Candidates for AAPG office have been given the opportunity to respond briefly to the subject: "Why I Accepted the Invitation to be a Candidate for an AAPG Office."
Their responses and biographical information were provided by each candidate and edited only for grammar, spelling and format.
This information will also be provided as hard-copy in the January issue of the EXPLORER and available on the AAPG Web site through the election period. Ballots will be mailed, online in the first quarter of 2008. Results will be posted mid-May 2008.
Candidates were asked to limit their biographies to 350 words and responses to 500 words.
2007-08 President-Elect Candidate
Ronald A. Nelson
President & Principal Investigator, Broken N Consulting Inc., Cat Spring, Texas
Born 1948, Chicago, Ill.
Academic Degrees
- 1970
- B.S., geology, Northern Illinois University
- 1971
- M.S., geology, Texas A&M University
- 1975
- Ph.D., geology and rock mechanics, Texas A&M University
Experience
- 2001-present
- Broken N Consulting Inc. & Broken N Oil & Gas Inc.
- 1999-2001
- BP, structural geologist
- 1975-1999
- Amoco Production Co., structural geologist and technology manager
AAPG Activities
- Member since 1976
- Certified Petroleum Geologist #2727
- 1980-2007
- Taught 24 schools and short courses for AAPG
- 1990-2007
- Five terms as associate editor
- 2002-2003
- Candidate for president-elect
- 2000-2001
- AAPG vice president
- 1997-1998
- Distinguished Lecturer (Asia)
- 1996-1999
- Advisory Council, at-large-member
HoD Delegate, Houston - 1995-1996
- Society president, Houston Geological Society
- 1984-1986
- HoD Delegate, Tulsa
- 1982-1983
- Distinguished Lecturer (domestic)
Affiliated and Associated Societies and Sections and major offices held
- 1986-present
- Houston Geological Society: vice president 1993-1994, president 1995-1996
- 1981-present
- Society of Petroleum Geologists; Distinguished Author 1987
- 1975-1991
- Tulsa Geological Society; councilor-at-large 1993-1995
AAPG Honors and Awards
- 1998
- AAPG Certificate of Merit
- 1998, 1996, 1983
- AAPG Certificates of Appreciation
Publications
- 95 publications on structural geology, fractured reservoirs and energy usage
- Two editions of the textbook "Geologic Analysis of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs" 1985 & 2001