GSH UPCOMING EVENTS!

OCTOBER

Unconventional & New Energy SIG: Optimizing Seismic Data Acquisition for Unconventional Plays: From Reservoir Characterization Objectives to Field Execution

Day: Thu-01-Oct-2026, 11:30am to 1:00pm this is a hybrid event

Speaker: Bahaa Soliman, slb

Location: TGS, 10451 Clay Rd, Houston TX 77041

Summary: Objective-Driven Acquisition Design: Aligning seismic survey design with reservoir characterization goals, geological settings, and modern processing capabilities to ...

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2026 GSH Annual Saltwater Fishing Tournament

Day: Fri-09-Oct-2026

Location: Harborwalk Yacht Club and Marina, 1445 Harborwalk Blvd, Hitchcock TX 77563

Summary: Registration is open! No Boat - No Problem! We offer registrations including boat and guide. Hang your 'Gone Fishing' sign and join us!!

Data Processing & Acquisition SIG: Frequency Dependence of Wave-Equation Kirchhoff Migration WEK Travel Times

Day: Tue-13-Oct-2026, 5:00pm-6:00pm this is a hybrid event

Speaker: Dmitrii Merzlikin, slb

Location: slb, 10001 Richmond Ave, Houston TX 77042

Summary: We generate Kirchhoff migration travel times by picking maximum amplitudes in a two-way wave-equation propagation (Wave-equation Kirchhoff migration (WEK). Wavefield dynamics and kinematics depend on ...

Rock Physics SIG: The Elastic Stiffness C13 in Transversely Isotropic Shales

Day: Wed-14-Oct-2026, 5:30pm-6:30pm this is a hybrid event

Speaker: Colin Sayers, University of Houston

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

Summary: Shales are often anisotropic due to fine-scale layering and preferred alignment of clay particles with bedding. They may be approximated as transversely isotropic (TI) media with...

GSH Board Meeting

Day: Thu-15-Oct-2026, 4:00pm-6:00pm this is a hybrid event

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

Summary: The Board meeting is open to current members only. If you have anything new you would like to bring to the Board please inform us and we will add to the agenda.

Registration is open!

GSH FALL FORUM: From Reservoirs to Resources: Geophysics, Innovation & Enterprise in a Changing Energy World

Day: Thu-22 Oct-2026 this is an in person event

Location: slb, 10001 Richmond Ave, Houston TX 77042

Summary: This one-day event will explore how geophysics continues to drive value in hydrocarbon development while opening new opportunities in geothermal, critical minerals, mining, microseismic monitoring, and other emerging subsurface applications. Watch for more information.

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NEW Location!!

GSH Pickleball Tournament

Day: Fri-06-Nov-2026, 12:00noon to 5:00pm

New Location: Diamond Boyz Pickleball Social Club (DBz)

14041 Westheimer Rd, Houston TX 77077

Summary: Come and spend time competing with old friends and take the opportunity to make new ones. If you are a beginner or a regular player there is lots of great pickleball to be played. All levels of players are welcome ...

OTHER SOCIETIES EVENTS

SPE-ATCE 2026 Energy Professionals Hiring Event

Day: Fri-23-Oct-2026, 10:00am to 2:00pm

Location: George R Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston TX 77010

Summary: Current GSH members are invited to the "Energy Professionals Hiring Event" hosted by the SPE ATCE. Striving to provide a platform for experienced upstream and energy professionals and industry companies to meet. For more information go to https://www.spegcs.org/hiring-event/

SEG Summit on Drone Geophysics

Day: 26-29 October 2026 this is a virtual event

Summary: The 2026 SEG Summon Drone Geophysics will feature the latest science and innovation on the integration of drones into geophysical studies through a four-day, online international conference...

WHAT'S NEW AT GSH

GSH Museum and Gravity Recordings

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

Summary: Come visit the Museum and see what's new! Also, check out the title link (above) to access the video recordings about the history of gravity recording instruments.-, featuring Corine Prieto, Bill Gafford, Chris Nind, Robert Neese, Dan Di Francesco, Marshall MacNabb and others as our recording hosts. Thanks also goes to Scott Hammond of Bell Geospace for sponsoring and producing these recordings.

Gravity Instrument Collection 1920 to 2022

A FOUR PART VIDEO SERIES EXPLORING THE 100 YEAR DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE THE EARTH’S GRAVITY

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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.