–Wednesday, October 23–
Short Courses 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at the Westchase Marriott (unless noted otherwise)
9:00 am -Tour Bus to the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Returns by 4:30pm.
Full Day Short Courses
SC 01: CANCELLED The Exploration Process After Drilling a Discovery
SC 02: Understanding Deepwater Clastic Facies – John Dribus-Cost $195
SC 03: Fundamentals of Deepwater Stratigraphy and Reservoirs – Jon Rotzien, Basin Dynamics, (sponsored by GCSSEPM) – Cost $195
SC 04: Principles of Paleogeographic Evolutionary Synthesis (sponsored by GCSSEPM)
Jim Pindell, Tectonic Analysis, sponsored by GCSSEPM – Cost: $195
SC 08: CANCELLED Core Workshop: Upper Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Reservoirs of Texas and Louisiana
This class will be at the BEG Core Facility, 11611 W Little York Rd, Houston- Cost $195
SC 09: Introduction to Petrophysics – Randy Mitchell (PSI) – Cost $95
SC 10: CANCELLED
SC 11: CANCELLED
SC 12: Reservoir Modeling and Production Forecasting – W. Scott Meddaugh, Professor, McCoy College of Science – Cost: $195
Half Day Short Courses Wednesday Morning (8:30am to 11:45 am)
SC 05: CANCELLED Introduction to Machine Learning for Interpreters
SC 07: Advanced Analytics – Understanding the Powers and Pitfalls of Multivariate Statistics for Upstream Oil & Gas
Instructor: Andrew Silver, Adret LLC – Cost $95
Buffet Luncheon included in Short Class registration
Half Day Classes Wednesday Afternoon (1:15 pm to 4:30 pm)
SC 6: Creativity for Geoscientists: Insights, Development and Practice (Half Day) – William (Bill) Fairhurst and Charles A. Sternbach- Cost: $95
SC 10: CANCELLED Reservoir Fluids Behavior and Analysis for Earth Scientists
4:30 pm GeoGulf Convention Opening Ceremony
6:00 pm Exhibit Hall Icebreaker and special exhibits
6:00 pm Student Poster Sessions till 8 pm
—-Thursday October 24—
7:00 am Speaker and Poster Presenters Breakfast
7:30 am Student Posters on display till noon
Thursday Morning Sessions and Speakers
Offshore Gulf of Mexico: Super Basin for the Future – Charles Sternbach, session chair
Environmental Geology -Protecting Valuable Resources – Doug Carlson session chair
Over the Border- US and Mexico Plays – Peter Mullin and Robert Erlich, session chairs
Wilcox-Yegua-Vicksburg Onshore Conventional Plays – Tim Rynott, session chair
Thursday Afternoon Sessions and Speakers
12 pm All Convention Luncheon – Mark Shuster (BEG):
Deepwater Conventional and Unconventional Onshore: Comparing E&P Paradigms from Texas and the Gulf of Mexico
1:00 pm – Professional Posters on display in the Exhibit Hall
Afternoon Sessions
Giant Fields of the U.S. Deep water GOM – Charles Sternbach, session chair
this will feature a tribute to the late D. Clint Moore who initiated this session.
Breakthroughs in Data Analytics and Seismic Interpretation, Matt Boyce session chair
Over the Border-US and Mexico Plays II, Peter Mullin and Robert Erlich, session chairs
Eagle Ford-Haynesville-Austin Chalk, Wayne Camp, session chair
Exhibit Hall Features Sediments from Hurricane Harvey Art and Yegua Cores from BEG
Thursday Exhibit Hall reception and Thursday Night Networking Dinner – at nearby restaurant
–-Friday October 25-–
7:00 am Speaker and Poster Presenter Breakfast
7:00 am Women’s Networking Breakfast
8:00 am Professional Posters on display till 1 pm.
Friday Morning Sessions and Speakers
OIL AND GAS BUSINESS PANEL DISCUSSION – Bob Wiener, Session Chair “Deal Trends, Investment Outlooks, and Money Flow”
After Hurricane Harvey – What Have We Learned? Cheryl Desforges, session chair
Integration of Seismic Processing, Gravity and Magnetics Sharon Cornelius, session chair
Global Deepwater Reservoirs I – Jon Rotzien, Tim Nicholson (Kosmos), Lothar Schulte, Philomena Y. Gan, session chairs
Friday Afternoon Sessions and Speakers
AAPG DPA Luncheon – John Jordan “Ethics Lecture”
GCSSEPM Luncheon – James Pindell “Mexico Tectonics”
1:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: SKILLS EVALUATION AND CAREER MANAGEMENT – Mike Erpenbeck, session chair
Special Topics-Deposition and Modeling-Rock Mechanics and Log Analysis, Sharma Dronamraju, session chair
Carbonate and Clastic Mega Regional Insights, Jeffrey Duxbury, session chair
Global Deepwater Reservoirs II, Jon Rotzien, Dave Cantrell, Anshuman Pradhan, Mason Dykstra, session chairs
