Petroleum Systems of Deep-Water Basins - Gulf Coast Section SEPM
Petroleum Systems of Deep-Water Basins - Gulf Coast Section SEPM
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Rob Alexander, Dick Buffler, Rion Camerlo, Ed Colling, Ed Denman, Gren Draper, Paul Lawless,<br />
Allen Lowrie, Ernie Mancini, Liz McDade, Henry Pettingill, Ron Phair, David Pyles, Harry<br />
Roberts, Paul Thacker, Berend van Hoorn, Paul Weig, and Paul Weimer.<br />
As chief organizer and link between authors, reviewers and the Foundation, I also thank program<br />
advisory committee co-chairs and members, who represent a true cross section <strong>of</strong> earth science<br />
disciplines, for serving in as many capacities to bring this conference together as possible. They<br />
worked diligently to plan, to entice contributors from around the world, to review manuscripts and,<br />
in several cases, to prepare their own contributions. The committee members: Allen Lowrie, Henry<br />
Pettingill, Paul Weimer, Dick Buffler, Liz McDade, Ernie Mancini, Ron Phair, Harry Roberts, Ed<br />
Denman, Berend van Hoorn, Nancy Engelhardt-Moore, John Armentrout all deserve our gratitude.<br />
Each helped in various capacities, and each in different stages <strong>of</strong> planning and execution.<br />
We thank Gail Bergan for her patience with the continuing tension <strong>of</strong> papers arriving always at the<br />
last possible moment and for turning out a pr<strong>of</strong>essional CD-ROM volume in spite <strong>of</strong> everything.<br />
To Jerri Fillon, scheduler, organizer and mailroom administrator in this endeavor we <strong>of</strong>fer our<br />
sincerest thanks. And last, but absolutely not least, to Norm Rosen, the Executive Director <strong>of</strong> the<br />
GCS<strong>SEPM</strong> Foundation, we <strong>of</strong>fer our deep gratitude and admiration for continuing on in the spirit<br />
<strong>of</strong> our old friend Bob Perkins, making this entire conference series possible.<br />
All connected with this conference and proceedings volume realize that this has been a difficult<br />
time for the United States, its citizens and residents. To all those attending who may have<br />
experienced personal losses we express our sincere sympathy.<br />
The 2001 conference is certainly one <strong>of</strong> the strongest and most significant conferences in a series<br />
that over the years has provided our pr<strong>of</strong>ession and industry with an invaluable and timely source<br />
<strong>of</strong> knowledge. You will, I think, over the next few days find much to excite you in the oral and<br />
poster presentations, and when you open the CD-ROM you will find a reference work that will<br />
occupy an important niche in your <strong>of</strong>fices for years to come.<br />
Dick Fillon<br />
December 2001<br />
Houston, Texas<br />
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