AAPG Student Chapter of University of Malaya Organized a Field Trip to Northwest Borneo (Sarawak and Brunei)

On May 4, 2007, 30 students of AAPG Student Chapter of University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia, came to Miri for 3 days field trip. This group of students, were accompanied by 2 lecturers Prof. Dr. Wan Hasiah Abdullah and Prof. Denis Tan. The field trip itself was led by Shell geologists: Navpreet Singh and Govarthanan Gangatharan (Shell Malaysia) and Herman Darman (Shell Brunei, who also the AAPG Asia Pacific region president).

During this 3 days trip, the students went to observe a number of excellent outcrops in Northwest Borneo, visited Shell office in Miri to see some presentations, and also visited onshore drilling site in Brunei. The students learnt a number of petroleum geology aspects from this trip. This trip was ended on May 6, and the students flew safely back to Kuala Lumpur. The organizers and participants of this trip would like to thank Shell Malaysia as the sole sponsor for this program.