The Decline and Fall of the Geologic Empire; Part 3, The Fall
April 2009 By Robert Shoup
The decline of the geologic empire began with the arrival of the workstation. To be sure, the decline was not immediate, nor is it apparent. In fact many people in the industry do not recognize that the practice of petroleum geoscience is in decline. And many of those that have observed the decline do not understand that it is related to the arrival of the workstation.