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Newsletter of the Geophysical Society of Tulsa November 1996

_Contents: 1996 - 1997 GST OFFICERS | President's Notes | TU Geoscience Seminars | GST Calendar | TGS Calendar | GST Picnic | How to Receive Tthis Newsletter Electronically

TECHNICAL LUNCHEON MEETING --- Nov. 21, 1996

Location: SEG Headquarters, 8801 S. Yale, Tulsa

Lunch at 11:30 a.m. --- Speaker at 12:00 noon.

GST Board Meeting -- 10.00 a.m., SEG Board Room (5th floor). All GST members have an open invitation to attend. $ 8 Advance Registration, $10 at the door. Call (918) 660-3518 or email snissen@trc.amoco.com by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, for reservations.

Lunch Topic: SEG 1996 Fall Distinguished Lecture. Surface Seismic Data Acquisition: Current technology, Trends and Issues --- Dr. Fred J. Barr

Market forces continually press for lower costs for finding and producing hydrocarbons. At the same time we demand lower environmental impact as we explore in sensitive areas such as transition zones. Dr. Barr reviews recent advances in seismic acquisition and processing technology which address these conflicting challenges, including: 3-D Geometry Design, Seismic Energy Sources, Recording Instrumentation, Positioning and Navigation, and Field Processing.

About the Speaker

Dr. Frederick J. Barr received his Bachelor's degree in 1966, his Master's in 1968 and his Ph.D. in 1970; all in electrical engineering from Texas A &M University. Since then Fred has been with Petty Geophysical Engineering Company as it has been successively made part of: Geosource in 1973, Halliburton Geophysical in 1988, and since 1993, Western Geophysical. His positions at Geosource included: director of R &D, general manager and Vice President in the Electronic Systems Division and Corporate Director of Technology. Currently Fred is manager of an R &D group specializing in data acquisition technology.

Fred is a member of SEG, EAEG, and IEEE and has authored and presented 22 papers at SEG and EAEG technical meetings. His paper on Dual Sensor ocean bottom cable technology at the 1989 Annual SEG meeting received honorable mention for best presentation, and in 1995 the SEG awarded Fred the Virgil Kauffman Gold medal Award for his work in this area. Halliburton honored his technical contributions to seismic data acquisition technology by designating him a Senior Member, Technical Staff in 1990.

NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT, BOB HEATON

First I would like to thank Conoco for hosting a fine dinner and talk. I would also like to thank Mertz and Pelton for contributing the hospitality beverages. We also just completed a very successful Short Course, given by John Castagna on "Analysis of Seismic Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators". Thanks to SGI/Cray for the morning rolls, and IBM for the afternoon cookies.

This month we will not hold our regular 2nd Thursday meeting, due to the SEG convention in Denver. The meeting is rescheduled for the 21st, please note.

Speaking of SEG....

The SEG Council oversees the SEG Executive Committee, and holds its annual meeting during the SEG Convention. In the past, GST has had 3 representatives on the council. This number is based on the number of GST members who are ALSO active SEG members. GST is allocated one representative for each 75 members (of both GST and SEG).

A member roster is sent to SEG in November for the next years SEG and is correlated against their active SEG member list. Last November the list of active GST members we sent to SEG only had 149 active SEG members. Consequently, this year we will only have 2 representatives on the SEG Council.

This year Brackin Smith and I will be your representatives on the council. If you have any issues concerning SEG let Brackin or I know and we will bring them up. The SEG Council meeting will be held on Sunday, Nov 10.

Currently, only about 60% of our GST members are also active SEG members. Please check your status with SEG and let's get the membership back up so we have a little more voice in the SEG Council. This might also be a good time to look around and invite those interested in geosciences to become a GST member.

To try to involve more people in GST the Executive Committee has passed a resolution that each member of GST may bring 1 guest per year to a technical luncheon for free. The only requirement is that space be reserved. There will be no sales pitch, but if the guest enjoys the luncheon and talk, applications are always available. "2fers, how can you beat that?"

Hope to see you in Denver.

GST 1997 PICNIC

The GST picnic is scheduled for May 3, 1997 at Woolaroc. Anyone interested involunteering to help with the picnic should contact Julie Freeman (jmg@ppco.com or 918-661-8503)

ELECTRONIC TIMELINES

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GST CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 1996-97

This year, all meetings will be at the SEG Building, 8801 S. Yale, Tulsa, except for a spring meeting at the University of Tulsa campus.

November 10-15 , SEG Convention in Denver, CO.

November 21 , Luncheon Meeting, SEG Building, 11:30 a.m., SEG Fall Distinguished Lecturer, Fred Barr.

December 12 , Luncheon Meeting, SEG Building, 11:30 a.m., Massively Parallel Depth Imaging, Duryodhan Epili.

January 9 , Luncheon Meeting, SEG Building, 11:30 a.m., Project Management of Exploration Risk, Larry Grillot, International Exp. Manager, Phillips Pet. Co.

February 13 , Luncheon Meeting, SEG Building, 11:30 a.m., 3-D Survey Design and Linear V(z), Chris Liner.

March 13 , (to be announced).

April 10 , Luncheon Meeting, SEG Building, 11:30 a.m., SEG PresidentialAddress, Fred Hilterman

May 3 , GST PICNIC at WOOLAROC.

May 8 , (to be announced).

Geoscience Seminars at the University of Tulsa -

Wednesdays at noon in Keplinger Hall, M216

Nov. 6 Arnold H. Bouma, Tanqua Karoo submarine fan complex, South Africa; the best example to study fine-grained turbidite systems.

Nov. 13 LeRoy A. Hemish, Coal geology of Eastern Oklahoma - An Overview.

Nov. 20 Alan Rea, Hydrologic Analysis Using a New Hydrologic Conditioned Digital Elevation Model of Oklahoma.

TGS (Tulsa Geological Society) Calendar of Events for 1996-97

For Reservations call (918) 582-4762 about 5 days prior to the Meeting. Nov. 5 , Dinner Meeting, Allen Chapman Activities Center, Gallery Room, University of Tulsa, Fine Grained versus Grained Submarine Fans in the Light of Exploration Potentials, Arnold Bouma, Louisiana State University. Nov. 12 , Luncheon Meeting

Tulsa Geological-Geophysical Auxiliary (TGGA)

This is a local organization for spouses of Geologists and Geophysicists. The main activities are Luncheons and some fun activities. The yearly membership fee is $15.00. Please send your membership to Patsy Larry, Publicity Chairman, 4954 East 113th, Tulsa, OK 74137.