Home

Business and Economics

Oil Prices Steady as Russia Eases Fuel Export Ban - 25 September, 2023 07:30 AM

Harold Hamm Calls for Consistency In U.S. Oil and Gas Regulation - 25 September, 2023 07:30 AM

Biden Handed Major Legal Defeat in Attempt to Restrict Oil, Gas Drilling in Gulf of Mexico - 25 September, 2023 07:30 AM

New Oil and Gas Rule Would Provide Pathway for CO2 Utilization - 25 September, 2023 07:30 AM

Macron Says France to Ask Oil Industry to Sell Fuels at Cost - 25 September, 2023 07:30 AM

News in Review ...

12 Oct

Siliciclastic Reservoirs of the Middle East Call for Posters Expires in 12 days

litutmMedium

04 Feb

4th Edition: Stratigraphic Traps of the Middle East Call for Posters Expires in 127 days

litutmMedium

29 Apr

2nd Edition: Geological Process-Based Forward Modeling AAPG Call For Abstracts Expires in 212 days

litutmMedium

View All Deadlines ...

Explorer Article By David Brown

Don’t Panic Just Yet Over Exploration Downturn

Worldwide oil and gas exploration results took a major hit from reduced investment and the ongoing COVID pandemic last year. Cautious industry spending and overall selectivity over prospects likely reduced discoveries to their lowest annual level in 75 years. Here’s the recommendation from one industry analyst for 2022’s global exploration and supply outlook: Stay chill for now.

Added on 01 February, 2022

Explorer Article By Heather Saucier

Net Zero by 2050? Where’s the Tech?

In the IEA’s “Net Zero by 2050” report, which outlines a comprehensive pathway for a global transition to zero emissions by mid-century, the agency states that much of the technology needed to make a timely transition has not yet been developed. Emerging technologies, such as improved battery storage, low-carbon hydrogen production and carbon capture utilization and storage, show “encouraging” progress, but the world significantly lags behind in power generation and end-use sectors, specifically industry, buildings and transport.

Added on 01 February, 2022

Explorer Article By Ken Milam

How to Grow Big Fields into Giants

Thanks to continuing advances in reservoir characterization, technology and innovative thinking, many oil fields around the globe have “grown larger” in recent decades. John Sneider, president of Sneider Exploration Inc., documented examples of mature field growth 20 years ago and recently revisited the topic to focus on mature giant fields. This updated analysis is detailed in chapter 4 of the new AAPG Memoir 125: “Giant Fields of the Decade: 2010 – 2020.”

Added on 01 January, 2022

Explorer Division Column DPA By Don Burdick

The ‘Great Reset’?

There is no denying there are massive changes happening around the world today, seemingly as a reaction to the emergence of the COVID/Wuhan virus. However, while the virus might be a catalyst of change, other factors are in play too. Many leaders around the world seem to share in the sentiment expressed by the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, who recently wrote, “The changes we have already seen in response to COVID-19 prove that a reset of our economic and social foundations is possible,” in the interest of promoting the WEF’s proposed “Great Reset” of the global economy.

Added on 01 January, 2022

Explorer Director’s Corner By David Curtiss

‘Chaos Will Intensify’ as Oil Investment Crisis Threatens Supply

Last month Houston hosted the 23rd World Petroleum Congress with more than 5,000 attendees from 70 countries. After a one-year postponement due to the global pandemic, energy leaders from across the globe gathered to discuss the future of energy. And the tone of the discussion was sobering. Following on the heels of November’s COP26 meeting in Glasgow, there was recognition that political and societal pressures are shifting the energy sector and the industries in it. But there was widespread concern that the expectations underlying these pressures for change were unrealistic. That those pushing hardest for change lacked a fundamental understanding of what transforming the global energy sector truly entailed, what it would look like when it was complete and the dangers looming from getting it wrong.

Added on 01 January, 2022

Explorer Historical Highlights By Henry S. Pettingill,Paul Weimer,Rocky Roden

Making It All Work

Before unconventional resources became prevalent in the global petroleum supply, deepwater exploration and development was a significant focus for many larger companies. For deepwater activities to succeed, the petroleum industry was forced to merge its above-ground concerns with the below-ground geoscience and engineering disciplines.

Added on 01 January, 2022

Explorer Article By David Brown

2021 Marked by Oil Price Recovery, Industry Transformation

Producers finally got some relief in 2021. Oil and gas prices recovered from their pandemic lows and remained at high levels through most of the year, as increased production could not keep pace with a global demand recovery. It was a year when higher prices helped energy producers strengthen their balance sheets and improve their bottom lines.

Added on 01 January, 2022

Explorer Article By Emily Llinás

A Source-to-Sink Project Boosts Colombia’s Subsurface Knowledge

While the COVID-19 pandemic ground the world to a halt in 2020, crisis led to creativity and opportunity in many parts of the world. For four geoscientists in Colombia, the pandemic became the perfect time to serve their country and their profession. In May 2020, two weeks after oil prices dropped below zero, Colombia’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation launched a bidding contest allocating nearly $3 million to finance geoscience research projects for the hydrocarbon sector.

Added on 01 January, 2022

Explorer Article By David Brown

‘Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance’ Launches at COP26

One of the more provocative but less publicized initiatives introduced at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow is an international effort to end oil and gas exploration and production. The Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, created by Denmark and Costa Rica, officially launched its program at COP26.

Added on 01 January, 2022

Explorer Article By Heather Saucier

Geothermal Offers an Economical Alternative to Wind, Solar

Considering that geothermal energy can supply power 24/7 for hundreds of years, it can use existing infrastructure from retired coal and nuclear plants, it is extremely attractive to investors, and that it creates more jobs than wind and solar energy, the question arises: Why does so much of this clean, natural resource remain in the ground? That was the topic of discussion at the “Geothermal 101” Geosciences Technology Workshop, hosted recently by AAPG and Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin.

Added on 01 December, 2021

Workshop

Paramaribo, Suriname

Wednesday, 17 January – Thursday, 18 January 2024, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Maturing Sustainable Solutions to, Explore, Develop and Produce Oil and Gas Across the Guyana Suriname Basin

Plan now to attend an interactive in-person workshop with industry leaders, government representatives and technical experts working in the Guyana-Suriname Basin.

Added on 02 November, 2022

Online e-Symposium By Ali Takbiri

Thursday, 23 April 2015, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

An Analytical Model for Shale Gas Permeability

Recent laboratory studies have revealed previously unknown behaviors in shale gas which unlock secrets of permeability and sweet spots in shale gas reservoirs. The presentation presents the findings and also goes into detail about how the new information can be applied in order to potentially improve recovery in reservoirs.

Added on 24 February, 2015

Webinar By Doug Peacock

Virtual Webinar

Thursday, 8 October 2020, 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

The Impact of Low or Volatile Oil Prices on Reserves and Resources Estimates

Join us as Doug Peacock discusses how changes in oil price impact reserves in theory, and with practical industry examples. Presentation will be via Zoom on Thursday 8 October 15:00 SGT (UTC+8) Singapore time zone

Added on 09 September, 2020

Online e-Symposium

Tuesday, 25 January 2011, 12:00 a.m.–12:00 a.m.

Integrating Disciplines, Data and Workflows in Resource Plays

This esymposium takes a close look at workflows associated with resource plays, and analyzes where integration must occur between disciplines, data, and workflows at all phases of the process.

Added on 02 December, 2013

Webinar By Flavio Juarez Feijo

Virtual Webinar

Tuesday, 14 July 2020, 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

Santos Basin: 40 Years from Shallow to Deep Waters - Portuguese Talk

A Bacia de Santos é um excelente exemplo de quanto petróleo é mantido em locais remotos, apenas esperando ser encontrado por exploradores ousados com a vontade e os recursos necessários para encontrá-los. Junte-se a Flávio Feijó para uma apresentação da história e do potencial para futuras descobertas na Bacia de Santos O webinar será apresentado via Zoom na terça-feira, 14 de julho de 2020, às 15:00 CDT (UMT-6). Register Now at Zoom

Added on 10 July, 2020

Online Certificate Course

Tuesday, 1 January 2013, 12:00 a.m.–1:00 a.m.

Renewable & Non-Renewable Resources - Overview & Integration: A Renewable Energy Certificate Course

Renewable & Non-Renewable Resources is an online course that enables participants to review, analyze, and evaluate opportunities in the rapidly expanding market for renewable energy.

Added on 01 December, 2013

Webinar By Juan Carlos Llinás

Virtual Webinar

Tuesday, 14 April 2020, 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.

The Jurassic Proximal Carbonate Ramp in the NE Gulf of Mexico: a Setting for Thrombolite Buildups - Spanish Talk

La Formación Smackover del Jurásico Superior (Oxfordiano) es una de las productoras de petróleo y gas más prolíficas de la llanura costera del noreste del Golfo de México, depositada en una rampa de carbonato proximal. Este estudio es una caracterización integral del ambiente de depositación de la Formación Smackover basada en datos sísmicos 3D y de pozos en los campos Vocation y Appleton situados en las subcuencas de Conecuh y Manila, en el suroeste de Alabama.

Added on 27 May, 2020

Webinar By Sochi Iwuoha

Virtual Webinar

Thursday, 3 June 2021, 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

Demystifying Geological Modelling: Multi-Sector Applications in Geoscience Practice

The purpose of this talk is to provide a forum to discuss the applications of geological modeling in various domains of practice. The presentation is geared towards a general geoscience audience of undergraduates, graduate students, university academicians, and geoscience practitioners at all career levels.

Added on 19 May, 2021

Online e-Symposium

Thursday, 7 June 2012, 12:00 a.m.–12:00 a.m.

New Production in Old Fields: Case Study in the Hunton Dolomite

Unger Field, discovered in1955, has produced 8.6 million barrels of oil from a thinly (several ft) bedded, locally cherty dolomite containing vuggy and intercrystalline porosity.

Added on 11 December, 2013

Online Traditional Course

Wednesday, 1 January 2014, 12:00 a.m.–1:00 a.m.

Strategic Decision-Making: Current Issues in the Oil Industry

Learn to critically evaluate current issues that can impact growth and sustainability of oil and gas ventures.

Added on 17 January, 2014

Online e-Symposium

Thursday, 21 February 2013, 12:00 a.m.–12:00 a.m.

Petrophysics of Carbonates

The course will review core data, petrophysical comparisons, rock physics modeling (including pseudo logs and mechanical properties).

Added on 11 December, 2013

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.

Request a visit from Sherilyn Williams-Stroud!

Added on 14 September, 2023

Business and Economics

Related Interests

See Also ...

STAY CONNECTED: