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AAPG's unofficial expert on the El Niño phenomenon and its effect on natural gas prices says he does not expect to see $10 gas prices again this year -- but he does anticipate steady gas prices through this winter.

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As Americans enter the winter heating season, they must rely upon the security of foreign imports of oil and natural gas to heat their homes, offices and factories -- and Canada, with its highly integrated, transcontinental system of pipelines, is a key energy supplier to the United States.

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The fifth Middle East Geoscience Conference and Exhibition (GEO 2002), a biennial event that focuses on the petroleum geosciences of the Middle East basins, will be held April 15-17 in Bahrain.

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Sound assessment of the reserves potential of a wildcat prospect (as well as its derived profitability) requires the exploration team to estimate many different geotechnical and economic parameters.

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Small independents also have chosen an acquisitions strategy to achieve steady growth.

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Oklahoma City-based Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas has been among the busiest independent oil companies in the mergers and acquisitions market.

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John Seitz, president and chief operating office of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., outlined seven key elements to a successful merger or acquisition.

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What's the best way to deal with 'merger mania?' Officials with three successful independents tell how they survive -- and often thrive -- in today's turbulent times.

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What's the most effective way to organize an E&P outfit?

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Explorer President’s Column

We had a fantastic AAPG Property and Prospect Expo in Houston in August. Geologists were aggressively making deals left and right, and I had several e-mails before I got back to Denver telling me of prospects sold and bought.

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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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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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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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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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