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GSH UPCOMING EVENTS!

JANUARY

Data Processing and Acquisition SIG: Ultrashallow Imaging Using Active and Passive Near-Field Hydrophone Measurements

Speaker: Mr. Frederico Xavier de Melo, slb

Day: Tues-13-Jan-2026 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

This is a hybrid meeting.

Location: SLB, 10001 Richmond Avenue, Houston TX 77042

Summary: We present an ultrashallow reflectivity reconstruction method by integrating active and passive near-field hydrophone (NFH) measurements via a matching pursuit algorithm. This technique aims to create a detailed three-dimensional (3D) image...

Data Science and Machine Learning SIG: Identifying Bottom Simulating Reflection for Gas Hydrate interpretation using Deep Learning

Speaker: Fawz Naim, Advanced Resources International

Day: Wed-14-Jan 12:00 Noon to 1:00 pm. Virtual only.

Summary: Bottom Simulating Reflection (BSR) are key seismic indicators of marine gas hydrate systems, but their morphology, amplitude variability, and structural complexity...

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GSH/HGS Case Study Seminar II-Lessons from Missed Opportunities and Surprise Successes

Day: Thur-15-Jan-2026 7:30 am -5:00 pm Networking and Happy Hour 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM In person only.

Location: Norris Conference Center, 816 Town & Country Blvd, Houston, TX 77024

Summary: Exciting one day conference presenting real life exploration stories from senior geoscientists.

Technical Luncheon: 100 Year Evolution of an Icon: How the Geophone Became a Power Tool for Geophysics

Speaker: K. Rene' Mott, Empress Exploration

Day: Wed-21-Jan-2026 11:00 am to 1:00 pm This is a hybrid meeting.

Location: Ikon Science, 12140 Wickchester Lane, Houston, TX 77079

Summary: Since their introduction in the early 1920s, geophones have transformed from simple mechanical devices into sophisticated, data-intensive seismic sensors, reflecting a century of innovation...

GSH Board Meeting - January 22nd

Day: Thur-22-Jan-2026 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm This is a hybrid meeting.

Location: The GSH GeoScience Center, 1790 W. Sam Houston Parkway N, Houston, TX 77043

Summary: Monthly Board Meeting - for current members only

Potential Fields SIG: Is This My Stop? Province Limits of CO2 and Related Non-HC Contaminants and Their Associated Geofluid Pathways

Speaker: Bill Dickson

Day: Thurs-22-Jan-2026 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm This is an in-person meeting

Location: New Location! Los Tios Restaurant, 9527 Westheimer Rd Houston, TX 77063

Summary: From ongoing work around both the South China Sea and the Atlantic margin, we illustrate risks related to varying presences of non-hydrocarbon gases (NHGs) in oil and gas prospects...

FEBRUARY

Unconventional and New Energy SIG: Integration of Multidisciplinary Fracture Diagnostics for the Evaluation of Well Completions in Unconventional Plays – Application to the HFTS-2 Dataset

Speaker: Geraldine Haas, Reveal Energy Services

Day: Thur-5-Feb-2026 11:30 am to 1:00 pm

This is a hybrid meeting.

Location: TGS, 10451 Clay Rd., Houston TX 77041

Summary: The Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site 2 (HFTS-2) in the Wolfcamp formation of the Delaware Basin, offers a unique research opportunity to optimize the unconventional development process...

UH 32nd Annual Dobrin Lecture: Application of Information Theory in the Geosciences

Speaker: Dr. John P. Castagna

Day: Thur-5-Feb-2026 5:00pm to 8:00 pm This is an in-person event.

Location: University of Houston Alumni Center, 3204 Cullen Blvd., Houston, TX 77204

Summary: The concept of information is central in geoscience, yet information content is rarely measured rigorously. What in fact is information? How is it measured?...

Data Processing and Acquisition SIG: Data-driven Analysis of Seismic Phase Using Circular Statistics

Speaker: Akshika Rohatgi, University of Texas at Austin

Day: Tues-10-Feb-2026 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

This is a hybrid meeting.

Location: SLB, 10001 Richmond Avenue, Houston TX 77042

Summary: Land prestack seismic data often exhibit substantial, physically meaningful phase variability caused by small-scale near-surface heterogeneity and complex scattering, effects not captured by simplified surface-consistent processing models...

Living Legends Doodlebugger Social Gathering

Day: Wed-11-Feb-2026 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Location: The GSH GeoScience Center, 1790 W. Sam Houston Parkway N, Houston, TX 77043

Summary: Retired or nearly retired doodlebuggers, and their spouses are invited, as well as anyone who is interested in visiting our Geoscience Center. This is a chance to visit with some of the Legends in our industry...


Rock Physics SIG: Granular Medium Model for Unconsolidated Sands Using Coordination Number, Porosity and Pressure Relations

Speaker: Dr. Tanima Dutta, Landmark, Halliburton

Day: Wed-11-Feb-2026 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm This is a hybrid meeting.

Location: GSH Geoscience Center, 1790 W Sam Houston Parkway N., Houston TX 77043

Summary: Predicting shear wave velocity in unconsolidated sands has remained a long-standing challenge in Rock Physics. We present a recipe for using closed-form expressions of the effective-medium models to predict velocities in unconsolidated sandstones...

Technical Luncheon: Unifying Rock Physics, Seismic Inversion & ML for Predictive Reservoir Intelligence

Speaker: Dr Muhammad Zahid Afzal Durrani, Colorado School of Mines

Day: Wed-18-Feb-2026 11:00 am to 1:00 pm This is a hybrid meeting.

Location: Ikon Science, 12140 Wickchester Lane, Houston, TX 77079

Summary: Rock physics is the bedrock of Quantitative Interpretation (QI), reinforce reliable reservoir characterization in complex unconventional plays and tight fractured carbonate reservoirs. By translating seismic amplitude signals..

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GSH Golf Tournament

Day: Mon-23-Feb-2026 8:00 am to 3:30 pm

Location: The Palmer Course at the Woodlands Country Club, 100 Grand Fairway, The Woodlands, TX 77381

Summary: Join us again for another exceptional day of golfing! Shotgun start at 9am. Lunch included

GSH Geophysics Academy

Day: 31-Mar-2026 to 2-Apr-2026


Summary: Watch for more information coming soon!

GSH Spring Symposium

Day: 22-Apr-2026 to 23-Apr-2026

Location: The Norris Convention Center, 816 Town & Country Blvd, Suite 210, Houston, TX 77024.

Summary: "Innovations", honoring Tom Smith!

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Read up on what's been happening at the GSH: Fall Forum 2025 Wrap-up: "From Waveforms to Insights - Latest Developments in Processing, Inversion and Artificial Intelligence" and read the most recent Word From the Board.


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