AAPG - Asia Pacific Region

The recipients from our region for 2010 are Justin MacDonald of the University of Adelaide who obtained a grant from the Gordon I. Atwater Memorial Grant and Sam Hemmings-Sykes of the Victoria University of Wellington who received one from the Wallace E Pratt Memorial Grant. The complete list of 2010 Recipients can be found at [...]

At the 2010 AAPG Annual Convention in New Orleans (11-14 April 2010), our very own University of Diponegoro (Indonesia) took top honours as the Best International Student Chapter! Also listed for Honorable Mention was the Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia). Dr. Joseph Lambiase, President of the Asia Pacific Region accepted the awards on their behalf. From [...]

April 28th 2009 Chuck Caughey and Dharmawan Samsu visited University of Padjadjaran, Jatinangor, Indonesia on 28 Apr 2009. It was attended by 29 participants and 1 faculty. Chuck presented a technical talk on “Large Gas Accumulations in Fractured Basement, South Sumatra Basin” and Chuck and Dhar conducted a presentation and discussion on geoscience careers. April [...]

On last Friday (3April 2009) I visited Sindh University Jamshoro, Pakistan on the invitation of Dr Safraz Solongi, Director of the Center of the Pure and Applied Geology. During this visit I delivered a lecture : ”Career as Petroleum Geoscientist, New in oil Industry, what you need to know. How to prepare yourself ”. This [...]

This activity was held in February 2008 but the report has not been published on this website. 2008 AAPG Asia Pacific Distinguished Lecture Tour by Andrew Cullen, Shell International EP – Netherland Feb. 12-15 University of Malaysia Sabah, Feb. 18 University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur This trip is sponsored by AAPG and Shell International As [...]

Syed Tariq Hasany visited Kazakhstan British Technical University (KBTU) Almaty, Kazakhstan on 12 February 2009 and Kazakstan National Technical University (KNTU), Almaty, Kazakhstan on 17 February 2009. His visit in KBTU was attended by 50 to 65 students and about 3 faculty members. And his visit in KNTU was attended by 12 students. KNTU is [...]

Yusak Setiawan, Geophysicist from Hess Oil and Gas Sdn Bhd just completed his final Distinguished Lecturer Tour 2008 at two universities in China, The Nanjing Universities in Nanjing (NJU), and China University of Petroleum (CUP) in December 2008. His lecture topic on general overview of oil and gas industry and career in the petroleum industry, [...]