Houston Chapter Meetings

First Wednesday of each month (generally), except no meetings during June, July, or August
Houston Petroleum Club
800 Bell Street, Suite 4300
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 659-1431

Houston Chapter Officers – 2012

Chairman – Jerry Blevins
Vice Chairman – Jennifer Fitzgerald
Secretary/Treasurer – Anna Hardesty
Program Chairman – Loren Long

2012 Luncheon Programs

February 2012

John Lee - University of Houston
"Recent Decline Models for Resource Plays"
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2011 Luncheon Programs

December 2011

W.C. Rusty Riese - AAPG
"Oil Spills, Ethics, and Society: How They Intersect and Where the Responsibilities Reside"
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November 2011

William Marko - Jefferies & Company, Inc.
"Facts About the Shales"
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October 2011

John Allison - Legado Resources
"Developing Reserve Estimates for CO2 EOR Residual Oil Zone Projects"
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April 2011

Miles Palke - Ryder Scott Company
"A Discussion on Evaluating Reservoir Simulation Models"
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March 2011

David Pursell - Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
"Unconventional Gas and Low Gas Prices"
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February 2011

Art Smith - Triple Double Advisors, LLC
"Fast Balls, Curves, Change Ups and Wild Pitches in the 2011 Oil and Gas Market"
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2010 Luncheon Programs

December 2010

Gary J. Gonzenbach - President, TRC Consultants, LC
“Reconciliations: Meaningful Numbers”
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November 2010

R.E. (Rod) Sidle
“An Update on the Use of Analogy for Oil and Gas Reserves Estimation”
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October 2010

Bill Vail
“Guidelines for the Practical Evaluation of Undeveloped Reserves in Resource Plays”
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September 2010

Dan Olds – Ryder Scott Company
“Insight to the Industry’s SEC Disclosure for Reporting the Use of Reliable Technology & Probable and Possible Reserves”
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February 2010

"Clarification of Richard Moorman's Remarks Referenced in Arthur Berman's Presentation Below"
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“Doubts About Shale Plays: Implications of Exxon Mobil Acquisition of TXO Energy”
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January 2010

John Lee – Texas A&M University
“New SEC S-X 4-10, S-K 1200: Update”
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2009 Luncheon Programs

January 7, 2009

Joint Meeting with SIPES
Dr. John Lee – L.F. Peterson Chair and Regents Professor, Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University College Station, Texas
“Modernization of SEC Oil & Gas Reporting Requirements”
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February 4, 2009

G. Allen – Brooks, Parks, Paton, Hoepfl & Brown
“2009 – Another Year of Turmoil for Energy”
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March 4, 2009

Chris Atherton – Manager of Business Development, EnergyNet.com Inc.
“A&D 2009 – When Will the Music Start Again?”
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April 1, 2009

James Harden – Global Energy Valuation Market Leader, Ernst & Young LLP
"Energy - Issues, Equities and Trends"
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May 6, 2009

Dave Pursell – Head of Macro Research, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities, Inc.
"The Natural Gas & Crude Oil Price Rollercoaster"
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September 2, 2009

Steve Holditch – Department Head, Samuel Roberts Noble Chair and Professor of Petroleum Engineering
“The Prospects of Producing Unconventional Reservoirs Globally”
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October 7, 2009

Wayne Wisniewski – Global HPHT Drilling and Completions Manager, BP
“Ethics for Entrepreneurs – What's Different About a Small Business”
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November 4, 2009

R.L. (Roland) Moreau – Upstream Safety, Health and Environment (SH&E) Resource Coordinator, ExxonMobil
“Energy in the 21st Century”
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December 1, 2009

William M. (Bill) Cobb – Adjunct Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University
“Net Pay Determination for Water Injection Projects”
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Houston Chapter – 2008 Monthly Meetings

January 17, 2008 – Joint Meeting with SIPES

Frank Cornish – Imagine Resources LLC
“The Discovery & Development of the Lower Wilcox SW Speakes Field, LaVaca County, Texas”

February 6, 2008

Cheryl Collarini – Collarini Energy Staffing, Inc.
“The 21st Century Employee:  What is Most Important”

March 5, 2008

Ron Harrell – Ryder Scott
"The PRMS and How it Applies to Unconventional Resources"

April 2, 2008

Bill Britain – EnergyNet
"Acquisition & Divestment Marketplace Evolution"

May 7, 2008

Curt Taylor – Senior Vice President, TCW Asset Management Company, Energy and Infrastructure Group
“Debt/Equity/Energy/Risk, The DEER in the Headlights Discussion – What Does it Really Mean?”
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September 3, 2008

Mike Cousins – ExxonMobil
"Energy in the 21st Century"
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October 1, 2008

Dan Tearpock – Subsurface Consultants
"Professional Practices – Ethics Talk 2008"
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November 5, 2008

Stuart L. Filler – Devon
"Changes in Reserves – Classification, Categorization and Implementation Challenges"
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December 3, 2008

Fred Richoux – Executive Vice President of Ryder Scott Company
"You, Me and the SEC”
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