Peter D. Warwick, Ph.D.
Peter Warwick is the Science Coordinator for Carbon Sequestration and Energy Storage at 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
Analytical results from samples collected during coal-bed methane exploration drilling in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Reflectance measurements of well cuttings from Ashley and Bradley Counties, Arkansas
Review of lignite resources of western Tennessee and the Jackson Purchase area, western Kentucky
The World Coal Quality Inventory: South America
Preliminary assessment of coal resources for the Chemard Lake (Naborton No. 2) coal zone of the Lower Wilcox Group (Paleocene), northwestern Louisiana
Organic petrography of coals from a coalbed methane test well, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Huminite reflectance measurements of Paleocene and Upper Cretaceous coals from borehole cuttings, Zavala and Dimmit counties, South Texas
Results of coalbed methane drilling in Panola County, Texas
Wilcox group coal-bed methane in north-central Louisiana
Tar yields from low-temperature carbonization of coal facies from the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA
Petrology, mineralogy and geochemistry of mined coals, western Venezuela
Coal systems analysis: A new approach to the understanding of coal formation, coal quality and environmental considerations, and coal as a source rock for hydrocarbons
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Analytical results from samples collected during coal-bed methane exploration drilling in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
In 2001, and 2002, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Louisiana Geological Survey (LGS), through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Devon SFS Operating, Inc. (Devon), participated in an exploratory drilling and coring program for coal-bed methane in north-central Louisiana. The USGS and LGS collected 25 coal core and cuttings samples from two coal-bed methane testAuthorsPeter D. Warwick, F. Clayton Breland, Paul C. Hackley, Frank T. Dulong, Douglas J. Nichols, Alexander W. Karlsen, R. Marc Bustin, Charles E. Barker, Jason C. Willett, Michael H. TrippiReflectance measurements of well cuttings from Ashley and Bradley Counties, Arkansas
Vitrinite reflectance measurements were determined for twenty-three well cuttings samples from Ashley and Bradley Counties, Arkansas, to evaluate coal rank and coalbed gas potential in the Desha Basin of the southern Missisissippi Embayment. Samples were selected from the Norman F. Williams Well Sample Library using geophysical logs to identify coaly shale and coal intervals from conventional oilAuthorsPaul C. Hackley, Michael E. Ratchford, Peter D. WarwickReview of lignite resources of western Tennessee and the Jackson Purchase area, western Kentucky
Introduction: This review of the lignite deposits of western Tennessee and the Jackson Purchase area in western Kentucky (Fig. 1) is a preliminary report on part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Coal Resource Assessment of the Gulf Coastal Plain Coal Province. Lignite deposits of western Kentucky and Tennessee are an extension of the Gulf Coastal Plain Coal Province (Cushing and others,AuthorsPaul C. Hackley, Peter D. Warwick, Roger E. Thomas, Douglas J. NicholsThe World Coal Quality Inventory: South America
Executive Summary-Introduction: The concepts of a global environment and economy are strongly and irrevocably linked to global energy issues. Worldwide coal production and international coal trade are projected to increase during the next several decades in an international energy mix that is still strongly dependent on fossil fuels. Therefore, worldwide coal use will play an increasingly visibAuthorsSusan J. Tewalt, Linda J. Bragg, Robert B. FinkelmanPreliminary assessment of coal resources for the Chemard Lake (Naborton No. 2) coal zone of the Lower Wilcox Group (Paleocene), northwestern Louisiana
No abstract available.AuthorsPeter D. Warwick, Steven M. Podwysocki, Adam C. SchultzOrganic petrography of coals from a coalbed methane test well, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
No abstract available.AuthorsPaul C. Hackley, Peter D. WarwickHuminite reflectance measurements of Paleocene and Upper Cretaceous coals from borehole cuttings, Zavala and Dimmit counties, South Texas
The reflectance of huminite in 19 cuttings samples was determined in support of ongoing investigations into the coal bed methane potential of subsurface Paleocene and Upper Cretaceous coals of South Texas. Coal cuttings were obtained from the Core Research Center of the Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin. Geophysical logs, mud-gas logs, driller's logs, completion cards,AuthorsPaul C. Hackley, Robert W. Hook, Peter D. WarwickResults of coalbed methane drilling in Panola County, Texas
No abstract available.AuthorsPeter D. Warwick, John R. SanFilipo, Alex W. Karlsen, Charles E. BarkerWilcox group coal-bed methane in north-central Louisiana
Significant coal-bed gas resources may exist in subsurface Wilcox Group (Paleocene-Eocene) coal beds that are found across much of north-central Louisiana. About a dozen wells recently completed in Wilcox Group coal zones in this area have an initial production that ranges from 7 to 229 thousand cubic feet (Mcf) of gas per day. Production of saline water from these wells ranges from 0 to 550 barreAuthorsF. Clayton Breland, Peter D. WarwickTar yields from low-temperature carbonization of coal facies from the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA
Tar yields from low-temperature carbonization correlate with the amount of crypto-eugelinite in samples selected to represent petrographically distinct coal facies of the Wyodak-Anderson coal zone. Tar yields from Fischer Assay range from <1 to 11 wt.% on a dry basis and correspond (r = 0.72) to crypto-eugelinite contents of the coal that range from 15 to 60 vol.%. Core and highwall samples were oAuthorsRonald W. Stanton, Peter D. Warwick, Sharon M. SwansonPetrology, mineralogy and geochemistry of mined coals, western Venezuela
Upper Paleocene to middle Miocene coal samples collected from active mines in the western Venezuelan States of Táchira, Mérida and Zulia have been characterized through an integrated geochemical, mineralogical and petrographic investigation. Proximate, ultimate, calorific and forms of sulfur values, major and trace element, vitrinite reflectance, maceral concentrations and mineral matter content hAuthorsPaul C. Hackley, Peter D. Warwick, Eligio GonzálezCoal systems analysis: A new approach to the understanding of coal formation, coal quality and environmental considerations, and coal as a source rock for hydrocarbons
Coal is an important and required energy source for today's world. Current rates of world coal consumption are projected to continue at approximately the same (or greater) levels well into the twenty-first century. This paper will provide an introduction to the concept of coal systems analysis and the accompanying volume of papers will provide examples of how coal systems analysis can be used to uAuthorsPeter D. WarwickNon-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.**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.
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