Sign up by 30 July to present at the
in the first AAPG Asia Pacific Region GTW

The AAPG Asia Pacific Region will present a GTW (Geosciences Technology Workshop) in Singapore, 27-29 October 2010. The theme is “Pore Pressure Prediction: Special Focus — Asia Pacific”.

Be a part of this inaugural event by signing up to be a speaker!

The Asia-Pacific region is an area of extensive opportunity and capacity for growth in oil and gas production. However, the industry faces many challenges in finding and developing the region’s significant resources. The Asia-Pacific region contains some of the world’s deepest and most rapidly formed basins and associated high magnitude overpressures. Such extreme overpressures pose significant hazards for drilling, exploration, completions and production.

Experts on the theme are invited to make a presentation at the Workshop, or consider chairing a session. Presentations may be based on work you have previously published or can be new work. Submit a brief outline or Speaker nominations to Adrienne Pereira
before 30 July 2010.

Possible Session Themes:

• Pore Pressure Prediction: Asia-Pacific Case Studies
• Origin and Petrophysics of Overpressure
• Pore Pressure Prediction in High Pressure and High Temperature Settings
• Rock Mechanics Considerations for Production Geology
• Pore Pressure and Fluid Flow in Fractured Heterogeneous Reservoirs
• Completion and Production Issues in Over-Pressured Reservoirs
• Case Studies in Exploration and Development
• Lessons Learned
• Using Seismic in Pore Pressure Prediction

The format of the GTW involves brief presentations followed by informal discussions. The goal is to provide the kind of venue for small-group discussion with a combination of practitioners and theories, across disciplines (geochemistry, geology, geophysics, engineering), that are not currently readily available.

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The GTW will feature:

• cross-disciplinary discussions
• real-life applications
• connections between theory and application
• case studies
• lessons learned

A Preliminary Program of the GTW can be found online.

We look forward to sharing your expertise. Remember, if you are interested in being a presenter, please email Adrienne Pereira before 30 July 2010.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

You may already be aware of my presence in the Asia Pacific region to serve Members in any way I can — one primary function is to provide workshops and courses.

In order to do this, I would be grateful if you would provide me with a wish list of topics for education programmes, as well as information on possible presenters who can provide expertise for teaching courses for AAPG in this region.

To submit your Wish List: Please fill out this form and I will compile the data received and see how we can best fulfill members’ needs.

In addition, if you have a course you would like to teach yourself, we would love to see a proposal from you in order to build a collection of courses available in this region.

Our website provides guidelines for submitting Course Proposals.  You can choose from Short Courses, Field Seminars, Schools, GeoTours, or Training on Demand.  Proposals for courses to be considered as AAPG offerings should be sent to the Education  Director and/or the Education Manager at AAPG. They are evaluated by the Education Department, as well as the Education Committee of AAPG as to content, timeliness, and potential audience appeal. A response is then given to the instructor once a decision about the proposal has been made. If the course is approved, it will most likely be offered in the calendar year following acceptance.

There are two formats to choose from:

1. Conceptual: If you have an idea or “concept” about a course you’d like to teach, and want to find out if the committee would be receptive, you can submit a proposal to give us a brief outline of your idea;

1. Formal: If you have a full course you’ve developed and/or given before, and can include a lot more detail, you can submit the formal proposal. If you initially submit a “concept proposal”, and the committee likes your idea, you will most likely be asked to provide more detail by completing the “formal proposal” form for review by the entire committee.

I look forward to your input in making the AAPG presence strongly felt in our region.

Sincerely,

Adrienne  Pereira

Programs Manager
AAPG Asia Pacific Region – Singapore

p.s. Please don’t hesitate to contact me for further information or to share ideas.

On October 12-13, 2008, the Geological Society of India organized a conference to commemorate their 50th anniversary. The conference was full of technical session on recent trends in earth sciences. Many of the speakers showed the contribution of Indian geoscientists to their nation. The conference was taken place in the National Institute of Advance Science auditorium in Bangalore. About 400 geoscientists from different part of India attended the conference. The organizer also invited a number teachers and school students to attend the conference.

Herman Darman received an honorary award from Prof. R. P. Viljoen, on behalf of the Geological Society of India

Prof. Harsh Gupta, the president of the Geological Society of India, invited Herman Darman, past president of AAPG Asia Pacific region, to give a talk. Herman Darman (Shell International E&P) gave his talk titled ‘Geoscience Organization Role in Full Filling Global Petroleum Workforce Need: Example from the Asia Pacific Region’. In his talk, Herman highlighted the importance of countries like India, China, and Indonesia as the main source in future geoscientists. The organizations can help the universities in these countries in improving the quality of their graduates. Bridging the gap between the industry and academia will be a significant role of the geoscience organizations.

Herman Darman, AAPG Past President of Asia Pacific region, gave his talk in the conference

There were about 30 talks in the conference. Apart from Indian speakers, invited speakers from Germany, USA, Japan, France, South Africa and Indonesia came to deliver their talks. Most of the presentations related to the current activities.

Some other pictures from the conference:

A picture taken at the end of a session during the conference.

Conference participants attended the gala dinner, organized by the Geological Society of India

Download Herman Darman Presentation

Abstract

The geoscientists ‘factory’ for the petroleum industry is shifting from west to east. The Asia Pacific region is now recognized as the source of future skilled resources. China, India & Indonesia producing qualified geoscientists to full fill world industry requirement.

As a ‘factory’, Asia Pacific region can produce a big quantity of geoscientists. The challenge from the industry is on the quality of the graduates and their communication skill. Many universities in the region depend on relatively poor laboratories with limited equipments. Many books in the library are out of date and online journal may not be affordable. The universities are also short of lecturers with limited industrial background.

AAPG Asia Pacific region and our local affiliated organizations are challenged to improve the quality of the graduates from the region. Several programs have been initiated to bridge the industry and the academia. AAPG programs such as Visiting Geoscientists, Distinguished Lecturer, Imperial Barrel Awards and Publication Pipeline are well received in the Asia Pacific region. Local organizations, such as the Geological Society of India, play a major role in setting up the network and identify the local need. Therefore AAPG will strengthen the collaborations with the affiliated organizations and local partners. This presentation will also show some examples of AAPG programs in the Asia Pacific region.

Herman Darman (Shell International E & P)
Past Asia Pacific Region President of
American Association of Petroleum Geologists

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 deltas than on open marine coastlines because reduced salinities inhibit burrowing organisms. However, on three modern Borneo deltas (Baram, Mahakam and Trusan), and in their outcropping and subsurface successions: 1) facies distribution reflects dominant hydrodynamic processes but shoreline and sand body geometry do not, 2) retrogradational successions dominate the preserved stratigraphy, 3) topset beds have significant tidal influence and do not form high-quality reservoirs, and 4) bioturbation is greater on the deltas relative to adjacent marine coastlines.

The disparity between the models and the observations is caused by the setting of the Borneo deltas in rapidly subsiding basins with very high sedimentation rates, low energy marine environments and a tropical climate, which is markedly different than the temperate climate, stable open ocean coastline with moderate sediment supply setting that is implicit in standard models. Retrogradational successions are generated because high sediment supply rates allow deposition, rather than drowning, during transgression. Low energy marine environments cannot rework delta morphology so that shoreline and sand body geometry reflect relic hydrodynamic conditions and differ significantly from facies distributions that maintain equilibrium with hydrodynamics. Low wave energy allows significant tidal influence despite low tidal ranges, which generates relatively heterogeneous and laterally discontinuous topset sands. Also, abundant organic matter in muddy river waters promotes bioturbation that mixes mud into shoreline sands, thereby reducing reservoir quality.

The application of standard delta models to deltas with a setting similar to the Borneo examples leads to inaccurate prediction of sand body geometry and reservoir quality. Many of the Tertiary deltas of SE Asia are in this category; accurate assessment of their reservoirs can be achieved only by applying a model that integrates the appropriate depositional, hydrodynamic and climatic environments.

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Borneo Deltas