Jade Harper (Palma J. Botterell)
Jade Harper (Palma J. Botterell) is a Research Physical Scientist with the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center in Reston, VA.
Professional Experience
2009 - Present: Research Physical Scientist, USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Reston, VA
Education and Certifications
M.S. Geochemistry, Department of Geology, University of Maryland at College Park, 2014
B.S. Chemistry, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, George Mason University, 2010
Science and Products
Zircon U-Pb, Organic Carbon Isotope, and Geochemistry Data from the Hue Shale and Canning Formation, Arctic Alaska, 2025 Zircon U-Pb, Organic Carbon Isotope, and Geochemistry Data from the Hue Shale and Canning Formation, Arctic Alaska, 2025
This dataset contains results from three stratigraphic sections of the Hue Shale located in and adjacent to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Alaska. Sample heights were measured with a tape measure in continuous successions. Zircon grains from volcanic ashes were analyzed via laser ablation at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) using a Photon Machines...
Total organic carbon, programmed temperature pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance, organic carbon isotopes, elemental, and spectral gamma-ray data from the Cretaceous Hue Shale (Jago River outcrop), Arctic Alaska, USA Total organic carbon, programmed temperature pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance, organic carbon isotopes, elemental, and spectral gamma-ray data from the Cretaceous Hue Shale (Jago River outcrop), Arctic Alaska, USA
Chemostratigraphic signatures were recorded in a 113 m thick outcrop of late Albian to early Campanian (~103–82 Ma) Hue Shale exposed on the bank of the Jago River in the coastal plain (“1002 Area”) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Alaska. Spectral gamma-ray (SGR) data was collected in situ across the Jago River section. A total of 250 samples consisting of predominantly...
Carbon Isotopes, Total Organic Carbon, Programmed Pyrolysis, Volcanic Zircon U-Pb, and Geochemistry Data from the Hue Shale, Arctic Alaska - 2024 Carbon Isotopes, Total Organic Carbon, Programmed Pyrolysis, Volcanic Zircon U-Pb, and Geochemistry Data from the Hue Shale, Arctic Alaska - 2024
This dataset contains results from a stratigraphic section of the Hue Shale located along the Jago River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge at 69.9099, -143.3947 (WGS84). Sample heights were measured with a tape measure in a continuous succession. Zircon grains from volcanic ashes were analyzed via laser ablation at either the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) or the...
TOC, Reflectance and Raman Data from Eocene Green River Mahogany Zone TOC, Reflectance and Raman Data from Eocene Green River Mahogany Zone
Geological models for petroleum generation suggest thermal conversion of oil-prone sedimentary organic matter in the presence of water promotes increased liquid saturate yield, whereas absence of water causes formation of an aromatic, cross-linked solid bitumen residue. To test the influence of exchangeable hydrogen from water, organic-rich (22 wt. percent total organic carbon, TOC)...
Geochemical Advances in Arctic Alaska Oil Typing - North Slope Oil Correlation and Charge History Geochemical Advances in Arctic Alaska Oil Typing - North Slope Oil Correlation and Charge History
Citation Note: These data were collected as part of a research study published in Marine and Petroleum Geology. Please reference the following paper when citing these data: Botterell, P.J., Houseknecht, D.W., Lillis, P.G, Barbanti, S.M., Dahl, J.E, and Moldowan, J.M., 2021. Geochemical advances in Arctic Alaska oil typing ? North Slope oil correlation and charge history. Marine and...
Chemistry Data from Southern Florida Canals Collected in Support of the Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Everglades Project Chemistry Data from Southern Florida Canals Collected in Support of the Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Everglades Project
Several canals in southern Florida run from Lake Okeechobee through the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) and feed water to the northern Everglades. Agricultural and water-management practices affect the water quality of these canals. Fertilizers added in the EAA flow into the canals and are transported to treatment areas which remove much of the phosphorous in the water, but are not as...
High Microscale Variability in Raman Thermal Maturity Estimates from Shale Organic Matter - Data Release High Microscale Variability in Raman Thermal Maturity Estimates from Shale Organic Matter - Data Release
Here the spatial variation in Raman estimates of thermal maturity within individual organic domains from several shale geologic reference materials originating from the Boquillas, Marcellus, Niobrara, and Woodford Formations are assessed from the respective Raman response. We show that for all four shales the thermal maturity parameters extracted from Raman spectra by iterative peak...
Appendices for Transgressive-Regressive Cycles in the Metalliferous, Oil Shale-Bearing Heath Formation (Upper Mississippian), Central Montana Appendices for Transgressive-Regressive Cycles in the Metalliferous, Oil Shale-Bearing Heath Formation (Upper Mississippian), Central Montana
This data release is teh set of appendices for Dumoulin et al. 2018 https://doi.org/10.29041/strat.14.1-4.97-122 ("Transgressive-regressive cycles in the metalliferous, oil shale-bearing Heath Formation (Upper Mississippian), central Montana"). The dataset consists of 8 appendices, including a histogram of solid bitumen and vitrinite Ro values, gas chromatograms, isotopic data, organic...
Avak Creek oil occurrence, North Slope, Alaska: Newly discovered oil seep on Native lands, near village of Utqiagvik Avak Creek oil occurrence, North Slope, Alaska: Newly discovered oil seep on Native lands, near village of Utqiagvik
An unknown occurrence of oil was detected near Avak Creek on Native lands on the North Slope of Alaska. Determining the source of oil was imperative for allowing stakeholders (Federal, State, and local government agencies and the landowner, an Alaska Native corporation) to make timely and informed decisions and mount a mitigation response, if required. The regional and local geological...
Authors
Palma Botterell, David Houseknecht, Jody Wycech, J. Moldowan, Paul Lillis, Rebecca Smith, Kimberley Maher
Chemostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Hue Shale in Arctic Alaska: Exploring paleoceanographic controls on trace element enrichment, organic matter accumulation, and source-rock evolution Chemostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Hue Shale in Arctic Alaska: Exploring paleoceanographic controls on trace element enrichment, organic matter accumulation, and source-rock evolution
We document chemostratigraphy in an outcrop of late Albian to early Campanian (∼103–82 Ma) marine source rocks to better understand paleoenvironmental controls on trace element (TE) enrichment and organic matter accumulation in the distal Colville foreland basin of Arctic Alaska and how those drivers are linked to arc volcanism and successions of Cretaceous oceanographic and climatic...
Authors
Palma Botterell, Margaret Sanders, David Houseknecht, Richard Lease, William Rouse, Katherine Whidden, Julie Dumoulin, Rebecca Smith, Christina DeVera, Brett Valentine
Arctic Alaska deepwater organic carbon burial and environmental changes during the late Albian–early Campanian (103–82 Ma) Arctic Alaska deepwater organic carbon burial and environmental changes during the late Albian–early Campanian (103–82 Ma)
The middle Cretaceous greenhouse period experienced profound environmental change including episodes of enhanced global burial of organic carbon marked by carbon isotopic excursions (CIEs). However, the role and response of polar regions like the newly formed, partially enclosed Arctic Ocean Basin during middle Cretaceous carbon burial remains enigmatic. We present the first Arctic...
Authors
Richard Lease, Katherine Whidden, Julie Dumoulin, David Houseknecht, Palma Botterell, Mark Dreier, Neil Griffis, Roland Mundil, Andrew Kylander-Clark, Margaret Sanders, John Counts, Jean Self-Trail, Jared Gooley, William Rouse, Rebecca Smith, Christina DeVera
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the North Chukchi Basin, outer continental shelf of the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, Arctic Ocean, 2023 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the North Chukchi Basin, outer continental shelf of the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, Arctic Ocean, 2023
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean volumes of 1.8 billion barrels of oil and 119.9 trillion cubic feet of gas technically recoverable from undiscovered, conventional accumulations in Cretaceous and Cenozoic strata of the North Chukchi Basin.
Authors
David Houseknecht, Craig Markey, Tracey J. Mercier, Christopher Schenk, Christopher Connors, Jared Gooley, Palma Botterell, Rebecca Smith, William Rouse, Christopher Garrity
Evaluating aromatization of solid bitumen generated in the presence and absence of water: Implications for solid bitumen reflectance as a thermal proxy Evaluating aromatization of solid bitumen generated in the presence and absence of water: Implications for solid bitumen reflectance as a thermal proxy
Geological models for petroleum generation suggest thermal conversion of oil-prone sedimentary organic matter in the presence of water promotes increased liquid saturate yield, whereas absence of water causes formation of an aromatic, cross-linked solid bitumen residue. To test the influence of hydrogen from water, organic-rich (22 wt% total organic carbon, TOC) mudrock samples from the...
Authors
Paul Hackley, Aaron M. Jubb, Patrick Smith, Ryan McAleer, Brett Valentine, Javin Hatcherian, Palma Botterell, Justin Birdwell
Assessment of undiscovered gas resources in Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata of the western North Slope, Alaska, 2021 Assessment of undiscovered gas resources in Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata of the western North Slope, Alaska, 2021
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a mean of 1,407 billion (1.4 trillion) cubic feet of gas in conventional accumulations in Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata of the western North Slope, Alaska.
Authors
David Houseknecht, Tracey Mercier, Christopher Schenk, Thomas Moore, William Rouse, Julie Dumoulin, William Craddock, Richard Lease, Palma Botterell, Margaret Sanders, Rebecca Smith, Christopher Connors, Christopher Garrity, Katherine Whidden, Jared Gooley, John Counts, Joshua Long, Christina DeVera
Geochemical advances in Arctic Alaska oil typing - North Slope oil correlation and charge history Geochemical advances in Arctic Alaska oil typing - North Slope oil correlation and charge history
The Arctic Alaska petroleum province is geologically and geochemically complex. Mixed hydrocarbon charge from multiple source rocks and/or levels of thermal maturity is common within an individual oil pool. Biomarker and chemometric statistical analyses were used to correlate twenty-nine oils to five oil families derived from: (1) Triassic Shublik Formation (calcareous organofacies), (2)...
Authors
Palma Botterell, David Houseknecht, Paul Lillis, Silvana Barbanti, Jeremy Dahl, J. Moldowan
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Central North Slope of Alaska, 2020 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Central North Slope of Alaska, 2020
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 3.6 billion barrels of oil and 8.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas (associated and nonassociated) in conventional accumulations in Mississippian through Paleogene strata in the central North Slope of Alaska.
Authors
David Houseknecht, Katherine Whidden, Christopher Connors, Richard Lease, Christopher Schenk, Tracey Mercier, William Rouse, Palma J. Botterell, Rebecca Smith, Margaret M. Sanders, William Craddock, Christina DeVera, Christopher Garrity, Marc Buursink, C. Karacan, Samuel Heller, Thomas Moore, Julie Dumoulin, Marilyn Tennyson, Katherine French, Cheryl Woodall, Ronald Drake, Kristen Marra, Thomas Finn, Scott Kinney, Chilisa Shorten
High microscale variability in Raman thermal maturity estimates from shale organic matter High microscale variability in Raman thermal maturity estimates from shale organic matter
Raman spectroscopy has recently received attention as a means to estimate thermal maturity of organic matter in petroleum generating source rocks to complement more traditional approaches such as vitrinite reflectance and programmed pyrolysis. While many studies have observed positive correlations between source rock thermal maturity and Raman spectral parameters, little attention has...
Authors
Aaron M. Jubb, Palma J. Botterell, Justin Birdwell, Robert Burruss, Paul Hackley, Brett Valentine, Javin Hatcherian, Stephen A. Wilson
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Cretaceous Nanushuk and Torok Formations, Alaska North Slope, and summary of resource potential of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, 2017 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Cretaceous Nanushuk and Torok Formations, Alaska North Slope, and summary of resource potential of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, 2017
The U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean undiscovered, technically recoverable resources of 8.7 billion barrels of oil and 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas (associated and nonassociated) in conventional accumulations in the Cretaceous Nanushuk and Torok Formations in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, adjacent State and Native lands, and State waters. The estimated...
Authors
David Houseknecht, Richard Lease, Christopher Schenk, Tracey Mercier, William Rouse, Palma Botterell, Katherine Whidden, Christopher Garrity, Kristen Lewis, Samuel Heller, William Craddock, Timothy R. Klett, Phuong A. Le, Rebecca Smith, Marilyn Tennyson, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Cheryl Woodall, Michael Brownfield, Heidi Leathers-Miller, Thomas Finn
Transgressive-regressive cycles in the metalliferous, oil-shale-bearing Heath Formation (Upper Mississippian), central Montana Transgressive-regressive cycles in the metalliferous, oil-shale-bearing Heath Formation (Upper Mississippian), central Montana
The Upper Mississippian Heath Formation, which accumulated in the Big Snowy Trough of central Montana, has been known for three decades to contain mudrocks highly enriched in Zn, V, Mo, Ni and other metals, and source rocks for oil. The unit has more recently been recognized as a prospective tight oil play. Here we present petrographic, paleontologic, geochemical, and carbon and sulfur...
Authors
Julie Dumoulin, Craig Johnson, Karen Kelley, Palma Botterell, Paul Hackley, Clint Scott, John Slack
Extraction of hydrocarbons from high-maturity Marcellus Shale using supercritical carbon dioxide Extraction of hydrocarbons from high-maturity Marcellus Shale using supercritical carbon dioxide
Shale is now commonly exploited as a hydrocarbon resource. Due to the high degree of geochemical and petrophysical heterogeneity both between shale reservoirs and within a single reservoir, there is a growing need to find more efficient methods of extracting petroleum compounds (crude oil, natural gas, bitumen) from potential source rocks. In this study, supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2...
Authors
Palma Botterell, Philip Candela, Wenlu Zhu, Alan Kaufman
Non-USGS Publications**
Alexis Patanarut, Alessandra Luchini, Palma J. Botterell, Anirudh Mohan, Caterina Longo, Paul Vorster, Emanuel F. Petricoin, Lance A. Liotta, Barney Bishop,
Synthesis and characterization of hydrogel particles containing Cibacron Blue F3G-A, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Volume 362, Issues 1–3, 2010, Pages 8-19, ISSN 0927-7757, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.03.023.
Synthesis and characterization of hydrogel particles containing Cibacron Blue F3G-A, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Volume 362, Issues 1–3, 2010, Pages 8-19, ISSN 0927-7757, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.03.023.
Fredolini, C., Meani, F., Alex Reeder, K. et al. Nano Res. (2008) 1: 502, Print ISSN 1998-0124, Online ISSN 1998-0000, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-008-8054-z
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Zircon U-Pb, Organic Carbon Isotope, and Geochemistry Data from the Hue Shale and Canning Formation, Arctic Alaska, 2025 Zircon U-Pb, Organic Carbon Isotope, and Geochemistry Data from the Hue Shale and Canning Formation, Arctic Alaska, 2025
This dataset contains results from three stratigraphic sections of the Hue Shale located in and adjacent to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Alaska. Sample heights were measured with a tape measure in continuous successions. Zircon grains from volcanic ashes were analyzed via laser ablation at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) using a Photon Machines...
Total organic carbon, programmed temperature pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance, organic carbon isotopes, elemental, and spectral gamma-ray data from the Cretaceous Hue Shale (Jago River outcrop), Arctic Alaska, USA Total organic carbon, programmed temperature pyrolysis, vitrinite reflectance, organic carbon isotopes, elemental, and spectral gamma-ray data from the Cretaceous Hue Shale (Jago River outcrop), Arctic Alaska, USA
Chemostratigraphic signatures were recorded in a 113 m thick outcrop of late Albian to early Campanian (~103–82 Ma) Hue Shale exposed on the bank of the Jago River in the coastal plain (“1002 Area”) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Alaska. Spectral gamma-ray (SGR) data was collected in situ across the Jago River section. A total of 250 samples consisting of predominantly...
Carbon Isotopes, Total Organic Carbon, Programmed Pyrolysis, Volcanic Zircon U-Pb, and Geochemistry Data from the Hue Shale, Arctic Alaska - 2024 Carbon Isotopes, Total Organic Carbon, Programmed Pyrolysis, Volcanic Zircon U-Pb, and Geochemistry Data from the Hue Shale, Arctic Alaska - 2024
This dataset contains results from a stratigraphic section of the Hue Shale located along the Jago River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge at 69.9099, -143.3947 (WGS84). Sample heights were measured with a tape measure in a continuous succession. Zircon grains from volcanic ashes were analyzed via laser ablation at either the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) or the...
TOC, Reflectance and Raman Data from Eocene Green River Mahogany Zone TOC, Reflectance and Raman Data from Eocene Green River Mahogany Zone
Geological models for petroleum generation suggest thermal conversion of oil-prone sedimentary organic matter in the presence of water promotes increased liquid saturate yield, whereas absence of water causes formation of an aromatic, cross-linked solid bitumen residue. To test the influence of exchangeable hydrogen from water, organic-rich (22 wt. percent total organic carbon, TOC)...
Geochemical Advances in Arctic Alaska Oil Typing - North Slope Oil Correlation and Charge History Geochemical Advances in Arctic Alaska Oil Typing - North Slope Oil Correlation and Charge History
Citation Note: These data were collected as part of a research study published in Marine and Petroleum Geology. Please reference the following paper when citing these data: Botterell, P.J., Houseknecht, D.W., Lillis, P.G, Barbanti, S.M., Dahl, J.E, and Moldowan, J.M., 2021. Geochemical advances in Arctic Alaska oil typing ? North Slope oil correlation and charge history. Marine and...
Chemistry Data from Southern Florida Canals Collected in Support of the Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Everglades Project Chemistry Data from Southern Florida Canals Collected in Support of the Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Everglades Project
Several canals in southern Florida run from Lake Okeechobee through the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) and feed water to the northern Everglades. Agricultural and water-management practices affect the water quality of these canals. Fertilizers added in the EAA flow into the canals and are transported to treatment areas which remove much of the phosphorous in the water, but are not as...
High Microscale Variability in Raman Thermal Maturity Estimates from Shale Organic Matter - Data Release High Microscale Variability in Raman Thermal Maturity Estimates from Shale Organic Matter - Data Release
Here the spatial variation in Raman estimates of thermal maturity within individual organic domains from several shale geologic reference materials originating from the Boquillas, Marcellus, Niobrara, and Woodford Formations are assessed from the respective Raman response. We show that for all four shales the thermal maturity parameters extracted from Raman spectra by iterative peak...
Appendices for Transgressive-Regressive Cycles in the Metalliferous, Oil Shale-Bearing Heath Formation (Upper Mississippian), Central Montana Appendices for Transgressive-Regressive Cycles in the Metalliferous, Oil Shale-Bearing Heath Formation (Upper Mississippian), Central Montana
This data release is teh set of appendices for Dumoulin et al. 2018 https://doi.org/10.29041/strat.14.1-4.97-122 ("Transgressive-regressive cycles in the metalliferous, oil shale-bearing Heath Formation (Upper Mississippian), central Montana"). The dataset consists of 8 appendices, including a histogram of solid bitumen and vitrinite Ro values, gas chromatograms, isotopic data, organic...
Avak Creek oil occurrence, North Slope, Alaska: Newly discovered oil seep on Native lands, near village of Utqiagvik Avak Creek oil occurrence, North Slope, Alaska: Newly discovered oil seep on Native lands, near village of Utqiagvik
An unknown occurrence of oil was detected near Avak Creek on Native lands on the North Slope of Alaska. Determining the source of oil was imperative for allowing stakeholders (Federal, State, and local government agencies and the landowner, an Alaska Native corporation) to make timely and informed decisions and mount a mitigation response, if required. The regional and local geological...
Authors
Palma Botterell, David Houseknecht, Jody Wycech, J. Moldowan, Paul Lillis, Rebecca Smith, Kimberley Maher
Chemostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Hue Shale in Arctic Alaska: Exploring paleoceanographic controls on trace element enrichment, organic matter accumulation, and source-rock evolution Chemostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Hue Shale in Arctic Alaska: Exploring paleoceanographic controls on trace element enrichment, organic matter accumulation, and source-rock evolution
We document chemostratigraphy in an outcrop of late Albian to early Campanian (∼103–82 Ma) marine source rocks to better understand paleoenvironmental controls on trace element (TE) enrichment and organic matter accumulation in the distal Colville foreland basin of Arctic Alaska and how those drivers are linked to arc volcanism and successions of Cretaceous oceanographic and climatic...
Authors
Palma Botterell, Margaret Sanders, David Houseknecht, Richard Lease, William Rouse, Katherine Whidden, Julie Dumoulin, Rebecca Smith, Christina DeVera, Brett Valentine
Arctic Alaska deepwater organic carbon burial and environmental changes during the late Albian–early Campanian (103–82 Ma) Arctic Alaska deepwater organic carbon burial and environmental changes during the late Albian–early Campanian (103–82 Ma)
The middle Cretaceous greenhouse period experienced profound environmental change including episodes of enhanced global burial of organic carbon marked by carbon isotopic excursions (CIEs). However, the role and response of polar regions like the newly formed, partially enclosed Arctic Ocean Basin during middle Cretaceous carbon burial remains enigmatic. We present the first Arctic...
Authors
Richard Lease, Katherine Whidden, Julie Dumoulin, David Houseknecht, Palma Botterell, Mark Dreier, Neil Griffis, Roland Mundil, Andrew Kylander-Clark, Margaret Sanders, John Counts, Jean Self-Trail, Jared Gooley, William Rouse, Rebecca Smith, Christina DeVera
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the North Chukchi Basin, outer continental shelf of the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, Arctic Ocean, 2023 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the North Chukchi Basin, outer continental shelf of the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, Arctic Ocean, 2023
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean volumes of 1.8 billion barrels of oil and 119.9 trillion cubic feet of gas technically recoverable from undiscovered, conventional accumulations in Cretaceous and Cenozoic strata of the North Chukchi Basin.
Authors
David Houseknecht, Craig Markey, Tracey J. Mercier, Christopher Schenk, Christopher Connors, Jared Gooley, Palma Botterell, Rebecca Smith, William Rouse, Christopher Garrity
Evaluating aromatization of solid bitumen generated in the presence and absence of water: Implications for solid bitumen reflectance as a thermal proxy Evaluating aromatization of solid bitumen generated in the presence and absence of water: Implications for solid bitumen reflectance as a thermal proxy
Geological models for petroleum generation suggest thermal conversion of oil-prone sedimentary organic matter in the presence of water promotes increased liquid saturate yield, whereas absence of water causes formation of an aromatic, cross-linked solid bitumen residue. To test the influence of hydrogen from water, organic-rich (22 wt% total organic carbon, TOC) mudrock samples from the...
Authors
Paul Hackley, Aaron M. Jubb, Patrick Smith, Ryan McAleer, Brett Valentine, Javin Hatcherian, Palma Botterell, Justin Birdwell
Assessment of undiscovered gas resources in Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata of the western North Slope, Alaska, 2021 Assessment of undiscovered gas resources in Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata of the western North Slope, Alaska, 2021
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated a mean of 1,407 billion (1.4 trillion) cubic feet of gas in conventional accumulations in Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata of the western North Slope, Alaska.
Authors
David Houseknecht, Tracey Mercier, Christopher Schenk, Thomas Moore, William Rouse, Julie Dumoulin, William Craddock, Richard Lease, Palma Botterell, Margaret Sanders, Rebecca Smith, Christopher Connors, Christopher Garrity, Katherine Whidden, Jared Gooley, John Counts, Joshua Long, Christina DeVera
Geochemical advances in Arctic Alaska oil typing - North Slope oil correlation and charge history Geochemical advances in Arctic Alaska oil typing - North Slope oil correlation and charge history
The Arctic Alaska petroleum province is geologically and geochemically complex. Mixed hydrocarbon charge from multiple source rocks and/or levels of thermal maturity is common within an individual oil pool. Biomarker and chemometric statistical analyses were used to correlate twenty-nine oils to five oil families derived from: (1) Triassic Shublik Formation (calcareous organofacies), (2)...
Authors
Palma Botterell, David Houseknecht, Paul Lillis, Silvana Barbanti, Jeremy Dahl, J. Moldowan
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Central North Slope of Alaska, 2020 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Central North Slope of Alaska, 2020
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 3.6 billion barrels of oil and 8.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas (associated and nonassociated) in conventional accumulations in Mississippian through Paleogene strata in the central North Slope of Alaska.
Authors
David Houseknecht, Katherine Whidden, Christopher Connors, Richard Lease, Christopher Schenk, Tracey Mercier, William Rouse, Palma J. Botterell, Rebecca Smith, Margaret M. Sanders, William Craddock, Christina DeVera, Christopher Garrity, Marc Buursink, C. Karacan, Samuel Heller, Thomas Moore, Julie Dumoulin, Marilyn Tennyson, Katherine French, Cheryl Woodall, Ronald Drake, Kristen Marra, Thomas Finn, Scott Kinney, Chilisa Shorten
High microscale variability in Raman thermal maturity estimates from shale organic matter High microscale variability in Raman thermal maturity estimates from shale organic matter
Raman spectroscopy has recently received attention as a means to estimate thermal maturity of organic matter in petroleum generating source rocks to complement more traditional approaches such as vitrinite reflectance and programmed pyrolysis. While many studies have observed positive correlations between source rock thermal maturity and Raman spectral parameters, little attention has...
Authors
Aaron M. Jubb, Palma J. Botterell, Justin Birdwell, Robert Burruss, Paul Hackley, Brett Valentine, Javin Hatcherian, Stephen A. Wilson
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Cretaceous Nanushuk and Torok Formations, Alaska North Slope, and summary of resource potential of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, 2017 Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Cretaceous Nanushuk and Torok Formations, Alaska North Slope, and summary of resource potential of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, 2017
The U.S. Geological Survey estimated mean undiscovered, technically recoverable resources of 8.7 billion barrels of oil and 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas (associated and nonassociated) in conventional accumulations in the Cretaceous Nanushuk and Torok Formations in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, adjacent State and Native lands, and State waters. The estimated...
Authors
David Houseknecht, Richard Lease, Christopher Schenk, Tracey Mercier, William Rouse, Palma Botterell, Katherine Whidden, Christopher Garrity, Kristen Lewis, Samuel Heller, William Craddock, Timothy R. Klett, Phuong A. Le, Rebecca Smith, Marilyn Tennyson, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Cheryl Woodall, Michael Brownfield, Heidi Leathers-Miller, Thomas Finn
Transgressive-regressive cycles in the metalliferous, oil-shale-bearing Heath Formation (Upper Mississippian), central Montana Transgressive-regressive cycles in the metalliferous, oil-shale-bearing Heath Formation (Upper Mississippian), central Montana
The Upper Mississippian Heath Formation, which accumulated in the Big Snowy Trough of central Montana, has been known for three decades to contain mudrocks highly enriched in Zn, V, Mo, Ni and other metals, and source rocks for oil. The unit has more recently been recognized as a prospective tight oil play. Here we present petrographic, paleontologic, geochemical, and carbon and sulfur...
Authors
Julie Dumoulin, Craig Johnson, Karen Kelley, Palma Botterell, Paul Hackley, Clint Scott, John Slack
Extraction of hydrocarbons from high-maturity Marcellus Shale using supercritical carbon dioxide Extraction of hydrocarbons from high-maturity Marcellus Shale using supercritical carbon dioxide
Shale is now commonly exploited as a hydrocarbon resource. Due to the high degree of geochemical and petrophysical heterogeneity both between shale reservoirs and within a single reservoir, there is a growing need to find more efficient methods of extracting petroleum compounds (crude oil, natural gas, bitumen) from potential source rocks. In this study, supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2...
Authors
Palma Botterell, Philip Candela, Wenlu Zhu, Alan Kaufman
Non-USGS Publications**
Alexis Patanarut, Alessandra Luchini, Palma J. Botterell, Anirudh Mohan, Caterina Longo, Paul Vorster, Emanuel F. Petricoin, Lance A. Liotta, Barney Bishop,
Synthesis and characterization of hydrogel particles containing Cibacron Blue F3G-A, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Volume 362, Issues 1–3, 2010, Pages 8-19, ISSN 0927-7757, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.03.023.
Synthesis and characterization of hydrogel particles containing Cibacron Blue F3G-A, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Volume 362, Issues 1–3, 2010, Pages 8-19, ISSN 0927-7757, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.03.023.
Fredolini, C., Meani, F., Alex Reeder, K. et al. Nano Res. (2008) 1: 502, Print ISSN 1998-0124, Online ISSN 1998-0000, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-008-8054-z
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.