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June 2011

Officers Announced for 2011-12

Officers for the 2011-12 term have been announced.

Public Is Going BANANAs

It used to be NIMBY (Not In My Backyard), Harbert said, but BANANA is now a more accurate description: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything.

Students Get Membership Status Option

AAPG Student members who graduated this fiscal year (between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011) now can choose to retain “Student” status for an additional 24 months after graduation – and take advantage of the lower Student dues rate of $10.

Emphasis: Rocky Mointains

Explorer Was Working Thrustbelt Idea

Doug Strickland dreamed big when his work led to discovery of the Covenant oil field in central Utah.

Western Montana Bakken in Play

A significant new Bakken Shale oil play has finally warmed up in northwest Montana.

Sprawling Niobrara Has Multiple Models

Oil and liquids-rich gas deposits are hot targets today among prospectors and operators – and the action in the self-sourced Niobrara shale play in the Rocky Mountain region is about as fired up as it can be.

Geothermal Potential Touted

Seemingly endless images and slogans, from both industry supporters and critics, remind us almost daily that the public conversation about energy these days is about the future.

Niobrara to Star at RMS

The potential of Wyoming's Niobrara shale play will be in the spotlight during this year's AAPG Rocky Mountain Section meeting, set June 25-29 in Cheyenne, Wyo.

Resource Depletion Alarm Sounded

Colorado’s state geologist warned the world is depleting its natural resources as the United States and growing economies scramble for precious metals, oil and gas.

Standing Columns

President’s Column

A Year With An Eye on the Future

My year of presidential service began with the Macondo blowout and ends with the search for a new AAPG executive director. In between these benchmarks was an eventful year.

Division Column DEG

Frack 'Secrets' Don't Engender Trust

Welcome to the 2011-12 series of short EXPLORER articles by the Division of Environmental Geosciences. As the new president of DEG, I get to kick off the series with my view of one of the technical areas that DEG – and AAPG in general – needs to address this fiscal year.

Geophysical Corner

S-Waves on Crack? Not So Much

This month we continue our series on S waves and factures by taking a look at another laboratory measurement that illustrates an important behavior of S waves that propagate in fractured media.