Explorer Policy Watch

AAPG opens an office in Washington, D.C. and this month the EXPLORER invites its director to speak ... often ... in the Washington Watch.

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Explorer President’s Column

Knowing something about Mother Earth’s long history of constant change, we don’t immediately blame humankind for any detected current apparent change in the natural world -- and a three-year trend loses significance when your yardstick is in millions (or even hundreds of thousands) of years.

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Explorer Article

Registrations are now being accepted for this year’s AAPG Annual Convention in Houston – and registering by Feb. 17 could bring you considerable savings.

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Explorer Article

More than 300 enthusiastic attendees turned out for the recent Geo-Legends dinner and panel discussion hosted by the Houston Geological Society -- including 15 past presidents of HGS.

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Explorer Article

You can’t go home again? Don’t tell that to Charles “Chip” Groat, the former head of the U.S. Geological Survey who is returning to his roots -- but with a new purpose.

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Explorer Article

Success in the international exploration arena often demands cooperation. And consideration. And trust. You get the picture -- as has the seismic service industry.

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Explorer Article

Still going strong: The Barnett Shale continues merrily on its prolific ways, thanks in part to the Texas-sized success there of horizontal drilling

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Explorer Article

Arkoma Basin gas play. The next big thing? Explorers are scrambling to grab leases in the Arkoma Basin’s shale-gas play.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Check out some of the major discoveries reported over the past year.

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Explorer Division Column DPA

It is hard to believe that a new year already has begun, and my tenure as president of the DPA is half over. I guess it's true that time flies when you are having fun!

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Hot Items

Explorer Historical Highlights

The Paris Basin offers times of both discoveries and failures, from its first well drilled near Normandy in the 1920s to today. 

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Carbon capture and sequestration reduces emissions, but it cannot work past cost barriers without the revenue opportunities provided by utilization and storage. 

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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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Explorer Article

Nihal Darraj, carbon capture and storage researcher at Imperial College, London shares barriers to CCUS commercialization, including costs, technology, permitting and more. 

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Headquarters Contacts

Susan Nash
Susan Nash Director, Innovation and Emerging Science and Technology, AAPG +1 405 314 7730