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Fall Education Conference 2014

We are just a few months out from the 2014 AAPG Fall Education Conference (FEC). This years FEC will be bringing together new technologies, techniques, and lessons learned to offer four great days of geosciencetraining to enhance and advance your career.

Added on 11 August, 2014

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

Unconventionals Update

Learn about the latest technologies being successfully applied in the main unconventional plays, and how the knowledge can be applied to other plays. Presentations to cover geochemical profiling, integrated 3D seismic, fracture characterization, geomechanics, reservoir architecture, pore evaluations, diagenesis, pore pressure, brittleness, and more.

Added on 07 August, 2014

Explorer Policy Watch By Edith Allison

Employment Pipeline Eyed By Policymakers

Over the course of four months the House Natural Resources Committee, chaired by Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), or its Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, chaired by Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), hosted seven hearings celebrating energy education and employment.

Added on 01 August, 2014

Explorer Emphasis Article By Brian Ervin

Online pilot course takes off

Thanks to a $48,000 grant from the AAPG Foundation, 17 teachers from across the country recently completed an online pilot course on “Teaching Earth Science at the High School Level,” which is expected to expand to help meet a growing national need in geoscience education.

Added on 01 August, 2014

Explorer Emphasis Article By Barry Friedman

Student Expos See Exponential Growth

It made sense. You bring together members of the industry, academia, students and, of course, AAPG, in hopes of ensuring a brighter, more secure future for the profession. That was the plan and the philosophy behind the AAPG-SEG Student Expo. And it worked.

Added on 01 August, 2014

Explorer Article By Marlan Downey

Downey: Thinking Like Oil

I would like to suggest that far too much of the technical work purporting to guide exploration for petroleum is trivial, redundant and has little of use to offer toward finding new oil and gas accumulations. All geology is interesting; some geologic work is novel; damn little of the work we see is useful in finding new oil and gas fields!

Added on 01 August, 2014

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

Granite Wash and Pennsylvanian Sand Forum

This forum is an intensive one-day review by experts of the latest findings regarding the productive extent and producibility in the Granite Wash of Oklahoma and Texas, along with Pennsylvanian sand-producing horizons.

Added on 23 July, 2014

Explorer Division Column DPA By Rick Fritz

Season Premiere: A New Theme for DPA

During my term as DPA president this year our theme will be “Culture of Greatness.” This may sound arrogant, but I think it is important to recognize and promote the culture of professionalism and discovery that has provided cheap energy for mankind for more than 100 years.

Added on 01 July, 2014

Explorer ProTracks By Meredith Faber

YP Membership, Activities Are Booming

The Southwest Section (SWS) Young Professionals (YPs) have had a great start to 2014.

Added on 01 July, 2014

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Global Spotlight Shines On Emerging Shale Plays

This year, URTeC has added an enhanced preview of “Coming Attractions.” In addition to looking at established plays, URTeC will provide significant information about emerging unconventional resource possibilities in North America and around the world.

Added on 01 July, 2014

Workshop

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tuesday, 18 February – Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

AAPG Orphan, Abandoned, Idle, and Marginal Wells Conference

Join us for AAPG Orphan, Abandoned, Idle and Marginal Wells Conference 2025. This workshop will focus on orphan, abandoned, idle, and marginal wells and the business opportunities and technology associated with plugging and repurposing wells, reducing methane emissions, protecting water supplies, and extending the lives of marginal wells.

Added on 16 October, 2024

Nathan Alan Randolph President (2023-2025) Pablo Energy II, LLC (806) 350-3493

Jamie Ann Woolsey Past President (2023-2025) PQ GeoConsulting (479) 650-5067

John A. Brett, III Vice President (2023-2025) Brett Exploration, LLC (405) 620-3000

Tara Lynn Benda Secretary (2023-2025) Equus Energy Partners (918) 513-1854

Molly Turko Treasurer (2023-2025) Devon Energy (405) 596-2847

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