May 1079

BULLETIN

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Volume 21

Number 9

HGS MAY CALENDAR May 14, 1979 (Evenlng M d n g ) Rlce Faculty Club

Mr. Kirk W. Weinert, Vice President Border Exploration Company "The Natural Gas PoItcy Act of 1978: An Overview and Particul Avoided by Geologists" Social Hour 5:30 p.m., Dinner: 6:30 p.m.

ar Pitfalls

Reservations (telephone only, 213-9309) must be made or cancelled by Fd- day, May 11, 1979.

May 30, 1979 (Luncheon Meeting) Hollday Inn-Medlcal Center

Mr. Brian E. O'Brien Sanchez-O'Brien Petroleum Corporation '?Lob0 Trend of South Laredo area, Webb and Zapata Counties. Texas" Social Period: 11.20 e rn.. Luncheon and Meeting: 12:00 Noon Reservations (telephone only, 223-9909) must be made or cancelled by Mon- day, May 28, 1879.

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Suite B-1, 806 Main Street

Houston, Texas 77002 223-9309

President First Vice President Second Vice Prmident Secretary Treasurer Executive Committeeman (6-30-80) Executive Committeemen (6-30-79) Executive Committeeman (6-30-79) Executive Committeeman (6-30-80) Past President

Academic Liaison Advertising Awards 8. Student Loan Ballot Boy Scout Bulletin Continuing Education Directory Entertainment Environmental Exhibits Field Studies Field Trip Finance Historical Library Membership Nominating Personnel Placement Publications Publication Sales Public Relations Remembrances Research & Study Course Special Publications Technical Program Transportation

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Jeffery V. Morris, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. William A. Fowler, Jr., Phillips Petroleum Company

Dr. Rlahud 6. HoNi. Border Exploration Co. J a n w A. R m e , Blocker Exploration Co.

John H. Hafner, Exxon Company USA Donald H. Cummings, Getty Oil Company

Howard W. Klatta, lndependent M. M. "Ouie" Osborne, Trunkline Gas Company

Charles E. Trowbrld(p, Consultant Dean Grafton, Cities Service Company

COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN W. E. Tlpton, University of Houston

Matthew W. Daura, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. George E. Guynco, Occidental Petroleum Corp.

D. J. Bonvlllain, Cities Service Company Mclnnis S. Newby, lndependent

Chris P. Cunningham, GeoChem Laboratories, Inc. R. J. Tondu, Independent

Clyde G. Ckckwith, Continental Oil Company Dick Hughart, Ada Inc.

James 0. Lewis, Consultant Robert L. Hunt,. Ranger Oil Company

Arthur R. Trod, Franks Petroleum William F. Bishop, Tenneco Oil Company

George Sealy, Exxon Company USA James A. Wheeler, Consultant Evdyn WUk Moody, Consultant

Fred A. b land, Exxon Company USA Dean Grafton, Cities Service Company

Royce E. Schnelder, The Superior Oil Company Wllllam A. Fowler, Jr., Phillips Petroleum Company

T. S. M. Rannett, Consultant Frank Ruthorford, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.

Walter A. Boyd, Columbia Gas Development Corp. Cyrus Strong, Shell Oil Company

Doris M. Curtis, Shell Development Company Dr. Rlchard B. HoMt, Border Exploration Co.

Kenneth W. Toedter, Natomas Int. Corp.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES Advisor, Museum of Natural Science Edd R. Turner, Getty Oil Company 658-9361 GCAGS Representative Dean Qmfton, Citles Service Company 6299700 GCAGS Alternate Jetlory V. Morrk, Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp. 871-2502 AAPG Delegate Chairman William W. Woolfolk, Marathon Oil Company 629-6600 AAPG Group Insurance John Bremsteller, Insurance Consultant 668-0610

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL AUXILIARY OFFICERS

President President-Elect First Vice President (eocial) Second Vice President (Membership) Third Vice President (HGS Representative) Secretary Treasurer

Mrs. Robert J. (Midge) Schrock 497-5588 Mrs. James (Glenna) Floyd 467-8248

Mrs. Reaves W. (Sarah) Jackson, Jr. 461-9215 Mrs. Louis A. (Lydia) Newitt 497-2537 Mrs. Dean (Georgia) Grafton 497-5983

Mrs. Bruce K. (Jo) Frazee 468-7122 Mrs. Elgean C. (Singa) Shield 462-2857

PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS PROFESSIONAL AND Your Executive Board authorized the ~ubl ishina of the ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS

"Houston Geological Society's stratigraphic Cross Section of Southeast Texas". This cross section project was begun several years ago and was not finalized. Howard Kiatta, HGS Executive Committeeman, resurrected the project and recruited several HGS members to finish the task. It was through Mr. Kiatta's dedication and leadership that this publication is now available.

The HGS is deeply indebted to the individuals and their companies for donating many hours of their time, tal- ent and resources to the successful completion of a useful publication. I would like to thank Mr. Kiatta and his commit- tee: Bob Baillio, Corpus Christi Oil &Gas Company; Charles Eldridge, Mitchell Energy Corporation; Neil Fisher, Ed Fritz, Tina Lang, Houston Oil and Minerals Corp.; Dalton Null, Hydrocarbon Exploration Co., Inc.; Robert Pace and John Ruggles for a job well done. "The Stratigraphic Cross Section of Southeast Texas" will be a useful addition to the geologist's reference material.

This year your Society has sponsored six field trips. Five of these were held during the AAPG-SEPM Annual Meeting. Guidebooks were prepared and published for each of the field trips. These are available for purchase from the Houston Geological Society. A thank you for a job well done is due all who participated in preparing these guidebooks and helping with the field trips.

Jeffery V. Morris

HIGHLIGHT VALUABLE WELL LOGS ARE AVAILABLE

The Houston Public Library has more than 500,000 'Drillers Logs' purchased from the Texas Well Log Service mainly through the efforts of the Houston Geological Society in 1966. The logs are appraised at $100,000 and was the largest written gift ever received by the Houston Public Library at that time. Each of the 254 counties of Texas are represented.

There is also an extensive collection of electrical well logs from 66 counties in Texas, 25 parishes in Louisiana, 2 counties in Arkansas, 3 counties in Oklahoma, and 1 county in Wyoming obtained from Flaitz and Mitchell. They date from 1938 to the early 1950s.

The filing systems need a "Workover J o b in order for the logs to be properly cared for and easily accessible. The library is making an assessment of how and for how much this can be done. In the meantime, the logs are available to you, and the librarians will find the one you want. You can't beat that!

Evelyn Wilie Moody Chairman, Library Committee, HGS

SOCIETY CALENDAR FOR JUNE

June 11, 1979 Galleria Plaza Hotel Annual Awards Banquet

Mr. Thomas D. Barber General Manager, MichWics

D. C. Gilfison has reestablished geological consulting offices at 738 Main Building in Houston, Texas, 77002 (Tel: 71 3/757-0292).

James A. Ragsdale, formerly with Watson City Explo- ration Company, has joined Blocker Exploration Company as Chief Geologist. Blocker Exploration is a subsidiary of Blocker Energy Corporation, with offices at 4801 Wood- way, Suite 380 West, Houston, Texas 77056 (Tel: 713/965- 0002).

Bill Kalil has become an independent petroleum geolo- gist, specializing in exploration for oil and gas in the Per- mian Basin and Gulf Coast. Offices are at P.O. Box 1781, Midland, Texas 79701 (Tel: 915/683-0990).

SPECIAL NOTICE BINDING AAPG BULLETINS

The Executive Committee of the Houston Geological Society has made arrangements with A. V. Emmott & Sons Bookbinders, Inc., 1101 Hamilton Street, Houston, Texas, to bind AAPG Bulletins for our membership on a group rate. The rate will be $10.00 plus tax per volume that includes six months of bulletins or $20.00 plus tax for the two-volume set of twelve for the year. This price is good until July 1, 1979. After July 1, 1979, the price will be $12.50 and $25.00.

If you wish to take advantage of this price, round up your bulletins and take them to 1101 Hamilton before July 1, 1979. If you pay in advance, Mr. Emmott will deliver, about September 1, 1979, your bound volumes with (if you ask for it) your name printed on each book. His free deliv- ery is limited to Houston.

The binding will be identical to the binding we have been getting in the past. These rates will apply to any number of back bulletins you wish to have bound into volumes. The November directory is not included and advertising will be eliminated from each bulletin.

MESOZOIC GEOLOGISTS OF THE GULF COAST

The May meeting of the Mesozoic Geologists of the Gulf Coast will be held Thursday, May 26, 1979, at the Briar Club. For details contact Ann B. Reaugh, GeoChem Labor- atories, Inc., Telephone 467-701 1.

PRICE SCHEDULE-HGS MEETINGS Rice Faculty Club

Dinner ........................................ $11.00

Holiday Inn-Medical Center Luncheon ..................................... $ 7.00

RESERVATIONS-223-9309 Please make reservations for the Monday evening meeting by the preceding Thursday noon, and for the Wednesday noon meeting by the preceding Monday noon.

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EVENING MEETING-MAY 14, 1979

KIRK W. WEINERT-Biographical Sketch

Kirk W. Weinert is vice

president of Border Explo-ration Company, a newexploration and develop-ment company which wasfounded in 1978. Border isa subsidiary of Gas Pro-ducing Enterprises, Inc.

Mr. Weinert jOined theCoastal States Gas Corpo-ration legal department in1976 as a specialist inexploration and produc-tion law. He previouslyserved six years as TexacoInc.'s attorney responsible

for Federal Power Commission (FPC) matters.After receiving his law degree from the University of

Texas, he practiced administrative law before the FPC andother regulatory agencies with the law firm of Shannon &Morley in Washington, D.C. He also holds a Bachelor ofArts degree from the University of Texas.

Mr. Weinert is admitted to. practice before the U.S.Supreme Court as well as the Fifth, Ninth, Tenth and Dis-trict of Columbia circuit courts. He is licensed in Texas andthe District of Columbia and is a member of the American

and Texas Bar Associations. Currently, he is editor of theSouthwestern Legal Foundation Oil and Gas Reporter fornatural gas law cases and has served as Secretary of theFederal Energy Bar Association, composed of attorneyspracticing before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis-sion.

THE NATURAL GAS POLICY ACT OF 1978AN OVERVIEW AND PARTICULAR PITFALLS TO BE.

AVOIDED BY GEOLOGISTS (Abstract)

On November 9, 1979, President Carter signed into lawfive bills passed earlier by Congress which generally havebeen described as the Administration's Energy Plan. Themost widely publicized of these new statutes is the NaturalGas Pol icy Act of 1978.

The architects of this law sought to accomplish severalpurposes. First, they have ended the dual intrastate andinterstate gas markets for new sale of natural gas. Priceceilings have been established for new natural gas produc-tion which are hoped to provide incentive for increasedexploratory and developmental effort on the part of indus-try. Other price ceilings have been set at lower levels in aneffort to protect consumers from price increases consi-

dered by Congress to be excessive. While some categoriesof gas will be deregulated and allowed ultimately to seekmarket-clearing levels, a substantial volume of existingproduction will remain controlled. The law also providesfor allocation of higher gas costs to certain less favoredusers while protecting favored users from curtailment ofgas.

Specifically, the Act subjects all natural gas productionafter enactment on November 9, 1978, to price controls.Generally, interstate sales which were in existence on that

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date will continue to be controlled at the ceiling price levelsestablished by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission(FERC) in its earlier Area and National Rate decisions, with

upward monthly adjustment for inflation. Intrastate gassales existing on November 9, 1978 are controlled. Over

time, they will equal the price allowed for new gas salesmade after enactment. Other pricing rules are prescribedfor so-called "roll-over" gas sales in interstate and intras-tate commerce, that is, a sale under a new contract entered

into following the expiration of an earlier contract coveringthe same gas reserves.

Higher ceiling prices are provided for four categoriesof sales. These are sales of (1) "new" gas resulting gener-ally from recent exploration; (2) "onshore production well"gas, from recent onshore developmental drilling; (3) "highcost gas" attributable to wells of exceptional cost or highrisk; and (4) "stripper well" gas from marginal wells. Aseparate price has been provided for new gas sales notqualifying for one of those four categories, and for otherdesignated types of gas. The detailed definitions of those

types of gas eligible for higher prices harbor the majorpractical problems which the geologist may encounterunder this Act.

Other provisions of the law provide that pipelines mustprice higher cost gas supplies incrementally to boiler fuelusers until they pay the same for gas as they would pay foralternative fuel oil. The President is given emergencyauthority to allocate gas supplies among interstate pipe-lines and to authorize emergency transportation and salesof gas. The FERC may authorize the sale and transporta-tion of gas between intrastate and interstate pipelines with-out affecting the jurisdictional status of the parties. Finally,certain agricultural uses of gas are relieved to a significantdegree from gas curtailments.

Interim Regulations implementing the Act have beenadopted by the FERC and State regulatory agencies arecurrently making pricing determinations as provided there-in. Appeals of several of these regulations are now pend-ing before the Courts, as well as a direct constitutional

challenge made by several producing states. Amidst all ofthis, compliance with this complex law presents a dailychallenge to all who work with it.

PASSAGES

Lewis James Hubka, Jr., of Houston, an honoredmember of our Society, recently passed away. In hismemory a conribution has been made by our Society to theAmerican Cancer Society. He is survived by his wife.

RULES TO REMEMBER

LAW OF THE TOO SOLID GOOF

In any collection of data, the figures that are obviouslybeyond all need of checking, contain the errors.

Corollary 1: No one you ask for help will see the errorseither.

Corollary 2: Any nagging intruder, who stops by withunsought advice will spot it immediately.

RUDIN'S LAW

In a crises that forces a choice to be made among al-ternative courses of action, people tend to choose theworst possible course.

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LUNCHEON MEETING-MAY 30, 1979

BRIAN E. O'BRIEN-Biographical SketchBrian E. O'Brien received

a B.S. in Geology from theUniversity of Oklahoma in1958. After working ashort period in the oilfields of South Texas, hereturned to the Universityof Oklahoma, receiving anMS in Geology in 1963.

He began his profes-sional career on an Atlan-

tic Refining Companyseismic crew in 1961. In1962 he was transferred

into the geological depart-ment as a geologist and

assigned to the Houston district working in offshore Louisi-ana and the Texas Gulf Coast. During this time he was re-sponsible for Atlantic becoming active in the High IslandArea of offshore Texas as well as the Cretaceous trend ofSoutheast Texas.

In 1969 he joined Mesa Petroleum Company as aSenior Geologist in the Gulf Coast and was responsible forMesa's exploration efforts along the Texas Gulf Coast.

In 1973 O'Brien resigned from Mesa and entered intothe Sanchez-O'Brien Petroleum Group joint venture. In1976 Sanchez-O'Brien Petroleum Corporation was formedwith O'Brien owning one-third of the company. TheSanchez-O'Brien Petroleum Corporation is a privatelyowned independent oil and gas exploration company. Thecompany is most active in the Texas Gulf Coast, with addi-tional holdings in Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico, Colo-rado, Idaho, Wyoming, Kansas and Nebraska. TheCorporation has major offices in Houston and Laredo, andexploration offices in Corpus Christi, Texas; Bakersfield,California; and Denver, Colorado.

He is active in real estate in the Houston area, ownsranches in Maverick, Walker and Waller Counties plusundeveloped acreage in Harris and Maverick Counties. Heowns a heavy equipment leasing company and has aninterest in a construc~ion company and a Laredonewspaper.

O'Brien is a member of the Houston GeologicalSociety, Corpus Christi Geological Society, AmericanAssociation of Petroleum Geologists, American Associa-tion of Petroleum Landmen, American Petroleum Institute,Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, TexasSouthwest Cattlemens Association, O. U. Alumni Club ofHouston and O. U. Board of Visitors.

LOBO TREND OF SOUTH LAREDO AREA, WEBB ANDZAPA TA COUNTIES, TEXAS (Abstract)

Located deep in the South Texas brush country 140 mi.west of Corpus Christi is the Lobo trend of the SouthLaredo area. Since its discovery in late 1973, 350 to 400wells have been drilled with an estimated 75% successratio.

The producing area is still not delineated and con-tinues to expand eastward and southward across an indi-cated productive area covering 500,000 to 600,000 acres inWebb and Zapata Counties. This region has been intensely

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surveyed by seismic crews and is mostly leased or held byproduction. It is expected to remain so for the foreseeablefuture.

The Lobo trend is believed to be one of the most com-

plex geologic provinces in the entire Gulf Coast region. Atleast one angular uncomformity is known to exist; othersare suspected. The major reserves occur beneath the angu-lar unconformity. One or more periods of intense faultingand structural activity occurred prior to the angular uncon-formity and an additional period of faulting occurred sub-sequent to the erosion and later deposition. The geologyhas been complicated further by more recent regional gulf-ward tilting and faulting which affected the Lobo section aswell as the overlying Middle and Upper Wilcox sediments.Production in the Lobo trend is from a series of geo-pressured, low-permeability, Lower Wilcox sandstones at

depths ranging from approximately 4,400ft updip in Mexicoto nearly 12,000 ft downdip toward the east in ZapataCounty, Texas. The producing sequence is marked at thetop by geopressured Lower Wilcox shale and at the base

by the occurrence of Vaginulina robusta, a Midway forami-niferal marker fossil. Individual sandstones in the series

attain maximum thicknesses of nearly 300 ft and containfew water contacts. Porosity and permeability ranges of 15to 24% and 10 to 40 md respectively, are common for pro-ducing sandstones.

Trapping conditions are believed to be provided princi-pally by counter-regional, westward-tilted fault blocksbounded by northwest-southeast striking, down-to-coastnormal faults. Lateral seals most commonly appear to bedue to shale-out, permeability barrier, or local closure. Dis-placements across the faults are commonly as much as 700to 1,000 ft. Since the stratigraphic sequence containing themajor producing zones is typically no more than 1,000 ft.thick, the exact location of a large fault becomes critical incertain areas, a problem most accurately solved when ade-quate seismic data and well control are available.

As of this date, approximately 5 years after completionof the NO.1 Clark discovery well, reserves for the area arestill impossible to determine. It is probable that at least 1Tcf of gas is recoverable, with 75% of it in Texas and as

much as 3 Tcf recoverable is not unlikely. Development ofthe trend is expected to continue through the next 3 to 5years with as many as 50 new exploration and developmentwells being drilled each year. Perhaps then a reasonablyaccurate estimate of ultimate recoverable gas can be made.

Drilling and completion techniques for Lobo wells gen-erally consist of setting protective casing near the top of thegeopressured zone (which may be accurately predictedby a competent mud logger), then drilling to total depth,and logging and running liner from total depth back to pro-tective casi ng.

Until early this year freshwater-base drilling muds wereused by all operators; however oil-base mud is now beingused by one operator.

The logging program most commonly consists of the

ISF/sonic, the compensated neutron-formation density,and the dipmeter. Sidewall cores are routinely taken butproduction casing or liner is usually run on the basis offavorable electric-log data. Only limited conventional cor-ing has been attempted.

Several wells have flowed naturally at initial daily ratesof 500 Mcf up to 6,000 Met with a few exceptional wells

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GEOLOGIC, THERMAL HISTORY OF building forces about 10 million years ago. During the last YELLOWSTONE'S MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS 2 million years large volumes of volcanic rocks flooded the

The geology and thermal history of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming are described in a new booklet published by the U.S. Geologi- cal Survey, Department of the Interior.

Mammoth Hot Springs consists of almost 100 hot springs scattered over several steplike terraces formed dur- ing the last 60,000 years by calcite deposits, called traver- tine, precipitated from the spring water. The terraces, some of which are still growing, descend almost continuously from the top of Terrace Mountain to the banks of the Gardner River.

"Several of the terraces contain unusual ridge- and cone-shaped hot-spring deposits," says the 55-page, color- fully illustrated report, "and other terraces are character- ized by a myriad of colors owing to algae and bacteria that live in the hot springs and runoff areas. The natural beauty of these imposing travertine deposits, com bined with the variegated hot springs, makes Mammoth Hot Springs one of the foremost attractions in Yellowstone Park."

Mammoth Hot Springs is about 5 miles inside the north entrance to the 2.2-million-acre park, and is remote from the geyser areas of the park, which have about 3,000 geys- ers and hot springs.

The report says water that emanates from Mammoth Hot Springs is heated by partly molten rock in a huge magma chamber, the top of which is from 3 to 6 miles beneath the surface. As the water moves along a fault line and becomes heated, eventually stabilizing at 163 degrees Fahrenheit, it becomes enriched in calcium and bicarbonate.

"As the water flows upward through a labyrinth of channels in the old fractured terraces," the report adds, "the confining pressure gradually decreases and hot gas, consisting mainly of carbon dioxide, separates and escapes at the surface. The effect is similar to removing the cap from a carbonated soft drink bottle. The escape of the carbon dioxide causes the water to become supersaturated with calcium carbonate, which precipitates out of solution to form travertine, mainly in the form of the mineral calcite."

Keith E. Bargar, USGS geologist at Menlo Park, Calif., and author of the booklet, said chemical and isotopic ana- lyses of the spring water suggest that more than 95 percent of it originates as rain or snow that percolates into the ground and gradually descends to lower depths where it is heated by the magma. He explained that water from rain and snow has a different hydrogen and oxygen isotopic composition than water originating from magmas deep in Earth.

Exposed rocks in the Mammoth Hot Springs area date back as far as about 150 million years ago, and sediments and fossils in the rocks "reveal a history of widely fluctua- ting sea level that produced environments ranging from shallow oceans to swamps and river flood plains," the report says.

Beginning more than 65 million years ago, the area was subjected to intense compression that caused the existing rocks to be folded, faulted and uplifted to form mountains. Between about 50 million and 40 million years ago, there were voluminous outpourings of lava. This was followed by a quiet period of little change in the landscape, but the area was again subjected to intense mountain-

~ellowsto-ne region. Three periods of glaciation also affected the area in the past 300,000 years.

Landslides and the travertine terraces deposited from the hot-spring water are the youngest geologic features found in the Mammoth Hot Springs area, the report says.

"Perhaps the most outstanding characteristic of the hot springs at Mammoth," it adds, "is the rapidity of change. A hot spring may dry up at one location and a new spring begin flowing a short distance away within a few days. Also a spring may have a large discharge one day, be completely dry the next day, and flow again the following week."

The booklet gives details about individual terraces, springs, caves, fissure ridges, cones and other features at Mammoth Hot Springs. For instance, it says Opal Spring began flowing again in about 1926 after being dormant for a number of years, and that in the 1940's travertine depos- ited by Opal Spring began encroaching upon a tennis court. In 1947, the tennis court was removed in compliance with the park's policy of not interferring with natural processes.

Also, the Devil's Kitchen cave was closed to the public in 1939 because of carbon dioxide gas and lack of oxygen, and 50 asphyxiated birds were once found in Stygian Cave during a three-month period, the victims of carbon dioxide gas.

Copies of the booklet, titled "Geology and Thermal History of Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming," and published as USGS Bulletin 1444, are available from the Branch of Distribution, U.S. Geological Survey, 1200 South Eads St., Arlington, Va. 22202, prepaid to the U.S. Geological Survey for $3 each.

THREE COMPANIES CITED FOR UNAUTHORIZED MINING OF FEDERAL COAL

The Interior Department today announced that three coal companies have been cited for the unauthorized min- ing of Federal coal in Alabama. The notices of trespass, filed by the Eastern States Office of the Bureau of Land Management, covered four tracts in Fayette County where the Federal Government owns the mineral rights and the surface is in private ownership.

The action came on the same day Assistant Secretary Guy Martin received a report from Bureau of Land Manage- ment Director Frank Gregg detailing the extent of past coal trespass as well as steps taken by the lnterior Department to put an end to the unauthorized taking of Federal coal and to recover the value of coal taken.

The notices of trespass issued February 14 brings to six the number of trespass cases filed in north-central Ala- bama as a result of investigations begun in 1977. Accord- ing to the report, the BLM Eastern States Office is continuing its investigation of 41 other possible cases of coal trespass.

BLM Director Frank Gregg. in transmitting the report requested by Martin, termed coal trespass a serious prob- lem. He said that it is uncertain whether earlier staff esti- mates of the projected acreage, tonnage, and dollar amounts used to characterize the extent of the problem in the eastern States are based on adequate information. The best way to correct these early estimates is to continue and

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emphasize the coal trespass program of the BLM Eastern States Office which is described in the report.

The report also noted that the Department has re- opened an investigation into the question whether unautho- rized mining of Federal coal by lnvesco International Corporation, also in Fayette County, Alabama, was inten- tional or unintentional. An earlier determination by the BLM on advice of the Solicitor found that the trespass was unintentional and the firm has been billed $2.7 million for the value of the coal in place.

A finding that the trespass was willful would increase the amount demanded by the Federal Government as com- pensation. A BLM special agent has also been assigned to investigate the matter.

The notice of trespass issued February 14 cover min- ing on 125 acres of private surface under which the Federal Government has reserved mineral rights. Notices were issued to the Stovall-Files Coal Co. of Carbon Hill, Ala- bama, for trespass on one tract; the Taylor Coal Co. of Jasper, Alabama, and the Drummond Coal Co. of Jasper were cited for trespass on three tracts. Drummond acquired Taylor in March 1976 resulting in the dual citations.

Determinations on the remaining 41 cases of coal tres- pass in Alabama are expected to be completed by the East- ern States Office of BLM within 45 days.

The BLM report not only details the coal trespass problem but also outlines approaches to management of Federal minerals throughout the eastern States. It outlines steps taken by the BLM to discover past, and prevent future, occurrences of coal trespass. These include addi- tional funding for mapping and other identification mea- sures, and proposed regulations which require that any future applications for coal mining permits include evi- dence that the applicant has obtained the legal right to mine the coal.

Gregg pointed out further that the intensive manage- ment of BLM lands in the West has made the trespass problem much more limited in that region. Settlement of the third of three cases of western coal trespass processed since September 1975 is currently under final review by the Department of Justice.

In May 1977, BLM opened a project office in Tusca- loosa, Alabama, to carry out a land-use study to improve mineral management of Federal lands in Tuscaloosa, Fayette, Walker and Jefferson Counties in north-central Alabama. Federal coal reservations in the study area amount to approximately 70,500 acres. Records searches, field studies, and contacts with the public revealed instan- ces of suspected trespass. The first reported case involved an active mining operation in Fayette County by the Atlanta-based lnvesco firm. The case was reported to BLM by a local citizen in July 1977. Within a month a notice of trespass was served and mining operations stopped.

Another trespass notice was served on Budweg Enter- prises in October 1978. Determination of the quantity and value of the coal removed are now being made.

The notices of trespass issued to Stovall-Files, Taylor, and Drummond are the result of a continuing investigation by the Eastern States Office. The investigation confirmed that the coal on the tracts involved had been reserved by the Federal Government when the land was first sold and that unspecified quantities of Federal coal have been taken. To determine the precise boundaries of the tracts involved,

BLM is dispatching cadastral survey crews to resurvey them. BLM has also requested that the U.S. Geological Survey determine the quantity of coal removed and its cash value. A formal demand will be issued to all three firms once the amount and value of the coal mined is deter- mined.

Copies of the BLM report are available from the Bureau of Land Management, Office of Public Affairs, Code 130, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240. Telephone (202) 343-5717.

ANDRUS ASKS CONGRESS T O ACT QUICKLY O N ALASKA LANDS LEGISLATION

Secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus today urged the Congress to act quickly to complete its unfinished bus- iness and establish new national parks, wildlife refuges, wild and scenic rivers and forest areas in Alaska.

The Administration's recommendations are similar to its earlier proposal for 13 national parks, 14 national wild- life refuges and 33 additions to the wild and scenic rivers system. A new proposal is designation of a refuge on the Alaska Peninsula. In 1977, a land status study was pro- posed area, but since then land ownership patterns have been c l a r i f i e d and r e fuge des i gna t i on i s now recommended.

The Administration's new recommendations would add 98.9 million acres of federal lands to the national conserva- tion systems. Of these, 43.3 million would be units of the national park system, 49.9 million would be wildlife refuges, 3.3 million in additions to existing national forests, and 2.3 million in wild and scenic rivers.

"The promise of the Alaska lands legislation held out to the American people has always been that whole eco- systems would be preserved, that the land management errors of the lower 48 states would not be repeated," Andrus told the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee.

Andrus urged the Committee to scrutinize weakening amendments being proposed to the legislation. "The burden of proof must rest with those who want to use the federal lands for private economic gain to demonstrate the need-beyond any question-for weakening amendments," he said.

"I urge each member of this Committee to inquire beyond the irresponsible charges of 'lockup' and determine for himself which individual or which company will profit from a particular amendment, and ask the question, is there an alternative," Andrus said.

"For a miner or a trophy guide or a timber company, there are alternatives. For the brown bear, the caribou and for all the people who depend on these resources, there are no alternatives,'' he said.

Congress began intensive consideration of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1977. At that time, Andrus stated that passage of the legislation was the Carter Administration's highest environmental priority and urged Congress to protect the "crown jewels" of Alaska- its most spectacular natural environments, recreation areas and wildlife habitats.

After overwhelmingly passing the House, the legisla- tion died in the Senate. Because the protective land with- drawals expired on December 16, 1978, in November Andrus used his authority to withdraw for three years all the lands being considered for designation as conservation units by Congress some 110 million acres. On December

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first, the President designated some 56 million acres of these areas as 17 national monuments, a permanent form of protection.

"I would point out that it was delaying tactics that were responsible for Congress not passing the bill last year and that ultimately forced the Administration to take executive action," Andrus said. "I hope you will not heed the calls for delay."

Andrus pointed out to the Committee that the 13 national monuments administered by the Park Service are closed to sport hunting and will remain closed unless they are redesignated by Congress as national preserves. Pre- serves are managed with the same strict regulations as national parks, except they are open to sport hunting. Hunting season in Alaska begins in late summer.

He recommended that some of the national monu- ments be redesignated as preserves but added that he would support this designation only if other uses, such as mineral development, "incompatible with the protection of these outstanding resources" are prohibited.

In the Wrangell-St. Elias area-often described as the mountain kingdom of North America-Andrus recom- mended that an area with approximately 47 percent of the Dall sheep be opened to sport hunters, and the remainder kept in park status. This proposal would open up more of the area to hunting than Andrus' 1977 proposal, but would still keep some accessible areas closed to hunting so that park visitors could see these magnificent animals in their natural setting.

AMBITIOUS KENTUCKY GEOLOGIC MAPPING PROJECT PAYS OFF

An 18-year-long cooperative state-federal project to map in detail the geology of Kentucky ended in December as the last of the 707 geologic maps rolled off the printing presses of the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.

The joint project of the USGS and the Kentucky Geo- logical Survey is estimated to have already returned to the state more than $1 billion in benefits or 50 times the $21 million cost to the state and federal governments through the discovery of new coal, oil and gas, and other resources, creation of new jobs, and improved environmental planning.

Among other benefits, information developed during the program is credited for the discovery of a major coal- field, a fluorspar deposit, worth an estimated $9 million, an oil and gas field, and a $3-4 million savings in the construc- tion and routing of the Purchase Parkway.

Each of the 707 maps (published at a scale of 1:24,000 or 1 inch equals 2,000 feet) covers the geology of a 50 to 60-square-mile area. The project has also produced 117 reports on various aspects of the geology of the state and 28 more reports are being prepared. Cost of the project was shared about equally by the state and federal govern- ments, and most of the estimated 660 professional man- years of investigation and mapping were conducted by USGS scientists.

Dr. Dallas Peck, chief geologist, U.S. Geological Sur- vey National Center, Reston, Va., said, "The Kentucky cop- erative mapping program was unprecedented in terms of money, manpower, and time devoted to large-scale geo- logic mapping."

Peck praised the foresight of former Kentucky State Geologist Wallace W. Hagen who conceived and initiated the program. "The project has clearly been a milestone in the history of American geology," Peck said. "The contri- bution to our understanding of the geologic framework of the nation has been immense. In addition, we know that the practical dollar-and-cents return to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in terms of economic development of its mineral, fuel, and land resources has repaid many times the invest- ment that the Kentucky Geological Survey had the fore- sight to encourage and maintain.

"The l&year project is also unusual in that it was com- pleted on schedule, at close to the estimated cost, and was disbanded once the original assignment was completed," Peck said.

The original estimates, made nearly two decades ago, were that the project would take about 600 professional man-years of labor, close to the 661 years that were actu- ally required. A total of 260 USGS employees were assigned on the project at various times since 1960, with as many as 61 people assigned during any one year. The USGS Branch of Kentucky Geology was formally dis- banded on September 30, 1978, and all employees have since been reassigned or otherwise employed without invo- luntary separations.

Among the major benefits of the project cited by the USGS:

* The maps have led to new coal exploration and the openinmg of new coal mines; are used to block out coal properties for leasing and to plan for detailed drilling for evaluation; and have enabled landowners and coal operators to better estimate the quantity and quality of coal reserves. In one instance, more than 500,000 tons of coal (alone worth about half the total cost of the geologic mapping project) have been recovered near Madisonville in Hopkins County from deposits unknown before the geologic maps were published for that area. Geologic maps were used to help locate the Cecelia gas storage field for the City of Elizabethtown in Hardin County and led to exploration resulting in the discovery of the East Gradyville oil and gas field near Somerset in Pulaski County. Use of the geologic maps as basic data for environ- mental geology studies and land use planning lies mostly in ' the future, although some use has already been made in Kentucky. For example, information in a USGS report was instrumental in convincing officials that a site proposed for a new sanitary land- fill in Fayette County (which includes Lexington) was unsuitable because it would have contributed to ground-water pollution. USGS geologic maps were used in selecting a more suitable site for the landfill.

Indexes to the USGS geologic maps are available free, and copies of the maps are available for $1.75 each, from the Kentucky Geological Survey, 307 Mineral Industries Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. 40506; or from Map Sales Division, Kentucky Department of Com- merce, 133 Holmes St., Frankfort, Ky. 40601. The USGS itself does not print an index to the geologic maps of Ken- tucky, but does have indexes to the topographic maps of Kentucky. Copies of the topographic map index are availa- ble free, and copies of the geologic maps are available for $1.75 each, from the Branch of Distribution, U.S. Geologi-

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cal Survey, 1200 South Eads St., Arlington, Va. 22202. Orders to the USGS must include check or money order payable to the U.S. Geological Survey. HANSON, ANDREW

Geologist Amoco International r l , Greenspoint Plaza 16855 N. Chase Dr. Houston, Texas 77060 931-2111

MALLON, KENNETH M. Area Product~on Geologist Gulf 011 Exploration 8 Product~on Co. P.O. Box 670 Hobbs, N.M. 88240 505-393-41 21

MARTIN, JACK P. Independent 8 Consult~ng Geologist PO. BOX 51134 Lalayete. La. 70505 318232-4088

MARCHEL, RONALD J. Associate Geologist Marathon Oil Co. P O . Box 3128 Houston. Texas 77001 629-6600

MAGUIRE, PATRICK L. S Chlet Geologist-Frontier Area S E. Region Ph~ll lps Petroleum 6910 Fannin S t P.O. Box 1967 Houston. Texas 77001 790-7579

MAXON. J. ROLFE Geologist Transco Exploration Co. 2700 S. Post Oak Road Houston, Texas 77001 871-8000

MC MICHAEL, CLAUDE E Sr. Stall Geolog~st Shell Oil Co. Suite 500. 908 Town 8 Country Blvd. Houston, Texas 77024 467-0447

MOSELEY, CRAIG G Geolog~st Phllllps Petroleum Co. P.O. Box 1967 Houston. Texas 77001 790-7766

OSBORN. JAMES J. Staff Geophy. Cltles Serv~ce Co. P O BOX 22082 Houston. Texas 77057 629-9700

PEARSON, STEPHEN A. Geologist Exxon Company, USA P.0 Box 2180 Houston. Texas 77001 656-6558

PERKINS. C MICHAEL Exploration Geologist Mltchell Energy 8 Development 3900 One Shell Houston. Texas 77002 224-4522

PLANCK. JEFFREY W. Area Techn~cal Adv~sor IMCO Servlces 50 Briar Hollow East, Sulte 510 Houston, Texas 77027 671-3785

PRICE. LOWELL E. Geolog~st Amoco International Oil Company P O . Box 38530 Houston. Texas 77088 931-2133

QUICK, ROBERT C. Senlor Geophysic~st Gulf Research 8 Development Co P O Box 36506 Houston, Texas 77036 778-5124

HERBERT, JOHN R. Geologist Pennzoil Pennzoil Place P.O. Box 2967 Houston, Texas 77001 2367422

NEW MEMBERS FERTITTA, RANDOLPH A. Operation Supervisor Exploration Logg~ng of U.S.A.. Inc. 10627 Kinghurst Dr. Houston, Texas 77099 495-9480

BAUER, JOHN C. Sales Engineer Dresser Atlas P 0 Box 6504 Houston, Texas 77005 7888425

HAERTLEIN. ALBERT Geologist Houston 011 8 M~nerals 242 Main Bldg., 1212 Main Street Houston, Texas 77002 651-3800

BIBEE. JAMES M. V. P. Expl. (U S.) Gulf 011 Exploration 8 Product~on Co. A Division 01 Gulf Oil Corporation P.O. Box 2100 Houston. Texas 77001 2262965

FITZMAURICE, JOHN C. Geophyslclst Texaco. Inc. 4800 Fourance P 0 . Box 430 Bellaire. Texas 77401 6668000 - Ext 2391

HILL, MELVIN J. President Gulf 011 Exploration 8 Production Co P O . Box 2100 Houston, Texas 77001 2263405

FRENCH. JOE V. Development Geologist Columbia Gas Development P O . Box 1350 ousto on. Texas 77001 6268090

BOWMAN. MARVAR B Associate Geolog~st Sun Product~on Co P 0 Box 3327 Houston. Texas 77001 680-4637

HINTON, ROSS W. Geologist Houston 011 8 Mlnerals 242 Maln Building, 1212 Main Street Houston. Texas 77002 651-3800

BRAGG. CHARLES P Vlce Pres~dent Pennzoll lnternat~onal P.0 Box 2967 Houston. Texas 77001 2367448

FUNK. JAMES M. Geolog~st Shell Oil Co. P.O. BOX 527 Houston. Texas 77001 241-5622

JACKSON. RONALD A P O Box 1350 Houston, Texas 77001 6268090

BRENNEN. JAMES D. Assoc~ate Productlon Geologist Sun Production Company 7887 Katy Freeway Houston. Texas 77001 680-4636

GAYLE, DANIEL FOLEY Lead Explorationlst Superior Oil Company P O . Box 1521 Houston. Texas 77001 751-4500

JOHNSON, OLLIE H Manager Geoscience Gulf 011 Exp 8 Prod. Co. P.O. Box 1635 Houston. Texas 77001 2262368

GEITZENAUER. KURT R Geologist Atlantic-Richfield P.O. Box 1346 Houston. Texas 77001 965-641 1

CANNEY. PATRICK J. Geologist Amino~l, USA, Inc P.0 Box 94193 Houston, Texas 77018 686926 1

KARPOVICH. RAYMOND P Senior Geologist Union Texas Petroleum P.0 Box 52087 LaFayette. La. 70505 318-232-6600

CARTER, GEORGE F E Group Superv~sor Amoco lnternatlonal P 0. Box 38530 Houston, Texas 77060 931-3124

GENO. KIRK R. In House Consultant Kerr McGee Corp. 1111 Fann~n. Su~te 1010 Houston, Texas 77002 6588520

KENNER-VARNER, CAROLYN E. Exploration Geologist Dow Chemlcal P 0 Box 4322 Houston. Texas 77210 623-3564

COBB, LA VERNE B Senior Geologist Gruy Federal. Inc. 2500 Tanglewllde. Suite 150 Houston. Texas 77063 7889200

GILLESPIE. JlMMlE D. Geolog~st Gulf 011 Exploration 8 Product~on Co. P.O. Box 1635 Houston. Texas 77002 2261579

LAUMAN. GARY W O'Donohoe 8 Harrlson 1212 M a ~ n S t . Su~ te 850 Houston. Texas 77002 658-81 15

LAUX. I l l , J. P (PETE) Explorat~on Manager. So La.

Roy M Hulfington, Inc. 3600 The 100 Milam Bldg. Houston. Texas 77002 651-1600

LOEP, KENNETH J. Manager Fluor 011 8 Gas Corporation 1727 Bank of the Southwest Houston. Texas 77002 654-1497

LOONEY, R. MICHAEL Geologist Hunt Energy Corporation 4615 S. W. Fwy.. Sulte 1015E Houston, Texas 627-8880

GOODMAN. MARTHA WHITE Geolog~st Shell Od P.O. BOX 831 Houston. Texas 77001 241-2571

DEMING. MICHAEL H. Geologist Amoco Production Co P.0 Box 3092 Houston. Texas 77001 652-4606

DURHAM. LOUISE S. Geologist Engmeer Shell Oil Co. 1989 Entex Bldg. P 0. Box 991 Houston, Texas 77001 241-1430

GOODMAN, WAYNE R. Geologist. Explorat~on Shell 011 Company P 0 Box 991 Houston. Texas 77001 241-1556

HALASZ. STEPHEN J Hydrolog~st-Gologist Un~ted States Geological Survey 2320 LaBranch Houston. Texas 77004 261-5830

EHRENZELLER, JEFFREY L Geologist Texaco Inc PO. Box 430 Bellaire, Texas 77401 6668000 - Ext 2644

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REKOSKE. KARL K Data Techntctan Exxon Company U S A 3616 Richmond Houston, Texas 77046 656-8260

ROBERTSON. KELLY G. Associate Geophys~c~st Shallow Explorat~on. Inc. 8552 Katy Fwy., Suite 248 Houston, Texas

RAY. VERNA M

Geologlst ConVest Energy Corp 1700 W Loop South Houston. Texas 77027 629-9570

GLIDDEN, DAVID MICHAEL Sales Core Laboratones P.0 Box 19767 Houston. Texas 77024 932-8757

SMITH, IAN A Junlor Geolog~st Total Petroleum Inc 1 Allen Center, Su~ te 2950 Houston Texas 77002 658-0972

SPENCE. H C Sr.Geophysicls1 Philllps Petroleum

P O . Box 1967 Houston. Texas 77001 790-7652

STOUDT. EMILY LAWS Research Geolog~st Getty 011 Co. 3903 Stoney Brook Houston. Texas 77063 782-5911

STRICKLAND, JOHN W Dlr of Geol Int'l Explorat~ons Cont~nental 011 Co P 0 Box 2197 Houston Texas 77001

965-2241

SYLVESTER, KEVIN Geolog~st Phllllps Petroleum P O Box 1967

Houston. Texas 77001 790-7560

TULLER JACK N Explorat~on Geotog~st Wa~noco 011 & Gas 1200 S m ~ t h Street, R1500 Houston. Texas 77002 658-9900

TURNER TED K North Amencan Sales Dresser Atlas P 0 Box 6504 Houston Texas 77005 784-8270

WALSTON GERALD M lnternatlonal Geology Unlon Texas Petroleum P O Box 2120 Houston Texas 77001 960-7596

WATSON JERRY A Senlor Geologtst Gruy Federal Inc 2500 Tanglew~lde Houston Texas 77063 785-9200

WEAVER JOHN MARK Geologlst Exxon Company USA P 0 Box 120 Baytown Texas 77520 422-8243 Ex 345

WEST JOHN F Sr Vlce Presldenl Nalomas North Amerlca Inc 5251 Westhelmer Houston Texas 77056 871-4100

WHITMAN JR ADAM B Sr Geolog~st Chevron Serv~ces Co P 0 Box 36487 Houston Texas 77036 780-4545

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP CLARK. CECILIA Geolog~cal Techn~c~an Chevron Servlces Company 8440 Westpark Houston, Texas 77036 780-4545 - Ex 211

GILBERT. JOHN F Sales Representat~ve N L Barlod Petroleum Servlces 300 Southwest Tower Houston. Texas 77002

527-1567

KNOPICK. NANCY L Reporter Petroleum lnformatlon P 0 Box 1702 Houston. Texas 77001 961-5660

GCS-SEPM MEETING

The Gulf Coast section of the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM) will be having a meeting on May 10, 1979, in the Patio Room of the Briar Club, located on Westheimer Road at Timmons Lane. The time of the meeting will be 12:OO noon. A cash bar will be available from 11:30 a.m. on.

The speaker will be Mr. Russell E. Hinote, of Amoco Production Company, speaking on "Fossil Communities in the Del Rio Formation."

Cost of the luncheon will be $7.50. For additional infor- mation and reservations, call Richard Barnett, at 871-4445 by May 7, 1979.

HGS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND RECENT CONTRIBUTORS

The following individuals and companies recently made contributions to the HGS Memorial Scholarship Fund in the categories indicated:

Mr. Morgan J. Davis DONOR Suite 4601. 1100 Milam Bldg. Houston. Texas 77002

Mr. Wayne V. Jones DONOR 5672 Longmont Drive Houston. Texas 77056

Mr. W. Dean Grafton 12531 Shepherd's Ridge Houston. Texas 77077

CONTRIBUTOR

The Moran Corporation PATRON BENEFACTOR 2232 Bank of the Southwest Bldg.

Houston. Texas 77002

Trunkline Gas Company P. 0 . Box 1642 Houston. Texas

Brewer and Company 1210 Americana Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002

Texoil Company 706 Southwest Tower Houston. Texas 77002

United Texas Transm~ssion Co P. 0 . Box 1478 Houston. Texas 77001

PATRON BENEFACTOR

DONOR BENEFACTOR

CONTRIBUTOR BENEFACTOR

CONTRIBUTOR BENEFACTOR

At the present, the Fund supports a single $1000.00 annual scholarship for graduate study in the earth sciences. Persons interested in applying for the scholarship should write to:

Dr. Carl E. Norman Department of Geology University of Houston Houston, Texas 77004

Applications for the 1979-80 academic year will be received through May 15, 1979.

Carl E. Norman Secretary, HGS Memorial Scholarship Fund

Houston Geolog~cal Soclety Bulletm May 1979

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COVER PHOTO

Wilcox (Lower Eocene) Sand outcrop in an abandoned lignite pit, located just east of Farm Road 316 approximately 3 miles north of the town of Malakoff, Henderson County, Texas. (Photo courtesy of Mrs. E. H. Rainwater)

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First of Denver Plozo First City Dank Tower Denver. Colorodo 80201 Oklohomo City, Oklohomo 73101

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WAYNE Z. BURKHEAD

Consulting Geologist

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Ph. 713/621-3077

// 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

PAUL H. ALLEN, JR.

Consulting Geologist 1418 C & I Building

Houston, Texas 77002

(7 13) 659-60 11

GUS B. BAKER Energetics, Inc.

Gulf Coast Exploratron

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Houston, Texas 77002 Ph. (713) 759-0306

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(504) 488-371 1

STEWART CHUBER

Consulting Geologist

P. 0. Drawer J. Schulenburg, TX 78956

GEORGE H. CLARK Petroleum Geologist

201 Gordon Dr. Ph. 544-8257 Crockett, Texas 75835

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GENEOS PETE COKINOS Petroleum and Geological Engineering Consultant

947 Hazel Street 832-0368 835-4501 Beaumont, Texas 892-8733 77701

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JACK W. CRAIG

Consul t ing Geologist

1412 C & I Building Houston, 'l'exas 77002

713/652-4960

DONALD P. DEGEN Petroleum Geologist

6200 Savoy, Suite -1.-10 Office 977-882h Houston. Texas 77036 Kesidence i7&9r(:I:I

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JOHN S. DUDAR Consultant

Oil, Gas, Uranium Lignite

10719 Valley Forge Houston, Texas 77042 (713) 780-8555

TELEPHONE

652-3816

EVARD P. ELLISON GEOLOGIST

556 T H E MAIN BIJI1,I)ING

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Geodata Building 667-:3:3 17

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Coal, Petroleum, & Geothermal Kesources

700 Post Oak Bank Building Office 713,622-9700 Houston, Texas 77056 Home 713 ,581-2386

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CHARLES M. FORNEY

l'etroleunl Geologist

P. O. Box 2602 Corpus Christi, Texas 78401

10th Floor - The 600 Build~ng ,512 b84-7721 ,

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Consulting Geophysicist

1410 Americana Building Houston, Texas 77002 713/652-3837

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Consulting Petroleum Geologist

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DOMESTIC-INTERNA TIONAL

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Suite 1750 - South Tower Pennzoil Place

Houston, Texas 77008

Bus. (713) 237-9198 Res. (713) 771-6064

DONALD W. LANE

Consulting Geologist

Gulf Coast, Rocky Mountains Midcontinent, Eastern Interior

12214 Mossycup Drive 214 Southwest Tower Houston, Texas 77024 Houston, exas 77024 (713) 461-1637 (713) 759-0040

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OFFICE: 889 HOUSTON CLUB BUILDING HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002

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HOCJS'I'ON, TEXAS 77025 664-4397

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Consulting Geologists and Paleontologists

P. 0. Box 51858 Oil Center Station Lafayette, Louisiana 70505

(318) 234-3379

ROBERT H. MAYSE Houston Pipe Line Company

Vice President - Energy Resources

112 1 Americana Building Houston, Texas 77002 713/654-6684

W. B. McCARTER C. E. McCARTER

Independents

2522 Hazard 523-5733 529-1881

Houston, Texas 77019

FRANK S. MILLARD CONSULTANT

Well Log Interpretations-Seminars

10211 Holly Springs, Houston, Texas 77042 Tele. (713) 782-8033

R. B. MITCHELL Geologist

2301 First City National Bank Bldg. Houston. Texas 77002

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SUBSURFACE STUDIES TECHNICAL PAPERS

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I. K. NICHOLS Petroleum Geologist

C. E. NICHOLS Geophysicist

41 Still Forest Drive Houston, Texas 77024 Phone: 782-4970

ELWIN M. PEACOCK CONSULTING GEOPHYSICIST

910 C & l BUILDING HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002

HENRY H. PHILLIPS Paleontological Consultant

PALEONTOLOGIC, BIOSTRA TIGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATIONS

7507 Linden (713) 645-1 109 Houston. Texas 77012

RICHARD L. PORTER Petroleum Geologist ((r. Exploration Consultant

2120 Fountain View No. 65

Ph. 713-781-5357

Houston, Texas 77057

LEO PUGH

Gulf Coast Geo Data Corp. Seismic - Gravity Uata

1109 AMERICANA BLDG. Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 652-3879

JOSEPH G. PUTMAN Ill

Oil & Gas Interests

1514 Pine Gap

444-3546 Houston, Texas 77090 658-0601

RAYMOND D. REYNOLDS Geologist

708 Main Street - Suite 436 Houston, Texas 77002

227-7633

CECIL R. RIVES P r u d e n t i a l Dr i l l ing C o m p a n y

5433 Westheimer, Suite 620 Houston, Texas 77056

Ofc. Phone 621-7330 Kes. Phone 467-9894 I

MARTIN M. SHEETS

Consultant Energy Environment Petroleum Geothermal

Active Surface Faults Subsidency 1973 W. Gray, Suite 4 Houston, Texas 77019

713-523-1975

Off. 932-0122 Res. 783-9439

HARRY H. SlSSON CONSULTING GEOPHYSICIST

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AAPG

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I A M G

Town & Country Professional Building

10405 Town & Country Way Suite 100

Houston, Texas 77024

FRED L. SMITH, JR.

Consulting Geologist Paleontologist

Office: 659-5757 1014 C & I Building Res. 468-7300 Houston, Texas 77002

CRAMON STANTON Oil & Gas Consultant

5906 Bermuda Dunes Drive Houston, Texas 77069

444-0965

Off. 461-3060 Res. 468-5695

JOHN A. RUGGLES I Geological Consultant I

MEMBER Town & Country

AAPG Professional Building #I00 APGS 10405 Town & Country Way

\ GSA Houston, Texas 77024

S. BROOKS STEWART Consulting Geophysicist

910 C&I Building Houston, Texas 77002

(713) 652-5016

E. H. STORK, JR. Consulting Paleontologist and Geologist

Bios tratigraphy-Paleo ecology Geologic Interpretations

1811 C&I Building Houston, Texas 77002

O f f : (713) 652-5026 Res: (713) 466-9064

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HOUSTON, T E X A S 77036

HAROLD VANCE I Petroleum Investment Counselor Petroleum Evaluation Engineer

1429 Bank of the Southwest Bldg. Houston, Texas 77002

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President

WILLIAM C. WAGNER

Consulting Geophysicist

1824 Capital Towers Jackson, Mississippi 39201

J . C. WALTER, JR.

Geologist and Petroleum Engineer

242 Main Bldg. 6.5 1-3800 Houston, Texas 77002 Home Phone: 785-2030

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

Consulting Micropaleontology Foraminifera-Nannoplankton-Palynomorphs

Siliceous Microfossils

11526 Sorrento Valley Road S a n Diego, California 92 121

(713) 755-1524 Cable: Micropaleo San Ihego

PRAIRIE PRDDUCINO COMPANY

George F. Watford

2 2 0 0 HOUSTON NATURAL GAS BUILDING HOUSTON, TEXAS 7 7 0 0 2 713-658-8413

JAMES A. WHEELER

Petroleum Geologist

Delta Energy Resources, Inc. 3002 Country Club Road Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601 (318) 477-1477 Suite 821 C & I Building

Houston. Texas 77002 (713)651-9595 1

i Hunter Yarborough I JAMES M. WILSON Geophysical Consultant

Office 713/658-8346 Home 713/856-2375 Willis, Texas

808 The Main Bldg. Houston, Texas

- Consultant

Florida Petroleum Geology Florida Sample Service

1511 Mataro Avenue Coral Gables, Fla. 33146

BILL J. DORRELL

Geolog~cal C o n s u l t a n t s GEOLOGICAL E V A L U A T I O N S

W E L L S I T E R E P R E S E N T A T I O N

U N ~ T I Z A T I O N & P A L E 0

P.O. Box 53486 1120-G Coolidge Blvd. Lafayette, La. 70505 (318) 234-251 7

ERWIN E. GRIMES OIL ! GAS EXPLORATION

Phone 1-51 2-896-5998

GRIMES RESOURCES, INC P 0 BOX 403 DISCOVERY OIL CORPORATION KERRVILLE. TX 78020

L A R R Y L. JONES PRESIDENT

SPARTlLU PETROLEUM CORPORATION

H552 KnrY F R W SL'ITE 154

HOCSTON, TEXAS 77024 7 13!464-0709

Consultant

4550 Post Odk PIac t7

5u1te 141 Houston. T e x a s 77027

Explorat~on for Oi l & Gas & Home Office 713/686-7881 965-9674

Other Energy Resources Cable: Globex-Houston

Working wllh

1 Well cullfngs

2 Cores

3 I d d Sampler

4 Logs

1908A Lamar l o w e r Telephone (71J) 9fi5 9607 2929 Bullalo Speedway Hou:,lun. Tehas 77098

ROY 0. SMITH EXPLORATION CONSULTANT

Bell & Murphy and Associates

1212 Texas Bank & Trust Tower Telex 77-5009 6161 Savoy Drive (71 3) 780-2420 Houston. Texas 77036

GEOLOGY EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS DEVELOPMENT

0. J. RAUSCHENBACH OIL AND GAS CONSULTANT

7255 Clarewood, Swte 343 O f f ~ c e 713 938 1775 Houston, Texas 77036 Res~dence 713 774 3999

5eismopaph 5~rvice Corporation A S U B S I D I A R Y O F R A Y T H E O N C O M P A N Y

Box 1 590 Tu lsa , O k l a . 741 02 (91 8) 627-3330 I DISTRICT OFFICES AND DATA PROCESSING CENTERS

HOUSTON w M I D L A N D DENVER

GEOCHEMISTRY Hydrocarbon Source Bed Evaluation

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY M~cropaleontology, Palynology

WELL SITE GEOLOGY STM Geochemical Lab 12115 Self Plaza Suite 214, Dallas, Texas 75218 214-328-8549

Robertson Research (LLS.) Inc.

Aaattyttcat aak &acer&ancy Smutcee

Petroleum Geochemistry, Biostratigraphy, Sedimentology Mult i -Cl ient Reports

Greenbriar Square 0 16730 Hedgecroft 0 Suite 306 0 Houston, Texas 77060 0 Tel: (71 3) 445-4587

PERSONNEL SERVICES

Professional Placement Services

GEOLOGISTS Exploration & Exploitation

Opportunities On & Offshore Texas & Louisiana Three years or more experience

GEOPHYSICAL SERVICE INC. A SUBSIDIARY OF

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Ih<OHI~OH*I E l l

Telephone: (713) 494-9061

900 Town & Country Lane Houston, Texas 77024 Bulld~ng #1 Mal l~ng address (713) 461-5500 12201 Southwest Freeway P 0 Box 2803

I Stafford, Texas 77477 Houston, Texas 77001

Geological Information Centers Petroleum Information Corporation serves Houston with two geological information centers. Standard services include:

w e l l logs

completion cards for southeastern states production reports

0 maps I 4150 Westhemer Houston.Texas 77027 713/961-7891

Petroleum Information, 326 Entex Bu~ldtng Houston. Texas 77028

Corporation A S u l ~ v d ~ a r y of A C Nielsen Company

713/658-9573

Bios tratigraphers

PALEONTOLOGY PALEOECOLOGY PA LYNOLOGY SOURCE ROCKS NANNOFOSSILS THIN SECTIONS

W W FAIRCHILD C R PICKETT I 5933 BELLAIRE BOULEVARD 0 HOUSTON. TEXAS 77081 0 (713) 665-8686 I

South Texas Div. Office 3801 Kirby Building, Suite 456

AC-713/529-5995

K EP L l N G E R and Associates, Inc. INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSULTANTS

Oil, Gas, Coal, Uranium, Minerals, Geothermal Engineering, Geological, Geophysical

TULSA 320 So. Boston Suite 320 Tulsa. Oklahoma 74103

(918) 587-5591

HOUSTON 3200 Entex Building

Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 651-3127 DENVER

Sulte 2361 Anacocda Tower 555 171 h Street

Denver. Colorado 80202

I WA, INC. MINERALS MANAGEMENT I

TOTAL CONCEPT OIL & GAS MANAGEMENT SERVICE

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LADD PETROLEUM CORPORATION GAS & OIL EXPLORATION

Texas Gulf Coast & N.E. Texas

2121 Sage Rd. Suite 300

Ph: 713-629-81 11 An Equal Opportun~ty Ernployur M F

Listed on the American Stock Exchange

Ticker Symbol: MNL)

WESTERN GEOPHYSICAL Litton

10,001 R~chmond Avenue, P 0 Box 2469 Houston, Texas 77001

Telephone 71 3 789-9600 Cable WESGECO Telex 762406

C b e SERVICE INC. 5603 South Rice Avenue Houston, Texas 77081

C. J . Long Paul Farren

Dresser Atlas wireline services . . . for total competence, total confidence, total capabilities.

CONTACT YOUR DRESSER ATLAS REPRESENTATIVE

601 JEFFERSON, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77005 71 31784-601 1

DRESSER ATLAS DIVISION, DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC.

MORGAN J. DAVIS Petroleum Consultant

1100 Milam Building, Suite 4601 Houston. Texas 77002 Office 71 3-656-4438

Residence 71 3-651-0209

HOUSTON OIL &

MINERALS CORPORATION

242 The Main Building, 1212 Main Street

Houston. Texas 77002

~ n A E t s . Comprehensive technical servi'ces for exploration and production.

Total concept well logging Core analysis Inspection services

A SCHLUYBEACEA COMPANY

Corporate Headquarters: The Analysts Inc 4120 D Dtrectors Row Houston Texas 77092 Telephone 713 686 5516 . Telex 76-2683

RALPH E. LIA VIS ASSOCIATES, INC. Consultants

Petroleum and Natural Gas

500 Jefferson Building-Suite 2031 Houston. Texas 77002 7 13-659-8835

DOW CHEMICAL U.S.A. OIL & GAS DIV IS ION HOUSTON, TEXAS

3636 RICHMOND AVENUE P. 0. BOX 2 2 4 6 8 ( 7 1 3 ) 6 2 3 - 3 0 1 1

Midland, Texas - Walnut Creek, California

Lafayette, Louisiana - Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

AI'WAI'EH, CANTER, MILLER bi. HEFFNEH

( ' o r~ su l~rng Geologists arrd Erry~rrc~urs

424 Whitney Hank 13uilding New Orleans, 1,ouisiana 70130

(504) 581-6527

R. BREWER & CO., INC. Houston

3615 Gulf Freeway 223-4193

SIDNEY SCHAFER & ASSOCIATES

Geophysical Consulting

Offshore Gravity Data

THE GEOPHYSICAL DIRECTORY

THE OIL AND GAS DIRECTORY

HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019

PHONE 713 529-8789 2200 WELCH AVENUE

Worldwide experience in gravity, magnetics, and photogeology

PhotoGravlty Company a d~vlsron of berry ~ n d u s t r ~ e s corporation

7000 Regency Square Blvd., Su~te 130 , Houston, Texas 77036

(713) 780-491 1 Telex: 76-2059

EXPLORING THE GULF COAST

PEL-TEX

1100 M I L A M SUITE 3333

OIL C O., INC.

HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002 713 -658-8284

NORTH AMERICAN ROYALTIES, INC.

NRR OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION

HOUSTON DISTRICT. SUM? 3000. One Allen Center. Houston. Tenas 77002. Phone (7131 751-0034

World's largest independently owned geophysical contracting

and processing firm

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

2500 Tanglewilde, Suite 1 5 0 2501 Cedar Springs Rd. Houston, Texas 77063 Dallas, Texas 75201

Fr~tz P Kronberger V~ce Presldent. Corporate Geophysical Marketing

P 0 Box 36928. Houston Texas 77036 7131789-6020

J. M. Sides A. B. Thorn

BOLT &xiocmES IMC. 205 WILSON AVE NORWALK. CONN 06854 (203) 85S0700 TELEX 94-03 10

hanover petroleum corporation 2121 Sage Road

Suite 220 Houston, Texas 77056

Go W ireline Services

NOW I N TEXAS GULF COAST WITH COMPLETE OPEN HOLE SERVICES

Contact: REGIONAL MARKETING OFFICE (Houston) - 7131759-1830

J. R. Butler and Company OIL AND GAS CONSULTANTS

Suite 130, 4605 Post Oak Place. Houston. Texas 77027 Telephone 71 W627-7I8O Telex: 910 881 4408

BIG "6" DRILLING COMPANY

1228 Bank of the Southwest Houston, Texas 77002

W. H. Smith, President 652-5896

C. B. Benge, Jr. , V.P.-General Manager

Affiliated with GeoQuest International, Inc. I

THE STONE OIL CORP. GULF COAST OIL & GAS EXPLORATION

3 8 0 1 K / R B Y DRIVE , S U / T E 544 HOUSTON, TEXAS 7 7 0 9 8

KARL H. ARLETH 0. W. K I M M E Y (713) 5 2 6 - 8 7 3 4

EXETER EXPLORATION COMPANY 2300 Lincoln Center Building Denver, Colorado 80264 J. Allen Gardner, President (303) 623-51 41

PRUDENTIAL DRILLING COMPANY 5433 Westheimer, Suite 620

Houston, Texas 77056

Ofc. Phone 621-7330 CECIL R. RIVES Res. Phone 467-9894

GULF COAST REPRESENTATIVE Trio Exploration Consultants 217 Southwest Tower Houston, Texas 77002 (7 13) 659 941 0 Frank Lovett res. 371 -3444 Harry M. Perry res. 371-7272 W. E. Belt, Jr. res. 494-2026

Joe H. Smith President

3130 S W. Freeway. Su~te 305IHouston, Texas/(713) 523-9790

Schlumberger Well Services

1300 Main, Suite 1209 Houston, Texas 77002

Texas Coast Diuision 658-8300

GeoQuest International, Inc. EXPLORATION CONSULTANTS

Suite 130, 4605 Post Oak Place, Houston, Texas 77027 Telephone 7131627-7180 Telex 910 881 4408

Affiliated with J.R. Butler and Company

SIERRA PRODUCTION COMPANY 1400 Capital National Bank Bldg.

Houston, Texas 77002

Byron F. Dyer James P. Blackstone

OPERATING CO., INC. FIVE G REENWAY PLAZA EASTISU ITE 1704

HOUSTON, TEXAS 77046

TELEPHONE (713) 626-3300

C. F. BROWN, JR.

MICHAEL McKENZlE

CAVALLA ENERGY

HERMAN L. SMITH Vice President

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EXPLORATION OIL & GAS MARKETING GAS LIQUIDS

Suit? 2680 Two Allen Center Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 659-3060

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GEOLOGY ENGINEERING . GEOPHYSICS

Dallas Denver Houston I idl land

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JAMES A. McCARTHY President

600 Jefferson Bldg. Suite 508 Houston, Texas 77002

713/652-0907

PETER R. FROKER Vice President

TELEDYNE EXPLORATION

5825 Chimney Rock Road. P 0 .60~36269. Houston. Texas77036

7 13 I 666-2561

Midland I New Orleans I Denver I Calqary

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Burt Dunn G a r y LLiurncin 1101) M ~ l , i m B l d q - 3080

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