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Explorer Article By Brian Ervin

Independent geologist J. Michael Party, president of Midland, Texas-based Beryl Oil and Gas LP, has been voted president-elect of AAPG for the 2018-19 term.

Added on 16 May, 2018

Explorer President’s Column By Charles Sternbach

The Golden Age of Super Basins

I was pleased to serve as the organizer, general chair and creator of the AAPG Global Super Basins Leadership Conference. I will remember it as a highlight of my year as AAPG president and my entire career. I would like to share a few observations resulting from this conference.

Added on 01 May, 2018

Explorer Division Column EMD By Doug Wyatt

Join the EMD Mission

In a vibrant, active and expanding global energy workforce, many professional organizations and opportunities exist. We can’t belong to all of them and participate in any meaningful way, so we have to choose those that best fit our professional goals, opportunities and needs. In the parlance of my co-workers at NASA – what mission do we join?

Added on 01 May, 2018

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

University Lands: How Oil Fuels Higher Ed in Texas

Given the escalating costs that are essentially synonymous with higher education these days, college endowments are becoming increasingly important. Texas hopped onto this bandwagon long, long ago. Not surprisingly, this entailed land – and oil.

Added on 01 May, 2018

Explorer Emphasis Article By Barry Friedman

OU Consortium Makes 'Profound Impact' on Industry and Education

The University of Oklahoma’s STACK-MERGE- SCOOP Consortium educates students and industry alike.

Added on 01 May, 2018

Explorer Article By David Brown

Profit and Power: The Rise of Al Saud, Inc.

Other royal families have their crown jewels. For the ruling al Saud family in Saudi Arabia, the crown jewel is Saudi Aramco. So, the Saudi government’s plan to take up to 5 percent of Aramco public in an IPO is a huge development, not just in Saudi Arabia, but in the oil and gas industry and in the world.

Added on 01 May, 2018

Explorer Article By Emily Llinás

New Study Revises Papua New Guinea's Geologic Origins

On Feb. 26, 2018, Papua New Guinea experienced a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that killed 140 people and produced 200 aftershocks over two months. Earthquakes are nothing new for the nation located northeast of Australia and east of Malaysia. Papua New Guinea, called PNG by locals and neighbors, is highly complex, in terms of society and geology.

Added on 01 May, 2018

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

Interview with Read Taylor, Sierra Oil and Gas – Innovators in Energy Series

Mexico’s ambitious Energy Reform has opened opportunities for private companies to work together with the Mexican government and geoscientists to develop resources in a way that will result in prudent reservoir development as well as providing needed capital for ongoing development. Welcome to an interview with Read Taylor, founding member and board member of Sierra Oil and Gas, which made one of the top ten discoveries in the last 10 years in the offshore Sureste Basin Zama 1.

Added on 25 April, 2018

Middle East Blog By Cora Navarro

Block Your Calendar: AAPG/EAGE/SPE Shale Gas Evolution Symposium

This 2.5 day symposium will attract world experts in exploration, characterization, drilling, fracturing and completion. Best practices and case studies of what the industry has learned on shale gas exploitation in the last few years will be presented and discussed so the attendees can greatly benefit from the exchange of knowledge and expertise of the contributors.

Added on 23 April, 2018

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

Interview with Patrick Ng, Innovators in Geosciences Series

Integrative analytics which incorporate Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Deep Learning, are increasingly important to geoscientists and engineers. Welcome to an interview with Patrick Ng, who heads AAPG’s Analytics Technical Interest Group (TIG).

Added on 16 April, 2018

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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.

Added on 13 April, 2018

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AAPG 2022 Strategic Planning Survey Results

Results of the 2022 AAPG Member/Customer Planning Survey.

Added on 05 April, 2023

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AAPG 2022 Strategic Planning Survey Summary

Executive summary of the AAPG 2022 Member/Customer Planning Survey

Added on 05 April, 2023

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Free Access to AAPG's Discovery Series 10 and 15 Full Data Set Tutorials

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.

Added on 11 May, 2020

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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

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