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2010 WTGS Fall Symposium

It’s the 17th Anniversary of the WTGS/PBGS Skeet Shoot sponsored by the Permian Basin Geophysical Society and the West Texas Geological Society. Grab your shotguns and let’s go out and break a few “skeets!” Let the chips fall where they may. We expect another good crowd this year, so sign up early! Sponsors will have priority of shoot times. 

Click here to get further info and a registration form.

The Buffalo Trails Scout Ranch, south of Balmorhea, needs a few geologists to be interviewed (in an outdoor classroom like environment) by scouts working on their Geology Merit Badge. Click to find out more!

The WTGS YEC have several upcoming events that they would like you to be aware of. Please visit the YEC web page!

The 1st Petroleum Fall Festival was a resounding success. All enjoyed the food, games, and music that was sponsored by WTGS, PB-SPE, and PBLA. Thank you for your support and attendance.

Elusive Hydrocarbons are Still to be Found in the Permian Basin

Symposium Schedule

The Symposium was a great success. Thank you to all the attendees and sponsors.

Mike Raines (WTGS President) presented both a Geologic Map from the Maps In Schools program and an Earth Science Week program for the children at Grady ISD, May 13, 2009.

Have you ever thought that you would like to have a complete library of the West Texas Geological Society publications and not have to rent more office space or buy more bookshelves to accommodate the collection? Well…that is now possible.

The WTGS website has been updated and upgraded. Members are now allowed to view and edit their own membership contact information, retrieve historical WTGS documents, submit GeoJobs, and a plethora of other functions. Not only is the site more functional, user friendly, and modern looking; it also has the capability to expand well into the future as WTGS continues to grow and Members need more function from their society's internet connection.

Structure and Stratigraphy of the Permian Basin – Understanding the Fundamentals of Conventional and Unconventional Plays

The Fall Symposium continued it's long-standing tradition of excellence with a strong technical program targeting concepts applied to active exploration and development of plays in the Permian Basin. The two days of technical sessions featured both oral and poster sessions presented by noted authors on the diverse aspects of Permian Basin plays. Friday morning featured a core workshop. Anticipated cores  included in theworkshop were: Wolfcamp, presented by Henry Petroleum; Clear Fork Detrital, presented by Whiting Petroleum; and Suntera Field, presented by Great Western Drilling. The symposium offered an opportunity for geologists, geophysicists, and engineers to meet with the researchers and service providers operating in the Permian Basin and dedicated to continual learning for resource development.

Symposium Abstract Book

The West Texas geological community does a lot for young people in our area.

The West Texas Geological Foundation gives three healthy college scholarships to Geology (and/or Engineering) majors each year plus sponsoring Earth Science instruction to teachers on a regular basis. It also encourages teachers who excel in effective science instruction with its annual MOST (Most Outstanding Science Teacher awards given each year to (1) a quality science teacher in Midland, (2) one in Odessa, and (3) one anywhere else in the Permian Basin in public or private schools. You can help with these effective programs by contributing to the West Texas Geological Foundation. The college scholarships are recommended by the WTGS Scholarship Committee chaired by Sue Reid.

We now have available a searchable pdf file of all the Table of Contents from all our publications.

The file is very large (69 mb) and can take a while to download if you do not have a high speed connection. After downloading the file, use the search function within Adobe Acrobat to do your search. Click the link below to begin, and happy hunting!

2007 WTGS Table of Contents