2011 has been a great year for the AAPG Asia Pacific Imperial Barrel Award Program with 8 Universities participating. The winner for this year was Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University, who represented the Asia Pacific Region at the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition in Houston. For 2012, we invite geoscience universities in the Asia Pacific Region to… Continue Reading
IBA 2011 Winners revealed
At the 2011 AAPG Annual Convention in Houston, Texas, our Asia Pacific winning team from Chulalongkorn University proudly represented our region at the IBA 2011 finals. While they did not emerge in the top three, the exposure and experience gained by them was immense. The top 3 teams were : The University of Texas at… Continue Reading
Asia Pacific Imperial Barrel Award 2011 Winner
Firstly, commendations from all of us here at AAPG Asia Pacific for all the hard work put in by all the 8 Schools. The Presentations put forward by all the schools reflected the effort put in. Well done, Everyone. The WINNER for the 2011 IBA Asia Pacific competition is : CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY, THAILAND who will… Continue Reading
8 Teams to participate in the Asia Pacific IBA competition
In order to represent the Asia Pacific at the AAPG 2011 Imperial Barrel Award competition at the AAPG ACE2011 in April, 8 teams are vying for this honour : Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (India) Khon Kaen University (Thailand) Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) China University of Petroleum (China) Peking University (China) University Technology Petronas (Malaysia) Institute of… Continue Reading
2011 Imperial Barrel Award – Invitation to Asia Pacific Universities
The AAPG Imperial Barrel Award (IBA) is an annual basin/prospect evaluation competition for geoscience graduate students. The programme is rigorous and contributes to AAPG’s mission of promoting petroleum geoscience training and providing geoscience students with experience of the industry.
IBA2010 Awards Ceremony in New Orleans, 16 April 2010
Watch the teams as they accept their awards for winning, and for trying. Again, congratulations to the China University of Petroleum for winning the Asia Pacific semi-finals.
IMPERIAL BARREL AWARD INTERNATIONAL FINALS
The winning team from the Asia Pacific region – the China School of Petroleum in Beijing – was flown to New Orleans to compete against the winners of the other regions. They made their presentation in front of the International panel of Judges and while they did not emerge in the top three, the experience… Continue Reading





