Minnesota

This talk examines the principles of common morality that underlie written ethics codes including the differences between statements of rules that must be complied with and aspirational statements, the procedure for determining if a violation of a rule is justified, and case histories of common ethical issues in geoscience practice. This talk is intended as an introduction to geoscience ethics.

Update and expand your ability to analyze the economics of projects or existing production. This short courses offers you the opportunity to better understand the principles of petroleum economics; including the value of money, quantifying financial risks in petroleum investments, rates of return, forecasting cash flows and the fundamentals of capital budgeting.

February proves itself the busiest month of the year for AAPG’s Distinguished Lecture program, with seven speakers – five domestic and two international – set to be on speaking tours. The tours involve stops at 40 cities in North America and at least 12 stops throughout Europe and Asia. Some tours continue into early March.

Ken Vogel made his career change voluntarily -- but the instability in the oil industry certainly was a factor when he decided to move into the field of environmental geology.

Science and business are the themes for the Rocky Mountain Natural Gas 2004 energy summit — this year's annual Rocky Mountain Section meeting — which will be held Aug. 9-11 at Denver's Colorado Convention Center.