TITLES AND ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS 157 



PACIFIC COAf^T OIL FIELD 

 BY K. W. PACK 



MID-CONTINENT OIL FIELDS 

 BY JAMES H. GARDNER 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN OIL FIELDii 

 BY F. A. FISHER 



This paper was read by title. 



QULF COAST OIL FIELD 

 BY G. D. HARRIS 



This paper was read by title. 



CANADIAN OIL FIELD 

 BY W. G. MILLER 



PRODUCTIVITY OF OIL SHALES 

 BY DAVID T. DAY 



This paper was read by title. 



PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE THEORIES TO OIL 



RECOVERY 



BY I. C. WHITE 



LATEST THEORIES REGARDING THE ORIGIN OF OIL 

 BY DAVID WHITE 



TITLES AND ABSTRACTS OP PAPERS PRESENTED BEPORE THE AFTERNOON 

 SESSION AND DISCUSSIONS THEREON 



At the conclusion of the papers constituting the symposium those on 

 the regular list relating to the same subject were presented as follows: 



ETHICS OF THE PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST 

 BY FREDERICK G. CLAPP 



(AT)stract) 



The question of professional ethics arises sooner or later in every profession 

 and must be met and answered by every individual for himself; but in his 

 decisions he is naturally guided to a great extent by the practices of his fellow- 

 engineers and by the relations in which he is placed toward his clients, asso- 

 ciates, and the public. In the older professions ethical considerations have 

 been generally recognized for many years, and this is true to a considerable 

 extent of the consulting engineer at large. Petroleum geology, however, is 

 such a new profession that some questions arise repeatedly, without bringing 



