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Explorer Article By Barry Friedman

Doing Something About the Weather, and Bears

The University Centre in Svalbard, in the Norwegian high Arctic archipelago, has created a geoscientific database for high Arctic training and research, a unique approach to the retrieval, coordination and cataloging of data in a less than hospitable area.

Added on 01 March, 2019

Explorer Article By Brian Ervin

EXPLORER Photo Contest Winner Announced

At long last, the AAPG EXPLORER Cover Photo Contest has concluded and a winner has been chosen.

Added on 01 February, 2019

Explorer Director’s Corner By David Curtiss

Looking for the Next Oilfield Legend

Geoscientists play a lot of different roles in our industry, but foremost, we are technical and scientific experts. We understand the rocks, their depositional history and their potential to generate hydrocarbons.

Added on 01 February, 2019

Explorer Historical Highlights By Jon Gluyas

Helium Shortages and Emerging Helium Provinces

The search for new sources of helium is of paramount importance as a combination of declining production and increasing demand have made helium prices soar. This follows a century in which the United States had a near monopoly on helium reserves and U.S. production met global demand. Although most of the helium production story has taken place in the United States, there are other nations that have produced and are producing helium.

Added on 01 February, 2019

Explorer Business Side of Geology Column By David Brown

Oil Price Volatility Makes Discipline, Profitability Key Factors in M&A

M&A activity appears to be on the rebound, but current oil price volatility tempers the otherwise optimistic mood going into this year’s APPEX conference in London.

Added on 01 February, 2019

Explorer Historical Highlights By Jon Gluyas

The Emergence of the Helium Industry

Little more than a novelty when first discovered, helium has become a key commodity. It is used extensively in medical cryogenics, analytical and lab applications, breathing mixtures, as a lift gas, for arc welding, leak detection and, contrary to popular belief, only a little is used to inflate party balloons. There are few substitutes for helium and so, as its applications have become more common, demand has grown and supply is struggling to match demand.

Added on 01 January, 2019

Explorer Article By Barry Friedman

Deepwater Tops Global Exploration Opportunity

Where are the best opportunities in the future for exploration investment? The central question about where to look, where to drill, which area of the world holds the greatest promise, in terms of profits, the rule going forward may very well be: “When you go low, you go high.”

Added on 01 January, 2019

Explorer Article By David Brown

Who Holds the Power in Global Petro-Politics?

With OPEC increasingly overshadowed by Saudi Arabia and Russia’s cooperation, and the United States’ escalating production, who holds the power in the global oil arena?

Added on 01 January, 2019

Explorer President’s Column By Denise Cox

AAPG: 'Because We Are'

When we meet at AAPG conferences like the Annual Convention and Exhibition, the International Conference and Exhibition and region and section meetings, AAPG is fulfilling its mission and at its best: technical content with a business focus bringing together a diverse audience of attendees from academia, government and industry.

Added on 01 December, 2018

Explorer Historical Highlights By Peter Rose

A Player in the Emergence of E&P Risk Analysis

By the time they are drilled, almost all exploratory ventures today will have been geotechnically, statistically and economically analyzed to estimate their ultimate recovery of oil or natural gas, or its EUR, and its present monetary value, or PV, given discovery. This process is generally known as “exploration risk analysis” and it evolved primarily as a response to an endemic problem: explorers were discovering less than half of the EURs they forecast for their investors.

Added on 01 December, 2018

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