• May 2014

    The luncheon meeting speaker this month at the Town Club (Wed. May 21) will be Dr. Peter R. Rose. His topic will be “Geology Impacts History: Influence of the Edwards Plateau on Frontier History of the Texas Hill Country.” The next CCGS event after the May luncheon: – July 25 CCGS/CBGS Fishing Tournament Port Aransas […]

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  • April 2014

    The luncheon meeting speaker this month at the Town Club (Wed. April 16) will be Robert Shoup, Subsurface Consultants and Associates. His topic will be “What Are Global Temperatures Doing, and Why Are They Doing It?” The Board voted on March 5 to give Complimentary Memberships to the following dedicated volunteers of the CCGS that […]

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  • March 2014

    The luncheon meeting speaker this month at the Town Club (Wed. March 19) will be Richard Davis, Professor Emeritus from the University of South Florida and Visiting Research Associate at Harte Research Institute. His topic will be “Sea-Level Change in the Gulf of Mexico.” He has written a book on the topic and will have […]

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  • February 2014

    The luncheon meeting speaker this month at the Town Club (Wed. Feb. 19) will be J. Carl Fiduk, the Exploration Manager for WesternGeco. His topic will be “A Brief Tectonic and Depositional History of the northern GOM.” He is an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer. Thanks to Zack Corcoran who has stepped in to serve as the […]

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  • January 2014

    The luncheon meeting speaker this month at the Town Club (Wed. Jan. 15) will be Kevin Schepel, the EVP Exploration and Production for ZaZa Energy Corporation. His topic will be “Advanced Reservoir Characterization for Proof-of-Concept Drilling in the Eagle Ford and Eaglebine Shales.” A similar paper was presented at the DUG meeting last year in […]

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  • December 2013

    It is already December and the Christmas season is upon us. The luncheon meeting speaker this month at the Town Club (Wed. Dec. 18) will be Eddie Valek, Marathon Geoscience Manager for the South Texas/Eagle Ford. His topic will be “From 0-80 in Ninety Days: Rapid Play Entry to Fully Integrated Play Development in the […]

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  • November 2013

    The luncheon meeting speaker this month at the Town Club (Wed. Nov. 20) will be Hongliu Zeng of the BEG. His topic will be “Stratal Slice: The Next Generation.” There is good news to report this month. Dawn Bissell has volunteered to be the Chairman of the 2016 GCAGS Annual Convention (66th) to be held […]

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  • October 2013

    Ryan Egger resigned the Secretary post due to his move to Houston. The CCGS Board voted to replace Ryan with Allison Corcoran, who volunteered to accept the Secretary position and to continue on as the Arrangements Chairman. Thanks to energetic young volunteers like Allison, the CCGS will continue to prosper. October is a busy month […]

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  • September 2013

    The 2013-14 CCGS year began with the Third Annual Saltwater Fishing Tournament in July. I commend the tremendous effort and dedication put forth by Chairman Leighton Devine and his team of Ryan Egger, Patrick McCullough and Dawn Bissell. There were 26 teams, 21 bay and 5 offshore. Be sure to attend the Annual Kickoff Bar-B-Q […]

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  • Bob Critchlow

    I grew up in South Bend, Indiana, a couple of miles north of the University of Notre Dame campus. The surface in Northern Indiana is covered by Pleistocene glacial till, which contains rocks scraped from the Precambrian Canadian shield. The till contains every type of rock imaginable in a rainbow of colors. I collected the […]

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