More than 200 geologists, geophysicists and engineers attended the 'International Symposium on China Petroleum Exploration in the 21st Century: Second Marine Forum on Marine Carbonate Reservoirs,' held recently in Hangzhou, China.
In an earlier column (November EXPLORER), we highlighted the EMD's efforts to establish a training agenda to infuse geospatial applications into petroleum and energy minerals exploration and production.
A global assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources has led to some surprising geologic insights regarding petroleum systems.
And the country most favored by energy companies for new ventures is … you'll have to read the results of an independent industry survey. (Hint: This is the third year in a row it has been ranked number one.)
The world in 2002 might be spinning under the influence of terrorism and reeling from other uncertainties, but that hasn't stopped the planet's need for energy — nor extinguished the fire to explore and discover hydrocarbons.
An idea rooted in 1998 during an informal meeting with the vice chairman of the AAPG International Liaison Committee led to the creation of the Association of Petroleum Geologists (APG-India) in February 2000.
The second AAPG Named Grant to be established by a society has been announced by the AAPG Foundation.
This month we continue with discussion of two important meetings that will be held in Cairo, Egypt, and Hangzhou, China.
This month's column is titled 'Active Gas Chimneys and Oilfield Karst Associated With a Miocene Reef Complex: Liuhua 11-1 Field, South China Sea.'
A commercial computing venture has a noble goal in mind — to digitize every paper log in the United States.