Geology

HRP Associates, Inc. is pleased to announce that Tina Blaszkiewicz, Salley Gould, and Michael Pardue have successful passed the national ASBOG Fundamentals of Geology Exam (GIT). The National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG) serves as a...

They're not as dear as diamonds, but they're worth their weight in gold. A donation in size never seen before, a collection of 14 old wooden crates full of carefully wrapped minerals and unique rocks was handed over to SUNY Potsdam's Geology Department....

GAS DRILLING-WATER POLLUTION New study: fracking hasn't polluted Arkansas water PITTSBURGH (AP) — A new study says natural gas drilling, or fracking, hasn't contaminated drinking water wells in Arkansas but researchers say the geology there is...

KANSAS-TAXES Kansas House Republicans outline new tax plan TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans in the Kansas House have drafted a new plan for cutting income taxes in hopes of breaking stalemate on tax issues. The proposal presented during...

Mario McNeill told a judge late Tuesday that he wants all or none of a taped November 2009 interview with investigators shown to the jury in his capital murder trial. The state had planned to screen an edited, redacted version of the five-hour tape...

An expert in forensic geology and forensic geochemistry analysis testified Monday that soil found in the area of Lee County, where the raped and murdered body of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis was found, matched soil embedded in the gas pedal of Mario McNeill's...

The L.C. Bates Museum will present its summer art exhibition, "Gift of the Glacier: The Maine Landscape," a collection of work from 23 artists portraying Maine's landscape and geology. The exhibit opens Wednesday and runs through Oct. 15 at the museum...

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and the Brazilian government recently announced the discovery of a large mass of granite on the seafloor off Rio de Janeiro -- a landmark finding that suggests a continent may have once existed...

The injection well for liquid wastes from drilling is, frankly, not much to look at. Three pipes -- one red and two yellow -- poke out of the ground about five feet at a farm off state Route 303 in northeast Portage County. Attached is a small solar...

By John Kemp LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - No one has ever seen an oil field. Typically buried thousands of feet below the surface, oil fields are like a sponge saturated with a mixture of oil, water and gas, rather than the underground cavern most people...

By John Kemp LONDON, May 1 (Reuters) - The Williston Basin underneath North Dakota, Montana and South Dakota contains twice as much crude and three times more gas than previously thought, according to an updated assessment published by the U.S....

Just a few years ago, Fort Worth-based Bosque Systems mostly operated wastewater disposal wells for oil and gas operators. And another Fort Worth-based oil field company, FTS International, was busy becoming one of the nation's biggest providers of...