LGS Thanks our May 2010 Student Lunch Sponsor ...

CHEVRON
Dave Fugitt


... & All 2009 - 2010 Student Lunch Sponsors:

September – Stratagraph, William Hagan
October – Badger Oil, David Etienne
November – Plains Exploration, Mike Quinn
December – Prize Petroleum, King Munson
January – Stone Energy Corporation, Rudy Gibbs
February – Stratagraph, William Hagan
March – Petroquest LLC, Natasha Jeansonne
April – Medco Energi, Bill Terrell


Door Prizes courtesy of

TECHE ELECTRIC

 


 


VIRTUAL
FIELDTRIPS

 

 

Llano Uplift Area, Central Texas
LGS Fieldtrip

Deep Water Turbidites in the Ouachita Mountains
LGS Fieldtrip

Paleozoic Rocks,Southeastern Ouachita Mountains
LGS Fieldtrip

Edwards Group of West Texas
LGS Fieldtrip

Wax Lake Delta Systems, LA
LGS Fieldtrip

Cote Blanche Salt Dome
LGS Fieldtrip

MORE VIRTUAL FIELDTRIPS

 



LINKS

A.A.P.G.

A.P.I. - Teche Chapter

Asociación Mexicana de Geólogos Petroleros [AMPG]

BATON ROUGE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: University of Texas at Austin

CENTER FOR ENERGY STUDIES, LSU
Includes Monthly Oil and Gas Prices and Spot Market Prices.

EARTH SCIENCE WEEK

THE ENGINEERING JOB
A job board for candidates interested in engineering employment in the UK.

GULF COAST ASSOCIATION of GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES
The Gulf Coast regional organization of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG).

HOUSTON GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

LOUISIANA OIL & GAS ASSOCIATION - LOGA

LOUISIANA SONRIS LITE

NEW ORLEANS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

ODP / TAMU SCIENCE OPERATOR

PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER COUNCIL - PTTC

RIGZONE
E&P News, Career Center, O&G Directory, Rig Data, Bookstore, More.

SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)

SHREVEPORT GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Host of the 59th Annual GCAGS Convention.

SONRIS (Strategic Online Natural Resources Information System)

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY

SPE DELTA SECTION 2000 WEBSITE

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE
Geology Department Website.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
The Walter Geology Library.

    

 

LGS LUNCHEON SPEAKERS
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

~

WILLIAM H. SCHRAMM
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

Gas Storage in Solution Excavated Caverns;
Engineering, Environmental and Safety Issues
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The society holds a luncheon meeting on the third Wednesday of the month
at 11:30 A.M. at the Petroleum Club.
Meetings are not held in June, July and August.
Tickets at the Door - $15.00 members, $17 non-members.

 

 


CALENDAR

dot August 31 - September 2, 2010 - 17th International Petroleum & Biofuels Environmental Conference - LOCATION: Crowne Plaza Riverwalk Hotel, 111 Pecan Street East, San Antonio, Texas - Sponsored by The University of Tulsa - Instructors: Kerry Sublette , John Veil - This conference brings together professionals from industry and academia who seek solutions to environmental problems of a technical, legal, and regulatory nature. REGISTER BEFORE APRIL 30, 2010, AND RECEIVE THE SUPER SAVER DISCOUNT.
CALL FOR PAPERS.
email: cese@utulsa.edu; or call 918-631-3088

dotOctober 10th - October 12th, 2010 - 60th Annual GCAGS-GCSSEPM Convention 60th Annual Convention. San Antonio, Texas - GCAGS 2010 hosted by: South Texas Geological Society

~ Brian Lock | GCAGS Publicity

 


ANNOUNCEMENTS

dotPresident's Letter, May 2010
"...I urge all of our members to return the [GCAGS] email survey I sent around early in May. ...If you did not get this survey, or other announcements from me during this season, it is because you need to update your email address in our membership spreadsheet. Just send an email to our Secretary (currently Dan Ruberg, druberg@fugro.com) with any updated contact information.
I would like to thank Chevron [Dave Fugitt] for sponsoring our UL geology students at the May luncheon."

~ Carl Richter | LGS President

dotATTENTION GEOLOGISTS: A Louisiana geologist registration bill, SB 788, the "Louisiana Professional Geoscience Practice Act," has been filed in the current session by State Senator Troy Hebert. It follows the Texas model. Details are available at: Louisiana Professional Geoscience Practice Act.
~ John E. Johnston III | President, Baton Rouge Geological Society | 225-931-6622

dotGCAGS 2010-2011 SCHOLARSHIP FUND-MATCHING PROGRAM - Runs from 1/1/2010 through 6/30/2011 and matches (1:1) newly raised scholarship funds up to $10,000 per member society. "I hope this will be incentive enough for all of you to step up and help our local students, the next generation of geologists!"
~ Carl Richter | LGS President

dotHeads Up! AAPG’s Globalization plans under discussion. The AAPG is debating major changes to the Constitution and By-Laws to reflect the growing importance of its global nature. Some of the changes to the Corporate Structure which might or might not make their way into the amendments that will come before the membership for approval are potentially controversial. Members, please read the information available at AAPG Corporate Structure.
~ Brian Lock | GCAGS Publicity

dotGreetings from the middle of the Pacific. You can check out the the progress of our Integrated Ocean Drilling Program - United States Implementing Organization (IODP-USIO) expedition at http://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/gallery.html.
~ Carl Richter | President, LGS

dotNEW !   SCHOLARSHIP PAGE.

dotComplete Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies TRANSACTIONS since 1951 are now available on a single DVD - .
~ Brian Lock | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | GCAGS Publicity Chairman

dot LGS Publications can now be ordered from the AAPG (complete set on CD-ROM) and from the Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin!


dotLGS 2009-2010 Bulletin Advertising and LGS 2009-2010 Website Advertising. -
~ King Munson | LGS Advertisement Chairman

 

 


LUNCHEON CALENDAR

 

dot SECOND MONDAY
Teche Chapter, API.  Lafayette Petroleum Club. 11:30 a.m.

dot SECOND MONDAY
NOGS luncheon. 

dot  SECOND TUESDAY
SWLGS luncheon.  Lafayette Petroleum Club. 11:30 a.m.  Info for Officer contact.

dot SECOND TUESDAY
SPE luncheon.  Lafayette Petroleum Club. 11:30 a.m.

dot  SECOND WEDNESDAY
SIPES luncheon.   Lafayette Petroleum Club. Downstairs. 11:30 a.m. - Contact James Gamble for information - 337-237-7788.

dot  SECOND THURSDAY
SPWLA luncheon.  Lafayette Petroleum Club. 11:30 a.m.
SPWLA luncheon speakers:
    ~ Jim Fisher | VP Membership/Lafayette Chapter SPWLA
    Operations Geologist | Stone Energy Corp.
    337 521-2154 Office
    FisherJL@StoneEnergy.com


dot SECOND FRIDAY
BRGS Luncheon Meeting Cost is $15 for members, $20 for non-members, $5 for students; Mike Anderson's Seafood Restaurant at 11:30 a.m.

dot THIRD WEDNESDAY
Lafayette Geological Society Lafayette Petroleum Club. 11:30 a.m. luncheon.

dot THIRD WEDNESDAY
SGS Luncheon Meeting 11:15 at the New Orleans Fairmont Hotel in the Blue Room.

 


 



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