Local Societies

• American Petroleum Institute – Delta Chapter
• Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists (SIPES) – New Orleans
• Society of Petrophysicists & Well Log Analysts – New Orleans

Geological and Other Societies

• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)     NOGS Pubs at AAPG Bookstore
  
• American Geophysical Union
• Baton Rouge Geological Society
• Corpus Christi Geological Society
• Lafayette Geological Society
• GCAGS
• GCSSEPM
• Geological Society of America
• Geological Society of London
• Houston Geological Society
• SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology
• Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists (SIPES)
• Society of Petroleum Engineers
• Society of Petrophysicists & Well Log Analysts

State Oil and Gas Board Resources

• Alabama Oil and Gas Board
• Alabama Oil and Gas Board (Well File Database)
• Alabama Oil and Gas Board (Production Database)
• Louisiana DNR
• Louisiana SONRIS (Strategic Online Natural Resources Information System)
• Louisiana SONRIS Lite
• Mississippi DEQ (Office of Geology)
• Mississippi Oil and Gas Board
• Texas Railroad Commission
• Texas Railroad Commission (Production Data)
• Texas Railroad Commission (Oil and Gas Directory)

Professional Registration of Geoscientists

• Alabama Bd. of Licensure for Professional Geologists
• Arkansas State Board for Professional Registration of Geologists
• Florida Board of Professional Geologists
• Louisiana Board of Professional Geoscientists
• Mississippi State Bd. of Registered Professional Geologists
• National Association of State Boards of Geology ('ASBOG')
• Texas Bd. of Professional Geoscientists

Government Surveys and Organizations

• Louisiana Geological Survey
• NASA Earth Observatory
• Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District
• U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Government Offshore Resources

• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
• Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)

University Earth Science Departments

• Louisiana State University, Center for Energy Studies
• Louisiana State University, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
• Tulane University, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science
• University of New Orleans, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science

Job Links

• Devon Energy Career Center
• Earthworks
• InfoOil Careers
• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
• Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
• Resource Personnel Oil & Gas Jobs
• OneSource Professional Search

Children Fun Geology Resources

• Adaptive Earth Science Activities
• 40 Playful Ways To Teach Young Kids About Rocks
• Rockhounding: Secrets of a Rock Collector
• Geology: Examining the Planet's Physical Processes
• 15 At-Home Geology Projects for Kids
  

Helpful Links for Geophysicists/Geoscientists

Visit the "Virtual Seismic Atlas" Click Here

Work Station Tips for the NEO-GEO Click Here

The Oil & Gas Industry: A Nontechnical Guide (331 pages) Click Here

Educational Films on Energy

Switch Energy Alliance movie "SWITCH ON" in 2020 - Click Here

Switch Energy Alliance movie on in 2012 on alternate energy sources - Click Here

Articles of Interest

• NOGS: Faulting and Subsidence in Coastal Louisiana (32 MB PDF) - November 2015
• The role of deep processes in the late 20th century subsidence of New Orleans and coastal areas of southern Louisiana and Mississippi – Roy K. Dokka June, 2011
• Basement Controls on Subsurface Geologic Patterns and Coastal Geomorphology across the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Subsidence Studies and Coastal Restoration –  Bryan P. Stephens
• Science, Evolution and Creationism - National Academy Press

Presentations of Interest

• Special Interest Geohazard Areas on the West Bank of New Orleans By Mike Merritt
  
• When Earth Attacks! - A Geologist's Retrospective - Presented by The Honorable Michael L. Merritt, Commissioner, SLFPA-West, November 2, 2015 (PDF)
• When Earth Attacks! - A Geologist's Retrospective - Merritt's speaker notes (PDF) [As a suggestion to the viewer, open both PDFs and toggle between them. A second is to print the speaker notes to use with the slides.] - November 2, 2015
• The Geology of New Orleans, by Chris McLindon, Click here of open the PDF file - August 2016
• Rethinking Coastal Restoration: The Delta Cycle and Land Area Change in Coastal Louisiana. Presented by Chris McLindon at the March 2014 NOGS Luncheon. Please note this download is greater than 50MB and may take some time with older internet connections.
• Subsidence of South Louisiana: Measurement, Causes,and Human Implications – Presented by Dr. Roy Dokka of the Center for Geoinformatics, Louisiana State University, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.
• The Impact of China and India on Oil and Strategic Metal Prices by Art Johnson
• Kirsten Siebach: Mars Rovers 2021 update
  

The following presentations have been compressed into ZIP format due to their size. Please be aware that you are about to download a large file. We assure you your patience will be well rewarded.

• Louisiana's Hurricane Protection Dilemma by Ivor van Heerden [PPT, 109 MB]
• 2004 Hurricane PAM Exercise – Flooding Sequence in Southeast Louisiana by Ivor van Heerden [PPT 38.2 MB]
• 2004 Hurricane PAM Exercise – Flooding Sequence in southeast Louisiana with Wind Vectors by Ivor van Heerden [PPT 52.9 MB]
• Katrina – New Orleans Time-Lapsed Flooding Sequence by Ivor van Heerden [98.2 MB]