“Give me a place to support the hammer, I will move the Earth.”

Download CUP06 SC Annual Report December 2007

The field survey was planed carefully. First, Yanshan Mountain is not far away, just about 30Km from our university. So we can make a round trip just in one day. Second, the survey was supported by our department. And professor Tong, a responsible teacher with much teaching experience in Yanshan Mountain area, guided us. In a word, the field survey received a great success.

Download Activity Report of CUP06 SC Field Survey

On December 1st, 2007, Yusak Setiawan (Hess – Kuala Lumpur) gave talks in Institute of Technology, Medan (ITM) in North Sumatra (Indonesia). The event was organized by the AAPG Student Chapter of ITM. The title of the talks are: 1) 3D modeling-building a 3D static geologic model and 2) Introduction to Petroleum industry

Yusak Setiawan is serving AAPG as a member of the House of Delegates and as AAPG Visiting Geoscientist. In 2003 he was the top AAPG member recruiter, as he managed to recruit 48 members in a year. For his effort AAPG sponsor his trip to attend the AAPG International Conference in Barcelona, Spain.

AAPG would like to thank Yusak Setiawan for giving his time and effort to share his knowledge and experience to AAPG Student Chapter in ITM. Thumbs up for ITM Student Chapter for their initiative and proactive approach to get external speaker to come. We acknowledge HESS Malaysia for sponsoring the program.

Dear AAPG Asia Pacific Student Chapter Leaders and University Reps,

Imperial Barrel Award Program (IBA)
AAPG is pleased to announce an exciting new career-development program for geoscience graduate students. It is called the Imperial Barrel Award Program or IBA. IBA is a wonderful program in which students work in teams, analyze real geologic data, then give prospect presentations before a panel of petroleum industry judges. Teams of five students per team compete for trophies and cash prizes.

Explanation of Attachments
Please look over the attached documents. The IBA student flyerText (1) document is the general flyer about IBA program, while 2008 IBA information FINAL (2) is about the detail of the program. IBA Diagram (3) document explains the schema of the competition from local selection until final competition in Texas. Finally, please fill in the application form (4) and send it to Mike Mlynek and cc to me.

IBA Global Competition at AAPG Annual Meeting
At the AAPG Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, in April, 2008, we will hold a global IBA competition. For this competition, we invite one team from each AAPG Region and one team from each AAPG Section to compete. Each team will be comprised of five (5) graduate students and one faculty chaperone. The Asia Pacific Region will hold a regional Imperial Barrel Award competition among teams from universities and AAPG student chapters. The 1st Place team from regional IBA competition will compete in the global competition. All travel and hotel expenses for the region team of five students and one faculty chaperone will be paid by AAPG – at no cost to the team.
For the 2008 IBA competition only, two additional schools are invited to send a team to compete in the global IBA competition: Imperial College London (in honor of their founding of the Imperial Barrel competition) and University of Aberdeen (in honor of their 1st Place award at the 2007 IBA competition). As a result, there will be a total of 14 teams competing at the 2008 AAPG Annual Meeting.

IBA Asia Pacific Region Competition
In order to select a team to represent the Asia Pacific Region, a regional IBA competition will be organized during the time period from February to mid-March, 2008. Students will analyze the data and prepare their oral presentation on DVD that will be assessed by Asia Pacific Judging panels. They are:
1. Joseph Lambiase (Lambiase Geoscience Pte. Ltd, Singapore)
2. John Kaldi (Australian School of Petroleum, Australia)
3. Denis Tan (University of Malaya, Malaysia)

The winning team from Asia Pacific Region will present on the same data set at the global competition in San Antonio, Texas. The team may make slight improvements to their presentation based on feedback from the local judging panel, but they will analyze only one data set.

Important Dates
* December 1, 2007 eadline of application submission to Mike Mlynek (cc to Geovani Kaeng)
* January 2008 :IBA competition packets and data sets will be sent to all participating schools
* Jan. – Mar. 4 :Regional IBA competition (once the data arrived, analysis can be commenced)
* Mar. 7 eadline of result submission on DVD (latest arrival in judging panel’s addresses)
* By March 21 :Region contact notifies AAPG of winning team
* April 18, 19, 21 reliminary and Finals Competition (Friday-Saturday) Student Reception and Awards Ceremony (Monday) at AAPG Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

Any changing on information will be announced to you immediately.
Please read out all information and requirements carefully and don’t hesitate to drop a line to me or Joe for any questions you have.

Best Regards,

Geovani C Kaeng
AAPG Asia Pacific Region
Student Chapter Affairs Coordinator

On behalf of

Joe Lambiase
Imperial Barrel Award Competition – Asia Pacific Committee Chair

Attachments:
1. IBA student flyerText
2. 2008 IBA information FINAL
3. IBA Diagram
4. IBA Application Form

The primary objective of this talk is to enhance the knowledge of students in the working environments of oil and gas industry as well as to provide opportunity for them to submit their resume for job or internship. This event also aspires to construct a platform for students to socialize with their potential employer, subsequently obtain better understandings on these companies and their entry requirements.

The talk started at 2.00pm as planned in the tentative program. President of AAPG Student Chapter University of Malaya, Mr. Ong Hock Kim gave a warm welcoming speech to all the speakers, guest and students who attended the talk. He welcomed the speakers to the department, extended his gratitude to the organizing committee, and briefly introduces the student chapter’s history and activities.

Assistant Dean of Science Faculty, Prof. Dr. Lee Chai Peng, then officiate the event. In his speech, he thanked the speakers for their enthusiasm to participate in the talk, despite the ongoing fasting month for the Muslims. He also congratulated the entire student chapter for their initiative to conduct this beneficial activity. The director of the event, Ms. Loh Poh Yee then presented Prof. Lee with a souvenir as token of appreciation.

The first speaker of the day, Ms Nora Abu Zarin (recruiting manager of Schlumberger) started of her speech by introducing the history of Schlumberger, the values of the company, the type of employees they are seeking for, and the benefits the company provides. She mentioned that the company is constantly recruiting graduates that are competent in handling computer software and IT. Applicant also are preferably active in extra-curricular activities, have excellent communication proficiency, and adept in sales and customer service. The advantages of joining Schlumberger is then clearly delineated, such as conducive working environment, training and professional development, safe and secure working environment, world class technology and equipments, and access to international group of recognized expert. She then briefly shared a few interesting story of her being one of the few women working of the oil rig. After the speech, question and answer session took place and subsequently, Mr. Ong Hock Kim presented her with a token of appreciation. Resume of interested students were also collected.

Mr. Syed Mohd Muhafiz, from PETRONAS is the second speaker and he started his presentation in a rather relax manner by introducing the background of PETRONAS. The vision of PETRONAS is to be the leading oil and Gas Company locally and internationally. The mission of the company is to have a business entity where Malaysian government will be able to benefit 100% from the profit of the company. The primary responsibility of the company is to develop and add value to the national resource and the objective of this company is to contribute to the well-being especially to all Malaysian citizens. The core business of PETRONAS is petroleum, but they are also actively involved in F1 and education (UTP). According to Mr., Syed, priority is always given to the graduates with excellent extra-curricular background, fine leadership ability and good in communication skills, apart from being excellent in academics alone. He also personally encourages students to work with the national company, both for good career prospects and serving to the country. Continuous training will be given to every staff in PETRONAS. He also mentioned that interviews will be held annually in University Malaya and he hope that students will make good use of the interview opportunity. After the speech, the speaker received a souvenir from Ms. Loh Poh Yee, and resume of interested students are collected. Question and answer slot was carried out simultaneously.

The third speaker of the day, Mr. Cormac Parsons, a senior Geologist in Baker Hughes, explained about the background of Baker Hughes Company. Baker Hughes Geosciences is the heart beat of real time drilling and evaluation applications for Baker Hughes. Created through a partnership between Baker Atlas and INTEQ, two of the company’s eight divisions, Baker Hughes Geosciences is built on a foundation of motivated geologist, geological engineers, petrophysicists, formation evaluation specialist, and reservoir and petroleum engineers. They help their customers such as ExxonMobil, BP, Anadarko and Shell as well as national oil company such as Petrobras and Saudi Aramco in the exploration, production and processing of oil and gas. According to him, in terms of employment, this company hires primarily master’s degree holder. However, Baker Hughes also do hire bachelor’s degree holder under certain condition. Similar to those mentioned by the two previous speakers, the criteria that this company seeks in employees is not only academic achievements but also other related soft skills. After the speech, question and answer session was conducted and the speaker then received a small token of appreciation from Mr. Ong Hock Kim. Resume of interested students were collected later.

After all the guest speakers from the three companies finish their presentations, alumni from the department then share their working experiences with students in a semi-formal manner. Mrs. Intan Suhaila and Mr. Hairul Hafiz conversed about their education background, experiences as students and employees, and also some insider on preparing for an interview. According to them, substantial homework should be done before attending an interview, such as understanding the company background, its organizational culture and so on. Being presentable, confident, punctual, and always be prepared for any type of question are also musts for every interview. They end their talk by wishing all students best of luck in their working life ahead.

The talk ended sharp at 6.30pm. While waiting for fast-breaking, a short bonding session with all the speakers and alumni took place. More detailed questions from students are answered by the speakers during this session.

At 7.15pm, foods were served after a short prayer from all Muslim speakers and students. This program was another achievement for the AAPG Student Chapter University of Malaya. Highest appreciation is extended to all members, non-members, participants, staff and lecturers, especially Professor Denis Tan Ngoh Kiat and Professor Dr Lee Chai Peng for their assistance and guidance. Gratitude is also expressed to Schlumberger, PETRONAS, Baker Hughes and the alumni of the department for their support and cooperation.

LOH POH YEE
Secretary
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Student Chapter University of Malaya

First of all, I would like to congrats you on the job well done for the first half of this year. I really enjoyed reading any of your activity reports as well as your End Year Annual Reports.

There are 3 things I would like to point out in this message:

1. L.Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grants
2. Activity Funding
3. Grant-in-Aid Program

L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grants

AAPG has just announced the L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant Program for the 2007-08 school year. The purpose of the grant is to support educational expenses of undergraduate geosciences students and their departments or student chapter. I wouldn’t talk to much about it here, but you should access this link http://students.aapg.org/chaptergrant.cfm for complete explanation about this program along with its requirements. You can also find the official invitation from AAPG just right in this web page.

Note:

To be eligible for the grant Student Chapter must:

• be in establishment for exactly one year from the date of deadline submission to qualify for grant (an official chapter since December 15, 2006)
• have at least 9 members who are AAPG student members, with member numbers
• have at least one faculty sponsor, who maintains Active or Associate member status in AAPG
• have an executive committee for the chapter (President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer)
• hold at least one meeting per month throughout the school year
• have filed at least two reports with AAPG Headquarters, one in December, and one at the end of the school year

Activity Funding

As you might have been aware, AAPG Asia Pacific Region financially supports your activity on courses, field trips, seminars, etc with appropriate budget request (sample attached). Proposed budgets will be assessed by AAPG Asia Pacific Executive Committee members based on their benefits to the chapters and fund availability.

Example of Student Chapter’s activities funded by AAPG Asia Pacific this year:

1. China Univ of Petroleum (for VGP and Field Trip)
2. China Univ of Geosciences (for VGP and Field Trip)
3. University of Indonesia (IPA Conference)
4. Trisakti University (IPA Conference)
5. Student from Bangladesh (AAPG Conference)

Grants-in-Aid

The purpose of the AAPG Foundation’s Grants-in-Aid program is to foster research in the geosciences. Grants are made to provide financial assistance to graduate students (currently enrolled in Masters or Ph.D. programs) whose thesis research has application to the search for and development of petroleum and energy-mineral resources, and/or to related environmental geology issues. Grants range from $500 to $2,000 and are to be applied to expenses directly related to the student’s thesis work, such as field work, laboratory analyses, etc. Please hit on http://www.aapg.org/foundation/gia/about.cfm to earn a complete information on this program and requirements.

Keep up the good work fellows…..

Best Regards,

Geovani C Kaeng
AAPG Asia Pacific Region
Student Chapter Affairs Coordinator

References:

1. Peking University Proposal
2. Field Trip Proposal – CUP06 Student Chapter

The AAPG Foundation is pleased to announce the L. Austin Weeks Memorial Undergraduate Grant Program for the 2007-2008 school years. L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant is a grant provided through the AAPG Foundation to benefit and support undergraduate geoscience students and their departments with educational expenses. The disbursement of the grant for the current school year will consist of a maximum amount of $1,000 per qualified student chapter. Half of the calculated grant will be given to a qualified undergraduate student. The remaining is for the geoscience department, and should be used to support educational activities of the Student Chapter, i.e. for equipment, conferences, fieldtrips, etc.

The application must be completed, and the list of student chapter officers and members must be received at AAPG Headquarters by DECEMBER 15, 2007.

References:
1. L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant
2. Announcement and Application Form (PDF)

1. Distinguished Lecturer / Visiting Geologists Program
   • Craig Shipp (DL) visited West Malaysia, Japan, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
   • Herman Darman (VGP) visited Perth and organizes a field trip for University Malaya, Malaysia.
   • Geovani Christopher (VGP) visited 2 universities in China
   • Syed Tariq Hasany (VGP) visited 1 university in Pakistan
   • Peter Lloyd (VGP) in Indonesia visited about 9 universities in Indonesia.
2. Conference / Meeting
   • February: AAPG Leadership ConferenceAsia Pacific region sponsored Dr. Lee Chai Peng, president of the Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM), an affiliate society of AAPG, to attend the conference.
   • March: PAPG – SPE Pakistan conference
     • AP Region President was invited to contribute an opening letter for the conference proceedings.
     • AAPG display a poster in the conference.
   • April: SEAPEX conference Singapore
     • AP Region President gave an award to Richard Lorentz, SEAPEX past president, for his support on AAPG student chapters in Indonesia. SEAPEX donated S$10,000 for AAPG SC in Indonesia
     • AAPG display a poster in an exhibition booth.
     • Asia Pacific region executive committee meeting was held to discuss various issues.
   • April: Long Beach conference
     • AP Region sent our delegates to attend AC and HoD meeting. The delegates were led by Mick McWalter (Region Secretary) and John Kaldi (Past President)
   • May: IPA conference in Jakarta, Indonesia
     • AAPG sponsored 4 students to join the conference
     • AAPG student chapter open an exhibition booth to display their activities.
3. Student Chapters: AAPG Student Chapters in the Asia Pacific region are very active. They organized workshops, field trips, and lectures. They prepared mid year reports, which are available online in here
   • China: 3 new student chapters were formed
   • India: 2 new student chapters were formed
   • Australia: incorporating PESA student chapters, they will be treated the same as AAPG student chapter.
   • Philippines: preparing one student chapter.
   • Pakistan: preparing one student chapter.
   • Indonesia: AAPG SC of University of Indonesia received an award from AAPG as the Outstanding AAPG Student Chapter – International for 2007
4. Others:
   • Web site: Agus M. Ustad, new volunteer to help in maintaining AAPG Asia Pacific website.
   • AAPG Cape Town Conference 2008: Asia Pacific region will actively support this conference by organizing some session to cover India-Pakistan-Bangladesh and Southeast Asia – Pacific regions.

Next half of 2007 Planning

1. Mature the formation of the Regional Advisory Council.
2. DL:
   • Peter Mc Cabe: to visit various cities in Australia
   • Don Lawton: to visit several countries in Asia
3. September: Circum Pacific Energy Conference in China
4. Regional office: continue to evaluate the opportunity to open an office in the region.

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.

Richard Lorentz (Pearl Oil – Singapore) received AAPG Asia Pacific Region award during the SEAPEX conference, 24 April 2007 in Singapore. Richard is the past president of SEAPEX (Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society) which is based in Singapore. This organization, has sponsored AAPG Student Chapter activities in Indonesia in the last couple of years. With this sponsorship, the AAPG Student Chapters in Indonesia have organized annual leadership meetings. The meetings were held in Jakarta and attended by about 12 student chapters from all over Indonesia. Last year the meeting was also attended by a representative of AAPG Student Chapter in University Malaya (Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia).

This AAPG region award is the first award given in the Asia Pacific Region. There will be more award for recognize excellent members who contribute and / or dedicate to AAPG activities and program in the region. The Regional Advisory Council will give their nomination once a year. Proposal for candidates will be received by the region president or any of the executive committe member.