Paul Weimer

Join us in welcoming AAPG President Paul Weimer when he visits Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore as part of his Asia Pacific tour. Paul is the Director of Energy and Minerals Applied Research Centre at the University of Colorado. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists is the world’s largest professional geological society.

Paul will meet with students and young professionals in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, where he will present a half-day course free of charge to give students a strong sense of the spectacular technology with which geoscientists work, the future of their profession, and what they can expect in their careers. Members of the industry are strongly encouraged and welcome to attend and support the students.

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2011 Tour dates (Timings include lunch break)

• Bangkok: 3 September, 10.00 am – 3.30 pm, Chulalongkorn University
• Bandung: 9 September, 10.00 – 15.00, Bandung Institute of Technology
• Surabaya: 12 September, 8.00 am – 12.00 pm, Sepuluh-Nopember Institute of Technology
• Kuala Lumpur : 14 September, Singgahsana Hotel, Petaling Jaya (note venue change); 10.00 am – 3.15 pm
• Singapore : 16 September

Themes of the 4-hour short course with accompanying exercises and a final lecture

"The petroleum industry in the next decade: an overview to the science, technology and AAPG."

1. Rejuvenation of old fields: conventional (and now unconventional) accumulations — a 3D seismic interpretation from a meteorite impact field. The seismic is stunning and the interpretation is quite challenging.
2. Frontier exploration in conventional accumulations — identification of deepwater fields in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
3. Unconventional resources: tight gas sandstones, BCGA — a wireline log exercise from a basin-centered gas accumulation (Piceance Basin) to demonstrate the concepts.
4. The future: assumptions (supply, demand), technology (seismic, how we interpret), more on unconventional resources.

We’ll also take a look forward at AAPG in 2035 and discuss questions such as where is our industry headed? How can you expect to work (e. g. evolving interpretation technologies, evolving drilling and completion techniques, new play concepts)? Where will you work? And, most importantly, why it is critical to join AAPG and stay a member throughout your career?

To participate or for more information contact:

Adrienne Pereira
AAPG Programmes Manager, Asia Pacic Region
E-mail:

Sponsorship opportunities are available.