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The Executive Committee approved several items to assist AAPG members facing career transition issues.

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The December hypothetical ethics question dealt with what to do when a report has been altered.

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Environmental geology continues to be the number one strength reported by North American college and university geoscience departments -- but employment trends suggest a significant change may be looming.

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Despite the low oil prices and some dire predictions for the next few years, the mood among officials in the geophysical industry is cautiously positive.

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The legalities of seismic activity in Louisiana are about as murky as the state's ubiquitous bayou waters. Indeed, to say the Mineral Code fails to adequately address the myriad issues indigenous to modern-day 3-D seismic operations there is at best an understatement.

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A paradox exists within the industry. People are being laid off now when there is a looming shortage of experienced people on the horizon. Despite the fact that expert economists are urging corporate leadership in America to identify creative talent and bind it into the company for the future, people are being let go.

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The November hypothetical ethics question deals with possible misrepresentation of facts by others. The question is: A geologist working for a large company discovers that the results of his work are being misrepresented by his boss' boss to upper management.

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In the face of a price slide that began in January 1997, oil finders continued to stick to business in 1998, making major discoveries in all corners of the earth.

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Industry analysts have predicted another year of constrained oil and gas prices while the world works off a glut of hydrocarbons.

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Two AAPG divisions, the Division of Environmental Geosciences and the Division of Professional Affairs, have announced office candidates for their groups.

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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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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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