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This month we continue with discussion of two important meetings that will be held in Cairo, Egypt, and Hangzhou, China.

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Because exploration ventures historically have been associated with high risk and great uncertainty, they have been perceived as speculative by many prudent investors — thus the natural arena for two general types of private investors: ill-informed victims and well-informed survivors. Caveat emptor is the watchword.

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Testimony: AAPG secretary Charles Mankin testifies at a congressional hearing on resource assessment methodology.

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Riding high on the success of last year's initial experience, the creators of APPEX 2002 are expecting this year's event to be not only twice as big but twice as successful as well.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

There are plenty of factors in the Linux vs. Windows debate.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Geologists and their companies have become players in a 21st century battleground involving computer systems: Unix vs. PCs.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Let's make a deal — online. Electronic data rooms are gaining in popularity as a good place for geologists to do business.

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Explorer Geophysical Corner

What was once unconventional can become commonplace. Remember when fixing a lunch in a microwave oven was rare?

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Explorer Regions and Sections

Robbie Gries does it. Mike Party is just now learning how to do it. Bob Cowdery's been doing it for years.

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Explorer Business Side of Geology Column

Since starting this column in January 2001, the topics have focused on concepts and techniques to help you value your E&P ventures more objectively, or to manage your E&P business more efficiently. But Robbie Gries' stirring presidential address at the recent Houston annual meeting reminds us that ethics is a key part of our profession and business, one that we need to pay more (and more frequent) attention to.

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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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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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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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Results of the 2022 AAPG Member/Customer Planning Survey.

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