AAPG Asia Pasific News

Two Research Associate Positions : MAN-IC Rifts Project

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... [Read more of this news]

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. Yusak Setiawan was giving lecture to the HUMG students. There were 43 students... [Read more of this news]

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 also... [Read more of this news]

Asia Pacific Past Presidents visit to TU Delft University, Netherland

AAPG Visiting Geoscientists 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... [Read more of this news]

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... [Read more of this news]

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... [Read more of this news]

AAPG Asia Pacific Region Election Results

The voting for the AAPG Asia Pacific region officer was closed on Friday, 11 July, 2008. The new officers name have been announced on 15 July for 3 years term, from 15 July 2008 to 30 June 2011. President: Joe Lambiase Vice President Peter Baillie Secretary: Abul (Shams) Shamsuddin Treasurer: Michael McWalter House of Delegates: Click here  Read More →