Applications are now closed Vancouver, BC – November 23, 2020 – Geoscience BC is seeking volunteers to join our Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), a group of experts that identifies, plans, develops and reviews our independent, relevant and public oil and gas related earth science research in British Columbia. Geoscience BC’s Minerals, Oil […]

Vancouver, BC – November 6, 2020 – New Geoscience BC energy research adds understanding to the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and induced seismicity in the Montney Formation in British Columbia’s Northeast Region. A new study developed models and workflows to investigate various parameters believed to be related to induced seismicity (earthquakes caused by human activity). […]

Sedimentological and stratigraphic studies in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin By: Carlos Salas, Executive Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer BC’s portion of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB), includes the Montney Play, which contains some of North America’s most significant natural gas deposits. Several Geoscience BC energy research projects provide valuable public information that […]

Vancouver, BC – November 3, 2020 – An initial report from a minerals research project assessing the potential for rocks in British Columbia to capture and store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) is now available through the Geoscience BC website. The Carbon Mineralization Potential for BC project assesses the potential for ultramafic rocks in […]

Vancouver, BC – October 19, 2020 – Initial results from a minerals research project assessing the potential for rocks in British Columbia to capture and store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) will be discussed at a Geoscience BC webinar on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 10:00 AM Pacific time. Called Carbon Mineralization Potential for […]

By: Christa Pellett, Vice President, Minerals and Brady Clift, Manager, Minerals Geoscience BC has funded a series of MDRU-Mineral Deposit Research Unit minerals research projects that identify minerals associated with porphyry deposits in till or bedrock samples at the surface. This research has created new tools for mineral exploration in British Columbia. Learn more! Geoscience […]

Vancouver, BC – October 5, 2020 – The latest edition of Geoscience BC’s Digging Deep blog and an October 21 webinar co-hosted with MDRU-Mineral Deposit Research Unit discuss a series of research projects that show the potential to identify buried porphyry deposits from till or bedrock samples near the surface in British Columbia. The series […]