LARAMIE -- The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) recently published updated geological maps of the Rawlins and Red Desert Basin quadrangles, providing critical new insights into the geology, ...

A recent U.S. Geological Survey assessment of previously undiscovered gas and oil in Texas' Permian Basin has found that there are enough resources there to fuel the entire nation for months.

Ground fissures and tectonic faults represent critical structural features within sedimentary basins, where the interplay of regional stress fields, depositional environments and, at times, human ...

Southwest Research Institute will launch the Permian Basin Joint Industry Project next month during a series of meetings with member companies in West Texas. The project title is “Mechanical ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Tectonic Setting and Gondwana Basin Architecture in the Indian Shield, Vol 4. Developments in Structural Geology and Tectonics" book from Elsevier Science and Technology ...

Pt 1. Rocks, concepts and processes:Introduction -- The Great Basin -- Raw materials of the Great Basin -- Understanding the earth -- Time, the relentless flow -- Fossils, the timekeepers -- The ...

The Gulf of Mexico holds huge untapped offshore oil deposits that could help power the U.S. for decades. According to researchers, the basin's vast oil and gas reserves are the result of a remarkable ...