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AAPG is participating in the GEODE program and supports these research efforts. Project Innerspace (PI) and the Society of Petroleum Engineers International (SPE) have formed a consortium to support the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office’s (GTO) Geothermal Energy from Oil and gas Demonstrated Engineering (GEODE) initiative to expand U.S. geothermal energy deployment. The information collected from this Universities Geothermal Capability Analysis RFI will be merged into a searchable online database powered by AI. This database aims to better understand the geothermal and oil and gas capabilities of geology / engineering universities to improve geothermal energy deployment in the U.S. By better understanding these capabilities, GEODE aims to address pain points in next-generation geothermal deployment that can be solved by technology or methodology. Examples of such are challenges related to drilling or capital expenditure costs, high-temperature drilling tools and drilling tool reliability, thermal energy conversion efficiency, and surface modeling.

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Explorer Division Column EMD

This is my final contribution to the AAPG EXPLORER as president of the Energy Minerals Division and it has been an honor. As with many other division presidents, I feel safe in the assumption that I did not achieve as much as I had hoped but take solace in the fact that as least some forward progression was made. It is in this that I would like to make my final contribution by addressing three EXPLORER articles in the last issue that reference issues that are of great concern to me: These three articles could not have been published at a better time.

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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Explorer President’s Column

We have seen many changes in the oil and gas industry since AAPG’s founding more than 100 years ago. AAPG has also changed along with the industry in response to these changes. Our industry’s focus on various plays and areas constantly varies, while shifting product prices and sweeping changes in public opinion and governmental policy have a major impact upon companies of all sizes, as well as the geoscientists working for them.

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