On 14 November 2015, vice president of Southwest Petroleum University Dr. Zhang Liehui announced that the SWPU AAPG student chapter was formally established, and Dwandari Ralanarko conferred the flag and the emblem to SWPU AAPG student chapter.

Susan Nash, speaking as AAPG’s director of education, expressed her best wishes to the new chapter, and also hoped that this will strengthen communication and exchanges with other student chapters to promote the development of earth science education.

(Editor’s note: Nash is now director of AAPG’s Innovation and Emerging Trends initiative.)

Russia's National University, China University of Petroleum and other domestic and foreign universities sent their best wishes through video. The establishment ceremony was held by Liu Xiangjun, the president of School of Geoscience and Technology.

Xiangjun, who also serves as the faculty adviser, said that the chapter will continue to strengthen domestic and professional communication and contact between students and international scholars to realize resources sharing and promote the progress of internationalization.

"The future of oil geologists" can build a good learning platform for professional communication, Ziangjun said. As time passes, it will build a good learning platform of professional communication for future petroleum geologists.