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This year's annual Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists' Core Conference, a cornerstone of the CSPG' technical offerings, will be held June 23-24 in Calgary, immediately following the AAPG Annual Convention.

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AAPG member Ed Capen remembers well the birth of A joint AAPG-SPE meeting on 'Delivering E&P Performance in the Face of Risk and Uncertainty: Best Practices and Barriers to Progress,' is scheduled Feb. 20-24 in Galveston, Texas.the phrase “winner’s curse” – and he has more to say about the subject of bidding strategy.

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'New Tracks to New Highs' is the theme of the 2005 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, to be held in Paris, France, on Sept. 11-14.

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Oil sands consist of bitumen (soluble organic matter) and host sediment with associated minerals, excluding any related natural gas. Most of the oil sand deposits in the world are found in Venezuela and Canada.

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It's November and the Arctic Circle is dark, except for the mesmerizing dance of the aurora borealis.

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An important deadline is coming up for those who want to participate as technical paper or poster presenters at the 2005 AAPG Convention.

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Finding oil in the deep water? That's just the first step. What's getting increasingly important is finding quality oil.

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Mexico is a country with enormous potential — but potential is only a first step in a hard struggle for success. And in Mexico, nothing is easy.

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Why is there a disconnect between soaring commodity prices and languishing oil company stock prices?

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Rocky Mountain high? Colorado drilling permits are expected to hit a record this year as drilling techniques boost results.

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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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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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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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