David Jennette
Professional Summary
September 14, 2005
Business address:
E-mail address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Bureau of Economic Geology
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
(512) 471-0359
david.jennette@beg.utexas.edu
Academic Background
B.S. Geology, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1982
M.S. Geology, University of Cincinnati, 1986
Areas of Expertise
A. Clastic facies analysis and depositional environment interpretation from outcrop, core, log, and
seismic— deepwater reservoir emphasis.
B. Seismic and sequence stratigraphy.
Professional Work Experience
A. Present Position: Project Manager, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at
Austin (July 2000 - Present).
Research and applied research projects investigating clastic depositional systems in both
exploration and development settings; primary focus in deepwater systems.
B. Geologist and Research Geologist, Exxon-Mobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, Texas
(November 1986 - July 2000).
Research and research application projects investigating reservoir geometry and continuity in
fluvial, tidal, shallow-marine and basin-floor sandstones, using integrated subsurface and outcrop
data sets; geoscience curriculum development, team leadership.
Professional Societies
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
Publications
Reports, Monographs, Brochures, Pamphlets, Bulletins
Ambrose, W. A., Jones, R. H., Fouad, Khaled, Wawrzyniec, T. F., Jennette, D. C., Sakurai, Shinichi,
Dutton, S. P., Dunlap, D. B., Holtz, M. H., Sánchez-Barreda, Luis, Guevara, E. H., MenesesRocha, Javier, Lugo, Jorge, Aguilera, Leonardo, Berlanga, José, Miranda, Lino, Morales, J. R.,
and Rojas, Roberto, 2004, Sandstone architecture of upper Miocene and Pliocene shoreface,
deltaic, and valley-fill complexes, Macuspana Basin, southeastern Mexico: The University of
Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 270, 37 p.
Guidebooks
Beaubouef, R. T., Rossen, C., Zelt, F. B., Sullivan, M. D., Mohrig, D. C., and Jennette, David, 1999,
Deep water sandstones, Brushy Canyon Formation, West Texas: field guide for the AAPG
Hedberg Field Research Conference: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Continuing
Education Series, unpaginated.
Chapters/Sections
Sullivan, M. D., Foreman, J. L., Jennette, D. C., Stern, David, Jensen, G. N., and Goulding, F. J.,
2004, Chapter 11. An integrated approach to characterization and modeling of deep-water
reservoirs, Diana field, western Gulf of Mexico, in Grammer, G. M., Harris, P. M., and Eberli, G.
P., eds., Integration of outcrop and modern analogs in reservoir modeling: American Association
of Petroleum Geologists, AAPG Memoir 80, p. 215–234.
Articles
Bellian, J. A., Kerans, Charles, and Jennette, D. C., 2005, Digital outcrop models: applications of
terrestrial scanning lidar technology in stratigraphic modeling: Journal of Sedimentary Research,
v. 75, no. 2, p. 166–176.
Ambrose, W. A., Wawrzyniec, T. F., Fouad, Khaled, Sakurai, Shinichi, Jennette, D. C., Brown, L. F.,
Jr., Guevara, E. H., Dunlap, D. B., Talukdar, S. C., Aranda-García, Mario, Hernandez Romano,
Ulises, Alvarado Vega, Juan, Macias Zamora, Eduardo, Ruiz-Ruiz, Héctor, and CárdenasHernández, Ramón, 2005, Neogene tectonic, stratigraphic, and play framework of the southern
Laguna Madre-Tuxpan continental shelf, Gulf of Mexico: American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Bulletin, v. 89, no. 6, p. 725–751.
Jackson, M. P. A., Hudec, M. R., and Jennette, D. C., 2004, Insights from a gravity-driven linked
system in deep-water lower Congo Basin, Gabon in Post, P. J., Olson, D. L., Lyons, K. T.,
Palmes, S. L., Harrison, P. F., and Rosen, N. C., eds., Salt-sediment interactions and
hydrocarbon prospectivity: concepts, applications, and case studies for the 21st century: 24th
Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, p. 735–752.
Ambrose, W. A., Wawrzyniec, T. F., Fouad, Khaled, Sakurai, Shinichi, Jennette, D. C., Guevara, E.
H., Talukdar, S., Aranda, M., Hernandez, U., Macias, E., Velez, D., Sanchez, F., Lopez, G., and
Flores, J. C., 2004, Stratigraphic architecture of lower Miocene deepwater slope-channel and
levee systems, Tuxpan Platform and adjacent area, offshore continental shelf, Gulf of Mexico:
Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 54, p. 1–10.
Sakurai, Shinichi, Ambrose, W. A., Jennette, D. C., Holtz, M. H., Dutton, S. P., Fouad, Khaled,
Wawrzyniec, T. F., Dunlap, D. B., Guevara, E. H., Grimaldo-Suárez, F. M., Aguilera-Gómez, L. E.,
and Rodríguez-Larios, J. A., 2003, Petrophysical evaluation of Miocene-Pliocene gas reservoirs:
Veracruz and Macuspana Basins, Mexico: Petrophysics, v. 44, no. 2, p. 116–125.
Jennette, David, Wawrzyniec, Tim, Fouad, Khaled, Dunlap, D. B., Meneses-Rocha, Javier, Grimaldo,
Francisco, Munoz, Rafael, Barrera, David, Williams-Rojas, C. T., and Escamilla, Arturo, 2003,
Traps and turbidite reservoir characteristics from a complex and evolving tectonic setting,
Veracruz Basin, southeastern Mexico: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v.
87, no. 10, p. 1599–1622.
Jennette, D. C., Fouad, Khaled, Wawrzyniec, Tim, Dunlap, Dallas, Munoz, Rafael, and MenesesRocha, Javier, 2003, Slope and basin-floor reservoirs from the Miocene and Pliocene of the
Veracruz Basin, southeastern Mexico: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 20, p. 587–600.
Ambrose, W. A., Wawrzyniec, T. F., Fouad, Khaled, Talukdar, S. C., Jones, R. H., Jennette, D. C.,
Holtz, M. H., Sakurai, Shinichi, Dutton, S. P., Dunlap, D. B., Guevara, E. H., Meneses-Rocha, J.,
Lugo-Rivera, J. E., Aguilera, L., Berlanga, J., Miranda, L., Ruiz Morales, José, Rojas, R., and
Solís, H., 2003, Geologic framework of upper Miocene and Pliocene gas plays of the Macuspana
Basin, southeastern Mexico: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 87, no. 9,
p. 1411–1435.
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Wawrzyniec, Tim, Fouad, Khaled, Schultz-Ela, Dan, Ambrose, William, Jennette, David, Sakurai,
Shinichi, Guevara, Edgar, Aranda, Mario, Alvarado, Juan, Hernandez, Ulises, Macias, Eduardo,
Roman, J., Rosas, C., Rosas, K., and Salomon, L. E., 2003, Cenozoic deformational styles of the
Laguna-Madre - Tuxpan Shelf and Mexican ridges fold belt, Mexico: Gulf Coast Association of
Geological Societies Transactions, v. 53, p. 843–854
Ambrose, W. A., Fouad, Khaled, Jennette, David, Brown, L. F., Jr., Wawrzyniec, T. F., Sakurai,
Shinichi, Guevara, E. H., Aranda, Mario, Alvarado, Juan, Hernandez, Ulises, Macias, Eduardo,
Velez, D., Sanchez, F., Lopez, G., and Flores, J. C., 2003, Miocene valley-fill, slope, and
submarine-canyon systems in the Laguna Madre-Tuxpan area, Mexico: Gulf Coast Association of
Geological Societies Transactions, v. 53, p. 11–18.
Sakurai, Shinichi, Grimaldo-Suárez, F. M., Aguilera-Gómez, L. E., Rodríguez-Larios, J. A., Ambrose,
W. A., Jennette, D. C., Holtz, M. H., Dutton, S. P., Fouad, Khaled, Wawrzyniec, T. F., and
Guevara, E. H., 2002, Petrophysical evaluation of Miocene-Pliocene gas reservoirs: Veracruz and
Macuspana Basins, Mexico, in Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts 43rd Annual
Logging Symposium Transactions, June 2–5, Oiso, Japan, 14 p.
Ambrose, W. A., Jones, Rebecca, Wawrzyniec, Tim, Fouad, Khaled, Dutton, S. P., Jennette, D. C.,
Elshayeb, Tarek, Sánchez-Barreda, Luis, Solis, Hector, Meneses-Rocha, Javier., Lugo, Jorge,
Aguilera, Leonardo, Berlanga, Jose, Miranda, Lino, Ruiz Morales, José, and Rojas, Roberto,
2002, Upper Miocene and Pliocene shallow-marine and deepwater, gas-producing systems in the
Macuspana Basin, southeastern Mexico: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies
Transactions, v. 52, p. 3–12.
Dutton, S. P., Jennette, David, Ambrose, W. A., and Martínez, M., 2002, Petrography and reservoir
quality of Tertiary deepwater sandstones in the Veracruz Basin, Mexico: Gulf Coast Association of
Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 229–240.
Fouad, Khaled, Jennette, David, and Soto-Cuervo, Arturo, 2002, Fluid prediction from 3-D seismic
data in deepwater sandstone reservoirs: applications from Cocuite gas field, Veracruz Basin,
southeastern Mexico: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 291–
300.
Holtz, M. H., Garcia, Javier, Sakurai, Shinichi, Wawrzyniec, T. F., Jennette, David, and Bolaños, J. J.,
2002, Production and pressure characteristics of gas reservoirs, Veracruz Basin, Mexico: Gulf
Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 407–419.
Jennette, David, Wawrzyniec, T. F., Fouad, Khaled, Meneses-Rocha, J., Holtz, M. H., Sakurai,
Shinichi, Talukdar, S., Grimaldo, F., Muñoz, R., Lugo-Rivera, J. E., Barrera, D., Williams, C.,
Escamilla, A., Dutton, S. P., Ambrose, W. A., Dunlap, D. B., Bellian, J. A., and Guevara, E. H.,
2002, Play-element characterization of the Miocene and Pliocene Veracruz Basin, southeastern
Mexico: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 441–453.
Jones, R., Ambrose, W. A., Holtz, M. H., Jennette, David, Solis, H., Meneses-Rocha, J., Lugo-Rivera,
J. E., Aguilera, L., Berlanga, J., Miranda, L., and Rojas, R., 2002, Delineation and analysis of
upper Miocene and Pliocene gas plays in the Macuspana Basin, southeastern Mexico: Gulf Coast
Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 469–478.
Talukdar, S., Guevara, E. H., Jones, R., Galindo, Agustin, Romero, M. L., Wawrzyniec, T. F.,
Villanueva, Laura, Fouad, Khaled, Ambrose, W. A., Jennette, David, Dunlap, D. B., MenesesRocha, J., Sánchez-Barreda, L. A., and Lugo-Rivera, J. E., 2002, Hydrocarbon source and charge
in the Neogene in the Macuspana and Veracruz Basins, Mexico: Gulf Coast Association of
Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 925–934.
Jennette, David, Garfield, T. R., and Mohrig, D. C., 2000, The interaction of shelf accommodation,
sediment supply and sea level in controlling the facies, architecture and sequence stacking
patterns of the Forties and Tay basin-floor fans, Central North Sea, in Weimer, P., Slatt, R.,
Bouma, A., Coleman, J., Lawrence, D., Styzen, M., and Nelson, H., Proceedings, GCS-SEPM
Research Conference, p. 203–221.
Jennette, David, and Riley, C. O., 1996, Influence of sea level on facies and reservoir geometry of the
Middle Jurassic lower Brent Group, UK North Viking Graben, in Howell, J. A., and Aitken, J. F.,
eds., High-resolution sequence stratigraphy: innovations and applications: London Geological
Society, No. 104, p. 87–114.
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Jennette, David, and Jones, C. R., 1995, Sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Tocito
Sandstone; a model for tidally influenced incised valleys, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, in Van
Wagoner, J. C., and Bertram, G. T., eds., Sequence stratigraphy of foreland basin deposits;
outcrop and subsurface examples from the Cretaceous of North America: American Association
of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 64, p. 311–347.
Jennette, David, and Pryor, W. A., 1993, Cyclic alternation of proximal and distal storm facies: Kope
and Fairview Formations (Upper Ordovician), Ohio and Kentucky: Journal of Sedimentary
Petrology, v. 63, p. 183–203.
Jennette, David, Jones, C. R., Van Wagoner, J. C., and Larson, J. E., 1991, High-resolution sequence
stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Tocito Sandstone; the relationship between incised valleys
and hydrocarbon accumulation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, in Van Wagoner, J. C., Jones, C.
R., Taylor, D. R., Nummedal, D., Jennette, D. C., and Riley, G. W., eds., Sequence stratigraphy
applications to shelf sandstone reservoirs; outcrop to subsurface examples: American Association
of Petroleum Geologists, p. 1–14.
Jones, C. R., Van Wagoner, J. C., Jennette, David, Nummedal, D., and Riley, G. W., 1991, Road log:
day six; Sequence stratigraphy and facies architecture of the Torrivio and Tocito sandstones near
Beautiful Mountain, Four Corners Platform, northwestern New Mexico, in Van Wagoner, J. C.,
Jones, C. R., Taylor, D. R., Nummedal, D., Jennette, D. C., and Riley, G. W., eds., American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Field Conference, September 21–28, Tulsa: American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. 6.1–6.11.
Jones, C. R., Van Wagoner, J. C., Jennette, David, Nummedal, D., and Riley, G. W., 1991, Road log:
day seven; Sequence stratigraphy and facies architecture of an exhumed Tocito sandbody;
Afternoon; Parasequence architecture of the Gallup Sandstone in the Gallup area, in Van
Wagoner, J. C., Jones, C. R., Taylor, D. R., Nummedal, D., Jennette, D. C., and Riley, G. W.,
eds., American Association of Petroleum Geologists Field Conference, September 21–28, Tulsa:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. 7.1–7.7.
Abstracts
Jennette, David, 2005, A submarine channel's response to an evolving seafloor bathymetry: an
example from the Miocene slope of southern Gabon (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention abstracts volume, v. 14, p. A68.
Jennette, D. C., Bonnaffe, Florence, Pyles, David, Bouroullec, Renaud, and Tomasso, Mark, 2005,
Taking turbidite outcrops to the next level: 3-D visualization, characterization, and interpretation of
analogs using lidar technology (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention abstracts volume, v. 14, p. A68.
Pyles, D. R., Jennette, D. C., Tomasso, M., Beaubouef, R. T., and Rossen, C., 2005, Lessons learned
from a three-dimensional exposure of a sinuous slope channel, Brushy Canyon Formation, West
Texas, in SEPM Deepwater Research Group Annual Meeting.
Jackson, M. P. A., Hudec, M. R., and Jennette, D. C., 2005, Progressive effects of shortening
superposed on extensional diapirs and faults in deep-water lower Congo Basin, Gabon (abs.), in
Abstracts, International Conference on Theory and Application of Fault-Related Folding in
Foreland Basins, June 25–July 4, China: Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and
Development and Petrochina, p. 85.
Hovorka, S. D., Andrews, J. R., Clift, S. J., Hepner, T. L., Gibeaut, J. C., Rodgers, S. D., Jennette, D.
C., and Raney, J. A., 2004, Update on public and K-12 programs at the Bureau of Economic
Geology, Texas (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p.
349.
Ambrose, W. A., Wawrzyniec, T. F., Fouad, Khaled, Brown, L. F., Jr., Sakurai, Shinichi, Jennette, D.
C., Dunlap, D. B., Guevara, E. H., Aranda-García, Mario, Hernández-Romano, Ulises, CárdenasHernández, Ramón, Macias Zamora, Eduardo, and Talukdar, S. C., 2004, Neogene shelf, slope,
and basin-floor gas plays, Laguna Madre-Tuxpan continental shelf, eastern Mexico (ext. abs.), in
American Association of Petroleum Geologists International Conference, Cancun. [6 p.]
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Ambrose, W. A., Wawrzyniec, T. F., Fouad, Khaled, Brown, L. F., Jr., Sakurai, Shinichi, Jennette, D.
C., Guevara, E. H., Aranda-García, Mario, Hernández-Romano, Ulises, Cárdenas-Hernández,
Ramón, Macias Zamora, Eduardo, and Talukdar, S. C., 2004, Geologic controls on Neogene
deep-water and shelf gas plays, Laguna Madre-Tuxpan continental shelf, eastern Mexico (abs.):
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 13, p. A5.
Sakurai, Shinichi, Ambrose, William, Jennette, D. C., Holtz, M. H., Dutton, Shirley, Fouad, Khaled,
Wawrzyniec, T. F., Dunlap, Dallas, Guevara, E. H., Grimaldo-Suarez, F. M., Aguilera-Gomez, L.
E., and Rodriguez-Larios, J. A., 2004, Petrophysical evaluation of Miocene-Pliocene gas
reservoirs: Veracruz and Macuspana Basins, Mexico (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 13, p. A122.
Hudec, M. R., Jackson, M. P. A., and Jennette, David, 2004, Influence of precursor salt structures on
thrust faulting, deep-water Lower Congo Basin, Gabon (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 13, p. A67.
Jackson, M. P. A., Hudec, M. R., and Jennette, D. C., 2004, Insights from a gravity-driven linked
system in deep-water lower Congo Basin, Gabon (abs.), in Post, P. J., Olson, D. L., Lyons, K. T.,
Palmes, S. L., Harrison, P. F., and Rosen, N. C., eds., Salt-sediment interactions and
hydrocarbon prospectivity: concepts, applications, and case studies for the 21st century: 24th
Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference Program and Abstracts, p.
32.
Hovorka, S. D., Andrews, J. R., Clift, S. J., Hepner, T. L., Gibeaut, J. C., Rodgers, S. D., Jennette, D.
C., and Raney, J. A., 2004, Update on public and K-12 programs at the Bureau of Economic
Geology, Texas (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs: v. 36, no. 5, p.
349.
Jennette, D., Bonnaffe, F., Bouroullec, R., and Kilic, C., 2004, Application of lasers to build models of
deepwater reservoirs: insights from the Solitary Channel, Tabernas Basin, Southern Spain (ext.
abs.), in EAGE 66th Conference and Exhibition, Paris, June 7–10, No. A-030, 5 p.
Fouad, Khaled, Ambrose, W. A., Brown, Frank, and Jennette, David, 2003, Seismic facies an attribute
analysis of the Miocene incised-valley and submarine-canyon systems in Tuxpan Basin, offshore
Mexico (ext. abs.), in Transactions, SEG International Exposition and Seventy-Third Annual
Meeting, CD-ROM, 4 p.
Fouad, Khaled, Ambrose, W. A., Sakurai, Shinichi, and Jennette, David, 2003, Wave-shape
classification and attribute analysis of the lower Miocene deep-water reservoirs, Laguna Madre
Basin, offshore Mexico, in Tuxpan Basin, offshore Mexico (ext. abs.), in Transactions, SEG
International Exposition and Seventy-Third Annual Meeting, CD-ROM, 4 p.
Bellian, J. A., Jennette, D. C., and Gutiérrez, Roberto, 2003, Dual-purpose geologic analysis using
airborne and ground-based lidar, coastal southern California: quantitative 3-D characterization of
modern coastal erosion and ancient reservoir architecture (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 12, p. A11–A12.
Jennette, David, and Meneses-Rocha, Javier, 2003, Influence of paleogradients on deepwater
reservoir architecture: Miocene and Pliocene of the Veracruz Basin, southeastern Mexico (abs.):
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 12, p. A85.
Jennette, D. C., Willson, J. J., Bonnaffe, Florence, and Bellian, J. A., 2003, Application of laserscanned outcrop data to build models of deepwater systems: examples from the Tabernas and
Ainsa Basins, northern and southern Spain (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists
International Conference Official Program, p. A46.
Jennette, David, Willson, J. J., Bonnaffe, Florence, and Bellian, Jerome, 2003, 3-D digital
characterization and visualization of the solitary channel complex, Tabernas Basin, southern
Spain (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists International Conference Official
Program, p. A46.
Talukdar, S. C., Guevara, E. H., Galindo-Hernandez, Agustin, Wawrzyniec, T. F., VillanuevaRodriguez, Laura, Fouad, Khaled, Vasquez-Covarrubias, Emilio, Sánchez-Barreda, Luis,
Meneses-Rocha, J., Jennette, D. C., and Lugo-Rivera, J. E., 2003, Importance of deep burial of
Mesozoic oil-prone source rocks for commercial gas accumulations in Tertiary reservoirs,
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Veracruz Basin, southern Mexico (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists
International Conference Official Program, p. A94
Bellian, J. A., Jennette, David, Kerans, Charles, Gibeaut, J. C., Andrews, J. R., Ysseldyk, B., and
Larue, D., 2002, 3-Dimensional digital outcrop data collection and analysis using eye-safe laser
(LIDAR) technology (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention
Official Program, v. 11, p. A16.
Jennette, David, Fouad, Khaled, Grimaldo, F., Munoz, Rafael, Williams, C., and Barrera, D., 2002,
Stratigraphic traps in Miocene turbidite reservoirs, Veracruz Basin, Mexico: new plays for the Gulf
Coast basin (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official
Program, v. 11, p. A86.
Jennette, David, Fouad, Khaled, Wawrzyniec, T. F., Meneses-Rocha, J., Holtz, M. H., Sakurai,
Shinichi, Grimaldo, F., Munoz, Rafael, Talukdar, S., Lugo, J. E., Barrera, D., Dutton, S. P.,
Ambrose, W. A., Escamilla, A., Dunlap, D. B., Guevara, E. H., and Bellian, J. A., 2002, Past and
future gas play potential of the Neogene in the Veracruz Basin, southern Mexico (abs.): American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 11, p. A87.
Sprague, A. R., Sullivan, M. D., Campion, K. M., Jensen, G. N., Goulding, F. J., Garfield, T. R.,
Sickafoose, D. K., Rossen, C., Jennette, David, Beaubouef, R. T., Abreu, V., Ardill, J., Porter, M.
L., and Zelt, F. B., 2002, The physical stratigraphy of deep-water strata: a hierarchical approach
to the analysis of genetically related stratigraphic elements for improved reservoir prediction
(abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 11,
p. A167.
Talukdar, S., Wawrzyniec, T. F., Fouad, Khaled, Jennette, David, Dunlap, D. B., Guevara, E. H.,
Galindo, Agustin, Villanueva, Laura, Vasquez, Emilio, Meneses-Rocha, J., and Lugo, J. E., 2002,
Exploration significance of petroleum systems evaluation in the Veracruz Basin, Mexico (abs.):
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 11, p.
A173.
Wawrzyniec, T. F., Meneses-Rocha, J., Fouad, Khaled, Ambrose, W. A., Jennette, David, Jones, R.,
Holtz, M. H., Sakurai, Shinichi, and Guevara, E. H., 2002, The tectonic evolution of the southern
margin of North America: insight from an interdisciplinary investigation of basin evolution along
the southern Gulf of Mexico (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Official Program, v. 11, p. A186.
Meneses-Rocha, J., Wawrzyniec, T. F., Fouad, Khaled, Guevara, E. H., Ambrose, W. A., Jennette,
David, Sánchez-Barreda, L. A., and Lugo-Rivera, J. E., 2002, Contrasting structural styles of the
Macuspana and Veracruz Basins, Mexico (abs.): Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies
Transactions, v. 52, p. 723.
Jennette, D. C., Fouad, Khaled, Wawrzyniec, Tim, Dunlap, Dallas, Munoz, Rafael, and MenesesRocha, Javier, 2002, Slope and basin-floor reservoirs from the Miocene and Pliocene of the
Veracruz Basin, southeastern Mexico (abs.), in European Association of Geoscientists and
Engineers Workshop on Turbidite Reservoirs, Parma, Italy, unpaginated.
Ajdukiewicz, J. M., Paxton, S. T., Jennette, David, Nicholson, P. H., and Duncan, E., 2001, Reservoir
quality controls in the deep Fulmar Formation, Central North Sea (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 10, p. A3.
Sullivan, M. D., Van Wagoner, J. C., Lovell, R. W., Foster, M. E., Stuart, R. M., Jennette, David, and
Pemberton, M., 2001, Reservoir architecture of the Shannon Sandstone, Hartzog Draw, Wyoming
(abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 10,
p. A193–A194.
Ambrose, W. A., Wawrzyniec, T. F., Fouad, Khaled, Jones, R., Jennette, David, Holtz, M. H., Sakurai,
Shinichi, Guevara, E. H., Talukdar, S., Solis, H., Meneses-Rocha, J., Lugo, J. E., Aguilera, L.,
Berlanga, J., Miranda, L., and Rojas, R., 2001, Structural and stratigraphic controls on regional
Miocene and Pliocene gas plays in the Macuspana Basin, southeastern Mexico (abs.), in
Exploracion y desarrollo de plays gasiferos, Cuarta Conferencia Internacional Conjunta,
Veracruz, Mexico: Asociacion Mexicana de Geologos Petroleros and American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, 3 p., 3 figures, CD-ROM.
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Jennette, David, Holtz, M. H., Wawrzyniec, T. F., Fouad, Khaled, Sakurai, Shinichi, Talukdar, S.,
Dutton, S. P., Guevara, E. H., Dunlap, D. B., Bellian, J. A., Meneses-Rocha, J., Lugo-Rivera, J.
E., Grimaldo, F., Muñoz, R., Escamilla, A., Williams, C., and Barrera, D., 2001, Integrated gas
play characterization of the Neogene in the Veracruz Basin, eastern Mexico (abs.), in Fourth Joint
AAPG-AMGP International Conference, v. 4, unpaginated.
Garfield, T. R., Jennette, David, Goulding, F. J., and Sickafoose, D. K., 1999, An integrated approach
to deep-water reservoir prediction (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin,
v. 83, no. 8, p. 1314.
Jennette, David, and Garfield, T. R., 1999, The interaction of shelf accommodation, sediment supply
and sea level in controlling the facies, architecture and distribution of the Forties and Tay basinfloor fans, central North Sea (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. v. 83,
no 8, p. 1320.
Sullivan, M. D., Foreman, J. L., Liesch, A., and Jennette, David, 1999, Application of deepwater
outcrop analog data to 3-D reservoir modeling; an example from the Diana Field, western Gulf of
Mexico (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 83, no. 8, p. 1342.
Jennette, David, Garfield, T. R., Farquharson, G. W., and Cayley, G. T., 1998, Facies, architecture
and sequence stratigraphy of sand-rich basin floor fans; examples from the Paleogene, UK
central North Sea (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 82, no. 10, p.
1926–1927.
Garfield, T. R., Jennette, David, Goulding, F. J., and Sickafoose, D. K., 1998, A successful approach
to deep-water reservoir prediction; integration of outcrop, 3-D seismic, well log and core data, and
process-response modelling (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 82,
no. 10, p. 1916–1917.
Sullivan, M. D., Van Wagoner, J. C., Jennette, David, Lovell, R. W., Foster, M. E., and Stuart, R. M.,
1996, Sequence stratigraphic and tectonic controls on Shannon incised-valley distribution,
Hartzog Draw, Wyoming (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention Official Program, p. 135.
Jennette, David, 1996, Influence of relative sea level on facies, stacking patterns and reservoir
heterogeneity; Middle Jurassic Brent Group, UK North Sea (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, p. 71.
Jones, C. R., Jennette, David, and Van Wagoner, J. C., 1995, Offshore bars or incised valleys? A
sequence stratigraphic approach to the Tocito Sandstone (Cretaceous), New Mexico (abs.):
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Abstracts, p. 47–48.
Van Wagoner, J. C., Jennette, David, Hamar, G., and Kaas, I., 1995, The combined use of sequence
stratigraphy and stochastic modeling to reservoir management of the Ness Formation, Statfjord
Field, Norwegian North Sea; part 1, sequence stratigraphy (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, p. 100.
Jennette, David, and Riley, C. O., 1994, Facies and sequence architecture of a storm wave
dominated system: examples from the Middle Jurassic Brent Group: Tern Eider, Pelican, Osprey
and Cormorant fields, UKCS Quads 210 and 211 (abs.), in Johnson, S. D., ed., High resolution
sequence stratigraphy: innovations and applications: University of Liverpool, UK, Meetings
Abstracts, p. 51–54.
Jennette, David, and Pryor, W. A., 1986, Storm-dominated cyclic shelf deposits in Upper Ordovician
of Cincinnati Arch region (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 70, no.
5, p. 605.
Contract Reports
Loucks, Robert, Treviño, Ramon, Hammes, Ursula, Remington, Randy, Sakurai, Shinichi, Brown, L.
F., Jr., Zeng, Hongliu, and Jennette, Dave, 2003, Reservoir geology, structure, and sequence
stratigraphy of the Oligocene upper-lower Frio Fm., Red Fish Bay field area, South Texas volume
I: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for IBC
Corporation, variously paginated + CD-ROM.
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Hudec, M. R., Jackson, M. P. A., Vendeville, B. C., Schultz-Ela, D. D., and Jennette, D. C., 2003,
Applied Geodynamics Laboratory annual progress report to Industrial Associates for 2002: Slide
Set 21: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual progress report
prepared for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, BHP Petroleum (Americas), BP Production,
Burlington Resources, ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips, ENI, EnCana, ExxonMobil, Marathon Oil
Company, Petroleo Brasileiro, Shell Oil, TotalFinaElf, and Woodside, 634 slides, 15 animations.
Ambrose, W. A., Fouad, Khaled, Wawrzyniec, T. F., Sakurai, Shinichi, Talukdar, Suhas, Guevara, E.
H., Brown, L. F., Jr., Dunlap, D. B., Jennette, D. C., Schultz-Ela, D. D., Sánchez-Barreda, Luis,
Remington, R. L., Aranda-García, Mario, Alvarado Vega, Juan, Macias Zamora, Eduardo,
Hernández-Romano, Ulises, Cárdenas-Hernández, Ramón, Ruiz-Ruiz, Héctor, SarmientoAltamirano, Santiago, López-Leyva, Gerardo, Aguilar-Hernández, Angélica, Martínez Garcia,
Julieta, Maldonado-Lezama, Juan, Velásquez, Carlos, and Trujillo, Alfonso, 2003, Definition of the
geological framework of the Neogene in the southern Laguna Madre-Tuxpan continental shelf of
eastern Mexico: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report
prepared for PEMEX Exploración y Producción, variously paginated, 7 volumes.
Jennette, David, Wawrzyniec, T. F., Holtz, M. H., Sakurai, Shinichi, Fouad, Khaled, Talukdar, S.,
Dutton, S. P., Dunlap, D. B., Ambrose, W. A., Bellian, J. A., and Guevara, E. H., 2001, Miocene
and Pliocene gas plays of the Veracruz Basin, eastern Mexico: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for PEMEX, variously paginated.
Ambrose, W. A., Holtz, M. H., Fouad, Khaled, Wawrzyniec, T. F., Sakurai, Shinichi, Jones, R.,
Jennette, David, Dutton, S. P., Talukdar, S., Dunlap, D. B., and Guevara, E. H., 2001, Upper
Miocene and Pliocene gas plays of the Macuspana Basin, southeastern Mexico: The University of
Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for PEMEX, variously
paginated.
Unpublished Reports
Beaubouef, R. T., Garfield, T. R., and Jennette, David, 1999, Seismic stratigraphy of depositional
sequences: examples from a passive margin slope setting, offshore West Africa: Exxon
Production Research Company, Internal Report, No. EPR.033EX.9, 29 p.
Garfield, T. R., and Jennette, David, 1998, Deep-water reservoir characterization and prediction:
advances and applications: Exxon Production Research Company, Internal Report, No.
EPR.035EX.98, 45 p.
Jennette, David, and Sullivan, M. D., ed., 1998, Field guidebook to the deep-water sandstones of the
Miocene Tabernas Basin, southern Spain: Exxon Production Research Company, Internal Report,
No. EPR.019EX.98, 45 p.
Jennette, David, and Sullivan, M. D., 1998, Field guidebook to the architectural analysis of deep-water
channels and sheets, Ross Formation, western Ireland: Exxon Production Research Company,
Internal Report, No. EPR.018EX.98, 21 p.
Jennette, David, Garfield, T. R., and Farquharson, G. W., 1997, Isolated channel reservoirs from the
deep-water Tertiary play of the North Sea Basin, recognition criteria, depositional origin,
sequence stratigraphy and exploration guidelines: Exxon Production Research Company, Internal
Report, No. EPR.038ES.97, 33 p.
Jennette, David, and Riley, C. O., 1994, Facies and sequence stratigraphy of a storm wave
dominated system: examples from the Middle Jurassic Brent Group: Tern Eider, Pelican, Osprey
and Cormorant fields: Exxon Production Research Company, Internal Report, No.
EPR.098ES.94, 69 p.
Course Notes
Beaubouef, R. T., Rossen, C., Zelt, F. B., Sullivan, M. D., Mohrig, D. C., Jennette, David, Bellian, J.
A., Friedmann, S. J., Lovell, R. W., and Shannon, D. S., 2000, Deep water sandstones: Brushy
Canyon Formation, West Texas: , 2000 AAPG Continuing Education Course Note Series 40, .
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Thesis
Storm-dominated cyclic sedimentation of an intra-cratonic ramp; Kope-Fairview transition (Upper
Ordovician), Cincinnati, Ohio region: University of Cincinnati, M.Sc. thesis, 203 p., 1986.
Lecturing
Lectures and Addresses
New laser technology for the 3-D digital capture and analysis of field geology: invited speaker:
presented to the Geology Department, Colorado University, Boulder, Colorado, 2002.
Interaction of shelf accommodation, sediment supply and sea level in controlling the facies,
architecture and sequence stacking patterns of the Paleogene fans, Central North Sea: presented to
the Geology Department, Colorado University, Boulder, Colorado, 2002.
A revolution on the outcrop: new laser technology for the 3-D digital capture and analysis of field
geology: presented as Distinguished Lecture Program in Geology, University of Wyoming, Laramie,
Wyoming, 2002.
Joint PEMEX/BEG study of Miocene and Pliocene gas plays, Veracruz Basin: presented to the
Pemex Board of Directors, Austin, Texas, 2002.
Geology, play analysis and gas resource assessment of the Miocene and Pliocene in the Veracruz
Basin, Mexico: presented at ChevronTexaco Geology Forum, Galveston, Texas, 2002.
Methods and results from the Veracruz Basin gas play study: PEMEX, Coatzacoalcos, Mexico: an
integrated approach to deepwater-reservoir prediction using seismic, well, core and outcrop:
presented to ChevronTexaco, San Ramon, California, 2002.
Field Trips
Turbidite reservoirs, West Texas: example of business-targeted training: PEMEX/BEG 4-day field trip,
Graduate Student Committee Participation
Member, Dissertation Committee, Roy Fitzsimmons, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United
Kingdom, 1995
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