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Explorer August 2023 Issue

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Call for Abstracts Open

Submission Deadline: 25 October 2023

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Examining Mountains with Microscopes

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17–19 June 2024 | Houston, Texas

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'The Greatest Balancing Act'

Nosa Omorodion is adamant that a single-minded focus on hydrocarbons should not be the mod...

Extended Reading

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AAPG/GESGB Business & Exploration Opportunities Show

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Are We in a Worldwide Water Crisis?

Working to resolve current water shortages without looking at future conditions is like trying to fill a bathtub by only looki...

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22–23 May 2024 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Which Are the Best Shale Plays in the U.S.?

What are the highest-ranked shale oil plays in the United States? Here’s an eas...

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7–9 February 2024 | Houston, Texas

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Phase Decomposition Applications as a Reconnaissance Tool

In the February 2022 installment of Geophysical Corner, we discussed phase decomposit...

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12–14 February 2024 | Dhahran

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How to Hunt for Giants

In 15 chapters across 455 pages, AAPG Memoir 125: “Giant Fields of the Decade: 2010-2020” is a masterpiece that de...

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6–9 May 2024 | Houston, Texas

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Willy Bruderer: A Swiss Geologist's Role in the Discovery of Three Sup...

Switzerland has probably given the world more adventurers than watchmakers. One of th...

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OTC Brasil 2023

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Announcing the Foundation's Weeks Medal, Chairman's Award Winners

Two dynamic and dedicated leaders who helped guide the AAPG Foundation during importa...

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AAPG's Annual Convention, By Any Other Name

Historically, AAPG’s Annual Convention and Exhibition has been the principal op...

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EMD: The X-Files and X-Games of AAPG

The heart and soul of AAPG is exploration. We are here because we are seekers and – if we are lucky – finders. We are not here...

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Evolve or Go Extinct

Recently I have been reading up on the latest insights into human evolution. Wow. Forget what you learned in school – our unde...