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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.