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Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

Caspian Qualms Beginning to Calm

The next several years should reveal the ultimate potential of the Caspian Sea region as a major petroleum province.

Added on 01 June, 2000

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Executive Committee, Divisions Announce Election Results

Here are the election results for the Division Executive Committees.

Added on 01 June, 2000

Explorer Wildcat Recollections Column By Marlan Downey,Mike Forrest

Bright Idea Still Needed Persistence

This is the first of three articles on the application of 'bright spot' technology, which helped Shell Oil Company discover many large oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico during the late 1960s to the late 1980s.

Added on 01 May, 2000

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Seismic Tax Raises Hackles

The Louisiana Independent Oil and Gas Association (LIOGA) is determined to prove that a $60-per-acre seismic fee being levied by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (DWF) violates the constitution of the state of Louisiana.

Added on 01 May, 2000

Explorer Article By David Brown

Bulls and Bears Duel Over Supply

Supply pessimists take the industry's declining oil discovery rate as an alarm signal. Most believe world oil production will peak within a decade -- if it hasn't already.

Added on 01 May, 2000

Explorer Wildcat Recollections Column By Marlan Downey

Ideas Give Technology the Edge

In 1977 Rio del Rey is viewed as an area with a future of small fields by Elf and Royal Dutch/Shell; however, Shell's international divisions (Pecten) reports it to be a 'meadow of bright spots.'

Added on 01 April, 2000

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

USGS 'Getting Attention'

Charles 'Chip' Groat will be speaking for two different luncheons at the annual meeting. Signs are optimistic at the U.S. Geological Survey where Groat is the director.

Added on 01 April, 2000

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

So, Are We Running Out of Oil?

World undiscovered and reserve growth estimates as well as regional undiscovered estimates will be presented in New Orleans.

Added on 01 April, 2000

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

China's Bohai Bay Yields Big Finds

Oil companies' activities quietly continue in China. Bohai Bay is one hot spot for drilling featured in this article.

Added on 01 April, 2000

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

Wyoming Enjoys Coal Gas Play

On the arid high plains of northeast Wyoming, the town of Gillette has become a bona fide boomtown. And it's coalbed methane creating the frenzy. The Powder River Basin has become the site of the hottest natural gas play in the country, a region most so-called experts wrote off as a wasteland for the gas.

Added on 01 April, 2000

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Added on 13 April, 2018

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AAPG 2022 Strategic Planning Survey Summary

Executive summary of the AAPG 2022 Member/Customer Planning Survey

Added on 05 April, 2023

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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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AAPG 2022 Strategic Planning Survey Results

Results of the 2022 AAPG Member/Customer Planning Survey.

Added on 05 April, 2023

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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

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