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Lee Gerhard has a challenge for you: “Defend the sciences ... Do a better job of critical reading and analysis. Separate fact from agenda.”

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As the massive economies of China and India tap into valuable mineral resources worldwide, the fallout is stretching far beyond the Asian geographic sphere of influence.

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Recent, somewhat dramatic price swings in oil and natural gas futures have done little to dampen the overall optimistic outlook pervading the industry.

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“Geopolitics and headlines have been controlling oil prices for easily the past seven years,” noted Michael J. Economides.

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It’s a complex and competitive world for exploration. Expensive, too.

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Petroleum is serious business in California and is as much a part of the state’s genealogy as starlets, freeways and movie stars turned governors -- maybe more so.

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Explorer Policy Watch

A Washington outsider once quipped, “Washington, D.C., is 100 square miles surrounded by reality.” While there may be some merit in that observation, as a Beltway insider perspective it may be expressed by, “your reality and my reality are just different.”

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Explorer Director’s Corner

When I do my personal budget, it’s kind of a conscience that doesn’t keep me from spending but makes me feel guilty about it. Developing AAPG’s budget is significantly different. It’s more of a conscience that guides the leadership in providing the best products and services for the best price.

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After reviewing next year’s financial projections and expansion of AAPG services, the Executive Committee voted to set next year’s dues at $80 for Active and Associate and $40 for New Associate and Emeritus members.

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Described as 'Gondwana's enigmatic twins' -- exploration in Africa and Latin America faces challenges above ground as well as below.

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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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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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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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Results of the 2022 AAPG Member/Customer Planning Survey.

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