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Martin G. Fowler is affiliated with Applied Petroleum Technology (Norway) in Norway. Their research encompasses multiple interconnected fields related to environmental and petroleum sciences, particularly focusing on microbial ecology, environmental chemistry, and engineering aspects relevant to hydrocarbon exploration and environmental impacts.

Their main fields of study include Environmental Science and Engineering, with subfields spanning Environmental Chemistry, Ocean Engineering, Ecology, Mechanics of Materials, and Molecular Biology. The range of topics covered in their work includes:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Martin G. Fowler has frequently published in venues such as:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on microbial and geological processes related to hydrocarbon environments and their ecological impacts. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Thermogenic hydrocarbon biodegradation by diverse depth-stratified microbial populations at a Scotian Basin cold seep," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Geological processes mediate a microbial dispersal loop in the deep biosphere," 2022, Science Advances
  • "Petroleum distribution in the Montney hybrid play: Source, carrier bed, and structural controls," 2021, AAPG Bulletin
  • "Bacterial anomalies associated with deep sea hydrocarbon seepage along the Scotian Slope," 2022, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers
  • "Multi-year seabed environmental baseline in deep-sea offshore oil prospective areas established using microbial biodiversity," 2023, Marine Pollution Bulletin

Collaborations with frequent co-authors include:

  • Casey R. J. Hubert
  • Adam MacDonald
  • D C Campbell
  • Lindsay M. Parson
  • James W. Hawkins

The researcher's work integrates environmental chemical analysis with microbiological studies to shed light on hydrocarbon biodegradation, microbial dispersal in extreme environments, and environmental baselines for oil prospecting areas. Their interdisciplinary approach connects geological and biological data to inform understanding of deep-sea and subsurface ecosystems in relation to petroleum technology and environmental science.

Best Publications

  • The controls on the composition of biodegraded oils in the deep subsurface: Part II—Geological controls on subsurface biodegradation fluxes and constraints on reservoir-fluid property prediction

    Steve Larter;Haiping Huang;Jennifer Adams;Barry Bennett

  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Composition and Potential Sources for Sediment Samples from the Beaufort and Barents Seas

    Mark B. Yunker;Lloyd R. Snowdon;Robie W. Macdonald;John N. Smith

  • Applications of petroleum geochemistry to exploration and reservoir management

    Ken E Peters;Martin G Fowler

  • The influence of thermochemical sulphate reduction on hydrocarbon composition in Nisku reservoirs, Brazeau River area, Alberta, Canada

    B.K. Manzano;M.G. Fowler;H.G. Machel

  • Carotenoid-derived alkanes in oils from northwestern China

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  • Saturated hydrocarbon biomarkers in oils of Late Precambrian age from Eastern Siberia

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  • Unique distributions of hydrocarbons and sulphur compounds released by flash pyrolysis from the fossilised alga Gloeocapsomorpha prisca, a major constituent in one of four Ordovician kerogens

    A.G Douglas;J.S.Sinninghe Damsté;M.G Fowler;T.I Eglinton

  • Thermogenic hydrocarbon biodegradation by diverse depth-stratified microbial populations at a Scotian Basin cold seep

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  • Effect of maturity and petroleum expulsion on pyrrolic nitrogen compound yields and distributions in Duvernay Formation petroleum source rocks in central Alberta, Canada

    Maowen Li;Huanxin Yao;L.D. Stasiuk;M.G. Fowler

  • Biological marker and conventional organic geochemistry of oil sands/heavy oils, Western Canada basin

    P.W. Brooks;M.G. Fowler;R.W. Macqueen

  • Re–Os elemental and isotopic systematics in crude oils

    David Selby;David Selby;Robert A. Creaser;Martin G. Fowler

  • Evaluation of bitumen as a 187Re–187Os geochronometer for hydrocarbon maturation and migration: A test case from the Polaris MVT deposit, Canada

    David Selby;David Selby;Robert A. Creaser;Keith Dewing;Martin Fowler

  • Hydrogen isotopic compositions of individual alkanes as a new approach to petroleum correlation: case studies from the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

    Maowen Li;Yongsong Huang;Mark Obermajer;Chunqing Jiang

  • Bakken/Madison petroleum systems in the Canadian Williston Basin. Part 2: molecular markers diagnostic of Bakken and Lodgepole source rocks

    Chunqing Jiang;Maowen Li;Kirk G Osadetz;Lloyd R Snowdon

  • Geochemical characterisation of Middle Devonian oils in NW Alberta, Canada: possible source and maturity effect on pyrrolic nitrogen compounds

    Maowen Li;M.G. Fowler;M. Obermajer;L.D. Stasiuk

  • Depositional Environment and Oil Generation in Ordovician Source Rocks from Southwestern Ontario, Canada: Organic Geochemical and Petrological Approach

    M. Obermajer;M. G. Fowler;L. R. Snowdon

  • Oleanane or lupane? Reappraisal of the presence of oleanane in Cretaceous–Tertiary oils and sediments

    Hans Peter Nytoft;Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed;Flemming G. Christiansen;Martin G. Fowler

  • Geochemical constraints on models for secondary petroleum migration along the Upper Devonian Rimbey-Meadowbrook reef trend in central Alberta, Canada

    Maowen Li;Huanxin Yao;M.G. Fowler;L.D. Stasiuk

  • Devonian hydrocarbon source rocks and their derived oils in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

    Martin G. Fowler;Lavern D. Stasiuk;Mark Hearn;Mark Obermajer

  • Monocyclic alkanes in Ordovician organic matter

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  • Organic geochemistry as an aid in the interpretation of the history of oil migration into different reservoirs at the Hibernia K-18 and Ben Nevis I-45 wells, Jeanne d'Arc Basin, offshore eastern Canada☆

    Martin G. Fowler;Paul W. Brooks

  • Organic Facies in Devonian and Mississippian Strata of Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Relation to Kerogen Type, Paleoenvironment, and Paleogeography

    L.D. Stasiuk;M.G. Fowler

  • Light hydrocarbon (gasoline range) parameter refinement of biomarker-based oil–oil correlation studies: an example from Williston Basin

    Mark Obermajer;Kirk G Osadetz;Martin G Fowler;Lloyd R Snowdon

  • Origin and alteration of Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group oils from the Provost oil field, east central Alberta, Canada

    C. L. Riediger;M. G. Fowler;L. R. Snowdon;R. MacDonald

Frequent Co-Authors

Lloyd R. Snowdon
Lloyd R. Snowdon University of Calgary
Maowen Li
Maowen Li Geological Survey of Canada
Fariborz Goodarzi
Fariborz Goodarzi Geological Survey of Canada
Steve Larter
Steve Larter University of Calgary
David Selby
David Selby Durham University
Denis Lavoie
Denis Lavoie Geological Survey of Canada
Wolfgang Kalkreuth
Wolfgang Kalkreuth Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Thomas Gentzis
Thomas Gentzis Core Laboratories (United States)
Robie W. Macdonald
Robie W. Macdonald Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Robert A. Creaser
Robert A. Creaser University of Alberta

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