By Ted Beaumont
In North America onshore, the resource play has caused a dramatic shift in the exploration objectives of many, if not most, independent and major petroleum companies.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
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1957
Explorer President’s Column
01 July, 2012
By David Curtiss
No matter where I travel and talk with AAPG members there are two topics that I’m certain will come up in conversation: First the price of natural gas and second the role of shale gas in driving this price.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
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1962
Explorer Director’s Corner
01 July, 2012
By Charles Sternbach
It is a great privilege for me to serve AAPG as Division of Professional Affairs president this year.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
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1963
Explorer Division Column DPA
01 July, 2012
By Satinder Chopra
Differential compaction has been used by seismic interpreters to map features of exploration interest, such as carbonate build-ups, fans and fluvial channels.
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1968
Explorer Geophysical Corner
01 July, 2012
By Larry Nation
When the appellation was declared by Tulsa, it was a boomtown in Indian Territory fast growing into a city with an entrepreneurial excitement fueled by some massive oil fields nearby. And the title was up for grabs.
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1951
Explorer Historical Highlights
01 July, 2012
By Natalie Adams
AAPG member Grant Wach, petroleum geoscience professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, has been named the inaugural winner of the AAPG Foundation’s Professorial Award recipient.
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1969
Explorer Foundation Update
01 July, 2012