Explorer Article

Three speakers from the AAPG-AAPG Foundation’s Global Distinguished Lecture Program will be on tour in November, making stops in the western parts of North America and throughout the Asia-Pacific Region.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Technically, this falls under the topic of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the Oil and Gas Sector. You’ll want to call them drones. Don’t. Or, if you must, think of these “vehicles” as softer, kinder drones, for while they have their origin in military applications, the technology has since made its way to the oil and gas industry, specifically in terms of pipeline inspection and assorted applications.

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Explorer Article

Team registrations are now being accepted for this year’s AAPG-AAPG Foundation’s Imperial Barrel Award program (IBA), an annual prospective basin evaluation competition for geoscience graduate students from universities around the world.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

The newest tool in the geophysical kit may have been born a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Researchers at Canada’s University of British Columbia are using cosmic ray muon measurements to reveal high-density underground deposits.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Coiled tubing (CT) has long been used to meet various needs in the oil and gas industry. In some instances, it is used to actually drill a well.

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Explorer Regions and Sections

Whether upcoming young professionals work with companies exploring the Atlantic Margin potential of offshore eastern Canada or the ever-challenging unconventional plays in Alberta, the stakes are high for university graduates and young professionals pursuing energy industry careers in Canada.

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Explorer Historical Highlights

Saharan fields Hassi Messaoud (10 Gb reserves, discovered in 1956) and Hassi R’Mel (100 Tcf gas plus 2.4 Gb condensate reserves, discovered in 1957) are by far the largest oil field and the largest gas field in Africa

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Explorer Geophysical Corner

The purpose of this article is to describe a workflow for discriminating limestones and dolomites, and to map the lateral extent of dolomite reservoir rocks that have a thickness below the seismic resolution.

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Explorer Article

“Back to the Source” is the theme for the 42nd annual meeting of the AAPG Eastern Section, set Sept. 27-Oct. 1 in London, Ontario, Canada.

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Explorer Division Column EMD

To address some of what appear to be competing issues, the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG) and the AAPG will host a joint, multidisciplinary technical symposium on oil sands and heavy oil: “Oil Sands and Heavy Oil Symposium: A Local to Global Multidisciplinary Collaboration.”

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