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Houston Recap

Houston Photos

Speakers:

Joe Barton
Representative, Sixth District, State of Texas

Mike Huckabee
Governor of Arkansas
Chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC)

Chip Groat
Director of the U.S. Geological Survey

Michel Halbouty
" Heritage of the Petroleum Geologist"

Paper by Harris, Cooper Earns Matson Award

A paper presented in Houston by Richard G. Harris and Mark Cooper dealing with remote sensing has earned them the George C. Matson Award for the best oral presentation at an AAPG annual meeting.

The top paper was "Structural Analysis of Eastern Yemen Using Remote Sensing Data," presented in the AAPG session on "E&P Activities in North Africa and the Arabian Platform."

Harris and Cooper, both with PanCanadian Petroleum in Calgary, Canada, will receive their prize at the 2003 AAPG annual meeting in Salt Lake City.

The Jules Braunstein Award, given for the best poster presentation in Houston, will be announced at a later date.

Other winning technical presentations at the Houston meeting were:

EMD Sessions

Frank Kottlowski Memorial Award (best paper) -- Janok P. Bhattacharya Carlos V. Aiken, Rucsandra M. Corbeanu, George A. McMechan. Xueming Xu and Xiaoxian Zeng, all with the University of Texas at Dallas; and Christopher D. White, with Lousiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., for "3-D Outcrop Reservoir Characterization."

Best poster award -- Hal Gluskoter, Ron W. Stanton and Peter D. Warwick, all with the U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va.; and Romeo M. Flores, USGS, Denver, for "Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide and Methane in Low-Rank Coals and the Potential for Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide."

DPA Sessions

Best paper -- John I. Howell III, Portfolio Decisions Inc., Houston, for "Implementing Portfolio Management; Integrating Tools, Process and People."

His co-authors were Lillian H. Warren and Anita L. Howell.

Student Sessions

Best paper -- Victor A. Pusca, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo., for "High-Relief Bypass Surfaces -- A New Perspective on the Architecture of a Diatomite/Clastic Reservoir in the Monterey Formation of California."

Best poster -- Vanessa R. Kertznus, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, for "Biostratigraphic Analysis and Environmental Implications of La Luna Formation, Río Loro Section, Western Venezuela."