The 2011-12 officers have been elected.
Edward A. "Ted" Beaumont, senior geologist with SM Energy in Tulsa, Okla., has been voted president-elect by the AAPG membership for the 2011-12 term and will serve as AAPG president in 2012-13.
Also elected were:
- Vice President – Regions
- Stuart D. Harker, Circle Oil Plc., Finchampstead, England.
- Secretary
- Denise M. Cox, Storm Energy, Panama City, Fla.
Both the vice president-Regions and secretary will serve for two years.
The newly elected officers will begin their duties on July 1, serving an Executive Committee headed by Paul Weimer, professor, Bruce D. Benson Endowed Chair, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
Others on the committee are Marvin D. Brittenham, Encana Oil & Gas (USA), Denver, vice president-Sections; James S. McGhay, Mid-Con Energy, Tulsa, treasurer; and Stephen E. Laubach, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, Texas, AAPG elected editor.
Also new on the committee will be Jeffrey W. Lund, Corridor Resources, Houston, who will assume the chair of the House of Delegates.