SPECIAL PROJECTS

PROGRAMMING FOR VISUALIZATION
Graphic presentation of the relative abundance of major ions is very useful in the investigation of groundwater contamination. Buffalo Geological specializes in in-house programming of Durov, Piper, and Stiff type diagrams as a means to illustrate and investigate water quality issues.  Natural variations in background water quality are easily identified and subtle effects of contamination can be seen.  Seasonal precipitation effects on groundwater chemistry are discernable.  Plume stability is verified. Long term ionic changes can be tracked. One advantage of the Durov diagram is that additional parameters can be plotted on secondary axes thereby enhancing interpretive value.  We also provide diagrams on a job-shop basis for other consultant's projects.

EQUIPMENT DESIGN AND FABRICATION
Buffalo Geological Consulting operates a machine shop capable of working in environmental plastics or metal.  We design, fabricate, modify and repair environmental sampling and remediation equipment.  We are expert in making customized pneumatic powered equipment for such environmental tasks as sample collection, free-product removal, monitoring well development, etc. All our equipment is hardened for remote deployment in harsh environments miles from support facilities - and then proven rugged in the field. Examples: Buffalo designed and manufactures a totally pneumatic-powered controller to run bladder pumps across the full spectrum of pressures involved with maximum rate purging and low flow sampling.  The controller solves a number of timing and durability problems encountered with typical commercial units.  Buffalo invented a pneumatic powered device to automate the pumping action required by inertial type sampling apparatus - the equipment was deployed in a location that was uncomfortable for continuous human presence.

OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH 
The firm has full capabilities to conduct prospect generation for and evaluation of petroleum objectives. Robert Mansfield has extensive exploration experience in the Gulf Coast province generating prospects from Wilcox to Norphlet. Buffalo Geological Consulting owns a specialized library of digitized electric logs located in 36 contiguous townships across the heart of the Lower Tuscaloosa trend in Mississippi. The database consists of approximately one million curve feet of SP and deep resistivity curves hand-digitized from the original electric logs on a two foot basis over the Lower Tuscaloosa interval.