About Thomas E. Cochrane: Thomas English Cochrane is a California Professional Geologist (#6124). Born and raised in Greene, New York, he wandered and roamed the area’s glacially-formed hills and valleys while growing up including the Catskills, the Adirondacks, and the Appalachian mountains. These youthful explorations led to him obtaining an under-graduate degree in Geology at the State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton. He subsequently did graduate work in Education at Colgate … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Thomas E. Cochrane
Tornados, Rattlesnakes & Oil — A Wildcatter’s Memories of Hunting for Black Gold by Thomas E. Cochrane, Geologist
“Black Gold”…OIL…the magic bullet of liquid petroleum not only propels all manner of people-movers globally, it’s also a component of more than 6,000 products—everything from motorcycle helmets, to vitamin capsules, to ink. But who DISCOVERS these critical—and elusive—fossil fuels of oil & gas? Meet a wildcatter whose back-in-the-day journey from the hills of New York, to the ice fields of Alaska, to the plains of the Midwest brings the reader along on this complex quest to SEE underground. … [Read more...] about Tornados, Rattlesnakes & Oil — A Wildcatter’s Memories of Hunting for Black Gold by Thomas E. Cochrane, Geologist
