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Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

A Couple of Deep GOM Projects Get Go-Ahead

It’s been little more than a year since the infamous Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico brought industry activity there to a screeching halt for the most part.

Added on 01 August, 2011

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Tuscaloosa Another Shale Playground

The word on the street indicates the next potentially big U.S. shale oil play is … drumroll, please: The Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS).

Added on 01 August, 2011

Explorer Article By Jeff Aldrich

Unconventionals Will Get Global Showcase at Milan ICE

The fast-approaching AAPG International Conference and Exhibition in Milan will showcase – in association with EMD – a comprehensive unconventional resources program with global scope, ranging in scale from the nanopore to the petroleum system, exploring the latest in applied geoscience and engineering.

Added on 01 August, 2011

Explorer Regions and Sections By Michael McWalter

PNG Gas Finds Push LNG Plans

It is a little over 25 years since the Iagifu 2-X well drilled by Niugini Gulf Oil discovered Papua New Guinea’s first commercial oil field – the Kutubu field, which was put into production in 1992 by Chevron Niugini Pty Ltd. after they acquired the assets of Gulf Oil.

Added on 01 July, 2011

Explorer Policy Watch By David Curtiss

Climate, Coal and CCS Stir Debate

One casualty of the November 2010 elections was climate change legislation.

Added on 01 July, 2011

Explorer Article By Denise Stone

Cook Inlet Outcrops Exceptional

The Cook Inlet was a popular topic at both an oral session and field trip during the Pacific Section's annual meeting in Anchorage, Alaska.

Added on 01 July, 2011

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Frack Water Management Studied

University team responds to concerns about dumping water used in the well fracturing process. Converting the briny wastewater into suitable fresh water is the challenge.

Added on 01 July, 2011

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Study Seeks to Inject Science into Frack Debate

Frack checking: The ongoing and intensifying public debate over the impact of hydraulic fracturing is about to get an infusion of scientific observations.

Added on 01 July, 2011

Explorer Division Column DEG By Mary Harris

Frack 'Secrets' Don't Engender Trust

Welcome to the 2011-12 series of short EXPLORER articles by the Division of Environmental Geosciences. As the new president of DEG, I get to kick off the series with my view of one of the technical areas that DEG – and AAPG in general – needs to address this fiscal year.

Added on 01 June, 2011

Explorer Emphasis Article By Barry Friedman

Geothermal Potential Touted

Seemingly endless images and slogans, from both industry supporters and critics, remind us almost daily that the public conversation about energy these days is about the future.

Added on 01 June, 2011

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