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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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U.S. 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. With gradually declining U.S. production, technological improvement will limit the demand for geoscientists to a number less than at present but well above the number of current members as many retire.