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Time after time: Advanced geophysical techniques have been used for identifying fractures in Saudi Arabia. The rest of the story, however, was getting the story …

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Northern exposure: That gush of excitement you may feel may be coming from Canada – specifically, eastern Canada – and it’s all because the Utica shale play there may be as big as the Barnett.

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The year of living dangerously: Grim days, challenging conditions, exciting discoveries. A look back at the top global developments of 2009.

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It’s complicated: If your well comes up dry it’s all bad news, right? Well, not really. In the oil industry, a lot of dark clouds have a valuable silver lining.

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The Eagle and the hawk: A still-fledging shale gas play, the Cretaceous Eagle Ford, is making a lot of noise in Texas – and the hawks are circling to get a piece of the action.

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December Web Explorer is ready and can be found here: December Explorer

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As geology students, you may find yourself asking: How much education do I need to get a good job in the oil and gas industry?

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With the addition of 11 new video interviews from Denver, get it from the horse’s mouth – AAPG members talk about their first jobs, past jobs, as well as how and why they became involved in the oil and gas industry.

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Whether you’re a geology student or a young professional working in the energy field, you have all but dedicated yourself to the industry.

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I love my job. Not just the position of the Web Producer at AAPG, but the whole graphic/web/video/design/development aspect of my job.

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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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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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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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