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Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Even with a proven product and willing investors putting together a big money deal can be a daunting project.

Added on 01 September, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

The demands of the E&P marketplace are growing -- and with the upstream spread thin, some needs and challenges are being exposed. Much of the excitement in the geophysical industry today stems from the need for, and development of, new technologies and approaches to meet new challenges. Indeed, ordinary 3-D seismic has become just so, well, ordinary in many cases.

Added on 01 September, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

For Seismic, It's a World of Activity

When you’re hot, you’re hot -- sizzling, in fact. Whether offshore -- like the Western Neptune, left, acquiring a wide-azimuth seismic survey in the Gulf of Mexico -- or deep in undeveloped territory, the seismic industry is having no trouble finding work to keep them busy.

Added on 01 September, 2006

Explorer Article By David Brown

Students Wired For the Future

It’s a new school year for universities, with a new kind of student. Geoscience professors have seen the desktop-computer generation, the super-processor generation and the laptop generation. Now they’re welcoming the cell-phone/iPod/Xbox/Blackberry/digital-revolution generation.

Added on 01 September, 2006

Explorer Article

For Long Beach Convention

An important deadline is looming for those who want to submit an abstract for the next AAPG Annual Convention. Abstracts can be submitted through Sept. 27 for the AAPG Annual Convention, to be held April 1-4 in Long Beach, Calif.

Added on 01 September, 2006

Explorer Article

Perth Meeting Flirting With History

There’s still time to save money by registering early for the AAPG International Conference and Exhibition in Perth -- but the deadline date is drawing closer. This year’s international meeting -- AAPG’s first international conference in Australia since the 1992 event in Sidney -- will be held Nov. 5-8 at the new Perth Convention Exhibition Centre.

Added on 01 September, 2006

Explorer Policy Watch By Don Juckett

House, Senate Appropriations Committees' Recommendations

June was an extraordinary month from the legislative perspective: Both the House and Senate Appropriations committees acted with unexpected alacrity and completed their work on DOE’s oil and natural gas budget activities. While both houses of Congress restored funding to the program in several areas, very little of the funding is targeted for the historical oil and natural gas programs.

Added on 01 August, 2006

Explorer Director’s Corner By Rick Fritz

Work Force Must Come to Forefront

Manpower is the buzzword in our profession today -- it’s a hot topic in the petroleum industry worldwide, and in the United States it is a very hot topic in Washington, D.C. According to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) there is a projected shortage of professionals in numerous disciplines due to the retirement of post-World War II “baby boomers” during the next 10 years.

Added on 01 August, 2006

Explorer Article

Abstracts Still Sought for Hedberg Conference

Abstracts are still being sought for the next AAPG Hedberg Conference, which deals with “Heavy Oil -- Origin, Prediction and Production in Deepwaters.” The abstract deadline, however, is fast approaching; abstracts must be submitted by Aug. 15.

Added on 01 August, 2006

Explorer Article

It's Time to Prepare Abstracts for Long Beach Convention

The abstract submitting process has begun for the next AAPG Annual Convention, which will be held April 1-4 in Long Beach, Calif. The theme is “Understanding Earth Systems -- Pursuing the Checkered Flag.”

Added on 01 August, 2006

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 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 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 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