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Explorer Division Column EMD By Ursula Hammes

Greetings from my home office in Austin during the perfect storm of pandemic and negative oil prices! This year has been a roller coaster of record production falling to lowest production and lowest oil prices in history, resulting in unprecedented layoffs, not only in the oil industry, but other industries as well. But, this lowest of lows too will pass, since our dependency on hydrocarbons will still last until renewable resources are better established.

Added on 01 August, 2020

Explorer Article By Ryan Lemiski

Brand Fatigue Hinders AAPG Sustainability

What is “brand”? The London-based Design Council notes that: “Brand is a set of associations that a person (or a group of people) makes with a company, product, service, individual or organization. These associations may be intentional – that is, they may be actively promoted by marketing and/or corporate identity – or they may be outside the control of the business.” For example, the growing belief among younger demographics that the fossil fuel industry represents the fuels of their parents.

Added on 01 July, 2020

Explorer Division Column EMD By Edith Newton Wilson

Data-Driven Change

This year’s Energy Mineral Division columns have kept to a common theme: opportunity in change. The plan for the final installment was to talk about climate change. Since November’s column, a much more immediate and inclusive change has enveloped the globe with the spread of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19. How can we see opportunity through the current cloud of uncertainty and in the face of fear and grief?

Added on 01 May, 2020

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