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The Law of Supply and Demand works every time -- and salaries for petroleum geologists reflect respect for the law. Petroleum geologists’ pay rose about 16 percent overall in the past year as the scuffle for exploration manpower continued after two years of steady growth in oil and gas prices. Ah, supply and demand; it works every time.

Added on 01 April, 2006

Explorer Policy Watch By Don Juckett

Budget, Legislative Issues Loom

This column will focus on two issues that have been and will probably continue to be on the screen in Washington for the remainder of this year and on into the future. The 2007 federal budget and legislative initiatives that foster the maintenance and growth of the scientific community.

Added on 01 March, 2006

Explorer Regions and Sections By Don Juckett

Southwest Section

AAPG’s Southwest Section exists to advance the science and profession of geology as it relates to the exploration for and development of petroleum, natural gas and other energy minerals in the southwestern region of the United States of America.

Added on 01 March, 2006

Explorer Director’s Corner By Rick Fritz

Houston: All Systems Are Go

Where can you have the opportunity, for about $80 per day for the price of admission, to choose from 465 technical talks, 415 posters, view state-of-the-art technology from around the world, and enjoy networking with top geoscientists and business leaders? It is the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition (ACE), scheduled for April 9-12 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

Added on 01 March, 2006

Explorer President’s Column By Peter Rose

AAPG at the Crossroads Part II: Choosing the Path

My letter to AAPG members in the January EXPLORER (“AAPG at the Crossroads”) laid out a course implementing AAPG’s Strategic Plan and moving the Association toward a true international identity in the coming years, recognizing that, in the present global energy transition, the alternate course – the status quo – is to surrender world E&P leadership and to be bypassed (as merely a regional association) on the global energy stage.

Added on 01 March, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Libya Looking for Success Formula

For decades – and for many reasons – Libya was off the exploration map, but that’s changed. Today this country with the Mediterranean climate couldn’t be hotter.

Added on 01 March, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Seismic Crews Step Up the Pace

Here, there and everywhere: No matter where you look, this is a period of hot activity for the seismic industry.

Added on 01 March, 2006

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

NAPE Lives Up To Expectations

A sign of the times: The annual NAPE gathering in Houston was HUGE.

Added on 01 March, 2006

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Lewis Austin Weeks: Visionary, Philanthropist

Saved from retirement by BHP executive Eric Rudd, Lewis was recruited to help convince BHP officials to search for oil in Australia. After enlisting Esso as a partner, exploratory wells paid off and the Marlin Field and then the Kingfisher Field were discovered, and the rest is history.

Added on 01 February, 2006

Explorer Policy Watch By Don Juckett

AAPG is Pursuing Role in Energy Act

AAPG opens an office in Washington, D.C. and this month the EXPLORER invites its director to speak ... often ... in the Washington Watch.

Added on 01 February, 2006

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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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AAPG 2022 Strategic Planning Survey Summary

Executive summary of the AAPG 2022 Member/Customer Planning Survey

Added on 05 April, 2023

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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

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Added on 13 April, 2018

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