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Explorer Regions and Sections By Carol McGowen

Winning Teams Moved On to San Antonio

Twelve university teams from around the world competed in the finals of AAPG’s Imperial Barrel Award program at the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition in San Antonio.

Added on 01 May, 2008

Explorer Article By Charles Groat

Still Time to Save on SA

There’s a good way for you to save up to $120 on your registration fee for this year’s AAPG Annual Convention.

Added on 01 March, 2008

Explorer Article By Charles Groat

New Statement Reflects New Dues Options

As previously detailed in the January and February EXPLORER, your upcoming dues statement contains some changes.

Added on 01 March, 2008

Explorer Article By Charles Groat

Cape Town Program Advances

The abstracts are in hand and the final technical program for this year’s AAPG International Conference and Exhibition is being finalized for posting within the next several weeks.

Added on 01 March, 2008

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Salt Stymied GOM Progress

Pass the salt, please: How advances in 3-D seismic technology opened the subsalt exploration door in the Gulf of Mexico – and why that matters to the rest of the industry.

Added on 01 March, 2008

Explorer Division Column DEG By Charles Groat

Coastal Plain All Out-Go, No In-Come

The coastal Louisiana landscape was built from sediments supplied by the Mississippi River and deposited on its delta or along adjacent shorelines, carried there by longshore currents.

Added on 01 March, 2008

Explorer Article

Distinguished Lecturers Hit the Road

February proves itself the busiest month of the year for AAPG’s Distinguished Lecture program, with seven speakers – five domestic and two international – set to be on speaking tours. The tours involve stops at 40 cities in North America and at least 12 stops throughout Europe and Asia. Some tours continue into early March.

Added on 01 February, 2008

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Virtual Source Looks 'Underneath'

Virtual source technology in the oil and gas industry may be best described as über high-tech.

Added on 01 December, 2007

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Prospect Strategies Flaunt Variety

The industry’s ongoing infatuation with Canada’s oil sands, the Rockies’ tight gas sands and most any shale deposit anywhere might suggest the long-productive and mostly conventional Gulf Coast reservoirs have lost their allure. Not the case.

Added on 01 November, 2007

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Oil a Big Rock in Louisiana's Pond

Aside from its history of headline-generating colorful politics, Louisiana is perhaps best known as home to an enormous energy industry.

Added on 01 November, 2007

VG Abstract By Fred Schroeder

Basic Structural Interpretation

The following short course option was developed for geology and geophysics students that have not had much exposure to how geoscience is applied in industry. It can be tailored for undergraduate juniors and seniors or graduate students. The agenda can be modified to meet specific needs and time constraints. Contact the presenter to discuss options.

Request a visit from Fred Schroeder!

Added on 08 January, 2014

VG Abstract By Charles Caughey

Discovering Large Gas Fields in Crystalline Basement: Unconventional Exploration in Sumatra

In 1991, Gulf Indonesia and its partners discovered South Sumatra Basin’s first major gas field at Dayung in the Corridor PSC. A key feature of this field is that most of the reserves are held within fractured basement rocks of pre-Tertiary age.

Request a visit from Charles Caughey!

Added on 02 March, 2015