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Past, but not forgotten: For more than years the untapped 14 potential of Canada’s East Georges Bank Basin has tantalized explorationists – and its day of truth is getting closer.

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Drink up: Resource plays have uncorked an abundance of new opportunities, and almost all of them demand geologists be familiar with the “Sideways” approach. (Hint: Here a lateral move isn’t a bad thing.)

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Gas shales have advanced to an economic gas play since the year 2000 thanks to a combination of high gas prices, shale reservoir characterization and advances in drilling and completion technology.

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Bye, bye drilling ban, hello offshore exploration activities. The question is, where is the best U.S. offshore potential?

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 There is just something special about the Olympics – something that makes you want to be there and be a witness to the event. 

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On the road again – AAPG’s 2008-09 Distinguished Lecture program gets off to a fast start this month with the announcement of 10 domestic speakers.

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Who knows? It’s a safe bet that carbon sequestration has a big future, but how that’s going to occur remains a gamble.

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Explorer Regions and Sections

A team of five graduate students representing the School of Geology and Geophysics at University of Oklahoma rose to the top level and won first place in the second annual IBA competition – but the 2008 AAPG Imperial Barrel Award program produced winners on all levels.

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Each year billions of dollars worth of valuable geoscience data necessary for research and exploration are lost, disposed of or destroyed.

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Second verse, same as the first: Headlines earlier this year proclaimed the Marcellus Shale as the year's most surprising play. Today the surprise is gone – but the play is getting hotter still.

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