Explorer Emphasis Article
By David Brown
This year’s International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy, beginning August 28 in Houston, doesn’t have a single, overarching theme. But one concept keeps popping up again and again: Innovation. AAPG and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, in conjunction with SEPM, are hosts for the second annual IMAGE meeting. It’s designed as a broad-interest event, with 30 key topic areas ranging – alphabetically – from acquisition and survey design to structure, tectonics and geomechanics. As an AAPG/SEG-sponsored event, IMAGE will include several sessions related to geological analysis, imaging and interpretation.
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 August, 2022
Asia Pacific Blog
By Adrienne Pereira
We are delighted to announce that the abstract submissions deadline for the upcoming #AAPG 'Structural Geology and our Future - the Role of Tectonic Geoscience in Energy Transition, Focusing on the Asia-Pacific Region' GTW has been extended! Final abstract submission closing date will be 30 January 2022. Take advantage of these extra days and get involved in this exciting event by sharing your paper with other industry experts.
For more information, please follow the link: https://bit.ly/3peplrE
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 13 December, 2021
Explorer Foundation Update
By Vern Stefanic
An historic book is being reopened, and the next chapter in AAPG’s ongoing efforts to recognize, offer and promote geoscience excellence around the world is about to be written. Six diverse and internationally acclaimed geoscientists have been announced for the 2021-22 AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecture season – speaking on a spectacular range of subjects that vary from understanding integrated hydrocarbon systems to utilizing machine learning to recognizing the importance of choices in today’s energy transition.'
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 September, 2021
Explorer Emphasis Article
By Barry Friedman
“Geologists and geophysicists work well together.” That’s Stephen A. Sonnenberg on why AAPG and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists will be coming together for the International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver and online, Sept. 26 through Oct. 1. This year’s inaugural hybrid event will include nearly 200 technical presentations, 14 workshops, 10 special sessions, five field trips, numerous networking opportunities and a joint exhibition showcasing the latest geoscience products and technologies will be on hand.
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 September, 2021
Explorer Article
By David Brown
Unconventional resource development has a remarkable history, combining breakthroughs and advances in both technology and geoscience. The pace of progress might have slowed in recent years, but that history is still being written.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 June, 2021
Asia Pacific Blog
By Adrienne Pereira
Have you registered yet for this Asia Pacific Short Course on Naturally Fractured Characterization for Basement and Carbonate Reservoir Exploration & Development? Spaces are limited.
Hydrocarbons have been discovered in basement reservoirs with good production around the world over the past decades. The potential of fractured basement reservoirs is still significant, but often overlooked by explorers. This short course will address the major needs in fracture evaluation of basement reservoirs in the different phases of a field’s life. Exercises will broaden participants interpenetration skills and promote better characterization of fractures and faults.
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 19 April, 2021
Explorer Historical Highlights
By Henry S. Pettingill,Paul Weimer
During the 1980s, early prospecting in deepwater margins was the simple extension of prolific updip producing basins that were charged. However, the migration of petroleum exploration and development into deepwater was fraught with challenges. For engineers and geologists, one of our biggest challenges was to overcome our collective lack of understanding about the geology of deepwater. We had to revisit everything we thought we knew, one paradigm shift after another.
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 December, 2020
Explorer Geophysical Corner
By Ritesh Sharma,Satinder Chopra
As discussed in part 1 of this article, when it comes to the attributes used in equation 1 for seismically determining shale capacity, it is difficult to make a manual choice for the cut off values. To alleviate such a problem, application of machine learning techniques could be useful and thus worth exploring.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 September, 2020
Explorer Emphasis Article
By Barry Friedman
Considering that success or failure of unconventional exploration is largely dependent on drilling horizontal wells in the right area and fracturing efficiently, and considering also that geomechanical modeling facilitates these processes, it is easy to see that when industry professionals have a better perspective of the subsurface mechanics, the better chance they have for increased production. That is the point of geomechanical modeling: safer drilling and increased production.
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 June, 2020
Explorer Article
By Michael McWalter
Some 257 people gathered at the beautiful new Hilton Hotel in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in the last week of February 2020 to attend the first AAPG/EAGE Papua New Guinea Petroleum Geoscience Conference and Exhibition. The theme for the conference was, “PNG’s Oil and Gas Industry Maturing Through Exploration Development and Production.”
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 May, 2020