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Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

On the arid high plains of northeast Wyoming, the town of Gillette has become a bona fide boomtown. And it's coalbed methane creating the frenzy. The Powder River Basin has become the site of the hottest natural gas play in the country, a region most so-called experts wrote off as a wasteland for the gas.

Added on 01 April, 2000

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

South Louisiana: A 'Mature Frontier'

South Louisiana is actually a whole new exploration frontier. A total of 70,200 wells have been drilled in South Louisiana with a minuscule 0.03 percent drilled to 20,000 feet.

Added on 01 April, 2000

Explorer Wildcat Recollections Column By Marlan Downey

Reefs Hid 'Between the Lines'

A billion-barrel field in a thousand places?

Added on 01 March, 2000

Explorer Geophysical Corner By R.J. Brewer

VSP Survey Meets Accuracy Demands

VSP surveys are routinely performed in many parts of the world -- especially in Europe, because of the recognized superiority and versatility of the VSP over the simpler and less expensive check shot survey. Their uses increases as the advantages become clearer and survey reliability increases.

Added on 01 March, 2000

Explorer Article By Robert Sneider

Managers Key to Team Success

Successful multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) do not happen automatically -- and no exact formula for building, developing and guiding MDTs is known. However, one of the keys to theses teams' success or failure is the support of management and recognition of all members of the team.

Added on 01 March, 2000

Explorer Article By Kathy Shirley

'Weekend Work' Yields Gas Field

Coalbed methane research and development has been a big story for over 20 years with virtually all the focus on the western United States. But what many folks don't know is that small 'mom and pop' shops have been quietly pioneering coalbed methane production in the Arkoma Basin in southeastern Oklahoma.

Added on 01 March, 2000

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Non-Exclusive Data Boosts Industry

E&P players are always asking for more and better data at increasingly lower cost. Data acquirers are always looking for means to ensure that data is provided in an acceptable revenue stream. It is 'presently the lifeblood of the geophysical industry'.

Added on 01 February, 2000

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Good News: It'll Be a Better Year

Compared to what? Improved business conditions are projected for 2000; however, 1999 was so darn bad ... well, see what you think.

Added on 01 February, 2000

Explorer Article

'How To' Book Completes Treatise

A dream fulfilled ... Exploring for Oil and Gas Traps is the final volume of the AAPG Treatise of Petroleum Geology series. A project that started in 1985 comes to completion with this book.

Added on 01 February, 2000

Explorer Article By Diane Freeman

Patterns Show El Niño Is Resting

No El Niño is in sight. Demand for natural gas may stay low but what about next year?

Added on 01 February, 2000

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Explorer Director’s Corner By David Curtiss

Introducing the New EXPLORER, New Digital Newsletters

Perhaps you did a double take pulling the April issue of EXPLORER from the mailbox. What is this? If you joined AAPG in the last 40 years, you’ve only known EXPLORER in its long-standing tabloid format. It worked well for many years as our advertisers – particularly seismic companies – loved the large format and the ability to display their data on a sweeping canvas. For readers, it was a little more awkward.

Added on 01 April, 2024

Explorer Article By David Brown

Persistent Prospects of the Permian

An influx of recent mergers and acquisitions has brought even more operators to the Permian, and there are some regions where there is still much geoscience to be done.

Added on 26 March, 2024

Explorer Article By Jhonny Casas

Angelo Pitoni, a Real-Life 'Indiana Jones' in Venezuelan Territory

Adventure enthusiasts should enjoy the story of Angelo Pitoni, a larger- than-life geologist whose story includes exploits rivaling any of those portrayed on the big screen. This article focuses specifically on a chapter of his life that took place in my country, Venezuela, and forms part of our country’s oil exploration history.

Added on 01 March, 2022

Explorer Article By Emily Llinás,Sylvia Anjos

The ‘Father of the Pre-Salt’

Brazil’s famed “Father of the Pre-Salt,” Guilherme de Oliveira Estrella, is credited with several major oil discoveries and with advances in petroleum systems research.

Added on 01 April, 2024