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: apereira@aapg.org

Sponsorship opportunities are available.

“Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs”

15-17 February 2012 | Bali, Indonesia

An AAPG-EAGE Joint GTW

Click here for the official announcement

The goal of the Geoscience Technology Workshop is to promote open discussion of the state-of-the-art on fractured carbonates. The forum is intended to promote collaboration on the impact of fractures in carbonates at both large and small scales. A range of session topics will integrate detailed observations and perspectives from inter-related fields of research such as structural geology, geomechanics, geophysics and reservoir engineering to better understand and predict the presence, distribution, controls and impact of fractures in carbonates.

Proposed sessions will include: structure & geomechanics; seismic identification; diagenesis; reservoir characterization; outcrop studies; SE Asia reservoir examples; worldwide reservoir examples; unconventional carbonates and the role of fractures; and a half-day core workshop.

Technical Program Contacts:

• Julie Kupecz, Pearl Energy Indonesia (a Mubadala Company)
• Sigit Sukmono, Institut Teknologi, Bandung
• Robert Park, Sherwood Holdings, Jakarta

Who should attend?

The target audience includes geotechnical professionals from industry and academia, both those actively working these topics and those wishing to learn more.

Supported by:

Indonesia Petroleum Association

Dr. Shreekrishna Deshpande delivering a lecture.

Dr. Shreekrishna Deshpande, Chairman, Cambay Petroleum Pvt Ltd. inaugurated this chapter and delivered a lecture on the topic “Present status and future exploration of Indian sedimentary basins”. On this occasion Dr. N. M. Kulkarni, Vice-Principal, Dr. R. N. Mache, Head, Department of Geology, Dr. Shyam N. Mude, Faculty Adviser, AAPG-FCP Student Chapter and all faculty members and students of Geology Department were present. This function was attended by more than 100 people from geological fraternity which includes students and staff from N. Wadia, Pune University, Sinhgad College, Agharkar Research Institute, Kalyani Ventures, Maharashtra Institute of Technology Engineering College.

Dr. Shyam Narayan Mude: Faculty Adviser, AAPG- FCP Student Chapter

Department of Geology, Fergusson College, Pune.

AAPG Asia Pacific Programmes Manager Adrienne Pereira with a group of Indonesian Student Chapter members.

Meeting with AAPG Asia Pacific Vice President Peter Baillie, Programmes Manager Adrienne Pereira, members of the Student Oversight Committee (Geovani Christopher, Edward Syafron and Agus Ustad present), and members of Indonesian Student Chapters – at IPA 2011.

Adrienne Pereira with some members of the AAPG Student Oversight Committee

Adrienne Pereira with Mohammad Amin of University Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

Gilang Cahya R, President of University of Pembangunan Nasional Student Chapter (right) with Adrienne Pereira, Programmes Manager, AAPG Asia Pacific

Singapore, 15-16 March 2012 (re-scheduled).

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

AAPG GTW
Unconventional Hydrocarbon Plays in Asia, 15-16 March 2012, Singapore Park Royal on Beach Road.

The goal of this workshop is to improve understanding of the distribution and quality of unconventional hydrocarbon plays throughout Asia. With a target geotechnical audience, this forum is intended to cover exploration for, and not marketing of, unconventional assets. The workshop will look at unconventional resource play mapping, estimate and analysis, sharing experience and ideas among the players in Asia during this very early phase of exploration to best use limited studies and conventional data to reduce risk. Proposed sessions will include Shale Gas Plays, Coal Seam Gas Plays and Other Alternate Hydrocarbon Plays for China, India and Southeast Asia, in detail and within the context of global analogues.

Highlights

Presentation, dynamic discussions and case studies from experts in the industry, including Dr. Christopher Schenk, USGS; Dr Zao Caineng, Petrochina; Arnout Everts, Leap Energy; Prithiraj Chungkam, IHS; Jason Pitcher, Halliburton-Sperry Drilling; Peter Cockcroft, Blue Energy; Li Jianzhong, Petrochina RIPED; and, Manoj Kumar Prabhakar (Consultant) and Prithiraj Chungkam of IHS.

Who Should Attend ?

• Unconventional Resources Geoscientists
• Unconventional Resources Asset Managers
• Asian Regulators

Registration
Register before 15 February and save $100.

• US$795 – AAPG Member
• US$845 – AAPG Non-member

Fees include: workshop attendance, GTW handout, 2 lunches, 4 tea breaks,  an evening Icebreaker on 14 March and a group dinner on 15 March.

Sponsorship Opportunities available!
Enjoy the benefits of exposure at this event.  Contact Adrienne Pereira for information.

The top 3 teams were :

1. The University of Texas at Austin (First prize)
2. University of Southampton, UK (Second Prize)
3. Sultan Qaboos University, Oman (Third Prize)

Congratulations to all!

Congratulations also go to our Gadjah Mada University, who was once again recognized as the outstanding international chapter, having participated in multiple distinguished lecture series

The Asia Pacific Region saw a successful conclusion to its inaugural Geosciences Technology Workshop (GTW) which took place on the 28-29 October 2010 in Singapore. The GTW theme of “Pore Pressure and Related Issues – Special Focus: Asia Pacific” was particularly pertinent as the Asia-Pacific region contains numerous rapidly formed and highly overpressured basins and is an area in which pore pressure prediction is particularly challenging. The GTW was attended by 88 delegates and contained 23 presentations from industry experts, among whom were Keynote Presenters Richard Swarbrick of GeoPressure Technology UK and Nader Dutta of Schlumberger USA. Running alongside the GTW were two short courses on Pore Pressure and Petroleum Geomechanics, taught by Richard Swarbrick and Mark Tingay (University of Adelaide) respectively.

GTW Convenor Mark Tingay

The technical program covered a broad range of topics on pore pressure, including advances in understanding overpressure generation and distribution, new techniques and technologies for pore pressure prediction, and case studies on pore pressures and their prediction from throughout Asia and the world. In addition to the high quality technical presentations, the GTW included significant time for interaction and networking during periods of open discussion, speaker questions to the audience, breakout groups and analysis of key issues, problems, opportunities and directions. In particular, the breakout sessions on pore pressure prediction in HP/HT environments and pore pressure problems in deepwater settings stimulated wide ranging and active discussion.

The final GTW wrap-up discussion raised three main issues singled out for specific future focus. The first key issue for future focus is in understanding overpressure generation and, in particular, the significance of overpressure generation by non-disequilibrium compaction mechanisms and how overpressures are redistributed over time. The second major issue raised was the requirement for improvements in pore pressure prediction from seismic data, such as selection of the best prediction methodologies in areas that have overpressure without associated porosity anomalies; the most appropriate seismic velocities to utilise, and; combination with geology and the potential use of frequency-based pore pressure prediction. The final major issue developed from the GTW was the need for improved communication and understanding between geoscientists conducting pore pressure prediction and the users of this data such as drillers and reservoir engineers. In particular, it was demonstrated that conducting pore pressure prediction throughout the life of the well (exploration, well planning, drilling, post-drilling review) and involvement of drillers and reservoir engineers in the prediction process were critical to continuous development of improved practices.

This inaugural Asia-Pacific GTW enabled a diverse range of geoscientists to undertake the first focussed discussions on pore pressure and form the foundations for significantly improved pore pressure prediction in this challenging region. We hope that this will be the first of many successful GTWs held in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Article contributed by Convenor Dr Mark Tingay, University of Adelaide

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Convenor Mark Tingay (left) and Peter Baillie, Vice President, AAPG Asia Pacific Region

ConocoPhillips' Phil Heppard with Students who benefited from registration sponsorship

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Richard Swarbrick Course Group

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