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Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

It Takes Big Ideas To Drill Big Wells

Air power? Getting heavy drilling equipment into challenging areas – the Arctic, for example – may be easier thanks to an old idea’s merging with a new concept.

Added on 01 August, 2009

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

'Reporters' Look for Leftovers

Telling a new story: “Nano-reporters” are the smallest “next big thing” for the energy industry, and what they’re finding has the potential to dramatically impact oil recovery rates.

Added on 01 August, 2009

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Elm Coulee Idea Opened New Play

Oil and gas finders are enamored with the Williston Basin these days, looking for the next big find in the upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Bakken formation.

Added on 01 August, 2009

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Gas Has a Big Future to Live Up To

There’s a lot of talk about the need for more natural gas in the energy mix. But there’s a big, unanswered question: How are we going to get the gas?

Added on 01 August, 2009

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

No Recession for the Haynesville

Reason to sing? Northern Louisiana’s high-profile, still-fledgling Haynesville shale gas play, despite the challenges facing many operators, is hitting all the right notes.

Added on 01 July, 2009

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Experience Paid Off at Parshall

A combination of experience and conviction has contributed to the successful career of AAPG Explorer of the Year Michael Johnson.

Added on 01 June, 2009

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Shale Calls for the Unconventional

Your shut door, our open window: Current fiscal realities have stalled some projects, but two geologists say now is the perfect time to consider better ways to evaluate shale gas potential.

Added on 01 May, 2009

Explorer Geophysical Corner By Bob Hardage

Bit by Bit: A Good Seismic Strategy

Last month we looked at the concept of utilizing the axial impacts of the rotating teeth of a rotary-cone drill bit as a downhole seismic source, which allows seismic data to be acquired by surfacepositioned sensors as a well is being drilled.

Added on 01 April, 2009

Explorer Article

Egypt Hosts Inaugural International GTW

Egypt’s diverse and prolific Western Desert hydrocarbon province will provide the context and the content of AAPG’s inaugural international Geosciences Technology Workshop (GTW).

Added on 01 April, 2009

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

New Seismic Technologies on Trial

Careful, careful … The environmentally sensitive regions of the American West are sparking increasing interest in new cable free seismic systems.

Added on 01 April, 2009

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