Katie Smye is using subsurface geologic characterization methods to study unconventional tight oil and shale gas formations and formations that receive saltwater disposal from hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water.
STARR Principal Investigator Bill Ambrose discusses his work providing new insights on the paleogeography of ancient terrains and characterizing reservoirs in oil and gas plays.
After 27 years with the Bureau of Economic Geology, preeminent geophysicist and Senior Research Scientist Bob Hardage retired at the end of January 2018.
Dr. Brent Elliott discusses his work in mineral resources and economic geology as part of the Economic Mineral Resources Program at the Bureau, as well as his work on state and federally funded mapping initiatives.
Bureau Research Associate András Fall discusses his current research in fracture analysis and the interaction of geochemical and mechanical processes in sedimentary rocks
Bureau Research Scientist Seyyed Hosseini discusses his development of monitoring plans for CO2 injection fields and efforts to better understand the subsurface behavior of fluids in relation to CO2 injection and hydrocarbon production.
Bob Hardage discusses EGL and his current efforts to develop technologies to acquire full-elastic seismic data with simple, low-cost, P-wave seismic sources