Society of Independent Professional Earth
Scientists - Fort Worth Chapter
Monthly
Meeting
Guests Welcome
The next meeting will be held Monday, January 19, 2009, at 11:30 am at the Petroleum Club in downtown Fort Worth.
Talk and Speaker:
“The Maturing of the Barnett Shale”
by Jimmy Thomas, President of Nagual Exploration, LLC
ABSTRACT: Click Here
To make a reservation for a meeting, e-mail Jamie Robertson by noon on the Thursday preceding the meeting.
Lunch is $15 for SIPES members, $20 for guests and $5 for students.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
2009 SIPES Annual Meeting The Fort Worth Chapter is the host chapter for the 2009 SIPES Annual Meeting scheduled for April 27 - 30, 2009 at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Phil Carlisle of our Chapter is chairing the 2009 event. Planning is underway, and Phil would be very pleased to hear from any members who are willing to volunteer to assist him and have not yet indicated that willingness. You can talk to Phil at our lunch meeting or you can e-mail him at pcarlisle@xogllc.com to discuss how you can help.
2009 Chapter Dues:
Fort Worth SIPES Chapter dues for 2009 are $20, the same as in 2008. If you plan to attend our luncheon on Monday, January 19, 2009, you can pay your dues at the door. Alternately, you can mail a check for $20 to our treasurer, Jeff Wendt, at the following address.
Jeffrey Wendt, The Eagle Wing Group, 4480 Stargazer Drive, Plano, TX 75024-7717
2007-08 Luncheon Meetings
Titles and speakers for Past luncheon talks were as follows:
February 15, 2007 "Urban 3D Seismic in the Barnett Shale Play" by Marion Bone
March 15, 2007 "The Eyes Have It...Finding and Using Airphotos, Satellite Data, Lease and Topo Maps to Solve Your Field-Related Problems" by David Koger
April 19, 2007 "Turning Your Exploration Idea into a Lease Position" by Tim Brittan and Jeff Roberts
May 17, 2007 "Use and Misuse of Decline Curve Theory" by Tom Zadick
June Through August, 2007 - Summer Break – No Meetings
September 20, 2007 "Mississippian Barnett Shale in the Northern Fort Worth Basin: Lithofacies, Depositional Setting, and Pore Network of a Deepwater Mudstone Succession"
by Robert G. Loucks*, Stephen C. Ruppel and Robert M. Reed (*speaker), Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin
October 18, 2007 “Case History of an Independent: The Story of Aspen Integrated Oil & Gas LLC” by Philip H. Carlisle, Aspen Integrated Oil & Gas LLC
November 15, 2007 “Meeting People Where They Are - Keys to Leadership and Management Whatever Your Position” by Jeffrey Wendt, The Eagle Wing Group
December, 2007 - Winter Break – No Meeting
January 17, 2008 "Neoichnology and sedimentology of the modern micro-tidal Texas Gulf Coast shallow marine system"
by Bo Henk, Matador Resources, Dallas, Tx (Speaker) and Dr Jim Garrison, TAMU Corpus Christi
February 21, 2008 "Microseismic Mapping and Fracturing in Shale Reservoirs, A Model for Fracture Networks in Jointed Rock"
by Richard X. Zinno, Weatherford International
March 20, 2008 “South Akcakoca Gas: A Black Sea Discovery 30 Years in the Making”
by Mike Fitzgerald, Ed Ramirez, William Moulton and Al Garcia, Toreador Resources Corporation, Dallas, Texas
April 17, 2008 “Tips to Optimize Your 2008 Tax Accounting”
by W. L. (Woody) Mathews Jr., CPA, Partner, AuldridgeGriffin, PC, Cleburne and Fort Worth, Texas
September 17, 2008, “Development planning using integrated 3-D visualization and geocellular models from petrophysical and seismic data”
by Patrick Lowry of RPS Scotia
Thursday, October 9, 2008, Our October meeting was a joint evening social with the Dallas Chapter of SIPES.
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