The Milan setting inspired this year’s International Conference and Exhibition technical committee to use "Following Da Vinci's Footsteps to Future Energy Resources: Innovations From Outcrops to Assets” for the meeting’s general theme. This month is the deadline for abstract submissions.

Her amazing adventure: AAPG member and EXPLORER correspondent Susan R. Eaton got the trip of a lifetime when she was selected for the Elysium Expedition to Antarctica.

Encore presentation: Last year was the biggest and most successful year ever for AAPG's international Distinguished Lecture program – and organizers are hoping this year brings more of the same.

Still standing: Despite the ill-fated Macondo disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the industry not only weathered the storm but emerged strongly, thanks largely to notable discoveries around the world.

Offshore Brazil led the way in terms of 2010 discoveries, as offshore deepwater plays there dominated the industry’s and media’s attention.

Angola’s oil industry continues to benefit from new oil discoveries and ever-increasing oil production.

West side story: The recent Deepwater Offshore West Africa Conference, held in Nigeria, throws a big spotlight on West Africa's deepwater potential.

Sculpted icebergs near the Western Antarctic Peninsula.
Photo courtesy of Susan R. Eaton