Explorer July 2015 Issue: Unconventional Resources

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New AAPG Officers Begin Terms

John Hogg, an AAPG Honorary member and President of Skybattle Resources Ltd. In Calgary, C...

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Discovery Thinking: The Role of Creative Thi...

Integration and creative thinking were recurring themes in ...

Extended Reading

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Canadian Oil Sands Development – The Risks and Rewards

The chief geologist for a Canadian regulatory agency says the group is working to ass...

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New Ways of Evaluating Sweet Spots Take Hold

Unconventional plays in the Permian Basin are nothing new to the shale scene, as the ...

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Come Hungry for Unconventional Fare

There's little that's conventional about this year's UnconventionalResources Technology Conference URTeC), slated this year fo...

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America's On Top – Now What?

Unconventional resources have propelled the United States to the top of the world's energy producers, and the downturn is just...

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The Evolution and Future of Unconventional Oil Plays

Focusing on rocks, learning from others and implementing new technologies were the ke...

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Texans Clash, Compromise Over Hydraulic Fracturing

After the city of Denton, Texas, in the Barnett Shale voted to ban hydraulic fracturi...

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Esteemed AAPG Member Vlasta Dvorakova Passes at 55

Vlastimila 'Vlasta' Dvorakova, a former president of the AAPG Europe Region and an im...

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New AAPG Memoir Sheds Light on Colombian Caribbean Margin

Given the extensive exploration activities of the oil industry along the Caribbean, P...

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HoD Decides: Elected Editor to Remain Elected, Not Appointed Position

The proposal to make AAPG's Elected Editor position an appointed one failed to receiv...

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Latin America Region Name Changed

AAPG members in the Caribbean will now receive special recognition thanks to a bylaws amendment approved at the recent House o...

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'Being Good at Many Things' in AAPG's 99th

99... To most Canadians, the number 99 means one thing; the retired number of arguabl...

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URTeC Embraces the Industry's Emerging Realities

Unconventional resources have changed the exploration and production business and are...

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This Year's Theme: Spreading the Word About DPA

Over the past year as DPA president-elect I considered choosing a theme for my term i...

Edit PF Article 21116 Geophysical Corner

Impedance Inversion: Big Aid In Interpretation

Having first examined the post-stack and prestack methods of seismic impedance invers...

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Proposed Cuts Threaten Research

Congress is talking about science now more than ever – and some of the dialogue is unfavorable. However, attacking science may...

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Encore! A New Case for the Caribbean's Origin

The Caribbean has become a classic locus for unraveling regional paleogeographic evol...

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New Zealand's First AAPG GTW Was A Success

Despite the slashed travel and professional development budgets owing to the ongoing ...

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Denver ACE Allows Foundation Members, Friends to Reconnect

Foundation members and friends had a plethora of ways to mingle and reconnect with fr...

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