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Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Saline Water in Bakken: Where Did it Come From?

AAPG member Zell Peterman, U.S. Geological Survey scientist emeritus, is busy with colleagues examining Williston Basin Bakken formation water and the role of shale filtration.

Added on 01 June, 2014

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Cane Creek Shale Keeping Utah in Energy Mix

As the Bakken, Eagle Ford, Marcellus and other shale plays make national news, the Cane Creek reservoir might be the dark horse poised to emerge as another major shale play.

Added on 01 June, 2014

Explorer Emphasis Article By Heather Saucier

Bakken Boom Brings Big Changes to Dakota

With an economy in decline and a population exodus only a few short years ago, North Dakota has transformed into a boom state, thanks to the Bakken formation.

Added on 01 June, 2014

Explorer Emphasis Article By Heather Saucier

Colorado Crucial to Converging Dynamics

As Colorado goes, so goes the nation when it comes to energy and environmental policy and the court of public opinion.

Added on 01 June, 2014

Explorer Article By Ken Milam

Gas Leaks, Revisited

Some surprising findings bubbled up in a recent study of methane geochemistry in the Appalachian Basin. The findings could complicate the jobs of investigators trying to determine how stray methane gets into water wells.

Added on 01 June, 2014

Explorer Article By Alfredo Guzman,Claudio Bartolini

Mexico's Potential Open to Global Attention

A comprehensive look at Mexico's revolutionary energy reforms.

Added on 01 June, 2014

Energy Policy Blog By Edith Allison

Legislative Hostage Taking

Popular bills are often held hostage to contentious legislation that otherwise might not get into the legislative spotlight.

Added on 21 May, 2014

Energy Policy Blog By Edith Allison

Is Your Smartphone Sabotaging Your Electric Bill?

You probably paid a spectacularly large bill for home heating this winter and are now wondering how much gasoline prices will rise before you start on the family vacation.

Added on 14 May, 2014

Energy Policy Blog By Edith Allison

Remember OPEC?

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC, including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Venezuela, Algeria, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria and Qatar) seems less of a menace now that the United States oil and natural gas production is booming. But OPEC continues to be a major exporter that can influence global oil supply and prices. However, OPEC countries are very dependent on export revenues to provide the jobs and services demanded by their populations, so a major shift in production volumes and prices is unlikely.

Added on 07 May, 2014

Explorer Division Column EMD By Louise Durham

Shale: An Evolution, Not a Revolution

When you need in-depth, science-based information on shale plays and issues, AAPG past president Scott Tinker has the reputation as the go-to guy.

Added on 01 May, 2014

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Explorer Article By Ken Milam

AAPG Collaborates with OSU for New Geoscience Master’s Program

Oklahoma State University’s Professional Science Master’s in Geoscience program is on the way to graduating its first cohort next year. The program, with the goal of creating “scientists to run tomorrow’s business,” was developed with input from professionals and partnerships with professional societies including AAPG and Society of Exploration Geophysicists, and targets working geoscience professionals.

Added on 01 October, 2023

Explorer Article By Adriano Viana,Jon Rotzien,Maria Oliveira

Diving into Deepwater Mixed Systems

The latest AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop, “Mixed Systems on Continental Margins,” focused on turbidite, contourite and mass-transport deposits and was held recently in Lisbon, Portugal. More than 75 participants from six continents from the energy industry, academic institutions and government agencies discussed the recent achievements and uncertainties of global deepwater sedimentary systems. Highlights included a geological field trip, deep technical contributions by the presenters, a networking dinner at the local legend Trindade and a geohistory tour of the Alfama, Baixa, Chiado and Mouraria districts of downtown Lisbon.

Added on 01 October, 2023

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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

Explorer Article By Emily Llinás

AAPG’s IBA Program Enters a New Era

In 2024, one of AAPG’s most iconic programs will take an important step into the new energy landscape. The Imperial Barrel Award is a leading global educational subsurface basin analysis program for graduate geoscience students to experience the work of a team evaluating sustainable resource potential using geological and geophysical data within a simulated corporate environment.

Added on 01 October, 2023

Explorer Historical Highlights By William Brice

Twists of Fate in the Early Oil Fields

Fate is defined by the American College Dictionary as, “fortune, destiny.” However, in life sometimes the outcome of fate is not so desirable, nor is it predetermined. This is the tale of two situations in which fate played a role in the early oil industry in the United States. The first instance had two fateful moments with very good outcomes, but the second led to some tragically unintended consequences.

Added on 01 October, 2023

Explorer Article By David Brown

‘Drawing with More Colors’

What’s trending in exploration geophysics these days, in eight words: Machine learning, artificial intelligence, data, data, data and data. Those concepts fit together into one reality. As the oil and gas industry acquires larger and larger masses of geophysical data, it leans even harder on machine learning and AI to sort it all out.

Added on 01 October, 2023

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