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You may think you know everything there is to know about the Middle East's role in future oil production. But you may want to think again. 

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The state of the industry in the Asia Pacific Region, at this point of the year, remains “relatively active – and hopeful that activity levels will remain stable,” Region president Joe Lambiase said.

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An overriding theme for the Canada Region always has been its close ties with the United States, especially in regards to providing a secure, stable supply of energy to them from a friendly neighbor to the north, Region president David Dolph said.

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Shaking up the status quo? Old becoming new? Such phrases are used to describe the revival of interest in the south Louisiana region. 

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Guess what: Does anyone know for sure how accurate the recent estimates of available U.S. natural gas resources are?

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Big Daddy: Shale gas plays may be commonplace in the United States, but most stand in awe of the extensive Marcellus Shale.

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The EMD 2009-10 Activities and Accomplishment, the New Orleans ACE Meeting, Calgary ICE Meeting, the 2009-10 Objectives and 2009-10 Forward Progress.

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The president has proposed to repeal a series of oil and natural gas tax “preferences.”

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Believe it or not, gasoline and other hydrocarbon products are better bargains now than they were 50 years ago, and given the improved fuel economy of modern cars we probably spend a lower percentage of our income on gasoline than we did back then.

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At last, a reason to thank your kids for playing video games: PlayStation 3 technology is elevating seismic imaging to a whole new level of refinement.

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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.

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Results of the 2022 AAPG Member/Customer Planning Survey.

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Executive summary of the AAPG 2022 Member/Customer Planning Survey

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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.

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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.

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