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A personal connection with a legendary geologist Hollis Hedberg triggered Georges Pardo’s personal connection with Cuba – and that bond has led to a new AAPG book on the island’s geology.     

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Enhance your Annual Convention & Exhibition experience by keeping up with the latest news as it happens and making social and networking connections using the power of the Web!

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Our friends and social groups are a great source of information and opinion. If I ask them (whether in person or on any of my favorite online media such as Twitter, Facebook, Instant Messenger, etc.), I’m sure to get plenty of feedback.

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Since you are reading this, you are obviously “in” with the social networking “new media.”

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I just posted two letters which President Scott Tinker sent to a couple of the subcommittees of the U.S. House Appropriations committee.

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I know the social networking scene is really driven by the younger generations. I’ve been out of college for … awhile. But, I’m a pretty social individual and since I do work on Web sites I know I need to understand how they work and the purpose they serve, right? Besides I want to look savvy and cool to my kids!

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Explorer Policy Watch

April 15 is the day of financial reckoning for most U.S. taxpayers. That is the day when many of us rush to the post office at the stroke of midnight to send our tax forms to the IRS, typically accompanied by a check for taxes owed (those getting a refund have reason to file much earlier).

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The Division of Professional Affairs will have an exciting and active profile at the upcoming AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, set June 7- 10 in Denver, the “Queen City of the Plains.”

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I was approached by a woman in her 30s, obviously bright and passionate about being a geologist. She asked, “Tell me why I should stay in this industry! Why should I not leave it for environmental or some other industry entirely? Tell me why!”

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U.S. rig count numbers are down – but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

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Executive summary of the AAPG 2022 Member/Customer Planning Survey

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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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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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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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