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2021 Annual Report for the fiscal year July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.

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Historically, the exploration for oil and gas resources has focused on identifying structural and stratigraphic trams associated with conventional accumulations. This special issue aims at introducing a new exploration paradigm through case studies in the United States and Canada.
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Unconventional hybrid systems such as the Montney hybrid play represent a continuum between shale plays and conventional reservoirs, and they share common characteristics with both. The authors integrate publicly available data to illustrate regional and local controls on petroleum distribution.
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A play from western Canada and one from New Mexico produce from carrier beds that serve as migration pathways for oil in conventional reservoirs. Carrier beds typically have lower porosity and permeability associated with facies changes. Lower permeability, however, is no longer a barrier to production.
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This study attempted to define the difference in oil saturation index of different lithofacies within meter-scale cycles, characterize oil indicators of different lithofacies, and evaluate the effect of meter-scale cycles on oil storage capacity and oil saturation in the Wolfcamp A.
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While showing gratitude is always appropriate, the end of the year is a natural time as our thoughts turn to the people and relationships we value most. I want to start off by thanking the chairs, staff and all volunteers who made November’s AAPG International Conference and Exhibition an excellent experience.

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As the year draws to a close, the AAPG Academy continues to offer accessible opportunities for professional education and advancement. Aimed primarily at geoscientists, engineers and entrepreneurs, the Academy is a series of webinars and interactive discussions presented by AAPG’s divisions and technical interest groups, explained Susan Nash, AAPG director of innovation and emerging science/technology.

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The Houston Geological Society held a 100th Anniversary Gala Celebration on Oct. 7, 2023, at the Petroleum Club of Houston. The mood was inspiring, grateful, forward-looking and humbling. HGS is a volunteer-led organization run by geoscientists. More than 130 celebrants gathered to mark the historic milestone and to remember those unable to attend and those who have gone before.

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I’ve written this article to invite your active involvement in the AAPG’s Division of Environmental Geosciences. Even those who are already DEG members, and especially those who are not, might not realize our DEG has four ad hoc technical committees: the Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Committee, the Environmental Geophysics Committee, the Water Resources Committee and the Fugitive Gases and Emissions Committee. We welcome your involvement in one or more of these committees.

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Here in the northern hemisphere, we’re approaching the winter solstice. The days continue to get shorter and the weather colder. The opening stanza of a 19th-century poem by English poet Christina Rossetti titled “A Christmas Carol” captures the mood. As he was writing the opening chapters of “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,” I suspect that C.S. Lewis may have been thinking of this poem, or the carol of these words set to a score by Gustav Holst.

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This Bulletin Special Issue contains nine papers from the Hedberg Research Conference held in Santa Barbara April 3, 2016. Eight papers discuss BPSM workflows or challenges. One paper describes the current status of BPSM as viewed by the modeling community.

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A collection of more than 50 abstracts for papers concerning 3D structural Geologic Interpretation. Abstracts of papers presented at the AAPG Hedberg Conference in Reno, NV in June, 2013.

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A collection of 30 abstracts concerning the mean and methods for a better understanding of fundamental parameters associated with successful hydraulic fracturing. From an AAPG Hedberg convention held in Lakeway, Texas in December, 2014

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A collection of abstracts from more than 50 academic papers regarding the controls and impacts of inorganic and organic diagenesis on mudstone hydrocarbon generation, reservoir properties and seal quality.

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Abstracts from more than 50 papers addressing the geology of the area from the southern onshore of North America to the northern onshore of South America, including the Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas Platform, Yucatán, Caribbean (Colombia, Venezuela), Grenada and Tobago basins and adjacent Atlantic. Integration will improve understanding and promote investigation of lesser-explored/debated areas, such as the Caribbean. Recent seismic and drilling discoveries from other offshore frontiers will help assessment of their hydrocarbon potential.

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A collection of more than 70 abstracts from papers presented at the AAPG Hedberg Convention in Houston, TX in March, 2019

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Serendipity can lead to fascinating results in the life of anyone, but among geologists it can lead to new exploration and/or development opportunities. And here’s a great example.

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The Africa Region was well represented and active during the recent 2023 IMAGE in Houston, with more than a dozen Region members – including current officers, past officers and delegates – gathered for its official onsite meeting.

Attendees at the meeting discussed current membership demographics and considered individual concerns facing the Region as well as the Association overall.

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Welcome to an interview with Jason Assir, Co-founder & CEO of EnergyGigs.com

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Serendipity can lead to fascinating results in the life of anyone, but among geologists it can lead to new exploration and/or development opportunities. In this instance it did!

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