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Technical paper winners of the Matson, Braunstein awards were announced from the annual convention held in Calgary recently.

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Explorer A Look Back Column

Our difficulties of interpreting seismic data near salt domes has been eased immeasurably by the patterns of deformation discovered and demonstrated by Parker and McDowell.

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Explorer Geophysical Corner

To optimize subsurface geophysical interpretations, it is beneficial to place seismic attributes into the proper regional geological context; knowledge of regional geology may assist exploration/exploitation efforts in advance by high-grading attribute selection and attribute intersection for purposes of risk analysis.

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AAPG members and concerned scientists throughout the world are exploring the humanitarian, scientific, cultural and political ramifications of tsunamis.

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Risky business, no more: High commodity prices have triggered new and renewed enthusiasm for fault seal technology -- and operators are dusting off prospects that depend on faults as a sealing mechanism.

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Arguably the most important drilling project in the United States is targeting neither oil nor gas production. Its location: the San Andreas fault. Its intent: To reveal earthquake dynamics.

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And now for something completely different: Martian blueberries. Seriously. Read on.

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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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Geology ala Sideways -- When it comes to explaining the relationship between the land and the wine in California's Napa Valley, AAPG member and author David Howell can talk the talk and walk the walk.

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Disasters lead to globalization ... at least that's the perspective of Simon Winchester based upon his study of Krakatoa and reflecting upon the December tsunami.

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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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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 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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