PAST PRESIDENT: Juan N. Cabasos born in Carrizo Springs, TX.

Education: AA 1979, Southwest Texas Jr. College, Uvalde, Texas
BA Geology 1981, Texas A&I University, Kingsville, Texas

Professional:
Core Laboratories, LP — 1982 to Present, Several Positions, Currently South Texas Manager

Organizations: Corpus Christi Geo. Soc.
South Texas Geo. Soc. (San Antonio)
Dallas Geo. Soc.
Houston, Geo. Soc.
SIPES—Corpus Christi Chapter
CCGS—President Elect — 2008-2009
CCGS—President — 2009-2010

Being born and raised in Carrizo Springs, oil runs through my veins. My start into the oil and gas indus- try was at a very young age. My father, T.V. Cabasos, was an operator on a workover rig and would take my brother and me on weekends to roam the outdoors. My first paying job was when I was ten years old, and I helped a contract pumper/guager, Woody Nobles. My pay was $1 a day, and all I could eat.

At the age of six- teen, I started to work rigs on weekends and summers. One particular hot summer I was working on the floor and turned to my father and asked, “Who is that guy that just stays inside his air conditioned truck?” My Dad told me, “He is the geologist.” I re- member that day clearly.

I had always told my Mother, Luvina Cabasos, that I would go to college and become a math teacher. When I was at Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde, Texas, I excelled in Chemistry and Physics and started to lean toward the sciences. After two years I decided to tell my parents that I was dropping my math teacher plans and would be going to Texas A&I in Kingsville to study geology.

That very day I walked into the Core Lab office in Carrizo Springs and asked for a summer job. The Manager was Terry Casey, and he hired my on the spot. All that summer we worked on the Tar Sand of Southwest Texas. I had an “open door policy.” Anytime I was in town and wanted to work I could.

I started full time employment with Core Lab on January 1, 1982 in Carrizo Springs and was there until the lab closed on March 31, 1986. I was transferred to the Corpus Christi lab. By November 1988, I was in charge of the Corpus Christi operation and took on as much responsibilities as I could.

Some of the responsibilities I took on were environmental drilling (the Juan One), environmental sampling, and constructing three portable well site core analysis units. I even got involved with underground gasoline storage tank testing. In 1991 the Federal Tight Gas Law made life a lot easier. Many companies were taking whole core, and I was able to increase our staff to handle upwards of 500 feet of conventional core per month and untold number of percussion sidewall samples. South Texas clients were good to Core Lab.

From 1996 to 2000, I was in charge of Business Development for the Gulf Coast (Texas and Louisiana) and Northern Mexico. In 1999 and 2000, Core Lab bought two of our competitors in Houston, and I was offered the Sales Manager’s job in Houston, which I turned down. I am, and have always been, a service orientated person, and I opted to remain in the Corpus Christi lab.

Juan Cabasos—Lab Supervisor