My research interests are in the application of applied petroleum hydrogeology to petroleum exploration. Recently, I have been concentrating on gas-dominated undperpressured regional-scale flow systems. Natural gas seeps represent the discharge sites of these flow systems and I collected samples from several Alberta seeps for carbon isotope analysis.

My thesis project consists of a regional hydrogeological evaluation of the Jean Marie Formation in N.E. British Columbia.

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Letourneau, J.P., R. Miller, K. Muehlenbachs, and B.J. Rostron, Stable isotope geochemistry of some natural gas macroseeps in Alberta. Submitted for GeoCanada 2000, Calgary, 2000.

Letourneau, J.P. and B.J. Rostron, Widespread gas-saturation and underpressures in the Jean Marie Formation, northeastern British Coumbia, Canada. AAPG Hedberg Conference on Natural Gas Formation and Occurence, June 6-10, Durango, Colorado, 1999.

Letourneau, J.P. and L. Jones, The Willesden Green Second White Specks pools, an evaluation of fluid compartments and seals. 1996 CSPG Annual Technical Conference, June 16-19 Calgary, Alberta.

Lies, H. and J.P. Letourneau, 1995. Numerical modelling of the hydrodynamically trapped Milk River gas field, Western Canada. Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, vol. 34, no. 10, p. 25-30.