Tag: Scott Tinker
June 23, 2021
Tinker Receives Energy Leadership Award from E&P Magazine
Scott Tinker, the director of the Bureau of Economic Geology, is the 2021 recipient of Exploration & Production magazine’s Energy Leadership Award. The award recognizes Tinker’s tireless energy outreach….
Read MoreNovember 27, 2019
“Switch On” Shines Light on Energy Poverty
One billion people around the world live without electricity. Billions more live “under the grid” unable to afford access to a reliable supply of energy….
Read MoreJuly 25, 2017
Bakken Play Analysis Reported by Bureau of Economic Geology
AUSTIN, Texas — The Bureau of Economic Geology has concluded a comprehensive study of the Bakken unconventional resource in North Dakota and Montana and found…
Read MoreSeptember 14, 2016
Bureau of Economic Geology: 10B barrels in Eagle Ford ‘recoverable’
The once-mighty Eagle Ford Shale oil patch is on its heels, on track for the lowest amount of drilling activity in six years, and getting…
Read MoreJune 15, 2016
AAPG Honors Tinker’s Leadership with Halbouty Award
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) is honoring Scott W. Tinker, director of The University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology, with…
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2016
TEXAS VIEW: This Deserves Another Look by All of Us
You’d think scientists would be able to figure out for sure whether the rash of North Texas earthquakes in recent years has a definite link…
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2016
State Will Begin to Install Earthquake Monitors in the Spring
Researchers hope to begin locating a network of seismographs by March to help determine what’s causing the earth to move across the state, including under…
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2016
Stock Prices Sink in a Rising Ocean of Oil
HOUSTON — The world is awash in crude oil, with enough extra produced last year to fuel all of Britain or Thailand. And the price…
Read MoreJune 23, 2015
Money Approved for Texas Earthquake Study
Researchers will begin moving quickly to study what may be making the earth move in North Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott approved $4.5 million to…
Read MoreJune 22, 2015
Seeking Earthquake Answers, TexNet Seismic Monitoring Program Authorized by the State of Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed legislation authorizing funding of $4.47 million for the TexNet Seismic Monitoring Program, an initiative led by the Bureau of…
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