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Explorer Article By David Brown

No Certainty, But Not All Is Doom and Gloom

Oil prices ... barreling downward. Natural gas prices ... up in flames. Gasoline prices ... tanking. The year got off to a scary start for the oil and gas industry

Added on 01 February, 2015

Explorer Article

DL Speakers Set Busy Month

January and early February are going to be busy months for AAPG’s Distinguished Lecture program, with several speakers set to make tours.

Added on 01 January, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Giant Fields Offer Big Lessons in Finding Oil

Innumerable geoscientists worldwide are familiar with the AAPG Giant Oil Fields publications. These AAPG members are spearheading the effort to compile “Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade 2000-2010” featuring papers covering fields in areas around the globe.

Added on 01 January, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Where the Action Was: Discovery Highlights

Some highlights from international activity in 2014.

Added on 01 January, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

The Year of Discovery Saw Few Surprises

In international exploration, the new normal is starting to look like the old normal. And 2014 looked a lot like the year before.

Added on 01 January, 2015

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

New LSU Dean Holds High Regard for Geoscience

Yes, you can go home again. Just ask Cynthia B. Peterson, newly appointed dean and first woman of the College of Science, and professor of biochemistry at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where she graduated Magma Cum Laude in 1979 with a bachelor’s in biochemistry.

Added on 01 January, 2015

Explorer Article By Courtney Chadney

'From Prospects to Discoveries'

For anyone looking to learn from the best oil finders in the business and to interact with successful explorers as they share accounts of their greatest discoveries, that opportunity is at hand. Get ready for this year’s editions of the Division of Professional Affairs (DPA) Playmaker Forums.

Added on 01 January, 2015

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

New Institute Eyes Global Water Management

There’s a major scientific initiative evolving in Baton Rouge, La., that is expected to have a positive impact around the globe. It’s the relatively new Water Institute of the Gulf, appropriately located in this city bounded on its western edge by the majestic Mississippi River as it wends its way southward to meet the Gulf of Mexico.

Added on 01 January, 2015

Explorer Emphasis Article By Heather Saucier

Combined Approach Used to Tackle Fracture Monitoring

After many months of harnessing mind-bending ideas, a Houston-based team of engineers, geologists and geophysicists has developed technology to monitor hydraulic fractures from the surface and wellbore simultaneously. Adding multiple dimensions to the monitoring process, they say, allows operators to more clearly understand drainage patterns of hydrocarbons in shale reservoirs and, more importantly, know with greater certainty where to drill the next well, how to optimize completions and maximize asset value.

Added on 01 December, 2014

Explorer Article

The Best of This + The Best of That = Eureka!

Pumps & Pipes brings together the newest technologies from the oil and gas, medical and aerospace professions in Houston to talk about something they all have in common: Problems. More specifically, members talk about problems because someone else in the room – from a completely different discipline and expertise – may already have found an effective solution.

Added on 01 December, 2014

Hunter Stockdale Carr President (2024-2025) Carr Resources, Inc. (903) 597-2336

David Clay Past President (2024-2025) CRA Advisors (713) 417-4937

Bryan Guzman Treasurer (2019-2025) Premier Corex (832) 503-4645

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NOTE: Membership in an affiliated society does not necessarily constitute membership in the AAPG and vice versa.

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