PUBLISHED PAPERS

& ARTICLES

Below you will find papers published by Victor T. Jones III, Ph.D. and various colleagues along with papers the are references and education material.

Hanson-Wade Workshop on Understanding Surface Geochemical Exploration Technology (pdf)

May 29, 2012

Victor T. Jones III, Ph.D.

Application of Exploration Geochemical Methodology to CO2 Monitoring (pdf)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The preparation of this document was supported by The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory under LBNL  Subcontract No. 6804108. The authors wish to thank Dr. Sally M. Benson for her encouragement, support and interest in this effort. The authors would like to express their sincere appreciation to Mr. Patrick Myers for his assistance in editing the manuscript and figures, and for creating a readable and
coherent electronic document.

How to Design an Exploration Surface Soil Gas Geochemical Survey: Illustrated by Application Examples from the Hugoton Embayment of Southeast Colorado and Southwest Kansas (pdf) www.eti-geochemistry.com/pdf/howto04.pdf

AAPG Annual Convention, April 18-21, 2004
Dallas, Texas 

Rufus J. LeBlanc, Jr., and Victor T. Jones, III
Exploration Technologies, Inc.

Forensic Geochemistry – The Key to Accurate Site Characterization (pdf)

AAPG Annual Convention, April 18-21, 2004
Dallas, Texas 

Rufus J. LeBlanc, Jr., and Victor T. Jones, III
Exploration Technologies, Inc.

Sniffing for Oil and Earthquakes - Orange Disc - Gulf Oil (pdf)

Fall Edition 1982

Victor T. Jones, III

Case Studies of Anaerobic Methane Generation at a Variety of Hydrocarbon Fuel Contaminated Sites (pdf)

November 11-13, 1998
Houston, Texas

V. T. Jones and P. N. Agostino
Exploration Technologies, Inc.
National Ground Water Association
1998 Petroleum Hydrocarbon and Organic
Chemicals in Ground Water:
Prevention, Detection, and Remediation

Elsevier - Light Hydrocarbons For Petroleum And
Gas Prospecting

V.T. Jones III, M.D. Matthews and D.M. Richers

LIGHT HYDROCARBONS FOR PETROLEUM AND GAS PROSPECTING
V.T. Jones III, M.D. Matthews and D.M. Richers
Geochemical Remote Sensing of the Subsurface.  Edited by M.Hale
Handbook of Exploration Geochemistry, Vol. 7 (G.J.S. Govett, Editor)
©1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved

Predictions of Oil and Gas Potential by Near-Surface Geochemistry

Fall Edition 1982

V. T. Jones, III and R. J. Drozd

Surface Geochemical Evaluation
Using Soil Free Gas Technology
A Powerful Tool for Oil Exploration

Fall Edition 1982

Victor T. Jones, III

Assessment of Subsurface Hydrocarbon Contamination Resulting from Multiple Releases at Six Former Bulk Fuel Storage and Distribution Terminals, Austin,

Texas: A Case Study

Submitted for publication to the AAPG-SEG

Patrick N. Agostino, Rufus J. LeBlanc, Jr.,

and Victor T. Jones, III
Exploration Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX

Gas Chromographic And Sonar Imaging Of
Hydrocarbon Seeps In The Marine
Environment

Area Research Council, Houston, TX 

V.T. Jones, Exploration Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX R.J. Mousseau, Consultant,
Houston, TX J.C. Williams, Houston

 

Applications for Surface Geochemical Surveys

Exploration Technologies, Inc.

Benzene Content of Subsurface Brines Can Indicate Proximity of Oil, Gas

Fall Edition 1982

Stephen G. Burtell and Victor T. Jones, III
Exploration Technologies, Inc.

Analysis Of Light Hydrocarbons In Soil-Gases, Lost River Region West Virginia: Relation To
Stratigraphy And Geological Structures.

Harbert1, W., Jones, V. T., Izzo, J, and Anderson, T. H.
Department of Geology and Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA., 15260
Exploration Technologies, Inc., 7755 Synott Rd., Houston, Texas, 77083

Spatial and Temporal Variability of Hydrocarbon Seepage, Offshore Gulf of Mexico, Regional and Local Variations As Defined by Natural Seeps

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, 65th Annual Convention, Sept. 20-22, 2015, Houston, Tx

Presented by: Victor T. Jones, III,

Patrick H. Myers
and William O. Neal
Exploration Technologies, Inc.

7755 Synott Rd., Houston, Texas 77083

ASSESSMENT OF NEAR SURFACE PETROLEUM PRODUCT CONTAMINATION
PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX (PCC) AND SURROUNDING AREAS http://www.eti-geochemistry.com/pcc/PCC-Paper-01.zip

Victor T. Jones, III, Patrick H. Myers,

Bill O’Neal, Patrick Agostino, Rufus J. LeBlanc, Jr., Andy Link

Exploration Technologies, Inc.,

Houston, TX 77083

  ​Shallow Geothermal Anomalies Overlying Deeper Oil and Gas Deposits in Rocky Mountain Region​

  The  American Association of Petroleum Geologists  Bulletin
V. 73, No. 5 (May 1989), P. 576-597, 30 Figs., Table

  ​H. W. MCGEE, H.J. MEYER, and T. R. PRINGLE​

Importance of Sampling Design and Density in Target Recognition

Matthews, M.D., 1996, in D. Schumacher and M.A. Abrams, eds, Hydrocarbon migration and its near-surface expression: AAPG  Memoir 66, p.243-253.
Texaco International Exploration Division, Bellaire, Texas, U.S.A.

AAPG Memoir 66, Chapter 18, p. 243-353 - 1996

Regional sequence stratigraphic setting and reservoir geology of Morrow incised-valley sandstones (lower Pennsylvanian), eastern Colorado and western Kansas

AAPG Bulletin, v. 87, no. 5 (May 2003), pp. 781–815

David W. Bowen and Paul Weimer

Decreased Sensitivity of Photoionization Detector Total Organic Vapor Detectors in the Presence of Methane

Jonathan E. Nyquist, David L. Wilson, Lori A. Norman, and Richard B. Gammage.
Health and Safety Research Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831

American Industrial Hydrogen Association Journal 51(6):326-330 (1990)

Distribution of Methan Homologs in Gas and Oil Fields http://www.eti-geochemistry.com/pdf/nikonov01.pdf

V.F. Nikonov

Doklady Akad. Nauk SSSR, Vol. 206. Tyumen Brand of the All-Union Institute of Gas Industry (Presented by Academician A.A. Trofimuk, June 8, 1971)

Formation Evaluation by Analysis of Hydrocarbon Ratios http://www.eti-geochemistry.com/pdf/pixler.pdf

B.O. Pixler, SPE-AIME, Baroid Div. National Lead Co. 

June 1969, Journal of Petroleum Technology

Soil-Gas Surveying for Subsurface Gasoline Contamination Using Total Organic Vapor Detection Instruments. Part 1. Theory and Laboratory Experimentation

Gary A. Robbins, Brendan G. Deyo, Mark R. Temple, James D. Stiart, and Michael J. Lacy

Raining Hydrocarbons in the Gulf

June 2003

Lisa M. Pinsker - Geotimes

Hydrogen in Gases Dissolved in Water of the West Siberian Plain

O.L. Nechayeva

All-Union Scientific Research Petroleum Exploration Institute (Presented by Academician A.A. Trofimuk, August 24, 1967)

More Papers Coming Soon

Correlation of Reservoired Gases Using the Carbon Isotopic Compositions of Wet Gas Components

Alan T. James

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin
V. 74. No. 9 (September 1990) P. 1441-1458. 16 Figs., 6 Tables

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