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 2010. Results will be posted mid-May 2010.
Candidates were asked to limit their biographies to 350 words and responses to 500 words.
2009-10 Treasurer Candidate
James W. Tucker
Geological specialist, Saudi Aramco
Born 1952, Lake Charles, La.
Academic Degrees
- 1980 M.S., geology, Texas A&M University
- 1974 B.A., geology, Rice University
Experience
- 2002-present Saudi Aramco, geological specialist
- 2000-02 Computational Geology, chief geologist
- 1997-99 CGG Americas, manager integrated studies, general manager reservoir services
- 1996 Consultant
- 1978-1995 Atlantic Richfield Company (NAPD, ARCO Oil and Gas, ARCO Exploration, ARCO International Oil and Gas), geologist, exploration planning director
- 1975 Texas A&M University, field assistant
- 1974 Mobil Oil, summer geologist
- 1972 Milchem Drilling Controls, field service (shale shakers, desilters, mud centrifuges); California Registered Professional Geologist #4386; Texas Professional Geoscientist #2182
AAPG Activities
Joined AAPG 1974, member DPA
- 2008-present AAPG/SEG ad hoc Committee on Geoscience Integration
- 2002-present History of Petroleum Geology Committee
- 2007-09 AAPG Middle East Region, secretary
- 2001-04 Education Committee
- 2001-02 HoD, delegate or alternate
- 1990-95 Bulletin, associate editor
- 1987-88 OTC Committee
- 1985-88 HoD, delegate or alternate
- 1987 HoD Credentials Committee
Publications
Articles or abstracts on the Ouachitas, Southeast Turkey, offshore Ghana, prospect portfolio analysis, seismic inversion, subsurface temperatures and dip analysis.