Our New Website March 12, 2008
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Please visit our new website 
Official Conference Inauguration and Delegates Reception January 16, 2008
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- Mr. Abdulkarim Al-Sayed, CEO, Bapco
- Mr. Khalid Al-Falih, Executive Vice President, Saudi Aramco
- Mr. Johnny Hall, Executive Vice-President, ExxonMobil Exploration
- Mr. Chakib Sbiti, Executive Vice-President, Schlumberger
GEO2008 Conference Technical Programme and Exhibition
3-5 March at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre
CUP06 SC Field Survey: a field trip to the Yanshan Mountain in the suburb of Beijing January 3, 2008
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CUP06 Student Chapter of AAPG, Beijing, P.R. China, had given her proposal of a summer field trip to the Yanshan Mountain in the suburb of Beijing in June. The survey planned to be carried out in August had been delayed to October for some unexpected reason.
The field survey was planed carefully. First, Yanshan Mountain is not far away, just about 30Km from our university. So we can make a round trip just in one day. Second, the survey was supported by our department. And professor Tong, a responsible teacher with much teaching experience in Yanshan Mountain area, guided us. In a word, the field survey received a great success.
AAPG IMPERIAL BARREL AWARD INVITATION -Asia Pacific Region- November 25, 2007
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Dear AAPG Asia Pacific Student Chapter Leaders and University Reps,
Imperial Barrel Award Program (IBA)
AAPG is pleased to announce an exciting new career-development program for geoscience graduate students. It is called the Imperial Barrel Award Program or IBA. IBA is a wonderful program in which students work in teams, analyze real geologic data, then give prospect presentations before a panel of petroleum industry judges. Teams of five students per team compete for trophies and cash prizes.
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AAPG Education Update November 14, 2007
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Another Successful AAPG Course.
If you are an AAPG member, you will receive your 2008 AAPG Education Catalog along with your December issue of the Explorer, so we hope you’ll take advantage of the great program of courses we have scheduled for next year! If you are not a member and would like to have a catalog sent to you, please contact the AAPG Education Department at 1-918-560-2650, or email us at educate@aapg.org
And if you simply can’t wait to receive the hard copy, you can download the PDF version from our website at http://www.aapg.org/education/2008aapgedu.pdf******
Have you signed up yet for the fifth annual AAPG Winter Education Conference, February 11-15, 2008, in Houston, Texas?? We’ve included some returning favorites from past years, but have also added 6 new courses to the new roster. Check out the complete list of courses and all their descriptions at http://www.aapg.org/education/wec/index.cfm
There were over 150 attendees at the 2007 WEC, and many courses sold out, so be sure to register early to reserve your seat in the courses you want!******
Norm Hyne will be teaching the “Basic Petroleum Geology for Non-Geologists” course one more time in 2007, December 4-6, in Houston. This course is valuable for geotechs, landmen, and company support staff who work with geologists could benefit from a non-technical course that explains the language and processes of petroleum exploration. The complete course description can be found at http://www.aapg.org/education/shortcourse/details.cfm?ID=78******
There are several new offerings on our calendar for 2008, including several NEW short courses and field seminars, and three popular GeoTours! Check out all the course descriptions, dates, tuitions and instructor information on AAPG’s website at http://www.aapg.org/education/index.cfm
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Attention Grad Students: Is there an AAPG course you’d like to attend for free?!?!? You can be a part of our Grad Student Projectionist program, and in exchange for helping out with the on-site logistics of the course, your registration fee is waived!! You still receive all the included course materials just like any full-paying attendee, and you’d be doing AAPG a big favor by helping make sure the course runs smoothly!! There is one slot per short course available, and this program applies to short courses only, NOT field seminars. For more information on this valuable program, contact the AAPG Education Dept. at or check out the details on our website at http://www.aapg.org/education/discounts.cfm These positions fill up fast, so please contact us soon for the courses you are interested in!
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Special program for College Professors: Do you know about AAPG’s Professorial Grant Program? This allows you to take an AAPG course at one-fourth the normal tuition rate!! If the course is not in your city, the fund also pays for your lodging during the course, as well as a small per-diem for meals! There are two grant positions available in each short course (sorry, Field Seminars aren’t included), and positions fill up quickly, so don’t delay! Find out all the details at http://www.aapg.org/education/discounts.cfm, and then contact the AAPG Education Dept. to sign up!!
IPTC 2007 Special Events Offer Unique Opportunities November 7, 2007
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IPTC 2007 Special Events Offer Unique Opportunities
Online registration is now available for the International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) being held 4-6 December 2007 in Dubai, UAE. Register now at http://www.iptcnet.org .
IPTC presents opportunities to learn about advances in the industry through more than 300 technical presentations and 5 panel sessions focusing on exploration, production, reservoir, midstream gas, and over-arching industry issues. In addition to a strong technical program, IPTC offers various special events including
- Opening ceremony under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of UAE and Ruler of Dubai
- Keynote session themed “Energy Issues for a Changing World” featuring international industry executives
- Daniel Yergin (moderator), Chairman, Cambridge Energy Research Associates
- Fu Chengyu, President, China National Offshore Oil Corporation
- Chad Deaton, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Baker Hughes
- Abd Allah S. Al-Saif, Senior Vice President E&P, Saudi Aramco
- Red Cavaney, President and CEO, The American Petroleum Institute - Special session titled “Climate Change and Spirit of the Desert”
- Field trips visiting
- Wadi Jizzi ophiolites in Oman
- Sabkha – modern carbonate-evaporite depositional environments of Abu Dhabi - Awards banquet recognizing the winners of the “Excellence in Project Integration” award
Hotel Accommodations
The IPTC hotel booking forms are now available online at http://www.iptcnet.org . The deadline for hotel bookings is 1 October 2007, after which rooms and rates will be subject to availability.
Student Chapter: Geovani’s Message II October 29, 2007
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Hi folks,
First of all, I would like to congrats you on the job well done for the first half of this year. I really enjoyed reading any of your activity reports as well as your End Year Annual Reports.
There are 3 things I would like to point out in this message:
- L.Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grants
- Activity Funding
- Grant-in-Aid Program
L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant Program 2007-2008 October 24, 2007
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The AAPG Foundation is pleased to announce the L. Austin Weeks Memorial Undergraduate Grant Program for the 2007-2008 school years. L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant is a grant provided through the AAPG Foundation to benefit and support undergraduate geoscience students and their departments with educational expenses. The disbursement of the grant for the current school year will consist of a maximum amount of $1,000 per qualified student chapter. Half of the calculated grant will be given to a qualified undergraduate student. The remaining is for the geoscience department, and should be used to support educational activities of the Student Chapter, i.e. for equipment, conferences, fieldtrips, etc.
The application must be completed, and the list of student chapter officers and members must be received at AAPG Headquarters by DECEMBER 15, 2007.
References:
1. L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant
2. Announcement and Application Form (PDF)
AAPG Asia Pacific – July 2007 Report August 14, 2007
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First half of 2007 Activity Review:
- Distinguished Lecturer / Visiting Geologists Program
- Craig Shipp (DL) visited West Malaysia, Japan, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
- Herman Darman (VGP) visited Perth and organizes a field trip for University Malaya, Malaysia.
- Geovani Christopher (VGP) visited 2 universities in China
- Syed Tariq Hasany (VGP) visited 1 university in Pakistan
- Peter Lloyd (VGP) in Indonesia visited about 9 universities in Indonesia.
- Conference / Meeting
- February: AAPG Leadership ConferenceAsia Pacific region sponsored Dr. Lee Chai Peng, president of the Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM), an affiliate society of AAPG, to attend the conference.
- March: PAPG – SPE Pakistan conference
- AP Region President was invited to contribute an opening letter for the conference proceedings.
- AAPG display a poster in the conference.
- April: SEAPEX conference Singapore
- AP Region President gave an award to Richard Lorentz, SEAPEX past president, for his support on AAPG student chapters in Indonesia. SEAPEX donated S$10,000 for AAPG SC in Indonesia
- AAPG display a poster in an exhibition booth.
- Asia Pacific region executive committee meeting was held to discuss various issues.
- April: Long Beach conference
- AP Region sent our delegates to attend AC and HoD meeting. The delegates were led by Mick McWalter (Region Secretary) and John Kaldi (Past President)
- May: IPA conference in Jakarta, Indonesia
- AAPG sponsored 4 students to join the conference
- AAPG student chapter open an exhibition booth to display their activities.
- Student Chapters: AAPG Student Chapters in the Asia Pacific region are very active. They organized workshops, field trips, and lectures. They prepared mid year reports, which are available online in here
- China: 3 new student chapters were formed
- India: 2 new student chapters were formed
- Australia: incorporating PESA student chapters, they will be treated the same as AAPG student chapter.
- Philippines: preparing one student chapter.
- Pakistan: preparing one student chapter.
- Indonesia: AAPG SC of University of Indonesia received an award from AAPG as the Outstanding AAPG Student Chapter – International for 2007
- Others:
- Web site: Agus M. Ustad, new volunteer to help in maintaining AAPG Asia Pacific website.
- AAPG Cape Town Conference 2008: Asia Pacific region will actively support this conference by organizing some session to cover India-Pakistan-Bangladesh and Southeast Asia – Pacific regions.
Next half of 2007 Planning
- Mature the formation of the Regional Advisory Council.
- DL:
- Peter Mc Cabe: to visit various cities in Australia
- Don Lawton: to visit several countries in Asia
- September: Circum Pacific Energy Conference in China
- Regional office: continue to evaluate the opportunity to open an office in the region.
AAPG Asia Pacific Region 2007 Award July 30, 2007
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Richard Lorentz (Pearl Oil – Singapore) received AAPG Asia Pacific Region award during the SEAPEX conference, 24 April 2007 in Singapore. Richard is the past president of SEAPEX (Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society) which is based in Singapore. This organization, has sponsored AAPG Student Chapter activities in Indonesia in the last couple of years. With this sponsorship, the AAPG Student Chapters in Indonesia have organized annual leadership meetings. The meetings were held in Jakarta and attended by about 12 student chapters from all over Indonesia. Last year the meeting was also attended by a representative of AAPG Student Chapter in University Malaya (Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia).
This AAPG region award is the first award given in the Asia Pacific Region. There will be more award for recognize excellent members who contribute and / or dedicate to AAPG activities and program in the region. The Regional Advisory Council will give their nomination once a year. Proposal for candidates will be received by the region president or any of the executive committe member.
