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Explorer Article By Barry Friedman

Even for a faith-based company drilling test wells in Israel, science is at a premium.

Added on 01 May, 2006

Explorer Article By Paul Comet

Readers may be aware that many petrochemicals are made from a widely used precursor or feedstock known as “syngas,” or synthesis gas. Syngas need not be made from petroleum however. It also can be made from agricultural, municipal and sanitary waste.

Added on 01 May, 2006

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Industry Gives Big Boost to NOLA

Post Katrina, corporations are trying to decide whether to move operations back to New Orleans. For many oil companies, however the question isn't if, but when and how.

Added on 01 May, 2006

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

AIM Offers Venue for Financing

The Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the London Stock Exchange offers project financing to grow small E&P companies.

Added on 01 May, 2006

Explorer Policy Watch By Don Juckett

AAPG Responds To Budget Actions

As I visited with participants at the Leadership Conference in Galveston in February I began to more fully appreciate the scope of interests and concerns that members have in establishing the Geoscience and Energy Office in Washington, D.C.

Added on 01 April, 2006

Explorer Geophysical Corner By Bob Hardage,Khaled Fouad,Michael DeAngelo,Randy Remington

Imaging Deep Gas in Crowded Areas

Gas producers across the northern shelf of the Gulf of Mexico are now targeting super-deep gas plays -- some targets at depths of 26,000 to 33,000 feet (eight to 10 kilometers). To create optimal images of these super-deep gas targets, seismic data need to be acquired with receiver offsets extending to eight to 10 km away from the source.

Added on 01 April, 2006

Explorer Division Column DPA By Deborah Sacrey

GEO-DC Has Broad To-Do List

As everyone is probably aware, the AAPG and DPA decided to jointly fund the establishment of an office in Washington, D.C. (GEO-DC). The office was launched in mid-November and Don Juckett, director for GEO-DC hit the ground running.

Added on 01 April, 2006

Explorer President’s Column By Peter Rose

AAPG's Marketplace Exciting, Expanding

AAPG was one of the sponsors of a vibrant market in early February in Houston: the North American Prospect Exposition (NAPE). This year’s NAPE, as reported in the March EXPLORER, was the largest ever -- more than 12,000 E&P folks crowded into the George R. Brown Convention Center to show their prospects and plays and acreage blocks to a host of prospective investors.

Added on 01 April, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Vern Stefanic

Houston Meeting Going to be Big

A strong technical program and good times in the oil patch are combining to give this year's AAPG Annual Convention a 'must attend' status. The convention, built around the theme 'Perfecting the Search -- Delivering on Promises,' will be held April 9-12 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

Added on 01 April, 2006

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Houston Luncheon Events Offer Variety of Top Speakers

Tim Cejka, president of ExxonMobil Exploration and vice president of Exxon Mobil Corp., heads the list of speakers who will be featured at four ticketed luncheons during the AAPG Annual Convention in Houston.

Added on 01 April, 2006

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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.

Added on 13 April, 2018

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AAPG 2022 Strategic Planning Survey Summary

Executive summary of the AAPG 2022 Member/Customer Planning Survey

Added on 05 April, 2023

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

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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