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Most of us recall from childhood the Indian fable of the six blind men describing the elephant. In E&P Risk Analysis, it becomes an excellent parable to illustrate how limited perspective leads to overly narrow predictive ranges, and how group wisdom can be a practical remedy.

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A new EXPLORER feature: Now you, too, can dazzle your friends and enemies with sharp (and correct) answers to tough questions about the oil industry.

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'This country faces an ongoing threat of an energy crisis that will only get worse if we don't take steps soon to shore up the domestic energy inventory.'

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'Once the domestic rig count plunged from a high of about 4,500 in 1981 to about 700 in 1986, it never really recovered,' noted Dan Smith, AAPG president, during the APPEX 'Power Lunch' presentation in Houston. 'Clearly, we must do something about this.'

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What does past and present activities on the world's deepwater provinces tell us about the future? (Hint: The answer is 'a lot.')

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APPEX 2002 attracts more than 2,000 people to Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center, proving that an already successful event can be even bigger and better.

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Results of the most recent Gulf of Mexico lease sale indicate that companies are going deep — both geologically and in water depth.

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Don't believe it when some of the pundits tell you South Louisiana is 'all drilled up.' Indeed, there's compelling evidence that the onshore region harbors a vast storehouse of hydrocarbons yet to be tapped by the drillbit.

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Most AAPG members are investors, through company or individual investment plans, 401(k)s, IRAs, SEPs and private accounts. So the recent rash of revelations about corporate fraud, scandal and bankruptcy — and resulting loss of value — generates in most of us, in a very personal way, righteous anger.

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Partial results from a federal oil and gas reserve assessment of domestic unconventional gas reserves will be presented this month in Laramie, Wyo.

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Executive summary of the AAPG 2022 Member/Customer Planning Survey

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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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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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