AAPG GEO-DC Blog

Director
AAPG Geoscience Energy Office (GEO-DC)
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists is seeking a director of its Geoscience and Energy Office in Washington, D.C. area (GEO-DC).

Applicants must have industry experience; a geoscience degree is preferred along with a strong familiarity with the geoscience community through active society participation. In addition, demonstrated outstanding written, verbal, and management skills are required.

The GEO-DC office is the focus for AAPG’s government affairs program, working actively with AAPG members, sister societies, Congress, and federal and international agencies to bring good science into the decision-making process of public policy.

The GEO-DC Director will monitor and analyze legislation and policy developments affecting the geosciences, and work with AAPG …

The January edition of Washington Watch is now available online.

Erin Riley Camp takes a look at the issue of hydraulic fracturing, and the many ongoing studies being conducted on the safety of the practice.  Camp, who holds a B.A. in Geology from Amherst College, completed her assignment  as the AGI/AAPG Government Affairs Program fall intern in December.  She plans to pursue graduate studies in energy.

AAPG and AGI jointly fund the spring and fall Government Affairs Program internships.  AIPG and AGI jointly fund three summer interns.  Application instructions for both the summer and fall internship programs are now available online.  The deadlines are March 15 and April 15 respectively.

The October edition of Washington Watch is now available online.

As Peter MacKenzie, chairman of the AAPG GEO-DC Governance Board, explains, “[A]s geoscientists, we are uniquely qualified to be a part of the conversation of a plethora of public issues. Science, education, energy, environment and the economy are important to us. Find ways to share that knowledge with your community and its leaders.”

That’s at the heart of AAPG’s purpose in having an office in Washington, D.C.  Join us and participate in the process.

At the end of September the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Enforcement (BOEMRE) will be replaced by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).

Earlier this week BOEMRE Director Michael Bromwich announced the appointment of senior managers who will be guiding these new bureaus.  And today, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that Michael Bromwich will lead BSEE until a permanent Director is hired and Tommy P. Beaudreau will lead BOEM.

“We have moved quickly and thoughtfully to create strong and separate agencies to manage offshore energy development, collect energy revenues, and to oversee safety and environmental protection on the Outer Continental Shelf,” …