The Ohio Geological Society

11/07/2025

The Ohio Geological Society hosted the 2025 Meeting of the Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists today at the Boat House in Columbus. This one-day meeting featured 12 technical presentations, ten posters and was a well-attended success. AAPG honors and awards were presented during lunch. One honoree was Gordon Baird who received the John T, Galey Memorial Award for his contribution to the study of Paleozoic stratigraphy. Thanks to all at OGS and the Eastern Section for your efforts to make this meeting happen.

09/05/2025

The 2025 OGS Golf Outing "THE PORK CHOP" at Chapel Hill Golf Course was sold out . The rain moved out by start time and the weather only improved as the day continued. Thank you to all who participated and a special thanks to our sponsors. A massive dept of gratitude is due to the OGS officers who do all the heavy lifting to make this outing happen particularly Amy and Marissa.

02/06/2025

February 20

OGS Meeting

Remediation of Abandoned Underground Mine Working Beneath a Transportation Corridor: State Route 2 – Ottawa County, Ohio

Paul Painter – ODOT Office of Geotechnical Engineering

Horace R. Collins Laboratory – Delaware, OH

Ohio Geological Society (ohiogeosoc.org)

09/05/2024

The 2024 OGS Golf Outing (The Pork Chop) held September 5th at Chapel Hill Golf Course had perfect weather and prizes for everyone. Thank you to all our sponsors for supporting this event. Sponsors make this event possible. Amy and Marissa put together a great outing. Let's not forget the pork chops!

11/10/2023

Mark Baranoski presented a review of ongoing research with the ODNR-Division of Geological Survey concerning faults and folds in the Berea Sandstone and Ohio Shale of northern Ohio. Thank you Mark.

09/23/2023

11 years ago the OGS hosted the Eastern Section AAPG Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. Were you there? Oil was $96/bbl ($90 today). Natural Gas (HH) was $2.85/Mbtu, today it’s $2.65.

Isn’t there a song? Everything Changes But Stays the Same.

Hoping everyone has a great 4th quarter!

09/08/2023

The OGS Annual Golf Outing "THE PORK CHOP" was a smashing success. Beautiful weather, a challenging course and one-inch thick pork chops made for a good time. Low score for the scramble was 51 !! Thanks to the Chapel Hill Golf Course crew for running a smooth outing.

03/09/2023

OGS wants to thank Mike Smith, PhD, President of Advanced Hydrocarbon Stratigraphy, Inc in Tulsa, Oklahoma for his insightful presentation entitled "Cuttings Volatiles: Produce More Oil, More Gas, and Less Water." He showed meeting attendees how new technology can deliver extraordinary data from a one-gram rock sample of new and even historic cuttings and core.

03/03/2023

OGS Meeting - Wednesday, March 8th at 3:30 PM
FREE Registration

Hilton Columbus at Easton
3900 Chagrin Dr, Columbus, OH 43219

During the last decade AHS has worked several large projects for various operators in the Appalachian Basin. These projects have focused on resource assessment, landing laterals, determining reservoir and product quality, mapping thermal maturity, and recently on dry gas vertical product allocation....

12/23/2022