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Previous HitGulfNext Hit Coast Association of Geological Societies and Previous HitGulfNext Hit Coast Section of SEPM 65th Annual Convention

Discovery-Technology-Leadership-Education

September 20-22, 2015, Houston, Texas

Hosted by Houston Geological Society

Posted Oct. 5, 2015
Search and Discovery Article #90219 (2015)

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ABSTRACTS (by Author)

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Salt Delineation Using Vector Offset Output (VOO) of Full Azimuth Data

Receiver Functions and Surface Wave Dispersion Modeling of the Crust and Upper Mantle beneath the Texas Previous HitGulfNext Hit Coast

Delineation of Surficial Karst Manifestations using LiDAR and Pictometry in Ordovician Carbonates, Central Texas

Sequence-Stratigraphic and Depositional Controls on Reservoir Quality in Lowstand Incised-Valley Fill and Highstand Shallow-Marine Systems in the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Tuscaloosa Formation, Louisiana, U.S.A.

An Angular Unconformity between the Woodbine and Eagle Ford Formations in Delta, Hunt, and Hopkins Counties of the East Texas Basin

Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Upper Miocene Carbonate-Evaporite Sequence of the Wadi Yunis Member, Al-Khums Formation, Sirt Basin, Libya

Sequence Stratigraphy, Chemostratigraphy, and Diagenesis of the Cyrenaican Miocene Carbonate-Evaporite Successions, NE Libya

Case Study: Woodford Shale Source Rock Characterization by Geochemical and SEM Evaluation in a Horizontal Well

Geochemical Analysis of Stanley Shale Concretions in Southern Oklahoma

B

Fault Plane Geomorphology and Structural Analysis of a Middle Eastern Giant Carbonate Oil Previous HitFieldNext Hit

Relatively Large Mid-Ramp, Highstand, Microbialite Patch and Fringing Reefs: A New Exploration Play for Southern Alabama

Historic Oilfield Arsenic Usage and Pit Groundwater Models: An Previous HitExampleNext Hit from Lake St. John Previous HitFieldNext Hit, Louisiana

Chemostratigraphic-Based Age Model for the Black Peaks Formation: Implications for Early Paleogene Paleoclimate in Sub-Tropical North America

Evidence of Precambrian Organic-Rich Shales in a Granitic Pegmatite, Llano County, Texas

Quantitative Characterization of Shale Drapes within the Tidally-Influenced Fluvial Valley-Fill Deposits of the Ferron Sandstone, Utah—Implications for Subsurface Exploration

Implications of Source Overcharge for Prospect Assessment

From Moratorium to 10 Rigs—BP in the Deepwater Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit 2010 to 2015

Tracing Suspended Previous HitSedimentNext Hit in the Subsurface Using Beryllium-7 Isotope

Defining a Steeply-Dipping Salt Flank in Mississippi with a New High-Certainty 3D Method

Laramide Deformation along the Southern Rocky Mountain Front: Provenance Record from the Raton and Galisteo-El Rito Basins of Colorado and New Previous HitMexicoNext Hit

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Redefining Geological Evaluation in Deepwater Using New High-Resolution Borehole Imaging Technology

Shoreface Sedimentation along a Transgressive Barrier Island: Understanding the Interplay between Short-Term Events and Long-Term Sea Level Rise in Shaping these Dynamic Coastal Environments

Changes of Global Sea-Level Rise and Relative Sea-Level Rise in Coastal Louisiana in the 21st Century

The Environmental Impact of No-Till Farming on Lower Mississippi River Quality

Western Caribbean Structural Provinces Based on 2D Kinematic Restorations of the Lower Nicaraguan Rise and Colombia Basin

The Norphlet Desert and its Sand Dunes: In a Sub-Aerial Environment, but below Sea Level

Along Strike Structural Variations in the Frontal Ouachitas-Arkoma Foreland Basin Transition Zone

Post Well Analysis of Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit: A Multidisciplinary Approach for a More Confident Understanding of this Complex Petroleum System

Foreland Deformation Related to Precambrian Features of the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Previous HitMexicoNext Hit

Springfield Spring, Drought Stress, and Aquifer Recovery—A Central Texas Case Study with Implications for Small Town Water Future

Saratoga Resources, Pine Brook Partners, Carlyle Group, Van Operating and Quantum Energy Partner, Nautilus Energy

Facies Distribution and Halokinetic Sequence Stratigraphy of Lower Cambrian Carbonate Strata adjacent to Wirrealpa Diapir, a Secondary Salt Diapir in the Central Flinders Ranges, South Australia

The Sulfur to Nitrogen Ratio as an Aid in Mapping the Petroleum Producing Trends of the Contiguous U.S. 48 States Using the USGS Database

Dynamic Datasets Using Forward Modeling to Reduce Uncertainty and Improve Recovery

Extraction of Seismic Attributes for Reservoir Characterization in Subsalt Environments, Keathley Canyon and Walker Ridge Areas, Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit

The Chicontepec Formation, Onshore Eastern Previous HitMexicoNext Hit: Compelling Evidence for the Eocene Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Drawdown Theory

Reservoir Architecture and Stratigraphic Evolution of Channelized Deepwater Depositional Systems

The Role of Seismic Technology to Unravel the Hydrocarbon Potential of Mexican Basins

D

Using pXRF to Identify Pay Zones in Hydrocarbon-Rich Shales: A Litho-Geochemical Analysis of the Eagle Ford Shale

Trace Fossil Origin for Pervasive Pyritized Films in the Estuarine Ingersoll Shale, Cretaceous Eutaw Formation, Eastern Alabama

Depositional Facies and Geometry of an Exposed Megaflap: Pennsylvanian Honaker Trail Formation, Gypsum Valley Salt Wall, Paradox Basin, Colorado

Geoscience Based Management of Soil during Oil and Gas Development: A Study Conducted in the Eagle Ford Oil and Gas Development Area

Chronostratigraphic Relationships of the Woodbine and Eagle Ford Groups across Texas

Reservoir Characteristics of Turbidite Depositional Facies and Key Risks for Basin Floor Fan Turbidite Reservoirs

A Success Case of Revival of an 80 Year Old Oilfield through New 3D Seismic Interpretation and Reservoir Modeling, Lak Ranch, Weston County, Wyoming, USA

Factors Controlling Permeability Variation in Onshore, Deep Paleogene Wilcox Sandstones in the Northern Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Basin: Targeting High-Quality Reservoirs

E

Structural Control on Fluid Migration in the Northern Segment of the Edwards Balcones Fault Zone Aquifer, Central Texas

Geologic Framework for the Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in Sandstone Reservoirs of the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Cotton Valley Group, U.S. Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Region

Petroleum Potential of the Florida-Cuba-Bahamas Collision Zone

Petroleum Potential of the Florida-Cuba-Bahamas Collision Zone

Advances in the Tahiti Previous HitFieldNext Hit Subsalt Seismic Imaging and Interpretation: Utilizing Seismic Attribute Analysis and Offset/Azimuth Partitions for Imaging and Interpreting Deepwater Subsalt Structure and Facies

Finding New Oil and Gas Reserves in Fluvial Systems Using AVO: The Upper Frio in Wharton County, Texas

Insights from the Texas through Time Project

H

Analysis of the Goose Point area near Lacombe, Louisiana, Validates New Geophysical Data Type—Natural Sourced Electromagnetism (NSEM)—for Detection of Lineaments Associated with Faults and Sedimentary Features

Legal Aspects of Coastal Change

Onshore Florida Interpretation Utilizing Composited PSDM Seismic Data Integrated with a Mega-Regional Basinwide Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit PSDM Seismic Program

Using Electric Logs to Estimate Groundwater Salinity and Map Brackish Groundwater Resources in the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer in South Texas

Evolution of Challenges to the Development of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources

Detrital History of the Conglomerate Measures of the Pottsville Formation in the Cahaba Synclinorium, Southern Appalachians, Alabama

Evaluation of Groundwater Quality in Paleozoic Aquifers Using GIS Techniques, Central Texas

The Greenhorn Cyclothem of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway: Lithology Trends, Stacking Patterns, Log Signatures, and Application to the Eagle Ford of West Texas

Paleoecology of Cretaceous Foraminifera: Examples from the Atlantic Ocean and Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Region

Study of Producing Ramsey Sandstones in the Bell Canyon Formation of the Delaware Basin: Paduca Previous HitFieldNext Hit, Lea County, New Previous HitMexicoNext Hit

Late Quaternary Stratigraphic Evolution of the Southwestern Louisiana Inner Continental Shelf: Paleo-Landscape Preservation Potential and Implications for Offshore Sand Resources

Salt Tectonic Controls on Facies and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Triassic Chinle Formation, Gypsum Valley Salt Wall, Colorado

Variations in Shallow Groundwater Composition in Hinds and Madison Counties, Mississippi

Regional Mapping across the Entire Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Basin—New Plays and New Perspectives

Seismic Profiles in Downtown Houston for an Integrated Approach to Identify Faults and Hazards

J

The Lucius Exploration Story: An Ultra-Deepwater Subsalt Pliocene Discovery

Spatial and Temporal Variability of Hydrocarbon Seepage, Offshore Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit: Regional and Local Variations as Defined by Natural Seeps

K

Exploring the Weches Formation as a Potential Unconventional Oil and Gas Resource in Sabine County, Texas

The Cotton Valley Limestone Pinnacle Reef Trend, 20 Years Later, East Texas Basin

Previous HitThicknessNext Hit Variation of the Eagle Ford and Adjacent Strata in Burleson, Lee, and Washington Counties, Texas

Cretaceous Carbonate Sequences and Reservoir Systems of the Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Basin

Modeling Upper Cambrian Microbial Reefs: Bridging the Gap from Outcrops to Reservoir Scale

Correlation of Northern Belize's Cretaceous-Paleogene (‘KT’) Boundary Sections

Stones Previous HitFieldNext Hit: Deep and Distant

L

The Interplay between Deformation, Erosion, and Sedimentation in the Deepwater Mexican Ridges Fold Belt, Western Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Basin

The Interplay between Deformation, Erosion, and Sedimentation in the Deepwater Mexican Ridges Fold Belt, Western Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Basin

Understanding Deepwater Transport Systems through Processing and Interpreting Seismic Data in Color

Importance of Translation Services in the Energy Sector

Model the Rock! Using Diagenesis Simulation for Rock Property Prediction

Karst Development within the Salado Creek Watershed, Williamson and Bell Counties, Central Texas

University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Reservoir Characterization and Petrofacies Model for the Devonian Grosmont and Upper Ireton Formations, Northeastern Alberta, Canada

Petroleum Systems of the Tayrona-Rancheria Basin, Offshore Guajira Peninsula, Colombia

Reducing Uncertainties and Risks in Exploration and Development in the Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Basin—Insights Gained from Analysis of over 100 Reservoir Analogs

Previous HitSedimentNext Hit Flux through the Indus Submarine Canyon, Arabian Sea

Monsoon Intensity and its Impact on the Chemical Weathering during Glacial Cycle in the South China Sea

Slab Tearing Triggered the Cretaceous Igneous Activity in the Northern Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Region

Analysis of Pore Networks and Reservoir Quality of the Upper Cretaceous Woodbine Sandstone in the High-Recovery-Efficiency, Giant East Texas Previous HitFieldNext Hit

Hydrocarbon Potential of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico Based on Combining Depth to Basement and Maturity Information from Previous Wells

M

Comparing the Results of the Kelly Criterion and Risk Aversion: Quick Look Practical Alternatives to Portfolio Optimization

Seismic Source Characterization of Small-Scale Contained Explosions Utilizing Near Source Empirical Data

New Insights into the Mesozoic Evolution of the Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Basin from Gravity and Deep-Penetration Seismic Reflection Data

Structural Characterization of the Eagle Ford Formation, Val Verde County, Texas

Petrographic, Halokinetic, and Structural Analysis of Permian-Age Carbonate Caprock at Gypsum Valley Salt Wall, Paradox Basin, Colorado

Permeability Anisotropy Study of the Bluejacket Sandstone at OK-20 Roadcuts in Eastern Mayes County, Oklahoma

Structural and Stratigraphic Development of a Salt-Diapir Shoulder, Gypsum Valley Salt Wall, Paradox Basin, Colorado

The Effects of Cave Ventilation on Stalagmite Deposition and Paleoclimate Records—A Case Study from Cathedral Caverns, Alabama

Visual Rock Characterization can Benefit Reservoir Analysis

Low Methane Concentrations in Previous HitSedimentNext Hit along the Siberian Slope: Inference from Pore Water Geochemistry

Controls of Shapes and Evolution of Salt Diapirs: Experimental Studies

Deepwater Subsalt-Suprasalt Middle-Lower Slope Sands and Reservoirs of the U.S. Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit: The Evolution of an Exciting Giant Previous HitFieldNext Hit Concept

O

Follets Island: A Case Study of a Dying Barrier Island

Tectonostratigraphic Evolution of the Lower Magdalena Basin, Colombia: An Previous HitExampleNext Hit of an Underfilled to Overfilled Forearc Basin

What Lies beneath the Tip of the Iceberg? Late Cretaceous to Recent Tectonic Evolution of Jamaica and the Nicaraguan Rise with Implications for a Widespread Eocene Petroleum System

Seismic Facies Analysis and Age Dating of Mid-Pleistocene Channel-Lobe Deposits, Mad Dog Previous HitFieldNext Hit, Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit

P

The Lower Mesozoic Rocks of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Revisited

Discriminating Quaternary Depositional Units on the Texas Coastal Plain Using Airborne Lidar and Near-Surface Geophysics

Examination of the Generation of Overpressure in the Eagle Ford

Structure Maps of the Top-Rift Unconformity/Oceanic Crust and Top Cretaceous Surfaces, and the Oxfordian Rift-Drift Reconstruction, Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit

Role of Caribbean Tectonics in the Tectono-Stratigraphic Evolution of Southern Previous HitMexicoNext Hit and the Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit

Salt-Previous HitSedimentNext Hit Interaction and Passive Diapirism: A Previous HitFieldNext Hit-Based Story of La Popa Salt Diapir Rise Coeval with Deposition of Viento Formation, La Popa Basin, NE Previous HitMexicoNext Hit

S

Geological Interpretation Using Pattern Recognition from Self-Organizing Maps and Principal Component Analysis

Cenozoic Structural, Deformational, and Erosional Events Observed Along a 400-km Long, Onshore-to-Offshore Regional Transect Across Northwestern South America

Improving Petroleum System Identification in Offshore Salt Environments: Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit and Red Sea Case Studies

Optimizing Lateral Placement and Production while Minimizing Completion Costs: An Eagle Ford Case Study

Controls of Salt Tectonics and Shortening on Hydrocarbon Prospectivity in Passive Margin Fold Belts of Offshore Gabon

Integration of Well, Core, and Seismic Data for 3D Depositional Environment and Reservoir Architecture Interpretation—Previous HitExampleNext Hit from Offshore Vietnam

Strategy for Developing and Calibrating Shale and Mudstone Chemostratigraphies Using Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence Units and Its Use on an Automated Core Scanner

Prediction of Seal Failure and Reservoir Breaching in Deep Water

A New Approach to Pore Pressure Predictions: Generation, Expulsion, and Retention Trio—Case Histories from the Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit

A New Perspective to Shallow Water Flow (SWF) and Sinking Well-Head Preventions in Deep Water

Exploring the Missing Blind Zone in the Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit Shelf

Geodetic Constraints on Deformation and Earthquake Focal Mechanisms in the Dominican Republic

Paleostratigraphic Biofacies and Lithofacies of the Owl Mountain Province, Fort Hood Military Installation, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas

Understanding Well Performance by Using Elemental Ratios in the Wolfcamp Formation, Midland Basin

Upper Cretaceous Formation Lithostratigraphic Correlation Study for Madison and Leon Counties, East Texas Basin

The Geologic History of Submarine Fans in the Deepwater Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit: Mesozoic to Modern

Chemostratigraphy and Identification of Fine-Grained Sedimentary Rocks Using Portable XRF

Fracture and Pore Network Connectivity in Shales Related to Increased Hydrocarbon Production

The 40th Anniversary of South Louisiana's Lower Tuscaloosa Trend—Recollections and Early Media Coverage

Observing Oil Surface Area Due to Seepage in Lake Maracaibo

Educational/Leadership Forum 2.0—Foundational Talks for the Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit

The Discovery, Reservoir Attributes, and Significance of the Hawkville Previous HitFieldNext Hit and the Eagle Ford Trend: Implications for Future Development

Megaporosity Development within the Central Tennessee Basin: A Comparative Study of Karst in Middle-Upper Ordovician Strata

Ground-Based Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and Terrestrial Laser Scanning of the Eagle Ford Formation

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Compartmentalization between the GC0738_1 Mad Dog North Wellbores—Evidence for Post-Depositional Slumping in the Lower Miocene Reservoirs of the Deepwater Southern Green Canyon, Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit

A Geology-Based, Non-Seismic Attribute Method to Generate Facies, Lithology, and Petrophysical Parameters in the Chinook and Cascade Fields, Walker Ridge, Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit, USA

Shallow Hazard and Gas Escape Systems Modelling from 3D Seismic Data

Spatial Delineation and Classification of Surficial Karst Manifestations Utilizing LiDAR, Fort Hood Military Installation, Central Texas

Seismic Reconstruction and Petroleum System Analysis of the Norphlet Formation in the Mississippi Canyon, Previous HitGulfNext Hit of Previous HitMexicoNext Hit, Using 3D Seismic Data

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Rates of Previous HitSedimentTop Deposition during the Late Eocene of Central Texas Based on 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Volcanic Ash

Source Rock Maturation: Its Effect on Porosity and Anisotropy in Unconventional Resource Plays