EMD - AIPG-TX

Beyond Hydrocarbons … The Rest of the Story

Michael D. Campbell, I2M’s Chief Geologist (and VP-Eastern Texas - AIPG Texas Chapter), and Chairman of UCOM said in a recent AAPG - EMD virtual conference that serious competition is now underway to determine which energy source will dominate the power-grid of the foreseeable future. With coal declining rapidly, only natural gas, uranium (and nuclear power), hydroelectric power, and renewables (wind and solar) are in the running. Both natural gas and nuclear power are providing back-up to the power grid because of the inherent drawbacks of wind and solar, (where the former does not blow all the time and the [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T12:50:38-05:00December 18th, 2020|AIPG-TX News|

The 2020 AAPG’s Energy Mineral Division First Virtual Presentation: What’s New in Energy Minerals

Join the experts to hear breaking news about the status of unconventional and alternative energy development in the U.S. and the world from the Energy Minerals Division's Commodity Chairs, including tight-gas reservoirs, uranium for nuclear power, natural gas hydrates, bitumen/heavy oil, coal-bed methane, and status of energy economics: YouTube: https://youtu.be/LwKqFugKvxw EMD Commodity Committees: https://www.aapg.org/about/aapg/overview/committees/emd-committees _____________________________________ Ursula Hammes, Session Moderator: President (2020-2021) Energy Minerals Division of the AAPG https://www.aapg.org/divisions/emd/leadership w/ Introduction by Ursula Hammes She has 25+ years of experience in the oil and gas industry and academia in Europe and USA in positions ranging from exploration, development, research and [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T12:44:04-05:00October 13th, 2020|AIPG-TX News|

AIPG-TX Section’s Vice President – Eastern Texas Presented the 2020 Annual Uranium (Nuclear & Rare Earth) Report at AAPG’s EMD Zoom Conference

Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H. CPG, also serves as Chairman of the Uranium (Nuclear and REE) Committee (UCOM). He presented a summary of the 2020 Annual UCOM report to the Energy Minerals Division‘s Executive Committee, Commodity Chairs, other Committee Chairs, and special guests during a special Zoom presentation during the EMD Annual Meeting on June 6, 2020. The Annual AAPG-EMD Conference was originally scheduled for early June, 2020 in Houston, but has been cancelled because of the increasing spread of the coronavirus in the the Houston area and in the cities around Texas in general. The final 2020 UCOM [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T12:58:48-05:00June 8th, 2020|AIPG-TX News|

Mentions of AIPG-Texas Section’s Vice President by AAPG’s EMD President in Editorial

See EMD's Uranium (Nuclear and REE) Committee (Here)

By Editor|2025-08-04T14:06:11-05:00January 7th, 2020|AIPG-TX News|

Texas AIPG Team Produces Series of Publications over Past Two Years

Michael D. Campbell (AIPG-TX VP-Eastern Texas), Henry M. Wise (AIPG-TX President), Roger W. Lee (AIPG-TX Councilor-at-Large), Glen Collier (AIPG-TX Councilor-at-Large), M. David Campbell (AIPG-TX Webmaster), and others have produced a number of papers over the past two years. Some are chapters/sections in papers and some are stand-alone papers for the Energy Minerals Division (AAPG), while others are papers based on earlier I2M-precursor projects involving: brine contamination of rural groundwater in Ohio; uranium, thorium, and REE in Alaska; siderite in Oklahoma-Arkansas; editorials to encourage professional geologists to publish in the new open-access journals involving: media and academic bias against uranium [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T18:09:04-05:00January 14th, 2019|AIPG-TX News|

Uranium (Nuclear & REE) Committee Report

Led by UCOM Chair, Michael D. Campbell, and supported by UCOM Vice-Chair (Industry), Henry M. Wise, and selected members of the UCOM Advisory and Consulting Groups, the 2018 UCOM report will be presented by teleconference at the EMD Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City on the May 19th. For additional information who has contributed from the the Texas Section Section see (more).

By Editor|2025-08-04T18:23:56-05:00May 14th, 2018|AIPG-TX News|

Post-AIPG Texas Section Field Trip Guidebook Now Available & the EMD Uranium Committee Has Released it’s Uranium FAQ

Henry M. Wise, P.G., CPG, President, Texas Section of the AIPG, announced today that the Guidebook accompanying the 2016 Field Trip to Central Texas has been revised to include field-trip photos and expanded coverage of topics. It is available in PDF. A future field trip by bus is being planned for Spring, 2017 to visit uranium mines in South Texas. More information when available. Also just released, Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H., CPG, Vice President - Eastern Texas, announced that the Uranium FAQ was produced by the Committee of Uranium, Thorium, and Rare-Earths, Energy Minerals Division (AAPG). Mr. Campbell has been the Chair of [...]

By Editor|2025-08-04T19:38:16-05:00October 1st, 2016|AIPG-TX News|