Learn! Blog
By Susan Nash
Understanding the business side of oil and gas exploration and development is fundamental to success, especially in times of uncertainty and disruptive technologies. Welcome to an interview with Joe Dumesnil, Overland Oil and Gas. Joe will be speaking at the AAPG Annual Convention in the Special Session on the Business of Oil and Gas.
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Added on 21 December, 2017
Middle East Blog
By Cora Navarro
The second edition of the AAPG Stratigraphic Traps of the Middle East workshop took place on 11 – 13 December 2017 at the Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah hotel, Muscat, Oman. This year we had seventy two attendees from ten different countries.
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Added on 20 December, 2017
wwwUpdate Blog
By Charles Sternbach
AAPG announces the candidates for the 2018-19 Executive Committee. Biographical information, including video interviews and personality profiles, will be available in early 2018.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 04 December, 2017
Explorer Article
By Erin Potter Sullenger
The industry might be tempted to relax or postpone environmental compliance activities, especially those that might be new or expensive. Succumbing to this temptation is risky and could prove more costly in the long run.
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Added on 01 December, 2017
Explorer Article
By Heather Saucier
Groups such as Greenpeace, the Sierra Club and Food & Water Watch are harnessing the power of fear tactics and social media to spread falsehoods and misinformation in order to rally large groups of citizens to join their forces and put money in their coffers. And, they are becoming increasingly successful.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 December, 2017
Middle East Blog
By Cora Navarro
The fourth edition of the AAPG/EAGE 'Tight Reservoirs in the Middle East” GTW took place on 27 – 28 November 2018 at the Downtown Rotana Hotel, Manama, Bahrain. This year we had 80 attendees from ten different countries.
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Added on 30 November, 2017
wwwUpdate Blog
The AAPG Executive Committee has approved the following list of honors and award winners. The awards will be presented during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Annual Convention & Exhibition, set for May 20-23 in Salt Lake City.
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Added on 29 November, 2017
Middle East Blog
By Cora Navarro
Registration is NOW OPEN for the AAPG Maximizing Asset Value: Integrating Geoscience with Reservoir Management & Facilities Optimization GTW!
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 21 November, 2017
Explorer Historical Highlights
By David Holmes
Since the ‘40s, the stated objective of the Venezuelan government was to use oil revenues to diversify the economy and reduce poverty. The opposite occurred, which set the stage for the so-called “Bolivarian Revolution” in the late 1990s, the principal achievement of which was to reduce income disparities by making everyone equally poor. In contrast, a rather unique socioeconomic development emerged within the oil industry itself during the 1980s.
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Added on 01 November, 2017
Explorer Director’s Corner
By David Curtiss
The sun shone on London in mid-October as AAPG continued its centennial celebration with our final major event of the year at the 2017 International Conference and Exhibition (ICE). And that shining sun was a harbinger of a great conference, as more than 2,000 attendees from across the globe gathered to teach and learn about the science, the industry trends, and catch a glimpse of the future of the next 100 years of oil and natural gas exploration.
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Added on 01 November, 2017