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An introduction—Latin America

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Latin America occupies an extremely large portion of the Western Hemisphere and covers six time zones. From north to south, this region extends from Tijuana, Mexico (33° north latitude) to the city of Ushuaia, Argentina (55° south latitude). From west to east, the region extends from Tijuana (120° west longitude) to Recife, Brazil (37° west longitude).

According to the World Energy Council, the Latin America/Caribbean area is a net exporter of energy resources and is expected to continue to be a net exporter over the next 25 years. In 2002, this region held approximately 9–12% of the oil reserves and 5–6% of the gas reserves in the world. Since Latin America has and will continue to be a significant factor in world oil and gas exploration and production, we have enclosed in this special section articles from Argentina (1), Brazil (1), Colombia (1), Mexico (4), and Peru (1).

The paper selected to lead this special section is a historical perspective by Hernandez of the recent advances made at Pemex as a result of properly designing and implementing geophysical technologies. Integrated seismic technologies, in particular, . . . [Full Text of this Article]