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 Vice President - Sections Candidate
Marvin D. Brittenham
Team Lead New Ventures USA, EnCana Oil & Gas (USA)
Born 1945, Miles City, Mont.
Academic Degrees
- 1969 B.S., geology, University of Montana
- 1973 M.S., geology, University of Montana
Experience
- 2002-present EnCana Oil & Gas (USA), team lead new ventures USA, Denver
- 1996-2002 Flying J Oil & Gas, vice president-exploration, Salt Lake City, Utah
- 1989-2006 Columbia Gas Development, exploration manager- North division and team lead upper Gulf Coast, Houston
- 1985-89 Brittenham & Associates, owner, Denver
- 1978-85 Snyder Oil & Gas, senior vice president-exploration, Denver
- 1975-78 Impel Energy, chief geologist, vice presidentgeology, Denver
- 1970-75 Texaco, exploration geologist, district geologist, Denver
AAPG Activities
Joined AAPG 1975, member DPA
- 2009 AAPG Annual Convention, Denver, general vice chair
- 2003-06 DPA Advisory Council member
- 2002-03 Convention Coordination Committee
- 2000-03 DPA Advisory Council member
- 2003 AAPG Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, general vice chair
- 1989 HoD, delegate
- 1984-87 HoD, delegate
AAPG Honors and Awards
- 2009 AAPG Certificate of Merit
- 2004 AAPG Certificate of Merit
Publications
Various publications and presentations on Rocky Mountain geology, teamwork in E&P and recent forums on exploration experiences and discovery thinking.