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What do I know about AAPG, AAPG SC ITB, and the role of geologist in a
petroleum industry?
As I read on the internet, American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG)
is a large professional geological society, especially petroleum geoscientist. AAPG is
headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The purpose of AAPG is to boost scientific research,
to develop the geosciences, and to encourage high professional conduct.
AAPG isn’t only about the science of petroleum geology, but also about the
people. Who are they? Mostly, they are geoscientists such as geologists, geophysics,
CEOs, students, and academicians. One-third of AAPG members located in outer
United States and more than 8.000 members are students.
AAPG has programs, such as certification program, conferences and meetings,
education, skills and career focus, grants-in-aid (by AAPG Foundation), insurance
program, imperial barrel award, student chapter program, and visiting geoscientist
program. For conferences and meetings, AAPG have AAPG Annual Convention &
Exhibition, AAPG International Conference & Exhibition, and many more. AAPG also
have distinguished lecture series, education conferences, EMD (Energy Mineral
Division) Commodity Committees, Hedberg Research Conferences, field seminars,
Geosciences Technical Workshops, and Webinars & Online training from education,
skills and career focus program.
One of the AAPG programs that attracts my attention is student chapter
program. From what I read from official website of AAPG, the Student Chapter Program
of AAPG is consists of groups of geoscience students. It is one of the world’s leading co -
educational programs in geoscience sectors. Not only provides and facilitates students
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I think this is the main role of petroleum geologists. They are the spearhead in
petroleum industry. How can an oil and gas company start to perform and operate their
workings if they don’t hire petroleum geologist? Where do they drill? Imagine the costs
of failed drilling.
Nowadays, the demand of oil and gas is incredibly increasing, and we need
more oil and gas resources. Many of them are still undiscovered. That’s why the
petroleum geologists are spearheading in petroleum industry.