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Bulletin Article By Hugh Daigle,Kehua You,P. Kevin Meazell,Peter B. Flemings,Stephen C. Phillips,Yi Fang

Deeper-water deposition in intrashelf basins: Example from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) upper Glen Rose Formation in the Houston trough, eastern Texas

Intrashelf basins like the Houston trough can be significant depocenters for sediment accumulation and reflecting deeper-water deposition with possible anoxia. The Houston trough formed over the former Brazos Basin in the eastern Texas area and affected sedimentation from the Barremian to the Eocene.

Added on 01 July, 2021

Explorer Article By Emily Llinás

CarbonSAFE Project Uses Core Technology to Identify CO₂ Storage Potential

Increasing global concern about climate change and its impact on the environment and society has led to a variety of strategies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere and find places to store it. Many companies are hard at work to perfect methods of carbon capture, use, and storage. Franek Hasiuk, associate scientist at Kansas Geological Survey, said CCUS is the best technology available to reduce emissions produced by the global economy. Hasiuk is part of a team of scientists working on the Integrated Midcontinent Stacked Carbon Storage Hub, a project to investigate subsurface geology in southwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska and demonstrate the viability of injecting CO₂ into underground rock layers.

Added on 01 June, 2021

Bulletin Article By Hugh Daigle,Kehua You,P. Kevin Meazell,Peter B. Flemings,Stephen C. Phillips,Yi Fang

The Anadarko “Super” Basin: 10 key characteristics to understand its productivity

The Anadarko Super Basin has similarities and differences with the other approximately 50 worldwide super basins. It has numerous giant oil fields, but they are smaller, stacked traps. It has produced 50 BBOE with the potential for another 50 BBOE, especially in unconventional reservoirs.

Added on 01 June, 2021

Explorer ProTracks By Will Cains

Seeing Through the Dark Clouds

Like many of my age cohort, I often listen to podcasts on my daily commute to work. One of my favorites is Motley Fool’s “Rule Breakers,” a stock market-oriented podcast by David Gardner. One of the common refrains he uses to describe his stock-selecting philosophy is that he looks for “dark clouds I can see through.” The premise is simple: if a company has been beaten down for a good reason, but you have line of sight on that issue being resolved, there exists an opportunity to acquire at a good value and profit from the recovery. Can we see through the dark clouds that hang over the industry today, to a brighter future?

Added on 01 May, 2021

Explorer Article By Heather Saucier

Keystone XL Cancellation: A Victory for the Environment?

When the Biden administration effectively canceled the Keystone XL Pipeline as a first order of business in January, environmentalists all over North America celebrated a major victory. “There was no magic to how we beat the Keystone XL Pipeline – it was grit, shared leadership and never forgetting who and what we were fighting for,” said the chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party. But did they really know what they were fighting for?

Added on 01 May, 2021

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

New Energy Economy 2025: AAPG-EMD Webinar

There is a lot of talk about the 2050 carbon neutral destination. Some companies are progressing and well into their journey, some have strayed off track, and some have not started. So, what does the route look like and how can progress be measured in terms of time and distance? Join EMD for a webinar via Zoom: May 19, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Added on 21 April, 2021

Learn! Blog

AAPG Pivoting 2021: Thriving with Change

Pivoting 2021: Thriving with Change is a series of 1-1/2 hour interactive innovation-focused events on Zoom that include brief presentations, panel discussions with audience Q&A, and brief New Tech Talks, with brief Q&A. The format encourages audience participation and networking.

Added on 25 March, 2021

Bulletin Article By Hugh Daigle,Kehua You,P. Kevin Meazell,Peter B. Flemings,Stephen C. Phillips,Yi Fang

Depositional environment and source rock quality of the Woodbine and Eagle Ford Groups, southern East Texas (Brazos) Basin: An integrated geochemical, sequence stratigraphic, and petrographic approach

In Brazos Basin mudstones, signiﬁcant chemical heterogeneities occur. Several key elements—Ca, Si, Mo, Mn, and Ni—were correlated to depositional conditions and used to determine chemofacies groups based on organic matter richness, mineralogy, and environmental conditions of deposition.

Added on 15 March, 2021

wwwUpdate Blog By Grant Smith

AAPG Bulletin Like You’ve Never Seen Before

New upgraded access from the AAPG Bulletin. AAPG Member access to the online AAPG Bulletin is moving to a new platform hosted by GeoScienceWorld. You will still be able to read and download all Bulletin articles, from 1917 to the current issue.

Added on 03 March, 2021

Explorer Article By Heather Saucier

The Heat Beneath Our Feet

On the island of Nevis in the Caribbean, its 11,000 residents are on the verge of an energy transformation. In about two years, their cost of electricity will no longer fluctuate with market prices, and not even a hurricane will stop it from flowing. In fact, over a 25-year period, residents will save an estimated $100 million in energy costs, based on today’s pricing. How is this possible? It is the result of a strategic conversion to geothermal energy developed by GeoFrame Energy, a newly created partnership between Schlumberger New Energy, AAPG Member Bruce Cutright and business partner Dan Pfeffer. Their goal is to make geothermal energy the most cost-effective and reliable means for providing clean, sustainable power.

Added on 01 February, 2021

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Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.

South Atlantic Hydrocarbons Through Space and Time

Join the Petroleum Systems Technical Interest Group (TIG) for the next session of the AAPG Petroleum Systems Webinar Series, South Atlantic Hydrocarbons Through Space and Time, on Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 8:00 AM (CST). After forty years of investigation, a super-regional view of South Atlantic conjugate basins has been developed, as the set of representative crude oils exceeds 1700 from an initial selection of

Added on 19 April, 2022

Online e-Symposium

Thursday, 2 October 2014, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Concepts of Scale: Horizontal Development of Wolfcamp Shale Oil of the Southern Midland Basin

This course is ideal for individuals involved in Midland Basin exploration and development. Successful development of Wolfcamp shale oil relies on complex inter-relationships (ultimately interdependencies) within and between a wide variety of scientific disciplines, financial entities, and company partnerships.

Added on 20 June, 2014

Online e-Symposium

Thursday, 12 July 2012, 12:00 a.m.–12:00 a.m.

Shale Wells: Making the Engineering Fit What Geology Offers

This presentation will look at well placement vertically in the pay, well azimuth and well trajectory with explanations of how geology and post-depositional effects can make the difference between a successful well and a failure.

Added on 11 December, 2013

Online e-Symposium

Virtual Online e-Symposium

Thursday, 19 November 2009, 12:00 a.m.–12:00 a.m.

Carbon Sequestration

This presentation will review the results of ongoing carbon storage research in Kentucky by the Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) and industry partners.

Added on 02 December, 2013

Webinar By Chad Hammond,David Fosberg,Hugh Winkler,Larry R. Davis,Susan Nash

Virtual Webinar

Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.

Pivoting Week 8: New Directions in Automation

Join us for the 'New Directions in Automation' webminar. Where the opportunities are now, and how to pivot and take advantage of them. Webinar will be presented via Zoom 7:00pm to 8:30pm CDT, 24 June 2020.

Added on 15 June, 2020

Online e-Symposium

Friday, 20 January 2012, 12:00 a.m.–12:00 a.m.

Eagle Ford Shale Prospecting with 3D Seismic Data within a Tectonic and Depositional System Framework

The Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas is one of the more exciting shale plays in the United States at the current time.

Added on 11 December, 2013

Webinar

Virtual Webinar

Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.

Using Geochemistry to Understand Production GOR in Unconventional Reservoirs

Join the Petroleum Systems Technical Interest Group (TIG) for the next session of the AAPG Petroleum Systems Webinar Series, "Using Geochemistry to Understand Production GOR in Unconventional Reservoirs", on Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 8:00 AM (CST). A common question in appraisal or development of either conventional or unconventional reservoirs is understanding the control on production yield (stb/mmscf) or GOR (stb/scf). Fluid and/or rock-based geochemistry is a useful tool in conjunction with engineering principles to understand what the primary mechanism(s) are controlling production yield. Here we will look at the use of geochemistry to access yield for tight reservoirs.

Added on 19 April, 2022

Webinar

Virtual Webinar

Wednesday, 26 August 2020, 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.

Week 17 Pivoting – Critical Minerals and Next Generation Batteries, Part II

Join us for 'Critical Minerals and Next Generation Batteries, Part II' where we will discuss an overview of battery tech and critical materials, new trends in energy storage, new opportunities in local energy generation and storage, lithium, rare earths and more. Webinar will be presented via Zoom 7pm -8:30pm CDT, 26 August 2020.

Added on 19 August, 2020

Webinar By Brent Kisling,Hani Elshahawi,Larry R. Davis,Susan Nash,Tali Rosman

Virtual Webinar

Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.

Pivoting Week 6: Smart Manufacturing & 3D Printing

Join us for 'Smart Manufacturing & 3D Printing' where we will discuss materials innovation and smart manufacturing, leveraging 3D printing to build resilient supply chains and women in 3D printing. Webinar will be presented via Zoom 7pm - 8:30pm CDT, 10 June, 2020

Added on 16 June, 2020

Online e-Symposium

Friday, 27 March 2009, 12:00 a.m.–12:00 a.m.

The Many Faces of GIS: Oil and Gas Applications, New Directions, Careers

Join two GIS/geoscience experts Scott Sires and Gerry Bartz as they use information from the Teapot Dome Field in Wyoming (DOE/RMOTC program).

Added on 02 December, 2013

Online e-Symposium

Thursday, 28 July 2011, 12:00 a.m.–12:00 a.m.

Marcellus Shale: Integrating Information to Optimize Horizontal Well Performance

This presentation discusses one operator’s approach to fully integrate data captured in the Marcellus Shale in order to optimize horizontal well performance.

Added on 02 December, 2013

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.

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