This July will mark the 28th anniversary of the 1983 discovery of the giant Caño Limón field (1.1 Billion BO reserves) in Colombia’s Llanos Basin by Oxy Colombia, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum.
Headlines proclaimed the news that automobile drivers already knew: Crude oil and gasoline prices marched ever higher as spring began. In fact, crude oil set a record of “highest March price ever.”
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Just one year ago drilling in the off-limits eastern Gulf of Mexico appeared to be on the cusp of getting the green light from the U.S. government as calls for “drill, baby, drill” emanated from politicians as well as the ordinary Joe.
AAPG award-winning geologist Tony Doré once almost tossed a budding career in geology to hit the road with his guitar.
About 10 years ago there was major buzz and much hand wringing over predictions of big time natural gas shortages for the United States.
In the mid-continent Mississippi Lime, it’s the same song and a totally new verse – with a challenging geological chorus.
There is no greater reward to a programmer than seeing his or her creation being used by the target audience!
The annual meeting of AAPG is one of the best opportunities I have to hear from the membership. Nothing tops the face-to-face conversation for communication and this ACE was no different.
We are at the annual meeting in Houston and I am in the Communications booth of the AAPG Center.
The South American country of Suriname has launched an aggressive campaign to ramp up offshore oil production.
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.
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.
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.
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.