Farouk El-Baz served as lead scientist for remote sensing in 1975 for the NASA-Soyuz mission, a joint effort between the United States and the Soviet Union. Can he recall his emotion upon seeing those first images of his native Egypt from space?
A 3.5-million-year-old skull found in eastern Africa is changing the way science views the origins of mankind.
You may never see an outcrop the same again.
A new publication that studies an area that is among the world's hottest exploration targets has been released by AAPG.
West Africa continues to be a hot exploration province--and recent regional deep water discoveries there rank among the world's largest finds.
AAPG president-elect Robbie Gries was struck by her experiences in recent visits to Lagos, Nigeria, and Cairo, Egypt. Instead of us just relaying her experiences, we asked her to report directly. This is her report.
Everybody must have noticed that seismic data is more colorful than it used to be. This is not just to make the data pretty, nor because today color is cheap; it is to convey information.
The relatively small, sparsely populated countries along the coast of West Africa are poised to be become major players in the world oil arena.
Domestic oil and gas finders are attracted to international turf for any number of reasons -- the lure of the big find, the challenges inherent in uncharted territory. Indeed, it can be a heady experience.
The following is a list of notable worldwide discoveries as of Dec. 1. The list is provided courtesy of IHS Petroconsultants, Houston, as were reported in the IHS Energy Group's International Oil Letter.
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