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Explorer Regions and Sections By Carol McGowen

A team of five graduate students representing the School of Geology and Geophysics at University of Oklahoma rose to the top level and won first place in the second annual IBA competition – but the 2008 AAPG Imperial Barrel Award program produced winners on all levels.

Added on 01 July, 2008

Explorer Article By Gretchen Gillis

AAPG to Sponsor Women's Confab

AAPG will sponsor this year’s Women’s Global Leadership Conference in Energy and Technology (WGLC) – a decision that came easily for all of us to make.

Added on 01 July, 2008

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Marcellus Making East Coast Buzz

Second verse, same as the first: Headlines earlier this year proclaimed the Marcellus Shale as the year's most surprising play. Today the surprise is gone – but the play is getting hotter still.

Added on 01 July, 2008

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Louisiana Play a 'Company Maker'?

A brand new day: Louisiana's new Haynesville Shale play is being touted as the harbinger of what may open an untapped region to prolific gas production.

Added on 01 July, 2008

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Big Potential Boosts the Woodford

What makes the Woodford shale play work? Hundreds of wells are about to be drilled to determine if the play is a bust or the next Barnett.

Added on 01 July, 2008

Explorer Emphasis Article By Louise Durham

Prices, Technology Make Shales Hot

In case you missed the news, shale plays are hot right now – and a quick look at U.S. shale activity trends is a revealing, dramatic story.

Added on 01 July, 2008

Explorer Article By Larry Nation

EMD: Coal Research Needed

Yes, there might be 250- 300 years worth of coal reserves in the United States as noted in a 1974 study – but new findings show the reality is that only a percentage of that coal is a viable resource, Robert B. Finkelman said during his talk at the Energy Minerals Division’s luncheon during the recent AAPG convention in San Antonio.

Added on 01 June, 2008

Explorer Article By Larry Nation

DPA: Rules.'Don’t Break 'em'

Citing the need for more energy resources, Texas Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones told the Division of Professional Affairs luncheon attendees there’s a lot of potential still untapped.

Added on 01 June, 2008

Explorer Article

Halbouty Lecturer Pulls Examples from Life Experiences

Veteran oilman Ray L. Hunt, in starting his talk as this year’s Michel T. Halbouty lecturer, suggested that he had only a few brief prepared remarks and that perhaps he’d be able to field a few questions from the large crowd that gathered for the late afternoon session in San Antonio.

Added on 01 June, 2008

Explorer Article By Barry Friedman

GOM A Big Player in 'Shell Game'

Tyler Priest believes to understand the history of offshore exploration in the United States, you have to understand the story of Shell in the Gulf of Mexico.

Added on 01 June, 2008

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

The House of Delegates of the AAPG is made up of delegates from affiliated societies and international regions throughout the world. They are selected by popular vote from within their respective areas and serve a three year term.

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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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