Deborah K.
Deborah K. Sacrey
Owner
Auburn Energy, Houston, Texas
Academic Degrees

  • B.S., Geology/Earth Science, the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.

Experience

  • 1992-Present – Owner, Auburn Energy, Weimar, Texas
  • 1987-89 – Geologist, PEKO Oil/Weeks Exploration, Houston
  • 1982-87 – Consultant, Oklahoma City, Dallas
  • 1980-82 – Geologist, Old Dominion Oil Corp., Oklahoma City
  • 1978-80 – Senior Geologist, Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Co., Oklahoma City
  • 1976-78 – Geologist, Gulf Oil, Oklahoma City

 

AAPG Activities

  • Joined AAPG 1976
  • Member DPA, DEG
  • AAPG/DPA Certified Petroleum Geologist – #4014
  • DPA Certified Petroleum Geophysicist – #2
  • Past President, Gulf Coast Section
  • AAPG Advisory Council
  • Boosting Reserves and Recovery Using Machine Learning Committee
  • President, Gulf Coast Section
  • Vice President, Gulf Coast Section
  • Deep Learning Committee
  • Investment Committee
  • AAPG Treasurer
  • Finance and Accounting Committee (manager); Audit and Budget Review (chair)
  • Group Insurance Committee (liaison and manager)
  • GEO-DC Board of Governors
  • Past-President, DPA
  • Nominating Committee (chair)
  • DPA Honors and Awards Committee (chair)
  • DPA Bylaws Committee
  • AAPG Advisory Council
  • -Elect/President, DPA
  • Convention Coordination Committee
  • Resource Evaluation/Committee on Committees Liaison
  • Visiting Geologist
  • DPA Bylaws Committee (chair, 2004-05)
  • Geophysical Integration Committee (vice chair)
  • Secretary, DPA
  • AAPG Foundation Trustee Associates
  • Mentoring Committee (vice chair)
  • DPA Vice President, DPA Council
  • Convention Coordination Committee
  • AAPG Mentor
  • Summit on Committees (co-chair)
  • Committee on Committees
  • Treasurer, Gulf Coast Section
  • Public Outreach Committee (chair, 1992-94)
  • Between 1983 and 2014 served 17 times as a delegate in the HoD, serving on numerous committees and chairing Rules and Procedures, Nominations and Elections, and the Newsletter committees.

AAPG Honors & Awards

  • 2019 – DPA Life Member Award
  • 2015 – HoD Distinguished Member of the House Award
  • 2011 – HoD 15-Year Certificate of Service
  • 2007 – HoD 9-Year Certificate of Service
  • 2007 – DPA Past President’s Award
  • 2004 – DPA Certificate of Merit
  • 2004 – Distinguished Service Award
  • 2003 – HoD Recognition of Service Award
  • AAPG Certificate of Merit Awards in 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000 and 1994

 

  • “Heritage of the Petroleum Geologist,” DPA special publication, 2003 (co-editor, with Robert Shoup, Charles Sternbach and Richard Nagy)
  • “Two- and Three-Dimensional Seismic Methods: Effective Application Can Improve Your Bottom Line,” Oklahoma Geological Survey Special Publication 99-1
  • “Systematic Workflow for Reservoir Characterization in Northwestern Colombia Using Multi-Attribute Classification,” First Break (EAGE), March 2020 (co-author Camilo Sierra, Lewis Energy)
  • “Geological Pattern Recognition from Seismic Attributes: Principal Component Analysis and Self-Organizing Maps,” Interpretation Journal, November 2015 (co-authors Rocky Roden and Tom Smith)
  • “Solving Exploration Problems with Machine Learning,” First Break (EAGE), June 2018
  • American Oil and Gas Reporter – “Seismic Interpretation-Approach Aids Multi-Attribute Analysis,” September 2015 (co-author Rocky Roden)
  • “Seismic Pattern Recognition in Shale Resource Plays,” E&P Magazine, January 2015 (co-author Rocky Roden)
  • “Seismic Attribute Analysis can benefit from Unsupervised Neural Network,” Offshore Magazine, September 2011 (co-author Tom Smith)

Section 5. President-Elect

The President-Elect shall serve for one (1) year as such and in the following year shall assume the office of President. The President-Elect shall have no administrative authority except as a member of the Executive Committee; shall become acquainted with all the details of the office of President, and generally become prepared to serve as President. The President-Elect shall be responsible for the preparation of the budget for the ensuing fiscal year for approval by the Executive Committee.

Executive Committee