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February 1999

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Norman H. Foster, the recently announced winner of AAPG's Sidney Powers Memorial Medal for 1999, died in Denver on New Years Day following a lengthy and courageous battle against cancer. He was 64.

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A paradox exists within the industry. People are being laid off now when there is a looming shortage of experienced people on the horizon. Despite the fact that expert economists are urging corporate leadership in America to identify creative talent and bind it into the company for the future, people are being let go.

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Emphasis: Seismic Review

 

For geophysical contractors, typically the first group deployed in a new region for exploration, the 1990s have demanded a keen environmental awareness.

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A new study by geoscientists at the University of Texas at Austin gives explorers fresh insight into the depositional history of the Gulf of Mexico -- and it also confirms that the Gulf remains one of the world's great exploration provinces.

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The legalities of seismic activity in Louisiana are about as murky as the state's ubiquitous bayou waters. Indeed, to say the Mineral Code fails to adequately address the myriad issues indigenous to modern-day 3-D seismic operations there is at best an understatement.

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Despite the low oil prices and some dire predictions for the next few years, the mood among officials in the geophysical industry is cautiously positive.

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Environmental geology continues to be the number one strength reported by North American college and university geoscience departments -- but employment trends suggest a significant change may be looming.
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The December hypothetical ethics question dealt with what to do when a report has been altered.

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Geophysical Corner

Borehole gravity is a density logging method that has been available for over 30 years -- yet today it is a seldom-used technique, even though there are numerous published case studies that demonstrate its value.

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