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Explorer Business Side of Geology Column By Marlan Downey

Each year properties are sold for more than they are worth, and replaced with properties for less than their real worth. Is this a great business, or what? So is property being valued too low? Too high? Or are we dealing with a large population of fools?

Added on 01 October, 1999

Explorer Division Column DPA By Robert Sabate

Disclosure Rules Not Absolute

Is it ever ethical to divulge information understood to be confidential for a personally perceived 'higher' purpose?

Added on 01 October, 1999

Explorer Regions and Sections By Marlan Downey

Inaugural Regional Meeting in Istanbul

Registration is now open for the inaugural AAPG Regional International Conference, which will be held July 9-12 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Added on 01 October, 1999

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

Contractors Getting In On the Deal

Dramatic changes over the past 20 years have led to creative approaches to the seismic industry -- not all of which have been accepted wholeheartedly.

Added on 01 October, 1999

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

Spec Data Faces Market Challenge

Depending on who you talk to, the industry's latest round of merger mania is either a great deal or a great disaster. Guess how geophysical contractors vote.

Added on 01 October, 1999

Explorer Business Side of Geology Column By Marlan Downey

Size Matters -- But So Does Location

In much of the United States, the choice to explore for oil or gas is governed by the expected finding and development cost for equivalent volumes. And ... it's hard to find large volumes of oil or gas in the USA.

Added on 01 September, 1999

Explorer Division Column DPA By Robert Sabate

One Person's 'Proof' Another's Junk

The July ethics question dealt with a topic that recently proved to be a hot issue for professional geologists: Junk science.

Added on 01 September, 1999

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Gulf R&D Funding a Capital Idea

A couple of professors manage to turn their vision for deep water technology research and development into a reality, they propose a revitalization of technology R&D, specifically targeting the deep water (i.e. anything off the continental shelf) Gulf of Mexico.

Added on 01 September, 1999

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

New Deep Fields Show Gulf Trends

Deep water play in the Gulf of Mexico keeps getting deeper and hotter. A look at some discoveries in 5-6,000 feet of water shows how they may propel the industry into the Gulf.

Added on 01 September, 1999

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Industry Lured into Deep Waters

Exploration in the deep water Gulf of Mexico may be even better than the success of drilling on the Gulf shelf. The deep offshore Gulf has more remaining, recoverable resources than the shoreward provinces. Recent discoveries seem sure to increase resource projections for the Gulf.

Added on 01 September, 1999

Hot Items

Explorer Article By Emily Llinás,Sylvia Anjos

The ‘Father of the Pre-Salt’

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.

Added on 01 April, 2024

Explorer Article By David Brown

Persistent Prospects of the Permian

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.

Added on 26 March, 2024

Explorer Director’s Corner By David Curtiss

Introducing the New EXPLORER, New Digital Newsletters

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.

Added on 01 April, 2024

Explorer Article By Jhonny Casas

Angelo Pitoni, a Real-Life 'Indiana Jones' in Venezuelan Territory

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.

Added on 01 March, 2022