Invited Lectures

2023

Tropical Trade Wind Carbonate Depositional Models from Caicos Platform, SE Bahamas: Applications to Cretaceous Limestone Reservoirs Around the Ancestral Gulf Of Mexico, Houston Geological Society, Houston, Texas (January 9; In-Person Presentation).

2021

How Understanding Physiographic Setting Enhances the Pursuit of Carbonate Plays: Case Studies From the Cretaceous of the Ancestral Gulf Of Mexico, Fort Worth Geological Society, Fort Worth, Texas (October 12; Online Zoom Presentation).

2018

Influence of Reactivated Basement Faults on The Porosity Evolution of South Texas Cretaceous Carbonates – Implications for Austin Chalk Play Development in Texas and Louisiana, South Texas Geological Society, San Antonio, Texas (October 10).

2017

Overview of the Austin Chalk in South Texas and Louisiana: Depositional Setting, Diagenesis and Porosity Evolution, and Play Development, East Texas Geological Society, Tyler, Texas (November 15)

Influence of Strong Easterly Trade Winds on Carbonate Plays, East Texas Geological Society, Tyler, Texas (November 15)

Controls on Carbonate Play Development in the Paleozoic of West Texas and New Mexico, Bill Hailey Memorial Short Course, Southwest Section of AAPG, Fort Worth, Texas (January 10)

Controls on Carbonate Play Development in the Paleozoic of West Texas and New Mexico, Bill Hailey Memorial Short Course, Southwest Section of AAPG, Abilene, Texas (January 9)

2013

Influence of Stronger Easterly Paleotrade Winds on Carbonate Play Development – Applications of Caicos Platform Models to Petroleum Exploration, Corpus Christi Geological Society, Corpus Christi, Texas (March 20).

2003

Applications of the Caicos platform model (S.E. Bahamas) to Gulf of Mexico exploration: influence of paleotrade winds on Mesozoic carbonate play development, Occidental Oil & Gas, Houston (February 26).

2002

The Ellenburger of west Texas and the Devonian Keg River of western Canada: case studies where deep-burial dissolution controls dolostone reservoir development, Houston Geological Society, North American Exploration Group, Houston (January 28).

2001

Structural controls on the development of dolostone reservoirs, Devonian Keg River Formation, northwestern Alberta, Canada, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (March 3).

2000

Applications of the Caicos platform model (S.E. Bahamas) to Gulf of Mexico exploration: influence of paleotrade winds on Mesozoic carbonate play development, Phillips Petroleum, Houston (July 19).

Carbonate Play Relationships in the Upper Jurassic Haynesville Formation, East Texas, Anadarko Petroleum, Houston (January 28).

1999

(with H.R. Wanless). Application of the Caicos Platform Model to Exploration: Trade Wind Controls on Carbonate Play Distribution, University of Miami Department of Geology Seminar, Miami, Florida (March 26).

Geology and Stratigraphy of the Devonian Judy Creek Reef Reservoir, western Canada, University of Miami, Reefs Through Time Seminar, Miami, Florida (March 26).

Application of the Caicos Platform Model to Exploration: Trade Wind Controls on Carbonate Play Distribution, Shreveport Geological Society, Shreveport, Louisiana (February 16).

1998

Cretaceous Isis Field, Tunisia: An Offshore Rudist Reef Complex, Dallas Geological Society, International Group, Dallas, Texas (January 28).

1997

Play Attributes of Cretaceous Rudist Reef Reservoirs – Examples From the Gulf of Mexico and the Middle East, Dallas Geological Society, Dallas, Texas (March 11).

1996

Influence of Physiographic Setting and Tectonics on Carbonate Platform Development, Amoco Production Company Seminar on Carbonate Petroleum Systems, Houston (June 19).

Play Attributes of Cretaceous Rudist Reef Reservoirs – Examples From the Gulf of Mexico and the Middle East, Houston Geological Society North American Explorationists and International Explorationists Joint Dinner Meeting, Houston, Texas (February 19).

Play Attributes of Carbonate Reservoirs: Guidelines for Exploiting Gulf Coast Carbonate Sequences, East Texas Geological Society, Tyler, Texas (February 14).

1995

The Importance of Physiographic Setting in Subsurface Carbonate Play Development – Lessons From Bahamian Quaternary Carbonates, SEPM Permian Basin Section Luncheon, Midland, Texas (November 21).

Evaluation of Paleokarst Using Enhanced Petrography and Guidelines From Quaternary Carbonates, Keynote Talk, Paleokarst Research Conference, San Salvador, Bahamas (February 18).

1994

Play Attributes of Carbonate Reservoirs: Guidelines for Exploiting Gulf Coast Carbonate Sequences. Shreveport Geological Society, Shreveport, Louisiana (September 20)

1992

Alternative Models of Carbonate Deposition and Early Porosity Modification, Caicos Platform, British West Indies. University of Houston Seminar Series, Houston, Texas (October 16).

1991

(with I.D. Muir). Burial Porosity Development in Middle Devonian Keg River Reservoirs. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Luncheon Meeting, Calgary, Canada (November 28).

1990

Caicos Platform – Alternative Models for Carbonate Deposition and Early Porosity Modification from the Southeastern Bahamas. Ft. Worth Geological Society, Ft. Worth, Texas (November 12).

Comparative Carbonate Sedimentology: Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production. Tyler Geological Society, Tyler, Texas (October 30).

Holocene and Pleistocene Depositional Facies on Caicos Platform, British West Indies: Alternative Models of Shallow Carbonate Platform Deposition. Chevron USA, Houston, Texas (April 3).

1989

Timing of and Controls on Reservoir Microporosity Development in Upper Jurassic Haynesville Limestones, East Texas. Exxon USA Production Department, Houston, Texas (September 7).

Timing of and Controls on Reservoir Microporosity Development in Upper Jurassic Haynesville Limestones, East Texas. Exxon USA Exploration Department, Houston, Texas (July 12).

Regional Diagenesis and Porosity Evolution of the Upper Jurassic Haynesville Limestones, East Texas. Amoco Production Co., Houston, Texas (March 22).

Holocene and Pleistocene Geology of the Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. Canadian Hunter Ltd., Calgary, Canada (February 23).

Regional Facies and Porosity Trends, Haynesville Limestone, East Texas. OXY USA, Houston, Texas (January 18).

1988

Results of Current Research on Caicos Platform, British West Indies. Chevron U.S.A., Midland, Texas (October 18).

Regional Facies and Porosity Relationships in Jurassic Haynesville Limestones of East Texas. East Texas Geological Society, Tyler, Texas (October 11).

Regional Facies and Porosity Relationships in Jurassic Haynesville Limestones of East Texas. Dallas Geological Society, Dallas, Texas (October 11).

Alternative Models of Carbonate Deposition, Caicos Platform, British West Indies. Sedimentology Group, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, Canada (May 9).

Facies Relationships and Porosity Development in Jurassic Haynesville Limestones, East Texas. Marathon Oil Company, Houston, Texas (February 11).

1987

Alternative Bahamian Models of Carbonate Deposition from Caicos Platform, British West Indies. Marathon Oil Company, Denver, Colorado (October 8).

Alternative Models of Carbonate Deposition based on the Modern Caicos Platform. Union Pacific Resources Company, Denver, Colorado (October 14).

Reservoir Microporosity and Sulfide Mineralization – Implications for Deep Secondary Porosity Development in Jurassic Haynesville Limestones, East Texas. Marathon Oil Company, Denver, Colorado (October 21).

Columnar Stromatolites: A Re-Evaluation of Their Environmental Significance. Rice University Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar Series, Houston, Texas (September 16).

Regional Facies and Porosity Relationships in Jurassic Haynesville Limestones of East Texas. Houston Geological Society Dinner Meeting, Houston, Texas (April 13).

Holocene and Pleistocene Sedimentary Environments of Caicos Platform, British West Indies. Esso Resources Canada, Calgary, Canada (February 19).

1986

Hardened Subtidal Columnar Stromatolites, Bahamas: Setting and Petrography. Symposium: Controls on Composition and Form of Columnar Stromatolites, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Third Annual Mid-Year Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina (September 26).

Hydrocarbon Influences on Deep Burial Secondary Porosity Development: Jurassic Haynesville Limestone Case Study. Society of America, Penrose Conference on Reservoir Diagenesis, Cannes, France, June 10 (Talk given by G. M. Lafon).

Burial Diagenesis and Creation of Microporosity in Jurassic Haynesville Limestones, East Texas. Carbonate Research Group, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Atlanta, Georgia (June 17).

Burial Diagenesis of the Jurassic Haynesville Formation, East Texas. University of Houston, Department of Geology Seminar Series, Houston, Texas (February 21).

1985

Marine Geology of Caicos Bank, British West Indies. Rice University Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar Series, Houston, Texas (October 16).

Pervasive Deep Burial Secondary Porosity in Jurassic Haynesville Limestones, East Teas. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Research Conference on Spar Cements and Secondary Porosity in Carbonate Rocks, Cancun, Mexico (August 28).

Applications of Fluorescence Microscopy in Reconstructing Carbonate Diagenetic Histories. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Research Conference on Spar Cements and Secondary Porosity in Carbonate Rocks, Cancun, Mexico (August 27).

Pervasive Deep Burial Secondary Porosity in Upper Jurassic Haynesville Limestones, East Texas. Exxon Production Research Company Forum Talk, Houston, Texas (April 4).

Applications of Fluorescence Microscopy in Studying Carbonate Facies and Diagenesis. University of Miami, Department of Marine Geology Seminar, Miami, Florida (March 14).

Pervasive Deep Burial Secondary Porosity in Upper Jurassic Haynesville Limestones, East Texas. Exxon Company USA, Gulf Coast Division, Houston, Texas (January 30).

Pervasive Deep Burial Secondary Porosity in Upper Jurassic Haynesville Limestones, East Texas. Exxon Company USA, East Texas Division, Tyler, Texas (January 18).

1984

Applications of Fluorescence Microscopy. Exxon Production Research Company Forum Talk, Houston, Texas (March 8).

1983

Oolitic Sand Deposition and Diagenesis. University of Tubingen, Tubingen, West Germany (November 4).

Diagenesis and Geochemistry of the Austin Chalk Formation, South Texas and Mexico. Rice University, Department of Geology, Houston, Texas (April 7).

Limestone Diagenesis and Porosity Evolution. Exxon Production Research Company Forum Talk, Houston, Texas (January 12).

1982

Depositional Setting and Porosity Evolution of the Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk Formation, South Central Texas. New Orleans Geological Society, New Orleans, Louisiana (October 4).

Depositional Setting and Porosity Evolution of the Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk Formation, South Central Texas. Southern Methodist University, Department of Geology Seminar Series, Dallas, Texas (March 4).

Depositional Setting and Porosity Evolution of the Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk Formation, South Central Texas. Austin Geological Society, Austin, Texas (March 1).

1981

Depositional Setting and Porosity Evolution of the Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk Formation, South Central Texas. South Texas Geological Society, San Antonio, Texas (November 30).

Depositional Setting and Porosity Evolution of the Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk Formation, South Central Texas. Corpus Christi Geological Society, Corpus Christi, Texas (October 13).

Depositional Setting and Porosity Evolution of the Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk Formation, South Central Texas. Houston Geological Society Dinner Meeting, Houston, Texas (September 14).

1980

Pressure Solution Effects in Chalks and Their Implications for Reservoir Quality. Geological Society of America, Penrose Conference on Pressure Solution, New Paltz, New York (May 19).

Diagenesis of the Austin Chalk in South Texas. University of Houston, Symposium on Chalks: Their Origin and Diagenesis, Houston, Texas (March 14).

Sedimentology and Diagenesis of the Upper Cretaceous Austin Chalk Formation, South Texas. Exxon Production Research Company Forum Talk, Houston, Texas (February 28).

1979

Sedimentological and Diagenetic Attributes of Depositional and Diagenetic Chalks. Esso Resources Canada, Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada (September 26).

Depositional Setting and Diagenesis of Modern Bahamian Oolitic Sand Bodies. Esso Resources Canada. Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (September 26).

1977

Holocene Cementation of Oolitic Banks in the Bahamas. Rice University, Symposium on Carbonate Cementation, Houston, Texas (December 15).