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A visit to the Dallas Convention Center during the AAPG Annual Meeting last April was all that would have been needed for you to travel to the four corners of the world.

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Two friends who have known each other since the first grade in Crandall, Texas, have become partners in a quest to bring geology to the public via television.

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Brian Maxted, one of his generation's most successful oil finders, has looked around the world and says plenty of work remains for companies and professionals willing to take on the challenges of exploration.

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The Middle East, like all areas that are touched by or depend on the oil industry, will continue to go through major changes, according to AAPG All-Convention Luncheon speaker Amy Myers Jaffe.

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Amy Myers Jaffe, speaking to the All-Convention Luncheon in Dallas, not only presented her synopsis on a looming oil crisis, but warned that geopolitical issues could lead to a déjà vu of the energy crises of 1973 and 1979.

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According to Bowker, the most difficult task in developing a shale play is usually not discovering it.

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The role of geology is fairly well-defined in conventional oil and gas plays, but emerging unconventional gas plays have muddied the waters.

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Brian Maxted, one of his generation’s most successful oil finders, probed the past and future of exploration during his Michel T. Halbouty Lecture at this year’s AAPG Annual Meeting in Dallas.

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The AAPG House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly to raise the ceiling for AAPG dues and handled other agenda matters in the shortest House meeting in recent memory at the Dallas Annual Meeting.

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T. Boone Pickens joked that it took 25 years for him to be asked to speak at an AAPG annual meeting -- and when the opportunity finally arose the topic was water, not oil and gas.

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Jerry Hickman Jerry L. Hickman President (2022-2023) JLH Geophysical Services (512) 751-7527
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Paul H. Pause Paul H. Pausé Past President(2022-2023) Independent (432) 664-4938
No Image Mark N. Varhaug Secretary (2022-2023) Beacon Hill Energy (214) 549-0456
No Image Stephen Denham Treasurer (2022-2023) Colgate Energy (405) 921-1587
Nicolas Brisette Nicolas Brissette Advisory Counselor (2022-2023) MDC Texas Energy (940) 256-3305

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