EAST TENNESSEE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
February 2025 Virtual Meeting
Monday,
February 10, 2025
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
February Presentation
Whales, Rocks, and Light
By
Gary Bible, Ph.D., President Cougar Dome, LLC
Abstract
Whales had been hunted for their meat around the world for
thousands of years. The practice of hunting whales solely for their
blubber that could be rendered into oil that could be used for
candles and lamps originated in New England in the late 1600 and
early 1700 hundreds. With the advent of factory whaling ships the
whale population began a rapid decline. With this decline in the
whale population whale oil became very expensive. Fortunately for
the whales the rise of the oil industry in Southwestern Pennsylvania
produced large amounts of very cheap kerosene that could be used for
lighting purposes. This led to the overnight decline of the whaling
industry.
Biography
Gary Bible earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in geology from Kent
State, and Iowa State Universities, respectively. After working for
several companies in the oil industry for some 35 years, Gary
founded and is President of Cougar Dome, LLC -- Geological and GIS
Consulting in 2013, and continues to drill his own prospects through
that entity. Gary is the former Chairman of the Tennessee Oil and
Gas Association, has been an adjunct professor of Geology at UTK,
and is an Oil and Gas Industry Representative on the Tennessee Board
of Water Quality, Oil, and Gas.
Greetings, and welcome to the February 10,
2025 ETGS virtual meeting.
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