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Apache Corp. announced in early September that it had made a major oil discovery in the Delaware Basin.

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Earthquakes in Oklahoma, a state that isn’t normally associated with them, have increased to staggering numbers in recent years.

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This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Distinguished Lecture program, one of the oldest and most prestigious programs of AAPG.

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It’s been just over a year and a half since the AAPG House of Delegates approved the formation of SIGs and TIGs, and the new classification structure is steadily catching on.

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Emphasis: Geophysical Review

 

Curiosity was designed to assess whether the place ever had an environment able to support small life forms called microbes, which is a fancy way of wondering what, if anything, could live (or could have ever lived) there.

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In the “less is more” department, researchers at the University of Glasgow in Scotland are developing a device that could potentially revolutionize the field of gravity sensing.

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Understanding the complex makeup of reservoirs is essential, and it requires considerable evaluation and time.

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Researchers from the University of Calgary found just what they weren’t looking for when they monitored microseismic signals from an unconventional resource unit in the Hoadley field in central Alberta.

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Standing Columns

Members of AAPG are not only from the United States, but all over the world. When asked why they joined, many shared that they enjoy being a part of an association that offers events, networking and friendship.

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In the current employment environment, it’s important for job seekers to create their own opportunities through creativity and ingenuity.

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There are fundamental forces that geoscience professionals should contemplate when charting their own career strategies.

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Geometric attributes such as coherence and curvature are commonly used for mapping faults, joints and large fractures, or fault damage zones.

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The National Academy of Sciences recently published a report on how science literacy affects support for science.

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Following the end of the Second World War, there was a great hope that the same oil prospectivity found in Venezuela might also exist in Cuba.

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Richard A. “Dick” Baile has been selected as the 2016 Trustee Associates Service Award recipient for his long-term involvement in the Trustee Associates in furtherance of fulfilling the mission of the AAPG Foundation.

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