Houston's geologists have seen the petroleum industry's progress almost from its infancy and have contributed in a large way to that progress. The first commercial geologic department in the United States devoted to the winning of oil from the earth was founded in Houston in 1897 for the Southern Pacific by the great pioneer geologist Dr. Edwin ...
Houston's geologists have seen the petroleum industry's progress almost from its infancy and have contributed in a large way to that progress. The first commercial geologic department in the United States devoted to the winning of oil from the earth was founded in Houston in 1897 for the Southern Pacific by the great pioneer geologist Dr. Edwin T. Dumble. With the discovery of Spindletop near Beaumont on January 10, 1901, the Texas oil boom started in earnest and the stage was set for the geologists of Houston. The early geologists met for lunch and in January 1920 they organized into a special group. This organization was short lived and in the summer of 1923, at the invitation of Donald C. Barton of the Rycade Oil Corporation, Houston geologists began meeting for lunch on the first Friday of each month. Alexander Deussen and Wallace E. Pratt, each a past president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, suggested that Houston host the ninth annual meeting of AAPG in 1924. At the August 1923 monthly meeting, this matter was discussed and it was a unanimous decision to extend the invitation. A viable professional organization was necessary to prepare for this meeting and as a result, the Houston Geological Society was formally chartered on August 8, 1923, with John R. Suman as president and David Donoghue as secretary-treasurer. At this time there were 74 geologists in and near Houston and all were elected charter members of the Society. On April 15, 1975, the Society was incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas with 2,217 active and honorary members. Membership today is near 4,300 members. Visit us at http://www.hgs.org/
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Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Dry Hole Seminar Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Dry Hole Seminar
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Petroleum reserves Petroleum reserves
$50.00Petroleum Reserves: Avoiding Write-Downs. HGS Short Course Series Digital Publication No. 1. 4-CD set, 2005:. Print Petroleum Reserves: Avoiding...
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Lignite Resources in East-Central Texas Lignite Resources in East-Central Texas
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Deltas in Their Geologic Framework Deltas in Their Geologic Framework
$5.00Deltas in Their Geologic Framework. M. L. Shirley, Editor. Hardback book, 252 p., 11 chapters, 1966. Print Deltas in Their Geologic Framework....
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Deltas - Models for Exploration Deltas - Models for Exploration
$5.00Deltas - Models for Exploration. M. L. Broussard, Editor. Hardback book, 555 p., 23 chapters, 1975, reprinted 1981. HGS 103SV. Print Deltas - Models for Exploration. M....
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Finding Deep Sands in the Gulf Coast Tertiary Finding Deep Sands in the Gulf Coast Tertiary
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Typical Oil and Gas Fields of Southeast... Typical Oil and Gas Fields of Southeast...
$20.00Typical Oil and Gas Fields of Southeast Texas, Volume II. Print Typical Oil and Gas Fields of...
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Africa: Path to Discovery Africa: Path to Discovery
$10.00Africa: Path to Discovery. The 4th HGS/PESGB International Conference on African E & P. 2005. 47-page book and 1 CD-ROM Africa: Path to Discovery. The 4th...
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Africa: Opportunity from Coast to Coast Africa: Opportunity from Coast to Coast
$10.00Africa: Opportunity from Coast to Coast. HGS/PESGB 7th International Symposium, Houston, 2008. CD-ROM Africa: Opportunity from Coast to...
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Lower Tertiary of the Brazos River Valley Lower Tertiary of the Brazos River Valley
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Oil Fields, Subsidence, and Surface... Oil Fields, Subsidence, and Surface...
$3.00Oil Fields, Subsidence, and Surface Faulting in the Houston Area, by M. M. Sheets. 1979. HGS 203G. Print Oil Fields, Subsidence, and Surface...
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Field Guide to Late Cretaceous... Field Guide to Late Cretaceous...
$22.00Field Guide to Late Cretaceous Geology of the Big Bend Region: A Houston Geological Society Field Guidebook, by R. W. Cooper and D. A. Cooper, with contributions by T. M. Lehman. W. D. Rizer, Editor. Coilbound, 94 p., 1 color foldout, 1 oversize color plate in pocket in text. 2014. ISBN 978-0-9915549-0-4. Print Field Guide to Late Cretaceous...
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