The Decline and Fall of the Geologic Empire: The Empire
December 2009 By Robert Shoup, Michel Halbouty
As Michel Halbouty points out in the
accompanying article The Heritage of the Petroleum
Geologist, the science of geology is an inexact science.
That inexactness has led to many serendipitous
discoveries. So too, has it resulted in millions of dry
holes. For that reason, the heritage of knowledge and
experiences that our predecessors have left us is so
important. When we pause long enough to look back
over that legacy, we can see that our predecessors
have truly built a scientific empire.