Home

EMD-Related Articles

Delegates Voice Division Article By Michael Campbell

As Energy Minerals Division (EMD) President, Chair of the EMD Uranium (Nuclear Minerals) Committee, Member of the DEG Advisory Board, and Member of the AAPG Advisory Council and Astrogeology Committee, I remain busy implementing the changes in EMD organizational structure and communications with AAPG that were begun last year.

Added on 10 October, 2010

Explorer Regions and Sections By Carol McGowen

Horn River Basin Keeping Canada Hot

Canada’s Horn River Basin has been described as significantly larger than the Barnett shale area in Texas, which currently produces three billion cubic feet per day. Third-party estimates predict the Horn River area could hold 50-100 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, making it the hottest resource play in North America.

Added on 01 October, 2010

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Yes, Virginia, There Is Induced Seismicity

A whole lotta shakin’ is going on – but the matter of human induced seismicity remains a complex and heavily researched mystery.

Added on 01 October, 2010

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Shale Plays Prop Land Seismic Action

With lower gas prices shale plays look more attractive resulting in increased seismic data to help find that liquid component.

Added on 01 October, 2010

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Oil Shale Takes Turn in Spotlight

Sweet sound of success: The spotlight turns to oil in the Bakken shale, and the focus was squarely on the sweet spots.

Added on 01 October, 2010

Explorer Article By David Brown

Lack of Helium-3 Sounding Alarms

A crucial shortage in the world’s supply of helium-3 could have a serious impact on an important tool for the oil and gas industry.

Added on 01 October, 2010

Explorer Division Column DEG By Mary Harris

DEG Aims to Expand Focus, Membership

In past years, DEG’s major areas of technical focus have included hydrogeology, environmental geophysics and carbon sequestration as it relates to the petroleum industry. Over the next year we intend to expand our technical focus areas to include:

Added on 01 September, 2010

Explorer President’s Column By David Rensink

The Real Cost of Water – Going Up

As geoscientists we have a good understanding of many of the factors that can affect our industry – but one factor that we may understand the least is water.

Added on 01 September, 2010

Explorer Article

GCAGS Sets 60th Annual Meeting in San Antonio

A varied technical program that examines both the onshore and offshore activity – and potential – of one of the world’s most prolific regions has been planned for this year’s AAPG Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies annual meeting, which will be held Oct. 10-12 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio.

Added on 01 September, 2010

Explorer Article

Eastern Section Spotlights Shales

The onshore shale petroleum systems of eastern North America will be in the spotlight during the AAPG Eastern Section’s annual meeting, set Sept. 25-29 in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Added on 01 September, 2010

Join Energy Minerals Division

Hot Items

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

wwwUpdate Blog

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