Explorer February 2001 Issue

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What Is It That We Can Control?

Instead of continuous verbal jousting, the global climate d...

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A Challenging Teacher

John McKinney, an eighth grade earth science teacher at Castle Rock Middle School in Castl...

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Spindletop: Pivotal for Humankind

A century of oil-driven energy was celebrated in early Janu...

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One Day That Shook the World

About 100 years ago a self-taught Texas geologist named Pattillo Higgins had a vision of t...

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Deep Mix A Stimulating Thought

Gee, it just reeks of Old Economy, and yet folks these days are clamoring for it at whatever price the market dictates.

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Angola Hottest of the Hot Offshore

West Africa continues to be a hot exploration province--and recent regional deep water discoveries there rank among the world'...

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New Memoir Examines Hot Margin Play

A new publication that studies an area that is among the world's hottest exploration targets has been released by AAPG.

Edit PF Article 20634 Business Side of Geology

Whoever Took 'Estimating 101?'

Finding opportunities is the fun part of the exploration business, the value-adding part. It involves new geography, new geolo...

Edit PF Article 20657 Wildcat Recollections

Santos Finds Took Some Time

Shell Oil's Pecten explored on 23 risk contract blocks in nine onshore and offshore basins in Brazil from 1976 to 1990. A tota...

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