Going Where the Energy Is

摘要

Iam very excited to be the new AAPG president for 2017-18. Thanks to past presidents and Executive Committees, whose dedicated work we build upon. Welcome to the incoming Executive Committee. It is an honor to serve with this great team of professionals and headquarters staff. In my first column for the AAPG Explorer, I want to lay out strategic goals for the year. I call my overall strategic goal "Going Where the Energy Is," which entails an enhanced focus on petroleum-based content in publications and conferences. Petroleum is our lifeblood. Where oil and gas flow, so do the fortunes of our Members. Our industry and way of life depend on hydrocarbons. We must lead the way to find and produce energy. We must, in the words of Marian Downey, "Think like oil."