Division of Professional Affairs

Division of Professional Affairs

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DPA members can access and change their DPA membership profile information, access The Correlator newsletter, review current state and federal legislation that may impact the geoscience professions and much more.

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Judge Lynn Hughes

Meet Judge Lynn N. Hughes, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer selected by the AAPG Ethics Committee. Judge Hughes is available for speaking engagements and may be scheduled through the AAPG Distinguished Lecture program.

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State and Federal Legislative Activity

Follow the legislative activity in your state or on the federal level. Learn what the various states are passing or proposing within their legislatures. See what could impact registration and licensing for geoscientists. Hundreds of house and senate bills and resolutions may be monitored. Simply click on a topic and then the highlighted state or look at all legislature to read the bill, follow its status and find out who the sponsor is.

Fall 2009 Correlator

Ethics Course Online

The first in a series of the ethics courses and examinations is now online! “The Ethics Storybooks with Tales from the Oil Patch’ by John Gibson is a video that takes about an hour to complete along with questions that follow. Watch the video as many times as you like. Successfully completing the questions qualifies each person for one (1) Professional Development Hour (PDH).

Oil and Gas Related Tax Issues in President Obama’s FY2010 Budget

Latest Position Statement:

The AAPG has issued a new position statement on Geologic Carbon Storage that “urges the expansion of funding for scientific research on permanent carbon storage and for the scientific research related to reservoir performance.”

Testimonies before Congress

Geological Perspectives of Global Climate Change:

AAPG Studies in Geology #47, edited by Lee Gerhard, William E. Harrison and Bruno Hanson, is a timely volume of current debates regarding potential man-induced modification of climate. Included here are the table of contents, preface, introduction and overview, and background on the editors.

Energy Facts

Helpful research and informational links.

State Registration

Qualified Reserve Evaluator
Requirements and Registration with DPA before performing Reserve Analysis under Canadian Instrument 51-101 02/07/05