The world’s energy outlook may not be as bad as some people predict -- but a team effort may be needed to keep it that way.
AAPG’s return to the West Coast for an annual convention proved to be a winning move, as nearly 5,200 people journeyed to Long Beach, Calif., for a meeting that seemed to offer something for everyone.
The Rocky Mountains are the locus of a virtual beehive of industry activity these days.
The southwest Wyoming region has almost everything you could want in a Rocky Mountain hydrocarbon province.
During a luncheon talk at the 2006 AAPG Annual Convention in Houston, speaker Peter Dea predicted the Rocky Mountains would become the kingpin of domestic natural gas production owing principally to unconventional reservoir development.
World oil production will reach a peak plateau by 2020-40. This was one of several key implications of a Hedberg Research Conference released at the AAPG Annual Convention in Long Beach.
This is the first of a series of articles highlighting two related activities that will seek and encourage AAPG member participation in outreach efforts on legislative initiatives.
Because of publication deadlines I am writing this column in early March, knowing it will be published soon after the Annual Convention in Long Beach.
Language differences present barriers not only for nations and cultures but for industries and sciences as well.
New 3-D seismic data and the injection of CO have given new life to a 100-year-old oil field in Wyoming.
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.
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.