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EXPLORER
Voting Deadline Arrives May 15 for Officer Candidates
Online voting continues in the election
of new officers for the AAPG
2013-14 Executive Committee, but
the voting deadline looms.
Voting will remain open through May 15.
To assist in the voting process, a
special AAPG candidate insert was
included in the March EXPLORER,
offering a convenient compilation of
biographies and individual information
for all candidates.
Candidate bios, written responses to
the question of why they accepted the
invitation to stand for office plus video
comments from each candidate, filmed
at last year’s Leadership Conference in
Tulsa, remain available online at
www.aapg.org.
The 2013-14 Executive Committee
will take office July 1.
The person voted president-elect will
serve in that capacity for one year and
will be AAPG president for 2014-15. The
vice president-regions and secretary will
serve two-year terms, and the editor will
serve a three-year term.
The slate is:
President-Elect
p Randi S. Martinsen, University of
Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo.
p Kay L. Pitts, Aera Energy,
Bakersfield, Calif.
Vice President-Regions
p István Bérczi, MOL Hungarian Oil
and Gas, Budapest, Hungary.
p John G. Kaldi, Australian School
of Petroleum, University of Adelaide,
Adelaide, Australia.
Secretary
p Richard W. Ball, Chevron
Upstream, Southern Africa SBU,
Houston.
p Sigrunn Johnsen, independent
consultant with ProTeamAS, Stavanger,
Norway.
Editor
p Colin P. North, University of
Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.
p Michael Sweet, ExxonMobil
Production, Houston.
Papers
Sought
For ATC
The call for papers has been issued
and proposals are being accepted
online for the next Arctic Technology
Conference (ATC), set Feb. 10-12 at the
George R. Brown Convention Center in
Houston.
ATC is a technical and scientific
event created by and modeled after
the annual Offshore Technology
Conference. It is designed to offer a
multidisciplinary approach to exploration
and development of the Arctic region.
ATC is managed and co-sponsored
by AAPG. Fourteen other groups cosponsor
or endorse the event, including
the Society of Exploration Geophysicists
and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
AAPG’s representatives on the 2014
program are Michael Enachescu, with
MGM Energy Corporation in Calgary,
Canada, and Don Gautier, with the U.S.
Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif.
They join AAPG Honorary member John
Hogg, also with MGM Energy, who was
chair of the highly successful 2012 ATC.
ATC’s format features oral and poster
presentations, special panel sessions
and topical breakfasts and lunches.
“We are looking for a range of
presentations that cover all aspects of
technical and social performance in the
Arctic,” said Han Tiebout, chair of this
year’s Technical Program Committee.
“Further, it’s a fantastic opportunity
to learn from you how we can improve
our business through new technology
applications and practices in a wide
range of activities in the Arctic,” he
added. “We also are interested in hearing
how these technical developments are
being managed, both in the current
business environment and for the future
challenges we face in our industry.”
Organizers seek propsals for five
themes:
u Geology and Geophysics (including
specific sessions on basin potential,
frontier basin geology, geophysics and
hydrates).
u Exploration and Production
(including flow assurance, transition
zone, gas hydrates and shallow gas).
u Physical Environment.
u Logistics.
u Regulatory Environment and Social
Responsibility.
The call for papers deadline is June 13.
To submit a paper, or for more
information, go to
www.arctictechnologyconference.org.
EXPLORER
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