| Coming Attractions from the EMD |
Anticipated Publication Date |
| Coal Assessment of Gulf Coast | 2011 |
| Heavy Oil/Oil Sands Petroleum Systems in Alberta & Beyond | 2012 |
| Unconventional Energy Resources & Geospatial Information | 2012 |
| The History and Path Forward of the Human Species into the Future: Energy Minerals in the Solar System | 2012 |
| Shale Petroleum Reservoirs | 2012 |
| Atlas of Coal Geology - 2nd Edition | 2012 |
A principal objective of the EMD is to publish timely geological works on a variety of subjects involving unconventional and traditional energy resources as well on associated environmental topics, such as CO2 sequestration.
Jack Pashin, Ph.D., P.G. Chair
Jack Pashin, Ph.D., P.G., serves as Chair of the EMD Publications Committee in association with the EMD Vice-President who together work with the AAPG’s Publication and Education Committees during the planning and evaluation stages of developing publications. Initial concepts often evolve out of EMD Commodity Committee activities, such as short courses, meetings, and committee discussions. Publications under current development are listed in the table above
In cooperation with the AAPG Publications Committee and the AAPG Foundation and other sources of funding, the following publications were produced by the Energy Minerals Division and are distributed through AAPG’s Bookstore.
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Geological Media ...-State of the Science
AAPG Studies in Geology, 59
Edited by M. Grobe, J.C. Pashin, and R.L. Dodge
Over the past 20 years, the concept of storing or permanently storing carbon dioxide in geological media has gained increasing attention as part of the important technology option of carbon capture and storage within a portfolio of options aimed at reducing anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases to the earth’s atmosphere.
Natural Gas Hydrates – Energy Resource Potential and Associated Geologic Hazards
AAPG Memoir 89
Edited by T. Collett, A. Johnson, C. Knapp, and R. Boswell
Co-published with the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL); AAPG Foundation; AAPG Energy Minerals Division
In September 2004, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) convened a Hedberg Research Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada titled “Natural Gas Hydrates: Energy Resource Potential and Associated Geologic Hazards.”
As a continuation of the Hedberg Research Conference in Vancouver, the conveners of the conference and the editors of this Memoir have worked with more than 150 authors and coauthors to prepare this Memoir on gas hydrates. This publication follows the goals of the Hedberg conference; however, the contents of this Memoir were expanded to include all aspects of gas hydrates in nature. This Memoir contains 39 individual contributions, ranging from long topical summaries to shorter focused research papers.
Atlas of Coal Geology
AAPG Studies in Geology, No. 45
by Alexander R. Papp, James C. Hower, and Douglas C. Peters
This two-volume publication on CD-ROM is designed as a reference and learning resource for both the novice and the expert in academia or the energy industry. Fully searchable by key words.
Geology in Coal Resource Utilization
by Douglas C. Peters
A compilation designed to show how geology and geologic concepts can be applied to coal resource exploration, extraction, and utilization. The papers are directed at managers to demonstrate the applications -- and limitations -- of geology in the coal industry.
Sequence Stratigraphy, Paleoclimate, and Tectonics of Coal-Bearing Strata
AAPG Studies in Geology, No. 51
by Jack C. Pashin and Robert A. Gastaldo
The origin of coal-bearing strata has been debated vigorously for more than a century, and with the emergence of coalbed methane as a major energy resource and the possibility of sequestering greenhouse gas in coal, this debate has never been more relevant.
This volume contains 10 chapters on coal-bearing strata of Carboniferous through Tertiary age and is based on a special session that was held at an AAPG Annual Meeting in New Orleans. The contributors to this volume have employed a multitude of approaches ranging from basin analysis to plant taphonomy to support a variety of views on the sequence stratigraphy, paleoclimate, and tectonics of coal-bearing strata.
Unconventional Energy Resources of North America
AAPG Poster
by John R. Dyni
This is an excellent summary of information about coal, coalbed methane, natural gas hydrates, oil (tar) sands, oil shale, geothermal energy, and uranium. Anticipated readership:
- geologists
- university geoscience departments
- federal and state administrators
- high school students and
- the informed public.
DEG’s Environmental Geosciences Journal
The Environmental Geosciences journal is a peer-reviewed publication of the AAPG’s Division of Environmental Geosciences. DEG and their journal covers environmental issues from a geological perspective, thereby transferring the profession’s understanding of geological, geochemical, geophysical, and hydrogeological principles and methodologies to the solutions of environmental problems, especially within the oil and gas industry. It is a "must read" for natural resource geologists. Environmental Geosciences, is published quarterly and is included with DEG membership dues.
EMD’s Co-Sponsored Journal of Natural Resources Research
Natural Resources Research is co-sponsored by the Energy Minerals Division of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG/EMD) for publishing manuscripts that AAPG does not wish to publish in the AAPG Bulletin or other AAPG publications. NRR publishes quantitative geoscientific studies reporting on the search for and development of natural resources, including their associated environmental, economical, and risk-related aspects. Reports regarding energy-mineral resources are of interest, as are investigations on the exploitation of any metallic or non-metallic resource. More Information
Example studies include the use of geoscientific data or analyses to: assess measurement or sampling methods, compare exploitation strategies, evaluate policies regarding site development, use, and remediation, identify important factors for economic and/or technical success, test statistical or deterministic models for the exploration, assessment, and/or development of natural resources containing:
- coal and clean coal (decarbonized energy)
- hydrogen
- uranium and nuclear power
- geothermal energy
- unconventional oil or gas, including gas hydrates, heavy oil, coalbed methane, and oil shale
- ground water and associated issues of contamination
- carbon dioxide production or sequestration
Case studies are particularly welcome. Papers submitted must be original and not under consideration for publication by AAPG or elsewhere; all papers are peer-reviewed. Natural Resources Research is an official journal of the IAMG and AAPG/EMD and members should direct subscription information and changes of address to IAMG Office, 4 Cataraqui St., Suite 310, Kingston ON K7K 1Z7 Canada. Statements and opinions expressed in publications of the IAMG and AAPG/EMD are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position of either sponsoring society, the editors, or the organizations with which the authors are affiliated. The editor, publisher, and the IAMG and AAPG/EMD disclaim any responsibility or liability for such material and do not guarantee, warrant or endorse any product or service mentioned.
Since 2007, and at two-year intervals hence, Peter Warrick, Deputy Editor of the NRR and Vice-Chair of the EMD NRR Subcommittee, oversees the production of a Special Issue of the Journal that includes an extended paper of the updated versions of the EMD Commodity Committee Annual Reports.