Explorer Article

Shale gas plays can pose a tough problem – but hydraulic fracture stimulation may be the answer.

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wwwUpdate Blog

So in the November wwwUpdate of the EXPLORER I asked a couple of questions:

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wwwUpdate Blog

Denver 2009 was a great AAPG convention – too bad I missed it! Having joined AAPG’s staff as Web producer in late August, I have only had the chance to get acquainted with the event through the video footage that was shot during the meeting.

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wwwUpdate Blog

We were doing some training on WordPress. At the beginning of the session one person commented they searched for “WordPress tutorials” and found several YouTube results.

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Explorer Policy Watch

Let’s face it, most geology news in the popular press is event driven. Soaring oil prices was last year’s headline. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions grabbed media attention this year.

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Explorer Division Column DPA

The National Conference of State Legislatures was held in July this year in Philadelphia, and as DPA president I had the opportunity, along with GEO-DC Director David Curtiss and Don Juckett, to represent the AAPG.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Urban development: Seismic crews found creative ways to complete a successful operation in the sensitive Long Beach/Signal Hill oil field. 

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Explorer Article

Times are tough, the future is uncertain and everyone seems to be in a bad mood. That’s right – it’s the perfect time to start your own oil and gas business. 

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wwwUpdate Blog

I’d like to welcome to the AAPG staff Bogdan Michka who is the Web Producer for AAPG.

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wwwUpdate Blog

I just finished writing my article for the October Explorer. It focuses on Twitter, Facebook and other social media that businesses and organizations are wanting to leverage to communicate with The Public.

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Hot Items

Explorer Historical Highlights

The Paris Basin offers times of both discoveries and failures, from its first well drilled near Normandy in the 1920s to today. 

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Explorer Director’s Corner

Perhaps you did a double take pulling the April issue of EXPLORER from the mailbox. What is this? If you joined AAPG in the last 40 years, you’ve only known EXPLORER in its long-standing tabloid format. It worked well for many years as our advertisers – particularly seismic companies – loved the large format and the ability to display their data on a sweeping canvas. For readers, it was a little more awkward.

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Explorer Article

Carbon capture and sequestration reduces emissions, but it cannot work past cost barriers without the revenue opportunities provided by utilization and storage. 

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Explorer Article

Nihal Darraj, carbon capture and storage researcher at Imperial College, London shares barriers to CCUS commercialization, including costs, technology, permitting and more. 

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