Research
2026 RQC and T>Map Consortium Meeting
We will be holding our next consortium meeting on February 11-12, 2026 in beautiful Durango, Colorado, USA. Note that participation is limited to organizations that are in good standing for 2025 or 2026 RQC membership.
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Linda Bonnell and I will be attending the NPF Biennial Reservoir Characterization Conference in Stavanger, Norway on December 3-4, 2025. The conference lineup looks great and I hope that we will see you there. Below is the abstract summary for the talk I’ll be giving, which is co-authored by Linda and Jim Guilkey. ________________________________ Making…
Read More2025 RQC and T>Map Consortium Meeting
We had a terrific group, as usual, join us in Durango, Colorado for the Geocosm consortia meetings on January 28-29. The meeting featured lectures and workshops associated with new features coming in Touchstone v. 8.4 and T>Map 3.5, presentations on ongoing research topics, and two outstanding participant presentations on topics of great interest to the…
Read MoreEstimation of Geothermal Reservoir Quality by Diagenesis Modelling of Gassum Formation Sandstones
Geocosm’s Touchstone system is proving to be useful for the exploration of geothermal energy resources for RQC consortium member GEUS (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland) as discussed in the presentation below at the 34th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting in Oslo, Norway, January, 2020. ABSTRACT Olivarius, M.1,*, Tremosa, J.2 , Mathiesen, A.1 , Weibel, R.1…
Read MoreThe Role of Chemistry in Fracture Pattern Development and Opportunities to Advance Interpretations of Geological Materials
Geocosm scientists are co-authors on this article that was just published in Reviews of Geophysics. The article has open access and may be downloaded using this link. Abstract Fracture pattern development has been a challenging area of research in the Earth sciences for more than 100 years. Much has been learned about the spatial and…
Read More1st DGMK/KIT Reservoir Days
Geocosm’s Linda Bonnell and Rob Lander were among the keynote speakers for the 1st DGMK / KIT Joint Workshop RESERVOIR DAYS — Clastic Reservoir Quality, on September 2-4, 2019 in Liensweiler, Germany. OVERVIEW Reservoir quality of clastic sedimentary rocks is a function of many factors such as thermal exposure, time, tectonics, stress, detrital and authigenic…
Read More4 AAPG Notable Papers
The AAPG editorial staff has selected four articles that include Geocosm scientific research or simulation technology as Notable Papers based on citation counts three years after publication. Geocosm’s Rob Lander is a co-author of three of the papers Geocosm’s Linda Bonnell is a co-author of two of the papers. The fourth paper is authored by…
Read MoreGeothermal Reservoir Quality from Diagenesis Modelling
This talk at the European Geothermal Congress 2019 by researchers at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (an RQC member organization) explores the use of Geocosm’s Touchstone system for evaluation of reservoir quality for geothermal energy. Geocosm’s Linda Bonnell also is among the authors.
Read MoreReservoir Quality and Burial Model Evaluation By Kinetic Quartz And Illite Cementation Modeling: Case Study of Rotliegendes, North Germany
This article published in the AAPG Bulletin represents part of Benjamin Busch’s Ph.D. dissertation and includes Geocosm’s Linda Bonnell and Rob Lander as co-authors. Silicate reaction kinetics provide a complementary means to other established paleothermal indicators such as organic maturation for evaluating thermal reconstructions. In this study we combine the use of an organic maturation…
Read MoreClastic Reservoir Quality Prediction Models: Past, Present, and Future
In this invited talk at the Annual AAPG Meeting, Geocosm’s Rob Lander and Linda Bonnell review the history and current state-of-the-art in reservoir quality prediction models while also discussing potential future developments. Over the past 20 years reservoir quality assessment has expanded from a focus on description to encompass process-oriented models. These models predict rock…
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