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Explorer Article By Louise Durham

What’s the difference? When it comes to the terms subsalt and presalt, the answer is, “a lot – and it matters.”

Added on 01 February, 2010

Delegates Voice Article By Sylvia Anjos

The AAPG 2009 International Conference & Exhibition held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 15 to 18 November was a great success. The enthusiastic atmosphere of the scenic city of Rio de Janeiro set the scene for a great meeting. Technically, the timing was perfect for the conference, as the new pre-salt oil province discovered by Petrobras and its partners became a major geological interest. Four of the world’s recent top discoveries, Tupi, Iara, Jupiter and Guara, all offshore Santos Basin, put Brazil in the spotlight.

Added on 10 January, 2010

Explorer Emphasis Article By Larry Nation

Major Finds Brighten Tough Year

The year of living dangerously: Grim days, challenging conditions, exciting discoveries. A look back at the top global developments of 2009.

Added on 01 January, 2010

Explorer Regions and Sections By Alfredo Guzman,Carol McGowen

Latin Region Typifies Potential

As we enter the last quarter of this calendar year – one that saw the world economy shaken, global health challenged by a new flu strain and of oil and gas prices back at levels no one thought they would ever return to – we can be grateful that our Association is healthy and in good standing.

Added on 01 November, 2009

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Brazil Dancing the ‘Pre-Salt Salsa’

Sweet smell of success: A run of offshore discoveries have made Brazil the oil industry’s story of the century – and the celebration there may just be starting.

Added on 01 November, 2009

Explorer Director’s Corner By Rick Fritz

Books Continue Legacy of AAPG

This year you will have a tremendous opportunity to examine a portion of the treasury of knowledge provided by some of the top geoscientists in the world.

Added on 01 October, 2009

Explorer Regions and Sections By Carol McGowen

Oil Flavored 'Hot' Colombia Simposio

Cartagena, Colombia was hot, hot, hot during the successful Simposio Bolivariano Petroleum Exploration in Subandean Basins conference.

Added on 01 September, 2009

Explorer Director’s Corner By Rick Fritz

Vision Quest: Delivering the Goods

Headquarters staff has been in the process of reviewing AAPG’s strategic plan in preparation of updating our business plan. It was good to see that AAPG members and staff have been very successful in reaching many of the goals set in the original strategic plan.

Added on 01 September, 2009

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Western GOM Busy; East Waits

Production totals in the Gulf of Mexico, thanks largely to the deepwater activity, is forecast to continue to rise. Now, about activity in the eastern GOM ...

Added on 01 September, 2009

Explorer Article By Larry Nation

Mexico Regulatory Rules Changed

A change is gonna come: Mexico is experiencing a tectonic shift in its energy regimen – and that may be good news for development of the country’s oil and gas potential.

Added on 01 September, 2009

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Memoir 113: Giant Fields of the Decade 2000-2010

Edited by R. K. Merrill and C. A. Sternbach

Added on 01 September, 2017

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Added on 21 April, 2009

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Memoir 93: Shale Tectonics

The volume documents shale tectonics from a variety of basins around the world, including the southern Beaufort Sea; the Krishna-Godavari Basin, India; the Niger Delta; eastern offshore Trinidad; offshore Brunei; and along the Spanish arm of the Mediterranean Sea. Product #1023. Price: Member $99/List $139

Added on 01 May, 2018

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Memoir 77 - Color Guide to Petrography of Carbonate Rocks

This volume expands and improves the AAPG 1978 classic, A Color Illustrated Guide to Carbonate Rock Constituents, Textures, Cements, and Porosities (AAPG Memoir 27). Product #649. SALE Price $24 (Regularly priced: Member $48 / List $68)

Added on 01 June, 2018

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Atlas of Natural and Induced Fractures in Core

This volume is an ultimate resource for reading the story and history of fractures in rocks from core. It is a “must-have” volume for all who have, or wish to have, an intimate knowledge of the rocks they work with from a fracture point of view. (Product #1300. Member price $150 / List price $150.)

Added on 01 September, 2018

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MEMOIR 100: Tectonics and Sedimentation: Implications for Petroleum Systems

This 18-chapter volume is small enough to focus on the interplay among tectonics, sedimentation, and petroleum systems. Yet it is big enough to cover the diversity of structural styles in important petroliferous sedimentary basins around the globe. Product #1174. Price: Member $174 / List $174.

Added on 01 December, 2018

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