Download your copy of the May 2008 WTGS Bulletin. Note that the file is a pdf, and you will need Adobe Reader to view.

WTGS -- PBGS 15th Annual Invitational Skeet Shoot
Friday & Saturday, August 22-23th, 2008

It’s the Fiftteenth Anniversary of the WTGS-PBGS Skeet Shoot sponsored by the Permian Basin Geophysical Society and the West Texas Geological Society. Grab your shotguns and let’s go out and break a few "skeets". Let the chips fall where they may. We expect another good crowd this year so sign up early.

This year, along with a dues statement and officer election ballot, WTGS members will also be asked to vote on proposed changes to the bylaws, as explained below by President Elect Tim Hunt.

The Permian Basin: Geologic Models to the World
September 10-12, 2008
Midland, Texas

The WTGS website has been updated and upgraded. Members are now allowed to view and edit their own membership contact information, retrieve historical WTGS documents, submit GeoJobs, and a plethora of other functions. Not only is the site more functional, user friendly, and modern looking; it also has the capability to expand well into the future as WTGS continues to grow and Members need more function from their society's internet connection.

Have you ever thought that you would like to have a complete library of the West Texas Geological Society publications and not have to rent more office space or buy more bookshelves to accommodate the collection? Well…that is now possible.

Structure and Stratigraphy of the Permian Basin – Understanding the Fundamentals of Conventional and Unconventional Plays

The Fall Symposium continued it's long-standing tradition of excellence with a strong technical program targeting concepts applied to active exploration and development of plays in the Permian Basin. The two days of technical sessions featured both oral and poster sessions presented by noted authors on the diverse aspects of Permian Basin plays. Friday morning featured a core workshop. Anticipated cores  included in theworkshop were: Wolfcamp, presented by Henry Petroleum; Clear Fork Detrital, presented by Whiting Petroleum; and Suntera Field, presented by Great Western Drilling. The symposium offered an opportunity for geologists, geophysicists, and engineers to meet with the researchers and service providers operating in the Permian Basin and dedicated to continual learning for resource development.

Symposium Abstract Book

The West Texas geological community does a lot for young people in our area.

The West Texas Geological Foundation gives three healthy college scholarships to Geology (and/or Engineering) majors each year plus sponsoring Earth Science instruction to teachers on a regular basis. It also encourages teachers who excel in effective science instruction with its annual MOST (Most Outstanding Science Teacher awards given each year to (1) a quality science teacher in Midland, (2) one in Odessa, and (3) one anywhere else in the Permian Basin in public or private schools. You can help with these effective programs by contributing to the West Texas Geological Foundation. The college scholarships are recommended by the WTGS Scholarship Committee chaired by Sue Reid.

We now have available a searchable pdf file of all the Table of Contents from all our publications.

The file is very large (69 mb) and can take a while to download if you do not have a high speed connection. After downloading the file, use the search function within Adobe Acrobat to do your search. Click the link below to begin, and happy hunting!

2007 WTGS Table of Contents