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Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Aussie Geologists Look to the West

The Mighty Mungaroo: Chevron’s Clio-1 well offshore Western Australia is one of the year’s top success stories.

Added on 01 January, 2007

Explorer Division Column DEG By Jane McColloch

DEG Making Plans for the Future

Every so often it is good to review and evaluate DEG’s mission and goals. This year AAPG is preparing a five-year tactical business plan, and as an AAPG Division, DEG also is preparing one.

Added on 01 December, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

3-D VSP Proving Its Deep Value

Vertical seismic profile (VSP) has been around for some time as a tool to provide time-to-depth for seismic well-ties.

Added on 01 December, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

'Triple-Double' Logs Recorded

No one would question there’s an ongoing high level of activity in Saudi Arabia’s oil patch.

Added on 01 December, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

EM Detecting Fluids on the Rocks

Widely available and ever-popular seismic technologies are great for detecting subsurface structures and identifying potential reservoirs.

Added on 01 December, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

In-Well Optical System at Work

Installation of a permanently placed seismic cable system to acquire time lapse, or 4-D, seismic at the BP-operated Valhall Field in Norway in August 2003 created a goodly bit of buzz -- particularly in the geophysical community. An experimental array had been installed in 1995 by Shell and BP at Foinhaven, but Valhall was the first such system to be financed and purchased by a business unit.

Added on 01 December, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Slimhole CTD Targets Shallow Plays

The next few years will begin a dramatic increase in coiled-tubing drilling (CTD), slimhole drilling and microbore applications. That could bring a handsome payoff to anyone who solves the downhole geology puzzle.

Added on 01 December, 2006

Explorer Division Column EMD By Brian Cardott

Gas Shales Tricky to Understand

The success of technological plays such as the Barnett Shale and other shales has proven the potential of shale-gas resources -- and if the recent number of technical sessions, short courses and workshops on gas shales is any indication of its significance, gas shales will be an important component of the world gas supply in the future.

Added on 01 November, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

PTTC: Passing On the Good Word

Since 1994, the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) has been a recognized force in the realm of technology transfer in the oil and gas industry.

Added on 01 November, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Susan Eaton

Coalbed Gas Frontier Being Tapped

Alberta’s Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) is underlain by numerous, stacked coal seams permeated with methane, and contains twice the amount of gas in place than all of the CBM basins in the continental United

Added on 01 November, 2006

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