Interpretation adds deputy editor-in-chief

R. Randy Ray, first deputy editor-in-chief of Interpretation

Tulsa, OK: 3 April 2013 - R. Randy Ray, a member of AAPG and SEG for more than 30 years and current chair of the AAPG House of Delegates, will serve as the first deputy editor-in-chief of Interpretation.

Former SEG Editor Yonghe Sun is the publication's editor-in-chief, serving a three-year term. The journal will be published jointly by SEG and AAPG, and both organizations are represented on the editorial board. SEG and AAPG will alternate the appointment of editors-in-chief. The group not selecting the editor-in-chief will select the deputy editor-in-chief.

Ray has specialized in the integrated interpretation of geophysical and geologic data for oil, gas, and coal exploration. After working for several independent and major oil companies in such positions as chief geophysicist and senior geophysicist, Ray formed his own consulting company, R3 Exploration Corp., in 1980 and serves as its president.

An author and coauthor of several geologic articles and seismic publications, Ray in 1995 founded the annual 3D Seismic Symposium in Denver which last month celebrated its 18th year with more than 600 attendees. He was the general chair of the 2009 AAPG annual convention in Denver and served as editor (2001–2003) of the Explorer's Geophysical Corner. 

Ray is past chair of the Geophysical Integration Committee where SEG and AAPG members join to plan and coordinate technical publications and convention programs between the two societies. He has been an advocate for integrating geologic concepts into the interpretation of seismic data over the past three decades.  

Ray is also on the technical program committee of the upcoming URTeC (Unconventional Resources Technical Convention) meeting in Denver, where SEG, AAPG, and SPE will host the first multidisciplinary technical convention in August this year.

The journal will be published quarterly with the first issue due in August. Visit seg.org/interpretation to learn more about this new, peer-reviewed journal created to advance the practice of subsurface interpretation.

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