Tectono-Stratigraphic Evolution of Salt-Influenced Rift Basins University of Manchester – Imperial College London (MAN-IC) Rifts Project Applications are invited for two, three-year Research Associates that form part of a new collaborative research programme, based at the University of Manchester and Imperial College London, working on rift tectonics and sedimentation, led by Dr Chris Jackson (Imperial… Continue Reading
AAPG Regional Distinguished Lecturer Tour 2008 – Vietnam
Yusak Setiawan, Geophysicist from Hess Oil and Gas Sdn Bhd conducted his first Distinguished Lecturer Tour 2008 at Hanoi University of Mining and Geology on September 19, 2008. He talked about general overview of the petroleum industry and career in the petroleum industry. Thanks to AAPG for sponsoring the tour and Hess Oil and Gas… Continue Reading
AAPG “Student Chapter Leadership Summit II” Activity Report
In the first day, we started Student Chapter Leadership Summit II at Riverlanes. Mr. Mike Mlynek (AAPG Assistant Manager Student Focus), Mr. Bill Houston (Secretary of AAPG-candidate), Mrs. Rhonda Welch (Chair of AAPG SC Committee) and Mr. Richard Ball (Vice Chair of AAPG SC Committee) became as speakers to give a little introduction. There was… Continue Reading
Asia Pacific Past Presidents visit to TU Delft University, Netherland
First AAPG Student Chapter in the Netherlands was established in TU Delft, on 29 May 2008 with Prof. Dr. Stefan M. Luthi as the faculty advisor. Three AAPG Visiting Geoscientists visited the students on that day: Herman Darman (2nd from right), Peter Lloyd (3rd from right) and Jelle Boels (5th from right). During this visit… Continue Reading
AAPG Regional Distinguished Lecturer Tour 2008 – Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand
Associate Professor Bruce Ainsworth from the Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide was this year’s AAPG Regional Distinguished Lecturer. His talk focussed on the prediction of reservoir compartmentalization in marginal marine deposits. The trip took in nine cities in total starting in Perth in mid August and finishing in his home city of Adelaide… Continue Reading
Borneo Deltas: Challenging the Models
(and implications for deltaic reservoirs in SE Asia) by Joseph J Lambiase. Traditional delta models maintain that: 1) shoreline and sand body geometry and facies distribution reflect dominant hydrodynamic processes, 2) retrogradational stratigraphic successions are rarely, if ever, preserved, 3) reservoir quality is best in progradational, topset sands, and 4) reservoir-degrading bioturbation is less on… Continue Reading
S. Tariq Hasany: Visiting Geologist for Karachi, Pakistan
S. Tariq Hasany visited Department of Geology, Federal Urdu University of Science and Technology (FUUST) Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, August 9, 2008. He gave two topics, “Petroleum System and Processes” and “Career in Petroleum Geosciences”. The participants in both lectures were about 60 (58 students and 2 faculty members). This is the summary of his… Continue Reading
