Explorer Article

While the outcry against the petroleum industry drilling in residential areas is as high as ever, a small, privately-held petroleum and real estate company in Midland, Texas, is making headlines for pulling off what some might consider an impossible feat: creating communities where people are willingly moving onto active oil and gas fields and living harmoniously with t he industry.

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Learn! Blog

Build your resume with skills and knowledge. Attend AAPG's Unconventionals Update GTW, and receive a certificate of participation, CEUs and PDHs, and a you'll have a true resume builder, especially if you decide to present a poster. We'll video your presentation and put it on YouTube to maximize your exposure.

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Middle East Blog

Join us in Abu Dhabi to meet worldwide experts in the oil industry in order to share their knowledge and experiences to identify solutions and the best practices applicable to the challenges to unlock tight reservoirs in the region.

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Explorer Historical Highlights

Hydraulic fracturing of rock formations has been hotly debated during the past several years, and public opinions have resulted in numerous legislative actions that closely control or even ban the practice in different parts of the nation. Fracturing, however, actually has been used in the oil and gas industry for 67 years and in the granite quarrying business in North Carolina since 1903.

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Learn! Blog

How many times have you kicked yourself because you made decisions without really having time to get all the expert opinions? When could your team have been better – both in determining where to explore and how to complete a well?

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Latin America Blog

Share your knowledge and learn from others at this multidisciplinary workshop to be held in Lima, Peru on 15-16 October 2015. Presentation proposals are due 30 August 2015. 

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Europe Blog

Join the Meeting in Bari, Italy in 2016 - Exploring and Exploiting Carbonate Reservoirs. This meeting follows the success of the conference held in Naples in April 2014 and aims at bringing together experts of different disciplines from the academia and the oil and gas industry. We invite you to share your experience and ideas.

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Europe Blog

At the 3P Arctic Conference & Exhibition this September, Bernard Coakley will discuss active proposals and planned drilling across the Arctic Ocean, highlighting the scientific objectives for sampling the sedimentary column. 

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Europe Blog

At the 3P Arctic Conference & Exhibition this September Geir Richardson with Statoil will present 'Toward the 23rd Round' during the opening and plenary session.

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Explorer Policy Watch

There’s been a lot of good news recently about water and hydraulic fracturing: the EPA’s and other scientists’ research into water consumption for hydraulic fracturing found minimal strain on water resources, and natural gas power generation significantly reduces water use in power generation.

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