The Canadian Beaufort Sea
Line 5600 is the most seaward ‘strike’ line in the ArcticSPAN Beaufort survey. The 547-km-long line shows the variable basin architecture of the Canadian Arctic passive margin (vertical exaggeration is…
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On AAPG, Oil, and Geoscience
Although geologists working in the industry have access to tremendous subsurface data, relatively few of the data become public domain, says Dr. John Lorenz, President of the American Association of…
Reaching Out
Recognized as an expert in Gulf of Mexico deep-water seismic stratigraphy, Dr. Paul Weimer is now bringing geology to young students “in the way they learn–through animation.” The son of…
From Dinosaur Tracks to Oil
Just 25 km west of Denver, the Dakota Hogback at Dinosaur Ridge offers an opportunity to explore striking rock exposures and vistas, ancient dinosaur tracks, and oil seeps at the…
The First Wildcat – A True Adventure
The modern oil industry is this year celebrating its 150th anniversary. The actual birthday is August 27. In the late afternoon of that Saturday in 1859, the drillbit hit a…
Illuminating Basin-Scale Architecture
The Canadian portion of the Beaufort Sea has been the site of intense interest and bidding in recent licensing rounds. Regional reconnaissance 2D seismic programs designed to image down to…
Concerned About the Environment
Syncrude, the Canadian energy giant that is producing some 350,000bopd from the oil sands in Alberta, has been charged with the deaths of nearly 500 ducks in a massive, toxic…
Billions of Barrels
Discovered in 2000 at the Elm Coulee Field in Montana, Williston Basin’s Bakken Formation is currently the hottest onshore oil play in the U. S. and Canada. The U.S. Geological…
The Birth of the Modern Oil Industry
The most important oil well ever drilled was sunk in the middle of the wooded landscape of northwest Pennsylvania in August 1859. It is known as the Drake Well, after…
Canadian Oil Sands
With more than 2 billion barrels of oil to be recovered, StatoilHydro has a huge resource to tap into in the Alberta oil sands, which may last into the second…
Finding Oil – Using Geochemistry
While well geochemistry is a routine service in exploration drilling, surface geochemistry is now growing in popularity, in particular in deep water frontier basins. That’s a market Geolab Nor wants…
Tight Gas Play – and Water for Millions
The Edwards Limestone is a hot gas play in south Texas, while 110 km to the north, it is the primary water source for nearly 2 million people including the…