The Imperial Barrel Award is a competition for graduate geoscience students from around the world to undertake a technical assessment of the petroleum potential of a prospective basin. University teams compete to win scholarship funds for their geoscience department and the international recognition that comes from competing in or winning the competition. We hope to welcome 16 regional universities to take advantage of this unique opportunity.

Below is a PDF document giving a detailed outline of important dates and new rules relating to this year’s competition. Faculty Advisors are recommended to read this PDF outline as well as the Rule and Operating Procedures, and update their students with the relevant information. It is highly recommended that for further information on the 2018 IBA competition, please view the official website http://iba.aapg.org/ where important details such as Software resources and registration details can be found. Registration must be done online and the absolute closing date for registration for our Asia Pacific competition is 15 December 2017.

Any questions can be directed to regional coordinators and