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Explorer Article By Ken Milam

Harding and Lowell Recognized for Legendary Paper

Each year, AAPG's Petroleum Structure and Geomechanics Division recognizes what the membership considers the best recent and seminal publications in the field. This year's Best Seminal Publication award recognizes Tod Harding and Jim Lowell for their 1979 paper, 'Structural styles, their plate-tectonic habitats, and hydrocarbon traps in petroleum provinces,” published in the AAPG Bulletin 63. Division Chair Bob Krantz praised the work as 'truly foundational.'

Added on 01 July, 2019

Explorer Article By Emily Llinás

Making the Case for Exploration

During these times of global economic uncertainty, political turmoil and climate change discussions, some, both inside and outside the energy industry, question the value of investing in oil and gas exploration. At the same time, new discoveries, technological advances and collaborative partnerships make exploration more exciting than ever. ExxonMobil Exploration Company President Stephen Greenlee addressed these parallel perspectives during “The Future of Oil and Gas Exploration,” the annual Michel T. Halbouty Lecture he delivered at the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition in San Antonio in May.

Added on 01 July, 2019

Explorer Emphasis Article By Barry Friedman

Is the Next Oil Production Breakthrough Already Here?

The shale revolution was made possible because there was technology that allowed developers to drill and complete wells capable of producing oil and gas affordably. Through the years, industry, because of that technology, successfully focused on drilling longer wells, pumping more sand and increasing the number of fracturing stages per well. The question facing industry experts these days is: What will the next breakthrough be that will produce even more efficient and affordable oil and gas?

Added on 01 July, 2019

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Production Decline Projected for Permian Basin

Over the past 10 years, tight oil boosted the United States back to world prominence in crude oil production. Today’s projections tie future U.S. production levels to continued strength in tight oil output, especially from the Permian Basin. Considering the importance of unconventional oil plays in the overall U.S. production picture, it’s useful to examine the outlook for tight oil. And in the Permian Basin, that outlook isn’t as bright as previously thought.

Added on 01 July, 2019

Latin America Blog By Emily Llinás

GTW Brazil features Solutions for Appraisal & Development of Onshore & Offshore Fields

Geoscientists and engineers from seven countries gathered to discuss opportunities at the multidisciplinary workshop in Rio

Added on 24 June, 2019

Middle East Blog By Cora Navarro

Oman Field Trips – Discovering the Al Khawd and Cambrian-Ordovician Amdeh Formations

The Siliciclastic Reservoirs of the Middle East GTW is now offering two optional field trips designed for attendees to learn more about the geology in the Muscat area. Discover the Al Khawd Formation on the 27th October or sign up for the Cambrian-Ordovician Amdeh Formation Field Trip taking place on the 31st October.

Added on 12 June, 2019

Asia Pacific Blog

AAPG and EAGE present 1st Papua New Guinea Geosciences Conference

AAPG and EAGE are proud to jointly present the first Geosciences conference in Papua New Guinea in two decades. Endorsed by Department of Energy, PNG and supported by the PNG Chamber of Mines & SEAPEX, the conference will review the petroleum geology of Papua New Guinea in its tectonic setting as host to petroliferous marginal Phanerozoic basins on the northeast margin of the Australian continent.

Added on 04 June, 2019

Explorer Division Column DEG By Mary Barrett

AAPG and the Environmental Geosciences: Belonging versus Fitting In

Brené Brown, the well-known social science researcher from the University of Houston, has a new special on Netflix where she speaks to the differences between “belonging” versus “fitting in.” I heard AAPG and Division of Environmental Geosciences in that talk, both the good and the bad. According to Brown, we advance when we are part of something greater and connect to others, but not at the cost of losing who we are or what we value as individuals. One only has to consider many institutions with rigid and tired identities who struggle with membership as their group ages to see how this is true.

Added on 01 June, 2019

Explorer Director’s Corner By David Curtiss

Preparing for the Future

The application of technology and analytical techniques has always been a hallmark of our profession, but this year ACE had special sessions dedicated to machine learning and AI in petroleum geoscience. The trend toward increased automation and greater efficiency in our workflows will affect how the petroleum explorationist works in the decades to come. Helping our members prepare for this future is something to which AAPG is committed.

Added on 01 June, 2019

Explorer Geophysical Corner By Ritesh Sharma,Satinder Chopra

Inverting Seismic Data with Facies Trends

Prestack simultaneous impedance inversion was introduced at the turn of this century with the objective of characterization of target rock intervals in terms of elastic properties, which in turn could be associated with petrophysical properties such as porosity, fluid saturation and volume of shale.

Added on 01 June, 2019

Workshop

Calgary, Canada

Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Harnessing the Power of the Beast

Machine Learning is an increasingly important tool for geoscientists. This one-day workshop demonstrates the implementation of a tailored End-to-End Upstream E & P workflow solution using Machine Learning (ML). It is intended for basic to intermediate skill levels. Designed to provide a baseline overview of ML, this hands-on workshop will focus on the generation of synthetic Gamma-Ray Logs by applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) Techniques. The student will learn the various aspects of deploying this workflow in an end-to-end solution. The workshop is designed to provide an appreciation of what is possible through machine learning and to spur thought about how this evolving tool can be otherwise applied.

Added on 02 March, 2020

Short Course

Texas

Tuesday, 14 April – Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Excel-Based Random Forest Machine Learning Algorithms: Programming and Application

Software engineering is becoming a key skillset in the oil and gas industry. These skills are used to implement data science projects that increase production, lower costs, and improve safety. To boost the value of oil and gas practitioners, this course teaches software development in VBA for machine learning and the creation of a random forest tool in Excel.

Added on 26 February, 2020

Workshop

Perth, Australia

Wednesday, 17 March – Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Advanced Petroleum Systems Analysis in the Asia Pacific Region: New Technology and Applications

This workshop will focus on advances made in petroleum systems analysis as a predictor of hydrocarbon presence, new technology and applications, and future directions of this important geological tool.

Added on 10 February, 2020

Workshop

Lisbon, Portugal

Wednesday, 8 July – Thursday, 9 July 2020, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Mixed/Hybrid Systems (Turbidite, MTDs and Contourites) on Continental Margins

This 2-day conference brings together diverse experts working on modern and ancient turbidite, MTDs, contourite and hybrid/mixed systems in order to improve the present-day knowledge, models and predictive power.

Added on 06 February, 2020

Workshop

Netherlands

Tuesday, 15 September – Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

AAPG Europe Workshop in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

Join us for the AAPG Europe Workshop in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) to be held in Utrecht, Netherlands on its new date, 15-16 September 2020. The aim of this conference is to explore how best to develop large scale geostorage of CO2.

Added on 29 January, 2020

Workshop

Barcelona, Spain

Tuesday, 24 November – Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 8:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Structural Styles and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity in Fold Thrust Belt Settings: A Global Perspective

This workshop brings together experts from academia and industry from a range of disciplines to share experiences, new approaches, new data and new ways of integrating information that can help in reducing the uncertainties related to the exploration activities in Thrust Belt Systems.

Added on 24 January, 2020

Workshop

Mozambique

Monday, 27 April – Wednesday, 29 April 2020, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Deepwater and LNG GTW

In 2020, AAPG will launch its first GTW (Geosciences Technology Workshop) in Mozambique, partnering with ENH (Mozambique National Oil and Gas Company) with a focus on deepwater reservoirs and LNG. The goal will be to build scientific knowledge, discover innovations, and network with peers. AAPG has established the GTWs as the primary vehicle for scientific and technological knowledge exchange throughout the world.

Added on 22 January, 2020

Short Course

Singapore

Thursday, 19 November 2020, 8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.

21st Century Deep-water Clastic Reservoirs: Processes and Products

Jon Rotzien presents a 1-day course in Singapore on 21st Century Deep-water Clastic Reservoirs: Processes and Products.

Added on 14 January, 2020

Field Seminar

Houston, Texas

Tuesday, 2 June – Friday, 5 June 2020, 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

ACE FT 1 | Windows to the Pm and K Unconventional Reservoirs of Texas

A five day field trip held in conjunction with AAPG ACE 2020 in Houston, Texas, with visits to outcrops in Austin, Eagle Ford, Wolfcamp, and/or Bone Springs

Added on 12 December, 2019

Workshop

Salzburg, Austria

Wednesday, 7 October – Thursday, 8 October 2020, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Evaporite Processes and Systems: Integrating Perspectives

Join us in Salzburg, the “castle of salt” and cradle of Mozart and Doppler, for a meeting aimed at bringing together different perspectives in the science of evaporite basins: from their formation to their deformation, from description and characterization to modelling. Exploratory success in evaporite-rich basins worldwide has depended on the role of evaporites as a deformable substrate, as a seal, or even as a good thermal conductor. The aim of this workshop is to improve our understanding and predictive ability by addressing evaporite systems in an integrated manner, all the way from precipitation to structuration, and exploring the multiple properties of evaporite sequences. The pre- and post-meeting field trips will also explore the salt mining heritage of the region, first exploited by the Celts 3500 years ago, and the salt-related structures of the Northern Calcareous Alps.

Added on 05 December, 2019

Short Course

Houston, Texas

Thursday, 11 June – Friday, 12 June 2020, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

ACE SC 11 | Deltas: Processes, Stratigraphy, and Reservoirs – A Core, Log, and Seismic Workshop

Deltas are extremely important depositional systems and often source and contain prolific hydrocarbon accumulations. This workshop includes topical lectures, key cores, and a suite of exercises that integrate core, well logs, experimental flume data, and seismic sections to develop identification and subsurface mapping skills of hydrocarbon accumulations within deltaic settings.

Added on 26 November, 2019

Short Course

Houston, Texas

Sunday, 7 June 2020, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

ACE SC 9 | 3-D Printing in Geoscience and Engineering: Emerging Technology in Education, Research, and Communication

This course provides an overview of different 3-D printing techniques that use both rock-like materials (e.g., sand, gypsum, clay) and polymers (e.g., plastics, resins). Participants will learn how to deploy 3-D-printed models to improve technical communication to diverse audiences (e.g., students, geoscientists, engineers, managers, community stakeholders).

Added on 26 November, 2019

Short Course

Houston, Texas

Sunday, 7 June 2020, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

ACE SC 8 | Beginner’s Guide to Unstructured Data and Machine Learning in Oil and Gas

The purpose of the course is to help people who are immersed in the oil and gas industry to gain a practical understanding of what unstructured data is, what value there is in it, how it can be utilized, and why this is now relevant.

Added on 26 November, 2019

Short Course

Houston, Texas

Saturday, 6 June – Sunday, 7 June 2020, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

ACE SC 7 | Advanced Sequence Stratigraphic Applications for Exploration

A two-day course studying advanced methods in seismic stratigraphy including application of sequence stratigraphy to unconventional resources.

Added on 26 November, 2019

Short Course

Houston, Texas

Saturday, 6 June – Sunday, 7 June 2020, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

ACE SC 6 | Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students

This course is designed to teach graduate students the principles, concepts and methods of sequence stratigraphy.

Added on 26 November, 2019

Short Course

Houston, Texas

Saturday, 6 June 2020, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

ACE SC 3 | Carbon Capture Use OR Storage: Understanding the Geoscience, Engineering, Regulatory, and Business Aspects of CCUS and CCS Projects

Entry cost and CO2 supply have long been barriers to traditional Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) applications, but new tax regulations may break the stalemate, providing both for feasible EOR capture from a larger range of anthropogenic sources, and potential CCS options. The course will provide participants with an overview of CO2 in the framework of the energy transition. Speakers will address the regulatory and policy issues as well as societal concerns.

Added on 26 November, 2019

Workshop

Barranquilla, Colombia

Tuesday, 27 October – Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Exploration & Development in Southern Caribbean Frontier Basins

The AAPG Latin America & Caribbean Region and the Colombian Association of Petroleum Geologists and Geophysicists (ACGGP) invite you join us for GTW Colombia 2020, a specialized workshop bringing leading scientists and industry practitioners to share best practices, exchange ideas and explore opportunities for future collaboration. The 2-day workshop brings together technical experts and industry leaders from Colombia and throughout the Americas to take a multidisciplinary look at future opportunities for exploration and development of Southern Caribbean Frontier Basins.

Added on 02 October, 2019

Field Seminar

Ipoh, Malaysia

Sunday, 8 November 2020, 9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.

Visit to CO2 Laboratory at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

Date: Sunday 8 November 2020 Time: To be determined View Information On CO2 Laboratory Further details to come.

Added on 11 September, 2019

Workshop

Ipoh, Malaysia

Thursday, 5 November – Saturday, 7 November 2020, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

High CO2, High Contaminant Challenging Fields and Alternative Energy - Impact and Monetization

High CO2 fields and marginal fields (due to high levels of contaminants) are some of the challenges that are prevalent in the Asia Pacific petroleum industry. Join AAPG Asia Pacific for a 2-day workshop focused on best practices, risk-based planning and the role geoscientists and engineers will play in these changing times.

Added on 11 September, 2019

Field Seminar

Ipoh, Malaysia

Sunday, 8 November 2020, 8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.

Field Trip to the Kinta Limestone, Kinta Valley, Perak, Malaysia

Date: Sunday 8 November 2020 Time: To be determined Organized by: Southeast Asia Carbonate Research Laboratory, SEACARL, The Department of Geosciences, Faculty Fundamental Sciences, Information system Technology, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. While AAPG and EAGE welcome this Field Trip in conjunction with our 2-day Geosciences Technology Workshop, all management and attending responsibilities will be taken care of by Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. View Flyer Further details to come.

Added on 11 September, 2019

Workshop

Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Monday, 26 October – Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

3rd Edition: Stratigraphic Traps of the Middle East

Join us for the 3rd Edition of Stratigraphic Traps of the Middle East. The Geosciences Technology Workshop (GTW) aims to build on the success of the previous two workshops the AAPG hosted on stratigraphic traps of the Middle East GTW in Muscat Oman in 2014 and 2017. See Event Website

Added on 14 March, 2019

VG Abstract By Fred Schroeder

The Use of Seismic Data in Industry

The following short course option was developed for geology and geophysics students that have not had much exposure to how geoscience is applied in industry. It can be tailored for undergraduate juniors and seniors or graduate students. The agenda can be modified to meet specific needs and time constraints.

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Added on 08 January, 2014

VG Abstract By Fred Schroeder

Basics of Prospecting

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Added on 08 January, 2014

VG Abstract By Juan I. Soto

Salt versus Shales in Continental Margins and Orogens

In comparison with the known boundary conditions that promote salt deformation and flow in sedimentary basins, the processes involved with the mobilization of clay-rich detrital sediments are far less well established. This talk will use seismic examples in different tectonic settings to document the variety of shale geometries that can be formed under brittle and ductile deformations.

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Added on 26 June, 2019

VG Abstract By Charles Caughey

Discovering Large Gas Fields in Crystalline Basement: Unconventional Exploration in Sumatra

In 1991, Gulf Indonesia and its partners discovered South Sumatra Basin’s first major gas field at Dayung in the Corridor PSC. A key feature of this field is that most of the reserves are held within fractured basement rocks of pre-Tertiary age.

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Added on 02 March, 2015

VG Abstract By Sherilyn Williams-Stroud

Fracture Mechanics Interpreted from Stress Inversion Analysis on Microseismic Event Source Mechanisms in the Marcellus Shale

Analysis of microseismicity induced by hydraulic fracture stimulation in the Marcellus Shale shows changes in stress state for different zones of failure. During the treatment, shear failure occurs on both the J1 and J2 fracture orientations in response to different maximum stress orientations, indicating localized changes in the orientation during the treatment. Reactivation of a fault near the wellbore is associated with failure mechanisms with a higher volumetric component, indicating possible inflation of faults and fractures by the introduction of the slurry. Quantification of the stress conditions that are associated with inflation could potentially be used to optimize the stimulation by identifying which fractures will preferentially take on slurry volume.

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Added on 16 November, 2016

VG Abstract By Sherilyn Williams-Stroud

Induced Hydraulic Fractures or Reactivated Natural Fractures?

Microseismicity induced by hydraulic fracture stimulation of a horizontal well was mapped with a near-surface buried array. Distinct linear trends of events were not parallel to the direction of fast shear wave polarization measured in the reservoir with a crossed-dipole anisotropy tool. Analysis of core from a nearby well revealed numerous calcite-filled fractures that did not induce shear wave polarization, but did significantly impact the failure behavior of the reservoir rock during the stimulation treatment. Hydraulic fracture simulation with DFN modeling and source mechanism analysis supports the interpretation of reactivated existing fractures rather than the formation of hydraulically-induced tensile fractures.

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Added on 16 November, 2016

VG Abstract By Fred Schroeder

Basic Structural Interpretation

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Added on 08 January, 2014

VG Abstract By David Weinberg

Fracking - A Curse or a Blessing?

This is a less-technical education topic. It can be condensed to an hour or given as 2 two-hour sessions. It stresses selected controversial aspects of fracking that touch some combination of environment and economics and includes a short video of how fracking is done.

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Added on 19 March, 2015

VG Abstract By Noelle Joy Purcell

Confounding Carbonates: The Reservoir Rocks that Won't Play Nice

This lecture will discuss the differences between carbonates and siliciclastics from their chemical composition through their distributions in time and space. Building on these fundamental differences, we will explore the challenges carbonates pose to petroleum geologists in terms of seismic interpretation, reservoir quality prediction, field development, etc. Peppered with humorous personal stories, still raging academic debates, and the heartfelt frustrations of real industry professionals, the aim is to inspire students and young professionals to rise to the occasion and embrace the reservoir rocks that petroleum geologists love to hate.

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Added on 17 March, 2015

VG Abstract By Sherilyn Williams-Stroud

A Brief History of Hydraulic Fracturing and Induced Seismicity

Hydraulic fracturing has been around for decades. This talk describes some of the first applications of the technology, how it developed over time, and our current understanding of its impacts with some discussion of both water and earthquake hazards.

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Added on 16 November, 2016

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