A Convention Highlight

The Michel T. Halbouty Lecturer Program supports an annual lecture given at the AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition. The subject covers wildcat exploration in any part of the world—especially in areas where major discoveries might contribute significantly to petroleum reserves—or space exploration where astrogeological knowledge would further mankind’s ability to develop resources on earth and in our solar system..

Past Lecturers

Through the years, convention attendees have be honored with lectures from the industry’s best and brightest.

Year	Lecturer	Topic
2018	William D. Armstrong	Discovery of the Pikka Field on the North Slope of Alaska
2017	David W. Beaty	Resource Exploration on Mars Applying the Lessons from Earth
2016	Tim Dodson	Bay du Nord: A Bold Chase for Oil in a Harsh Frontier Basin
2015	Thomas S. Ahlbrandt	From Petroleum Scarcity to Abundance: Opportunities and Implications for the U.S. and World
2014	Carlos A. Dengo	Transcending Geoscience Paradigms for Exploration Opportunity Growth.
2013	Jeff Ventura	Range’s Path to Discovery and Commercialization of the Marcellus Shale—the Largest Producing Gas Field in the U.S.
2012	John Grotzinger	Mars Science Laboratory Rover Mission: The Search for Source Rocks
2011	David Lawrence	The Next Era of Exploration
2010	Aubrey K. McClendon	Shale Gas and America’s Energy Future
2009	Guilherme de Oliveira Estrella	Breaking Paradigms: Giant Discoveries in Brazil
2008	Ray L. Hunt	Distinguishing Successful Wildcatters: How Your Company Can Be Among the Best
2007	Kurt Rudolph	Current Exploration Trends: Prudent Investments or Irrational Exuberance
2006	Harrison Schmitt	Wildcatting the Moon
2005	John Robbins	In Depth look of the Discovery of the Buzzard Field
2004	Brian Maxted	Exploration Perspectives and Paradigms -- Finding Oil in the Future
2003	W.J. "Bill" Barrett and Peter Dea	Rocky Mountain Monumental Gas Discoveries -- ROCKS AND ROLES -- Five Decades of Talent, Mentors, Old and New Breed of Leadership and Entrepreneurship
2002	David Rainey	Changing the Game in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico: The Road to Crazy Horse and Beyond
2001	Carolyn Shoemaker	Through a Crystal Ball

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