Robbie Gries

Robbie Rice Gries is an American petroleum geologist who was the first female president (2001–02) of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), president of the Geological Society of America (2018–19), and founder of Priority Oil & Gas LLC. Gries is noted to have made some influential progress for women in this field. In 2017, Gries published the book titled Anomalies—Pioneering Women in Petroleum Geology: 1917-2017. Gries is recognized as an unconventional thinker when approaching geological concepts and applications.

In 2001, Gries was elected president of AAPG. In this time, she visited 44 countries and led the development of international oil research.

Currently, Gries remains the president of her company.

Publications

Anomalies: Pioneering Women in Petroleum Geology (2017) Geology, Thermal Maturation, and Source Rock Geochemistry in a Volcanic Covered Basin: San Juan Sag, South-Central Colorado (1997) Seismic Exploration of the Rocky Mountain Region (1985) Oil and Gas Prospecting Beneath Precambrian of Foreland Thrust Plates in Rocky Mountains (1983) Mosher, Sharon and Robbie R. Gries, 2003, “GeoScience world: A multi-society aggregation of geoscience electronic journals, GSA abstract. Gries, R. R., 2002, “Are we ethical wimps, or are we prudent?”, Presidential Address, 2002 Annual Meeting, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX. Gries, R. R., 2001-2002, “Thinking out of the Box—the role of the geologist in keeping up with future energy demand”, presidential speech delivered in 44 countries. Gries, R. R. 1998, Financing an Acquisition—A geologist works through the maze of possibilities, (abs), AAPG Annual Meeting presentation, Salt Lake City, Utah. Gries, R. R., 1997, Hydrologist turns blind eye to facts in water rights case, San Luis Basin, South Central Colorado, (abs.), AAPG Annual Meeting panel presentation on ethics, Dallas, Tx. Gries, R. R., J. L. Clayton, and China Leonard, 1997, Geology, thermal maturation, and source rock geochemistry in a volcanic covered basin: San Juan Sag, South-Central Colorado, AAPG Bull. Vol.81, no. 7, p. 1133-1160. Watkins, T. A., J. S. Belcher, Robbie Gries, and M.B. Longacre, 1995, “Black Gold” leads to new structural interpretation, Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains/Northeast San Luis Basin, Co. (abs), AAPG Bull., vol. 79, no. 6, p. 926. Watkins, T. A., J. S. Belcher, Robbie Gries, and M. B. Longacre, 1995, Integration of geology, non-seismic geophysics and seismic data in a structurally complex, frontier oil play: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains/Northeast San Luis Basin, Colorado, (abs.), AAPG Bull., vol. 79, no. 6, p. 926. Longacre, M. B., K. R. Christopherson, Robbie Gries, and T. A. Watkins, 1995, Non-seismic geophysics compared and integrated with seismic in a frontier oil play: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains/Northeast San Luis Basin, Colorado; (abs.), AAPG Bull., vol. 79, no. 6, p. 921. (Best Poster Award, Rocky Mountain Section-AAPG Brister, Brian and Robbie Gries, 1994, Tertiary stratigraphy and tectonic development of the Alamosa Basin (Northern San Luis Basin), Rio Grande Rift, South-Central Colorado; in Basins of the Rio Grande Rift: Structure, stratigraphy, and tectonic setting, eds. G. Randy Keller and Steven M. Cather, Geological Society of America Special Paper 291, pp. 39–59. Gries, Robbie, 1993, Stress management and personal growth, in Guiding Your Career as a Professional Geologist, P. R. Rose, editor, Division of Professional Affairs, American Association of Professional Geologists, p. 46-54. Gries, Robbie, John Dolson, and Robert Raynolds, 1992, Structural and stratigraphic evolution and hydrocarbon distribution, Rocky Mountain Foreland in Macqueen, R. W. and Leckie, D. A., eds.,Foreland Basins and Fold Belts, AAPG Memoir 55, pp. 395–426. Gries, Robbie, 1991, AAPG celebrates 50 years of Distinguished Lectures, AAPG limited publication, 63p. Gries, R. R., and G. D. Vandersluis, 1989, Laramide and Cenozoic Geology Road Log from Denver, Colorado to Albuquerque, New Mexico; RMAG, 90 p. Gries, R. R., and B. S. Brister, 1989, New interpretation of seismic lines in the San Luis valley, south-central Colorado: in Harmon, E. J., ed., Water in the Valley, Colorado Ground Water Association, pp. 241–254. Gries, R. R., and J. L. Clayton, 1989, Source Rock Maturation, San Juan Sag (abs.): AAPG Bull. v. 73, no. 9, p. 1158. Gries, R. R., and J. L. Clayton, 1989, Petroleum geochemistry of the San Juan Sag (abs.): AAPG Bull., v. 73, no. 9, p. 1151. Gries, R. R., 1989, San Juan Sag: Oil and gas exploration in a newly discovered basin beneath the San Juan Volcanic Field: in Lorenz, J. L. and S. L. Lucas, eds., Albuquerque Geologic Society, p. 69-79. Gries, R. R., 1989, Rocky Mountain foreland structures: changes in compression direction through time: in Letouzy, J., ed., Petroleum and tectonics in Mobile Belts, Editions Technip/Paris, p. 129-148. Gries, R. R., and R. C. Dyer, 1985, editors, Seismic Exploration of the Rocky Mountain Region: Rocky Mountain Assoc. of Geologists, 300 p. Gries, R. R., 1985, Seismic Exploration of the Rocky Mountain Region, (abs.): AAPG Bull., v. 69, no. 5, p. 849. Gries, R. R., 1985, Oil-bearing sediments beneath San Juan volcanics—Colorado's newest frontier (abs.): AAPG Bull., v. 69, no. 5, p. 849. Gries, R. R., 1985, Oil-bearing sediments beneath San Juan volcanics—Colorado's newest frontier: The Mountain Geologist, v. 22, no. 3, pp. 1–23. Gries, R. R., 1985, Seismic lines in the San Luis Valley, South Central Colorado: in Gries, R. R. and Dyer, R. C., eds, Seismic Exploration of the Rocky Mountain Region: RMAG, p. 267-274. Gries, R. R., 1983, Oil and gas prospecting beneath the Precambrian of foreland thrust plates in the Rocky Mountains: AAPG Bull., v. 67, p. 1-28. Gries, R. R., 1983, North-south compression of Rocky Mountain foreland structures, in Lowell, J. D., Rocky Mountain foreland basins and uplifts symposium: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, p. 9-32. Gries, R. R., 1983, Petroleum exploration contributes to structural knowledge of Rocky Mountain foreland deformation (abs.): AAPG Bull., v. 67, no. 8, p. 1339-1340. Gries, R. R., R. R. Ray, and J. W. Babcock, 1983, Acoustic velocities, synthetic seismograms, and lithologies of thrusted Precambrian rocks, in Lowell, J. D., Rocky Mountain foreland basins and uplifts symposium: RMAG, p. 125-135. Gries, R. R., 1982, North-south compression of the Rocky Mountain foreland (abs.): AAPG Bull., v. 66, no. 5, p. 574. Gries, R. R., 1981, Oil and gas prospecting beneath the Precambrian of foreland thrust plates in the Rocky Mountains: The Mountain Geologist, v. 18, no. 1, p. 1-18. Gries, R. R., 1980, Oil and gas potential of the San Luis Basin, South Central Colorado, (abs.): AAPG Bull., v. 64, no. 5, p. 714. Gries, R. R., 1970, Biostratigraphy of Carboniferous rocks, San Saba County, Central Texas (abs.): AAPG Bull, v. 54, no. 6.