Randy Blood (far right) works with Geology students and Associate Professor Thomas Hegna in core sampling near Silver Creek, NY, in 2023.
Alumnus Randy Blood, an accomplished geologist and petrophysicist, will discuss his field work in Mongolia at a campus lecture.
His talk, “The Lost Reefs of the Gobi: Exploring Uncharted Devonian Geology in Southern Mongolia,” will be presented Friday, Oct. 17, at 3:30 p.m. in Houghton Hall Room 28.
"Randy's exploratory field work is exciting. It demonstrates that there is still basic boots-on-the-groundwork that needs to be done and places that need to be explored,” said Associate Professor Thomas Hegna.
Mr. Blood has impressive credentials as an American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG) certified petroleum geologist who has worked primarily in the oil and gas industry since 2006, is widely published and the recipient of numerous awards.
Randy's exploratory field work is exciting. It demonstrates that there is still basic boots-on-the-groundwork that needs to be done and places that need to be explored." - Associate Professor Thomas Hegna.
After receiving his B.S. in Geology in 2003, Blood went on to earn a graduate degree in Geology at the State University at Buffalo. Based in Pittsburgh, PA, he worked at Chesapeake Energy, EQT Production before founding DRB Geological Consulting and co-founding Wildlands Research.
While much of his work has been based in the Appalachian Basin, Blood has worked on numerous geology projects all over the United States as well as in Spain, the United Kingdom, India, Uruguay, Paraguay, Columbia and Argentina.
At SUNY Fredonia, Blood worked extensively with Geosciences Professor Emeritus Gary Lash on sedimentology, stratigraphy and geochemistry on the upper Devonian black and gray shale succession in Western New York.
Blood remains strongly connected to his alma mater. He hosted students on a student field trip in 2023 and gave a lecture on the upper Devonian shale succession in Western New York in 2002.
Moreover, the day after his upcoming campus lecture, Blood will lead a group of students and Geology faculty on a field trip that involves drilling a core at Sturgeon Point, NY.
The field trip is a prized event, noted Dr. Hegna, who never had an opportunity to drill a core while he was an undergraduate at a much bigger university.
