By Charles Sternbach
Helping all our members add to the global energy supply is AAPG’s prime goal and will be for a very long time. Research shows that we have underestimated petroleum systems. Combine that with our ever-improving ability to extract energy sources from nano-scale spaces, and we have an energy revolution.
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Explorer President’s Column
01 August, 2017
By David Curtiss
Earlier last month I opened the 2015 biography of Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance and spent the weekend learning about this visionary and controversial polymath and entrepreneur.
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Explorer Director’s Corner
01 August, 2017
By Doug Wyatt
The Energy Minerals Division has a very large role, mission and opportunity across global energy-related topics, internally within AAPG and externally through meaningful technical reports, scientific papers, workshops, seminars, field trips and our day-to-day personal and professional interactions.
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Explorer Division Column EMD
01 August, 2017
By Satinder Chopra, Ritesh Sharma
During the last decade, as the shale resource characterization has come to the fore, the term “brittleness” has become a buzzword.
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Explorer Geophysical Corner
01 August, 2017
By S. George Pemberton, Erin Pemberton
The early history of the oil industry in North America is populated by people who took risks and challenged the norms. John J. Carter was such a man.
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Explorer Historical Highlights
01 August, 2017
By Robynn Dicks, Ryan Lemiski
Beginning with the 2017–18 fiscal year, the new YP SIG leadership team comprises co-chairs Robynn Dicks and Ryan Lemiski, vice-chairs Maxim Kotenev and Juan Carlos Quinto, AAPG Programs Team Lead Susie Nolan and AAPG President-elect Denise Cox.
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Explorer ProTracks
01 August, 2017
By Tamra Campbell
John Amoruso, a longtime, legendary giant of both AAPG and the AAPG Foundation, has stepped down from his position as a Foundation trustee after having served in that capacity for more than three decades.
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Explorer Foundation Update
01 August, 2017