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From the Editor- May 2019
Muscle Replaced Guile Problem solving approaches evolve and solutions usually get simpler and easier. For years, geologists saw petroleum shows on mudlogs and samples from low permeability intervals. But these zones would not flow in the way common saturated porous and permeable...
From the President- May 2019
Passion and Persistence Very early in my career, as the Oil and Gas Industry was just emerging from a depression in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an older co-worker gave me some advice: save your money, because the industry is cyclical. That was very good advice. But there...
From the Editor- April 2019
Information EverywhereWe just finished a busy month, filled with several HGS and other programs. March began with the initial HGS Subsurface Intelligence and Analytics Applied Geoscience Conference. The growing awareness of machine applications which can provide fresh ways to...
From the President- April 2019
Doing more, faster, with fewer people, and the job outlook for careers in geology It seems that not a day goes by that there isn’t a report of some new machine assuming tasks formerly performed by people. General news often reports new automation on manufacturing assembly lines or...
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