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 Our new employees:
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STACIE BLAIR
Stacie joined Ellington & Associates in June, 2011. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln under Dr. David K. Watkins. Her master’s thesis analyzed Upper Cretaceous nannofossil biostratigraphy and taxonomy from the Western Interior Seaway including the Niobrara Formation and the Austin Chalk (Blair & Watkins, 2009). She completed her PhD research in May, 2011 at Florida State University under Dr. Woody Wise and continued her research of Upper Cretaceous biostratigraphy from Ocean Drilling Program sediments on Demerara Rise (South America, Leg 207). Stacie’s PhD also included calibration of nannofossil events across the Oligocene/Miocene boundary (Blair, in revisions, Newsletters on Stratigraphy). She recently sailed as a nannofossil paleontologist on Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Leg 317 off the coast of New Zealand in the Canterbury Basin that drilled a Holocene-Eocene section (Exp 317 Scientists, 2011). This research focuses on the importance of “sequence biostratigraphy” including abundance fluctuations of in situ and reworked calcareous nannofossils within sedimentary sequences. During her graduate work, Stacie completed well and research projects during internships with BP America, Inc. and ExxonMobil. She continues Cenozoic and Cretaceous well work as both an onshore and offshore analyst.
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JORDAN HOLL
Jordan joined Ellington & Associates, Inc. in April 2011. She is a recent graduate of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln where she studied under Dr. David Watkins. As a student, she specialized in micropaleontology and geology. Her undergraduate work included two research projects entitled “Eocene Sea Surface Temperature Trends at Exmouth Plateau Using Calcareous Nannofossils” and “Evidence for Turbidite Flows in the Ainsa Basin Based on Calcareous Nannofossils”. As an employee at Ellington & Associates, she has learned to how to prepare samples and capture digital images using software for ChromaLog™ analysis and Chromastratigraphy™. She has also learned foraminifera and nannofossils sample preparation techniques and how to test for Total Organic Carbon (TOC). Jordan is excited about working for the company and all the opportunities to learn new technologies and skills.
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CHAN XIONG
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Yingqian “Chan” Xiong has joined the staff at Ellington & Associates, Inc. He brings many years of experience and expertise with specialties in mineral and geochemical analysis.
• Experience in XRD analysis and interpretation
 Bulk and clay mineral analysis of well and outcrop samples from oil companies
Clay mineralogy analysis of piston core samples
Reported a cooling event around 8200 ka for the first time in the Okinawa Trough
Bulk analysis of samples from barite mines
Determined barite deposits from Southern China were deposited in an anoxic paleo-ocean basin
• Experience in using an SEM to photograph barite samples
• Hands on experience with ICP-AES/MS
• Participated in a sequence stratigraphy study from East China Sea
Core analysis (including sedimentary facies, mineralogy, and geochemistry)
Shallow seismic profile interpretation
• Proficient in data processing
Image Processing: Adobe Illustrator, ENVI/ArcGIS
Data Statistics: SPSS, Excel
EDUCATION:
• PhD: Geology, University of Houston
• MS: Marine Geology, Ocean University of China
• BS: Geochemistry, China University of Geosciences
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Ellington & Associates, Inc. booth at AAPG ACE Convention in Houston, Texas, April 10-13, 2011. |
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Bill Ellington Jr., President of Ellington & Associates (left) and Jacob Moore, Ellington & Associates (right) with client by booth at AAPG Convention. |
AAPG 2011 Annual Convention & Exhibition in Houston:
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Client (left) visiting with Heather Stilwell (center), Marketing Coordinator for Chemostrat / Ellington & Associates, and Gemma Hildred (Chemostrat) on right by Chemostrat booth at AAPG Convention. |
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Nancy Engelhardt-Moore (Ellington & Associates) on the right with Jordan Holl (Ellington & Associates) drawing the winning business card at the office on April 18. The winner of the Amazon Kindle 3G™ was Richard “Rich” Poole (Apache). |
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Denise Stone (Rose & Associates) who is a past President of the Houston Geological Society (HGS) graciously volunteered to draw the winning business card for Ellington & Associates drawing for a free Amazon Kindle™ at the HGS AGC Mudrocks Conference on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. |
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Ellington & Associates booth at the AGC Mudrocks Conference. |
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Nancy Engelhardt-Moore (Ellington & Associates) congratulating G. Dwight Flowers (Beusa Energy, Inc.) on winning the Kindle™ at Ellington & Associates drawing. |
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Participants mingling at a break during the AGC Mudrocks Conference on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. There were about 500 attendees. |
HGS Applied Geoscience Mudrocks Conference (AGC) in Houston:
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