Explorer President’s Column

Changing our image is not an impossible task. Difficult? Yes, especially when you consider the influences and attitudes that brought us to today.

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Explorer Business Side of Geology Column

There seems to be a lot of confusion about the relationship between chance of success for a drilling prospect and various possible outcomes of recoverable reserves. Such confusion could lead to bad E&P business decisions.

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It's time to get serious about your plans for Salt Lake City.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Five 'legendary' oil finders share their stories with a standing-room-only crowd in Houston.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

State-of-the-art seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation techniques continue to be keys that unlock the treasure for Forest Oil in South Africa.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Response to quantity of seismic data so quiet it's deafening.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Did you hear the one about the fella with a cell phone for an office and no seismic equipment, jockeying with the big seismic industry's guys for a job?

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Explorer Regions and Sections

This month's column is by Jorge/Jordi Ferrer Modolell, general chair of the 2003 AAPG International Conference and exhibition in Barcelona, Spain.

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Explorer Business Side of Geology Column

Sometimes folks who are dedicated to the status quo, or to a particular philosophy or procedure, may come up with perverse interpretations of data that challenge their existing reference-frames.

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Explorer Article

OCS report … is it time to increase production in the Gulf of Mexico? Is increase possible?

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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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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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Results of the 2022 AAPG Member/Customer Planning Survey.

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Executive summary of the AAPG 2022 Member/Customer Planning Survey

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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.

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