Deborah King Sacrey is an exceptional geoscientist and owner of Auburn Energy, founded by her in 1990. Deborah's unwavering perseverance and remarkable skills as a geologist and geophysicist are key factors in her client's and her success. She specializes in 2D and 3D interpretation worldwide. For the past 10 years she has been part of a team to study and bring the power of multi-attribute neural analysis of seismic data to the geoscience community. She is an expert in the use of Paradise software and has had many discoveries using multi-attribute neural analysis.
Deborah is a proud graduate of the University of Oklahoma, earning her BS degree in Geology in 1976. Immediately following graduation, Deborah was recruited by Gulf Oil in OK City. Later, she went on to work for several large and small companies, culminating with Paramount Petroleum before she became an independent consultant, first with Texas Meridian, and many clients since. She was a pioneer in the use of PC based seismic workstations for the independent and consultant, a practice at the time that was dominated by large Unix workstations at majors and large independents, and has built that into a flourishing career, working first with SMT and then with Paradise, where she continues to help develop and provide her expertise to clients to this day.
Deborah has been exceptionally active in the geological community. She joined AAPG in 1976, and is a Certified Petroleum Geologist (#4014) and Certified Petroleum Geophysicist (#2)! Since 1985, Deborah has served on and chaired numerous committees, including HoD committees, has been HoD Secretary/Editor, has served the DPA as Vice-President, Secretary and President, has been AAPG Treasurer, and on the Advisory Council. As for AAPG awards, she has received at least six Certificates of Merit, the Distinguished Service Award, the HoD Distinguished Member of the House and most recently the DPA Life Member Award.
Aside from the time and energy Deborah has dedicated to the AAPG, she has also served the Gulf Coast Section as Treasurer, Vice-President and President. She has been General Chair, Co-Chair and Vice Chair on at least three conventions, has been President of SIPES and the SIPES Foundation. During her SIPES Presidency, she was instrumental in the formation of the joint AAPG, SIPES, HGS APPEX which was later merged into NAPE as Summer NAPE. Deborah has served as President of the Houston Geological Society (HGS), receiving numerous awards, most notably an Honorary Lifetime Member Award and recipient of the distinguished Gerald Cooley Award. She been a long-time member of AAPG, SIPES, HGS, the South Texas Geological Society and the Oklahoma City Geological Society.
Deborah has enjoyed a long and dedicated career of service to the AAPG and the profession as a whole, and continues to serve and work as an active and energetic geoscientist, even after moving to her farm 80 miles west of Houston with her husband, Emmett. Deborah is more than deserving of this award, a cap on her long list of achievements.