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An almost universal requirement for team leaders, exploration managers or exploration executives is setting, tracking and fulfilling goals -- objectives that usually relate to reserve additions and finding costs.

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As a geologist in a constantly shifting energy industry -- does anyone really know what's going to happen tomorrow? -- you and most of your peers could be excused for traces of doubt.

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Coalbed methane has become an increasingly important part of America's energy picture over the past two decades, with an estimated 669 trillion cubic feet of CBM in place in the lower 48 states.

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Now we're talking serious news. After all, personal computers have been taking up space on desks for over 20 years now, and conventional wisdom holds that the magic box is indispensable in every facet of business. But is it?

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Natural gas industry studies project that United States gas consumption will increase in the early years of this century by up to 50 percent from the current 22 trillion cubic feet to in excess of 33 trillion cubic feet by 2015.

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It would make an appropriate theme song for the oil and gas industry. Just take an old tune popularized by that enduring pop trio from the '60s, and add new lyrics: Where have all the prospects gone? Unfortunately, this is for real, and it's nothing to sing about.

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After more than a decade of effort, five attempts and two near misses in the state legislature, Texas has become the 26th state to require licensure of professional geologists.

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A call for lawmakers and federal policymakers to move quickly on crafting an energy strategy resounded repeatedly at the inaugural AAPG President's Conference on National issues: A Summit on U.S. Energy Policy.

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Rolling blackouts. Astronomical gas bills. Dramatically higher gasoline costs.

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AAPG provides invited testimony twice before Congress regarding America's energy situation.

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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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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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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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