More than 200 geologists, geophysicists and engineers attended the 'International Symposium on China Petroleum Exploration in the 21st Century: Second Marine Forum on Marine Carbonate Reservoirs,' held recently in Hangzhou, China.
In an earlier column (November EXPLORER), we highlighted the EMD's efforts to establish a training agenda to infuse geospatial applications into petroleum and energy minerals exploration and production.
Free-market economics has been taking some heavy hits lately, what with the likes of the Enron scandal, Arthur Andersen obstruction verdict, insider trading revelations, the Merrill Lynch conflict of interest ruling, and on and on.
Today, you can travel the world over and find U.S. independents putting wells down in darned near every hydrocarbon province, right alongside their big brethren.
And the country most favored by energy companies for new ventures is … you'll have to read the results of an independent industry survey. (Hint: This is the third year in a row it has been ranked number one.)
The world in 2002 might be spinning under the influence of terrorism and reeling from other uncertainties, but that hasn't stopped the planet's need for energy — nor extinguished the fire to explore and discover hydrocarbons.
APPEX: This year's AAPG Prospect and Property Expo is taking shape as a 'Must' event for everyone in the industry.
This year, the AAPG Division of Environmental Geosciences (DEG) celebrates its 10-year anniversary -- the AAPG House of Delegates voted to establish DEG at the 1992 annual meeting held in Calgary. Prior to this action, all environmental issues for AAPG were the responsibilities of the Hydrology and Waste Management and Environmental Geology committees.
Volunteer work should always be fun — and this year, I think the Executive Committee has had some fun, working with this headquarters staff, this Advisory Council and the House of Delegates.
Northern exposure: AAPG opens its newest training and development center, the Geoscience Professional Development Centre, at Canada's University of Calgary.
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