Past GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conferences

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In 2015, our conference was renamed the Perkins-Rosen Research Conference to honor the immense contributions of Dr. Norman C. Rosen to the GCSSEPM Foundation and Society.

Year Conference Title and Date
2022 Call for Abstracts | 38th Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Perkins-Rosen Research Conference
2021 Salt Tectonics, Associated Processes, and Exploration Potential: Revisited: 1989–2019
2020 The Cenomanian-Turonian Stratigraphic Interval Across the Americas: Argentina to Alaska
2019 Salt Tectonics, Associated Processes, and Exploration Potential: Revisited: 1989–2019
  Houston, Texas, December 3–6, 2019
2017 Sequence Stratigraphy: The Future Defined
  Houston, Texas, December 4–5, 2017
2016 Mesozoic of the Gulf Rim and Beyond: New Progress in Science and Exploration of the Gulf of Mexico Basin
  Houston, Texas, December 8–9, 2016
2015 Petroleum Systems in "Rift" Basins
  Houston, Texas, December 13–16, 2015
2014 Sedimentary Basins: Origin, Depositional Histories, and Petroleum Systems
  Houston, Texas, January 26–28, 2014
2012 New Understanding of the Petroleum Systems of Continental Margins of the World
  Houston, Texas, December 2–5, 2012
2011 Attributes: New Views on Seismic Imaging—Their Use in Exploration and Production
  Houston, Texas, December 4-7, 2011
2010 Seismic Imaging of Depositional and Geomorphic Systems
  Houston, Texas, December 5-8, 2010
2009
Unconventional Energy Resources: Making the Unconventional Conventional
Houston, Texas, December 6-8, 2009
2008
Answering the Challenges of Production from Deep-Water Reservoirs:
Analogues and Case Histories to aid a New Generation

Houston, Texas, December 7-9, 2008
2007
The Paleogene of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Basins: Processes, Events, and Petroleum Systems
Houston, Texas, December 2-5, 2007
2006
Reservoir Characterization: Integrating technology and Business Practices
Houston, Texas, December 3-6, 2006
2005
Petroleum Systems of Divergent Continental Margin Basins
Houston, Texas, December 4-7, 2005
2004
Salt-Sediment Interactions and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity: Concepts, Applications, and Case Studies for the 21st Century
Houston, Texas, December 5-8, 2004
2003
Shelf Margin Deltas and Linked Down Slope Petroleum Systems: Global Significance and Future Exploration Potential
Houston, Texas, December 7-10, 2003
2002
Sequence Stratigraphic Models for Exploration and Production
Houston, TX, December 8-11, 2002
2001
Petroleum Systems of Deep-Water Basins: Global and Gulf of Mexico Experience
Houston, TX, December 2-5, 2001
2000
Deep-Water Reservoirs of the World
Houston, TX, December 3-6, 2000
1999
Advanced Reservoir Characterization for the 21st Century
Houston, TX December 5-8, 1999
1997
Shallow Marine and Non-Marine Reservoirs: Sequence Stratigraphy, Reservoir Architecture and Production Characteristics
Houston, Texas, December 7-10, 1997
1996
Stratigraphic Analysis Utilizing Advanced Geophysical, Wireline and Borehole Technology for Petroleum Exploration and Production
Seventeenth Annual Research Conference
1995
Salt, Sediment and Hydrocarbons
Sixteenth Annual Research Conference
1994
Submarine Fans and Turbidite Systems, Sequence Stratigraphy, Reservoir Architecture and Production Characteristics - Gulf of Mexico and International
1993
Rates of Geologic Processes - Tectonics, Sedimentation, Eustasy and Climate Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration
1992
Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic Development of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Region: A Context for Hydrocarbon Exploration
1991
Coastal Depositional Systems in the Gulf of Mexico: Quaternary Framework and Environmental Issues
1990
Sequence Stratigraphy as an Exploration Tool: Concepts and Practices in the Gulf Coast
1989
Gulf of Mexico Salt Tectonics, Associated Processes and Exploration Potential
1988
Geochemistry of Gulf Coast Oils and Gases: Their Characteristics, Origin, Distribution and Exploration and Production Significance
1987
Innovative Biostratigraphic Approaches to Sequence Analysis; New Exploration Opportunities
1986
Shelf Sedimentation, Shelf Sequences and Related Hydrocarbon Accumulation
1985
Timing of Siliciclastic Diagenesis: Relationship to Hydrocarbon Migration
1984
Characteristics of the Gulf Basin Deep-Water Sediments and Their Exploration Potential
1983
Habitat of Oil and Gas in the Gulf Coast
1982
The Jurassic of the Gulf Rim
1981
Recognition of Shallow-Water versus Deep-Water Sedimentary Facies in Growth-Structure Affected Formations of the Gulf Coast Basin
1980
Geology of the Woodbine and Tuscaloosa Formations