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Events Blog By Grant Smith

Share Your Knowledge to Advance Arctic Energy Resources

On behalf of the conference Program Committee, the OTC Board of Directors, and the OTC sponsoring organizations, we invite you to submit a paper proposal for the Arctic Technology Conference, an OTC event. The conference is returning to Houston, a key energy hub, on 5–7 November 2018.

Added on 20 February, 2018

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

Interview with Richard Chuchla: Innovators in Energy Education

Innovative graduate programs prepare students to be flexible professionals who possess strong technical backgrounds, as well as the ability to think critically from a number of disciplinary perspectives. Welcome to an interview with Richard Chuchla, Director of the Energy and Earth Resources graduate program at the University of Texas.

Added on 13 February, 2018

wwwUpdate Blog

Submit your abstracts by March 1, 2018

Expand your horizons - submit your abstracts today for this year's Southwest Section Annual Convention in El Paso, Texas.

Added on 08 February, 2018

Events Blog By Grant Smith

Speaker Announced for ACE 2018 Luncheon

Dr. Carlee Beth Hawkins is set to speak at ACE Luncheon – Unconscious Bias. The luncheon will be taking place Wednesday, 23 May at 11:30 a.m. in the Salt Palace Convention Center. Join your colleagues, enjoy a great meal, and learn more about the role of unconscious bias in the workplace and the challenges it poses to developing a workforce.

Added on 08 February, 2018

Delegates Voice Article By Dan Billman,David Entzminger

Urgent HoD Update: Seating of Delegates at the Annual Meeting

ACE 2018 will mark a change in Delegate seating. The House leadership wants to ensure every society/Region has full representation, and we want to follow our bylaws.

Added on 06 February, 2018

Explorer Article By Ken Milam

Experimenting with Gas Cycling for EOR

Core Laboratories’ experiments with engineered gas injection show tremendous promise for enhanced oil recovery, but will it work in the field?

Added on 01 February, 2018

Learn! Blog By Susan Nash

All About Fractures: Interview with John Lorenz and Scott Cooper

Understanding fractures and fracture networks has become one of the most important elements in designing completions and stimulations in shales, as well as in the case of carbonates and clastics. Welcome to an interview with two renowned experts in fractures, John Lorenz and Scott Cooper, who have just published a groundbreaking Atlas of Natural and Induced Fractures in Core with AAPG. They will also run their popular short course at URTeC this year.

Added on 22 January, 2018

wwwUpdate Blog

Registration Deadline Approaching for the 2018 Bill Hailey Memorial Short Course

The Bill Hailey Memorial Short Course returns to Abilene, Texas on Jan. 29 and Fort Worth on Jan. 30. Registration is FREE to all AAPG Southwest Section Members (stipulations apply).

Added on 05 January, 2018

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

Mexico's Sureste Basin

The resurgence of the Permian Basin in the United States led directly to the concept of the “super basin”: a mature basin that can be rejuvenated to produce as much or more oil and gas than it has so far. Another archetype for super basins lies 1,000 miles southeast of the Permian, in the onshore/offshore Sureste Basin of Mexico.

Added on 01 January, 2018

Explorer Emphasis Article By David Brown

The Imminent Age of the Super Basin

Can super basins save the planet? IHS Markit, the international industry analysis firm, estimates the world will need to replace production of more than 14.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent annually by the year 2040.

Added on 01 January, 2018