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One of the largest core workshops ever to focus on a single depositional environment will be offered in Cape Town.

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Leading industry employers tell AAPG that although they recruit and hire the best geoscientists – and often at least half are women – they have problems retaining women geoscientists.

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Explorer Policy Watch

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues its march to modernize oil and gas reserves disclosure rules for companies traded on U.S. stock exchanges.

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Explorer President’s Column

In our business and in these times we are asked often, “Why is the price of gasoline so high?”

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Higher energy costs hitting the pocketbooks of American consumers are creating a tectonic shift in attitudes about exploration.

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The SEC’s rule proposal announced in late June reflects many comments and urgings made at the 2007 Multidisciplinary Reserves Conference sponsored by AAPG along with SPE.

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AAPG’s popular, long-successful Visiting Geoscientist Program (VGP) is perhaps more important today than ever before as companies scramble to find and encourage new talent to keep the vital oil and gas industry running at top speed.

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What to do about soaring energy costs, national security, economic chaos and no energy policy?

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Success stories may abound, but a lot of innovative thought already has been required for the complex Woodford Shale play in Oklahoma’s Arkoma Basin.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Shell changes up the game by looking outside the company for innovations and suggestions.

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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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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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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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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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