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HALBOUTY, MICHEL T.
Michel T. Halbouty Energy Co.

Abstract: Petroleum Geology: Its Beginning

Seventeen years before the Titusville well discovery in 1859, which really marked the beginning of the petroleum industry, Sir William Elwood Logan, the Montreal geologist and Director of the Geological Survey of Canada, gave first recognition to the anticlinal theory for the accumulation of oil. Many great names followed Logan in contributing to the growth of the industry and references are made to those early pioneers who solidified its foundation for those who followed them. In addition to the geoscientists who probed into the why and wherefore of petroleum, daring adventuresome wildcatters provided new concepts, new ideas, and different viewpoints in the search for oil and gas, and gave greater strength to the geoscientists they generally regarded as inadequate and inefficient. The accomplishments of the wildcatters further proved that scientists are sometimes helped by the bold, imaginative and creative thinking of those who are not formally educated or even trained in the scientific method. The history of petroleum geology is a significant segment of the history of mankind's development.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90928©1999 AAPG Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas