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Explorer Business Side of Geology Column By Marlan Downey

Why is it important to monitor the safety performance of units within a company? What does it mean when you find that one unit consistently has a much poorer safety record than others?

Added on 01 August, 1999

Explorer Division Column DPA By Lyle Bale

Is It OK to Charge Different Rates?

Question of Ethics: Is it OK to charge different rates?

Added on 01 August, 1999

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

Libya Eyes Return To World Markets

What's the attraction? Oil -- and lots of it. Libya's combination of enormous oil fields and large areas that are only lightly explored attract international investors.

Added on 01 August, 1999

Explorer Emphasis Article

Bright Sites Entice Global Players

Bright prospects on the horizon include Libya opening some opportunities and Bolivia taking steps to become a major production hub. Follow this midyear roundup to learn of upcoming lease and exploration opportunities and other upstream activities.

Added on 01 August, 1999

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Dark Days Don't Dim Expectations

Last year international exploration couldn't afford a new pair of shoes. Major players didn't lose their shirts after all. The result left the industry much better-suited for global travel.

Added on 01 August, 1999

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

West Africa's Waters Offer Delicious Temptations

A deadly combination of depressed oil prices and serious internal strife haven't slowed down companies busy drilling and developing some of the most prospective acreage in the world in deep waters offshore West Africa.

Added on 01 August, 1999

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

Independents Begin To Spread Globally

In the United States,small independent companies over the past 15 years have followed the majors into mature areas and then coaxed more oil and gas out of the ground than most people thought possible. That scenario is about to go global.

Added on 01 August, 1999

Explorer Division Column DPA By Robert Sabate

Client Fee Plea Can Teach Lessons

A geologist and a client agree to a project for which the geologist will be paid for time and expenses. At the end of the job, when the final bill is presented, the client acknowledges that the job was well done -- but nevertheless asks the geologist to reduce the bill because it is larger than expected. Assuming you are the geologist, what would you do?

Added on 01 July, 1999

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

Oil Industry May Face 'Radical Changes,' Challenges

Last year's sharp drop in oil prices was the warning bell: The oil industry is facing radical changes and tough challenges which may ultimately put even more control of the world's oil supply in the hands of Middle Eastern countries and change the make up of both private and state oil companies all over the globe.

Added on 01 July, 1999

Explorer Division Column DPA By Stephen A. Sonnenberg

Document Actions To Avoid 'Shuffle'

A question of ethics: What do you think? It answers what geologists could or should do to protect their personal interests in these somewhat chaotic and unstable times.

Added on 01 June, 1999

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wwwUpdate Blog By Grant Smith

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

wwwUpdate Blog

Advertise With Us!

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.

Added on 13 April, 2018

wwwUpdate Blog

AAPG 2022 Strategic Planning Survey Summary

Executive summary of the AAPG 2022 Member/Customer Planning Survey

Added on 05 April, 2023

wwwUpdate Blog

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