Mr. Awang is famous for his brand-new and out of the box concept of geology of Indonesia. He has many publications with Indonesia Petroleum Association and Indonesia Association of Geologists.

This course is the biggest event in their chapter’s activity this year, with two hundred participants. Attending this course were students and professionals from all across Indonesia.

More information and course material can be downloaded at www.ugmsc.wordpress.com,

Games Session

Best Participant Awarded to Chea Samneang (Master Student)

Mr. Awang giving his COurse

Photo Session

Moreover, UGM Student Chapter also will arrange another distingued lecture from President of Indonesia Association of Geologists on November 12 2011, and Held National Paper Contest on December 2, 2011.

When?
The Asia Pacific Imperial Barrel Award Program will start at December 2011, these are the important date:
- Deadline for Team Participation applications to be received at AAPG, December 1, 2011
- Datasheet released, January 5, 2012,
- Asia Pacific Teleconference Semi-finals , 29 February -  2 March 2012
- Imperial Barrel Award Finals at the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Long Beach, April 2012

For more information about the program, please visit the IBA website. Registrations must be made online.

For other enquiries on the program, please contact :
Ong Hock Kim (Hock-Kim.Ong@shell.com)
Chun Hock (email_chunhock@yahoo.com)
Adrienne Pereira (apereira@aapg.org)

AAPG President with students from UGM and UPN Student Chapter of AAPG

At Borobudur Temple.

Paul with student chapter executive Committee (From left to right: Gilang, Paul, Didit, Dinawan)

 14^th September 2011

Hotel Singgahsana, Petaling Jaya

            Concurrent with the AAPG President, Dr. Paul Weimer’s Asia Tour in Kuala Lumpur, a workshop entitled ‘The Petroleum Industry in the Next Decade – An Overview to the Science, Technology and AAPG’ was organized by the AAPG University of Malaya Student Chapter on the 14^th September 2011 at Hotel Singgahsana, Petaling Jaya. This workshop which was kindly sponsored by Talisman Energy Inc. and Murphy Oil Co., was free to all students and members of industry. The purpose of this workshop was to give students a strong sense of the spectacular technology which geoscientists work with, the future of the profession, and what can be expected in careers in the oil and gas industries.

            The event received great response with an overwhelming number of 200 participants from students of University of Malaya, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Petronas, including lecturers and some members of industry. The workshop started at 10.00 am and ended at 3.30 pm, with a short lunch break at 1.00 pm.

Dr. Paul Weimer is the current AAPG President and also the Professor, Bruce D. Benson Endowed Chair, Director of Energy and Minerals Applied Research Centre and a consulting geologist at the University of Colorado. He divided the workshop into three themes each. In the first exercise, it is themed as ‘Rejuvenating Old Fields’. Dr. Weimer talked about conventional and unconventional reservoirs with example of 3D seismic interpretation from a meteorite impact field in North Dakota. The next exercise with the theme ‘Frontier Basins: Deepwater Basins’ was about the exploration for conventional reservoirs and the identification of deepwater fields in the northern Gulf of Mexico which is characterized by extensive salt features. The various trapping styles of the reservoir were discussed by looking at the seismic profile of the area. Lastly, the final exercise of the workshop was on ‘Unconventional Reservoirs: Tight-Gas Sandstone Reservoirs’. A basin-centered gas accumulation in Piceance Basin in northwestern Colorado was used as an example to demonstrate the concepts, using wireline logs.

Before ending the workshop, Prof. Weimer also discussed the future of technology and the demand for unconventional resources. He also inspired the participants on the future career as geologists and what to expect at work. Finally, he emphasized the importance for students joining AAPG and remaining members throughout their careers.

Ling Hwei Chih

Event Secretary of AAPG’s President Talk 2011

University of Malaya Student Chapter of AAPG

University of Malaya Sponsored by:

Photos from Adelaide University

His trip location in Asia are :

• Bangkok: September 3, 10.00 am – 3.30 pm, Chulalongkorn University
• Yogyakarta: September 7
• Bandung: September 9, 10.00 – 15.00, Bandung Institute of Technology
• Surabaya: September 12, 8.00 am – 12.00 pm, Sepuluh-Nopember Institute of Technology
• Kuala Lumpur : September 14, Singgahsana Hotel, Petaling Jaya (note venue change); 10.00 am – 3.15 pm
• Singapore : September 16

Paul’s arrival in Jakarta, from left to right, Rino (Immediete UI SC past President), Moh. Amin (VP AAPG UGM SC), Fahmi (UI SC President), Geovanni (Asia Pacific Student Chapter Coordinator).

Paul Weimer with student from Diponegoro University after his course at Surabaya.

The course’s situation in Kuala Lumpur.

Professor Paul Weimer provides more details to attendees (Chulalongkorn University).

Students and Industry members at Chulalongkorn University

Terry Woods presents Best US and International Student Chapter Awards at the AAPG/SEPM Student Reception during the Annual Convention & Exhibition in Houston, Texas on April 11, 2011.

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.

Downlad Flyer

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

Both will attend the Student Chapter Leadership Symposium, a programme which AAPG uses to train its global leaders to conduct the Association’s mission. There is a weekend of intense discussions with 22 other student members. Dwandari and Cindy were selected to represent their chapters, which won awards for the AAPG 2010 Outstanding International Student Chapter (Diponegoro) and the AAPG 2010 Honorable Mention for Student Chapters.

We wish Dwandari and Cindy an enjoyable time in Tulsa.