Tag: Energy Geociences
January 15, 2021
Researchers Trace Geologic Origins of Gulf of Mexico ‘Super Basin’ Success
The Gulf of Mexico holds huge untapped offshore oil deposits that could help power the U.S. for decades. The energy super basin’s longevity, whose giant…
Read MoreNovember 12, 2020
Pressure Rising
With their historic 2022 coring mission looming, scientists at the Jackson School of Geosciences are honing their tools and skills for pulling samples of methane hydrate from beneath the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico. The volatile, energy-rich substance could be a fuel of the future.
Read MoreNovember 12, 2020
CO2 Microsensors
In April 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy selected the Bureau of Economic Geology to lead a threeyear project to track carbon dioxide underground with…
Read MoreNovember 12, 2020
Production Pressure
The connection between oil and gas production and induced earthquakes is a hot research topic, with scientists studying which parts of the process are associated…
Read MoreNovember 12, 2020
SEM Advancing Research
The Bureau of Economic Geology has long been at the forefront in applying scanning electron microscope (SEM) technology to create detailed characterization of rocks. The…
Read MoreMarch 12, 2020
Computer Model Solves Mystery of How Gas Bubbles Build Big Methane Hydrate Deposits
New research from The University of Texas at Austin has explained an important mystery about natural gas hydrate formations and, in doing so, advanced scientists’…
Read MoreFebruary 20, 2020
Water Reuse Could Be Key for Future of Hydraulic Fracturing
Enough water will come from the ground as a byproduct of oil production from unconventional reservoirs during the coming decades to theoretically counter the need…
Read MoreOctober 15, 2019
Seismic Monitoring Program Links Some West Texas Earthquakes to Hydraulic Fracturing
A new study by scientists of the TexNet Seismic Monitoring Program shows that some of the recent earthquake activity in the Delaware Basin of West…
Read MoreMay 6, 2019
Partnership Seeks to Fight Climate Change and Boost Caribbean Nation’s Economy
The University of Texas at Austin is partnering with two Caribbean universities on the dual-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago to create a new clean…
Read MoreJanuary 7, 2019
New Shale Gas Drilling Methods Boost Production Potential
A new analysis of the nation’s major shale gas plays has revealed that the amount of natural gas that can be technically recovered from future well locations…
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