Learn! Blog
By Susan Nash
Plays that have the capacity to be company-makers often rely on new technologies. Nowhere is this more true today than in the Haynesville Shale, where the application of new techniques has revived a once moribund play. The Haynesville Shale is one of the hottest plays in the U.S. Gulf Coast, and an upcoming AAPG Playmaker Forum will gather experts to discuss how and why.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 15 January, 2018
Learn! Blog
By Susan Nash
Middle America is the location of important new discoveries, is in many ways, still unknown. Middle America refers to the vast region that includes the area between southern North America and northern South America, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and offshore South America.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 10 January, 2018
Explorer Emphasis Article
By Barry Friedman
Unconventional resources represent a bright opportunity for the United States' economic and energy future, but that is in no sense guaranteed. A misinformed public debate about the impacts and merits of hydraulic fracturing in particular and the oil industry in general threatens that future.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 January, 2018
Explorer Emphasis Article
By Barry Friedman
Cindy Yeilding of BP America discusses the production history and geology of one of the world’s most prolific hydrocarbon super basins.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 January, 2018
Explorer Emphasis Article
By David Brown
Can super basins save the planet? IHS Markit, the international industry analysis firm, estimates the world will need to replace production of more than 14.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent annually by the year 2040.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 January, 2018
Learn! Blog
By Susan Nash
Innovations Bring Once-dying Shale Plays Back to Life
Join us in Houston Texas, on April 26, 2018 to uncover the technologic innovations applied to the Haynesville gas play, that have seen a spike in production due to these advances.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 21 December, 2017
wwwUpdate Blog
By Charles Sternbach
AAPG announces the candidates for the 2018-19 Executive Committee. Biographical information, including video interviews and personality profiles, will be available in early 2018.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 04 December, 2017
Explorer Division Column DEG
By Stephen Testa
Our industry, science and profession have been taking note of the importance of being prominent and proactive in assuring the public and other stakeholders that the energy extraction industry implements environmental stewardship in a manner equivalent to its skill and innovation in extracting the oil, gas and minerals that society needs.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 December, 2017
Explorer Emphasis Article
By Louise Durham
The Energy and Environmental Science & Technology Directorate at the Idaho National Laboratory has scientists working diligently to better understand how fluids might flow through the small pores in shales where the silt- and clay-size particles can measure as small as less than 0.004 millimeters.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 December, 2017
Middle East Blog
By Cora Navarro
The fourth edition of the AAPG/EAGE 'Tight Reservoirs in the Middle East” GTW took place on 27 – 28 November 2018 at the Downtown Rotana Hotel, Manama, Bahrain. This year we had 80 attendees from ten different countries.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 30 November, 2017