By David Rensink
Last month I had the pleasure to hear DPA President Dan Tearpock’s ethics talk to the Houston Geological Society.
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Explorer President’s Column
01 March, 2011
By Rick Fritz
Science is the heartbeat of AAPG. It is the key for innovation in our industry, and AAPG is dedicated to finding new scientific developments and related new technologies.
Environmental,
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy,
Clastics,
Business and Economics,
Carbonates,
Evaporites,
Structure,
Salt Tectonics,
Tectonics (General),
Basin Modeling and Geochemistry,
Basin Modeling,
Geophysics,
Seismic
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Explorer Director’s Corner
01 March, 2011
By Mary Harris
Since the time of my last EXPLORER column in December, the petroleum industry has experienced many changes.
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Explorer Division Column DEG
01 March, 2011
By Bob Hardage
Seismic attributes are particularly effective for extracting subtle geologic features from relatively noise-free seismic data. However, seismic data are usually contaminated by both random and coherent noise, even when the data have been migrated reasonably well and are multiple-free.
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Explorer Geophysical Corner
01 March, 2011
By David Curtiss
One month after the tragic loss of the Deepwater Horizon drill rig in the Gulf of Mexico, President Obama signed an Executive Order establishing the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
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Explorer Policy Watch
01 March, 2011
By Rasoul Sorkhabi
Historical Highlight: The Miri Field was discovered in 1910 in northwest Borneo and one year later it produced 1,950 barrels of oil.
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Explorer Historical Highlights
01 March, 2011
By Carol McGowen
Canada’s unconventional resources continue to excite the imaginations of geoscientists, as Canadian companies – with operators and investors from North America, India and Southeast Asia – are doggedly working to unlock the country’s unconventional resource play potential.
Shale Gas,
Bitumen/Heavy Oil,
Drilling,
Engineering,
Directional Drilling,
Completion and Production,
Hydraulic Fracturing,
Carbonates,
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy,
Carbonate Reefs,
Tight Gas Sands,
Clastics,
Business and Economics
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Explorer Regions and Sections
01 March, 2011
By Natalie Adams
Houston independent oilman Jack C. Threet, who as then-AAPG Foundation chairman helped design the current initiative to increase funding for key existing and numerous new programs, has been named the recipient of this year’s L. Austin Weeks Memorial Medal.
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Explorer Foundation Update
01 March, 2011