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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Explorer Historical Highlights

In January 1860, Lawrence, Kan., newspaperman George W. Brown, while visiting his hometown of Conneautville, Pa., was captured in the excitement of a new oil boom radiating from nearby Titusville.

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Learn! Blog

AAPG Education is proud to debut a new series of learning opportunities designed for quick, fun, on-the-go learning. We will be launching a series, “Quick Bite Learning” which will involves lessons and quizzes which you can complete during lunchtime, breaks, or any time you’d like to refresh your knowledge or learn something new.

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Learn! Blog

It often seems as though attempts to find sweet spots are restricted to seismic, petrophysics, cores, and regional geological information. There’s geochemical information as well, and as yet, it’s often an underutilized data set, often because there is little or no consistency in the information gathered in all the wells.

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Learn! Blog

The Niobrara Shale play continues to evolve as wells are drilled and new technologies are employed. Have you kept up?

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Explorer Making a Difference

Making a Difference: Human trafficking takes a horrific toll on lives around the world, but one AAPG member and his wife have dedicated their lives to exposing the tragedy – and helping those who have suffered most.

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Learn! Blog

If you’re going to enhance fracture systems in shale plays, you’ll definitely need to have a thorough understanding of the goals of hydraulic fracturing, and how you can determine if your operations are effective.

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Learn! Blog

Liquids-rich plays? New carbonates? Shale plays? Important new tools? Basic skills? seismic, engineering, geology. We’re excited about our catalogue of archived e-symposia

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Explorer Division Column EMD

For more than 100 years, shale oil has referred to the product of pyroly­sis of oil shale, whereas oil shale refers to organic rich (kerogen) rock that has never reached the oil window.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

Surprise! Ordinarily a target for oil production, the Cretaceous Niobrara formation is proving to be more versatile in Colorado’s Piceance Basin.

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Chief Scientist, Energy and Minerals - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Principal Research Scientist, Geology - Illinois State Geological Survey in the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ISGS is seeking to hire a Chief Scientist, Energy and Minerals (Principal Research Scientist, Geology) to provide leadership, clear scientific vision, and direction to the sub-disciplines and staff members engaged with the ISGS's energy and minerals programs.

Director, Bureau of Economic Geology and State Geologist of Texas

The Jackson School of Geosciences (JSG) at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) seeks a new Director for the Bureau of Economic Geology (Bureau), the oldest (1909) and second largest (~250 FTE) organized research unit at UT (https://www.beg.utexas.edu/ ). The role of the Director is multifaceted, serving as the chief executive of this dynamic geoscience research unit, which is also the State Geological Survey of Texas. The Director is the State Geologist of Texas.

Jamie Ann Woolsey Jamie Ann Woolsey President (2020-2023) PQ GeoConsulting (479) 650-5067
Douglas Vincent Davis, Jr. Douglas Vincent Davis, Jr. Past President (2019-2023) D-Ex Production Co. (316) 641-4469
Nathan Alan Randolph Nathan Alan Randolph Vice President (2019-2023) Pablo Energy II, LLC (806) 350-3493
John A. Brett, III John A. Brett, III Secretary (2019-2023) Brett Exploration, LLC (405) 620-3000
Tara Lynn Benda Tara Lynn Benda Treasurer (2019-2023) Equus Energy Partners (918) 513-1854

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