Explorer October 2012 Issue: Gulf Coast

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Welte to Receive Sidney Powers Award

Famed 3-D modeling researcher Dietrich Welte and past AAPG ...

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E&P Plans? Variables Are Being Dealt

Jokers may be wild: Trying to predict what lies ahead for t...

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Caribbean Targeted for Study of Potential

The Caribbean Basins Tectonics Hydrocarbon project is now i...

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Extended Reading

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GoM Exhibits Staying Power

Technology might be the biggest story in the Gulf of Mexico and the strategic importance of the area may remain for years ahead.

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Technology, Regulation Changes Boost Wilcox Play

Back for more: Operators found new success when they took another look at Louisiana&r...

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Eagle Ford, Meet Marcellus

Closest of trends: Geoscientists experienced a huge “aha!” moment that started with the realization that Pennsylva...

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Nuisance Zone Becomes Oil Target

Nuisance? For a long time the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale was considered an irritating target for drillers – but time and economic...

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TOTY Online Nominations Process Streamlined

The Foundation website has launched an Application Wizard to facilitate the...

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What Is AAPG Worth to the World?

What is the value of the petroleum industry’s professional associations – like AAPG – to society at large?

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Listen – Here's a Way to Make a Difference

I am writing this column high above the U.S. midcontinent, the setting sun throwing l...

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DPA Plans 'Play Maker' Forum

DPA can play an important role in developing the professionalism required to generate prospects, discoveries and exploration w...

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An 'Elastic Impedance' Approach

A detailed investigation of seismic amplitudes can yield information pertaining to lithological variation in subsurface sedime...

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AAPG Member Named GEO-DC Director

Consulting geologist and AAPG member Edith C. “Edie” Allison has been named director of the AAPG Geoscience and En...

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Geology Was Factor In Frontier Texas Life

Most papers about the history of geology concern evolution of concepts or sequences o...

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Middle East Region Sets GTW Lineup

In an effort to continue serving the geosciences community in the Middle East, AAPG Middle East Region will be offering a numb...

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Foundation Contributions Continue to Show Growth

Contributions to the AAPG Foundation are up 58 percent over this time last year, with...

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