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In the ongoing high price environment there are some major, looming challenges, an APPEX London gathering of about 300 was told in March.

Added on 01 May, 2006

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Education Opportunities

Several new education opportunities have been added to the AAPG calendar -- for both the classroom and beautiful outdoor settings -- and now is the time to add them to your schedule in the next few months.

Added on 01 May, 2006

Explorer Article By Barry Friedman

Israel Continues Reserves Search

Even for a faith-based company drilling test wells in Israel, science is at a premium.

Added on 01 May, 2006

Explorer Article By Paul Comet

Waste to Syngas

Readers may be aware that many petrochemicals are made from a widely used precursor or feedstock known as “syngas,” or synthesis gas. Syngas need not be made from petroleum however. It also can be made from agricultural, municipal and sanitary waste.

Added on 01 May, 2006

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Industry Gives Big Boost to NOLA

Post Katrina, corporations are trying to decide whether to move operations back to New Orleans. For many oil companies, however the question isn't if, but when and how.

Added on 01 May, 2006

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

AIM Offers Venue for Financing

The Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the London Stock Exchange offers project financing to grow small E&P companies.

Added on 01 May, 2006

Explorer Policy Watch By Don Juckett

AAPG Responds To Budget Actions

As I visited with participants at the Leadership Conference in Galveston in February I began to more fully appreciate the scope of interests and concerns that members have in establishing the Geoscience and Energy Office in Washington, D.C.

Added on 01 April, 2006

Explorer Geophysical Corner By Bob Hardage,Khaled Fouad,Michael DeAngelo,Randy Remington

Imaging Deep Gas in Crowded Areas

Gas producers across the northern shelf of the Gulf of Mexico are now targeting super-deep gas plays -- some targets at depths of 26,000 to 33,000 feet (eight to 10 kilometers). To create optimal images of these super-deep gas targets, seismic data need to be acquired with receiver offsets extending to eight to 10 km away from the source.

Added on 01 April, 2006

Explorer Division Column DPA By Deborah Sacrey

GEO-DC Has Broad To-Do List

As everyone is probably aware, the AAPG and DPA decided to jointly fund the establishment of an office in Washington, D.C. (GEO-DC). The office was launched in mid-November and Don Juckett, director for GEO-DC hit the ground running.

Added on 01 April, 2006

Explorer President’s Column By Peter Rose

AAPG's Marketplace Exciting, Expanding

AAPG was one of the sponsors of a vibrant market in early February in Houston: the North American Prospect Exposition (NAPE). This year’s NAPE, as reported in the March EXPLORER, was the largest ever -- more than 12,000 E&P folks crowded into the George R. Brown Convention Center to show their prospects and plays and acreage blocks to a host of prospective investors.

Added on 01 April, 2006

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Explorer Article By J.K. Dietrich

Natural Increase of Oil Column Buoyancy and the Instability of Caprock Seals

A new type of buoyancy model can be used to understand the source of residual oil zones, both thick and thin, to help determine the likelihood that economically viable recoverable oil resides in transition zones of imbibition reservoirs. Application of a buoyancy and breech model will fill a void in reservoir characterization. It will help distinguish between TZs and ROZs, the first of which allows application of primary and secondary (waterflooding) oil recovery methods and the second of which requires more difficult CO2-enhanced oil recovery projects.

Added on 08 May, 2024

Explorer Article By Barry Friedman

US Energy Forecast: Even Cloudier Than Usual

It isn’t news to anyone that prediction is difficult, especially when it’s the future (as a great man once said). Uncertainty and unpredictability are just a part of the job of tracking and predicting the future supply and demand of energy. That being the case, when energy analysts say that the current level of uncertainty is particularly high, it might be easy to dismiss it as a “dog bites man” story. It isn’t.

Added on 04 June, 2024

Explorer Geophysical Corner By Kenneth Bredesen,Kurt Marfurt,Ritesh Sharma,Satinder Chopra

Impact of Reprocessing Seismic Data

Advancements in processing and imaging techniques have continued over the last several decades, which have gradually improved the quality of the processed surface seismic data. When the quality of the existing seismic data is not adequate to perform an interpretation task reasonably, then the interpreter looks for other options. Is it feasible to acquire a new survey? In the absence of an improved survey, will reprocessing of seismic data be a good option?

Added on 01 December, 2023

Explorer Historical Highlights By Jorge Navarro Comet

Casablanca: Spain's Biggest Oil Field

The Casablanca oil field, discovered in 1975 and located on the Mediterranean shelf edge, has been greatly significant in the world’s offshore oil industry activity, besides being by far the biggest oil field in Spain.

Added on 01 March, 2019

Explorer Director’s Corner By David Curtiss

Introducing the New EXPLORER, New Digital Newsletters

Perhaps you did a double take pulling the April issue of EXPLORER from the mailbox. What is this? If you joined AAPG in the last 40 years, you’ve only known EXPLORER in its long-standing tabloid format. It worked well for many years as our advertisers – particularly seismic companies – loved the large format and the ability to display their data on a sweeping canvas. For readers, it was a little more awkward.

Added on 01 April, 2024

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