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Explorer Article By Courtney Chadney

Is the Big Crew Change Still a Challenge?

You’ve heard of it before: the “Big (bad) Crew Change.” Will we have enough qualified people to fill the shoes of the large proportion of career experts getting ready to retire? It was a huge deal in the ‘90s, but what about now? Is it still really an issue, or are we just beating a dead horse?

Added on 01 May, 2019

Explorer Emphasis Article By Barry Friedman

University of Tulsa Announces Cuts to Geoscience Programs

On April 11, the University of Tulsa announced an alignment – a “Reimagining,” it was called – of its curriculum and identity. It is a plan that will cut its majors by more than 40 percent, from 196 to 112. These cuts will hit the humanities the hardest – and these get the lion’s share of the media coverage – but the reductions in programs and degrees are not just limited to theater, music, philosophy and foreign languages. The school’s Department of Geosciences will also be hobbled when the plan takes effect.

Added on 01 May, 2019

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

The Importance and the Challenge of Geoscience Education

Laura Branch teaches high school science courses and is one of only a few credentialed Earth science teachers in Santa Barbara County and has the only upper-level high school geology class in the county. As a geoscience instructor, Branch is able to teach her students about the petroleum system and the seepage of oil and heavy oil in the coastal area.

Added on 01 May, 2019

Explorer Article By David Brown

NOPEC Proposal Gets New Steam

Saudi Arabia is reportedly considering a move away from the U.S. dollar in pricing its international crude shipments. That sounds like surprising news, but it’s actually part of a story that’s played out for almost 20 years. Now this story has a new twist. Actually, several twists. The issue is NOPEC, the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act – proposed legislation that has kicked around the U.S. Congress for a couple of decades.

Added on 01 May, 2019

Explorer Article By David Brown

When Will Oil Exploration Recover?

Call it an exploration recovery. Call it a rebound. But it feels like the oil and gas industry is returning to health in fits and starts. That could be because the patient was sicker than we realize. Any measure of how far exploration has come back should take into consideration how far back it started.

Added on 01 May, 2019

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

Interview with Tom Glover, Upstream Intelligence

Welcome to an interview with Tom Glover, Senior Industry Analyst of Upstream Intelligence, the organizers of the Data-Driven Drilling and Production (DDDP) conference, which takes place in Houston in June. The conference features industry decision-makers who work with data scientists who use new analytics to optimize upstream and midstream operations.

Added on 30 April, 2019

Middle East Blog By Cora Navarro

Overcoming the Challenges in Identifying and Evaluating Low-Resistivity and Low-Resistivity-Contrast Pay

This technical workshop will be dedicated to sharing knowledge, experience and formation evaluation pertaining to low-resistivity and low-resistivity-contrast pay. This event is essentially an attempt to bring the global talent to the table to exchange expertise gained over the years from fields located in different regions and divergent geological setups, on manifestation and causes of low-resistivity and low-resistivity-contrast pay locally and also experience in dealing with the complexity of the formation evaluation through new tool technology and algorithms. You can now register for this innovative workshop taking place on 7-9 October 2019 in Muscat, Oman. The workshop will be 2.5 days, consisting of oral presentations, poster presentations and breakout sessions where participants will be able to discuss and investigate a specific theme that is of mutual interest.

Added on 29 April, 2019

Middle East Blog By Cora Navarro

Identifying New Approaches to Develop Exploration Concepts – New GTW in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

With the increasing demand on hydrocarbons and the de-creased number and volumes of discoveries, there is a great necessity to find new exploration concepts. Over three days, the Integrated Emerging Exploration Concepts: Challenges, Future Trends and Opportunities workshop will emphasize the importance of identifying new thinking and approaches to develop exploration concepts.

Added on 15 April, 2019

Explorer Director’s Corner By David Curtiss

'Going the Distance' with the World's Premier Offshore Event

While shale oil and shale gas deliver quick returns and product to markets, it’s the deepwater and other offshore discoveries that yield significant reserve additions and long-lasting production.

Added on 01 April, 2019

Explorer Article By Emily Llinás

Argentina's Neuquén Basin Offers 'Tremendous Growth Opportunities'

While oil production has been going strong in Argentina’s Neuquén Basin for the past 100 years, geologists with Shell and YPF say the region’s true hydrocarbon potential has yet to be discovered.

Added on 01 April, 2019

DL Abstract By Sherilyn Williams-Stroud

Atmospheric and Social Climate Change: Implications for the Future Geoscience Workforce

Climate change is not only happening in the atmosphere but also in the anthroposphere; in some ways the former could drive or exacerbate the latter, with extreme weather excursions and extreme excursions from societal norms occurring all over the earth. Accomplishing geoscience for a common goal – whether that is for successful business activities, resource assessment for public planning, mitigating the impacts of geological hazards, or for the sheer love of furthering knowledge and understanding – can and should be done by a workforce that is equitably developed and supported. Difficulty arises when the value of institutional programs to increase equity and diversity is not realized.

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Added on 14 September, 2023

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