John Snedden, a senior research scientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), has been awarded the Doris Malkin Curtis Medal by the Gulf Coast Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM). The award recognizes Snedden’s numerous contributions to the study of the Gulf of Mexico and the geology that sets it… Continue Reading Gulf Coast Geology Award Goes to UTIG’s John Snedden for Superbasin Research
Expanded Portfolio Brings New Relevance to Long-Running Gulf-Basin Program
By Constantino Panagopulos For 25 years, an industry-sponsored research project led by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), has provided its members with a depositional history of the offshore northern Gulf of Mexico. Now for the first time, UTIG’s Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) program, will offer its members analysis of the entire… Continue Reading Expanded Portfolio Brings New Relevance to Long-Running Gulf-Basin Program
Long-Running Gulf Basin Program Ready for New Exploration Upturn
By Constantino Panagopulos It is December, 2018, and Repsol has just signed to rejoin the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) program, an industry-supported study of the Gulf of Mexico spearheaded by The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG). Program director John Snedden knows that the Spanish energy giant’s return to GBDS not only marks… Continue Reading Long-Running Gulf Basin Program Ready for New Exploration Upturn
Student Profile: Mario Gutierrez
UTIG Master’s student Mario Gutierrez was recently awarded an Endowed Presidential Scholarship by the Michael Duchin Endowment. We caught up with Mario to learn about his work and studies here at UTIG. Degree Program: Master’s in Geological Sciences, anticipated graduation date: May 2018 What are you studying? My thesis topic focuses on Lithologic Calibration of Neogene Mass Transportation… Continue Reading Student Profile: Mario Gutierrez
Celebrating 20 Years of Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis
With the endowment of the Richard T. Buffler postdoctoral fellowship, the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis project celebrates 20 years of continuous funding. Continue Reading Celebrating 20 Years of Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis