A continental collision trapped oil within what is today Iran. The same collision explains why that oil is trapped behind the Strait of Hormuz now ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The University of North Dakota said Monday it plans to establish a new geology school with help from $10 million in contributions from a major oil company and its chairman, ...

Just as geology created the conditions for human habitation in the Fertile Crescent, those same tectonic movements created ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently issued a new working paper called “The Future of Oil: Geology versus Technology” (free PDF), which should be of interest to people who are following ...

Greenland Energy Company, led by Texas oil veteran Robert Price, is preparing to drill the Jameson Land basin in Greenland's east coast, a strategically important, untested Arctic petroleum system ...

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Vernacular authority in the oil field -- Collaborative authority : nineteenth-century foundations of petroleum geology -- Contested knowledge -- Shared authority : practical oil men and professional ...

Process I indicates that hydrocarbons undergo self-generation, self-storage and micromigration in felsic-rich laminated shale. Process II indicates that hydrocarbons undergo self-generation, ...

U.S. oil production is setting new records, but the rate of growth is slowing down for the first time in 20 years without an external crisis, driven by internal factors. The slowdown is attributed to ...

At-a-Glance: Target an accredited geology/geoscience bachelor’s with strong field camp plus optional petroleum-focused master’s, supported by safety tickets and seismic/petrophysics training. Entry ...