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Shale gas plays can pose a tough problem – but hydraulic fracture stimulation may be the answer.

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wwwUpdate Blog

So in the November wwwUpdate of the EXPLORER I asked a couple of questions:

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wwwUpdate Blog

Denver 2009 was a great AAPG convention – too bad I missed it! Having joined AAPG’s staff as Web producer in late August, I have only had the chance to get acquainted with the event through the video footage that was shot during the meeting.

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wwwUpdate Blog

We were doing some training on WordPress. At the beginning of the session one person commented they searched for “WordPress tutorials” and found several YouTube results.

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Explorer Policy Watch

Let’s face it, most geology news in the popular press is event driven. Soaring oil prices was last year’s headline. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions grabbed media attention this year.

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The National Conference of State Legislatures was held in July this year in Philadelphia, and as DPA president I had the opportunity, along with GEO-DC Director David Curtiss and Don Juckett, to represent the AAPG.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Urban development: Seismic crews found creative ways to complete a successful operation in the sensitive Long Beach/Signal Hill oil field. 

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Explorer Article

Times are tough, the future is uncertain and everyone seems to be in a bad mood. That’s right – it’s the perfect time to start your own oil and gas business. 

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wwwUpdate Blog

I’d like to welcome to the AAPG staff Bogdan Michka who is the Web Producer for AAPG.

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wwwUpdate Blog

I just finished writing my article for the October Explorer. It focuses on Twitter, Facebook and other social media that businesses and organizations are wanting to leverage to communicate with The Public.

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Hot Items

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The South American country of Suriname has launched an aggressive campaign to ramp up offshore oil production.

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Adventure enthusiasts should enjoy the story of Angelo Pitoni, a larger- than-life geologist whose story includes exploits rivaling any of those portrayed on the big screen. This article focuses specifically on a chapter of his life that took place in my country, Venezuela, and forms part of our country’s oil exploration history.

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Explorer Director’s Corner

Perhaps you did a double take pulling the April issue of EXPLORER from the mailbox. What is this? If you joined AAPG in the last 40 years, you’ve only known EXPLORER in its long-standing tabloid format. It worked well for many years as our advertisers – particularly seismic companies – loved the large format and the ability to display their data on a sweeping canvas. For readers, it was a little more awkward.

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An influx of recent mergers and acquisitions has brought even more operators to the Permian, and there are some regions where there is still much geoscience to be done. 

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Brazil’s famed “Father of the Pre-Salt,” Guilherme de Oliveira Estrella, is credited with several major oil discoveries and with advances in petroleum systems research.

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