By Randi Martinsen
I find it ironic that George Mitchell, the “father of hydraulic fracturing technology” (aka, “father of fracing”), a technology that so many people fear or hate because of its perceived negative environmental impact, was so passionate about the environment and sustainability. This is a message we need to convey.
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Explorer President’s Column
01 October, 2014
By David Curtiss
As this issue of EXPLORER goes to print, geoscience students and industry recruiters are gathering on the plains of Wyoming for the Rocky Mountain Rendezvous, the annual job fair of AAPG’s Rocky Mountain Section.
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Explorer Director’s Corner
01 October, 2014
By Rick Fritz
As AAPG Division of Professional Affairs president I am often asked, “What is the DPA’s purpose?” I decided one of the best ways to answer this question is take the Letterman approach with a Top 10 list of purposes and reasons to be part of DPA.
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Explorer Division Column DPA
01 October, 2014
By Satinder Chopra, Kurt Marfurt
Seismic data are usually contaminated with noise, which refers to any unwanted features in the data. These unwanted features may actually be somebody else’s signal, such as converted waves in what we think of as “P-wave” data – but more commonly, these unwanted “noise” features provide little or no information about the subsurface, and are referred to as random noise and coherent noise.
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Explorer Geophysical Corner
01 October, 2014
By Edith Allison
Ronald Reagan stated in an April 2, 1988, radio address that “ … although basic research does not begin with a particular practical goal, when you look at the results over the years it ends up being one of the most practical things government does.” This widely held opinion has been notoriously hard to verify or quantify, leading to questions about appropriate funding levels.
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Explorer Policy Watch
01 October, 2014
By Eichi Sasaki
The Toyokawa field is a small oil field, covering an area of about six square kilometers, located in northeastern Japan’s Akita Prefecture. The hillock area where the Toyokawa oil field is situated formerly was covered with natural asphalt (tar) deposits that had erupted from the subsurface. The current scenery resembles the famous La Brea Tar Pit in Los Angeles.
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Explorer Historical Highlights
01 October, 2014
By Adrienne Pereira
AAPG held its first conference in Myanmar in August. The technical program titled “Tectonic Evolution of Myanmar and its Basin Development with Special References to its Petroleum Occurrences” was attended by 238 local and international delegates from 16 countries.
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Explorer Regions and Sections
01 October, 2014
By Lorry Oldefest
It has a new name, a new energy and a new lineup of experts, all primed to spread geoscience knowledge around the world. “It” is AAPG’s newly named Global Distinguished Lecture Program – emphasis on the “global” – which dates back to 1941 but continues to be the Association’s flagship initiative for offering the latest in geologic science to AAPG affiliated geological societies and universities.
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Explorer Foundation Update
01 October, 2014