To sharpen your geological vocabulary of terms, we have been given permission to provide you access to the geological word puzzles from the Geological Society of London’s The Geoscientist. The GSL is the world’s oldest geological society (more).
Aside from dodging a few raindrops, the central Texas field trip was enjoyed by all!
25 participants including members of the Premier Silica mining operations near Brady, Texas joined the field party over the 2-day event. Many photos were taken and new information has been uncovered that will be incorporated in a Post-Field Trip Guidebook revision that will be made available to the participants and the geoscience community online via a PDF in the near future. Participation in the Field Trip by Diane Carrico, a geology student attending the University of Texas, Austin, was sponsored by I2M Associates, LLC (May 20th I2M News Release).
The Houston Geological Society (HGS) and Big Bend Conservancy are co-sponsoring two internships/fellowships at the Big Bend National Park, Texas for the summer of 2016.
These opportunities are open to teachers, graduate students, educators and others who are interested in on-site learning at Big Bend National Park. These positions are located at Big Bend National Park in southwest, Texas. The Big Bend area is remote, but has a strong small community, great recreational opportunities, terrific scenery and natural and cultural learning opportunities abound. Housing may be available inside Big Bend National Park’s housing community at Panther Junction, park headquarters area.
UPDATED: May 17, 2016
Glen A. Collier, P.G., C.P.G., Chair of the AIPG Texas Section’s Scholarship Committee announced that four Texas Section scholarships have been awarded to the following students in Texas:
2016 Gene M. Shoemaker Graduate Scholarship ($2,500.00)
2016 Ted H. Foss Undergraduate Scholarship ($1,000.00)
Dates for the Spring 2016 Central Texas Field Trip have been fixed. The dates will be:
Saturday, May 14, 2016 to Sunday, May 15, 2016
Final editing of the Field Trip Guidebook is also underway.
Registrants from last year’s postponed field trip will be given priority.
For details, see the Field Trip page.
Look forward to seeing you this year.
Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G.
President – AIPG Texas Section
Susan S. Nash, Ph.D., AAPG Director of Education and Professional Development, Tulsa, OK, Bryan Flynn, Geophysicist, HGS Continuing Education Committee, Houston, and Thom Tucker, C.P.G., HGS Continuing Education Committee, Houston have prepared a comprehensive list of reports, surveys, databases, maps, and software of use to the petroleum geologist and geophysicist. There are also filings and legal reports which can help in decision-making. The fact that the information is readily available via the Internet, and that there are many free cloud-based collaborative tools, makes it more viable than ever to work in teams to quickly put together ideas, evaluate ideas, and make recommendations (see more).
All AIPG Texas Section and prospective members are cordially invited to attend a Meet-and-Greet on March 22, 2016.
The Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists has issued Advisory Opinion AOR #13 (2015).
Is Texas P.G. licensure and/or firm registration required if a P.G. licensed in another state physically moves his or her firm to Texas and engages in the following activities?
The beginning coverage of what’s going on in the American and World economy: /employment/#Economics
More articles and videos will be presented as they are submitted, screened, and linked in the above webpage.
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) adopts amendments to §§3.5, 3.31, 3.38, 3.40, 3.45, 3.51, 3.52 and 3.86, relating to Application To Drill, Deepen, Reenter, or Plug Back; Gas Reservoirs and Gas Well Allowable; Well Densities; Assignment of Acreage to Pooled Development and Proration Units; Oil Allowables; Oil Potential Test Forms Required; Oil Well Allowable Production; and Horizontal Drainhole Wells, respectively. Sections 3.5, 3.31, 3.38, 3.40, 3.45, 3.51 and 3.52 are adopted without changes, and §3.86 is adopted with changes from the proposed text as published in the November 6, 2015, issue of the Texas Register (40 TexReg 7766).
The RRC adopts the amendments to establish a procedure for designating certain fields as unconventional fracture treated fields (“UFT fields”). A UFT field is a field in which horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing must be used in order to recover resources from all or part of the field and which is developed using either vertical or horizontal drilling techniques. This designation includes shale formations, such as the Eagle Ford and Barnett Shale, in which the drainage of a wellbore is based upon the area reached by the hydraulic fracturing treatments rather than conventional flow patterns. The substantive amendments to incorporate this concept are adopted in §3.86(i) – (l), with supporting and conforming amendments proposed in the other sections.
