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Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

Excitement grows as international companies jockey for position in the world's hottest play -- West Africa's deep water field.

Added on 01 January, 2000

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

Discoveries Are Getting Smaller

Oil and gas discoveries of the 90s were significant in location but less so in size. How does this impact the future? 'To meet the current annual demand ... and the demand ... in 2010, new production must originate from a variety of sources...,' says Robert Esser, director of Global Oil and Gas Resources with Cambridge Energy Research Associates.

Added on 01 January, 2000

Explorer Article By David Applegate

Congress Paid Attention in 1999

Low oil prices combine with job losses in the industry catch the attention of the 106th Congress. Legislation was enacted to create a loan guarantee program for independent producers, extend tax credits for marginal wells, resolve oil royalty issues and increase research funding. However, progress remains elusive.

Added on 01 January, 2000

Explorer Article By Roderick W. Tillman

Geology Continues to 'Deliver'

How much effort is going toward improving recover from already producting fields? A survey taken of nearly 300 AAPG members in five U.S. cities by the AAPG Reservoir Development Committee may surprise readers with their answers.

Added on 01 December, 1999

Explorer Article By Robert Sneider

Teams Usually Win Competition

Pilot test attempts to prove that MDTs are more effective and profitable.Here's one company's story.

Added on 01 December, 1999

Explorer Article

Four Policy Statements Approved

The AAPG Division of Professional Affairs' Governmental Affairs Committee has produced a total of nine statements since 1998 that have received the Executive Committee nod. Recently four Policy Statements concerning issues facing the upstream industry were approved at an October meeting.

Added on 01 December, 1999

Explorer Article By Larry Nation

Industry Must Fix Its Image

BP Amoco's chairman Sir John Browne, as the keynote speaker of a special session in Birmingham sees an opportunity to change our the image of oil and gas from ... 'dirty, old fashioned, arrogant and unprincipled ... People do recognize the link between energy and progress.'

Added on 01 November, 1999

Explorer Article

Upbeat Spirit Gives Birmingham Boost

AAPG's international meeting and exhibition in Birmingham, England turned out to be a time of optimism and anticipation for the next century. Held in September, it attracted more people than expected.

Added on 01 November, 1999

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

When It Comes to Money, Investors Like What They See

Rare is the financier who can look at a 2-D map and visualize the pertinent data in three dimensions. But when a 3-D model is available, the folks who deal with capital can better understand complex geological concepts by actually seeing fault closure, stratigraphic traps and such, thereby leaving less to the imagination.

Added on 01 November, 1999

Explorer Business Side of Geology Column By Marlan Downey

Value? Depends on the Venue

Each year properties are sold for more than they are worth, and replaced with properties for less than their real worth. Is this a great business, or what? So is property being valued too low? Too high? Or are we dealing with a large population of fools?

Added on 01 October, 1999

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Added on 13 April, 2018

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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