Explorer President’s Column

Knowing something about Mother Earth’s long history of constant change, we don’t immediately blame humankind for any detected current apparent change in the natural world -- and a three-year trend loses significance when your yardstick is in millions (or even hundreds of thousands) of years.

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Registrations are now being accepted for this year’s AAPG Annual Convention in Houston – and registering by Feb. 17 could bring you considerable savings.

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Explorer Article

Success in the international exploration arena often demands cooperation. And consideration. And trust. You get the picture -- as has the seismic service industry.

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AAPG's officer candidates have been announced as well as two divisions -- DEG and EMD.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Some of the technology that is now available to everyone via the AmericaView program and network.

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Explorer Spotlight On…

Spotlight on Education

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Explorer Regions and Sections

September is annual meeting month for four AAPG Sections

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Explorer Geophysical Corner

Magnetic data traditionally have been used to map basement faulting, allowing geoscientists to have a better understanding of the structure of the overlying sedimentary section. Recent advances in acquisition, processing and interpretation techniques, however, have made it possible to map intra-sedimentary faulting and fractures as well.

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Explorer Article

Houston abstract deadlines are October 4

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Here today, gone tomorrow? A number of forces continue to threaten the Louisiana coastline.

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Hot Items

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Nihal Darraj, carbon capture and storage researcher at Imperial College, London shares barriers to CCUS commercialization, including costs, technology, permitting and more. 

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Carbon capture and sequestration reduces emissions, but it cannot work past cost barriers without the revenue opportunities provided by utilization and storage. 

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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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Explorer Historical Highlights

The Paris Basin offers times of both discoveries and failures, from its first well drilled near Normandy in the 1920s to today. 

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