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Explorer Policy Watch By Edith Allison

Inaccuracies Abound In Emissions Papers

The oil and natural gas industry is the target of round two of the President’s Climate Action Plan, released in 2013 with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Added on 01 March, 2015

Explorer Director’s Corner By David Curtiss

Hanging On Helps Today; Preparation Helps Your Future

We’ve chosen to work in a volatile business. We need to own that. And we need to prepare accordingly.

Added on 01 March, 2015

Explorer President’s Column By Randi Martinsen

In Between Booms? AAPG Can Help

Well, we all knew it would happen… sometime. Our industry has always had ups and downs, and now we are back in one of the downs with a 60 percent drop in the price of oil from the price high of last June.

Added on 01 March, 2015

Explorer Article

Online Registration Open for Denver ACE

Online registration is now open for the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, which will be held May 31-June 3 in Denver at the Colorado Convention Center. And those who register by April 6 can save up to $210 on their registration fees. Student fees and one-day pass payments also are available.

Added on 01 March, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By Heather Saucier

Geomechanics—New Opportunities for Seismic

Better models are possible through the integration of core samples, well logs and seismic data.

Added on 01 March, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By Diane Freeman

Oil Prices, Other Factors Affecting Seismic

AAPG Honorary member R. Randy Ray shares some insights on major factors influencing the seismic industry today.

Added on 01 March, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By Heather Saucier

Downturn Offers Opportunity to Reprocess Seismic

If operators take the “glass half full” approach and use their idle time wisely during the industry’s current downturn, the seismic industry – at least parts of it –could experience an upswing.

Added on 01 March, 2015

Explorer Article By Jeff Aldrich

Disruptive Innovations

Oil and gas currently are essential commodities for modern life, but subject to market demands and the eternal fluctuations in supply and demand. It is important to try to keep a larger view on the big changes, those disruptive innovations, which demand a change in the way we do our business.

Added on 01 March, 2015

Explorer Article By Brian Ervin

Mexico Invites Seismic Exploration

While the rest of the world of seismic exploration is scaling down in response to the current trend of depressed oil prices, the government of Mexico is beckoning to all comers and, so far, they seem to be answering.

Added on 01 March, 2015

Explorer Policy Watch By Edith Allison

Policymakers Mull Increased Arctic Interest

Commercial interest in the Arctic has grown with declines in summer sea ice cover – since 2007 the extent of Arctic sea ice has been significantly less than it was in the decade after satellite measurements started in 1978.

Added on 01 February, 2015

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 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.

Request a visit from Fernanda Raggio!

Added on 19 August, 2024

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

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