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Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Egypt Stands Out in 'Interesting Year' of Discovery

A number of interesting stories came out of international exploration in 2015. Let’s get to the big one right away: Everybody – everybody – was talking about the Eni SpA discovery of a supergiant gas accumulation offshore Egypt. It became the year’s mind-blower.

Added on 01 January, 2016

Explorer Article By Robbie Gries

Visiting Geoscientists Reach Thousands

Since the dramatic expansion of AAPG/ AAPG Foundation’s Visiting Geoscientist program in the fall of 2014, thousands of students around the globe have benefited from it.

Added on 01 January, 2016

EMD Blog By Fran Hein

Volunteers Needed for EMD Committee

Are you interested in becoming an active member on the EMD Executive Committee? We are looking for three volunteer positions for the upcoming 2016 - 17 year (beginning in July): secretary (two - year term), vice president (one - year term); and president-elect (three - year term). The president-elect is a one - year term, followed by one year as President; and a third year as past president after the election.

Added on 09 December, 2015

Explorer Historical Highlights By M. R. Silverman

The Greatest Political Scandal of the American Oil Industry

Warren G. Harding’s presidential administration was arguably the most corrupt in American history, and the oil industry was right in the middle of the scandal. The 1920s affair surrounding Teapot Dome Oil Field was the most infamous presidential scandal to happen in the 100-year period between the Grant administration in the 1870s and the Nixon administration.

Added on 01 December, 2015

Explorer Policy Watch By Edith Allison

LNG Exports Approved Amid Waning Interest

For over two years Congress has complained about delays in the government permitting process for liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals, and several bills were introduced to accelerate the processing of natural gas export applications.

Added on 01 December, 2015

Explorer Article By Brian Ervin

A Look Back At ICE 2015

This year's AAPG-SEG International Conference and Exhibition (ICE), held for the first time ever in Melbourne, Australia, was by all accounts a technical and networking success.

Added on 01 November, 2015

Explorer Article By Vern Stefanic

2016 Distinguished Lecturers

The AAPG-AAPG Foundation Distinguished Lecture program, the Association's flagship initiative for sharing the latest in scientific thought, concepts and advances, starts its new season in November with a lecture tour of North America.

Added on 01 November, 2015

Africa Blog

2015 APPEX - Pushing Exploration Boundaries in the Heartland Niger Delta

Meet Fidel Onichabor from Seplat Petroleum Development Co. who is a featured speaker at the 2015 APPEX Regional Conference in November at Nice, France. This talk will discuss the enormous potential of the onshore Niger Delta as discovered in recent integrated regional evaluation efforts.

Added on 16 October, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By Ken Milam

Data Purchase 'Changes Game'

Times may be tough for seismic companies, but not all companies are waiting for the current storm to pass. Spectrum ASA recently moved to gain a greater global footprint by purchasing Fugro’s 2-D seismic library – a move Spectrum CEO Rune Eng called a “game changer” for the multi-client seismic imaging company.

Added on 01 October, 2015

Bulletin Article

Evidence for stratigraphically controlled paleogeotherms in the Illinois Basin based on vitrinite-reflectance analysis: Implications for interpreting coal-rank anomalies

Coal rank depends on the temperature of coalification. In the Illinois Basin, midwestern United States, coal rank is not dependent on thickness of overlying sediments as shown by vitrinite reflectance. Heat advected into the basin by groundwater flow contributed to the coal rank anomaly.

Added on 23 September, 2015

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