Explorer Policy Watch
By Aaron Rodriguez
Shale gas production is booming throughout the United States and the world due to the success of the cutting edge – and in some corners, controversial – drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing.
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Added on 01 April, 2012
Explorer Director’s Corner
By David Curtiss
The Grammys and the Academy Awards all have been given, and now it’s our turn on the red carpet.
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Added on 01 April, 2012
Explorer Article
By Louise Durham
Using a combination of certain seismic techniques helped bring success to a team of fracture-hunting geoscientists.
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Added on 01 April, 2012
Explorer Article
By David Brown
This is a place that’s historic, innovative, hugely resourceful and enormously complex. When it comes to energy, California has it all.
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Added on 01 April, 2012
Explorer Emphasis Article
By Louise Durham
A team player: 3-D seismic technology is more than just a stand-alone tool – its true value shines when it is combined with other well data.
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Added on 01 March, 2012
Explorer Emphasis Article
By Louise Durham
An added dimension: 3-D seismic data is an essential ingredient in operators’ efforts to understand the risks and nuances of shale plays.
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Added on 01 March, 2012
Explorer Article
By David Brown
Have an opinion about hydraulic fracturing? So does the person next to you, which is why Steve Leifer, this year’s speaker at the upcoming DEG annual luncheon, says to look at the big picture.
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Added on 01 March, 2012
Explorer Regions and Sections
By Carol McGowen
Geoscientists and others working the booming plays of Latin America know experience is a great tool.
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Added on 01 February, 2012
Explorer Article
By Louise Durham
Home grown: A recent National Petroleum Council study suggests America has enough oil resources to meet its growing demand for several decades.
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Added on 01 February, 2012
Explorer Policy Watch
By Erin Camp
A wise adage states that anything worth having is not easily obtainable – and it just so happens that the most promising source of cleaner, domestic, cost-effective energy of the near future also is incredibly controversial.
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Added on 01 January, 2012