Bio:

Brian retired from the Oklahoma Geological Survey in June 2021 after 40 years of service.

Brian established the Organic Petrography Laboratory (OPL) at the Oklahoma Geological Survey in 1981. His primary research involved gas shales and tight oil (primarily the Late Devonian–Early Mississippian Woodford Shale), coalbed methane, and the petrologic characterization of coals, hydrocarbon source rocks, and solid hydrocarbons (e.g., asphaltites and asphaltic pyrobitumens) of Oklahoma.

Brian has written more than 70 articles and books on coal, coalbed methane, gas shales, unconventional energy resources, hydrocarbon source rocks, solid hydrocarbons, organic weathering, vitrinite reflectance, and graptolite reflectance. His seminal publication on the Woodford Shale was published in 2021 as OGS Bulletin 152 (Cardott and Comer, 2021).

Cardott, B.J., and J.B. Comer, 2021, Woodford Shale (Upper Devonian to Lower Mississippian): From hydrocarbon source rock to reservoir: Oklahoma Geological Survey, Bulletin 152, 108 p. https://www.ou.edu/ogs/publications/bulletins

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