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U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar recently justified restrictions on leasing by saying that “the public lands and oil and gas resources are owned by the American citizens.

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Accidental discovery? One paper in the History of Petroleum Geology forum remembers Mobile Bay sharing the combination of luck, sound decisions and overcoming obstacles that led to its development.

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Guess what: Does anyone know for sure how accurate the recent estimates of available U.S. natural gas resources are?

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Big Daddy: Shale gas plays may be commonplace in the United States, but most stand in awe of the extensive Marcellus Shale.

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The DPA is a professional community within the AAPG that is focused on the professional practice of energy resource geoscientists. Its members are Certified Petroleum Geologists and Geophysicists and Coal Geologists that are committed to the highest ethical and professional standards.

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It’s the seismic issue for 2010 and ready for your preview.

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The president has proposed to repeal a series of oil and natural gas tax “preferences.”

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Believe it or not, gasoline and other hydrocarbon products are better bargains now than they were 50 years ago, and given the improved fuel economy of modern cars we probably spend a lower percentage of our income on gasoline than we did back then.

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At last, a reason to thank your kids for playing video games: PlayStation 3 technology is elevating seismic imaging to a whole new level of refinement.

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The eye of the beholder: Seismic data interpretations are notoriously varied – and sometimes just plain wrong. But now a team of Scottish geoscientists is shedding some light on what often goes wrong – and why.

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Executive summary of the AAPG 2022 Member/Customer Planning Survey

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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.

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Results of the 2022 AAPG Member/Customer Planning Survey.

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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.

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