August 2009

If you’re reading this you’re probably already an AAPG member, but you also probably get questioned from time to time about why anyone should want or need to join AAPG. I know at least one geologist whose attitude is, “I can get everything I need from AAPG through the library or through my company. Why should I join?”

As part of the focus on providing the best science, AAPG is reviewing all of our products and services against the needs of the membership.

Are you passionate about unconventional energy resources? Would you like to learn as much as possible about the latest concepts and technologies to explore and develop these?

Vertical seismic profiling (VSP) is a measurement procedure in which a seismic sensor is lowered to a sequence of selected depths in a well by wireline, and at each of the downhole receiver stations that sensor then records the downgoing and upgoing seismic wavefields produced by a surface-positioned source.

As is often the case with legislation in the U.S. Congress, it takes a crisis to pass it. Absent a handy crisis, a looming Congressional recess can usually provide the necessary motivation to get legislation to the floor for a vote.

The AAPG Imperial Barrel Award has had two years now of dramatic growth and enthusiasm.

Six Members of the AAPG Foundation Corporation were re-elected as regular members at the group’s recent meeting in Denver during the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition.