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Long captivated by both the onshore and offshore possibilities in Colombia, operators are hoping to turn Caribbean potential into reality soon.

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The supergiant Mamba gas discovery has proved East Africa's potential is real.

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Latin America offers some of the most promising and most perplexing exploration prospects on the planet.

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The Santos and Campos basins continue to be the world's hottest spot in deepwater and ultra-deepwater exploration.

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Explorer Regions and Sections

The last decade has been good for Latin America.

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Explorer Policy Watch

Natural gas production has mushroomed over the past five years. At the same time, natural gas prices have declined.

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What a great privilege it is for me to serve as your president of the Division of Professional Affairs this coming year.

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Explorer Director’s Corner

Global demand for natural gas continues to grow and the search is on to meet that demand in both the eastern and western hemispheres.

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The integrated teamwork approach used to reveal the assets of the Bakken shale has been effectively used for this unconventional conference.

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The oil and gas industry is waking up to an invisible threat – the risk of cyber-terrorist attacks and other information technology.

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

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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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