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They're young, they're old, male and female, company men and independent strivers. What, then, makes these varied people successful oil finders?

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When a panel of experts talked in Austin about the future of oil and gas in North America, a surprising consensus emerged: Get ready for the age of natural gas.

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Too much information: When it comes to oil and gas exploration, how much data is enough -- and when is it too much?

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Two oil company geologists decide to do something good — and literally walk themselves into the hearts of hundreds of Javanese.

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Survey Sez? Analog analysis remains useful in the field.

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It’s technically challenging to drill through 640 meters of permafrost and 110 meters of gas hydrates.

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The recent discovery of a spectacular gas hydrate glacier outcropping on the sea floor of Canada's Pacific margin focuses attention on a potentially huge energy resource.

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Quiz time: Why does the price of gasoline rise before a holiday?

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Education. Education. Education.

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Companies of all sizes are probing the virtually untouched basins all along the coast of West Africa, from Morocco to South Africa.

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An influx of recent mergers and acquisitions has brought even more operators to the Permian, and there are some regions where there is still much geoscience to be done. 

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The South American country of Suriname has launched an aggressive campaign to ramp up offshore oil production.

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Explorer Director’s Corner

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.

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Brazil’s famed “Father of the Pre-Salt,” Guilherme de Oliveira Estrella, is credited with several major oil discoveries and with advances in petroleum systems research.

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Adventure enthusiasts should enjoy the story of Angelo Pitoni, a larger- than-life geologist whose story includes exploits rivaling any of those portrayed on the big screen. This article focuses specifically on a chapter of his life that took place in my country, Venezuela, and forms part of our country’s oil exploration history.

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