Sigrid J. Clift
Professional Summary
2013
Business address: The University of Texas at Austin
Bureau of Economic Geology
University Station, Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
(512) 471-0320
E-mail address:
Academic Background
B.S. Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1989
Areas of Expertise
- Geoscience outreach.
- Technology transfer specialist for Petroleum Technology Transfer Council in Texas region.
- Basic and applied research in fractured reservoirs using advanced imaging and structural petrology methods, stratigraphy, and petroleum geology.
- Petroleum geology.
Professional Work Experience
A. Present Position: Research Associate, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (July 1999 - Present).
Supervisor of Bureau Public Information Office, Reading Room, Geophysical Log Facility, and Publication Sales departments.
Texas Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) Coordinator—Manage day-to-day activities that include (1) organizing workshops for oil and producers, (2) directing quarterly newsletter and website, and (3) handling administrative duties as part of the Bureau's Regional Lead Organization (RLO) duties.
Organize and conduct geoscience educational opportunities for the K-12 community and the general public.
B. Research Scientist Associate III, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (September 1997 - July 1999).
Roger Tyler, supervisor.
Working with operators to produce oil and gas on Texas State Lands for Project STARR.
SEM Lab Manager.
C. Research Scientist Associate, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (December 1991 - September 1997).
Dr. Stephen Laubach, supervisor.
Study of natural fracture properties. SEM Lab Manager. Study of depositional history of various sandstone units and their relationships to tight gas production.
D. Research Scientist Assistant, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (February 1990 - December 1991).
Dr. Shirley Dutton, supervisor.
Study the depositional history of the Canyon Sandstone and its relationship to tight gas production.
E. Technical Staff Assistant, Core Research Center, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (January 1989 - February 1990).
Allan Standen, supervisor.
Involvement in all aspects of thin section production.
Professional Societies
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Austin Geological Society
Texas Informal Science Educators Association
Awards and Honorary Societies
Outstanding Staff Award, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008
A. L. Cox Best Poster, Southwest Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2005
Award of Appreciation, American Society for Test & Materials, Committee D-18 on Soil and Rock, 1996
Committee Responsibilities and Professional Activities
Chair, Industry Day, Bureau of Economic Geology, 2008 - 2009
Chair, Centennial Distinguished Lecture Program, Bureau of Economic Geology, 2008 - 2009
Chair, Silent Auction for Teacher Scholarships, Informal Science Education Association of Texas, 2006 - present
Chair, Professional Development Certification Committee, Austin Geological Society, 2006 - present
Member, Board, Texas Informal Science Educators Association, 2006 - present
Member, Grants and Awards Committee, Bureau of Economic Geology, 2006 - present
Member, Outreach Committee, Jackson School of Geosciences, 2004 - present
Member, Gulf to Groundwater Committee, Partnership with Austin Area Science Organizations, 2005 - present
Chair, Austin Earth Science Week Committee, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, Texas, 2004 - present
Chair, Austin Earth Science Week Consortium, 2000 - present
Coordinator, Decision Makers Conference, Bureau of Economic Geology, 2003 - present
Member, Jackson School Outreach Committee, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003 - 2004
Member, Media Production Manager Task Force Committee, Bureau of Economic Geology, 2003
Member, Bureau Informational Data Services Task Force Committee, Bureau of Economic Geology, 2003
Member, Bureau Support Staff Promotions Committee, Bureau of Economic Geology, 2003
Chair, Texas Environmental Awareness Network (TEAN), 1998 - 2003
Chair, Teachers Workshop, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 52nd Annual Convention, Austin, Texas, October, 2002
Co-chair, Short Course Committee, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 52nd Annual Convention, Austin, Texas, October, 2002
Member, Bureau Log Scanning Task Force Committee, Bureau of Economic Geology, 2002 - 2003
Member, Organizing Committee, Austin Earth Science Week Activities, 1999
Member, Organizing Committee for Fractured Petroleum Reservoirs and Aquifers Workshop, SCGSA 1996 Convention, 1996
Member, Organizing Committee for Secondary Earth Science Teachers Educational Seminar, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 52nd Annual Meeting Transactions, 1994
Organizer, CRC core display, NARMS 1st North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, Austin, Texas, 1994
Organizer, ISR/ASTM, RQD Round Robin and Core Fracture Description Session, NARMS 1st North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, Austin, Texas, 1994
Publications
Reports, Monographs, Brochures, Pamphlets, Bulletins
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.
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.
Guidebooks
Clift, S. J., and Raney, J. A., 2008, GeoFORCE 12th grade young geoscientists: guidebook for geoscience field trip to West Texas and New Mexico: The University of Texas at Austin, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, 45 p.
Raney, J. A., and Clift, S. J., 2007, GeoFORCE 11th Grade Academy: guidebook for geoscience field trip in the northwestern United States: The University of Texas at Austin, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences 82 p.
Clift, S. J., and Raney, J. A., 2007, GeoFORCE 11th Grade young geoscientists: guidebook for geosciences field trip in Austin, Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences 41 p.
Clift, S. J., 2006, Guidebook for geoscience fieldtrip to Uvalde area, GeoFORCE 9th Grade Young Scientists fieldtrip: The University of Texas at Austin, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, 30 p.
Clift, S. J., ed., 2006, Hazards and natural resources of the Texas Gulf Coast: building the bridge between science and policy: 2006 Decision Makers' Field Conference Guidebook: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, 48 p. + apps.
Raney, J. A., and Clift, S. J., 2006, GeoFORCE Texas, 9th Grade Academy, guidebook for geoscience field trip to Washington, D.C., area: The University of Texas at Austin, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, and Southwest Texas Junior College, 72 p.
Raney, J. A., and Clift, S. J., 2006, GeoForce Texas: 10th Grade Academy: Guidebook for geoscience field trip in the southwestern United States: The University of Texas at Austin, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, and Southwest Junior College, 64 p.
Articles
Clift, S. J., 2009, Economic minerals, in Laubach, S. E., and Tinker, S. W., eds., 2009, Earth’s art: celebrating the Centennial of the Bureau of Economic Geology, 1909–2009: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, p. 74–75.
Clift, S. J., and Kyle, J. R., 2006, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey 2004 Minerals Yearbook, v. 2, p. 46.1–46.2.
Clift, S. J., and Kyle, J. R., 2006, Texas: Mining Engineering, v. 58, no. 5, p. 114–115.
Clift, S., and Kyle, J. R., 2004, Texas: Mining Engineering, v. 56, no. 5, p. 93.
Clift, S. J., and Kyle, J. R., 2003, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey 2002 Minerals Yearbook, v. 2, p. 46.1.
Clift, S. J., Kyle, J. R., and Kyle, J. R., 2003, Texas: Mining Engineering, v. 55, no. 5, p. 94–95.
Clift, S. J., 2002, Texas: Mining Engineering, v. 54, no. 5, p. 80.
Clift, S. J., and Knepp, Carol, 2002, How is Central Texas like Swiss cheese? Celebrating Earth Science Week in Austin, Texas: American Geological Institute web publication, www.earthsciweek.org/eswnews/highlights/begtexas2002.html, 1 p.
Clift, S. J., and Kyle, J. R., 2002, Texas: U.S. Geological Society 2001 Minerals Yearbook, v. 2, p. 46.1.
Clift, S. J., 2001, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey 2000 Minerals Yearbook, v. 2, p. 46.1.
Clift, S. J., 2001, The celebration grows in Texas: Geotimes, v. 46, no. 10, p. 20.
Clift, S. J., 2001, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey 1999 Minerals Yearbook, v. 2, p. 46.1.
Clift, S. J., 2001, Texas: Mining Engineering, v. 53, no. 5, p. 94–95.
Clift, S. J., 2000, Texas: U.S. Geological Survey 1998 Minerals Yearbook, v. 2, p. 46.1.
Clift, S. J., 2000, Texas: Mining Engineering, v. 52, no. 5, p. 93.
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. 98-40, 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.
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.
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.
Pincus, H. J., and Clift, S. J., 1996, Interlaboratory Testing Program for Rock Properties: round three—repeatability and reproducibility of RQD values for selected sedimentary rocks: Geotechnical Testing Journal, v. 19, no. 4, p. 457–462.
Pincus, H. J., and Clift, S. J., 1994, Repeatability and reproducibility of RQD values for selected sedimentary rocks, interlaboratory testing program for rock properties (ITP/RP), round three: Philadelphia, ASTM Institute for Standards Research, sponsored by Defense Nuclear Agency, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and U.S. Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, PCN: 33-000011-38, 36 p.
Marin, B. A., Clift, S. J., Hamlin, H. S., and Laubach, S. E., 1993, Natural fractures in Sonora Canyon sandstones, Sonora and Sawyer fields, Sutton County, Texas: Society of Petroleum Engineers, Paper No. SPE 25895, p. 523–531.
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.
Clift, S. J., Laubach, S. E., and Holder, Jon, 1992, Strength anisotropy in low-permeability sandstone gas reservoir rocks: application of the axial point-load test: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 42, p. 61–72.
Laubach, S. E., Clift, S. J., Hill, R. E., and Jix, J., 1992, Stress directions in Cretaceous Frontier Formation, Green River Basin, Wyoming, in Mullen, C. E., ed., Rediscover the Rockies: Wyoming Geological Association, Forty-Third Field Conference Guidebook, p. 74–86.
Abstracts
Vining, M. R., and Clift, S. J., 2005, Computer modeling of the evolution of linked fluvial and coastal erosion and deposition (abs.), in Budding new technologies: Southwest Section American Association of Petroleum Geologists Convention, April 10–13, Fredericksburg, Texas, unpaginated.
Clift, S. J., 2004, Developing effective programs for enhancing geoscience education: the role of the State Geological Survey (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention Abstracts Volume, v. 13, p. A25.
Hovorka, S. D., Andrews, J. R., Clift, S. J., Hepner, T. L., Gibeaut, J. C., Rodgers, S. D., Jennette, D. C., and Raney, J. A., 2004, Update on public and K-12 programs at the Bureau of Economic Geology, Texas (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs: v. 36, no. 5, p. 349.
Reed, R. M., Laubach, S. E., Clift, S. J., Hooker, J. N., and Makowitz, Astrid, 2002, Macrofractures, microfractures, and fracture-cement relations in Permian sandstones from the Val Verde Basin, West Texas (abs.): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 3, p. A11.
Clift, S. J., Tyler, Roger, Hamlin, H. S., and Yang, Wan, 1999, State of Texas advanced oil and gas resource recovery program—Project STARR—a strategy for independents (abs.), in AAPG Annual Convention official program: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. A24–A25.
Clift, S. J., Abegg, F. E., Aslesen, K. S., Laroche, T. M., and Stanley, R. G., 1998, New core-analysis methods applied to Permian sandstone, Pakenham (Wolfcamp) field, Terrell County, Texas (abs.): AAPG Bulletin, v. 82, no. 3, p. 523–524.
Clift, S. J., Abegg, F. E., Aslesen, K. S., Laroche, T. M., and Stanley, R. G., 1998, New core-analysis methods to identify natural fracture attributes in Permian sandstones, Pakenham field, Terrell County, West Texas (ext. abs.), in Stephens, W. C., ed., AAPG Southwest Section Convention transactions and abstracts: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, p. 93–98.
Clift, S. J., Abegg, F. E., Aslesen, K. S., Laroche, T. M., and Stanley, R. G., 1998, New core analysis methods applied to Permian Sandstone, Pakenham (Wolfcamp) field, Terrell County, Texas (abs.), in Hoak, T. E., symposium coordinator, Fractured reservoirs: practical exploration and development strategies: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Annual Meeting, p. 359.