Shirley P. Dutton
Professional Summary
July 8, 2008
Business address:
E-mail address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Bureau of Economic Geology
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
(512) 471-1534
shirley.dutton@beg.utexas.edu
Academic Background
B.A., with Highest Distinction, Geology, University of Rochester, 1975
M.A. Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1977
Ph.D. Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1986
Areas of Expertise
A. Sandstone petrography and diagenesis—interpretation of diagenetic history by integration of
petrographic, geochemical, and stratigraphic data.
B. Relationship of diagenesis to porosity, permeability, and other petrophysical properties of oil and
gas reservoirs.
C. Timing of diagenesis and hydrocarbon maturation with respect to basin thermal and subsidence
history.
D. Genetic stratigraphy and basin analysis—interpretation of depositional and diagenetic history of
deepwater sandstones.
E. Core studies and subsurface analysis for interpreting basin evolution and clastic depositional
environments.
F. Use of organic geochemistry for assessing hydrocarbon source rock quality and thermal maturity.
Professional Work Experience
A. Present Position: Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of
Texas at Austin (September 1993 - Present).
Conducting research on sedimentology, diagenesis, and reservoir quality of oil and gas
reservoirs.
B. Research Scientist, The University of Texas at Austin (February 1987 - August 1993).
Conducting research on sedimentology, diagenesis, and reservoir quality of oil and gas
reservoirs.
C. Research Associate, The University of Texas at Austin (October 1981 - February 1987).
Conducting research on sedimentology, diagenesis, and reservoir quality of oil and gas
reservoirs.
D. Research Scientist Associate, The University of Texas at Austin (June 1977 - October 1981).
Conducting research on sedimentology, diagenesis, and reservoir quality of oil and gas
reservoirs.
E. Geological Assistant, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado (October 1976 - May 1977).
Dr. Thomas Ahlbrandt, supervisor. Conducting research on diagenesis and porosity distribution
in Pennsylvanian deltaic sandstones, North-Central Texas.
F. Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology, University of Rochester (September 1974 - May
1975).
Dr. Zeddie Bowen, supervisor. Teaching lab sections of physical and historical geology.
Professional Societies
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Austin Geological Society
Geological Society of America (Fellow)
Gulf Coast Section–Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
Midcontinent Section-Society of Paleontologists and Mineralogists
SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
West Texas Geological Society
Professional Registrations
Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists #385
Awards and Honorary Societies
Joseph C. Walter Jr. Excellence Award, Jackson School of Geosciences, 2007
A. I. Levorsen Memorial Award, Southwest Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists,
2000
Honorable Mention, SEPM Excellence of Oral Presentation Award, 1996 AAPG–SEPM annual
meeting, 1996
Distinguished Lecture Tour, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1986 - 1987
First Place Best Paper and A. I. Levorsen Memorial Awards, Gulf Coast Association of Geological
Societies, 1987
First Place Best Paper and A. I. Levorsen Memorial Awards, Gulf Coast Association of Geological
Societies, 1986
Sigma Xi, 1980
U.S. Geological Survey Fellowship, 1976 - 1977
Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Best Student Paper Award, 1977
University Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin, 1975 - 1976
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Rochester, 1975
NAGT and University of Rochester Geology Field Camp Scholarships, 1974
Committee Responsibilities and Professional Activities
Convenor, Sandstone diagenesis and reservoir quality oral session, 2008 American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, San Antonio, 2007 - 2008
Member, Pettijohn Medal Committee, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), 2007 - 2008
Chair, Promotions Advisory Committee, Bureau of Economic Geology, 2006 - 2007
Member, Distinguished Lecturer Committee, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2006 2008
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Member, Appointments Committee, Jackson School of Geosciences, 2006 - 2008
Chair, Clastic Diagenesis Research Group, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), 2005 - 2006
Chair, Researchers Retreat, Bureau of Economic Geology, 2005
Member, Ad Hoc Consultative Committee for the Selection of the Dean of the John A. and Katherine
G. Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2005 - 2006
Participant, AAPG Hedberg Conference: Understanding, Exploring, and Developing Tight Gas Sands,
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2005
Co-Convenor, Workshop on Curation of Terrestrial Scientific Cores, Samples, and Collections,
National Science Foundation, 2004 - 2005
Member, Promotions Advisory Committee, Bureau of Economic Geology, 2004 - 2007
Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas
at Austin, 2004 - 2007
Member, Committee on Graduate Student Admission and Support Policies in the Jackson School,
Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003
Co-Editor, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions 52nd Annual Convention,
Austin, Texas, October, 2002
Convenor, Tight Gas Reservoirs, poster session, American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Annual Convention, Houston, Texas, 2002
Judge, poster session, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Houston,
Texas, 2002
Member, Graduate Student Recruitment Committee, Department of Geological Sciences, The
University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Member, Soft-Rock Curriculum Committee, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of
Texas at Austin, 2001
Co-Convenor, Diagenesis: new insights and predictive trends, technical session, 2002 Annual
Meeting, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2000 - 2001
Co-Editor, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, 2000 - 2001
Member, Graduate Admissions and Support Committee, Department of Geological Sciences, The
University of Texas at Austin, 2000 - 2003
Co-Convenor, Advances in Clastic Diagenesis, technical session, 2002 Annual Meeting, American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1999 - 2000
Member, Ad Hoc Consultative Committee for the Selection of the Director of the Bureau of Economic
Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1999
Co-Convenor, Role of Fluid Flux in Diagenesis, technical session, 1999 Annual Meeting, American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1998 - 1999
Co-Convenor, Results of Joint DOE/Industry Programs, technical session, 1997 Annual Meeting,
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1996 - 1997
Member, Aid-to-Students Committee, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 1994
Secretary, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 1994
Associate Editor, Journal of Sedimentary Research, 1993 - 2000
Member, Nominating Committee, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geologists), 1992
Member, representing the Sedimentary Geology Division, Joint Technical Program Committee,
Geological Society of America, 1992 - 1994
Program Chairperson, 44th Annual Meeting, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 1992 1994
Convenor, session on Porosity Prediction in Siliciclastic Rocks, 1991 Annual Meeting in Dallas,
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1990 - 1991
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Member, Pettijohn Medal Selection Committee, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geologists), 1990 1991
Member, Grants-in-Aid Committee, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1989 - 1994
Member, Technical Program Committee, Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Society of Economic
Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1989
Member, Abstract Review Committee for Sedimentary Petrology, annual meetings, Geological Society
of America, 1989 - 1991
Member, Ad Hoc Awards and Judging Committee, Society of Economic Paleontologists and
Mineralogists, 1988
Member, Credentials Committee, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1988 - 1989
Chairman, Awards and Judging Committee, Mid-Year Meeting, Society of Economic Paleontologists
and Mineralogists, 1987
Delegate, House of Delegates, Austin Geological Society, American Association of Petroleum
Geologists, 1986 - 1989
Secretary, Midcontinent Section-Society of Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1985 - 1986
Member, Committee on Stratigraphic Correlations, American Association of Petroleum Geologists,
1983 - 1985
Publications
Books, Manuals
Dutton, S. P., Ruppel, S. C., and Hentz, T. F., eds., 2002, Transactions: Gulf Coast Association of
Geological Societies, v. 52, 1135 p. + 78 p. front matter.
Reports, Monographs, Brochures, Pamphlets, Bulletins
Dutton, S. P., Kim, E. M., Broadhead, R. F., Breton, C. L., Raatz, W. D., Ruppel, S. C., and Kerans,
Charles, 2005, Play analysis and digital portfolio of major oil reservoirs in the Permian Basin: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 271, 287
p., CD-ROM.
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.
Barton, M. D., White, Christopher, Tyler, Noel, Angle, E. S., and Dutton, S. P., 2001, Facies
architecture and permeability structure, Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, Utah: implications for
improved oil and gas recovery: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology v.
2, CD-ROM.
Dutton, S. P., Barton, M. D., Asquith, G. B., Malik, M. A., Cole, A. G., Gogas, John, Guzman, J. I., and
Clift, S. J., 1999, Geologic and engineering characterization of turbidite reservoirs, Ford Geraldine
unit, Bell Canyon Formation, West Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic
Geology Report of Investigations No. 255, 88 p.
Hamlin, H. S., Clift, S. J., Dutton, S. P., Hentz, T. F., and Laubach, S. E., 1995, Canyon sandstones—
a geologically complex natural gas play in slope and basin facies, Val Verde Basin, southwest
Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations
No. 232, 74 p.
Ambrose, W. A., Ferrer, E. R., Dutton, S. P., Wang, D. L., Padron, Antonio, Carrasquel, Williams,
Yeh, J. S., and Tyler, Noel, 1995, Production optimization of tide-dominated deltaic reservoirs of
the Lower Misoa Formation (lower Eocene), LL-652 Area, Lagunillas field, Lake Maracaibo,
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Venezuela: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of
Investigations No. 226, 46 p.
Dutton, S. P., Hamlin, H. S., and Laubach, S. E., 1995, Geologic controls on reservoir properties of
low-permeability sandstone, Frontier Formation, Moxa Arch, southwestern Wyoming: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 234, 89
p.
Hamlin, H. S., Dutton, S. P., Seggie, Robert, Tyler, Noel, and Yeh, J. S., 1995, Flow-unit
characterization and recovery optimization of a braid-delta sandstone reservoir, Tirrawarra oil
field, South Australia: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of
Investigations No. 231, 44 p.
Dutton, S. P., Clift, S. J., Hamilton, D. S., Hamlin, H. S., Hentz, T. F., Howard, W. E., Akhter, M. S.,
and Laubach, S. E., 1993, Major low-permeability-sandstone gas reservoirs in the continental
United States: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of
Investigations No. 211, 221 p.
Dutton, S. P., Laubach, S. E., Tye, R. S., Baumgardner, R. W., Jr., and Herrington, K. L., 1991,
Geologic characterization of low-permeability gas reservoirs, Travis Peak Formation, East Texas:
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 204,
89 p.
Finley, R. J., Fisher, W. L., Seni, S. J., Ruppel, S. C., Ayers, W. B., Jr., Dutton, S. P., Jackson, M. P.
A., Banta, Nancy, Kuuskraa, V. A., McFall, K. S., Godec, Michael, and Jennings, T. V., 1988, An
assessment of the natural gas resource base of the United States: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 179, 69 p.
Dutton, S. P., 1987, Diagenesis and burial history of the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation,
East Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of
Investigations No. 164, 58 p.
Dutton, S. P., 1986, Organic geochemistry of the Pennsylvanian and Lower Permian, Palo Duro
Basin, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular
86-5, 28 p.
Dutton, S. P., and Garrett, C. M., Jr., 1985, Abandoned oil fields of the Texas Gulf Coast and East
Texas Basins: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological
Circular 85-3, 47 p.
Kreitler, C. W., and Dutton, S. P., 1983, Origin and diagenesis of cap rock, Gyp Hill and Oakwood salt
domes: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations
No. 131, 58 p.
Gustavson, T. C., Kreitler, C. W., Bassett, R. T., Budnik, R. T, Ruppel, S. C., Baumgardner, R. W., Jr.,
Caran, S. C., Collins, E. W., Dutton, A. R., Dutton, S. P., Fisher, R. S., Fogg, G. E., Hovorka, S.
D., Kolker, Allan, McGookey, D. A., Orr, E. D., Roberts, M. P., Senger, R. K., Smith, D. A., and
Smith, D., 1983, Geology and geohydrology of the Palo Duro Basin, Texas Panhandle: a report
on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies (1982): The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 83-4, 156 p.
Dutton, S. P., Goldstein, A. G., and Ruppel, S. C., 1982, Petroleum potential of the Palo Duro Basin,
Texas Panhandle: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of
Investigations No. 123, 87 p.
Gustavson, T. C., Bassett, R. T., Budnik, R. T, Finley, R. J., Goldstein, A. G., McGowen, J. H.,
Roedder, Edwin, Ruppel, S. C., Baumgardner, R. W., Jr., Bentley, M. E., Dutton, S. P., Fogg, G.
E., Hovorka, S. D., McGookey, D. A., Ramondetta, P. J., Simpkins, W. W., Smith, D., Smith, D.
A., Duncan, E., Griffin, J. A., Marritt, R. M., and Naiman, E. R., 1982, Geology and geohydrology
of the Palo Duro Basin, Texas Panhandle: a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation
feasibility studies (1981): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology
Geological Circular 82-7, 212 p.
Gustavson, T. C., Bassett, R. T., Finley, R. J., Goldstein, A. G., Handford, R., McGowen, J. H.,
Presley, M. W., Baumgardner, R. W., Jr., Bentley, M. E., Dutton, S. P., Griffin, J. A., Hoadley, A.
D., Howard, D. A., McGookey, D. A., McGillis, K. A., Palmer, D., Ramondetta, P. J., Roedder,
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Edwin, Simpkins, W. W., and Wiggins, W. D., 1981, Geology and geohydrology of the Palo Duro
Basin, Texas Panhandle: a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies
(1980): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 81-3,
173 p.
Kreitler, C. W., Collins, E. W., Davidson, E. D., Dix, O. R., Donaldson, G. A., Dutton, S. P., Fogg, G.
E., Giles, A. B., Harris, D. W., Jackson, M. P. A., Lopez, C. M., McGowen, J. H., Muehlberger, W.
R., Pennington, W. D., Seni, S. J., Wood, D. H., and Wuerch, H. V., 1981, Geology and
geohydrology of the East Texas Basin: a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation
feasibility studies (1980): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology
Geological Circular 81-7, 207 p.
Dutton, S. P., 1980, Depositional systems and hydrocarbon resource potential of the Pennsylvanian
System, Palo Duro Basin, Texas Panhandle: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology Geological Circular 80-8, 49 p.
Dutton, S. P., 1980, Petroleum source rock potential and thermal maturity, Palo Duro Basin, Texas:
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 80-10, 48 p.
Kreitler, C. W., Agagu, O. K., Basciano, J. M., Collins, E. W., Dix, O. R., Dutton, S. P., Fogg, G. E.,
Giles, A. B., Guevara, E. H., Harris, D. W., Hobday, D. K., McGowen, M. K., Pass, D., and Wood,
D. H., 1980, Geology and geohydrology of the East Texas Basin: a report on the progress of
nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies (1979): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology Geological Circular 80-12, 112 p.
Dutton, S. P., Finley, R. J., Galloway, W. E., Gustavson, T. C., and Handford, R., 1979, Geology and
geohydrology of the Palo Duro Basin, Texas Panhandle: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology Geological Circular 79-1, 99 p.
Guidebooks
Wood, L. J., and Dutton, S. P., 1999, Sequence stratigraphy and reservoir architecture of tidalinfluenced shoreline systems in the Late Cretaceous Sego Sandstone: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Clastic Reservoir Group Field Trip Guidebook, 132 p.
Willis, B. J., Wood, L. J., Dutton, S. P., and White, C. D., 1998, Tide influenced shorelines in the Late
Cretaceous (Campanian) Sego Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale: The University of Texas
at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Clastic Reservoir Group Field Trip Guidebook, 100 p.
White, C. D., Willis, B. J., Bhattacharya, J. P., Dutton, S. P., and Gabel, S. L., 1997, Engineering
guide to Frewens Sandstone: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology,
Deltas Industrial Associates Field Trip Guidebook, 59 p.
Willis, B. J., Bhattacharya, J. P., White, C. D., Dutton, S. P., and Gabel, S. L., 1997, Lowstand deltas
in the Late Cretaceous Frontier Formation of central Wyoming: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, Deltas Industrial Associates Field Trip Guidebook, 86 p.
Chapters/Sections
White, C. D., Willis, B. J., Dutton, S. P., Bhattacharya, J. P., and Narayanan, Keshav, 2004, Chapter
7. Sedimentology, statistics, and flow behavior for a tide-influenced deltaic sandstone, Frontier
Formation, Wyoming, United States, 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. 129–152.
Dutton, S. P., Hamlin, H. S., and Laubach, S. E., 1992, Geological analysis of the Frontier Formation,
in in CER Corporation, ed., Staged field experiment no. 4: application of advanced technologies
in tight gas sandstones—Frontier Formation, Chimney Butte field, Sublette County, Wyoming:
CER Corporation, prepared for the Gas Research Institute, contract report no. GRI-92/0394, p.
25–90.
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Dutton, S. P., 1990, Mobeetie field, in Beaumont, E. A., and Foster, N.H., eds., Atlas of oil and gas
fields, structural traps, volume II: traps associated with tectonic faulting: American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, Treatise of Petroleum Geology, p. 127–159.
Johnson, K. S., Amsden, T. W., Denison, R. E., Dutton, S. P., Goldstein, A. G., Rasco, B., Jr.,
Sutherland, P. K., and Thompson, D. M., 1988, Southern Midcontinent region, in Sloss, L. L., ed.,
Sedimentary cover—North American Craton, U.S.: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of
America, The Geology of North America, v. D-2, p. 307–359.
Articles
Peer Reviewed
Dutton, S. P., 2008, Calcite cement in Permian deep-water sandstones, Delaware Basin, west
Texas: origin, distribution, and effect on reservoir properties: AAPG Bulletin, v. 92, no. 6, p.
765–787.
Barton, Mark, and Dutton, Shirley, 2007, A sand-rich, basin-floor turbidite system, Willow
Mountain, Texas, USA, in American Association of Petroleum Geologists Studies in Geology
56, p. 418–421 [folio-size pages].
Dutton, S. P., White, C. D., Willis, B. J., and Novakovic, D., 2007, Calcite cement distribution and
its effect on fluid flow in a deltaic sandstone, Frontier Formation, Wyoming, in Understanding
Diagenetic Controls on Sandstone Reservoir Quality: A Compendium of Influential Papers:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Getting Started, No. 4, paper No. 7, CD-ROM.
Dutton, S. P., Kim, E. M., Broadhead, R. F., Raatz, W. D., Breton, C. L., Ruppel, S. C., and
Kerans, Charles, 2005, Play analysis and leading-edge oil-reservoir development methods in
the Permian basin: increased recovery through advanced technologies: AAPG Bulletin, v. 89,
no. 5, p. 553–576.
Dutton, S. P., and Flanders, W. A., 2004, Evidence of reservoir compartmentalization by calcite
cement layers in deepwater sandstones, Bell Canyon Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas, in
Cubitt, J. M., England, W. A., and Larter, S., eds., Understanding petroleum reservoirs: towards
an integrated reservoir engineering and geochemical approach: Geological Society, London,
Special Publications, 237, p. 279–282.
Dutton, S. P., Flanders, W. A., and Barton, M. D., 2003, Reservoir characterization of a Permian
deep-water sandstone, East Ford field, Delaware basin, Texas: AAPG Bulletin, v. 87, no. 4, p.
609–627.
White, C. D., Novakovic, Djuro, Dutton, S. P., and Willis, B. J., 2003, A geostatistical model for
calcite concretions in sandstone: Mathematical Geology, v. 35, no. 5, p. 549–575.
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: AAPG Bulletin, v. 87, no. 9, p. 1411–1435.
Dutton, S. P., White, Chris, Willis, Brian, and Novakovic, Djuro, 2002, Calcite cement distribution
and its effect on fluid flow in a deltaic sandstone, Frontier Formation, Wyoming: AAPG Bulletin,
v. 86, no. 12, p. 2007–2021.
White, Christopher, Willis, Brian, Narayanan, Keshav, and Dutton, S. P., 2001, Identifying and
estimating significant geologic parameters with experimental design: SPE Journal, v. 6, no. 3, p.
311–324.
Dutton, S. P., Willis, B. J., White, C. D., and Bhattacharya, J. P., 2000, Outcrop characterization of
reservoir quality and interwell-scale cement distribution in a tide-influenced delta, Frontier
Formation, Wyoming, USA: Clay Minerals, v. 35, p. 95–105
White, C. D., Willis, B. J., Narayanan, Keshav, and Dutton, S. P., 2000, Identifying controls on
reservoir behavior using designed simulations: Society of Petroleum Engineers, Paper SPE
62971, 16 p.
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Dutton, S. P., and Willis, B. J., 1998, Comparison of outcrop and subsurface sandstone
permeability distribution, Lower Cretaceous Fall River Formation, South Dakota and Wyoming:
Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 68, no. 5, p. 890–900.
Dutton, S. P., 1997, Timing of compaction and quartz cementation from integrated petrographic
and burial-history analyses, Lower Cretaceous Fall River Formation, Wyoming and South
Dakota: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 67, no. 1, p. 186–196.
Williams, L. B., Hervig, R. L., and Dutton, S. P., 1997, Constraints on paleofluid compositions in
the Travis Peak Formation, East Texas: evidence from microanalyses of oxygen isotopes in
diagenetic quartz, in Basin-wide diagenetic patterns: integrated petrologic, geochemical, and
hydrologic considerations: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), SEPM Special Publication
No. 57, p. 269–280.
Dutton, S. P., Hamlin, H. S., Folk, R. L., and Clift, S. J., 1996, Early siderite cementation as a
control on reservoir quality in submarine fan sandstones, Sonora Canyon gas play, Val Verde
Basin, Texas, in Siliciclastic diagenesis and fluid flow: concepts and applications: SEPM
(Society for Sedimentary Geology), Special Publication No. 55, p. 115–127.
Hamlin, H. S., Dutton, S. P., Seggie, Robert, and Tyler, Noel, 1996, Depositional controls on
reservoir properties in a braid-delta sandstone, Tirrawarra oil field, South Australia: AAPG
Bulletin, v. 80, no. 2, p. 139–156.
Dutton, S. P., 1993, Influence of provenance and burial history on diagenesis of Lower Cretaceous
Frontier Formation sandstones, Green River Basin, Wyoming: Journal of Sedimentary
Petrology, v. 63, no. 4, p. 665–677.
Dutton, S. P., and Diggs, T. N., 1992, Evolution of porosity and permeability in the Lower
Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation, East Texas: AAPG Bulletin, v. 76, no. 2, p. 252–269.
Dutton, S. P., and Diggs, T. N., 1990, History of quartz cementation in the Lower Cretaceous
Travis Peak Formation, East Texas: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 60, no. 2, p. 191–202.
Dutton, S. P., and Finley, R. J., 1988, Controls on reservoir quality in tight sandstones of the Travis
Peak Formation, East Texas: Society of Petroleum Engineers Formation Evaluation, v. 3, no. 1,
p. 97–104.
Dutton, S. P., and Land, L. S., 1988, Cementation and burial history of a low-permeability
quartzarenite, Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation, East Texas: Geological Society of
America Bulletin, v. 100, no. 8, p. 1271–1282.
Fracasso, M. A., Dutton, S. P., and Finley, R. J., 1988, Depositional systems and diagenesis of
Travis Peak tight gas sandstone reservoirs, Sabine Uplift area, Texas: Society of Petroleum
Engineers Formation Evaluation, v. 3, no. 1, p. 105–115.
Sharp, J. M., Jr., Galloway, W. E., Land, L. S., McBride, E. F., Blanchard, P. E., Bodner, D. P.,
Dutton, S. P., Farr, M. R., Gold, P. B., Jackson, T. J., Lundegard, P. E., MacPherson, Elise, and
Milliken, K. L., 1988, Diagenetic processes in northwestern Gulf of Mexico sediments, in
Chilingarian, G. V., and Wolf, K. H., eds., Diagenesis II, developments in sedimentology 43:
New York, Elsevier: p. 43–113.
Dutton, S. P., and Land, L. S., 1985, Meteoric burial diagenesis of Pennsylvanian arkosic
sandstones, southwestern Anadarko Basin, Texas: AAPG Bulletin, v. 69, no. 1, p. 22–38.
Dutton, S. P., 1982, Pennsylvanian fan-delta deposition, Mobeetie Field, Texas Panhandle: AAPG
Bulletin, v. 66, no. 4, p. 389–407.
Handford, R., and Dutton, S. P., 1980, Pennsylvanian-Early Permian depositional systems and
shelf-margin evolution, Palo Duro Basin, Texas: AAPG Bulletin, v. 64, p. 88–106.
Land, L. S., and Dutton, S. P., 1979, Cementation of sandstones—a response: Journal of
Sedimentary Petrology, v. 49, p. 1359–1361.
Land, L. S., and Dutton, S. P., 1979, Cementation of a Pennsylvanian deltaic sandstone: isotopic
data, in Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Reprint Series No. 9, p. 166–
175.
Land, L. S., and Dutton, S. P., 1978, Cementation of a Pennsylvanian deltaic sandstone: isotopic
data: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 48, p. 1167–1176.
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Non-Peer-Reviewed
Dutton, S. P., Hentz, T. F., Cuevas, Antonio, and Hernández-Mendoza, J. J., 2004, Petrography
and reservoir quality of onshore Miocene sandstones in the Burgos Basin, Mexico: Gulf Coast
Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 54, p. 159–168.
Wood, L. J., Hentz, Tucker, Zeng, Hongliu, DeAngelo, Michael, and Dutton, Shirley, 2003,
Applying sequence stratigraphy and seismic stratal slice technology in the Gulf of Mexico:
GasTIPS, v. 9, no. 1, p. 10–21.
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.
Dutton, S. P., Kim, E. M., Breton, C. L., Broadhead, R. F., and Raatz, W. D., 2003, Permian Basin
play analysis: The Class Act, v. 9/2, p. 4–6.
Dutton, S. P., 2003, New paradigms in industry: corporate donations of geophysical data, in
Esanu, J. M., and Uhlir, P. F., Steering Committee, National Research Council, eds., The role of
scientific and technical data and information in the public domain: proceedings of a symposium:
Washington, D.C., National Academies Press, p. 191–193.
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.
Dutton, S. P., and Flanders, W. A., 2002, Advanced reservoir characterization to maximize
recovery in slope and basin clastic reservoirs, West Texas (Delaware Basin): The Class Act, v.
8, no. 1, p. 1–2.
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., and Hentz, T. F., 2002, Reservoir quality of lower Miocene sandstones in lowstand
prograding wedge successions, Vermilion Block 31, offshore Louisiana: Gulf Coast Association
of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 52, p. 217–228.
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.
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.
Dutton, S. P., and Flanders, W. A., 2001, Deposition and diagenesis of turbidite sandstones in
East Ford field, Bell Canyon Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas, in 2001, a geologic odyssey,
annual meeting papers and abstracts: Southwest Section, American Association of Petroleum
Geologists, http://www.southwestsection.org, 12 p.
Dutton, S. P., Barton, M. D., Flanders, W. A., and Zirczy, H. H., 2000, Characterization of reservoir
heterogeneity in slope and basin clastic reservoirs, Bell Canyon Formation, Delaware Basin,
Texas, in Reid, S. T., Southwest Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists 2000
Convention transactions: West Texas Geological Society Publication SWS 2000-107, p. 116–
129.
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Dutton, S. P., Holtz, M. H., Tremblay, T. A., and Zirczy, H. H., 2000, Expansion of gas reservoir
data base, Permian Basin, Texas, in DeMis, W. D., Nelis, M. K., and Trentham, R. C., eds., The
Permian Basin: proving ground for tomorrow’s technologies: West Texas Geological Society,
Publication No. 00-109, p. 197–204.
Barton, M. D., and Dutton, S. P., 1999, Outcrop analysis of a sand-rich, basin-floor turbidite
system, Permian Bell Canyon Formation, West Texas, in Transactions, Gulf Coast Section,
SEPM 19th Annual Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, December 5–8, Houston: p. 53–64.
Dutton, S. P., Asquith, G. B., Flanders, W. A., Guzman, J. I., and Zirczy, H. H., 1999, New
techniques for using old geophysical logs in reservoir characterization: examples from Bell
Canyon sandstones, Ford Geraldine and East Ford Units, Delaware Basin, Texas, in
Proceedings, 1999 Oil and Gas Conference: technology options for producer survival: U.S.
Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center and National Petroleum Technology
Office, p. 1–25.
Dutton, S. P., and Barton, M. D., 1999, Application of outcrop analogs to reservoir characterization
of Permian deep-water sandstones, Bell Canyon Formation, Ford Geraldine unit, West Texas
(Delaware Basin), in Transactions, Gulf Coast Section, SEPM 19th Annual Bob F. Perkins
Research Conference, December 5–8, Houston: p. 65–76.
Dutton, S. P., and Flanders, W. A., 1999, Application of advanced reservoir characterization,
simulation, and production optimization strategies to maximize recovery in slope and basin
clastic reservoirs, West Texas (Delaware Basin): The Class Act, v. 5, no. 2, p. 4–6.
Dutton, S. P., Barton, M. D., Clift, S. J., and Guzman, J. I., 1998, Ramsey Sandstone deep-water
channel-levee and lobe deposits, Ford Geraldine Unit, Reeves and Culberson Counties, Texas,
in Stoudt, E. L., Dull, D. W., and Raines, M. R., eds., Permian Basin core workshop--DOE
funded reservoir characterization projects: Permian Basin Section-SEPM, Publication No. 9840, p. 1–14 + figs.
Tyler, Roger, Clift, S. J., Dutton, S. P., Hamlin, H. S., Holtz, M. H., Major, R. P., Vining, M. R., and
Yang, Wan, 1998, State of Texas Advanced Resource Recovery Program: Project STARR, in
Stephens, W. C., ed., American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Southwest Section
Convention Transactions and Abstracts: p. 133–138.
Tyler, Roger, Hamlin, H. S., Clift, S. J., Holtz, M. H., Dutton, S. P., and Yang, Wan, 1998,
Reservoir characterization and the State of Texas Advanced Oil and Gas Resource Recovery
Program, in DeMis, W. D., and Nelis, M. K., eds., The search continues into the 21st century:
West Texas Geological Society, Publication 98-105, p. 167–172.
Tyler, Roger, Major, R. P., Hamlin, H. S., Holtz, M. H., Dutton, S. P., and Vining, M. R., 1998,
Project STARR—State of Texas Advanced Oil and Gas Resource Recovery Program, in
Matthews, C. R., Chairman, Regional Technology Transfer Conference, April 8, Houston,
Texas: Railroad Commission of Texas, variously paginated.
Tyler, Roger, Major, R. P., Hamlin, H. S., Holtz, M. H., Dutton, S. P., and Vining, M. R., 1998,
Project STARR—State of Texas Advanced Oil and Gas Resource Recovery Program, in
Matthews, C. R., Chairman, Regional Technology Transfer Conference, May 13, Midland,
Texas: Railroad Commission of Texas, variously paginated.
Dutton, S. P., Barton, M. D., Clift, S. J., Guzman, J. I., and Cole, A. G., 1997, Depositional history
of Ramsey sandstone channel-levee and lobe deposits, Bell Canyon Formation, Ford Geraldine
Unit, West Texas (Delaware Basin), in DeMis, W. D., ed., Permian Basin oil and gas fields:
turning ideas into production: West Texas Geological Society, Publication No. 97-102, p. 53–60.
Also in West Texas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 37, no. 4, p. 5–14.
Ambrose, W. A., Treviño, R. H., Agostini, Nelida, Akhter, M. S., Barba, R. E., Jr., Barrow, K. T.,
Delgado, Ismael, Dutton, S. P., Guevara, E. H., Leon, Alfredo, Medina, Mileida, Munoz, Pedro,
Parra, Nestor, Raeuchle, S. K., and Wang, D. L., 1997, Structural and depositional controls on
hydrocarbon production in estuarine, tidal-shelf, and valley-fill sequences in the Misoa
Formation (Eocene), Maraven Bloque I Area, Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela: Memorias del I
Congreso Latinoamericano de Sedimentología, Sociedad Venezolana de Geólogia, v. 1, p. 45–
52.
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Asquith, G. B., Dutton, S. P., and Cole, A. G., 1997, “Delaware Effect” and the Ramsey sandstone,
Ford Geraldine Unit, Reeves and Culberson Counties, Texas, in DeMis, W. D., ed., Permian
Basin oil and gas fields: turning ideas into production: West Texas Geological Society,
Publication No. 97-102, p. 71–74.
Asquith, G. B., Dutton, S. P., Cole, A. G., Razi, M., and Guzman, J. I., 1997, Petrophysics of the
Ramsey sandstone, Ford Geraldine Unit, Reeves and Culberson Counties, Texas, in DeMis, W.
D., ed., Permian Basin oil and gas fields: turning ideas into production: West Texas Geological
Society, Publication No. 97-102, p. 61–69.
Tyler, Roger, Major, R. P., Hamlin, H. S., Holtz, M. H., Dutton, S. P., and Vining, M. R., 1997,
Project STARR—State of Texas Advanced Oil and Gas Resource Recovery Program: Gulf
Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 47, p. 595–597.
Tyler, Roger, Major, R. P., Hamlin, H. S., Holtz, M. H., Dutton, S. P., and Vining, M. R., 1997,
Project STARR—State of Texas Advanced Oil and Gas Resource Recovery Program: Gulf
Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 47, p. 595–597.
Dutton, S. P., and Laubach, S. E., 1993, Comprehensive geologic basin analysis: application of a
generic research approach to several tight gas sandstone formations: In Focus—Tight Gas
Sands, v. 9, no. 1, p. 1–33.
Hamlin, H. S., Clift, S. J., and Dutton, S. P., 1992, Stratigraphy and diagenesis of Sonora Canyon
deep-water sandstones, Val Verde Basin, Southwest Texas, in Cromwell, D. W., Moussa, M. T.,
and Mazzullo, L. J., eds., Transactions: American Association of Petroleum Geologists,
Southwest Section, Publication No. SWS 92-90, p. 209–220.
Collins, E. W., Laubach, S. E., Dutton, S. P., and Hill, R. E., 1992, Depositional environments,
petrology, and fractures of the Atoka Davis Sandstone: a low-permeability gas-bearing
sandstone of the Fort Worth Basin, North-Central Texas: Southwest Section, American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Transactions, Publication SWS 92-90, p. 221–230.
Dutton, S. P., and Hamlin, H. S., 1992, Interaction of burial history and diagenesis of the Upper
Cretaceous Frontier Formation, Moxa Arch, Green River Basin, Wyoming, in Mullen, C. E., ed.,
Rediscover the Rockies: Wyoming Geological Association, Forty-Third Field Conference
Guidebook, p. 37–50.
Collins, E. W., Laubach, S. E., and Dutton, S. P., 1992, Geology of the Davis sandstone, in
Investigation of the Davis sandstone (Fort Worth Basin, Texas) as a suitable formation for the
GRI hydraulic fracture test site: S. A. Holditch and Associates Data Well No. 1, Wise County,
Texas: CER Corporation, topical report prepared for Gas Research Institute under contract no.
5091-221-2130, GRI-92/0194, p. 4–12.
Dutton, S. P., Hamlin, H. S., and Laubach, S. E., 1992, Geological analysis of the Frontier
Formation, in CER Corporation, ed., Staged field experiment no. 4: application of advanced
technologies in tight gas sandstones—Frontier Formation, Chimney Butte field, Sublette
County, Wyoming: CER Corporation, report prepared for the Gas Research Institute under
contract report no. GRI-92/0394, p. 25–51.
Dutton, S. P., and Hamlin, H. S., 1991, Geologic controls on reservoir properties of Frontier
Formation low-permeability gas reservoirs, Moxa Arch, Wyoming: Society of Petroleum
Engineers, Paper No. SPE 21851, p. 479–488.
Dutton, S. P., Laubach, S. E., and Tye, R. S., 1991, Depositional, diagenetic, and structural
controls on reservoir properties of low-permeability sandstone, Travis Peak Formation, East
Texas: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 41, p. 209–220.
Harrison, C. W., III, and Dutton, S. P., 1991, Reservoir characterization of the Frontier tight gas
sand, Green River Basin, Wyoming: Society of Petroleum Engineers, Paper No. SPE 21879, p.
717–725.
Tye, R. S., Dutton, S. P., Laubach, S. E., and Finley, R. J., 1989, Geologic analysis of the Travis
Peak tight gas sandstones: In Focus—Tight Gas Sands, v. 6, no. 1, p. 63–69.
Tye, R. S., Dutton, S. P., Herrington, K. L., and Laubach, S. E., 1989, The role of geology in
characterizing low-permeability sandstones, North Appleby field, East Texas Basin, in Society of
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Petroleum Engineers Proceedings, SPE Joint Rocky Mountain Regional/Low Permeability
Reservoirs Symposium and Exhibition, Paper No. 18964, p. 355–365.
Dutton, S. P., 1987, Diagenesis of the Travis Peak tight gas sandstone, East Texas: In Focus—
Tight Gas Sands, v. 4, no. 2, p. 18–25.
Dutton, S. P., Finley, R. J., and Herrington, K. L., 1987, Organic geochemistry of the Lower
Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation, East Texas Basin: Gulf Coast Association of Geological
Societies Transactions, v. 37, p. 65–74.
Dutton, S. P., 1986, Petrography and diagenesis of Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak (Hosston)
Formation, East Texas: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 36, p.
73–81.
Dutton, S. P., and Finley, R. J., 1986, Depositional and diagenetic controls on reservoir quality in
tight sandstones of the Travis Peak (Hosston) Formation, East Texas, in Proceedings, Society
of Petroleum Engineers/U.S. Department of Energy/Gas Research Institute Joint Symposium on
Unconventional Gas Technology, Louisville, Kentucky: SPE Paper No. 15220, p. 153–162.
Fracasso, M. A., Finley, R. J., and Dutton, S. P., 1986, Subregional stratigraphic relations,
diagenesis, and reservoir quality of Travis Peak tight gas sandstones, Sabine Uplift area,
Texas: Society of Petroleum Engineers, East Texas Regional Meeting: SPE Paper No. 14666,
p. 133–142.
Saucier, A. E., Finley, R. J., and Dutton, S. P., 1985, The Travis Peak (Hosston) Formation of East
Texas and North Louisiana, in Proceedings, Society of Petroleum Engineers/Department of
Energy Joint Symposium on Low Permeability Reservoirs, Denver, Colorado: SPE/DOE Paper
No. 13850, p. 15–22.
Dutton, S. P., Kreitler, C. W., and Bracken, B., 1982, Formation and diagenesis of salt-dome cap
rock, Texas Gulf Coast, in Handford, C. R., Loucks, R. G., and Davies, G. R., eds., Depositional
and diagenetic spectra of evaporites—a core workshop: Society of Economic Paleontologists
and Mineralogists, Core Workshop No. 3, p. 100–129.
Kreitler, C. W., and Dutton, S. P., 1981, Meteoric versus formation water origin of salt dome cap
rock: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 31, p. 325–327.
Dutton, S. P., and Kreitler, C. W., 1980, Caprock formation and diagenesis, Gyp Hill salt dome,
South Texas: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 30, p. 333–339.
Dutton, S. P., 1979, Pennsylvanian fan delta sandstones of the Palo Duro Basin, Texas, in
Pennsylvanian sandstones of the Mid-Continent:, in Tulsa Geological Society, Special
Publication No. 1, p. 235–245.
Galloway, W. E., and Dutton, S. P., 1979, Seismic stratigraphic analysis of intracratonic basin
sandstone reservoirs, in Pennsylvanian sandstones of the Mid-Continent, in Tulsa Geological
Society, Special Publication No. 1, p. 65–81.
Dutton, S. P., 1977, Diagenesis and porosity distribution in deltaic sandstone, Strawn Series
(Pennsylvanian), North-Central Texas: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies
Transactions, v. 27, p. 272–277.
Internet/Web Sites/Modules
Barton, M. D., and Dutton, S. P., 2001, Interactive Online Learning Module 2—Outcrop analogs of
fluvial valley-fill reservoirs: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, hypertext publication at
http://www.aapg.org/iolcourse/02.html.
Barton, M. D., Dutton, S. P., Remington, L. E., Rodgers, Scott D., Prewitt, Kerza, and Stokes,
Jonathan, 2000, AGIWEB Module 10—Outcrop analogs of fluvial valley-fill reservoirs: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, and American Geological Institute,
hypertext publication at http://www.beg.utexas.edu/agi/mod10/m10-title.htm.
Abstracts
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Breton, C. L., Dutton, S. P., and Broadhead, R. F., 2008, Digital oil-play maps of the Permian Basin
(abs.): AAPG 2008 Annual Convention and Exhibition Abstracts Volume, v. 17, p. 23.
Dutton, S. P., and Loucks, R. G., 2008, Extending diagenetic trends in the Eocene Wilcox Formation
with data from deep to ultradeep sandstones of the North Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast (abs.):
AAPG 2008 Annual Convention and Exhibition Abstracts Volume, v. 17, p. 50.
Dutton, S. P., and Loucks, R. G., 2007, Reservoir quality and pore-type evolution in deep to ultradeep
Tertiary sandstones of the northern Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 16, p. 38.
Dutton, S. P., Loucks, R. G., and Milliken, K. L., 2007, Extending feldspar diagenetic trends with data
from deep to ultradeep Eocene Wilcox sandstones of the northern Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast
(abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 506.
Loucks, R. G., and Dutton, S. P., 2007, Importance of micropores in deeply buried Tertiary
sandstones along the Texas Gulf Coast (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Annual Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 16, p. 84.
Dutton, S. P., Kim, E. M., Ruppel, S. C., Kerans, Charles, Broadhead, R. F., Raatz, W. D., and
Breton, C. L., 2006, Oil-play analysis of the Permian Basin: a tool for increasing recovery from a
mature oil-producing province (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention, v. 15, p. 28.
Dutton, S. P., 2005, Calcite cement distribution in Permian deepwater sandstones, Delaware Basin,
USA (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 254.
Dutton, S. P., Goldstein, S. L., and DeJarnett, B. B., 2005, Curation of terrestrial scientific cores,
samples, and collections (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37,
no. 7, p. 487.
Dutton, S. P., and Flanders, W. A., 2005, Effect of calcite cement on reservoir properties in Permian
deepwater sandstones, Delaware Basin, west Texas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention abstracts volume, v. 14, p. A39.
Dutton, S. P., 2004, A new digital atlas of major oil reservoirs in the Permian Basin (abs.): West Texas
Geological Society Bulletin, v. 44, no. 2, p. 11.
Broadhead, R. F., Raatz, W. D., Dutton, S. P., and Kim, E. M., 2004, Play analysis and digital portfolio
of major oil reservoirs in the Permian Basin: New Mexico (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 13, p. A17.
Dutton, S. P., Kim, E. M., Breton, C. L., Broadhead, R. F., and Raatz, W. D., 2004, Digital play
portfolio of a major U.S. oil province: the Permian Basin (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 13, p. A38.
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.
Dutton, S. P., Kim, E. M., Breton, C. L., Broadhead, R. F., Raatz, W. D., Ruppel, S. C., and Kerans,
Charles, 2004, Digital portfolio of oil plays in the Permian Basin, in (abs.), in Trentham, R. C.
(ed.), Banking on the Permian Basin: plays, field studies, and techniques: West Texas Geological
Society Fall Symposium: West Texas Geological Society, Publication #04-112, p. 7.
Dutton, S. P., 2004, Play analysis and digital portfolio of major oil reservoirs in the Permian Basin
(abs.): Austin Geological Society Newsletter, v. 39, no. 3, p. 9–10.
Dutton, S. P., Kim, E. M., and Holtz, M. H., 2003, Play analysis of major oil reservoirs in the Permian
Basin, West Texas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention
Official Program, v. 12, p. A46.
Dutton, S. P., Kim, E. M., and Holtz, M. H., 2003, Play analysis of major oil reservoirs in the Permian
Basin, West Texas (abs.), in Hunt, T. J., and Lufholm, P. H., The Permian Basin: back to basics:
West Texas Geological Society Fall Symposium: West Texas Geological Society Publication #03112, p. 379–380.
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Dutton, S. P., Kim, E. M., and Holtz, M. H., 2003, Play analysis of major oil reservoirs in the Permian
Basin, West Texas (abs.), in New methods for locating and recovering remaining hydrocarbons in
the Permian Basin: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology; Petroleum
Technology Transfer Council; and University Lands West Texas Operations, p. 7.
Dutton, S. P., White, Chris, and Willis, Brian, 2003, Origin of calcite cement and influence on fluid flow
in a deltaic sandstone, Frontier Formation, Wyoming (abs.), in Wyoming Geological Association
2003 Field Conference Technical Program: Wyoming Geological Association, p. 7.
Willis, B. J., White, C. D., Bhattacharya, J. P., Gabel, S. L., and Dutton, S. P., 2003, Using highresolution outcrop data to predict effects of depositional heterogeneity on reservoir fluid flow
patterns (abs.), in Wyoming Geological Association 2003 Field Conference Technical Program:
Wyoming Geological Association, p. 7.
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.
Willis, B. J., Bhattacharya, J. P., White, C. D., and Dutton, S. P., 2002, Architecture of a tideinfluenced delta in the Frontier Formation of central Wyoming, USA (abs.), in Tillman, Roderick,
Leckie, Dale, Dalrymple, Bob, and Nummedal, Dag, conveners, Incised valleys, images and
processes: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Research Conference, Casper, Wyoming,
August 18–24, sec. 2, p. 50.
Dutton, S. P., 2002, Corporate donations in geophysical data (abs.), in The National Academy of
Sciences Abstracts of Presentations: Symposium on the Role of Scientific and Technical Data
and Information in the Public Domain, Washington, D.C., September 5–6, p. 13–14.
Dutton, S. P., and Flanders, W. A., 2001, Deposition and diagenesis of turbidite sandstones in East
Ford field, Bell Canyon Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 85, no. 2, p. 385–386.
Dutton, S. P., and Flanders, W. A., 2001, Field development of a Permian deep-water sandstone,
East Ford field, Bell Canyon Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 10, p. A54.
Dutton, S. P., and Barton, M. D., 2001, Diagenesis and reservoir quality of turbidite sandstones in the
Bell Canyon Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, v. 33, no. 6, p. A-36–A-37.
Dutton, S. P., 2001, Reservoir characterization of a Permian deep-water sandstone, East Ford field,
Bell Canyon Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas (abs.): South Texas Geological Society Bulletin,
v. 42, no. 3, p. 7.
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.
Dutton, S. P., White, C. D., and Willis, B. J., 2000, Calcite cement distribution and its effect on fluid
flow in a deltaic sandstone, Frontier Formation, Wyoming, USA (abs.), in American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, Annual Convention Official Program, p. A44.
Dutton, S. P., Asquith, G. B., Flanders, W. A., Guzman, J. I., and Zirczy, H. H., 1999, New techniques
for using old geophysical logs in reservoir characterization: examples from Bell Canyon
Sandstones, Ford Geraldine and East Ford units, Delaware Basin, Texas (abs.), in 1999 Oil &
Gas Conference: technology options for producer survival: agenda and abstracts: U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, and National
Petroleum Technology Office, unpaginated.
Dutton, S. P., Barton, M. D., Guzman, J. I., Asquith, G. B., and Cole, A. G., 1999, Controls on
reservoir quality distribution in the Ramsey sandstone deep-marine clastic reservoirs, Bell Canyon
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Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas (abs.), in AAPG Annual Convention official program: American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. A35.
Bhattacharya, J. P., Willis, B. J., Dutton, S. P., and White, C. D., 1998, Outcrop analogs for tideinfluenced lowstand deltaic reservoirs (abs): Reservoir, v. 25, no. 6, p. 6.
Dutton, S. P., Barton, M. D., and Cole, A. G., 1998, Ramsey Sandstone channel-levee and lobe
deposits: deep-marine clastic reservoirs in the Bell Canyon Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas
(abs.), in Bridges to discovery: extended abstracts, volume 1, AAPG Annual Convention:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, p. A173.
Dutton, S. P., Barton, M. D., Malik, M. A., Asquith, G. B., Cole, A. G., Pittaway, K. R., and Gogas,
John, 1998, Characterization and development of turbidite reservoirs in a deepwater channellevee and lobe system, Ford Geraldine Unit, Permian Bell Canyon Formation, Delaware Basin,
USA (ext. abs.), in Developing and managing turbidite reservoirs—case histories and
experiences: EAGE/AAPG Third Research Symposium, extended abstracts book: oral and poster
presentations: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, unpaginated.
Dutton, S. P., Willis, B. J., White, C. D., and Bhattacharya, J. P., 1998, Outcrop characterization of
reservoir quality and interwell-scale cement distribution in a tide-influenced delta, Frontier
Formation, Wyoming, USA (abs.), in Mineral diagenesis and reservoir quality—the way forward:
The Clay Minerals Group, p. 6.
Tyler, Roger, Major, R. P., Hamlin, H. S., Holtz, M. H., Dutton, S. P., and Vining, M. R., 1998, State of
Texas Advanced Oil and Gas Recovery Program—Project STARR (abs.): American Association
of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 82, no. 3, p. 529.
Tyler, Roger, Vining, M. R., Hamlin, H. S., Holtz, M. H., Dutton, S. P., and Major, R. P., 1998,
Reservoir characterization and advanced resource recovery technology on Texas State Lands
(abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 82, no. 9, p. 1793.
Vining, M. R., Tyler, Roger, Major, R. P., Hamlin, H. S., Holtz, M. H., and Dutton, S. P., 1998, Oil and
gas resource development through targeted technology for Texas operators—Project STARR in
action (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 82, no. 3, p. 529.
Vining, M. R., Tyler, Roger, Major, R. P., Hamlin, H. S., Holtz, M. H., and Dutton, S. P., 1998, Oil and
gas resource development through targeted technology for Texas operators—Project STARR in
action (abs.), in Stephens, W. C., ed., AAPG Southwest Section Convention Transactions and
Abstracts: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. 150.
Cole, A. G., Dutton, S. P., Barton, M. D., Hovorka, S. D., and Asquith, G. B., 1997, Geophysical
characterization of Permian deep-water sandstones, Bell Canyon Formation and Cherry Canyon
Formation, Geraldine Ford area, West Texas (Delaware Basin) (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 6, p. A21.
Dutton, S. P., Barton, M. D., Clift, S. J., Guzman, J. I., Asquith, G. B., and Cole, A. G., 1997,
Application of advanced reservoir characterization to Ramsey Sandstone reservoirs, Ford
Geraldine Unit, West Texas (Delaware Basin) (abs.), in DeMis, W. D., Permian Basin oil and gas
fields: turning ideas into production: West Texas Geological Society, WTGS Publication No. 97–
102, p. 97.
Dutton, S. P., Barton, M. D., Hovorka, S. D., Cole, A. G., and Asquith, G. B., 1997, Reservoir
characterization of Permian deep-water Ramsey sandstones, Bell Canyon Formation, Ford
Geraldine Unit, West Texas (Delaware Basin) (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 6, p. A31.
Tyler, Roger, Major, R. P., Holtz, M. H., Hamlin, H. S., and Dutton, S. P., 1997, Characterization of oil
and gas reservoirs and recovery technology deployment on Texas State Lands (abs.), in
Proceedings, Fourth International Reservoir Characterization Technical Conference, Houston:
U.S. Department of Energy, BDM-Oklahoma, Inc., and American Association of Petroleum
Geologists, p. 179.
Dutton, S. P., Cole, A. G., and Hovorka, S. D., 1996, Application of advanced reservoir
characterization, simulation, and production optimization strategies to maximize recovery in slope
and basin clastic reservoirs, West Texas (Delaware Basin) (abs.), in Improving production shallow
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shelf carbonate (class 2) reservoirs: Workshop sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and
BDM Oklahoma, Inc., unpaginated.
Dutton, S. P., Willis, B. J., Dharmasamadhi, I. N. W., and Gardner, M. H., 1996, Portability of outcrop
permeability data to subsurface reservoirs: diagenetic complications (abs.), in AAPG annual
Convention Official Program: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. A40.
Dutton, S. P., 1995, Interpretation of compaction and quartz cementation processes from integrated
petrographic and burial-history analyses, Lower Cretaceous Fall River Formation, Wyoming and
South Dakota (abs.), in AAPG Annual Convention Official Program: petroleum technology of the
world: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. 24A.
Dutton, S. P., Gardner, M. H., and Willis, B. J., 1995, Characterization of heterogeneity style and
permeability structure in fluvial-deltaic reservoirs deposited in a low-accommodation setting
(abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 79, no. 8, p. 1209.
Gardner, M. H., Barton, M. D., Willis, B. J., Tyler, Noel, and Dutton, S. P., 1995, Outcrop
characterization of stratal architecture and permeability structure in deltaic-reservoir analogs
(abs.), in Quantification and modeling of spatial patterns in permeable rocks: IMA conference
program: Scarborough, England: The Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, unpaginated.
Levey, R. A., Tyler, Noel, Dutton, S. P., Kerans, Charles, and Lucia, F. J., 1995, Merging basic
science and applied reservoir characterization research: an effective approach for assisting
industry in field optimization for incremental recovery of oil and gas (abs.): American Association
of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 79, no. 8, p. 1230–1231.
Williams, L. B., Hervig, R. L., and Dutton, S. P., 1995, Interpreting paleofluid compositions by
microanalysis of oxygen isotopes in diagenetic quartz (abs.), in V. M. Goldschmidt Conference:
an international conference for the advancement of geochemistry: program and abstracts: The
Geochemical Society, p. 97.
Willis, Brian, Gardner, M. H., and Dutton, S. P., 1995, Architecture of fluvial-dominated valley-fill
deposits in the Cretaceous Fall River Formation (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, v. 27, no. 6, p. A-277.
Levey, R. A., Tyler, Noel, Dutton, S. P., Kerans, Charles, and Lucia, F. J., 1995, Merging basic
science and applied reservoir characterization research: an effective approach for assisting
industry in field optimization for incremental recovery of oil and gas (abs.), in Bienvenue a Nice:
the 1995 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition: American Association of Petroleum
Geologists, p. 40A–41A.
Dutton, S. P., and Hamlin, H. S., 1994, Compositional, textural, and diagenetic controls on porosity
distribution and evolution in Permian Tirrawarra Sandstone, Cooper Basin, South Australia (abs.):
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts, v. 3, p. 140.
Hamlin, H. S., Dutton, S. P., Tyler, Noel, Yeh, J. S., Seggie, Robert, Lansom, Peter, and Asquith, G.
B., 1994, Resource optimization through facies-based characterization of a braid-delta sandstone
reservoir, Tirrawarra oil field, Cooper Basin, South Australia (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts, v. 3, p. 162.
Hamlin, H. S., Clift, S. J., Dutton, S. P., Hentz, T. F., and Laubach, S. E., 1994, Geologically complex
gas reservoirs in slope and basin facies, Canyon sandstones, Val Verde Basin, southwest Texas
(abs.): Houston Geological Society Bulletin, v. 37, no. 1, p. 11.
Ambrose, W. A., Ferrer, E. R., Dutton, S. P., Padron, Antonio, Wang, F. P., Yeh, J. S., Carrasquel,
Williams, and Tyler, Noel, 1994, Production optimization through characterization of tidedominated deltaic reservoirs of the lower Misoa Formation (lower Eocene), LL-652 area,
Lagunillas field, Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts, v. 3, p. 93.
Dutton, S. P., and Laubach, S. E., 1993, Geology of major low-permeability sandstone gas reservoirs
in the continental United States (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.
25, no. 6, p. A-300.
Dutton, S. P., Clift, S. J., Folk, R. L., Hamlin, H. S., and Marin, B. A., 1993, Porosity preservation by
early siderite cementation in Sonora Canyon sandstones, Val Verde Basin, southwest Texas
(abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1993 Annual Convention Program, p. 95.
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Dutton, S. P., 1992, Late-stage diagenesis and development of secondary porosity in Frontier
Formation low-permeability sandstones, Green River Basin, Wyoming, USA (abs.): American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Official Program, v. 1, p. 34.
Dutton, S. P., and Hamlin, H. S., 1992, Interaction of burial history and diagenesis of the Upper
Cretaceous Frontier Formation, Moxa Arch, Green River Basin, Wyoming (abs.): American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 76, no. 8, p. 1258.
Collins, E. W., Laubach, S. E., Dutton, S. P., and Hill, R. E., 1992, Depositional environments,
petrology, and fractures of the Atoka Davis Sandstone: a low-permeability gas-bearing sandstone
of the Fort Worth Basin, North-Central Texas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Bulletin, v. 76, no. 4, p. 574.
Hamlin, H. S., Clift, S. J., and Dutton, S. P., 1992, Stratigraphy and diagenesis of Sonora Canyon
deep-water sandstones, Val Verde Basin, southwest Texas (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 76, no. 4, p. 575–576.
Dutton, S. P., Laubach, S. E., and Tye, R. S., 1991, Depositional, diagenetic, and structural controls
on reservoir properties of low-permeability sandstone, Travis Peak Formation, East Texas (abs.):
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 75, no. 9, p. 1521.
Dutton, S. P., 1990, Variations in diagenesis and reservoir quality in the Frontier Formation along the
Moxa Arch, Green River Basin, Wyoming (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Bulletin, v. 74, no. 8, p. 1321–1322.
Dutton, S. P., and Diggs, T. N., 1990, Episodic quartz cementation in the Lower Cretaceous Travis
Peak Formation, East Texas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 74,
no. 5, p. 646.
Dutton, S. P., and Diggs, T. N., 1989, Controls on permeability distribution in Lower Cretaceous Travis
Peak Formation, East Texas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 73,
no. 3, p. 352.
Laubach, S. E., Hoak, T. E., Dutton, S. P., and Diggs, T. N., 1989, Coevolution of fracture pattern,
rock mechanical properties, and diagenesis in a low-permeability gas reservoir sandstone, East
Texas (abs.): Geological Society of America, South-Central Section, Abstracts with Programs, v.
21, no. 1, p. 16.
Dutton, S. P., 1988, Regional diagenetic studies: an approach to paleohydrology and basin evolution
(abs.), in Workshop on Quantitative Dynamic Stratigraphy, Colorado School of Mines: QDS
abstracts, p. 5–6.
Dutton, S. P., and Diggs, T. N., 1988, Stratigraphic and depth variations in authigenic cement
distribution, Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation, East Texas (abs.): Geological Society of
America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 7, p. A375.
Dutton, S. P., 1987, Diagenesis and burial history of the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak sandstone,
East Texas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 71 no. 5, p. 551.
Dutton, S. P., Finley, R. J., and Herrington, K. L., 1987, Organic geochemistry of Lower Cretaceous
Travis Peak Formation, East Texas Basin (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Bulletin, v. 71, no. 9, p. 1116.
Finley, R. J., and Dutton, S. P., 1987, Geology and reservoir characteristics of tight gas sandstones in
Travis Peak Formation, Chapel Hill field, East Texas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Bulletin, v. 71, no. 5, p. 556.
Dutton, S. P., 1986, Diagenetic history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko
Basin: geochemistry, paleohydrology, and reservoir quality (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 70, no. 11, p. 1760–1761.
Dutton, S. P., 1986, Petrography and diagenesis of Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak (Hosston)
Formation, East Texas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 70, no.
9, p. 1180.
Dutton, S. P., 1986, Pore characterization by scanning electron microscope of low-permeability gas
sandstones, Travis Peak Formation, East Texas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Bulletin, v. 70, no. 5, p. 585.
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Kreitler, C. W., Dutton, S. P., and Fogg, G. E., 1986, Hydrogeology: the interaction between
hydrologic and geologic processes (abs.): Geological Society of America, Abstracts with
Programs, v. 18, no. 6, p. 662.
Ruppel, S. C., and Dutton, S. P., 1985, Thermal maturation studies in the southern Texas Panhandle
(abs.): Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 17, no. 3, p. 189.
Gustavson, T. C., Budnik, R. T, Collins, E. W., Dutton, S. P., Hovorka, S. D., and Ruppel, S. C., 1984,
Geologic issues in isolating nuclear waste in the Palo Duro Basin, Texas (abs.): Oklahoma
Geological Survey, Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 44, no. 3, p. 78–79.
Dutton, S. P., 1984, Abandoned oil fields of Texas Gulf Coast (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 68, no. 4, p. 472–473.
Dutton, S. P., and Handford, R., 1984, Geologic evolution of the Palo Duro Basin: Pennsylvanian to
Lower Permian (abs.), in The geologic evolution of the Permian Basin: a symposium: Permian
Basin Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, p. 17–18.
Gustavson, T. C., Budnik, R. T, Collins, E. W., Dutton, S. P., Hovorka, S. D., and Ruppel, S. C., 1983,
Geologic issues in isolating nuclear waste in the Palo Duro Basin, Texas (abs.): Geological
Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 15, no. 1, p. 3.
Dutton, S. P., 1983, Palo Duro Basin, an exploration frontier in the Texas Panhandle (abs.): American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 67, no. 3, p. 454.
Dutton, S. P., and Land, L. S., 1983, Meteoric diagenesis of Pennsylvanian arkosic sandstones,
southwestern Anadarko Basin (abs.): Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v.
15, no. 6, p. 564.
Dutton, S. P., 1982, Facies control of cementation and porosity in Pennsylvanian fan-delta
sandstones, Texas Panhandle (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v.
66, no. 5, p. 565.
Dutton, S. P., 1981, Diagenesis of Pennsylvanian fan-delta sandstones and interbedded shelf
carbonates, Texas Panhandle (abs.): Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v.
13, no. 7, p. 443.
Dutton, S. P., 1981, Geochemistry of hydrocarbon source rocks, Palo Duro Basin, Texas (abs.):
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 65, no. 4, p. 758–759.
Dutton, S. P., 1981, Pennsylvanian fan-delta deposition, Mobeetie Field, Texas Panhandle (abs.):
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 65, no. 5, p. 922–923.
Kreitler, C. W., Wuerch, H. V., Dutton, S. P., and Tewalt, S. J., 1981, Generation of Na-HCO3 ground
water, Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer, East Texas (abs.): Geological Society of America, Abstracts with
Programs, v. 13, no. 7, p. 491.
Dutton, S. P., 1980, Source rock quality and thermal maturity, Palo Duro Basin, Texas (abs.):
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 64, no. 5, p. 702.
Handford, R., Presley, M. W., and Dutton, S. P., 1980, Depositional and tectonic evolution of a
basement-bounded intracratonic basin, Palo Duro Basin, Texas (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 64, no. 5, p. 717.
Kreitler, C. W., Fogg, G. E., and Dutton, S. P., 1980, Hydrologic stability of salt domes in the East
Texas Basin (abs.): Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 12, no. 7, p. 465–
466.
Dutton, S. P., 1979, Alternating clastic-carbonate deposition in fan delta systems, Lower
Pennsylvanian, Palo Duro Basin (abs.): Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs,
v. 11, no. 2, p. 146–147.
Dutton, S. P., 1979, Depositional models and resource potential, Pennsylvanian System, Palo Duro
Basin, Panhandle, Texas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 63, no.
8, p. 1425.
Dutton, S. P., 1979, Facies patterns and depositional models, Pennsylvanian System, Palo Duro
Basin, Texas Panhandle (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 63, no.
3, p. 442–443.
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Dutton, S. P., 1979, Pennsylvanian fan delta sandstones of the Palo Duro Basin, Texas (abs.):
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 63, p. 2116.
Handford, R., and Dutton, S. P., 1979, Exploration potential of Pennsylvanian-Permian carbonate
shelf margins and deltaic sandstones, Palo Duro Basin, Texas (abs.): American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 63, no. 3, p. 461.
Presley, M. W., Gustavson, T. C., Galloway, W. E., Finley, R. J., Handford, R., Dutton, S. P., and
McGillis, K. A., 1979, Palo Duro Basin analysis (abs.): American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Bulletin, v. 63, no. 3, p. 511.
Land, L. S., and Dutton, S. P., 1978, Diagenesis of a Pennsylvanian deltaic sandstone: isotopic data
(abs.), in 10th International Congress on Sedimentology, Jerusalem, p. 368.
Dutton, S. P., 1977, Diagenesis and porosity distribution in deltaic sandstone, Strawn Series
(Pennsylvanian), North-Central Texas (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Bulletin, v. 61, no. 9, p. 1536.
Contract Reports
Dutton, S. P., DeJarnett, B. B., and Tinker, S. W., 2006, Support for the curation of academic
research cores, samples, and collections in the geosciences: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for NSF, under contract no. 0331241, 13 p.
Dutton, S. P., Loucks, R. G., McDonnell, Angela, Sakurai, Shinichi, and Wang, F. P., 2006,
Stratigraphic architecture and sandstone reservoir quality in deep shelf gas plays of Texas State
Waters—year 1: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, contract report
prepared for Deep Shelf Gas Consortium, 405 p.
Dutton, S. P., 2005, Support for the curation of academic research cores, samples, and collections in
the geosciences: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report
prepared for NSF, under award no. 0331241, 11 p.
Dutton, S. P., 2005, Workshop: curation of terrestrial scientific cores, samples, and collections: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for NSF
Workshop, 26 p.
Dutton, S. P., Kim, E. M., Broadhead, R. F., Breton, C. L., Raatz, W. D., Ruppel, S. C., and Kerans,
Charles, 2004, Play analysis and digital portfolio of major oil reservoirs in the Permian Basin:
application and transfer of advanced geological and engineering technologies for incremental
production opportunities: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, and
New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and
Technology, annual report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, under contract no. DE-FC2602NT15131, 104.
Hentz, T. F., Ambrose, W. A., DeAngelo, Michael, Holtz, M. H., Sakurai, Shinichi, Talukdar, S.,
Wawrzyniec, T. F., Dunlap, D. B., Dutton, S. P., Guevara, E. H., Nance, H. S., Yeh, J. S.,
Bouroullec, Renaud, Brown, L. F., Jr., Martinez Sierra, Ricardo, Hernández-Mendoza, J. J.,
Ramos Gallardo, Hilario, Alvarado Cespedes, Alberto, Marino Castanon, Alberto, Machado
Simental, Ruben, Ayala Anguiano, Ramiro, and Segura Trevino, Alberto, 2004, Definition of the
geological framework and exploration plays of the Miocene of the Burgos Basin, northern Mexico:
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for Pemex
in two volumes, Spanish and English, variously paginated + 5 vols. Plates.
Dutton, S. P., Kim, E. M., Broadhead, R. F., Breton, C. L., Ruppel, S. C., Raatz, William, and Kerans,
Charles, 2004, Play analysis and digital portfolio of major oil reservoirs in the Permian Basin:
application and transfer of advanced geological and engineering technologies for incremental
production opportunities: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, and
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral
Resources, final report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, under contract no. DE-FC2602NT15131, 408 p.
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Dutton, S. P., 2004, Support for the curation of academic research cores, samples, and collections in
the geosciences: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report
prepared for NSF, under award no. 0331231, 7 p.
Dutton, S. P., and Tinker, S. W., 2004, Support for the curation of academic research cores, samples,
and collections in the geosciences: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic
Geology, annual report prepared for U.S. National Science Foundation, under Award ID 0331241,
7 p.
Dutton, S. P., Kim, E. M., Broadhead, R. F., Raatz, William, Breton, Cari, Ruppel, S. C., Kerans,
Charles, and Holtz, M. H., 2003, Play analysis and digital portfolio of major oil reservoirs in the
Permian Basin: application and transfer of advanced geological and engineering technologies for
incremental production opportunities: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic
Geology, and New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, annual report prepared for
U.S. Department of Energy, under contract no. DE-FC26-02NT15131, 68 p.
Hentz, T. F., Wood, L. J., DeAngelo, M. V., Zeng, Hongliu, Holtz, M. H., Dutton, S. P., Chan, KeSheng, Rassi, Claudia, Garcia, Javier, Kim, E. M., Dunlap, D. B., Barba, R. E., and Knox, P. R.,
2002, Targeting reserve growth opportunities in the northern Gulf of Mexico Basin: transferring
secondary gas recovery technology to the offshore environment: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy,
National Energy Technology Laboratory, under contract no. DE-FC26-98FT40136DOE, 237 p. +
CD-ROM.
Dutton, S. P., Flanders, W. A., and Mendez, D. L., 2001, Application of advanced reservoir
characterization, simulation, and production optimization strategies to maximize recovery in slope
and basin clastic reservoirs, West Texas (Delaware Basin): The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Assistant
Secretary for Fossil Energy, under contract no. DE-FC22-95BC14936, 72 p.
Dutton, S. P., and Flanders, W. A., 2001, Application of advanced reservoir characterization,
simulation, and production optimization strategies to maximize recovery in slope and basin clastic
reservoirs, West Texas (Delaware Basin): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic
Geology, final report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Assistant Secretary for Fossil
Energy, under contract no. DE-FC22-95BC14936, 170 p.
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.
Dutton, S. P., Flanders, W. A., and Zirczy, H. H., 2000, Application of advanced reservoir
characterization, simulation, and production optimization strategies to maximize recovery in slope
and basin clastic reservoirs, West Texas (Delaware Basin): The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Assistant
Secretary for Fossil Energy, under contract no. DE-FC22-95BC14936, 60 p.
Dutton, S. P., Zirczy, H. H., Tremblay, T. A., and Scott, A. R., 2000, Update of oil and gas reservoir
database, Permian and Fort Worth Basins, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology, final report prepared for the U.S. Geological Survey, under order no.
99CRSA1102, 31 p.
Ambrose, W. A., Scott, A. R., Barba, R. E., Jr., Dutton, S. P., Treviño, R. H., Fouad, Khaled, Sparlin,
M. A., Hamilton, D. S., Handford, R., Dunlap, D. B., Romero, M. L., Lake, L. W., McBeath, John,
and McMillen, K. J., 1999, Integrated reservoir characterization and reservoir management
strategies, VLA-8 Area, Pilar Sur field, Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for PDVSA Exploración y Producción,
186 p. + attachments.
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Tyler, Roger, Alvarez, Regulo, Ambrose, W. A., Asquith, G. B., Barba, R. E., Jr., Card, C. C., Chirinos,
Belkis, Dunlap, D. B., Dutton, S. P., Grabowski, Janusz, Gu, Yaguang, Hamilton, D. S., Hamlin,
H. S., Holtz, M. H., Mendoza, Rafael, Paulis, J. B., Remington, R. L., Rodgers, Scott D., Romero,
M. L., Scott, A. R., Sparlin, M. A., Yeh, J. S., and Zeng, Hongliu, 1999, Reservoir characterization,
simulation, and exploitation planning for the Eocene “B” sands: Mioceno Norte Area, Lake
Maracaibo, Venezuela: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final
report prepared for PDVSA Exploración y Producción Division de Occidente Venezuela, under
Agreement No. 21-E-264, variously paginated, + apps. (12 vols.).
Dutton, S. P., Flanders, W. A., Guzman, J. I., and Zirczy, H. H., 1999, Application of advanced
reservoir characterization, simulation, and production optimization strategies to maximize
recovery in slope and basin clastic reservoirs, West Texas (Delaware Basin): The University of
Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report prepared for U.S. Department of
Energy, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, under contract no. DE-FC22-95BC14936, 106 p.
Dutton, S. P., Flanders, W. A., Zirczy, H. H., and Guzman, J. I., 1999, Geologic and engineering
characterization of East Ford field, Reeves County, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, topical report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Assistant
Secretary for Fossil Energy, under contract no. DE-FC22-95BC14936, 113 p.
Dutton, S. P., Barton, M. D., Malik, M. A., Asquith, G. B., Guzman, J. I., Clift, S. J., and Cole, A. G.,
1998, Application of advanced reservoir characterization, simulation, and production optimization
strategies to maximize recovery in slope and basin clastic reservoirs, West Texas (Delaware
Basin): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report prepared
for U.S. Department of Energy, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, under contract no. DEFC22-95BC14936, 88 p.
Hamilton, D. S., Fimlay, Carlos, Treviño, R. H., Holtz, M. H., Handford, R., Robertson, J. D., Fouad,
Khaled, Barba, R. E., Jr., Bullen, G., Dutton, S. P., and Von Lunen, E., 1998, Strategic targeting
of drilling objectives in the South Lake—reservoir characterization of the Tertiary section, Block B,
South Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic
Geology, interim technical report prepared for Lagoven S.A., 37 p. + figures and attachments.
Hamilton, D. S., Fouad, Khaled, Barba, R. E., Jr., Holtz, M. H., Handford, R., Treviño, R. H., Dutton,
S. P., Dunlap, D. B., Fimlay, Carlos, Zannin, Gladys, and Espinel, Edgar, 1998, Strategic
targeting of drilling objectives in the South Lake—reservoir characterization of Tertiary and
Cretaceous strata, Blocks B, C, and E, South Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela: The University of
Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for PDVSA Exploración y
Producción, 438 p. + appendix + 5 volumes of attachments.
Hamilton, D. S., Fouad, Khaled, Barba, R. E., Jr., Holtz, M. H., Handford, R., Treviño, R. H., Dutton,
S. P., Dunlap, D. B., Fimlay, Carlos, Zannin, Gladys, and Espinel, Edgar, 1998, Strategic
targeting of drilling objectives in the South Lake—reservoir characterization of Tertiary and
Cretaceous strata, Block B, C, and E, South Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela: The University of Texas
at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for Lagoven, S.A., 6 volumes, 110 p.
Dutton, S. P., Asquith, G. B., Barton, M. D., Cole, A. G., Gogas, John, Malik, M. A., Clift, S. J., and
Guzman, J. I., 1997, Application of advanced reservoir characterization, simulation and
production optimization strategies to maximize recovery in slope and basin clastic reservoirs,
West Texas (Delaware Basin): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology,
annual report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, under contract no. DE-FC22-95BC14936,
187 p.
Dutton, S. P., Asquith, G. B., Barton, M. D., Cole, A. G., Gogas, John, Malik, M. A., Clift, S. J., and
Guzman, J. I., 1997, Geologic and engineering characterization of Geraldine Ford field, Reeves
and Culberson Counties, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology,
topical report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, under contract no. DE-FC22-95BC14936,
115 p.
Ambrose, W. A., Akhter, M. S., Treviño, R. H., Barba, R. E., Jr., Dutton, S. P., Parker, Dan, Yeh, J. S.,
Pendleton, V. M., Raeuchle, S. K., Wang, D. L., Colvin, Linda, Guevara, E. H., Barrow, K. T., and
Barnaby, R. J., 1997, Integrated reservoir study, lower Eocene Misoa reservoirs, VLA-6/9/21
Area, Block I, Phase 2, Stage 3, Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela: The University of Texas at Austin,
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Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for Maraven, S.A., under Agreement No. 11E-395, 161 p. plus attachments.
Ambrose, W. A., Akhter, M. S., Barba, R. E., Jr., Barnaby, R. J., Barrow, K. T., Colvin, Linda, Dutton,
S. P., Guevara, E. H., Parker, Dan, Pendleton, V. M., Raeuchle, S. K., Treviño, R. H., Wang, D.
L., and Yeh, J. S., 1997, Integrated reservoir study, lower Eocene Misoa reservoirs, VLA-6/9/21
Area, Block I, Phase 2, Stage 3, Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for Maraven, S.A., under Agreement No. 11E-395, 158 p.
Hamilton, D. S., Fimlay, Carlos, Treviño, R. H., Holtz, M. H., Handford, R., Fouad, Khaled, Barba, R.
E., Jr., Bullen, G., Dutton, S. P., and Von Lunen, E., 1997, Strategic targeting of drilling objectives
in the South Lake—reservoir characterization of the Tertiary section, Bloque B, South Lake
Maracaibo, Venezuela: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final
report prepared for Lagoven, S.A., variously paginated [79 p.].
Dutton, S. P., Hovorka, S. D., and Cole, A. G., 1996, Application of advanced reservoir
characterization, simulation, and production optimization strategies to maximize recovery in slope
and basin clastic reservoirs, West Texas (Delaware Basin): The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, annual report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, under
contract no. DE-FC22-95BC14936, 81 p.
Hamilton, D. S., Holtz, M. H., Dutton, S. P., Yeh, J. S., Lonergan, T., Ryles, P., Hillyer, M., and
O'Sullivan, T., 1995, Jackson region reservoir characterization study: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for Santos Ltd., Adelaide, South
Australia, 124 p. plus appendices.
Holtz, M. H., Hamilton, D. S., Ambrose, W. A., Yeh, J. S., Dutton, S. P., Tyler, Noel, Asquith, G. B.,
Tadiar, E. F., Anthony, D. P., and Chamalaun, M. E., 1995, High-resolution sequence
stratigraphic and systems tract analysis and resource and play assessment of the
Toolachee/Nappacoongee–Murteree blocks: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology, final report prepared for Santos Ltd., Adelaide, South Australia, 194 p. +
figures and tables.
Laubach, S. E., Clift, S. J., Hamlin, H. S., Dutton, S. P., Hentz, T. F., Baek, Hwanjo, and Marin, B. A.,
1994, Geology of a stratigraphically complex natural gas play: Canyon sandstones, Val Verde
Basin, southwest Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, topical
report prepared for the Gas Research Institute, under contract no. 5082-211-0708, GRI-94/0167,
135 p.
Tyler, Noel, Ambrose, W. A., Carrasquel, Williams, Dutton, S. P., Ferrer, E. R., Padron, Antonio,
Wang, F. P., and Yeh, J. S., 1994, Characterization of lower Eocene reservoirs in the LL-652
area, Lagunillas field: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report
prepared for Lagoven, S.A., 425 p.
Dutton, S. P., Clift, S. J., Hamilton, D. S., Hamlin, H. S., Hentz, T. F., Howard, W. E., Akhter, M. S.,
and Laubach, S. E., 1993, Atlas of major low-permeability sandstone gas reservoirs in the
continental United States: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology,
topical report prepared for the Gas Research Institute, under contract no. 5082-211-0708, 460 p.
Tyler, Noel, Hamlin, H. S., Dutton, S. P., Hardage, B. A., Yeh, J. S., Seggie, Robert, Lansom, Peter,
and Asquith, G. B., 1993, Strategies for reserve growth in Tirrawarra field: The University of
Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for Santos, Ltd., Adelaide,
South Australia, 383 p. + app.
Dutton, S. P., Hamlin, H. S., and Laubach, S. E., 1992, Geologic controls on reservoir properties of
low-permeability sandstone, Frontier Formation, Moxa Arch, southwest Wyoming: The University
of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, topical report prepared for the Gas Research
Institute, under contract no. 5082-211-0708, 199 p.
Dutton, S. P., 1991, Diagenetic controls on reservoir properties of low-permeability sandstone,
Frontier Formation, Moxa Arch, southwest Wyoming: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of
Economic Geology, topical report prepared for the Gas Research Institute, under contract no.
5082-211-0708, 48 p.
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Dutton, S. P., and Hentz, T. F., 1991, Geologic description: Maxus Exploration Glasgow No. 2: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, contract report prepared for the Gas
Research Institute, under contract no. 5082-211-0708, 9 p. plus appendices.
Dutton, S. P., Laubach, S. E., Tye, R. S., Baumgardner, R. W., Jr., and Herrington, K. L., 1990,
Geology of the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation, East Texas—depositional history,
diagenesis, structure, and reservoir engineering implications: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for the Gas Research Institute, under contract
no. 5082-211-0708, 170 p.
Baumgardner, R. W., Jr., Tye, R. S., Laubach, S. E., Diggs, T. N., Herrington, K. L., and Dutton, S. P.,
1988, Site selection for GRI cooperative tight gas field research, volume II: geologic
characteristics of selected low-permeability gas sandstones: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, topical report prepared for the Gas Research Institute, under
contract no. 5082-211-0708, 225 p.
Fisher, W. L., Finley, R. J., Seni, S. J., Ruppel, S. C., White, W. G., Ayers, W. B., Jr., Dutton, S. P.,
Kuuskraa, V. A., McFall, K. S., Godec, A., Michel, J., and Jennings, T. V., 1988, An assessment
of the natural gas resource base of the United States: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau
of Economic Geology, ICF-Lewin Energy Division, ICF, Inc., and Argonne National Laboratory,
report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Policy, Planning, and Analysis, under
contract no. 80622401, 77 p., plus appendices (bound separately), 126 p.
Dutton, S. P., 1987, Diagenesis and burial history of the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation,
East Texas: controls on permeability in a tight gas sandstone: The University of Texas at Austin,
Bureau of Economic Geology, topical report prepared for the Gas Research Institute, under
contract no. 5082-211-0708, 156 p.
Dutton, S. P., 1985, Petrography and diagenesis of the Travis Peak (Hosston) Formation, East Texas:
geologic framework, core studies, and engineering field analysis: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, topical report prepared for the Gas Research Institute,
under contract no. 5082-211-0708, 71 p.
Finley, R. J., Dutton, S. P., Lin, S. T., and Saucier, A. E., 1985, The Travis Peak (Hosston) Formation:
geologic framework, core studies, and engineering field analysis: The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, topical report prepared for the Gas Research Institute,
under contract no. 5082-211-0708, 233 p.
Kreitler, C. W., Bracken, B., Collins, E. W., Conti, R. D., Dutton, S. P., Fogg, G. E., Jackson, M. P. A.,
McGowen, M. K., Pennington, W. D., Seni, S. J., Wilson, B., Wood, D. H., and Wuerch, H. V.,
1982, Geology and geohydrology of the East Texas Basin, a report on the progress of nuclear
waste isolation feasibility studies (1981): The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic
Geology, report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, under contract no. DE-AC9780ET46617, 62 p.
Atlases/Maps/Cross Sections
Kosters, E. C., Bebout, D. G., Brown, L. F., Jr., Dutton, S. P., Finley, R. J., Garrett, C. M., Jr., Hamlin,
H. S., Ruppel, S. C., Seni, S. J., and Tyler, Noel, 1989, Atlas of major Texas gas reservoirs: The
University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Special Publication, 161 p.
Handford, R., Dutton, S. P., and Fredericks, P. E., 1981, Regional cross sections of the Texas
Panhandle: Precambrian to Mid-Permian: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic
Geology, Cross Sections, 8 p.
Thesis
Diagenesis and porosity distribution in deltaic sandstone, Strawn Series (Pennsylvanian), NorthCentral Texas: Austin, Texas, The University of Texas at Austin, M.A. thesis, 148 p., 1977.
Dissertation
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Diagenesis and burial history of the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation, East Texas: Austin,
Texas, The University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. dissertation, 165 p., 1986.
Lecturing
BEG Colloquia
Curation of continental scientific cores and samples at the Houston Research Center: presented at
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar Series, Austin, Texas, September 23, 2005.
Play analysis and digital portfolio of major oil reservoirs in the Permian Basin: presented at Bureau of
Economic Geology Seminar Series, Austin, Texas, April 30, 2004.
Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality of Deep-Water Sandstones in the East Ford Field, Bell Canyon
Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology,
Austin, TX, October 2001.
The rock family: Bureau of Economic Geology research seminar, The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, Texas, August 2000.
Outcrop Characterization of Diagenetic Heterogeneity in Deltaic Reservoir Analogs: Bureau of
Economic Geology research seminar, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, March 2000.
Reservoir characterization of channel-levee and lobe deposits, Bell Canyon Formation, Geraldine
Ford field, West Texas (Delaware Basin): presented at the Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar,
Austin, TX, November 1997.
Depositional versus diagenetic controls on permeability, Lower Cretaceous Fall River Formation in
outcrop and subsurface, Wyoming and South Dakota: presented at the Bureau of Economic Geology
seminar, November 1994.
Influence of early siderite cementation on reservoir quality in Sonora Canyon sandstones: presented
at the Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar, February 1994.
Influence of provenance and burial history on diagenesis of the Frontier Formation, Green River
Basin, Wyoming: presented at the Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar, September 1992.
Diagenesis of Frontier tight gas sandstones: presented at Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar,
March 1990.
Control on permeability distribution in the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation, East Texas:
presented at Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar, 1988.
Diagenesis and burial history of Travis Peak sandstones: presented at Bureau of Economic Geology
Seminar, 1986.
Diagenesis of Travis Peak sandstones: presented at Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar, 1985.
Workshops
CO2 flooding of Delaware sandstones, Permian Basin, lessons learned from East Ford field:
workshop sponsored by the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, Midland, Texas, May 2000.
Ramsey sandstone deep-water channel-levee and lobe deposits, Ford Geraldine unit, Reeves and
Culberson Counties, Texas: presented at the Permian Basin Section SEPM core workshop “DOE
Funded Reservoir Characterization Projects”, Midland, Texas, 1998.
Workshop Reservoir Characterization of Ford Geraldine Unit: Permian Bell Canyon Formation,
Delaware Basin, Introduction to the workshop and field trip and Reservoir characterization of
Geraldine Ford field: BEG/DOE/STARR/PTTC, November 1997.
Continuing Education Short Course, Reservoir Characterization of Permian Deep-Water Sandstones,
Bell Canyon Formation, Geraldine Ford Area, West Texas (Delaware Basin), Introduction to the
Technology Transfer Workshop, Reservoir Characterization of Geraldine Ford Field: West Texas
Geological Society, March 1997.
Application of advanced reservoir characterization, simulation, and production optimization strategies
to maximize recovery in slope and basin clastic reservoirs, West Texas (Delaware Basin): presented
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at the DOE Workshop “Improving Production in Shallow Shelf Carbonate (Class II) Reservoirs”,
Midland, Texas, 1996.
Workshop, Geology and Production Aspects of a Stratigraphically Complex Natural Gas Play: Canyon
Sandstone, Val Verde Basin, Perspective on tight gas sands: geological characteristics of major lowpermeability sandstone gas reservoirs in the continental United States and Diagenesis and reservoir
quality of Sonora Canyon sandstones: GRI/WTGS/BEG, April 1994.
Geology of the Travis Peak Formation and Cotton Valley Group, East Texas: workshop sponsored by
the Gas Research Institute, Houston, Texas, November 1990.
Geology of the Travis Peak Formation and Cotton Valley Group, East Texas: workshop sponsored by
the Gas Research Institute, Tyler, Texas, November 1990.
Tight Gas Sands Program–Frontier Formation Workshop, Geology of the Frontier Formation: Gas
Research Institute, March 1990.
Regional diagenetic studies: an approach to paleohydrology and basin evolution: presented at the
Colorado School of Mines Workshop on Quantitative Dynamic Stratigraphy, Deckers, Colorado, 1988.
School on Fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering for employees of Schlumberger, Travis Peak
(Hosston) Formation, East Texas: sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin, Department of
Petroleum Engineering, 1986.
Core workshop, Travis Peak (Hosston) Formation, East Texas: Shreveport Geological Society, 1985.
Core Workshop on Depositional and Diagenetic Spectra of Evaporites, Formation and diagenesis of
salt-dome cap rock, Texas Gulf Coast: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1982.
Lectures and Addresses
Extending diagenetic trends in the Eocene Wilcox Formation with data from deep to ultradeep
sandstones of the northern Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast: presented at the AAPG Annual Convention,
San Antonio, Texas, April 2008.
Reservoir quality and pore-type evolution in deep to ultradeep Tertiary sandstones of the northern
Texas Gulf of Mexico Coast: presented at American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Meeting, Long Beach, California, April 4, 2007.
Oil-play analysis of the Permian Basin: a tool for increasing recovery from a mature oil-producing
province: presented at American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Houston,
Texas, April 10, 2006.
Curation of terrestrial scientific cores, samples, and collections: presented at 2005 Geological Society
of America Annual meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 19, 2005.
Calcite cement distribution in Permian deepwater sandstones, Delaware Basin, USA: presented at
2005 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 17, 2005.
Curation of continental scientific cores and samples: presented at DOSECC workshop on Drilling for
Deep Time Geosystems, Arlington, Virginia, August 24, 2005.
Effect of calcite cement on reservoir properties in Permian deepwater sandstones, Delaware Basin,
west Texas: presented at American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada, June 21, 2005.
A new digital atlas of major oil reservoirs in the Permian Basin: presented to the Society of
Independent Professional Earth Scientists, San Antonio, Texas, March 17, 2005.
Bureau of Economic Geology—Houston Research Center: presented at NSF Workshop on Designing
Interoperability for Sample-Based Data Management via the International GeoSample Number IGSN,
La Jolla, California, January 23, 2005.
Play analysis and digital portfolio of major oil reservoirs in the Permian Basin: presented to the Austin
Geological Society, Austin, Texas, November 1, 2004.
A new digital atlas of major oil reservoirs in the Permian Basin: presented to Permian Basin Section,
SEPM, Midland, Texas, November 16, 2004.
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Petrography and reservoir quality of onshore Miocene sandstones in the Burgos Basin, Mexico:
presented at Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas,
October 11, 2004.
Digital portfolio of oil plays in the Permian Basin: presented at West Texas Geological Society Fall
Symposium, Midland, Texas, October 27, 2004.
The University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Houston Research Center: presented to
Curators of Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
Palisades, New York, September 16, 2004.
Origin of calcite cement and influence on fluid flow in a deltaic sandstone, Frontier Formation,
Wyoming: presented at Wyoming Geological Association 2003 Field Conference, Casper, Wyoming,
September 2003.
Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality: presented at Energy, Engineering, and the Environment Workshop
for PEMEX at The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, August 25, 2003.
Increasing reserves and improving oil recovery—play analysis of the Permian Basin: presented at
Meeting of the Texas PTTC Producers Advisory Group (PAG) and State of Texas Policy Makers,
Austin, Texas, May 22, 2003.
Play analysis of major oil reservoirs in the Permian Basin, West Texas: presented at American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 13, 2003.
Calcite cement distribution in Permian turbidite sandstones, West Texas: presented to SEPM
Sandstone Diagenesis Research Group, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 11, 2003.
Petrography and reservoir quality of tertiary deepwater sandstones in the Veracruz Basin, Mexico:
presented to the 2002 annual meeting of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, Austin,
Texas, October 2002.
Reservoir quality of lower Miocene sandstones in lowstand prograding wedge successions, Vermilion
Block 31, offshore Louisiana: presented to the 2002 annual meeting of the Gulf Coast Association of
Geological Societies, Austin, Texas, October 2002.
Transfer of private geologic data to the public domain: presented to National Academy of Sciences
Symposium on the Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain,
Washington, D.C., 2002.
Reservoir characterization of a Permian deep-water sandstone, East Ford field, Bell Canyon
Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas: presented to the South Texas Geological Society, San Antonio,
TX, November 14, 2001.
Diagenesis and reservoir quality of turbidite sandstones in the Bell Canyon Formation, Delaware
Basin, Texas: presented at 2001 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston,
Massachusetts, November 2001.
Application of advanced reservoir characterization, simulation, and production optimization strategies
to maximize recovery in slope and basin clastic reservoirs, West Texas (Delaware Basin): project
results: presented to U.S. Department of Energy, National Petroleum Technology Office, Tulsa,
Oklahoma, May 2001.
Geology of the "Canyon" tight gas sand trend, Val Verde Basin, Texas: presented to the Friends of
Gas, Oil, and Agriculture, San Angelo, TX, 2001.
Field development of a Permian deep-water sandstone, East Texas field, Bell Canyon Formation,
Delaware Basin, Texas: presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Convention, Denver, Colorado, 2001.
Deposition and diagenesis of turbidite sandstones in East Ford field, Bell Canyon Formation,
Delaware Basin, Texas: presented to the Southwest Section, American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention, Dallas, Texas, 2001.
Calcite-cement distribution and its effect on fluid flow in a deltaic sandstone, Frontier Formation,
Wyoming, USA: presented at Department of Geological Sciences Soft-Rock Seminar, The University
of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 2000.
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Outcrop characterization of reservoir quality and interwell-scale cement distribution in a tideinfluenced delta, Frontier Formation, Wyoming, USA: presented at Department of Geosciences
Technical Sessions, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, September 2000.
Calcite cement distribution and its effect on fluid flow in a deltaic sandstone, Frontier Formation,
Wyoming, USA: presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention,
New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000.
Characterization of reservoir heterogeneity in slope and basin clastic reservoirs, Bell Canyon
Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas: presented to the Southwest Section, American Association of
Petroleum Geologists, Midland, Texas, 2000.
Expansion of gas reservoir data base: presented at the West Texas Geological Society Annual Fall
Meeting, Midland, Texas, 2000.
Invited Talk, Characterization and development of turbidite reservoirs in a deepwater channel-levee
and lobe system, Ford Geraldine Unit, Permian Bell Canyon Formation, Delaware Basin, USA:
presented at the EAGE/AAPG Third Research Syposium on Developing and Managing Turbidite
Reservoirs, October 1999.
New techniques for using old geophysical logs in reservoir characterization: examples from Bell
Canyon sandstones, Ford Geraldine and East Ford units, Delaware Basin, Texas: presented to the
DOE Oil & Gas Conference Technology Options for Producer Survival, Dallas, TX, June 1999.
Controls on reservoir quality distribution in the Ramsey sandstone deep-marine clastic reservoirs, Bell
Canyon Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas: presented at the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas, 1999.
Incorporation of core data into reservoir characterization of a deep-water channel-levee and lobe
deposit, Ford Geraldine unit: presented to the Sixth Archie Conference, February 1998.
Outcrop characterization of reservoir quality and interwell-scale cement distribution in a tideinfluenced delta, Frontier Formation, Wyoming, USA: presented at the conference “Mineral
Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality—The Way Forward,” sponsored by the Clay Minerals Group
(Mineralogical Society), Cambridge, England, 1998.
Ramsey sandstone channel-levee and lobe deposits: deep-marine clastic reservoirs in the Bell
Canyon Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas: presented at the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1998.
Geoscience Colloquium, Reservoir characterization of a deep-water channel-levee and lobe system,
Bell Canyon Formation, Ford Geraldine Unit, West Texas (Delaware Basin): presented to Texas Tech
University, November 1997.
Application of advanced reservoir characterization to Ramsey Sandstone reservoirs, Ford Geraldine
Unit, West Texas (Delaware Basin): presented at the annual fall meeting of the West Texas
Geological Society, Midland, Texas, 1997.
Depositional history of Ramsey sandstone channel-levee and lobe deposits, Bell Canyon Formation,
Ford Geraldine Unit, West Texas (Delaware Basin): presented at the annual fall meeting of the West
Texas Geological Society, Midland, Texas, 1997.
Reservoir characterization of Permian deep-water Ramsey Sandstones, Bell Canyon Formation, Ford
Geraldine Unit, West Texas (Delaware Basin): presented at the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention, Dallas, Texas, 1997.
Permeability Structure and Heterogeneity Style Industrial Associates Program for Fluvial-deltaic
Reservoirs: presented to visiting Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo (IMP) Geologists, April 1996.
Portability of outcrop permeability data to subsurface reservoirs: diagenetic complications: presented
at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, San Diego, California, 1996.
Interpreting the timing of compaction and quartz cementation in the Lower Cretaceous Fall River
Formation, Wyoming and South Dakota: presented to The University of Texas Department of
Geological Sciences Soft Rock Seminar, April 1995.
Recovering remaining Texas Oil Resources: presented to Westminster Manor Men's Club, January
1995.
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Interpretation of compaction and quartz cementation processes from integrated petrographic and
burial-history analyses, Lower Cretaceous Fall River Formation, Wyoming and South Dakota:
presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Houston, Texas,
1995.
Characterization of heterogeneity style and permeability structure in fluvial-deltaic reservoirs
deposited in a low-accommodation setting: presented at the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists International Meeting, Nice, France, 1995.
Outcrop characterization of stratal architecture and permeability structure in deltaic-reservoir analogs:
presented at the Conference on Quantification and Modelling of Spatial Patterns in Permeable Rocks,
The Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, Scarborough, England, 1995.
U.S. Economic and Trade Policy Program for Latin American Journalists, Joint Bureau of Economic
Geology - Petrobras Study of the Acu Formation, Brazil: presented at the Bureau of Economic
Geology, June 1994.
Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Basin Seminar (Geology 391), Diagenesis on Lower Cretaceous Travis
Peak Formation, East Texas Basin: presented at the Department of Geological Sciences, The
University of Texas at Austin, April 1994.
Projetos do Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas - caracterizacao de reservatorios em
sisteas fluvio-deltaicos: presented at Petrobras DEBAR office, March 1994.
Reservoir characterization projects at the Bureau of Economic Geology: examples and approaches:
presented at Petrobras Research Lab (CENPES), March 1994.
Technical Sessions, Early, methanic-zone precipitation of siderite cement in submarine-fan
sandstones, Val Verde Basin, Texas: presented to The University of Texas Department of Geological
Sciences, January 1994.
Compositional, textural, and diagenetic controls on porosity distribution and evolution in Permian
Tirrawarra Sandstone, Cooper Basin, South Australia: presented at the American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado, 1994.
Oil and Gas Reservoir Characterization Research at the Bureau of Economic Geology, Texas:
presented at the First Annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities / Private Sector / Fossil
Energy Research and Development Technology Transfer Symposium, May 1993.
Porosity preservation by early siderite cementation in Canyon Sandstones, Val Verde Basin, West
Texas: presented at Baylor University Geology Department, April 1993.
Geology of major low-permeability sandstone gas reservoirs in the continental United States:
presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 1993.
Porosity preservation by early siderite cementation in Sonora Canyon sandstones, Val Verde Basin,
southwest Texas: presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention,
New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993.
Geologic controls on reservoir properties of low-permeability sandstone, Travis Peak Formation, East
Texas: presented at the Shreveport Geological Society, November 1992.
Interaction of burial history and diagenesis of the Upper Cretaceous Frontier Formation, Moxa Arch,
Green River Basin, Wyoming: presented to the Rocky Mountain Section, American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Casper, Wyoming, 1992.
Late-stage diagenesis and development of secondary porosity in Frontier Formation low-permeability
sandstones, Green River Basin, Wyoming, USA: presented at the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Convention, Calgary, Canada, 1992.
Natural gas reserves, supply, and demand: An assessment of the natural gas resource base of the
United States: presented to the Commercial and Industrial Space Conditioning Alternatives Seminar,
April 1991.
Integrated geological characterization of low-permeability ("tight gas") sandstone reservoirs:
presented to the Forum on Improved Oil & Gas Recovery sponsored by TIPRO and the Bureau of
Economic Geology, 1991.
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Geologic controls on reservoir properties of Frontier Formation low-permeability gas reservoirs, Moxa
Arch, Wyoming: presented at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Low Permeability Reservoir
Symposium, Denver, Colorado, 1991.
Depositional, diagenetic, and structural controls on reservoir properties of low-permeability sandstone,
Travis Peak Formation, East Texas: presented at the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies
Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, 1991.
Variations in diagenesis and reservoir quality in the Frontier Formation along the Moxa Arch, Green
River Basin, Wyoming: presented to the Rocky Mountain Section, American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 1990.
Episodic quartz cementation in the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation, East Texas: presented
at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California,
1990.
Depositional and Diagenetic Controls on Permeability Distribution in the Lower Cretaceous Travis
Peak Formation, East Texas: presented to the Shreveport Chapter, Society of Professional Well Log
Analysts, December 1989.
Cementation and burial history of a low-permeability quartzarenite, Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak
Formation, East Texas: presented to the University of New Orleans, 1989.
Controls on permeability distribution in Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation, East Texas:
presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas,
1989.
Depositional and diagenetic controls on permeability distribution in the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak
Formation, East Texas: presented to The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological
Sciences Soft Rock Seminar, 1988.
Stratigraphic and depth variations in authigenic cement distribution, Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak
Formation, East Texas: presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver,
Colorado, 1988.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented at University of Kentucky, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to University of Illinois, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to University of Cincinnati, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to University of Akron, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to Texas A&M University, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to Pittsburgh Geological Society, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented at University of Missouri at Rolla, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to Notre Dame University, 1987.
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to The University of Texas at El Paso, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to Louisiana State University, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to Illinois Geological Society, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to Ball State University, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to Austin Geological Society, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to Panhandle Geological Society, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to the University of Alabama, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to Ohio State University, 1987.
Petrography and diagenesis of the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak (Hosston) Formation, East Texas:
presented to East Texas Geological Society, 1987.
Organic geochemistry of Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation, East Texas Basin: presented at
the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 1987.
Diagenesis and burial history of the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak sandstone, East Texas: presented
at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented at Southern Illinois University, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to University of Oklahoma, 1987.
Petrography and diagenesis of the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak (Hosston) Formation, East Texas:
presented to Friends of the Mesozoic, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to Washington University, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to University of Rochester, 1987.
Petrography and diagenesis of the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak (Hosston) Formation, East Texas:
presented to Shreveport Geological Society, 1987.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists 1986-1987 Distinguished Lecture Program, Diagenetic
history of Pennsylvanian fan-delta arkosic sandstones, Anadarko Basin: geochemistry,
paleohydrology, and reservoir quality: presented to Vanderbilt University, 1987.
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Depositional and diagenetic controls on reservoir quality in tight sandstones of the Travis Peak
(Hosston) Formation, East Texas: presented at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Unconventional
Gas Technology Symposium, Louisville, Kentucky, 1986.
Technical sessions, Diagenesis and burial history of the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation,
East Texas: presented to The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences,
1986.
Pore characterization by scanning electron microscope of low-permeability gas sandstones, Travis
Peak Formation, East Texas: presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 1986.
Petrography and diagenesis of Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak (Hosston) Formation, East Texas:
presented at the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Annual Meeting, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, 1986.
The Travis Peak (Hosston) Formation of East Texas and North Louisiana: presented at the Society of
Petroleum Engineers/DOE Joint Symposium on Low Permeability Reservoirs, Denver, Colorado,
1985.
Abandoned oil fields of Texas Gulf Coast: presented at the American Association of Petroleum
Geologists Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 1984.
Geological evolution of the Palo Duro Basin: Pennsylvanian to Lower Permian: presented at Permian
Basin Section SEPM Symposium "The Geological Evolution of the Permian Basin", Midland, Texas,
1984.
Palo Duro Basin, an exploration frontier in the Texas Panhandle: presented at the American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 1983.
Pennsylvanian fan-delta deposition, Mobeetie field, Texas Panhandle: presented to the Panhandle
Geological Society, 1983.
Meteoric diagenesis of Pennsylvanian arkosic sandstones, southwestern Anadarko Basin: presented
at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1983.
Pennsylvanian fan-delta carbonate deposition, Mobeetie field, Texas Panhandle: presented at Fort
Worth Geological Society, 1982.
Technical sessions, Meteoric water versus formation water origin of salt dome cap rock: presented to
The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, 1982.
Facies control of cementation and porosity in Pennsylvanian fan-delta sandstones, Texas Panhandle:
presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Calgary, Canada,
1982.
Combination structural and stratigraphic traps in Pennsylvanian granite wash, Mobeetie field,
Anadarko Basin: presented at Permian Basin Section SEPM, 1981.
Diagenesis of Pennsylvanian fan-delta sandstones and interbedded shelf carbonates, Texas
Panhandle: presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1981.
Pennsylvanian fan-delta and carbonate deposition, Mobeetie field, Texas Panhandle: presented at
Oklahoma City Geological Society, 1981.
Geochemistry of hydrocarbon source rocks, Palo Duro Basin, Texas: presented at the Southwest
Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, El Paso, Texas, 1981.
Pennsylvanian fan-delta deposition, Mobeetie field, Texas Panhandle: presented at the American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 1981.
Cap-rock formation and diagenesis, Gyp Hill Salt Dome, South Texas: presented at the Gulf Coast
Association of Geological Societies Annual Meeting, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1980.
Depositional systems and hydrocarbon resource potential of the Pennsylvanian System, Palo Duro
Basin: presented at North Texas Geological Society, 1980.
Source rock quality and thermal maturity, Palo Duro Basin, Texas: presented at the American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 1980.
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Depositional systems and hydrocarbon resource potential for the Pennsylvanian System, Palo Duro
Basin, Texas Panhandle: presented at the West Texas Geological Society, 1979.
Depositional systems and hydrocarbon resource potential of the Pennsylvanian System, Palo Duro
Basin, Texas Panhandle: presented at Abilene Geological Society, 1979.
Depositional models and resource potential, Pennsylvanian System, Palo Duro Basin, Panhandle,
Texas: presented to the Southwest Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas, 1979.
Facies patterns and depositional models, Pennsylvanian System, Palo Duro Basin, Texas Panhandle:
presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas,
1979.
Pennsylvanian fan delta sandstones of the Palo Duro Basin, Texas: presented to the Mid-Continent
Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1979.
Alternating clastic-carbonate deposition in fan delta systems, Lower Pennsylvanian, Palo Duro Basin:
presented to the South-Central Section, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Mountain
View, Arkansas, 1979.
Depositional models and resource potential, Pennsylvanian System, Palo Duro Basin, Panhandle
Texas: presented at Abilene Geological Society, 1978.
Depositional models and resource potential, Pennsylvanian System, Palo Duro Basin, Panhandle
Texas: Panhandle Geological Society, 1978.
Diagenesis and porosity distribution in deltaic sandstone, Strawn Series (Pennsylvanian), NorthCentral Texas: presented at the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Annual Meeting,
Austin, Texas, 1977.
University Teaching
Advanced reservoir geology: clastics: presented to GEO 391, co-instructor, Department of Geological
Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, February 2005.
Advanced reservoir geology: clastics: presented to GEO 391, co-instructor, Department of Geological
Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, February 2003.
Diagenetic impacts on clastic reservoirs: presented to Reservoir Geology and Advanced Recovery
(Geology 383R), Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, September 2001.
Influence of calcite cement on fluid flow in reservoirs: presented to Department of Geological
Sciences, Petrology of Sandstones (Geology 383L), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas,
April 2001.
Miscellaneous Activities of a Professional Nature
Invited participant, NSF Workshop on Designing Interoperability for Sample-Based Data Management
via the International Geo Sample Number IGSN—January 2005
Invited participant, NSF Workshop on Preservation of Geoscience Research Cores and Collections:
the View from Academic Researchers—January 2003
Reviews of Articles, Abstracts, and Research Proposals
American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (Research Proposal), 2008
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin (Article), 2007
The Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund (Research Proposal), 2006
International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication (Article), 2006
Fifth International Conference on Fluid Evolution, Migration, and Interaction in Sedimentary Basins
and Orogenic Belts Geofluids V (Article), 2006
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Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society (Proposal), 2006
Journal of Sedimentary Research (Article), 2005
Sedimentary Geology (Article), 2004
Journal of Sedimentary Geology (Article), 2004
Graduate Student Committee Participation
Member, Ph.D. Dissertation examination Committee, Edward Lane, Metamorphic ages and
geothermobarometric conditions in the Llano Uplift, central Texas: The University of Texas at Austin,
2005
Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, Tarek ElShayeb, Integrated reservoir characterization and 3D diagenetic modeling in the Cotton Valley sandstones: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,
Texas, Department of Geological Sciences, in progress, 2002
Member, M.S. Thesis Committee, W. Hutchings, Interpretation of 3-D seismic data, Delaware
Mountain Group, West Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, Department of
Geological Sciences, 2000
Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, R. S. Souza, Integrated empirical clastic diagenesis of the
Agua Grande Formation sandstones, Reconcavo Basin, Brazil: The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, Texas, Department of Geological Sciences, 1999
Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, J. I. Guzman, Prediction of interwell heterogeneities from
integrated stratigraphic analysis and outcrop analogues of clastic reservoirs, NE Maracaibo Basin,
Venezuela: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, Department of Geological Sciences,
1999
Member, M.S. Thesis Committee, A. S. Sikandar, A study of barrier efficiency: The University of
Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, Petroleum Engineering Department, 1994
Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, F. L. Lynch, III, The effects of depositional environment and
formation water chemistry on the diagenesis of sandstones and shales of the Frio Formation, Texas:
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, Department of Geological Sciences, 1994
Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, S. I. Dworkin, Dissimilar diagenetic histories of Smackover
sandstones, Gulf of Mexico, USA: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, Department of
Geological Sciences, 1991
Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee, L. E. Mack, Sr as a tracer of diagenesis in Cenozoic
sediments of the northern Gulf of Mexico sedimentary basin: The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, Texas, Department of Geological Sciences, 1990
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