Explorer Policy Watch

Shale gas production is booming throughout the United States and the world due to the success of the cutting edge – and in some corners, controversial – drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing.

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Explorer Director’s Corner

The Grammys and the Academy Awards all have been given, and now it’s our turn on the red carpet.

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Explorer Article

Using a combination of certain seismic techniques helped bring success to a team of fracture-hunting geoscientists.

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Explorer Article

This is a place that’s historic, innovative, hugely resourceful and enormously complex. When it comes to energy, California has it all. 

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Explorer Emphasis Article

A team player: 3-D seismic technology is more than just a stand-alone tool – its true value shines when it is combined with other well data.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

An added dimension: 3-D seismic data is an essential ingredient in operators’ efforts to understand the risks and nuances of shale plays.

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Explorer Article

Have an opinion about hydraulic fracturing? So does the person next to you, which is why Steve Leifer, this year’s speaker at the upcoming DEG annual luncheon, says to look at the big picture.  

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Explorer Regions and Sections

Geoscientists and others working the booming plays of Latin America know experience is a great tool.

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Explorer Article

Home grown: A recent National Petroleum Council study suggests America has enough oil resources to meet its growing demand for several decades.

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Explorer Policy Watch

A wise adage states that anything worth having is not easily obtainable – and it just so happens that the most promising source of cleaner, domestic, cost-effective energy of the near future also is incredibly controversial.

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