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In industry there are two basic types of paleo going on. 1. Project based paleo. This is the kind of study that involves a detailed post-mortem of a lot of wells in a basin to provide a regional biostratigraphic and paleoecologic framework. This kind of study takes a while and usually results in a very nice written report. 2. Operational paleo. This involves looking at fossils to solve a specific problem in a specific hole in the ground. If it takes a while it isn't worth anything. The work must be fast and accurate. Reports come later. Ideally, I believe, the first type should lead to the second in order to have a healthy environment in industry. People who do the first type should also do the second type. This allows the framework to match the problems. There can even be a blending of the two types wherein operationally obtained data is combined into the model to improve it. Unfortunately there seems to be a twist-off here that is making us nonfunctional. From my communication within the industry, outside the Gulf Coast region, there seems to be quite a bit of type 1 paleo being done. Unfortunately those involved don't seem to be pushing for their work to develop into type 2 paleo. I think that in order to stay alive as a viable profession within the industry we have to sell paleo as an accurate downhole tool. We have to demonstrate that we affect the bottom line right now in addition to providing a background model for sedimentation. ======================================================================= | Michael J. Styzen Phone: (504) 588-4308 | | Shell Offshore Inc. Room: OSS-2920 | | P.O. Box 61933 Email: mstyzen@shell.com | | New Orleans LA 70161 | =======================================================================
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