but geography is where it’s at

So i'll be studying Geology this year but having second thoughts after browsing this sub-reddit, i enjoy most natural sciences, Ecology, Earth Science, Ocean science, Biology, Geology, environmental sciences, bsc geography, oceanography, etc etc, Anything that's practical and allows you to get out and learn about the natural world hands on.

How does employ-ability stack between all these fields though? I'm obviously going to stick with a natural science no matter what, but thinking of changing from geology to one of the other ones listed here since many people have me really worried! Which ones would you say offer the best employ-ability?

Or is the whole thing overblown?

The Alaska North Slope is a "Super Basin" and counted among the top 30 in the world.

Petroleum Geology: What is a Super Basin?

>Parke A. Dickey’s quote about finding oil, the central part of which is “… sometimes, we find oil in an old place with a new idea” – and that just about sums up the reason we need to study super basins: the most important and prolific basins in the world.

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>Out of a total of about 870 petroleum-bearing basins in the world, there are technically about 100 of such richly endowed basins, spanning every continent. Of these, the top 30 super basins (48 contiguous sub-basins) contain about 57% of the world’s giant oil fields. “This means that the world’s richest super basins contain ten times the number of giant fields (the ultimate exploration prize) relative to all petroleum-bearing basins.
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>The term ‘super basin’ was coined by Bob Fryklund and Pete Stark of IHS Markit in 2016. They defined such a basin as an established producer with at least 5 Bboe produced and at least the same volume of recoverable remaining reserves; two or more petroleum systems or source rocks; stacked reservoirs; existing infrastructure and oil field services; and good access to markets. This is definitely all about old places and new ideas – primarily, but not exclusively, technological ones.
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>The entire article can be read using the following link. The article is written by Jane Whaley, GEO ExPro. https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2019/11/petroleum-geology-what-is-a-super-basin
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>88 Energy and Pantheon Resources are both active in this Super Basin.

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I know Canada's narrowed down its search for a national DGR to 2 sites in Ontario.

Regardless, how does Alberta's geology stack up?

I will preface this research with the fact that I am not a geologist, though I am an oil industry professional with 15 years of experience on the land side, as a landman. What is a landman? Glad you asked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landman_(oil_worker)

As you can imagine, after 15 years in the industry and working almost every major oil/gas play in the United States, I have learned some things and have met plenty of engineers, geologists, government representatives and opposition to development. As most of you have probably seen, Viceroy Research published a hit piece on RECO/RECAF regarding their Kavango Basin development so I wanted to address their “research” with my own. This will likely be a multi-part project for me since I have quite a bit going on personally, so please bear with me. As usual, THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVISE, I AM NOT AN ADVISOR AND DO YOUR OWN DUE DILIGENCE ON ANY INVESTMENT DECISION.

First thing Viceory attack’s is the findings in the Sproule Report, dated 6/30/2020, which states that the *“development scenario represents the initial steps the Company will take during which it will gather a significant amount of the geological data necessary to better understand the full hydrocarbon potential of the Company’s lands.”

The report even points out that the data used in this report were very limited, and should be used cautiously in making investment decisions (Pg 3), so it’s not like RECO is saying to take this data as gospel, which is implied by Viceory. I know we keep hearing the 1.2B barrels of oil, well Table 5 on Pg 9 of the discussion is where that number comes into play. NOTE: Prospective Resources in this report is what Sproule anticipates to be RECOVERABLE, not just Petroleum Initially in Place (UPIIP)

Sproule Report: https://reconafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/Sproule-Report-ReconAfrica-July-2020.pdf

https://imgur.com/7BBHAH0

To put the 3.3% chance of success claim by Viceory in a better perspective, this is the evaluation outlined on Pg 11. For those of you that understand probabilities, you will understand how this is calculated, and it can be a bit misleading in the way it was presented. Independently, each of the scenarios has a very high probability of happening, but to be successful, all have to happen, which is where the 37% figure comes in.

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My dad loves to tell this one:

What type of count did the judge give to the guilty rock?

>!Basalt and battery!<

The PETM, which happened 55 million years ago, has for at least 20 years been eyed by climate scientists (including some influential ones) as a possible model for future AGW. For example, the wikipedia page, which is littered with many, many CAGW buzzwords and phrases.

Over the same period, in parallel, a climate pattern of 27 million years has been studied, involving mass extinctions, and some asteroid impacts. 27+27=54.. which puts the PETM as one of this cycle [I guess with the favored-up-till-now chain of causality being: asteroids -> clathrates -> atmospheric methane].

A new paper, not a climate paper - but by geologists, because of progress in measuring rock ages, found a 27.5 million years cycle in rock ages around the world, concluding the trigger was in Earth's interior.

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-million-year-geological.html

>The researchers posit that these pulses may be a function of cycles of activity in the Earth's interior—geophysical processes related to the dynamics of plate tectonics and climate. However, similar cycles in the Earth's orbit in space might also be pacing these events.

>"Whatever the origins of these cyclical episodes, our findings support the case for a largely periodic, coordinated, and intermittently catastrophic geologic record, which is a departure from the views held by many geologists," explained Rampino.

Hopefully the framing of the PETM as primarily a climate event is finally going to bite the dust, no matter how influential one of its champions is. And the fetishistic Wikipedia page above will be made saner.

Just my quick reaction.

Hi again!! If you've responded to my last post a couple months ago (Is Majoring In Geology Worth It?), a million thank you's are sent your way !!! After some hardcore thinking and spiritual encounter(s), ive decided im gonna pursue this major next year :)

Now with this decision, I wanted to get some first-hand advice/recommendations on what I should focus on studying and researching before I enter my first year (in March or April, depending how this pandemic plays out in my country). From what I could find, lots of it has to do with physics, chemistry, pure mathematics, geometry, and geochemistry; but still, is there any way to specify what classes/courses I should consider before I start?

I became curious about this. How much do you need to know about rocks and minerals to be a good miner? I'm not talking about an engineer or a geologist, who will have studied these things in university, but someone entry level in a mine. Really curious to know. I'm sure this would depend on the trade though. So that someone driving a vehicle probably doesn't need to know geology for their job, but someone handling blasts/explosions would. Do you get to learn this kind of stuff on the job, or do you have to take courses?

So I’ve been subbed to this subreddit for probably 3 weeks and I’ve seen a lot of doom and gloomy posts regarding this career, whether low pay (saw some peeps talking how people with HS degree can get better money), poor working conditions or others. I have a passion for environmental science/conservation primarily but I wanted to do geology because of better pay and also because of periodical outdoors work which I like but now I’m rethinking, the fact that I’m in New York State doesn’t help since I’d have to move to TX/CO which I’m planning to do regardless. Also what would the future prospects be without oil money? I don’t really want to work in the oil business even though it seems like highest paying, but what happens when we phase it out completely towards electrification/hydrogen/whatever? what are the future prospects of geologist then. Basically I’m at crossroads because if I don’t switch majors now then it’s going to be too late.

I'm a geology undergraduate with one year left till graduation. I've lost almost all interest in what I'm studying. The more I read about the work done by geologists in this subreddit, the more I'm repulsed by the idea of working as a geologist. I don't even have the social skills that a geologist needs to work with so many different people on a project. Sure, I have above average grades but I’ve also recently realized that I’m not actually curious about the Earth or anything related to science (very telling of the educational system). I just regurgitate everything taught to me without question. I'll do my homework but forget about it soon after. Only thing that's driving me right now is external reward, fear of failure, and a compulsion to do things right and up to my standard (which isn't sustainable in the low-reward world of work and I'm bound to make a career-destroying mistake somewhere).

I know all these will not get me far should I pursue geology as a career. I also have a combination of ADHD and OCD, so I'm likely not gonna last long in any geology job >!maybe even alive!<. But I have no choice other than to graduate with a geology degree and put it to use (I really don't and I don't want to go into the details).

I'm really sorry for putting all this out here. I probably sound naive and uninitiated. But I guess I just want to know if anybody is or has been in the same boat as me. Have you figured it out? Maybe much of what I said isn't necessarily true and I need a reality check. I'm just really desperate right now. Thanks to anyone who read this far and I hope you'll leave a reply.

So earlier ( https://reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/nkn4e7/odysseys_suits_could_have_done_more_with_the/ ) I had a post about some ideas I wanted to get out of my head, and right now some of the notions about geological exploration in Odyssey I passed over have percolated sufficiently through my brainsponge to maybe be worthwhile sharing.

So... Geology. Was a major feature of horizons and has been changed in Odyssey. Probably the change is more immersive, but from a gameplay standpoint, it's a straight downgrade making an already bad grind for raw materials even more terrible.

So... Part of this is making some assumptions on the changes to raw material spawning in Odyssey being 1) intentional, 2) consistent, persistent and here to stay, and 3) having materials spawn on the surface according to their abundance in the planetary composition (meaning G2+ raw material spots should be on every planet, just increasingly very hard to find by random chance the higher grade (and rarer) the material).

And also giving players some tools to deal with that other than brute force, raw RNG and sheer bloody mindedness.

In the absence of a proper tool being modeled and added to any of the suits, let's allow the Gene scanner to sample geological features. Or maybe the arc cutter? Both?

Anyway, same drill as with life: Scan it, get a codex voucher for doing it (like scanning it with a composition scanner), and a sample.

Geo samples can be handed in to Vista for a small payout - say they're cooperating with a mining company for this, or something - if FDev wanted to be Extra maybe switch some of the Vista vendors for the mining companys vendors while offering the same services, for some more variety in concourse interiors.

You only need one sample to get a payout for geology, though it'd be small. You'd also get a progress bar and you'd need to fill it with different samples from all over the planet to get a full geological profile of the planet, which would be worth loads of credits, but also have another other utility for you, and for other players you choose to share the information with: Raw materials.

When you collect a sample, it'd say [Feature - Material] so Nitrogen-ice fumarole - Sulphur. Or the like. The material is what you'd get if you shot at a minable with the srv. And it's what matters for the progress bar - so if the planet composition is 22% sulphur, that's 22% on the progress bar. The credit payout would be per material with the higher grad

I am weak in physics and math but pretty strong in chemistry..Will it be a problem for me in geology?

Oh why have you forsaken me?

Ye scanner of Dyson shape and form,

when so much is so near to hand,

yet so far from learning of the land.

I know, its a bit shit. Have these images instead... I want to Watney-science the shit out of these rocks but cannot, there's so much neglected content to sample if they let us. It makes my inner geologist sad.

https://preview.redd.it/b5bg9ksjtx771.jpg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61d8bc7066b1bc99cce62f3b5319de9248b2048f

Great rocks and scatter, shame I can't do anything with them :(

I'm more interested in the rocks TBH

https://preview.redd.it/p4ulhksjtx771.jpg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fede2e10f0514c66a036402d31da6ac43339433f

I wonder what kind of material has bubbled out of these, I wonder if there are extremophiles?

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Ooo err

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It may not be much but I know how important gaining experience and networking is for the geological industry so I would just like to thank all the people that helped me improve my CV and all the tips people post on this subreddit.

What is the present and estimated future scenario of jobs for international students with a geology background in Germany?

Basically as the title asks... Have any engineers here started their career as a geologist? Or perhaps transitioned to geotech from environmental? Any advice or experience with PE licensing with a MS engineering but no ABET BS engineering degree (California or elsewhere)?

Background: I have 3 years of experience as a geologist in hydrologic and environmental engineering consulting (Socal) and am applying to staff level geologist jobs with more geotechnical oriented firms. One of my career ideas is to go back to school for either a MS Civil Engineering (geotechnical specialization) or MS Geological Engineering. I know that for the programs I am considering I will need to take at least three prerequisite engineering courses; statics, mechanics of materials, and differential equations, and possibly an introductory geotech course.

This was edited from a previous post in r/geologycareers. Thank you

The Alaska North Slope is a "Super Basin" and counted among the top 30 in the world. Pantheon Resources has recently added to the definition.

Petroleum Geology: What is a Super Basin?

>Parke A. Dickey’s quote about finding oil, the central part of which is “… sometimes, we find oil in an old place with a new idea” – and that just about sums up the reason we need to study super basins: the most important and prolific basins in the world.

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>The term ‘super basin’ was coined by Bob Fryklund and Pete Stark of IHS Markit in 2016. They defined such a basin as an established producer with at least 5 Bboe produced and at least the same volume of recoverable remaining reserves; two or more petroleum systems or source rocks; stacked reservoirs; existing infrastructure and oil field services; and good access to markets. This is definitely all about old places and new ideas – primarily, but not exclusively, technological ones.
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>Out of a total of about 870 petroleum-bearing basins in the world, there are technically about 100 of such richly endowed basins, spanning every continent. Of these, the top 30 super basins (48 contiguous sub-basins) contain about 57% of the world’s giant oil fields. “This means that the world’s richest super basins contain ten times the number of giant fields (the ultimate exploration prize) relative to all petroleum-bearing basins.
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>The entire article can be read using the following link. The article is written by Jane Whaley, GEO ExPro. https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2019/11/petroleum-geology-what-is-a-super-basin

Notice the North Slope in the upper left hand corner of the image below!!

https://preview.redd.it/v4bkwr1gtsv61.png?width=1130&format=png&auto=webp&s=35432ec2b12cdcc6945f624a2825160054ff604d

But Geography is where it's at!

But geography is where it's at.

But geography is where it’s at.