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The Future Need for Petroleum Geoscientists

Presented by Don W. Lewis
to the AAPG House of Delegates, March 10, 2002

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Worldwide Petroleum Geoscientist Demand Based on AAPG + SEG Membership Only

Prediction of geoscientists needed based on 1 and 2 % per year increase in production per member, compared with declining number of current members. Even with increasing production, technological improvement will limit the demand for geoscientists to about the current number.