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Symposium examines the need and the use of 3-D seismic in the Rocky Mountain region and highlights the need for more.

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AAPG and SPEE respond to a call from regulators and Congress to reform how the industry estimates and reports petroleum reserves.

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Doing the right thing is a concern ethics lecturer John Gibson found throughout the world.

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AAPG President's testimony encourages better support for research in the U.S. Energy and Water Appropriations bill.

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Higher and higher: Salaries in the past year rose -- for some age groups, dramatically so -- according to the annual AAPG Salary Survey.

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Explorer President’s Column

Our Geoscience and Energy Office in Washington, D.C. (GEO-DC), is being formed in direct response to the 2003 All-Member Survey (November President's Column) conducted by Anderson Marketing Service.

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Spotlight on Education: Summer offerings filling up fast.

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A look at industry, individuals and the 'I' Formation -- Scott Tinker begins his season as AAPG's Distinguished Ethics Lecturer.

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Energy companies, in an effort to recruit and retain the very best workers, are becoming very creative in their employee incentive packages. Here's a clue: Baby, you can drive my car...

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Like printing money in the field: Production just keeps going gangbusters in the Barnett shale play in north-central Texas.

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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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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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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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