(Article contributed by Syed Tariq Hasany, Pakistan Association of Petroleum Geologists)
As part of the AAPG Visiting Geoscientist program, I visited four Pakistan Universities and one professional forum during my vacation in December 2015. The topic of my talk was “Unconventional Exploration, what we need to know in shale oil and gas”. I also showed two short documentaries about the shale oil and gas production and hydraulic fracking.
The schools that benefitted from my talk were Punjab University, University of Sargodha, University of Engineering and Technology (Lahore), University of Peshawar, Comsats, University of Karachi, University of Sindh, Bahria University, Federal Urdu University of Science and Technology, NED University. Some schools combined attendance with other schools. Here are excerpts of my experience:
Institute of Geology University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Date : December 14, 2015
Number of Participants: 124; Students: 115, faculty: 4, Industry 5
25 Students from University of Sargodha and 1 from University of Peshawar have also attended whereas other students were from University of Punjab.
University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore, Pakistan, Department of Geological Engineering
Date : December 15, 2015
Number of participants: 75; Students: 60, faculty 10, Industry 5
Co-host edby Geological Engineering and Society of Geoscientists and Engineers (SGE)
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
Date : December 16, 2015
Number of participants: 300; Students 280, faculty 30
Bahria University, Karachi Pakistan
Date : December 31, 2015. (Lecture and Workshop)
Co-hosts: Pakistan Association of Petroleum Geoscientists.( PAPG) and Bahria University
Lecture attendance: 70, Students: 55, Faculty 5, Industry 10
In this event, students from various schools attended : University of Karachi, Sindh University, Jamshoro, Federal Urdu University of Science and Technology (FUUST) Karachi, NED Engineering Karachi and Technology and Bahria University, Karachi.
A workshop was also conducted on same day after the lecture in which maps and well log were provided to define areas good for oil and gas and determine the volume (resources) of oil and gas in each block. PAPG has awarded the quickest solution provider a cash award (Rs 5000 or about 40USD), which was won by University of Karachi.
Workshop participants: Total 58. Universities students 48, Industry 8, faculty 2
Overseas Pakistanis professional Forum (lecture and Question and Answer session)
Date : December 17, 2015
Host: Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited.
Number of participants: 40 (Industry)