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TRAPSPOT is the abbreviation of “Through Petroleum System with Seminar Poster & Fieldtrip”. This event was consist of 3 types of activity, First was the Seminar & Talkshow, Then we have the poster contest, and the last activity was Fieldtrip to South Sulawesi.

A consignment of valuable used geoscience books has arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam, with another on its way to the University of Peking in China, freight for the latter shipment being kindly sponsored by Schlumberger Beijing.

I am pleased to contribute to this first newsletter to AAPG Asia Pacific members. AAPG has been increasing its presence in the Asia Pacific region over recent years and the newsletter marks another step in that process.

Indonesian AAPG Student Chapters had a chance to participate at the 36th IPA Convention and Exhibition, May 23 to 25, 2012 at the Jakarta Convention Center.

Dr. Mazlan Madon, our AAPG Alternate House of Delegates Member for Malaysia, and Malaysia’s candidate to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf was successfully elected to serve as a member of the Commission for a five-year term of 2012-2017.

Geo-Intro – The Earth Demanding Us, was organized and held on the 21st April 2012 at SM Sains Selangor, Cheras. This event was kindly sponsored by Talisman Energy Inc.,and was free to all participating students.

Two Malaysian Student Chapters, University of Malaya and Universiti Sains Malaya offered their reports on PGCE.

Peter Baillie, President of the AAPG Asia Pacific Region, (right), presenting a token of appreciation to Mr Ron Noble of the IPA for his/their kind support of the recently-concluded AAPG/EAGE GTW held in Bali.

Read about the AAPG Geoscience Technology Workshop on 'Unconventional Hydrocarbon Plays in Asia'. It was held in Singapore from 15-16 March, 2012.

What happens when two former AAPG Asia Pacific region presidents meet in Europe?