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May 2005

Like printing money in the field: Production just keeps going gangbusters in the Barnett shale play in north-central Texas.

A Tasty Possibility: Did Fluid Migration Form Both?

And now for something completely different: Martian blueberries. Seriously. Read on.

Incentives: Catch and Keep Ideas

Energy companies, in an effort to recruit and retain the very best workers, are becoming very creative in their employee incentive packages. Here's a clue: Baby, you can drive my car...

Ethics: 'It's About You and Me'

A look at industry, individuals and the "I" Formation -- Scott Tinker begins his season as AAPG's Distinguished Ethics Lecturer.

Expanded Energy Mix Urged

Putting the margin back in marginal fuels: A top Canadian energy expert believes his country needs to move past an oil and gas economy by integrating less attractive carbon fuels such as coal, coke, asphaltenes and biomass.

'Nuclear' Re-enters Energy Picture

Changing times? Gloom-and-doom forecasts about the future energy scene has many people reconsidering the potential of nuclear energy.

Digits Replacing Paper Maps

Losing the paper: Structure maps are invaluable tools for prospecting; however, cumbersome and quickly outdated. Today online resources provide a solution.

Rockies Ready for Next Seismic Step

Wave of the future? The coming era of full-wave imaging and digital seismic has improved success ratios but is North America behind?

Standing Columns

President’s Column

Washington Office Dividends Expected

Our Geoscience and Energy Office in Washington, D.C. (GEO-DC), is being formed in direct response to the 2003 All-Member Survey (November President's Column) conducted by Anderson Marketing Service.

Director’s Corner

Explanations Sometimes Needed

I was shopping with Zoe, my little girl, and we both decided that we needed to go to the "facilities." It was a secure store and she's big enough to go into the women's restroom by herself, but as she entered she handed me her big Cabbage Patch doll to hold for her.

Division Column EMD

Program Includes Member Discounts

Energy Minerals Division members will find much of interest within the 11 themes that form the technical program at the 2005 AAPG Annual Convention in Calgary.

Geophysical Corner

Something Old, Something New

Seismic imaging has changed radically over the last 80 years and has become a billion dollar business. Recording systems with thousands of channels and fleets of vibrators operating in tandem and helicopter-supported field operations are commonplace.

Regions and Sections

Sections Set Meeting Calendars

AAPG's six domestic Sections each hold annual meetings, offering technical programs, keynote speakers, award presentations and social-business activities that cater to regional interests.

A Look Back Column

Overturning Theory Overturned

Perhaps a review -- and awareness -- of the past may make us better geologists in the future.

May 2005

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