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 ...

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, ...

Offshore Petroleum Geologist pay is primarily day-rate based, with typical mid-market figures around $930–$1,350 per day depending on experience and basin. On a 14/14 rotation (~182 days paid), that ...

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 ...

MINOT -- The throngs attending the North Dakota Petroleum Conference and Expo here mostly are industry professionals -- college-educated geologists and petroleum engineers or longtime company reps who ...

Ed Wasson went through his long and full life at a steady pace. That’s how he hiked fourteeners and how he lived to 98. He was born in Columbus, Ohio to Isabel (Bassett) and Theron Wasson, both ...

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 ...