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American Association of Petroleum Geologists
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) is a professional geological association founded in 1917 and headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Its activities include recognizing contributions to petroleum geoscience through professional awards and promoting student participation through the annual Imperial Barrel Award competition. The Correlation of Stratigraphic Units of North America (COSUNA) was an AAPG project that produced sixteen charts depicting the stratigraphy of North America.
AAPG has supported research and professional activities relating to petroleum geoscience, including work on plate tectonics, sedimentary basins, shale resources, and drilling hazards. In 2006, the association's decision to give its Journalism Award to Michael Crichton, whose novel State of Fear rejected scientific evidence for anthropogenic global warming, drew criticism. The controversy also drew attention to AAPG's position on climate change. In 2007, the association revised its formal position, acknowledging human activity as a contributor to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide while stating that its members remained divided over the degree of influence of anthropogenic CO2 on climate.