Fresh Water below the Seafloor?
samples hundreds of feet below the shelf off Martha’s Vineyard to prove that subsea freshwater deposits are there and to determine their sources. That drilling proposal has been led by Mark Person, a hydrologist at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, and Brandon Dugan at the Colorado School of Mines. “I’d argue that these freshwater reserves ultimately could be tapped and be a resource,” Evans said. “If they are isolated deposits of fossil glacial fresh water, they’d be gone once tapped. But if they are connected to terrestrial aquifers, they could
Can O&G Drilling Methods Help Mars Exploration?
, I will discuss the current plans for Martian subsurface exploration, the techniques that are required to get there and also how what we learn about drilling there could impact us here on Earth.” Alfred William Eustes III is an associate professor in petroleum engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, where he has taught for 17 years. As well as teaching and conducting specialist drilling and completions research, he also has more than 35 years’ experience as a professional engineer. Anthony Onukwu, chairman of SPE Aberdeen, said, “We are honored to have secured a speaker
FairfieldNodal Chairman to Retire
officer of Fairfield Industries Incorporated. Two years later, Dr. Schneider was named chairman of the board, the position he held for more than three decades. Aside from sharing his technical prowess to advance Fairfield Industries’ capabilities, Dr. Schneider was a professor at the Colorado School of Mines, where he taught geophysics and advised graduate students at the masters and PhD level for seven years. He was also an active member of global professional organizations, including the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers
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