Divisions
Division of Environmental Geosciences (DEG)
Established in 1992, Division of Environmental Geosciences is concerned with increasing awareness of the environment and the petroleum industry and providing AAPG with a scientific voice in the public arena.
Among its objectives are:
- educating members about important environmental issues
- supporting and encouraging research on the effects of exploration and production on the environment
- communicating scientific information to concerned governmental agencies
Division of Professional Affairs (DPA)
Division of Professional Affairs, a division of AAPG, seeks to:
- promote professionalism and ethical standards
- provide a means for professional certification of petroleum geologists, coal geologists, and petroleum geophysicists
- assist in career planning
- improve the professional well-being of AAPG members
Energy Minerals Division (EMD)
This branch of AAPG is dedicated to:
- addressing the special concerns of geologists working with non-petroleum energy resources
- providing a vehicle to keep abreast of the latest developments in coal, coalbed methane, gas shales, geothermal, oil shale, tar sands, gas hydrates, geospatial information (GIS) and uranium