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Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Old habits die hard – Not! The prolific California Monterey shale is revisited, but this time with an unconventional approach.

Added on 01 November, 2010

Explorer Regions and Sections By Carol McGowen

Horn River Basin Keeping Canada Hot

Canada’s Horn River Basin has been described as significantly larger than the Barnett shale area in Texas, which currently produces three billion cubic feet per day. Third-party estimates predict the Horn River area could hold 50-100 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, making it the hottest resource play in North America.

Added on 01 October, 2010

Explorer Policy Watch By David Curtiss

AAPG Adds Voice to Moratorium Conversation

As oil spilled from the Macondo well into the Gulf of Mexico in the days following the Deepwater Horizon drill rig explosion, the White House scrambled to respond. President Obama ordered the Department of the Interior to conduct a safety review of offshore operations and report back within 30 days. In the interim, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the department would not issue new deepwater drilling permits.

Added on 01 October, 2010

Explorer President’s Column By David Rensink

GOM Operations Enter New Era

BP’s Macondo well has been plugged using top-kill techniques, and the oil on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico is dissipating faster than many had predicted. The oil flow has stopped and the well has been sealed. This is very good news.

Added on 01 October, 2010

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Seismic Seeing Uptick in Demand

The tide is rising: Seismic company officials say that the industry mood – buoyed largely by offshore projects – is looking up.

Added on 01 October, 2010

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Oil Shale Takes Turn in Spotlight

Sweet sound of success: The spotlight turns to oil in the Bakken shale, and the focus was squarely on the sweet spots.

Added on 01 October, 2010

Explorer Policy Watch By David Curtiss

Canada/U.S. Pipeline Scrutinized

It’s common knowledge, and it’s wrong. The top suppliers of crude oil to the United States are Canada and Mexico.

Added on 01 September, 2010

Explorer President’s Column By David Rensink

The Real Cost of Water – Going Up

As geoscientists we have a good understanding of many of the factors that can affect our industry – but one factor that we may understand the least is water.

Added on 01 September, 2010

Explorer Article

GCAGS Sets 60th Annual Meeting in San Antonio

A varied technical program that examines both the onshore and offshore activity – and potential – of one of the world’s most prolific regions has been planned for this year’s AAPG Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies annual meeting, which will be held Oct. 10-12 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio.

Added on 01 September, 2010

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

‘This Isn’t Going to Happen Again’

Wake-up call: The company that helped turn the shallow Gulf of Mexico into a deep drilling wonderland says the industry has learned much over the past six months.

Added on 01 September, 2010

Field Seminar

Houston, Texas

Saturday, 1 February 2025, 8:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Buffalo Bayou K-12 Educators Hurricane Hike

Everyone in Houston lives within a few miles of a bayou. Some people think of them as permanent, but the bayous are constantly changing, especially during high water events like Hurricane Harvey. This trip is a 2.5 mile walk down a section of Buffalo Bayou where we will look at the archives of past storms and discuss what to do for future storms.

Added on 05 December, 2023

DL Abstract By Sherilyn Williams-Stroud

Atmospheric and Social Climate Change: Implications for the Future Geoscience Workforce

Climate change is not only happening in the atmosphere but also in the anthroposphere; in some ways the former could drive or exacerbate the latter, with extreme weather excursions and extreme excursions from societal norms occurring all over the earth. Accomplishing geoscience for a common goal – whether that is for successful business activities, resource assessment for public planning, mitigating the impacts of geological hazards, or for the sheer love of furthering knowledge and understanding – can and should be done by a workforce that is equitably developed and supported. Difficulty arises when the value of institutional programs to increase equity and diversity is not realized.

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Added on 14 September, 2023

DL Abstract By Fernanda Raggio

Shaping New Leadership in an Evolving Energy Business

The Energy sector is a changing business environment. Throughout the 20th century fluctuations of oil supply and demand produced changes in the barrel price that pushed the growth or shrinkage of the industry. In this 21st century, new challenges such as diversification of the energy mix, boosting gas demand, require the exploration of critical minerals and development of new technologies as well.

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Added on 19 August, 2024

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