Explorer Regions and Sections

An idea rooted in 1998 during an informal meeting with the vice chairman of the AAPG International Liaison Committee led to the creation of the Association of Petroleum Geologists (APG-India) in February 2000.

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Explorer Geophysical Corner

This month's column is titled 'Using 3-D Outcrop Laserscans for Fracture Analysis.'

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Explorer Foundation Update

The second AAPG Named Grant to be established by a society has been announced by the AAPG Foundation.

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Explorer Article

Surprise! A giant gas field currently being explored has a trillion cubic feet of natural gas every seven square miles -- and it's just north of Fort Worth, Texas.

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Explorer Geophysical Corner

This month's column is titled 'Active Gas Chimneys and Oilfield Karst Associated With a Miocene Reef Complex: Liuhua 11-1 Field, South China Sea.'

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Explorer Regions and Sections

Cairo Meeting Set For October 27-30

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Explorer Article

Look out below! For successful drilling project, exploration strategies are going to have to dig deeper -- and that could be good news for the eastern U.S. Midcontinent.

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Explorer Article

It took a long time, but one geologist finally helped prove the deep reservoir potential of the Trenton-Black River formations in the Appalachian Basin.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Harsh reality of Canada: Competing head-to-head with the best opportunities available worldwide, Canadian exploration plays have attracted the attention of American E&P companies.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

R&D's Future: Lack of understanding seeps into the halls of Congress where significant funding issues for future research and development hang in the balance.

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Hot Items

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

The South American country of Suriname has launched an aggressive campaign to ramp up offshore oil production.

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Explorer Article

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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Explorer Article

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 Article

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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Headquarters Contacts

Susan Nash
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