SHORT COURSE #1

"SHALLOW MARINE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS"

(Saturday) Cost $150/person (25 people maximum, 15 minimum) RESPONSE REQUESTED BY JANUARY 15

Instructors: Bo Henk, Pacheron Group, McKinney, TX, Adjunct Assistant Professor, TCU: John Breyer, Professor of Geology, Texas Christian University.

Core Workshop for the SW Section of AAPG, March 2003 Conference, Fort Worth, Texas. Texas Christian University Geology Department, Sid Richardson Science Building.

Ichnology and sedimentology of shallow marine sandstone reservoirs: sequence stratigraphy, depositional environments and effects of bioturbation upon reservoir performance and properties.

Who should attend: Exploration geologists, development geologists, geophysicists and engineers.

This one day course is designed to provide participants with a working knowledge of the physical and biological processes operating in shallow-marine depositional- systems. Taken together, current-produced sedimentary structures and trace fossils permit a more refined interpretation of depositional setting (and likely reservoir behavior) than is possible when either sedimentology or ichnology are considered separately. The course combines lecture and hands-on work with core, with an emphasis on the application of ichnology to petroleum exploration and reservoir evaluation. Modern examples include the mesotidal barrier islands and inlets of the Carolinas and Georgia, the macrotidal embayments in Alaska, Canada and Scotland, and the Mississippi Delta. Reservoir studies will be presented in montages for all participants to review and will include the Frio Formation of the Gulf Coast, the Sag River Sandstone of North Slope, and the Bridgeport Sandstone of Wytch Farm, England.

Core and data sets from the Ferron Sandstone of the Western Interior, the San River Sandstone, the St. Petersburg sandstone from the Michigan Basin, and the Sub-Clarksville sandstone from the East Texas Basin will be available for participants to study. Case histories will explain the sequence stratigraphy and depositional setting of these sandstones, and also demonstrate the nature of the flow units in the reservoirs. The effects of bioturbation on reservoir properties and production performance can be demonstrated and quantified for each sandstone.

All participants will receive a CD-Rom of the lecture notes and photographs from modern environments and conventional cores.

Transportation to and from the Radisson Hotel will be provided. Contact Andrée French-Griffin for additional information (817 335-2222, agriffin@wagneroil.com)

Core Workshop for the SW Section of AAPG

Ichnology and sedimentology of shallow marine sandstone reservoirs: sequence stratigraphy, depositional environments and effects of bioturbation upon reservoir performance and properties.

Instructors: Bo Henk, Pacheron Group, McKinney, Tx, Adjunct Assistant Professor, TCU; John Breyer, Professor of Geology, Texas Christian University.

Core Workshop for the SW Section of AAPG, March 2003 Conference, Ft Worth, Tx Sunday, March 2nd, 9am-4pm.

Texas Christian University Geology Department
Sid Richardson Science Bldg.

Who should attend: Exploration geologists, development geologists, geophysicists and engineers.

This one day course is designed to provide participants with a working knowledge of the physical and biological processes operating in shallow-marine depositional-systems. Taken together, current-produced sedimentary structures and trace fossils permit a more refined interpretation of depositional setting (and likely reservoir behavior) than is possible when either sedimentology or ichnology are considered separately. The course combines lecture and hands-on work with core, with an emphasis on the application of ichnology to petroleum exploration and reservoir evaluation. Modern examples include the mesotidal barrier islands and inlets of the Carolinas and Georgia, the macrotidal embayments in Alaska, Canada and Scotland, and the Mississippi Delta. Reservoir studies will be presented in montages for all participants to review and will include the Frio Formation of the Gulf Coast, the Sag River Sandstone of North Slope, and the Bridgeport Sandstone of Wytch Farm, England.

Core and data sets from the Ferron Sandstone of the Western Interior, the Sag River Sandstone, the St Petersburg Sandstone from the Michigan Basin, and the SubClarksville sandstone from the East Texas Basin will be available for participants to study. Case histories will explain the sequence stratigraphy and depositional setting of these sandstones, and also demonstrate the nature of the flow units in the reservoirs. The effects of bioturbation on reservoir properties and production performance can be demonstrated and quantified for each sandstone.

All participants will receive a CD-Rom of the lecture notes and photographs from modern environments and conventional cores.

Lunches and transportation to and from the Radisson Hotel will be provided.

SHORT COURSE #2

"PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR GEOLOGISTS" (KEYS TO SUCCESS AS AN INDEPENDENT /CONSULTANT)

(Sunday - 10 am to 3 pm)

Instructors: Jimmy D. Thomas, Castaneda Consulting LLC., Weatherford, TX and Lee M. Peterson, Palo Pinto Exploration, Inc. Fort Worth, TX

Who should attend: Geologists, engineers, geophysicists, landmen and the idle curious.

It is currently projected that within ten years, permanent full-time employees will constitute only 40% of oil and gas company geology staffs. The remainder of this work will go to contractors, consultants and independents, and this trend will continue as the leading edge of the "baby boom" generation begins to retire, creating a shortage of skilled oil and gas finders and other professionals in the industry.

This one-day short course will help those interested in going out on their own, those who are just interested in preparing for the future, and those who may wonder but don't really know if they might be suited for life as an independent/consultant or not. Topics of discussion will include:

• Goals Goal Setting - Evaluate where you are now and where you want to go. It has to start with an idea.
• The Professional Plan - The objectives needed to get what you want in life. Create a map for your life and why it is important.
• Interpersonal Communication - Technical knowledge is not enough to reach your full potential. Using other people's skills for professional development.
• Networking, Marketing, Advertising - How to make yourself known in the industry. If you don't blow your own horn, there won't be any music.
• Professional Presentations - How to tell your story and get your ideas across to others.
• "The Art of the Deal" - Everyone is a salesperson.
• Industry Evaluation, Business Price Cycles - You can't create a linear plan in a cyclic industry.
• Your business versus your profession - why these are usually not the same thing.
• Choosing a business structure - why all independents are not created equal, or how to make the tax law work for you.
• How to manage risk - the only real risk is lack of knowledge.
• Choosing your advisors - why you should be glad to pay your CPA's bill.
• Investing in yourself, leveraging your time and efforts, and much more.

Logistics: This course is sponsored by the Southwest Section and is FREE to the first 100 Southwest Section members registered for the convention and wishing to attend the course. (Note - $12 fee to help offset luncheon cost).