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A Message from EMD's President
Douglas G. Patchen, President
Welcome to the public area portion of the Energy Minerals Division’s website. This public area will provide you with some basic information about the Division, including who we are and how you can become a member or a certified coal geologist; current EMD publications; information for students and research grant applications; job opportunities; affiliated societies in the six AAPG domestic sections and international regions; and how to contact us.
This public area also includes introductory information on each of EMD’s technical fields. However, the members-only area of this website contains more detailed information on the technical fields, such as technical articles, reference lists and web links, and additional information on our Division, such as our Bylaws and procedures manual, EMD articles from previous issues of the Explorer, past newsletters, minutes of business meeting, reports from our technical committee chairs, EMD activities in AAPG sections and regions, an historical list of EMD publications, and a searchable membership directory. Please consider becoming an EMD member to gain access to these pages.
EMD’s mission is to advance the science and technology of energy minerals in an environmentally safe manner. We are pleased that both the public and members-only portions of our website have been enhanced significantly during the past year to introduce you to our various commodity areas, and to provide a forum for professional development in energy minerals (coal and uranium), unconventional hydrocarbons (coal bed methane, gas hydrates, gas shales, oil shale and tar sands), energy economics, geothermal energy, and geospatial information.
EMD also offers coal geologist certification, networking opportunities, technical meetings, and discounts for EMD-sponsored field trips, short courses and luncheons. EMD publishes books and CD ROMs to expand your library with a wide variety of inexpensive, high-quality publications that bring together state-of-the-art knowledge of EMD technical specialties. Current publications in preparation include topics such as carbon dioxide sequestration, an updated coal atlas, gas hydrates, and geospatial technology for petroleum production. Watch for future announcements on these web pages.
If you are not an EMD member I encourage you to take advantage of what EMD has to offer. For only $20 a year, you can become a member and help shape the future of energy minerals research and development.
Sincerely,
Douglas G. Patchen
Energy Minerals Division
American Association of Petroleum Geologists