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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.

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The third annual APPEX London, held in March at the IBIS West Brompton Hotel, demonstrated that this meeting has become a new major event on the petroleum professional's calendar. For those looking for prospects or properties, joint-venture opportunities and the latest in UK and international upstream information in a network contact environment, this was the place to be. About 300 'high level' management personnel attended.

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DPA Commentary: Licensing in New York.

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Strong oil and gas prices, growing confidence in the Gulf of Mexico deep shelf gas play and continuing successes in deepwater were the key drivers behind the March Central Gulf lease sale, the busiest lease sale in six years.

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The old question about reserve estimates: How much oil does the earth have? The new question: Does anyone have any idea?

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Explorer President’s Column

Ethics — or the lack thereof — is a hot topic in the media these days.

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The Jonah Field in the northern Greater Green River Basin, one of the largest gas discoveries in the last decade and a poster child for basin centered gas. The Standard Draw-Echo Springs Field in the Washakie Basin, which was found in the 1970s and was one of the original fields determined to be a large, basin centered gas accumulation.

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Geology without borders, part III: The prolific Trenton-Black River fairway is bringing exploration success and possibilities to Canada's Anticosti Island.

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Defining moment: The debate began 10 years ago but now UNCLOS has revealed its plan and those debating the definition of the continental shelf invites your participation.

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'(Human resource) professionals see where this is headed, but the problem is the executives aren't listening to them.'

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

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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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