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Harold Hamm Calls for Consistency In U.S. Oil and Gas Regulation - 25 September, 2023 07:30 AM

Biden Handed Major Legal Defeat in Attempt to Restrict Oil, Gas Drilling in Gulf of Mexico - 25 September, 2023 07:30 AM

New Oil and Gas Rule Would Provide Pathway for CO2 Utilization - 25 September, 2023 07:30 AM

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12 Oct

Siliciclastic Reservoirs of the Middle East Call for Posters Expires in 16 days

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4th Edition: Stratigraphic Traps of the Middle East Call for Posters Expires in 131 days

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2nd Edition: Geological Process-Based Forward Modeling AAPG Call For Abstracts Expires in 216 days

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Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Summer NAPE Draws Over 5,300

Summer NAPE was a sizzlin’ event at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston -- which was sizzlin’ in a whole different way during the “dog days” of late August.

Added on 01 October, 2006

Explorer Article By Ken Milam

Universities Are Critical to DOE Research

To some, the academic world of colleges and universities represents Ivory Towers, detached from reality. To the U.S. Department of Energy, they represent a crucial – and practical – research potential.

Added on 01 September, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Data Gatherers Meet the Beetles

Acquiring all the necessary permits from various governmental agencies to conduct a seismic data acquisition program can be a particularly time consuming, expensive and tedious process. Once the permits are in hand, considerably more time and money is expended in implementing the appropriate procedures in the field -- particularly when it comes to protecting any endangered species that reside (or are thought to reside) in the area to be surveyed.

Added on 01 September, 2006

Explorer Division Column EMD By William Ambrose

'FutureGen' Holds Promise for Coal

“Clean coal” is rapidly becoming more important as energy demands continue to rise. Clean coal is coal that has been stripped of minerals and other impurities. It is then gasified and burned, and resulting flue gases can be treated with steam and re-burned to make CO2 in the flue gas economically recoverable.

Added on 01 August, 2006

Explorer Article

Student Expo Sets Records

A record number of students and company sponsors participated in the recent AAPG/SEG Spring Break Student Expo at the University of Oklahoma.

Added on 01 May, 2006

Explorer Article By David Brown

Oilmen Looking at the Alternatives

From wind to bio-fuels, Oilmen around the world are looking into alternative energy sources.

Added on 01 May, 2006

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Seismic Crews Step Up the Pace

Here, there and everywhere: No matter where you look, this is a period of hot activity for the seismic industry.

Added on 01 March, 2006

Explorer Geophysical Corner By Bob Hardage,I. J. Aluka

Depth Registration Has Pitfalls

Further discussion of the concept of elastic wavefield seismic stratigraphy, a seismic interpretation technology that expands traditional P-wave seismic stratigraphy into the emerging world of multicomponent seismic technology.

Added on 01 February, 2006

Explorer Division Column EMD By Andrea Reynolds

EMD Has Active Houston Program

The Energy Minerals Division is excited to present its technical program and activities for the upcoming AAPG Annual Convention in Houston April 9-12. EMD has a very attractive program and both EMD and AAPG members will be treated to a variety of technical sessions, short courses and a lignite field trip.

Added on 01 February, 2006

Explorer Article

DL Program Due Busy Month

February sees the end of one tour while three more Distinguished Lecturers of AAPG start their tours around North America.

Added on 01 February, 2006

Webinar

Virtual Webinar

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

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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