September Luncheon Presentation INSIDE THIS ISSUE · After the initial discovery well was drilled, the block MC 547 was leased in 2008. Appraisal and delineation wells were drilled

INSIDE THIS ISSUE LUNCHEON PRESENTATION ............................... 1

PRESIDENT’S CORNER ........................................ 3

FOCUS ON FUNDAMENTALS ............................... 4

2012-2013 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE .................... 6

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ......................... 10

THANK YOU LETTERS ....................................... 12

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION ............................. 15

September SGS Luncheon

Thursday

September 13 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Le Pavillon 833 Poydras Street,

New Orleans, LA 70112

$30.00 pp (member) $35.00 pp (non-member)

RSVP

Ellen Clark Ellen [email protected]

September Luncheon Presentation

Subsurface Review of Who Dat Field (MC 503/504/547)

By Eric Zimmermann

Abstract:

The MC 503 Prospect was leased in 2005, and subsequently drilled

in 2007. After the initial discovery well was drilled, the block MC

547 was leased in 2008. Appraisal and delineation wells were

drilled in 2010 to confirm the discovery and decide the most

appropriate means of developing the field. The field is geologically

interpreted as a prograding turbidite system. The deeper sands

(Upper Miocene) are interpreted to be basin floor fans which are

overlain by progressively more channelized facies (Lower Pliocene).

Geophysically, the majority of the events are Class III amplitude

anomalies, with the exception of the oldest and deepest horizon

which is Class II. After cross plotting log to seismic parameters, a

strong correlation was found between net pay and amplitude

strength. Because the pay zones in the field are sub-tuning, this

correlation was critical in resource mapping and determining the

original reserves in the field.

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Speaker Biography:

Eric Zimmermann is a geologist for LLOG Exploration focusing primarily

on Deepwater Exploration. Eric held similar posts with Dominion and BP

before working for LLOG. He is also the University Relations Chair for the

Southeastern Geophysical Society. Eric graduated with a BS and MS from

Louisiana State University in Geology. He is married with three children

Annie, Julia, and Caroline.

President’s Corner by Hao Zhou

Dear SGS members,

I hope you all have recovered from hurricane Isaac

and are back to normal work and life. After four

and a half years in New Orleans, finally I feel I am

qualified as a true New Orleanian - although I still

need to work on my accent. This is after scrambling

to buy canned food, water, candles, etc. the day

before the hurricane, staying awake in the hot and

humid nights during the hurricane, and clumsily

(with sweaty hands) covering my roof damage in

the aftermath. However, I don’t complain because I

know that years later, this will be my cool story to

tell in some other part of the world.

It is my honor to serve as SGS president for SGS for

the 2012-2013 year. First, I would like to thank the

previous committee members for their dedications.

In addition, as I mentioned during the luncheon,

several individuals in particular should be

recognized for their passion to our community:

Don Dubose, Eric Zimmermann, Christy Gautre,

Richard Mongan, Ken Reynold and Toby Roesler.

Most of them were not serving as committee

members last year but they have been contributing

all the time. In this new season I will continue to

rely on more members like them to make this year

successful.

Last year I served as the 2nd vice president, and my

headache was to get enough attendance for every

luncheon and event. On average we have about

twenty five people attending each luncheon.

Particularly bad for the instructor, we only had

fifteen people for the SEG distinguished lecturer.

This year I would like to focus on increasing the

number of active members and improving on

member involvement.

Now what can we do to make SGS grow and

become more attractive?

After discussion with several committee members,

these are some items we think we should work on:

1) Continue to improve on quality of

presentations for luncheons

2) Bring a good class to SGS

3) Increase content variety on the monthly

Reflections newsletter

4) Hold several successful social events

5) Build strong ties with local universities for

student members

Do you agree? Here is my request to you: if you are

asked to provide an idea to SGS to improve on any

aspect of our community, what would that be?

Please email the editor <[email protected]>

and describe it. We will list all the ideas in the next

reflection anonymously.

This year I will be working with great committee

members: Shane, Ellen, Patricia, Na, and Tonya.

Many of us are less experienced, but I know we

have plenty of support from our enthusiastic

members. I believe with our energy and your ideas,

we will make this SGS year memorable!

Lastly, let me mention several near term events:

1) Membership renewal for the new season –

please don’t forget! <http://sgs-

neworleans.org/>

2) October luncheon will be on the 11th

3) November. 5th – joint luncheon with NOGS

at Holiday Inn – we will send out the

registration announcement at a closer date

4) Fall social event is in planning

Here’s to an exciting new year!

Hao

Focus on Fundamentals

This is a section designed for members to share easy-to-read, high quality scientific journal articles to be used

as learning resources for novices and refreshers for experienced scientists. The articles are not limited to the

geophysics discipline. The collection of this section will be added to the ‘Useful Links’ of the SGS website for

future reference. Only the name of the journal, issue number and page numbers are provided in consideration

of copyright issues.

All SGS members, please share your recommendations with our SGS editor for monthly publication in the

Reflections.

September’s Recommendation submitted by Hao Zhou

Pore pressure terminology published on The Leading Edge, V21, 2002 Page 170-173

Pore pressure prediction is important for drilling, completion, water injection, etc., and geophysics provides

major input for its derivation. This article provides a simple explanation of different terms we encounter when

working with pore pressure. In consideration that the subject of our joint luncheon with NOGS is about pore

pressure, this article serves as a good appetizer for those not as familiar with the topic.

2012-2013 Executive Committee Officers

President – Hao Zhou

Hao Zhou obtained his PhD degree in Earth Science from Ohio State

University. His research was mainly focusing on geodynamic modeling of

Earth deformation in response to contemporary ice loss in Greenland,

Antarctica and Patagonia South America. He has conducted GPS surveys in

big island Hawaii, California and Antarctica. Hao is specialized in numerical

modeling and programming. In 2008 Hao joined Shell and now works as a

senior geophysicist. He is a member of SEG, AAPG and AGU

1st Vice President – Shane Carley

Shane Carley received his BS in Geology in 2003 from Lake Superior

State University in northern Michigan and his MS in Geophysics in 2010

from University of Texas at El Paso. Shane started as an intern for

Chevron in 2008 working DeepWater Gulf of Mexico, and is currently

working full time as a technical geophysicist for Asset Development in

the Gulf of Mexico in the Covington office. He is a native of northern

Michigan, and currently resides in Covington. Shane has been a

member of AIPG, SEG, AAPG and joined SGS in 2011.

2nd Vice President – Ellen Clark

Ellen Clark is working currently as a geophysicist for Deep Water Asset

Development at Chevron in the Covington office. She joined Chevron 15

years ago in New Orleans working development projects and PSDM for

Deep Water Gulf of Mexico projects. Prior to Chevron, Ellen worked for

Mobil Oil and briefly at CNG. Ellen graduated from the University of New

Orleans in 1985 with a BS in Geology and received her MS in Geology,

with an emphasis in Geophysics in 2002. Ellen has been an active

member of SEG since 2002, is a member of AAPG, and has served two

terms as the SGS Editor and is the current 1st Vice President. Ellen

served as the Arrangements Chair for the 2006 SEG International

Exposition and Annual Meeting Steering Committee.

Treasurer – Na Shan

Na Shan graduated from University of Texas, Austin

in 2010 and obtained her M.S degree in geophysics,

Jackson School of Geosciences. In 2011, she moved

to New Orleans and joined Shell. She is currently

working in Quantitative Interpretation team as

Reservoir Geophysicist. She primarily gets involved

in Gulf of Mexico projects. She is a member of SEG

since 2008 and joined SGS in 2011.

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Secretary – Tonya Richardson

Tonya Richardson received her BA in Geology in 2008 from

Vanderbilt University and her MS in 2011 from Purdue University.

Her Master’s research focused on locating earthquakes in central

Argentina to refine the subsurface structure of a mountain range.

During her graduate studies, Tonya completed two internships as

an earth scientist with Chevron, one in South Pass on the GOM

Shelf and one in Block 0 in Offshore Angola with SASBU. She

joined Chevron full-time in June 2011 as the geophysicist for the

Perdido Asset Development Team in Deepwater GOM. Currently,

she is an active member of the Southeastern Geophysical Society, the DWEP RM Newsletter team, and the

Covington geophysical community. She enjoys spending time with her family in Nashville, TN, kayaking, and

traveling.

Editor – Patricia Yu

Patricia Yu joined Shell in 2007 and is currently a QI reservoir geophysicist

supporting Gulf of Mexico projects. Previously she worked in the

geohazard assessment and pore pressure prediction team working on

primarily international projects. She received her BA in Earth and

Planetary Sciences at UC Berkeley, where she worked in the Berkeley

Seismological Lab. Afterward, she went to UT Austin for a MS in

Geophysics. Patricia is a member of SEG and joined SGS in 2011.

News and Announcements

Thank You Letters to SGS

Membership Application

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New Orleans, LA 70157

Web address: www.sgs-neworleans.org

SGS Excutive CommitteeSGS Officers SGS Company Representatives 2012-2013

PRESIDENT - Hao Zhou

Shell Tel: (504) 728-7027 Sara Davis - Seismic Ventures [email protected]

[email protected] Steve Dennis - Halliburton [email protected]

1st VICE PRESIDENT - Shane Carley Matt Wandstrat - Baker Hughes Matthew [email protected]

Chevron USA Production Company Richard Fossier - CGG [email protected]

[email protected] Larry Gallow ay - Geophysical Pursuit [email protected]

2nd VICE PRESIDENT - Ellen Clark David Gillis - Schlumberger gillis1@new -orleans.oilf ield.slb.com

Chevron USA Production Company Tel: (985) 773-6427 Mark Grow don - Chevron magrow [email protected]

[email protected] Kathy Hannigan - ENI Petroleum [email protected]

SECRETARY - Tonya Richardson Tel: (985) 773-6681 Jim Harley - Eagle Geophysical [email protected]

Chevron USA Production Company Diana Smith - BOEMRE [email protected]

[email protected] Juliette Ioup - UNO [email protected]

TREASURER - Na Shan Kevin Jordan - PetroQuest [email protected]

Shell Tel: (504) 728-6718 Dale Lambert - IO [email protected]

[email protected] David Lynch - Shell [email protected]

EDITOR - Patricia Yu Jim McCarty - ANKOR Energy [email protected]

Shell Tel: (504) 728-6364 Shaw n Porche - E-Seis [email protected]

[email protected] Michelle Pou - TGS [email protected]

PAST PRESIDENT- Jared Bosch Tony Rebecca - Paradigm [email protected]

Chevron USA Production Company Tel: (985) 773-6251 Kelly Landry - WesternGeco klandry@new -orleans.w esterngeco.com

[email protected] Brenda Reilly - Energy Partners LTD breilly@eplw eb.com

PRIOR PAST PRESIDENT - Ken Reynolds Jeff Row e - Fugro jrow [email protected]

Chevron USA Production Company Tel: (985) 773-6288 Kurt Sellers - PGS [email protected]

[email protected] Karen Sontag - ION [email protected]

WEBMASTER - Richard Mongan Layne Williams - Seismic Exchange lw [email protected]

Chevron USA Production Company Tel: (832) 854-5725 David Schw artz - Fugro dschw [email protected]

[email protected] Claudia Lopez - Fugro [email protected]

SGS Outreach Officer - Lisa Dwyer Kennedy

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement

[email protected] Tel: (504) 736-2794

SGA Officers

PRESIDENT- Rosemary Austin Tel: (504) 737-9697

VICE PRESIDENT - Glenda Evans

SECRETARY - Claudia Marquis

TREASURER - Claire La Pointe