Petroleum Geology Reading - Midland 2021

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY FOR NON-GEOLOGISTS
References, Resources, and Recommended Reading
Paul H. Pausé P.G., C.P.G.

Licensed Professional Geologist Texas #1226
Certified Petroleum Geologist
geoman@texasonline.net
GENERAL GEOLOGY
Physical Geology
Physical Geology, 16th ed., 2019. Charles (Carlos) Plummer, Diane Carlson, and Lisa
Hammersley. McGraw Hill, 620 pgs.
Essentials of Geology, 13th Edition, 2018. Frederick K. Lutgens, Edward J. Tarbuck, and
Dennis G. Tasa. Pearson Pub., 608 pgs.
Historical Geology
The Evolving Earth, 2020. Donald R. Prothero. Oxford University Press, 540 pgs.
The Earth Through Time, 11th Edition, 2017. Harold L. Levin and David T. King, Jr.
John Wiley & Sons, 624 pgs.
Popular Essays of Geology
Stories in Geology: What We Know and How We Figured It Out, 3rd ed., 2019, by Glenn
Dolphin. Kendall-Hunt Publishing, E-book.
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology, 2001,
by Simon Winchester. HarperCollins Publishers, 329 pgs.
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World, 2018, by Marcia
Bjornerud. Princeton Univ. Press, 224 pgs.
The Mountains of Saint Francis – Discovering the Geologic Events That Shaped Our Earth,
2009, by Walter Alvarez. W.W. Norton & Co., 304 pgs.
The Seashell on the Mountaintop: A Story of Science, Sainthood, and the Humble Genius
Who Discovered a New History of the Earth, 2002, by Alan Cutler. Dutton Pub., 218 pgs.
The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of Earth's Antiquity, 2003, by
Jack Repcheck. Perseus Publishing, 256 pages.
Life in Deep Time: Darwin’s “Missing” Fossil Record, 2019, by J. William Schopf.
CRC Press Pub., 250 pgs.
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The Rocks Don’t Lie: a Geologist Investigates Noah’s Flood, 2012, by David Montgomery.
Norton & Co. pub., 302 pgs.
T. Rex and the Crater of Doom, 1997, Walter Alvarez. Princeton Univ. Press, 185 pgs.
The Abyss of Time: a Study in Geological Time and Earth History, 2016, by Paul Lyle.
Dunedin Academic Press, 204 pgs.
The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand
Earth's Past Mass Extinctions, 2017, by Peter Brannen. Harper Collins, 336 pgs.
The Grand Canyon, Monument to an Ancient Earth, 2016, Carol Hill, et al, eds. Kregel
Publications, 240 pgs.
The Planet in a Pebble - A Journey Into Earth's Deep History, 2010, by Jan Zalasiewicz.
Oxford University Press, 256 pgs.
Here on Earth – A Natural History of the Planet, 2010, by Tim Flannery. Atlantic Monthly
Press, 316 pgs.
Ghost Mountains and Vanished Oceans: North America from Birth to Middle Age, 2009, by
John Wilson and Ron Clowes. Key Porter Books, 256 pgs.
Reading the Rocks – the Autobiography of the Earth, 2005, by Marcia Bjornerud. Perseus
Books, 237 pgs.
Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies: The Age of Earth and Its Cosmic Surroundings, 2004, by
G. Brent Dalrymple. Stanford University Press, 264 pages.
The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution,
2015, by Donald R. Prothero. Columbia University Press, 408 pages.
Rocks of Ages - Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life, 1999, by Stephen Jay Gould.
Ballantine Books, 241 pgs.
Annals of the Former World, 1998, by John McPhee. Farrar Publishers, 696 pgs.
TEXAS/NEW MEXICO GEOLOGY

Texas Through Time: Lone Star Geology, Landscapes, and Resources, 2016, by T. E. Ewing.
Bureau of Economic Geology, Univ. of Texas, pub., 431 pgs.
Great Places to View Texas Geology, 2019, by M. W. Blount. The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, 56 pgs.
Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas and New Mexico: Key excursions, 2017. Charles Kerans,
Chris Zahm, Beatriz Garcia-Fresca, and Paul (Mitch) Harris. AAPG Bulletin, v. 101, no. 4,
pgs. 465 – 474.

Guide to the Permian Reef Geology Trail, McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains National
Park, West Texas, 1993, by D. Bebout and Kerans, Charles, eds. The University of Texas at
Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Guidebook 26, 48 pgs.
Roadside Geology of Texas, 1991, by Darwin Spearing. Mountain Press Pub., 418 pgs.
Geologic Wonders of West Texas, 2004, by Donald P. McGookey. Published by Dr. Don
McGookey, 210 pgs. (Available through the West Texas Geological Society)
Roadside Geology of New Mexico, 1987, by Halka Chronic. Mountain Press Publishing
Company, 255 pgs.
The Geology of Southern New Mexico's Parks, Monuments, and Public Lands, 2020, by
Peter A. Scholle, et al, eds. New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 404 pgs.
The Geology of Northern New Mexico's Parks, Monuments, and Public Lands, 2010 (reprinted
2020), by L. Greer Price, ed. New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 380 pgs.
The Rio Grande - A River Guide to the Geology and Landscapes of Northern New Mexico,
2011, by Paul W. Bauer. New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, 122 pgs.
The Geology of Southern New Mexico - a Beginner’s Guide, 1997, by Greg H. Mack. Univ.
of New Mexico Press, 176 pgs.
Lone Star Dinosaurs, 1995, by Louis Jacobs. Texas A&M University Press, 160 pgs.
A Field Guide to Fossils of Texas, 2nd ed., 1999, by Charles Finsley. Texas Monthly Field
Guide Series. Gulf Pub. Co., 224 pgs.
The Rockhound’s Guide to Texas, 1994, by Melinda Crow. Falcon Press Publishing
Company, 166 pgs.
PERMIAN BASIN GEOLOGY/PETROLEUM

Anatomy of a Paleozoic Basin: The Permian Basin, USA (vol. 1), 2019, S. C. Ruppel, ed.
Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations 285; AAPG Memoir 118, 412 pgs.
Anatomy of a Paleozoic Basin: The Permian Basin, USA (vol. 2), 2020, S. C. Ruppel, ed.
Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations 285; AAPG Memoir 118, 538 pgs.
The Art of Finding High-Graded Drilling Targets. Exploitation Examples for Unconventional
and Conventional Projects in the Permian Basin, 2020. David Entzminger and Mohamed K
Zobaa. WTGS Bulletin, Vol. 60, No. 1 (September—October 2020), pgs. 8 – 20.
Facies variability within a mixed carbonate–siliciclastic sea-floor fan (upper Wolfcamp

Formation, Permian, Delaware Basin, New Mexico), 2020, Erik P. Kvale, et al. AAPG Bull.,
v. 104, n. 3, p. 525 563.

Play Analysis and Digital Portfolio of Major Oil Reservoirs in the Permian Basin, 2005, by
S. P. Dutton, et al. Bureau of Economic Geology, RI 0271, 287 pgs., CD-ROM.
Geology of the Delaware Basin, Guadalupe, Apache, and Glass Mountains, New Mexico and
West Texas, 1996, by Carol Hill. Permian Basin Section SEPM Pub. 96-39, 480 pgs.
Wolfberry (Wolfcampian-Leonardian) Deep-Water Depositional Systems in the Midland

Basin: Stratigraphy, Lithofacies, Reservoirs, and Source Rocks, 2012, by H. S. Hamlin and R.
W. Baumgardner. Bureau of Economic Geology, Report of Investigations, RI0277. 61 pgs.
The Permian Basin, 1991, B.M. Hanson, et al. The Geological Society of America, Decade of
North American Geology Project: The Geology of North America, Vol. P-2, Economic
Geology, Chapter 21, p. 339 - 356.
The Permian Basin Region, 1988, H.N. Frenzel, et al. The Geological Society of America,
Decade of North American Geology Project: The Geology of North America, Vol. D-2,
Sedimentary Cover - North American Craton: U.S, Chapter 11, p. 261 - 306.
Energy and Mineral Resources of New Mexico: Petroleum Geology, 2017, by Ronald
Broadhead. New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources and the New Mexico
Geological Society Memoir 50A, 104 p.
Oil and Gas in the New Mexico Part of the Permian Basin, 1993, Ronald F. Broadhead and
Stephen W. Speer. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 44th Field Conference,
Carlsbad Region, New Mexico and West Texas, p. 293 - 300.
Surface Mapping and Subsurface Structure; Application to the Permian Basin, West Texas,
1992, by G. R. Wessel. West Texas Geological Society Bulletin, v. 31, no. 7, p. 6.
Petroleum Geology of the Permian Basin, 1979, by W. Floyd Wright. West Texas Geological
Society Pub. No. 79-71, 98 pgs.
Sedimentation, Tectonism, and Hydrocarbon Generation in Delaware Basin, West Texas and
Southeastern New Mexico, 1984, by J.M. Hills, AAPG Bulletin, v. 68, p. 250-267.
Paleozoic Evolution of Southern Margin of Permian basin, 1986, by C.A. Ross, Geol. Soc.
Amer. Bull., v. 97, p. 536—554.
Upper Permian (Guadalupian) Facies and their Association with Hydrocarbons – Permian
Basin, West Texas and New Mexico, 1986, R. F. Ward, et al. AAPG Bull., v. 70, p. 239-262.
PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling, and Production, 4th ed.,
2019, by Norman J. Hyne. PennWell Books, 506 pgs.
Elements of Petroleum Geology, 3rd ed., 2015, by Richard Selley and Steve Sonnenberg.
Academic Press, 526 pgs.

Practical Petroleum Geology, 2nd ed., 2014, by Jeff Morris. Univ. of Texas at Austin –
PETEX. 304 pgs.
Petroleum Geology eTextbook, 2007, by Stephen Bend. AAPG Special Publication DSC11
on CD-ROM (Discovery Series 11).
Applied Three-Dimensional Subsurface Geological Mapping, 3rd ed., 2020, by Daniel

Tearpock, et al. Pearson Pub., 992 pgs.
Introduction to Petroleum Exploration for Non-Geologists, 1995, by Robert Stoneley.

Oxford University Press, 119 pgs.
Petroleum Geoscience: From Sedimentary Environments to Rock Physics, 2nd ed., 2015, by
Knut Bjørlykke. Springer-Verlag, 662 pgs.
Fundamentals of Petroleum, 5th ed., 2011. Debby Denehy, ed. Petroleum Extension Service
(PETEX) of The University of Texas at Austin, 720 pgs.
Petroleum Geoscience, 2004, by J. Gluyas and R. Swarbrick. Blackwell Publishing, 359 pgs.
Geology and Geochemistry of Oil and Gas, 2005. Developments in Petroleum Science v. 52.
G.V. Chilingar, et al. Elsevier, 370 pgs.
The Value of Outcrop Studies in Reducing Subsurface Uncertainty and Risk in Hydrocarbon
Exploration and Production, 2016, M Bowman, et al, eds. Geol. Soc. London Special
Publication 436, 268 pgs.
Oil Field Production Geology, 2009, by Mike Shepherd. AAPG Memoir 91, 350 pgs.
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production, 2nd ed. Developments in Petroleum Science, v. 55,
2008. Frank Jahn, et al. Elsevier, 444 pgs.
Principles of Petroleum Development Geology, 1996, by R. Laudon. Prentice Hall, 267 pgs.
Finding Oil: The Nature of Petroleum Geology, 1859-1920, by Brian Frehner, 2011.
University of Nebraska Press, 248 pgs.
The Origin of Petroleum, 2006, in Practical Advances in Petroleum Processing, Volume 1,

Chapter 2, p. 79 – 101. C.S. Hsu and P.R. Robinson, eds., Springer, 411 pgs.
Key Issues in Petroleum Geology: Stratigraphy, 2008, by F. Gregory, et al. Geological

Society of London, 408 pgs.
3-D Structural Geology: A Practical Guide to Quantitative Surface and Subsurface Map
Interpretation, 2nd ed., 2006, by Richard H. Groshong Jr. Springer-Verlag, 400 pgs.
The Petroleum System from Source to Trap, 1994, Leslie B. Magoon and Wallace G. Dow,
eds. AAPG Memoir 60, 644 pgs.

Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps, 2000, E. Beaumont and N. Foster, eds. AAPG Treatise of
Petroleum Geology, Handbook of Petroleum Geology, 1150 pgs.
Money in the Ground: Insider’s Guide to Oil & Gas Deals, 4th ed. (4.5), 2006, by John Orban.
Meridian Press, 416 pgs.
PETROLEUM GEOLOGY OF SHALE AND TIGHT RESERVOIR PLAYS

Mudstone Diagenesis: Research Perspectives for Shale Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, Seals, and
Source Rocks, 2020, W. Camp, et al, eds. AAPG Memoir 120, 260 pgs.
Direct evidence for fluid overpressure during hydrocarbon generation and expulsion from
organic-rich shales, 2020, Wang, M., et al. Geology, v. 48, p. 374–378.
Critical Assessment of Shale Resource Plays, 2014, Jean-Yves Chatellier and Daniel M. Jarvie,
eds. AAPG Memoir 103. 186 pages.
Shale Reservoirs: Giant Resources for the 21st Century, 2012, J. A. Breyer, ed. AAPG
Memoir 97. 68 pages + 451 digital pages on CD.
Getting Started #20: Shales, 2010, compiled by Andrew C. Aplin and Joe H. S. Macquaker.
AAPG Datapages, Adobe PDF/CD-ROM.
Paying Attention to Mudrocks: Priceless!, 2015, Daniel Larsen, Sven O. Egenhoff, and Neil S.
Fishman, eds. Geol. Soc. America, 168 pgs.
Pore-throat sizes in sandstones, tight sandstones, and shales, 2009, by Philip H. Nelson.
AAPG Bulletin, v. 93, no. 3 (March 2009), pp. 329–340.
The Eagle Ford Shale: A Renaissance in U.S. Oil Production, 2016, John Breyer, ed. AAPG
Memoir 110, 389 pgs.
Barnett Shale, 2007, R. Hill and D. Jarvie, eds. AAPG Bulletin Special Issue, 2007, v. 91, no.
4, pp. 399 – 626.
Morphology, Genesis, and Distribution of Nanometer-Scale Pores in Siliceous Mudstones of

the Mississippian Barnett Shale, 2009, Robert G. Loucks, et al, Journal of Sedimentary
Research, v. 79, 848–861.
Geology of the Haynesville Gas Shale in East Texas and West Louisiana, 2014, Ursula
Hammes and Julia Gale, eds. AAPG Memoir 105, 236 pgs.
Unconventional: the Development of Natural Gas from the Marcellus Shale, 2017, by Daniel
Soeder. Geol. Soc. America Special Paper 527, 143 pgs.
Faulting and Fracturing in Shale and Self-Sourced Reservoirs. AAPG Bulletin Special Issue,
2014, v. 98, no. 11, p. 2161 -2506.

Subcritical Propagation and Coalescence of Oil-Filled Cracks: Getting the Oil Out of Low-
Permeability Source Rocks, 2010, Jin, Z.-H. et al, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 37,
L01305.
Pore Types in Unconventional Gas (and Oil) Shales, 2011, by Roger M. Slatt and Neal R.
O’Brien. West Texas Geol. Society Bulletin, Vol. 50, No. 7, pgs. 22-28.
METHANE HYDRATES
AAPG Bulletin, v. 104, n. 9, September 2020. Special Issue: Gas Hydrates in the Gulf of
Mexico, pgs. 1843 - 2028.
Natural Gas Hydrates – Energy Resource Potential and Associated Geologic Hazards, 2009.
Collett, T., et al, eds. AAPG Memoir 89, 145 pgs.
Meazell, K., P. B. Flemings, M. Santra, and J. E. Johnson, 2020, Sedimentology and

stratigraphy of a deep-water gas hydrate reservoir in the northern Gulf of Mexico: AAPG
Bulletin, v. 104, no. 9, p. 1945–1969.
Mechanisms of Methane Hydrate Formation in Geological Systems, 2019. Kehua You, et al.
Reviews of Geophysics, v. 57, no. 4, pgs. 1146 – 1196.
SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY

Stratigraphic Reservoir Characterization for Petroleum Geologists, Geophysicists, and
Engineers, 2006, by Roger M. Slatt. Elsevier Science, Handbook of Petroleum Exploration
and Production, vol. 6, 492 pages.
Hutton’s Great Unconformity at Siccar Point, Scotland: Where deep time was revealed and
uniformitarianism conceived, 2017, by S. G. Archer, et al. AAPG Bulletin, v. 101, no. 4,
pgs. 571–577.
Sequence Stratigraphy – a Global Theory for Local Success. Oilfield Review, January 1993
https://connect.slb.com/~/media/Files/resources/oilfield_review/ors93/0193/p51_62.pdf
Sedimentary Geology – An Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks and Stratigraphy, 3rd ed., 2014,
by Donald Prothero and Fred Schwab. W. H. Freeman & Co., 500 pgs.
Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 5th ed., 2012, by Sam Boggs. Prentice Hall,
600 pgs.
The Sedimentary Record of Sea-Level Change, 2003, by Angela Coe, et al. The Open
University, Cambridge University Press, 288 pgs.
The Key to Earth History - An Introduction to Stratigraphy, 2nd ed., 2001, by Peter Doyle, M.R.
Bennett, and Alistair Baxter. John Wiley & Sons, 293 pgs.
Ancient Environments and the Interpretation of Geologic History, 3rd ed., 2001, by L.S. Fichter,
and David Poché. Macmillan Publishing Company, 310 pages.

Carbonate Facies in Geologic History, 1975, by James L. Wilson. Springer-Verlag, 471 pgs.
Carbonate Depositional Environments, 1983, Peter A. Scholle, et al, eds. American Assoc. Pet.
Geologists Memoir 33, 708 pgs.
Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy, 1993, Robert Loucks and J. Frederick Sarg, eds. American
Assoc. Pet. Geologists Memoir 57, 545 pgs.
Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy, 1993, Paul Weimer and Henry Posamentier, eds. American
Assoc. Pet. Geologists Memoir 58, 492 pgs.
Sandstone Depositional Environments, 1982, Peter A. Scholle and Darwin Spearing, eds.
American Assoc. Pet. Geologists Memoir 31, 410 pgs.
OIL AND GAS FIELDS

Atlas of Major Texas Gas Reservoirs, 1989, Elisabeth Kosters, et al, eds. Bureau of Economic
Geology, 161 pgs.
Atlas of Major Texas Oil Reservoirs, 1983, W.E. Galloway, et al, eds. Bureau of Economic
Geology, 139 pgs.
Occurrence of Oil and Gas in West Texas, 1957, Frank Herald, ed. Bureau of Economic
Geology Pub. No. 5716, 442 pgs.
Oil & Gas Fields in West Texas, 1982, reprint of vol. I, II, and III, Charles Godfrey, ed.
West Texas Geological Society Pub. No. 82-75, 689 pgs.
Oil & Gas Fields in West Texas, vol. IV, 1987, William Johnson, et al, eds. WTGS Pub.
No. 87 83, 130 pgs.
Oil & Gas Fields in West Texas, vol. V, 1990, Amy Vanderhill, et al, eds. WTGS Pub.
No. 90-86, 208 pgs.
Oil & Gas Fields in West Texas, vol. VI, 1994, Paul H. Pausé, ed. WTGS Pub. No. 94-96,
325 pgs.
Oil & Gas Fields in West Texas, vol. VII, 1996, Dave Entzminger, ed. WTGS Pub.
No. 96-99, 275 pgs.
Selected Oil & Gas Fields of West Texas, vol. VIII with CD, 2005, Dave Entzminger, ed.
WTGS Pub. No. 05-114.
Symposium of Oil & Gas Fields of Southeastern New Mexico, seven volumes (1956, 1960,
1967, 1977, 1988, 1995, and 1999), published by the Roswell Geological Society.

OIL SANDS AND HEAVY OIL DEPOSITS
Athabasca oil sands: Megatrap restoration and charge timing, 2014, by R. Tozer, A. Choi,
J. Pietras, and D. Tanasichuk. AAPG Bulletin, V. 98, No. 3, pgs. 429–447.
Heavy-oil and Oil-sand Petroleum Systems in Alberta and Beyond, 2013. F. J. Hein, et al.
Can. Heavy Oil Assoc. and AAPG Energy Minerals Division, Studies in Geology 64, 131 pgs.
Petroleum Geology of the Cretaceous Mannville Group, Western Canada, 1997, Canadian
Society of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 18, 486 pages.
The Grosmont: The World’s Largest Unconventional Oil Reservoir Hosted in Carbonate
Rocks, 2012. H.G. Machel, et al. Geol. Society of London Special Paper, v. 370, p. 49-81.
The Devonian of Western Canada - Aspects of a Carbonate Petroleum System, 2001, John
Weissenberger and Ken Potma, eds. CSPG Publication S57, 265 pgs.
Geology and petroleum resources of the major oil-impregnated sandstone deposits of Utah,
1979, by J. A. Campbell and H.R. Ritzma. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, Special
Studies 50, 24 pgs.
GEOPHYSICS, SEISMOLOGY
A Petroleum Geologist's Guide to Seismic Reflection, 2011, by William Ashcroft. Wiley-
Blackwell, 176 pages.
Introduction to Seismic Interpretation, 2011, by Bruce S. Hart. AAPG Discovery Series

No. 16, CD.
First Steps in Seismic Interpretation, 2011, by Donald A. Herron. Society of Exploration

Geophysicists, 203 pgs.
Interpretation of Three-Dimensional Seismic Data, AAPG Memoir 42, 7th ed., 2011, by
Alistair R. Brown. 646 pgs. + DVD.
Seismic Stratigraphy - Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration, 1977, Charles E. Payton ed.

AAPG Memoir 26. 516 pgs.
Seismic Stratigraphy II: An Integrated Approach to Hydrocarbon Exploration, 1985, by R.

Berg and D. Woolverton eds. AAPG Memoir 39. 276 pgs.
WIRELINE WELL LOGGING

Openhole Log Analysis and Formation Evaluation, 2nd ed., 2012, by Richard M. Bateman.
Society of Petroleum Engineers, 668 pgs.
Basic Well Log Analysis, 2nd ed., 2004, by George Asquith and Daniel Krygowski. AAPG
Methods in Exploration Series No. 16, 244 pgs.

Geological Well Logs: Their Use in Reservoir Modeling, 2001, by Stefan M. Luthi. Springer
Verlag, 373 pgs.
The Geological Interpretation of Well Logs, 3rd ed., 2011, by M.H. Rider and Martin Kennedy.
Rider-French Consulting Limited, 440 pgs.
Introduction to Well Logs and Subsurface Maps, 2008, J. Evenick. PennWell Corp., 236 pgs.
Well Logging for Earth Scientists, 2nd ed., 2008, by Darwin V. Ellis and Julian M. Singer.
Springer, 692 pgs.
A Practical Model for Organic Richness from Porosity and Resistivity Logs, 1990, by Q. R.
Passey, et al. AAPG Bulletin, vol. 74, pgs. 1777-1794.
Identification of Source Rocks from Wireline Logs, 1990, by A. E. Stocks and S. R. Lawrence,
in Geological Applications of Wireline Logs, Hurst, A. et al, eds., Geological Society, London,
Special Publications, v. 48, pgs. 241-252.
INTERNET RESOURCES
Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis
© Stephan Pastis - All Rights Reserved
LOCAL INTEREST/PERMIAN BASIN

West Texas Geological Society
http://www.wtgs.org
Bureau of Economic Geology

http://www.beg.utexas.edu/
Permian Basin Part 1 (February 2020)

Wolfcamp, Bone Spring, Delaware Shale Plays of the Delaware Basin Geology review
https://www.eia.gov/maps/pdf/Permian_WolfCamp_BoneSpring_Delaware_EIA_Report_
Feb2020.pdf
Permian Basin Part 2 (August 2020)

Wolfcamp Shale Play of the Midland Basin Geology review
https://www.eia.gov/maps/pdf/Permian_Wolfcamp_Midland_EIA_reportII.pdf
Permian Basin Wolfcamp and Bone Spring Shale Plays Geology review (July 2019)
https://www.eia.gov/maps/pdf/Wolfcamp_BoneSpring_EIA_Report_July2019.pdf
The Permian Basin - A Brief Overview

https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2013/06/the-permian-basin-a-brief-overview
Basin History and Tectonics of the Permian Basin: Keys to the Superbasin
https://www.aapg.org/Portals/0/docs/superbasins/SuperBasins2019-Ewing.pdf
https://www.aapg.org/videos/super-basins/articleid/51391/thomas-e-ewing-basin-history-and-
tectonics-of-the-permian-basin-keys-to-the-super-basin
The Geologic History of West Texas

http://www.twdb.texas.gov/publications/reports/numbered_reports/doc/r356/chapter2_3.pdf
Geological Introduction for Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico
https://utdgss2016.wixsite.com/utdgss/single-post/2018/01/05/Permian-Basin-Intro-UTD-GSS-
PRODUCT-
The Permian Basin – Intracratonic Subsidence Triggered by ARM Compression, Making an

American “Superbasin,” 2017, by Thomas E. Ewing.
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2017/10988ewing/ndx_ewing.pdf
Paleogeography of Greater Permian Basin

http://deeptimemaps.com/greater-permian-basin-details/
Petroleum Systems in the Permian Basin: Targeting optimum oil production

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEwELWI15fc
https://www.hgs.org/sites/default/files/Jarvie%20Permian%20basin%2C%20HGS%2024%20Ja
nuary%202018%20wo%20background.pdf
Conventional and Unconventional Petroleum Systems of the Delaware Basin

http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2017/10949jarvie/ndx_jarvie.pdf
Assessment of undiscovered continuous oil and gas resources in the Wolfcamp Shale and Bone
Spring Formation of the Delaware Basin, New Mexico and Texas, 2018
https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2018/3073/fs20183073.pdf
Permian Basin Wolfcamp Shale Play Geology review November 2018

https://www.eia.gov/maps/pdf/Wolfcamp_EIA_Report_Nov2018.pdf
Permian Basin Wolfcamp Shale Play Geology review October 2018

https://www.eia.gov/maps/pdf/PermianBasin_Wolfcamp_EIAReport_Oct2018.pdf
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Spraberry Formation of the Midland
Basin, Permian Basin Province, Texas, 2017. Fact Sheet 2017-3029.
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/fs20173029
Back-Reef to Basin Depths - The Permian Reef Complex of New Mexico and west Texas
https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2013/06/back-reef-to-basin-depths

Assessment of undiscovered continuous oil resources in the Wolfcamp shale of the Midland
Basin, Permian Basin Province, Texas, 2016. Fact Sheet 2016-3092.
The Spraberry Trend and Wolfberry Play of the Midland Basin, West Texas
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/research/programs/starr/unconventional-resources/wolfberry-
spraberry
Oil and gas in the New Mexico part of the Permian Basin
https://nmgs.nmt.edu/publications/guidebooks/downloads/44/44_p0293_p0300.pdf
The Midland Basin vs. the Delaware Basin – Understanding the Permian
Part 1: Evolution and Deposition
https://www.enverus.com/blog/midland-basin-vs-delaware-basin/
Permian Basin Geology: The Midland Basin vs. the Delaware Basin
Part 2: Stratigraphy
https://www.enverus.com/blog/permian-basin-geology-midland-vs-delaware-basins/
Permian Basin Production – Midland vs Delaware Basins Part 3

https://www.enverus.com/blog/permian-basin-production/
General Overview of Permian Strata of the Delaware Basin and NW Shelf

https://www.enverus.com/blog/general-overview-of-permian-strata-of-the-delaware-basin-and-
nw-shelf/
Play Analysis and Digital Portfolio of Major Oil Reservoirs in the Permian Basin
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/resprog/permianbasin/pdfs/PA_FinlRpt.pdf
The Geology of Texas

https://www.cengage.com/custom/regional_geology.bak/data/Texas.pdf
When Texas Was at the Bottom of the Sea

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/when-texas-was-bottom-sea-180953653/?no-ist
Permian Perseveres
https://www.hartenergy.com/exclusives/permian-perseveres-175218
Texas through Time

http://www.beg.utexas.edu/texas-through-time/index.html
Great Places to See Geology in Texas

http://www.beg.utexas.edu/texas-through-time/great-places.html
Explore Texas Geology – interactive geologic map of Texas

https://txpub.usgs.gov/txgeology/
Geologic Wonders of Texas

http://www.beg.utexas.edu/UTopia/geowonders.html

Introduction to the Geology of the Permian Reef Complex, Guadalupe and Delaware
Mountains, New Mexico & West Texas (last revised: 29 June 2020)
https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/tour/federal/parks/permianreef/home.html
An Introduction and Virtual Geologic Field Trip to the Permian Reef Complex, Guadalupe and
Delaware Mountains, New Mexico-West Texas
https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/staff/scholle/guadalupe.html
Permian Reefs and Carbonate Complexes, West Texas

http://www.sunstar-solutions.com/sunstar/geology/Permian/PermianTX.htm
Guide to the Permian Reef Geology Trail, McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains
National Park, Texas
http://www.npshistory.com/publications/geology/state/tx/1993-26/index.htm
Permian Carbonates of the Guadalupe Mountains, the Delaware and Central Basin
http://sepmstrata.org/page.aspx?pageid=136
Geology of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. USGS Professional Paper 446
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/cave/446/index.htm
The Geology of Central Texas and Its Present Day Wonders

http://www.communitycircular.com/articles/geology-of-central-texas.htm
Sequence Stratigraphy of Classic Carbonate Outcrops in West Texas and Southeast

New Mexico and Application to Subsurface Reservoirs
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2013/50846saller/ndx_saller.pdf
Introduction to Virtual Geological Field Trips (Big Bend area)

http://prism-redfern.org/bbvirtualtrip/bbvft.html
Big Bend National Park: A Texas Sized Geologic Wonder Of The World
https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/07/28/big-bend-national-park-texas-sized-
geologic-wonder-world
The Imperishable Permian Basin: Growing at 90

https://www.masterresource.org/u-s-hydrocarbon-boom/imperishable-permian-basin/
USGS Permian Basin Province (044)

https://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/data/noga95/prov44/text/prov44.pdf
The Cline Shale: a Brief Overview

https://www.shaleexperts.com/plays/cline-shale/Overview
Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Permian Basin Province of
West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, 2007
https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3115/pdf/FS07-3115_508.pdf

Assessment of Remaining Recoverable Oil in Selected Major Oil Fields of the Permian Basin,
Texas and New Mexico
https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3051/
A synthesis of the Wolfcampian platform carbonate system in the Permian Basin Region
https://docplayer.net/35794993-A-synthesis-of-the-wolfcampian-platform-carbonate-system-in-
the-permian-basin-region.html
Wolfcamp Platform Carbonate and Basinal Facies in the Midland Basin

https://pbs-sepm.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Wolfcamp-in-the-Midland-Basin_SEPM-
PBS.pdf
More on the spectacular rise in Texas oil production — maybe the most remarkable energy
success stories in US history
http://www.aei.org/publication/more-on-the-spectacular-rise-in-texas-oil-production-maybe-
the-most-remarkable-energy-success-stories-in-us-history/
Evolution and Development of the Wolfbone Play, Southern Delaware Basin, West Texas: an
Emerging Frontier, an Oil-Rich Unconventional Resource
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2012/10411fairhurst/ndx_fairhurst.pdf
Wolfbone Play Evolution, Southern Delaware Basin: Geologic Concept Modifications

that have Enhanced Economic Success
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2012/10412fairhurst/ndx_fairhurst.pdf
Geology of the Marathon Uplift, West Texas

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Earle_Mcbride/publication/267241589_Geology_of_the_
Marathon_Uplift_west_Texas/links/5514327c0cf283ee0834c930/Geology-of-the-Marathon-
Uplift-west-Texas.pdf
Review of the Lower Ordovician Ellenburger Group of the Permian Basin, West Texas
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/resprog/permianbasin/PBGSP_members/writ_synth/Ellenburger%2
0report.pdf
E. Leonardian to Late Wolfcampian, Deep-Water Carbonate Systems in the Permian Basin

http://www.beg.utexas.edu/resprog/permianbasin/PBGSP_members/writ_synth/Wolfcamp%20
slope.pdf
Middle Permian Basinal Siliciclastic Deposition in the Delaware Basin: the Delaware
Mountain Group (Guadalupian)
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/files/content/beg/research/pbSyn/writ_synth/delaware%20mountain
%20group.pdf
Geologic walking tour of Carlsbad Cavern

https://nmgs.nmt.edu/publications/guidebooks/downloads/44/44_p0117_p0128.pdf
The Prize Beneath the Salt

https://www.slb.com/-/media/files/oilfield-review/the-prize-beneath-the-salt.pdf

Gulf of Mexico Geology and Petroleum System: Overview
https://edx.netl.doe.gov/dataset/gulf-of-mexico-geology-and-petroleum-system-overview-and-
literature-review/resource_download/cb0d5e74-22ea-4b0e-98c3-eaa613a8e7a3
PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
PetroleumGeology.org (AAPG site)
https://www.aapg.org/about/petroleum-geology
Basin to Basin: Plate Tectonics in Exploration

https://www.slb.com/-/media/files/oilfield-review/3-basin-basin
Testing the Atlantic Mirror Theory

https://www.lw.com/thoughtleadership/testing-the-atlantic-mirror-theory
Shared geological structures across the Atlantic are leading to interesting prospects
https://www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com/analysis/shared-geological-structures-across-atlantic-
are-leading-interesting-prospects
ES486 Petroleum Geology at Western Oregon University Winter 2019

https://people.wou.edu/~taylors/es486_petro/ES486_home.html
Earth's physical resources: petroleum

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/nature-environment/environmental-studies/earths-physical-
resources-petroleum/content-section-0?intro=1#
PNG 301: Introduction to Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Summer 2020
Lesson 2: Origin and Occurrence of Hydrocarbons
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/png301/node/6
Petroleum
https://personal.ems.psu.edu/~pisupati/ACSOutreach/Petroleum_1.html
Petroleum - Its Origin

http://dnr.louisiana.gov/assets/TAD/education/BGBB/3/origin.html
The Origin of Oil

https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/documents/newsletter/NL04S/PDF/origin.pdf
The Origin of Petroleum

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226441668_The_Origin_of_Petroleum
Origin, migration and accumulation of petroleum

http://www.treccani.it/export/sites/default/Portale/sito/altre_aree/Tecnologia_e_Scienze_
applicate/enciclopedia/inglese/inglese_vol_1/pag065-84ing3.pdf
Rich Petroleum Source Rocks

https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2016/02/rich-petroleum-source-rocks

Back to Source Rocks: Part I and II
https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2016/01/back-to-source-rocks-part-i
https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2017/01/back-to-source-rocks-part-ii
How Plant and Animal Remains Become Oil and Gas: A Geochemical Perspective
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2011/40830dow/ndx_dow.pdf
Basic Petroleum Geochemistry for Source Rock Evaluation

https://www.slb.com/-/media/files/oilfield-review/basic-petroleum
Basic Petroleum Geology and Log Analysis – Halliburton manual

https://sites.google.com/site/pettechhdd2/home/BasicPetroleumGeologyandLogAnalysis.pdf
Petroleum Geology: An Introduction

http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/faq/energy/petroleum/Petroleum_geology_intro.pdf
Petroleum Geology AES 3820 at Delft University of Technology

https://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/petroleum-geology/
Introduction to Petroleum Reservoirs and Reservoir Engineering

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2241145
Petroleum Geoscience and Subsurface Geology

http://railsback.org/PGSG/PGSGmain.html
Petroleum Geology at West Virginia University

http://pages.geo.wvu.edu/~jtoro/Petroleum/index.htm
Advanced Petroleum Geology at West Virginia University Geology

http://pages.geo.wvu.edu/~tcarr/Petroleum/index493.html
Hydrocarbon geology
https://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/geoscience-earth-resources/1-rocks-earth-plate-tectonics/
5-hydrocarbon-geology/
Welcome to webGeology - Oil and Gas

http://webgeology.alfaweb.no/webgeology_files/english/oil_gas.html
Oil on My Shoes - the science of Petroleum Geology

http://www.geomore.com/
Following the Oil through Time

https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2011/12/following-the-oil-through-time
Petroleum Geology Home Page - GLY 6932, University of Florida

http://users.clas.ufl.edu/jbmartin/petroleum_geology/index.html
Petroleum Systems
http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/documents/beaumont02/index.htm

Trapping mechanisms - forming petroleum reservoirs
http://www.carbonet.net/bjarne/Stoupakova%20et%20al%202006.swf
Basin and Petroleum System Modeling

https://www.slb.com/-/media/files/oilfield-review/basin-petroleum
Petroleum Systems of the United States

https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1870/report.pdf
Oil: Crude and Petroleum Products Explained

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/
NaturalGas.org - Exploration
http://naturalgas.org/naturalgas/exploration/
A Global Dataset Of Onshore Gas And Oil Seeps: A New Tool For Hydrocarbon Exploration
https://www.cgg.com/en/What-We-Do/Multi-Client-Data/Geological/Seep-Explorer
Exploration Geology & Exploration Targets in the United States and Canada
http://explorationgeology.com/public_html/General_Geology/General_Geology_Basins.html
Black Gold Beneath the Bayous

http://www.dnr.louisiana.gov/assets/TAD/education/BGBB/toc.html
OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

The World Keeps Not Running Out of Oil
https://peakoil.com/geology/the-world-keeps-not-running-out-of-oil
How the Oil Industry Saved the Whales

http://www.sjvgeology.org/history/whales.html
The Petroleum Industry Saved the Whales

https://mises.org/wire/petroleum-industry-saved-whales
Oil and Gas Journal's Annual Look at Reported Worldwide Oil Reserves 12/02/2019
https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/article/14073241/worldwide-reserves-edge-higher-oil-
production-growth-faded
BP Energy Outlook 2020 edition

https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/energy-outlook.html
https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/business-sites/en/global/corporate/pdfs/energy-
economics/energy-outlook/bp-energy-outlook-2020.pdf
BP Statistical Review of World Energy June 2020

https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-
energy.html

BP Energy Outlook Country and regional insights – United States, 2020
https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/business-sites/en/global/corporate/pdfs/energy-
economics/energy-outlook/bp-energy-outlook-2020-country-insight-us.pdf
Energy Information Administration (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2020

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/
U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves, December 2019
https://www.eia.gov/naturalgas/crudeoilreserves/
EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/index.php
U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves

https://www.eia.gov/naturalgas/crudeoilreserves/index.php
International Energy Agency (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2019

https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2019
https://www.iea.org/media/publications/weo/WEO2019-Launch-Presentation.PDF
IEA Oil Information: Overview (2019 edition)

https://webstore.iea.org/oil-information-2019
IEA Key World Energy Statistics 2019

https://webstore.iea.org/key-world-energy-statistics-2019
ENI SpA World Oil Review 2019 – Volume 1&2

https://www.eni.com/en-IT/global-energy-scenarios/natural-gas-renewable-review-2019.html
https://www.eni.com/docs/en_IT/enicom/investors/global-energy-scenarios/WORLD-OIL-
REVIEW-2019-Volume-1.pdf
https://www.eni.com/assets/documents/documents-en/WORLD-GAS-AND-RENEWABLES-
REVIEW-2019-Volume2.pdf
ExxonMobil Annual Energy Outlook 2019

https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/Energy-and-environment/Energy-resources/Outlook-for-
Energy/Outlook-for-Energy-A-perspective-to-2040
SPE Petroleum Resources Management System Guide for Non-Technical Users

https://www.spe.org/industry/docs/PRMS_guide_non_tech.pdf
https://www.spe.org/industry/reserves.php
Potential Gas Committee U.S. Natural Gas Resource Base, September 2019
http://potentialgas.org/press-release
Drilling Productivity Report

https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/drilling/
Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields

https://www.eia.gov/naturalgas/crudeoilreserves/top100/pdf/top100.pdf

EIA International Energy Statistics Crude Oil Proved Reserves 2018
https://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/IEDIndex3.cfm?tid=5&pid=57&aid=6
Energy Resources Program

https://www.usgs.gov/energy-and-minerals/energy-resources-program/science/assessments
USGS World Oil and Gas Resource Assessments

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/cersc/science/world-oil-and-gas-resource-assessments
USGS Methodology for Assessing Continuous Petroleum Resources

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1167/OF11-1167.pdf
Railroad Commission of Texas

https://www.rrc.state.tx.us/
Oil Production in Texas

https://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/tag/oil-production-in-texas/
Texas Monthly Oil & Gas Production

https://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-gas/research-and-statistics/production-data/texas-monthly-oil-
gas-production
New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department

http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/ocd/
EIA (Energy Information Administration) Energy Basics 101

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/
OPEC’s World Oil Outlook 2019

https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/publications/340.htm
From Reservoir to Burner Tip: a Primer on Natural Gas

http://potentialgas.org/download/PGC08_NGPrimer.pdf
National Petroleum Council Oil and Gas Geologic Endowment

https://www.npc.org/Prudent_Development-Topic_Papers/1-1_Oil_and_Gas_
Geologic_Endowment_Paper.pdf
Texas Energy Fact Sheet – U.S. Energy Information Administration

https://www.eia.gov/state/index.php?sid=TX
Texas Energy Museum

https://www.texasenergymuseum.org/
Crude – the Incredible Journey of Oil

https://www.abc.net.au/science/crude/
Geo ExPro
https://www.geoexpro.com

Energy Information Administration (EIA) Glossary
https://www.eia.gov/tools/glossary/
About Oil and Natural Gas - American Petroleum Institute

https://www.api.org/oil-and-natural-gas
Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary

https://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/
Petroleum History Institute

https://www.petroleumhistory.org/
Drake Well Museum

https://www.drakewell.org/
A Salute to the Oil Century – NPR

https://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2001/mar/010307.spindletop.html
Adventures in Energy
https://www.adventuresinenergy.org/
Understanding and Investing in Oil and Natural Gas Drilling and Production Projects
https://g2petroleum.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Understanding-And-Investing-in-Oil-
and-Natural-Gas-Drilling-and-Production-Projects-06-26-2018.pdf
SHALE GAS AND SHALE OIL

Shale Gas 101
https://www.energy.gov/fe/shale-gas-101
The Origin of Shale Gases

GEOExPro, Vol. 16, No. 6, Dec. 2019, p. 76 – 78.
https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2020/02/the-origin-of-shale-gases
Modern Shale Gas Development in the United States: An Update

https://www.efmidstream.com/sites/default/files/resources/resources_shale-gas-primer-update-
2013.pdf
From Oil-Prone Source Rock to Gas-Producing Shale Reservoir – Geologic and Petrophysical
Characterization of Unconventional Shale-Gas Reservoirs
http://fossilfuel.co.za/articles/2012/SPE-131350-FINAL-Low_Passey-et-al_.pdf
My Source Rock is Now My Reservoir - Geologic and Petrophysical Characterization of

Shale-Gas Reservoirs
www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2012/80231passey/ndx_passey.pdf
Assessment of Undiscovered Continuous Oil Resources in the Wolfcamp Shale of the Midland
Basin, Permian Basin Province, Texas, 2016

Horizontal Development of Wolfcamp Shale Oil of the Southern Midland Basin
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2014/10605dally/ndx_dally.pdf
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Eagle Ford Group and associated
Cenomanian–Turonian Strata, U.S. Gulf Coast, Texas, 2018
Natural gas explained - Where our natural gas comes from

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/where-our-natural-gas-comes-from.php
Outlook for shale gas and tight oil development in the U.S.
https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/presentations/sieminski_05212013.pdf
Newark East Barnett - Shale’s Spindletop

https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2018/01/newark-east-barnett-shale-s-spindletop
Assessment of Undiscovered Shale Gas and Shale Oil Resources in the Mississippian Barnett
Shale, Bend Arch–Fort Worth Basin Province, North-Central Texas, 2015
World Shale Resource Assessments

https://www.eia.gov/analysis/studies/worldshalegas/
A Workflow for Success in Shales, Geo ExPro June 2013, p. 72 - 78

https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2013/09/a-workflow-for-success-in-shales
Geologic units containing black shale – by State

https://mrdata.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-lith.php?text=black+shale
Shale-Deposited Natural Gas: A Review of Potential

https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/2009publications/CEC-200-2009-005/CEC-200-2009-005-SD.PDF
Shale Plays by State

https://www.mineralweb.com/directory/shale-plays/
Origin and Classification of Pores in Mudstones from Shale-Gas Systems

http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2011/40855loucks/ndx_loucks.pdf
Assessing Undiscovered Resources of the Barnett-Paleozoic Total Petroleum System

http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/documents/pollastro/index.htm
Industry Players Still Have Much to Learn About Exploiting Shales

http://roxannaoil.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0213-Roxanna-Oil-Company-Eprint.pdf
Assessment of Undiscovered Gas Resources in the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale of the
Appalachian Basin Province, 2019

QuickLook Determination of Oil-in-place in Oil Shale Resource plays
www.searchanddiscovery.com/pdfz/documents/2011/40764downey/ndx_downey.pdf.html
Petroleum Geology of the Williston Basin (and Bakken shale)

https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/Resources/
Bakken Shale Oil Field, North Dakota

https://bakkenshale.com
Bakken Shale
http://oilshalegas.com/bakkenshale.html
Shale Gas and U.S. National Security

https://www.bakerinstitute.org/center-for-energy-studies/shale-gas-and-us-national-security/
Direct Method for Determining Organic Shale Potential from Porosity and Resistivity Logs
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2010/110128bowman/ndx_bowman.pdf
Unconventional Natural Gas Resources

http://naturalgas.org/shale/
A practical model for organic richness from porosity and resistivity logs
http://pgknet.nl/uploads/events/AAPG%20DlogR%20Paper.pdf
Quantitative Analysis of Seismic Response to Total-Organic-Content and Thermal

Maturity in Shale Gas Plays
http://www.ikonscience.com/Portals/0/library/papers/Ikon%20Science-
Quantitative%20analysis%20for%20seismic%20response-May%202011.pdf
RESIDUAL OIL ZONES (ROZ)

Residual Oil Zones: The long term future of enhanced oil recovery in the Permian Basin and
elsewhere
http://www.uwyo.edu/eori/_files/co2conference11/2011%20eori%20residual%20oil%20zones
%20and%20anthropogenic%20co2.pdf
Permian basin production proves ROZ viability

https://www.ogj.com/drilling-production/production-operations/article/17210282/permian-
basin-production-proves-roz-viability
Rethinking Commercial Reservoir Models and the Residual Oil Zone “Cookbook”
http://residualoilzones.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Residual-Oil-Zones-Exploration-and-
Cookbook-Guide-final.pdf
San Andres on the Northwest Shelf: Things You May Not Know
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/pdfz/documents/2017/51400trentham/
ndx_trentham.pdf.html

Defining an Overlooked Domestic Oil Resource: A Four-County Appraisal of the San Andres
Residual Oil Zone (ROZ) “Fairway” of the Permian Basin
http://www.co2conference.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1-Kuuskraa-Keynote-ARI-ROZs-
Expanding-Potential-for-CCUS-12-8-15.pdf
FRACKING
Unlocking the Earth - A Short History of Hydraulic Fracturing
https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2014/02/unlocking-the-earth-a-short-history-of-hydraulic-
fracturing
The Engines of Our Ingenuity Episode No. 2890: HYDRAULIC FRACTURING

http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2890.htm
Hydraulic Fracturing Primer

https://www.api.org/oil-and-natural-gas/energy-primers/hydraulic-fracturing
Of Course Fracking Is Safe, Stanford Prof Says

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2017/06/26/of-course-fracking-is-safe-stanford-
prof-says/
Fracking 101
https://www.energyindepth.org/fracking-101/
Fracking 101: Breaking down the most important part of today’s oil, gas drilling
https://www.greeleytribune.com/news/local/fracking-101-breaking-down-the-most-important-
part-of-todays-oil-gas-drilling/
Fracking: No need for all the fuss

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/science/geology/fracking-no-need-
all-the-fuss
How Shale Produces Natural Gas

https://www.ngsa.org/download/issues/HowShaleProducesNaturalGas.pdf
The Process of Unconventional Natural Gas Production - Hydraulic Fracturing

https://www.epa.gov/uog/process-unconventional-natural-gas-production
Hydraulic Fracturing - Unlocking America's Natural Gas Resources

https://www.hydraulicfracturing.com
Induced Earthquakes
https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-hazards/induced-earthquakes
Hydraulic Fracturing: Clean, Safe Method to Recover Natural Gas

https://www.ngsa.org/download/issues/fact-sheets/hydraulic%20fracturing-%20final-
%20lower%20res%20version%20feb%202010.pdf

From Flaming Faucet to Flaming Hose: The Continuing Fraud of Gasland
https://www.energyindepth.org/the-continuing-fraud-of-gasland/
Debunking Gasland I and II

https://www.energyindepth.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Debunking-Gasland.pdf
https://www.energyindepth.org/debunking-gasland-part-ii/
Nothing but hot air in 'Gasland'

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nothing-but-hot-air-in-gasland/article/38980
TruthLand the Movie (another rebuttal to the misinformation in “Gasland”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTJaaeiuzSU
Fact Checking Josh Fox / Gasland and Gasland #2

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/07/02/1220728/-Fact-Checking-Josh-Fox-Gasland-1st-
Posting#comments
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/7/7/1221731/-Fact-Checking-Josh-Fox-Gasland-2-Oil-
Gas-Industry-NOT-Exempt-from-Clean-Air-Clean-Water-Acts
Fiction Masquerading as News in the Oil and Gas Shale World (debunking Gasland II)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2013/07/10/fiction-masquerading-as-news-in-the-
oil-and-gas-shale-world
FrackNation (credible documentary about fracking for natural gas)

http://fracknation.com/
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY
Beetle Bailey by Mort Walker
© King Features Syndicate - All Rights Reserved

We have known that Earth is round for over 2,000 years
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160126-how-we-know-earth-is-round
The Relativity of Wrong, by Isaac Asimov

https://chem.tufts.edu/answersinscience/relativityofwrong.htm
Physical Geology 2nd ed., 2019, Steve Earle (an excellent, free, online text)
https://opentextbc.ca/physicalgeology2ed/

An Introduction to Geology (another excellent, free, online text)
http://opengeology.org/textbook/
Physical Geology Spring 2019 (GEOL 1170), University of Nebraska

http://maps.unomaha.edu/Maher/geo117/default.html
Physical Geology Online Fall 2017

http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens1110/index.html
Geology Online: 105 Websites that Rock

https://geologydegree.org/sites-that-rock/
Physical Geology - An Online Course in Physical Geology

https://www.geoclassroom.com/101online
Geology Page
http://www.geologypage.com/
Poetry and Geology: A Celebration

https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/geopoetry
Basics of Geology
https://www.thoughtco.com/geology-basics-4140422
This Dynamic Planet Map

http://volcano.si.edu/learn_dynamicplanet.cfm
Web Geology
http://webgeology.alfaweb.no/
Basic Geology e-Modules

https://folk.uib.no/nglhe/geology.html
Earth Revealed
https://www.learner.org/series/earth-revealed/
Dynamic Earth
https://www.learner.org/series/interactive-dynamic-earth/
Windows to the Universe – Geology

https://www.windows2universe.org/earth/geology/geology.html
Geoscience Concepts
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/geology/geology-concepts.htm
Earth 101
https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/earth

Geoscience: the Earth and its Resources
https://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/geoscience-earth-resources/
MapView – Geologic Maps of the Nation

https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/mapview/
Geology Dictionary
https://geology.com/geology-dictionary.shtml
Paleontology Glossary
http://palaeos.com/paleontology/glossary.html
OneGeology
http://www.onegeology.org/`
The Interior of the Earth

https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/interior/
Dynamic Earth and Tectonics

http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/structure/dynamicearth/index.htm
HISTORICAL GEOLOGY
The History of Earth and Life, Spring 2020 THE FAR SIDE By GARY LARSON
https://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/G102/102Lec.html
Divisions of Geologic Time - Geologic Time Scale

Historical Geology - Free Online Textbook for

College-Level Historical Geology Courses
http://opengeology.org/historicalgeology/
Geologic Time
https://opengeology.org/historicalgeology/geologic-
time/
Earth History
http://opengeology.org/textbook/8-earth-history/ ©1982 Chronicle Features 12- 15
The real reason dinosaurs became extinct

Geologic Time
https://opengeology.org/textbook/7-geologic-time/
Origins: Life on Earth

https://origins.wisc.edu/chapter-2-the-earth/
Geology Wing at the University of California Museum of Paleontology

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/geology.html

A Brief History of Life
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/brief-history-life.html
https://www.pbs.org/video/a-brief-history-of-geologic-time-jaljq2/
Fundamental Geologic Principles

https://www.nps.gov/articles/series.htm?id=EF15217B-B716-E4DD-929BBE3C925A1D99
History of Life (e-edition online textbook)

https://archive.org/details/History_of_Life_5th_Edition_by_Richard_Cowen/mode/2up
Historical Geology - An Online Course in Historical Geology

https://www.geoclassroom.com/historical
Earth through Time, Geology 103, West Virginia University, 2016

http://pages.geo.wvu.edu/~kammer/geol103.htm
The Evolution of the Earth

https://www.livescience.com/46593-how-earth-formed-photo-timeline.html
Siccar Point - the birthplace of modern geology

http://geologylearn.blogspot.com/2016/09/siccar-point-birthplace-of-modern.html
The making of an angular unconformity: Hutton’s unconformity at Siccar Point

http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2011/01/the-making-of-an-angular-unconformity-
huttons-unconformity-at-siccar-point/
Paleogeography and Geologic Evolution of North America

http://deeptimemaps.com/north-american-key-time-slices-series/
Paleomap Project
http://www.scotese.com/
The Geological Evolution of the Earth

http://www.handprint.com/PS/GEO/geoevo.html
The Trail of Time at Grand Canyon - A Geology Exhibition

http://tot.unm.edu/
Geology of Grand Canyon

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/geologicformations.htm
Geological time gets a new period - the Ediacaran

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3721481.stm
Life: A Journey Through Time

https://annenbergphotospace.org/exhibits/life
History of Life online course/blog at the College of Wooster

https://historyoflife.voices.wooster.edu/

Our Changing Continent
https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/continents/
Blast From The Past!

https://joidesresolution.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Blast-from-the-Past-Poster.pdf
Chicxulub Crater, Mexico, and the Cretaceous - Tertiary boundary

http://www.uqac.ca/miac/chicxulub.htm
Chicxulub asteroid impact: Stunning fossils record dinosaurs' demise

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47755275
Reliving the last day of the dinosaurs

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/reliving-last-day-dinosaurs
PLATE TECTONICS
Basin to Basin: Plate Tectonics in Exploration
https://www.slb.com/-/media/files/oilfield-review/3-basin-basin
Deconstructing Plate Tectonics - helping the oil and gas industry to model offshore basins
http://www.earthexplorer.com/2009-11/Deconstructing_Plate_Tectonics.asp
Plate Tectonics and Petroleum basins

https://www.gsm.org.my/products/702001-101026-PDF.pdf
Plate Tectonics and the Location of Oil Fields

http://csegjournal.com/assets/pdfs/archives/1978_12/1978_Kanasewich_E_plate_tectonics.pdf
New Deepwater Frontiers an Ocean Apart

https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2013/08/new-deepwater-frontiers-an-ocean-apart
GEOL 3700 - Plate Tectonics – Fall 2018

http://maps.unomaha.edu/Maher/plate/syllabus.html
Plate Tectonics Home Page

https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Plate-Tectonics/
This Dynamic Earth - the Story of Plate Tectonics

https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html
A History of Supercontinents on Planet Earth

https://io9.com/5744636/a-geological-history-of-supercontinents-on-planet-earth
The Dawning of Two Continents

https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2008/04/the-dawning-of-two-continents
Introduction to Plate Tectonics

http://eqseis.geosc.psu.edu/~cammon/HTML/Classes/IntroQuakes/Notes/plate_tect01.html

World Map of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Impact Craters, and Plate Tectonics
https://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2800/
Earth Science Concepts - Plate Tectonics and our National Parks

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/geology/plate-tectonics.htm
A Plate Tectonic Primer

http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/Fichter/PlateTect/index.html
The Validation of Continental Drift

https://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/creager/ess202/continental_drift.htm
ROCKS AND MINERALS

Basic Geology – Rocks and Minerals
https://folk.uib.no/nglhe/Emodules/Basic%20Geology.swf
Rocks and Minerals

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/geology/rocks-and-minerals.htm
Mineral Web Pages at University of Minnesota

https://www.esci.umn.edu/courses/1001/minerals/
Mineralogy Database
http://webmineral.com/
Fluorescent Minerals
https://geology.com/articles/fluorescent-minerals/
The Geology of Sedimentary Rocks

http://intheplaygroundofgiants.com/geology-of-the-grand-canyon-region/the-geology-of-
sedimentary-rocks/
Introduction to Petrology - Sedimentary Rocks

https://www.eos.ubc.ca/courses/eosc221/seds/EOSC221/Lecture_Notes.html
Sedimentary Rocks Home Page - James Madison University

http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/fichter/SedRx/index.html
Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks

http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens1110/sedrx.htm
“Chert, Tripolite, Spiculite, Chat - What’s in a Name?”

https://www.kgslibrary.com/downloads/bulletins/2010/Jan-Feb%202010.pdf
Identification of Common Rocks. British Columbia Ministry of Energy Info. Circular 1987-5.
http://cmscontent.nrs.gov.bc.ca/geoscience/PublicationCatalogue/InformationCircular/BCGS_I
C1987-05.pdf

Introduction to Carbonates
http://www.carbonet.net/bjarne/Rafaelsen&Nielsen_2005_ver_1_01.swf
Carbonate reservoir geology

https://petrowiki.org/Carbonate_reservoir_geology
Petrology Spring 2018

http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens212/
SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY
Stratigraphy in the Oil Industry

http://www.chemostrat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2014-strat_in_the_OG_ind.pdf
Exploring for Stratigraphic Traps

https://connect.slb.com/~/media/Files/resources/oilfield_review/ors97/win97/traps.pdf
Sedimentary Rocks: The Key to Past Environments

https://www.learner.org/series/earth-revealed/17-sedimentary-rocks-the-key-to-past-
environments/
Sedimentation and Stratigraphy at University of Maryland (Fall 2019)

https://geol.umd.edu/~jmerck/geol342/
Sedimentology Home Page, University of Derby

http://www.virtual-geology.info/sedimentology/
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy course at The College of Wooster

https://sedstrat.voices.wooster.edu/
STRATA - SEPM’s stratigraphy web site

http://sepmstrata.org/Page.aspx?pageid=1
Introduction to Clastic Sedimentology

http://spartan.ac.brocku.ca/~rcheel/teaching/sedimentology/
Clastic Depositional Systems

https://websites.pmc.ucsc.edu/~crowe/ES109/lectures/Lecture%206%20Clastic%20depo.pdf
Depositional setting and geometry of carbonate facies

http://www.sepmstrata.org/page.aspx?pageid=90
Sedimentary Rocks II - Interpretation of sedimentary rocks:

https://www.geol.umd.edu/~jmerck/geol100/lectures/14.html
Introduction to Carbonate Environments, Facies, and Facies Tracts

http://www.beg.utexas.edu/lmod/_IOL-CM01/cm01-index.htm

International Commission on Stratigraphy – the Geologic Time Scale
http://www.stratigraphy.org
http://www.stratigraphy.org/ICSchart/ChronostratChart2019-05.pdf
An Online Guide to Sequence Stratigraphy

https://strata.uga.edu/sequence/index.html
Sequence Stratigraphy
http://sepmstrata.org/page.aspx?&pageid=229&3
Simplified Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy

https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/sedimentary/activities/14173.html
Karst
http://folk.uio.no/hanakrem/svalex/E-learning/Karst/Karst.swf
FOSSILS AND PALEONTOLOGY

Using Microfossils in Petroleum Exploration
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/ONeill.html
University of California Museum of Paleontology

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/online-exhibits/
The Fossil Record - Life's Epic

http://www.fossilmuseum.net/fossilrecord.htm
The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation - "The world's most significant fossil discovery"
https://www.burgess-shale.bc.ca/
PALAEOS: The Trace of Life on Earth

http://palaeos.com/
The Paleontology Portal

http://paleoportal.org
Fossils, Rocks, and Time

https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/
Kuban’s Paleo Place

http://paleo.cc/kpaleo/kpaleo.htm
The KT-boundary impact

https://www.psi.edu/epo/ktimpact/ktimpact.html
The Anthropocene
http://quaternary.stratigraphy.org/workinggroups/anthropocene/

RADIOMETRIC DATING
Geologic Time and the Age of the Earth
https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/contents.html
Dating Rocks, University of Leeds

http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/structure/dynamicearth/dating/index.htm
Radiometric Dating
http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens212/radiometric_dating.htm
Setting the Second Hand on the Rock Clock

https://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/1997/0924/dating.html
How to determine the half-lives of long-lived nuclides in relatively short periods of time
https://asterism.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tut42RadioactiveHalfLife.pdf
How do we know that radioactive materials have a half-life of millions or billions of years?
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/7584/how-do-we-know-that-some-radioactive-
materials-have-a-half-life-of-millions-or-e
A Radiometric Dating Resource List

http://www.tim-thompson.com/radiometric.html
Radiometric Dating Does Work

https://ncse.com/library-resource/radiometric-dating-does-work
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
Structural Geology for Engineers
http://pages.geo.wvu.edu/~jtoro/structure/Structure_342.htm
The Three Elements of Structural Geology

http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/pdfz/documents/2017/41849engelder/
ndx_engelder.pdf.html
Simple Structural Geology Lab

https://www.geoclassroom.com/structure/simplelab.shtml
Structural Geology e-module

https://folk.uib.no/nglhe/Emodules/Structure%20intro%20module.swf
Deformation of Rocks – Structural Geology

https://www.kean.edu/~csmart/Observing/Lectures/animations/09a%20Faults%20Folds
%20Mountains/structure.swf
Thrust Faults
http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/structure/faults/thrust/index.htm

Salt Tectonics – online short course
http://homepage.ufp.pt/biblioteca/SaltTectonics/WebSaltTectonics/Index.htm
Structural Geology at Cornell

http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/classes/geol326/326.html
Teaching Resources in Structural Geology, Univ. of Leeds

http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/structure/learnstructure/
Structural Geology Lecture Notes

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/martel/Courses/GG303/
GEOPHYSICS, SEISMOLOGY
Seismic/Geology Links Critical
http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/documents/2004/brown05/index.htm
Overview of Seismic Exploration

http://walter.kessinger.com/work/seisx_outline.html
Geophysics 224: Geophysical exploration techniques

https://sites.ualberta.ca/~unsworth/UA-classes/224/notes224.html
The Seismic Reflection Method

https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/courses/eosc350/content/methods/meth_10d/index.htm
Reflection Seismic Method

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/EarthSci/people/lidunka/GEOL2014/Geophysics4%20-
%20Seismic%20waves/reflection%20seismology%202.pdf
3-D Seismic Imaging

http://sepwww.stanford.edu/sep/biondo/3DSI_frame.html
4D Time-Lapse Seismic
https://www.cgg.com/data/1/rec_docs/1892_4D-Brochure.pdf
How Do 4-D and 4-C Seismic Work?

https://www.rigzone.com/training/insight.asp?insight_id=316
WELL LOGGING, PETROPHYSICS, FORMATION EVALUATION

Reading the Rocks from Wireline Logs
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/ReadRocks/TutIntro.html
Geological Log Analysis

www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Bulletins/LA/index.html
Well Logs
http://www.sjvgeology.org/sjvgeology/oil/logs.html

Open hole tools
https://wiki.aapg.org/Open_hole_tools
How Does Well Logging Work?

https://www.rigzone.com/training/insight.asp?insight_id=298
Introduction to Wireline Logging

https://www.slb.com/-/media/Files/oilfield-review/defining-logging.pdf
Types of logs
https://petrowiki.org/Types_of_logs
Use of well logs for sequence stratigraphic interpretation of the subsurface

http://sepmstrata.org/page.aspx?&pageid=60&3
Crain’s Petrophysical Handbook

https://www.spec2000.net/
Log Interpretation Center

http://www.bridge7.com/grand/log/xlogyorum.htm
Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts

https://www.spwla.org/
Schlumberger
https://www.slb.com/
Halliburton - Petrophysics
https://www.halliburton.com/en-US/ps/solutions/formation-evaluation/petrophysics.html?node-
id=irrmgr8t
Baker Hughes Formation Evaluation

https://www.bhge.com/upstream/evaluation/wireline-logging
Weatherford Open Hole Services

https://www.weatherford.com/en/products-and-services/formation-evaluation/wireline-
services/openhole-wireline/
OIL SHALE
Oil Shale vs. Shale Oil
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/080715/difference-between-shale-oil-and-oil-
shale.asp
Oil Shale vs. Shale Oil

http://redleafinc.com/index.php/oil-shale2/
AAPG – Oil Shale

https://wiki.aapg.org/Oil_shales

Oil Shale and Tar Sands
https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-development/mining-and-minerals/oil-shale-and-
tar-sands
USGS Oil Shale Homepage

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/cersc/science/oil-shale?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-
science_center_objects
National Oil Shale Association

http://www.oilshaleassoc.org/
A Quick Look Determination of Oil-in-place in Oil Shale Resource plays

http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2011/40764downey/ndx_downey.pdf
Oil Shale Stratigraphy — A Global Perspective

http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2009/30083nummedal/ndx_nummedal.pdf
Strategic significance of America's oil shale resource: Volume 1--assessment of strategic issues
http://repository.icse.utah.edu/dspace/bitstream/123456789/10014/1/Strategicsignificanceof
Americasoilshaleresource_Vol1.pdf
Strategic significance of America's oil shale resource: Volume 2--oil shale resources
http://repository.icse.utah.edu/dspace/bitstream/123456789/10015/1/Strategicsignificanceof
Americasoilshaleresource_Vol2.pdf
DOE Oil Shale Activities

https://energy.gov/fe/services/petroleum-reserves/naval-petroleum-reserves/oil-shale-and-
other-unconventional-fuels
In-Place Oil Shale Resources Examined by Grade in the Major Basins of the Green River
Formation, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming
https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3145/FS12-3145.pdf
Oil Shale
http://emfi.mines.edu/emfi2008/OilShale2008.pdf?CMSPAGE=outreach/cont_ed/emfi/
emfi2008/OilShale2008.pdf
Geology and Resources of Some World Oil-Shale Deposits

https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5294/pdf/sir5294_508.pdf
Oil Shale - A Daily Reckoning White Paper Report

https://dailyreckoning.com/oil-shale-reserves/
Utah Geological Survey Oil Shale Resources

http://geology.utah.gov/resources/energy/oil-shale/
Creationist Misuse of the Green River Formation

http://www.oldearth.org/morton/creationist_misuse_green_river_formation.htm

OIL SANDS AND HEAVY OIL DEPOSITS
We’ve heard it before, but this Utah tar sands operation says it’s poised to produce oil and
actually make money (June 21, 2018)
https://www.sltrib.com/news/business/2018/06/16/weve-heard-it-before-but-this-utah-tar-
sands-operations-says-its-poised-to-produce-oil-and-actually-make-money/
Oil Sands/Tar Sands

https://geology.utah.gov/resources/energy/tar-sands/
Canada’s Oil Sands November 2019

https://www.capp.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Oil_Sands_Fact_Book-349657.pdf
Geologic features of the Athabasca oil sands

http://www.ramp-alberta.org/river/geography/geological+prehistory/mesozoic.aspx
Oil Sands Geology & the Properties of Bitumen

https://www.oilsandsmagazine.com/technical/properties
About Oil Sands

https://www.alberta.ca/about-oil-sands.aspx
Oil Sands Facts and Stats June 2017

https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/b6f2d99e-30f8-4194-b7eb-76039e9be4d2/resource/063e27cc-
b6d1-4dae-8356-44e27304ef78/download/FSOilSands.pdf
The Geology of the Oil Sands

http://www.history.alberta.ca/energyheritage/sands/origins/the-geology-of-the-oil-
sands/default.aspx
Canada’s Oil Sands

https://www.capp.ca/oil/
https://www.capp.ca/oil/what-are-the-oil-sands/
Alberta Geological Survey Information Series 065 - Guide to the Athabasca Oil Sands Area
https://ags.aer.ca/publications/INF_065.html
Field guide: Regional sedimentology and processes of deposition of the Athabasca Oil Sands,
northeast Alberta
http://ags.aer.ca/document/GEO/GEO_2006_04.PDF
Oil Sands
http://www.history.alberta.ca/energyheritage/sands/default.aspx
Regional Stratigraphy and Reservoir Units of the Grosmont Formation, Saleski and Burnt
Lakes, Alberta, Canada
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2011/30147hopkins/ndx_hopkins.pdf

The Devonian Grosmont: Unconventional Oil in a Fractured and Karstified Dolostone-
Evaporite Platform, Alberta, Canada
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2012/80211machel/ndx_machel.pdf
COAL BED METHANE

Coal Bed Methane Primer
http://www.all-llc.com/publicdownloads/CBMPRIMERFINAL.pdf
U.S. Geological Survey - Fact Sheet 123-00. Coal-Bed Methane: Potential and Concerns
https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs123-00/fs123-00.pdf
METHANE HYDRATES
USGS Gas Hydrates Lab – hydrate video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U46XOoU0DrM
Ignik Sikumi #1 "Fire in the Ice" Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfgnaeBPZKY&feature=youtu.be
Japanese test coaxes fire from ice

https://www.nature.com/news/japanese-test-coaxes-fire-from-ice-1.12858
Japan Completes First Offshore Production Test

https://netl.doe.gov/sites/default/files/publication/MHNews_2013_October.pdf
Second Offshore Methane Hydrate Production Test Finishes

https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2017/0629_001.html
Natural Gas Hydrates: Resource of the 21st Century?

https://www.aapg.org/science/alternative-resources/gas-hydrates/resource/abstract
Gas Hydrates Primer

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/whcmsc/science/gas-hydrates-primer?qt-
science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects
Methane Hydrate - The world's largest natural gas resource

https://geology.com/articles/methane-hydrates/
Developments in Gas Hydrates

https://www.slb.com/-/media/files/oilfield-review/02-gashydrates-english
Frozen Heat: A UNEP Global Outlook on Methane Gas Hydrates

https://www.netl.doe.gov/sites/default/files/netl-file/gas-hydrate-global-assessment-executive-
summary%5B1%5D.pdf
Fire in the Ice Newsletter

https://www.netl.doe.gov/advsearch?tid=113

Gas Hydrates - Not So Unconventional
https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2009/02/gas-hydrates-not-so-unconventional
Natural Gas Hydrates—Vast Resource, Uncertain Future

https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs021-01/fs021-01.pdf
The National Methane Hydrates R&D Program – National Energy Technology Laboratory
https://www.netl.doe.gov/oil-gas/gas-hydrates
DOE’s Methane Hydrate R&D Program

http://energy.gov/fe/science-innovation/oil-gas-research/methane-hydrate
GEOLOGY TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, & SUPPLIES

Amateur Geologist - Great stuff for geologists and rockhounds
https://www.amateurgeologist.com/
CGS Mule - Geological Equipment & Supplies

http://www.cgsmule.com/
Geo-tools
http://www.geo-tools.com/
Geology.com Store
https://geology.com/store/
ASC Scientific Geology Equipment

https://www.ascscientific.com/geology-equipment/
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Permian Basin Wolfcamp Shale Play Geology review November 2018

Permian Basin Wolfcamp Shale Play Geology review October 2018

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Permian Basin Production – Midland vs Delaware Basins Part 3

General Overview of Permian Strata of the Delaware Basin and NW Shelf

The Geology of Texas

When Texas Was at the Bottom of the Sea

Texas through Time

Great Places to See Geology in Texas

Explore Texas Geology – interactive geologic map of Texas

Geologic Wonders of Texas

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Permian Reefs and Carbonate Complexes, West Texas

The Geology of Central Texas and Its Present Day Wonders

Sequence Stratigraphy of Classic Carbonate Outcrops in West Texas and Southeast

Introduction to Virtual Geological Field Trips (Big Bend area)

The Imperishable Permian Basin: Growing at 90