PORE PRESSURE AND RELATED ISSUES
— SPECIAL FOCUS: ASIA PACIFIC

Register Now for AAPG’s first GTW in the Asia Pacific

Singapore, 28-29 October 2010

This inaugural 2-day workshop will examine pore pressure challenges in the petroleum industry, with a particular focus on the Asia Pacific region. The Asia-Pacific region is an area of extensive opportunity and capacity for growth in oil and gas production. However, the complex and extreme pore pressures observed throughout the region represents a significant hazard for drilling, exploration, completions and production.

This GTW will consist of presentations, dynamic discussions, exciting cross-disciplinary perspectives on new developments and applications in pore pressure prediction and other related issues, with an emphasis on case studies in the Asia Pacific region.

Eminent speakers will include:

• Richard Swarbrick, GeoPressure Technology, UK (Keynote Address)
• Nader Dutta, Schlumberger, USA (Keynote Address)
• Philip D Heppard, Conoco Phillips, USA
• Brent Couzens-Schultz, Shell International E&P, USA
• Ong See Hong, Geomechanics International, Australia
• Andrew Buffin, Senergy, Australia
• Neil Goulty, Durham University, UK
• Peter Van Ruth, Woodside Australia

This workshop will be a great place for experienced geoscientists to discuss recent work, and published papers, and for young geologists to become familiar with the key pore pressure issues facing the industry. The event will focus on integrating geological, geophysical and engineering information.

FORMAT

The workshop will last two days, 28-29 October, consisting of presentations and breakout sessions where participants can discuss and investigate a specific theme that is of mutual interest. There will also be an evening icebreaker reception on Wednesday, 27 October and a group dinner on Thursday, 28 October.

The overriding focus is on the sharing of information in a highly interactive environment. Register today!

Questions? Contact Adrienne Pereira, AAPG Asia Pacific Region Office.

Pre and Post Workshop Short Courses

Pore Pressure Prediction – Principles and Pitfalls by Dr Richard Swarbrick, GeoPressure UK | Singapore, 27 October 2010

Petroleum Geomechanics by Dr Mark Tingay, University of Adelaide | Singapore, 30 October 2010

AAPG Geosciences Technology Workshops – Keeping You on the Cutting Edge

Plus: Icebreaker Reception on Wednesday, 27 October and two short courses.

Thank you, Sponsors

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Join us by being a Sponsorship Partner and promote your company at the inaugural AAPG GTW event. Please contact Adrienne Pereira to see how your organization can benefit.

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.

“Pore Pressure and Related Issues: Special Focus: Asia Pacific”

28-29 October 2010, Singapore

This inaugural 2-day workshop will examine pore pressure challenges in the petroleum industry, with a particular focus on the Asia Pacific region. It will consist of presentations, dynamic discussions, exciting cross-disciplinary perspectives on new developments and applications in pore pressure prediction and other related issues, with an emphasis on case studies in the Asia Pacific region.

Event Highlights

• Keynote Addresses from Richard Swarbrick, GeoPressure Technology and Nader Dutta, Schlumberger

• Presenters include Ong See Hong and Sanjeev Bordoloi from Geomi; Philip D Heppard from Conoco Phillips, Brent Couzens-Schulz from Shell, Andrew Buffin and Rex Butler from Senergy; Neil Goulty from Durham University, Peter Van Ruth from Woodside and Derek Buster from Baker Hughes

• Evening Icebreaker on 27 October and a group dinner on 28 October.
• Extra : Pre and Post Short Courses held alongside:

27 October: “Pore Pressure Prediction – Principles and Pitfalls” by Richard Swarbrick, GeoPressure Technololgy UK
30 October: “Petroleum GeoMechanics” by Dr Mark Tingay, Universityof Adelaide

Registration details will be up on the AAPG website soon.

www.aapg.org/gtw/PorePressureSingapore/index.cfm

Mark the page for upcoming full information on the event.

Sponsorship Opportunities are available – Benefit from exposure at this inaugural AAPG GTW event in the Asia Pacific!

If you wish to make a presentation, please submit a title, a short presentation summary and a short CV.

Contact: Adrienne Pereira, Programmes Manager, AAPG Asia Pacific-Singapore
Email: apereira@aapg.org Website : http://asiapacific.aapg.org /  www.aapg.org

University teams analyze a dataset in the 6-8 weeks prior to their local competition and deliver their results in a 25-minute presentation to a panel of industry experts. Students have the chance to use real technology on a real dataset, receive the feedback from an industry panel, have the opportunity to impress potential employers in the audience and the chance to win cash prizes for their schools.

The timing of the 2011 IBA programme is as follows:

• Final Commitment, December 1, 2010.
• Datasets Released, first Week of January, 2011.
• Regional Competition – estimated February 2011.
• Global Competition in Houston, April 8, 2011

The Asia Pacific Region can accommodate 12 teams and these will be chosen on a “first-come-first-served” basis amongst those that make a final commitment to the programme.  The Regional semi-finals will be judged in February (date to be confirmed).  The eventual winning team will receive travel and accommodation expenses to the AAPG 2010 Annual Convention and Global IBA Competition. All teams should ensure that they have valid passports.  The winning team will also need to get visas to visit the USA.

If you are a faculty advisor of one of the Asia-Pacific Region Universities that would like to register interest and apply for a team representing your University to take part, please contact Asia Pacific Student Coordinator Geovani Kaeng Christopher at geovani.christopher@halliburton.com

If your company wishes to support this exciting competition, and be a part of the Students’ success and lifelong learning, please contact Adrienne Pereira at apereira@aapg.org and Geovani Kaeng Christopher at geovani.christopher@halliburton.com

Further details on the Imperial Barrel Award Competition can be found Here. The site is being updated with 2011 information periodically.

Again, congratulations to the China University of Petroleum for winning the Asia Pacific semi-finals.

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.

SPONSORSHIP PARTNERSHIP
Join us by being a sponsorship partner and enjoy the benefits of exposure at this event.
Please contact Adrienne Pereira to see how your organization can benefit.
Contact Adrienne Pereira for a Sponsorship Schedule.

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.

The complete list of 2010 Recipients can be found at http://foundation.aapg.org/gia/current.cfm

Interested in applying for a Grant?

The purpose of the AAPG Foundation’s Grants-in-Aid program is to foster research in the geosciences. Grants are made to provide financial assistance to graduate students (currently enrolled in Masters or Ph.D. programs) whose thesis research has application to the search for and development of petroleum and energy-mineral resources, and/or to related environmental geology issues.  Grants are based on merit, and in part, on the financial needs of the applicant. Although the focus of the program is the support of qualified candidates for Masters or equivalent degrees, qualified doctoral candidates are also encouraged to apply.

Factors weighed in selecting successful applicants include: the qualifications of an applicant as indicated by past performance; originality and imagination of the proposed project; support of the department in which the work is being done; and perceived significance of the project to petroleum, energy minerals and related environmental geology.

Grants range from $500 to $3,000 and are to be applied to expenses directly related to the student’s thesis work, such as field work, laboratory analyses, etc. Funds are NOT to be used for capital equipment, conferences, salaries, tuition, room and board during the school year.  More information at  http://foundation.aapg.org/gia/howto.cfm



Under the theme of “Unconventional Reservoirs”, the topic of the lecture was, “TAPPING UNCONVENTIONAL HYDROCARBON RESOURCES – KEY TO BRIGHT FUTURE IN PAKISTAN”.

He structured his lecture as:

• Global energy overview
• Unconventional hydrocarbon resources
  • Tight gas reservoir
  • Shale gas
  • Coal gas methane (CBM)
  • Deep gas
  • Methane gas
  • Methane hydrates
  • Tar sands and oil shales
  • Unconventional gas production USA
  • Unconventional hydrocarbon resources Pakistan

The program was well attended by students, faculty and many industry professionals.  Attention was also drawn to the upcoming activities of the chapter.  The photographs demonstrated the lively discussions.

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.

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