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Recently, as the volcano 'Popo' outside of Mexico City began to show some activity, geologist David Howell had a question: 'What would happen if there was a major eruption?'

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The handful of major international oil companies that negotiated concessions with the Angolan government in the early to mid-1990s seem like geniuses today.

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In the not-too-distant past, independent oil and gas producers who ventured into the international arena to search for hydrocarbons were a rarity. Today? There's nary a raised eyebrow when even the smallest of players announces an overseas project.

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Development is under way in the Gulf of Thailand on a giant gas field that's a testament to patience, compromise, perseverance and vision; two small countries and one independent oil company are set to reap the rewards of a project that started in the early 1970s.

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The current shortage of drilling rigs, skilled personnel and drilling prospects serves to focus the spotlight once again on the cyclicity of the E&P business. As usual, however, the oil finders are devising creative solutions to their problems, particularly when it comes to buying and selling high quality drilling prospects.

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Many companies now recognize the need for a consistent, systematic process for evaluating all their E&P opportunities.

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Today, Boone Pickens is dealing with water.

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Few wells have been drilled in the proposed OCS Lease Sale 181 area in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Still, the largely unexplored area is projected to harbor some significant hydrocarbon reserves, with a possible development potential of several Tcf of natural gas and a billion or so barrels of oil.

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The proposed Lease Sale 181 in the eastern Gulf of Mexico -- the area's first since 1988 -- is facing a big political showdown that goes all the way to the Oval Office.

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Scott W. Tinker could be the industry's leading forward-thinker on oil and gas research.

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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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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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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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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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