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2008 Annual Report of the Society of Exploration GeophysicistsReports of the Officers Page

President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fred.Aminzadeh. 3President-elect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Larry.Lines. 4First.vice.president. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugenio.Loinger. 5Second.vice.president. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louise.Pellerin. 5Vice.president . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Guillaume.Cambois. 6Secretary-treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan.Ebrom. 6Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kees.Wapenaar. 8

Report of the SEAM Corporation ChairmanSEAM.(SEG.Advanced.Modeling.Project).Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ken.Larner. 12

Report of the SEG Global, Inc. ChairmanSEG.Global,.Inc .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David.J ..Monk. 14

Reports of the Standing Committee ChairmenAdvisory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry.K ..Young. 15Annual.International.Meeting.2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ernest.S ..Siraki. 15Constitution.and.Bylaws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Klaas.Koster. 16Continuing.Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David.H ..Carlson. 16Development.and.Production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michael.A ..Payne. 16Distinguished.Lecture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gregory.A ..Partyka. 17Foundation.Board.of.Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gary.G ..Servos. 17Geo-Mentoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William.N ..Barkhouse. 18Geoscientists.Without.Borders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig.J ..Beasley. 19Global.Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michael.J ..A ..Burianyk. 19Global.Development.Advisory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alfred.Liang-Chi.Liaw. 19Gravity.and.Magnetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E ..Gerald.Hensel. 20Honors.and.Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michael.S ..Bahorich. 20Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donald.A ..Herron. 23Intersociety.Relations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leon.Thomsen. 23SEG/AAPG.Cooperation.Task.Force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard.A ..Baile. 23Meetings.Review.and.Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul.Cunningham. 24Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ralph.M ..Bridle. 25Mining.and.Geothermal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael.W ..Zang. 26Nominations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leon.Thomsen. 26Project.Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gokay.Bozkurt. 26Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yonghe.Sun. 27Publications.Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen.J ..Hill. 28Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kurt-Martin.Strack. 28Reviews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David.C ..Bartel. 29Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert.E ..Van.Nieuwenhuise. 29SEG.Online. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony.Sabatino. 36Strategic.Finance.Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rutt.Bridges. 36Student.Sections/Academic.Liaison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James.W ..Rector. 37

Technical.Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jill.C ..Lewis. 37Electromagnetic.(EM).Technical.Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeffrey.L ..Johnson. 39Tellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kent.West. 39The Leading edge.Editorial.Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca.B ..Latimer. 39Translations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sergey.Fomel. 40Youth.Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louise.Pellerin. 40

Report of the Ad Hoc Committee ChairmenSEG.China.Office.Task.Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alfred.Liang-Chi.Liaw. 43eGY.2007-2008.and.IYPE.2007–2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ralph.W ..Baird. 43Houston.Satellite.Office.Task.Force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael.Schoenberger. 44

Reports of the RepresentativesAmerican.Geological.Institute.(AGI)....Government.Affairs.Program.Advisory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leigh.S ..House. 45American.Geological.Institute.(AGI)....Member.Society.Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayne.D ..Pennington. 45American.Petroleum.Institute.(API)....Central.Committee.for.Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clifford.H ..Ray. 45NAPE.Expo.Advisory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris.O ..Tutt. 46Offshore.Technology.Conference.(OTC)....Board.of.Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack.Caldwell. 47Offshore.Technology.Conference.(OTC).Technical.Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph.M ..Reilly. 47Offshore.Technology.Conference.(OTC).Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roy.E ..Clark.Jr .. 48

Financial StatementsFoundation.with.Independent.Auditors’.Report .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 49Society.of.Exploration.Geophysicists.with.Independent.Auditors’.Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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Fred Aminzadeh, president

It.has.been.an.honor.and.privilege.to.serve.as.the.president.of.this.great.society.of.exploration.geophysicists ..What.makes.our.Society.one.to.be.proud.of?.YOU,.the.membership,.and.the.true.spirit.of.professionalism.and.volunteerism.you.bring.to.the.table ..We.can.feel.good.about.what.we.have.accomplished.together ..We.also.want.the.general.public.to.know.who.we.are.and.encourage.newcomers.to.our.profession ..In.my.annual.report,.I.will.depart.from.the.usual.practice.of.highlighting.the.activities.of.various.committees ..The. highlights. of. those. activities. are. reported. by.committee.chairmen.and.by.the.Executive.Committee.members.who.were.the.committee.liaisons .

This.year.has.marked.many.“firsts”.in.the.history.of.our.Soci-ety ..Before.I.highlight.some.of.these.accomplishments,.I.have.to.give.the.necessary.credit.to.all.the.previous.Society.leaders,.many.SEG. committees,. the. entire. membership,. and. the. SEG. staff,.who.have.paved.the.way.for.us.to.realize.so.much.in.such.a.short.period .. Among. such. accomplishments. are:. New. SEG. Online,.international. offices,. General. Assembly,. intersociety. collabora-tion,.Foundation.Major.Gifts.Campaign,.Geoscientists.Without.Borders,.SEAM,.Focus.on.Public.Policy.(Reserves.Certification,.AGI,. and. URTAC),. Geo-Mentoring,. and. Junior. Membership.among.others .

One.of.our.major.accomplishments. this.year.was.unveiling.our.new.SEG Online ..This.provides.the.necessary.infrastructure.for.many.ambitious.programs.we.are.contemplating.to.launch,.reaching.our.rapidly.expanding.membership. in.all.parts.of.the.globe ..The. infrastructure. of. the. new. SEG. Online. is. designed.with. the. intent. to. enable.us. to.do.many. things.we. could.not.easily.do.with.the.old.one ..Interactive.training,.webcasting,.Web-based.technical.meetings.and.workshops,.mulitilingual.content,.expanded.online.publication.and.presentation.library,.and.links.to.various.geoscience-related.wikis ..We.need.more.member.par-ticipation.to.make.the.SEG.Online.content.richer.and.more.use-ful.to.the.geophysical.community .

Opening.of.the.SEG China.office.early.this.year.was.another.milestone.in.our.history ..The.level.of.enthusiasm.and.local.sup-port. during. the. office. opening. ceremony. was. overwhelming ..This.is.the.first.of.a.number.of.regional.offices.we.are.planning.to.better.serve.the.growing.global.membership.and.programs.of.the.Society ..SEG.China.is.operating.as.a.representative.office.under.the.auspices.of.a.wholly.owned.subsidiary,.SEG.Global,.Inc ..SEG.China. is. primarily. engaged. in. market. development. and. com-munications.activities.as.well.as.providing.support.for.member-ship,.publications,.and.meetings ..We.are.also.at.the.final.stages.of.planning.for.the.SEG India.office,.in.collaboration.with.India’s.Society.of.Petroleum.Geophysicists .

We.called.on.our.affiliated.and.sister.societies.for.a.General Assembly. (GA). in. early. 2008 .. This. was. the. first. substantive.

gathering.of.so.many.leaders.of.geophysical.societies.in.our.his-tory ..Despite.the.short.notice,.attendance.was.gratifyingly.large.and.diverse ..The.46.delegates.were.from.26.organizations.in.14.counties. (Argentina,. Brazil,. Canada,. Colombia,. Italy,. Japan,.Nigeria,.Norway,.Romania,.Saudi.Arabia,.Tunisia,.Uzbekistan,.Venezuela,. and. the. United. States) .. In. addition,. officers. from.various.sister.societies.(AAPG,.AGI,.and.IAGC).were.in.atten-dance ..The.South.African.Geophysical.Association.and.the.Near-Surface.Geophysics.Section.were.connected.via.teleconferencing ..Among.key.conclusions.of.the.GA.were:.SEG.and.its.associated.societies.need.to.operate.in.a.more.integrated/coordinated.fash-ion;.our.global.network.consists.of.a.partnership.of.our.respective.societies.who.share.the.same.goals.and.values;.enhanced.commu-nication.is.the.key.to.improved.cooperation/interaction ..Other.areas.of. common. interest. include.expanded. student.programs,.joint.programs.to.enhance.member.benefits.ensuring.we.reach.as.many.within.the.geophysical.community.as.possible.by.enlisting.new. members. and,. of. course,. joint. educational. programs. and.technical.meetings .

We.also.have. launched.many.initiatives.to.help.forge.closer.and. stronger. ties.with.our. sister. societies ..The.catalyst. for. this.is.the.new.Intersection/Society Cooperation Committee.with.the.ultimate.objective.of.better.serving.our.members.and.those.of.our.affiliated.sections/sister.societies.better ..This.helps.us.le-verage.our.resources.to.address.common.issues.such.as.shortage.of.professionals,.promoting.student.programs.as.well.as.educat-ing.the.young.people.about.the.opportunities.in.our.disciplines.(with.SPE.and.EAGE) ..We.have. formed.an. Intersociety.Rela-tions.Committee ..Among.the.immediate.results.are.SEG-AAPG.and.SEG-EAGE.collaboration.task.forces.that.can.identify.areas.in.which.our.societies.can.work.together .

SEG. Foundation. has. also. expanded. its. activities,. and. with.close.collaboration.with.the.SEG.Executive.Committee.and.the.SEG. staff,.has.made.many. tremendous. leapfrogging. advances ..The.main.accomplishment.of.the.Foundation.was.to.conduct.the.$15.million.Major.Gifts.Campaign.(another.first.in.the.history.of.SEG/SEG.Foundation).announced.during.the.Annual.Meeting.in.San.Antonio ..With.the.active.participation.of.many.dedicated.members.of.the.Major.Gifts.Campaign.and.generous.contribu-tions.and.investments.by.many.individual.donors.and.visionary.corporations,. I. am. looking. forward. to. a. successful. conclusion.to.the.campaign.being.announced.in.Las.Vegas . Among.many.new.important.programs.for.which.these.funds.are.earmarked.is.Geoscientists Without Borders ..I.am.honored.my.presidency.coincided.with.the.launch.of.such.an.important.initiative.with.a.humanitarian.focus ..

Another.first.ever.accomplishment.for.SEG.was.successfully.competing. for.major.government. funding ..The.Research.Part-nership. to.Secure.Energy. for.America. (RPSEA),.working.with.funding.from.the.U .S ..Department.of.Energy.(DOE),.has.select-

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ed.the.SEAM.Corporation,.a.subsidiary.of.SEG,.for.negotiations.leading. to. the.award.of.a.$2.million.grant. for.a.project.called.“Geophysical. Modeling. for. Studying. Acquisition. and. Process-ing.Methods. in.the.Deepwater.Gulf.of.Mexico .”.This.funding.will. help. leverage. the. ongoing. SEAM. Phase. I. project. with. its.mission.to.advance.the.science.and.technology.of.applied.geo-physics. through. a. cooperative. industry. effort. focused. on. sub-surface.model.construction.and.generation.of.synthetic.data.sets.for.geophysical.problems.of. importance.to.the.resource.extrac-tion.industry ..SEAM.is.the.successor.of.another.earlier.success-ful.SEG/EAGE.initiative. that.helped.build. salt.and.overthrust.models. more. than. a. decade. ago. and. continues. to. be. used. by.many.researchers ..The.new.generation.of.models.to.be.developed.under.SEAM.is.expected.to.build.on.the.recent.geophysical.and.computing.advances.to.tackle.even.more.challenging.exploration.and.production.problems ..

SEG.has.been.more.actively.involved.in.contributing.to.the.public. policy. decisions .. SEG’s. new. Reserves/Resource Com-mittee,.in.collaboration.with.our.SPE/AAPG.counterparts,.will.provide.input.to.the.U .S ..Securities.and.Exchange.Commission.on.the.role.geophysics.can.play.in.reserves.and.resources.report-ing ..This. is. a. step. toward. fulfilling.what. I.was. quoted. as. say-ing.in.the.Oil & Gas Journal:.“While.historically,.engineers.and.geologists.have.been.mostly. responsible. for. reserve. estimation,.recent. advances. in. various. geophysical. methods. and. the. role.they.play…… ..make. it. absolutely. crucial. for. the.participation.of.geophysicists. in.booking.the.reserve.and.their.certification .”.Furthermore,. SEG. participated. in. the. DOE’s. recent. initiative.to.develop.a.more.thorough.examination.of.unconventional.re-sources.through.its.technology.advisory.committee,.emphasizing.the.crucial.role.geophysicists.can.play.in.diverse.areas ..Upon.our.nomination,.election.of.a.geophysicist.to.the.Board.of.American.Geological.Institute.(AGI).was.another.“first”.for.us .

The.Geo-Mentoring.idea.we.recently.started.is.gaining.mo-mentum ..This.is.a.program.that.covers.a.large.spectrum:.techni-cal. issues,. career. issues,. and.many.other. things. including.how.to.become.active.in.professional.societies,.how.to.publish,.how.to.decide.on.a. career.path,.how. to.define. success. for.yourself,.how.to.reach.that.success,.among.other.things ..In.a.recent.OTC.meeting,.the.geo-mentoring.concept.was.used.to.introduce.dif-ferent. career. opportunities. to. the. graduating. college. students ..Geo-mentoring.also.launched.the.first.geophysics.chat.connect-ing.geophysicists.from.across.the.globe ..Given.the.demographics.of.our.workforce.geo-mentoring.will.serve.as.an.effective.tool.to.fill.the.large.experience.“hole,”.in.the.age.range.of.30–50 ..Geo-mentoring.uses.the.large.reservoir.of.wisdom.and.experience.of.our.seasoned.members.who.possess.strong.senses.of.altruism.and.generosity. to. feed.our. younger.members’. ever. increasing.hun-ger.for.knowledge.and.experience ..Realizing.the.future.human.resources.requirements.within.our.discipline,.we.are.going.one.step. beyond. and. starting. from. elementary. and. high. school. to.make. the. connection.with. the.youngsters ..We.are. introducing.the.SEG.Junior Membership.concept.to.allow.elementary.and.high. school. students. to. get. an. early. start. gaining. exposure. to.geophysics.and.other.related.disciplines ..

Larry Lines, president-elect

It.has.been. a.pleasure. to. serve. as.president-elect. for.2007–2008,.during.a.year.filled.with.international.geophysical.activity ..In.my.first.assignment.as.president-elect,.I.wrote.an.editorial.titled.“Enhancing.the.university’s.role.in.the.impending.crew.change” for.the.November.2007.issue.of.The Leading edge ..This.article.provided.recommendations.for.the.university.education.of.future.geophysicists ..During.my.sabbatical.year.in.2007,.I.was.able.to.visit.geophysics.departments.at.the.Colorado.School.of.Mines,.Stanford.University,.University.of.Alberta,.with. return. trips. to.my.home.department.at.the.University.of.Calgary ..On.the.basis.of. these. visits—with.many. talented.geophysics. students,. I. can.state.that.the.future.of.geophysics.looks.very.bright.indeed .

In. my. next. assignment,. I. requested. that. SEG. committee.chairmen.submit.a.100-day.progress.report ..I.received.responses.from.15.committees—the.wide. spectrum.of. activities.was. im-pressive ..It.became.apparent.that.our.committees.are.at.the.cen-ter.of.almost.every.SEG.activity .

As.president-elect,.I.served.as.liaison.to.the.Strategic.Finance.Policy.Committee,.SEG.Foundation,.the.Intersociety.Relations.(Leon. Thomsen),. and. subcommittee. SEG/AAPG. Coopera-tion.Task.Force.(Dick.Baile).and.the.Constitution.and.Bylaws.(Klaas.Koster).and.Strategic.Governance.Review.(subcommittee.of.Constitution.and.Bylaws).committees ..These.groups.are.ex-tremely.active.and.have.accomplished.a.great.deal .

The. Strategic. Finance. Committee,. under. the. leadership. of.Rutt.Bridges,.has.addressed.the.issue.of.membership.dues ..The.committee. has. attempted. to. make. dues. payments. equitable.under. consideration. of. a. member’s. country. of. residence. and.income,. while. also. tying. dues. increases. to. inflation. indices .. A.membership.dues.proposal.will.be.submitted.at.the.2008.Annual.Meeting.in.Las.Vegas .

The.SEG.Foundation,.under. the. leadership.of.Gary.Servos,.has.had.a.very.successful.year.in.both.fund-raising.and.programs ..In.addition.to.the.Scholarship.and.the.Projects.of.Merit.programs,.and.DISC,.there.is.an.exciting.new.program,.Geoscientists.With-out.Borders, initiated.and.chaired.by.Craig.Beasley.of.Schlum-berger ..This. program. will. fund. geophysical. programs. with. hu-manitarian.benefits.and.will.commence.before.the.end.of.2008 .

In.2008,.much.progress.was.made. in. intersociety. relations ..This.newly. formed. committee. initiated. the. first. SEG.General.Assembly.in.January.2008.when.70.elected.representatives.from.SEG.sections/associated.societies.met.in.Tulsa,.Oklahoma ..The.wide.scope.of.the.SEG-related.programs.and.activities.was.made.especially.apparent ..This.impressive.meeting,.initiated.by.Leon.Thomsen.and.Fred.Aminzadeh,.did.a.great.deal.for.SEG.interso-ciety.communication .

The. Intersociety. Relations. Committee. also. initiated. the.SEG-AAPG. Cooperation. Task. Force,. headed. by. Dick. Baile ..This.group.is.identifying.projects.of.mutual.interest.to.both.so-cieties.including.education,.joint.offices,.joint.annual.meetings,.and.projects.jointly.funded.by.the.AAPG.and.SEG.foundations ..Recommendations.for.cooperative.projects.will.be.forthcoming.in.the.near.future .

. SEG 2008 Annual Report. 5

Further.collaborations.between.EAGE.and.SEG.were.empha-sized.during.a.meeting.of.officers.and.executive.directors.from.both.societies.at.the.EAGE.headquarters.in.Houten,.the.Nether-lands,.in.May.2008 ..This.group.recommended.cooperation.at.a.number.of.international.meetings,.the.possible.sharing.of.facili-ties.and.funding,.and.the.continuation.of.cooperative.ventures.such.as.DISC.and.research.workshops ..Cooperation.and.collabo-ration.were.further.emphasized.at.the.EAGE.annual.convention.during.June ..Descriptions.of.these.promising.collaborations.ap-pear.in.both.The Leading edge.(July).and.First Break.in.2008 .

The. biggest. long-term. impact. on. SEG. governance. could.come.from.the.Constitution.and.Bylaws.Committee ..Not.only.did.this.committee.examine.the.bylaws.and.constitution.of.new.associated.societies.such.as.the.Nigerian.Geophysical.Society.and.the.Emirates.Society.of.Geosciences,.but. there.was.a.complete.set. of. recommendations. for. 21st. century. governance. changes.by. the.Strategic.Governance.Review.Subcommittee,.under. the.leadership.of.Klaas.Koster ..This.subcommittee.is.recommending.a.greater.governing.role.for.the.SEG.Council.and.longer.terms.for.some.of.the.SEG.officers ..The.SEG.Executive.Committee.is.studying.these.recommendations.before.they.are.eventually.pre-sented.to.the.SEG.Council.for.approval .

It.has.been.an.exciting.and.productive.year.for.SEG ..Thanks.to.the.outstanding.efforts.of.President.Fred.Aminzadeh,.the.Ex-ecutive.Committee,.Mary.Fleming,.and.the.SEG.staff,.as.well.as.the.thousands.of.contributing.SEG.members,.we.can.look.for-ward.to.an.even.more.exciting.and.productive.future.in.the.years.to.come .

Eugenio Loinger, first vice president

In. a. brief. brainstorming. session,. the. Executive. Committee.defined.the.strategic.goals.for.2007–2008 ..These.are:.section.re-lations,.governance,.students,.SEG.Online,. long-term.viability,.and.continuing.education ..During.our.term,.we.kept.focused.on.them,.making.good.progress,.and.achieving.significant.results .

My.committee.liaison.assignments.included.American.Asso-ciation. of. Petroleum. Geologists. (AAPG),. SEG,. Society. of. Pe-troleum. Engineers. (SPE). Joint. Workshops,. eGY. 2007–2008,.Global. Affairs,. Meetings. Review. and. Planning,. Scholarship,.Technical.Standards,.and.starting.in.June.2008,.the.joint.SEG-EAGE.collaboration ..I.tried.to.keep.close.communication.with.each.committee,.defining.and.sharing.clear.objectives,.participat-ing. in. their.meetings.whenever.possible,. and. supporting. them.in.any.way ..A.100-day.report,.prepared.by.the.committee.chairs.in.January,.was.very.useful.to.get.an.early.identification.of.pos-sible.issues ..I.thank.all.committee.chairs.and.members.for.their.dedicated work .

The.Global.Affairs.Committee.(GAC).was.extremely.active.in.maintaining.and.developing.a.communication.network.with.country. representatives,. local. societies,. student. sections,. and.many.other.committees ..The.midterm.meeting.was.held.in.the.Netherlands,. and. the.European. attendance.was. very. good.but.not.as.expected.from.the.other.regions .

The.Technical. Standards. Committee. has. almost. completed.the.final.version.of.the.new.SEG-D.Rev ..3 .0,.which.will.be.the.

most.efficient. tool. to. transfer. information.between.acquisition.and.processing ..SEG-D.Rev ..3 .0.also.allows.positioning.and.ad-dressing.of.passive.and.nonseismic.data,.and.new.disciplines.(e .g ..telemetry,.wireless,.and.OBC) ..An.improved.collaboration.with.OGP.(International.Association.of.Oil.and.Gas.Producers).was.established.too .

The.Meetings.Review.and.Planning.Committee.worked.dili-gently.to.design.a.long-term.strategy.for.a.more.active.participa-tion.in.relevant.international.meetings .

You.can.find.full.details.regarding.the.activity.of.each.com-mittee.in.its.specific.report .

In.December.2007,. I. represented.SEG.at. the. International.Conference.and.Exhibition.in.Tyumen.(Russia),.where.I.stressed.the.concept.that.SEG.was.a.true.global.society,.met.with.local.au-thorities.and.facilitated.the.establishment.of.a.new.local.section ..There. I. found. an. active. and. growing. geophysical. community.eager. to.host.new. events. in. the. future .. In. January,. I. attended.the. General. Assembly. (in. Tulsa). of. sections/associated. societ-ies ..For.the.first.time,.officers.of.these.societies.had.the.oppor-tunity.to.exchange.ideas.and.to.compare.experiences ..This.was.extremely.interesting.and.valuable.to.me,.for.I.am.the.president.of.the.SEG-EAGE.Italian.Section ..In.May,.I.attended.the.strat-egy.meeting.with.EAGE;.this.was.indeed.a.major.milestone.in.the.working.relationships.between.the.two.societies ..The.newly.established.joint.SEG.and.EAGE.Collaboration.Committee.will.be.responsible.for.continuously.monitoring.all.collaborative.ini-tiatives—something.missing.in.the.past ..I.strongly.believe.that.this.new.collaboration.will.soon.yield.valuable.results.for.all.our.members .

It.has.been.a.great.honor.and.a.privilege.for.me.to.serve.the.Society.this.year.as.a.member.of.the.Executive.Committee,.and.I. really.appreciated. the.unique.opportunity. to.assist.our. inter-national.and.global.community ..My.most.rewarding.experience.was. working. together. with. many. professional. and. wonderful.people.on.the.Executive.Committee,.committee.chairmen,.and.the.staff .

Louise Pellerin, second vice president

What.an.exciting.time.to.serve.the.membership.of.SEG ..The.Executive. Committee,. under. the. leadership. of. Fred. Aminza-deh,.the.dedicated.committee.chairmen.and.members,.and.the.outstanding. SEG. staff. have. worked. hard. to. guide. the. Society.through.unprecedented.growth. in.membership. as.well. as. geo-graphic.and.programmatic.expansion .

One. of. my. goals. as. second. vice. president. was. to. promote.closer.cooperation.with.related.societies.and.expand.the.breadth.of.our.affiliations ..I.am.happy.to.report.that.we.are.making.ex-cellent.progress. on.both. counts ..The. relationship.between. the.Environmental. and. Engineering. Geophysical. Society. (EEGS).has. been. strengthened .. EEGS. publications. are. now. available.through. SEG. Online,. and. the. EEGS. members. have. access. to.the.SEG.expanded.abstracts ..The.Near-Surface.Geophysics.Sec-tion.(NSGS).and.EEGS.are.cosponsoring.a.workshop.“Induced.Polarization:. Research. and. Recent. Advances. in. Near-Surface.Applications”.that.will. follow.the.SEG.Annual.Meeting.in.Las.


Vegas.in.November ..The.SEG-NSGS,.EEGS,.and.the.American.Geophysical.Union.(AGU).Near-Surface.Focus.Group.now.reg-ularly.exchange.information.for.their.respective.newsletters ..The.European.Association.of.Geoscientists. and.Engineers. (EAGE),.Near Surface Geophysics. journal. and.geophysics. are.producing.a. special. supplement. joint.publication. “Hydrogeophysics”. (see.the.Editor’s. report) ..The.Association. for.Women.Geoscientists.and.SEG.are.developing.an.official. affiliation. that.will.benefit.both. organizations .. In. an. effort. to. further. expand. SEG’s. rela-tionships.with.other.organizations,.Leon.Thomsen.and.I.are.ap-proaching. the.American.Geophysical.Union. and. the National.Ground.Water.Association.to. identify.areas.of.mutual.concern.and.cooperation .

As.part.of.my.duties,.I.served.as.liaison.between.the.Executive.Committee.and.several.committees.and.representatives.including:.Youth.Education.and.the.International.Science.and.Engineering.Fair.subcommittee,.Geo-Mentoring,.SEG.Online,.Gravity.and.Magnetics,.Mining.and.Geothermal,.Student.Sections/Academic.Liaison,. Project. Review,. American. Geological. Institute. (AGI).Member.Society.Council,.AGI.Government.Affairs.Program.Ad-visory,.and.the.78th.Annual.Meeting.Steering.Committee ..The.dedication.and.hard.work.of.the.committee.chairmen,.members,.and.staff.make.the.work.of.the.Society.happen ..In.particular,.I.would.like.to.thank.Tony.Sabatino.and.Dan.DeMellier.for.tak-ing. the. lead. regarding. SEG. Online;. Ernie. Siraki,.Tracy. Stark,.Marc.Lawrence,.and.Jim.Lawnick.for. the.tremendous.amount.of.work.involved.in.making.our.Annual.Meeting.a.success;.Gary.Servos.and.Bill.Barkhouse.for.the.exceptional.support.of.the.SEG.Foundation;.Peter.Pangman.for.all.the.hats.he.wears.with.style.and.poise;.and.Mary.Fleming.who.keeps.us.on.course ..They.have.been.a.pleasure.to.work.with .

Having.come.to.the.Executive.Committee.as.a.relative.out-sider. from.the.nonseismic,.near-surface.community,. I.had.not.met.my.fellow.officers.or.senior.staff.before.our.inaugural.meet-ing .. Over. this. past. year,. I. have. developed. a. genuine. fondness.and.respect. for.each.of. them ..Their.enthusiasm,.commitment,.and. various. points. of. view,. made. my. service. a. very. enjoyable.experience ..SEG.is.a.remarkable.organization,.and.I.thank.the.membership.for.allowing.me.to.serve .

Guillaume Cambois, vice president

It.has.been.an.honor.and.privilege.to.serve.as.SEG.vice.presi-dent ..We.are.experiencing.a.period.of.tremendous.growth,.and.this.has.been.a.year.of.many.milestones.and.initiatives ..The.SEG.General.Assembly,.the.launch.of.SEG.Online,.and.the.opening.of. the.Beijing.office.are.particular.highlights ..The.General.As-sembly. was. the. child. of. President. Fred. Aminzadeh. and. was. a.wonderful.opportunity.to.meet.with.all.associated.societies.and.listen. to. their. concerns. and. needs .. I. hope. the. next. executive.committees.will.continue.this.initiative ..SEG.Online.was.a.very.ambitious.project.launched.by.a.past.executive.committee ..It.suf-fered.delays,.but.Dan.DeMellier.and.his.team.delivered.in.the.end ..We.now.have.a.tool.that.will.allow.us.to.use.the.Internet.to.its.full.potential ..The.Beijing.office.marks.the.first.step.in.the.internationalization.of.SEG ..Although.we.need.to.proceed.cau-

tiously,.countries.such.as.China.and.India.have.a.rapidly.growing.membership. and. need. better. access. to. SEG. services ..We. have.set.aside.funds.in.this.year’s.budget.for.the.opening.of.another.international.office,.and.Bastiaan.Bouma.will.diligently.look.at.the.various.opportunities ..

My. primary. responsibilities. were. as. Executive. Committee.liaison. for. the. Membership,. Continuing. Education,. Distin-guished. Lecture,. and. Research. committees ..These. committees.have. accomplished. a. lot. and. their. respective. chairmen,. Ralph.Bridle,.Dave.Carlson,.Greg.Partyka,.and.Kurt-Martin.Strack.are.commended.for.their.great.leadership ..Debates.were.healthy.and.sometimes.passionate.but.consensus.was.always.achieved ..One.highlight.is.the.creation.of.the.Honorary.Lecture.program.(HL).to. complement. the. Distinguished. Lecture. program. (DL) .. DL.and. DISC. are. very. popular. among. our. members. but. there. is.too.little.time.to.cover.so.many.places ..The.HL.program.is.more.regionally.focused.and.will.give.a.larger.share.of.our.membership.access.to.distinguished.lectures .

It.is.both.rewarding.and.frustrating.to.be.involved.with.the.SEG.Executive.Committee ..Rewarding.because.of.all.the.inter-esting.projects.and.the.great.people.we.work.with.but.frustrat-ing.because.our.tenure.lasts.only.a.year.and.we.must.leave.these.projects. in. the. capable.hands.of.our. successors ..There. are. still.many.fascinating.challenges.ahead.of.us ..Chief.among.them.is.the.internationalization.of.SEG.and.the.SEG.Foundation ..I.have.no.doubt.that.the.incoming.Executive.Committee,.with.the.ex-pert.support.of.Mary.Fleming.and.her.staff,.will.meet.these.chal-lenges—and.I.hope.they.enjoy.doing.it.as.much.as.I.did!

Dan Ebrom, secretary-treasurer

The. SEG’s. finances. continue. to. be. strong,. even. as. the. So-ciety.expands. its.programs.of. service.and.education. to.Society.members.and.the.interested.public ..For.fiscal.year.ended.30.June.2008,. SEG. had. revenues. totaling. $12 .7. million. and. expenses.totaling.$12 .6.million.for.a.net.gain.of.$20.000 ..The.SEG.bud-get.for.the.fiscal.year.had.projected.a.loss.of.$1.400.000 ..Several.areas.of.higher.than.projected.revenue.strengthened.our.financial.bottom.line .

SEG.Annual.Meeting.revenue.exceeded.budget.by.more.than.$600.000,.and.other.meetings.of.SEG.(or.which.SEG.had.an.in-terest.in).produced.revenue.which.surpassed.the.budget.by.almost.$400.000 ..Due.to.the.success.of.the.Major.Gifts.Campaign,.the.SEG.Foundation.exceeded.anticipated.support.of.SEG.programs.by.more.than.$300.000 .

This.success.is.in.line.with.other.metrics.of.SEG’s.activities ..Membership.numbers,.for.example,.have.almost.doubled.in.the.last.10.years.(from.15.589.members.in.1998.to.29.213.members.in.2008).(Figure.1) ..

SEG.total.revenues.(including.the.effect.of.market.changes.on.SEG.investments).have.increased.in.excess.of.30%.over.the.same.10-year.period.(Figure.2) ..

Although. Annual. Meeting. registration. numbers. have. re-bounded. from. the. post. 9/11. low. (5754. in. 2002. to. 8519. in.2007),.they.remain.at.about.75%.of.the.1999.attendance.figures.(Figure.3) ..


Figure 2.

This. lack.of. comparable. increase. in.Annual.Meeting.atten-dance.figures,.in.a.time.of.increased.interest.in.the.exploration.business,.gives.a.reminder.of.the.difficulties.that.some.delegates.from.non-U .S ..locales.face.in.obtaining.visas.for.attending.SEG.meetings.held.on.U .S .. soil ..SEG.is.actively.developing.techni-cal. meetings. and. expositions. to. be. held. outside. the. United.States ..These. meetings. in. diverse. locations. will. serve. not. only.to.enhance.technical.exchanges.but.also.to.diversify.the.revenue.streams. available. to.SEG. in. a. given.year ..The.development.of.these.meetings.is.one.of.the.purposes.of.the.branch.office.initia-tive.begun.under.last.year’s.Executive.Committee .

In.order.to.invest.in.these.regional.offices,.as.well.as.to.invest.in. SEG. Online,. last. year’s. Executive. Committee. authorized. a.deficit.budget.of.$1 .4.million ..The.excellent.news.is.that.the.final.

financials.reflect.an.income.of.$20.000 ..Indeed,.were.it.not.for.the.tumble.of.the.stock.market,.which.led.to.an.unrealized.loss.in.SEG’s.investment.portfolio.of.$550.000.the.Society.would.have.a.significant.surplus.(net.revenue).of.$570.000 .

The.differences.between.the.planned.budget.and.the.actual.budget.generally.can.be.lumped.into.11.major.items,.8.of.which.had.positive.influences.on.the.bottom.line,.and.3.of.which.had.negative.influences ..

In.decreasing.individual.order.of.importance,.the.positive.in-fluences.were:.

•. the.increase.in.Annual.Meeting.revenues.($650.000),.•. other.meeting.net.revenues.($400.000),.•. .the.net.increase.in.Foundation.contributions.($300.000),.•. .lower. depreciation.due. to.delay. in. SEG.Online.plus. lower.

staff.travel.costs.($400.000),.and•. .lower.taxes,.lower.postage.costs,.lower.Distinguished.Lecture.

costs.($300.000) .

These.items.total.$2 .1.million.to.the.plus.side .

Also.in.decreasing.individual.order.of.importance,.the.nega-tive.influences.on.the.budget.were

•. .unrealized.loss.in.SEG’s.stock.portfolio.($550.000),•. .increased.salary.expense.due.to.increased.number.of.employ-

ees.($200.000),.and•. .increased. legal. and. professional. costs. for. SEG. Online. ($150.

000) .

These.items.total.$900.000.to.the.minus.side .

There.are.a.number.of.smaller.items.that.shifted.the.budget.cumulatively.in.the.positive.direction.another.$200.000 ..In.the.end,.2007–2008.ended.with.a.small.increase.of.$20.000 .

The. cushion. for. deficit. years,. of. course,. are. the. reserves. of.SEG.(Figure.4) ..As.can.be.seen.in.this.figure,.the.reserves.have.di-minished.slightly.from.their.2006.high.point,.but.remain.above.$8.million,.or.at.a.value.of.about.52%.of.total.expenses.in.the.2008–2009.budget ..(SEG’s.current.policy.is.to.reserve.50%.of.a.year’s.expenses .).SEG.has.for.a.decade.built.this.reserve,.and.now.a.portion.of.the.reserve.is.being.reinvested.in.the.growth.sectors.of.the.Society:.SEG.Online,.regional.offices,.and.education/pro-fessional.outreach .

Figure 1.

Figure 3.

Figure 4.


To.assure.SEG’s.continued.financial.stability,.the.Strategic.Fi-nance.Policy.Committee.has.put.together.two.proposals,.which.both.have.the.support.of.the.Finance.Committee ..These.propos-als,.which.will.be.voted.upon.by.the.Council.at.the.2008.Annual.Meeting,.are:

•. .to.increase.dues.by.20%,.and•. .to. allow. future.Executive.Committees. an. annual. option. to.

increase.dues.(proportional.to.inflation).without.a.vote.of.the.Council .

In.the.opinion.of.the.Finance.Committee,.these.two.propos-als.are.key.to.assuring.continued.fiscal.health ..The.first.proposal.simply.increases.dues.to.the.point.where.Active/Associate.mem-ber. services. are. almost. revenue-neutral. (i .e .. where. the. Society.doesn’t.lose.money.on.each.new.Active/Associate.member) ..The.second.proposal.makes.possible.incremental.dues.increases.rather.than.the.current.state.of.sparse.large.dues.increases ..Hats.off.here.to.former.President.Rutt.Bridges.for.his.leadership.of.the.Strate-gic.Finance.Policy.Committee .

Based. on. the. growth. in. revenues. in. 2007–2008,. and. the.strong.demand.for.booth.space.at.the.SEG.Annual.Meeting.in.Las.Vegas,. the. revenues. for.2008–2009.are.estimated.at.$14 .5.million:.more.than.$1 .5.million.above.the.2007–2008.revenues ..SEG.expenses.are.anticipated.to.run.$15 .5.million,.with.a.deficit.of.$1.million ..Part.of.this.deficit.is.due.to.depreciation.of.SEG.Online.(the.2008–2009.fiscal.year.is.the.first.to.have.a.full.year.depreciation.reflected.in.the.financial.statements),.and.part.re-flects. the. current.SEG. investment. in.programs,.meetings,. and.new.services ..The.current.phase.of.SEG.Online.depreciation.will.end.in.2013 .

Many.thanks.go.to.SEG’s.professional.staff,.in.particular,.Fi-nance.and.Operations.Director.Nancy.Carter. and.Accounting.Manager.Melanie.Laster ..Special.thanks.go.to.the.members.of.the.Finance.and.Audit.Committee:.Frank.Brown,.Randy.Byrne,.and.Chairman.Brad.Birkelo ..

Kees Wapenaar, editor

When.I.started.my.term.as.SEG.editor,.I.jumped.on.a.band-wagon .. My. predecessors. Chris. Liner,. the. late. Gérard. Herman,.Gerard.Schuster,.and.Yonghe.Sun,.with.the.professional.support.of.the.SEG.Publications.Department.staff,. introduced.the.elec-tronic.review.system.for.geophysics,.cleared.the.backlog.of.ar-ticles,.and.trimmed.the.turnaround.time.to.8 .5.months.from.sub-mission.to.online.publication ..Moreover,.they.established.a.strong.editorial.team.consisting.of.four.assistant.editors,.more.than.50.associate. editors,. about.20. special. editors,. a.department. editor,.several.SWAT.editors,.and.a.rotating.group.of.guest.editors ..

When. I. started,. the. team. of. assistant. editors. consisted. of.Steve.Arcone,.José.Carcione,.and.Johan.O ..A ..Robertsson.(for.“geophysics.Letters”) ..Vladimir.Grechka.filled.the.vacancy.that.I.left,.and.Tamas.Nemeth.recently.accepted.my.invitation.to.be-come.assistant.editor.for.supplements.and.special.sections,.which.brings.the.total.of.assistant.editors.to.five ..

During.the.past.year,.I.also.welcomed.several.new.associate.

editors:.Mirko.van.der.Baan,. “Anisotropy,”. replacing.Vladimir.Grechka;.David.Bartel,.“Case.Histories;”.Mike.Tompkins,.“Elec-trical.and.Electromagnetic.Methods,”.replacing.Randy.Mackie;.Haibin.Xu,.“Reservoir.Geophysics;”.Kris.Innanen.“Seismic.In-version,”. replacing. Wenying. Cai;. Robert. Ferguson,. “Seismic.Modeling.and.Wave.Propagation;”.and.Chris.Liner,. “Tutorials.and.Expository.Discussions .”

On.22.November.2007,.Rodney.Calvert,.associate.editor.of.the.“Reservoir.Geophysics”.category,.passed.away ..He.had.served.geophysics.as.associate.editor.for.six.years ..His.decease.is.a.great.loss.for.the.geophysical.community ..I.am.happy.that.his.friends.and.colleagues.have.organized.a.special.session.in.his.honor,.to.be.held.at.the.2008.SEG.Annual.Meeting.“Innovations.in.Geo-physics:.A.Tribute.to.Rodney.Calvert .”.

During.the.past.year,.there.have.been.several.changes.in.the.geophysics. publications. staff .. Rowena. Mills. moved. to. senior.editor ..On.1.August,.Jennifer.Cobb.transferred.from.The Lead-ing edge.to.be.manager.of.geophysics.and.books ..After.15.years.of. excellent. service. as. senior. manuscript. tracking. coordinator,.Judy.Wall.moved.to.the.Professional.Development.Department ..Thus,. the. tandem.“Judy.and.Sheral,”.geophysics’. face. for.au-thors. and. editors. (with. Sheral. Danker,. also. senior. manuscript.tracking. coordinator),. ceased. to. exist .. Fortunately,. Elise. Cun-ningham.transferred. from. the.Membership.Department. to. fill.Judy’s.role.very.well ..By.now,.“Sheral.and.Elise”.sounds.just.as.familiar .. Julie. Colley. transferred. to.The Leading edge,. Sarah.Tyler.moved.to.the.SEG.Web.crew,.and.William.Huffman.joined.the.geophysics.staff.as.editorial.coordinator .

Supplements and special sections. In.the.past.couple.of.years,.geophysics.has.published. several. supplements.and. special. sec-tions,. each.dedicated. to.a. specific. theme ..The.main.difference.between.a.supplement.and.a.special.section.is.the.format.and.the.number.of.papers ..A.supplement.is.a.separately.bound.collection.of.typically.20.or.more.papers,.subdivided.into.different.sections,.whereas.a.special. section.appears. in.a.regular.geophysics. issue.and.contains.a.smaller.number.of.papers .

I.see.it.as.one.of.my.tasks.as.editor.to.pursue.this.concept.fur-ther ..Supplements.and. special. sections.can.give.a.comprehensive.overview.of.the.state.of.the.art.of.a.specific.discipline.within.applied.geophysics,.but.they.also.can.stimulate.integration.and.cross-fertil-ization.among.different.disciplines.within.and.outside.the.boundar-ies.of.applied.geophysics ..They.are.edited.by.a.small.group.of.guest.associate.editors.who.start.by.writing.a.call.for.papers.and.then.in-vite.authors,.select.reviewers,.and.so.forth ..An.important.part.of.their.task.is.to.write.a.visionary.introduction,.which.puts.the.theme.of.the.supplement.or.special.section.into.perspective,.motivates.the.setup,.and.indicates.possible.future.directions .

I.believe.supplements.and.special.sections.are.well.appreciated.by.SEG.members.and.have.the.potential. to.reach.an.audience.beyond. the. applied. geophysics. community .. As. such,. they. can.contribute.to.the.improvement.of.the.“two-dimensional.impact”.of.geophysics.(an.unofficial.measure,.combining.the.academic.and.industrial.impact,.discussed.in.my.contribution.to.the.“Pres-ident’s.Page”.in.the.May.2008.issue.of.The Leading edge) .


Here is an overview of recent and planned supplements and special sections.

“Seismic. Modeling”. was. published. as. a. supplement. to. the.September-October.2007.issue ..The.guest.associate.editors.were.Johan.Robertsson,.Bee.Bednar,.Joakim.Blanch,.Clement.Kostov,.and.Dirk-Jan.van.Manen ..The.supplement.contained.26.papers.on. seismic. modeling,. covering. the. latest. theoretical. develop-ments,.an.overview.of.different.methodologies,.various.aspects.of.boundary.conditions,.the. latest.computational.advances,.and.a.series.of.modeling.case.studies ..This.supplement.is.likely.to.have.a.significant.impact.in.the.near.future.on.exploration.seismology.and.beyond ..The. editing.process.of. this. supplement. can. serve.as.an.example.for.future.cases ..The.call.for.papers.was.closed.on.30.November.2006,.ten.months.before.publication ..Moreover,.the.editors.were.quite.selective.in.what.they.accepted ..Of.the.50.submissions,.26.papers.appeared.in.the.supplement .

“Velocity.Estimation.for.Depth.Imaging”.is.a.supplement.to.the.September-October.2008.issue ..This.is.another.example.of.efficient.editorial.work,.considering.that.the.deadline.for.submit-ting.papers.was.30.November.2007.(later.extended.to.31.De-cember.2007) ...The.guest.associate.editors.are.Bill.Harlan,.Bob.Langan,.and.Tamas.Nemeth ..The.supplement.contains.37.papers.covering.the. latest.developments. in.tomography,.waveform.in-version,. velocity. model. building,. and. parametric. velocity. esti-mation ..It.also.contains.a.series.of.interesting.case.studies ..This.supplement.will.be.an.invaluable.reference.for.anyone.involved.in.the.imaging.of.seismic.data .

“4D. Gravity. Monitoring”. is. a. special. section. that. will. ap-pear.in.the.November-December.2008.issue ..The.guest.associ-ate. editors. are.Xiong.Li,.Ed.Biegert,. and. John.Ferguson ..This.special. section.will.contain.18.papers.on.current.methods.and.new.directions.in.microgravity.time-lapse.monitoring ..Topics.in-clude.the.state.of.the.art.of.instrumentation,.field.survey.designs,.monitoring.and.removal.of.environmental.interference,.and.data.processing. and. interpretation. techniques .. It. also. contains. case.studies.that.integrate.various.approaches.(gravity.with.other.geo-physical.monitoring.methods,.reservoir.engineering,.InSAR,.and.GPS.positioning).for.achieving.reliable.and.meaningful.monitor-ing.of.volcanoes,.geothermal.activities,.groundwater,.oil.and.gas.reservoirs,.and.CO2.sequestration ..The.call.for.papers.closed.on.28.February.2008 ..The.editors.did.a.very.good.job.of.guarding.the.turnaround.time .

“Rainbow. in. the.Earth”. is. a. special. section. that. focuses.on.scale-frequency. phenomena. through. physical. measurements,.data. acquisition/analysis,. and. theoretical. approaches,. to. help.us.better.understand.the.subsurface.earth.structure.at.multiple.scales ..The.guest.associate.editors.are.Sandhya.Devi,.Mark.Chap-man,. Evgeni. Chesnokov,. and. Vladimir. Grechka .. This. special.section.is.likely.to.appear.in.the.March-April.issue.of.2009.and.will.contain.approximately.17.papers .

“Hydrogeophysics”.is.a.supplement.on.this.rapidly.emerging.branch.of.applied.geophysics,.planned.to.be.published.in.about.midyear.2009 ..This. is.a. joint.effort.with.EAGE’s.Near Surface Geophysics.(NSG).journal ..From.73.abstracts.submitted,.an.initial.selection.of.65.has.been.made ..The.deadline.for.submission.of.full.papers.is.1.October.2008 ..Based.on.submissions,.it.remains.

to.be.decided.how.the.papers.will.be.divided.between.NSG.and.the.geophysics. supplement ..The. initiative. for. this. joint. effort.was. taken. by. NSG. editor. in. chief. Ugur. Yaramanci. and. SEG.member.Louise.Pellerin ..Klaus.Holliger.and.Lee.Slater.are.guest.editors ..Tamas.Nemeth.will.coordinate.the.editorial.activities.for.geophysics.in.this.effort.as.an.assistant.editor ..

“New.Advances.in.Seismic.Inversion.and.Imaging”.is.a.planned.supplement.covering.developments.in.seismic.inversion.and.im-aging.at.multiple.scales,.ranging.from.the.near-surface.scale.(<50.m). via. exploration. (<5000.m). to. basin. and. global. scales ..The.time. is. right. for. cross-fertilization.between. the. global. seismol-ogy. and. exploration. communities ..This. supplement,. which. is.planned.to.appear.at.the.end.of.2009,.has.the.potential.to.be-come.an.excellent.reference.for.geophysical.imaging.and.inver-sion.researchers.in.all.fields ..The.guest.associate.editors.are.Stefan.Buske,.Stéphane.Operto,.Valenti.Sallares,.and.Isabelle.Lecomte ..Tamas.Nemeth.will.act.as.assistant.editor .

New journal experiment (NJE). The.idea.for.a.third.SEG.jour-nal,.tentatively.titled.Practicing Geophysics (PG),.was.proposed.a.couple.of.years.ago.by.the.previous.SEG.editor.Yonghe.Sun,.in.the.hope.of.stimulating.participation.by.practicing.geophysicists.from.the.industry,.whose.level.of.participation.in.SEG.journals.has.been.low ..The.NJE.was.set.up.as.a.section.in.geophysics.to.test.the.effectiveness.of.mechanisms.based.on.editorial.solicita-tions. and. author-editor. collaborations. that. would. be. used. for.PG ..Accepted.papers. in. the.new. journal. experiment. are. to.be.published.in.geophysics ..More.than.30.volunteer.editors.have.agreed. to. solicit. contributions. for.20.or. so. topic. areas ..So. far,.author.response.has.been.very.low,.however,.with.only.five.sub-missions ..Reviews.of. three.of. the. submissions.have.been.com-pleted ..Two.of.the.five.submissions.were.in.the.form.of.Power-Point.presentations,.one.of.which.had.been.developed.into.a.full.paper ..There.are.a.few.more.leads.for.further.submissions.to.the.experiment ..The.soliciting.editors.generally.cite.lack.of.time.as.the.reason.that.prevents.many.potential.authors.from.developing.suitable.materials.into.papers .

Statistics. The.total.number.of.papers.submitted.to.geophysics.increased.from.365.(1.July.2006.through.30.June.2007).to.414.(1.July.2007.through.30.June.2008) ..Approximately.60%.of.the.contributions.come.from.authors.not.based.in.the.United.States ..The.broad.geographic.origins.of.the.papers.reflect.the.interna-tional.character.of.geophysics.(Table.1) ..The.involvement.of.oil.and.service.companies.continues.to.be.relatively.small.(approxi-mately.20%;.Table.2) .

Manuscript.handling.improved.greatly.in.the.past.couple.of.years ..The. average. time. required. for. first. review. is. about. two.months,.thanks.to.the.measures.taken.by.my.predecessors.(Table.3) ..The. average. time. between. acceptance. and. publication. de-creased.by.two.months.in.comparison.with.last.year.(Table.4) ..This.is.a.result.of.the.increased.focus.on.processing.accepted.pa-pers.and.the.cooperation.between.geophysics.editors.and.staff.to.reduce.total.time.from.submission.to.publication .

The.2007.“Thomson.Reuters.Citation.Data”.defines.the.im-pact.factor.of.a.journal.in.a.specific.year.as.the.number.of.cita-tions.in.that.year.of.articles.published.in.the.two.preceding.years,.


divided.by.the.total.number.of.articles.in.those.years ..In.2007,.there.were.523.citations.of.the.448.geophysics.articles.published.in.2005.and.2006,.giving.an.impact.factor.of.523/448.=.1 .167 ..Measured. by. impact. factor,. geophysics. comes. in. 35th. of. 63.journals.in.the.“Geochemistry.and.Geophysics”.category ..Based.on.the.total.number.of.citations.(6,992),.geophysics holds.11th.position .

For.comparison,. the. impact. factor.was.1 .228. in.2006,.and.geophysics.held.34th.position.according.to. impact. factor.and.

Table 1. Origin of papers submitted for publication in Geophysics by country 1 July 2007 through 30 June 2008.

U .S .A .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26United.Kingdom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Norway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Germany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12France. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Italy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Netherlands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Korea .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . 7Saudi.Arabia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Russian.Federation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Switzerland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Czech.Republic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Denmark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4India. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Israel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Sweden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Iran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2New.Zealand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Venezuela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Bangladesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Greece. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Hungary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Indonesia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . 1Ireland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Libya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Portugal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1South.Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Spain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Thailand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1United.Arab.Emirates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

. . Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 414

Table 2. Origin of papers submitted for publication in Geophysics by employer 1 July 2007 through 30 June 2008.

Universities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267Research.institutes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Service.companies.and.manufacturers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Oil.companies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Governments .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 13Consultants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Instrument.companies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Mining.companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Retired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

. Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414

Table 3. Average number of days required for first review 1 July through 30 June 1991–1992 through 2007–2008.

1991–1992. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1721992–1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1571993–1994. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1841994–1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1821995–1996. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2111996–1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1861997–1998. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2051998–1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2141999–2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2122000–2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2112001–2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1782002–2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1332003–2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1412004–2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1052005–2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662006–2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532007–2008*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

*.First.reviews.have.not.been.returned.for.all.papers ..

10th.position.according.to.the.total.number.of.cites;.the.“Geo-chemistry.and.Geophysics”.category.counted.59.journals ..Note.that.in.2007,.the.impact.factor.of.geophysics.decreased.by.ap-proximately.5% ..This.is.insignificant,.particularly.because.the.av-erage.impact.factor.of.all.journals.in.the.“Geochemistry.and.Geo-physics”.category.decreased.by.approximately.6% ..Table.5.shows.the.impact.factors.of.geophysics.from.1975.through.2007 ..

The. total. number. of. papers. submitted. for. publication. in.geophysics from 1 July.2007.through.30.June.2008.was.414.


Table 4. Average number of days between acceptance and online publication 1 July through 30 June 1991–1992 through 2007–2008.

1991–1992. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1761992–1993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1811993–1994. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1781994–1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2101995–1996. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A1996–1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A1997–1998. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1801998–1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1771999–2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2022000–2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2082001–2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2132002–2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1952003–2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1612004–2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1582005–2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1812006–2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1432007–2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Table 5. Impact factor by year 1975 through 2007

1975. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .6291976. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .0951977. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .7731978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .5911979. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .9181980. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .8951981. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .0871982. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .1001983. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .4611984. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .1931985. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .2061986. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .9681987. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .0841988. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .9311989. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .0171990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .9051991. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .1661992. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .6971993. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .9191994. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .8241995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .8771996. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .8671997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .8241998. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .6871999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .8182000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .8612001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .6492002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .8342003*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 .5892004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .0872005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .0302006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .2282007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .167

*..The.impact.factor.for.2003.is.based.on.a.single.issue.of.geophysics .

.....A.recalculation.based.on.all.issues.published.in.2003.gives.0 .862 .

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Report of the SEAM Corporation Chairman

SEAM (SEG Advanced Modeling Project) Corporation Ken Larner, SEAM Board chairman

Now. into. its. second. year,. the. SEAM. Corporation,. incor-porated. as. a. not-for-profit. organization,. with. the. SEG. as. sole.member,.has. as. its.purpose. fiduciary,.policy,. and.management.oversight.of. the.SEG.Advanced.Modeling.(SEAM).Project,.an.industrial.consortium.dedicated.to.large-scale,.leading-edge.geo-physical.numerical.modeling ..The.SEAM.Consortium,.currently.composed.of.24.industry.sponsor.companies,.each.contributing.$100.000.over.two.years,.was.formed.because,.despite.great.ad-vances.in.capability.to.address.geophysical.modeling.on.an.un-precedented.scale.of.complexity.and.size,.to.even.begin.to.model.the. geophysical. properties. of. the. Earth’s. subsurface. anywhere.near.its.true.level.of.complexity.and.to.model.geophysical.data.that.would.be.obtained.for.such.properties.is.beyond.the.practi-cal.capability.of.any.single.company.in.the.industry .

Members.of.the.SEAM.Corporation.Board.of.Directors.in-clude. Ken. Larner. (chairman),. Arthur. Cheng. (vice. chairman),.Leigh. S .. House. (treasurer),. William. (Bill). L .. Abriel,. Steve. H ..Danbom,. and. Kurt-Martin. Strack .. In. addition,. the. SEAM.Board.has.formed.an.Audit.Committee.under.the.chairmanship.of.SEAM.Treasurer.Leigh.S ..House,.consisting.of.Steve.H ..Dan-bom.and. three.nonboard.members,.Bob. J ..Caine,. Jesse.Perez,.and.Anna.C ..Shaughnessy,.who.bring.business. contractual,. fi-nancial,.and.management.experience .

Michael. (Mike). C .. Fehler,. SEAM. project. manager,. has. re-sponsibility.for.day-to-day.leadership.of.all.technical.aspects.of.the.SEAM.Project,.including.(1).aiding.the.SEAM.Management.Committee.(chaired.by.Kevin.B ..Bishop),.which.consists.of.rep-resentatives. of. the. participant. companies,. in. defining. features.and.parameters.of.geophysical.modeling.software,.(2).contract-ing. for. and. overseeing. the. production. of. geophysical. models,.(3).archiving.and.managing.distribution.of.all.generated.model.data,.(4).organizing.technical.workshops.for.SEAM.Corporation.member. companies,. and. (5). informing. the. SEG. community.about.developments.of.the.SEAM.Project ..

An. overview. of. developments. within. SEAM. to. date,. titled.“High-value.geophysical.modeling”.will.be.presented.in.the.“Re-cent.Advances.and.Road.Ahead”.session.at.the.forthcoming.SEG.Annual.Meeting ..The.SEAM.initiative.is.envisioned.to.proceed.through. a. sequence. of. highly. differing. model. problems. (e .g .,.marine,.subsalt,.land,.differing.noise.environments).over.an.ex-tended.time.into.the.future,.with.focus.on.a.particular.problem.model.or.set.of.models.in.each.successive.“SEAM.Phase .”.The.first.phase,.which.commenced.in.March.2007,.has.the.technical.

focus.of.addressing.what.is.perceived.by.many.as.the.largest.pres-ent.challenge.with.highest.commercial.value—deepwater.subsalt.imaging .

Objectives.in.each.of.the.phases.are.to.contribute.to.the.evo-lution.of.geophysical.imaging.technology.by.providing.a.realis-tic.benchmark.geologic.model.containing.multiple.geophysical.attributes .. In. the. first.phase,. the.SEAM.Consortium. is.poised.to. generate. synthetic. seismic. and. nonseismic. data. sets. over. a.deepwater,.subsalt.reservoir.structure ...These.data.sets.will.allow.industry. to. effectively. and. efficiently. assess. individual,. as. well.as. joint,. geophysical. acquisition. and.processing. techniques. for.generating. images. of. hydrocarbon. reservoirs. beneath. and. sur-rounding.massive.complex.salt.bodies .

A. large.geologic.model. representative.of. a.60-block.area.of.the.deepwater.Gulf. of.Mexico.has.now.been. constructed ..For.the.model,.a.complex.salt.body,.extracted.from.a.field.data.set.provided. by. one. of. the. industry. partners. (i .e .,. SEAM. partici-pants),.has.been.modified.to.include.a.number.of.features.known.to.accentuate.subsalt.imaging.challenges ..Formation.boundaries.have.been.established.with.geologic.input.provided.by.active.in-dustry.interpreters ..Using.a.synthetic.geostatistical.grid.derived.to.have.characteristics.similar.to.those.of.a.high-quality.deepwa-ter. region,. a. subcommittee. of. the. SEAM.Consortium.partici-pant.companies.has.defined.representative.stratigraphy ..This.grid.then.serves.to.assign.rock.properties.derived.from.a.comprehen-sive.deepwater.well-log.database.provided.by.yet.another.of.the.SEAM.Phase.I.participants,.and.reservoir.bodies,.representative.of.Gulf.of.Mexico.geology,.have.been. inserted. into. this. strati-graphic.background ..A.great.future.value.of.the.final.earth.model.is.that.it.will.be.in.a.form.that.easily.enables.extension.to.other.complex. imaging.challenges.by.addition.of.the.rock.properties.necessary. for. elastic,. nonseismic,. anisotropic,. viscoelastic,. and.other.investigations .

SEAM.Phase.I.will.include.conducting.a.suite.of.geophysical.simulations.on.the.SEAM.model ..Simulations.that.are.currently.in.the.planning.process. include:.variable-density.acoustic.wave.equation.modeling,.controlled-source.electromagnetic.(CSEM).modeling,. magnetotelluric. modeling,. and. modeling. of. gravity.gradient ..After.an.initial.two.years.of.confidentiality,.the.data.sets.will.enter.the.public.domain.and.will.be.available.to.all.entities.desiring.to.develop.and.test.new.geophysical.algorithms .

Following.are.recent.developments.within.SEAM .

SEAM Phase I:. Progress. to. date. with. the. initial. phase. of. the.SEAM.Project.is.as.follows:.

•. .The.earth.model.is.nearing.completion ..Final.adjustments.to.the. structure,. based. on. input. from. the. exploration. depart-ments. of. member. companies,. are. being. made .. Rock-prop-


erty-based. stratigraphy. and. predefined. reservoir. bodies. are.being. incorporated ..The.model. should.be. complete.by. late.summer.2008 .

•. .Procedures. for. verification. of. numerical-computation. pro-cedures.are.nearing.completion,.with.much.input.from.Bill.Symes.of.Rice.University .

•. .Prequalification.of.execution.vendors.to.verify.the.accuracy.of.their.computations.will.commence.in.the.fall.of.2008 ..A.full.RFP.will.then.be.sent.to.those.vendors.who.qualify.based.on.computational.accuracy .

•. .Storage. and.distribution. costs. remain. a. concern.because.of.the.large.volume.of.data.that.will.be.generated ..Compression.options.are.under.consideration .

•. .A.new.Nonseismic.Technical.Committee.has.been.formed.to.consider. model. and. computation. requirements. for. CSEM,.MT,.and.gravity.gradiometry.data.sets .

RPSEA Proposal: In. January. 2008,. the. SEAM. Corporation.submitted.a.proposal.for.a.research.grant.from.RPSEA.(Research.Partnership.to.Secure.Energy.for.America).in.response.to.an.RFP.titled.“Geophysical.Modeling.for.Studying.Acquisition.and.Pro-cessing.Methods. in. the.Deepwater.Gulf.of.Mexico .”.The.RFP.makes.available.$2.million.and.requires.an.additional. industry.cost.share.of.$500.000 ..The.SEAM.proposal.emphasizes.reser-voir.monitoring,.elastic.modeling,.and.joint.inversion.of.seismic.and.CSEM.data ..We.understand. that. the.SEAM.proposal.has.been.approved,.although.the.funding. level.has.not.as.yet.been.determined ..

SEAM Phase II:.The.board.has. identified.a. short. list.of.chal-lenges.that.could.be.the.focus.of.Phase.II ..From.that.list,.the.two.leading.candidate.challenges.are:

•. .land.geophysical.acquisition.(including.near-surface.and.noise.problems).

•. .CO2.sequestration.(including.4D.monitoring.of.complex.res-ervoir.models)

A.goal.is.that,.toward.the.end.of.the.year.2008,.likely.Phase.II.participant.companies.will.settle.on.the.main.features.of.a.model.that.addresses.one.of.these.two.large.challenges .

SEAM Publicity:.The.board.is.actively.working.to.increase.the.geophysical. community’s. understanding. of. the. objectives. and.progress.of.the.SEAM.initiative ..Specific.actions.include:

•. .presentation.at.AGU.meeting.December.2007•. .presentation.during.RARA.session.at.SEG.Las.Vegas•. .quarterly.articles.in.The Leading edge.(starting.July.2008)

During.the.past.year,.the.SEAM.Board.has.also.addressed.a.num-ber.of.administrative.issues ..These.include,.among.others:

•. .review. of. administrative. costs. FY2008. and. FY2009. (pro-posed)

•. .review.of.Administrative.Services.Agreement.with.SEG•. .development.of.bid.procedures•. .plans.to.define.and.market.Phase.II•. .publicity.at.SEG.Annual.Meeting.and.through.The Leading

edge

. 14

Report of the SEG Global, Inc. Chairman

SEG Global, Inc. David J. Monk, chairman

Following. the. work. of. the. Global. Development. Advisory.Committee. in. 2006,. SEG. Global,. Inc .. was. formed. in. con-junction. with. the. establishment. of. SEG’s. first. regional. office.in.China ..The. company.was. founded. to.provide. strategic. and.tactical. oversight. and. recommendations. to. the. SEG. Executive.Committee. pertaining. to. planning,. establishment,. resourcing,.and.management.of.SEG’s.regional.offices .

Members. of. the. SEG. Global,. Inc .. Board. of. Directors. in-clude.David.J ..Monk,.chairman;. .Ali.Tura,.vice.chairman;.M ..Lee.Bell,.treasurer;.Alfred.Liang-Chi.Liaw,.Gary.G ..Servos,.Anna.C .. Shaughnessy,. and.Leon.Thomsen .. In.order. that. continuity.within.SEG.Global.is.maintained,.members’.terms.on.the.com-mittee.will.be.staggered ..Members.of.the.board.were.present.for.the.office.opening.ceremony.in.Beijing .

Working. closely. with. SEG. staff,. and. particularly. Bastiaan.Bouma,.as.director.of.Global.Relations,.this.year.SEG.Global,.Inc ..has.reviewed.business.models.for.a.number.of.regional.of-fice.opportunities ..Review.of.budget.expectations.for.the.China.regional.office.was.made.and.approved.by.the.Executive.Com-mittee ..We.now.believe.that.SEG.is.in.position.to.develop.future.opportunities.for.regional.offices .

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Reports of the Standing Committee Chairmen

Advisory Terry K. Young, chairman

Membership.in.this.year’s.Advisory.Committee.consisted.of.the. five. most. recent. past. presidents:. Leon.Thomsen,.Terry. K ..Young,.Craig.J ..Beasley,.Peter.M ..Duncan,.and.Mike.Bahorich .

The.committee.has.no.formal.charge.other.than.to.advise.the.serving.president.and.Executive.Committee.upon.request ..The.committee.did.not.receive.any.requests.this.year .

Seventy-Eighth Annual Meeting Ernest S. Siraki, general chairman

The.78th.SEG.Annual.Meeting.will.be.held.9–14.November.2008. in.Las.Vegas,.Nevada ..This. is. the. first. time. in.25. years,.since.1983,.that.the.annual.event.will.be.in.Las.Vegas ..The.site.of.the.event.and.headquarters.is.the.Mandalay.Bay.Hotel ..“Geo-physics.is.Happening!”.is.the.theme.of.the.convention ..Not.to.be.confused.with.“What.Happens.in.Vegas.Stays.in.Vegas,”.this.“Happening”. intends. to.broadcast. the. latest.and.greatest. tech-nologies.in.the.geophysical.industry .

The.Dallas.Geophysical.Society.is.the.host.society.despite.the.event.being.held.about.1200.from.its.city ..The.members.of.the.steering. committee. are. actually. from. three. general. areas:. Dal-las,.California,.and.Houston ..The.varied.locations.of.the.steering.committee.were.designed.to.make.logistics,.communication,.and.accomplishment.of.committee.responsibilities.easier .

Members.of.the.steering.committee.are.Dan.D ..Hollis,.gen-eral.vice.chairman;.Tracy.J ..Stark,.Technical.Program;.Debra.G ..Fontenot,.sponsorship;.Steve.C ..Plybon,.International.Showcase;.Marc. A .. Lawrence,. exhibitors;. Wendy. Wempe,. Forum. Series;.Diane.Brownlee,.Applied.Science.Education.Program;.Lynda.N ..Hollis,.Spouses’.Program;.Casey.L ..Hagbo,.Volunteer.Support.and.Arrangements;.Jim.A ..Gaines,.Golf.Tournament;.and.Ernie.Siraki,.general.chairman ..Of.course,.this.convention.would.not.be.successful.without.the.support.and.assistance.of.the.SEG.staff.including. Jim. Lawnick,. Steve. Emery,. Cassidy. Crain,. Canaan.Rice,.Kristi.Smith,.Naomi.Haddock,.Pam.Terekhova,.and.Amy.Watson .

The. convention. starts. with. a. golf. tournament. on. Saturday.morning,.8.November .. It.will.be.played.at.Primm.Valley.Golf.Club,.which.is.a.beautiful.desert-type.golf.course ..On.Saturday.night,.a.reception.for.all.the.international.delegates.will.be.held.at.the.Excalibur.Hotel .

On.Sunday,.9.November,.immediately.following.the.Honors.and.Awards.Meeting,.the.Icebreaker.will.officially.open.the.Exhi-bition.Hall ..The.Icebreaker.will.begin.at.6.p .m ..and.end.at.8.p .m ..allowing.plenty.of.time.to.go.out.to.dinner.afterward .

This.year’s.SEG.Forum.honors. the.15th.anniversary.of. the.Near-Surface. Section .. The. title. “Managing. our. Groundwater.Resources. for. the. Future”. will. be. the. topic. of. discussion. by. a.panel.of.experts.in.the.field ..The.forum.will.be.held.on.Monday.morning,.10.November .

On.Monday.afternoon,.the.oral.and.poster.technical.sessions.will.begin ..This.year,.a.record.breaking.1166.abstracts.were.sub-mitted.for.consideration ..Due.to.this. large.number.of.submit-ted.abstracts,.a.43%.rejection.rate.of.papers.needed.to.be.imple-mented ..There.will.be.more.than.700.oral.and.poster.presenta-tions ..These.include.54.oral.sessions,.10.special.sessions,.and.165.posters ..The.technical.program.will.end.Thursday.afternoon,.13.November .

On.Tuesday.11.November,. the. spotlight.of. the. convention.will.be.on.the.International.Showcase ..Throughout.the.day,.and.all.day.Wednesday,.business.and.technical.presentations.focusing.on. the. international. scene.will. be.held. in. the.Global.Theatre ..The. theme. for. this. year. is. “Asia/Pacific:.An.Ocean.of.Oppor-tunity .”.On.Tuesday.afternoon,.a.celebration.will.be.held.at.the.International.Showcase.in.the.Exhibit Hall.in.honor.of.opening.of.the.SEG.office.in.Beijing,.China,.SEG’s.first.office.outside.the.United.States .

The. Applied. Science. Program. on. Wednesday. afternoon.will. feature.Eric.Barron,. former.dean.of.the.Jackson.School.of.Geosciences.at. the.University.of.Texas.at.Austin;.now.director.of. the.National.Center. for.Atmospheric.Research ..Barron.will.make.a.presentation.on.global.warming.in.which.he.will.present.facts.both.for.and.against.the.influence.of.man ..Whether.global.warming.is.the.result.of.national.cycles,.greenhouse.gases,.or.a.combination.of.the.two.will.be.left.for.the.audience.to.decide .

On.Wednesday.evening,.12.November,.attendees.of.the.con-vention.will.be.fed.and.entertained.at.“An.Evening.au.Cirque .”.Las.Vegas-style.acts.will.be.the.center.of.attraction.at.the.conven-tion’s. annual.Wednesday.night. affair ..A. change. this. year. from.previous.years.will.be.its.earlier.start.and.end.times,.5–7.p .m .,.in.order. to.give.everyone.time.to. take.advantage.of.Las.Vegas’.unique.shows.and.restaurants .

The.Annual.Meeting.will.close.on.Friday,.14.November,.after.13.workshops,.two.field.trips,.a.mining.field.camp,.and.a.tour.of.the.Nevada.nuclear.test.site.(NTS) .

The.SEG.Annual.Meeting. should.be.one.of. the. largest. at-tended.events.outside.of.Houston .. .Already,. five.months.prior.to.the.convention,.all.1100.booths.of.exhibitor.space.have.been.sold.and.a.waiting.list.exists ..Sponsorship.has.already.exceeded.another. record. breaking. $435. 000. which. is. 93%. of. the. goal ..Even.before.registration.opens,.83%.of.the.reserved.housing.has.already.been.booked ..The.Steering.Committee.has.worked.dili-gently.to.make.this.year’s.Annual.Meeting.in.Las.Vegas.one.of.the.best .


Constitution and Bylaws Klaas Koster, chairman

The. Constitution. and. Bylaws. Committee. (C&B). reviewed.the. proposed. constitution. and. bylaws. of. the. Emirates. Society.of.Geosciences,.SEG.Nigeria,.and.SEG.Tyumen.as.part.of.their.applications.to.become.associated.societies ..It.also.reviewed.the.proposed. constitution. and. bylaws. of. the. University. of. Ibadan.in. Nigeria,. Instituto. Politécnico. Nacional. in. Mexico,. and. the.University. of. the.Faroe. Islands. as. part. of. their. applications. to.become.student.sections ..Finally,. it.reviewed.proposed.changes.in.the.bylaws.of.the.Near-Surface.Geophysics.section.and.in.the.bylaws.of.CSEG .

In.close.cooperation.with. the.Membership.Committee.and.staff,.the.C&B.Committee.amended.changes.to.SEG’s.bylaws.to.facilitate.transfer.to.active.membership ..A.joint.effort.was.initiat-ed.to.rewrite.the.section.of.SEG’s.bylaws.and.Procedures.Manual.dealing.with.membership .

The.task.of.the.newly.formed.Strategic.Governance.Review.subcommittee. is. to.perform.a.complete. review.of. the.Society’s.governance. structure,.Constitution.and.Bylaws,.and.to.recom-mend.to.the.Executive.Committee,.and.eventually.to.the.mem-bership.and.the.Council,.a.governance.structure.suitable.for.the.21st.century ..After.the.initial.stage.of.data.gathering.and.inter-views,.the.subcommittee.reached.consensus.on.the.desirability.of.a.stronger.role.for.the.Council.in.the.running.SEG ..A.compre-hensive.position.paper.on.this.subject.was.presented.to.the.Ex-ecutive.Committee.in.May ..Their.feedback.will.be.incorporated.in.the.next.phase.of.this.project .

Continuing Education David H. Carlson, chairman

The.Continuing.Education.Committee.has.had.a.successful.and.demanding.year ..Twenty-eight.public.courses.were.offered.in.2008,.with.a.total.attendance.of.698 ..This.is.a.15%.increase.in.total.enrollment.compared.to.last.year ..Education.Weeks.were.held. in.north.Houston,.west.Houston,.Calgary,. and.New.Or-leans .. It. is. particularly. satisfying. that. an. Education.Week. was.once.again.held.in.New.Orleans ..Also,.for.the.first.time,.courses.were.given.in.Colombia.and.Germany.(Munich) ..The.course.of-ferings. represented. a. broad. course. curriculum. as. illustrated. in.the.list.below .

•. .3D.Seismic.Attributes.for.Prospect.Identification.and.Reser-voir.Characterization

•. .A.Practical.Understanding.of.Prestack.Migration•. .Acoustic.and.Elastic.Seismic.Modeling.and.Imaging.(Reverse-

Time.Migration)•. .Applications.of.Geophysical.Inversion.and.Imaging•. .AVO:.Seismic.Lithology•. .Borehole.Geophysics:.Theory.and.Practice.•. .Mathematics. of. Modeling,. Migration. and. Inversion. with.

Gaussian.Beams•. .Gravity.and.Magnetics.for.Explorationists

•. .Magnetotellurics. for. Natural. Resources:. From. Acquisition.through.Interpretation

•. .Marine.Electromagnetic.Methods.for.Hydrocarbon.Explora-tion.(CSEM)

•. .Migration.Without.Math•. .Near-Surface.Seismology•. .Petroleum.Systems.of.Deepwater.Settings•. .Planning.and.Operating.a.Land.3D.Seismic.Survey•. .Seismic.Anisotropy:.Basic.Theory.and.Applications.in.Explo-

ration.and.Reservoir.Characterization•. .Seismic.Data.Processing•. .Seismic.Interpretation.in.the.Exploration.Domain•. .Seismic.Stratigraphy.and.Seismic.Geomorphology•. .Seismic.Fluid.Detection,.Reservoir.Delineation,.and.Recov-

ery.Monitoring:.The.Rock.Physics.Basis•. .Time-Lapse.Seismic.in.Reservoir.Management•. .Understanding. Seismic. Anisotropy. in. Exploration. and. Ex-

ploitation

For.next.year,.the.course.fees.and.honorariums.to.instructors.have.been.increased.to.be.more.consistent.with.other.comparable.professional.organizations .

The. SEG/EAGE. Distinguished. Instructor. Short. Course.(DISC).for.2007.was.“Concepts.and.Applications.in.3D.Seismic.Imaging,”.by.Biondo.Biondi,.with.a.record.enrollment.of.2516 ..Currently.the.2008.DISC.“Reservoir.Geophysics:.Applications,”.is. being.presented.by.William.L ..Abriel. of.Chevron ..We.have.been.receiving.positive.reviews ..To.date,.11.of.his.26.presenta-tions.have.been.given .

The.2009.DISC.instructor.is.Patrick.Corbett.of.Heriot-Watt.University ..The.accompanying.text.and.preparation.material. is.progressing.on.schedule ..The.2010.DISC.instructor.is.Colin.M ..Sayers.from.Schumberger ..In.addition,.efforts.to.place.completed.DISC. lectures.on.“DigitalDISC”.continues.with.Biondi’s. talk ..The.target.sale.date.is.before.the.SEG.Annual.Meeting.in.No-vember .

This.year.started.with.vacancies.for.three.SEG.staff.positions:.the. Professional. Development. Director,. Manager,. and. Online.Education.Specialist ..Unfortunately.none.of.these.positions.has.been.filled ..Special.thanks.goes.to.SEG.staff.Peter.Pangman.and.Cecilia. Martin. who. have. kept. the. Continuing. Education. and.DISC.programs.going .

Notwithstanding.the.staff.vacancies,.continuing.effort.is.being.placed.on.developing.online.courses.and.developing.and.review-ing.public.course.offerings.that.meet.the.needs.of.our.members,.the.university. community,. and. the.geophysical. exploration. in-dustry.in.general .

Development and Production Michael A. Payne, chairman

The. Development. and. Production. (D&P). Committee. in.2007.conducted.a.D&P.forum,.hosted.the.D&P.Luncheon.at.the.Annual.Meeting,.prepared.for.the.2008.D&P.Forum,.began.planning.very.early.for.the.2009.D&P.Forum,.and.participated.in.the.creation.of.an.updated.SEG Reservoir Geophysics 2 volume .


The.2007.D&P.Forum.was.held.at. the.end.of. July.on.the.University.of.Alberta.campus ..Larry.Lines,.Doug.Schmitt,.and.Mike.Batzle.organized.the.meeting.and.preforum.field.trips ..It.explored. the. “Geophysical. Challenges. of. Heavy. Oil. Develop-ment.and.Production .”.It.marked.a.return.of.the.forum.to.Cana-da.after.an.absence.of.a.few.years ..It.was.a.great.forum.with.nearly.100.participants.from.around.the.world ..The.field.trips.included.a.visit.to.an.actual.working.heavy-oil.facility .

A.summary.of.the.2007.D&P.Forum.appeared.in.an.article.by.the.organizers.titled.“2007.CSEG/SEG.D&P.Forum”.to.be.published. in.the.September.2008.issue.of.The Leading edge ..This.TLE.issue.includes.the.summary.of.the.meeting.as.a.lead-in. for.17. selected.articles. that.presenters. from.the. forum.con-tributed ..In.addition,.the.2007.Hedberg.Conference,.in.Banff,.includes.an.overview.from.this.forum.by.Doug.Schmitt .

At.the.2007.SEG.Annual.Meeting.in.San.Antonio,.we.hosted.the.D&P.Luncheon.with.speaker.Sam.Blakeslee ..Blakeslee.is.a.California.assemblyman.and.former.Exxon.geophysicist.as.well.as.a.D&P.forum.participant ..He.talked.about.the.mix.of.politics.and.geophysics.and.ably.answered.questions.about.the.difficult.and.tricky.topic.of.energy.requirements,.hydrocarbon.extraction,.and.the.blend.of.different.energy.sources ..We.thank.him.for.his.scientific.contributions.and.support.of.science.as.a.politician .

The.2008.D&P.Forum.is.to.be.held.at.the.end.of.July.on.the.University.of.Texas.campus. in.Austin ..It. is.being.organized.by.Bob.Hardage.with.assistance. from.Larry.Lake,.Hongliu.Zeng,.Diana.Sava,.and.Charlotte.Sullivan ..It.covers.“The.Roles.of.Scal-ing.and.Uncertainty.in.Reservoir.Characterization .”

Planning.for.the.2009.D&P.Forum.began.in.earnest ..Mike.Wilt. is. the.organizing. committee. chairman. representing.SEG,.while. Ralph. Bridle. is. the. chairman. representing. the. Dharan.Geoscience.Society ..The. topic.will.be. “Reservoir.Characteriza-tion.and.Monitoring.in.Carbonates .”.It.will.be.held.in.Bahrain.in.mid-April .

Finally,.we.made.great.progress.toward.completing.the.update.of.the.SEG Reservoir Geophysics 2 publication ..The.emphasis.of.this.revised.version.is.on.case.studies.to.demonstrate.the.applica-tion.of.geophysics.across.all.the.business.stages.related.to.finding,.developing,.and.producing.hydrocarbons ..Members.of.the.D&P.Committee.are.the.primary.editors.for.this.updated.book.under.the.guidance.of.lead.editor.David.Johnston ..Most.of.the.materi-als.for.the.book.were.submitted.to.the.SEG.office.in.early.2008.with.the.goal.of.publishing.it.for.the.SEG.Annual.Meeting .

Distinguished Lecture Gregory A. Partyka, chairman

We. have. had. a. very. successful. year. reaching. members. in.many. parts. of. the. world. via. the. Distinguished. and. Honorary.Lecture. programs .. The. Distinguished. Lecture. (DL). program.honors.individuals.noted.for.high.quality.in.their.contributions.to.geophysics.on. an. international. level. and.who.are.outstand-ing.communicators.of. ideas.and.concepts ..The.Honorary.Lec-ture. program. (HL). focuses. on. transfer. of. knowledge. within. a.region. and/or. topic,. recognizing. prominent. geophysicists. and.

strengthening. the. services. that. SEG. provides. to. an. expanding.global.membership .

Don. Steeples. was. the. Distinguished. Lecturer. during. the.second.half.of.2007,. speaking.on.“Some.Stupid.Near-Shallow.Seismic. Experiments. I. Have. Done .”. Feedback. from. attendees.indicated.that.Don.Steeples.was.an.exceptional.distinguished.lec-turer,.and.the.sections.very.much.enjoyed.his.talk .

For.the.first.half.of.2008,.the.SEG.DL.was.Tadeusz.J ..Ulrych,.speaking.on.“The.Role.of.Amplitude. and.Phase. in.Processing.and.Inversion .”.He.presented.this.timely.lecture.at.many.inter-national.sites.and.received.an.excellent.turnout .

Coming.up,.we.have.the.Fall.2008.SEG/AAPG.DL.featur-ing.Peter.M ..Duncan ..His.lecture.“Aggressively.Passive:.Micro-seismic.Opportunities.Over.an.Oilfield’s.Life,”.will.provide.an.overview.of.the.history.and.development.of.passive.seismic.tech-niques ..The.Spring.2009.SEG.DL.will.be.Jack.Bouska ..He.will.be.presenting.his.insight.regarding.integrated.seismic.acquisition.and.processing .

In.the.first.half.of.2008,.Shivaji.Dasgupta.continued.his.HL.in. the. Middle. East. and. Africa. region .. His. lecture. “Emerging.Geophysical.Tools.for.Reservoir.Monitoring.in.Intelligent.Fields”.was.very.well.received.with.a.great.turnout.and.interest.at.many.locations .

Also.in.the.first.half.of.2008,.Paulo.Johann.was.the.HL.for.the.Central.and.South.America.region ..His.presentation.“Reservoir.Geophysics:.Characterization.and.Monitoring.Offshore.Brazil”.attracted.a.large.audience ..The.sections.enjoyed.his.lecture.very.much .

During.the.latter.part.of.2008,.Richard.Lindsay,.the.HL.for.North.America,.will.present.his.lecture.“Forgotten.Geophysics:.A.Reminder.That.First-Order.Effects.Should.Come.First .”.This.will.be.followed.in.2009.by.Per.Avseth,.the.HL.for.the.Europe.region ..He.will.discuss.how.rock.physics.can.bridge.the.gap.be-tween.qualitative.geology.and.quantitative.geophysics.in.seismic.reservoir.prediction .

The.SEG.Web.site.now.contains.most.of.the.more.recent.lectures.as.webcasts ..These.recorded.presentations.are.receiving.a.significant.number.of.Web.visits.and.have.become.a.proven.way.to.reach.the.international.community ..SEG.will.continue.to.record.future.lec-tures.and.will.place.them.on.line.as.they.become.available .

Foundation Board of Directors Gary G. Servos, chairman

SEG.President.Fred.Aminzadeh.reappointed.one.director.of.the.Foundation.to.an.additional.term ..Gary.Servos.was.asked.to.continue.his.service.to.the.Foundation.and.the.Society.as.a.mem-ber.of.the.Foundation.Board.of.Directors ..President.Aminzadeh.also.invited.Fred.Hilterman,.Robert.Talley,.and.John.Gibson.to.join.the.Foundation.Board ..All.accepted.the.invitation,.keeping.the.number.of.Foundation.Board.members.at.12 .

In.January.2008,.the.Foundation.Board.of.Directors.held.its.first.meeting.of.2008 ..The.board.welcomed.new.and.returning.members.and.elected.Chairman.Gary.G ..Servos,.Vice.Chairman.William.(Bill).N ..Barkhouse,.and.Treasurer.Charles.B ..Smith.Jr .


In.2008,.the.Foundation.continued.it.expansion.and.growth ..The.2008.budget.for.support.of.the.SEG.student.and.education.programs.is.projected.to.exceed.$2 .1.million,.a.new.record.en-deavor ..Assets.of.the.Foundation.exceed.$18.million .

The. Major. Gifts. Campaign. cabinet,. chaired. by. Bill. Bark-house,.is.rapidly.approaching.its.goal.of.raising.$15.million.by.the.2008.Annual.Meeting ..Additional.individual.members.and.new.companies.have.responded.positively,.and.the.campaign.is.closing.in.on.its.goal ..Suffice.to.say,.the.results.are.again.outstand-ing,.and.you.should.follow.the.success.via.seg.org,.TLE,.and/or.“Carrying.the.Torch,”.the.quarterly.Foundation.newsletter ..

Reiterating,.the.mission.of.the.Foundation.is.to.support.the.programs.of.your.Society ..These.programs.fall.into.three.major.categories:. student. programs,. Professional. Development,. and.Youth. Outreach .. Several. highlighted. programs. reached. new.milestones.during.2008.and.deserve.mention .

Scholarships. The.scholarship.program.continues.to.be.the.bellwether.student.program.and.set.new.highs.for.achievement ..The.Scholarship.Committee.reviewed.432.applicants.and.se-lected.176.exceptionally.qualified.recipients.to.receive.awards.totaling.$484.545 ..Seventy-five.of.these.awards.are.to.students.studying.outside.of.North.America.(a.25%.increase.over.2007) ..These.scholars.are.studying.in.24.different.countries.(a.33%.in-crease.over.2007)—a.substantial.improvement.over.2007 .

Student Education Program (SEP)—New. New.in.2008,.ExxonMobil.sponsored.a.student.education.program.“Multi-interdisciplinary.Subsurface.Integration.for.Exploration.and.Production”.and.will.kick.off.its.initial.presentation.during.the.2008.SEG.Annual.Meeting ..Approximately.30.of.the.world’s.top.students.will.receive.travel.grant.awards.and.participate.in.the.program ..The.SEP.will.be.held.in.two.locations.in.2008,.North.America.and.Europe ..It.is.anticipated.that.this.program.will.be.presented.at.least.twice.annually.in.a.variety.of.world-wide.locations .

Geoscientists Without Borders—New. Also.new.in.2007–2008,.Schlumberger/WesternGeco.sponsored.the.Geoscientists.Without.Borders.program.which.will.grant.its.first.awards.for.projects.that.support.humanitarian.causes.incorporating.applied.geophysical.methods ..The.specific.mission.is:.Connect.universi-ties.and.industries.with.communities.in.need.through.projects.using.applied.geophysics.to.benefit.people.and.the.environment.around.the.world ..This.is.an.exciting.new.program.that.we.ex-pect.will.grow.into.one.of.SEG’s.major.programs .

Other Programs. All.SEG.programs.are.important,.and.your.Foundation.continues.to.support.Projects.of.Merit,.travel.grants,.the.Student.Leadership.Symposium,.DISC,.the.Distin-guished.Lecture.program,.the.Honorary.Lecture.program,.the.newly.restructured.and.improved.SEG.Web.site.“SEG.Online,”.and.Youth.Outreach.efforts .

Again,.the.overall.mission.of.the.Foundation.is.to.support.the.programs.of.the.Society ..As.the.Society.continues.its.global.reach,.the.Foundation.will.become.more.global.and.the.support.will.be.

focused.on.the.membership.and.students,.wherever.they.practice.the.profession.of.geophysics ..

The.board.of.directors.of.your.Foundation.wishes.to.thank.everyone. that. supports. the.efforts.of. the.Foundation.and.who.is.critical.to.our.current.and.future.success ..Specifically,.the.very.dedicated.Tulsa.staff,.the.2007–2008.Executive.Committee,.the.companies.you.work.for.and,.most.important,.you.the.members.of.the.Society.of.Exploration.Geophysicists .

Advancing Geophysics Today,Inspiring Geoscientists for Tomorrow

Geo-Mentoring William N. Barkhouse, chairman

SEG. Geo-Mentoring. Committee. is. a. new. committee. with.a. mission. of. mentoring .. A. high. priority. this. year. has. been. to.collaborate.and.communicate.through.the.Internet.to.effectively.reach.our.global.community.of.geophysicists.numbering.in.the.thousands ..Participation. in.our.blog.and.our.program(s),. (i .e .,.May.2008.OTC.“The.Next.Wave.for.Young.Professionals”).has.been.our.priority.focus .

Participation.has. successfully.demonstrated. a.proof. of. con-cept.for.our.Internet.strategy ..The.robustness.of.participation.has.been.limited.and.seems.to.be.related.to.the.newness.of.using.a.blog.in.this.fashion.and.the.format.of.the.blogs.used during.the.past.eight.months ..A.shift. in.blog.format.to.Google.was.done.after.the.first.six.months ..Clearly.more.experimentation.in.for-mats,.etc .,.is.needed .

Participation.over.the.prior.eight.months.is.of.good.quality.and.opens.the.aperture.for.more.ideas.for.testing.new.geophysical.cybercultural. approaches .. It. is. exciting. to. see.Geo-Mentoring’s.story.unfold .. In.addition. to. the.committee.members,. I.would.like.to.thank.those.listed.who.greatly.offered.their.help ..

Dunstan.AnanymiNigeria/SEG,.ExxonMobil.Student.Education.Program

Dean.ClarkEditor,.The Leading edge,.SEG.Tulsa.business.office

Jenny.ColeStudent.affairs.specialist,.SEG.Tulsa.business.office

Mamadou.Sanou.Diallo.MauritaniaHouston,.Texas

Fariz.FahmiHouston,.Texas

Linda.Holeman.Associate.editor,.The Leading edge,.SEG.Tulsa.business.office

Nkeze.JuliusUniversity.of.Buea.in.Cameroon

Vic.LamanuzziExxonMobil.Upstream.Research.Company,.Houston,.Texas

Heather.M ..KingUniversity.of.Houston,.Houston,.Texas

Thalbert.McGinnessGeo-mentor.(BP.retired)

Christine.MorshediSEG. Student. Sections/Academic. Liaison. Committee,. volunteer,.Houston,.Texas


Roel.SniederColorado.School.of.Mines,.Golden,.Colorado

Bo.ZhaoExxonMobil.Exploration.Company,.Houston,.Texas

Finally,.a.heartfelt.thank.you.to.our.original.SEG.Geo-Men-toring.Committee,.the.champions.whose.enthusiasm.and.energy.propelled.us.forward:

Fred.AminzadehAlan.J ..CohenMilos.D ..CvetkovicRhonda.DueyGerardo.HerbozoR ..William.Keach.IIL ..C ..(Lee).LawyerLouise.PellerinAnna.C ..Shaughnessy

Geoscientists Without Borders Craig Beasley, chairman

The. Geoscientists. Without. Borders. Committee. was. newly.established.in.2007–2008.with.a.chairman.and.seven.members ..SEG.Foundation.established.the.Geoscientists.Without.Borders.program. through. the. founding. donation. by. Schlumberger/WesternGeco. to. the.Foundation’s.Major.Gifts.Campaign ..The.Program.Committee.is.responsible.for.the.development.and.di-rection.of.a.new.SEG.Foundation.program.designed. to.award.funding. for. selected. humanitarian. projects. using. geophysical.technologies.around.the.world.in.areas.of.need ..In.addition,.the.program. will. support. the. future. of. the. geophysical. profession.through.the.students.that.work.on.the.projects.and.will.create.a.higher.profile.for.the.profession.among.the.general.public .

This.year,.the.committee.worked.to.develop.the.committee.structure,.program.policies,.and.procedures.that.were.approved.by. the. SEG. Foundation. Board. and. the. SEG. Executive. Com-mittee. in.April.2008 ..Evaluation.of. the. first. round.of.applica-tions.began.7.July.2008,.and.it.is.expected.that.the.first.awards.will.be.given.before.the.end.of.the.year.2008 ..My.thanks.go.to.the.committee.members.who.joined.the.effort.without.knowing.what.they.were.getting.into ..They.are.A ..J ..(Guus).Berkhout,.Luc.T .. Ikelle,. Panos. G .. Kelamis,. Louise. Pellerin,. Alexander. Mihai.Popovici,.Roel.Snieder,.and.Susan.J ..Webb ..Thanks.also.to.Bill.Barkhouse,.the.Foundation.Board.liaison,.and.Fred.Aminzadeh.who.is.liaison.from.the.Executive.Committee.and.current.SEG.President ..The.work.these.people.contributed.has.been.ground-breaking.for.SEG.and.the.SEG.Foundation .

Global Affairs Michael J. A. Burianyk, chairman

In. 2008,. the. Global. Affairs. Committee. (GAC). appointed.several.new.country.representatives,.particularly.due.to.the.ini-tiative.of.Davide.Calcagni,.one.of.the.Europe.regional.coordina-tors ..Calcagni.managed.to.achieve.a.50%.increase.in.European.

country.representatives ..As.is.the.usual.practice,.GAC.members.were. allocated. to.our. task. forces .. Special. efforts.were.made. to.ensure.that.the.task.force.leaders.were.also.represented.on.vari-ous.SEG.committees ..Of.particular.interest.was.the.SEG.China.Office.Task.Force,.led.by.Alfred.Liang-Chi.Liaw,.which.was.in-strumental. in. the.successful.opening.of. the.SEG.China.office ..The.GAC.was.also.called.upon.to.make.recommendations.on.the.Gulf.Region.office.proposal .

This.year,.the.GAC.continues.to.provide.articles.for.the.TLE “GAC. Spotlight .”. There. were. ongoing. communications. with.regional.coordinators.and.SEG.sections.and.associated.societies.asking.for.their.contributions ..The.GAC.Web.site.has.had.chal-lenges.due. to. the.new.SEG.Web.page;. considerable. effort.has.been.made.to.be.able.to.access.and.modify.our.site ..Thanks.to.Vikram.Sen,.these.problems.seem.to.have.been.mostly.overcome ..We.have.also.made.a.great.effort. to.be.more. involved,. in.par-ticular,.with. the.Membership,.Meetings.Review.and.Planning,.and.Distinguished.Lecture.committees,.where.we.provided.im-portant.global.viewpoints ..In.line.with.the.reorganization.of.the.SEG.business.office.and.the.hiring.of.Global.Relations.Director.Bastiaan.Bouma,.we.have.made.an.effort.to.be.more.communi-cative.with.the.various.SEG.sections.and.associated.societies.by.ensuring.they.were.introduced.to.our.regional.coordinators.and.country.representatives ..Through.the.initiative.of.the.GAC,.very.positive.and.energetic.activities.were.started.in.Nigeria—a.coun-try.very.important.to.SEG’s.growth .

Though.it.was.not.the.first.time.that.the.GAC.midyear.meet-ing.was.held.outside.of.North.America,.this.year’s.meeting.was.a.milestone ..The.meeting.was.held.in.Rijswijk.(the.Netherlands),.through.the.generous.support.of.Shell.International ..It.will.be-come.a.less.rare.occurrence.to.hold.the.meeting.in.North.Ameri-ca.in.the.future ..It.was.also.a.milestone.in.that.a.short,.informal,.but.extremely.well-attended.GAC.meeting.was.held.at.the.EAGE.for.the.second.year.in.a.row .

As.usual,.the.GAC.awarded.grants.to.several.student.sections.for.the.PCs.for.Students.Program.funded.by.the.SEG.Founda-tion ..The.PCs.awarded.in.2007.were.for.universities.in.the.fol-lowing.countries:.Cameroon,.China,.India,.Indonesia,.Romania,.and.Russia ..We.also.initiated.software.grants.for.this.program .

The.GAC.chose.as.one.of.its.goals.to.support.a.20%.increase.in.SEG.membership.from.each.region,.in.conjunction.with.the.Membership.Committee ..However,.we.have.identified.difficul-ties.with.that.goal.for.Active.Membership ..We.are.continuing.to.discuss.how.to.encourage.the.number.of.SEG.members.to.vote .

The. GAC. also. continues. to. support. the. opening. of. new.global.SEG.offices ..The.need.is.critical,.and.we.believe.that.they.should.be.open.as.expeditiously.as.possible.under.the.constraints.of.sound.business.plans .

Global Development Advisory (Subcommittee of Global Affairs) Alfred Liang-Chi Liaw, chairman

The.Global.Development.Advisory.Committee.(GDAC).was.assigned.by.SEG.President.Fred.Aminzadeh.to.be.the.subcom-


mittee.of.the.Global.Affairs.Committee ..The.GDAC.has.been.charged.to.advise.the.SEG.Executive.Committee.on.the.strategy.and. the. implementation.of.opening.SEG.international.offices ..In.the.first.quarter.of.2008,.the.committee.organized.a.success-ful.China.task.force.to.plan.and.to.execute.the.grand.opening.of.the.SEG.China.office.on.3.April ..The.grand.opening.event.was.highlighted.by.“the.SEG.China.Spotlight,”.which.covered.four.days.of.celebration,.visiting.national.oil.companies.and.local.geophysical.organizations. in.Beijing ..The.Spotlight.was.culmi-nated.on.3.April.by.a.series.of. technical.presentations.on.geo-physical.technologies,.the.first.China.Student.Challenge.Bowl,.a.colorful.ribbon-cutting.ceremony,.and.a.celebration.banquet ..Franco.Yu.has.been.appointed.as.the.chief.representative.of.the.SEG.China.office. in.Beijing ..Executives. from.China.National.Petroleum.Company.(CNPC),.China.Petroleum.and.Chemical.Corporation.(SINOPEC),.China.National.Offshore.Oil.Corpo-ration. (CNOOC),.Bureau.of.Geophysical.Prospecting. (BGP),.and. China. Oilfield. Services. Limited. (COSL),. as. well. as. local.exploration.and.production.and.service.companies.joined.a.30-member.SEG.delegation.in.the.celebration.of.the.first.SEG.office.outside.the.United.States .

During.the.midyear.meeting.of.the.Global.Affairs.Commit-tee.(GAC).in.the.Netherlands,.a.recommendation.was.passed.by.GAC.representatives.to.dissolve.the.Global.Development.Advi-sory.Committee,.due.to.its.overlapping.function.with.the.board.of.directors.of.SEG.Global,.Inc ..The.responsibility.of.reviewing.business.plans.and.implementation.of.SEG.international.offices.has.been.transferred.to.SEG.Global,.Inc .

My.special.thanks.go.to.committee.members.Michael.J ..Far-rell,.Mohamad.Hafizal.Mad.Zahir,.David.J ..Monk,.Mrinal.K ..Sengupta,.Koya.Suto,.Aldo.L ..Vesnaver,.and.the.cooperation.of.the.Global.Affairs.Committee .

Gravity and Magnetics E. Gerald Hensel, chairman Rao Yalamanchili, vice chairman

The.Gravity.and.Magnetics.Committee.serves.as.a.focus.for.activities. within. the. Society. dealing. with. gravity. and. magnet-ics.and.promotes.the.knowledge.and.use.of.these.potential.field.methods ..Our.committee.meets. twice.a.year—midyear. (April).and.again.at.the.Annual.Meeting ..Committee.members.are.in-strumental.in.organizing.Annual.Meeting.sessions.and.activities,.providing. input. to.The Leading edge,. advising. on. technical.standards,.and.overseeing.the.SEG.Gravity.and.Magnetics.Web.page.and.a.dedicated.list.server.which.includes.geophysicists.out-side.SEG .

The.SEG.2008.Annual.Meeting.features.technical.sessions,.a.luncheon,.and.a.workshop ..Mark.E ..Odegard,.with.abstract-re-viewing.assistance.from.committee.members,.has.organized.the.technical.oral.and.poster.sessions ..Edward.(Ed).K ..Biegert,.John.Lumley,.and.Mark.Davies.are.putting.together.a.postconvention.workshop. “Gravity. in. Motion,”. covering. the. topic. of. collect-ing,.processing,. and. interpreting.potential. fields.data.on.mov-ing.platforms ..There.will. be. six. invited.presentations. covering.

topics.ranging.from.instrumentation,.GPS.positioning,.filtering.and.processing,.and.interpretation.techniques ..In.addition,.the.workshop.will.accept.contributions.in.the.form.of.poster.presen-tations ..The.presentations.will.be. scheduled. to. facilitate.maxi-mum. interaction. and.discussions. among. the.participants ..The.luncheon,.organized.by.Rao.Yalamanchili,.will. feature.Richard.Ernst.as.speaker ..His.topic.will.be.“Large.Igneous.Provinces.and.Continental. Breakup:. New. Tools. for. Paleogeographic. Recon-struction.and.Hydrocarbon/Mineral.Exploration .”

Our.committee. is.also.heavily. involved.in.SEG.publication.activities ..The Leading edge.includes.the.“Meter.Reader”.col-umn.which.continues.with.Greg.Lyman.as.editor ..In.addition,.work.to.update.L ..L ..Nettleton’s.gravity.and.magnetics.mono-graph.is.ongoing,.organized.by.Stuart.Hall,.Dale.Bird,.Pat.Mil-legan,.and.Jerry.Hensel .

The. Gravity. and. Magnetics. Committee. continues. improv-ing.its.Web.presence.through.the.SEG-hosted.Web.site.and.an.active.exchange.of.gravity.and.magnetics.related.issues.between.SEG.members.and.nonmembers.over.the.Columbia.University-hosted. list. server .. Chuck. Campbell. oversees. these.Web. activi-ties ..Bimonthly.dinner.talks.are.organized.by.committee.mem-ber.Shawn.Mulcahy.for.presentation.through.the.Potential.Fields.SIG.of. the.Geophysical.Society.of.Houston ..Continuing.Edu-cation.activities.continue.with.Michal.Ellen.Ruder.presenting.a.gravity.and.magnetics.methods.and.interpretation.short.course.several.times.through.the.year .

The. chairmanship. of. the. Gravity. and. Magnetics. Commit-tee.is.on.a.two-year.rotation ..Rao.Yalamanchili.will.be.chairman.starting.after.the.fall.SEG.2008.Annual.Meeting ..I.am.pleased.to.present.this.report.to.SEG .

Honors and Awards Michael S. Bahorich, chairman

One.of.the.most.important.functions.of.our.professional.so-ciety.is.honoring.those.who.have.made.significant.contributions.to.the.profession.and.to.science ..By.unanimous.agreement.of.the.Honors.and.Awards.Committee.and.the.Executive.Committee,.the.2008.honorees.are:

Maurice Ewing Medal: John.W ..C ..Sherwood.already.honored.by. SEG. with. the. Kaufman. Gold. Medal. (exploding. reflector.concept.and.DMO),.Honorary.Membership,.and.Cecil.Green.Enterprise.Award. (cofounder.GDC),. and. selected. as. a.Distin-guished.Lecturer.(robust.linear.inversion.and.tomography) .

From.1970.to.1981,.he.developed.DEVILISH.(first.DMO.implementation),.pre-.and.poststack.depth.migrations,.improve-ments.in.time.migrations,.REVEAL.(layer.replacement.for.com-plex.overburden).and.DIGISTACK.(noise.suppression.with.co-herency) ..He.later.cofounded.GDC.and.between.the.years.1981.to.1998.his.contributions.were.SOLID.(reflectivity.modeling),.improved. velocity. analyses,. migration,. statics,. etc .,. and. near-surface.2D.tomography.which.is.the.basis.of.major.commercial.tomography.implementations .

After.joining.Applied.Geophysical.Services.(AGS),.in.1998,.Sherwood. personally. funded,. directed,. and. developed. a. new.


technology. for.prestack.depth.migration. (PSDM) ..His. techni-cal.approach.has.been.widely.accepted.by.the. industry.as.vali-dated.by.the.recent.sale.of.his.AGS.technology.for.$61.million.to.PGS .

Honorary Membership:L ..C ..(Lee).Lawyer.has.served.as.second.vice.president,.first.

president-elect,. as. president. (1987) ..He. served. for.many. years.on. the.SEG.Foundation.Board.of.Directors. and. is. a. longtime.SEG.Foundation.trustee.associate,.spearheaded.the.Doodlebug-ger. fundraising. campaign,. and. led. the. SEG. 75th. Anniversary.task.force ..In.addition,.he.writes.the.always.entertaining,.often.provocative.“From.the.Other.Side”.monthly.column.in.TLE.

Brian.H ..Russell.has. served.as.president.of.CSEG,. as.SEG.second.vice.president,.president-elect,.and.president.(1998) ..He.is.a. longtime.SEG.Foundation. trustee.associate,.and.a.current.member. of. the. SEG. Foundation. Board. of. Directors .. He. was.instrumental.in.moving.the.Foundation.toward.cooperative.ar-rangements.with.other.foundations.(in.other.taxing.jurisdictions).with.similar.objectives ..He.is.a.tireless.instructor.in.seismic.rock.physics.for.SEG.and.for.Hampson-Russell,.and.has.represented.SEG.at.many.international.venues .

William.(Bill).N ..Barkhouse.has.served.as.SEG.first.vice.pres-ident,. president-elect,. and. president. (1999) .. He. is. a. longtime.SEG.Foundation.trustee.associate.and.is.currently.vice.chairman.of.the.SEG.Foundation.Board.of.Directors ..He.has.a.major.lead-ership.role.in.the.Foundation.Major.Gifts.Campaign .

Rutt.Bridges.served.as.SEG.president-elect,.president.(1997),.and.Denver.Geophysical.Society.president.and.has.been.on.sig-nificant.committees ..He.organized.the.1989.SEG.symposium,.“The. Future. of. Desktop. Computers. in. Geophysics,”. and. was.Technical. Program. chairman. for. the. very. well-attended. 1989.Midwest. SEG. Meeting .. He. developed. the. MicroMax. seismic.processing.system.and.the.ProMax.processing.system,.which.re-mains.an.industry.standard.system ..He.is.currently.developing.state-of-the-art.geophysical.software.through.his.new.company .

Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal:.Carl.J ..Regone.and.John.T ..Etgen.for.demonstrating.the.value.of.wide-azimuth.towed-streamer.ac-quisition. for.deepwater. subsalt. imaging. and. for. bringing. it. to.commercial.reality ..Through.tireless.efforts.involving.wave-equa-tion.modeling.and.evaluation.of.different.approaches.to.acquisi-tion,.they.convinced.BP.to.embark.upon.a.commercial.program.of.wide-azimuth.acquisition ..The.success.of.these.efforts.has.led.the.industry.into.a.new.era.of.acquisition.and.imaging.involving.wide-azimuth.acquisition .

Cecil Green Enterprise Award: Billy.F ..Mitcham.Sr .,.founder.of.Mitcham.Associates.which.grew.into.Mitcham.Industries .

His.early.geophysical.career.involved.building.cameras,.geo-phones,. and. tape. drives. at. SIE. and. Dresser. Industries .. In. the.late.1970s,.he.started.his.seismic.equipment.rental.business ..He.went.bankrupt.at.least.once,.but.persisted,.and.went.on.to.build.what. is.now.a.public.company.with.a.market.capitalization.of.approximately.$180.million,.with.annual.sales.of.more.than.$70.million .

Reginald Fessenden Award: Paul.M ..Krail.and.Dwight.V ..Sukup.for.their.pioneering.work—showing.the.need.for.multiazimuth.acquisition.in.subsalt.imaging ..Through.their.joint.work.at.Texa-co.beginning.in.the.1980s,.they.developed.an.acquisition.system.to.acquire.multiazimuth.data.and.applied.wave-equation.imag-ing. techniques. to. the. resulting. data. for. imaging. beneath. salt ..Through.modeling.of.synthetic.data.and.actual.field.results,.they.clearly. demonstrated. that. superior. images. were. obtained. from.multiazimuth.data.in.3D.prestack.depth.migration .

J. Clarence Karcher Award: Dirk-Jan.van.Manen.has.authored.or. coauthored. eight. technical.papers. in.peer-reviewed. journals.on.topics.that.include.seismic.interferometry,.seismic.modeling.in.inhomogeneous.media,.and.shear-wave.statics ..He.is.also.au-thor.or.coauthor.of.nine.patent.applications,.whose.topics.range.from.noise. suppression. to.multicomponent.data. processing. to.seabed.statics ..Dirk-Jan.was.coorganizer.of.the.2005.SEG.post-convention.workshop,.“Seismic.Interferometry,.Daylight.Imag-ing.and.Time-reversal .”

Life Membership:Klaas.Koster.for.his.extensive.service.to.SEG.as.vice.president.

(2005–2006);.chairman,.Meetings.Review.and.Planning.Com-mittee. (2005–2006),. ongoing. member. (2006–2007);. cochair-man,.International.Showcase,.76th.Annual.Meeting.(2006),.New.Orleans;. chairman,. Joint. Meetings. Committee. (2006–2007);.member,.GAC.(multiple.years);.reviewer,.SEG.Foundation.Proj-ects.Review.Committee.(2006);.vice.chairman,.2007.SEG.repre-sentative.for.the.OTC.Technical.Program.subcommittee;.leader,.Membership. Task. Force;. GAC/Council. initiative. to. expand.services. to. international.members.(2007);.chairman,.Constitu-tion. and. Bylaws. Committee;. chairman,. Strategic. Governance.Review. (subcommittee. of. the. Constitution. and. Bylaws. Com-mittee.(2007–2008);.candidate. for.president-elect,.2007–2008.Executive.Committee;.guest.editor,.TLE,.April.2009.special.issue.focusing.on.offshore.technology;.past-president,.Australian.SEG.(2003).and.first.vice.president.the.prior.year .

Susan.Mastoris.Peebler.for.her.extensive.service.to.SEG.having.served.as.secretary-treasurer,.2005–2006;.SEG.trustee.associate.(since.2005);.chairman,.SEG.Online.Committee.(2006–2007);.member,.Finance.and.Audit.Committee.(2005–2007);.member,.SEG.Foundation.Board.(since.2006);.and.member,.Publications.Policy.Committee.(2006–2008) .

Gary.G ..Servos.for.his.extensive.service.to.SEG.currently.serv-ing.as.chairman.of.the.Board.of.Directors.of.the.SEG.Founda-tion.and.a.trustee.associate ..Gary.has.made.the.SEG.Foundation.his.cause.for.more.than.20.years.and.has.been.instrumental.in.the. success.of. its.programs.and. the.growth.of. its. funding ..He.continues.to.be.a.tireless.worker.for.our.Foundation .

Special Commendation: Richard.(Dick).A ..Baile.(Life.Member.1991). for.his. lifetime.of. contribution. to. the.Society.especially.through.the.SEG.Foundation .

Dick.formed.the.trustee.associates.as.part.of.the.SEG.Founda-tion.in.1987.and.chaired.the.steering.committee.for.a.number.of.years ..He.was.appointed.to.the.board.of.directors.of.the.Founda-

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tionin1994andlaterwaselectedchairman,apositionhehelduntil2006.

Underhis leadership, theFoundationevaluated its financesandestablishedalong-terminvestmentstrategy.HemovedtheboardfromapassivegrouptoanaggressivegroupdedicatedtothevisionoftheSEGFoundationandtoSEGobjectives.

Distinguished Achievement Award:Shellforitsdual-azimuthBullwinkleSurvey,wasthefirst3D

towedstreamermarinemultiazimuthsurvey,whichclearlydem-onstratedthatdifferentazimuthscouldleadtoenhancedimagesandbetterinterpretationincomplexsaltenvironments.Thispio-neeringsurvey,acquiredin1988,inorthogonaldirectionswithtwovesselsworkingintandem,demonstratedthat3Dimagingcouldbeenhancedfrommultiazimuthdata.

SMAARTJV(originalmembersBP,BHP,Chevron,Mobil,andTexaco)fortheirindustry-leadingeffortsinimprovingsub-salt imaging.SMAARTJVplayeda significant role in leadingtheindustrytonewtechnologyandsolutionsinsuchimportantareasasmultipleattenuationandsurveydesignforsubsaltplays.Thecontributionswerea significantaddition to the industry’sunderstanding and eventual adoption of wide-azimuth towedmarinesurveys.

WesternGecoforrecognizingthebenefitofandallottingsig-nificantfinancialresourcestotheresearchanddevelopmentofhigh-channel count single-sensor seismic acquisition systems,nowknownasmarineandlandQsystems.Thiseffortwasun-dertakenwithoneof the largest financialcommitments toex-plorationgeophysicsresearchinhistory.ThisR&Defforthelpedgalvanize the industry towardhigh-channel count systemsandsteerablestreamers.

Best paper in Geophysics 2007 Fieldtestsofelectroseismichydrocarbondetection

�A.� H.�Thompson,� Scott� Hornbostel,� Jim� Burns,�Tom� Murray,�Robert�Raschke,� John�Wride,�Paul�McCammon,� John�Sumner,�Greg� Haake,� Mark� Bixby,� Warren� Ross,� Benjamin� S.� White,�Minyao�Zhou,�and�Pawel�Peczak

Geophysics Honorable mentions AtutorialoncomplexseismictraceanalysisArthur�E.�Barnes

Forwardmodelingoffracture-inducedsonicanisotropyusingacombinationofboreholeimageandsoniclogs�Romain� Prioul,� Adam� Donald,� Randy� Koepsell,� Zakariae� El�Marzouki,�and�Tom�Bratton

Seismicmodelingofgaschimneys�Børge�Arntsen,�Lars�Wensaas,�Helge�Løseth,�and�Christian�Her-manrud

MultitransientelectromagneticdemonstrationsurveyinFrance�Anton�Ziolkowski,�Bruce�A.�Hobbs,�and�David�Wright

Best Paper in The LeadinG edGe 2007Multiazimuth and wide-azimuth seismic: Shallow to deepwater,explorationtoproductionBrian�Barley�and�Tim�Summers�

Honorable Mention (TLE)CovenantField:AmajoroildiscoveryintheSevierthrustbeltofcentralUtah�Keith�R.� Johnson,�Douglas�K.�Strickland,� John�P.�Vrona,�Dan�Schelling,�and�Dave�Wavrick�

Best Paper Presented at the 2007 Annual MeetingDiffractionprocessingofdownholepassive-monitoringdatatoimagehydrofracturelocations�Brian�Fuller,�Les�Engelbrecht,�Richard�Van�Dok,�and�Marc�Ster-ling

Honorable Mention (Best Paper)Assessingestimatedvelocitydepthmodels:Findingthe“errorbars”intomographicinversionEric�Verschuur,�Dana�A.�Chitu,�and�Mustaf�N.�Al-Ali

Best Poster Paper Presented at the 2007 Annual MeetingSeismicattributesforfault/fracturecharacterizationSatinder�Chopra�and�Kurt�J.�Marfurt

Honorable Mention (Best Poster Paper)TieApplicationsofnonstationaryregressionSergey�Fomel

LinearamplitudepatternsinCorpusChristiBayFrioSub-basin,SouthTexas:Artifactsordepositionalfeatures?Hongliu�Zeng,�Robert�G.�Loucks,�and�Ursula�Hammes

Best Student Paper Presented at the 2007 Annual MeetingWaveformtomographyofmarineseismicdata:Whatcanlim-itedoffsetoffer?Andrew�J.�Brenders�and�R.�Gerhard�Pratt

Award of Merit (Best Student Paper)Investigatingactivedeepwater sedimentationnear agas-hy-dratesystemwithhigh-resolutionseismicdata Pete�A.�Christianson�and�Paul�E.�Murray

Best Student Poster Paper Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting

Suppressionofambientseismicnoisein2Darraysusingmul-tichannelWienerfiltersJingbo�Wang,�F.�Tilmann,�R.�S.�White,�and�H.�Soosalu

Award of Merit (Best Student Poster Paper)Investigationofcoredatareliabilitytosupporttime-lapsein-terpretationinCamposBasin,BrazilMarcos�H.�Grochau�and�Boris�Gurevich


Interpretation Donald A. Herron, chairman

It.is.accurate.to.say.without.mincing.words.that.the.Interpre-tation.Committee.has.not.accomplished.much.this.year,.with.the.notable.exception.of.a.workshop.on.interpreting.depth-imaged.data,.organized.by.Gary.G ..Lewis,.David.H ..Johnston,.and.James.P ..DiSiena,.to.be.held.at.the.2008.Annual.Meeting.in.Las.Vegas ..Thanks.very.much.to.the.three.of.them.for.taking.the.lead.on.this.activity.and.maintaining.the.momentum.established.by.the.uncertainty.workshop.at.the.2006.Annual.Meeting.in.New.Or-leans ..Johnston.reports.also.that.the.Reservoir Geophysics 2.book.is.nearing.completion .

The. lack. of. committee. action. in. the. span. of. time. covered.by. this. report. owes. largely. to. the. chairman’s. lack. of. focus. on.reconciling.the.committee’s.raison d’etre.with.the.larger.mission.of.a.multidisciplinary.subsurface.integration.task.force.commis-sioned.by.the.SEG.Executive.Committee.in.2007 ..The.latter.of.these.was.conceived.to.address.the.premise.that.“SEG.does.not.adequately.serve.the.professional.needs.of.geophysicists.involved.in.multidisciplinary.exploration,.development,.and.production.work.teams .”.It.would.seem.that.the.Interpretation.Committee,.or.the.integration.task.force.by.another.name,.would.be.a.good.starting. place. to. address. this. concern,. assuming. that. the. con-cern.itself.is.real—that.something.is.in.fact.broken,.as.opposed.to.being. in.good.working.order.but. simply. standing. idle ..The.chairman’s.and.the.committee’s.problem.is.this:.there.have.been.essentially.no. ideas.advanced.to.address. this.matter.other.than.several.proposed.by.Dean.Clark,.TLE.editor.and.staff.liaison.for.the.Interpretation.Committee ..Clark’s.suggestions.involve.using.TLE.to.a.greater.extent.to.draw.more.attention.to.the.issue,.but.this.alone.should.not.be.expected.to.have.any.major.near-term.impact .

Perhaps.the.most.pertinent.comment.about.all.this.came.to.me.in.a.message.from.Alistair.Brown,.a.long-standing.member.of.the.Interpretation.Committee,.who.I.hope.does.not.mind.me.quoting.him.(he.always.has.been.eminently.quotable):

“I. am. very. interested. in. the. matter. of. SEG. underserv-ing. the. interpretive.community .. It. is.a. subject. that.comes.up. regularly.as.you.know .. I.have.been.worried.about. this.for.perhaps.25.years ..Working.with.SEG.and.AAPG.for.so.long.demonstrates.to.me.constantly.that.the.seismic.inter-preter.is.in between.the.two.societies ..Both.of.us.dabble.at.the. problem .. Many. interpreters. move. toward. AAPG. just.because.their.original.training.labels.them.as.“geologists .”.I.spoke.about.the.“in.between.problem”.from.the.podium.in.New.Orleans.a.year.ago ..Merging.the.two.societies.may.be.the.only.total.solution!.Anyway.I.don’t.know.what.we.can.really.do… .”

Maybe.next.year .

Intersociety Relations Leon Thomsen, chairman

The.Intersociety.Relations.Committee.was.established.in.2007.by.SEG.President.Fred.Aminzadeh.with.the.charge.of.consider-ing.how.to.strengthen.the.relationship.between.SEG.and.its.as-sociated.and.cooperating.societies ..For.2007–2008,.the.members.were:.Elsa.J ..Jaimes,.Steven.D ..Pickering,.Apurba.Saha,.Charles.J ..Sicking,.Koya.Suto,.and.Leon.Thomsen.(chairman) .

In.addition,.a.subcommittee.was.appointed.to.consider,.in.par-ticular,.the.relationship.between.SEG.and.AAPG,.with.members.Richard. A .. Baile. (chairman),.Timothy. B .. Berge. Sr .,. L .. C .. (Lee).Lawyer,.Elwin.M ..Peacock,.Gary.G ..Servos,.and.Daniel.R ..Shaugh-nessy.III ..This.subcommittee.has.met.regularly.to.develop.an.exten-sive.list.of.possible.ways.to.enhance.the.cooperation.between.SEG.and.AAPG ..They.expect.to.deliver.their.initial.report.soon .

In.addition,. formal.and. informal. talks.have.been.held.with.EAGE,.EEGS,.and.with.the.Association.for.Women.Geoscien-tists,.with.the.aim.of.increasing.cooperation .

During.the.current.program.year,. the.first.general.assembly.was.held,.bringing.together.more.than.70.elected.leaders.of.SEG,.and.its.associated.and.cooperating.societies ..New.associated.soci-eties.this.year.include.the.Nigerian.Geophysical.Society.and.the.Emirates.Geosciences.Society .

SEG/AAPG Cooperation Task Force (Subcommittee of Intersociety Relations) Richard A. Baile, chairman

This. committee.was. authorized.on.12.December.2007,.by.Fred.Aminzadeh,.president.of.SEG ..This. is.a.subcommittee.of.the.Intersociety.Relations.Committee,.chaired.by.Leon.Thom-sen,.SEG.past.president .

The.task.force.is.charged.to.identify.areas.where.projects.of.mutual. interest.merit. joint.AAPG/SEG.support ..Upon. identi-fying.these.areas.of.mutual. interest,. the.task.force.will.provide.a. summary. of. its. conclusions,. plus. a. timetable. and. means. of.achievement ..This.report.will.be.submitted.to.Leon.Thomsen’s.committee.for.approval,.following.which.the.task.force.plan.will.be. submitted. to. AAPG. for. consideration .. If. AAPG. approves,.then.a.joint.ad.hoc.committee.comprised.of.members.from.the.respective.task.forces.would.be.formed.and.charged.with.imple-mentation.of.the.jointly.approved.plan.for.cooperation .

Areas.currently.under.consideration.are:

1). .Education,.with.emphasis.on.K-12 .2). Joint.offices,.foreign.and.domestic .3). .Joint.annual.meetings ..Joint.Foundation.Trustee.Associates.

are.meeting.together.3–7.September.at.Jackson.Hole,.Wyo-ming .

4). .Foundations.jointly.supporting.and.funding.approved.proj-ects .

5). .Develop.closer.ties.with.affiliated.societies.and.professional.organizations .


The.task.force.committee.members.are:

Richard.A ..Baile,.chairmanTimothy.B ..Berge.Sr .L ..C ..(Lee).LawyerElwin.M ..PeacockGary.G ..ServosDaniel.R ..Shaughnessy.III.has.been.a.contributor.to.our.com-

mittee.but.due.to.work.commitments,.had.to.resign ..We.appreci-ate.his.service .

My.thanks. to.each.of. the.above.who. is. tireless. in.his.dedi-cation. and. desire. to. enhance. our. two. organizations’. ability. to.provide.strong.leadership.in.advancing.geoscientists.“state.of.the.art”.on.a.global.scale .

Personal.note:It.seems.to.me.that.the.distinction.between.geology.and.geo-

physics.has.blurred.to.the.point.where.neither.discipline.stands.alone. in.completing. its. respective.missions ..Thus,.geoscientists.who.become.proficient.in.applying.both.disciplines.to.the.task.at.hand.show.us.that.the.objectives.of.both.AAPG-SEG.have.ever.increasing.commonality ..This.further.demands.increased.finan-cial. support. for. scholarships,.publications,. Internet,.education,.foreign.presence,.etc ..The.SEG.and.AAPG.foundations.together.can.provide.more.support.to.the.common.needs.than.otherwise.would.be.when.working.separately .

Donors. will. more. readily. give. to. joint. fund-raising. efforts.where. we. are. perceived. as. one. entity. cooperating. instead. of.competing.in.this.vital.role.the.two.foundations.have.in.provid-ing.meaningful.financial.support.to.projects.of.mutual.interest ..Meaningful. support. requires. building. a. permanent. fund. (cor-pus).of.size.sufficient.to.generate.annual.cash.flow.adequate.for.financial.support.of.programs.and.projects.of.mutual.interest,.as.well.as.providing.for.a.permanent.professional.fund-raising.staff.essential.to.accomplish.our.joint.mission .

I.know.we.have.a.long.road.ahead.to.reach.the.level.of.coop-eration.this.task.force.seeks.but.believe.it.is.essential.if.we.are.to.be.a.force.in.global.affairs.associated.with,.and.dependent.on,.our.respective.professionals .

Meetings Review and Planning Paul Cunningham, chairman

The.goal.of.SEG’s.Meetings.Review.and.Planning.Commit-tee.(MRPC).is.two-fold:.First.to.outline.a.vision.and.long-term.goals.for.the.SEG’s.international.meetings.strategy.and,.secondly,.to.review.applications.made.to.SEG.by.other.geoscience.societies.requesting.SEG’s.participation.in.their.events .

The.MRPC.members.for.2007–2008.are.Samir.Abdelmoaty,.Vaughn.Ball,.Richard.M ..Cieslewicz,.Tagir.E ..Galeekev,.David.J ..Monk,.Ivan.de.Araújo.Simões.Filho,.and.Paul.Cunningham.(chairman) ..Eugenio.Loinger. is. the. liaison. from. the.Executive.Committee,.Jim.Lawnick,.director.of.the.Meetings.Department,.

is.the.staff.liaison ..In.addition,.due.to.the.international.focus.of.this. committee,. the.MRPC.has.maintained. close. communica-tions. with. Baastian. Bouma,. director. of. Global. Relations,. and.Michael.J ..A ..Burianyk,.chairman.of.the.Global.Affairs.Commit-tee ..The.committee.members.were.invited.to.participate.due.to.their.experience.serving.on.organizing.committees.for.geophysi-cal.events.worldwide.and.their.varied.perspectives,.so.that.they.could.serve.as.an.advisory.panel.to.the.Executive.Committee.as.well.as.providing.an.“institutional.memory .”.The.committee.has.communicated. by. e-mail. due. to. geographic. distribution. and.time-zone.differences .

This. year,. serving. on. the. MRPC. has. been. a. pleasure. and.somewhat. of. a. disappointment. for. me .. It. has. been. a. pleasure.from.the.point.of.view.that.it.is.exhilarating.to.see.the.breadth.of.activities.SEG.is.involved.in.internationally.and.the.high.esteem.in.which.it.is.held.by.so.many.worldwide.organizations ..In.re-viewing.the.applications.and.invitations.submitted.by.other.geo-science.societies,.the.MRPC.is.responsible.for.ensuring.that.these.events.match.the.objectives,.priorities,.and.standards.of.SEG ..In.many.cases,.SEG.also.participates.in.the.actual.organization.of.events,.including.appointing.SEG.representatives.to.the.event’s.technical.and/or.organizing.committees .

To.date,.the.MRPC.has.reviewed.or.is. in.the.process.of.re-viewing.more.than.a.dozen.international.meetings,.forums,.and.symposia ..Recommendations. for.SEG.to.participate.at.various.levels.of.involvement.(ranging.from.simple.event.promotion.to.assisting.other.societies.in.organizing.the.events).have.been.made.to.the.Executive.Committee ..Approvals.have.so.far.been.given.to.conferences,.workshops,.and.symposia.in.Bahrain,.Queensland.(Australia),.Caracas.(Venezuela),.Tyumen.(Russia),.Ankara.(Tur-key),.Swaziland.(South.Africa).and.to.the.Geophysical.Society.of.Houston.event.honoring.John.Sherwood ..Various.other.events.are.being.considered.as.this.is.being.written .

The.disappointment,.to.date,.for.me.is.the.lack.of.time.I.have.had. to. flesh.out,.alongside. this.committee,. the.details.of.how,.where,.and.in.what.manner.SEG.should.implement.its.strategy.for. international. events,. specifically. those. in.which.SEG.has. a.lead.role ..I.assume.full.responsibility.for.this.because.I.am.a.man-aging.partner.of.a.rapidly.growing.consulting.enterprise.and.have.not.had. the. time. to. fulfill.my. responsibilities. to.SEG.and. the.MRPC.as.originally.intended ..Having.said.that,.I.have.laid.out.much.of.the.ground.work.which.the.SEG.International.Meet-ing. strategy. can.be.built.upon. and.have. submitted. a.proposal.to.the.committee.to.clarify.the.various.levels.at.which.SEG.can.participate. in. international. events. organized. by. other. societies.(and.the.specific.tasks.associated.with.each.level).and.intend.to.accomplish.most.of.the.MRPC’s.goals.prior.to.the.Annual.Meet-ing.in.Las.Vegas .

Finally,.one.other.goal.for.this.committee.is.to.decide,.once.an.international.meetings.strategy.is.implemented.by.SEG,.whether.this.committee.should.continue ..The.occasional.responsibility.of.reviewing.requests.to.SEG.from.other.geoscience.societies.could.just.as.easily.be.carried.out.by.the.regional.coordinators.from.the.Global.Affairs.Committee .


SEG Membership by Classification1980–2008

Since. 1998,. there. has. been.growth. in. the. membership. of.SEG ..This.growth. is. from.Stu-dent. and. Associate. grades. of.membership .. The. number. of.Active. members. has. shown. a.decline.since.1999 .

The.figures. for.2007.and.2008.indicate.steady.growth,.but.with.the.major.concern.that.the.number.of.Active.members.has.decreased ..This.has.serious.implications.in.the.percentage.of.the.membership.who.are.eligible.to.vote .

Membership Ralph M. Bridle, chairman

The.membership.of.SEG.is.continuing.to.grow.globally ..In.rec-ognition.of.this.trend,.the.Membership.Committee.has.transformed.itself.to.represent.the.global.nature.of.the.membership ..There.has.been.an.effort.to.attract.new.Active.members.to.the.committee.and.this.has.been.successful,.having.new.committee.members.from.Af-rica,.Asia,.and.Australia,.North.and.South.America,.Europe,. the.Middle.East,.as.well.as.new.student.members .

To.encourage.membership.growth,.the.committee.has.worked.with. the.Global.Affairs. (GAC). and. the. Student. Sections/Aca-demic.Liaison.(SS/AL).committees ..Membership.champions.at.the. same. level. as.GAC.country. representatives.were. sought. to.encourage.membership.growth,.and.associated.societies.were.in-vited.to.have.representation.on.our.committee ..Another.proposal.is. for. joint.membership.drives.with.the.associated.societies ..To.encourage. student.membership,.we. recommend.continuing. to.provide. printed. copies. of.The Leading edge to. the. students ..A. joint.proposal. for. the. introduction.of. a. Junior.Membership.grade.for.high-school.students.was.agreed.upon.with.the.SS/AL.Committee ..We.also.recommend.that.part-time.students.share.the.same.benefits.as.full-time.students .

In.addition,.the.committee.has.been.working.with.the.Strate-gic.Finance.Policy.Committee.on.the.dues.structure,.membership.

dues.increase,.and.Global.Membership ..We.thank.Kurt-Martin.Strack.for.his.generous.donation.to.finance.Global.Membership,.which.will.cover.dues.for.the.next.two.years,.however,.we.are.rec-ommending.a.long-term.solution.in.the.dues.structure.by.some.other.source.of.finance .

A.growing.concern.of.the.Membership.Committee.is.the.re-duced.percentage.of.members.who.are.Active ..There.has.been.discussion.with.Klaas.Koster.regarding.the.first.stage.of.the.pro-posed. revision.of. the.Bylaws,.being.prepared.by. the.Constitu-tion.and.Bylaws.Committee ..This. includes. implementation.of.the. recommendation. inherited. from. the.previous.Membership.Committee.to.create.an.enhanced.method.for.upgrade.from.As-sociate.to.Active ..We.believe.the.availability.of.Active.Member-ship.certificates.at.the.Annual.Meeting.is.seen.as.a.good.initia-tive,.and.we.proposed.to.issue.such.certificates.to.all.new.Active.members ..Another. recommendation.we.propose. is. to.poll. (via.the.application.form).for.Associate.Membership.to.find.out.why.they.are.not.applying.for.Active.Membership ..

Unfortunately,. the. ambitious. target. for.Active.Membership.growth. set. by. the. Executive. Committee. will. not. be. achieved.this.year ..We.share.the.concern.of.the.Global.Affairs.Commit-tee.that.the.low.number.of.Active.members.in.relation.to.overall.members.undermines.the.democracy.of.SEG,.and.a.major.policy.change.in.the.voting.rights.is.the.only.way.forward .


Mining and Geothermal Michael W. Zang, chairman Richard S. Smith, vice chairman

In.the.last.year,.the.main.activity.of.the.Mining.and.Geother-mal.Committee.(M&G).was.in.offering.sessions.at.the.2008.An-nual.Meeting.in.Las.Vegas,.offering.two.postconvention.work-shops,.a.field.trip,.and.sponsoring.a.speaker.for.the.Mining.and.Geothermal.luncheon .

The. M&G. Committee. has. organized. two. oral. sessions. for.the.Annual.Meeting:.“Methodology.of.Mineral.Resources,”.and.“Methodology.and.Case.Histories.of.Mineral.Deposit.Explora-tion .”

The. M&G. workshops. are:. “Mentoring. Geophysics. in. the.Mining. Industry,”. to.be.held.13.November.organized.by.Ken.Witherly.and.Richard.Smith,.and.“The.State.of.the.Science.in.the.use.of.Seismic.Methods.for.Mineral.Exploration,”.to.be.held.14.November,.organized.by.Anton.Kepic,.Bernd.Milkereit,.and.Milovan.Urosevic .

The.M&G.luncheon.to.be.held.12.November,.organized.by.Michael.Zang,.will. be.one.of. the.highlights.of. the. conference.with.a.very.topical.presentation.“Raw.Materials.Bull.Market—A.Bubble.or.a.Beginning,”.by.Clyde.Harrison,.president.and.direc-tor.of.Brookshire.Raw.Materials.Management.LLC .

The. field. trip,. “Introduction. to. Hyperspectral. Imaging,”.Goldfield. and.Cuprite.Nevada.will. be.held.13–14.November,.organized. by. David. Coulter ..The. combined. tutorial. and. field.trip.will.provide.an.excellent.demonstration.how.the.latest.hy-perspectral.data.and.advanced.inversion.methodologies.are.now.in.the.realm.of.the.exploration.geophysicist ..The.trip.will.include.evening.dinner.lectures.in.Tonopah,.Nevada,.and.field.visits.in.the. Goldfield. Mining. District. and. Cuprite. alteration. system.south.of.Tonopah .

The.M&G.Committee.held.meetings.at.the.Prospectors.and.Developers. Association. of. Canada. annual. meeting in. March.2007.and.2008,.and.the.Exploration.meeting.9–12.September.2007,.in.Toronto .

Committee on Nominations Leon Thomsen, chairman

The.SEG.Constitution.provides.for.a.process.of.nomination.of.officers.that.is.fair.and.inclusive ..Further,.by.tradition,.all.SEG.elections.are.contested;.this.democratic.process.ensures.that.the.elected.officers.really.do.speak.legitimately.for.the.members.of.the.Society .

The.Committee. on.Nominations. for. 2007–2008. consisted.of.Craig.J ..Beasley,.Peter.M ..Duncan,.Isabelle.Lecomte,.Richard.D ..Miller,.Geza.Nemeth,.Paulo.Roberto.P ..Siston,.Leon.Thom-sen.(chairman),.and.Terry.K ..Young ..We.began.our.work.shortly.after.the.San.Antonio.Annual.Meeting,.with.a.Call. for.Nomi-nations,.which.was.published.in.TLE.and.seg.org,.seeking.the.broadest.possible.input.into.the.process .

Our.work.got.under.way.in.earnest.in.the.spring,.and.even-

tually.we.produced.a.strong.slate.of.Executive.Committee.can-didates.as.well.as.strong,.contested.slates.for.each.of.the.several.district.representative.slots.that.were.up.for.renewal ..

President-elect. Stephen.J ..Hill.. Panos.G ..Kelamis

First.vice.president. Bob.A ..Hardage.. Rebecca.B ..Latimer

Second.vice.president. Mary.M ..Poulton.. Klaus.Holliger

Vice.president. Paulo.Johann.. Hermes.Malcotti

Secretary-treasurer. Pat.Peck.. Ray.Vogler

Editor. .Kees.Wapenaar.will.complete.his.two-year.term.as.editor

We.are.confident.that,.whoever.wins.the.election,.the.Society.will.again.be.in.good.hands.for.2008–2009 .

Project Review Gokay Bozkurt, chairman

The.goal.of.the.annual.Projects.of.Special.Merit.Program.is.to.provide.support.to.worthwhile.projects.that.are.aligned.with.the. SEG. Foundation’s. mission. of. encouraging. and. supporting.scientific,.educational,.and.charitable.activities.of.benefit.to.geo-physicists .

The.SEG.Project.Review.Committee.(PRC).has.the.task.of.reviewing.project.applications.and.making.recommendations.to.SEG. Foundation. Board ..Twenty. projects. were. submitted. this.year,.totaling.US$178.957 .

The. review. process. assures. that. applications. meet. require-ments,. avoid. conflict. of. interest,. and. rank. according. to. estab-lished.criteria ..The.following.list.provides.a.brief.overview.of.the.review.process ..

•. .The.chairman.of.the.PRC.reviewed.all.applications.with.re-spect. to. their. compliance. with. the. submittal. requirements ..Those.which.were.grossly.incompliant.were.not.submitted.for.review.by.the.PRC.members .

•. .Each.PRC.member.reviewed.all.20.projects .•. .If.there.was.any.conflict.of.interest,.e .g .,.committee.members.

had.relationships.with.the.applicant.that.might.have.made.it.difficult. for. them.to. render.an.objective. judgment. (such.as.coming.from.the.same.company.or.from.a.friend,.etc .),.we.arranged.a.shift.of.proposals.or.dismissed.the.reviewers .

•. .Committee.members.were.given.a.scoring.sheet.with.the.total.available. points. for. the. proposals,. up. to. 100. for. each. one ..The.committee.members.scored.each.proposal.taking.into.ac-count.the.scoring.criteria,.including.alignment.with.the.SEG.mission,.merit,.impact,.objectives,.methodology,.time.frame,.accountability,.use.of.funds,.and.foundation.recognition ..

•. .Each.of.the.committee.members.submitted.their.scores,.along.with.any.comments.regarding.the.different.projects,.to.be.dis-cussed.during.the.meeting.that.was.held.via.teleconference ..


Reference Publications at a glance: 2003 through June 2008

Series 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Investigations.in.Geophysics 2 1

Geophysical.Developments 1 2

Geophysical.References 1

Geophysical.Monographs. 1 1

Geophysics.Reprints 1 1

Distinguished.Instructor.Series 1 1 1 1 1

Course.Notes.. 1 2

Geophysics—General 2

SEG.Standards. 1

Digital.DISC 1 1 1

The.projects.were.then.given.a.forced.ranking.number.from.1.to.20.using.the.average.scores.for.each.proposal ..Each.pro-posal.was.discussed.during.the.teleconference.and.the.amount.of.funding.for.each.project.was.submitted.for.approval .

The.committee.presented.its.final.list.of.recommendations.to.the.Foundation.on.15.April.2008 ..The.SEG.Foundation.Board.awarded.a.cumulative.total.of.$107.600.to.17.Projects.of.Special.Merit ..A.brief.description.of.the.awarded.projects.may.be.found.on. the.SEG.Foundation.Web.site,.http://foundation.seg.org/projects/ .

I. would. like. to. thank. the. members. of. the. committee. who.generously.offered.their.valuable.time.and.provided.their.reviews.within.the.tight.deadlines ..They.are.Abuduwali.Aibaidula,.Ferdi-nand.K ..Aniwa,.Olusola.Bakare,.Stephen.C ..Bannister,.Kola.Fa-biyi, Ali.I ..Mese,.Gabriel.Pérez,.Ali.Tura,.and.Azra.N ..Tutuncu .

Publications Yonghe Sun, chairman

The.SEG’s.book.program.has.received.strong.emphasis,.direc-tion,.and.support.from.SEG’s.leadership.to.enhance.its.publica-tion.offerings.and.to.improve.its.productivity ..The.Publications.Committee.responsible.for.the.program.has.two.major.develop-ments.to.report.this.year ..

One.development. is. that. the.Executive.Committee.has. ap-proved.major.changes.in.the.Publications.Committee.procedures.aimed. at. developing. a. more. active,. engaged,. and. committed.committee. and. boosting. the. frequency. of. SEG. book. publica-tion ..The.committee.no.longer.is.comprised.of.series.editors.with.terms.of. indefinite. length.and.responsibilities.restricted.to.edi-tors’.individual.series ..Rather,.the.committee.is.made.up.of.up.to.nine.member.editors,.all.of.whom.can.work.on.publications.in.any.of.SEG’s.special.publications.series ..This.new.organization.will.allow.the.committee.to.address.strategic.issues.such.as.adopt-ing.new.publication.technologies.and.making.adjustments.to.the.overall.book.program ..The.committee.members.have.term.limits.and.are.expected.to.be.active.in.recruiting.authors.to.submit.book.proposals.and.assisting.authors.in.timely.book.developments .

The.other.development.is.that.the.Publications.Department.staff.is.now.setting.up.an.online.peer-review.and.tracking.system.for.books.similar.to.the.one.used.for.SEG’s.geophysics.papers ..This. system. is. scheduled. to.be. in.operation.during. the. fall. of.2008 ..So.far,.editors,. reviewers,.and.staff.have.been.relying.on.e-mails. for. communicating. book. proposals,. manuscripts,. and.editorial.feedback ..This.is.error.prone.and.time-consuming ..The.online. tracking.system.is.expected.to. significantly.enhance. the.efficiency.and.productivity.of.the.book.program ...

During.the.past.fiscal.year,.SEG.has.produced.the.following.reference.publications:

•. .Seismic Attributes for Prospect Identification and Reservoir Char-acterization,.by.Satinder.Chopra.and.Kurt.J ..Marfurt.(copub-lished.with.EAGE)

•. .Seismic True-Amplitude Imaging,. by. Jörg. Schleicher,. Martin.Tygel,.and.Peter.Hubral

•. .A Practical Understanding of Pre- and Poststack Migrations,.Volume.1.(Poststack),.2007.edition,.by.John.C ..Bancroft

•. .A Practical Understanding of Pre- and Poststack Migrations,.Volume.2.(Prestack),.2007.edition,.by.John.C ..Bancroft

•. .Reservoir Geophysics: Applications,.by.William.L ..Abriel.(DISC.book)

•. .Expanded Abstracts.Historical.Series.DVD.(1982–2007)•. .GEOROM®.XIII,.DVD-ROM.archive.of.geophysics.(1936–.

2006).and.The Leading edge.(1982–2006)•. .CREWES.BrAVO.AVO.and.Inversion.Collection.(published.

by.CREWES;.SEG.consignment.sales)

Publications.expected.to.appear.in.fall.2008:

•. .Digital Imaging and Deconvolution: The ABCs of Seismic Ex-ploration and Processing,.by.Enders.A ..Robinson.and.Sven.Tre-itel

•. .Edge and Tip Diffractions—Theory and Applications in Seismic Prospecting,.by.Kamill.D ..Klem-Musatov,.Arkady.M ..Aizen-berg,.Jan.Pajchel,.and.Hans.B ..Helle

•. .Prestack Depth Migration and Velocity Model Building, edited.by.Ian.F ..Jones,.Robert.I ..Bloor,.Biondo.Biondi,.and.John.T ..Etgen


•. .Seismic Interferometry,.edited.by.Kees.Wapenaar,.Deyan.Dra-ganov,.and.Johan.O ..A ..Robertsson

•. .Seismic Data Analysis: Processing, Inversion, and Interpretation of Seismic Data.on.disc,.by.Öz.Yilmaz

•. .GEOROM®.XIV,.DVD-ROM.archive.of.geophysics.(1936–2007).and.The Leading edge.(1982–2007)

•. .Expanded Abstracts.Historical.Series.DVD.(1982–2007)•. .CREWES.Research.Collection.2008.(sold.on.consignment)

More.than.50.proposals.or.suggestions.for.new.SEG.reference.publications.are.logged.for.review.and.further.action .

I.want. to. take. this.opportunity. to.express.our.appreciation.to.the.past.chairmen.and.dedicated.series.editors.who.donated.their. time.and.effort. to. the.Publications.Committee. for.many.years.to.ensure.the.success.of.publications.for.the.Society ..We.are.extremely.grateful .

Publications Policy Stephen J. Hill, chairman

The. Executive. Committee. created. the. Publications. Policy.Committee.in.April.2006 ..The.report.covers.the.second.full.year.of.the.committee’s.existence .

The.Publications.Policy.Committee.addresses.a.range.of.policy.issues.that.fall.outside.the.focus.of.any.current.SEG.publications-related.committees.or. involve.more. than.one. such.committee ..It.focuses.on.strategic.issues.such.as.benefits.of.publications.to.members,.intersociety.publishing.initiatives,.publication.pricing.policies,.and.questions.of.commercialism.and.conflicts.of.inter-est. in.publications ..The. committee. recommends. action. to. the.Executive.Committee.as.necessary .

Committee.members.are.Stephen.J ..Hill,.chairman;.Rebecca.Latimer,.The Leading edge Editorial.Board.chairman;.Yonghe.Sun,.Publications.Committee.chairman;.Sergey.Fomel,.Transla-tions.Committee.chairman;.Tony.Sabatino,.SEG.Online.Com-mittee.chairman;.Johan.O ..A ..Robertsson,.geophysics;.Joe.Del-linger,. at-large. member;. Mike. Schoenberger,. at-large. member;.Kees. Wapenaar,. ex-officio. member. and. Executive. Committee.liaison;.and.Ted.Bakamjian,.staff.liaison .

Committee.activities.include:

•. .On. 19. July. 2007,. the. committee. recommended. approval.of. three.measures:. (a). renewing.SEG’s.publications. services.agreement.with.the.American.Institute.of.Physics;.(b).renew-ing.SEG’s.participation.in.GeoScienceWorld;.(c).endorsing.a.proposal.to.fund.placement.of.the.publications.of.the.Envi-ronmental.and.Engineering.Geophysical.Society.in.the.SEG.Digital.Library .

•. .On.25.September.2007,.the.committee.had.its.yearly.meeting.in.conjunction.with.the.2007.SEG.Annual.Meeting ..Mem-bers.brainstormed.alternatives. to. change. the.SEG.structure.and.to.improve.its.financial.health .

•. .On.29.October.2007,.the.committee.suggested.rejection.of.a.proposal.that.SEG.join.in.a.new,.non-SEG-originated.geosci-ence.publication .

•. .On.22. January.2008,. the. committee. suggested. approval.of.expanding.the.file.size.of.SEG.Expanded Abstracts ..The.com-mittee.suggested.the.page.size.remain.unchanged .

•. .On.22. January.2008,. the. committee. suggested. approval.of.the. proposal. that. SEG. waive. its. requirement. that. another.association’s.book.be.subject.to.SEG’s.established.review.pro-cedure.before.the.Society.resells.them.if.a.reputable.publisher.published. the.books ..This.does.not.preclude.SEG.from.re-viewing.books.if.there.are.questions.about.their.suitability.for.inclusion.in.SEG’s.portfolio .

•. .On.12.May.2008,.the.committee.suggested.approval.of.a.pro-posal.to.cease.printing.the.SEG.Yearbook .

•. .On.12.May.2008,.the.committee.suggested.approval.of.the.proposal. from.the.Technical.Program.Committee.that.SEG.publish.on.disc.and.online.the.expanded.abstracts.from.spe-cial.sessions,.the.Global.Theatre,.and.possibly.the.SEG.Forum.and.other.Annual.Meeting.events .

The.Executive.Committee.agreed.with.all. recommendations. it.received.from.the.Publications.Policy.Committee .

Research Kurt-Martin Strack, chairman

The.main.activities.of.the.Research.Committee.(RC).are.or-ganizing.postconvention.workshops.and.summer.research.work-shops:

The.Society.of.Petroleum.Engineers.(SPE),.American.Asso-ciation.of.Petroleum.Geologists.(AAPG),.and.Society.of.Explo-ration. Geophysicists. (SEG). joint. workshop. on. “Data. Fusion:.Combining. Geological,. Geophysical. and. Engineering. Data”.was.held.during.14–18.October.2007,.at.the.Marriott.Renais-sance.Hotel.Harbourside.in.Vancouver,.Canada ..SEG.members.on.the.organizing.committee.were.Stephan.Gelinsky,.David.A ..Wilkinson,. and.Arthur.Cheng ..The.workshop. is. described.on.the.SEG.Web.site.under.past.meetings ..There.were.89.attendees ..It.was.a.good.workshop,.and.the.vendor.showcase.worked.well ..However,. organizing. the. workshop. got. off. to. a. shaky. start. as.the.intersociety.rules.for.format.were.unclear ..A.record.$32.000.in.sponsorship.was.obtained,.primarily.for.reducing.the.student.registration.fee .

Our. workshop. activities. have. increased. and. for. 2008. two.summer. research. workshops. organized. with. EAGE. are. in. the.works.titled:.“Emergent.and.Challenging.Issues.in.Rock.Physics:.Rock. this. House!”. and. “Deliberate. Exploration. of. Unconven-tional.Resources .”

In.addition,.we.support.the.SPE/SEG/AAPG.workshop.“Ap-plied.4D.Seismic:.Reservoir.Monitoring,.Model.Updating,.and.Management”. held. 26–27. August. 2008,. at. San. Luis. Resort,.Galveston,.Texas ..There.are.15.organizing.committee.members.from. the. three. societies ..The.workshop. is. to.be.based.on. case.studies. and. the. intent. is.not. to.describe.new. technologies ..All.presenters.will.be.invited .


For. this. year’s. Annual. Meeting. postconventions. workshops.the.committee.selected.the.following.as.well.as.a.special.session:

. .“Ocean-bottom.Geophysics”

. .“Adaptive.Subtraction”

. .“Integration.of.Multiscale.Data:.Upscaling.and.Data.Fusion”

. .“4D.Onshore.Seismic.+.Carbonate”

. .“Advanced. Velocity. Model. Building.Techniques. for. Depth.Imaging”

. .“Uncertainty. Analysis. in. Geophysical. Imaging,. Estimation,.and.Inversion.Problems”

Special.session:

“Recent.Advances.and.the.Road.Ahead,”.by.Kurt-Martin.Strack,.Yoram.Shoham,.and.Ran.Bachrach

In. addition,. we. coorganized. with. the. Global. Affairs. Com-mittee. a.workshop. in.Asia.Pacific. in.April. titled. “Geophysical.Challenges.in.Southeast.Asia.Exploration .”.The.workshop.was.a.great.success.in.cooperation.as.well.as.communication.with.the.participants.who.greatly.appreciated.the.effort .

Further,.the.RC.is.supporting.SEG.Advanced.Modeling.Pro-gram.(SEAM),.SEG’s.new.3D.modeling.initiative.which.has.be-come. a. not-for-profit. organization .. SEAM. is. progressing,. and.the.RC.has.established.an.active.subcommittee.on.CO2.geophys-ics.that.is.planning.to.provide.input.for.SEAM.Phase.II .

Interaction.with.Society.of.Petrophysicists.and.Well.Log.Ana-lysts. (SPWLA). and. the. Society. of. Petroleum. Engineers. (SPE).was.increased.with.joint.workshops ..Our.RC.meetings.were.co-ordinated.with.EAGE .

Reviews David C. Bartel, chairman Ali I. Mese, vice chairman

The.Reviews.Committee.publishes.reviews.of.recently.pub-lished.books.of.geophysical.interest.in.The Leading edge ..Not.only.do.these.books.help.keep.the.SEG.membership.current.in.geophysics,.but.we.also.review.books.of.more.general.interest.to.geoscientists ..The.”Reviews”.column.gives.the.committee.a.con-tinuing.presence.to.the.entire.SEG.membership .

The.committee.operates.entirely.by.e-mail,.allowing.any.mem-ber.around.the.globe.to.participate ..We.are.a.global.committee.with.one-third.of.our.members.outside.the.United.States ..Book.lists.are.sent.to.members.of.the.committee.a.few.times.a.year ..The.SEG.business.office.forwards.the.selected.books.to.the.reviewers,.and.the.reviews.are.sent.by.e-mail.back.to.me.for.forwarding.to.the.SEG.office ..Members.can.also.suggest.books.to.review .

For.the.reporting.period.(June.2007–May.2008),.the.commit-tee.reviewed.24.books.with.reviews.done.by.12.different.review-ers ..One.book.had.two.reviews ..Submitted.reviews.appear.quickly.in.The Leading edge.after.submittal.(usually.within.two.or.three.months) ..An.interesting.review.was.done.by.Stephen.Hill.for.the.book.Exploring Geology.where.he.used. a. sample.page. from. the.book.to.point.out.the.visually.based,.intuitive.teaching.aspect.of.this.book ..Another. trend. in.books. is. the.amount.of.additional.

online.resources.or.searchable.text.being.included.in.books ..The.total.number.of.books.received.for.review.was.24,.on.par.with.last.year,.but.down.significantly.from.previous.years ..Our.main.source.of. books. for. review. comes.directly. from.publishers. soliciting. a.review ..However,.fewer.books.are.being.made.available.from.pub-lishers ..We.have.been.successful.in.working.with.the.SEG.Publi-cations.Department.to.quickly.get.new.SEG.publications.out.for.review.(and.subsequent.publication.of.the.review) ..

I.would.like.to.thank.Merrily.Sanzalone.of.the.SEG.Publica-tions.Department.for.all.her.help.in.handling.the.logistical.side.of.the.review.process,.mailing.out.the.books.to.reviewers,.and.for.her.efforts.in.obtaining.review.copies.of.new.books ..Thanks.also.to. Jennifer.Cobb.and.Linda.Holeman. for. the.quick. transition.from.e-mailed.reviews.to.finished.product.in.The Leading edge ..Finally,.thanks.to.all.the.contributors.to.the.“Reviews”.column ..Without.them,.the.committee.would.not.accomplish.much .

Any.member.who.would.like.further.information.or.would.like.to.participate. is.welcome.to.contact.me.via.e-mail:[email protected].

Scholarship Robert E. Van Nieuwenhuise, chairman

The.mission.of. the.Scholarship.Committee. is. to.encourage.the. study.of. geosciences. by. recognizing. the.best. and.brightest.students.worldwide.with.SEG.scholarships ..Our.vision.is.to.in-stitute.the.SEG.scholarship.program.as.a.globally.acknowledged.symbol.of.excellence.in.geophysics.by.reaching.and.recognizing.the.top.talent.around.the.world ...Our.success.in.this.endeavor.is.possible.only.with.the.generous.contributions.of.our.donors .

Once.again.I.am.pleased.to.report.on.an.exceptional.year.with.a.number.of.records.set.during.the.SEG.scholarship.program’s.long.existence ..This.year,.we.have.surpassed.last.year’s.record.of.$448.350.with. the. largest.disbursement.of. scholarship. awards.in.SEG.Foundation’s.history—176. students. receiving. a. record.US$484.545!.The.scholarship.program.maintains.a.strong.level.of.core.funds.through.endowed.contributions,.sponsored.schol-arships,.and.general.donations ..We.are.grateful.for.all.our.donors.whose. contributions. allow.SEG. to. continue. to.grow. the. ever-expanding.scholarship.program .

The. competition. for. these. prestigious. SEG. awards. was. as.fierce.as.ever ..We.received.710.applications.from.students.around.the.globe,.432.of.which.met.general.eligibility.criteria.and.quali-fied.for.review.by.the.Scholarship.Committee .

The.committee.met.on.28.March.2008.to.finalize.the.selec-tion.of.the.most.deserving.candidates.and.decided.on.the.fund.distribution,.honoring.donor-specified.guidelines ..Globalization.efforts.are.high.on.the.SEG.Scholarship.Committee’s.agenda ..We.have.made. significant. strides. in.our.goals.of. reaching. students.all.over. the.world.and.encouraging.global.participation. to.our.program .

This.year’s.SEG.scholars.represent.34.nationalities.(compared.to.32.last.year),.and.they.are.pursuing.their.degrees.at.universi-ties.in.24.countries.around.the.world ..(This.number.was.18.for.2007,.13.for.2006,.and.9.for.2005) ..The.global.distribution.of.


SEG. scholars. is. definitely. in. line. with. the. current. makeup. of.SEG.membership ..Of.the.176.students.selected.for.the.awards,.65.(37%).are.United.States.citizens,.and.111.(63%).are.citizens.of.other.countries ..This.compares.well.with.38%.of.SEG.mem-bers.residing.in.the.United.States.versus.62%.elsewhere .

In.addition.to.these.achievements,.the.Global.Development.Advisory.Committee. (a. subcommittee.of.Global.Affairs).com-posed.of.international.participants.to.evaluate.the.global.reach/effectiveness. of. the. scholarship. program. made. several. recom-mendations.that.the.Scholarship.Committee.has.accepted ..The.subcommittee.will.continue.to.advise.the.committee.on.regional.educational.systems.and.grading.methods,.allowing.us.to.better.evaluate.scholarship.applicants’.academic.credentials.on.a.global.basis ..One.of.the.recommendations.made.in.regard.to.increasing.the.number.of.scholarship.applications.worldwide.and.incorpo-ration.of.Southern.Hemisphere.students.resulted.in.the.deadline.being.extended.to.1.March.each.year .

SEG.scholarships.are.merit-based.awards,.and.the.Scholarship.Committee.members.spend.countless.hours.of.personal.time.to.find.the.most.deserving.candidates.who.demonstrate.outstand-ing.academic.qualifications ..This.year,.the.process.was.made.even.harder.by.cutting.down.on.the.time.committee.members.had.to.review.more.than.400.applications ..Due.to.the.deadline.exten-sion.as.a.result.of.issues.with.the.online.application.process,.the.committee.members.reviewed.a.record.number.of.applications.in.only.two.weeks ..Most.of.the.members.had.to.rearrange.their.priorities. to.make. this.happen ..Special. thanks.go. to.David.D ..McAdow.for.doing.this.while.on.vacation ..While.the.committee.

had. a. very. little. time. to. accomplish. this,. they. provided. high-quality.results ..This.team.made.an.extra.sacrifice.this.year.to.ac-complish.the.goal.in.such.a.short.time.period!

The. Scholarship. Committee. is. an. eight-year. commitment.which.involves.meticulously.evaluating.hundreds.of.applications.each.year,.as.well.as.maintaining.the.link.between.SEG.and.the.award. recipients ..The. committee. members. are. responsible. for.monitoring.the.academic.progress.of.an.assigned.group.of.schol-arship.recipients,.ensuring.their.eligibility.for.renewal.on.a.yearly.basis ..This.interaction.allows.the.committee.member.to.serve.as.a.mentor.as.well ..Several.of.the.current.committee.members.have.been.instrumental.in.creating.new.student.chapters.as.a.result.of.this.interaction .

I.would.like.to.thank.the.committee.members.(Martin.Stu-pel,.Wenjie.Dong,.Catherine.A ..Thibault,.Alex.D ..Bridge,.Steven.L ..Roche,.David.D ..McAdow,.and.Ramazan.Yilmaz). for. their.diligent.work.in.evaluating.and.ranking.scholarship.applicants ..Special.recognition.goes.to.SEG.business.office.personnel.Brian.Young,. Aimee. Costlow,. Katie. Burk,. Cindy. Blackshear,. Shari.Ritchie,. Debbie. Starnes,. and. Peter. Pangman. for. their. dedica-tion. and. hard. work. for. the. success. of. this. program ..This. was.Aimee’s. first. year. and. she.did. the. job. like. a. seasoned.member.of. the.Scholarship.Committee.and. its.extended.team ..I.would.like.to.express.my.appreciation.to.the.Foundation.liaisons.(Vicki.R ..Messer.and.Rodney.L ..Cottrell).for.their.continued.support ..Last.but.not.least,.the.SEG.Scholarship.Program.would.not.be.in.existence.without.the.generous.contributions.of.our.donors ..Thank.you!


SEG Scholarship Sponsors for the 2008–2009 Academic Year

SEG Foundation Scholarship Recipients 2008–2009 Academic Year

Joaquin.Aguilera.Bustos. Coppe—Instituto.Alberto.Luiz.Coimbra. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipCaleb.Akinpelu. University.of.Toronto. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipChelsea.Allison. Cornell.University. GSH/Charlie.and.Jean.Smith.ScholarshipMehmet.Arca. University.of.Arizona. Michael.C ..Forrest.ScholarshipPiyaporn.Aukkanit. Chulalongkorn.University. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipGboyega.Ayeni. Stanford.University. WesternGeco.ScholarshipBo.Bai. China.University.of.Petroleum. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipJyoti.Behura. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Denver.Geophysical.Society.Scholarship;.. . . SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipAmran.Benguigui. Heriot-Watt.University. Thomsen/BP.United.Kingdom.ScholarshipAngie.Bermudez.Deana. Universidad.Simon.Bolivar. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipEdward.Bertrand. University.of.Alberta. Landmark.Graphics.ScholarshipBinyam.Beyene. University.of.Witwatersrand. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipAifei.Bian. China.University.of.Geosciences. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipKevin.Bianchini. University.of.Alberta. Rodney.Cottrell.ScholarshipFeng.Bo. Tongji.University. Mark.and.Debra.Gregg.Scholarship

Name University Award

AGIP. $1000Allen,.Jim.. $1750Anadarko.Petroleum.Corporation. $150.000ARCO.. $3000Born.Memorial,.Ted.. $1000Butler,.John.R ... $1000ChevronTexaco.E&P.. $2000Cottrell,.Rodney.. $10.000Dallas.Geophysical.Society. $4000Dallas.Geophysical.Society/.. Karen.Kellogg.Shaw.Memorial.. $10.000Dawson,.L ..Decker,.and.C ..Newton.Paige/.. Permian.Basin.Geophysical.Society. $1000Denver.Geophysical.Society.. $17.250Excel.Geophysical.Services.. $1000ExxonMobil.Upstream.Research.Company. $5750Forrest,.Michael.C .. $3335Geophysical.Society.of.Alaska.. $1000Geophysical.Society.of.Houston.. $1000Geophysical.Society.of.Houston/.. Carlton-Farren.Award. $5000Geophysical.Society.of.Oklahoma.City.. $2000Geophysical.Society.of.Tulsa.. $4300Gregg,.Mark.and.Debra. $4055Harrison,.Jim.and.Ruth.. $2000Havens,.P ..C ./Seismic.Exchange,.Inc ... $5000Hewitt,.Jene.and.Marvin.. $1000Hilterman,.Fred.. $1000Hohmann.Memorial,.G ..W ... $4000Hron.Memorial,.Frantisek. $1000Hunt,.J ..Richard.and.Shirley.. $10.000

Jack,.Ian/BP.Amoco.. $5000KEGS/Phillip.Hallof.Memorial.. $1000KEGS.Ontario.. $1000LaCoste,.Lucien.. $10.000Lammlein,.David.R ... $3275Landmark.Graphics.. $14.000Lockhart,.Richard.and.Rolande.. $1385Mazza,.Thomas.Memorial.. $2000McBride.Memorial,.Barbara.. $2000McBurney.Memorial,.Charles.G ... $4000Paradigm. $5000Peacock,.H ..B ... $2000Schlumberger.. $2000SEG.75th.Anniversary.. $3700SEG.Endowed.Scholarship.. $1225SEG.Foundation.. $50.000Shell.E&P.Scholarship. $3000Sheriff,.Margaret.S ... $14.000Sheriff,.Robert.E ... $28.000Smith,.Charlie.and.Jean.. $21.495Thomsen,.Leon/BP/EAGE/SEG. $4700Thomsen,.Leon/BP/SEG/EAGE. $4700Tilley,.Aubra.. $10.775Veritas.DGC.. $2000Ward,.Shirley.A ..and.Stanley.H ... $31.750WesternGeco.. $5000WesternGeco/Carl.Savit.Award. $5000WesternGeco/Henry.Salvatori.Award. $5000White.Memorial,.J ..E ... $850Wrolstad.Memorial,.Keith.. $1000Zonge.. $4000


Trevor.Bollmann. University.of.Missouri,.Rolla. SEG/J ..Richard.and.Shirley.Hunt.ScholarshipShamik.Bose. University.of.Oklahoma. Aubra.Tilley.ScholarshipKelly.Bradbury. Utah.State.University. Lucien.LaCoste.ScholarshipJeremy.Brown. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Shirley.A ..and.Stanley.H ..Ward.ScholarshipAnna.Brunner. Massachusetts.Institute.of.Technology. P ..C ..Havens/Seismic.Exchange,.Inc ..ScholarshipNatasha.Bumstead. University.of.Western.Ontario. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipSamuel.Bydlon. Pennsylvania.State.University. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipKara.Cahoon. Pennsylvania.State.University,.University.Park.Campus. P ..C ..Havens/Seismic.Exchange,.Inc ..ScholarshipJuanjuan.Cao. University.of.Texas,.Dallas. Dallas.Geophysical.Society/.. . . Karen.Kellogg.Shaw.Memorial.ScholarshipLorenzo.Casasanta. Politecnico.di.Milano. GSH/Charlie.and.Jean.Smith.ScholarshipHannah.Clark. Montana.Tech.of.the.University.of.Montana. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipKelley.Classen. University.of.Calgary. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipJoanna.Cooper. University.of.Calgary. Landmark.Graphics.ScholarshipCatherine.Cox. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipTiffany.Cox. Carleton.College. WesternGeco/Henry.Salvatori.ScholarshipLaura.Crimmins. Michigan.Technological.University. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipNestor.Cuevas. University.of.California,.Berkeley. Shirley.A ..and.Stanley.H ..Ward.ScholarshipDeniz.Cukur. Pukyong.National.University. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipAgnibha.Das. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Mark.and.Debra.Gregg.ScholarshipKristofer.Davis. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Denver.Geophysical.Society.ScholarshipPiyapa.Dejtrakulwong. Stanford.University. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipCecilia.Del.Pardo. University.of.Texas,.El.Paso. Dallas.Geophysical.Society/.. . . Karen.Kellogg.Shaw.Memorial.ScholarshipDaniela.Donno. Politecnico.di.Milano. WesternGeco/Carl.Savit.ScholarshipBenjamin.Drenth. University.of.Oklahoma. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipCraig.Duguid. University.of.Edinburgh. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipImmaculada.Dura-Gomez. University.of.South.Carolina. Landmark.Graphics.ScholarshipCemal.Durgut. Canakkale.Onsekiz.Mart.University. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipTanima.Dutta. Stanford.University. GSH/Charlie.and.Jean.Smith.ScholarshipLauren.Edgar. California.Institute.of.Technology. Jim.and.Ruth.Harrison.ScholarshipAmobi.Ekwe. University.of.Nigeria. Veritas.DGC.ScholarshipOlubunmi.Elebiju. University.of.Oklahoma. GSH/Charlie.and.Jean.Smith.ScholarshipRobert.Eso. University.of.British.Columbia. Shirley.A ..and.Stanley.H ..Ward.ScholarshipAmanda.Fabian. University.of.South.Carolina. Jim.Allen.ScholarshipYuanzhong.Fan. Colorado.School.of.Mines. ExxonMobil.Upstream.Research... . . Company.ScholarshipTaiwo.Fawumi. Federal.University.of.Technology,.Akure. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipAshton.Flinders. University.of.Hawaii,.Manoa. GSH/Charlie.and.Jean.Smith.ScholarshipMargaret.Florek. Tulane.University. David.R ..Lammlein.ScholarshipShelby.Frost. University.of.Minnesota.Duluth.. L ..Decker.Dawson.and.C ..Newton.Page/.. . . Permain.Basin.Geophysical.SocietyAkhil.Garg. Indian.Institute.of.Technology,.Roorkee. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipChristopher.Gear. Naval.Academy. Excel.Geophysical.Services.ScholarshipMatteo.Giboli. Politecnico.di.Milano. WesternGeco/Henry.Salvatori.ScholarshipBonnie.Gillan. University.of.Montana. Rodney.Cottrell.ScholarshipNeil.Godber. University.of.Queensland. Landmark.Graphics.ScholarshipCarmen.Gomez. Stanford.University. GSH/Charlie.and.Jean.Smith.ScholarshipTing.Gong. University.of.Texas,.Dallas. Dallas.Geophysical.Society.ScholarshipOziel.Gonzalez-Verdejo. National.Autonomous.Univeristy.of.Mexico. Richard.and.Rolande.Lockhart.ScholarshipEmily.Graham. University.of.South.Carolina. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipDavid.Grillot. Texas.A&M.University. Dallas.Geophysical.Society/.. . . Karen.Kellogg.Shaw.Memorial.ScholarshipElliot.Grunewald. Stanford.University. SEG.75th.Anniversary.Scholarship



Cathina.Gunn. North.Lake.College,.UT.Arlington. Dallas.Geophysical.Society/.. . . Karen.Kellogg.Shaw.Memorial.Scholarship.Brianne.Hamm. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Denver.Geophysical.Society.Scholarship;.. .. . Thomas.Mazza.MemorialAzer.Hasanov. Baku.State.University. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipKevin.Hayley. University.of.Calgary. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipJeshurun.Hembd. Texas.A&M.University. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipAnaheed.Heydari. University.of.California,.Los.Angeles. Shirley.A ..and.Stanley.H ..Ward.ScholarshipHannah.Hilbert-Wolf. Carleton.College. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipEmily.Hinz. Boise.State.University. ARCO.ScholarshipElliot.Holtham. University.of.British.Columbia. Shirley.A ..and.Stanley.H ..Ward.Scholarship;.. .. . Zonge.ScholarshipJoshua.Hoover. Virginia.Tech. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipSenay.Horozal. Pukyong.National.University. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipShari.Houston. New.Mexico.Institute.of.Mining.and.Technology. ExxonMobil.Upstream.Research.Company.ScholarshipBrittany.Huhmann. Washington.University.in.St ..Louis. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipJoshua.Hyde. Montana.Tech. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipZachary.Hynes. Massachusetts.Institute.of.Technology. Geophysical.Society.of.Houston.ScholarshipCezar.Iacob. University.of.Bucharest. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipKenneth.Irabor. University.of.Lagos. WesternGeco.ScholarshipTrevor.Irons. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Thomsen/BP.North.American.ScholarshipHolly.Jeffries. Tulane.University. Ted.Born.Memorial.ScholarshipTamara.Jeppson. Utah.State.University. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipMark.Jeroncic. University.of.Alberta. Frantisek.Hron.Memorial.Scholarship.Merrick.Johnston. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Denver.Geophysical.Society.Scholarship;.. .. . L ..Decker.Dawson/Permian.Basin... . . Geophysical.SocietySergey.Karpukhin. Siberian.Research.Institute.of.Geology,. SEG.Foundation.General.Scholarship.. . Geophysics.&.Mineral.ResourcesElok.Karuniawati. Institut.Technologi.Sepuluh.Nopember.(ITS). SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipMason.Kass. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Shirley.A ..and.Stanley.H ..Ward.ScholarshipSayed.Kazemeini. Uppsala.University.-.visiting.scholar.at.UT.Austin. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipJohn.Korbin. New.Mexico.Tech. P ..C ..Havens/Seismic.Exchange,.Inc ..ScholarshipSachin.Kriplani. Indian.Institute.of.Technology,.Roorkee. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipVishal.Kumar. University.of.British.Columbia. Rodney.Cottrell.ScholarshipMyoung.Kwon. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Shirley.A ..and.Stanley.H ..Ward.ScholarshipDana.Lazar. University.of.Bucharest. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipLin.Li. Northwest.University. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipXiang.Li. Peking.University. ExxonMobil.Upstream.Research.Company.ScholarshipIsabela.Lima. Federal.University.of.Pará. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipFan-Chi.Lin. University.of.Colorado,.Boulder. Denver.Geophysical.Society.Scholarship;.. .. . GSH/Charlie.and.Jean.Smith.ScholarshipHongwei.Liu. Institute.of.Geology.and.Geophysics,.Chinese.Academy. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipGuofeng.Liu. Institute.of.Geology.and.Geophysics,.Chinese.Academy. WesternGeco/Henry.Salvatori.ScholarshipJonathon.Louey-Gung. Monash.University. Landmark.Graphics.ScholarshipWentao.Ma. Tongji.University. WesternGeco/Henry.Salvatori.ScholarshipJelena.Makkov. University.of.Belgrade,.Faculty.Mining.and.Geology. G ..W ..Hohmann.Memorial.ScholarshipChristine.Marechal. University.of.Calgary. Keith.Wrolstad.Memorial.ScholarshipAndrew.Margolin. University.of.Colorado.at.Boulder. Denver.Geophysical.Society.ScholarshipMilena.Marjanovic. Columbia.University. Rodney.Cottrell.ScholarshipBrett.Mays. Trinity.University. GSH/Charlie.and.Jean.Smith.ScholarshipPrajnajyoti.Mazumdar. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Denver.Geophysical.Society.ScholarshipJason.McCrank. University.of.Calgary. Schlumberger.ScholarshipNijat.Mehtiyev. Azerbaijan.State.Oil.Academy. SEG.Foundation.General.Scholarship



Teodora.Merezeanu. University.of.Bucharest. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipBrandon.Milliard. University.of.Montana. SEG/David.R ..Lammlein.ScholarshipGarrett.Mitchell. University.of.Maryland,.College.Park. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipAna.Mladenovic. University.of.Belgrade. Shell.E&P.ScholarshipNnaomah.Cyprian.Nnaomah. Federal.University.of.Technology,.Owerri. Jene.and.Marvin.Hewitt.ScholarshipCaroline.O’Hara. Pennsylvania.State.University. H ..B ..Peacock.SchoalrshipAdeinale.Oladipo. Ahmadu.Bello.University. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipRazvan.Orza. University.of.Bucharest. Schlumberger.ScholarshipDiana.Parada. University.of.Oklahoma. Aubra.Tilley.ScholarshipJessica.Pardo. University.of.Oklahoma. Geophysical.Society.of.Oklahoma.City.Scholarship;.. .. . Geophysical.Society.of.Tulsa.ScholarshipMehdi.Paydayesh. Heriot-Watt.University. Ian.Jack/BP.Amoco.ScholarshipGeeta.Persad. Stanford.University. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipEthan.Plunkett. University.of.Oklahoma. Geophysical.Society.of.Tulsa.ScholarshipCharles.Puryear. University.of.Houston. Dallas.Geophysical.Society/.. . . Karen.Kellogg.Shaw.Memorial.ScholarshipElsbeth.Reading. Missouri.University.of.Science.and.Technology. ChevronTexaco.E&P.ScholarshipCarl.Reine. University.of.Leeds. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipAnya.Reitz. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipHaoran.Ren. Tongji.University. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipRicha.Richa. Stanford.University. Thomas.Mazza.Memorial.ScholarshipCatherine.Robin. University.of.Toronto. KEGS.Ontario.Scholarship;.. .. . SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipHugo.Rodriguez. University.of.Texas,.El.Paso. Dallas.Geophysical.Society/.. . . Karen.Kellogg.Shaw.Memorial.ScholarshipZoron.Rodriguez. University.of.Calgary. Rodney.Cottrell.ScholarshipMaria.Rojas. University.of.Houston. John.R ..Butler.Scholarship;.. .. .. Margaret.Sheriff.ScholarshipCarlos.Russian. University.of.Oklahoma. Aubra.Tilley.ScholarshipKyle.Rybacki. Purdue.University. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipYogesh.Saini. University.of.Petroleum.and.Energy.Studies. SEG.Endowed.Scholarship.(Softball.Tournament)Yuan.Sanyi. China.University.of.Petroleum,.Beijing. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipRituparna.Sarker. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Shirley.A ..and.Stanley.H ..Ward.ScholarshipStephanie.Scheiber. University.of.Witwatersrand. Veritas.DGC.ScholarshipJuerg.Schuler. Swiss.Federal.Institute.of.Technology. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipLily.Seidman. Smith.College. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipSidra.Shahid. University.of.Houston. Robert.E ..Sheriff.ScholarshipElizabeth.Simmons. University.of.New.Brunswick. KEGS/Phillip.Hallof.Memorial.ScholarshipGloria.Solano. National.Autonomous.University.of.Mexico. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipSonja.Spasojevic. California.Institute.of.Technology. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipJacob.Stinnett. University.of.Oklahoma. Denver.Geophysical.Society.Scholarship.David.Sunwall. Montana.Tech.of.The.University.of.Montana. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipAndrei.Swidinsky. University.of.Toronto. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipEric-Martial.Takougang. Simon.Fraser.University. ARCO.ScholarshipArslan.Tashmukhambetov. University.of.New.Orleans. Paradigm.ScholarshipMaria.Tatanova. Saint-Petersburg.State.University. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipTiffany.Tchakirides. Cornell.University. Barbara.McBride.Memorial.ScholarshipIris.Tomlinson. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Shirley.A ..and.Stanley.H ..Ward.ScholarshipMaxwell.Tupper. Missouri.University.of.Science.and.Technology. SEG/J ..Richard.and.Shirley.Hunt.ScholarshipEmily.Tursack. Brown.University. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipDanila.Tverdokhlebov. Gubkin.Russian.State.University.of.Oil.and.Gas. Fred.Hilterman.Scholarship;.... .. . SEG.General.Foundation.ScholarshipCharles.Ugbor. University.of.Nigeria. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipJoshua.Ulla. Carleton.University. GSH/Charlie.and.Jean.Smith.Scholarship



Ahamefula.Utom. Ebonyi.State.University. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipLaura.Valdmanis. Hobart.and.William.Smith.College. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipMaria.Velasco. University.of.Arizona. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipTatiana.Vulfs. Saint.Petersburg.State.University. SEG.Foundation.General.ScholarshipBryce.Wagner.lll. University.of.Texas,.Austin. Dallas.Geophysical.Society.ScholarshipBrent.Wheelock. Scripps.Institution.of.Oceanography. G ..W ..Hohmann.Memorial.ScholarshipMonika.Wilk. AGH-University.of.Science.and.Technology. AGIP.ScholarshipBrian.Williams. Montana.Tech. Rodney.Cottrell.ScholarshipDavid.Wilson. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipPeter.Wojcik. Central.Washington.University. SEG/David.R ..Lammlein..ScholarshipKevin.Wolf. Stanford.University. Landmark.Graphics.ScholarshipTaylor.Wyss. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipJia.Yan. Colorado.School.of.Mines. Anadarko/SEG.ScholarshipSyed.Zaman. University.of.Houston. Shell.E&P.ScholarshipKui.Zhang. University.of.Oklahoma. Charles.G ..McBurney.Memorial.ScholarshipRui.Zhang. University.of.Houston. Geophysical.Society.of.Houston/.. . . Carlton-Farren.Scholarship



SEG Online Tony Sabatino, chairman

This.has,.no.doubt,.been.a.significant.year.for.the.SEG.On-line.Committee ..The.launching.of.our.new.state-of-the-art.Web.site.on.31.March.was.the.result.of.an.incredible.amount.of.hard.work.and.effort.by.a.number.of.people ..In.addition.to.contribut-ing.to.the.shaping.of.the.look.and.content.of.the.Web.site’s.new.design,.the.committee.participated.in.a.number.of.other.activi-ties. that.will.have.a. lasting.effect.on.how.the.SEG.operates. in.today’s.technological.environment .

Here.is.a.brief.summary.of.our.activities.over.this.past.year:

September 2007 (Annual Meeting)•. .Review.of.the.current.status.of.the.SEG.Online.Program.and.

“first.look”.at.the.prototype.of.the.new.Web.site .•. .The.plan.for.going.forward.was.reviewed.and.accepted.by.the.

Online.Committee .

October 2007•. .Planning.meetings.of.the.SEG.Online.Steering.Group.were.

held.in.Tulsa.to.review.the.status.of.the.Online.Five-Year.Plan.and.establish.priorities .

•. .Further.meetings.in.Houston.to.formulate.the.prerelease.plan.for. the.Web. site. and. to. draft. a. new. version. of. the. Online.Committee.procedures .

November 2007•. .Executive.Committee.approved.the.new.Online.Committee.

procedures.submitted.by.the.Online.Committee .

December 2007•. .Meetings.to.review.status.of.the.Online.Program.and.discuss.

possible.additional.staffing.requirements .•. .Finalization.of.the.prerelease.plan.and.request.for.additional.

IT.staffing .

January 2008•. .Executive. Committee. approved. IT. staffing. increase. for. the.

Online.Program .•. .Online. Committee. review. and. approval. of. proposed. new.

SEG.commercial.e-mail.policy .

March 2008•. .Prerelease.evaluation.of.the.new.Web.site.by.the.Online.Com-

mittee .•. .New.SEG.Web.site.goes.“live”.on.31.March .

April 2008•. .Online. Committee. meeting. to. review. the. status. of. the. re-

cently.launched.Web.site.and.to.establish.priorities.going.for-ward .

•. .Highest.priorities.given.to.professional.networking.tools,.on-line.education,.and.interactive.graphics .

May–November 2008•. .Review.suggestions.and.observations.from.SEG.membership.

in.relation.to.the.Web.site.and.establish.priorities.for.imple-mentation.by.the.IT.group .

•. .Initiate.the.transformation.of.the.Web.pages.dedicated.to.the.SEG.standing.committees. from.merely.a. roster-style. listing.of.members,.to.a.dynamic.“status.report”.page,.highlighting.recent.activities.of.each.committee.and.their.plans.for.the.fu-ture .

A.lot.has.happened.over.this.past.year,.but.there.is.still.a.lot.more.to.be.done ..The.Online.Committee.is.dedicated.to.making.the.SEG.Online.Program.the.standard. for.all.geophysical. societies.throughout.the.world .

I.would.like.to.thank.all.those.who.have.put.in.a.consider-able.amount.of.time.and.effort.to.getting.us.where.we.are.today ..Special. thanks. go. to. my. fellow. members. of. the. SEG. Online.Committee,.Louise.Pellerin.(Executive.Committee.liaison),.Dan.DeMellier. and.his. IT.Department.at. the.SEG.business.office,.Ted.Bakamjian.(director.of.publications),.and.Sylvie.Dale.(on-line.editor) .

Sylvie’s.“State.of.the.Net”.column,.which.periodically.appears.in.The Leading edge,.is.a.great.source.of.information.as.to.the.status.of.the.Online.Program ..We.need.feedback.from.the.geo-physical. community. to. guide. our. efforts .. After. all,. it. is. OUR.Web.site.and.its.content.benefits.the.entire.membership.and.the.geophysical.community.as.a.whole .

Strategic Finance Policy Rutt Bridges, chairman

The.Strategic.Finance.Policy.Committee.was.formed.in.Au-gust.2007.with.the.charge.of.making.recommendations.to.the.SEG.President. on. strategic. business. issues,.with. a. purpose:. to.ensure.the.long-term.stability.of.SEG’s.financial.position.while.fulfilling. the.Society’s.mission ..The.primary. focus.of. the.com-mittee.was.directed.at.Membership,.Continuing.Education,.and.Publications.committees ..These.three.committees,.plus.the.SEG.Foundation,.Global.Affairs.Committee,.SEG.staff,.and.Execu-tive.Committee.were.represented.on.the.new.committee .

Our.committee’s.objectives.are:

1). .Evaluate. the. value. and. costs. of. current. member. benefits,.particularly.with. regard. to.membership,.publications,. and.continuing. education,. and. seek. opportunities. to. increase.value.and.better.manage.risk.and.expenses .

2). .Identify.short,.medium,.and.long-term.opportunities.to.ac-complish.these.goals .

3). .Make.recommendations.for.specific.actions.to.the.SEG.Ex-ecutive.Committee .

This.newly. formed.committee. initially. spent. time. familiar-izing. members. with. the. various. sources. of. SEG. revenues. and.expenses,.and.attempting.to.better.understand.the.risks.and.op-portunities.they.represent ..One.issue.that.became.obvious.fairly.


quickly.was.the.decline.in.real.value.of.SEG.dues.income,.and.the.increasingly.heavy.dependence.on.Annual.Meeting.revenues.to.fund.the.operations.of.the.Society ..With.the.aid.of.SEG.staff,.and. three. committee.members.who.were.past.or. current.SEG.treasurers,.we.performed.a.careful.study.of.the.cost.of.member.benefits.as.well.as. the.value.provided ..We.also.did.a. thorough.analysis.of.EAGE,.AAPG,.and.SPE’s.“best.practices”.regarding.membership.benefits.and.dues ..After.a.fairly.extended.debate,.we.reached.consensus.on.proposals.presented. in.May.2008.to.the.Executive. Committee .. With. some. modest. modification,. these.proposals. were. approved. and. will. be. considered. by. the. SEG.Council.in.November.2008 .

The.committee.has.met.six.times.since.its.formation.a.year.ago ..In.the.coming.year,.we.expect.to.focus.more.on.publications.and.continuing.education ..If.you.have.ideas.you.wish.to.share.in.these.areas,[email protected] ..We.continue.to.vigorously.seek.ways.to.more.effectively.manage.expenses,.manage.risk,.and.enhance.revenues.while.pro-viding.benefits.to.both.members.and.industry.that.are.needed.to.advance.the.science.and.profession.of.applied.geophysics .

Student Sections/Academic Liaison James W. Rector, chairman Christine Morshedi, cochairman (industry representative) Jeffrey C. Shragge, cochairman (student representative)

The.Student.Sections/Academic.Liaison.Committee.(SS/AL).has. experienced. a. number. of. major. accomplishments. for. the.year ..Most.importantly,.we.instituted.a.new.member.profile.to.include. students. and. faculty. in. addition. to. industry. represen-tatives.which,. in.addition.to.new.quarterly.meetings,.has.reju-venated.the.committee ..We.also.initiated.a.three-member.joint.committee. chairman. position. that. includes. one. representative.from.each.of.the.constituencies.(students,.faculty,.and.industry) ..The.current.profile.consists.of.10.students,.seven.faculty,.and.12.industry.members.with.a.goal.of.proportional.representation ..In.concert. with. this. reorganization,. we. are. working. on. a. recom-mendation.to.rename.the.SS/AL.to.the.Committee.on.University.and.Student.Programs.(CUSP).to.reflect.the.full.scope.of.activi-ties.the.committee.is.responsible.for ..The.change.in.name.from.SS/AL. to. CUSP. acknowledges. the. critical. role. that. university.programs.and.faculty.advisers.play. in. the.relationship.between.students.and.SEG ..To.promote.SEG.within.the.universities,.we.need. strong. faculty. involvement ..We.have.undertaken. a. study.that.includes.campus.visits.to.assess.faculty.needs.and.to.promote.faculty.involvement.in.the.committee ..We.are.in.the.process.of.instituting.a.Faculty.Adviser.Incentive.Program.to.help.increase.SEG.visibility.on.campus .

As.in.past.years,.we.have.encouraged.student.groups.to.seek.affiliation,. provide. liaison. with. existing. student. sections,. pro-mote.active.participation.in.SEG.activities. in.student.sections,.and.have.encouraged.students.to.apply.for.student.membership.

in.the.Society ..Three.new.subcommittees.have.established:.Chal-lenge.Bowl,.student.programs,.and.university.programs ..We.have.also.promoted.international.cooperation.and.experience.among.students. through.programs. such.as. the.SEG/Chevron.Student.Leadership. Symposium,. SEG/ExxonMobil. Student. Education.Program,.SEG.Challenge.Bowls,.Student.Expos,.and.Projects.of.Merit .

Technical Standards Jill C. Lewis, chairman Robert G. Heath, vice chairman

Committee MembersJill.C ..Lewis,.Troika.International.Ltd .,.chairmanRobert.G ..Heath,.Ascend.Geo,.vice.chairmanStewart.A ..Levin,.Halliburton,.chairman.SEG-D.subcommitteeRune.Hagelund,.WesternGeco,.Oslo,.author.SEG-D.3 .0Barry.D ..Barrs,.ExxonMobil,.chairman.Positioning.Group.sub-

committeeJeffrey.L ..Johnson,.Shell,.chairman,.Electromagnetic.(EM).Tech-

nical.StandardsEric. Keyser,. EnCana. Corp,. chairman,. Workstation. Exchange.

and.SEG-Y.Update.Study.Group

Current ActivitiesAt. present,. there. are. three. active. subcommittees. and. two.

working. groups. in. association. with. the. Technical. Standards.Committee.(TSC) .

SEG-D 3.0Subcommittee.Chairman.Stewart.Levin,.HalliburtonAuthor. Draft. SEG-D. 3 .0. proposal. Rune. Hagelund,. West-

ernGeco,.Oslo

The.SEG-D.3 .0.subcommittee.consists.of.108.observers.who.are. informed. of. drafts,. invitations,. and. minutes. of. meetings ..These.people.are. invited.to.send.any.comments. to.a.reflector-style. e-mail. address. [email protected] .. Chris. Frew,.Troika.International.Ltd .,.manages.this.site.and.keeps.all.other.materials.up.to.date .

Link:.ftp.troika-int.com/segfield/SEG Technical_Standards/ SEGD_3.0/

This.is.a.very.well-supported.subcommittee.with.all.the.major.contractors.and.super.major.oil.companies.participating ..The.in-tension.is.to.update.the.SEG-D.format.to.cope.with.the.most.modern.and.the.future.acquisition.parameters.required.with.the.least.cost.to.those.implementing.the.format ..

Main.criteria.for.new.SEG-D.format:

•. Include.positioning .projection.and.datum.with.reference.to.OGP.(EGPC).data-

baselatitude.and.longitude.and/or.northing.and.easting.for.each.

source.trace


latitude.and.longitude.and/or.northing.and.easting.for.each.receiver.trace

latitude.and.longitude.and/or.northing.and.easting.for.each.aux-iliary.trace

elevation,.depth,.direction,.etc .,.currently.under.discussionother.trace.types.and.definitions.currently.under.discussionmultiple.positioning.within.a.trace

•. Address.new.disciplines .telemetrywirelessocean.bottomover/under.cablingpassivemultiple.sweep.and.vibrator.recording.techniqueselectromagnetic.(EM)controlled-source.electromagnetic.(CSEM)

•. Tidy.up.and.better.define.the.format.in.general .•. Create.a.better.handshake.with.processing .•. .Provide.data.management.departments.with.metadata.digi-

tally .•. Ensure.that.the.format.is.completely.media.independent .

Positioning subcommittee (in association with the OGP):Subcommittee.Chairman.Barry.Barrs,.ExxonMobil

The.positioning.subcommittee.consists.of.28.observers.who.are.sent.all. links.to.draft,. invitations.and.minutes.of.meetings ..These.people. are. invited. to. send. any. commenting. to. a. [email protected] ..Chris.Frew.manages.this.site.and.keeps.all.other.materials.up.to.date .

Link:.ftp.troika-int.com/segfield/SEG_Technical_Standards/ SEGD_3.0/Positioning

The. positioning. formats. have. gone. through. a. number. of.changes.in.recent.years.and.for.a.period.of.time.it.seemed.that.the.SEG-D.Technical.Standards.Committee.had.the.custodian-ship.of. all. the.positioning. formats .. In. fact,.only.SEG.had. the.rights.to.publish.these.formats ..The.P1.and.P2.formats.had.been.handed.over. from.UKOOA.to. the.OGP ..SEG.maintained.the.custodianship.of.the.SEG-P.formats.so.that.there.was.no.single.study.group.to.recommend.an.update ...

This. effort. has. proved. quite. difficult. as. these. formats. have.not.been. looked.at. for. some.time.and.there.are.now.concerns.about.the.progress.of.the.update ..It.has.therefore.been.decided.that.the.requirements.of.the.SEG-D.3 .0.will.be.the.first.matter.to.be.addressed .

SPSSaudi.Aramco.brought.the.SPS.inline.with.the.work.done.on.

SEG-D.2 .1 ..The.SPS.format.was.also.provided.to.SEG.for.publi-cation ..Saudi.Aramco.has.assured.us.that.when.the.SEG.3 .0.final.draft.is.ready.they.will.let.us.have.an.update.of.the.SPS.format.from.SPS.2 .1.to.SPS.3 .0 .

EMSubcommittee.Chairman.Jeffrey.Johnson,.ShellAuthor. draft. SEG-D. 3 .0. proposal. Friedrich. Roth,. EMGS,.

Trondheim .

The.positioning.subcommittee.consists.of.31.observers.who.are.sent.all.links.to.draft,.invitations,.and.minutes.of.meetings ..These.people. are. invited. to. send. any. commenting. to. a. [email protected] ..Chris.Frew.manages.this.site.and.keeps.all.other.materials.up.to.date .

Link:. ftp.troika-int.com/segfield/SEG_Technical_Standards/SEGD_3.0/E.M./

The.group.was.formed.at.the.2007.Annual.Meeting.in.San.Antonio.and.has.placed.a.couple.of.discussion.documents.onto.its.FTP.folder ..Roth.has.also.placed.the.start.of.a.draft.document.which.shows.the.parameters.that.will.need.to.be.included.in.a.format.description .

The.EM.group.had.a.very.lively.discussion.at.EAGE.and.de-cided.that.it.should.use.the.structure.of.SEG-D.3 .0.for.its.field.data ..The.processed.data.will.almost.certainly.need.to.have.a.new.format.structure,.and.this.is.now.under.discussion .

SEGY—and Beyond?Subcommittee.Chairman.Eric.Kaiser,.Encana

The.SEG-Y.revision. subcommittee.consists.of.45.observers.who.are.informed.of.drafts,.invitations,.and.minutes.of.meetings ..These.people.are. invited.to.send.any.comments. to.a.reflector-style.e-mail.address.segy-list@troika-int.com..The.FTP.site. is.currently.being.updated,.and.there.will.be.a.link.with.the.major.discussion.documents.shortly .

Link:.ftp.troika-int.com/segfield/SEG_Technical_Standards/SEGY/

This.is.a.subcommittee.that.wishes.to.address.the.SEG-Y.format,.which.is.used.in.a.number.of.disciplines:

•. field.recording•. prestack.exchange•. poststack.exchange•. workstation.exchange

The.future.of.SEG-Y.must.take.into.account.the.work.being.carried.out.on.SEG-D.3 .0,.and.it.probably.needs.to.follow.on.from.this.work.with.the.handshake.currently.under.discussion .

Future Aims:Over.the.past. few.years,. there.has.been.an.enormous.effort.

to.raise.the.profile.of.the.Technical.Standards.Committee.work ..At.every.trade.show.that.the.chairman,.subcommittee.chairmen,.and.vice. chairmen.have. attended. they.have. lobbied. across. the.stands,.given.presentations,.and.generally.promoted.the.work.of.the.TSC ..This.has.continued.at.various.data.management.and.other.seminars .


Electromagnetic (EM) Technical Standards (Subcommittee of Technical Standards) Jeffrey L. Johnson, chairman

A.technical.standards.subcommittee.was.established.to.define.data.standards.for.electromagnetic.(EM).data.in.the.summer.of.2007 ..EM.data. includes.but. is.not. limited.to. land.and.marine.controlled-source.electromagnetic.(CSEM).data,.and.magnetotel-luric.(MT).data ..Membership.of.the.subcommittee.includes:.Guy.R .. Hall,. PGS;. Friedrich. Roth,. EMGS;. Neville. Barker,. OHM;.Nils.Aatland,.Fugro;.contributing.member.Rune.Halvorsen,.In-teraction;.and.Jeffrey.Johnson,.of.Shell,.as.chairman .

The.EM.data.standards.subcommittee.met.for.the.first.time.at.the.SEG.2007.Annual.Meeting.in.San.Antonio ..During.this.meeting,.we.agreed.on.a.process.to.define.the.new.data.standard ..We.would.first.define.a.dictionary.of.all.possible.data.that.should.be.stored ..It.was.felt.that.defining.a.field-recording.format.was.impractical.because.the.CSEM.technology.is.changing.rapidly ..The.data.standard.should.be.established.to.facilitate.transfer.of.data.between.vendors.and.end.users,.analogous.to.the.SEG-Y.for-mat.for.seismic.data ..It.was.also.felt.that.“modern”.self-describing.data.formats.have.advantages.over.raw.binary.data.formats .

To.build.the.data.dictionary,.we.have.received.contributions.of. current.data. stores. from.PGS,.EMGS,.and. Interaction ..The.documents.describing.the.data.are.stored.on.a.public.FTP.site.at:.ftp.troika-int.com/segfield/SEG_Technical_Standards/SEGD _3.0/E.M/

We.encourage.all.interested.parties.to.review.the.documents.and.make.comments.or.suggestions ..Correspondence.concerning.the.EM.data.standards.should.be.directed.to.Jeffrey.Johnson@shell.com.

Tellers Kent West, chairman

Survey.&.Ballot.Systems,.Inc ..(SBS).was.contracted.to.con-duct.the.SEG.election.again.this.year ..SBS.designed.and.distrib-uted.an.online.Web.ballot.and/or.a.paper.ballot.to.each.voting.SEG.member ..All.votes.were.received,.tabulated,.and.verified.by.SBS,.and.results.were.submitted.to.the.SEG.business.office ..The.SEG.Tellers.Committee.verified.the.count.provided.by.SBS .

Official.ballots.were.sent.out.on.3.June.to.7745.active.mem-bers.eligible.to.vote.in.this.year’s.election ..Of.these.eligible.voters,.5693.were.sent.a.paper.ballot.in.addition.to.an.e-mail.from.SBS.with.personalized.login.information.and.specific.instructions.to.vote. electronically .. Fifteen.hundred. sixty-four. voters.were. sent.electronic.voting.information.only,.and.488.voters.received.only.a.paper.ballot .

Due.to.a.problem.with.spam.filters,.some.voters.were.not.able.to.receive.their.online.voting.information.from.SBS ..To.address.this.issue,.on.3.July.SBS.sent.additional.paper.ballots.to.946.vot-ers.who.did.not.originally.receive.one.and.had.not.yet.voted .

The.annual.election.had.a.participation.rate.of.29 .6% ..The.final.results.include.2293.returned.ballots.received.on.or.before.31.July ..Of.those.ballots,.1530.were.received.via.Web.voting.and.763.paper.ballots.were. returned.by.mail ..This. figure.does.not.include.52.ballot.envelopes.that.were.deemed.invalid:.50.mem-bers.failed.to.sign.their.return.envelopes,.and.two.envelopes.con-tained.no.ballot ..Five.members.duplicated.votes.by.using.both.the. paper. and.Web. method. of. voting,. therefore. SBS. counted.the.Web.votes.as.valid.and.the.paper.votes.as.invalid.as.directed.by.SEG ..In.addition,.one.member.returned.two.paper.ballots ..The.first.ballot.received.was.accepted,.and.the.second.ballot.was.invalidated .

The.election.results.are.as.follows:

2008–2009 SEG Executive CommitteePresident-elect. Stephen.J ..HillFirst.vice.president. Bob.A ..HardageSecond.vice.president. Mary.M ..PoultonVice.president. Paulo.JohannSecretary-treasurer. Ray.VoglerEditor. Kees.Wapenaar.will.complete.his. two-year.term.as.editor

District RepresentativesDistrict.#3. .Karen.K ..Dittert,.Sergey.Fomel,.Jason..

McKenna,.and.Arcangelo.G ..SenaDistrict.#4. Roger.TurpeningDistrict.#7. Eric.VerschuurDistrict.#10. Karl.A ..BerteussenDistrict.#11. Wang.Tiejun

The Leading edge Editorial Board Rebecca B. Latimer, chairman

During.2008,.the.topics.that.are.covered.or.will.be.covered.as.special.sections.are:.mining,.seismic.noise,.seismic.attributes,.res-olution.limits,.shale.geophysics,.seismic.acquisition,.carbonates,.heavy.oil,.near.surface,.permanent.monitoring/smart.oil. fields ..The.April.issue.features.the.OTC,.and.the.October.special.sec-tion.concerns.manpower,.recruiting,.and.education ..We.did.not.have.a.section.that.focused.on.a.particular.geographic.region,.but.some.have.been.added.to.the.2009.Editorial.Calendar .

In. January,.The Leading edge. Editorial. Board. selected. its.nominee.for.best.paper.for.2007.and.forwarded.its.recommenda-tion.to.the.Honors.and.Awards.Committee .

There.will.be.one.change.in.the.board.for.2008;.Michael.R ..Cooper. will. be. replacing. Rebecca. Latimer. who. is. completing.her.term ..Cooper.will.be.located.in.The.Hague.and.attend.most.meetings.via.teleconference ..The.chairman’s.position.will.be.filled.in.2008–2009.by.Rick.Miller.who.has.been.on.the.board.since.2004.and.is.quite.familiar.with.the.processes ..As.author.of.this.report,.I.thank.Don.Herron.for.handing.over.a.well.functioning.board ..I.would.also.like.to.thank.the.past.board.members.and.editorial.staff.in.Tulsa,.who.are.critical.to.the.smooth.functioning.organization .


The.board.has.held.two.meetings.to.date.this.year;.January.and.April,.via.teleconference ..We.have.handled.some.rather.important.issues.this.year ..It.became.obvious,.that.over.the.last.year.or.two,.submissions.to.special.sections.have.been.so.numerous.that.other.articles.(including.such.popular.features.as.“Interpreter’s.Corner,”.“Acquisition/Processing,”. the. “Meter. Reader,”. and. standalone.items.of.historical. value).have.been.“squeezed.out”. and.a. large.backlog. has. developed .. In. order. to. alleviate. the. problem,. the.board.has.decided.to.strongly.suggest.that.the.length.of.articles.and. the. number. of. figures. be. limited. to. approximately. five. to.seven.pages.of.written.text.and.less.than.10.figures ..The.emphasis.is.on.the.word.approximate—leaving.the.editors.with.flexibility.to.make.decisions.on.an.individual.basis ..The.board.decided.that.many.of.the.readers.would.appreciate.brevity.and.succinctness.as.well ..The.board.had.discussed.other.alternatives.but.decided.on.this.as.the.best.long-term.solution.while.continuing.to.maintain.past.committee’s.concepts.of.The Leading edge .

Other.suggestions.from.the.board.are:

•. .Keeping.the.introduction.to.one.page .•. .Encouraging.authors.to.reduce.the.number.of.equations.and.

eliminate.equations.that.have.been.previously.published.(par-ticularly.those.that.have.been.repeatedly.published) ..Avoiding.long.mathematical.derivations.whenever.possible .

•. .Limiting.references.to.those.that.are.most.relevant ..•. .Publishing.supplementary.material.on.the.Web.site .•. .Eliminating.unneeded.figures ..

Another.issue.acted.upon.was.a.concern.that.board.members.might.be.publishing.too.many.articles.per.year,.thus.raising.con-cerns.about.“conflict.of.interest”.among.SEG.members ..It.was.de-cided.that.board.members.must.be.“very.objective.when.review-ing.articles.by.another.board.member”.even.when.this.is.difficult ..This. is.particularly.sensitive.at. this. time.when.TLE.has.articles.backlogged.and.has.deferred.departments.like.“Interpreter’s.Cor-ner”.for.several.issues.in.a.row ..The.issue.was.discussed.further.in.April,.and.it.was.also.decided.that.a.board.member.or.special.edi-tor.should.have.only.one.paper.in.his.or.her.special.section.in.ad-dition.to.the.one-page.introduction ..In.addition,.board.members.should.limit.the.number.of.publications.of.their.own.to.two.per.year.(not.counting.the.“Special.Section”.introductions) .

The Leading edge.has.undergone.a.redesign.led.by.Associate.Editor.Linda.Holeman ..Kathy.Gamble. suggested. some.design.ideas.and.delivered.several.possibilities ..Tonia.Gist.(graphics.de-signer).played.a.major.role.in.the.“great.software.switch”.which.led. to. the.new. look ..The. redesign.was.presented. to. the.board.who.suggested.some.changes.which.were.incorporated ..The.new.design.debuted.in.the.July.issue ..Some.of.the.features.include.a.new.cover.logo.(which.emphasizes.TLE,.by.which.The Leading edge. is. almost. universally. known);. an. easier-to. read. typeface;.and.new.“banners”.across.the.top.of.the.page.to.identify/high-light. special. features. (like. “Interpreter’s. Corner”),. regular. col-umns.(like.“From.the.Other.Side”.and.“Seismos”),.and.special.section.articles .

I. would. also. like. to. thank. the. staff. in.Tulsa,. who. are. the.backbone.of.the.organization.and.a.pleasure.to.work.with ..TLE.

would.not.be.possible.without.their.tireless.effort ..The.members.of. the.Tulsa. staff. who. are. most. involved. with. the. production.of.TLE.are:.Mary.Fleming.(SEG.executive.director);.Ted.Baka-mjian.(publications.director);.Dean.Clark. (TLE. editor);.Linda.Holeman.(associate.editor);.Gina.Hasty.(assistant.editor);.Kathy.Gamble.(manager.of.the.Graphics.Department.and.TLE.cover.designer);. Ian. Danziger. (of. the. Graphics. Department. and. in.charge.of.TLE’s.page.layout.and.production);.Mel.Buckner.(in.charge.of.advertising.sales);.and.Merrily.Sanzalone.(of.the.Pub-lications.Department.who.helps.coordinate.our.book.reviews) ..We.had.major.staff.changes.in.the.past.year.as.Jennifer.Cobb.and.Sylvie.Dale.were.promoted.to.other.positions.in.the.Publications.Department,. and. Julie. Colley. resigned. to. relocate. to. Florida ..However,. we. have. stayed. on. schedule. due. to. a. short. learning.curve.by.new. staff.members.Linda.Holeman.and.Gina.Hasty ..The.board.extends. its. thanks. to.all. three.and.wishes. them.the.best.in.their.new.positions .

As. measured. by. advertising. sales,. TLE’s. financial. health. is.very.good ..Using.one.year’s.data.(July.2007.to.June.2008),.TLE.is.16%.over.last.year’s.actual.ad.revenues.and.23 .5%.over.the.for-ward.year.projection.(projections.are.conservative.numbers.due.to.the.possibility.of.market.fluctuations) ..Thanks.to.Mel.Buck-ner.for.providing.these.data.and.for.his.hard.work.in.lining.up.the.advertising.that.is.essential.to.TLE’s.financial.wellbeing .

Translations Sergey Fomel, chairman

The.Translations.Committee.continued.its.traditional.activ-ity.of.reviewing.and.recommending.books.for.translation.from.foreign. languages. and. publication. by. SEG .. After. an. extensive.review.of.the.book.Models of Media in Exploration Seismology,.by.Evgeniy.Koslov,.published. in.Russia,. the. committee. identified.a.volunteer.editor.for.the.book.and.participated.in.negotiations.with.EAGE.about.the.terms.of.a.possible.joint.publication ..Sev-eral.recent.Chinese.books.were.recommended.to.the.committee.and.are.currently.under.review ..

A.new.role.of.the.committee.is.recommending.SEG.materi-als.for.possible.translation.from.English.to.foreign.languages ..To.assist.in.this.role,.Dennis.Yanchak.has.joined.our.committee.as.a.liaison.from.the.Global.Affairs.Committee,.where.he.is.heading.a.task.force.on.translations ..The.first.joint.recommendation.of.GAC.and.the.Translations.Committee.is.to.initiate.translation.of.the.“Bright.Spots”.column.from.The Leading edge.into.major.foreign.languages.as.a.way.of.promoting.SEG.publications.to.the.international.membership .

Youth Education Louise Pellerin, acting chairman

The. SEG. Youth. Education. Committee. supports. the. study.of.the.geosciences.and.encourages.future.careers.in.geosciences,.particularly.geophysics,.for.precollege.youth ..A.junior.member-ship. program,. intended. to. encourage. middle. and. high. school.students.not.yet.eligible. for.Student.membership,.also.encour-


ages. interaction. with. SEG. members. at. special. events,. science.fairs,.mentoring,. internships,. summer. field. camps.plus. regular.electronic.access.to.The Leading edge.and.geophysics .

Youth Programs and Education OutreachUnder. the. direction. of. Administrator. Susan. Henley,. edu-

cational.hands-on.activities,. teacher. resources,. and.exhibits. are.developed,. evaluated,. and. tested. with. student. groups. touring.the. Geoscience. Center. (GC) .. During. the. school. year,. groups.are. required. to.be. fourth-grade. level. and.older. in.order. to. at-tend.the.GC.educational.tours ..During.June,.July,.and.August,.children.age.five.and.older.may.attend.summer.programs ..Last.year,.more. than.4000. students.benefited. from. the.on-site. and.outreach.events .

Boy.and.Girl.Scout.geology,.paleontology,.geoscience.careers,.and.energy.badge.classes.are.held.on-site.and.in.the.community ..The.GC.continues.to.have.an.active.high.school.and.college.stu-dent.intern.program.now.in.its.sixth.year ..The.SEG.Foundation.provides.paid.summer.internships .

Ongoing.geoscience.educational.curriculum.development.en-sures.future.development.of.new.educational.programs,.recruit-ing. materials. for. precollege. students,. and. determines. updated.SEG.Online.availability.to.SEG.members.and.the.general.pub-lic ..This. curriculum,. developed. by. geoscientists,. teachers,. and.industry.representatives,.targets.the.needs.of.both.industry.and.educational.institutions .

Materials.will.still.be.available.for.shipment,.but.most.will.be.easily.downloadable,.and.plans.are.in.motion.to.have.video.clips.with. live.demonstrations.of. activities ..This.will.help.educators.and.others.who.coordinate.and.supervise.the.distributed.hands-on.activities. at. remote. sites ..As.SEG.continues. to.open.global.offices,.these.materials.will.be.made.available.through.all.satellite.offices ..

Historical Preservation Committee (HPC)A.Museum.Committee.was.formed.in.the.1980s.to.preserve.

SEG’s.heritage.and.organize.a.museum.in.the.new.headquarters.building.in.Tulsa ..This.committee.evolved.into.the.Geoscience.Center.Committee.in.the.late.1990s ..In.2001,.an.active.youth.education.program.opened.in.the.SEG.Geoscience.Center.with.a.dedicated.staff.member.tasked.with.both.historical.and.youth.education.activities ..In.2006–2007,.this.became.the.Youth.Edu-cation.Committee.(YE),.with.the.focus.being.global.outreach.to.

preuniversity.students ..The.YE.and.historical.preservation.mis-sions.no. longer.provide.significant.synergies.and,. in.2008,. the.Historical.Preservation.Committee.(HPC).was.approved.by.the.YE.Committee ..

The.mission.of.the.HPC.is.to.preserve.the.history.and.heri-tage.of.SEG.and.the.profession.of.applied.geophysics ..The.com-mittee’s.objectives.include:

•. .establishing.a.collection.of.geophysical.instruments.and.tech-nology.representing.important.technology.advances

•. .maintaining.an.archive.of.important.documents.and.photo-graphs

•. .developing.an.Internet.presence.that.celebrates.the.history.of.applied. geophysics. and. informs. the. membership. about. the.SEG.collections

•. .initiating. and. expanding. partnerships. with. other. organiza-tions.with.similar.interests

Oklahoma Oil and Gas Educational Exposition (OOGEE)The.Oklahoma.Oil.and.Gas.Educational.Exposition.initiative.

intends.to.celebrate.Oklahoma’s.petroleum.history.and.reach.out.to.students.of.all.ages ..It.will.be.located.in.downtown.Tulsa.and.will.include.historical.exhibits,.interactive.displays,.a.multimedia.theater,.and.student.workrooms ..

Organizer,. champion,. and. SEG. member. Norm. Hyne. re-quests.SEG.support.of.this.Tulsa.initiative.by.providing.selected.SEG.geophysical.exhibits.to.be.housed.in.a.separate.wing.of.the.OOGEE;.allowing.the.OOGEE.full.use.of.the.SEG.Geoscience.Center. OERB. (Oklahoma. Energy. Resources. Board). certified.youth. education.program;. and.providing. seed. funding.of. $15.000.to.prepare.for.the.launching.of.a.major.fund-raising.cam-paign.targeted.primarily.at.Tulsa.and.Oklahoma.foundations.and.wealthy.donors .

The. Oklahoma. Oil. and. Gas. Educational. Exposition. is. an.intriguing. opportunity. to. sustain. and. grow. SEG’s. successful.Geoscience.Center.historical.and.youth.education.programs.by.providing.the.synergies.and.funding.to.raise.the.programs.to.a.higher.level ..However,.fund-raising.and.construction.of.the.fa-cility.and.exhibits.will.take.at.least.three.years ..SEG.moral.and.financial.support.at.this.critical.juncture.could.be.critical.to.the.ultimate.success.of.the.project ..The.Historical.Preservation.Com-mittee,.an.outgrowth.of.the.Youth.Education.Committee,.sup-ports.this.project .

International Science and Engineering Fair Since.1965,.SEG.has.supported.the.annual.International.Sci-

ence.and.Engineering.Fair.(ISEF).every.May ..Special.Awards.are.given. to.outstanding.high. school. science. and. engineering. stu-dents.from.all.over.the.world.for.projects.that.relate.directly.or.indirectly. to.geophysics.and. the.earth. sciences ..Annual.awards.include. $3000. in. cash;. a. trip. for. the. top. winner. to. the. SEG.Annual.Meeting;.plaques;.certificates;.and.subscriptions.to.TLE and geophysics. The.59th.Intel.ISEF.was.held.in.Atlanta,.Geor-gia,.on.11–16.May.2008 ..The.SEG.judges.were.Chuck.Meeder,.Wayne. Mandell,. Doug.Wyatt,. and. Richard. Nolen-Hoeksema,.chairman. of. the. SEG. ISEF,. a. subcommittee. of. Youth. Educa-tion ..The.SEG.judges.selected.five.projects.developed.by.12.stu-


dents.(two.were.team.projects).for.the.SEG.top.honors.and.cash.awards ..Honorable.Mentions,.which. included. subscriptions. to.TLE.and.certificates,.were.awarded.to.an.additional.four.student.projects .

In.SEG’s.43-year.history.of. judging. at. the. ISEF,.2008.was.the.first.time.international.students.have.won.SEG’s.top.honors ..The. first-place. Distinguished. Achievement. Award. winner. for.

2008.went.to.the.team.of.Adrian.Patacsil,.Marvin.Paolo.Ambro-sio,.and.Rachel.Ruth.Cahilig.of.Philippine.Science.High.School.(Quezon,.Metro.Manila,.Philippines) ..Their.project.was.“Con-struction.of.a.Mechanical.Prototype.of.a.Microtremor.Recorder.Based.on.Electromagnetic.Induction .”

SEG.encourages.all.winners.to.apply.for.SEG.Scholarships,.and.beginning.in.2009.to.become.a.Junior.Member.of.SEG .

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Report of the Ad Hoc Committee Chairmen

SEG China Office Task Force Alfred Liang-Chi Liaw, chairman

The.official.opening.of.the.SEG.China.office.in.Beijing.on.3.April.2008.marked.a.new.chapter.in.the.nearly.80-year.history.of.the.Society ..The.growing.global.reach.of.SEG,.reflecting.a.sig-nificant.shift.in.the.residence.of.members.to.countries.outside.of.North.America.and.Europe,.the.increasing.geographic.diversity.of.contributors.to.geophysics.and.The Leading edge,.the.dra-matic.expansion.of.earth-science.academic.programs.in.Asia,.and.the.relentless.search.for.hydrocarbon.resources.in.remote.and.dif-ficult.locations.have.served.to.underscore.the.need.for.the.Society.to.establish.a.presence.at.the.physical.and.not.just.the.intellectual.forefront.of.the.science.and.practice.of.geophysics .

Established.under.the.auspices.of.a.newly.created.“for-profit”.company,.SEG.Global,.Inc .,.this.first.SEG.regional.office.opened in.one.of.the.world’s.most.dynamic.markets ..Although.the.Soci-ety.had.previously.operated.successfully.in.China.for.more.than.20.years,.the.dynamics.and.opportunities.today.simply.became.too.compelling.and.persuaded.the.Executive.Committee.to.im-plement. a. strategy. that. had. been. several. years. in. the. making ..The.decision.to.take.this.initiative.was.eased.by.the.high.levels.of.support.received.both.from.our.constituents.within.China.and.SEG’s.network.of.private-sector.firms.active.in.the.region ..In.ad-dition,.making. the.decision. easier. is. the. robust. growth. taking.place.among.key.segments.in.China,.particularly.in.data.acqui-sition,.processing,.and.interpretation,.as.well.as.the.training.of.earth.scientists .

The.Beijing.office. is.directed.by.Franco.Yu,.chief. represen-tative,.who.brings.to.the.job.extensive.international.experience.with. the. Bureau. of. Geophysical. Prospecting. as. well. as. formal.training.at.BGP’s.School.of.Geophysics,.including.data.process-ing.and.interpretation ..Yu.is.assisted.by.James.Gao,.who.trained.at.Southwest.Petroleum.University.and.at.the.University.of.Bei-jing.in.international.trade .

The. early. success. of. the. SEG. China. office. has. encouraged.the.Society.to.examine.opportunities.in.other.markets,.and.it.is.anticipated.that.additional.regional.office.locations.will.be.inves-tigated.in.the.near.future .

eGY 2007–2008 and IYPE 2007–2009 Ralph W. Baird, chairman

The.SEG.Ad.Hoc.Committee.began.in.2005,.continued.dur-ing. this. reporting.period.2007.and.2008.and.will. continue. to.represent.SEG.in.meetings.and.participate.in.events.and.activi-ties.to.recognize.the.50th.anniversary.of.the.International.Geo-

physical.Year.(IGY) ..Four.Earth.science.initiatives,.organized.by.separate.groups.of.industry.professionals.and.scientists.are:.The.Electronic. Geophysical. Year. (eGY),. the. International. Year. of.Planet.Earth.(IYPE),.the.International.Heliophysical.Year.(IHY),.and.the.International.Polar.Year.(IPY) .

Electronic Geophysical Year 2007–2008eGY.events.from.2007.through.the.end.of.2008.are.a.50-year.

sequel. to.the.highly.successful.IGY ..The.central.objective. is. to.bring. the.management.of. geoscientific. information.worldwide.into.the.21st.century.through.an.e-Science.approach.and.the.de-velopment.of.virtual.observatories ..The.challenge.in.1957–1958.was.to.acquire.and.make.available.to.the.world.community.the.observational. data. required. to. build. a. comprehensive. under-standing.of.the.earth.and.its.processes ..That.challenge.remains.and. is. yet. more. pressing. because. of. the. growing. demands. we.place.on.our.natural.resources.and.environment ..

The.Executive.Committee.passed.the.following.resolution:.

“SEG,. noting. the. approach. of. the. 50-year. anniversary. in.2007.of.IGY,.which.was.outstandingly.successful. in.advancing.our.knowledge.of.the.earth.and.geospace.through.the.provision.of.comprehensive.geoscientific.observational.data,.noting.the.vast.increase.in.observational.data.since.the.IGY,.much.of.them.avail-able.in.near.real-time,.and.the.limitations.on.progress.posed.by.the.ever-growing.problems.of.data.storage,.maintenance,.and.ac-cess,.noting.the.unprecedented.potential.of.modern.information.management.methodologies,.based.on.the.Internet,.to.overcome.these.limitations.through.sharing.of.information,.software,.and.hardware,.and.supports.the.adoption.of.2007.as.the.eGY—to.be.used.as.a. focus. for.providing. ready.access. to.geoscientific.data.and.processing.capability.using.the.electronic.means.now.at.our.disposal .”.

Ad. Hoc. Committee. members. are. Ralph. W .. Baird,. Arthur.Cheng,.David.Forel,.Robert.A ..Greenwald,.Jack.D ..Hall,.John.Kelly,.Fae.Korsmo,.Wayne.Pennington,.Gabriel.Perez,.Scott.C ...Sechrist,.Brian.R ..Spies,. and.Barbara.Thompson ..Members.of.the.ad.hoc.committee.participated.in.the.following.events,.repre-senting.the.membership.of.SEG:.

•. .Capitol.Hill.Visits.Day,.Washington,.D .C ..SEG. supported.the.AGI.and.AGU.in.their.support.of.continued.funding.of.the.National.Science.Foundation ..

•. .eGY.General.Meeting,.Boulder,.Colorado ..SEG.was.well.rep-resented,.including.specific.recommendations.to.the.working.groups.of.the.eGY ..

•. .The.U .S ..Postal.Service.produced.a.postage.stamp.to.acknowl-edge.the.IPY.2007–2009;.an.unsuccessful.attempt.was.made.to.add.a.Geophysical.Year.postage.stamp ..


•. .SEG.was.added.as.a.sponsor.to.the.IGY.Gold.History.Pro-gram,. to. recognize. SEG. members. who. participated. in. the.1957–1958.IGY ..

•. .SEG’s.The Leading edge.has.a.special.section.dedicated.to.the. Electronic. Geophysical. Year .. Invited. papers. were. pub-lished.from.a.variety.of.sources.of.earth.science.organizations.to.support.the.theme.of.eGY.and.the.Geophysical.Year ..The.October.publication.was.planned.to.coincide.with.the.50th.anniversary.of. the. successful. launch.of.Sputnik. (4.October.1957) .

•. .The.committee.established.a.direct.communication.with.the.American.Geological.Institute.(AGI).Education/Public.Out-reach.(E/PO).group.in.Washington,.D .C ..In.addition,.com-mittee.members.participated.in.providing.advice.about.earth.science.careers.to.the.National.Science.Teachers.Association .

•. .The.committee.prepared.an.SEG.resolution.endorsing.data.stewardship.by. creating. a. committee. to. establish.guidelines.for.data.stewardship ..The.AAPG.guidelines.are.recommended.in.lieu.of.a.new.committee ..

International Year of Planet Earth 2007–2009The.SEG.ad.hoc.committee.participated.in.activities.of.the.

International.Year.of.Planet.Earth ..During.2008,.SEG.became.an. International. Partner. of. IYPE,. alongside. other. professional.societies. and. international. organizations .. The. affiliation. has.helped.SEG.increase.its.presence.in.countries,.particularly.devel-oping.countries ..

The.SEG.executive.committee.adopted.the.following.resolu-tion:.

“Whereas.the.International.Year.of.Planet.Earth.(IYPE).is.a.joint.initiative.of.the.United.Nations.Educational,.Scientific.and.Cultural.Organization.(UNESCO).and.the.International.Union.of. Geological. Societies. (IUGS),. and. whereas. the. SEG. expects.the.exploration.industry.to.benefit.significantly.from.the.activi-ties.of.the.IYPE.as.it.will.draw.particular.attention.of.our.youth.and.excite.them.about.the.earth.sciences,.and.whereas.the.SEG.has.been.invited.to.become.an.International.Partner.of.the.IYPE,.therefore.the.SEG.accepts.the.invitation.and.joins.others.as.an.International. Partner. of. the. IYPE,. and. further. SEG. supports.2008.as.the.International.Year.of.Planet.Earth .”

SEG.active.member.Ralph.W ..Baird.in.2008.was.elected.to.the.Board.of.Officers.of.the.International.Year.of.Planet.Earth.and.was.named.Chairman,.Development.Committee ..This.top-level.involvement.places.SEG.in.a.noteworthy.position.to.help.bridge.the.communications.and.outreach.activities. from.scien-tific.and.industry.organizations.to.benefit.future.generations.by.encouraging.the.youth.and.young.adults.of.all.countries.to.learn.and.enjoy.the.natural.resources.of.earth ..The.vision.of.IYPE.is.to.encourage.SEG.members.and.sponsors.to.join.the.current.Earth.scientists. worldwide. who. comprise. a. professional. community.committed.to.a.safer,.healthier,.and.wealthier.society .

To.further.support.the.International.Year.of.Planet.Earth,.the.ad.hoc.committee.made.the.following.recommendations:

•. .SEG.help.raise.the.awareness.of.its.members’.roles.in.fulfilling.the.needs.and.wellbeing.of.society.by.submitting.an.article.to.the.International.Year.for.Planet.Earth.Book.to.be.published.in.2008 .

•. .SEG.to.recognize.and.encourage.members. to.participate. in.the. Global. and. Regional. Launch. Events. of. each. continent.and.each.country.hosting.a.National.Committee.of.IYPE .

•. .SEG’s.Global.Affairs.Committee.to.collaborate.with.the.sec-retariat.of.the.IYPE.to.recognize.and.encourage.communica-tions.and.outreach.to.developing.countries.for.the.purpose.of.raising.the.awareness.of.the.useful.purpose.that.earth.science.knowledge.provides.for.a.safer,.healthier,.and.wealthier.soci-ety .

•. .SEG. should. consider. dedication. of. published. educational.materials.to.the.International.Year.of.Planet.Earth.and.display.the.logo.of.IYPE.in.these.publications .

•. .SEG.to.display.the.IYPE.Planet.Earth.logo.with.links.to.in-formation.about.IYPE.on.the.Society’s.Web.site .

•. .SEG.Foundation.to.consider.a.special.project.to.allow.donors.and.sponsors.to.the.Foundation.to.allocate.funds.to.the.IYPE.Project ..Such.funds.would.be.used.to.support.SEG.member.participation.in.IYPE.and.to.create.publications.and.public.service.messages.about.earth.science.for.society .

Houston Satellite Office Task Force Michael Schoenberger

In. late. 2007,. President. Fred. Aminzadeh. commissioned. a.study. to. determine. the. value. of. establishing. an. SEG. satellite.business.office. in.Houston ..The. team.comprised.Brad.Birkelo.(SEG. Finance. Committee. chairman),. Shane. Coperude,. Dan.Ebrom.(SEG.secretary-treasurer),.George.Marion.[Geophysical.Society.of.Houston.(GSH).president],.Frank.Dumanoir.(GSH.president-elect),.and.Michael.Schoenberger.(chairman) ..We.in-terviewed.a.large.number.of.SEG.committee.chairmen,.SEG.staff.members,.and.GSH.members.and.came.to.the.conclusion.that.an.SEG.business.office.presence. in.Houston.did. indeed.make.sense .

We.recommended.to.the.Executive.Committee.that.such.an.office.should.start.small.with.one.person.and.some.administra-tive.support ..Initially,.the.primary.function.of.the.office.would.be.to.create.a.dialog.between.SEG.members.and.employers. in.Houston.and.the.SEG.leadership ..Specifically,.the.office.would.promote.SEG.Continuing.Education.programs.and.support.for.the.SEG.Foundation ..Over.time,.we.would.expect.that.role.to.expand.to.cover.recruiting.additional.SEG.members,.supporting.Houston-based.committee.chairs,.and.marketing.Annual.Meet-ing.booth.sales .

The.committee.has.recently.been.charged.with.developing.a.business.plan.to.support.such.an.office .

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Reports of the Representatives

AGI Government Affairs Program Advisory (GAPAC) Leigh S. House and Wayne D. Pennington, representatives

The.American.Geological.Institute.(AGI).is.a.nonprofit.or-ganization.whose.44.members.are.earth.science.professional.so-cieties,.including.SEG ..The.level.of.SEG.support.for.AGI.is.de-termined.by.the.U .S .-based.membership.of.SEG ..One.of.AGI’s.key.activities.is.the.Government.Affairs.Program.(GAP),.which.seeks.to.facilitate.the.exchange.of.information.between.govern-ment.(mainly.the.U .S ..federal.government).and.the.geosciences.community .. SEG. monitors. and. influences. the. GAP. through.representation. on. the. Advisory. Committee. (GAPAC). for. this.program ..This.report.focuses.on.the.GAPAC;.a.separate.report.is.provided.on.the.overall.activities.of.AGI ..

The.GAP.Web.site.www.agiweb.org/gap/.contains.a.wealth.of.timely,.pertinent.information.on.topics.of.interest.to.the.earth.sciences.and.U .S ..government.policy ..AGI.promotes.lobbying,.in.the.sense.of.educating.government.officials.about.earth.sciences.and.the.importance.of.earth.science.knowledge.to.better.public.planning ..SEG.itself.does.not.“lobby”.or.take.position.statements.on. political. issues,. but. AGI. provides. educational. materials. to.lawmakers.and.promotes.the.use.of.sound.science.in.public.pol-icy ..AGI.publishes.position.statements.on.topics.of.importance.for. the. earth. sciences .. In. addition,.AGI.provides. testimony. to.the.U .S ..Congress.on.earth.science.topics,.helps.organize.Earth.Science.Week.and.Congressional.Science.Day.visits,.and.writes.monthly.reviews.of.government.activities.of.interest.to.the.earth.sciences ..

Mary. Lou. Zoback. (Risk. Management. Solutions). became.chair.of.the.GAPAC.this.year ..One.of.GAPAC’s.priorities.is.the.discussion.of.transition.issues.and.opportunities.for.the.earth.sci-ences.as.a.result.of.the.change.in.the.U .S ..government.that.will.take.place.in.January.2009 ..The.report.of.the.March.2008.meet-ing.of.the.GAPAC.has.more.information.and.is.available.at.www.agiweb.org/gap/gapac/minutes.html.

AGI Member Society Council Wayne D. Pennington, representative

The.American.Geological.Institute.(AGI).is.a.society.whose.members.are.other.societies,.not.individuals ..SEG.is.one.of.44.member.societies.in.AGI,.and.our.support.of.AGI.comes.from.our.U .S .-based.membership ..In.addition.to.publishing.the.monthly.journal.Geotimes,.an.excellent.general-interest.earth-science.pub-lication,. AGI. performs. a. number. of. functions. to. support. the.

earth-science.community.in.the.United.States.(described.on.its.Web.site,.www.agiweb.org) ..Representatives.from.the.member.societies.oversee.these.activities.and.make.recommendations.con-cerning.them ..These.representatives.meet.twice.a.year.(usually.in.association.with.meetings.of.AAPG.and.GSA) ..Mary.Poulton,.an.SEG.member,.served.on.AGI’s.Executive.Committee.as.secretary.during.the.past.two.years ..Special.advisory.committees,.such.as.the.Government.Affairs.Program.and.the.Environmental.Geo-science.Program,.oversee.a. few.specific. functions.of.AGI ..AGI.is.active.in.special.areas,.including.outreach.promotion.of.Earth.Science.Week,.curriculum.guides.for.K-12,.the.Image.Bank.(an.online.collection.of. earth-science.photos),.operation.of.GeoRef.(the.electronic.database.of.publication.references),.and.govern-ment.affairs.(see.separate.report) .

During. the.past.year,. a. television. special.Faces of Earth.was.aired.(four.hours).on.the.Discovery.Science.channel,.and.is.avail-able.from.AGI.on.two.DVDs.for.$25 ..AGI.has.full.rights.to.ad-ditional.footage.(170.hours).taken.or.created.(through.computer.simulations.and.animations).for.use.in.other.video.documents,.and.member.societies.are.encouraged.to.utilize.this.asset.in.their.own. outreach. and. educational. efforts ..This. is. one. of. the. few.earth-science.related.documentaries.to.show.industry.in.a.favor-able.light ..(I.would.like.to.recommend.SEG.members.donate.a.set.of.the.DVDs.to.their.favorite.K-12.schools .)

AGI.is.leading.a.“Workforce.Initiative”.designed.to.increase.the. number. of. practicing. geoscientists. and. is. working. with.member. societies. to.coordinate. their.various.efforts .. .Synopses.of.various.data.summaries.called.“Geoscience.Currents”.are.pub-lished. occasionally. and. can. be. viewed. at. http://www.agiweb.org/workforce/ .

AGI.continues.to.serve.the.United.States’.geosciences.com-munity.well.and.provides.a.number.of.services.and.functions.that.its.member.societies.delegate.to. it ..Through.its.strength.as.the.union.of.these.societies,.it.is.able.to.conduct.matters.on.a.large.scale,.as.demonstrated.by.the.Faces of Earth.video,.education.to.policymakers,.Earth.Science.Week,.and.Geotimes,.for.example .

API Central Committee for Telecommunications Clifford H. Ray, representative

There.have.been.two.meetings.of.the.API.Telecommunication.Committee.since.the.last.report ..I.attended.the.fall.meeting.in.Washington.D .C .,.on.13–14.November.2007,.but.was.unable.to.attend.the.second.meeting.held.in.Houston.on.8–9.May.2008 ..At.each.meeting.an.update.on.radio.spectrum.issues.of.impor-tance. to. the. petroleum. oil. and. gas. industry. at. the. FCC. were.reviewed ..Items.that.may.be.of.interest.to.SEG.members:


1). .Effects of Communications Towers on Migratory Birds.. .On.7.November.2006,.the.FCC.released.a.Notice.of.Pro-

posed.Rulemaking.seeking.comments.on.whether.the.evi-dence.concerning.the.impact.of.towers.on.migratory.birds.is. sufficient. to. justify. FCC. action .. Reply. comments. were.closed.23.May.2007,.but.the.Commission.has.yet.to.take.final.action ..In.the.meantime,.the.American.Bird.Conser-vancy.filed.a.lawsuit.in.the.U .S ..District.Court.for.the.D .C ..Circuit.and.won.a.decision.requiring.the.FCC.to.conduct.an.EIS.(Environmental.Impact.Statement).on.all.Gulf.Coast.towers ..In.addition,.the.Commission.is.required.to.provide.public.notice.of.pending.tower.applications.to.ensure.“in-terested”.parties.can.petition.the.Commission.for.environ-mental.review.before.the.FCC.acts.on.the.applicant’s.tower.request .

2). .Unlicensed Operation in the Band 3650–3700 MHz.. .For.the.last.three.years,.we.have.reported.that.API’s.plead-

ings. were. successful. in. preventing. the. FCC. from. adopt-ing. a. proposal. to. allow. unlicensed. operation. in. the. band.3650–3700.MHz ..However,.the.FCC.has.now.for.the.most.part.rejected.the.API’s.pleadings.and.released.a.Public.No-tice.on.14.November.2007,.announcing.the.start.date.for.filing. applications. for. nationwide. nonexclusive. licenses. in.the.3650–3700.MHz.band ..The.Public.Notice.also.noted.that.mobile.and.portable.stations.do.not.require.a.separate.license.and.do.not.have.to.be.registered .

3). Broadband over Power Line Systems.. .On. 7. August. 2006,. the. FCC. released. a. Memorandum.

Opinion.and.Order.in.response.to.15.Petitions.for.Recon-sideration.filed.by.multiple.entities,.including.API ..In.gen-eral,.the.ruling.allows.Broadband.over.Power.Line.Systems.operations. on. frequencies. up. to. 50. MHz. with. very. low.power.signals.spread.over.a.broad.range.of.frequencies.on.an.unlicensed.(Part.15),.noninterference.basis ..The.Order.re-quires.a.30-day.notification.prior.to.initiation.of.operations.and. contains. some. restrictions. relating. to. exclusion. zones.for.specific.frequencies ..

4). Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands. . .The. issue. remains. much. the. same. as. reported. in. the. last.

year’s.report ..API.has.continued.to.urge.the.Commission.to.prohibit.operations.in.the.470–512.MHz.band.in.all.regions.of.the.country ..The.FCC’s.response.has.been.to.decline.per-mission.for.the.operation.of.personal/portable.devices.in.the.470–512.MHz.band. (TV.channels.14–20),.while. leaving.for.further.consideration.the.issue.of.whether.fixed.devices.might.be.used.in.that.band ..The.API.responded.by.partici-pating. in. Comments. filed. by. the. Land. Mobile. Commu-nications. Council. reiterating. the. concern. that. low-power.devices.would.interfere.with.land.mobile.operations.on.TV.channels. 14–20. as. well. as. Southern. Louisiana-Texas. Off-shore.Zone.operations.on.TV.channels.15–17 ..The.Com-ments.also.encouraged.the.Commission.to.open.a.rulemak-ing. proceeding. to. expand. the. markets. in. which. channels.

14–20.are.available.for.land.mobile.use ..Final.Commission.action.is.still.not.expected.in.the.near.future ..

5). 6.25 kHz Narrow Banding Order.. .The. FCC. released. a. Fourth. Memorandum. Opinion. and.

Order. on. 13. May. 2008,. regarding. the. migration. of. land.mobile.radio.licensees.in.the.150–174.and.421–512.MHz.bands. to. 6 .25. kHz. technology ..This. is. the. “narrowband”.proceeding.that.has.been.pending.at.the.FCC.for.years ..The.previous.order.had.set.1.January.2013,.as.the.final.migra-tion.deadline.for.Industrial/Business.Radio.Pool.licensees.to.migrate.to.12 .5.kHz.equipment ..The.FCC’s.Order.still.does.not. set. a. date. by. which. users. must. migrate. to. 6 .25. kHz.equipment ..Instead,.it.states.that.the.Commission.will.issue.a.Notice.of.Proposed.Rule.Making.seeking.comment.on.an.appropriate.6 .25.kHz.equipment.migration.schedule.prior.to.imposing.a.transition.deadline ..This.latest.order.softens.the. Commission’s. earlier. statements. that. licensees. should.migrate.directly.to.6 .25.kHz.equipment.by.stating.that.“li-censees.that.may.not.migrate.to.12 .5.kHz.technology.until.1. January. 2013,. deadline. approaches. should. consider. the.feasibility.of.migrating.directly.to.6 .25.kHz.technology .”.It.appears,.therefore,.that.there.will.be.at.least.some.time.lag.between.the.date.of. the.Notice.of.Proposed.Rule.Making.and.whatever.6 .25.kHz.compliance.deadline.is.imposed .

The.involvement.of.the.Society.of.Exploration.Geophysicists.as.a.nonvoting.member.on.the.API.Telecommunication.Com-mittee.provides.us.with.the.opportunity.to.be.kept.abreast.of.cur-rent.regulatory.and.legislative.matters.that.may.affect.the.use.of.radio.spectrum.for.geophysical.purposes ..I.have.been.privileged.to.serve.on.this.committee.for.the.past.several.years.and.wish.to.thank.Fairfield.Industries.for.continuing.to.bear.the.expenses.for.SEG.and.my.participation.on.this.committee .

NAPE Expo Advisory Chris O. Tutt, representative

NAPE. Expo. was. founded. in. 1993. to. provide. a. market-place. for.the.buying,.selling,.and.trading.oil.and.gas.prospects.and. producing. properties. (added. in. 1998). via. exhibit. booths ..NAPE.brings.prospects. and.properties. from. the.United.States.and.around.the.world,.advanced.technology,.and.energy.capital.formation.together.in.one.location,.creating.a.pure.marketplace.to.establish. strategic.alliances. for.doing.business.and. initiating.purchases.and.trades .

NAPE.has.a.summer.(August).and.a.winter.(February).expo-sition.both.held.at.the.George.R ..Brown.Convention.Center.in.Houston ..Winter.NAPE.had.some.16.000.attendees.and.1600.booths.and.summer.NAPE.(27–28.August).is.expected.to.have.7000. attendees. and. 700. booths .. NAPE. Expo. is. presented. by.NAPE.Expo.LP.which.is.comprised.of.the.American.Association.of.Professional.Landmen.(AAPL),.Independent.Petroleum.Asso-ciation.of.America.(IPAA),.SEG,.and.the.American.Association.of.Petroleum.Geologists.(AAPG).as.limited.partners .


Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Board of Directors Jack Caldwell, representative

The.2008.Offshore.Technology.Conference,.the.world’s.larg-est.offshore.event,.was.held.5–8.May.at.Reliant.Center.in.Hous-ton,.Texas ..The.theme.for.this.year’s.conference.was.“Waves.of.Change .”.Attendance.at.the.2008.Offshore.Technology.Confer-ence.(OTC).reached.a.26-year.high.to.75.092,.as.offshore.profes-sionals.from.more.than.110.countries.met.to.learn.about.the.lat-est.technology.to.develop.more.oil.and.natural.gas.resources.from.beneath.the.ocean ..Attendance.for.2008.increased.11%.from.67.155.attendees.in.2007 ..Total.exhibit.space.was.more.than.500.000.square.feet,.and.there.continues.to.be.a.waiting.list.of.exhibi-tors,.even.as.more.space.was.opened.up.this.year .

SEG.is.a.sponsoring.organization.of.the.Offshore.Technology.Conference ..The.relationship.dates.to.1969.when.SEG.accepted.an. invitation. to. join. with. AIME. and. seven. other. engineering.and.scientific.societies.to.establish.OTC.as.an.interdisciplinary.meeting.on.technology.related.to.offshore.resources ..As.a.spon-soring.organization,. SEG. is. entitled. to. appoint. one. of. the. 12.members.to.the.OTC.board.of.directors ..To.provide.an.idea.of.how.interdisciplinary.the.OTC.is,.a.list.of.the.other.11.sponsor-ing.organizations.follows:.AAPG;.American.Institute.of.Chemi-cal.Engineers;.American.Institute.of.Mining,.Metallurgical,.and.Petroleum.Engineers;.American.Society.of.Civil.Engineers;.In-stitute. of.Electrical. and.Electronics.Engineers—Oceanic.Engi-neering. Society;. International. Petroleum. Technology. Institute.(formerly.ASME-PD);.Marine.Technology.Society;.Society. for.Mining,.Metallurgy,.and.Exploration.Inc .;.Society.of.Naval.Ar-chitects.and.Marine.Engineers;.Society.of.Petroleum.Engineers;.and.the.Minerals,.Metals.and.Materials.Society .

SEG.and.its.members.accrue.several.benefits.through.partici-pation.in.the.Offshore.Technology.Conference ..First,.it.is.a.place.where.one.can.broaden.their.views.of.the.technology.and.techni-cal.advances.that.are.required.to.make.the.oil.and.gas.industry.what.it.is ..Second,.besides.the.big-time.hardware.that.is.on.view.and.being.discussed.in.technical.sessions,.there.are.reservoir.en-gineering.technical.sessions.that.are.without.question.relevant.to.what.most.geoscientists. are.working.on. today ..Third,. the.geo-science. sessions.have.been. technically. strong. for.years ..Fourth,.as.with.almost.any.well-attended.industry.meeting,.it.is.a.good.place.to.network ..Fifth,.this.meeting.provides.about.5%.of.the.total.annual.income.for.SEG .

On.the.flip.side,.SEG.and.its.members.help.make.OTC.the.success.that.it.is ..First,.there.are.the.members.who.work.on.the.Technical.Program.Committee:.Joe.Reilly,.chairman.and.Klaas.Koster,.cochairman ..In.addition.to.Reilly.and.Koster,.members.of.the.2008.SEG.program.subcommittee.are.William.(Bill).N ..Barkhouse,. Rocco. Detomo,. Dan. Ebrom,. Don. Herron,. John.MacDonald,.David.Monk,.David.Ridyard,.Shuki.Ronen,.Larry.Scott,.and.Gene.W ..Sparkman.who.all.did.another.outstanding.job.of. constructing.a.very. interesting.and. instructive. technical.program ..Working. effectively. on. this. subcommittee. requires. a.large.amount.of.time.and.the.ability.to.tactfully.arm-twist.other.

SEG.members. into.actually.giving. the.papers.upon.which. the.suggested.technical.sessions.were.predicated ..Third,.there.is.the.local.section.of.SEG,.the.Geophysical.Society.of.Houston,.which.supplies.volunteers.who.help.staff.the.Arrangements.Committee,.which.handles.various.necessary.chores.for.the.meeting ..For.his.leadership. role. with. respect. to. this. activity. in. the. recent. past,.Roy.Clark.deserves.special.mention ..Fourth,.there.are.numerous.unrecognized.members.who.do.deeds.of.consequence.but.there.is.no.record ..Fifth,.the.Society.provides.a.member.on.the.Board.of.Directors,.and.the.board.works.hard.to.keep.OTC.on.its.mis-sion.and,. in.actuality,. trying.to. improve.on.its.performance.of.its.mission ..

OTC.Awards.Luncheon.keynote.speaker.Jesús.Reyes.Heroles,.director. general,.Petróleos.Mexicanos. (PEMEX),.discussed. the.company’s. initiatives.for.replacing.declining.reserves,. including.putting.more.emphasis.on.deepwater.exploration.in.the.Gulf.of.Mexico ..“We.must.multiply.our.presence.in.the.Gulf.of.Mexico,.since.55%.of.our.total.prospective.resources.are.deep.in.the.Gulf.of.Mexico,”.said.Reyes.Heroles ..He.added.that.to.reach.its.pro-duction. goals,. PEMEX.“needs. greater. flexibility,. enhanced. ca-pacity,.and.sufficient.resources .”

Extended.to.cover.four.full.days,.this.year’s.technical.program.offered.special.sessions.on.significant.industry.topics,.such.as.the.future.of.petroleum,.the.potential.of.gas.hydrates.as.a.future.en-ergy. source,. and. the.challenges. facing. the. industry. in.meeting.increasing.demand.for.energy,.plus.300.technical.presentations ..OTC’s. “Spotlight. on. New. Technology”. program. highlighted.14.innovative.technologies.that.are.already.making.the.industry.more.effective ..

OTC.held.“The.Next.Wave”.event.to.address.issues.impor-tant.to.industry.professionals.under.the.age.of.35 ..The.second.OTC. Energy. Education. Institute. brought. 100. Houston. area.elementary.and.secondary.teachers.to.OTC.for.a.workshop.on.bringing.energy.topics.to.their.classrooms ..

The.2009.OTC.takes.place.4–7.May.2009.at.Reliant.Center.at.Reliant.Park ..Topics.of.interest.for.technical.paper.submissions.(abstracts. due.by.8.September.2008). include.Exploration. and.Production.Geoscience,.Geophysical.Methods,.Marine.Geosci-ence.and.Geohazards,.and.Unconventional.Reservoirs ..For.more.information. about. OTC. in. general,. or. about. the. upcoming.OTC,.please.visit.www.otcnet.org .

As.your.representative.on.the.OTC.Board.of.Directors,.I.wel-come.any.comments,. suggestions,.and/or.critiques. (positive.or.negative). that.you.may.have ..My.e-mail.address. is. [email protected] .

OTC Technical Program Joseph M. Reilly, chairman

Founded.in.1969,.OTC.is.the.world’s.foremost.event.for.the.development.of.offshore.resources.in.the.fields.of.drilling,.explo-ration,.production,.and.environmental.resources ..The.theme.for.this.year’s.conference.was.“Waves.of.Change .”.This.year’s.confer-ence.was.sponsored.by.12.sponsoring.professional.organizations,.and.two.sponsoring.organizations .


Attendance. at. the. 2008. Offshore. Technology. Conference.(OTC). reached. 75. 092,. a. 26-year. high,. as. energy. profession-als.from.110.countries.met.to.learn.about.the.latest.technology.to.find.and.produce.offshore.oil.and.natural.gas.resources ..The.world’s.largest.offshore.event.was.held.5–8.May.at.Reliant.Park.in.Houston .

Attendance.increased.11%.from.2007 ..With.more.than.a.half.million.square.feet.of.exhibition.area,.the.show.included.2500.companies.from.more.than.35.countries.in.an.area.the.size.of.13.football.fields .

Extended.to.cover.four.full.days,.this.year’s.technical.program.offered.special.sessions.on.significant.industry.topics,.such.as.the.future.of.petroleum,.the.potential.of.gas.hydrates.as.a.future.en-ergy. source,. and. the.challenges. facing. the. industry. in.meeting.increasing.demand.for.energy,.plus.300.technical.presentations ..OTC’s. “Spotlight. on. New. Technology”. program. highlighted.14.innovative.technologies.that.are.already.making.the.industry.more.effective ..

OTC.held.“The.Next.Wave”.event.to.address.issues.impor-tant.to.industry.professionals.under.the.age.of.35 ..The.second.OTC. Energy. Education. Institute. brought. 100. Houston-area.elementary.and.secondary.teachers.to.OTC.for.a.workshop.on.bringing.energy.topics.to.their.classrooms ..

SEG. is. one. of. 12. sponsoring. professional. societies. of. the.technical. program .. The. SEG/OTC. 2008-sponsored. program.highlighted. the. latest. geophysics. technology.and. included. two.sessions.on.CO2.sequestration ..This.represented.a.shift.in.focus.from.prior.years.and.was.a.deliberate.attempt.to.attract.a.wider.industry.audience.to.SEG-sponsored.sessions ..We.are.very.pleased.to.report.that.all.sessions.enjoyed.excellent.attendance.and.high.audience.participation .

The. SEG-sponsored. program. began. with. two. very. special.sessions—the. technical. session. “CO2. Challenge:. Monitoring,.Minimization,. Removal. Technology,. and. Detection,”. and. the.panel.session:.“CO2.Sequestration.in.the.Offshore.Environment:.Challenges,.Opportunities,.and.Solutions .”

CO2.sequestration.is.an.extremely.important.global.issue.fac-ing.both.the.energy.industry.and.the.public.at.large ..Research.in.this.area.is.in.its.early.phases,.with.significant.challenges.in.geo-science,.engineering,.and.policy ..The.technical.session.presented.a.cross-section.of.efforts.in.this.field ..Members.of.the.panel.ses-sion.represented.a.selection.of.the.premier.research.efforts.in.this.area.from.the.United.States,.Australia,.and.Europe,.and.are.listed.as.follows:

. Sally.Benson,.Stanford.GCEP

. Kevin.J ..Dodds,.BP.Alternative.Energy,.formerly.CO2CRC

. Heleen.Groenenberg,.ECN.Policy.Studies,.CO2ReMoVe

. Daniel.Schrag,.Harvard.University.Center. for. the.Environ-ment

. Michael.C ..Fehler,.Massachusetts.Institute.of.Technology

The.discussion.ranged.from.the.specific.technical.challenges.of.CO2.sequestration.to.the.broader.scope.of.climate.change.is-sues .. Audience. participation. was. excellent,. and. many. positive.comments.were.received.regarding.the.panel.session .

The.SEG-sponsored.program.also.included.two.topical.geo-physics.technical.sessions.“Toward.the.Instrumented.Oil.Field:.Emerging. Geophysical. Technologies,”. and. “Electromagnetics:.Out.of.the.Laboratory.and.into.the.Boardroom .”

Both.of.these.sessions.focused.on.emerging.geophysical.tech-nologies.and.their.current.and.future.potential.impact.on.hydro-carbon.exploitation ..

Other.technical.sessions.of.interest.to.the.SEG.membership.were. the.AAPG.visualization.and.Arctic. sessions,.and. the. four.special.sessions.on.hydrates,.sponsored.by.the.Society.of.Manu-facturing.Engineers.(SME).and.the.Society.of.Naval.Architects.and.Marine.Engineers.(SNAME) .

Members.of. the.2007–2008.SEG/OTC.Technical.Program.subcommittee. included:. Joseph. M .. Reilly. (chairman),. Klaas.Koster.(cochairman),.William.(Bill).N ..Barkhouse,.Rocco.Deto-mo,.Dave.Ridyard,.Don.Herron,.John.MacDonald,.David.Monk,.Joshua.(Shuki).Ronen,.Larry.Scott,.and.Gene.Sparkman .

OTC Arrangements Roy E. Clark Jr., chairman

The.2008.Offshore.Technology.Conference.was.held.in.Hous-ton,.Texas,.the.week.of.5–8.May.2008.at.Reliant.Park ..This.year,.the.Arrangements.Committee.was.the.responsibility.of.SEG ..I.was.the.SEG.designated.chairperson.and,.continuing.a.commit-tee.tradition,.cochaired.with.Claudia.Ludwig.of.AAPG .

The.OTC.Arrangements.Committee.provides.a.vital.link.be-tween.each.technical.session.room.and.the.conference.manage-ment ..Committee.members.provide.information.on.conditions.in. the.meeting. rooms,. enabling. the. staff. to.make. adjustments.or.correct.problems ..Additional.duties.include.taking.attendance.and.evaluating.the.presentations.(not.content),.audio,.video,.and.general.room.environment .

Technical.sessions.were.added.to.this.year’s.conference,.which.required.our.committee.to.expand.from.65.members.to.73.mem-bers .. Most. of. our. members. are. SEG. and/or. AAPG. members,.with.some.SPE.and.MTS.members ..

The.published.attendance.to.this.year’s.conference.was.75.092.attendees,.an.11%.increase.from.last.year,.making.this.another.successful.conference .

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