Explorer Article
By Ken Milam
BP's interest in the Gulf of Mexico remains strong. An expected average of US$4 billion each year for the next 10 years is expected to be invested.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 December, 2013
Explorer Article
By Sarah Haviland
Edinburgh, Scotland, has a new research center planning to open its doors in 2015. It is the Sir Charles Lyell Centre, named after Britain's 19th century geologist. The uptick of interest in emerging industries of shale oil and gas and deep sea metal mining is just one of the areas of the focus planned for the centre.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 December, 2013
Explorer Policy Watch
By Edith Allison
Over the past two years large variations in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates of the volume of methane released during natural gas production have been used by organizations arguing respectively that natural gas is cleaner than or dirtier than coal.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 November, 2013
Explorer Division Column EMD
By Jeremy Boak
A recent story about Shell’s withdrawal from a long-lived project on in situ production of shale oil from oil shale was an interesting example of over-interpretation of a small dataset.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 November, 2013
Explorer Policy Watch
By Edith Allison
As shale gas development has boomed over the past decade and public concern about its safety has swelled, both regulatory agencies and operating companies have accelerated their efforts to improve environmental safety.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 October, 2013
Explorer Division Column DPA
By Valary Schulz
Our principal goal for the DPA is to increase our relevance to our members – and by extension to our AAPG community, which in turn ought to make the Division attractive to new members.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 October, 2013
Explorer Emphasis Article
By Louise Durham
Wil who? Don’t look now, but the Wilcox Trend is making a name for itself – thanks to high oil prices and technology applications, such as hydraulic fracturing.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 October, 2013
Explorer Emphasis Article
By David Brown
The ultra-deepwater Alaminos Canyon area proved to be a valuable lease purchase in the recent Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 October, 2013
Explorer Policy Watch
By Edith Allison
The president’s Climate Action Plan, released June 25, aims to slow the effects of climate change.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 September, 2013
Explorer Director’s Corner
By David Curtiss
Every summer more than 50,000 opera fans make a pilgrimage to the city of Bayreuth, Germany.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 September, 2013