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After more than a decade of effort, five attempts and two near misses in the state legislature, Texas has become the 26th state to require licensure of professional geologists.

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Houston geologist Robert Sneider and British poet John Donne share a basic philosophy: No man is an island entire of itself. It's the people that make a difference along the way.

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No matter how mature the field, geoscientists seem to always come up with either a new technology or another twist on the tried-and-true to pull more hydrocarbons out of the reservoirs. When commodity prices are looking good, producers have an added incentive to use the technology to go after deeper targets and also explore for smaller ones in producing trends that historically have been exploited at shallow depths.

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Seafloor Mapping: Scientists are using 3-D seismic data to map the seafloor at greater depths and higher resolution than ever before.

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About 100 years ago a self-taught Texas geologist named Pattillo Higgins had a vision of the future.

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A century of oil-driven energy was celebrated in early January at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas, the site that essentially marked the dawn of the age of petroleum.

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Got an aging oil or gas field that's on its proverbial last leg? Not to worry - the tonic du jour is integrated reservoir characterization.

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Nuclear magnetic resonance tools are becoming a standard part of the logging suite for many oil companies, and for good reason.

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The Professional Geologists Licensure proposal to be considered by the Texas Legislature has been endorsed unanimously by the AAPG Executive Committee.

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AAPG's mentor program is off and running, helping newcomers to learn how to be better geologists and helping old pros by giving them a chance to talk.

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