Petroleum Geoscience at New Mexico Tech
A number of geology and hydrology faculty at New Mexico Tech work on petroleum-related projects. In addition, there are other groups on campus that conduct petroleum-related research. The New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources has an active Oil and Gas Program.  In addition, New Mexico Tech has one of the top rated Petroleum Engineering Departments in the US and houses the Petroleum Recovery Research Center (PRRC). The PRRC is a soft-money organization that focuses on enhanced recovery technology. New Mexico Tech also has a prominent role in the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA) –– a non-profit corporation composed of a consortium of premier U.S. Energy entities.  Information about specific research interests in petroleum geology can be found on the appropriate faculty home pages.
New Mexico Tech geologists and hydrologists who work on petroleum-related projects
  1. •Rob Bowman  (treatment and reuse of produced water)
  2. •Ronald Broadhead , NMBMMR (all aspects of petroleum geology)
  3. •Andrew Campbell (stable-isotope geochemistry of reservoir cements)
  4. •Martha Cather, PRRC (reservoir quality studies)
  5. •Jan Hendrickx (mapping oilfield salt plumes)
  6. •David Johnson (reservoir geology, reservoir quality studies)
  7. •Shari Kelley, NMBMMR (thermal and tectonic history of petroleum basins)
  8. •Brian McPherson, PRRC (basin-scale flow modeling, hydrocarbon migration)
  9. •Peter Mozley (reservoir geology, reservoir quality studies, faults and fluid flow)
  10. •Peter Scholle, NMBMMR (reservoir geology, reservoir quality studies)
  11. •Dana Ulmer-Scholle, (reservoir geology, reservoir quality studies)
  12. •Patrich Walsh, NMBMR (all aspects of petroleum geology)
  13. •John Wilson (reservoir flow modeling, faults and fluid flow)
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Last Updated: June 6, 2006