September 2007 PBGS, P. O. Box 361, Midland, TX 79702

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PERMIAN BASIN GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY

Letter From the PBGS Board Mike Oestmann President-Elect

Hello PBGS Members, Many of you are just back from the SEG in San Antonio. I’m sure everyone is very busy and a little behind after the trip, but reports are that a good (and educational) time was had by all. As I write this we have just concluded the 45th annual Doodlebug Open – it was an incredible success. Our thanks to Lee Miller & EGI , Glenn Winters, Debbie & Larry Lawrence & Pinnacle Seismic and all the other volunteers and sponsors who worked so hard to make this year’s event a resounding success. We had a record number of teams participate this year. The food was great, the weather cooperated and the boom in our industry was evidenced by the extensive prizes donated by our generous sponsors and by the overall mood of our members. (The only negative comments I heard all day were related to Debbie’s selection of the second grand prize winner – just kidding of course.) The final numbers are not in yet, but thanks to our many sponsors, volunteers and participants it looks like the tournament raised over $15,000 for our society. My how things can change in just a few years! I want to thank those of you who took the time to share your ideas with us about speakers for this year. We have a terrific slate of speakers lined up for our meetings this fall. Roger Young and Shawn Porche from E-Seis will be here for the luncheon meeting on October 10. Roger’s talk and bio are contained elsewhere in this newsletter. Bryan DeVault of Vecta Oil & Gas will be here in November. And our own Glenn Winters is scheduled to speak for us at our December meeting. You will want to plan to attend all of those meetings. Invite your associates to come with you and encourage them to join PBGS! I understand that 2007 – 2008 is the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year. This has been deemed the Electronic Geophysical Year and per The Leading Edge represents a coordinated international effort focusing on improving data access, release, preservation, integration, capacity building and discovery. I certainly hope it is a year of discovery for all of us as we continue to pursue those elusive oil & gas deposits. We’ll look forward to seeing all of you on Oct. 10. Mike Oestmann

September Luncheon Talk

Using AVO and Seismic Based Pore Pressure for Exploration (with examples from the Permian Basin and Gulf Coast) Wednesday, 10/10/07 11:30 am Roger Young (eSeis, Inc)

Roger Young is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of eSeis, Inc., where he is responsible for product development. He is the creator of LithSeis®, an advanced seismic analytical tool, DrilSeis®, a seismic process that produces pore pressure and fracture gradient volumes, and Q-Based® Pore Pressure Prediction, which derives pore pressure from Frequency Absorption. Roger has 26 years of industry experience, including 12 years of LithSeis development and project work. Prior to eSeis, Roger worked as a petrophysicist for Union Texas, an integration engineer for Grumman, and a logging engineer for Schlumberger. Roger was instrumental in the discovery of the largest oil field in North America in the last two decades, using this proprietary seismic petrophysics technology. Roger holds a Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Clarkson College of Technology. Roger is an active member of: SEG, SPE, AAPG, SPWLA, and HGS.

THANK YOU The PBGS would like to thank the following companies for their sponsorship of the 2007 DISC course:

OXY Permian Whiting Petroleum Concho 3D-Geo EOG Resources, Inc. Fasken Oil & Ranch, Inc Great Western Drilling Company Henry Petroleum LP Kinder Morgan Parallel Petroleum Corporation Wagner & Brown, Ltd.

SEG Education Week Overview

SEG Education Week Houston Marriott North at Greenspoint 255 N. Sam Houston Pkwy East, Houston, TX 77060 November 5-8 Registration and breakfast available at 7:30 am Duration: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Courses: ● Near-Surface Seismology – Gregory Baker – November 5-6 ● Seismic Data Processing – Steve Hill – November 5-6 ● Dynamic Reservoir Characterization: Multicomponent 4D – Steve Roche and Tom Davis – November 5-6 ● Gravity and Magnetics for Explorationists – Michal Ruder – November 7-8

Course Fees: $595 per course (SEG Member) or $670 per course (Non-Member) Take 2 courses and receive a $100 Discount! SEG Student Members - $50 per course (Students must request the registration form – no online registration for students) Late Fee on all registrations received after October 5: $35

Registration Information: Registration is open. Register online at http://ce.seg.org or email [email protected] for registration form.

PBGS 2007 Calendar 10/10/07 Wednesday Luncheon – Using AVO and Seismic Based Pore Pressure for Exploration (Roger Young, eSeis) 11/5-8/07 SEG Education Week, North Houston 11/14/07 Wednesday Luncheon – Prestack 9-C Joint Inversion for Stratigraphic Prediction in the Williston Basin (Brian DeVault, Vecta Oil and Gas; Thierry Tonellot, Daniele Mace, Stephan Ker, Morgane Pichard, IFP) 12/12/07 Wednesday Luncheon – Successfully Searching for Spraberry Reservoirs by Integrating New and Old Exploration Techniques, Dawson County, Texas (Glen Winters, Fasken) 1/9/08 Wednesday Luncheon – 3D Seismic Imaging of Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs (Bruce Hart, McGill University) 2/13/07 Wednesday Luncheon – Unlocking the Secrets of Tight Gas Through Integrated Technologies (Tom Davis, Colorado School of Mines) 5/8/08 Thursday Annual PBGS Exploration Meeting & Barbeque (date tentative)

* We don’t have confirmation on all of our future speakers yet, but hopefully we will by the next newsletter.

Announcement: Business Card Publication If you would like your business card added, changed or removed from the PBGS monthly newsletters please contact Jay Blaylock at 432-686-6717. The cost is $150.00 per publication year.

PBGS OFFICERS PRESIDENT Alison Small (432) 685-6585 E-mail: [email protected]

PRESIDENT-ELECT Mike Oestmann (432) 685-9005, ext. 203 E-mail: [email protected]

VICE-PRESIDENT Stephen Boger (432)-688-2455 E-mail: [email protected]

TREASURER Joe Caputo (432) 686-3725 E-mail: [email protected]

SECRETARY Jay Blaylock (432)-686-6717 E-mail: [email protected]

PAST PRESIDENT Hoxie Smith (432) 683-2832 ext. 3 E-mail: [email protected]

PBGS Committee Chairs 2006 Doodlebug Chairman: Lee Miller Membership Chairman: Debbie Lawrence DISC Chairman: Martha George

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