2009 Annual Report - American Association of Petroleum Geologists

submitted in 2005 and 142 manuscripts
submitted in 2004. Of the papers
received in 2006, 52.1% were accepted
for publication with revisions. The
average number of days from submittal
to decision rendered was 89 days
in 2006.
In calendar year 2006, 80 papers were
published. Papers published were
authored by geoscientists around the
world and included 73 (91%) regional
studies and 7 (9%) topical
(non-geographical) studies. Of the
regional studies, 25 (34%) of the papers
addressed subjects from areas in the
United States, 15 (20%) from Latin
America, 14 (19%) from Europe, 10
(14%) from the Asia/Pacific area, 7
(10%) from Canada, and 2 (3%) from
Africa. These papers covered a broad
array of topics of interest to petroleum
geoscientists and emphasized reservoir
characterization, sequence stratigraphy,
sedimentology, structural geology/tectonics,
seismic interpretation, basin analysis
and modeling, and petroleum
systems/hydrocarbon generation and
migration. Emphasis has been placed on
publishing more contributions to the E&P
Notes section of the Bulletin. In this
regard, two theme volumes were
published in 2006: one on the
Maracaibo Basin and one on
hydrothermally altered carbonate
reservoirs. A theme volume on the
Barnett Shale was published in April
2007. In addition, general geologic
papers that have a high potential to
assist petroleum geologists with finding
and producing more oil and gas were
published as contributions to the
Geologic Notes section, and papers
addressing current technical
methodologies that have potential
application to reducing petroleum
exploration risk, to enhancing hydrocarbon
recovery, and to reducing field operation
and reservoir production costs were
included in the Geohorizons section of
the Bulletin.
2006 Publications (17)
Datapages (12)
• Getting Started #1, Deepwater Slope
Channels
• Getting Started #2, Carbonate
Reservoirs
• Getting Started #3, Coalbed Methane
• Getting Started #4, Sandstone
Reservoir Quality
• Getting Started #5, Deltas
• Partner Pub, Oklahoma City Geological
Society Publications on CD-ROM
1738 Annual Report
• Partner Pub, Wyoming Geological
Society Publications on CD-ROM & DVD
• Partner Pub, Kansas Geological Society
Publications on DVD
• Partner Pub, Indonesian Geological
Society Publications on DVD
• AAPG, CD-ROM Memoir 82—Thrust
Tectonics
• AAPG, CD-ROM Memoir 28—Color
Guide to Sandstones
• AAPG, CD-ROM Studies 52—Jonah
Field: Case Study of Tight Gas
Fluvial Reservoirs
Special Publications (5)
• Archie #1, Petrophysical Evaluation of
Hydrocarbon Pore-Thickness in Thinly
Bedded Clastic Reservoirs
• Memoir #84, Carpathians and Their
Foreland—Geology and Hydrocarbon
Resources
• Memoir #88, Giant Hydrocarbon
Reservoirs of the World—From Rocks
to Reservoir Characterization and
Modeling
• Computer Applications #5, Stochastic
Modeling and Geostatistics Volume II
• Studies 57, Introduction to Petroleum
Geology of Deepwater Settings
Ernest A. Mancini, Editor
Advisory Council
The AAPG Advisory Council
experienced a routine year, hence this
report will be brief:
1. The greatest single continuing
problem faced by the Advisory
Council, and the AAPG, is that we
need to receive more nominations
for AAPG elective office, especially
President-elect and Treasurer. We
urge all members to consider the
real benefits that come with service
to the Association, allow their names
to be actively considered, and to
solicit qualified fellow members to
allow their names to be put forward.
In addition, we urge all Sections,
Regions, Divisions, and affiliated local
societies to endorse worthy members
for officer-candidates.
2. Without exception, this year’s AC
continued the new policies and
procedures adopted by the 2005/06
AC under the leadership of Chairman
Pat Gratton, and recommend that
they become standardized operating
procedure for the future.
3. The AC endorsed the Fair Dues
Structure for the proposed new
Graduated Dues Amendment. This
new legislation was endorsed by the
leadership of AAPG’s House of
Delegates, and submitted to the
House at the Annual Meeting in
Long Beach, where it passed
overwhelmingly.
4. The AC recommended additional
changes to the existing rules
regarding Petition Candidacy,
including (a) requiring more than 50
endorsing signatures; (b) requiring
that at least 10% of endorsing
signatures be from members from
Sections or Regions other than the
Petitioner’s home Section or Region;
and (c) requiring the Petitioner to
gather all endorsing signatures
personally. These recommendations
were approved by the Executive
Committee, but the leadership of the
HOD declined to put them forward
for the entire House membership to
consider. The issue of Petition
Candidacy remains an unresolved
source of potential contention in
AAPG’s governance and affairs.
5. The AC approved an important new
annual award, for excellence in
petroleum geoscience research,
named in honor of the late
Robert R. Berg. The first awardee will be
named at the 2009 annual meeting.
6. There were no ethics complaints
referred to the AC in FY 2006/07.
7. Without exception, the entire
2006/07 Advisory Council worked
collegially and constructively to
identify worthy officer candidates,
and recipients of AAPG Honors and
Awards. Their deliberations and
discussions were highly professional,
focusing on the qualifications of
those being considered, and group
wisdom was sought, achieved, and
honored. As Chair, I thank them all
sincerely, and I urge all AAPG
members to seek out and thank their
respective AC representatives for
their excellent work on behalf of
the Association.
8. On behalf of the entire 2006/07
Advisory Council, I sincerely thank
AAPG staffers Regina Gill and Janice
Scott for their diligent and superior
work in making the AC’s meetings
efficient and its results productive.
Peter R. Rose, Chair