Daniel John Soeder
Education:
B.S., Cleveland State University, geology, minor in physics.
M.S., Bowling Green State University (Ohio), geology
Professional Affiliations:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), Tulsa, OK; Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO; American Geophysical Union (AGU), Washington, D.C. (Hydrology section); National Ground Water Association (NGWA), Dublin, OH.
Skills:
Technical: Geology of unconventional oil and gas resources including shale, coalbed methane, and tight gas sands; environmental risks of hydraulic fracturing; groundwater hydrology including contaminant risk mitigation and remediation; coastal hydrology including tidal wetlands; subsurface sequestration of carbon dioxide in a variety of geological formations; engineered geothermal energy systems in sedimentary basins; recovery of REE from coal; and the geologic isolation of high-level radioactive waste.
Management: project planning and schedules, work scope , budgets, tracking finances and deliverables, direct supervision of personnel including hiring, mentoring, counseling, and performance evaluation, management of buildings, equipment, and vehicles, financial and results reporting, outreach to stakeholders and the public, program development, proposal review and scoring, purchasing, contracting, and environmental/safety/health compliance.
Work History:
Current: Owner of Soeder Geoscience LLC. Co-founder of Carbon Blade Corporation (carbon dioxide removal). Author and editor.
2017-2020: Director, Energy Resources Initiative, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT), Rapid City, SD.
2009-2017: Geologist, hydrologist, technical project coordinator and research scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown, WV.
2002-2009: Hydrologist with the United States Geological Survey, MD-DE-DC Water Science Center, Baltimore, MD.
1998-2002: Supervisory Hydrologist, USGS Delaware Subdistrict, Dover, DE.
1990-1998: Hydrologist, USGS Yucca Mountain Project Branch, Las Vegas, NV.
1980-1990: Research Geologist, Gas Technology Institute, Chicago, IL.
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Refereed Journal Articles:
Soeder, D.J., 1988, Porosity and permeability of eastern Devonian gas shale: SPE Formation Evaluation, v. 3, no. 2, p. 116-124.
Soeder, D.J., 1990, Applications of fluorescence microscopy to the study of pores in tight rocks: AAPG Bulletin, v. 74, no. 1, p. 30-40.
Soeder, D.J. and Chowdiah, P., 1990, Pore geometry in high and low permeability sandstones, Travis Peak Formation, East Texas: SPE Formation Evaluation, v. 5, p. 421-430.
Soeder, D.J., 2010, The Marcellus Shale: Resources and Reservations, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 91, no. 32, p. 277–288.
Geng, X., Davatzes, N. C., Soeder, D.J., Torlapati, J., Rodriguez, R.S., and Boufadel, M.C., 2014, Migration of high-pressure air during gas well drilling in the Appalachian Basin, Journal of Environmental Engineering, v. 140, no. 5, B4014002.
Soeder, D.J., Sharma, S., Pekney, N., Hopkinson, L., Dilmore, R., Kutchko, B., Stewart, B., Carter, K., Hakala, A., and Capo, R., 2014, An approach for assessing engineering risk from shale gas wells in the United States, International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 126, June 2014, p. 4-19.
Zhang, Liwei, Anderson, Nicole, Dilmore, Robert, Soeder, Daniel J., and Bromhal, Grant, 2014, Leakage Detection of Marcellus Shale Natural Gas at an Upper Devonian Gas Monitoring Well: A 3‑D Numerical Modeling Approach: Environmental Science & Technology, v.48, August 2014, p. 10795−10803.
Rodriguez, R.S., and Soeder, D.J., 2015, Evolving Water Management Practices in Shale Oil & Gas Development: Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources, v.10, June 2015, p. 18–24.
Chen, R., Sharma, S., Bank, T., Soeder, D., and Eastman, H. 2015, Comparison of isotopic and geochemical characteristics of sediments from gas- and liquids-prone wells in Marcellus Shale from Appalachian Basin, West Virginia: Applied Geochemistry, v. 60, September 2015, p. 59–71.
Soeder, D.J., 2015, Adventures in Groundwater Monitoring: Why has it been so difficult to obtain groundwater data near shale gas wells? Environmental Geosciences, v. 22, no. 4 (December 2015), p. 139–148.
Zhang, L. and Soeder, D.J., 2015, Modeling of methane migration in shallow aquifers from shale gas well drilling: Groundwater, v. 54, no. 3 (May/June 2016), p. 345-353.
Hong, L., Jain, J., Romanov, V., Lopano, C., Disenhof, C., Goodman, A., Hedges, S., Soeder, D., Sanguinito, S., and Dilmore, R., 2016, Factors Affecting the Interaction of CO2 and CH4 in Marcellus Shale from the Appalachian Basin: Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources, v. 14, p. 99–112.
Levine, J.S., Fukai, I., Soeder, D.J., Bromhal G., Dilmore, R., Guthrie, G., Rodosta, T., Sanguinito, S., Frailey, S., Gorecki, C., Peck, W., and Goodman, A., 2016, U.S. DOE NETL methodology for estimating the prospective CO2 storage resource of shales at the national and regional scale: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, v. 51, August 2016, p. 81–94.
Harris, A. E., Hopkinson, L. and Soeder, D.J., 2016, Developing monitoring plans to detect spills related to natural gas production: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; v. 188, no. 11, p. 647.
Soeder, Daniel J., 2018, The successful development of gas and oil resources from shales in North America: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 163, p. 399-420.
Soeder, Daniel J., 2018, Groundwater Quality and Hydraulic Fracturing: Current Understanding and Science Needs: Groundwater, v. 56, no. 6, p. 852-858.
Soeder, Daniel J. and Kent, Douglas B, 2018, When oil and water mix: Understanding the environmental impacts of shale development: GSA Today, v. 28, no. 9, p. 4-10.
Thomas, L., Tang, H., Kalyon, D., Aktas, S., Arthur, J.D., Blotevogel, J., Carey, J. W., Filshill, A., Fu, P., Hsuan, G., Hu, T., Soeder, D., Shah, S., Vidic, R., and Young, M.H., 2018, Toward better hydraulic fracturing fluids in energy production: A review of sustainable technologies and reduction of potential environmental impacts: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v.173, p. 793-803.
Hannon, Michael J.,Jr., Tarlovsky Tucker, Yael, and Soeder, Daniel J., 2019, Quantifying the effects of gaseous pore pressure and net confining stress on low-permeability cores using the “RaSSCAL” steady-state permeameter: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 179, p. 1136-1150
Soeder, D.J., 2021, Greenhouse gas sources and mitigation strategies from a geosciences perspective: Advances in Geo-Energy Research, v. 5, no. 3, p. 274-285, doi: 10.46690/ager.2021.03.04
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Books and Book Chapters
Soeder, D.J., 2012, Shale gas development in the United States, Chapter 1 in Al-Megren, H. A. (ed.), Advances in Natural Gas Technology, Rijeka, Croatia: InTech Open Access; 542 p.; ISBN 978-953-51-0507-7 DOI: 10.5772/2324,
Soeder, D.J., Enomoto, C.B., and Chermak, J.A., 2014, The Devonian Marcellus Shale and Millboro Shale, in Bailey, C.M., and Coiner, L.V., eds., Elevating Geoscience in the Southeastern United States: New Ideas about Old Terranes—Field Guides for the GSA Southeastern Section Meeting, Blacksburg, Virginia, 2014: Geological Society of America Field Guide 35, p. 129–160, doi:10.1130/2014.0035(05).
Soeder, Daniel J., 2017, Unconventional: The Development of Natural Gas from the Marcellus Shale: GSA Special Paper 527, Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America Books, 143 p.
Soeder, Daniel J., 2018, Clay, Geologic Formations, Carbon Management and Industry: Chapter 3 in Romanov, V. (ed), Greenhouse Gases and Clay Minerals; Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG; 187 p.; ISBN 978-3-319-12660-9, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-12661-6
Ahmed, S. (Section Editor), Schmalzer, D.K., Van Essendelft, D.T., Shadle, L.J., Siefert, N.S., Link, D., Richards, Geo. A., Seol, Yongkoo, Shekhawat, D., Soeder, D.J., Ramezan, M., Stiegel, G.J., Loftus, P.J., Kemp, I.C., Smith, F.L., Smith, J.D., Dees, D.W., 2018, Energy Resources, Conversion, and Utilization, Section 24, 62 p.: Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook 9th Edition, Green D.W. and Southard, M.Z. (eds): New York: McGraw Hill Education; 25 sections plus index.
Soeder, D.J., 2018, Groundwater and Unconventional Oil and Gas Development, p.29-32 in Alley, William M. (ed.) Groundwater: State of the Science and Practice: Westerville, OH: National Ground Water Association, 100 p., ISBN 1-56034-047-9
Soeder, Daniel J. and Borglum, Scyller J., 2019, The Fossil Fuel Revolution: Shale Gas and Tight Oil: Cambridge, MA: Elsevier Publishing, 336 p. Available at: https://www.elsevier.com/books/the-fossil-fuel-revolution/soeder/978-0-12-815397-0
Soeder, Daniel J., 2021, Fracking and the Environment: Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 279 p. Available at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-59121-2
Soeder, Daniel J., 2022, Energy Futures: Fossil Fuel, Greenhouse Gas, and Climate Change: Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 289 p. Available at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-15381-5 (Second edition currently in preparation.)
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Editing
Soeder, D.J. and Engle, M.A., (Editors) 2014, Environmental Geology and the Unconventional Gas Revolution: Special Issue, International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 126, 170 p. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01665162/126)
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Refereed Reports and Fact Sheets:
Soeder, D.J. and Miller, C.V., 2003, Ground-water contamination from lead shot at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Sussex County, Delaware: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4282, 26 p.
Kreeger, D., Tudor, R., Sharp, J., Kilham, S., Soeder, D., Maxwell-Doyle, M., Kraeuter, J., Frizzera, D., Hameedi, J., and Collier, C., 2006, Status and needs of science in the Delaware Estuary: Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Report #06-01, 72 p.
Soeder, D.J., Raffensperger, J.P. and Nardi, M.R., 2007, Effects of withdrawals on ground-water levels in Southern Maryland and adjacent Eastern Shore, 1980-2005: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5249, 82 p.
Soeder, D.J., and Kappel, W.M., 2009, Water resources and natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale: USGS Fact Sheet FS 2009-3032, 6 p.
Lorah, M.M., Soeder, D.J. and Teunis, J.A., 2010, Summary of organic wastewater compounds and other water-quality data in Charles County, Maryland, October 2007 through August 2008, USGS Open-File Report 2010-1071, 19 p., plus appendixes (online).
Rivard, C., Molson, J.W., Soeder, D. J., Johnson, E. G., Grasby, S. E., Wang, B., Rivera, A.A., 2012, Review of the November 24-25, 2011 shale gas workshop, Calgary, Alberta – Vol 2: groundwater resources, Open File Report 7096, Geological Survey of Canada, 205 p.
Rodriguez, R., Crandall, D., Song, X., Verba, C. and Soeder, D., 2014, Imaging Techniques for Analyzing Shale Pores and Minerals: NETL-TRS-6-2014; NETL Technical Report Series; U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory: Morgantown, WV, 32 p.
Soeder, D. J., Wonnell, C. S., Cross-Najafi, I., Marzolf, K., Freye, A., and Sawyer, J. F., 2017, Assessment of Gas Potential in the Niobrara Formation, Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota: NETL-TRS-1-2017; NETL Technical Report Series, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory: Morgantown, WV, 2017, 152 p.
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Fiction:
Soeder, Daniel J., 2013, Taming the Singularity, Trafford Publishing: https://www.trafford.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/484805-Taming-the-Singularity
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Current Projects (5/15/2023):
Education:
B.S., Cleveland State University, geology, minor in physics.
M.S., Bowling Green State University (Ohio), geology
Professional Affiliations:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), Tulsa, OK; Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, CO; American Geophysical Union (AGU), Washington, D.C. (Hydrology section); National Ground Water Association (NGWA), Dublin, OH.
Skills:
Technical: Geology of unconventional oil and gas resources including shale, coalbed methane, and tight gas sands; environmental risks of hydraulic fracturing; groundwater hydrology including contaminant risk mitigation and remediation; coastal hydrology including tidal wetlands; subsurface sequestration of carbon dioxide in a variety of geological formations; engineered geothermal energy systems in sedimentary basins; recovery of REE from coal; and the geologic isolation of high-level radioactive waste.
Management: project planning and schedules, work scope , budgets, tracking finances and deliverables, direct supervision of personnel including hiring, mentoring, counseling, and performance evaluation, management of buildings, equipment, and vehicles, financial and results reporting, outreach to stakeholders and the public, program development, proposal review and scoring, purchasing, contracting, and environmental/safety/health compliance.
Work History:
Current: Owner of Soeder Geoscience LLC. Co-founder of Carbon Blade Corporation (carbon dioxide removal). Author and editor.
2017-2020: Director, Energy Resources Initiative, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT), Rapid City, SD.
2009-2017: Geologist, hydrologist, technical project coordinator and research scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown, WV.
2002-2009: Hydrologist with the United States Geological Survey, MD-DE-DC Water Science Center, Baltimore, MD.
1998-2002: Supervisory Hydrologist, USGS Delaware Subdistrict, Dover, DE.
1990-1998: Hydrologist, USGS Yucca Mountain Project Branch, Las Vegas, NV.
1980-1990: Research Geologist, Gas Technology Institute, Chicago, IL.
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Refereed Journal Articles:
Soeder, D.J., 1988, Porosity and permeability of eastern Devonian gas shale: SPE Formation Evaluation, v. 3, no. 2, p. 116-124.
Soeder, D.J., 1990, Applications of fluorescence microscopy to the study of pores in tight rocks: AAPG Bulletin, v. 74, no. 1, p. 30-40.
Soeder, D.J. and Chowdiah, P., 1990, Pore geometry in high and low permeability sandstones, Travis Peak Formation, East Texas: SPE Formation Evaluation, v. 5, p. 421-430.
Soeder, D.J., 2010, The Marcellus Shale: Resources and Reservations, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 91, no. 32, p. 277–288.
Geng, X., Davatzes, N. C., Soeder, D.J., Torlapati, J., Rodriguez, R.S., and Boufadel, M.C., 2014, Migration of high-pressure air during gas well drilling in the Appalachian Basin, Journal of Environmental Engineering, v. 140, no. 5, B4014002.
Soeder, D.J., Sharma, S., Pekney, N., Hopkinson, L., Dilmore, R., Kutchko, B., Stewart, B., Carter, K., Hakala, A., and Capo, R., 2014, An approach for assessing engineering risk from shale gas wells in the United States, International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 126, June 2014, p. 4-19.
Zhang, Liwei, Anderson, Nicole, Dilmore, Robert, Soeder, Daniel J., and Bromhal, Grant, 2014, Leakage Detection of Marcellus Shale Natural Gas at an Upper Devonian Gas Monitoring Well: A 3‑D Numerical Modeling Approach: Environmental Science & Technology, v.48, August 2014, p. 10795−10803.
Rodriguez, R.S., and Soeder, D.J., 2015, Evolving Water Management Practices in Shale Oil & Gas Development: Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources, v.10, June 2015, p. 18–24.
Chen, R., Sharma, S., Bank, T., Soeder, D., and Eastman, H. 2015, Comparison of isotopic and geochemical characteristics of sediments from gas- and liquids-prone wells in Marcellus Shale from Appalachian Basin, West Virginia: Applied Geochemistry, v. 60, September 2015, p. 59–71.
Soeder, D.J., 2015, Adventures in Groundwater Monitoring: Why has it been so difficult to obtain groundwater data near shale gas wells? Environmental Geosciences, v. 22, no. 4 (December 2015), p. 139–148.
Zhang, L. and Soeder, D.J., 2015, Modeling of methane migration in shallow aquifers from shale gas well drilling: Groundwater, v. 54, no. 3 (May/June 2016), p. 345-353.
Hong, L., Jain, J., Romanov, V., Lopano, C., Disenhof, C., Goodman, A., Hedges, S., Soeder, D., Sanguinito, S., and Dilmore, R., 2016, Factors Affecting the Interaction of CO2 and CH4 in Marcellus Shale from the Appalachian Basin: Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources, v. 14, p. 99–112.
Levine, J.S., Fukai, I., Soeder, D.J., Bromhal G., Dilmore, R., Guthrie, G., Rodosta, T., Sanguinito, S., Frailey, S., Gorecki, C., Peck, W., and Goodman, A., 2016, U.S. DOE NETL methodology for estimating the prospective CO2 storage resource of shales at the national and regional scale: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, v. 51, August 2016, p. 81–94.
Harris, A. E., Hopkinson, L. and Soeder, D.J., 2016, Developing monitoring plans to detect spills related to natural gas production: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; v. 188, no. 11, p. 647.
Soeder, Daniel J., 2018, The successful development of gas and oil resources from shales in North America: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 163, p. 399-420.
Soeder, Daniel J., 2018, Groundwater Quality and Hydraulic Fracturing: Current Understanding and Science Needs: Groundwater, v. 56, no. 6, p. 852-858.
Soeder, Daniel J. and Kent, Douglas B, 2018, When oil and water mix: Understanding the environmental impacts of shale development: GSA Today, v. 28, no. 9, p. 4-10.
Thomas, L., Tang, H., Kalyon, D., Aktas, S., Arthur, J.D., Blotevogel, J., Carey, J. W., Filshill, A., Fu, P., Hsuan, G., Hu, T., Soeder, D., Shah, S., Vidic, R., and Young, M.H., 2018, Toward better hydraulic fracturing fluids in energy production: A review of sustainable technologies and reduction of potential environmental impacts: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v.173, p. 793-803.
Hannon, Michael J.,Jr., Tarlovsky Tucker, Yael, and Soeder, Daniel J., 2019, Quantifying the effects of gaseous pore pressure and net confining stress on low-permeability cores using the “RaSSCAL” steady-state permeameter: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 179, p. 1136-1150
Soeder, D.J., 2021, Greenhouse gas sources and mitigation strategies from a geosciences perspective: Advances in Geo-Energy Research, v. 5, no. 3, p. 274-285, doi: 10.46690/ager.2021.03.04
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Books and Book Chapters
Soeder, D.J., 2012, Shale gas development in the United States, Chapter 1 in Al-Megren, H. A. (ed.), Advances in Natural Gas Technology, Rijeka, Croatia: InTech Open Access; 542 p.; ISBN 978-953-51-0507-7 DOI: 10.5772/2324,
Soeder, D.J., Enomoto, C.B., and Chermak, J.A., 2014, The Devonian Marcellus Shale and Millboro Shale, in Bailey, C.M., and Coiner, L.V., eds., Elevating Geoscience in the Southeastern United States: New Ideas about Old Terranes—Field Guides for the GSA Southeastern Section Meeting, Blacksburg, Virginia, 2014: Geological Society of America Field Guide 35, p. 129–160, doi:10.1130/2014.0035(05).
Soeder, Daniel J., 2017, Unconventional: The Development of Natural Gas from the Marcellus Shale: GSA Special Paper 527, Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America Books, 143 p.
Soeder, Daniel J., 2018, Clay, Geologic Formations, Carbon Management and Industry: Chapter 3 in Romanov, V. (ed), Greenhouse Gases and Clay Minerals; Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG; 187 p.; ISBN 978-3-319-12660-9, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-12661-6
Ahmed, S. (Section Editor), Schmalzer, D.K., Van Essendelft, D.T., Shadle, L.J., Siefert, N.S., Link, D., Richards, Geo. A., Seol, Yongkoo, Shekhawat, D., Soeder, D.J., Ramezan, M., Stiegel, G.J., Loftus, P.J., Kemp, I.C., Smith, F.L., Smith, J.D., Dees, D.W., 2018, Energy Resources, Conversion, and Utilization, Section 24, 62 p.: Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook 9th Edition, Green D.W. and Southard, M.Z. (eds): New York: McGraw Hill Education; 25 sections plus index.
Soeder, D.J., 2018, Groundwater and Unconventional Oil and Gas Development, p.29-32 in Alley, William M. (ed.) Groundwater: State of the Science and Practice: Westerville, OH: National Ground Water Association, 100 p., ISBN 1-56034-047-9
Soeder, Daniel J. and Borglum, Scyller J., 2019, The Fossil Fuel Revolution: Shale Gas and Tight Oil: Cambridge, MA: Elsevier Publishing, 336 p. Available at: https://www.elsevier.com/books/the-fossil-fuel-revolution/soeder/978-0-12-815397-0
Soeder, Daniel J., 2021, Fracking and the Environment: Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 279 p. Available at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-59121-2
Soeder, Daniel J., 2022, Energy Futures: Fossil Fuel, Greenhouse Gas, and Climate Change: Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 289 p. Available at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-15381-5 (Second edition currently in preparation.)
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Editing
Soeder, D.J. and Engle, M.A., (Editors) 2014, Environmental Geology and the Unconventional Gas Revolution: Special Issue, International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 126, 170 p. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01665162/126)
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Refereed Reports and Fact Sheets:
Soeder, D.J. and Miller, C.V., 2003, Ground-water contamination from lead shot at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Sussex County, Delaware: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4282, 26 p.
Kreeger, D., Tudor, R., Sharp, J., Kilham, S., Soeder, D., Maxwell-Doyle, M., Kraeuter, J., Frizzera, D., Hameedi, J., and Collier, C., 2006, Status and needs of science in the Delaware Estuary: Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Report #06-01, 72 p.
Soeder, D.J., Raffensperger, J.P. and Nardi, M.R., 2007, Effects of withdrawals on ground-water levels in Southern Maryland and adjacent Eastern Shore, 1980-2005: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5249, 82 p.
Soeder, D.J., and Kappel, W.M., 2009, Water resources and natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale: USGS Fact Sheet FS 2009-3032, 6 p.
Lorah, M.M., Soeder, D.J. and Teunis, J.A., 2010, Summary of organic wastewater compounds and other water-quality data in Charles County, Maryland, October 2007 through August 2008, USGS Open-File Report 2010-1071, 19 p., plus appendixes (online).
Rivard, C., Molson, J.W., Soeder, D. J., Johnson, E. G., Grasby, S. E., Wang, B., Rivera, A.A., 2012, Review of the November 24-25, 2011 shale gas workshop, Calgary, Alberta – Vol 2: groundwater resources, Open File Report 7096, Geological Survey of Canada, 205 p.
Rodriguez, R., Crandall, D., Song, X., Verba, C. and Soeder, D., 2014, Imaging Techniques for Analyzing Shale Pores and Minerals: NETL-TRS-6-2014; NETL Technical Report Series; U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory: Morgantown, WV, 32 p.
Soeder, D. J., Wonnell, C. S., Cross-Najafi, I., Marzolf, K., Freye, A., and Sawyer, J. F., 2017, Assessment of Gas Potential in the Niobrara Formation, Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota: NETL-TRS-1-2017; NETL Technical Report Series, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory: Morgantown, WV, 2017, 152 p.
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Fiction:
Soeder, Daniel J., 2013, Taming the Singularity, Trafford Publishing: https://www.trafford.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/484805-Taming-the-Singularity
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Current Projects (5/15/2023):
- Development of a renewables-powered, stand-alone, carbon dioxide direct air capture system (https://www.carbon-blade.com/).
- Creating durable building materials and marketable products by carbonation of captured CO2.
- Microbial-assisted carbonation in the subsurface pore space of depleted oil reservoirs to block fugitive emissions while sequestering CO2.
- Developing indigenous energy resources on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.