14 BOONE PICKENS SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY exploration of Appalachian thrust belt reservoirs around the National Carbon Capture Center. Work on the Caney Shale includes analysis of depositional systems and continued work on burial and thermal history models of the Ardmore Basin. Research on well and seismic data sets is providing new insight into the structural style and tectonic evolution of the Ardmore Basin. Research is nearing completion on the CO2 storage and enhanced recovery potential of oil and gas reservoirs and saline formations in the Central Gulf of Mexico and in the Anadarko, Cherokee, Arkoma, and Ardmore Basins of Oklahoma. This research is being conducted in concert with the Spears School of Business, the Petroleum Engineering Program, and the SAS Institute and includes work as part of DOE’s machine learning initiative, which is using advanced web-based multivariate analysis techniques in the SAS Viya platform to evaluate and screen reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico and the Oklahoma basins. The SAS software has incredible capability for integrating geologic and reservoir data in real time and is proving to be an exceptional tool for identifying and quantifying potential and risks associated with CO2 storage and enhanced resource recovery in a spectrum of geological settings. Three new projects are set to begin this coming year. The first is a new project on the Appalachian thrust belt that includes seismic acquisition and the drilling of new exploratory wells in the interior Appalachian thrust belt in Alabama and Georgia. In addition, a new project led by Professor Jaiswal will explore the possibility of developing a CO2 management hub in the Anadarko Basin and includes advanced geophysical analysis of Paleozoic storage objectives. The third project is the siting and development of a CO2 storage hub in the Pine Mountain thrust sheet in southwestern Virginia, where a hydrogen energy facility is being developed. This semester I am teaching Sequence Stratigraphy and advising our SEG EVOLVE team, which is evaluating offshore reservoirs in the Louisiana Shelf. I am very proud of my students, who are making great progress on their research projects. Justin Spears and Ian Cox are preparing to finish their Doctoral dissertations on the Gulf of Mexico and the Ardmore Basin, respectively, and Joshua Ademilola is developing new concepts on structure, geomechanics, and reservoir properties in the Louisiana shelf and continental slope. Ahmed Elbelassy is unlocking the CO2 storage potential in northeastern Oklahoma, Mark Stucliffe is making great strides on understanding the architecture of diverse reservoirs in the Appalachian and Anadarko Basins, and Jaren Schuette is beginning his M.S. work on the southern Appalachian thrust belt. I am actively recruiting new students to work on these projects, so if you know some talented students seeking M.S. and Ph.D. opportunities in geology, feel free to have them contact me. Dr. Jim Puckette It has been an exciting and fun-filled final year as a faculty member in the BPSoG. It was great to be back in the classroom teaching GEOL 1014 and interacting with students. The summer included a quick trip to field camp with the geophysics crew, the Battelle sponsored geoscience camp for high school students, WRANE symposium, workshop at 4-H Roundup, Halliburton Foundation sponsored teacher workshop and CAS STEM Academy. The fall semester started with a core workshop taught at the Oklahoma Geological Survey OPIC core lab in conjunction with the Midcontinent Section of AAPG, teaching, advising, and a few field experiences including collecting soil cores along Tar Creek above, within and below the Picher field of the Tri-State Mining district
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