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EMD Blog By Wayne K. Camp

Consider submitting your abstract to one of the EMD-sponsored themes for ACE 2019

Plans are well underway for ACE2019 in San Antonio, Texas, May 19 – 22. I hope you plan to attend and will consider submitting your abstract to one of the EMD-sponsored themes. The Technical Program Committee encourages the submission of high quality abstracts with direct application to our industry. In particular, abstracts that deal with the most compelling and relevant play areas, both domestic and international, are the most desirable. Submission deadline is Oct. 11, 2019

Added on 27 September, 2018

Bulletin Article

Characterization of the natural fracture system of the Eagle Ford Formation (Val Verde County, Texas)

The Eagle Ford Formation has attracted considerable industry attention as a self-sourced unconventional shale reservoir. The productive interval in the Eagle Ford Formation is the transgressive systems tract, which contains parasequences whose lithologic content varies upward with increasing proportions of limestones.

Added on 24 September, 2018

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

AAPG Hackathon: Interview with Patrick Ng and Andrew Munoz

Deep learning for predicting behaviors is becoming indispensable in the oil industry. Understanding the fundamentals and having a hands-on experience with hacking Python code in order to predict reservoir flow was the experience provided by the first AAPG-Halliburton Hackathon, which took place July 19 in Houston. Led by the AAPG’s Deep Learning Technical Interest Group (TIG) and Halliburton, the event attracted more than 120 registrants who were primarily geoscientists, engineers, and data scientists who worked together in teams that competed against each other and were judged by a panel of experts. The hackathon was powered by the OpenEarth® Community and supported by a team of Halliburton experts in Python software, code, ideation, and strategy – as well as by domain experts and judges from the Deep Learning TIG.

Added on 20 September, 2018

Explorer Article By William Houston

A Primer on the House of Delegates

Did you ever wonder what goes on Sunday mornings prior to the opening of every Annual Convention and Exhibition? It is the annual meeting of AAPG’s House of Delegates.

Added on 01 September, 2018

Explorer Foundation Update By Gretchen Flint

Imperial Barrel Award 2019 Competition Registration Opens Soon

Preparations are already under way for one of AAPG’s flagship events, the prestigious 2019 Imperial Barrel Award competition. Registration opens Sept. 14, 2018.

Added on 01 September, 2018

Explorer Director’s Corner By David Curtiss

Some Thoughts on 'Are There Benefits to Climate Change?'

It’s unusual for an article in the EXPLORER to create an online firestorm. But as you can see, if you’ve paged through this issue to the Readers’ Forum, or followed the back and forth on Twitter or reviewed the comments submitted on the EXPLORER webpage, that’s what occurred in response to an article by veteran correspondent Ken Milam entitled, “Are There Benefits to Climate Change?” in last month’s issue.

Added on 01 September, 2018

Explorer Emphasis Article By Ken Milam

Teaching the Teachers

Saudi Aramco’s “G-Camp” offers teachers hand’s-on training in geoscience education.

Added on 01 September, 2018

Bulletin Article

Sediment gravity-flow deposits and three-dimensional stratigraphic architectures of the linked Cutoff, upper Bone Spring, and upper Avalon system, Delaware Basin

The Bone Spring play and associated Avalon sub-play represent a succession of calcareous, siliceous, and carbonaceous sediment gravity-flow deposits associated with significant production of oil, condensate, and dry gas in the Delaware Basin, Texas.

Added on 20 August, 2018

Explorer Division Column EMD By Wayne K. Camp

EMD's Plans for the Future

I am pleased to serve as president of the Energy Minerals Division for 2018-19. My main goals for this year are to provide frequent, easily accessible, relevant, high-quality technical content, and to improve our member engagement and communication with the regions, local societies and other geological associations.

Added on 01 August, 2018

Explorer Article By Ken Milam

Are There Benefits to Climate Change?

News reports and editorials about human- caused climate change are a daily feature of modern life, as politicians, environmental activists and industry leaders grapple over how to mitigate or avert the expected global catastrophe to ensue. Gregory R. Wrightstone takes a different view.

Added on 01 August, 2018

Short Course

Houston, Texas

Friday, 28 April 2023, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

SC 04: Integrating Geophysics into Geologic Carbon Storage Workflows from Scoping to Monitoring

To go through the different stages of a CCS project and discuss which geophysical data/methods are pertinent: workshop format with short presentation and lots of discussion/Q&A

Added on 21 February, 2023

Short Course

Houston, Texas

Friday, 28 April 2023, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

SC 03: The Techniques and Business Aspects of Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage and the CO₂ Storage Resources Management System (SRMS)

As part of the international effort to combat global warming, significant attention is being given to ways to sequester (store for the long-term) carbon dioxide, which is a major contributor to the greenhouse effect. This one-day course will look at some of the ways in which carbon dioxide can be stored and provide a detailed review of the SRMS framework prepared by the Society of Petroleum Engineers to classify and categorize the storage volumes.

Added on 21 February, 2023

Short Course

Houston, Texas

Monday, 24 April 2023, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

SC 01: Fundamentals of Carbon Capture and Storage

This course provides an introduction to Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) utilizing concepts related to oil and gas geoscience and reservoir engineering.

Added on 17 February, 2023

Short Course

Houston, Texas

Monday, 24 April 2023, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

SC 02: Energy Transition for Subsurface Geoscientists and Engineers

There is growing recognition that a new energy paradigm is needed to curb the buildup of anthropogenic CO2 emissions in the atmosphere. This course is designed to help subsurface geoscience and engineering professionals position themselves for the impending energy transition.

Added on 17 February, 2023

Field Seminar

Houston, Texas

Monday, 24 April 2023, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

A Journey Through a Carbon Capture Focused Core Analysis Program

This course will explore the best techniques and workflows when approaching a whole core analysis program where the end goal is to mitigate risk associated with any carbon monoxide/dioxide injection project. The program will be broken up into the following categories all focused specifically on CCUS injection and confining zones.

Added on 08 February, 2023