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Putting the margin back in marginal fuels: A top Canadian energy expert believes his country needs to move past an oil and gas economy by integrating less attractive carbon fuels such as coal, coke, asphaltenes and biomass.

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Like printing money in the field: Production just keeps going gangbusters in the Barnett shale play in north-central Texas.

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AAPG joins other professional and technical societies at OTC2005

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As global energy resources become more scarce and worldwide energy demand increases, the future success of our petroleum and energy minerals industry never has been so critical.

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Annual Meeting Technical Program

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What's new? Full-wave seismic is positioned to become the next new thing in seismic imaging technology.

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Gas shales are currently one of the hottest plays in the United States as a result of high gas prices, the remarkable success in the Barnett Shale in the Fort Worth Basin, technological advancements in drilling and completions, and predicted near-term shortages of natural gas.

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This year for New Year's Eve I returned to an old family tradition of staying up most of the night.

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Energy industry companies and geoscience college students are invited to participate in the fifth annual AAPG/SEG Spring Student Expo, set March 10-12 at the Sarkeys Energy Center at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla.

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Levorsen Award winners, honored for presenting the best paper at an AAPG Section meeting, have been announced by various Sections.

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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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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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