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Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Shales Give Basis for Rosy NPC Resource Report

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

Added on 01 February, 2012

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Study Cautions Overenthusiasm on Shale Capacity

The rest of the story? High expectations dominate current outlooks for U.S. energy independence, but a past AAPG president warns against overenthusiasm on shale capacity.

Added on 01 February, 2012

Explorer Article By Dave Cook

CCS in the Spotlight

On one hand carbon capture and storage lacks governments' support in Europe. On the other hand understanding of CCS technology is growing.

Added on 01 January, 2012

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Deep Waters Off Mozambique Yield Big Gas Finds

Out of Africa: The deepwater Rovuma Basin off the coast of Mozambique is proving to be a bonanza for discovery.

Added on 01 January, 2012

Explorer Historical Highlights By Miguel Ramirez,Victor Ramirez

Colombia's Ecopetrol: A Legacy of Principles

With Colombia rapidly approaching a historical production record of one million barrels of oil per day, and Ecopetrol, the state oil company, celebrating its 60th anniversary, it is worth reviewing the events that led to these milestones.

Added on 01 December, 2011

Explorer Division Column DEG By David Vance

A Tale of Two CO2 Opportunities

The use of injected carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is a process that was first used on Jan. 26, 1972, at the SACROC unit in Scurry County, Texas. Since then carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery in primary production zones has expanded across the Permian Basin in west Texas and eastern New Mexico, and to a more limited extent in Kansas, Mississippi, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Alaska and Pennsylvania – and in other countries.

Added on 01 December, 2011

Explorer President’s Column By Paul Weimer

Random Musings From 35,000 Feet (10,675 m)

In the last few months, I have had the extraordinary opportunity to visit 12 countries and interact with many geologists and students. A few musings regarding the future ...

Added on 01 December, 2011

Explorer Historical Highlights By Peter Purcell

Aussie North Rankin Discovery Was Game-Changer

It was nearly midnight on a Saturday late in June 1971 when BOCAL’s new palynologist Barry Ingram telephoned chief geologist Peter Kaye to tell him the gas discovery in North Rankin-1 were in Triassic sediments.

Added on 01 November, 2011

Explorer Policy Watch By Creties Jenkins

Reserves, Resources Reporting Examined

A multidisciplinary symposium focused on providing clarity to the estimation and reporting of petroleum reserves and resources was held in July in Houston. The symposium brought together a diverse group of stakeholders represented by 200 people from more than 100 organizations in 17 countries.

Added on 01 November, 2011

Explorer Emphasis Article By Ken Milam

Microseeps Can Indicate Mega-Secrets

Containing costs and reducing risks are good basics for any project, but for smaller exploration companies – like many in the U.S. mid-continent region – they can be go-or-no factors.

Added on 01 November, 2011

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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