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A strong emphasis in environmental geology and a 'significant increase' in the number of international graduate geoscience students at North American institutions are revealed in the latest AAPG Status of Academic Geoscience Departments report.

Added on 01 July, 2004

Explorer Article By Ken Milam

Wind Power Fuss Blows Hard

Forget school finances and gay marriage. The issue that's had the Kansas governor's phones ringing is wind power.

Added on 01 July, 2004

Explorer Article By Susan Eaton

Turmoil Impacts Output Outlook

The Middle East, like all areas that are touched by or depend on the oil industry, will continue to go through major changes, according to AAPG All-Convention Luncheon speaker Amy Myers Jaffe.

Added on 01 July, 2004

Explorer Article By Susan Eaton

Are the Right Issues Debated? Speaker Says No

Amy Myers Jaffe, speaking to the All-Convention Luncheon in Dallas, not only presented her synopsis on a looming oil crisis, but warned that geopolitical issues could lead to a déjà vu of the energy crises of 1973 and 1979.

Added on 01 July, 2004

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

Unorthodox Plays Can Muddy Roles

The role of geology is fairly well-defined in conventional oil and gas plays, but emerging unconventional gas plays have muddied the waters.

Added on 01 July, 2004

Explorer Regions and Sections By Javier Meneses-Rocha,Nahum Schneidermann

Anticipation Builds To Cancun Meeting

The impressively large response to the call for papers is an indication that the 2004 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition in Cancun, Mexico, is shaping up to be one of the year's most important meetings.

Added on 01 June, 2004

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

Plenty To Do for Today's Industry

Brian Maxted, one of his generation’s most successful oil finders, probed the past and future of exploration during his Michel T. Halbouty Lecture at this year’s AAPG Annual Meeting in Dallas.

Added on 01 June, 2004

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

Who Are You Getting in Bed With?

Independent geologists need to generate good ideas — but good ideas go only so far.

Added on 01 June, 2004

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

Elevator Sub-Basins Draw Interest

An exciting exploration play — based on a new interpretation and good ol' geologic detective work -- is gathering momentum in the Tucumcari Basin of eastern New Mexico.

Added on 01 June, 2004

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Reservoir Modeled From Outcrop

There's nothing closer to a rockhound's heart than the historically edifying field trip, where legions of geologists spend days scurrying up and down the outcrop with rock hammer, hand lens and notebook in hand.

Added on 01 June, 2004

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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

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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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