SIPES 45th
ANNUAL MEETING
May 12-15, 2008
New Orleans, Louisiana
Headquarters Hotel - Omni Royal Orleans
Diane Finstrom, Executive Director (sipes@sipes.org)
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CHAPTER MEETINGS
Austin
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 by phone to Doug Watkins at 512-542-9780
or by e-mail dougwatkins@austin.rr.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.
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Corpus
Christi
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 Amy in David Desenberg's office: 361-884-8741, by fax at 361-882-7816, or by email at aburford@braytoncc.com
by 11:00 a.m. Friday preceding
the meeting.
Members are encouraged to bring guests.
Luncheon
Cost: Members are free, and $20.00 for guests.
Announced
Meeting: Wednesday, May 21, 2008. "The Oil Patch, Ain't it Great!!!" by Red McCombs. This is a joint meeting with CCGS/CBGS at the Solomon Ortiz Center. If your reservation is made through Amy by Friday preceding the meeting, it is free. Otherwise, if you respond later, or to CCGS, John Bockelman will charge you $22.
Mr. McCombs was born in 1927 in Spur, Texas. He attended Southwestern University and the University of Texas School of Business and School of Law before beginning his career as a salesman in the automobile business in Corpus Christi in 1950. He relocated to San Antonio in 1958 where he became partner and then sole partner of Red McCombs Automotive. In addition to his vehicular interests, Mr. McCombs is co-founder of Clear Channel Communications and McCombs Energy Corporation and is active in a variety of other businesses.
Mr. McCombs is the former owner of the Minnesota Vikings, Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs. He purchased his first professional sports team at age 25, the Corpus Christi Texas Clippers in the Big State Baseball League.
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Dallas
Luncheon
Meetings: Royal
Oaks Country Club, 3rd Tuesday, 11:30
A.M.
Reservations required for
all meetings: Please call 214-571-6458
by 4:00 p.m. Friday preceding the meeting.
Luncheon
Cost: Members paid in advance by annual fees. Guests $18.00.
Announced
Meeting: Friday, May 9, 2008. Annual Mexican Fiesta Night
Where: Royal Oaks Country Club
When: Bar opens at 6:30 p.m.
Dinner served at 7:15 p.m.
Cost: Guests will cost $40
Call in your reservation to 214-571-6458 by Friday, May 2, 4:00 p.m. Please spell your full name and the name of your spouse/date for the badges.
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Denver
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.
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Fort
Worth
Luncheon
Meetings: Fort
Worth Petroleum Club, 3rd Thursday, at 11:30 A.M. (Carter-Burgess
Center, 777 Main Street, 39th Floor, Ft. Worth, TX 76102;
Telephone 817-335-7571).
Reservations: RSVP to Jamie Robertson at jdrrannoch@sbcglobal.net by Tuesday preceding the meeting. Guests
are encouraged to attend.
Luncheon
Cost: $15.00 for members, $20 for non-members and $5 for students
Announced
Meeting: April 17, 2008. "Tips to Optimize Your 2008 Tax Accounting" by W. L. (Woody) Mathews, Jr., CPA, Partner, Auldridge Griffin, PC, Cleburne and Fort Worth, Texas.
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Houston
Luncheon
Meetings: 3rd
Thursday at the Houston Petroleum Club in the Discovery Room,
800 Bell St. (downtown Houston). Social period 11:15 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.sipes-houston.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: May 22, 2008. "Bayou Postillion: Phoenix in the Swamp, Iberia Parish, Louisiana" by Chris Chaffin, Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P. The luncheon will be held in the Coastal Room on the second floor of the Petroleum Club this month. The date of the May luncheon has been changed from May 15, the usual third Thursday of the month, to May 22, so that it does not conflict with the SIPES Annual Convention in New Orleans on May 12-15.
Significant discoveries are still being found in onshore south Louisiana. Bayou Postillion is a prolific oil and gas field in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. The field was discovered in 1956 and has produced in excess of 340 BCFE to date. New activity on the southern flank of the field has given rise to a large discovery in south Louisiana. The pay zone is the upper Oligocene Discorbis 14. Reserves are estimated at approximately 70 BCFE. Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P. started leasing the structural crest in 2004 while Century Exploration Houston leased the down dip acreage. The difference in leasing practices leads back to the 3D seismic survey. The pay section gives a seismic amplitude response that had been interpreted as pay and/or sand thickness. The addition of wells in an up dip position proved that sand thickness was the more likely culprit of the seismic response.
A total of seven new wells have been drilled beginning in 2005. First production from the new activity was from the Century Herald Hodges & Lee No. 1 ST in March 2005. Daily production rates were in excess of 100 MMCFGD at one point from six wells. At the beginning of March 2008, the six active wells were producing 71.1 MMCFGD and 138 BOPD and have cumulatively produced 38.8 BCFG and 131.6 MBO.¨
Chris Chaffin is currently an explorationist with Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P. working the Miocene and upper Oligocene of south Louisiana. He began his career with El Paso Production Company in Houston and has also worked for Hilcorp Energy Company. Chris has a B.S. in geology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and an M.S. in geology from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Future
Meetings:
- June 19, 2008. "Buying and Selling ORRI and WIs" by Mark Roach.
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Lafayette
Luncheon Meetings: Petroleum Club, 2nd Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. Contact David Dupre at 337-269-1821.
Announced
Meeting: March 12, 2008. Speaker and topic TBA
Future
Meetings:
- April 9, 2008. Speaker and topic TBA
- May 14, 2008. Speaker and topic TBA
- December 10, 2008. Christmas Party
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Midland
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: March 26, 2008. "Closing the personnel gap, outreach and education for the next generation of oil and gas professionals" by Susan Schrader, Assistant Professor of Petroleum Technology.
An often voiced concern in
the oil and gas industry is
the shortage of qualified
personnel. In order to mitigate
problems in this area,
it is important to motivate
young people to consider a
career in the industry, and
provide the appropriate
educational offerings to help
them to be successful. This
talk will address both of
these issues, by first looking
at the results of an extensive
survey about the industry
given to two groups of
high school students (one in
an “oil town” and one in
which oil and gas do not
play a significant role in the
local economy), and then
looking at the educational
offering that the region’s
four-year university, UTPB
is providing to help prepare
students for industry careers.
The surveys given to junior
and senior high school students
gauged the interest in
careers in the oil and gas
industry and helped to
quantify the reasons that
students may not be seeking
out these careers. Information
from this study will
provide valuable insight for
companies and universities
interested in enticing people
to work in the variety of oil
and gas careers.
UTPB has long offered both
an undergraduate and graduate
program in geology. In
addition, they have recently
responded to the industry’s
concerns by adding new degree
programs and courses
that focus on petroleum.
These new programs and curricula
will be discussed, as well
as the school’s future plans for
a new college of engineering.
Susan Schrader is an assistant
professor of petroleum
technology at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
Sue joined the program
in August 2006, the first semester
that petroleum
courses were offered at
UTPB in many years. She is
also the faculty advisor of the
University’s new SPE student
chapter. A licensed professional
engineer, Sue earned
her Ph.D. in petroleum engineering
from New Mexico
Tech while conducting research
for the REACT Group
in the development of expert
exploration tools and other
soft computing applications in
petroleum exploration. Her
research interests include
expert system development,
knowledge engineering, neural
networks, fuzzy logic, reservoir
simulation, computational
fluid dynamics, and
enhanced oil recovery. While
at New Mexico Tech, she
joined the SPE as a student
member in 2001, serving as
vice president of the student
chapter in 2001-2002 and
president for 2002-2003. She
also entered and won the
Rocky Mountain Regional
Student Paper Contest in
2004 and participated in the
International Student Paper
Contest that same year. Sue
received her B.S. in mathematics
from New Mexico
Tech and her M.A. in applied
mathematics from the University
of New Mexico.
Future Meetings:
- April 16, 2008
- May 21, 2008
- June 18, 2008
- July 16, 2008
- August 20, 2008
- September 17, 2008
- October 15, 2008
- November 19, 2008
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New
Orleans
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: March 18, 2008. Speaker will be Eric Orgeron, produce and process designer/inventor in Chalmette.
Eric Orgeron is a design engineer originally from Lafayette who resides in Chalmette. He is the owner/inventor of ReaLures. Eric is currently working on several business and environmental solutions having real impact on the South Louisiana environment.
The Green Corridor Solution for coastal Louisiana and the region takes into consideration South Louisiana's assets, problems and environmental realities to create a balanced, workable play of action that provides funding mechanisms for hurricane protection, wetlands restoration and economic development regionally. Starting with the utilization of the to-be-closed Mississippi River Gulf Outlet as the main shipping channel into the Port of New Orleans, the design culminates in the utilization of the Mississippi River channel for hydroelectric power. Ten separate concepts are combined to form a unitized solution. Eric will present his ideas and solicit support and constructive suggestions following his presentation.
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Oklahoma
City
Luncheon
Meetings: Petroleum
Club, 35th Floor of Bank One Building. 1st Wednesday at 11:30
AM.
Reservations
Required: Contact Jennifer at Mr. Terry Hollrah's office,
405-773-5440 before 4:00 p.m. Tuesday preceding
the meeting.
Luncheon
Cost: Members paid in advance with chapter fees. Guests
$15.00.
No charge for first-time eligible guests interested in membership.
Announced
Meeting: April 9, 2008. "Reservoir Characterization of Mississippian-Aged Rocks in Comanche County, Kansas" by Dennis Hedke.
An exploration program which targeted Mississippian-aged rocks was initiated by Woolsey Operating Company, LLC in 2004. An initial conventional P-wave 3D seismic survey identified potential, but lacked total confirmation of the original objectives. The original survey was expanded via multi-component recording or p-wave input. This talk will focus on seismic stratigraphy, post-stack processing for impedance inversion, AVO indicators associated with gas accumulation, other attributes, both geometric and volumetric, which were evaluated to guide exploratory drilling in a challenging geological environment.
Mr. Hedke graduated from Kansas State University in 1976 with a B.S. in geophysics. He entered the energy industry as a wellsite consultant, reporting to the regional office of Cities Services Company in Oklahoma City. He was granted an M.S. in materials science from the University of Virginia School of Engineering in 1979. Since that time, he has been engaged in various capacities in the energy industry, working initially as a staff geologist/geophysicist for independents.
Future Meetings:
- Saturday, May 17, 2008. Annual Steak Fry at the Elks Lodge (47th & Tulsa) from 5:00 p.m. 'til the last person goes home. Admission is free to members and their families. Cost for guests is $10.00 per person.
- December 11, 2008. Annual Christmas Party.
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San
Antonio
Luncheon
Meetings: Petroleum Club of San Antonio (Frio/San Miguel Room) 8620 N. New
Braunfels Ave., 7th Floor, 3rd Thursday, 11:30 A.M. Business meeting at 11:00.
Reservations
Required: Call Doreen Brooner at 210-822-9092 by Wednesday before
the meeting.
Luncheon
Cost: Members paid in advance by quarterly dues. Guests and
Chapter Affiliates - $15.00.
Announced
Meeting: April 17, 2008. "A Canadian Adventure - Geology and Hydrology of the Canadian Shield"by Ed Miller.
Get a piece of the rock: bring your rock hammer and hand lens.
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