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Explorer Geophysical Corner By Ritesh Sharma,Satinder Chopra

Seismic Impedance Inversion with Updated Low-Frequency Models

Seismic impedance is widely used in our industry because it allows an integrated approach to geological interpretation. The transformation of seismic amplitudes to impedance data can be essentially seen as the change from an interface property to a layer property. This stratal interval property (impedance) simplifies the lithologic and stratigraphic identification and can be directly converted into lithologic or reservoir properties such as porosity, fluid fill and net pay. It also allows for direct interpretation of three-dimensional geobodies.

Added on 01 December, 2022

Explorer Article By Heather Saucier

Can Closed-Loop Geothermal Bridge the Transition?

As countries seek to transition to cleaner-burning fuel to address environmental concerns, it can also be argued that the need to eliminate energy poverty remains just as crucial. The future energy mix must be wide-ranging and diverse to meet the needs both of the environment and the people living on the planet. New companies have begun to bring geothermal energy to areas that aren’t adjacent to volcanoes or that don’t have access to tectonic settings, which allow for an easy harvesting of the Earth’s heat. Some are embracing the niche operation of repurposing traditional geothermal wells and non-producing oil and gas wells. Others are promoting widespread geothermal energy through deep vertical and multilateral wells that can bring heat and electricity to the masses.

Added on 01 December, 2022

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Apollo to Artemis: An Epic of 50 Years

In December 1972, geoscientist Harrison Schmitt traveled more than a quarter-million miles, dropped 8.7 nautical miles out of lunar orbit and took a stroll on the moon. That was 50 years ago, and today, with Artemis, NASA envisions a multistage program to return humans to the moon and eventually create a sustainable manned lunar habitat. In Greek mythology, Artemis was a moon goddess and twin sister of Apollo. The Artemis I Space Launch System rocket launched on Nov. 16.

Added on 01 December, 2022

Explorer Article By Emily Llinás

Support Continues for Ukrainian Geologist Refugees

The war between Russia and Ukraine has seen several phases since the initial invasion in February. A series of advances by the Ukraine armed forces in the Eastern part of the country in early September created the impression that the conflict might be near an end. Russian annexation of four provinces at the end of the month convinced others that the war is far from over. What is not debatable, however, are the devastating effects that the war continues to have, particularly on Ukrainian refugees who fled hundreds or thousands of miles to escape the turmoil and seek safety for themselves and their families. This is the second in a two-part series about Ukrainian geologist refugees who fled their homeland and received assistance from colleagues living around the world, which shares the stories of other geoscientists who benefitted greatly from the funding but still struggle to find stability after having their world turned upside-down.

Added on 01 November, 2022

Explorer Emphasis Article By Emily Llinás

The Role of Hydrogen in Latin America’s Energy Transition

Natural disasters worldwide, public debate, policy decisions and shareholder pressure are just some of the factors motivating companies to seek alternatives to traditional oil and gas to fuel the ever-increasing demand for energy worldwide. One of those alternatives is hydrogen – a renewable energy source that proponents believe brings a wealth of opportunities and challenges. Argentina’s national energy company YPF is one such proponent. They are considering using natural gas from the massive Vaca Muerta play to produce “blue hydrogen,” which is produced by combining natural gas and steam.

Added on 01 November, 2022

Explorer Article

András Németh Passes

András Németh, a geologist and research expert for Hungarian energy company MOL, tragically passed away on Sept. 12 at the age of 46. He was a key member and supporter of the AAPG in Europe. He was an active and vocal supporter of the AAPG Foundation and three Hungarian student chapters of AAPG, and was highly involved with the Europe Region Imperial Barrel Award competition. He co-chaired the Visiting Geoscience Program from 2011-2017. He was a member of the AAPG House of Delegates since 2018, and he co-chaired the Europe Region Conference in May of this year.

Added on 01 October, 2022

Explorer Article By Barry Friedman

3PL’s Lithium Find Is a Model for Oil Scientists

“We’re probably at least 10 times larger. I mean, it just dwarfs any other project in North America.” That’s Vincent Ramirez, CEO of 3PL Operating, Inc., talking about a large and valuable lithium discovery his company has made in Railroad Valley, Nev. As lithium will play a vital role in the world’s changing energy landscape, generally, and because much of the known lithium deposits are in Chile, Australia, Argentina and China, specifically, 3PL’s find in central Nevada is potentially a very big deal.

Added on 01 October, 2022

Explorer Article By David Brown

Europe Braces for Potential Winter Gas Supply Crisis

A hard winter combined with a natural gas supply shortage could mean some difficult choices for Europe over the coming months. The looming cold-weather crisis may cost European governments and industries a staggering amount of money to subsidize energy availability and household utility payments, while also derailing climate action commitments. And even then, there’s no guarantee that Europe will get to next spring without grim consequences.

Added on 01 October, 2022

Explorer Foundation Update By Vern Stefanic

Introducing the Distinguished Lecture Program’s Magnificent Seven

Sometimes, challenging times call for dramatic objectives – and for a geoscience world still being redefined after years of upheaval, that’s exactly what the doctor ordered. This year’s new slate of AAPG Distinguished Lecturers has been determined, and in doing so, AAPG announces its own version of the Magnificent Seven: a diverse group of experts with international experience, specific knowledge and a hint of geoscience star power who have been selected to inform, improve and inspire geoscientists around the world.

Added on 01 September, 2022

Explorer Historical Highlights By Mir-Yusif Mir-Babayev

Oil Rocks: Early Offshore Production from the Caspian City in the Sea

In 1949 an historic oil field was discovered under the Caspian Sea. The field was named “Neft Dashlari, which in Azerbaijani means “Oil Rocks,” and it was a milestone in the development of the global oil industry. Oil Rocks, an iconic “city in the sea,” pointed the way to modern offshore drilling as we know it today.

Added on 01 September, 2022

Short Course

Palermo, Italy

Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

STEER - Strategic Career Design: Opportunities and Networks

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Or maybe open to explore new opportunities within your company? Or perhaps you ready for a complete transformation but you don’t know how to take the first steps? If the answer is YES for any of these questions, join this 3-hour workshop during which you will become more... Aware on where you are and what is holding you back to take your next step in your career. Clear on where do you aspire, what are your opportunities, and who will support your journey. Courageous how to take your next steps. We will be using some fun design-thinking tools and carbonate-related metaphors to explore and plan. All you need is your open, playful mind, your notebook and pen or pencil. Speakers Anita É. Csoma, SEED Anita É. Csoma, Ph.D. is a leadership innovator, business leader, and forever geoscientist with almost two decades of experience working in European and North American Energy Companies such as MOLGroup, ConocoPhillips, and Shell International E&P. Anita has been fortunate to experience working in world-class research teams, designing and building interdisciplinary teams, developing, managing, and implementing portfolio of projects across multiple organizations, and transforming large organizations to support business needs. Her leadership philosophy has always been: “Lead the People, not the Numbers” resulting in high-performing and engaged individuals, teams, and organizations with superior business results. Anita É., Csoma, Ph.D. | LinkedIn In 2023 Anita startedScale.Up Foundations LLCto support innovative companies and organizations in their scale-up process to expedite growth, andLeading Barefoot, to inspire and teach as many people as possible to think unconventional and achieve beyond their dream. She is a faculty member of SEED (School for Executive Education and Development) in Budapest, Hungary, where she is teaching various leadership courses, amongst which she designed and actively teaching an Aspiring Women Leaders program for female leaders and rising talents. Focus Programs - Aspiring Women Leaders • SEED Executive School (seed-uni.com) Anita continues her passion and support for geoscience and the energy industry through her role as President-Elect for AAPG Europe. Pricing Fee: Included in registration Room Assignment TBD Attendee Limit: Min 8 – Max 20

Added on 21 March, 2024

Field Seminar

Palermo, Italy

Thursday, 25 April 2024, 8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.

The Messinian Salinity Crisis and the Zanclean Reflooding

This one-day field trip will provide an introduction to a Miocene-Pliocene succession of southern Sicily, which includes outcrops of the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC), as well as the Messinian-Zanclean GSSP (Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Point) and Zanclean stratotype. The MSC sedimentary record consists of an evaporitic-carbonate unit at the base (the Basal Limestone), overlain the Lower Gypsum unit, in turn overlain by the Upper Gypsum unit, and sealed by transgressive chalk deposits of the Trubi Fm. The Lower Gypsum unit (massive gypsum with cm-sized selenite crystals) will be visited along the beach of Siculiana Marina (about 15 km NW of Agrigento). Next, we will visit near Capo Rossello (about 10 km NW of Agrigento) an outcrop of the Upper Gypsum unit consisting of clay-gypsum cycles and overlain by the Trubi Fm. The latter, at Scala dei Turchi beach, consists of chalk deposits arranged in a spectacular thick succession (~120 m thick) interpreted as astronomically-controlled depositional cycles. The uppermost interval of the MSC sedimentary record, including the Messinian-Zanclean GSSP, will be observed along the beach of Eraclea Minoa located about 20 km NW of Capo Rossello. Pricing Fee: €50 Attendee Limit: Min 15 - Max 50 People Registration Deadline: 11 April 2024 Field Trip Rendezvous Point Hotel nH Palermo Field Trip Leaders Antonio Caruso University of Palermo Attilio Sulli University of Palermo

Added on 22 February, 2024

Field Seminar

Palermo, Italy

Sunday, 21 April 2024, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Mesozoic Carbonates of the Sciacca Geothermal Field

This one-day field trip will focus on Mesozoic (Jurassic to Cretaceous) carbonates outcropping in the fold and thrust belt of western Sicily and equivalent to the aquifer complex of the Sciacca Geothermal Field located in the southwestern part of the island. Participants will have the opportunity to visit in the first stop a spectacular “drowned” carbonate-platform succession at Mt. Maranfusa located in an inactive quarry about 50 km SW of Palermo. The succession consists of Lower Jurassic peritidal cycles overlain by Middle Jurassic to Cretaceous pelagic limestone (e.g. ammonitic limestone, “chalk”) and marked by an unconformity with locally hardground. Syn-depositional Mesozoic tectonic is characterized by neptunian dykes and normal faults, whereas reverse faults, strike-slip faults, and joints are related to subsequent Cenozoic deformation. In the second stop, at Mt. San Calogero, adjacent to the picturesque coastal town of Sciacca (about 100 km south of Palermo), we will visit the surface expression of an extensive karst system linked to uprising geothermal fluids. Furthermore, we will discuss main characteristics of the Sciacca Geothermal Field and its connection to deep mantle-derived fluids. Outcrop data will be integrated with both 2D seismic lines and exploration well logs showing the stratigraphy and structure of the deep aquifer. Given the presence of faults and joints in the outcrops, this field trip can provide the participants with valuable insights into naturally fractured reservoirs at the sub-seismic scale. Pricing Fee: €50 Attendee Limit: Min15 - Max 45 People Registration Deadline: 11 April 2024 Field Trip Leaders Gianni Mallarino MOL Group Attilio Sulli University of Palermo

Added on 22 February, 2024

Field Seminar

Krakow, Poland

Monday, 27 May 2024, 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Upper Jurassic Carbonate Depositional System of the Carpathian Foreland – Surface and Subsurface Insight

This one day pre-conference field trip will be focused on the Upper Jurassic deposits formed within the southern part of epicontinental basin of the Carpathian foreland.

Added on 24 October, 2023

Field Seminar

Krakow, Poland

Thursday, 30 May – Friday, 31 May 2024, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Outer Carpathians – Cradle of Petroleum Geology and Oil Industry

Surface seeps of oil and exhalations of methane have been known in the Northern Outer Carpathians for centuries. During this field trip, key localities will be visited, including frontal deformed part of the thrust belt accessible in the world-famous Wieliczka salt mine, and outcrops located within more internal thrust sheets (nappes).

Added on 19 October, 2023

Workshop

Palermo, Italy

Monday, 22 April – Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Cross Regional Carbonates and Mixed Carbonate Systems Symposium

This Symposium marks a collaborative event that brings together AAPG Europe and AAPG Middle East, with a central focus on carbonates and mixed carbonate systems worldwide, while highlighting their significance within these two regions. The primary objectives are an overview of controls that govern the evolution of these systems in time and space and the characterization and prediction of their properties across scales.

Added on 05 October, 2023

Webinar By Lucy Crane

Virtual Webinar

Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

Critical Minerals: Lithium

Hear Lucy Crane speak about her efforts to foster collaboration with industry and academic partners to accelerate the exploration through the Cornish Lithium exploration programme. Webinar is presented via Zoom on 18 November 2020 at 12:00 London time (UTC-0)

Added on 14 October, 2020

Webinar By Jem Woods,Victoria Hoare

London, England

Monday, 13 July 2020, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

The Global DECC Calculator

Dr Jem Woods, Imperial College London, will introduce The DECC Global Calculator, an open-source model of the world’s energy, land and food systems that allows you to design your own version of the future up to 2050 and see the implications for the climate.

Added on 06 July, 2020

Webinar

Virtual Webinar

Thursday, 13 January 2022, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Maximizing Future Impact of Geoscientists

"Energy Transition Forum Webinar" frames an aspirational vision for how geoscientists can drive impact on a truly global scale during the Energy Transition. Geoscientists today face a daunting, multi-faceted challenge of shifting to a net-zero energy future, supplying the energy the world needs today, and doing both while also shaping a fulfilling, long-term career. The time is now for the Geoscience community to step up and tackle these parallel challenges proactively. To do so, geoscientists need to bring entrepreneurial vision, discipline expertise, technological innovation, and deep integration. Experts in these four fields will share how they do this and discuss how geoscience can maximize its contribution to the energy of both today and tomorrow.

Added on 04 November, 2021

Online e-Symposium

Thursday, 19 August 2010, 12:00 a.m.–12:00 a.m.

Challenging the Paradigm 'Missing Section = Normal Fault' and Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration

This presentation will show where there are cases of missing sections, but none of them can be attributed to normal faulting.

Added on 02 December, 2013

Webinar By Alana Finlayson

Virtual Webinar

Thursday, 26 November 2020, 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

UKCS Exploration & Energy Transition

The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) is the independent regulator of the UK's upstream oil and gas sector with a three-fold purpose: to regulate, influence and promote the UK oil and gas industry in order to maximise the economic recovery of the UK’s oil and gas resources (MER UK) whilst supporting the move to net zero carbon by 2050. The presentation will describe how the OGA supports the exploration of subsurface opportunities within the UK, and is taking strides to enhance investment and improve subsurface success through actions on licensing, data, prospect/store inventories, geophysical data acquisition and regional play evaluations. The presentation will also describe how the OGA is working with government and industry on the vital role that the oil and gas industry must play in the UK energy transition.

Added on 25 November, 2020

Webinar

Virtual Webinar

Wednesday, 15 July 2020, 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

AAPG Europe Student Chapter Awards Ceremony

Dear Student Chapter and University Representatives! The Europe Region Student Chapter Award Ceremony will be held Wednesday (July 15th) at 15:00 British Summer Time / 16:00 Central Europe Time. During the event the winner European Chapters - Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznań, Poland), Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary) and IFP (Paris, France) will present their activities, which led them to the Outstanding Awards. There will be a moderated session to ask and comment between each other. Please feel free to share the event within your members, it is free and open! All of you and your fellow Chapter members are most welcome!

Added on 13 July, 2020

Webinar

Virtual Webinar

Thursday, 10 March 2022, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Digitalization Impacting Geoscience

The most compelling business challenge facing leaders everywhere is to prepare their company to win in the digital future. This panel discussion will explore how successful companies are navigating the digital landscape, how they generate value and equip their workforce of the future for success.

Added on 04 November, 2021

Webinar

Virtual Webinar

Thursday, 7 April 2022, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Skills and Capabilities Required for the Geoscientists of the Future

Skills and Capabilities for the Geoscientists of the Future webinar will explore the theme of the skillsets and mindsets required to meet the skills gap in a rapidly accelerating energy transition. Our approach will take a provocative stance, engaging “disrupters” and strategic thinkers from across both industry and academia into the discussion to give a truly global perspective.

Added on 04 November, 2021

Webinar By Alan Foum

Virtual Webinar

Monday, 8 June 2020, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

Petroleum Perspectives, Past Present and Future

A geophysicist with extensive worldwide experience in exploration, appraisal and development settings gained at BG group, Alan Foum will talk about future energy demand modelling in terms of oil, gas and electricity including renewables with his presentation 'Petroleum Perspectives, Past Present and Future'

Added on 01 June, 2020

Webinar By Gretchen Gillis,Jane Whaley

Virtual Webinar

Friday, 19 June 2020, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

Women in Geosciences

Join us as Jane Whaley, geologist and Editor-in-Chief of GEO ExPro Magazine, interviews Gretchen Gillis, President-Elect of AAPG, about her experiences as a woman in the oil-and-gas industry.

Added on 01 July, 2020

VG Abstract By Keith Gerdes

Tethyan Carbonates - Linking Tropical Seas and Crashing Plates to Some of the Largest Oil and Gas Fields in the World

The carbonate sequences that were deposited in the now exhumed Tethyan Ocean influence many aspects of our lives today, either by supplying the energy that warms our homes and the fuel that powers our cars or providing the stunning landscapes for both winter and summer vacations. They also represent some of the most intensely studied rock formations in the world and have provided geoscientists with a fascinating insight into the turbulent nature of 250 Million years of Earth’s history. By combining studies from the full range of geoscience disciplines this presentation will trace the development of these carbonate sequences from their initial formation on the margins of large ancient continental masses to their present day locations in and around the Greater Mediterranean and Near East region. The first order control on growth patterns and carbonate platform development by the regional plate-tectonic setting, underlying basin architecture and fluctuations in sea level will be illustrated. The organisms that contribute to sequence development will be revealed to be treasure troves of forensic information. Finally, these rock sequences will be shown to contain all the ingredients necessary to form and retain hydrocarbons and the manner in which major post-depositional tectonic events led to the formation of some of the largest hydrocarbon accumulations in the world will be demonstrated.

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Added on 24 August, 2015

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