Description of Search and Discovery (S&D)

Search and Discovery is an online journal for upstream energy (oil, gas, and energy minerals), linking new ideas, data, and technology related to the exploration and development of the various energy sources. It is published by AAPG/Datapages, Inc.

Mission Statement

• S&D will strive to provide the latest geoscientific information, especially related to energy sources, to the greatest number of users in the most expeditious time-frame by means of the most appropriate electronic media.

Focus/Scope

• S&D will combine case histories of oil and gas fields and case histories of discoveries of other energy sources, with linkage of spatial information to databases, and present articles describing plays/trends.

• S&D will publish articles that present data and interpretation of those data from various types of imaging--remote sensing, seismic, borehole--critical to exploration and production.

• S&D will publish articles concerning plays and requisites for hydrocarbon accumulations and for other energy sources, where articles contain large and unusual databases and other types of digital data, such as maps, seismic lines, well logs, or where articles are best presented utilizing animation, modeling, video, advanced computer graphics, etc.

• S&D will publish company reports that present significant concepts concerning plays and requisites for energy sources and/or represent classic contributions to scientific thought.

• S&D will provide a valuable platform that allows authors to illustrate applications of software that will enhance use of publications digitally in developing projects, plays, and prospects.