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Some of the first horizontal wells in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale of central Louisiana are yielding oil. Some researchers believe that the formation contains billions of barrels of oil.
Tags: current-events, energy, geology, Geology.com, Jobs, louisiana, marcellus-shale, marine-shale, meteorites, news, niobrara shale, pennsylvania, tuscaloosa, virginiaThe Energy Information Administration has an interactive map that displays energy infrastructure features in the Gulf of Mexico region. It includes power plants, transmission lines, LNG terminals, natural gas hubs, pipelines, oil ports, refineries, active platforms and more.
Tags: ads-by-google, california, climate-change, energy, Jobs, lng, louisiana, mexico, middle-east, natural gas, oil and gas, pipelines, virginiaWhen a development project destroys an acre of wetlands the responsible company is often required to create another acre of new wetlands in the same watershed.
Tags: climate-change, earth, earthquakes, environment, geology-news, Jobs, louisiana, mexico, natural gas, pennsylvania, satellite images, water, wildlifeArchaeologists working with cleanup workers after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill discovered dozens of new archaeological sites. Public Radio International has a podcast interview with Chip McGimsey, Louisiana State Archaeologist
Tags: california, climate-change, deepwater, earth-observatory, earthquakes, Geology.com, geophysics, gulf, louisiana, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, middle-east, spill, united-statesA “crevasse splay” is a small delta-like accumulation of sediment that forms perpendicular to a river that is produced when the river overflows its banks.
Tags: geophysics, louisiana, mississippi, pennsylvania, river, texas, virginia, washingtonMany landfill companies produce methane gas from their trash and some of them are using the gas to power their trash collection vehicles . Waste Management now has 1000 trucks running on landfill gas.
Tags: astronomy, california, lng, louisiana, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, natural gas, satellite images, trash, united-states, waterThe U.S. Geological Survey has taken a number of actions to prepare for monitoring floods arising from hurricanes and other tropical storms. Activities include hardening of streamgages along the Gulf Coast; implementing rapidly deployable, mobile streamgages; installing an emergency satellite-communications and data-distribution system; and developing storm-surge monitoring capabilities. Quoted from the USGS Fact Sheet.
Tags: alabama, coastal geology, earth sciences, earthquakes, Geology.com, louisiana, mississippi, rivers, waterA deadly tornado cut a one-mile path through part of Joplin, Missouri killing at least 89 people and causing damage to about 25% of the town’s buildings.
Tags: california, corps, Geology.com, geophysics, hawaii, louisiana, massachusetts, missouri, waterHeckman Water Resources will become the operator of the largest fleet of LNG trucks in North America as they purchase 200 Peterbilt vehicles that will be used to haul water for Encana’s Haynesville Shale drilling operations. Encana will provide the LNG from a mobile refueling station.
Tags: california, climate-change, Geology.com, houston, lng, louisiana, natural, natural gas, satellite images, shale, vehicles, virginia, waterWhat defines the “largest hurricane”? Is it wind speed? Value of damage? Number of deaths
Tags: climate-change, earthquakes, florida, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, hurricanes, hurricanes and cyclones, louisiana, marcellus-shale, mississippi, natural hazards, south-carolina