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An energy blueprint for the next 50 years in the Pacific Rim is now available in DVD format from the AAPG Bookstore.

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The program is being finalized, but the time to start preparing for the year's premier international meeting is now.

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Explorer Emphasis Article

New kids on the block: International players have discovered the joys — and potential for success — of doing seismic in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Explorer Regions and Sections

Petroleum geology in Mexico will be celebrating 100 years in 2004 — and a perfect way to celebrate it is with this year's international technical conference and exhibition, jointly sponsored by the Mexican Association of Petroleum Geologists and AAPG, in the strikingly beautiful resort of Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

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Explorer Division Column EMD

The Energy Minerals Division's technical program for the annual meeting in Dallas April 18-21 brings the latest research findings and up-to-date information on commodities and topics of EMD interest.

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Explorer Director’s Corner

We are starting our busy time of year for AAPG

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Speaking of changes: Jack Thomas, AAPG's geoscience director since 2002, announces his retirement, effective later this year.

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It's not just for U.S. companies anymore: Count Australian firms among those international players who are discovering the joys of exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.

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'Look West Young Man' comes to mind as many turn their gaze from West Africa and its exciting discoveries, to the potential in Central and South America, and the Caribbean.

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Overall, the U.S. Geological Survey results of Central and South America show that four offshore total petroleum systems are estimated to contain more than a mean three billion barrels of undiscovered oil, including systems in the Guyana-Suriname, Campos, Santos and Falklands Plateau.

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A new type of buoyancy model can be used to understand the source of residual oil zones, both thick and thin, to help determine the likelihood that economically viable recoverable oil resides in transition zones of imbibition reservoirs. Application of a buoyancy and breech model will fill a void in reservoir characterization. It will help distinguish between TZs and ROZs, the first of which allows application of primary and secondary (waterflooding) oil recovery methods and the second of which requires more difficult CO2-enhanced oil recovery projects.

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Explorer Geophysical Corner

Advancements in processing and imaging techniques have continued over the last several decades, which have gradually improved the quality of the processed surface seismic data. When the quality of the existing seismic data is not adequate to perform an interpretation task reasonably, then the interpreter looks for other options. Is it feasible to acquire a new survey? In the absence of an improved survey, will reprocessing of seismic data be a good option?

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Explorer Director’s Corner

Perhaps you did a double take pulling the April issue of EXPLORER from the mailbox. What is this? If you joined AAPG in the last 40 years, you’ve only known EXPLORER in its long-standing tabloid format. It worked well for many years as our advertisers – particularly seismic companies – loved the large format and the ability to display their data on a sweeping canvas. For readers, it was a little more awkward.

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It isn’t news to anyone that prediction is difficult, especially when it’s the future (as a great man once said). Uncertainty and unpredictability are just a part of the job of tracking and predicting the future supply and demand of energy. That being the case, when energy analysts say that the current level of uncertainty is particularly high, it might be easy to dismiss it as a “dog bites man” story. It isn’t.

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Explorer Historical Highlights

The Casablanca oil field, discovered in 1975 and located on the Mediterranean shelf edge, has been greatly significant in the world’s offshore oil industry activity, besides being by far the biggest oil field in Spain.

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