Contact:

Department of Geology and Geography

231 Brooks Hall

PO Box 6300

98 Beechurst Ave.

Morgantown, WV 26506-6300

Tel:  304 293 6431

Email: Tom.Wilson@mail.wvu.edu

Tom Wilson is an applied geophysicist and professor in the department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.  He worked with Exxon Company USA in a seismic problems processing group before joining WVU in 1983.  His research efforts on the SWP San Juan Basin pilot site incorporated a variety of geophysical tools including InSAR, surface fracture and geologic mapping, terrain conductivity acquisition and modeling, time lapse VSP and 3D seismic interpretation, interpretation of FMI logs, and general subsurface characterization.  He has worked collaboratively with NETL’s monitoring, verification and accounting team on geologic sequestration pilot sites since 2001.  Early involvements (2001-2005) included characterization activities on the West Pearl Queen (New Mexico), Texas Frio, Salt Creek (Wyoming) sites.  Dr. Wilson was invited guest editor for The Leading Edge Special Section on Carbon Sequestration/EOR in 2006 and again for a CO2 Special Section in 2010. 

Education:

PhD, Geology, West Virgina University (1980)

MS, Physics, West Virgina University

BS, Physics, West Virgina University 

Selected Publications:

Wells, A., Diehl, J., Bromhal, G., Strazisar, B., Wilson, T., and White, C., 2007, The use of tracers to assess leakage from the sequestration of CO2 in a depleted oil reservoir, New Mexico, USA: Applied Geochemistry, vol. 22, p. 996- 1016.

Wilson, T., Art Wells and George Koperna, 2009, Seismic Evaluation of the Fruitland Formation with Implications on Leakage Potential of Injected CO2: In the Proceedings of the 2009 International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA September 21-24, 11p.

Oncel, A., and Wilson, T., 2007, Anomalous seismicity preceding the 1999 Izmit event, NW Turkey: Geophysical Journal International, vol 1, p 259-270.

Wilson, T., Bajura, R., Winschel, R., Srivastava, R., Scandrol, R., Wells, A., Patchen, D., 2009, Geophysical characterization of the Marshall County West Virginia Pilot Sequestration Site: In the Proceedings of the 2009 International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA September 21 – 24, 12p

A.Y. Oudinot, G.J. Koperna, Z.G. Philip, N. Liu, J.E. Heath, A. Wells, G.B. Young, T. Wilson, 2009, CO2 Injection Performance in the Fruitland Coal Fairway, San Juan Basin: Results of a Field Pilot; SPE International Conference on CO2 Stroage, Capture and Utilization, 2-4 November, San Diego, CA.

Sayers, C., and Wilson, T. H., 2010, Introduction to the Special Section on CO2  Sequestration: The Leading Edge, vol. 29 no.2.