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Explorer Article By Emily Llinás

A Dialogue of Knowledge

Colombia’s 60-year internal conflict impacts a great part of the South American nation, but the most devastating effects have occurred in rural communities and outlying populations that, in addition to violence, are plagued by geographical and social isolation, deficiencies in educational and health care and inattention from the government authorities. Ironically, many of these areas are geological environments ripe for oil and gas exploration and mining. Challenges like these caught the attention of Carlos Ortega, an exploration geologist who co-founded ACGGP’s Regional Pedagogy Program to serve as a bridge between communities and industry.

Added on 01 March, 2023

Explorer Historical Highlights By Dan Plazak

When Doodlebugs Ruled the Earth

The idea of an oil-finding instrument was not new. Water dowsers were common throughout the United States and among most people of European descent worldwide, and they were quickly adapted to looking for oil. Soon after the Drake well in 1859, people started working on inventions to detect oil by geophysical methods.

Added on 01 February, 2023

Explorer Emphasis Article By Emily Llinás

Trinidad and Tobago Concludes Onshore and Nearshore Bid Round

On Jan. 9, Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries concluded the 2022 Onshore and Nearshore Competitive Bid Round. This bid round featured a total of 11 blocks covering more than 115,000 hectares. Blocks offered included Aripero, Buenos Ayres, Charuma, Cipero, Cory D, Cory F, Guayaguayare, South West Peninsula Onshore, St. Mary’s and Tulsa, located in the central to southern onshore Trinidad; and the South West Peninsula Offshore, located off the southern coast of Trinidad. Xavier Moonan, president-elect of AAPG’s Latin America and Caribbean Region and exploration manager of Touchstone Exploration Inc., follows the bid rounds closely.

Added on 01 February, 2023

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Clean Energy Opportunity Adds to Super Basins Appeal

Energy super basins grabbed the attention of the oil and gas industry during the past five years, with good reason. Now a period of re-evaluation has kicked in. Producers are looking beyond total resource potential to apply other criteria, including economic, environmental and regulatory considerations. Those yardsticks could help identify which basins will dominate energy production in the decades ahead.

Added on 01 February, 2023

Explorer Article By Emily Llinás

Opportunities through Crisis

The Peruvian Congress’s ousting of President Pedro Castillo on Dec. 7 led to two weeks of protest throughout the country, with at least 50 reported dead in clashes with law enforcement. In Arequipa, Peru’s second largest city located 400 kilometers from the southern border, AAPG members Luis Alexander Alvarez and Alexandra Del Castillo took refuge in their homes. Alvarez, a mining and hydrocarbon geologist, said the social unrest directly affected him and his family.

Added on 01 February, 2023

Explorer Readers Forum By Carlos Girabaldi

Latin America’s Path to Sustainability and Security through the Energy Transitions

I have the honor of leading the executive secretariat of ARPEL, the Association of Oil, Gas and (as of lately) Renewable Energy Companies of Latin America and the Caribbean. ARPEL is a key factor in the development and transformation of the oil and gas sector of our region. We foster cooperation and coordination on strategic and operational aspects among our member companies, and with sister trade and professional associations (such as AAPG), governments, regulators, academia and other stakeholders. ARPEL held its 6th conference in Lima, Peru in November.

Added on 01 December, 2022

Explorer Historical Highlights By Orlando Méndez

One Hundred Years of a Lost Blowout

A century ago, a gusher helped transform Venezuela from an agricultural country known as an exporter of coffee, cacao and cattle into one of the world’s largest oil producers. It was front-page news on the world’s most important newspapers. The country’s most significant 20th-century discoveries took place in the Maracaibo Basin between 1910 and 1925 and were based on surface geological exploration of concessions held by American and European companies. One of the strikes, the large La Rosa Field, was discovered in 1917 by Venezuelan Oil Concessions, a Royal Dutch Shell affiliate, on a 3,000-square-mile concession.

Added on 01 December, 2022

Explorer Article By Emily Llinás

Colombia’s Energy Future: New Leaders and Mixed Messages

Colombia is a land of contrasts – of tradition and innovation, wealth and poverty, triumphs and tragedy. Newly elected Colombian President Gustavo Petro highlighted Colombia’s contrasts in an address at COP27 recently, delivering an eloquent but confrontational discourse. His political agenda includes accelerating the energy transition. Other leftist leaders in Latin America have supported the national oil companies and continued exploration and production, but Petro’s policies advocate an immediate cessation from dependence on petroleum and coal, which he likens to cocaine addiction.

Added on 01 December, 2022

Explorer Geophysical Corner By Carolina Crovetto,Fabián Scazziota,Juan Moirano,Kurt Marfurt,Luis Vernengo,Ritesh Sharma,Satinder Chopra

Choice of Attributes for Unsupervised Seismic Facies Classification

With the increasing size of the seismic data volumes, machine learning applications have been found to accelerate the discrimination of seismic facies used in the identification of geologic patterns, defining stratigraphy and the direct indication of hydrocarbons. Many practitioners have demonstrated the application of dimensionality reduction tools such as principal component analysis and independent component analysis, or clustering techniques. Some of these are available in several commercial interpretation software packages.

Added on 01 November, 2022

Explorer Emphasis Article By Emily Llinás

The Role of Hydrogen in Latin America’s Energy Transition

Natural disasters worldwide, public debate, policy decisions and shareholder pressure are just some of the factors motivating companies to seek alternatives to traditional oil and gas to fuel the ever-increasing demand for energy worldwide. One of those alternatives is hydrogen – a renewable energy source that proponents believe brings a wealth of opportunities and challenges. Argentina’s national energy company YPF is one such proponent. They are considering using natural gas from the massive Vaca Muerta play to produce “blue hydrogen,” which is produced by combining natural gas and steam.

Added on 01 November, 2022

Workshop

Punta Del Este, Uruguay

Tuesday, 19 November – Thursday, 21 November 2024, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Energy Summit 2024: Security, Strategy and Transition

Join us in Punta del Este for the 2024 AAPG Energy Summit, an executive level event connecting decision makers working to provide reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy for communities throughout the Americas and beyond. Enjoy keynote presentations and panel discussions with industry and government leaders who will share insights about E&P activities, decarbonization strategies, and technological advances shaping the region’s energy future. Meet privately with current and future partners at the Business-to-Business session held on-site during the event. For additional information and sponsorship and exhibition opportunities contact [email protected].

Added on 19 October, 2023

Workshop

Calgary, Canada

Thursday, 9 May – Friday, 10 May 2024, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Optimizing Exploration Workflows: Bridging Expertise between the Rockies and the Andes

Join technical experts and industry leaders for interactive in-person workshop examining strategies to explore and produce energy resources in complex environments throughout Western Canada and Latin America.

Added on 19 October, 2023

Webinar By Liz Schware,Sylvia Anjos

Virtual Webinar

Thursday, 5 November 2020, 8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.

Female Leaders in Energy: Past, Present and Future

Join three generations of industry leaders for an interactive session the role of women in energy and how diversity helps organizations grow and succeed during challenging times. Panelists will share personal experiences from their careers and review corporate approaches to implementing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development goals for gender equality. Don’t miss this opportunity to be inspired! Webinar presented via Zoom on 5 November 2020 8:00 to 10:00 Houston time, CST (UTC-6)

Added on 20 October, 2020

Webinar By Allen Gilmer,Luis Baez,Scott Neal,Ursula Hammes

Virtual Webinar

Thursday, 25 June 2020, 8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.

New Roadmaps for Unconventional Resources: Moving Forward in an Uncertain Energy Market

Panelists will discuss current unconventional resource activities in North America, including key plays that remain competitive and potential for future growth. They also will address the key challenges for unconventional resources to stay competitive in the global market: maintaining cashflow, reducing expenditures, improving capital and production efficiencies and managing resources. Virtual Forum to be presented via Zoom.

Added on 08 June, 2020

Webinar By Cleveland Jones

Virtual Webinar

Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

Yet-to-Find Oil Potential of the Brazilian Presalt - Portuguese Talk

Em 2011 e 2015, apresentei uma avaliação do potencial de petróleo ainda por descobrir (YTF – Yet to Find) na região brasileira do pré-sal, utilizando uma ferramenta de modelagem de exploração e um método de simulação estocástica (Monte Carlo) para estimar as acumulações potenciais já descobertas e as restantes para ser descobertas. Embora da metodologia robusta usada, é compreensível que, à luz dos novos preços do petróleo, muito mais baixos, a avaliação do óleo YTF possa ser questionada sobre o quão realista poderia ser, num cenário prolongado de preço baixo do petróleo. Em 2016, apresentei essa avaliação, para preços do petróleo abaixo de US$ 50/bbl. Agora, com os preços do petróleo ainda mais baixos que podem representar um novo cenário de redução por mais tempo, volto a revisar as avaliações anteriores. Os resultados são apresentados no contexto de importantes implicações geopolíticas para em regiões do mundo onde os recursos de petróleo e gás provavelmente continuarão viáveis, apesar dos preços baixos do petróleo, e os rearranjos geopolíticos que isso implica.

Added on 08 July, 2020

Webinar By Juan Pablo Lovecchio

Virtual Webinar

Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

Rifting: How Breaking Continents Can Create Exploration Opportunities

Visiting Geoscientist Juan Pablo Lovecchio reviews general aspects of rifting, rifts and passive margin formation and evolution through time, as well as elements of petroleum system development.

Added on 30 June, 2020

Online e-Symposium

Thursday, 21 August 2014, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Mexico's Oil and Gas: History, New Discoveries, Opportunities, and Energy Reform

The goal of this e-symposium is to review the status of the Mexican upstream sector, and to provide a review of the most prolific and prospective areas in Mexico, with a focus on opportunities for international participation, given the upcoming energy reform in Mexico.

Added on 03 July, 2014

Webinar By Xavier Moonan

Virtual Webinar

Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

Unravelling the Aftermath at Los Iros

Visiting Geoscientist Xavier Moonan provides an overview of the destruction in the Los Iros area following the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Trinidad and Tobago in 2018. His talk focuses on understanding the results from various post-earthquake studies conducted on the Los Iros, reviewing the theories developed to explain the origin and integrating datasets to provide an understanding of what transpired.

Added on 27 May, 2020

Webinar By Vitor Abreu

Virtual Webinar

Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

Sequence Stratigraphy: Past, Present and Future

Sequence stratigraphy is a method for stratigraphic interpretation, pioneered by Vail and colleagues in the mid 70’s, which explains the complex geometries that sediments create as they fill accommodation in response to changes in rates of sedimentation, subsidence, uplift and eustasy. This method was developed based on observations and concepts developed as early as in the 1800’s. Based on this strong scientific foundation, pioneer work from Caster, Sloss, Wheeler, Campbell, and Asquith established the basis for the methodology. These researchers established a new way to correlate stratigraphic units, demonstrating the time-transgressive nature of lithostratigraphic formations.

Added on 05 May, 2020

Webinar By Mauricio Isreal Guizada Duran

Virtual Webinar

Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Geology and Geophysics of Oil Exploration – Andes Exploration - Spanish Talk

Visiting Geoscientist Mauricio Guizada provides an overview of general structural geology of the Andes, with a focus on the Central Andes. His talk covers topics related to onshore exploration, G&G methods in exploration and risk analysis. Join Mauricio Guizada via Zoom on June 23 at 4pm CDT.

Added on 28 May, 2020

Webinar By Carolina Garcia

Virtual Webinar

Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.

Climate Change and the Coronavirus: Relationships that Motiviate the Energy Transition - Spanish Talk

Both climate change and the most recent coronavirus pandemic have generated multiple impacts on society. Though on the surface the crises appear to be unrelated, they have more similarities than differences. The common elements shared by Covid-19 and climate change promote the development of comprehensive solutions that mitigate both crises simultaneously. This talk examines how actions and strategies developed for the energy transition can help to address the multiple challenges that the world faces today.

Added on 21 July, 2020

Webinar

Virtual Webinar

Thursday, 10 September 2020, 8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.

Carbon Capture Use and Storage – Making Energy and Industrial Processes More Sustainable

Due to Hurricane Laura’s landfall and severe weather conditions affecting panelists and attendees located on the US Gulf Coast, AAPG and EPF have postponed the Energy Opportunities Forum on Carbon Capture and Storage originally set for August 27. Please plan to join us to enjoy the same content at the same time on Thursday, 10 September. Experts from industry, government and academia discuss the environmental, economic and societal implications of Carbon Capture Use and Storage (CCUS), a technology designed to reduce CO2 emissions across the energy system. Panelists from North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific share global best practices and discuss the benefits that CCUS brings both to the environment and to companies who include the technology in their portfolio.

Added on 30 July, 2020

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