Distinguished Lecture Committee

North America Distinguished Lecturers

International Distinguished Lecturers

Steven L. Bachtel

ConocoPhillips, Houston, Texas

• “Seismic Stratigraphy of the Miocene-Pliocene Segitiga Platform, East Natuna Sea Indonesia: The Origin, Growth, and Demise of an Isolated Carbonate Platform”

Stephen Creaney

ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Houston, Texas
J. Ben Carsey Funded Distinguished Lecturer

• “Global Petroleum Evaluation-The Role of Integrated Regional Analysis”

Timothy Dixon

University of Miami, Florida

1. “Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans: Subsidence Measurements from Space”
2. “Crustal Deformation Near the San Andreas Fault: Estimating Elastic Parameters of the Upper Crust With Space Geodesy”

Michael R. Hudec

Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas

1. “Advance Mechanisms of Allochthonous Salt Sheets: Implications for Predicting Subsalt Pore Pressure”
2. “Evolution of Suprasalt Minibasins in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico”

Jacob B. Lowenstern

U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California

• “Intrusion, Deformation and Degassing at the Yellowstone Caldera”

Jean-Laurent Mallet

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie, Nancy, France
Allan P. Bennison Funded Distinguished Lecturer

• “Integrated Earth Modeling: From Seismic Interpretation to Flow Simulation in Reservoirs”

Marian Warren

Encana, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Haas-Pratt Funded Distinguished Lecturer

1. “An Exploration Case History: How We Made a High-Impact Gas Discovery in a Maturing Basin (Western Canada)”
2. “Extensional Faulting, Paleodrainage Patterns and Impact on Hydrocarbon Reservoir Quality and Distribution During Foreland Basin Subsidence: A Case Study from the Cretaceous of Alberta”

James R. Markello

ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, Texas–
Middle East Tour–January 15-February 9, 2007

1. “The Carbonate Analogs Through Time (CATT) Hypothesis–A Systematic and Predictive Look at Phanerozoic Carbonate Reservoirs”
2. “Integrated Research for Carbonate Reservoirs–It is the Business Question that Mandates the Multidisciplinary Integration”

Craig Shipp

Shell International Exploration and Production, Inc., Houston, Texas
Roy M.Huffington Funded Distinguished Lecturer

1. “Significance and Recognition of Mass–Transport Deposits in Deepwater Environments
2. Where Offshore Drilling Meets Shallow Geology: Impact of Near–Surface Depositional Systems on Deepwater Operations”

Henry Posamentier

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Houston, Texas
Dean A. McGee International Distinguished Lecturer

1. “Imaging Elements of Depositional Systems from Shelf To Deep Basin Using 3D Seismic Data: Implications for Exploration and Development”
2. “Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Geomorphology of Deep Water Deposits Based on Analysis of 3D Seismic Data: Reducing the Risk of Lithology Prediction”

Mateu Esteban

Repsol YPF, Madrid, Spain

• “The Burial of Carbonate Reservoirs: The Rest of the Story”

International Distinguished Instructor

Vitor Dos Santos Abreu III

ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Houston, Texas

• “Sequence Stratigraphy for Petroleum Exploration”