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Wayne C. Ackerman

• Reservoir Engineer? I Thought I Was a Geologist?
• Smart Wells: Advanced Field Development

Sunit K. Addy

• Seismic Facies Analysis Using Neural Net in Delineating Exploration Plays and in Predicting Reservoir Properties

Edith Allison

• Future Natural Gas Resources: technological advances
• Gas Hydrate: what is the likelihood that this large untapped resource will tip the world energy balance away from the Middle East
• United States Energy, Past, Present and Future: how technology, economics and politics will continue to shape our energy use
• Gas Shales: Geologic Source Rocks, Economic Reservoirs, Technical Frontiers
• Gas is Found in the Minds of Women (with apologies to Wallace Pratt)

John M. Armentrout

• Slope Tectonics and Turbidite Depositional Systems of the Eastern Niger Cone: Using 3D Seismic Data to Constrain Geologic Modeling

Lyle F. Baie

• Job Search Skills for Students Actively Involved in the Recruiting Cycle
• The Essential Student Guide to 21^st Century Career Self-Management

James L. Bedford

• The Independent's View or Thinking Outside the Box

Eduardo Berendson

• 3D Reservoir Modeling: A Systematic Approach to Quantify Uncertainty
• Exploration Risk Assessment: Methodologies to Build a Strategic Portfolio
• Managing Cultural Differences: The Importance of Sensitivity in Global Organizations.

Lee T. Billingsley

• Exploitation of Devonian Chert Reservoir Utilizing 3D Seismic and Horizontal Drilling, Delaware Basin, Texas
• Future Demand Projections for Fossil Fuels and the Role of Petroleum Geologists

Robert W. Blake

• Success and Failure in Frontier Exploration -- Examples from China, Nigeria and Brazil

Lyle G. Bruce

• Environmental Forensics:  Fingerprinting Contaminants
• Understanding Natural Processes in Cleaning Up Environmental Contaminants

Elizabeth B. "Betsy" Campen

• A Method for Putting Together an Oil and Gas Prospect Using a Rocky Mountain Gas Prospect as an Example

Tim R. Carr

• CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery, Sequestration and Climate -- Closing the Loop
• Structural and Hydrodynamic Evolution of the Largest North American Gas Field -- the Hugoton
• Improved Oil Recovery in Mississippian Carbonates
• Trace and Rare-Earth Elemental Variation in a Midcontinent Carbonate Sequence -- Understanding Reservoir Development

Gustavo Castano

• Deep Clastic Sediments -- Regional North Sea
• North Sea Statistics: FSD, Reserves Distribution, Depths, Etc.

Chuck Caughey

• Finding New Oil in Old Fields
• Discovering Large Accumulations in Fractured Basement, South Sumatra Basin, Indonesia
• Finding and Developing Your Geoscience Career

Robert D. Cowdery

• Careers
• Energy -- Past, Present & Future
• Mistakes I Have Made
• Paleogeomorphology vs. Geomorphology -- and Never the Twain Shall Meet, or Will They?

Herman Darman

• Petroleum System of SE Asia
• Tectonics and Sedimentation of Borneo Tertiary Basins
• GIS Application in Petroleum Exploration

Bob Davis

• Identification and Characterization of Faults and Folds Using Borehole Electrical Images

Joe Dischinger

• 3D Well Planning or Visualization
• Volume Interpretation

Rebecca L. Dodge

• Environmental and Resource Management Applications of Remote Sensing

Marlan W. Downey

• Predicting the Future
• Seals for Hydrocarbons
• Groping Toward a National Energy Policy

Richard I. Gibson

• Tectonics and Hydrocarbon Exploration Using the Magnetic Map of the Former Soviet Union
• Subsurface Geologic Site Characterization of the Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant
• Magnetics, Tectonics, and Hydrocarbon Occurrences in the Williston Basin, Montana and North Dakota

Patrick J. F. Gratton

• How to Find an Oil Field

Richard G. Green

• Preparing Yourself for a Career in Petroleum Geology

Willard R. Green

• Iceland and Greenland Expedition

Alberto A. Gutierrez

• The Changing Nature of the Environmental Industry for Geologists

Alfredo E. Guzman

• The Petroleum Geology of Mexico
• The Role of Geology in the Search for Oil and Gas

Joseph L. Haberfeld

• Hydrogeology of the Floridan Aquifer, South Florida
• Hydrogeological Evaluation of Deep Injection Wells for Wastewater Disposal

Jeanne E. Harris

• Oil and Gas Exploration: Serendipity or Science
• Life's Experience: What I Have Learned Along the Way

Chris P.M. Heath

• The Geoscientific, Technical and Soft Skills that Energy Companies Want Their Employees to Possess
• Career Planning

J. Janine Helmich

• My Experience as a Petroleum Exploration Geologist
• Once We Find the Oil, How Do We Decide How Much is There?

Donald A. Herron

• Interpretation of Reflection Seismic Data from the Gulf of Mexico

Debra Higley-Feldman

• Petroleum Systems of the Putumayo-Oriente-Maranon Basin, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
• Reservoir Geologic, Geochemical and Engineering Characteristics of the Wattenberg Basin-Center Gas Field, Colorado
• Material Balance Assessment of the New Albany Shale Petroleum System, Illinois Basin
• 3D Reservoir Characterization of the Upper Cretaceous Sussex 'B' Sandstone, Powder River Basin
• 4-D Petroleum System Model of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin; What it shows of the history of the basin

John R. Hogg

• Oil and Gas Exploration in Atlantic Canada -- Why a Young Geologist Needs to be a Well-Rounded Geoscientist

Sanggam Hutabarat

• Borehole Images Techniques and Applications
• Petrographic Techniques and Applications
• Borehole Images and Dipmeter Analysis For Sedimentary and Structural Interpretations
• Core and Log Analyses For Geological Reservoir Study

Michael A. Jacobs

• The Role of the Environmental Geoscientist in the Oil and Gas Industry
• The Importance of Geological Principles in Site Characterization and Design of Remediation Systems
• Case Study of Selected Technologies to Remediate Soil and Groundwater at Natural Gas Compression Facilities, West Panhandle Field, Texas
• Case Studies of Integrated Approaches to the Cleanup of Groundwater Impacted by Oilfield Brine

Art Johnson

• Gas Hydrates: Assessing a New Energy Resource and Potential Hazard
• The Role of Gas Hydrate in a Global Gas Market

Geovani C. Kaeng

• How AAPG Student Chapter as a Student Organization Contributes to Your Future Career in Industry (for university visit)
• AAPG Student Chapter Operation (for Student Chapter visit)
• G&G Software Technology for Petroleum Exploration and Field Developmen

John Kaldi

• Is There a Future for Professionals in the Petroleum Industry?
• Technical Careers in the O&G Business

Barry J. Katz

• Lacustrine Basin Hydrocarbon Exploration -- Current Thoughts
• Applications of Geochemistry to Exploration and Production Problems
• Significance of DSDP and ODP Results on Deepwater Exploration

Jess B. Kozman

• The Last of the Vikings: A Geoscientist’s Career in the Oilfield
• The Persistence of Wisdom: Managing the Proliferation of Geotechnical Data
• Never Forget It’s Rocks Down There: The Importance of Field Work to Petroleum Discovery

Gerald D. Kuecher

• Image Log Applications in the Interpretation of Subsurface Rocks
• Log Responses to Depositional Environments

Naresh Kumar

• Oil and Gas Production on the North Slope of Alaska: Is Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Really That Different?
• Opening History of the South Atlantic and Oil and Gas Potential of the Brazilian Basins

Stephen E. Laubach

• Targeting Natural Fractures: Opportunities for the Domestic Petroleum Industry

Woodruff G. "Woody" Leel Jr.

• The Independent Oil Company in the International Arena
• The 4 P's in Thailand and Malaysia

William J. LeMay

• Tomorrow's Petroleum Industry -- a Challenge for Today's Graduates

Louis Liro

• Workstation Visualization Techniques: Translating 'High-Tech' into Day-to-Day Interpretation
• Subsalt Exploration in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Evolving Concepts and Challenges

Peter Lloyd

• Attracting Developing and Retaining Top Technical People
• The Quest for Energy
• Chasing Channel Sands in SE Asia

Allen Lowrie

• The Gulf of Mexico and Other Margins: From Basement to Seafloor and Synergy in Between (other margins include Gulf of Cadiz, SW Spain, NW Peru Isthmus of Panama)

Bill Maloney

• Creating Value from International Exploration
• Portfolio Management in Exploration

Mantez McDonald

• The Transition from the School Environment into the Petroleum Industry, by a New Hire Geologist

Evelyn A. Medvin

• Challenges as a Woman in the Oil and Gas Industry
• Mapping Geology on 3D Seismic Data
• Application of Coherence CubeT Processing in Shallow Hazard Detection

Javier Meneses-Rocha

• Structure, Tectonic Evolution and Petroleum Systems Assessment of Southeast Mexico
• Shear Zones Vs Fold and Thrust Belts and Its Role in Petroleum Occurrence

Marcus E. Milling

• Career Trends in the Geosciences

H. Roice Nelson, Jr.

• The Impending Obsolescence of Maps
• Data Mining: An Example of Texas Shelf Re-exploration
• Success Has Many Parents: Stories from the Founding of Landmark Graphics

J. Michael Party

• Arid Carbonate Deposition: Modern to Ancient

Eric S. Pasternack

• Exploding the Myths About the Oil Industry
• Everything You Wanted to Know About Petrophysics

Douglas G. Patchen

• A Modern Approach to Reservoir Characterization of Old Oil Fields

Iain D.R. Percival

• Role of Geology in Development Planning & Project Management
• Rewards & Challenges of 32 Years As A Geologist on the International Oil Business
• Importance of Managing the Non-Technical Aspects of Development Planning To Ensure a Successful Project

Joanne Perry

• Variety of Careers Available with a Geology Degree/Equal Opportunity
• How We Get at the Oil We Find

Rima Petrossian

• State Water Planning in Texas: State-of-the-Art?

James Pindell

• Upstream Geologic Research in Exploration
• Plate Kinematic Contributions to Exploration

W. C. "Rusty" Riese

• Reserves Analysis, Statistical Predictions and Economic Evaluations
• Coalbed Methane Hydrocarbon Systems Analysis: Geochemical Investigations
• Methane Seeps: Geochemical and Geobotanical Responses

Bonnie B. Robinson

• Coal Combustion Waste Minefill Management Practices
• Environmental Challenges Facing the Petroleum Exploration and Production Industry
• Environmental Challenges Facing the Mining Industry

Abul "Shams" Shamsuddin

• Petroleum System
• Global Oil & Business
• Geology for Non-Geologist

Valary L. Schulz

• Preparing Yourself for a Career in the Natural Resources

Fred W. Schroeder

• Geology & Geophysics Applied to Industry
• Basic Structural Interpretation (with optional exercises)
• Basic Stratigraphic Interpretation (with optional exercises)
• Finding and Developing Your Geoscience Career

Michael M. Thacker

• Time Navigator -- A 700 Million Year Journey Through Earth's Evolution

M. Ray Thomasson

• Developing Exploration Plays in the U.S.: What to Include -- With Examples
• Big Gas in the Rockies
• Fractured Basin Centered Oil Plays
• Geologist's View of Global Climate Change

Glen C. Ware

• Factors in Success and Failure in Industry
• Adventures in Field Geology

Jeffrey Warren

• Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphy of the East China Sea Continental Margin

David M. Weinberg

• Some Thoughts on Geoscience Careers
• Folds And Faults I've Known -- A Retrospective
• Gas Hydrates -- Initial Seismic Results
• Hydrates -- Where are They, and How Can We Tell?
• A Simple Borehole Device for Detecting Elastic Anisotropies

Stanley Wharton

• Exploration/Exploitation Geology
• Pliocene/Pleistocene Deltaic Sedimentation
• 3D Seismic Facies Analysis

Larry Wickstrom

• Some Highlights of Deep Geologic Structure in Ohio
• The East Continent Rift Basin -- Discovery and Geology
• Geologic Sequestration of C02

Douglas E. Wyatt

• Advanced Energy Sources and Concepts
• The Nuclear Energy Resurgence
• The Future of Clean Fossil Energy
• Careers in Clean Fossil Energy
• Overview of Southeastern Coastal Plain Stratigraphy
• Detailed Coastal Plain Stratigraphy and Small-Scale Structure Using Advanced Interpretation Tools
• A Career in the Earth Sciences: Importance, Tools, How to Plan, What to Expect