Tag: Energy Geociences
November 1, 2018
Where Water Goes After Fracking is Tied to Earthquake Risk
In addition to producing oil and gas, the energy industry produces a lot of water, about 10 barrels of water per barrel of oil on…
Read MoreDecember 4, 2017
UT Bureau of Economic Geology Granted $4 Million to Run Carbon Capture Partnership
Pumping carbon dioxide deep under the seafloor may seem like a science-fiction-based solution to dealing with the greenhouse gas, but it’s a technology that The…
Read MoreSeptember 6, 2017
Study Quantifies Potential for Water Reuse in Permian Basin Oil Production
Hydraulic fracturing often brings up large volumes of water that need to be managed. A study led by The University of Texas at Austin has…
Read MoreMay 16, 2017
Bleeding the Pressure
This is the fifth post in a series on the Jackson School-led mission to drill for samples of methane hydrate from under the Gulf of…
Read MoreMay 12, 2017
Hitting Bottom and Beyond
This is the second post in a series on the Jackson School-led mission to drill for samples of methane hydrate from under the Gulf of…
Read MoreMay 11, 2017
To the Gulf … To the Future
This is the first post in a series on the Jackson School-led mission to drill for samples of methane hydrate from under the Gulf of…
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AAPG Celebrates Pioneering Women in Petroleum Geology
By Monica Kortsha From almost the very beginning of its founding 100 years ago, women have been a part of the American Association of Petroleum…
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UT Scientists Monitor Country’s First Commercial CO2 Sequestration Operation
By Anton Caputo Deep underneath an old Texas oil field in Jackson County, science and economics have come together to achieve something unique. For the…
Read MoreMarch 8, 2017
Researchers Link Methane in Groundwater in Parker and Hood Counties to Natural Sources
Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin have found that high levels of methane in well water from two counties near Fort Worth are…
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