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Still going strong: The Barnett Shale continues merrily on its prolific ways, thanks in part to the Texas-sized success there of horizontal drilling

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Arkoma Basin gas play. The next big thing? Explorers are scrambling to grab leases in the Arkoma Basin’s shale-gas play.

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Renewable energy sources in the oil patch? It’s a power-ful idea who’s time has come.

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EMD announces technical paper awardees.

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By now everyone knows that oil companies have made a lot of money. The question is, what will they do with it?

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Water, water everywhere? Geothermal waters in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin could be a new source of abundant and cheap energy.

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Most of the larger oil companies have adopted geographic information systems (GIS), or geospatial technology, and it has revolutionized the way they do business.

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Explorer A Look Back Column

Perhaps a review — and awareness — of the past may make us better geologists in the future.

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Three's the charm — at least in some circles and the Winter Education Conference is no exception! New slate of 12 courses will be offered in February to train geologists in a one-stop opportunity.

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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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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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Executive summary of the AAPG 2022 Member/Customer Planning Survey

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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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