Explorer Director’s Corner

During the last couple of months Mary and I have been remodeling our house — a very interesting experience, to say the least.

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The list of reasons why to attend APPEX London just got bigger.

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Quiz time: How long does it take discovered oil to become gasoline at the pump?

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Where do companies get their analog information? From various sources, according to survey responses.

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Survey Sez? Analog analysis remains useful in the field.

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Recent exploration successes in Equatorial Guinea are boosting one of the world's poorest countries to become one of the world's fastest growing economies.

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A massive deepwater natural gas discovery off the eastern coast of India could have profound significance for a nation trying to meet the growing energy needs of its population.

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To say that much of the world's paleontology community disagrees with Chas Cartwright's management moves at Dinosaur National Monument would be seriously understating the outcry. Scientists from all over the world have voiced their disappointment at this decision and are asking the NPS to reconsider the cuts.

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Explorer Business Side of Geology Column

Most of the 'E' part of the E&P business has, by now, embraced the main principles of probabilistic risk analysis:

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APPEX — AAPG's successful Prospect and Property Expo is once again going global, heading back to London, England, as part of the Institute of Petroleum's IP Week.

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Hot Items

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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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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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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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