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The Advanced Energy Consortium (AEC) is an internationally recognized research consortium founded by and based at the Bureau of Economic Geology. The consortium is dedicated to achieving a transformational understanding of subsurface oil and natural gas reservoirs through the deployment of unique micro- and nanosensors and materials.

The Bureau’s Center for Energy Economics (CEE) and Economic Minerals Program will jointly conduct research and publish findings on minerals in specific energy-value-chain uses and their supply–demand dynamics.

The Bureau of Economic Geology broke new ground in early 2017 by hosting a group of 12 researchers and managers from Statoil for the Bureau’s inaugural professional-development training course. The week-long series of highly interactive presentations and activities was designed to expose these rising stars from Statoil to a broad range of Bureau research and industry-engagement efforts.

Bureau Director Scott Tinker attended the inaugural Africa Energy and Technology Conference in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss the development of African energy resources and the future of global energy

Senior research scientist Bridget Scanlon was recently appointed as the William L. Fisher Endowed Chair in Geological Sciences and named recipient of the M. King Hubbert Award from the National Ground Water Association (NGWA).