By Lee Krystinik
Today, in my capacity as president of AAPG, working in concert with our very capable Executive Committee, I find myself dealing with a whole different breed of cows – the sacred ones.
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Explorer President’s Column
01 March, 2014
By David Curtiss
How can AAPG create and deliver value to its members, volunteers, customers, the oil and gas industry, and to society? After all, that’s why we exist as an organization. But what is value, anyway?
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Explorer Director’s Corner
01 March, 2014
By Doug Wyatt
A look at three main environmental issues that must be considered in the utilization of natural gas as a primary fuel source for the next several decades.
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Explorer Division Column DEG
01 March, 2014
By Satinder Chopra, Kurt Marfurt
The previous three Geophysical Corner articles have focused on the spectral decomposition of seismic data, describing some of the methods and their applications. This month we add another one on the same topic, showing the comparative performance of some of the methods commonly available in the interactive interpretation software packages.
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Explorer Geophysical Corner
01 March, 2014
By Edith Allison
The first seismic surveys of the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) since 1988 could happen in the next two years – if the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) finalizes the required environmental impact statement (EIS) in the next few months.
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Explorer Policy Watch
01 March, 2014
By John C. Lorenz
The AAPG BULLETIN, the standard-bearer of AAPG publications, is still the benchmark for peer-reviewed scientific publications in the field of hydrocarbon-related geology, even though competition exists today from other societies and for-profit publishers.
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Explorer Historical Highlights
01 March, 2014
By Francois Marechal
This is a very significant year in Alberta and throughout the Canada Region, as it represents the 100-year anniversary of the Turner Valley gas field.
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Explorer Regions and Sections
01 March, 2014
By Natalie Adams
The AAPG Foundation recently awarded 69 undergraduate grants to deserving students and their university geoscience departments, clubs or student chapters through its L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant program awards.
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Explorer Foundation Update
01 March, 2014