News and announcements from the Singapore office of the AAPG Asia Pacific Region, brought to you by Adrienne Pereira and friends.
AAPG's Young Professional Group, India, organised a two-day workshop for students of the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, India on “Key Factors in Success in Upstream”: This talk was held during the AAPG Student Chapter event 'Excalibur 2018'. The workshop was held on 19-20 April 2018 at the Virtual Reality Centre (VRC) facility at ONGC Dehradun's offices.
On 7th April 2018, AAPG Young Professionals India organized its first event at Indian Institute of Technology (IITR), Roorkee, India. The topic was “Competencies and Skill sets of Future Petroleum Geoscientists”.
AAPG's affiliate society, Pakistan Association of Petroleum Geologists, is organizing a 6-day Field Trip: Tectonic Framework of Northern Pakistan: Himalayas to Karakoram. Please view the Brochure for more details.
The Indonesian Petroleum Association, in conjunction with the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, is offering a Breakfast Talk by William W Symes of Rice University, USA. The talk will be on 'Advanced Imaging for Practitioners' and will take place in Jakarta on Friday 9 March, 2018. More details can be found in the PDF document.
You now have more time to submit an abstract for the Pore Pressure and Geomechanics: From Exploration to Abandonment GTW to be held in Perth in June. Don't miss your chance to be part of this exciting event!
University of Malaya AAPG SC organized the first ever field trip, entitled ‘Uncover the Beauty of Miri’ on 17 - 19 November 2017. Ten Undergrads took part, two of whom were on the AAPG Student Chapter committee - Shakirah Hazlan as the Project Director & Nor Fatihah Salim as the Vice Director. The participants were selected based on their outstanding academic performance by our instructor, Dr. Meor Hakif Amir Hassan.
On 13 November 2017, Department Geology of the University of Malaya had welcomed a visit of 80 Form 1 students and teachers from SMK Cyberjaya who were keen to catch a glimpse of the magnificent world of geology. This event is in collaboration with the lecturers of the Geology Department. Various exciting workshops were coordinated by University of Malaya AAPG SC to expose the students on the basic knowledge of geology such as the 3 main types of rocks, minerals, fossils, coals, LiDAR, and others.
The AAPG Universitas Gadjah Mada Student Chapter has once again presented the International Energy Summit (IES), an annual event which was inspired by the chapter's concern about future energy needs. IES was developed by sharing knowledge, the state of research and experience about petroleum energy issues. The concept of this year's event was a one-day course as well as discussion sessions, which pondered on the Oil Price Process and Regulation Difference: Decision in the Middle of Crisis as the main theme.
Asia Pacific Region welcomes registrations from regional universities for this prestigious competition.
A fruitful workshop was conducted by the professionals from ConocoPhillips for the students of Geology Department of University of Malaya on 14 October 2017. The students' perspective on the oil and energy industry was well freshened throughout the 7 hour -workshop, which focused on basin modeling, hydrocarbon exploration as well as career development in the industry
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