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AAPG and VWORLD have created the first interactive digital publishing medium to deliver immersive, in-depth training opportunities for geoscientists.

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Cautious optimism and determination characterized talks at the recent National Oil Company Forum at ICE in Cancun.

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Attend the AAPG Drone Workshop and Short Course (Nov 30, Dec 1-2 in Houston) and let AAPG launch your new or expanded ventures. Emerge with a project that will help you land contracts and connections. All attendees will learn how to get started with drone-based mapping, and each attendee will receive his or her own AAPG drone-focused project which can help you build your resume. Use your AAPG project to launch your new line of business and new sources of revenue. We will also discuss marketing your services.

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Explorer Historical Highlights

Following the end of the Second World War, there was a great hope that the same oil prospectivity found in Venezuela might also exist in Cuba.

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Explorer Policy Watch

The National Academy of Sciences recently published a report on how science literacy affects support for science.

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There are fundamental forces that geoscience professionals should contemplate when charting their own career strategies.

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Explorer Director’s Corner

In the current employment environment, it’s important for job seekers to create their own opportunities through creativity and ingenuity.

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Explorer President’s Column

Members of AAPG are not only from the United States, but all over the world. When asked why they joined, many shared that they enjoy being a part of an association that offers events, networking and friendship.

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The event was created 15 years ago and has since become known as an effective and productive experience enabling attendees to make important connections while buying, selling and trading prospects and properties.

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This is the fifth year that the event will bring together Arctic experts and practitioners from all over the world to share experiences, ideas and network with one another.

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

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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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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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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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