Explorer Article
By Barry Friedman
For the second time since 2017, the University of Houston has won the coveted Imperial Barrel Award, an annual AAPG-sponsored prospective basin evaluation competition for geoscience graduate students from universities around the world.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 September, 2019
Bulletin Article
By Dwandari Ralanarko,Hock Ong
The Salinas Basin is a strike-slip basin in central California with stratigraphy dominantly composed of Miocene Monterey Formation. Despite a long history of oil production, aspects of petroleum system development in the basin remain poorly understood. Of the seven main oil fields, one—San Ardo field—has produced more than 500 million bbl of oil or 99% of all oil found in the basin.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 22 May, 2019
Explorer Emphasis Article
By David Brown
Laura Branch teaches high school science courses and is one of only a few credentialed Earth science teachers in Santa Barbara County and has the only upper-level high school geology class in the county. As a geoscience instructor, Branch is able to teach her students about the petroleum system and the seepage of oil and heavy oil in the coastal area.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 May, 2019
Explorer Foundation Update
By Gretchen Flint
The AAPG Foundation is proud to announce the recipient of the 2019 Teacher of the Year award, Laura Branch. Branch teaches AP environmental science, geology and general science classes at Ernest Righetti High School in Santa Maria.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 April, 2019
Correlator Article
By Richard Behl
Richard “Rick” Behl provides a glimpse of the field trips and program included in the 2019 Pacific Section AAPG Conference.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 15 March, 2019
Explorer Article
By David Brown
With a new batch of freshman lawmakers in Congress, there has been increasing attention on a proposed “Green New Deal” to aggressively tackle climate change, among other issues. But how feasible is it?
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 February, 2019
Bulletin Article
The purpose of this work is to identify genetic affinities among 48 crude oil samples from the onshore and offshore Santa Maria basins. A total of 21 source-related biomarker and stable carbon isotope ratios among the samples were assessed to assure that they were unaffected by secondary processes.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 21 January, 2019
Correlator Article
By Rick Vesco
The salt crust at the Bonneville Salt Flats International Speed Way is eroding. Rick Vesco outlines the efforts to “Save the Salt.”
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 January, 2019
Explorer Historical Highlights
By Jon Gluyas
Little more than a novelty when first discovered, helium has become a key commodity. It is used extensively in medical cryogenics, analytical and lab applications, breathing mixtures, as a lift gas, for arc welding, leak detection and, contrary to popular belief, only a little is used to inflate party balloons. There are few substitutes for helium and so, as its applications have become more common, demand has grown and supply is struggling to match demand.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Added on 01 January, 2019