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Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Domestic oil and gas finders are attracted to international turf for any number of reasons -- the lure of the big find, the challenges inherent in uncharted territory. Indeed, it can be a heady experience.

Added on 01 January, 2001

Explorer Article By Thomas Dolan

West Kerns Oil Heritage Lives On

Kern Museum: One-time oil camp resident tries to restore 'home' for posterity.

Added on 01 November, 2000

Explorer Wildcat Recollections Column By Marlan Downey

Carrots, Sticks Are Good Tools

In 1969, Shell Oil began looking for places where its new 'bright spot' technology could be useful in the onshore of the United States. Armed with a list of rock and fluid criteria, I began making a search for places where this novel technique could be as useful to Shell in the onshore USA as it was in the Gulf of Mexico.

Added on 01 October, 2000

Explorer Article By Thomas Dolan

Well Data Drafted for Quake Duty

One hundred years of petroleum exploration and development in the Los Angeles region have produced a rich legacy of geological and geophysical data -- a legacy that the oil industry has spent billions of dollars to obtain.

Added on 01 October, 2000

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

Study Eyes the Core of the Matter

While depressed oil prices in the late 1990s cooled data preservation efforts, officials are trying to kick-start a cross discipline approach that would incorporate all earth science disciplines that benefit from the data.

Added on 01 July, 2000

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

Efforts Continue to 'Save the Rocks'

In this computer age it's easy to lose sight of the all-important fact that those gee whiz computer graphics and models that so beautifully depict the subsurface of the earth still have to start with the basics. The geologic data and rocks.

Added on 01 July, 2000

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Louisiana Teachers Get CD 'Tool'

When it comes to geological teaching tools, a CD-ROM released recently by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proves all over again that the best things often come in small packages.

Added on 01 July, 2000

Explorer Article By Thomas Dolan

EKHO Well Goes Deep for Gas

Looking deep for new oil -- a strategy that Tri-Valley Oil and Gas is implementing with EKHO No. 1 -- could make them America's deepest oil producer. Spudded Feb. 7 it is on its way to the projected total target depth of 19,500 feet.

Added on 01 April, 2000

Explorer Foundation Update

'Hands On' Teacher Cited

'I still love biology, but more and more it is geology ... that gets me excited.' Designing her classes with hands-on activities similar to those shared in the AAPG-AAPG Foundation-sponsored 'Rocks in Your Head' conference, Peggy Lubchenco teachers her junior high students about the surrounding area's geology.

Added on 01 February, 2000

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

Discoveries Are Getting Smaller

Oil and gas discoveries of the 90s were significant in location but less so in size. How does this impact the future? 'To meet the current annual demand ... and the demand ... in 2010, new production must originate from a variety of sources...,' says Robert Esser, director of Global Oil and Gas Resources with Cambridge Energy Research Associates.

Added on 01 January, 2000

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