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Oil and gas exploration

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Corporate: General Information
President: Peter J. Ferraro
Manager: David F. Johnson
Geologist: Richard R. Donofrio
Outside Consultant: Edward E. Varipapa








For additional information about the US position on oil and gas exploration check the link below:

Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) - Home Page


Geologic articles by Parwest and University of Oklahoma Geologist Richard R. Donofrio are below:

  • STRESS FRACTURE ON A BOEING 757: OBSERVATIONS BY A GEOLOGIST

  • New York's Panther Mountain Impact Crater : Enormous Gas Potential Without Hydraulic Fracturing

  • Shiva Structure: A Possible KT Boundary Impact Crater On The Western Shelf Of India (This October 2006, 39-page publication is coauthored with Sankar Chatterjee and others at Texas Tech University. The abstract is given here. Shiva holds over 8 billion barrels of oil, and a detailed discussion of the Bombay High oil field will be online when the study is completed).

  • Arbuckle Oil Production at Ames Impact Crater Approaches 11 Million Barrels

  • Comparison of Cores from the Siljan and Ames Impact Craters

  • VATTENFALL (Swedish State Power Board)PUBLICATIONS OF THE SILJAN RING IMPACT STRUCTURE

  • Siljan Crater Findings Reported to Vattenfall in 1984 Remain Unchanged

  • North American Impact Structures Hold Giant Field Potential - Intro

  • North American Impact Structures Hold Giant Field Potential

  • Impact Craters: Implications for Basement Hydrocarbon Production

  • Impact Craters: Implications for Basement Hydrocarbon Production Part II

  • Big Basin, Kansas: Impact Crater or Sinkhole


  • For information about tax advantages with oil and gas exploration click here.
    For information about the fundamentals of oil and gas exploration click here.