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Explorer
Nov 01, 2026
Jon Rotzien
Exploration and Production
Explorer’s Mindset: Successful Explorers Follow the Money, Not Just Oil
Exploration requires more than finding hydrocarbons. The Explorer’s Mindset examines why business acumen and profitable discoveries matter.
Nov 01, 2026
Tom Wilker
Director's Corner
Just Say ‘Yes’
A chance field assignment at Mount Rushmore shows how saying yes to unfamiliar opportunities can lead to lasting lessons in geoscience careers.
Nov 01, 2026
Hesham Refayee
Geophysical Corner, Geophysics
When Structure Meets Stratigraphy
Seismic attribute imaging in New Zealand’s Taranaki Basin reveals how evolving faults and deepwater channels interacted through geologic time.

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Nov 01, 2026
Steve Tedesco, PhD
Energy Minerals Division
Helium and Geologic Hydrogen: From Resource Potential to Commercial Production
Nov 01, 2026
Kathy Shannong
Historical Highlights, Permian
A Museum Built by the Oil Patch
The Petroleum Museum marks 50 years of preserving the Permian Basin’s oil history, honoring the people, technology and discoveries behind it.
Nov 01, 2026
Fredrik Gyllenhammar, Dr. Susan Nash
Division of Environmental Geosciences
Produced Water Worldwide: A DEG Regional Snapshot
Nov 01, 2026
David Brown, EXPLORER Correspondent
Deepwater, Drilling, Oil Discovery
The Case for Drilling Deep
A record-setting Louisiana well revives hopes for deep conventional gas, but reservoir quality, production and drilling costs remain decisive.

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