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Partial results from a federal oil and gas reserve assessment of domestic unconventional gas reserves will be presented this month in Laramie, Wyo.

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The most ambitious Distinguished Lecture effort in the program's history is announced for 2002-03.

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More than 200 geologists, geophysicists and engineers attended the 'International Symposium on China Petroleum Exploration in the 21st Century: Second Marine Forum on Marine Carbonate Reservoirs,' held recently in Hangzhou, China.

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AAPG's rapidly approaching APPEX 2002, already a 'must do' event for people looking to make a deal -- or for those looking to make their deals better -- just got a little more attractive.

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Free-market economics has been taking some heavy hits lately, what with the likes of the Enron scandal, Arthur Andersen obstruction verdict, insider trading revelations, the Merrill Lynch conflict of interest ruling, and on and on.

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A topic to be covered at the Rocky Mountain Section Meeting in September.

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Definition: A statement of a meaning of a word or word group.

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Today, you can travel the world over and find U.S. independents putting wells down in darned near every hydrocarbon province, right alongside their big brethren.

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A global assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources has led to some surprising geologic insights regarding petroleum systems.

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Companies eyeing exploration in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska see prospects there as good to great, despite a scarcity of previous drilling there.

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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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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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The South American country of Suriname has launched an aggressive campaign to ramp up offshore oil production.

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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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