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Skip Navigation OU Homepage Search OU The University of Oklahoma Skip Carousel Content Oklahoma Geology Notes V78 No.4 Decadal Profile of Oilfield Fluid Production and Injection in the STACK, Oklahoma Click here to download Oklahoma Geology Notes V78 No.3 Seismic Researcher Andrew Thiel addresses an acoustic anomaly Click here to download Oklahoma Geology Notes v.78 The Oklahoma Geology Notes is turning its attention toward its past. These issues mark the beginning of a series on the history of the OGS. Click here to download ‹ › Skip Side Navigation OGS Home About OGS Staff OPIC Research Publications Maps Data Technical Workshops Education and Outreach General Interest Contact Quicklinks Recent Earthquakes Report an Earthquake FAQ Twitter Facebook Tweets by @OKearthquakes November 19, 2019 New Publication Focused on Oklahoma's Seismic Network Jake Walter, Paul Ogwari, Andrew Thiel, Fernando Ferrer, and Isaac Woelfel published a paper describing the history and current status of the seismic network. The paper, entitled “The Statewide Seismic Network,” is part of a Special Issue on Regional Seismic Networks for the journal Seismological Research Letters. They describe the recent certification of the OGS regional network as part of the USGS reporting system and recent improvements to monitoring. Download the article here . November 15, 2019 EOR Workshop held November 14-15, 2019 OGS hosted a workshop focused on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) on November 14th, 2019 at Moore-Norman Technology Center - South Penn Campus. About 110 people attended the event. The following day, we hosted a half-day, optional Core Workshop for those who attended the Technical Program. The Core Workshop was held at OPIC (Oklahoma Petroleum Information Center) in Norman, OK on November 15, 2019 and a total of sixty people attended two half-day sessions. Thank you to all of our presenters, sponsors, and supporters! October 23, 2019 Dr. Jake Walter gives a RISC Webinar - "The Past and Future Seismic Hazard in Oklahoma" You can view the webinar at the following link: http://www.beg.utexas.edu/files/risc/video/RISC%20Webinar_20191010_Jake%20Walter.mp4 October 29, 2019 Associate director radio interview OGS Associate Director David P. Brown was interviewed October 18, 2019 on the Exploring Energy radio show on KECO. Topics include OPIC and the upcoming EOR workshop. Click below to hear an edited version of the show. RADIO INTERVIEW October 1, 2019 New Publication: Comparison of Aftershock Zones in OK and CA OGS researchers find that aftershock zones in Oklahoma are much narrower than aftershock zones in California. The findings will help improve seismic hazard estimates within the region. The research was led by Zach Rosson, who was recently awarded an MS degree from the OU School of Geosciences. The paper and his graduate thesis were supervised by State Seismologist Jake Walter at the and Assistant Professor Xiaowei Chen at the OU School of Geosciences. The paper is publicly available for download (open access) at the following link: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019GL083562 Rosson, Z., J. I. Walter, T. Goebel, and X. Chen (2019), Narrow spatial aftershock zones for induced earthquake sequences in Oklahoma Geophys. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083562 . August 28, 2019 OGS Scientists Receive Grant Netra Regmi and Jacob Walter recently received a two-year research grant from FEMA via Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (~$87,000, including 25% match from OU) to support research focused on mapping causes, mechanics and susceptibility of landslides in Ozarks and Ouachita Mountains of eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas, and to organize a conference and field excursion for local emergency managers. Following is their recently published article: Regmi, Netra R., and Jacob I. Walter. "Detailed mapping of shallow landslides in eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas and potential triggering by Oklahoma earthquakes." Geomorphology (2019). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X19301965 August 22, 2019 OGS Director Search Applications are being solicited for the position of Director, (OGS). The OGS is located on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman, Oklahoma, and is under the direction and supervision of the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma. Organizationally, the OGS is located within the Mewbourne College of Earth & Energy, which also includes the School of Geosciences and the Mewbourne School of Petroleum & Geological Engineering. The Director of the OGS reports administratively to the Dean, Mewbourne College of Earth & Energy. If appropriate, the successful candidate may hold a dual appointment as a faculty member within the College as an Associate or Full Professor. For a full job description, please click here. August 6, 2019 The Acoustic Anomaly Mystery Recently, the OGS Seismic Team noticed an unusual acoustic pattern recorded by the seismic network. Read about "The Anomaly" on the Field Blog. June 6, 2019 NEW – Oklahoma Geoscience/Natural Resources Web Application The (OGS) has initiated an effort to develop a comprehensive database of Oklahoma’s geoscience and natural resource data that will be free and accessible to the public via a spatially driven, map-based web application. While presently in its beta release, contents of the database will eventually include digitally preserved images of OGS core and data holdings, publications, and research that will be synthesized with a master record of georeferenced Oklahoma oil and gas wells and associated production values. As stakeholders of Oklahoma’s natural resources, citizens and energy industry professionals alike will finally have a single online source to access a wealth of information relating to the state’s natural resources--including: oil and gas production, core and sample data, geological publications, aerial photography, and more. While this initial effort is focused on oil and gas, future iterations of the application will provide access to non-energy related data, such as hydrogeology, geohazards and the environment. In addition to in-house collection data, OGS hopes to benefit from partnerships with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the Oklahoma Tax Commission and other state agencies to serve as the comprehensive online source for the state’s natural resource data. This collaborative effort will have a positive impact on the state by facilitating the dissemination of information to industry participants, the scientific community, and citizens, to promote the economic development of state resources through best practices and environmental stewardship. Please visit the pilot beta version of the OGS web application at the following URL: http://web-pilot.ogs.ou.edu/wells/ For additional information or questions please contact OGS at 405-325-1119 or by email at rdtarver@ou.edu . NOTE – This is a beta release that is subject to potential downtime due to maintenance and/or operational upgrades. Your feedback is welcomed. May 1, 2019 How do you use OGS resources? Please fill out a quick survey so we can understand your needs! (http://bit.ly/OGSusage ) November 29, 2018 OGS hosts technical and core workshop on the STACK Play Last September, the hosted a workshop focusing on the Sooner Trend Anadarko Basin Canadian and Kingfisher Counties (STACK) Play in Oklahoma. The play was discovered in 2011, and has quickly become one of the hottest resource plays in North America. Despite extensive drilling activity in this play, understanding of the petroleum geology of the area is limited. The workshop spanned two days, beginning with a day-long technical workshop held at the Moore-Norman Technology Center, which was attended by over 200 people. The following day, two half-day workshops focusing on core were held at the OGS’s Oklahoma Petroleum Information Center (OPIC) in Norman. Each core workshop was attended by around 40 people. The ...