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Explorer Historical Highlights By Peter Purcell

Aussie North Rankin Discovery Was Game-Changer

It was nearly midnight on a Saturday late in June 1971 when BOCAL’s new palynologist Barry Ingram telephoned chief geologist Peter Kaye to tell him the gas discovery in North Rankin-1 were in Triassic sediments.

Added on 01 November, 2011

Explorer Policy Watch By Creties Jenkins

Reserves, Resources Reporting Examined

A multidisciplinary symposium focused on providing clarity to the estimation and reporting of petroleum reserves and resources was held in July in Houston. The symposium brought together a diverse group of stakeholders represented by 200 people from more than 100 organizations in 17 countries.

Added on 01 November, 2011

Explorer Emphasis Article By Ken Milam

Microseeps Can Indicate Mega-Secrets

Containing costs and reducing risks are good basics for any project, but for smaller exploration companies – like many in the U.S. mid-continent region – they can be go-or-no factors.

Added on 01 November, 2011

Explorer Emphasis Article By Barry Friedman

Strippers Get Respect

A consortium designed to provide support for stripper wells is actually providing new ideas for production and the creation of cost-effective technologies.

Added on 01 November, 2011

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Permian Has Productive, Colorful Past

Despite its many productive years, the petroleum-rich Permian Basin is still going strong.

Added on 01 November, 2011

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Technology, Incentives Revive Cook Inlet

Back to the future: New technology, new techniques and new visions have turned Alaska’s venerable Cook Inlet into a place of new exploration possibilities.

Added on 01 November, 2011

wwwUpdate Blog By Janet Brister

ICE 2011 Aids for Finding Information

Tired of carrying around that extra paper while at ICE 2011 in Milan?

Added on 24 October, 2011

wwwUpdate Blog By Janet Brister

ICE 2011 – Are you ready?

Are going to the International Conference and Exhibition in Milan 23-26 October?

Added on 12 October, 2011

Explorer Policy Watch By Peter MacKenzie

GEO-DC Office Still Doing Business

AAPG’s presence in Washington, D.C., the Geoscience and Energy Office, or GEO-DC, was established by the DPA and AAPG in 2005 – it is fast approaching a six-year anniversary.

Added on 01 October, 2011

Explorer Division Column DPA By Marty Hewitt

DPA Sets Objectives for the Year

As mentioned in my July EXPLORER column, the DPA continue to build on last year’s business plan that was formulated by Dan Tearpock’s Executive Committee – and to kick-off our 2011-12 term, our DPA EC held a half-day summit in early August along with key committee chairs to brainstorm our objectives for the term.

Added on 01 October, 2011

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wwwUpdate Blog By Grant Smith

Free Access to AAPG's Discovery Series 10 and 15 Full Data Set Tutorials

Courtesy of AAPG and AAPG Datapages, two Discovery Series data sets have been donated free of charge for use as online teaching materials. Discovery Series 10 – Sandstone Petrology: A Tutorial Petrographic Image Atlas 2nd Edition and Discovery Series 15 – Carbonate Petrology: Interactive Petrography Tutorial, both authored by Kitty Milliken, have been posted online for easy accessibility.

Added on 11 May, 2020

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AAPG publications are widely read by geologists, geophysicists and reservoir engineers. Are they your target audience? Then take advantage of the many advertising opportunities available in AAPG’s news and journal magazines.

Added on 13 April, 2018

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AAPG 2022 Strategic Planning Survey Results

Results of the 2022 AAPG Member/Customer Planning Survey.

Added on 05 April, 2023

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Hackbarth Assumes Presidency of AAPG

Claudia J. Hackbarth, a Houston-based geologist who has held a variety of management and leadership positions for the Royal Dutch Shell Group, assumed the presidency of AAPG on July 1.

Added on 30 June, 2023