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Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

Revitalizing Reservoirs: Key Questions to Address

With the recent surge in new techniques and technology, as well as new plays put into production, a tremendous opportunity exists in both U.S. and international reservoirs to apply lessons learned to existing reservoirs in order to economically increase production and recoverable reserves.

Added on 18 June, 2015

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

Reality-Based Reservoir Development: New Teams, Techniques, Technologies

Added on 18 June, 2015

Explorer President’s Column By Randi Martinsen

Good Times, Bad Times—We Don't Quit

Oil prices were at near record highs when I became AAPG president almost exactly one year ago – and immediately thereafter they began to fall.

Added on 01 June, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

A Resource Waiting To Be Developed

This may come as a surprise to a number of industry participants, but Utah is home to the largest oil sand resource in the United States. Largest, as in an estimated 16 billion barrels of bitumen and heavy oil.

Added on 01 June, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Current Conditions Allow 'A Time to Regroup'

Are current conditions in oil and gas creating a big opportunity for petroleum geologists in the Rocky Mountain region? Some experts say today’s drilling slowdown gives geologists time to catch up on recent advances in science, providing a less hectic opportunity to analyze data, study reservoirs and create improved models.

Added on 01 June, 2015

Explorer Article By Piper Lewis

Ocean Acidification Threatens U.S. Food Security

Imagine a future swarming with jellyfish but lacking in oysters, where algal mats smother coral reefs and salmon stocks plummet – a future in which the ocean is more than 100 percent more acidic than today.

Added on 01 June, 2015

Explorer Article By Heather Saucier

How the U.S. Became the World's Top Producer

On the heels of an April 23 article in The New York Times headlined, “A New ‘OPEC’ Emerges: The U.S.,” this year’s Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) will take that topic into the field, tracking the country’s shale boom from its inception to turning the United States into the world’s No. 1 petroleum and natural gas producer in 2014 – overtaking Saudi Arabia and Russia.

Added on 01 June, 2015

Energy Policy Blog By Colleen Newman

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Mulls Energy Supply Legislation

As part of Senator Lisa Murkowski’s (R-AK) efforts to craft comprehensive energy legislation, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee recently held a hearing to discuss 26 bills that would expand energy supplies.

Added on 26 May, 2015

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

Woodford Shale Forum 2015

This year's AAPG Woodford Shale Forum focused on new information and optimization. Included were presenters from the University of Oklahoma, Halliburton, Black Swan Energy Services, and Devon Energy just to name a few.

Added on 15 May, 2015

Explorer Policy Watch By Steve Brennan

Congressional Visit Days Bridge Policy and Science

AAPG Congressional Visit Days (CVD) are held annually in the spring in Washington, D.C. – and I was fortunate to participate this past March, adding the perspective of a graduate student to the event.

Added on 01 May, 2015

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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

wwwUpdate Blog By Grant Smith

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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Advertise With Us!

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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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