About Magnet Geological
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Facing land-related questions or challenges? Magent Geological empowers you with a comprehensive suite of geological and scientific consulting services. From GeoAsset exploration to GeoManagement plans and GeoRisk mitigation, we tackle everything from soil health to resource potential.
Whether it's maximizing resource potential, implementing sustainable practices, or mitigating natural hazards, we have the ability to guide you towards a thriving future.
R.S. Bud Johnson, Principal – Magnet Geological
A Proven Leader in Real Estate, Agriculture and Energy
Early Foundations
Mr. Johnson’s journey began in 1973 when his parents purchased 473 acres along the Colorado River in West Central Texas. Through hands-on ranching responsibilities—from soil and livestock judging to land stewardship—he gained deep insights into sustainable agriculture and resource management. Over a lifetime, Mr. Johnson’s dedication and vision led to the expansion of these holdings to a 9,000-acre ranch in Colorado’s Front Range, west of Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs.
Academic Path and Early Innovations
Initially pursuing an engineering degree, Mr. Johnson shifted to geology to further explore geomorphology, geochemistry, and stratigraphy. His academic coursework encompassed:
- Geology, Chemistry, and Engineering
- Agriculture including Plant and Soil Science
- Economics and Contract Law
- Farm and Ranch Real Estate Appraisal
After graduation, he served for nearly 15 years as a director for both a local soil and water conservation district and a county underground water conservation district. During this period, Mr. Johnson pioneered an innovative grazing rotation program—inspired by the co-evolution of bison and grasses in the Pleistocene Epoch—that reduced operational ranch costs by approximately 80% and eliminated the need for purchased hay for more than two decades. This significantly enhanced the sustainability of the ranch.
Oil and Gas Milestones
Mr. Johnson’s venture into oil and gas exploration began in 1991. By 1994, he had discovered two new oil fields north of San Angelo, Texas:
- First Discovery
- Continues to produce oil more than 30 years later, underscoring its long-term viability.
- Second Field
- Drilled in 1997, this field demonstrated initial choked-back flow rates of over 100 barrels of water-free oil per day for more than three years from multiple wells at less than 5000 feet vertical. After transition to pump the wells continued to produce over 20 years, highlighting reservoir quality and effective production strategies.
Building on these successes, Mr. Johnson established and managed a comprehensive oil and gas service company, growing it to over 100 employees by 2012. Under his leadership, the company oversaw geological exploration, land leasing, drilling, and completion operations for more than 2,000 wells. During this time, Mr. Johnson also developed an empirical water saturation calculation derived from total gas analysis, advancing well evaluation and reservoir management practices.
Expansion into Hospitality
In 2003, recognizing a growing demand for unique lodging near Big Bend National Park, Mr. Johnson initiated the first short-term rental house in the area, known as TerlinguaHouse.com. This venture combines panoramic desert views, modern amenities, and proximity to the national park, offering visitors an immersive experience in southwestern Texas. TerlinguaHouse.com continues to welcome travelers from around the globe seeking both natural beauty and comfortable accommodations.
Present Initiatives and Forward-Looking Projects
Today, Mr. Johnson leverages his extensive agricultural and geological expertise to serve the real estate, agriculture, and energy sectors through Magnet Geological. Key offerings include:
- Intrinsic Land Evaluation
- An investment tool that applies a discounted net present value assessment by comparing the net native or natural attributes of a property to its market value.
- Comprehensive Geochemical Testing
- Evaluating parent bedrock, soils, and water for mineral exploration, material suitability, risk assessment, and environmental health.
- Statistical Rainfall Projection Analyses
- Forward-looking models using historical and current data to inform land use, resource management, and sustainable development strategies.
- Digital Twin Architecture for Ranching
- Mr. Johnson has designed a digital twin system for the ranching industry that integrates AI-driven and conventional solutions to reduce costs, increase revenues, and promote long-term sustainability.
By blending proven methodologies with innovative research and data-driven insights, Mr. Johnson continues to help clients—across all generations—achieve sustainable, profitable outcomes in land and resource management. His ventures from sustainable ranching developments to petroleum discoveries and TerlinguaHouse.com to the present work of Intrinsic Land Evaluations and geochemical innovations at Magnet Geological, exemplify a commitment to forward-looking strategies that embrace both tradition and technology.
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Recent CEUs, Conferences and Field Trips
- American Economic Association and AERE and LERA and ASSA Conference
- Texas Southwest Cattle Raisers Association 2024 Convention
- Palermo AAPG Mixed Carbonates
- Messinian Salinity Crisis Field Trip
- Sicily Salt Mine Field Trip
- Mesozoic Carbonates of Sciacca, Sicily, Italy
- Characterizing, Permitting, and Monitoring Novel CO2 Storage Plays Optimized for Saline Reservoirs
- CCUS – Houston
- The Techniques and Business Aspects of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage and the CO2 Storage Resource Management System (SRMS)
- TIPRO Ft Worth
- GeoWeek – Remote Sensing Denver
- Remote Sensing Data for Climate Change Analysis Workshop
- Airborne Bathymetric Lidar Workshop
- Geospatial Deep Learning with ArcGIS Workshop
- NAPE Renewable Energy Law
- NCBA - CattleCon - Orlando
- Grazing Management Workshop
- American Geophysical Union (AGU) Conference
- Hoover Dam Full Tour
- Groundwater Week Conference
- Well evaluation, Troubleshooting & Rehabilitation
- Intl Water - Desal Concentrate Mgmt, Ion Exchange Technology & Use
- Intl Water - Reverse Osmosis Workshop
- International Water Conference
- US-Mexico Natural Gas Forum
- Intl Water - Water Treatment 101
- American Water Works Association (AWWA) Nat Conference
- American Water Works Association Class Cyano Bacteria
- Soil Science Conference
- Soil-Plant Atmosphere
- Soil Micro-Morphology
- "Sedimentary architecture of turbidite channel-levee deposits (Tachrift System, Taza–Guercif Basin, Tortonian, NE Morocco"
- Carbon Capture USA 2023 Summit
- Metals - Rare Earth Earth / Critical Minerals Conference
- Scandium Conference
- Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Conference
- SPE - CCUS Training
- Hybrid contourite-turbidite systems from the Guyana-Suriname and Cote d’Ivoire-Ghana deep-water margins
- Wood-McKenzie CCUS Conference
- Texas Desal 2023 Conference
- Contourites & cold-water coral mounds in the southern Gulf of Cadiz
- CCUS Fundamentals
- Image Conference (AAPG / SEG)
- Geothermal/CCUS log Analysis
- Exploration and Development Aspects of Geothermal Energy in Sedimentary Basins
- Ethics for Professionals
- Civil Engineering - Slopes, Support and Stabilization
- Mount Etna Basalts - analog for CO2 sequestration
- Aeolian Stromboli Basalts - analog for CO2 sequestration
- Urtec Houston Making AI Behave with Massive Subsurface Data Sets
- Critical Minerals Conference Australia
- Reef and Volcanics Tour, Fiji & Great Barrier Reef
- Advanced Course Deepwater Sedimentary / Turbidites and Contourites
- Physical modeling of the impact of changing slope-to-basin morphology on the emplacement, erosion, and transport of sediments by along-slope continuous currents
- Civil Engineering - GeoRisk Conference
- Civil Engineering Statistics - Advances in Theory and Innovations in Practice
- Carbon Capture Technology Conference
- Conference - Mixed/Hybrid Systems (Turbidite, MTD, Contourites) on Continental Margins
- Field Trip - Jurassic Turbidites Source to Basin - Eastern Atlantic Basin – Portugal
- Super Dug Conference
- AAPG SW Conference
- Sequence Stratigraphy concepts and Pratical Well log Applications
- Field Trip Seismic
- Integrating Geophysics into Geologic Carbon Storage Workflows from Scoping to Monitoring
- CCUS Conference – Houston
- Fundamentals of Carbon Capture and Storage
- Identification, Prediction, and Management of Oilfield Solids and Mineral Scales
- Carbonate Acidizing
- Texas AWWA and Water Environment Conference
- Reservoir Simulation
- Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Annual Conference
- Helium Converence - Denver - via zoom
- Nape Summit
- Ethics for Professionals
- Water Well Design
- A Wetland Primer for Design Professionals
- Rocky Mtn AAPG Conference
- Mancos Stratigraphy Field Trip
- Modern Shale Gas Development
- The Petroleum Industry - Crude Oil Classification and BenchmarksThe Petroleum Industry - The Future
- The Petroleum Industry - Origins and Occurrence of Oil
- Petroleum Engineering: Liquid Process Piping - Introduction and Design Strategy
- Petroleum Engineering: Liquid Process Piping - General Piping Design
- Effective Groundwater Supply Management
- The Petroleum Industry - Oil Supply
- Ethics for Professionals
- Soils in Construction
- Aerial Mapping: Technologies and Procedures
- Estate Planning
- Geodetic Datums:Fundamentals and New Developments
- Texas Renewable Energy Land Laws
- Floodplain Modeling,Mapping and Regulation
- Texas Water Laws and Regulations
- Current issues in the practice of Geoscience
- Austin Chalk
- Evaluating Shale and Tight oil and Gas Reservoirs
- Essentials of unconventional play based exploration
- Horizontal Well Completetions
- Enhanced Oil Recovery Fundamentals
- Horizontal Well Completetions
- Enhanced Oil Recovery Fundamentals
- Artificial Lift Class
- Green Design: The Ethics of Green Design
- Green Design: Introduction to Sustainable Water Systems (Based on LEED v4)
- Hydroelectric Power Generation
- Protecting Your Team Against Workplace Violence
- Reducing Risk: Preparing to be an Expert Witness in a Deposition and Trial
- AEC Success: Strategies for a Successful Interview
- Smart Time Management: 7 Steps to Regaining Control of Your Day
- Smart Time Management: The 80/20 Rule for Making Every Minute Count
- Gravel Road Design, Construction & Maintenance
- Ethical Decision Making for Engineers #2
- Managing Generation X
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG): Global LNG Projects & Players
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG): Evolution of LNG Markets & Primary Demand Regions
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG): Emerging Issues in the LNG Industry
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG): The Impact of Shale Gas on Global Gas Markets
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG): The Role of Shale Gas in the Golden Age of Gas
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG): Safety & Environmental Sustainability of LNG
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG): Globalization of LNG
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG): The LNG Value Chain
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG): Global LNG Supply
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG): Global LNG Demand & Emerging Demand Markets
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG): Natural Gas & LNG in the 21st Century
- Formation Evaluation by Wireline Logging
- The Petroleum Industry - The Future
- The Petroleum Industry - The Crude Oil Market
- The Petroleum Industry - Crude Oil Classification and Benchmarks
- The Petroleum Industry - Exploration, Recovery, and Transportation
- The Petroleum Industry - Origins and Occurrence of Oil
- Petroleum and Natural Gas: Mud Logging Sensors and Modern EDR Systems
- The Petroleum Industry - History, Terminology, and Culture
- Coastal Geology: Terminology & Geologic Environments
- Ethical Decision Making for Engineers #2 (B)
- Basics of Water Resources: Groundwater Contamination
- Rockies Andes Thrust Fault Conference
- SPE Cementing CCUS Wells
- Super Dug
- ICSC Convention
- Induced Seismicity Workshop
- Soil Science San Juan Puerto Rico
- Ophiolite Field Trip
- Field Trip Coffee Farming - Source of Turbidite sands
- CCIM
- 101 Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- 102 - Market Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- 103 - User Decision Analysis for Commercial Real Estate
- 104 - Investment Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate
- Introduction to Development Workshop Real Estate Ethics
- The Petroleum Industry - Oil Supply
- Coastal Engineering: Hurricanes - The Basics
- Floodproofing
- Ethical Decision Making for Engineers #1 (B)
- Underground Natural Gas Storage: Basics
- Petroleum: Oil and Gas Drilling Technologies
- Petroleum: Liquefied Natural Gas - The Global Market
- Sexual Harassment: Respecting the Individual
- Earthquakes: The Basics
- Earth Dynamics: Volcanoes
- Hazardous Waste: The Basics
- Alternative Construction: Natural Building, Codes & Regulations
- Coastal Engineering: TsunamiGeotechnology: GIS
- Earth Dynamics: Global Warming
- Earth Dynamics: Geothermal Energy
- Basics of Water Resources: Groundwater Hydrology
- GIS: The Very Basics
- Earth Dynamics: Plate Tectonics
- Solar Electric Generation: Technologies
- In Situ Remediation Technologies for Contaminated Soils
- Earth Dynamics: Tornadoes
- Site Planning and DesignPetroleum: US Code - Oil Pollution Liability & Compensation
- NDA Drilling Safety Guide
- Ex Situ Remediation Technologies for Contaminated Soils
- Ethical Decision Making for Engineers #4
- Ethical Decision Making for Engineers #3
- Water Well Design
- Introduction to Mineral Soils
- Geotechnology: Cartography, Mapping and Map Serving
- Erosion and Sediment Control - An Overview
- Renewable Energy Generation
- Renewable Sources of Energy: Wind Power
- Groundwater Hydrology
- Ethical Decision Making for Engineers #2
- NDA Drilling Safety Guide
- Petroleum: Oil and Gas Well Plugging in Texas
- Petroleum: Texas Administrative Code (TAC) - Underground Injection Control
- Earth Dynamics: Geologic Time
- Basic Erosion & Sediment Control
- Petroleum: Waste Minimization in the Oil Field
- Ethical Decision Making for Engineers #1
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