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Described as 'Gondwana's enigmatic twins' -- exploration in Africa and Latin America faces challenges above ground as well as below.

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The main course? Frontier exploration may be the industry’s champagne and caviar when it comes to headlines, but generating new prospects in known areas remains its exploration bread and butter.

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Explorer Policy Watch

The mid-term elections are over and the American people have spoken. The next two months will be informative in terms of the climate of the remaining two years of this presidential tenure.

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One of the privileges of the DPA presidency is the writing of these columns. Many past DPA presidents have discussed why DPA was important to them. Now it is my turn and perhaps I have a different perspective to share.

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Results from one of the year’s most important meetings – the Hedberg Research Conference on Understanding World Oil Resources, are being prepared for a spring unveiling.

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The Mighty Mungaroo: Chevron’s Clio-1 well offshore Western Australia is one of the year’s top success stories.

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Quantity, not quality: The past year saw only a few jaw-dropping discoveries, but some important world developments opened new areas, bolstered existing production and provided a solid foundation for the future.

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Card about Global Climate Change is carefully scrutinized by AAPG's Executive Committee and more comments from members will be requested.

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What makes a buyer fall in love with an exploration prospect? Don’t laugh: Appearances matter.

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A sinking feeling: A geoscientist makes his case that Louisiana is threatened by a subsidence, a crippling disease that’s far more extreme and extensive than many think.

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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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Adventure enthusiasts should enjoy the story of Angelo Pitoni, a larger- than-life geologist whose story includes exploits rivaling any of those portrayed on the big screen. This article focuses specifically on a chapter of his life that took place in my country, Venezuela, and forms part of our country’s oil exploration history.

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The South American country of Suriname has launched an aggressive campaign to ramp up offshore oil production.

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An influx of recent mergers and acquisitions has brought even more operators to the Permian, and there are some regions where there is still much geoscience to be done. 

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Brazil’s famed “Father of the Pre-Salt,” Guilherme de Oliveira Estrella, is credited with several major oil discoveries and with advances in petroleum systems research.

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