AAPG Annual Meeting 2004: Embrace the Future, Celebrate the Past

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Monday Morning Oral
Forum: Delivering on Our Promises: Managing E&P in the 21st Century (AAPG)
Room Blrm C1/C2
Co-Chairs: P. R. Rose and J. I. Howell

Evolution of Deep Water Deposits: Refining the Lowstand Model (SEPM)
Room Blrm C3/C4
Co-Chairs: D. C. Jennette and B. E. Prather

North American Provinces: USA, Mexico, Canada—Onshore (AAPG)
Room C140/142
Co-Chairs: A. E. Guzman, M. Cooper, and K. Neher

Hydrothermally Altered Carbonate Reservoirs: Models and Case Studies (SEPM)
Room C144/145
Co-Chairs: L. B. Smith, G. Davies, and W. J. Purves

Sea Level Change, Past Climates and the Restructuring of Shallow Marine Communities (SEPM)
Room C146
Co-Chairs: M. Zuschin and S. Dominici

Selected Academic Research Topics: Student Presentations (AAPG)
Room C146
Co-Chairs: G. Cummins and H. Legarre

Gas Hydrate Exploitation, Sediment Strength, and Slope Instability Along Continental Margins I (EMD/SEPM)
Room C147/148/154
Co-Chairs: T. S. Collett, C. Knapp, and C. Lutken

Incorporating Structural and Stratigraphic Heterogeneity Into Static and Dynamic Reservoir Models (AAPG/SEPM)
Room C155/156
Co-Chairs: C. Pirmez, M. Barton, and T. Manzocchi

Monday Morning Poster
Eastern Caribbean and Venezuela (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: J. Deckelman and J. Dorrier

Application of Novel Logging Techniques I (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Chair: J. E. Colliton

Application of Novel Logging Techniques II (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Chair: J. E. Colliton

Advances and Applications in Visualization and Interpretation (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: T. Apotria and N. Purday

Extension and Gravity Flow: Processes and Provinces (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: G. Eisenstadt, G. Tari, and N. H. Dawers

Fault Zone Processes and Properties (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: A. Aydin and D. L. Olgaard

Microbial Buildups, Facies and Reservoirs I (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: E. Mancini and W. M. Ahr

Microbial Buildups, Facies and Reservoirs II (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: E. Mancini and W. M. Ahr

Applications of Ichnology I (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: J. MacEachern and B. Henk

Applications of Ichnology II (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: J. MacEachern and B. Henk

Paleozoic Petroleum Systems (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: H. A. Illich and J. Reed

Monday Afternoon Oral
Forum: Technical, Business, and Ethical Challenges for Independents and Consultants (AAPG/DPA)
Room Blrm C1/C2
Chair: W. M. Kazmann

Forum: Petroleum Asset Risk Management (AAPG)
Room Blrm C1/C2
Co-Chairs: G. P. Citron and J. MacKay

From Source to Sink: Sediment Production, Transport and Deposition (SEPM)
Room Blrm C3/C4
Co-Chairs: L. Waite and A. Bouma

Unconventional Gas (AAPG/EMD)
Room C140/142
Co-Chairs: J. Levine, K. A. Bowker, and J. B. Curtis

Basin Modeling: Framework to Fluids (AAPG/SEPM)
Room C144/145
Co-Chairs: M. Kacewicz and Z. He

Forum: Teaching Earth Sciences K-12 and Public Outreach (AAPG)
Room C146
Co-Chairs: E. C. Roy, Jr, S. J. Clift, M. E. Milling, and D. K. Brownlee

Gas Hydrate Exploitation, Sediment Strength, and Slope Instability Along Continental Margins II (EMD/SEPM)
Room C147/148/154
Co-Chairs: T. S. Collett, C. Knapp, and C. Lutken

Contraction and Inversion: Processes and Provinces (AAPG)
Room C155/156
Co-Chairs: R. W. Krantz, D. Medwedeff, and C. Kluth

Monday Afternoon Poster
North American Provinces: USA, Mexico, Canada—Onshore I (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: A. E. Guzman, M. Cooper, and K. Neher

North American Provinces: USA, Mexico, Canada -- Onshore II (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: A. E. Guzman, M. Cooper, and K. Neher

North American Provinces: USA, Mexico, Canada—Offshore (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: J. B. Wagner and S. Quarles

Sub-Andean and Atlantic Margin (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: J. Deckelman and J. Dorrier

Evolution of the Gulf of Mexico (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: P. Weimer, R. Bouroullec, and V. Matt

Incorporating Structural and Stratigraphic Heterogeneity Into Static and Dynamic Reservoir Models (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: C. Pirmez, M. Barton, and T. Manzocchi

Sea Level Change, Past Climates and the Restructuring of Shallow Marine Communities (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Presiding: M. Zuschin
Chair: S. Dominici

Numerical Modeling and Seismic Imaging of Channelized Systems: Comparing Fluvial and Deep Water (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: C. Pirmez and B. McCaffrey

Influence of Topography on Sedimentation (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Chair: L. F. Krystinik

Selected Academic Research Topics: Student Presentations (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: B. Hottman and S. A. Waters

SEPM Student Award Session
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: D. Budd and R. Tye

Tuesday Morning Oral
Forum: Recent Discovery and Development Case Histories
Room Blrm C1/C2
Co-Chairs: J. A. Gibbs, J. Thomas, and B. Cunningham

Forum: Business Strategies for Exploration Evaluation: Onshore North America (AAPG/DPA)
Room Blrm C1/C2
Chair: R. K. Stoneburner

Clastic Facies Models Revisited - I (SEPM)
Room Blrm C3/C4
Co-Chairs: H. Posamentier and R. Walker

Geochemical Exploration for Oil and Gas I (AAPG)
Room C140/142
Co-Chairs: G. Rice, D. Schumacher, and M. J. Whiticar

E&P Environmental Issues and Best Management Practices: Impacts on Water, Soil and Ecosystems (DEG)
Room C144/145
Co-Chairs: Y. K. Kharaka and J. K. Otton

Characterization and Modeling of Fractured Reservoirs (AAPG)
Room C146
Co-Chairs: S. Laubach and L. Taylor

Structural Styles Influenced by Shale and Salt (AAPG)
Room C147/148/154
Co-Chairs: B. Vendeville and B. Trudgill

Use of Outcrop Analogs in Reservoir Characterization and Modeling (AAPG/SEPM)
Room C155/156
Co-Chairs: C. Kerans and S. Flint

Tuesday Morning Poster
Unconventional Gas (AAPG/EMD)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: J. Levine, K. A. Bowker, and J. B. Curtis

Environmental Geology and Geochemistry (DEG/EMD)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: J. Ford and A. R. Scott

CO2 Sequestration (DEG/SEPM/EMD)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: S. D. Hovorka and N. B. Woodward

Advances and Applications in Non-Seismic Methods: Remote Sensing, GPR, and GIS (EMD)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: R. Dodge and S. Limerick

Gas Hydrate Exploitation, Sediment Strength, and Slope Instability Along Continental Margins (EMD/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: T. S. Collett, C. Knapp, and C. Lutken

Cores and More: A Look at the Reservoir (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: W. A. Almon, L. F. Krystinik, and G. M. Grammer

From Source to Sink: Sediment Production, Transport and Deposition (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: L. Waite and A. Bouma

Basin Modeling: Framework to Fluids (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: M. Kacewicz and Z. He

Stratigraphic Seals (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: E. Scott and W. A. Almon

Oil and Gas Charge Prediction: Origins of Basin Center Gas (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: S. W. Brown and J. B. Curtis

Tuesday Afternoon Oral
Forum: The Future of Global Energy: Technical, Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues (DEG/SEPM/EMD)
Room Blrm C1/C2
Co-Chairs: S. Tinker and P. O. Yilmaz

Clastic Facies Models Revisited - II (SEPM)
Room Blrm C3/C4
Co-Chairs: H. Posamentier and R. Walker

Geochemical Exploration for Oil and Gas II (AAPG)
Room C140/142
Co-Chairs: G. Rice, D. Schumacher, and M. J. Whiticar

CO2 Sequestration (DEG/SEPM/EMD)
Room C144/145
Co-Chairs: S. D. Hovorka and N. B. Woodward

Ground Water Issues: Resource, Exploration, Exploitation, and Remediation (DEG)
Room C146
Co-Chairs: S. P. Tischer and V. Jones

New Developments in Stratigraphy: Sequence, Cyclo-, Allo- and Beyond (SEPM)
Room C147/148/154
Co-Chairs: C. D. Winker, G. Apps, and D. J. Lehrmann

Geological Uncertainty in Reservoir Modeling and Prediction (AAPG/SEPM)
Room C155/156
Co-Chairs: J. W. Jennings and L. W. Lake

Tuesday Afternoon Poster
Exploration in Complex Structural Terrains (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: V. Mount and J. Byrd

Environmental Technologies: Case Studies (DEG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: M. P. Hemingway and M. Britton

New Advances in Geothermal Energy (EMD)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: D. Nielson and J. Renner

Use of Outcrop Analogs in Reservoir Characterization and Modeling I (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: C. Kerans and S. Flint

Characterization and Modeling of Fractured Reservoirs (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: S. Laubach and L. Taylor

Hydrothermally Altered Carbonate Reservoirs: Models and Case Studies (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: L. B. Smith, G. Davies, and W. J. Purves

Contraction and Inversion: Processes and Provinces (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: R. W. Krantz, D. Medwedeff, and C. Kluth

Deep-Water Carbonates: Reservoirs and Potential (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: P. (. Harris and X. Janson

Evolution of Deep Water Deposits: Refining the Lowstand Model (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: D. C. Jennette and B. E. Prather

Measuring and Modeling Sedimentary Bedforms (SEPM/SGD)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: P. A. Carling and D. Mohrig

Reservoir Quality in Deeply-Buried Clastic Rocks (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: K. Helmold and S. Bloch

Use of Outcrop Analogs in Reservoir Characterization and Modeling II (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall C
Co-Chairs: C. Kerans and S. Flint

Wednesday Morning Oral
Forum: Climate Change: Sense and Non-Sense in Our Great Geophysical Experiment (AAPG)
Room Blrm C1/C2
Chair: J. Friedmann

The Role of Climate in a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework (SEPM)
Room Blrm C3/C4
Co-Chairs: M. Blum and M. Gibling

Dynamic Trapping: Fractures, Faults, and Fluid Flow (AAPG)
Room C140/142
Co-Chairs: R. Knipe and W. F. Dula, Jr

Exploration Above, Below, and Adjacent to Salt (AAPG)
Room C144/145
Co-Chairs: M. G. Rowan and J. C. Fiduk

Advancements in Pore Pressure Prediction Techniques and Applications (AAPG)
Room C146
Co-Chairs: B. Kilsdonk and R. E. Swarbrick

Deltas Revisited (SEPM)
Room C147/148/154
Co-Chairs: D. Macdonald, L. J. Wood, and J. Bhattacharya

Carbonate Diagenesis: Old Foundations and New Paradigms (SEPM)
Room C155/156
Co-Chairs: L. Melim and P. Scholle

Wednesday Morning Poster
Asia, Siberia, and South Pacific (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: M. A. Richter and K. Cerveny

Africa, Middle East, Europe, Caspian and Black Sea Region (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: D. Coffield, G. Tari, and T. Cavanagh

Oil Sands and Other Unconventional Oil Plays (EMD)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: F. Hein and S. Schamel

Geological Uncertainty in Reservoir Modeling and Prediction (AAPG/SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: J. W. Jennings and L. W. Lake

Sedimentary Geology of Coal-Bearing Strata (SEPM/EMD)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: C. Barker and T. A. Dallegge

New Developments in Stratigraphy: Sequence, Cyclo-, Allo- and Beyond I (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: C. D. Winker, G. Apps, and D. Lehrmann

New Developments in Stratigraphy: Sequence, Cyclo-, Allo- and Beyond II (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: C. D. Winker, G. Apps, and D. Lehrmann

Sequence Stratigraphy and Facies Architecture of Shoreline and Shelf Systems I (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: B. Willis and A. B. Rodriguez

Sequence Stratigraphy and Facies Architecture of Shoreline and Shelf Systems II (SEPM)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: B. Willis and A. B. Rodriguez

Oceanic Anoxic Events and Source Rock Formation (SEPM/NAMS)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: M. E. Katz, J. A. Curiale, and M. Leckie

Biodegradation in Reservoirs (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: A. G. Holba and A. Wilhelms

Geochemical Exploration for Oil and Gas (AAPG)
Room Exhibition Hall
Co-Chairs: G. Rice, D. Schumacher, and J. Everett

Wednesday Afternoon Oral
Deep- and Ultra-Deepwater Provinces (SEPM/AAPG)
Room Blrm C1/C2
Co-Chairs: J. L. Coleman and C. J. O'Byrne

Sequence Stratigraphy and Facies Architecture of Shoreline and Shelf Systems (SEPM)
Room Blrm C3/C4
Co-Chairs: B. Willis and A. B. Rodriguez

Re-Examining Structural Models: Geometric, Kinematic, and Mechanical (AAPG)
Room C140/142
Co-Chairs: P. Hennings and M. L. Cooke

Exploration in Mobile Shale Basins (AAPG/SEPM)
Room C144/145
Co-Chairs: A. C. Weinzapfel and L. Wood

Stress Characterization and Applications from Bore-Hole to Basin-Scale (AAPG)
Room C144/145
Co-Chairs: J. Lorenz and M. D. Zoback

Rock Properties and Their Seismic Expression; from the Pore-Scale to the Seismic Scale (AAPG)
Room C146
Co-Chairs: G. Treadgold and T. M. Smith

Asia, Siberia, and South Pacific (AAPG)
Room C147/148/154
Co-Chairs: M. A. Richter and K. Cerveny

Africa, Middle East, Europe, Caspian and Black Sea Region (AAPG)
Room C155/156
Co-Chairs: D. Coffield, G. Tari, and T. Cavanagh

Committee Meetings and Luncheons

Friday, 16 April 2004


9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
AAPG Advisory Council
Room Bryan-Beeman, Hyatt Reunion Hotel

Saturday, 17 April 2004


8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
AAPG Advisory Council Strategic Planning Meeting
Room Cherokee, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
AAPG Executive Committee
Room Moreno A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
SPE/AAPG Steering Committee Meeting
Room Crockett, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
DPA Council Meeting
Room Reunion A, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Resource Evaluation Committee
Room Bryan-Beeman, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
International Regions Committee
Room Pryor A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
EMD Leadership Meeting
Room Sanger A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
House of Delegates Reception
Room Landmark A, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Research Committee
Room Reverchon A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel

Sunday, 18 April 2004


8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
House of Delegates Meeting
Room Reunion A/B/C, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Subcommittee on Technical Programs
Room D225/226, Convention Center
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
History of Petroleum Geology Committee
Room A124/127, Convention Center
11:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Distinguished Lecture Committee
Room Pryor A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Geophysical Integration
Room Moreno A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
Public Outreach
Room Reunion F, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
Reservoir Development
Room Reverchon A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Corporate Advisory Committee
Room Sangor A, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Publications Committee
Room Sangor B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel

Monday, 19 April 2004


7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Editor's Breakfast
Room Bryan-Beeman, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
MCS/AAPG Executive Committee
Room Pryor A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
7:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Membership Committee
Room Sanger A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
House of Delegates Ad Hoc Committee on AC Rep
Room Cherokee, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
Visiting Geologist Program and Committee
Room Moreno A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
DEG Advisory Board
Room Reverchon A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
All Convention Luncheon
Room Ballroom A, Convention Center
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
DEG Executive Committee
Room Windsor, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Subcommittee on International Conferences
Room D225/226, Convention Center
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Foundation Trustees Meeting
Room Moreno A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Student Expo, Ad Hoc
Room Bryan-Beeman, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Astrogeology Committee
Room Cherokee, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
Committee on Committees
Room Cockrell, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
GSW Meeting
Room Kessler, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Grants in Aid
Room Baker, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Student Reception
Room Reunion A/B/C, Hyatt Reunion Hotel

Tuesday, 20 April 2004


7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Publication Pipeline Committee, Ad Hoc
Room Sanger A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Eastern Section Breakfast
Room Moreno A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
APPEX London Organizing Committee
Room Pryor A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Student Chapter Committee
Room Moreno A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
DEG Luncheon
Room D220/227, Convention Center
DPA Luncheon
Room Ballroom A1, Convention Center
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
SEPM Business Meeting/Luncheon
Room Fairmont Dallas Hotel
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Student Job Fair Comm, Ad Hoc
Room Baker, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
International Distinguished Lecture
Room Cockrell, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Academic Liaison Committee
Room Reverchon A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
Mid Career Training Center Directors
Room Crockett, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
APPEX Houston Committee
Room Pryor A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Preservation of Cores and Samples
Room Cotton Bowl, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Computer Applications and Information Committee
Room Moreno A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Foundation Chairmen's Reception
Room Reunion A, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
EMD Gas Hydrate
Room Sanger A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Research Committee on Reservoir Deformation
Room Windsor, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
Research Committee on Unconventional Resources
Room Reverchon A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel

Wednesday, 21 April 2004


7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Youth Education Activities
Room Cotton Bowl, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
APPEX Houston Advisory Committee
Room Cockrell, Hyatt Reunion Hotel
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Committee on Conventions
Room D225/226, Convention Center
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
EMD Luncheon
Room D220/227, Convention Center
12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Education Committee
Room Pryor A/B, Hyatt Reunion Hotel