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SIPES 47th
ANNUAL MEETING
Diane Finstrom, Executive Director (sipes@sipes.org) • Advertising & Sponsorship
Information Now Available
Luncheon Meetings: County Line on the Hill Restaurant, 6500 Bee Caves Road, 1st Thursday, starts at 11:30 a.m. with speaker and lunch beginning at 12:00 noon. Reservations: RSVP to Ward Davenport at wdaven@earthlink.com Walk-ups are welcome, but RSVP to help us accommodate everyone. Cost: No charge for SIPES Austin Chapter members and affiliates who are pre-paid with chapter dues. Guests and prospective members are welcome to attend. Announced Meeting: No new meeting information is available.
Luncheon Meetings: Bay Room, Corpus Christi Town Club, Last Tuesday, 11:30 AM. There will be a cash bar available for those wishing to come early and socialize. Reservations Required: Contact Linda Phelps: office - 361-883-0055, fax - 361-883-0066, or email - lphelps@xogoperating.com by 9:30 a.m. Friday preceding the meeting. Members are encouraged to bring guests. Luncheon Cost: Members are free, and $20.00 for guests. Announced Meeting: January 26, 2010. "Outlook 2010" by Phil Plant, Herndon Plant Oakley, Ltd. Phil Plant is a partner with Herndon Plant Oakley, Ltd. in Corpus Christi, Texas. He began his career with Rotan Mosle in San Antonio and subsequently moved to Corpus Christi in 1983 to manage the local office. In 1985 he joined Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, Inc. as resident branch manager and senior vice president specializing in portfolio management. In 1998 Mr. Plant and two partners formed their own brokerage/dealer and registered investment advisor firm, Herndon Plant Oakley, Ltd. Mr. Plant is very active in the local and investment community and currently serves as a director or trustee for several organizations including American Bank and Christus Spohn Health Systems. Mr. Plant was born in Seattle, Washington. Future
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Meetings: Dallas Petroleum Club, 2200 Ross Ave. (due to remodeling at Royal Oaks Country Club), 3rd Tuesday, 11:30
A.M. Luncheon Cost: Members paid in advance by annual fees. All guests must pay $30. Announced Meeting: February 16, 2010. "The Stratigraphic Framework of the Haynesville Shale" by Bo Henk, Matador Resources Company. Future
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Luncheon Meetings: Wynkoop Brewing Company 1634 18th St. (18th and Wynkoop Streets, across from Union Station). 4th Thursday. Gather at 11:30 a.m. Lunch served at 12 noon. Reservations required for all meetings: Call the SIPES Denver Chapter message line at 303-730-2967. At the end of the message, leave your name and phone number and the name of any guest you are bringing to the meeting. Or make your reservation via e-mail to sipesdenver@yahoo.com. Reservations must be made by noon on Monday preceding the meeting. Luncheon Cost: $20.00 per person (unless you pay your annual dues). Announced Meeting: No new meeting information is available.
Luncheon Meetings: Meets at 11:30 a.m. on variable days and locations to avoid conflicts with other societies and events. Reservations: RSVP to Russ Hensley at ar_hensley@sbcglobal.net by noon on Wednesday preceding the meeting. Guests are encouraged to attend. Luncheon Cost: $15.00 for members, $20 for non-members and $5 for students Announced Meeting: No new meeting information is available.
Luncheon Meetings: 3rd Thursday at the Houston Petroleum Club in the large banquet room, 800 Bell St. (downtown Houston). Social period 11:30 a.m. and lunch 11:45 a.m. Reservations Required: Make reservations by telephone (713-651-1639), fax (713-951-9659), website (www.sipes-houston.org), or e-mail bkspee@aol.com to B. K. Starbuck-Buongiorno by 12:00 noon on Tuesday preceding the meeting. You can now sign up for the meeting online at www.sipeshouston.org, but payment is still required by regular mail or at the door. Cost: SIPES Members and Chapter Affiliates who register by 12:00 Noon Tuesday pay $30; cost goes up to $35 for new registrations at the door. The price for guests, non-members and walk-ins is $35.00. (No-shows will be billed.) Announced Meeting: February 28, 2010."Going Deep: McMoRan's High Impact Deep Exploration Play" by James R. Moffett, McMoRan Exploration CompNy.
For the last six years, McMoRan Exploration Company
has been the leader of the
Gulf of Mexico’s deep shelf exploration
play, drilling numerous discoveries
targeting deep Miocene
structures at depths of 15,000 to
25,000 ft. McMoRan’s continued
success with its deep shelf program Flatrock Field was discovered in
2007 beneath the Tiger Shoal
Field. It is a prime example of the McMoRan Exploration’s
ultra deep drilling program
has identified multiple
deep, large structural The large ultra-deep structures were
interpreted on regional 2D seismic data,
on pre-stack time migrated
(PSTM) 3D seismic
data and on proprietary
reprocessed pre-stack
depth migrated (PSDM)
3D seismic data. Available
deep well data were utilized to calibrate
the geologic model for the section
above the salt weld. The ultra deep
prospects are similar to deep, large
sub-salt structural traps in the deep
water Gulf of Mexico with reservoirs of
Middle Miocene to Lower Paleocene age McMoRan has generated an impressive
inventory of high potential prospects
and will continue to pursue its deep
shelf and ultra deep exploration opportunities
on the Gulf of Mexico shelf in
2010. Mr. Moffett is Chairman of
the Board of Directors of
Freeport-McMoRan Copper& Gold Inc. (NYSE:
FCX). FCX is one of the
world’s leading international mining
companies, and is engaged in minerals
exploration, mining, smelting, refining
and related operations around the
globe. Under Mr. Moffett’s leadership in
1988, FCX discovered the Grasberg ore
complex in Papua, Indonesia, which
contains the world’s largest reserves of
copper and gold. In 2007, FCX acquired
the Phelps Dodge Corporation in a $26
billion transaction that created the
world’s largest publicly traded copper
company. With 25,000 employees, FCX
operates large, long-lived, geographically Born in 1938 in Houma, Louisiana, and raised in Houston, Texas, Mr. Moffett received a BS degree in Geology from The University of Texas in 1961, and a MS degree in Geology from Tulane University in1963. Future
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Luncheon Meetings: Petroleum Club, 2nd Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. Contact David Dupre at 337-269-1821. Announced Meeting: No new meeting information is available.
Luncheon Meetings: Midland Country Club, 3rd Wednesday, 11:15 A.M. Contact Greg Hair at 432-682-9653 or gregeol@mccabeenergy.com. Have a glass of wine before the meeting. Get caught up on the latest take-over rumors, exploration plays, investment opportunities, and political hot topics! Luncheon Cost: $15 for guests. Guests: Prospective members are always welcome at our lunches. Announced Meeting: January 20, 2010. "Limestone - Is It a Mineral or a Rock?" by Tom Scott. Tom Scott, a long-time local attorney, will present a discussion on the legal
issue of the definition of limestone as a mineral or a rock. The State Land
Office has instigated the question claiming it owns the surface and nearsurface
limestone in a rock quarry mining limestone for export to a cement Future
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Luncheon Meetings: Andrea's Restaurant in Metairie. 3rd Tuesday of each month from September through May. Social w/ cash bar 11:30, Lunch and speaker 12:00 Noon. Reservations Required: Contact Ed Barry at 504-835-2508. Deadline is two days before the meeting. Luncheon Cost: Members are paid in advance with chapter fees. Guest fee is $30. Announced Meeting: No new meeting information is available.
Luncheon Meetings: Petroleum Club, 35th Floor of Bank One Building. 1st Wednesday at 11:30 AM. Reservations Required: We will no longer be taking individual reservations and there will not be calls made to Terry Hollrah's office. Instead, we will have a certain number of tables ready each month. Luncheon Cost: Members paid in advance with chapter fees. Guests $15.00. No charge for first-time eligible guests interested in membership. Announced Meeting: February 3, 2010. "Tectonics, Basement Structures, and Earthquakes in the Oklahoma Region" by G. Randy Keller. Oklahoma lies at the intersection of several major tectonic features that are of Late Precambrian and Paleozoic age. These features are globally significant, and the resulting deep structures are large and complex. The Oklahoma region was affected by two major rift zones, the Mid-Continent Rift (MCR) system and the Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen (SOA). The MCR is traditionally viewed as ending in central Kansas and the SOA can be interpreted as ending in the Texas panhandle. However, we have employed new seismic data and public-domain compilations of gravity and aeromagnetic data for the U.S. to construct a series of maps using a variety of digital filtering techniques in order to better delineate anomalies and interpret regional-scale structures. G. Randy Keller is a professor in the School of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Oklahoma and holder of the Edward Lamb McCullough Chair in Geophysics. He also serves as the director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey and State Geologist. His research interests stress the geological applications of geophysics and span a variety of techniques at a variety of scales. He, his students, and colleagues have conducted many studies of the structure and evolution of the crust using gravity, magnetic, remote sensing, and seismic measurements integrated with geological data, often as part of large international cooperative efforts.
Luncheon Meetings: Petroleum Club of San Antonio (Frio/San Miguel Room) 8620 N. New Braunfels Ave., 7th Floor, 3rd Thursday, 11:30 a.m. Executive Board meeting at 11:00 a.m. Reservations Required: Call Doreen Brooner at 210-822-9092 by Wednesday before the meeting. Luncheon Cost: Members paid in advance by quarterly dues. Please bring your meeting announcement card with you to check in - your dues must be current. Guests and Chapter Affiliates - $25.00. Announced Meeting: No new meeting information is available. Notice: SIPES
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