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Explorer Regions and Sections By Carol McGowen

With expertise as both a professor and consulting geologist, AAPG President Paul Weimer’s background is well-aligned with the energy industry renaissance currently under way in Latin America.

Added on 01 August, 2011

Explorer Historical Highlights By Naomoto Komatsu

Pioneer Map Charted Anticlinal Structures

At first glance the structural contour map and the cross section shown here look as if they had been published in the late 1920s by AAPG in the “Structure of Typical American Oil Fields” memoir.

Added on 01 August, 2011

Explorer Division Column EMD By Stephen Testa

Remaining Relevant – Not a Problem!

It’s a new year, with a new EMD Executive Committee and president, and there is renewed interest in unconventional and alternative energy resources.

Added on 01 August, 2011

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

What? No Geological Survey in Louisiana?

The attention-grabbing antics of rapscallion Louisiana politicians who often rule the roost, so to speak, have long overshadowed the state’s considerable importance to the United States, particularly in the energy milieu.

Added on 01 August, 2011

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

A Couple of Deep GOM Projects Get Go-Ahead

It’s been little more than a year since the infamous Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico brought industry activity there to a screeching halt for the most part.

Added on 01 August, 2011

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Tuscaloosa Another Shale Playground

The word on the street indicates the next potentially big U.S. shale oil play is … drumroll, please: The Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS).

Added on 01 August, 2011

Explorer Article By David Brown

Red Sea an Intriguing Frontier

A multi-disciplinary team of geoscientists has developed a new framework for the north Red Sea region – and their findings may cause a new reassessment of the area’s resource potential.

Added on 01 August, 2011

Explorer Article By Jeff Aldrich

Unconventionals Will Get Global Showcase at Milan ICE

The fast-approaching AAPG International Conference and Exhibition in Milan will showcase – in association with EMD – a comprehensive unconventional resources program with global scope, ranging in scale from the nanopore to the petroleum system, exploring the latest in applied geoscience and engineering.

Added on 01 August, 2011

Energy Policy Blog By David Curtiss

Washington Watch: Climate, Coal and CCS Stir Debate

The July edition of Washington Watch is now available online.

Added on 01 July, 2011

Explorer Regions and Sections By Michael McWalter

PNG Gas Finds Push LNG Plans

It is a little over 25 years since the Iagifu 2-X well drilled by Niugini Gulf Oil discovered Papua New Guinea’s first commercial oil field – the Kutubu field, which was put into production in 1992 by Chevron Niugini Pty Ltd. after they acquired the assets of Gulf Oil.

Added on 01 July, 2011

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Explorer Historical Highlights By Bernard Duval,Jean Laherrere,Jean-Jacques Biteau,Jean-Marie Masset

From Outcrops to the Champs-Elysées: Petroleum Exploration in the Paris Basin

The Paris Basin offers times of both discoveries and failures, from its first well drilled near Normandy in the 1920s to today.

Added on 01 March, 2024

Explorer Article By Barry Friedman

How the U Adds Value in CCUS

Carbon capture and sequestration reduces emissions, but it cannot work past cost barriers without the revenue opportunities provided by utilization and storage.

Added on 01 March, 2024

Explorer Director’s Corner By David Curtiss

Introducing the New EXPLORER, New Digital Newsletters

Perhaps you did a double take pulling the April issue of EXPLORER from the mailbox. What is this? If you joined AAPG in the last 40 years, you’ve only known EXPLORER in its long-standing tabloid format. It worked well for many years as our advertisers – particularly seismic companies – loved the large format and the ability to display their data on a sweeping canvas. For readers, it was a little more awkward.

Added on 01 April, 2024

Explorer Article By David Brown

What Will it Take to Get CCUS Ready for Prime Time?

Nihal Darraj, carbon capture and storage researcher at Imperial College, London shares barriers to CCUS commercialization, including costs, technology, permitting and more.

Added on 01 March, 2024

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