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Ready, set, drill. Oh, wait, not yet! Just when the United Kingdom’s ban on hydraulic fracturing was lifted, other obstacles arose, making key players have to wait their turn to tackle the country’s potentially inviting shale play.

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It don’t come easy: The oil rich Monterey Shale has proved to be the biggest conventional resource provider in California, and it promises even more – but the formation’s complex geology is just as intimidating as its potential is huge.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Targeting resources in the Arctic – piece of cake. But dense fog, sea ice, extended whaling season and a damaged containment barge – that’s another story. Officials from one company tell how they managed to overcome these challenges in the Arctic’s hostile yet environmentally sensitive regions.

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Explorer Article

Water issues is the topic of an upcoming AAPG GTW. This GTW is the first to focus on environmental and resource play issues.

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Water: It’s all around us. So, why so many issues finding enough and utilizing it for hydraulic fracturing? AAPG member Dan Arthur shares his insight into water sourcing for this widely-used process for oil production.

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Several AAPG meetings have taken place since the last issue of the EXPLORER was published, including the International Conference and Exhibition in Singapore, and the annual meetings for the Eastern Section (Cleveland) and GCAGS (Austin, Texas).

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Delegates Voice Division Article

It is a privilege to be the President of the Division of Environmental Geosciences for the 2012-2013 term. I want to take this opportunity to inform the House of Delegates of the DEG planned activities that will focus on two key areas for the division - a web-based resource for our membership on the topic of hydraulic fracturing, and a concerted effort to add Members to our group.

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Explorer Historical Highlights

Most papers about the history of geology concern evolution of concepts or sequences of events. This paper turns that on its ear – it shows how geology can influence history.

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As the new president of the Division of Environmental Geosciences I get to begin my tenure with my views and thoughts of an area that DEG, and AAPG in general, needs to address.

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Explorer Director’s Corner

One year ago this month I was sitting in AAPG’s GEO-DC office at the American Geosciences Institute in Alexandria, Va., when a 5.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the state.

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Hot Items

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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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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