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Explorer Geophysical Corner By Bjorn Paulsson,Brian Fuller,Martin Karrenbach,Paul Heuermann

Borehole seismic methods have been used since the beginning of exploration seismology. Check shot surveys were used to obtain travel times and interval velocities, and 2-D VSPs (Vertical Seismic Profiles) and 2-D high-resolution crosswell data also have been recorded.

Added on 01 July, 2001

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

Sneider: A Star on the Team

Houston geologist Robert Sneider and British poet John Donne share a basic philosophy: No man is an island entire of itself. It's the people that make a difference along the way.

Added on 01 May, 2001

Explorer Article By Larry Nation

AAPG Takes Message to Congress

AAPG provides invited testimony twice before Congress regarding America's energy situation.

Added on 01 May, 2001

Explorer Article By Thomas Dolan

Questions Cloud Hydrate Potential

The resource known as gas or methane hydrates, which lies frozen in combustible ice crystals below the ocean floor -- or closer to the surface in the Arctic regions -- has been estimated to represent double the energy potential of all of the world's conventional oil, gas and coal reserves combined.

Added on 01 April, 2001

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

The Boom Began Here ...

Much of the recent success going on today in the Applachian Basin can be traced to old Trenton-Black River fields - some of which are giants in the annals of oil industry lore.

Added on 01 March, 2001

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

Trenton-Black River Play Expands

For a variety of reasons, an exploration play in the Appalachian Basin is drawing the attention of oil companies around the country: the Trenton-Black River.

Added on 01 March, 2001

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

Rolling the Dice on Marginal Fields

How much is enough? That's a question oil companies must ask themselves every time they make a discovery -- and there are no easy answers. Many factors are considered when firms determine if a discovery is commercial, and often fields just don't make the cut -- leaving countless millions of barrels of oil untapped all over the world.

Added on 01 November, 2000

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

Horizontal Wells Now Common

An increasing number of companies, in an increasing number of places around the world, consider horizontal drilling as an option in all kinds of plays. Through May 1999 Denver-based IHS Energy Group's databases contained records for 20,430 horizontal wells in 67 different countries.

Added on 01 September, 2000

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

Discoveries Are Getting Smaller

Oil and gas discoveries of the 90s were significant in location but less so in size. How does this impact the future? 'To meet the current annual demand ... and the demand ... in 2010, new production must originate from a variety of sources...,' says Robert Esser, director of Global Oil and Gas Resources with Cambridge Energy Research Associates.

Added on 01 January, 2000

Explorer Geophysical Corner By Parker Gay

Maps: It's the Basements Fault

The basement fault block pattern started last month continues. This month the author attempts to substantiate the claim that many oil and gas fields are controlled by basement. Some geologists may concede that the evidence for underlying basement control is convincing.

Added on 01 December, 1999

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