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What's the attraction? Oil -- and lots of it. Libya's combination of enormous oil fields and large areas that are only lightly explored attract international investors.

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A deadly combination of depressed oil prices and serious internal strife haven't slowed down companies busy drilling and developing some of the most prospective acreage in the world in deep waters offshore West Africa.

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Best technical presentations at an AAPG annual meeting for both students and members have been announced for the recent conference in San Antonio.

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Earthquakes in the center of the country. It's a great story, but whether true or not, a big question remains: Could it happen again today?

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The use of 3-D seismic and subsurface geology applications in Wyoming's Jonah Field should result in enormous savings in drilling costs, a consulting geologist recently told members of the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists.

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Amos M. Nur swayed from a rope ladder on a rugged cliff by the Sea of Galilee. Nur, a 1998-99 AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, came to this remote location to pursue a 2,000-year-old mystery.

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How do colleges and universities deal with the ups and downs of geoscience-intensive industries and provide the best possible education for their students?

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This month's column is part two of a two-part series on magnetotelluries.

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

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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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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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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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