EAGE Students Newsletter 2018 - 1

EAGE NEWSLETTER

STUDENTS

Issue 1 2018

Let’s meet in Copenhagen at the EAGE Annual Meeting!

Claudia Steiner-Luckabauer, co-chair, Student Affairs Committee, invites you to take a chance at this year’s EAGE Conference & Exhibition in Copenhagen.

Claudia Steiner-Luckabauer

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ake the chance and turn your challenges into opportunities! That’s the message we want to bring to students thinking of attending EAGE’s 80th Conference & Exhibition being held in Copenhagen. The occasion offers you a broad range of possibilities to turn your challenges into opportunities. Trial interviews, networking cafes, technical battles, and quizzes are just a few examples.

We are living through challenging times. Economic crises are forcing us to re-evaluate how to live our lives, re-evaluate our opinions and how we habitually see the world. What was understood to be certain is now vague. Positions which seemed to be safe are suddenly axed, what seemed to be a career is suddenly a leap in the dark.

Trivia Question Strong rocks are strong because they have: A - High internal friction B - High cohesion C - High Poisson ratio D - All of the above Answers on p. 5

We suggest shifting the focus to unearth and explore opportunities resulting in inspiration and action, and that’s just what EAGE hopes to do in Copenhagen. We want to inspire you to introduce a real change.

The Laurie Dake Challenge is one possibility for you to show what you know. Finalists will present in Copenhagen their technical understanding and excellence by elaborating a field development plan. The winning student team will win the Laurie Dake trophy, to be handed over during the Opening Session in Copenhagen in the presence of leaders of our geoscience and engineering community.

If you missed the deadline to enter this year, don’t worry. There will be a new Laurie Dake Challenge next year in London. Monitor the deadline, maybe you are one of the future winners!

A job interview is the embodiment of a chance to turn a challenge into an opportunity. There are not too many places to try and test yourself as a preparation for a job interview. Here in Copenhagen, EAGE offers room to face this challenging situation with a dry run. Come along and take this chance. It will be a great help in your upcoming job interviews. The 40 minutes of interview and 10 minutes of feedback will prepare and fortify you for your next real job interview. Of course, feedback is not always comfortable, but it is always useful. An honest opinion considered with care can be transformed into better awareness.

For further education, there will be short courses, especially designed for students. This provides one of the first insights into what industry requires from you. At this Annual Conference, AVO cross-plotting techniques and applications are the highlighted topics.

A geological delight is the one-day field trip to the famous Stevns Klint geological site to Read more on page 2 ➤

Tyumen GoGeo event provides a winter boost for students

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he main event of this winter in the heart of West Siberia was the inaugural ‘GoGeo 2017’ conference, supported by the Industrial University of Tyumen (IUT) EAGE Student Chapter.

GoGeo 2017 gave a chance to 65 young scientists to express themselves and show the results of their hard work. Students from 10 universities from all over the country came to Tyumen to participate in the event.

Initiators were IUT EAGE Student Chapter, its president Marina Antipina, the faculty advisor Dr. Vladislav Kuznetsov, professor at IUT and Dr Ivan Nesterov, IUT professor and member of the Russian Academy of Science.

The Technical Programme included sessions on geology; development of oil and gas fields; well-drilling geophysics; and unconventional reservoirs.

The conference included an excursion to the Schlumberger Tyumen geophysical inRead more on page 2 ➤

What's inside Jesper’s blog

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25 years celebration for Bahia students

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Malaysian students call for chapter cooperation

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Let’s meet in Copenhagen at the EAGE Annual Meeting!

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study the Upper Maastrichtian chalk, the K-T boundary profile and the lower Danian bryozoans mounds. The trip will illustrate aspects of dynamic chalk and bryozoan limestone sedimentation and reservoir properties.

Aside from formal education, networking is probably the most important factor to succeed in the industry. It is the reason students should join groups on social media or more spirited dis-

cussion groups. The goal is to stay in contact and benefit from your network in one form or another. The network café is open to all students, and that’s where to meet your friends, colleagues and fellow students in an informal friendly atmosphere. Catch up with experts and extend your network. All these possibilities are there for you, to turn challenges into opportunities.

So please be sure to attend and benefit from the 80th EAGE Annual Meeting.

Copenhagen student agenda Student Evening Trial Interviews Core Display Exhibition tour EAGE Geo-Quiz Student Chapter meeting Motivational speaker Student Challenge: Travel Grant Hunt Draw

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strumentation plant during which participants could learn about the history of the plant, its

EAGE Student Newsletter Student Affairs Committee Pierre-Olivier Lys co-chair (Total) Claudia Steiner-Luckabauer co-chair (HOT Engineering GmbH) Giancarlo Bernasconi (Politecnico di Milano) Roger Clark (University of Leeds) Thomas Finkbeiner (KAUST) Aaron Girard (University of Western Australia) Karine Labat (IFP Energies Nouvelles) Arjan Kamp (Total) Community Manager (Students) Rosmery Gonzalez (rgz@eage.org) Account Manager Corporate Relations Daan van Ommen (don@eage.org)

activities and largest projects. There was also discussion about the values of ​​ Schlumberger and the directions of the company’s development in the near future.

Students also took part in the business case exercise ‘Two continents confrontation’ devoted to the implementation of an oil field development in the North Atlantic. Participants were divided into five teams defending the interests of five states: the Russian Federation, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.

Participants had to correctly assess the geological and recoverable reserves using production logging data, a geological section of the stratigraphic and structural wells, structural maps of the reservoir, maps of effective and oil-filled thicknesses and other information on reservoir parameters. Further, the task was to

propose a field development strategy and the most profitable location for production and injection wells and their number, surface oilfield construction, and, finally, a way of transportation for the products.

In a close contest, first place went to the team of Canada. They were just a couple of points ahead of the Norwegian team. The third place went to the USA. There were official meetings with members of Russian Academy of Science, professors and leading specialists of oil and gas companies. The workshop programme included two themes: the molecular energy of oil and condensate and modern technologies in the geophysics sphere of development of oil and gas fields.

In summary ‘GoGeo 2017’ offered a unique experience of international exchange of knowledge and experience.

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Tyumen City monument.

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Attending NAPE meeting was an opportunity for Nigerian student chapter

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n November last year, EAGE enabled the Ebonyi State University Student Chapter to take part in the annual Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) meeting, a major oil industry event in Lagos.

The NAPE conference is a forum for geoscientists, petroleum engineers and all other stakeholders in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria and globally to share technical and business learning and best practices. The event was held at the Eko convention centre, Victoria Island, Lagos on 19-23 November, 2017 with the theme of ‘A roadmap for Nigeria’s oil and gas industry in a diversifying economy’.

Students participated in several of the activities held including the young professional/students leadership summit themed ‘The future of oil and gas in the rapidly changing global energy mix; the role of the young professionals/ students’.

They also took part in the geoscience contests in several categories and emerged top winning several prizes. The challenges were organized by several IOCs such as Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, as well as indigenous firms and service companies.

There was also an opportunity to meet with the EAGE delegates present at the conference (Board member Ronald Van Borselen; Raymond Cahill, regional manager, Middle East and Africa; and Peter Verweji, director, regional development) and to discuss past events, challenges and proposed events for the next session.

The Student Chapter was born in 2016 and is made up of a team of geoscientists in the department of geology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria. There are collaborations with sister associations like NMGS (Nigeria Mining and Geoscience Society), NAPE ( Nigeria Association of Petroleum Exploration), and AAPG. Upcoming events and activities include: Geotechnical Workshop on basic petroleum concepts and basin evaluation principles; Geoscience Reach-out to three secondary schools in the region; Geoscience Week was packed with a lot of wonderful life-impacting events; publication of the Explorer magazine; Software training; and a field trip to the Oban massifs of Calabar, south, Nigeria.

Firms and individuals are cordially invited to sponsor some of these activities and events. For sponsorship, please contact us at: eage.ebsusc@gmail.com or chibuzordavid3@gmail.com.

Jesper Dramsch is a Masters degree student who recently started his PhD at DTU in Copenhagen. He frequently writes for his blog ‘The Way of the Geophysicist’ on his experiences as a student in the geoscience community.

Find the gap it’s the way forward

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icasso reportedly said that ‘good artists copy, great artists steal’.

This is certainly is a thought-provoking quote. But it is one that is as much true for science as for art.

I am talking about looking to other fields to find solutions to problems. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are at the forefront of solution generators that are extremely valuable these days. Physics and classic math have proven their worth many times over. Biology is having a renaissance with adaptable methods like genetic optimization methods.

We have seen this with the Born approximation for inverse problems and recent Marchenko imaging adapted in geophysics. We have seen this in reformulating inverse problems such as domain transfer that is being studied in the field of computer vision. This is different insofar that you do not foolishly fall into traps but reform a method.

Maybe you can solve central problems to your field by looking outside. The medical field is working on tube systems, namely arteries, where drilling engineers can steal valuable innovation. In my conversation with Ivan Vasconcelos during his lecture tour, he mentioned interesting connections in space exploration, medical imaging, and geophysical inverse problems. Maybe Monte Carlo simulations in high energy physics can teach us something about modelling the subsurface. The possibilities are unending. But, all these fields are ever so slightly different from our field.

So, we have to steal not copy, to be successful in adapting innovation found in another field.

This is something that is also prevalent in the startup and entrepreneurial community. Many new entrepreneurs try to find completely new markets, called ‘blue ocean’ ideas. This ocean is clear of any contenders.

The complete opposite would be a saturated market, full of bigger fish, morbidly named ‘red ocean‘, you can imagine why. Many huge ideas will fill a gap that is very similar to other solutions but excel in execution and have a surprising twist. Facebook superseded Friendster and Myspace. Airbnb found a market, where hotels and motels struggle for every dollar. Lyft works in a niche, where taxis are struggling every day.

They found a purple ocean, where they are able to take market share from existing companies from people that long for a superior experience.

Maybe you are trying to find a starting point for your thesis topic. Maybe you are trying to make an independent living in these turbulent times.

If you solve a pain point for enough people, you will succeed in either endeavour. One, however, needs more citations.

Ebonyi State University EAGE Student Chapter in NAPE meeting 2017.

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Young professional with a view of the future Lorenzo CasaSanta is a young Italian geophysicist with a strong background in research, particularly seismic processing. He first joined CGG as a researcher based in London in 2011. Last year he moved to Shearwater Geoservices, also in London, where he is a research advisor. Lorenzo completed his studies with a PhD in information technology (geophysics) after a Masters, both at Politecnico di Milano. He also was selected to attend the prestigious Collegio di Milano during his studies and in 2009 he was a visiting scholar at the Colorado School of Mines. We asked him about his career to date and involvement with the EAGE Young Professionals Special Interest Community.

What do you find valuable about the EAGE Young Professionals Special Interest Community, and are there any ways it could expand its role?

Building a career in our industry is largely reliant on networking with peers and mentors, which can be difficult across the distances we often operate. The EAGE Young Professionals SIC provides the valuable space for young professionals to make the important connections within their field that will last throughout their careers.

The group does a fantastic job of recognizing achievements and bringing thought provoking topics to the forefront. I think there could be more opportunities providing university outreach and internships or mentorship pairing.

What do you like about your current job at Shearwater?

Being a very young company, Shearwater has established a streamlined working environment where the job is not only confined to your specific role or industry niche but has a more collaborative and synergetic approach. I enjoy this culture of openness that allows for innovation amongst my colleagues to develop new technology and new avenues of research. My job is further supported by a modern software environment that allows for more agile approaches across platforms. This again lends itself to collaborative innovation.

What professionals achievements so far are you most proud of?

I was very quickly recognized for my work during my PhD, and my first corporate role provided me the opportunity to work and collaborate with great names in my field of seismic imaging research, such as Sam Grey. Our work on converted wave imaging using Gaussian Beams was amongst the first in our field and led to a number of successful commercial applications.

This experience was a lot of fun and allowed me

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to grow tremendously. I have also been able to publish quite a lot and mentor junior researchers, bringing me to a position of research advisor with Shearwater early in my career.

How do you see your career developing between research and working in the industry?

Our industry is rapidly transforming with a high degree of uncertainty, which also brings opportunity. After the last oil and gas downturn, there was a significant drain on research talent and know-how from people exiting our industry for new opportunities in other more stable industries. I see myself at the pinnacle of this industry transformation, developing into a versatile research manager able to work across business lines on more outof-the-box approaches, grooming junior research talent and working with industry partners to develop new interesting technology.

Does the destressed state of the E&P geoscience business concern you and how you view the future?

The days of very large corporate giants leading E&P geoscience is slowly fading away and companies are having to pare down on costly resources, inspiring more innovative ideas and new ways of working and doing business. As we saw earlier this year, Schlumberger pulled out from marine seismic acquisition, indicating our continuous industry transformation. We will see more investment in cloud technology, innovative software and asset-light companies that allow their employees to diversify their skills set, working across verticals, benefiting science and innovation as well as the client.

What got you started in geoscience?

My choice to join the field of geoscience was a pragmatic one. My graduate research focused in telecommunications engineering and there

was a group within my university, Politecnico di Milano, applying signal processing to seismic. This seemed to be a good place to bet my education and fulfil my research interests. The group also presented the opportunity to work with well-known names in geophysics research from which I still benefit today.

During your student years, can you explain what was special about the Collegia di Milano?

Collegio di Milano was a new educational initiative at the time, bringing bright minds together across disciplines from a range of Universities in Milan, inspired by the American collegiate system. This experience was motivating and inspiring and has shaped who I am today. It allowed me to create diverse friendships from diverse fields such as finance, medical, law, and business.

The Collegio expanded my horizons and built soft skills which benefit my work tremendously.

Outside work do you have any special interests?

I am a very active person. I have a passion for triathlon and I have had the pleasure of completing a full Ironman just last year. I recently became a team member of the Timex Factory team and I compete regularly at an amateur level with more than decent results. It’s become a part of my family life and we are hoping to continue our active lifestyle after our new baby boy arrives later this year.

Would you encourage the next generation of students of become geoscientists?

In the current state of the industry, it is a tougher career path with limited opportunities. I am confident that with the prospects of industry transformation it could become again a very rewarding career path as it was when I first began.

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Students step in to hold earthquake disaster relief in Mexico

M EAGE-UNAM students in Juarez on 7 and 19 September,2017.

embers of the EAGE-UNAM Student Chapter in Mexico City decided to lend their support to relief activities after two disastrous earthquakes hit the town of Jojutla de Juarez on 7 and 19 September last year. They were partly inspired by a political impasse preventing enough help reaching Jojutla, which was close to the epicentre of the earthquakes and suffering major impact to its community from both a human and infrastructure perspective.

Mexico suffered two of the worst natural disasters in its history last September but not enough people were helping in the aftermath,

so the Student Chapter decided to offer their support. The students were divided into two groups, the first helped with the distribution of the food, the second one was involved in controlling the supply of medicine.

Later, the students toured through the town to identify devastated zones where they brought provisions to the families. Now principal of the local high school and the Chapter have got plans to hold a camp, so that students and parents obtain some knowledge about the importance of the earth sciences and of course the cause of earthquakes and their impact on society.

University of Bahia student event celebrates 25 years of geophysics

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he annual VIII Geophysics Week at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) organized for the second time by the EAGE/ UFBA Student Chapter was particularly special because it provided the opportunity to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the geophysics course at UFBA. To mark the occasion, the VIII Geophysics Week had a theme of ‘25 years of Geophysics at UFBA’, and the opening of the event was entirely dedicated to recalling everything that had happened in these past 25 years. The founders of the course were invited to talk about its creation, the differences then and their new expectations for the course. The first two students to graduate in the course were also invited after 25 years to come back, participate and talk about their experiences. There was also a timeline display with photos of every class and student of geophysics since the formation of the course, leaving teachers and former students nostalgic and emotional. It was, without a doubt, a memorable and special moment for everyone.

But of course, the event wasn’t just celebration. Some 100 participants and 20 instructors were present to discuss a programme which included topics such as mineral resources; applications in environmental cases; potential methods; electromagnetic methods, geophysical well logging; geophysical inversion and

Participants in the VIII Geophysics Week

modelling, and even presented the work of a geophysicist in the Brazilian Navy.

In all, there were five short courses and 12 lectures, with instructors from UFBA itself and from industry and research organizations, such as CGG, StrataImage, ANP, Petrobras, CPRM, USP and the Navy. In addition a webinar, instructed by José Carcione (Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale, Trieste) direct from Italy, was presented on the subject ‘Geophysical Modelling for Oil Exploration and the Environment’.

Short courses and lectures weren’t the only attraction. Because of the fun students had last year, and in the light of several requests, the event hosted a Geo-Quiz, with questions covering the geosciences. For the game, students

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had to join in pairs, with at least one undergrad student. All participants had a great time learning and playing, and for this edition, prozes for the top three winners were all awarded.

And last but not least, to close the week, a panel discussion about the ‘Perspective of the Job Market in Geophysics’ provided students, teachers and members of industry with the opportunity to talk about all the possible interpretations and perspectives for this topic, giving their personal insights and experiences to inform those about to enter the job market.

This event benefited from financial support from the Brazilian Society of Geophysics (SBGf); National Institute of Science and Technology – Petroleum Geophysics (INCT-GP); EAGE, with technical assistance from CGG, StrataImage, CPRM and ANP. For next year, the Chapter expects to organize the IX Geophysics Week, with more webinars, a Geo-Quiz, lectures and short courses as good as this year’s. The entire programme of the event can be found at the website: www.semanadegeofisicaufba.com.br.

Trivia answer B - High cohesion

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Team work was the winner in the Laurie Dake Challenge Mathilde Baron, Pierre Hacquard, Karine Labat, Eseoghene Nuesir, Yesica Quelali, and Angelica Tuiran from IFP School in Paris won the Laurie Dake Challenge (formerly known as FIELD Challenge) at the EAGE Annual Meeting in Paris in June 2017. Here they recount their experience, especially challenging as they were the ‘home’ team defending the title won by the IFP School the previous year.

L-R: Pierre Hacquard, Angelica Tuiran, Karine Labat, Yesica Quelali, Eseoghene Nuesiri and Mathilde Baron.

The IFP School team receiving their trophy at the opening ceremony.

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ur story begins with five complete strangers walking through the hallway and admiring the pictures of past winners plastered on the walls. As if this was not enough to ignite a spark, the previous winners from IFP School shared their experience with us during integration week. This definitely piqued a lot of interest to participate.

Our journey officially started when the School asked us to express our interest in being part of the contest. It was looking for highly motivated students from different geoscience programmes.

Our professors selected the team based on our background and performance in classes. The project was an extra-curricular activity, so it was expected of us to be able to manage our time

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between our responsibilities at school and the different deadlines of the contest.

Our team consisted of four nationalities: Bolivia, Colombia, France, and Nigeria; five completely different personalities; and three disciplines - geology, geophysics and reservoir engineering.

Each one of us had different mindsets, but were willing to take the most of this experience and to give our best in this new adventure.

It was a little overwhelming when we got the data in December and realized that we weren’t going to be writing an essay. We had our colleagues and teachers to guide us but we still had to put in a lot of work. Specially, because it was the beginning of the academic year, we were only just starting to get along with each other.

The initial task (the exploration round) was hard enough given that many of us had never worked on a project like this. 2D seismic, well logs and drilling reports were very challenging especially for our reservoir engineers.

There was a desire on the part of each member to win, so we supported each other and most of all, we had good leadership which helped us to the second assignment.

Then, we were given more data and the goal of this new stage was to present a field development plan for a discovered hydrocarbon resource, but it was divided into two steps. The first task was the video challenge, showing our first ideas for the field and how we had managed and processed the data. It was quite hectic and interesting because it was completely different from the previous year. The school also helped us in providing the equipment and someone to guide us, but it was Pierre taking the role of producer/director that was commendable.

Also, each of us had to memorize our lines and burst out our acting skills to appear very professional. We actually had a lot of fun shooting our video and we were confident in the work we had done.

As soon as it was confirmed that we had qualified to the second stage, to the finals and it was going to be in Paris, we didn’t have to travel but it added additional pressure on us to win.

We didn’t want to be defeated on our own turf especially as defending champions. We knew we had to work even harder. Immediately we came up with a schedule and assigned tasks and deadline based on our strengths.

We also made sure at least two people were working on the same task so that we could challenge our opinions and also learn about the other disciplines. In addition, we had to present our progress fortnightly to the academic staff and their critic really helped us a lot. Having said that, the journey wasn’t so easy, we still had to attend our very intensive classes while working on the project As with all projects, it was not all fun and games. We did face some problems. On the technical part, the main problem we had to

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solve was how best to produce the oil from an oil rim reservoir without producing the gas from the gas cap with a limited number of wells. We tried several informed ideas until we finally got something that we believed was feasible and realistic. It’s also important to note the support we received from our advisor, Karine Labat who gave us the drive to keep pushing. It was no surprise to us that our solution was actually quite similar to what was actually done by Total.

Once we had done our homework, all focus shifted on how best to present our work in a way that summarized all the work in a way that showed our key findings and centred on our theme. Also, we only had the possibility to be three presenters out of the five of us. It was a hard choice to make. But we worked on the final presentation as we had done for the previous work, all together. We didn’t just want to be too technical but realistic, innovative and modern.

Thus, we choose to make the presentation not only technical but also animated.

Even though we had been preparing the final presentation for weeks, being in front of the jury of course made us nervous. After presenting for half an hour, we did answer most of the questions to enhance the understanding of our work.

It is difficult at the end of our presentation to

Eseoghene Nuesiri giving the appreciation speech. know how it went, but we were proud to have achieved this. Since we were the first team to present, we had the chance to see all the other presentations, which we really appreciated, letting us see all the different ways to realize a geosciences project.

We believe that one of the secret ingredients of our win was the makeup of our team. It was multi-national, multi-disciplinary and promoted gender mix with four women in the team out of five. This helped us throughout the process, thanks to our different backgrounds, the way of working and thinking. One of our strengths was to have a close-knit team. Before the end of the

The IFP School team celebrating with colleagues at the EAGE Student Evening.

The team with the organizers receiving their medals at the Student Evening.

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The team visit to Total’s Research Centre- CSTJF, Pau. challenge, we were really good friends. Also, the jury appreciated the coherency between the geological/geophysical and the reservoir part of the project.

The trophy was awarded during the opening ceremony of the EAGE conference. We shared this moment with some our IFP teachers who were present. Since the EAGE conference took place in Paris, we also had the chance to gather with our classmates and friends to share an evening of celebration in Paris.

We also celebrated at the Student Evening of the EAGE with all the other teams and then in Pau, visiting the Scientific Centre of Total and learning about the Pyrenees petroleum geology.

Overall the whole experience was amazing, not just because we won but because of the relationships that were formed and the knowledge and skill that we acquired. Each of us had something unique to say about the experience.

We really learnt a lot both in the technical and non-technical aspects which we believe would be very useful in our careers.

The new format of the competition is actually well organized. We enjoyed the both the qualifiers and finals. However, it would be nice if the final presentation was open to all the members of the team to decide on who does the presentation and who answers the questions, because in the end it is all about teamwork.

Now, nearly a year later, Pierre Hacquard is an apprentice at IFPEN. Angelica Tuiran and Mathilde Baron both work at Total as reservoir engineer and geophysicist respectively. Yesica Quelali returned to Bolivia and is working at YBFB as a petrophysicist and Eseoghene Nuesiri just finished her Masters programme and is open to new opportunities.

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UTP Chapter looks to extend communication borders

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niversity Technology PETRONAS (UTP) EAGE Student Chapter is putting out feelers to reach out beyond Malaysia by linking up internationally and participating in the formation of an EAGE regional student council.

Through this platform, student chapters would be able to have regular communication creating opportunities to benchmark fellow student chapters, as well as collaborate and have the exchange of ideas between the student chapters, hopefully creating a more efficient communication between EAGE and the student chapters in the region.

Having an EAGE regional student council could directly represent all the chapters in a specific region ensuring that all the student chapter’s voices are heard by EAGE. The regional student council’s primary goal would be to strengthen the communication, create a platform for technical skills and knowledge exchange, soft skills development and to establish a career network.

University Technology PETRONAS (UTP) EAGE Student Chapter receives overwhelming support from the communities around it. Throughout the years, this has helped the Student Chapter to grow and flourish beyond the borders of UTP. Over 100 members participated and volunteered in the Asia Petroleum Geoscience Conference and Exhibition (APGCE) 2017 in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia held on 20-21 November.

The Student Chapter hosted Jean Jacques Biteau, EAGE president, Gerard Wieggerink, EAGE Asia Pacific manager, and Prof Michael C. Poppelreiter, EAGE vice president elect. Under the theme ‘Geodiscovery: Fuel your Passion’, 400 UTP students and lecturers with a geology and engineering background joined Jean Jacques to hear about the EAGE and his career

University Technology PETRONAS (UTP) EAGE Student Chapter members.

as a geoscientist in Total, the French multinational integrated oil and gas company.

Technical knowledge exposure, soft skills development and providing career opportunities have been the core focus of this student chapter ever since it was established, to ensure the growth and development of the members. Thus far, the Chapter has organized various seminars and workshops on technical topics primarily focusing on seismic, stratigraphy, paleontology, and hydrocarbon exploration. Meanwhile soft skill development has been focused on leadership training where the students have learned the methods of effective communication and teamwork skills. An example of such activity was the Leadership Training Seminar organized last year.

In addition, a variety of career opportunities

have been offered to students by working hand in hand with companies and corporations. PETRONAS, CGG, and DownUnder Geosolutions are some of the companies which the Student Chapter has managed to engage with. Workshops, career talks and interview sessions were some of the activities organized to ensure that students are aware of developments in the industry. This also provides a platform for them to build connections which will help them in future employment.

Looking forward this year, one of the prominent activities will be the Asia Geoscience Student Conference and Exhibition (AGSCE) organized by the UTP EAGE Student Chapter. This will involved collaboration with UTP SEG and UTP AAPG Student Chapters. AGSCE is expected to be held on November 2018 and students from all over Asia region are expected to participate.

EAGE Students Event Calendar November 2018 20 Nov

Student Lecture Tour EU

Bristol UK

December 2018 5 Dec

Student lecture Tour EU

Derby, UK

6 Dec

Student Lecture Tour EU

Manchester, UK

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