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SEG Contribution to Trinidad & Tobago Sunset and Sunrise

Victor Young On, Trinidad y Tobago

Historically the SEG via its normal activities have been contributing to the E&P effort in Trinidad since the 1930s. Whenever geoscientists meet and talk technologies and learnings are being transferred. We in T&T are certainly grateful to the SEG for their continued contribution. They provide the forum for continued innovation, leading edge technology (e.g. independent simultaneous source marine seismic acquisition applied by bpTT offshore T&T east coast) and new ideas for interpreting and resolving our complex geology that lead to new discoveries.

For the SEG, opportunities for collaboration in the region are plentiful. Fruitful collaborations have come with the Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago. Traditionally, the SEG and GSTT have collaborated on Continuing Education Courses and Schools since the 1980s and also the with SEG Distinguished Lecture Series. Bob Sheriff, who wrote the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Exploration Geophysics, was one of the notable ones. He had worked for for Dominion Oil in Trinidad in the 1950s. Others are Kurt Marfurt and Alistair Brown. New collaborations may be possible in the form of joint Conferences to promote Geophysics applications in the region.

SEG may also explore collaborations with active Geological Societies as these provide opportunities for the application of geophysics. The Caribbean Geological Conference occurs every 3-5 years. The 21 st Caribbean Geological Conference is being hosted by the Geological Society of Jamaica this year possibly.

SEG assistance in the form of bursaries and scholarships for University Students and Career Guidance Information to high schools are needed as government assistance are no longer available through the GATE program. SEG may also develop fruitful collaborations through the UWI Seismic Research Unit, which is involved in monitoring volcanoes and earthquakes throughout the Caribbean.