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Tom Anderson - Instructional Research Staff

Phone: 801-585-9178
Fax: 801-585-3540

Email: tanderson@egi.utah.edu

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Professional Research Interests and Expertise:

  • Unconventional reservoirs (Bakken, Niobrara)
  • Geothermal energy from co-production in oilfields
  • Geologic carbon storage and reservoir characterization
  • Geologic mapping (surface and subsurface)
  • Computer technology
  • Structural geology
  • GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
  • Petroleum development geology
  • Petroleum exploration
  • Geomorphology
Regional and Basin Experience:

  • Wind River Basin
  • Powder River Basin
  • Onshore South Texas
  • California
  • Snake River Plain
  • Columbia Basin
  • Great Basin
  • Thrust Belt
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Los Angeles Basin
  • Williston Basin
  • Ventura Basin
Education:

  • M.Sc. Geology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (Structural Geology and Geomorphology)
  • B.Sc. Geology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Memberships:

  • Registered Professional Geologist in the State of Wyoming, No PG-1207
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists, (President, Rocky Mountain Section, 2010)
  • Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (Denver)
  • Utah Geological Association
  • Wyoming Geological Association (President in 2006)
Honors/Awards:

  • Steve Champlin Award for Best Poster, 1992 AAPG Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Casper, Wyoming, Circle Ridge Structural Model
Publications:

  • Oil Production Waste Stream: A Source of Electrical Power. 2010. Renewable Energy World
  • Integrated Characterization and Simulation of the Fractured Tensleep Reservoir at Teapot Dome for CO2 Injection Design, 2010. SPE Journal. A. Ouenes, Prism Seismic, T. Anderson, Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center
  • High-resolution Seismic Mapping of a Shallow Petroleum Reservoir: Teapot Dome, USA. 2008. World Oil. Co-authors Brain Black (RMOTC), Anita Okojie, John McBride, John South (BYU), Bill Keach (EGI)
  • Optimizing Business Alignment with Service Level Agreements: A Mobil-Landmark Case Study, Landmark 1999 Worldwide Technology Forum
  • Structural Geology of the Circle Ridge Oilfield, Fremont County, Wyoming. 1993. in Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook to the Mineral Resources of the Wind River Basin, WY.