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A sinking feeling: A geoscientist makes his case that Louisiana is threatened by a subsidence, a crippling disease that’s far more extreme and extensive than many think.

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What makes a buyer fall in love with an exploration prospect? Don’t laugh: Appearances matter.

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Card about Global Climate Change is carefully scrutinized by AAPG's Executive Committee and more comments from members will be requested.

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The party Down Under rises to the top: AAPG’s recent International Conference and Exhibition in Perth proves to be the largest international meeting in AAPG history.

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Emphasis: World Developments

 

Quantity, not quality: The past year saw only a few jaw-dropping discoveries, but some important world developments opened new areas, bolstered existing production and provided a solid foundation for the future.

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The Mighty Mungaroo: Chevron’s Clio-1 well offshore Western Australia is one of the year’s top success stories.

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Results from one of the year’s most important meetings – the Hedberg Research Conference on Understanding World Oil Resources, are being prepared for a spring unveiling.

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Standing Columns

This past fall I had the opportunity to attend a couple of enlightening conventions.

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Winston Churchill said, “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.” For me, during the past seven years this has been a wonderful ride with many milestones along the way. I thank all of the members and staff for your hard work and support.

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One of the privileges of the DPA presidency is the writing of these columns. Many past DPA presidents have discussed why DPA was important to them. Now it is my turn and perhaps I have a different perspective to share.

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Although acquisition design of a 3-D survey has a major influence on the nature and severity of a footprint, improper data processing techniques – such as the use of incorrect normal moveout (NMO) velocities – can also create footprints.
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The mid-term elections are over and the American people have spoken. The next two months will be informative in terms of the climate of the remaining two years of this presidential tenure.

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Dating back nearly 30 years, the AAPG Student Chapters Program began in 1979 as a six-school, three-year pilot program; the six were “oil patch” schools New Orleans, Oklahoma, Southern Methodist, Texas A&M and Texas Tech, and “non-oil patch” Maryland University.

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Three new gifts have been made to benefit geoscience students through the AAPG Foundation’s Digital Products University Alumni Fund.
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