Energy Resources Section projects

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  1578

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  Energy Resources

• Status:

  Ongoing

• Description:

  Project record for samples or field stations that are related to or collected by the Energy Section but the specific project is undetermined. Also serves as the umbrella project for all Energy Resources section programs and projects.

• Project Date(s):

  1980 - present

• Primary Contact:

  Wartes, Marwan A.

• DGGS section:

  Energy Resources

• Alternate Url:

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• Project Participants:

  David L. LePain, Robert J. Gillis, Trystan M. Herriott, Nina T. Harun

• Active Related Sub-Projects:

  • • Alaska coal database, National Coal Resource Database System - (2000)
  • • Cook Inlet geology and hydrocarbon potential - (2006)
  •      • Tyonek - Capps Glacier area - (2009)
  •      • Lower Cook Inlet (Iniskin Bay-Tuxedni Bay area) - (2013)
  •         • Iniskin Peninsula - (2013)
  •         • Red Glacier - (2015)
  •         • Tuxedni Bay - (2017)
  • • North Slope - (1985)
  •      • Gilead Creek mapping - (2009)
  •      • Northern Foothills - (2000)
  •      • Big Bend - (2019)
  •      • Happy Valley - (2018)
  •      • Rooftop Ridge/Racetrack Basin - (2020)
  •      • North Slope 2022 - (2022)
  •      • North Slope 2024 - (2024)
  •      • North Slope 2023 - (2023)
  •      • North Slope 2025 - (2025)
  • • Geothermal Energy Program - (2024)
  •      • Augustine Geothermal - (2025)
  •      • West Castle Mountain Fault Geothermal - (2026)
  • • McCallum-Slate Creek fault system mapping, eastern Alaska Range - (2015)
  • • Frontier basins and rural energy - (1999)
  •      • Nenana and Susitna Basins, natural gas potential - (2005)
  • • Carbon ore, rare earth and critical minerals (CORE-CM) - (2021)
  • • Southcentral Talkeetna Mountains - (2022)
  • • Alaska Railbelt carbon capture and storage (ARCCS) - (2024)
  • • Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) - (2024)

• Completed/Inactive Related Sub-Projects:

  • • Alaska coal seam carbon sequestration - (2008)
  • • Alaska energy inventory - (2007)
  • • Gas Hydrates - (2003)
  • • Bristol Bay - (2003)
  • • Red Dog Mine - (2002)
  • • Coalbed methane - (1999)
  • • Kandik - (1995)
  • • Coal Investigations Program 1980s - (1987)

• Stations/Samples:

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Publications

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IC 75 v. 2

LePain, D.L., Wartes, M.A., and Janssen, K.A., 2022, The Energy Resources section at DGGS: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Information Circular 75 v. 2, 2 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30869

NL 2006-2

Decker, P.L., and DGGS Staff, 2006, Alaska GeoSurvey News - A brief overview of Alaska petroleum systems: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Newsletter 2006-2, 10 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/15750

Posters and Presentations

Qureshi, K.A. and others, 2026

Qureshi, K.A., Long, J.H., and Wartes, M.A., 2026, Applications of drone imagery and thermal remote sensing in energy resource exploration (presentation): 2026 Alaska Geosummit, Girdwood, Alaska, September 21–-23, 2026: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 7 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/32153