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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.

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The San Juan Basin - the largest producer of natural gas in the Rocky Mountain region and the proving ground for coalbed methane production in the United States - is once again a prolific source of unconventional natural gas resources.

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There’s a new - some might say urgent - sense of excitement when it comes to the role of shale gas production in today’s energy mix, as well as its potential for the coming years.

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Explorer Business Side of Geology Column

Finding opportunities is the fun part of the exploration business, the value-adding part. It involves new geography, new geology, new tools, secrecy -- and the competitive excitement of the hunt! However, if we are to stay in business, the measurement part is also important.

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West Africa continues to be a hot exploration province--and recent regional deep water discoveries there rank among the world's largest finds.

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Top Predictions: What technologies and trends will have the greatest effect on the oil industry in the next 10 years?

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What's going on here? Despite some grand occurrences that otherwise would make it a year of wine and roses, 2000 ultimately didn't seem like much of a party year.

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This Fact Sheet, compiled by the AAPG Division of Environmental Geosciences, addresses groundwater and the Underground Injection Control (UIC) well fracturing concerns under the SDWA.

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Got an aging oil or gas field that's on its proverbial last leg? Not to worry - the tonic du jour is integrated reservoir characterization.

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The oil and gas business continues to be among the crown jewels of the United Kingdom's economy, sustaining an impressive performance for over three decades -- and through innovative approaches, officials mean to keep it that way.

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Hot Items

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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 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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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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