Peter D. Warwick, Ph.D.
Peter Warwick is a Senior Research Geologist for the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, and Science Coordinator for Carbon Sequestration and Energy Storage for the Energy Resources Program office in Reston, VA.
Peter's scientific and technical specialties include sedimentology, stratigraphy, the geology of fossil fuels, and geologic carbon sequestration. His career with the USGS has focused on energy-related research, exploration, and resource assessments in various sedimentary basins in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 scientific research publications. In addition, Dr. Warwick has served as the President of the Energy Minerals Division of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and is an AAPG Charles Taylor Fellow. He has been President of The Society for Organic Petrology, and Chair of the Coal Geology Division of the Geological Society of America (GSA). He is a GSA Fellow and an active member of several scientific journal review boards.
Professional Experience
Supervisory Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
Resident Research Associate, U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Council
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Geology, University of Kentucky
M.S. Geology, North Carolina State University
B.S. Political Science and Geology, North Carolina State University
Science and Products
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Results of coal bed methane drilling, Mylan Park, Monongalia County, West Virginia Results of coal bed methane drilling, Mylan Park, Monongalia County, West Virginia
The Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory funded drilling of a borehole (39.64378 deg E , -80.04376 deg N) to evaluate the potential for coal bed methane and carbon dioxide sequestration at Mylan Park, Monongalia County, West Virginia. The drilling commenced on September 23, 2002 and was completed on November 14, 2002. The 2,525 ft deep hole contained 1,483.41 ft of
Authors
Leslie Ruppert, Nick Fedorko, Peter Warwick, William Grady, Robert D. Crangle, James Britton
Chronostratigraphic and depositional sequences of the Fort Union formation (Paleocene), Williston Basin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana Chronostratigraphic and depositional sequences of the Fort Union formation (Paleocene), Williston Basin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana
The Fort Union Formation in the Williston Basin of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana comprises chronostratigraphic and depositional sequences of Paleocene age. Individual chronostratigraphic sequences are defined by palynostratigraphic (pollen and spore) biozones and radiometric (40Ar/39Ar) ages obtained from tonsteins or volcanic ash layers. Analyses of depositional sequences are...
Authors
Peter Warwick, Romeo Flores, Douglas Nichols, Edward C. Murphy
Preliminary geochemical, microbiological, and epidemiological investigations into possible linkages between lignite aquifers, pathogenic microbes, and kidney disease in northwestern Louisiana Preliminary geochemical, microbiological, and epidemiological investigations into possible linkages between lignite aquifers, pathogenic microbes, and kidney disease in northwestern Louisiana
In May 2002, 15 wells and four surface water sites were sampled, and in September 2002, those same wells and sites plus four additional surface sites were sampled in five parishes of northwestern Louisiana. A geographic information system (GIS) was used to select residential water wells for sampling. Well water samples were analyzed for pH, conductivity, organic compounds, and nutrient...
Authors
Joseph Bunnell, Rebecca Bushon, Donald Stoeckel, Amie Gifford, Marisa Beck, Harry Lerch, Runhua Shi, Benton McGee, Bradford Hanson, Jonathan Kolak, Peter Warwick
The Sohagpur Coalfield Project - A collaborative study of potential coking coal resources by the Geological Survey of India and the U.S. Geological Survey The Sohagpur Coalfield Project - A collaborative study of potential coking coal resources by the Geological Survey of India and the U.S. Geological Survey
The Geological Survey of India (GSI), Coal Wing, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Energy Resources Team, conducted a collaborative study of the potential for coking coal resources within the Sohagpur coalfield, Madhya Pradesh, India from 1995 to 2001. The coalfield is located within an extensional basin that contains Permian- and Triassic-age strata of the Gondwana Supergroup (Figs...
Authors
Robert Milici, Abhijit Mukhopadhyay, Peter Warwick, S. Adhikari, Edwin Landis, S.K. Mukhopadhyay
Olmos coal, Maverick Basin, south Texas: From prospect to production Olmos coal, Maverick Basin, south Texas: From prospect to production
No abstract available.
Authors
C.E. Barker, Peter Warwick, Matt Gose, R.J. Scott
Characterization of core extracted from the Olmos Formation (Cretaceous), Southwest Texas Characterization of core extracted from the Olmos Formation (Cretaceous), Southwest Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
Alex W. Karlsen, Peter Warwick, Robert Hook, John R. SanFilipo, Charles E. Barker, Jennifer Klein
Preliminary evaluation of the coal resources for part of the Wilcox Group (Paleocene through Eocene), central Texas Preliminary evaluation of the coal resources for part of the Wilcox Group (Paleocene through Eocene), central Texas
The Wilcox Group of central Texas contains shallow (
Authors
Peter Warwick, Claire Aubourg, Stephen Suitt, Steven Podwysocki, Adam Schultz
Coal Underlying Federal Lands in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain Coal Underlying Federal Lands in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain
No abstract available.
Authors
Alex W. Karlsen, John R. SanFilipo, Peter Warwick
The Sacatosa coalbed methane field: A first For Texas The Sacatosa coalbed methane field: A first For Texas
In 2001, The Exploration Company (TXCO), San Antonio, announced the Sacatosa Coalbed Methane (CBM) Field in Maverick County. This field is the first CBM field in Texas (Fig. 1). The field is producing from bituminous coal in the Cretaceous Olmos Formation that outcrops to the west and dips easterly towards the Gulf Coast. The CBM field was developed in coalbeds whose general structure...
Authors
Charles E. Barker, Peter Warwick, Robert J. Scott, J.M. Klein, R.W. Hook
Preliminary evaluation of the coalbed methane potential of the Gulf Coastal Plain, USA and Mexico Preliminary evaluation of the coalbed methane potential of the Gulf Coastal Plain, USA and Mexico
Several areas in the Gulf Coast have potential for coalbed gas accumulations. These areas include parts of southern Alabama and Mississippi, north-central Louisiana, northeast, east-central and south Texas and northeastern Mexico. The coal deposits in these areas vary in rank, thickness, lateral extent and gas content, and range in age from Late Cretaceous to Eocene. Gas desorption tests...
Authors
Peter Warwick, Charles E. Barker, John R. SanFilipo
To sell or not sell: Assessments of Bangladesh hydrocarbons To sell or not sell: Assessments of Bangladesh hydrocarbons
A decision by the government of Bangladesh to sell or not sell some of its natural gas reserves to neighboring countries in South Asia will be important in determining the economic future of Bangladesh, a country with an area about equal to Wisconsin. Bangladesh is a country of 150 million people, many of whom live at or below the poverty line. It is situated almost entirely on the great...
Authors
Robert Milici, Peter Warwick, Emil Attanasi, Craig Wandrey
Non-USGS Publications**
Warwick, P.D., 1985, Depositional environments and petrology of the Felix coal interval (Eocene), Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Lexington, University of Kentucky, Ph.D. dissertation, 333 p. 27 figs., https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ees_etds/74/.
Flores, R.M., and Warwick, P.D., 1984, Dynamics of coal deposition in intermontane alluvial paleoenvironments, Eocene Wasatch Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, in 1984 Proceedings of the Symposium on the Geology of Rocky Mountain Coal, Houghton, R.L., and Clausen, E.N., eds.: North Dakota Geological Society Special Publication 84-1, p. 184-199, 11 figs.
Belt, E.S., Flores, R.M., Warwick, P.D., Conway, K.M., Johnson, K.R., and Waskowitz, R.S., 1984, Relationship of fluvio-deltaic facies to coal deposition in the Lower Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), south-western North Dakota, in Sedimentology of coal and coal-bearing sequences, Rahmani, R.A., and Flores, R.M., eds.: International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication no. 7, p. 177-198, 19 figs.
Warwick, P.D., 1982, The geology of some lignite-bearing fluvial deposits (Paleocene), southwestern North Dakota: Raleigh, North Carolina State University, M.S. thesis, 116 p., 20 figs., https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.20/45025.
**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
Filter Total Items: 188
Results of coal bed methane drilling, Mylan Park, Monongalia County, West Virginia Results of coal bed methane drilling, Mylan Park, Monongalia County, West Virginia
The Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory funded drilling of a borehole (39.64378 deg E , -80.04376 deg N) to evaluate the potential for coal bed methane and carbon dioxide sequestration at Mylan Park, Monongalia County, West Virginia. The drilling commenced on September 23, 2002 and was completed on November 14, 2002. The 2,525 ft deep hole contained 1,483.41 ft of
Authors
Leslie Ruppert, Nick Fedorko, Peter Warwick, William Grady, Robert D. Crangle, James Britton
Chronostratigraphic and depositional sequences of the Fort Union formation (Paleocene), Williston Basin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana Chronostratigraphic and depositional sequences of the Fort Union formation (Paleocene), Williston Basin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana
The Fort Union Formation in the Williston Basin of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana comprises chronostratigraphic and depositional sequences of Paleocene age. Individual chronostratigraphic sequences are defined by palynostratigraphic (pollen and spore) biozones and radiometric (40Ar/39Ar) ages obtained from tonsteins or volcanic ash layers. Analyses of depositional sequences are...
Authors
Peter Warwick, Romeo Flores, Douglas Nichols, Edward C. Murphy
Preliminary geochemical, microbiological, and epidemiological investigations into possible linkages between lignite aquifers, pathogenic microbes, and kidney disease in northwestern Louisiana Preliminary geochemical, microbiological, and epidemiological investigations into possible linkages between lignite aquifers, pathogenic microbes, and kidney disease in northwestern Louisiana
In May 2002, 15 wells and four surface water sites were sampled, and in September 2002, those same wells and sites plus four additional surface sites were sampled in five parishes of northwestern Louisiana. A geographic information system (GIS) was used to select residential water wells for sampling. Well water samples were analyzed for pH, conductivity, organic compounds, and nutrient...
Authors
Joseph Bunnell, Rebecca Bushon, Donald Stoeckel, Amie Gifford, Marisa Beck, Harry Lerch, Runhua Shi, Benton McGee, Bradford Hanson, Jonathan Kolak, Peter Warwick
The Sohagpur Coalfield Project - A collaborative study of potential coking coal resources by the Geological Survey of India and the U.S. Geological Survey The Sohagpur Coalfield Project - A collaborative study of potential coking coal resources by the Geological Survey of India and the U.S. Geological Survey
The Geological Survey of India (GSI), Coal Wing, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Energy Resources Team, conducted a collaborative study of the potential for coking coal resources within the Sohagpur coalfield, Madhya Pradesh, India from 1995 to 2001. The coalfield is located within an extensional basin that contains Permian- and Triassic-age strata of the Gondwana Supergroup (Figs...
Authors
Robert Milici, Abhijit Mukhopadhyay, Peter Warwick, S. Adhikari, Edwin Landis, S.K. Mukhopadhyay
Olmos coal, Maverick Basin, south Texas: From prospect to production Olmos coal, Maverick Basin, south Texas: From prospect to production
No abstract available.
Authors
C.E. Barker, Peter Warwick, Matt Gose, R.J. Scott
Characterization of core extracted from the Olmos Formation (Cretaceous), Southwest Texas Characterization of core extracted from the Olmos Formation (Cretaceous), Southwest Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
Alex W. Karlsen, Peter Warwick, Robert Hook, John R. SanFilipo, Charles E. Barker, Jennifer Klein
Preliminary evaluation of the coal resources for part of the Wilcox Group (Paleocene through Eocene), central Texas Preliminary evaluation of the coal resources for part of the Wilcox Group (Paleocene through Eocene), central Texas
The Wilcox Group of central Texas contains shallow (
Authors
Peter Warwick, Claire Aubourg, Stephen Suitt, Steven Podwysocki, Adam Schultz
Coal Underlying Federal Lands in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain Coal Underlying Federal Lands in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain
No abstract available.
Authors
Alex W. Karlsen, John R. SanFilipo, Peter Warwick
The Sacatosa coalbed methane field: A first For Texas The Sacatosa coalbed methane field: A first For Texas
In 2001, The Exploration Company (TXCO), San Antonio, announced the Sacatosa Coalbed Methane (CBM) Field in Maverick County. This field is the first CBM field in Texas (Fig. 1). The field is producing from bituminous coal in the Cretaceous Olmos Formation that outcrops to the west and dips easterly towards the Gulf Coast. The CBM field was developed in coalbeds whose general structure...
Authors
Charles E. Barker, Peter Warwick, Robert J. Scott, J.M. Klein, R.W. Hook
Preliminary evaluation of the coalbed methane potential of the Gulf Coastal Plain, USA and Mexico Preliminary evaluation of the coalbed methane potential of the Gulf Coastal Plain, USA and Mexico
Several areas in the Gulf Coast have potential for coalbed gas accumulations. These areas include parts of southern Alabama and Mississippi, north-central Louisiana, northeast, east-central and south Texas and northeastern Mexico. The coal deposits in these areas vary in rank, thickness, lateral extent and gas content, and range in age from Late Cretaceous to Eocene. Gas desorption tests...
Authors
Peter Warwick, Charles E. Barker, John R. SanFilipo
To sell or not sell: Assessments of Bangladesh hydrocarbons To sell or not sell: Assessments of Bangladesh hydrocarbons
A decision by the government of Bangladesh to sell or not sell some of its natural gas reserves to neighboring countries in South Asia will be important in determining the economic future of Bangladesh, a country with an area about equal to Wisconsin. Bangladesh is a country of 150 million people, many of whom live at or below the poverty line. It is situated almost entirely on the great...
Authors
Robert Milici, Peter Warwick, Emil Attanasi, Craig Wandrey
Non-USGS Publications**
Warwick, P.D., 1985, Depositional environments and petrology of the Felix coal interval (Eocene), Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Lexington, University of Kentucky, Ph.D. dissertation, 333 p. 27 figs., https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ees_etds/74/.
Flores, R.M., and Warwick, P.D., 1984, Dynamics of coal deposition in intermontane alluvial paleoenvironments, Eocene Wasatch Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, in 1984 Proceedings of the Symposium on the Geology of Rocky Mountain Coal, Houghton, R.L., and Clausen, E.N., eds.: North Dakota Geological Society Special Publication 84-1, p. 184-199, 11 figs.
Belt, E.S., Flores, R.M., Warwick, P.D., Conway, K.M., Johnson, K.R., and Waskowitz, R.S., 1984, Relationship of fluvio-deltaic facies to coal deposition in the Lower Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), south-western North Dakota, in Sedimentology of coal and coal-bearing sequences, Rahmani, R.A., and Flores, R.M., eds.: International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication no. 7, p. 177-198, 19 figs.
Warwick, P.D., 1982, The geology of some lignite-bearing fluvial deposits (Paleocene), southwestern North Dakota: Raleigh, North Carolina State University, M.S. thesis, 116 p., 20 figs., https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.20/45025.
**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.