APPEX London Format Successful

Pyramid power: Mayan ruins, like this one at Muyil, are among the attractions awaiting those who attend this year's AAPG International Conference and Exhibition in Cancun. The meeting will be held Oct. 24-27. Online registration and information

Photo courtesy of the Cancun Conventions and Visitors Bureau

The third annual APPEX London, held in March at the IBIS West Brompton Hotel, demonstrated that this meeting has become a new major event on the petroleum professional's calendar. For those looking for prospects or properties, joint-venture opportunities and the latest in UK and international upstream information in a network contact environment, this was the place to be. About 300 "high level" management personnel attended.

APPEX London has developed into two distinguished presentations, a conference and an expo, each supporting the content of the other.

The conference consisted of:

• The latest in UK and Northwest Europe corporation, independent/consultant and government information and opportunities.
• The IHS Energy Global Perspectives Forum, where government, corporate and IHS representatives presented the latest in international efforts and developments.

Booths in the exposition displayed current UK and international prospects, services in support of exploration efforts and national oil companies.

Thanks from the APPEX London committee go to the Iraq Oil Ministry, the National Oil Company of Libya, ETAP, PeruPetro, Petronas Carigali, the Ministry of Mines -- Gabon, the National Hydrocarbon Agency of Colombia, BP, Woodside, Devon, ChevronTexaco, Dome International, Petrosantander, OMV, the Danish Energy Authority, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, JSI, Falcon Oil, Carizzo Oil & Gas, the DTI, Reach Petroleum and all other speakers and exhibitors who participated. We appreciate you!

Thanks, too, to the endorsing organizations: The Geological Society of London, the Energy Institute and the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers.

The program can be downloaded from -- select "About IHS Energy," "Events," then "Presentations."

And finally, mark your calendar now for APPEX London 2005, which will be held March 1-3, again at the IBIS West Brompton Hotel.

Geo2004: 'Outstanding Success'

For an estimated 1,500-plus attendees, the Geo2004 Conference, also held in March in the Kingdom of Bahrain, was an outstanding success.

Under the patronage of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, the GEO Program Committee assembled an outstanding technical program that included 249 oral presentations, 86 posters, five field trips, five short courses and a core workshop on the Shu'aiba reservoir.

More than 60 exhibitors offered information and displays about specific technologies, services, educational opportunities and publications. Bob Baxter and Jack Thomas, representing AAPG, helped members with their needs for publications, membership, meetings, etc.

Starting the meeting was a keynote session on "E&P in 2020," which was followed by six concurrent sessions plus a general topical session. The varied program covered such topics as biostratigraphy, reservoir imaging, reservoir management and seismic acquisition -- each focusing on oil and gas opportunities in the Middle East and adjacent areas.

The next GEO conference will be held in 2006.

AAPG's Canada Region Will Meet June 2

AAPG's Canada Region will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday, June 2, in Calgary at the end of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists annual meeting.

The meeting will be from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Calgary (Canada) Marriott Hotel.

For more information contact Canada Region vice president Warren Workman, telephone -- 403-269-9550 (ext. 224), or e-mail -- wworkman@apexenergy.com.

The Canada Region president is John R. Hogg, with Encana Corp., in Calgary, telephone -- 403-645-2533; fax -- 403-645-2453; or e-mail -- john.hogg@encana.com.