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Cautious optimism and determination characterized talks at the recent National Oil Company Forum at ICE in Cancun.

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Ben Gadd is one of this year’s winners of AAPG’s Geosciences in the Media Award. He has a love for science and takes the time to share it with others.

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AAPG and VWORLD have created the first interactive digital publishing medium to deliver immersive, in-depth training opportunities for geoscientists.

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Emphasis: Exploration Innovations

 

Can the oil and gas industry innovate its way out of a dismal period for exploration? And just how bad is the global exploration picture?

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In an industry downturn, companies tend to focus on ways to develop new technologies. Some of these technologies include drones, autonomous underwater vehicles, robotics in operations and advanced analytics.

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There is a veritable “drone boom” afoot in all sectors, from the military to the more mundane, and the oil and gas industry is no exception.

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Explorer Standing Columns

How is future innovation going to affect the geoscience career? What are some of the potential new innovations that we can see today?

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A practice of identifying the people, things and experiences in our lives for which we can be thankful can help us deal with life’s adversities.

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Conventions offer something for everyone and in the low price environment, it’s the perfect time to attend. Attendees gain new skills and make contacts that could potentially lead to new jobs.

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Raw seismic data are almost always found to be contaminated with coherent or incoherent noise. Concerted efforts are directed at elimination of such noise during processing of the seismic data, so that its interpretation can be carried out accurately.

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The story of how the concept of plate tectonics was born, struggled, won its fight for existence and eventually arrived in the oil industry is multi-faceted, insightful and entertaining.

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Atmospheric methane continues to rise and the scientific evidence is unclear on whether oil and gas operations are the source of the increase.

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The Eastern Section Young Professional network has held a variety of recent events for networking, learning and creating a solid basis for careers.

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The Boy Scouts are asking AAPG Members to volunteer for the National Scout Jamboree, a special event held once every four years for Scouts across the nation and around the globe.

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