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Lawmakers Rush to Stop 'Catastrophic-Level Event' at Texas Oil Fields - 01 April, 2024 07:30 AM

Explorer Article By Robbie Gries

Since the dramatic expansion of AAPG/ AAPG Foundation’s Visiting Geoscientist program in the fall of 2014, thousands of students around the globe have benefited from it.

Added on 01 January, 2016

Explorer Director’s Corner By David Curtiss

URTeC Embraces the Industry's Emerging Realities

Unconventional resources have changed the exploration and production business and are changing our profession. It’s a change for the better, where today geoscientists and engineers work closely to identify prospective areas, drill them and optimize recovery of hydrocarbons from the reservoir.

Added on 01 July, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By Heather Saucier

Texans Clash, Compromise Over Hydraulic Fracturing

After the city of Denton, Texas, in the Barnett Shale voted to ban hydraulic fracturing last November, the Texas legislature shifted into high gear to ensure no other Texas town would follow Denton’s renegade move.

Added on 01 July, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By Heather Saucier

New Ways of Evaluating Sweet Spots Take Hold

Unconventional plays in the Permian Basin are nothing new to the shale scene, as the basin has been horizontally drilled and hydraulically fractured for years. Still, a new approach for evaluating sweet spots, particularly in the Avalon Shale of the play’s Delaware Basin, is slowly changing the way unconventional resources are explored – and perhaps one day, developed.

Added on 01 July, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By Heather Saucier

Combined Approach Used to Tackle Fracture Monitoring

After many months of harnessing mind-bending ideas, a Houston-based team of engineers, geologists and geophysicists has developed technology to monitor hydraulic fractures from the surface and wellbore simultaneously. Adding multiple dimensions to the monitoring process, they say, allows operators to more clearly understand drainage patterns of hydrocarbons in shale reservoirs and, more importantly, know with greater certainty where to drill the next well, how to optimize completions and maximize asset value.

Added on 01 December, 2014

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

On the Messinian Crisis

Imagine the Mediterranean Sea drying out. Imagine the late Permian, as the Earth warmed and dried, and much of life faced extinction. Now put the two together, and you have the basis of an analog examined in the presentation “The Messinian Mediterranean Crisis: A Model for the Permian Delaware Basin?” at the upcoming AAPG International Conference and Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey.

Added on 01 September, 2014

Explorer Article By Ken Milam

Rising Production Not Limited to the Big Two

EIA's Petroleum Supply Monthly report shows oil production in the lower 48 states has increased over the last three years.

Added on 01 July, 2013

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Shale List Grows

Shale List Grows: Production from unconventional reservoirs, particularly shale, has been a boon to U.S. domestic natural gas stockpiles.

Added on 01 July, 2012

Explorer Historical Highlights By J. Michael Party

Permian: A Basin Full of Stories

Even from the beginning, the discovery well gave a hint that the Permian Basin was going to be a major oil province. That well was the Santa Rita #1 – Santa Rita, the patron Saint of the Impossible.

Added on 01 May, 2012

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

'Blended Plays,' Technology Awakened Permian

The golden oldie: Operators’ eyes tend to light up when talking about the Permian Basin, with good reason – the venerable play is not only still going strong, it keeps providing exciting new chapters to its history.

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