Technical Topic Ideas—The core of any GCAGS convention is the Technical Program. The areas for presentation and education we hope to include:

• Deep Water Plays

• Reservoir Pressure Prediction

• Salt Tectonics

• GeoEducation and Undergraduate Research 

• GIS - New Technologies and Applications to Oil and Gas Exploration 

• Gulf of Mexico Systems

• Other Gulf Coast Studies 

• Uranium and Other Economic Metals of the Gulf Coast 

• Conventional Carbonates & Clastics

• Tight Gas Plays

• Understanding the Resource Plays

• The Changing Coastal Landscape

• Mexico and Latin America

• Advances in Geophysical Technologies

• Enhanced and Secondary Recovery

• Reservoir Prediction and Quality

• Climate from Multiple Perspectives

• Protecting and Stewarding Water Resources

Short Courses, Field Trips, and Group Activities are being developed to enhance the Convention.

• Coastal Geomorphology Field Trip from the Nueces River to the Gulf of Mexico

• Celebrating South Texas History

• Visiting a Local Refinery to Understand the Challenges of Bountiful Oil

• Short Courses and Workshops on the latest Tools and Techniques in Geoscience and Engineering.