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B U L L E T I N

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Houston, Texas

J. A WHEELER 926 AMERIMNA BUXi.

HOUSTON, T w 77002

Volume 10, No. 3

November, 1967

%ouston Qeo!ogicd Society

1967-1 968 OFFICERS

President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred L . Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA 5-5757 1st Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . James 0 . Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . CA 7-2060 2nd Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred M Schall. Jr . . . . . . . . CA 2-9481 Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John B . Williams . . . . . . . . . CA 4-7961 Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martin M . Cassidy . . . . . . . . CA 7-4371

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMEN George E . Carver. J r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA5-5511 Floyd B . Wilcox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA 7-5261 H a l H . Bybee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA5-1511 Lewis J . Hubka. Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA5-5511 Jesse L . George. Jr.. Ex Officio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA 80815

COMMllTEE CHAIRMEN Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James W . doach . . . . . . . CA 5-081 1 Distribution & Publication . . . . . . . G . Jack Fischer . . . . . . . . . . M O 60151 Technical Program . . . . . . . . . . . . Henry F . Keplinger . . . . . . . . CA 7-3 127 Awards & Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Martha Shirley Broussard . . JA 84141 Research & Study . . . . . . Martin . M . Cassidy . . . . . . . CA 7-4371 H.G. S . Membership . . . . . John L . Riley . . . . . . . CA 2-2526 Personnel Placement . . . . George Sealy . . . . . . . . . . . CA 1-331.2 Remembrances . . . . . . . . Royce E . Oualline . . . . . . . R I S1266 Public Relations . . . . . Kenneth L . Harkins . . . . . . CA 1-3351 Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . Tommy M . Thompson . . . . CA 4-981 1 A.A.P.G. Membership . . . James A . Wheeler . . . . . . . CA 3-1618 Ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . C . E . Trowbridge . . . . . . . CA 7-7804 Advertising . . . . . . . . . James T . Goodwyn. Jr . . . CA 88741 Exhibits-G.C.A.G.S.

. . . . . . . . . . . & A.A.P.G. . . . . . . . . Mac Thompson CA 3-4033 Transportation . . . . . . . . . Carleton D . Speed. Jr . . . . . . CA 4-2523 Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barkley Souders . . . . . . CA 87147

. . . . . . , Boy Scout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clyde G Beckwith CA 5 1 5 1 1

Special Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Academic Liaison Robert Dollison CA 7-4371

Submarine Geology and Advisor to Museum of Natural Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harold Geis . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA 51396

Special Publications for Geology of Deltas . . . . . . . . . Martha Shirley Broussard . . . . JA 84141

AAPG Continuing Education Co-ordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeWitt C . Van Siclen . . . . . . . 7486600

REPRESENTATIVES G.C.A.G.S. Representative . . . . . . . Raymond E . Fairchild . . . . . . . 224-8991

. Alternate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harold E Voigt . . . . . . . . . . . CA 4-51 11 A . A . P . G . Group Insurance . . . . . . . John Bremsteller . . . . . . . . . PR 4-3 188

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THIS MONTH

VOLUME 10 NUMBER 3

Meeting Notices ...................................... Page 2

President's Corner and Items from the Editor ...........

DateBook ........................................... Page 5

Committee Reports .................................. Page 4

Professional Directory ............................... Page 9

News ofAAPG ....................................... Page 14

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................................................ Ads Page 20

Associate Editors Committee Reports . . . . Horry M . Perry. Apache Corporation . . . . . . CA 7-1 424 News of Members . . . . . Kenneth S . Howell . Schlumberger . . . . . . . . CA 5-1 607 In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . Royce E . Ouolline . Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . RI 8-1266 News of Societies . . . . . . Mclnnis S . Newby . North Central

O i l Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CA 4-5251 Geo Science Notes . . . . Walter Sodlick. Dept . of Geology

University of Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748-6600 Distaff Side . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs . Royce (Val) Oualline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HO 52135

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Volume 10, No. 3 November, 1967

MEETING NOTICE

IN NOVEMBER THERE WILL BE TWO MEETINGS FOR T H E H 0 U S T O N GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

THIRD REGULAR MEETING - November 13, 1967 The f i r s t event will be a dinner meeting on Monday, November 13th. At th is

t ime the re will be shown a motion picture. "The Beach- -A River of Sand. " T h i s f i lm was produced jointly by AGI and the Encyclopedia Brittannica Educa- tional Corp. It ha s won the Orbit Trophy for 1967 by unanimous verdict of the scientific film jury of the Austral ian and New Zealand Association for the advancement of Science. It a l s o received the Blue Ribbon Award f rom the American Fi lm Festival in New YorkCity in May 1965 in the Science and Mathe- mat ics Category.

Date: Monday night - November 13, 1967 Place: T h e Houston Club - 10th Floor Time: 5:00 to 6:00 P.M. Cocktails - 6:00 to 7:00 P.M. D i n n e r Cost: Dinner $4.10 - - Drinks $1.00 each Film: "THE BEACH - - A RIVER O F SAND"

Mail in your regular reservation c a r d for this meeting!

The second event will be a JOINT MEETING with the Geophysical Society o f Houston a s Host. Th i s meeting will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the R i c e H o t e 1 a t 1 2 : 0 0 NOON, Monday, November 20th.

Date: Monday noon - November 20, 1967 Place: Grand Ballroom - Rice Hotel Time: 12:OO NOON until 1:00 P.M. Cost: $3.00 each Speaker: JAMES ALBRIGHT with Petty Geophysical Engineering Subject: Orbital Snapshots around the World.

M r . Albright was born in Kingwood, West Virginia in December 1922. He attended West Virginia University and graduated from Texas College of Mines in 1950 with a B. S. in Engineering. He worked for Pan-Am from 1950 to 1959 in Lubbock and Midland, Texas and Roswell, New Mexico. He then joined Pubco Petroleum Corp. in Albuquerque, New Mexico t i l l 1966. Then he spent a yea r and a half a t the University of New Mexico on a NASA project . Mr . Albright joined Petty Geophysical Engineering Co. l a s t July and has just beent ransfer red to Houston.

Mail in the enclosed blue reservation c a r d f o r this meeting.

T H E P R E S I D E N T ' S C O R N E R

I would like to take th is opportunity to commend and to say thank you to all of our various committee chairmen andcommittee members for graciously accept- ing your given assignments and for the fine job you a r e doing. I know there i s little o r no credit o r recognition for the work that you do except for the personal satisfaction of a job well done but I want you to know that your efforts a r e deeply appreciated. It i s a r ea l joy and privilege to be associated with each of you.

In a Society a s large a s o u r s i t takes the combined efforts of a lot of our members to insure the success and effectiveness of our overall program. That i s the reason for our many committees. Lend them a helping h a n d wherever possible and let them know too that you sincerely appreciate the i r effortsin your behalf.

The large attendance (468) a t our joint meeting with the Geophysical of Houston in October was very gratifying. It was not only a tr ibute to our distinguished lec turer , Dr . Donn Gorsline, but a good indication of the fine spi r i t of teamwork and cooperation that exis ts today between the geological and geophysical professions.

In addition to our regular meeting on November the 13th there will be another joint meeting with the Geophysical Society onNovember 20th with the Geophysical Society a s host. Le t ' s do our bes t to give the Geophysical Society the fine support they gave u s a t our October meeting.

. . . F r e d L. Smith, J r .

F rom t ime to t ime many members of our Society a r e asked to speak before various church, social o r professional groups on the subject of geology. T o a s s i s t u s inpromoting the cause of geology, the A. A.P.G. has providedresumes of speeches written by eminent geologists expressly for presentation to lay audiences. The papers a r e designed todevelop a n appreciation for the applica- tion of geology and the importance of geologists to the community, the nation's economy and society a s a whole. They a r e available for use and adaptation without requiring an acknowledgment t o authors. Some of the t i t les and authors a re :

"Geology---For Human Needs," Michel T . Halbouty, lay speech. "Geology from the Air," A. D. Howard, lay speech, 23 sl ides, 3 1/4 x 4"

standard g la s s lantern. "The Water Beneath Us," S. W. Lohman, lay speech, 33 slides, 2"xZ" 35mm. "Development of the Ear th and I t s Resources," Raymond C. Moore, lay

speech, 109 slides, Z"x2" 35mm. "Geology - - - American Style", Anonymous, lay speech. Th i s service is just another way in which the A. A.P. G. helps both the indi-

vidual geologist a s well a s the profession a s a whole. . . . McEnnis S. Newby

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COMMITTEE REPORTS

Demand for geologists and geophysicists i s improving with several jobs available but unfilled a t the present because our applicants do not have the specific background and experience required. Of the 40 unemployed geologists and geophysicists in our f i les fewer than 20 res ide in the Houston a r e a . Increasing demand has resulted in our getting job inquiries f rom prospective employers in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and California in addition to Texas .

As f a r a s the Placetnent Committee i s concerned, the employment picture has not been th is bright in years .

Geologist - 36 - M. S.-U n i v e r s i t y of Kentucky - 9 y e a r s experience in geological engineering investigation for construction of highway systems, a i r s t r i p s , dam s i t e s , and buildings with Corps of Engineers and Consulting F i r m ; ground water investigations; exploration and exploitation geology with major oil company in West Texas .

Geologist - 46 - B.A. - University of Texas - 18 y e a r s in al l phases of exploration and exploitation geology in Rocky Mountains, Arkansas, Texas Gulf Coast , Louisiana w i t h major company including administrat ive experience a s Distr ict Exploration Manager.

Geophysicist- 48 - B.S. - University of Texas-20 y e a r s experience in geologi- ca l and geophysical prospecting in West Texas , South Texas , Arkansas, Mississippi , Florida, Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast including the offshore; a l so exploitation geology including well s i t e experience.

Geologist - 52 - B.S. - Petroleum Engineering - Texas Tech - 13 y e a r s in r e s e r v e geology pr imar i ly in Louisiana for a major oil company and 12 y e a r s inregional explorat ionprimari ly in SouthLouisiana.

Geologist - 43 - B. S. - University of Texas - 11 y e a r s geophy sical a s well a s exploration and exploitation experience with major oil company and 4 yea r s with sma l l e r company in Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas , and Louisiana Gulf Coast including offshore.

Boy Scout Committee

The Houston Area Council of the Boy Scouts has appealed to HGS for help in securing mer i t badge councilors for geology and surveying. They would like, also, t o have some men to spend a few days o r a week a t Camp Cima during the summer months to take boys on geology field t r ips of the camp a r e a and help them p a s s their geology mer i t badge requirements.

The Houston Area Council i s comprised of 16 d is t r ic t s , of which 12 a r e in Har r i s County. T h e 12 d is t r ic t s of H a r r i s County have 15, 318 Boy Scouts. Th i s

i s about one scout per member of the HGS. However, in 1966 only 228 boys obtained a geology merit badge a ra ther small number considering the large number of boys in scouting. Not only that, 8wo of the badges were earned a t Camp Cima, 200 miles from Houston.

I think the HGS can give some real help to the Boy Scout organization through our Boy Scout Committee, but we need men willing to give a few hours a month to do it. If you would like to help in any way, get in touch with either F red Smith a t CA 5-5757 o r C. G. Beckwith a t CA 5-1511, ext. 652.

DATE BOOK --

November 13, 1967, Houston Geological Society Monthly Meeting, 5:00 p.m., 10th floor, Houston Club Building. Subject: "The Beach-A River of Sand" film.

November 20, 1967, Houston Geological Society Monthly Meeting, 12:OO Noon to 1:00 p .m. , Grand Ballroom, Rice Hotel, Subject: "Orbital Snapshots Around the World. "

November 20-22, 1967, Geological Society of America (G. S. A. )Annual Meeting, Jung Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana.

April 4-6, 1968, Southeastern Section, Geological Society of America (G. S. A. ), 1968 Meeting, Jack T a r Durham Hotel and Motor Lodge, Durham, North Carolina. Subject: "Marine Geology of the Atlantic Continental Margin of the Southern U. S. "

February 7-9, 1968, Southwestern Section, A. A. P. G . , Memorial Auditorium Headquarters, Wichita Falls , Texas.

November 24, 1967, Houston Museum of N a t u r a 1 Science Lecture Series, 8:00 p. m . , Prudential Auditorium, "Discovery of Vilcabamba Grande, " film.

March 29-31, 1968, South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Statler-Hilton Hotel, Dallas, Texas. Subjects: Subject 1: Urban Geology and Subject 2: Atoka Series.

The Paul Weaver collection of writings, books and maps have been purchased by Carleton D. Speed, J r . a s a gift for the Geological Library and the Main Library of Texas A&M University. This material i s now in College Station and i s being prepared for indexing and classification.

LOUIS A. NEWITT announces the removal of his office f rom 502 Capital National Bank Building to 435 The Main Building - CA 2-2036.

AAPG-GSA Cooperative Committee- In further extension of the policy to crea te cooperative action on behalf of the

profession between the various geological a n d petroleum industry-related organizations, a Joint Cooperative AAPG-GSA Committee was appointed. Dr . Carey Croneis will serve a s Chairman. Other AAPG appointees include HGS members JOHN T . ROUSE and THOMAS D. BARROW.

The broad directive to the Committee i s to develop cooperative programs of benefit to the profession.

E. H. RAINWATER, consultant micropaleontologist and strat igrapher for Tenneco in Houston, addressed the Lafayette Geological Society, September 20, 1967. His talk was entitled "Resume of Jurass ic to Recent SedimentationHistory of the Gulf of Mexico Basin. "

H.G.S. members giving papers a t the Fall Symposium of the West Texas Geological Society in Midland, October 19 and 20, 1967 were:

Matthews, R. K. ............................ "Genesis and Diagenesis of an Imbricated Coral Reef

Complex: Pleistocene of Barbadox, West Indies" Meissner, Fred F. ......... ."Cylical Sedimentation in Mid-Permian Strata

of The Permian Basin" Wilson, James Lee ................... ."Pennsylvanian and Permian Cycles

in the Oro Grande Basin of South Central New Mexico"

Van Siclen, DeWitt C. .......... ."A Depositional Model of Late Paleozoic Cycles on the Eastern Shelf"

Union Carbide Corporation (H. D. Thornton and W. D. Clinch) has moved geological offices to Suite 912, 1200 Trav i s . Thei r phone i s CA 3-4751.

Skelly Oil Company has moved from The Houston Club Building to the new Houston Natural Gas Building. The Exploration Department i s a t 1938 and their Production Department i s a t 1928 Houston Natural Gas Building.

Texaco's Houston Exploration Distr ict and their OffshoreExplorationDistrict offices have moved from their big office building in Bellaire to the downtown Texaco Building. Their offices a r e on the 8th floor.

GLEN FORD who has been a Division Geologist with Texaco has been moved t o downtown to join the General Managers staff. J. H. McElroy has been moved up t o Division Geologist, replacing Ford. H. M. "Mitch" Rutledge, who i s with Texaco 's Offshore group, has been named Assistant Division Geologist under McElroy .

JOHN WEEMS, who h a s beendoingconsulting work in the San Jacinto Building has joined the staff of Dan J. Harrison, J r . a t 2105 Gulf Building.

DON KRONE, who was formerly with Aluminum Company of America, has joined the geological staff of J. Ray McDermott & Company. He will be working with W. H. "BILL" KRAUSE and CHARLIE SLOCUM and their new offices a r e a t 1221 C & I Life Building.

THOMAS E. KELLY has resigned his position a s General Manager w i t h Michel T . Halbouty and has acceptedanappointment in Alaska a s Commissioner of Natural Resources.

Congratulations and bes t wishes from the HGS on a l l of the above moves and promotions.

HERMAN LLOYD, JR. who was formerly with Jade Oil & Gas Co. has joined the staff of the Italian American Oil Co. (Charles B. Marino). His new address i s 3703 Yoakum Blvd.

Sunray DX has t ransferred PAT KIMBERLAND to Houston from Lafayette, Louisiana a s a Division Geologist. The i r office i s a t 3336 Richmond.

LORAN HART who i s with Cities Service Oil Co. has t ransferred back to Houston f rom their San Antonio office. Thei r address i s 800 Main Building.

Texas Eastern Transmiss ion Corp. has t ransferred DICK HOLDEN to their offshore group he re in Houston. Dick has been in their Corpus Christ i office.

New Orleans Geological Society, Inc. recently elected new officers for 1967- 1968. The resul ts were:

President Wayne H. Gr imes - Chevron Oil Company F i r s t Vice President Frank C. Crawford - Crawford Oil Company Second Vice President Robert M. Swords - Consolidated Gas Supply Secretary Dan E. Hudson - J. M. Huber Corporation T r e a s u r e r James S. Classen - Pan American Petroleum Director Ernes t Roth - Rockwood and Roth.

The HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY welcomes the following new members:

Luis Alfonso Guzman (associate) W. R. Stucker C. R. Patterson Solon W. Stone John A. Ruggles George R. Fluke Emmett A. Humble Irving L. Snider Joe L. Hudgins Andrew Yelenosky Doyle W. Davis Richard B. Powers Ernes t Vail Kinsey F . B. Calhoon F. Dale Mueller Richard M. Myers Orto Campbell Rath Richard A. Page Bill I. Riggs Robert J. Schrock Fores t B. Rees Char les H. Waldren Malcolm R. Johnson Joseph H. Bordelon Raymond T . Skirvin Scott Kimball Clyde E. Williams Elvin M. Hoffman Richard N. Holden John L. Lookingbill Robert Dale Garner D. W. Niven Peter Elden Coffin Don E. Trapnell C. S. Algire M. L. "Newt" Feldman, J r . T. M. F e r r i s s Otha Don Baldwin Douglas L. Bostwick Raymond F. Kunc James R. McCreight John Baugher William R. Edwards Dewey J. Bushaw Neil F . Petersen

Humble Oil & Refining CO . Gulf Oil Corp.

Humble Oil & Refining Co. Humble Oil & Refining Co. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Continental Oil Co. Humble Oil & Refining CO. North American Oil Corp. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Continental Oil Co. Continental Oil Co.

Tenneco Oil Co. Continental Oil Co.

Signal Oil & Gas Co. Skelly Oil Company

Humble Oil & Refining Co. Humble Oil & Refining CO.

E s s o Production Research CO. George Mitchell & Assoc. George Mitchell & ASSOC.

Humble Oil & Refining Co. Humble Oil & Refining CO.

Continental Oil Co. Humble Oil & Refining CO. Humble Oil & Refining CO. Humble Oil & Refining CO. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Geo Prospectors Offshore, Inc. Texas Eas tern Transmiss ion Corp. Texas Eas tern Transmiss ion Corp. Texas Eas tern Transmiss ion Corp.

Shell Oil Company Shell Oil Company Continental Oil Co.

Tenneco Oil Company Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Sinclair Oil & Gas Texaco, Inc.

Humble Oil & Refining Co. Continental Oil Co.

Humble Oil & Refining Co. Humble Oil & Refining CO. Humble Oil & Refining CO. Humble Oil & Refining CO.

Shell Oil Company

REMEMBER both meetings during November and mail i n your Reservat ioncard .

PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY Space for Professional Cards of Members

JOSEPH L. ADLER Geologist & Geophysicist

Chamber of Commerce Bldg. CA 2-7925

Houston, Texas 77002

R. P. AKKERMAN Geologist EXPLORATION Engineer

Review of Subsurface Data

3425 Bradford Place M O 8-4327


ALLEN & GlLKlSON Oi l and Gas Consultants

Harris H. Allen and D. C. Gilkison

963 San Jacinto Bldg. CA 8-9329


JOY J. ANNELER Consulting Geophysicist

and Geologist 7054 Hendon

PR 4-6562 Houston, Texas 77036

A. I. BARTOW

Geophysical Consultant

23 15 Watts Road

Phone: M O 8-3306

BELL AND MURPHY Consulting Geophysicists

Houston Dallas CA 7-571 6 RI 2-31 96

JOHN L. BIBLE BIBLE GEOPHYSICAL CO., INC.

Gravity-Magnetic Surveys Interpretations

236 Esperson Bldg. CA 2-6266 Houston, Texas 77002

LESLIE BOWLING

Oi l and Gas Consultant

3 1 6 California Bldg. JA 2-0432

N e w Orleans, Louisiana

WAYNE F. BOWMAN Independent Geologist

131 4 N ie l s Esperson Bldg. CA 2-0279


ORVAL L. BRACE

Geologist

2206 South Coast Bldg. CA 8-5404


BREWER AND COMPANY

Consultants

IRA BRINKERHOFF

Petroleum Consultant

822 Americana Bldg.

CA 4-2656


RALPH B. CANTRELL

Petroleum Geologist and Engineer

4005 Bellaire Boulevard

Houston, Texas 77025 M O 8-047 1

GEORGE H. CLARK Petroleum Geologist

404 First City National Bank CA 3-1 187

Houston, Texas

JACK COLLE & ASSOCIATES Consulting Geologists

and Paleontologists 817 C & I Building

Houston, Texas 77002 CA 7-6266 SU 2-4555

MORGAN J. DAVIS Petroleum Consultant

Suite 709 Capital National Bank Bldg.

CA 7-7209 Houston, Texas 7700;

ERNEST A. ELWOOD, JR.

Prudential Dri l l ing Company

141 8 Bank of the Southwest Bldg,

CA 4-774 1 Houston, Texas 77002

PAUL FARREN


Geodata Building M O 7-33 17

5603 S. Rice Ave. (77036)

MICHEL T. HALBOUTY Consulting Geologist Petroleum Engineer

Independent Producer and Operator The Michel T. Halbouty Bldg.

51 1 1 Westheimer N A 2-1 130 Houston, Texas 77027

THOMAS 0. HALL


N A 2-8680 Office

N A 1-1 870 Residence

HILLORD HINSON Consulting Geologist

CA 8-9455 2 138 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.


KEPLINGER A N D ASSOCIATES Petroleum Engineers and Geologists

1436 American0 Bldg. Houston. Texas 77002

CA 7-31 27 229 Kennedy Bldg.

Tulsa. Oklahoma 74103 LU 7-5591

GENTRY KlDD and

SHIRLEY L. MASON Geologists

81 3 Esperson Bldg. CA 7-823 1

KlMES & GRUBBS

Exploration Consultants

9 183 Katy Road

Geology Geophysics


ORVILLE G. LUNDSTROM Nutter & Lundstrom

Geologists 899 Houston Club Building

Houston, Texas 77002/CA 7-60 15 --

JOHN D. MARR Petroleum Exploration Consultant

Geophysics, Geology Seismic Data: Acquisition, Processing

and Interpretation 2130 Chamber of Commerce Building

CA 4-9624

GEORGE N. MAY & ASSOCIATE: Consulting Geologists ond Paleontologists

Building 36, Heymann Oi l Center

P. 0. Box 5 1858 Oi l Center Station

Lafayette, Louisiana 7050 1 CE 4-3379

W. B. McCARTER C. E. McCARTER

Independents 2522 Hazard JA 3-5733

JA 9-1881 Houston, Texas 7701 9

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GEORGE I. McFERRON Consulting Geologist

Room 5, 1973 W. Gray JA 2-2627

Houston, Texas

KINDEL P. McNElLL Geophysical-Geological Computer Applications

McDonnell Automation Center 500 Jefferson Building

Suite 400 CA 4-592 1

R. B. MITCHELL Geologist

2801 First City National Bank Bldg.


JOHN C. MYERS Consultant in Oil, Gas and Sulphur

1207 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.

CA 5-4 133 and CA 5-4559


KENNETH DALE OWEN

Geologist

Esperson Building


ROLAND B. PAXSON Consulting Geologist

O i l and Sulphur 3524 Sunset Blvd. M O 8-9 196


WALLACE E. PRATT

Geologist

1620 El Paso National Bank Bldg.

El Paso, Texas 7990 1

RAYMOND D. REYNOLDS Geologist

436 Bankers Mortgage Bldg. Houston, Texas 77001

CA 7-7633


A. L. SELlG Geologist

1907 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. CA 4-9774


FRED L. SMITH, JR. Consulting Geologist

Paleontologist 1226 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.

Houston, Texas 77002 HO 8-7300 CA 5-5757

CARLETON D. SPEED, JR.

Geologist - Oi l Producer

71 1 Houston Club Bldg. CA 4-2523


H. C. SPOOR, JR. HARRY KlLlAN

Geologists

2130 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.

Houston, Texas 77002 CA 4-9624

D. C. STALLWORTH, INC. Engineering and Geological Drafting

Surveying and Mapping Planimetering and Acreage Calculations

121 0 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002 CA 3-7343

CRAMON STANTON Geologist

2229 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.


CA 4-2759

S. BROOKS STEWART Geophysical Consultant

320 Bankers Mortgage Bldg CA 2-77] 8


HAROLD VANCE Petroleum Investment Counselor Petroleum Evaluation Engineer

CApitol 7-3949 1 1 19 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.


GENE V A N DYKE

Van Dyke O i l Company

Southwest Tower

CA 8-8 1 74

MERLIN J. VERRET Geologist

Route 2, Box 109 Lake Charles, Louisiana

Phone: 477-1 477-8

LAWRENCE J. VITTRUP Petroleum Geologist

Representing Goodale, Bertman & Co., Inc.

1925 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. CA 3-1 191 Houston, Texas

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

3055 Humble Bldg. CA 7- 1 246


Home Phone: HO 5-9773


JAMES M. WILSON


246 Main Bldg.

CA 5-2 145

JAMES A. WHEELER Geologist

C.P.G. NO. 109 926 Americana Bldg. CA 3- 16 18


WOODHAM CONSULTING C( Geological-Geophysical Consultants

Bill Woodham - H. R. Warren

I200 C & 1 Building

CA 7-4 1 38

NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OF AAPG

AAPG FOUNDATION

The AAPG Foundation was established las t February. Its purpose i s to crea te a permanent Trus t to f u r t h e r scientific and educational pursuits in petroleum geology and related disciplines.

The trustees of the AMG Foundation a r e these distinguished geologists:

Dean A. McGee, Chairman Morgan J. Davis

W. Dow Hamm

The Foundation's activities will include: the encouragement and financial support of research in geology and related fields; assistance i n c a r e e r guidance to persons interested in these sciences; establishment of scholarships, awards, and educati onal loans to students in geology and allied sciences; establishment of fellowships o r "chairs" incolleges and universities for the futherance of these disciplines; assistance to public and private schools in teaching of geology and related sciences; the carrying on of Continuing Education programs; other s imi lar worthy activities.

Contributions and bequests to the AAPG Foundation a r e now being received. Many of them a r e in memory of deceased members, friends, and r e 1 a t i v e s . Checks should be made payable to the AAPG Research Fund but contri b u t i o n s intended for previously established memorials s u c h a s the A. I. Levorsen Memorial Fund o r the DeGolyer Publication Fund should be s o identified.

AAPG - Wichita Kansas - September 28 The president of the world's la rges t geological society said he re today that

most of the talk about the exciting progress of r e se rve oil f rom shale in three western s ta tes i s "too visionary" to be of much help inencouraging our immed- iate and growing short-range energy requirements.

J. Ben Carsey, Houston, Texas consultant and fo rmer oil company c h i e f geologist, predicted to the AMG Mid-Continent Section meeting "that dead oil may eventually be recovered economically from the shale, but that does not justify undueconfidence inpremature c rashprograms of experimentationcosting billions of dollars and occupying the pr imary attention of industry and govern- ment leaders. "

"You might say, " observed Mr. Carsey, "That while shale oil experimenta- tion should be fostered, current proven methods of exploration for domestic oil

r e se rves should not be neglected. "

The AAPG president said oil f rom shale will be a g rea t breakthrough when i t comes, "but s o will the trillions of ba r re l s of oil to be produced f rom bet ter secondary recovery techniques. I a m more concerned with the quantity of r e se rves that will ultimately accrue f rom the resul ts of exploration on the continental shelves, a s well a s continental interiors."

Mr. Carsey said, "Our principal concern about more r e se rves of oil and gas must be for the next decade and a distinction should be made between this and long-range needs. "

He emphasized that more and better trained geologists will find future oil and gas r e se rves in even g rea te r quantity than in the past.

"The need for continuing education with the advance in the technology of our science will continue to p r e s s on all of u s in the profession, " he noted. He re - minded his colleagues" a s conscientious and a l e r t professionals, we a r e aware that if the learning process stops even briefly, the professional geologist will fall behind and will be in danger of becoming obsolete. This major field of service in continuing education AAPG accepts and we will make significant progress . "

Regarding the AAPG's policies and programs in the future, Mr. Carsey stated, "AAPG recognizes i t s responsibility to the public and t o the industry we serve . We have taken steps to communicate better about AAPG. We h a v e taken note of our international responsibility and extended our influence more actively beyond our nation's borders ."

BOOK FOR SALE! Geological Field Studies of Matagorda County, Texas by Stanley H. Rosenthal, 1967. Available a t Cambe Log Library, 216 p., Price $25.00.

No other county in the Gulf Coast has a s large a percentage of i t s fields described a s i s done in this volume by Stanley Rosenthal.

Following brief summaries of the general geology, development history, etc., there a r e individual r epor t s on sixty-seven fields. These repor ts give tabulated data on the exploration, development and annual production from the year of discovery until the f i rs t of 1967. F o r al l fields with enough development to give subsurface control, there a r e one o r two s t ructure contour maps on producing horizons and a type log. The contour maps a r e his own interpretation. I t i s true that, in the more heavily faulted fields in this area , no two geologists a r e going to come up with identical maps, but, - a s an overall representation of structural conditions, - these appear reliable.

Shirley L. Mason

M r s . J e r ry C. McCain (Rita) r epo r t s that the Geo Wives Newcomers Club real ly learned the "inside of television" a t their October meeting f rom Sid Lashe r of Channel I1 KHOU-TV. Everyone was glad to s e e Bonnie Hinds (Mrs . George W. ) well again and attending th is meeting. Hope she and al l the other Geo Wives will be present a t the next meeting, November 15, a t the Geo Club. T h e r e will be a demonstration of wigs f rom Kay's Wig Shop and this should be another informative program.

Season ticket holders for the University of Houston football games a r e Marjory and Philip Allin. T h i s i sn ' t s o unusual except that they commute f rom Lafayette. They were houseguests of E. P.and E d Smith for the North Carolina State game.

Also visiting he re f rom Lafayette were Jeanne and Henry Dean. Jeanne attended the HGA luncheon-style show and got to s e e a lot of fr iends.

Everyone d r e a m s of a t r i p to New England in the fall and B and Hillord Hinson had this d r e a m come t rue . They have just returned f rom a visit with their daughter, Cecilia, and he r husband who i s s t a t i o n e d a t Portsmouth, New Hampshire. B r epo r t s that the food was one of the outstanding features of the tr ip. She especially enjoyed the lobster . Ummm!!!

The A. L. Seligs who a r e t ru ly "world t rave lers" have recently completed another interest ingtour. T h i s t ime their three week vacation took them to Japan.

Dee and Victor Russek attended a three day convention in L a s Vegas th is fall and, speaking of conventions, some Houstongeologists and the i r wives whomade plans to attend the G. C. A. G. S. Convention in San Antonio were: J e r r y and Jim Wheeler, T e r e s a and A1 Tolbert , Peggy and Bill McCorkle, Donna and Ross Dawson, Nancy and J im Snyder, Claudine and George Harcourt , Sally and Paul Berner, Rita and J e r r y McCain and Vivian and F r e d Smith. Betty and Cur t i s Franks went by way of Lion Gulch, Colorado (fifteen mi les wes t of Gunnison), where they hunted dee r and elk. If they didn't r un into any lions, Betty has promised to bring u s m o r e news of the convention for next month's Bulletin.

When their church made plans t o present a n a r t s and c ra f t s show, Pace Moore (Mrs . Homer) and Charl ie Cantrel l (Mrs . Ralph) said they were only "arty and crafty" in a culinary way s o they were put in charge of the ref resh- ments for the affair . And a fine job they did!!! Seen browsing through the many i tems on display was Emily Osanik (Mrs . Alex) who is pret ty talented tooand spends h e r ex t ra t ime making lovely ar rangements a t a flower shop nea r Lantern Lane Shoppingcenter . She has become very cautious in h e r work since sticking a wire right through he r finger. Ouch!!!

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Vera Riley (Mrs . John L. )and Linda Fairchild (Mrs . Raymond E.) have combined forces to sel l r e a l es ta te . So geological wives' in teres ts and talents take many turns.

Making plans to attend the John Davidson Show Benefit, November 9, a re : the Char les Atchisons, the Denny Bartells, the Buddy Bartows, the Howard Coxes, the Sam Dunlaps, the T. 0. Halls, the Frank McGonagills, the Bud Phillipses, the Aubrey Rabensburgs, the R. R. Riekes, the A. L. Seligs, the Roger Stone- bu rne r s and the George Taylors . Should be a fun "night out".

Another fun "night out", this one exclusively for geological wives and their husbands, is planned for January o r February a t the Houston Music Theat re . Drinks and dinner a t Braeburn Country Club will precede the s tage show and "this promises to be one of the very best par t ies we've eve r had". (Quote and unquote Dixie Bartell, Grace Chambers and Dee Russek who a r e in charge of making the ar rangements . ) They a r e always right s o make plans now toattend.

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