FCGS Newsletter - October 2017

Newsletter Summary

Dr. Ali Jaffri critiques the widespread but flawed practice of correlating marginal marine sandstones as laterally continuous “layer cake” benches. He explains that rapid facies shifts make these reservoirs highly heterogeneous and that operators risk mischaracterizing geometry when assuming continuity. His talk urges log correlations that honor true stratigraphic complexity. In Prez Sez, President Jim Corken reflects on the industry’s “great crew change,” celebrates new student sponsorship programs, and calls for volunteers to serve on the Field Trip Committee.