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Explorer Article By Heather Saucier

Mitigating the New Risks of the 21st Century Oil Field

The business of oil finding has always carried certain risks, but social media and mass communication are creating a new breed of heretofore unforeseen social and economic dangers.

Added on 01 April, 2017

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

From $150 MM to $1.2 B in 4 Years: It's What They Do

Find out the secrets of the success of the Mid-Continent’s STACK and SCOOP plays. Attend the AAPG DPA MidContinent Playmaker Forum on May 11 in Oklahoma City and learn directly from the operators who have had the most success.

Added on 23 March, 2017

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

Making Money with Mature Fields: Applying Unconventional Technology to Conventional Fields

If you've wondered about mature fields in our current environment here's a very preliminary list of some of the ways technology is being used to revitalize mature fields.

Added on 20 March, 2017

Middle East Blog By Anastasia Kuzmenko

Less than Three Weeks to Go! Register today!

We are delighted to invite you to join the fourth edition of the SPE/AAPG Workshop: E&P Data Management and Analytics, taking place 27–29 March 2017 in Muscat, Oman.

Added on 09 March, 2017

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

I Fly High on Fire-Scorched Wings: Companies Re-Invent Themselves in the Delaware Basin

The Delaware Basin is the habitat of the fire-scorched Oil Phoenix, which rises from the ashes of a 3-year oil industry meltdown that has savaged companies that have held acreage, operations, and infrastructure in the costly resource plays of Colorado, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, and more.

Added on 02 March, 2017

Explorer ProTracks By The Young Professionals Special Interest Group

The ABCs of DPA for YPs

Knowing how to speak the language of geoscience is one thing; fluency in petroleum geoscience as a profession is another. Fortunately, AAPG has a resource to improve professional proficiency and it’s an acronym every Member should know: DPA.

Added on 01 March, 2017

Explorer Director’s Corner By David Curtiss

A Milestone for Our Tribe

We all have milestones in our lives – those times that, in retrospect, we recognize as formative or transitionary, in which one chapter of our lives ends and another begins.

Added on 01 March, 2017

Explorer Article By David Rensink

It’s been a century in the making and time is running out to register for AAPG’s 100th anniversary Annual Convention and Exhibition in Houston.

Added on 01 March, 2017

Explorer Article

SIGs and TIGs: How to Get Involved

TIGs and SIGs are designed to encourage greater Member participation in specific topics or interests – and to enhance Member engagement with other Members, and with AAPG. But what is the current roster of TIGs and SIGs – and who do you contact to join their fun?

Added on 01 March, 2017

Explorer Emphasis Article By Paul Weimer

100th Anniversary Committee Offerings at ACE

In the forward planning for this year’s AAPG centennial celebration – at the Annual Convention and Exhibition (ACE) in Houston and beyond – the 100th Anniversary Committee was organized in 2004 as an ad hoc committee per the suggestion of current AAPG President-elect Charles Sternbach.

Added on 01 March, 2017

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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.

Added on 13 April, 2018

wwwUpdate Blog By Grant Smith

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