

You're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat
YouTube.com This article is part 2 of a series. Part 1: The Circle of Life (in the Canadian Oil Patch) discusses some of the causes of...


The Circle of Life (in the Canadian Oil Patch)
(Source: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Circle_of_Life) This article is the first in a three part series on the roots of the employment...


Intermediate Stress - The Neglected Middle Child of Geomechanics?
(My big brother, a middle child, who no doubt broke his leg because everyone, including our big sister, was too busy tending to little...


The Plot that Could Save You $Millions?
Here's a question we get all the time: (hands thrown in the air) We drilled all of our wells in the same direction and did everything the...


Basement Matters
One of the first geomechanics projects I ever worked on was in a fractured granite reservoir in Japan. The image logs were gorgeous. The...


Shaking Things Up
Wouldn't that be nice, if we had a warning when an earthquake was going to happen? It's not for lack of trying. Researchers have been...


If I loved data, I wouldn't have studied rocks.
That's not me in the picture, but I do have a rock that looks exactly like that. On my windowsill. Like most geologists I put rock...


Geological Studies: Should I order À la carte or Table d'hôte?
No matter how good a cook you are or how well equipped your kitchen, going out to a nice restaurant is an important part of your dining...


Why Are We Still Buying Snake Oil?
When my father bought the little piece of New Hampshire woods where I grew up, he wandered down an old, overgrown dirt track that ran...


Some Like It Hot
There is a lot of buzz about the Marten Hills Clearwater Heavy Oil play. And for good reasons. The play is extensive and has intriguing...