Explorer Policy Watch

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled that while it remained concerned about environmental assessments performed for the 2007-12 five-year program, those concerns were restricted to the lease sales planned for the Arctic Ocean and Alaska outer continental shelf (OCS).

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No matter where you go in petroleum geology, you are likely to find the footprints of Hollis Hedberg.

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Peak Oil is a condition experienced before but could the Haynesville gas play have the potential role in “Peak Gas?” 

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Production totals in the Gulf of Mexico, thanks largely to the deepwater activity, is forecast to continue to rise. Now, about activity in the eastern GOM ...

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Show me the money: Investors are looking for new opportunities to spend their capital. Let’s make a deal?

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A change is gonna come: Mexico is experiencing a tectonic shift in its energy regimen – and that may be good news for development of the country’s oil and gas potential.

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Explorer Policy Watch

As is often the case with legislation in the U.S. Congress, it takes a crisis to pass it. Absent a handy crisis, a looming Congressional recess can usually provide the necessary motivation to get legislation to the floor for a vote.

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Explorer Director’s Corner

As part of the focus on providing the best science, AAPG is reviewing all of our products and services against the needs of the membership.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Oil and gas finders are enamored with the Williston Basin these days, looking for the next big find in the upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Bakken formation.

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There’s a lot of talk about the need for more natural gas in the energy mix. But there’s a big, unanswered question: How are we going to get the gas?

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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 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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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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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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