Richard (Rick) D.
Richard (Rick) D. Fritz
CEO-GEO
Council Oak Resources
Academic Degrees

  • 1978 – M.S. Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.
  • 1975 – B.S. Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.

Experience

  • 2015-18 – CEO-GEO, Council Oak Resources, Tulsa
  • 2011-15 – Senior Advisor, SM Energy, Tulsa
  • 1999-2011 – Executive Director, AAPG, Tulsa
  • 1982-99 – Senior Geologist-President, Masera Corporation, Tulsa
  • 1980-82 – Exploration Geologist, Exxon, Oklahoma City, Okla.
  • 1977-79 – Senior Geologist, Exxon, Kingsville, Texas

 

AAPG Activities

  • Joined AAPG 1975
  • Member DPA, DEG, EMD
  • 2017-18 – Chair, Jammin’ Geos SIG
  • 2017-18 – Co-Chair Mid-Continent, VGP SIG
  • 2017-18 – Chair, Bulletin Article, TIG
  • 2017 – Co-Chair Mid-Con Playmakers, DPA
  • 2016-18 – HoD Committee, TGS Mid-Continent Section
  • 2015-16 – Trustee Associates Officer
  • 2015-16 – President, DPA Executive Committee
  • 2014-18 – Co-Chair, IBA Sponsorship Committee
  • 2014 – GEO-DC Board of Governors
  • 2013-19 – AAPG Investment Committee
  • 2012-18 – Chair, Datapages Board
  • 2012-18 – Chair, Foundation Fundraising Advisory Committee
  • 2012-18 – Military Veterans Scholarship Committee
  • 2012-17 – Foundation Member of the Corporation
  • 2012-13 – President, Tulsa Geological Society
  • 1998-2001 – Reservoir Development Committee

AAPG Honors & Awards

  • 2018 – DPA Lifetime Membership Award
  • 2017 – AAPG Distinguished Service Award
  • 2007 – Harrison Schmitt Special Award
  • 2004 – DPA Distinguished Service Award
  • 2000 – AAPG Certificate of Merit

 

  • 2016 – Resource Play Potential of the Phosphoria Formation in Western Wyoming, Richard D. Fritz, URTEC Ext. Abs.
  • 2012 – Great American Carbonate Bank: Knox Group of the Black Warrior Basin, Richard D. Fritz, Patrick Medlock, Michael Kuykendall, James L. Wilson, AAPG Memoir No. 98
  • 2012 – The Geology of the Arbuckle Group in the Midcontinent: Sequence Stratigraphy, Reservoir Development, and the Potential for Hydrocarbon Exploration, Richard D. Fritz, Patrick Medlock, Michael Kuykendall, James L. Wilson, AAPG Memoir, No. 98
  • 2003 – Red Fork Sandstone of Oklahoma: Depositional History, Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Distribution, Richard D. Fritz, Edward A. Beaumont, and Larry D. Gerken, OGS/TGS Paper/Pub
  • 2001 – Misener Sandstone of Oklahoma, Michael D. Kuykendall and Richard D. Fritz, AAPG Search and Discovery Article #10018
  • 1995 – Recognition of Unconformities and Sequences in Mid-Continent Carbonates, Richard D. Fritz and Patrick L. Medlock, Tulsa Geological Society Special Pub.
  • 1994 – Sequence Stratigraphy of the Hunton Group as Defined by Core, Outcrop and Log Data, Richard D. Fritz and Patrick L. Medlock, Houston Geological Society Bulletin
  • 1993 – Paleokarst Development in Devonian Cherts in the Arkoma and Black Warrior Basin, Richard D. Fritz, Patrick Medlock, James, L. Wilson and Donald A. Yurewicz, SEPM Workshop Notes, SEPM
  • 1991 – Geologic Aspects of Horizontal Drilling, Richard D. Fritz, Mike K. Horn, and S. D. Joshi, AAPG Continuing Education Course Notes Series

My professional career has focused on both carbonate and siliciclastic sequence stratigraphy and related depositional patterns, i.e., I love to correlate, imagine the past and use that information to explore for oil and gas. I also became interested in horizontal drilling in the early 1990s, so at Masera we researched which formations worldwide would be the best candidates for resource plays. As a result, Mike Horn, Sada Joshi and I taught multiple short courses for AAPG on predicting resource plays. Along with many good co-authors, I have produced over 30 years of technical presentations and publications for AAPG and other professional societies. In addition, I have written significant proprietary publications throughout the United States with Masera Corporation, many of which we are bringing forward for publication in scientific journals.

Executive Committee