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Carve out a niche for yourself in a challenging world. Attend 'New Thinking and Value Propositions: Proactive Steps Now'

Carve out a niche for yourself in a challenging world. Attend 'New Thinking and Value Propositions: Proactive Steps Now' The goal of this two-day workshop is to proactively create opportunities yourself and your company in a low price environment. You will learn how to bring value propositions to operators.

Added on 10 February, 2016

Explorer Emphasis Article By Heather Saucier

Argentina's Potential Shale Boom

Since shale plays began revolutionizing the oil and gas industry, North America has been the dominant continent in making them successful. But a strong contender some 5,000 miles south of the U.S. border is beginning to turn heads.

Added on 01 January, 2016

Events Blog By Grant Smith

Deadline Extended - Submit Your Abstracts for URTeC 2016

Have you submitted your abstracts for ‪‎URTeC 2016‬ in San Antonio? You still have time! The abstract submission deadline has been extended to 21 December 2015. What are you waiting for? Don't miss the chance to share your innovations, ideas and experiences at the premier integrated science and technology event for unconventional resources.

Added on 02 December, 2015

Energy Policy Blog By Edith Allison

A Guide to Mitigating Seismicity From Wastewater Injection

The StatesFirst working group on induced seismicity just released its report,” Potential Injection-Induced Seismicity Associated with Oil & Gas Development: A Primer on Technical and Regulatory Considerations Informing Risk Management and Mitigation.” The report describes the causes of and ways to prevent induced earthquakes. It also looks at the interaction between regulators and the public, and the report includes case studies of how states have responded to instances of suspected induced seismicity in California, Oklahoma, Ohio, Illinois, and Colorado.

Added on 29 October, 2015

Events Blog By Grant Smith

Submit Your Abstracts Now for URTeC 2016

Share your innovations, ideas and experiences at the industry’s leading multidisciplinary unconventional science and technology event. Widely recognized as the premier sharing venue for best practices that define success in unconventional plays, URTeC received a record number of abstracts this year including more geophysical focused papers.

Added on 23 October, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Geosteering For Well Placement Efficiency

An acquisition of some unfamiliar geology in the Woodforth SCOOP shale play meant one exploration had to get creative in their use of geosteering.

Added on 01 October, 2015

Explorer Article By Ken Milam

Seismicity Events Rise in Oklahoma

A research seismologist with the Oklahoma Geological Survey, Amberlee Darold has been studying the increase in seismicity that has attracted the attention of scientists around the globe. She will present the results of a recent study at the upcoming Mid-Continent Section meeting.

Added on 01 October, 2015

Explorer Article By David Brown

Dispelling Myths About Seismicity

AAPG members Mark Zoback and F. Rall Walsh separate myth from fact regarding induced seismicity.

Added on 01 October, 2015

Learn! Blog

Subsurface Contouring Takes You Where GPS Can't

This course is part of AAPG’s upcoming Fundamentals Education Conference, taking place November 9-13, in Houston, TX. It is excellent for geologists, geophysicists, engineers, techs or anyone who will make maps on the computer and/or needs to assess the veracity of maps made on the computer.

Added on 10 September, 2015

Explorer Historical Highlights By Lawrence Skelton

Digging the Roots of Hydraulic Fracturing

Hydraulic fracturing of rock formations has been hotly debated during the past several years, and public opinions have resulted in numerous legislative actions that closely control or even ban the practice in different parts of the nation. Fracturing, however, actually has been used in the oil and gas industry for 67 years and in the granite quarrying business in North Carolina since 1903.

Added on 01 September, 2015

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