By Robert Shoup
As I have met with delegates and AAPG leaders around the world, there has been considerable discussion about what AAPG is, or should be. There are many who believe that AAPG is, and should remain, an association that stands for professionalism and ethics.
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Explorer President’s Column
01 February, 2016
By David Curtiss
Everywhere I go and in every conversation I have with AAPG members, sooner or later – and it’s usually sooner– I’m asked what I’m hearing about the duration of this low price cycle. We’ve all heard the old saying that prediction is difficult, especially of the future.
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Explorer Director’s Corner
01 February, 2016
By Paul Morgan
The Energy and Minerals Division of the AAPG focuses on unconventional hydrocarbon energy resources, such as coalbed methane and gas hydrates and alternative energy resources, such as coal, uranium and geothermal energy. These resources are important to members of AAPG.
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Explorer Division Column EMD
01 February, 2016
By Ritesh Sharma, Satinder Chopra
The main goal for shale resource characterization is usually the identification of sweet spots, which represent the most favorable drilling targets. Such sweet spots can be identified as those pockets in the target formation that exhibit high total organic carbon (TOC) content, as well as high brittleness. As there is no direct way of computing TOC using seismic data, we adopt indirect ways for doing so.
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Explorer Geophysical Corner
01 February, 2016
By Jorge Navarro Comet
The Ayoluengo field was the first commercial oil discovery in Spain and more than 50 years later remains the only onshore oilfield in the Iberian Peninsula. The field was discovered in 1964 and is still producing.
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Explorer Historical Highlights
01 February, 2016
By Edith Allison
Three outer continental shelf (OCS) oil and gas issues were prominent in 2015 policy debates and will continue in the policy limelight in 2016 as the federal government moves to release final versions of the permits, plans and rules.
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Explorer Policy Watch
01 February, 2016
By Matt Boyce
A popular topic among educators and recruiters in our discipline is what geology, and the people who practice it, will look like in the future. It’s an interesting question when you consider the origins of our discipline, its pioneers and how both geology and its practitioners have evolved in the past 100 years.
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Explorer ProTracks
01 February, 2016
By April Stuart
Time is a precious commodity to us all, and is particularly treasured by geologists who have a unique relationship with the concept of time. Time is an especially precious commodity when it is given to the AAPG Foundation, in whatever increment.
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Explorer Foundation Update
01 February, 2016