Chase Watkins

Bright and research-oriented geologist focused on gathering information and analyzing data. Energetic and hands-on to characterize sequence stratigraphy and subsurface structural geology, perform [Type] studies and complete [Type] modeling. Ready to tackle any challenge with positive attitude.

• Awarded AAPG Grants-in-Aid 2018 Hugh D. Miser Memorial Grant ($1,000)
• Awarded AAPG Grants-in-Aid 2019 Alexander and Geraldine Wanek Memorial Grant ($1,000)
• Awarded C.L Dake award for top junior student from C.L. Dake Geological Society
• Won 3rd place for best student poster at AAPG Techfest (2022)
• Obtained additional GIS software (GeoGraphix) from LMKR worth ~$2,500,000 and trained others how to use it

• Obtained and maintained X-ray safety certification from OSU to use XRD and XRF instruments

• Watkins, Chase; Puckette, Jim, 2022. Using Cores and FMI logs to Constrain a Regionally Extensive Erosional Surface within the Hunton Group, Central Oklahoma. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 54, No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2022AM-383328. (oral)
• Watkins, Chase; Puckette, Jim, 2022. 3-D Analysis of Porosity and Permability of a Tight Carbonate Formation, Lower Henryhouse Formation, Hunton Group, Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Presented at AAPG Techfest at OSU. (poster)
• Watkins, Chase; Puckette, Jim. 2023. Developing a Sequence Stratigraphic Model for the Lower Henryhouse Formation, Hunton Group, Subsurface Central Oklahoma, Using Core, Cuttings descriptions, and Triple-Combo and MicroImaging Logs. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 55, No. 1. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2023SC/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/385097. (oral)
• Watkins, Chase; Puckette, Jim, 2023. Iron and Sulfur Concentrations in the Hunton Group, Central Oklahoma: Analyzing the Relationship between Lithology and Chemostratigraphy. Presented at GSA Section Meeting, March 2023. (poster)