Publications (all peer-reviewed research publications are in the top 50%, three in the top 25%, and one in the top 2%
of research interest score since the year of publication):
Fairhurst, B. & Carter, D. (2025). Multimodel, multimethod determination of the free market and policy influences on crude oil
price. Working Paper.
Budhale, P., Carter, D., Fairhurst, B., & Meldru, J. The Reaction of Passenger Airline Stocks to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
Working Paper.
Fairhurst, B. (2024). Crude oil price: Influences in an era of increasing unconventional oil production in the United States.
Oklahoma State University, dissertation. 202 p.
Fairhurst, B. (2021). West Texas (Permian) Super Basin Unconventional Resources: Exploration, Discovery, and Development,
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir, Giant Field of the Decade 2010-2020, Memoir 125, Chapter 6, 141-
188. https://doi.org/10.1306/13742358MGF.6.3875.
Fairhurst, B., Ewing, T., & Lindsay, B. (2021). West Texas (Permian) Super Basin, United States: Tectonics, structural
development, sedimentation, petroleum systems, and hydrocarbon reserves. American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Bulletin, 105(6), 1099–1147. https://doi.org/10.1306/03042120130.
Fairhurst, B. (2020). Analytics, Machine Learning, and AI for Independent Petroleum Geologists and Independent Oil and Gas
Companies: Successful Case Study, Rodessa Oil Pool, Martinville Field, Simpson County, Mississippi, Gulf Coast Association of
Geological Societies Journal, 9, 93-114.
Fairhurst, B. (2020). The Perfect Unconventional Resource Portfolio, Unconventional Resources Technology Conference,
p., https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2940.
Rostami, A., Jagadisan, A., Hernandez, L.M., Heidari, Z., Fairhurst, B., Yurchenko, I., Ikonnikova, S., & Hamlin, S. (2019).
Advanced Simultaneous Formation Evaluation and Completion-Oriented Rock Classification in the Midland Basin Using
Integrated Analysis of Well Logs, Core Measurements, and Geostatistical Data, Unconventional Resources Technology
Conference. https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2019-656.
Courses Taught (selected courses listed, 27 total college and professional courses):
Creativity and innovation are under-estimated positive indicators for energy outlooks: Outlook for energy for 2024 and beyond. American Association
of Petroleum Geologists Academy, online, February 14, 2024.
Entrepreneurship: Transitions & Strategies. Society of Professional Earth Scientists, Fort Worth Chapter, October 14, 2023.
Reserve Assessment and Risk Analysis of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs. Graduate College, Oklahoma State University, Fall, 2023.
Your future, your 50-year career roadmap. University of Oklahoma, American Association of Petroleum Geologist Student Chapter, March 2, 2022.
Developing the Ideal Mix and Capabilities for the Energy Transition (Diversification, Risk Management, Time-Frame Planning). American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Academy, September 8, 2021.
West Texas (Permian) Basin USA: Wolfcamp Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, & Tectonic Setting, GEOL 6397 – Conventional and unconventional
exploration of the Permian Basin, West Texas. Department of Geology, University of Houston Maymester, May 26, 2021.
History of geologic concepts that opened exploration and development of the West Texas (Permian) Basin 1915-1925, GEOL 6397 – Conventional
and unconventional exploration of the Permian Basin, West Texas. Department of Geology, University of Houston Maymester, May 18th, 2021.
Building a Career Road Map and Maintaining Optionality for Success. 21st Annual Geoscience Student Expo, American Association of Petroleum
Geologists, online-Houston, October 9, 2020.
Fairhurst, B., & Sternbach, C., Creativity for Geoscientists: Insights, Development, and Practice. GeoGulf2019, Gulf Coast Association of Geological
Societies Annual Convention, Houston, October 23, 2019.
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence in Oil and Gas. Mid-Continent Association of Geological Societies Annual Convention, Wichita,
October 6, 2019.
Creative, Critical, and Strategic Thinking for Geoscientists, Business Savvy for Today’s Oil and Gas Geoscientists. Society of Professional Earth
Scientists, Houston Chapter, September 19, 2019.
Physical Geology, Lee College, Texas Department of Corrections, Huntsville, Texas, Fall, 2017.
Presentations and Published Abstracts (selected 2025-2022, over 140 since 2012):
Last barrel produced: U.S. unconventional oil production is the dominant production influence on global oil prices. Unconventional Resource
Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, June 2025 (Under review).
Permian Basin unconventional oil production is the dominant producer influence on global oil prices. Southwest Section, American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Annual Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, April 2025 (Under Review).
Pillars of strategy and implication: Understanding current market influences is crucial for seizing strategic opportunity, Gulf Coast Association of
Geologic Societies, Nacogdoches, Texas, April 2025.
Strategic decisions for Petroleum Geologists, Gulf Coast Association of Geologic Societies, San Antonio, Texas, April 2024.
Strategic planning and risk analysis for entrepreneurs: Focus on independent petroleum geoscientists. Society of Independent Earth Scientists,
Oklahoma City Chapter, Oklahoma City, November 1, 2023.
Fairhurst, B., & Lindsay, B., Geologic concepts that opened economic development of the West Texas (Permian Basin), 1915 – 1925. American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, Image, August 31, 2023.
West Texas (Permian) unconventional resources: Fifteen years of exploration, discovery, development, and production, what we have learned, and
where we are headed. Southwest Section of Geologic Societies, Wichita Falls, Texas, May 8, 2023.
Entrepreneurship: Transitions & Strategies, Riverford Exploration, LLC, Gulf Coast Association of Geologic Societies, Houston, April 26, 2023.
Entrepreneurship Session Chair, Gulf Coast Association of Geologic Societies, Houston, April 26, 2023.
West Texas (Permian) unconventional resources: Fifteen years of exploration, discovery, development, and production, what we have learned, and
where we are headed. Society of Independent Earth Scientists, Dallas Chapter, Dallas, March 21, 2023.
The Balance of Analytics, Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, Domain Expertise, and the Scientific Method. Kansas Geological Society, Wichita,
Kansas, May 11, 2022.
Analytics, Big Data, AI in the Oil & Gas Industry, Upstream Focus. Institute for the Study of Earth and Man atSouthern Methodist University Energy
Roundtable, Galveston, Texas, April 22, 2022.
Impact of Energy Transition on Unconventional E&P Strategies, future reserves, ESG. Institute for the Study of Earth and Man at Southern Methodist
University Energy Roundtable, Galveston, Texas, April 22, 2022.