On the 25th to 28th of March 2014, AAPG Student Chapters from three universities namely, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Universiti of Malaya, and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia were sponsored by Talisman Energy to volunteer themselves as student helpers in the Offshore Technology Conference Asia 2014.
OTC has been held annually in Houston for the past 46 years and for the first time this year, OTC introduced their most recent event OTC Asia. The four day event, with the theme:”Meeting the Challenges for Asia’s Growth”, was held in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre and organized collaboratively by thirteen of the energy industry’s leading professional associations.
OTC Asia represents the value chain of offshore oil and gas exploration and production. Student volunteers had the opportunity to meet with peers and industry professional to learn about the current oil and gas technologies. They also gained lots of experience from this event namely the pre-event management for volunteering and exercising a good corporate and professional communication with corporate members and the public.
The student volunteers also got a special privilege to attend a technical talk at Talisman Energy booth. Mr. Lai Chee Yong, senior geophysicists, from Talisman Energy delivered a very informative lecture regarding Geophysical Operations. The short lecture was very much helped the student volunteers to understand how geophysical data is acquired from the field and how interpretation of data works.
Members of these three student chapters have also met with AAPG members from Trisakti University, Indonesia. Three representatives from Trisakti University were glad to share their ideas and thoughts.
A short meeting between Universiti Teknologi Petronas and Trisakti University was conducted in Petronas booth meeting room. This was the first time for UTP SC to collaborate with an international student chapter.
Overall, the conference has been a good exposure for students to discover the current technologies in the industry. Students have grabbed the golden opportunity to ask for more details from industry professionals and sent their CV’s to get an intership. Talks and technical paper sessions are helpful in gaining extra knowledge on upstream and downstream technologies. This grand event has definitely brought students a lot of benefits.