geologist News

Geologists in Ohio have for the first time linked earthquakes in a geologic formation deep under the Appalachians to hydraulic fracturing, leading the state to issue new permit conditions Friday in certain areas that are among the nation's strictest. A state investigation of five small tremors last month in the Youngstown area, in the Appalachian foothills, found the injection of sand and water ...

Apr. 11, 2014

By Associated Press

To slow global warming, scientists are exploring ways to pull carbon dioxide from the air and safely lock it away. Trees already do this naturally through photosynthesis; now, in a new report, geologists have mapped large rock formations in the United States that can also absorb CO2, which they say might be artificially harnessed to do the task at a vastly increased pace. The report, by ...

Mar. 6, 2009

By The Earth Institute at Columbia University

The government’s geohazard mapping program is in danger of encountering a snag in its performance starting next year with the increasing number of geologists leaving government service. Antonio Apostol, geohazard mapping project leader of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), said the decision of several MGB geologists to resign and seek better pay in private mining firms here and abroad can ...

Dec. 5, 2007

By Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Philippines

Researchers at BRGM (the French Geological Survey in Orleans, France) study the physical, chemical, and structural properties of minerals. BRGM is a public agency which produces and disseminates geological information for government departments, foreign countries, industry and academic research in France and across the world. They use a co-located ...

Mar. 1, 2017

By Renishaw plc

As Brexit looms, Earth scientists have uncovered evidence of Britain’s original split from mainland Europe. Almost half a million years ago, according to new data, water suddenly started cascading over the narrow strip of land that joined England and France – putting pressure on a chalk bridge. Researchers show that, as a result, this ridge – a natural dam that separated the ...

Apr. 11, 2017

By Cambridge University

A Kansas State University geologist and graduate student are finding that the most important tools in their fieldwork on groundwater arsenic pollution are women and children armed with pamphlets and testing kits. 'When going into a foreign land, you need the common people's help, support and understanding of the work you are doing,' said Saugata Datta, a K-State assistant professor of geology. ...

Oct. 29, 2009

By ScienceDaily

Geo Finance Corporation (PINK SHEETS: GEFI) is pleased to announce it has retained the services of a geologist familiar with oil and gas production in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma to assist the Company in completing its due diligence of the acquisition of a lease package in Wichita and Archer Counties, Texas. As announced in the Press Release of August 15, the lease which covers approximately ...

Aug. 31, 2011

Enviro-Equipment, Inc., a leading supplier of environmental sampling equipment and supplies, held a free training seminar at their lab in Charlotte, NC on Saturday, March 19, 2011. Sponsored by the Carolinas Section of The Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG) to provide educational opportunities for its members, the program was presented to environmental professionals ...

Apr. 6, 2011

By Enviro-Equipment, Inc.

PM Environmental will be presenting at the fifth annual AIPG American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) Technical Workshop on June 16-17 in Roscommon County, Michigan. The presentation topic will be Incremental Sampling Methodology (ISM), a method of soil sampling that improves accuracy and significantly reduces costs for site assessments.  The two-day event will focus ...

May 28, 2015

By PM Environmental

Enviro-Equipment, Inc., a leading supplier of environmental sampling equipment and supplies, held a free training seminar at their lab in Charlotte, NC on Saturday, March 19, 2011. Sponsored by the Carolinas Section of The Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG) to provide educational opportunities for its members, the program was presented to environmental ...

Apr. 6, 2011

By Enviro-Equipment, Inc.

DTD geologist Mike  Lubrecht recently wrote two articles featured in the September and October 2010 issues of Trenchless Technology. You can read them at: September article - Directional Drilling for Environmental Remediation - http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=1466 October article -  Case Study: Escambia Superfund Site in Pensacola, FL - ...

Oct. 28, 2010

By Directed Technologies Drilling Incorporated (DTD)

MIOX Corporation, the industry leader in on-site chemical generation technology, announces Charles Mowrey, Business Developer Specialist - Oil & Gas will give the technical presentation “The Emerging Technology of On-site Generated Oxidants for Recycle, Reuse and Down Hole Treatments” at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Eagle Ford ...

Mar. 14, 2013

By MIOX Corporation - Johnson Matthey`s Water Technologies

Brian E Chew Sr, PG, a recognized remediation equipment expert and Vice President of environmental equipment rental, sales and service firm Enviro-Equipment Inc., is taking aim at a report by Catherine B. Templeton, the former Director of South Carolina’s Department of Labor, Licensing and ...

Jun. 12, 2012

By Enviro-Equipment, Inc.

August Mack Environmental, Inc., a full-service environmental, health and safety (EH&S) consulting firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Dawn Knipe-Book in the Indianapolis office, the promotion of Kimberly Mayes and Erin McClendon in the Indianapolis office and the promotion of Eric Cooper and Geoff Westphal in the Dublin, Ohio office.Dawn Knipe-Book joined August Mack as a field ...

Feb. 16, 2010

By August Mack Environmental, Inc.

ORANGE, Calif (December 20, 2007) – William Glenn, ENSR’s senior associate geologist, has earned the Individual Safety Advocate Award from the National Ground Water Association (NGWA). ENSR, part of AECOM, is a leading global environmental services provider. The Individual Safety Advocate Award recognizes the individual who has made the strongest contribution to promote, improve, maintain, and ...

Dec. 24, 2007

By AECOM

Environmental Science and Technology, one of the preeminent journals in the environmental field, published a feature by DTD geologist Mike Lubrecht, on the application of HDD as a sustainable, green remediation technology. Through an analysis using Sitewise, a tool developed by Battelle and the US Navy, Mr. Lubrecht analyzed air emissions from similar example remediation projects, to ...

Mar. 7, 2012

By Directed Technologies Drilling Incorporated (DTD)

Geomatrix Earth Science Ltd is pleased to announce that Geonics Ltd is offering a 10% discount off the EM34 conductivity meter range until the 13th of February 2015.  ...

Dec. 17, 2014

By Geomatrix Earth Science Ltd

Groundwater industry personnel will have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of the roles fractured rock settings and geochemistry play in evaluating contaminant migration and remediation design at three National Ground Water Association short courses taking place September 2008 in Denver, Colorado. Engineers, project managers, and attorneys, as well as geologists and hydrologists, will ...

Aug. 14, 2008

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

MM&A, a multi-service energy, mining, environmental, and engineering consulting firm is pleased to announce the addition of a new employee and a new branch office. MM&A hired Penny L. Meighen as Senior Geologist. We are also pleased to announce that she will be heading up a new office location for MM&A and it will be located in Evansville, Indiana. This will allow MM&A to better ...

Jul. 11, 2007

The National Ground Water Association is offering the course, “Borehole Geophysical Logging for Water Resources/Water Supply Applications,” April 11-13 in San Jose, California. The objective of this course is to provide a basic framework and criteria for the use of borehole geophysics (wireline logs) in the design or rehabilitation/abandonment of resource/water supply wells. ...

Feb. 22, 2011

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)