Explorer Policy Watch

There’s been a lot of good news recently about water and hydraulic fracturing: the EPA’s and other scientists’ research into water consumption for hydraulic fracturing found minimal strain on water resources, and natural gas power generation significantly reduces water use in power generation.

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Europe Blog

At the 3P Arctic Conference & Exhibition this September, Dr. Jonathan Bujak will tell attendees about a plant that has the potential to help reduce today’s climate change. 

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Unconventional resources have propelled the United States to the top of the world’s energy producers, and the downturn is just another opportunity to figure out how to keep getting better.

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Explorer Article

Some of the world’s most spectacular and geologically fascinating sights will be showcased in nine field trips planned in conjunction with September’s AAPG-SEG International Conference and Exhibition (ICE) in Melbourne, Australia, Sept. 13-16.

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This seems to be the way public opinion is shaped on most any hot topic: There is quite a bit of early, incomplete information to feed the public’s interest, and this early activity disproportionately shapes society’s attitude and ultimate response.

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Explorer Article

Imagine a future swarming with jellyfish but lacking in oysters, where algal mats smother coral reefs and salmon stocks plummet – a future in which the ocean is more than 100 percent more acidic than today.

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Latin America Blog

Join us in Buenos Aires, Argentina 11-12 May for Extending Mature Fields' Life Cycles: The Role of New Technologies and Integrated Strategies, a Geosciences Technology Workshop organized in partnership with the Asociación Argentina de Geólogos y Geofísicos (AAGGP).

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Delegates Voice Division Article

The Division of Environmental Geosciences is enjoying a full, productive and provocative year. Our efforts this year have been focused on ensuring environmental issues of concern to the energy industry are well represented at the 2015 Annual Convention and Exhibition in Denver.

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Explorer Policy Watch

The oil and natural gas industry is the target of round two of the President’s Climate Action Plan, released in 2013 with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Explorer Division Column DEG

DEG has two principal venues to reach members and the public through the written word.These commonly serve as discussion starters and are intended to maintain lively debate and discourse within the DEG community.

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Hot Items

Explorer Article

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 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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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 Article

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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Headquarters Contacts

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