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November 2000

AAPG Executive Director Interviewed On Energy News Live Premiere

Rick Fritz (left), Executive Director of AAPG, talks with anchor man Jay Rickerts during the debut of Energy News Live Webcast, a subsidiary of Williams Cos. Inc.

Are Dust Gusts Killing the Corals?

Actually the question should be "What is killing?" and the answer is a dirty little surprise.

Statistics Tell a Louisiana Story

The oil patch is a happening place these days -- and a lot of the activity is directed toward acquisitions, mergers, downsizing and the like.

Rolling the Dice on Marginal Fields

How much is enough? That's a question oil companies must ask themselves every time they make a discovery -- and there are no easy answers. Many factors are considered when firms determine if a discovery is commercial, and often fields just don't make the cut -- leaving countless millions of barrels of oil untapped all over the world.

AAPG Mentors Are Lending a Hand

AAPG's mentor program is off and running, helping newcomers to learn how to be better geologists and helping old pros by giving them a chance to talk.

Study Quantifies Earthquake Costs

A new government study attempts to quantify and define the potential extent of U.S. earthquake damage.

West Kerns Oil Heritage Lives On

Kern Museum: One-time oil camp resident tries to restore "home" for posterity.

President-Elect 2001-2002 (President 2002-2003)

Read the DEG's qualified candidates and why they accepted the invitation to be a candidate.

Web Site Up-to-Date on Delegates

Do you know who your AAPG House of Delegates representatives are? The answer is on the Web site.

Members Can Give a Gift of Digits

A Baylor alumnus a little over a year ago wanted students at his alma mater to have a full, online subscription to the AAPG and SEPM publications archive on the Internet, so he asked AAPG/Datapages to establish a price schedule for university libraries.

AAPG Offers 'Lake Basins' Studies

A new publication that examines deals with the interest in and the importance of lacustrine environments of deposition has been released by AAPG.

Emphasis: e-Commerce

Internet Commerce Is an AAPG Reality

eBusiness. We have it, and you can use it to have instant purchasing power with AAPG.

Geologists Feel the Early Tremors

Bill Osten occupies a front-row seat in the Internet revolution.

E-Commerce Begins to E-Plode

E-commerce on the Internet may not revolutionize the petroleum industry, but it's already changing the way the industry does business.

Standing Columns

Geophysical Corner

Finding Limits Of 3-D Seismic

This month's column is titled "Crooks Gap Field; Limitations of 3-D Seismic Interpretation."

Foundation Update

Environmental Grant Sponsored

Contributions are being sought for creation of a new AAPG Foundation environmental grant that would honor one of the founding forces for the Division of Environmental Geosciences.

Wildcat Recollections Column

Finding is Easy; Profits Prove Hard

Modern hydrocarbon exploration began in Mozambique in 1948, when Gulf Oil was awarded an onshore concession covering much of the southern half of the country.

November 2000

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Emphasis: e-Commerce

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