President First Vice-president Second VicePmsident Secretary Treasurer P a t President

Walter A. Boyd, Jr. (7-1-76) 6. C. Phillips (7-1-76) Clyde G. Beckwith (7-1-77) W. L. Tidwell (7-1-77)

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HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 234 Espenon Bulldlng Houston, Texas 77002

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OFFICERS

Anthony Reso, Tenneco Oil Company Stewart Chubor, Consultant

Martha Lou Brourrrclrd, Rice University Cecll R. Rhe, Independent

Dean Grafton, Cities Service Oil Company Sabin W. Mamhall, Texas Gas Transmission

Columbia Gas Development Corporation Phillips Petroleum Company

Continental Oil Company Houston Oil & Minerals

COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

Gay C. Helm, Jr., Ranger Oil Company Dorls M. Curtk, Shell Development Company

Wlllkm K. Peebb, Houston Pipe Llne Company Donald W. hne, Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Company

Albert Enleben, Exxon Company, U.S.A. Kenneth Durham, Pennzoil Company

Billy E. Maxwell, Exxon Company, U.S.A. George H. Gore, Texas Gas Exploration Corporation

Irving L Snlder, Newmont Oil Company Kenneth W. Toedbr, J. M. Huber Corporation

Cynrr Strong. Shdl011 Company Dan C. Edwards, Ashland Oil, Inc.

W. Tom Spurlock, Tenneco Oil Company Robert A Harrls, Mitchell Energy

Albert C. Raasch, Exxon Company, U.S.A. Jeffrey V. Monlr, Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp.

Tom W. Penn, Penntex Petroleum Company George Caner, Ashland 011, Inc.

Matthew W. Daum, Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp. Martln M. Sheets, Consultant

Wllllrm W. Woolfolk, Marathon Oil Company Owrge W. Hlnda, Photogravity Co., Inc.

Thomas A Bay, Jr., Shell Development Company Craig C. Barday, Texas Oil and Gas Corp.

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THE QUESTION IS homa, Texas and Arkansas; stratigraphy; sedimentology; paleontology; geochemistry; petrology and structural geol- ogy. Three field trips are scheduled for February 28, 1976.

During the past six years consumer prices have risen nearly forty percent while annual dues of the Houston Geological Society have not changed. This condition is surprising considering that our principal operating costs such as paper, printing and postage have increased at rates in excess of the consumer price index.

How has the H.G.S. been able to operate during this period of inflation without raising dues? The main reason is that increased membership during the past six years has raised income about 30 percent to partially offset the higher operating costs. But the Society has also maintained parsimonious budgets and absorbed operating deficits. The latter two conditions are, in my opinion, unwise. Budget restrictions inhibit innovation and growth of committee functions and when combined with financial deficits restrict the objectives and purpose of the Society. It was pointed out to me by Jerry Zoble, President of the Mississippi Geological Society, in Jackson recently that one cannot successfully operate a geological organization in a financially crippled condition. Last year the H.G.S. incurred a deficit of $1,157 and this year the deficit may exceed $3,000.

I have asked the Chairman of the Finance Committee, Irving Snider of Newmont Oil Company, to review the budget and submit to the Executive Committee recommendations on how to solve our financial problems.

There is no debate whether the nation's egalitarianism will reinforce inflation; only how much more. The question is not whether the H.G.S. should raise its dues; only how much more funding will be required to sustain our programs and objectives consistent with sound business practice.

ANTHONY RESO, President Houston Geological Society

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

SOUTH-CENTRAL SECTION, 10th ANNUAL MEETING:

PRE-REGISTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT

February 26-27, 1976

The Geological Society of America, South Central Section, will hold its 10th annual meeting on the campus of Rice University, Houston, Texas, February 26-27, 1976. The meeting is co-sponsored by the Houston Geological Society, University of Houston, Texas Southern University and Rice University.

An outstanding technical program has been arranged consisting of about 100 papers on the following subjects: Marine geology and oceanography of the South Texas outer continental shelf; coastal processes and geology of the Gulf of Mexico; geology of alternate energy resources in the South Central States; environmental geology, hydrogeology and land use planning; approaches to quantitative geology; geology of Trans-Pecos Texas; igneous geology of Okla-

FIELD TRlP NO. 1

Active surface faults and subsidence in the Houston area. Martin M. Sheets, a consultant from Houston, Texas, will be the leader of the trip on Saturday, February 28.

The trip is designed to show problems with active surface faulting and subsidence in the Houston area. The route will cover Clinton, Brownwood, Baytown, and San Jacinto Battlefield.

Pre-registration is required. Deadline for registration is February 12, 1976. The trip begins at Rice University at the Keith-Wiess Geology Building at 10 a.m. and ends at the same location at approximately 3 p.m. A registration fee of $10 covers bus transportation and the field trip guidebook. Lunch will be available at a cafeteria in Baytown.

FIELD TRlP NO. 2

Plutonic rocks of the Wichita magmatic province, Oklahoma. Leaders for this trip, which will be Saturday and Sunday, February 28 and 29, are Benjamin N. Powell (Rice University) and J. F. Fisher (University of Texasat Arlington).

The two-day trip operating out of Lawton, Oklahoma, will emphasize plutonic mafic, intermediate, and granitic rocks of the Wichita Complex, their interrelationships, and involve- ment in the early Paleozoic tectonic history of the area. Stops will be concentrated in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge and Glen Mountains and will be different from those of recent GSA trips to the area.

Persons attending the trip will depart Houston early Friday afternoon, February 27, and arrive at Lawton that evening. Transportation to the Dallas-Fort Worth airport will be provided on Sunday evening.

Cost of the trip is $75 and includes transportation, lunches, two nights in a motel, and the guidebook. Registra- tion deadline is February 12.

FIELD TRlP NO. 3

Recent sediments of southeast Texas. Rufus J. Le Blanc, Sr., of Shell Development Company in Houston, will lead this trip on Saturday, February 28.

The trip is designed to observe modern depositional environments and sediments of the Brazos alluvial valley, the Brazos River Delta, and the Galveston Barrier Island Complex. The field trip route will be from Houston to Richmond, Freeport, and Galveston, Texas.

Pre-registration is required. Deadline for registration is February 12, 1976. The trip begins at Rice University at the Keith-Wiess Geology Building at 7:30 a.m. and ends on the Rice campus at approximately 6 p.m. A registration fee of $20 covers bus transportation, a box lunch, and the field trip guidebook.

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ALBERT W. BALLY- Biographical Review

Albert W. Bally wasborn in April 1925 in TheHague. The Netherlands,and spent his early years inIndonesia, Italy, and Switz-erland. He received thePh.D. degree in geologyfrom the University ofZurich in 1953and did post-doctoral work at ColumbiaUniversity in 1953-54.

Dr. Bally was em-ployed by Shell Canada in1954 and was named theirChief Geologist in 1962. In1966 he was transferred toHouston as the Manager of

Geological Research at Shell Development Company. Hewas appointed Chief Geologist U.S.A. for Shell Oil in 1968,and became Consulting Geologist for Shell Oil in January1975.

GEODYNAMICS AND HYDROCARBONS(Abstract)by: A. W. Bally

Using plate tectonics as a working hypothesis th~surface of the earth can be usefully subdivided as follows:

(1) The Cenozoic-Mesozoic extensional scar of theoceans;

(2) The compressional equivalent: the Cenozoic-Mesozoic compressional C-megasutures of the world, whichare mainly limited by A-subduction zones which dispose ofcontinental (sialic) lithosphere and B-subduction zoneswhich dispose of oceanic (simatic) lithosphere;

(3) The combined Paleozoic fold belts represent thePaleozoic C-megasuture;

(4) The Precambrian fold belts of the world representPrecambrian C-megasutures.

This tectonic framework allows consistent basinclassification with 12 main types belonging to three families:

(1) Basins located within rigid lithosphere;

(2) Perisutural basins on rigid lithosphere associatedwith formation of adjacent C-megasuture;

(3) Episutural basins located and contained with C-megasuture.

The proposed classification allows an overviewleading to asking focussed questions when confronted with arelatively unexplored basin. It does not, however, allow itsuse for potential reserve forecasts leaning on analogexperience or any other of the currently used methods forestimating potential reserves of large regions.

BEST PAPER AWARDSGCAGS 1975 CONVENTION

The Awards Committee is pleased to announce thefollowing recipients of the Best Paper Awards at the 1975G.C.A.G.S. Convention in Jackson, Mississippi:

First Place Award: W. L. Seal and J. A. Gilreath:Vermilion Block 16 Field, Irregular Reservoir Perfor-mance.

Second Place and A. I. Leverson Award: John Myers:Petroleum Geology of Choctaw County, Alabama.

Third Place Award: Bruce Baganz, John Horne, andJohn Ferm: Carboniferous and Recent MississippiLower Delta Plains.

SOCIETY CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY

February 9 J. R. Jackson, Exxon Company, USAIndependent/Major Roles in Explorationfor Oil & Gas. (Joint Meeting with HoustonAssociation Petroleum Landmen).

February 25 R.T. Terriere, Cities Service Oil Company,Geology of the Fairway Field, East Texas.

TCU GEOLOGY TOURGREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE

A 16-day tour, led by TCU Geology faculty membersRowett, Newland, and Ehlmann, will visit many of the historicsites in the development of modern geology throughoutnorthern Europe. The tour leaves from Dallas-Ft. Worthairport Saturday, June 26, 1976 and returns to Dallas-Ft.Worth Sunday, July 11, 1976. Cost of the tour is $1,073.82plus meals and tips ($595 for land tour +$478.82 airfare; non-TCU student participants add $10). A passport is required;arrangements may be made for academic credit. Deposts arerequired early in 1976, so if interested contact:

Dr. Leo NewlandDepartment of GeologyTexas Christian UniversityFt. Worth, Texas 76129

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NOON MEETING JANUARY 28,1976

THANE H. McCULLOH - Biographical Review

Thank H. McCulloh isaResearch Geologist withthe U. S. Geological Surveyin Seattle, Washington, andan Affiliate Professor ofOceanography at the Uni-versity of Washington. Hisspecial interests are petro-leum exploration research,the physical properties ofsedimentary rocks, andgravimetric prospectingand borehole gravimetry.

Dr. McCulloh receivedhis B.A. from Pomona Col-lege in 1949 and his Ph.D.from UCLA in 1950. He was

a Fulbright Scholar from 1950-1951 at the University of Oslo,Norway, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA from 1952-1953.

McCulloh's professional career began as an AssistantProfessor at California Institute of Technology in 1953-1954.He then joined the faculty at University of California,Riverside from 1954-1963. In 1963, he joined the U. S.Geological Survey. This paper is being presented as apart ofan AAPG Distinguished Lecturer tour.

GEOLOGY OF THE DOS CUADRAS FIELD,SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL, CALIFORNIAAND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS(Abstract)by: Thane H. McCulloh

Six years have passed since the submittal of the findingsand recommendations of the Special Presidential ("Du-bridge") Advisory Panel regarding the blowout of an offshorewell in the Santa Barbara Channel, California (well A-21 onFederal Tract OCS P-0241) and the consequent oil spill,underground formation (rock) damage, and sea-floorseepage. A principal recommendation of the Panel was thatthe accumulation of hydrocarbons from which the blowoutoccurred should be produced as rapidly as possible to abatethe sea-floor seepage by depressuring the reservoirs andextracting from them as much as possible of the mobile gasand oil. Toward those goals, development drilling wasauthorized by the Secretary of the Interior of all wellsoriginally planned from the two offshore platforms that werein place at the time the blowout occurred on January 28,1969. Approval also was given to emplace another drillingplatform near the west edge of the adjoining tract (OCS P-0240) to permit drilling of additional production wells at andnear the east end of the accumulation. The goal of producingthe field has been pursued diligently and safely by theoperators of the two lease tracts and the results aresummarized here.

Houston Geological Society Bulletin. January 1976

A total of 138 development wells has been drilled fromthe three platforms without a single untoward incident, and amuch larger number of remedial, repair, or recompletionoperations have been performed. On January 4, 1975,cumulative production from the field was 105,784,151 bbl. ofcrude oil and 51,961,459 Met. The official estimate of provedremaining recoverable reserves is 72,977,000BO, making thefield 56th among the top 100 fields in the Nation. During apilot water-flood and waste-water-disposal operation,4,867,503 bbl. of water had been injected safely and effec-tively.

As the field has been produced, uncontrolled seepagehas steadily abated from the sea floor oil and gas seepsactivated at the time of the blowout. Several natural offshoreseeps in the channel now release far larger quantities ofcrude oil to the sea than do the seeps created by the blowout.Careful monitoring for signs of localized subsidence inducedby production of fluids from the reservoirs has yieldednegative results thusfar,and evidence is lacking of any faultmovement or seismic activity that might be linked to the oil-field operations.

Information available about the geology of the DosCuadras offshore oil field at the time of the blowout waslimited in quantity and kind. Development drilling and

. exploitation operations since the blowout provide a basis fora greatly improved model of this structurally complexmultizone giant field. These operations serve also as ademonstration that current offshore drilling, completion, andproducing practices and regulations are adequate to permitsafe and environmentally acceptable exploration for andproduction of offshore oil and gas.

CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMGULF COAST SECTION, SPE OF AIME

PRESSURE BUILDUP ANDDRAWDOWN ANALYSIS

Dr. W. John Lee, Exxon Company, USA2-Day Course: Jan. 13 & 14, 9 AM-4 PM

Location: Room 1890 Exxon Bldg. (Courtesy Exxon Co.,USA)

John Lee of our Gulf Coast Section will stress systematicanalysis of pressure data in this 12-hour course. Alsodiscussed will be design procedures for both buildup anddrawdown tests. Supervised class problem sessions areincluded.

Phone immediately to reserve space. Send your checkfor $60, payable to SPE Gulf Coast Section, to Bob Hubbell,Scientific Software Corp., 1100 Milam Bldg., Suite 580,Houston, 77002, phone 236-1414.

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MEETINGS CALENDAR

Jan. 29-30

Feb. 5-8

Feb. 22-26

Feb. 26-27

Feb. 29/Mar. 2

March 15-19

March 22-26

March 25-27

March 28-31

April 12-16

April 21-24

Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME, Second Formation Damage Control Sym- posium, Houston (AIME headquarters, 345 East 47th St., New York 10017).

Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists, ann. mtg. Oklahoma City. (C.W. Smith, 2309 First National Center, Oklahoma City 73102).

American Institute of Mining, Metallurgi- cal and Petroleum Engineers, ann. mtg. Las Vegas. (AIME headquarters, 345 East 47th St., New York 10017).

South-Central Section, Geological Socie- ty of America, ann. mtg. Houston. (Fred Handy, Geological Society of America, 3300 Penrose Place, Boulder, Colorado 80301 ).

April 28-May 1 North Central Section, Geological Society of America, ann. mtg, Kalamazoo. (Lloyd J. Schmaltz, Department of Geology, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 49001 )

RICE UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, WEDNESDAY SEMINARS

4:00 P.M., Room 106, E, F, Geology

January 7 Martin A. Schuepbach, Exxon Production Research, "Basin Evolution-Basin For- mation".

January 14 Martin A. Schuepbach, Exxon Production Research, "Basin Evolution-Basin De- formation".

Southwest Section, American Association January 21 Dan B. Pearson Ill and Wallace G. Dow, of Petroleum Geologists, ann. mtg. Wichi- The Superior Oil Company, "The Use of ta Falls, Texas. (AAPG headquarters, Box Organic Geochemistry in Petroleum Ex- 979, Tulsa 74101). ploration".

Lunar Science conference, Houston. January 28 TO be announced. (Conference Office, Lunar Science Insti- tute, 3303 NASA Road 1, Houston, 77058) (June '75)

Federal interagency sedimentation con- ference, Denver. (John N. Holeman, Soil Conservation Service, U.S.D.A., Room 5247, South Agriculture Building, Wash- ington, D.C., 20250) (October, December '74)

Northeastern & Southeastern sections, Geological Society of America, ann. mtg, Arlington, Va. (Fred Handy, GSA head- quarters, 3300 Penrose Place, Boulder, Colo., 80301)

Rocky Mountain Section, American Asso- ciation of Petroleum Geologists, ann. mtg, Billings, Mont. (AAPG headquarters, Box 979, Tulsa, 74101)

American Geophysical Union, ann. mtg, Washington, D.C. (AGU headquarters, 1909 K St. NW, Washington, D.C., 20006)

Pacific Sections of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Society of Economic Paleontologists & Mineralo- gists, Society of Exploration Geophysi- cists, ann. mtg, San Francisco. (Pacific Section AAPG, Box 17486, Foy Station, Los Angeles, 9001 7)

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NEWS OF MEMBERS

JOHN L. LOOKINGBILL has opened a geological consulting service at 15252 East Radcliff D;., ~enve r , Colorado - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 80232. Phone: (303) 750-1451. He has completed a 21- 1 I

month exploratjon broject for El Paso ~rod'ucts Co. on I PREREGISTRATION FORM I the Olympic Peninsula of northwestern Washington. I I

(Deadline for advance registration is February 12) Prior to that, he was District Geologist, Western Division, I I

for Crown Central Petroleum, w id land, Texas. I I I 10th Annual Meeting of the South-Central Section I I WALT M. CURTIS has recently returned from London and I

The ~ e o l o ~ i c a l Society of America I

February 26-27, 1975 I has set up consulting offices at 8822 Westview Dr., I William Marsh Rice University, Houston, Texas I

telephone 464-0801. I I

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GEOLOGY, TUESDAY SEMINARS I I

All Presentations Will Be at 12:OO Noon I I I

January 27 Dr. Paul Fan, Department of Geology, I University of Houston, "The Vital Role of I Geology in the People's Republic of I

China," Room 634 Science and Research I Building I

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Ray B. Johnson, age 52, 25 years with Conoco. Passed I I

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Banquet Thursday. Feb. 26, Rice Campus . $ 7.75 $ Speaker. Lt. Gov. William P. Hobby of Texas

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GCS-SEPM MEETING

January 21, 1976

Tidelands II

Speaker: LeRon E. Bielak, AMOCO

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NEW MEMBERS NOVEMBER 1975

BRICKNER, JOHN W. Manager of Exploration Southern Natural Gas Company

ELLISON. BRUCE E. Development Geologist Union Oil of California 4615 Southwest Freewav. Suite 500E 341 1 Rlchmond

Houston. Texas 622-7270. Ex1 220 10817 Long Shadow Lane Houston. Texas 77024 464-41 19 ALLENE Colorado School of M~nes

Houston, Texas 621-7600 8807 Maplecrest Houslon. Texas 77072 495-2989 Portland State College Oregon State Univ.

ABBOTT, WARD 0 Senior Staff Geologist Shell Oil Company P 0. Box 2099 Houston. Texas 77001 220-2543

1 1 18 Terranova Lane Houuston, Texas 77090 444-1016 FERN Brigham Young Univ. Brigham Young Univ.

Geology Geology

Gwlogy Geology

Math Geology

Geology

Geology Geology

Geology Geology

Geology

Pet. Eng

BRSLIK. WILLIAM A Geophysicist Conoco P.0 BOX 2197 Houston, Texas 77001 627-5218 10201 Harwin #2103 Houston. Texas 77036 772-5669 Univ. of Missouri

FLOWERS. G. DWIGHT Geologist Tenneco Oil Company P.O. Box 2888 Houston. Texas 77001 623-81 80

JENNIFER Southern Illinois Univ. Southern Illinois Univ.

Geology Geology

Geology Geology

Geology

Geology Geology

Geology

Geology Geology

ANEPOHL, JANE K. Geologist Exxon, U.S.A. 800 Bell Street Houslon. Texas 77002 221-3031 1211 Wlnrock #4603 Houston. Texas 77027 785-7968 Rice University University of Texas

1970 BS Geology

GENTRY, LaVERNE C. Geologist Conoco P 0 Box 2197 Houston, Texas 77001 627-5576 6425 Westheimer #324 Houston. Texas 77027 789-5394 Virginia State College Virginia State College

COTTON. CLYDE B. Exploration Supervisor Getty Oil Company P.O. BOX 1404 Houston, Texas 77001 228-9361 355 North Post Oak Lane Houston. Texas 77024 686-9994 MARGARET U.C.L.A.

APPEL. KENNETH R. Exploration Geologist Pel-Tex Oil Company 1100 M ~ l a m Building Houston, Texas 77002 224-4284 11318 Hendon Street Houston. Texas 77072 498-9386 SANDRA KAY Univ, of Cincinnati

1948 BA Geology GLAISER. DANIEL R Salesman CRAWLEY, CINDY L.

Geologist Conoco P.O. Box 2197 Houston. Texas 77001 627-5556 2815 Greenridge Road Houston, Texas 77027 783-0897 Tulsa University

Mld-Continent Supply Company 6220 Navigation Houston. Texas 77011 923-9403 6100 Elm #I607 Houston, Texas 77036 777-5006 Texas ABM Univ. 1975 BS

APPEL, SANDRA KAY Research Geologist Exxon, U.S.A. 3120 Buffalo Speedway Houston. Texas 77006 622-4222 11318 Hendon Street Houston. Texas 77072 498-9386 KENNETH Univ. of Illinois Untv. of Cincinnati

Geology GRECO. JOHN A. D ~ s t r ~ c t Production Geolog~st Gulf Energy 8 Minerals Company P O . Box 1635 Houston, Texas 77001 226-1312 2802 Shadowdale Houston, Texas 77043 460-4454 PATRICIA Missouri State Univ 1951 BS Missouri State Univ. 1956 MS

DANSER. JOHN E. Louisiana Geologist McCormick Oil 8 Gas 1204 Tenneco Buildlng Houston. Texas 77002 224-8031 6000 Glenmont #44 Houston, Texas 77036 665-2583 Univ. of West Virglnia BADEAUX. NOLAN J.

Geologist Pennzoil Company 5333 Westheirner Houston, Texas 77036 626-2891 3319 LaCosta Drive

Geology

DEWEY. DAVID E. Geolog~st Mobil 011 Company Three Greenway Plaza East Houston, Texas 626-8800 6915 Alderney Houston, Texas 77055 688-0895 PATRICIA Mtchigan State Univ. Michigan State Univ

GREEN. MARSHA ANN Exploration Geologist Gulf Energy 8 Minerals Company 1335 Mellie Esperson Buildlng Houston, Texas 77002 226-31 87 874 Yorkchester Drive #205 Houston, Texas 77024 461-6321 State Univ. of NY (Oneonla) 1973 BA Duke University 1975 MS

Missouri City. Texas 77459 499-2967 MAMIE Univ. of SW Louisiana 1952 BS

BALOMBIN. MICHAEL T. Geophysic~st Gulf Energy 8 Minerals Company 1303 A Esperson Building Houston. Texas 77002 226-31 44 8710 Fondren 6203 Houston. Texas 77036 777-0493 ELAINE Mich~gan State Univ. 1969 BS Michigan State Univ 1974 MS

Geology Geology

DYER, ROGER G. Senior Exploration Geoloaist

HIPKE, CLINT L. Geologist Dixel Resources, Inc. 4545 Post Oak Place Houston. Texas 77027 621-6191 2749 Briargrove #I46 Houston. Texas 77027 789-01 25 MARY Unlv, of Nebraska 1974 BS

Mich-Wisc P~pellne Company 1610 Post Oak Tower 5051 Westheimer Houston, Texas 77027 623-0300

CARRYN Old Dominion Univ. 1967 BS Kansas State Univ. 1970 MS

Geology Geology

BLACK. R. BERNARD Geologist Phlllips Petroleum Company A.P C. Building. Room 250 Houston. Texas 797-0066. Ex1 379 1533 Bonnie Brae Houslon. Texas 523-0020 Centenary College Unw of Arkansas

ELIJAN, BRUCE Geologist Mitchell Energy 8 Development 3900 One Shell Plaza Houston, Texas 77002 224-4522, Ext 226 5701 Deep Forest #I08 Houston, Texas 77018 MARY College of Wooster 1972 BA

1970 BS Geology 1975 MS Geology Geology

History Houston Geological Society Bulletin, January 1976

HOYT. BERTON W Geophysic~st Union Oil of California 4615 Southwest Freeway Houston, Texas 77027 621 -7600 6215 Cheena Houston, Texas 77035 777-0694 THEDA South Dakota Schoolof Mines1953 BS

HOLLAND. DAVID S. Explorat~on Manager, Marine D ~ v i s ~ o n Pennzoll Company P O Box 27469 Houston. Texas 77027 626-2891 2F!4 Ann Arbor Houston, Texas 77042 781-9155 JACQUE Texas University

MacDONALD CAROL A Geolog~st Pennzoll Company 5333 Westhe~mer Houston, Texas 77027 627-7900 Ext 52 6102 wtnsome a122 Houston. Texas 77027 789-0377 Unlv of Texas

Geol Eng MASON, ROBERT A Geolog~st Teal Petroleum Company 810 The Main B u ~ l d ~ n g Houston. Texas 77002 224-3603 11726 Knobcrest Dr~ve Mldland. Texas 79701 91 5-376-521 9 BETTY JO Colorado State Unlv

MATTIZA, JERRY G. Junior Geologist Southern Natural Gas P O . Box 1513 Houston. Texas 77001 622-7270 4100 West 34th #277 Houston. Texas 77018 686-0352 HARRIETT U n ~ v of Houston

1957 BS Geology

HRABAR. STEPHANIE W. Geologist Exxon Productlon P O . Box 2189 Houston, Texas 77001 622-4222

Wayne State Univ. Indiana University Unlv of Cincinnati

1964 BS Geology 1967 MS Geology 1971 PhD Geology

JOHNSON, DAN N Exploration Geolog~st Houston Oil 8 M~nerals 1212 Main Street Houston. Texas 77002 236-1212 811 T~mberline Drive Humble. Texas 77338 358-6517 HAZEL Lamar Univers~ty 1962 BS

JONES, CECIL N. Senior Seismic Systems Analyst Dresser Olymp~c P.O. Box 1407 Houston, Texas 77001 781-4000 9407 Hlghmeadow Houston. Texas 77042 785-7551 SHELIA SMU

LAURENT. SCOTT Regional Manager Hilliard Oil 8 Gas 1340 One Allen Center Houston. Texas 77002 224-5359 14814 Perthshire. #I30 Houston, Texas 77024 493-6881 JEANETTE Washington 8 Lee Univ Univ, of Colorado

LITTLE. MAYNARD N Geologist

Geology

1968 BS Geology

Amoco Petroleum Company 500 Jefferson Building Houston. Texas 77002 227-4371 7000 Fonvllla a2307 Houston, Texas 77036 777-6394 SARAH Franklin R Marshall College 1973 BA Southern llllnois U n w 1975 MS

Geology Geology

Geology Geology

PLEASANT. CARL D. Staff Geophysicist Conoco P 0 Box 2197 Houston, Texas 77001 627-5573 22127 Woodrose Katy. Texas 77450 371-7198 Univ of Oklahoma

REEVES, MAX W. Geophysicist Getty 011 Company P O . Box 1404 Houston. Texas 77001 228-9361. Ext 299 3231 Norfolk Houston, Texas 77006 522-2960 Univ of Utah

ROEHMER, LAMAR B. Geolog~st Kerr-McGee Corporat~on

STEVENS, J.D. Geophys~c~st Columbia Gas Development Company 2223 West Loop South Houston, Texas 77027 626-8090 2902 Prescott Street Houston, Texas 77025 667-6215

1975 BS Geology MARILYN Unlv of Oklahoma 1968 BS Math

SULIK. JOHN F. Independent 1139 600 Build~ng Corpus Christi, Texas 78401 512/882-1220 3102 Topeka Street Corpus Christi. Texas 78404 512/882-5224 NANCY

1970 BS Geology Univ, of Notre Dame 1953 BS Geology U n ~ v of Ar~zona 1957 MS Geology

TAYLOR, DAVID A. Senior Geophysicist Champlin Petroleum Company 700 Houston Natural Gas Bu~ldlng Houston. Texas 77002 224-641 1 8319 Concho Houston. Texas 77036 774-5430

1973 BS Geology NANCY Beloit College 1956 BS Geology

TOEPPE, VICTOR E. Senlor Exploration Geologist Columbia Gas Development Corporation P O Box 1350 Houston. Texas 77001 626-8090

HELEN St. Joseph's College 1950 BS Geology

1957 BS Geology Miami University. Ohio 1952 MS Geology

VERCELLINO, JOSEPH President Seagull Internat~onal Exploration Inc. 2834 Entex Building 1200 Milam Houston, Texas 77002 236-9835

2701 Westheimer, Apt 7-F Houston, Texas 77006

1970 BS Geophysics 522-4339

MADELYN Univ. of l l l ino~s 1947 BS Geology

Sulte 1010, First Clly East Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002 225-9541 4444 Westheimer Houston, Texas 77027 621-1639 Trinity Un~vers~ty 1968 BA Texas ARM Univ 1973 MS Texas ARM Univ. 1975 PhD

SAMS, RICHARD H. lndependent E- l 1 1 Petroleum Center San Antonio. Texas 78209 51 2-824-4942 6019 Woodwick San Antonio. Texas 78239 51 2-653-2588 BETTY Emory Univers~ty 1957 BA U.C.L.A. 1964 MA

VERCELLINO. W.C. Sales Manager Dresser Atlas 3070 Dresser Tower Houston. Texas 77002 284-8232 87 Charleston

Math Conroe. Texas 77301 Geol. Oceanog 273.181 1 Geol. Oceanog. DOROTHY

Texas ARM Univ. 1948 BS Geology

WHIPP, CHARLEY B Geolog~st Shenandoah 011 Company 1000 The Maln Bu~ldlng Houston Texas 77002 227-5391 791 Bateswood #I04 Houston. Texas 77024

Geology 493-1008 Geology CLARA

U n ~ v of S W Lou~slana 1974 BS Geology

Houston Geological Society Bul le l~n, January 1976

JOSEPH L. ADLER GEOLOGIST AND GEOPHYSICIST

1005 S. Shepherd Drive Houston, Texas 77019

(713) 529-0120

R. P. AKKERMAN Geologist EXPLORATION Engineer

Review of Subsurface Data 3425 Bradford Place 668-4327

Houston, Texas 77025

HARRIS H. ALLEN Oil and Gas Consultant

933 San Jacinto Bldg. 228-9329 Houston, Texas 77002

JOHN L. BIBLE BIBLE GEOPHYSICAL CO., INC.

Gravity-Magnetic Surveys Interpretations

236 Esperson Bldg. 222-6266 Houston, Texas 77002

LESLIE BOWLING Oil and Gas Consultant

417 First National Bank of Commerce Bldg. (504) 522-0432

New Orleans, Louisiana

WAYNE Z. BURKHEAD

Consulting Geologist

713 Rocky River Houston, Texas 77027

Ph. 713/621-3077

JOHN D . BREMSTELLER AAPG-SEG Group Insurance Plan

HGS --Group Cancer Insurance Plan Phones: P.O. Box 36632 Business: 668-0610 Houston, Texas Residence: 774-3188 77036

A r t L a L o u Jroassar d Geologist

Background Studies - Mineral Resources Technical Publications

665-4428

T. WAYNE CAMPBELL PALEO-DATA, INC.

CONSULTING PALEONTOLOGIST AND GEOLOGIST

6619 FLEUR De LIS DRIVE NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70124

(504) 488-371 1

C. D. CANTRELL, JR. Petroleum Geology, Evaluation and Exploration

Geologist and Engineer 508 C & I Building, Houston, Texas 77002

(713) 225-3754

STEWART CHUBER Consulting Geologist

Res. 713-465-3360 Office - 713-229-8395

711 Polk St., Suite 1002 Houston, Texas 77002

GEORGE H. CLARK Petroleum Geologist

11839 Durrette Dr. 781-2079 Houston, Texas 77024

GENEOS PETE COKINOS Petroleum and Geological Engineering Consultant

947 Hazel Street Beaumont, Texas 832-0368 835-4501 892-8733

JACK COLLE JACK COLLE & ASSOC.

Consulting Geologists & Paleontologists

708 C&I Building - Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 227-6266

Jack Colle (622-9555) J. G. Ward (497-7298)

PRESIDENT

d c c o OIL + GAS C o . One Briar Dale Ct. (713) 622-7070

Houston, Texas 77027

JACK W. CRAIG Consulting Geologist

1520 C & I Building Houston, Texas 77002

713/229-9649

JOHN S. DUDAR, Ph.D. Consultant

Oil, Gas, Coal, Uranium Carbonate & Sandstone Stratigraphy

8102 Mobud Houston, Texas 77036 (713) 771-0793 or 464-9451

EVARD P. ELLISON Geologist

121 4 Americana Building 225-6285

Houston, Texas 77002

ERNEST A. ELWOOD, JR. Prudential Drilling Company

1880 Post Oak Tower 621-7330 Houston, Texas 77027

PAUL FARREN Geophysical Consultant

Geodata Building 667-3317 5603 S. Rice Ave. (77036)

STEWART H. FOLK Certified Professional Geologist

Coal, Petroleum, & Geothermal Resources

700 Post Oak Bank Building Office 713/622-9700 Houston, Texas 77027 Home 713/781-2336

JOSEPH N. GRAGNON Consulting Geophysicist

1410 Americana Building Houston, Texas 77002 713-228-7622

MICHEL T. HALBOUTY Consulting Geologist

and Petroleum Engineer

Independent Producer and Operator

The HALBOUTY CENTER TELEPHONE 5100 WESTHEIMER (713) 622-1130 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77027

MARY MICHAEL HOBSON GEOCHEMIST

SCIENTIFIC RUSSIAN TRANSLATOR

4535 Trotman Rd. Beaumont, Texas 77708 713/898-3301

HARRY KILIAN Geologist

2130 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Houston, Texas, 77002 224-0588

OFFICE: 8 8 9 HOUSTON C L U B B U I L D I N G

H O U S T O N . TEXAS 7 7 0 0 2

0. G. LUNDSTROM GEOLOGIST

R E 5 : 3 6 1 4 ABERDEEN WAY

HOUSTON. TEXAS 7 7 0 2 5

6 6 4 - 4 3 9 7

JOHN D. MARR Petroleum Exploration Consultant

Geophysics and Geology Seismic Data: Acquisition, Processing

and Interpretation 2226 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. - 225-4922

GEORGE N. MAY GEORGE N. MAY and ASSOCIATES

Consulting Geologists and Paleontologists

P.O. Box 51858 Oil Center Station Lafayette, Louisiana 70501

234-3379

W. B. McCARTER C. E. McCARTER

Independents

2522 Hazard 523-5733 529-1881

Houston, Texas 77019

R. 6 . MITCHELL Geologist

223-5192 2301 First City National Bank Bldg

Houston. Texas 77002

I. K. NICHOLS Gulf Coast Exploration Geologist

C.P.G. No. 932 Phone: 782-4970

41 Still Forest Dr. Houston, Texas 77024

LEO PUGH

Gulf Coast Geo Data Corp. Seismic - Gravity Data

816 AMERICANA BLDG. Houston, Texas 77002 228-4421

HENRY H. PHILLIPS Paleontological Consultant

PALEONTOLOGIC, BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATIONS

7507 Linden (713) 645-1109 Houston. Texas 77012

RAYMOND D. REYNOLDS Geologist

436 Bankers Mortgage Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002

227-7633

MARTIN M. SHEETS Consultant Energy Environment

Petroleum Geothermal Active Surface Faults Subsidency

1973 W. Gray, Suite 4 Houston, Texas 77019 713/523-1975

CONSULTINO OLOL001ST

CALLONTOLOOIST

. O ~ C I C L : 2 2 6 - 6 7 6 7 1 0 1 4 C & I BUILDING

R E S . 488-7300 HOULITON. TEXAS 7 7 0 0 2

CRAMON STANTON Oil & G a s Consultant

5906 Bermuda Dunes Drive Houston, Texas 77069

444-0965

E. H. STORK, JR. Consultant

Paleontology - Stratigraphy Geologic Interpretations

1908 C&I Building Houston, Texas 77002

Off: (713) 228-0725 Res: (713) 862-8502

RALPH E. TAYLOR Geology of Salt Domes

Exploration and Evaluation of Petroleum Phosphates, Potash, Salt, Sulphur, Uranium

P.O. Drawer A LaPorte, Texas 77571 713/471-3321

HAROLD VANCE Petroleum Investment Counselor Petroleum Evaluation Engineer

227-3949 1429 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.

Houston, Texas 77002

GEORGE F. WATFORD 500 THE MAIN BLDG.

HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002 713/225-5413

PRESIDENT PRAIRIE PRODUCING COMPANY

JAMES A. WHEELER Petroleum Geologist

510 C & I Building

Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 223-1618

GENE VAN DYKE

SOUTHWEST TOWER PRESIDENT HOUSTON TEXAS 77002 VAN DYKE OIL COMPANY (713) 228 81 74 TELEX 762200

Merlin J. Verret Presrdent

Delta Energy Resources, Inc. 3002 Country Club Road Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601 (318) 477-1477

WILLIAM C. WAGNER Consulting Geophysicist

1428 Capital Towers Jackson, Mississippi 39201 (601) 355-5458

J. C. WALTER, JR. Geologrst and Petroleum Engineer

242 Main Bldg. 236-1212 Houston, Texas 77002 Home Phone: 785-2030

David D. Swinehart Contract Geophys~cist

751 1 CAYTON STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION HOUSTON. TEXAS 77017 DHI INTERPRETATION 71 3-645-4736 FORTRAN PROGRAMMING

JAMES M. WILSON Geophysical Consultant

Office 713/225-2145 Home 713/856-2375 Willis, Texas

808 The Main Bldg. Houston, Texas

A. D. WARREN ANDERSON, WARREN & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Consulting Micropaleontology Foraminifera-Nannoplankton-Palynomorphs

Siliceous Microfossils

11526 Sorrento Valley Road San Diego, California 92121

(714) 755-1524 Cable: Micropaleo San Diego

STEVEN R. GUSTISON

Petroleum Geologist

751 0 Fernbrook 469-4456 Houston, Texas 77070

C. A. BLACK, JR. Coal I Uranium

I I IHDEPENDENT LANDMEN

I I SERVING THE INDUSTRY FOR 25 YEARS

FOR PROGRESS ANYWHERE, CALL

JOSEPH G. PUTMAN Ill

Consulting Geophysicist & Gtwloglst

(713) 524-9973 3100 RICHMOND BLDG. HOUSTON, TEXAS 77006

Oir. 461-3060 R ~ s . 468-5895

JOHN A. RUGGLES Geological Consultant

Professional Building 10405 Town & Country Way

Houston, Texas 77024

"We've never aten real

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Magcobar DATA unils with ONBOARD 111 wellsite com- puter systems a= winning the praise and respect of 8eld engineers and geologisw alike. In the words of one engineer with a major oil company. *We've never gotten real numben Like this so fast." And others who have seen the ONBOARD 111 a g m that iw versatility. speed and accuracy exceed that of any other wellsile oomputer system. Herr's why.

ONBOARD 111 can monitor 64 variables during drilling operations. The system alw includes 20 customer-oriented programs to analyzt and display more than UM results. For example, ONBOARD 111 calculates rate of pcnetmtion and pipe velocity with .O1 -d resolution. The Annular Resu re Loss program computes mud column amleration while the pipe is moving and then calculates resulting effective hydrostatic head.

ONBOARD I11 can average monitored variables over a time period exceeding 30 minutes-in fact, up to nine hours-without overflow which results in erroneous numbers.

The DATA ONBOARD 111 computer system Includes a 2.5 million-word tape storage for well histories and a 2.5 million- word tape storage for programs. Commands, interrogations and analyzed output am executed in the DATA unit at the wellsite or through the customer's office terminal, whether the well is onshore or offshore.

ONBOARD 111 can run real- time monitoring and calculating functions and, concurrently, it can run customer-oriented

programs or handle cusromer interrogation by phone.

ONBOARD 111 uses any rig power, bul is completely isolated I'rorn rig power source fluctuations Ir)r continuous. rehable Infor- mation. 11 can operate for at least ten minutes on stand-by power in an emergency. And can recover from an extended power failure in ten seconds. ONBOARD 111 ia the most advanced well data computer sptem available-the only one providing such a high degree of drilling and geological information and analyses.

Put all the advantages of a DATA unit with ONBOARD 111 on your wells. Call or write your Magcobar DATA Unit representative: Magcobar Division. Dresser Industries. Inc.. P. 0. Box 6504. Houston, Texas 77005.713/784-6011.

BROWN AND McKENZIE, INC. Oil & Gas Exploration

1120 Three Greenway Plaza East Houston, Texas 77046

(713) 626-3300

C. F. Brown, Jr. Michael McKenzie

GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION CENTER

LOGS WELL HISTORIES

MAPS PRODUCTION REPORTS

M E M B E R S H I P S A V A I L A B L E - 3 2 6 E N T E X B U I L D I N G

H O U S T O N . T E X A S 77002

(71 3) 229-9573

[B WESTERN GEOPHYSICAL Litton

Box 2469 Houston, Texas 77001

(713) 781-3261

I Petroleum Information@ CORPORATION

A Subsidiary of A.C. Nielsen Company

Oil and Gas Reports Production Reports IN HOUSTON ONE CORPORATE SQUARE

P 0 BOX 1702 77001

526-1381

GEOPHYSICAL SERVICE BNC. A SUBSIDIARY OF

TEXAS I N S T R U M E N T S I N C O R P O R A T E D

P 0 Box 5621 - Dallas, Texas 75222 Telephone- (214) 238-3228

3615 Gulf Freeway Core Analysis and Mud Logging

h@ INDUSTRIES

BAROID DIVISION N L INDUSTRIES, INC. Well Information Systems &.Engineering

P.O. Box 1675 524-6381

McCULLOUGH SERVICES Logging & Perforating

P.O. Box 2572 672-2461

Schlumberger Well Services

1300 Main, Suite 1209 Houston, Texas 77002

Texas Coast Division 237-8300

VAN DYKE OIL COMPANY 400 Southwest Tower

Houston, Texas 77002

Gene Van Dyke 228-81 74

Seismograph Service Corporation A SUBSIDIARY O F RAYTHEON COMPANY

Suite 320, 9000 Southwest keeway Houston, Texas 77036 (713) 772-5561

South Texas Div. Office 3801 Kirby Building, Suite 41 1

AC-713/529-5995

W. L. Laflin J. B. Cook C. C. Franks T. J. Wall J . S. Webb

J. M. Robertson W. F. Powers

q&ZkZ& SERVICE INC. 5603 South Rice Avenue

Houston, Texas 77036

Custom Storage of Confidential Exploration Materials

G. J. Long Paul Farren

666-1 741

NIXON-FERGUSON WELL LOG SERVICE

C O M P L E T E COVERAGE G U L F

C O A S T . S O U T H E R N L O U I S I -

ANA A N D O F F S H O R E

906 Crawford St. @ Houston. ,.a. 77, (71 3i 224-571 3

BOLT BSOCWES INC. 205 WILSON AVE.. NORWALK. CONN. 06854 (203) 853-0700

'CTTELEDY NE EXPLORATION

5825 C h m n e y Rock Road

P. 0. Box 36269

Houston. Texas 77036 71 3-666-2561

ATWATER, CARTER, MILLER & HEFFNER

Consulting Geologists and Engineers

424 Whitney Bank Building New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

(504) 581-6527

R. BREWER & CO., INC. Houston

Consultants

MORGAN J. DAVIS ASSOCIATES Petroleum Consultants and Geologists

1300 Main-Suite 620 Houston, Texas 77002

MORGAN J. DAVIS EDWARD D. PRESSLER 713-227-7209 713-222-2032

fim 'A RaCHEZL ENERGY & D r n P M E N T COW.

ONE SHELL PLAZA HOUmN, 'IEXAS 7ilxa 7EEBWB

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F

Listed on the American Stock Exchange Ticker Symbol: MND

sD selscom Delta

P.O. Box 36789 Houston, Texas 77036

71 3/785-4060

Principal Offices: Houston, London, Singapore, Calgary

CBm EXPLORATION ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL 910 C & I Bulldlng Houston. Texas 77002 Phone 7131227-3146 Cable Address EXPLORE

David B. Darden Charles C. Lilley

Elwin M. Peacock S. Brooks Stewart

RALPH E. DA VIS ASSOCIATES, INC. Consultants

Petroleum and Natural Gas

500 Jefferson Building-Suite 2031 Houston, Texas 77002 713-224-7576

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H. J. GRUY & ASSOCIATES, INC. Petroleum Consultants

420 Southwest Tower 2501 Cedar Springs Rd. Houston, Texas 77002 Dallas, Texas 75201 222-0376 (214) 742-1421

KEPLINGER AND ASSOCIATES, INC. Petroleum Engineers and Geologists

3430 E N T E X Houston, Texas 77002

7131'227-3127

1400 Fourth Nat'l Bank Bldg. Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119

918/587-5591

WOODHAM CONSULTING CO.

Geological-Geophysical Consultants Bill Woodham - John F. Weyer

1200 C & I Building 227-4138

BIG "6" DRILLING COMPANY 1228 Bank of t h e Southwest

Houston, Texas 77002

W. H. Smith, President 225-6576 C. B. Benge, Jr., V.P.-General Manager J. H. Almand-Assistant to President

SIDNEY SCHAFER AND COMPANY 2200 Welch Avenue

Houston, Texas 77019

Sidney Schafer 529-8789 Jack C. Weyand

HOUSTON OIL &

MINERALS CORPORATION

242 The Main Building, 1212 Main Street Houston, Texas 77002

713/236-1212

PRUDENTIAL DRILLING COMPANY 1880 Post O a k Tower Building

5051 Westheimer Houston, Texas 77027

Off. Phone 621-7330 E. A. ELWOOD, JR. Res. Phone 782-3275

& MANAGEMENT I

SYSTEMS, INC. 3201 LAKE, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77006 USA (713) 526-5671

CABLE: OFFSHORE HOUSTON, TEXAS USA TELEX: 775797

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM:

"OPEC NATIONS PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS"

STOUFFER'S HOTEL - GREENWAY PLAZA

JANUARY 2 7 and 28, 1976, HOUSTON, TEXAS

OPEC INVITATIONS TO PRESENT PAPERS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF

ITIONS, VIENNA, WHOSE ORGANIZATION HAS CONFIRMED THEIR PARTICIPATION. OTHER IN- VITATIONS TO PRESENT PAPERS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF ARAB OPEC NATIONS IN KUWAIT. SYRIA, IRAN, QATAR, ECUADOR, ALGERIA, NIGERIA, INDONESIA, EGYPT, VENZUELA, LYBIA AND KUWAIT HAVE BEEN INVITED FOR THE SAME PURPOSE. M E X I C O HAS AGREED TO PRESENT A PAPER, IN AN OBSERVER STATUS OF OPEC. CONFIRMATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM IRAN, VENZUELA, AND MEXICO; AND WE EXPECT OTHERS SHORTLY. THE PAPERS PRESENTED BY EACH COUNTRY WILL DISCUSS THE PRESENT AND FUTURE EXPECTATIONS OF THEIR OIL INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AND HOW I T RELATES TO YOU. THIS SYMPOSIUM WTlL COVER IN DFPTH A COMPLETE GEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ALL COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING. THIS WILL BE A HISTORICAL INTER- NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM.

The speakers f rom America w i l l c o n s i s t o f Un i t ed S ta tes Senator Ernest F. Ho l l i ngs , who w i l l speak on t h e t o p i c "How OPEC i s Viewed by t he Un i t ed S ta tes Senate;" Congressman Char les Wilson w i l l speak on "How t h e Un i ted S ta tes Congress Views OPEC;" D r . Herber t S te in , former Chairman o f the Counci l o f Economic Advisors t o t h e Pres iden t o f t he Un i t ed States, w i l l speak on "OPEC Pr i ces and World Economy," Ha r r i son Sa l i sbu ry of t h e New York Times w i l l g i v e a pene t ra t i ng a n a l y s i s o f OPEC and i t s World P o l i t i c a l Power;" Marsh & McLennan, t h e l a r g e s t insurance unde rwr i t e r s i n t he wo r l d w i l l speak on " Insurance f o r Nat iona l i z a t i o n and Conf isca t ion ; " A r thu r Anderson & Co. w i 11 p resent a paper on "Fore ign O i l E x p l o r a t i o n and t h e Negat ive Un i ted States Tax Treatment;" Professor M. A. Adelman, Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e o f Technology, w i l l t a l k on "The I m - p a c t o f OPEC and Non-OPEC Petroleum P o l i c i e s on O i l & Other Energy Sources;" and o t h e r i n t e r n a t i o n a l p e r s o n a l i t i e s w i l l a1 so present papers.

The Chairmen f o r t h i s Symposium w i l l be: M r . Don M. Tay lo r , E d i t o r , Ocean I n d u s t r i e s Magazine, Houston; and D r . Nelson C. Steenland, Chairman, Geophysical Ex- p l o r a t i o n Corporat ion, Houston.

PLEASE ASK ANYONE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OUR SEMINARS. OUR LATEST SEMINARS WERE "FOREIGN R I G S OPERATING IN AMERICAN WATERS," MAY 9-10, HOUSTON, TEXAS; "PROJECT INDE- PENDENCE AND NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY," SEPTEMBER 16-17, HOUSTON, TEXAS; AND "FINANCING UNDER THE MERCHANT MARINE ACTS OF 1936 & 1970," OCTOBER 26-27, HOUSTON, TEXAS.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: MR. W. MARIANO, OFFSHORE PETROLEUM & MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC., 3201 LAKE, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77006, 713/526-5671.

CORE ANALYSIS, MUD LOGGING, GAMMA RAY & SONIC INSPECTION

4120 D D~rectors Row Houston. Texas 77018

71 3-686-551 6

LADD Petroleum Corporation Oil and Gas Exploration

Suite 1910-2000 So. Post Oak Road Houston, Texas 77027

Tel. 713-629-81 11

Sam H. Peppratt-Expl. Mgr.-Houston Corporate Headquarters

Suite 8 3 0 Denver Club Building

Denver, Colorado 80202 Ph. 303-292-3080

WILLIAM W. FAIRCHILD C.R. PICKETT

International Biostratigraphers Incorporated

Age - Dating - Paleoenvironments Source Rock Analyses

5933 Bellaire Boulevard Houston, Texas 713/665-8686

We're runnina out of oil

W. D. Bishop J. L. P. Campbell Bob Carr Bob Cook

w

that's easy to find Take a batch of seis information. Mix in a group of carefully prepared cross sections. Apply slowly and judiciously to a map until contour lines appear. After a proper curing interval, spot a location.

Move in a rig, turn to the right, catch samples, cut cores and run tests. Unfess you're luckier than most-you'll be hard put to identify and analyze possible pay zones. A thoughtfully planned logging program can be the difference between success and failure.

Dresser Atlas can locate and measure the porosity. With logs alone. We can define and quantitize the fluids. With logs alone. We can unravel complex lithology. With logs alone.

Nature made the deposit in the dimly known past. Our role is to help you make a profitable withdrawal. With all the logs you'll ever need on any well you'll ever drill.

DRESSER ATLAS: A CHOICE-not a chance.

Bill Latson Jack P. Myers R. M. "Dusty" Rhodes Division of Dresser Industries, Inc. Ross "Bud" Smith 601 Jefferson, Houston, Texas 77005 Ted Turner 784-601 1