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Explorer President’s Column By Robbie Gries

We had a fantastic AAPG Property and Prospect Expo in Houston in August. Geologists were aggressively making deals left and right, and I had several e-mails before I got back to Denver telling me of prospects sold and bought.

Added on 01 October, 2001

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Destin Dome Has New Objectives

It's been through the best of times, the worst of times and the most uncertain of times. Amazingly, Destin Dome is still a big, tantalizing part of the industry's GOM strategy.

Added on 01 October, 2001

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

Unique Deal Grows Company

The Gulf of Mexico is the only focus for Houston-based Spinnaker Exploration, which was founded in 1996 with the mission to explore the Gulf using vast, regional 3-D seismic data sets.

Added on 01 October, 2001

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

New Turn Takes Company to Gulf

Nexen Petroleum USA took a different road to the Gulf of Mexico.

Added on 01 October, 2001

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Market Value? Who's Market Value?

Seismic fees in Louisiana continue to be a thorny issue that keeps the administration and oil and gas interests at odds with one another on an ongoing basis.

Added on 01 October, 2001

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

Incentives to Sweeten the Deep Deal

The deep water Gulf of Mexico will continue to be the premier exploration province in the United States for years to come -- but the deep water is not the Gulf's only prospective region.

Added on 01 October, 2001

Explorer Emphasis Article By Kathy Shirley

Gulf Tops OCS Sale Schedule

The Minerals Management Service has once again set a new five-year outer continental shelf leasing program and -- surprise, surprise -- the Gulf of Mexico remains the jewel in the U.S. offshore crown.

Added on 01 October, 2001

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

New Technologies Reducing Risk

There was a virtual smorgasbord of invaluable information disseminated to the SRO audience during the Dealmakers segment of the recent, highly-successful AAPG Prospect and Property Expo (APPEX) meeting in Houston. Presentations covered a plethora of topics, including capital sourcing, A&D market conditions, establishing a toehold overseas and more.

Added on 01 October, 2001

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

Research Takes Practical Turn

Life was fairly predictable prior to 1973, Texas State Geologist Scott Tinker noted during a 'power lunch' presentation at the recent APPEX event. Then the Arab oil embargo hit, triggering the first major energy price spike.

Added on 01 October, 2001

Explorer Article By Louise Durham

APPEX a Big Hit With Explorers

AAPG's inaugural Prospect and Property Exposition(APPEX) proves to be a huge hit -- and sequels already are planned.

Added on 01 October, 2001

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Explorer Geophysical Corner By Kenneth Bredesen,Kurt Marfurt,Ritesh Sharma,Satinder Chopra

Impact of Reprocessing Seismic Data

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?

Added on 01 December, 2023

Explorer Historical Highlights By Jorge Navarro Comet

Casablanca: Spain's Biggest Oil Field

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.

Added on 01 March, 2019

Explorer Article By J.K. Dietrich

Natural Increase of Oil Column Buoyancy and the Instability of Caprock Seals

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.

Added on 08 May, 2024

Explorer Director’s Corner By David Curtiss

Introducing the New EXPLORER, New Digital Newsletters

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.

Added on 01 April, 2024

Explorer Article By Barry Friedman

US Energy Forecast: Even Cloudier Than Usual

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.

Added on 04 June, 2024

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