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Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

Interview with Bill DeMis: Innovators in Geosciences Series

Plays that have the capacity to be company-makers often rely on new technologies. Nowhere is this more true today than in the Haynesville Shale, where the application of new techniques has revived a once moribund play. The Haynesville Shale is one of the hottest plays in the U.S. Gulf Coast, and an upcoming AAPG Playmaker Forum will gather experts to discuss how and why.

Added on 15 January, 2018

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

Exploring the Vast Potential of Middle America: Interview with Keith H. James, Innovators in Geosciences

Middle America is the location of important new discoveries, is in many ways, still unknown. Middle America refers to the vast region that includes the area between southern North America and northern South America, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and offshore South America.

Added on 10 January, 2018

Canada Blog

Call for Papers Now Open!

Submit your abstract now on one of the six presentation topics to be part of this exciting conference in August 2018. The conference will feature pre- and post-meeting excursions, courses and workshops.

Added on 04 January, 2018

Explorer Division Column DPA By Jim Hill

DPA Offers New Programs in the New Year

The Division members need to advance our knowledge about communications and data management in this new exploration world. New oil is found by new ideas and technologies and we need to know how best to serve our members.

Added on 01 January, 2018

Explorer President’s Column By Charles Sternbach

Never Stop Exploring!

Explore all the new AAPG content and events in the New Year.

Added on 01 January, 2018

Explorer Article By Ken Milam

Searching for Energy Resources with Network Analysis

Methods used by large companies to target marketing to individual consumers are being applied in the search for energy and mineral resources.

Added on 01 January, 2018

Explorer Emphasis Article By Barry Friedman

A 'Once-In-A-Generation' Opportunity

Unconventional resources represent a bright opportunity for the United States' economic and energy future, but that is in no sense guaranteed. A misinformed public debate about the impacts and merits of hydraulic fracturing in particular and the oil industry in general threatens that future.

Added on 01 January, 2018

Explorer Article By Emily Llinás

Bottom-Line Benefits of Diversity

Heightened creativity. Enhanced problem-solving and decision-making. Improved risk management. These are just some of the benefits of diverse workplaces, according to panelists for a special session at the AAPG International Conference and Exhibition.

Added on 01 January, 2018

Explorer Emphasis Article By Barry Friedman

Gulf of Mexico: Where Big Fields Are Getting Bigger

Cindy Yeilding of BP America discusses the production history and geology of one of the world’s most prolific hydrocarbon super basins.

Added on 01 January, 2018

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

The Imminent Age of the Super Basin

Can super basins save the planet? IHS Markit, the international industry analysis firm, estimates the world will need to replace production of more than 14.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent annually by the year 2040.

Added on 01 January, 2018

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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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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 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