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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AS A GEOLOGIST

Are you an undergraduate studying geology in any tertiary institution and bothered about what may become of you after graduation? Are you yet to enter the university perhaps to study geology but seems you do not know what and what you may be at the instance of your graduation? The truth is … you are in the right place. That is why you landed on this page!!! Be that as it may, Geology is the study of the history (and present) of the Earth. We will not delve much into this definition now. A geologist is one that studied geology. Are you a young Geologist and you want to know the problems usually encountered by them? The main aim of our discussion here is to throw light on the opportunities prevalent as a geologist. They include: Hydrogeologist / hydrologist Geochemist Geophysicist / seismologist Mudlogger Geoscientist Wellsite geologist Do you know the apparent resistivities of common rocks?? Economic geolo

Source Rock for the World's Largest Oil Field

See credit here :: Add caption See credit here :: I was browsing and came across this. So I decided to share it to my readers. Happy reading!!! This outcrop is the  geologic type section  for the  Qusaiba Member , which is a primary  source rock  for the world's largest  oil field  ( Ghawar ). The  organic-rich shale  of the  Lower Silurian  Qusaiba Member, of the  Qalibah Formation , is one of the most prolific source rocks on the planet. It provides more than 90 percent of the  Paleozoic   light oil  and gas accumulations known on the Arabian Peninsula.