The petroleum industry is focused on the exploration and production of oil and gas. The petroleum industry employs the largest number of geoscientists, with nearly 40% of geoscientists working in the ...

Planes, boats and maps help take petroleum geologists all over the planet Earth. Their best work, of course, lies beneath it. John W. Shelton has probed countless nooks and crannies in the ...

Petroleum geoscientists use a broad set of technical, conceptual and practical skills. Petroleum geologists use their know-how in a variety of settings and in a multitude of applications worldwide.

A Midwestern State University graduate was named the 2023 recipient of a national award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in recognition of his success in petroleum exploration, ...

My latest DeSmogBlog item is about a slam on our book Unscientific America that just appeared in a newsletter of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists--the group some will remember for ...

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1-- Petroleum geologists, polled on the cause of the mudslides from Indonesia's Lusi volcano, say they were caused by oil and gas company Lapindo Brantas, which drilled the ...

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), & Society of Exploration Geoscientists (SEG), Unconventional Resources ...

When Wyoming geologist Julia Lemaster was laid off in March after nearly a decade with a Casper-based consulting firm, she felt overwhelmed. The oil and gas sector was in shambles, the pandemic was ...