Vincent Matthews
Dr. Vince Matthews is retired in Wisconsin. He has had a fulfilling and varied career that includes mining exploration and operations, oil & gas exploration and operations, teaching, geologic hazards research, avalanche information, management, geologic mapping, public speaking, and emergency management. He retired as State Geologist and Director of the Colorado Geological Survey at the beginning of 2013. In 2013-14, he served as Interim Executive Director of the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum in Leadville, Colorado.
He previously held tenured positions at two universities and has taught geology at the University of California, University of Northern Colorado, Arizona State University, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Colorado Mountain College, and the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
As an executive in the natural resources industry for Amoco, Lear, Union Pacific, and Penn Virginia, Matthews explored for oil & gas in virtually every basin in the U.S., including Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. Part of his experience in the natural resources industry included responsibility for coal, lime, and limestone activities in New Jersey, Virginia, and Tennessee.
He is the author of more than 70 technical articles and abstracts and was senior editor of the multiple, award-winning publication, Messages in Stone: Colorado’s Colorful Geology; and the map, A Tourist Guide to Colorado Geology. He has spoken to more than 35,000 Coloradans about natural resource issues.
He received Outstanding Alumnus Awards from the University of Georgia and University of California-Santa Cruz. His service to Colorado emergency management and to Colorado avalanche safety were both recognized in 2013 with presentations from statewide organizations. He is the recipient of the 2014 Pioneer Award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Matthews is a Senior Fellow in the Geological Society of America where he served as General Chair of the 125th Anniversary Meeting in 2013. He was the 2018 Commencement Speaker at UCSC's Earth and Planetary Sciences Graduation Ceremony.
Vince serves on the Board of Directors of the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum and the Advisory Committee for the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire Geology Department.
Supervisors: Aaron Waters (Ph.D.)
He previously held tenured positions at two universities and has taught geology at the University of California, University of Northern Colorado, Arizona State University, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Colorado Mountain College, and the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
As an executive in the natural resources industry for Amoco, Lear, Union Pacific, and Penn Virginia, Matthews explored for oil & gas in virtually every basin in the U.S., including Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. Part of his experience in the natural resources industry included responsibility for coal, lime, and limestone activities in New Jersey, Virginia, and Tennessee.
He is the author of more than 70 technical articles and abstracts and was senior editor of the multiple, award-winning publication, Messages in Stone: Colorado’s Colorful Geology; and the map, A Tourist Guide to Colorado Geology. He has spoken to more than 35,000 Coloradans about natural resource issues.
He received Outstanding Alumnus Awards from the University of Georgia and University of California-Santa Cruz. His service to Colorado emergency management and to Colorado avalanche safety were both recognized in 2013 with presentations from statewide organizations. He is the recipient of the 2014 Pioneer Award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Matthews is a Senior Fellow in the Geological Society of America where he served as General Chair of the 125th Anniversary Meeting in 2013. He was the 2018 Commencement Speaker at UCSC's Earth and Planetary Sciences Graduation Ceremony.
Vince serves on the Board of Directors of the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum and the Advisory Committee for the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire Geology Department.
Supervisors: Aaron Waters (Ph.D.)
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As used in this Research Agenda, “21st century oil and natural gas development” refers to the onshore development and production of oil and natural gas from unconventional geologic resources as practiced today, recognizing that industry practices continue to change in response to evolving technologies, regulations, and other factors. The Committee chose the term (instead of the more common “unconventional oil and natural gas development”) to reflect the Committee’s intent (1) to address the potential impacts of oil and natural gas development that involves staged hydraulic fracturing (i.e., fracturing that occurs in sequential stages along a horizontal wellbore) combined with horizontal drilling used in the Appalachian region since the natural gas boom began and (2) to reflect the possibility that these technologies will be used more widely with both conventional and unconventional geologic formations in the future. For simplicity, the term is abbreviated as “OGD” in this report.
As used in this Research Agenda, “21st century oil and natural gas development” refers to the onshore development and production of oil and natural gas from unconventional geologic resources as practiced today, recognizing that industry practices continue to change in response to evolving technologies, regulations, and other factors. The Committee chose the term (instead of the more common “unconventional oil and natural gas development”) to reflect the Committee’s intent (1) to address the potential impacts of oil and natural gas development that involves staged hydraulic fracturing (i.e., fracturing that occurs in sequential stages along a horizontal wellbore) combined with horizontal drilling used in the Appalachian region since the natural gas boom began and (2) to reflect the possibility that these technologies will be used more widely with both conventional and unconventional geologic formations in the future. For simplicity, the term is abbreviated as “OGD” in this report.