News and announcements from the Lagos office of the AAPG Africa Region, brought to you by Delia Kuye and friends.
The AAPG/SPE Africa Energy and Technology Conference (5-7 December, Nairobi, Kenya) is pleased to confirm that the AAPG President, Paul Britt, and SPE President-Elect, Janeen Judah, will be giving the opening remarks on the first day of the conference.
I have always sought opportunity to share my industry experience with students of higher institutions and the AAPG Visiting Geology (VG) Program provided that platform. My experience as a VG thus far has been both exciting and rewarding. Late last year, I visited the University of Calabar and spent some four hours interacting with undergrads and post-graduates students of geology.
At the beginning of July, David Blanchard stepped down from his two-year term as Africa Region President. These have been rewarding yet challenging years for our region as we all have tried to weather the latest petroleum industry downturn – one of many that most of us have experienced.
The creation of an AAPG Africa Region Student Chapter at the University of Western Cape, UWC, South Africa was welcomed by the Region as the 46th addition to the AAPG Africa Region student chapter count following the successful engagement and support from 2014 IBA student participants and Faculty Advisor towards the chapter’s set-up. Having initial student membership numbers of 63 at inauguration in 2014, the AAPG UWC student chapter has since been delivering on student programs and events.
All roads led to the 35th International Geological Congress, IGC, the Olympics of geoscience congresses held from 28 August to 4 September 2016 in Cape Town South Africa.
Register now to attend the inaugural Africa Energy and Technology Conference (AETC) - African Energy in the 21st Century; Paving the Way for the Future which will be held on 5-7 December 2016, at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) welcome you to the inaugural Africa Energy and Technology Conference (ATCE) to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 5-7 December.
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) welcome you to the inaugural Africa Energy and Technology Conference (AETC) in Nairobi to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 5-7 December. This event is envisioned as a truly continent-scale African conference and exhibition held by two professional societies, with over 140,000 global members.
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) have joined forces to offer the inaugural Africa Energy and Technology Conference which will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 5-7 December.
PowerPoint slides presented by David Blanchard, Past President Africa Region (2014-2016), at the All-Member Meeting which took place on 21st of June during ACE 2016 in Calgary, Alberta.
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