SEAPEX COUNCIL NOMINATIONS

The time of year has come for SEAPEX to elect the Council Members for the year 2010 - 2011.  As such, we invite you to nominate fellow SEAPEX members or yourself for the election.  If you have not yet submitted your nominations, please complete the following Nomination Form and return by email to judy.foong@seapex.org before 1 August 2010.

Note: Councilors are voted in for a two-year period.  Councilors Jean-Yves Beninger and John Whitcomb have completed their second year.  There are therefore two Councilor positions available.  The two condidates with the highest number of votes will be elected as Councilor for a two-year term.

DISCRETIONARY SPENDING REPORT
 
Every year SEAPEX allocates a portion of its budget for Discretionary Spending to support educational, philanthropic and other causes and activities that advance the objectives of our society.  As part of the recent membership survey it was discovered that many of you would like to have more information about the amount and application of SEAPEX's discretionary spending.  
 
As a result, the Council has agreed that a Discretionary Spending Report will be added to the member's section of the website and will be updated quarterly. The current report can be accessed via the SEAPEX website. In addition, a separate Discretionary Spending summary will be presented at the AGM and members will be asked to submit ideas for deserving causes and activities for the upcoming year.  If you have any questions about SEAPEX's Discretionary Spending, please contact Bill Lafferrandre (bill.g.lafferrandre@conocophillips.com)

SEAPEX EXPLORATION CONFERENCE 2011

The next bi-annual SEAPEX Exploration Conference (SEC) will be held from Monday 4th April to Thursday 7th April 2011.
 
For the sixth time, the conference will be a stand-alone event.  The conference will highlight the upstream / new ventures activities and opportunities in the Asia Pacific region.  The conference will end at 15:00 hrs on Thursday 7th April to allow for the Singapore Scout Check Meeting to be held in the afternoon.
 
There will be the usual SEAPEX Golf Tournament on Friday 8th April and the SEAPEX Tennis Tournament will be on Monday 4th April.
 
The venue is the same as the last five conferences: SEAPEX has contracted the entire conference center at the Orchard Hotel in Singapore, a location well known to SEAPEX members and Scout Check attendees. The talks and farmout presentations will be divided into geographic areas and will feature keynote speakers and industry experts talking on a wide variety of interesting topics.
 
The SEAPEX Exploration Conference in 2009 was highly successful, attracting 650 delegates from around the region. The 2011 SEAPEX Conference Committee will seek support from potential speakers and sponsors to reach its goal of making this conference the premier petroleum upstream event in South East Asia.
 
For further details please contact Jean-Yves Beninger, Conference Chairman, email jybeninger@southernsi.com, or Jeff Lobao, Technical Program Director, email jeffrey.lobao@lundin.sg.

TRAINING, EDUCATION & CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

SEAPEX receives enquiries and requests for assistance from students interested in internships with regional E&P and service companies. As part of SEAPEX’s Training, Education & Career Development Program, we would like to compile a list of companies prepared to receive internship applications, which we could then forward to interested students for them to contact the companies directly. If your company is happy to participate in this scheme, please email Judy Foong (judy.foong@seapex.org) the name and contact details of the relevant person in your organisation.

Comments and suggestions on refinement/modification would be welcomed.

In order for SEAPEX to provide the right education and development content for members, we need to know what you need, so please provide feedback on the topics, duration and location of courses you think SEAPEX should provide. Kindly submit your feedback to Judy Foong (judy.foong@seapex.org).

SEAPEX EVENING TALK, FRIDAY 6 AUGUST 2010

Speaker: Dee Patterson (Moyes & Co)
Topic: Unconventional Resource Plays - A Global Look
Venue: Level 3, Ballroom 3, Orchard Hotel, Singapore
Time: 18:00

Upcoming Singapore Evening Talks:

Friday 8 October 2010

Friday 10 December 2010

SEAPEX/SSC MEMBERS PREFERENTIAL HOTEL ROOM RATES

SEAPEX has negotiated preferential hotel rates for SEAPEX and SSC members only with the Orchard Hotel and the Pan Pacific Orchard Hotel.

Orchard Hotel, Singapore

To make a reservation please contact the Orchard Hotel directly.

Should you require any further assistance, please contact:

Ms Lisa Ros
Tel: +65 6739 6794
Fax: +65 6739 6605
Mobile: +65 9186 1051
Email: lisa.ros@orchardhotel.com.sg

Pan Pacific Orchard Hotel

To make a reservation, please contact the Pan Pacific Orchard Hotel directly.

SEAPEX NON-TECHNICAL COURSE, 26 & 27 July 2010 - 7 SLOTS REMAINING!

An Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry (Exploration & Production) for Non-technical Staff

For those who missed the January 2010 course, here is another opportunity to attend.

Registration fee: S$600.00 per delegate
Venue: The Royal Plaza on Scotts Hotel, 25 Scotts Road, Singapore
Room: The Glamour Room, Level 5
Time: 09:00 to 17:00

For further information regarding future Singapore and regional courses, please contact Ms Judy Foong at judy.foong@seapex.org.

SEAPEX reserves the right to cancel or postpone the course in the event of low attendance.

SEAPEX GEOTHERMAL FIELD EXCURSION, SATURDAY 31 JULY 2010

Dr Grahame Oliver, SEAPEX Visiting Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore, will be leading a field excursion to three geothermal prospects in Singapore on Saturday 31 July 2010.

The excursion will visit granite and gabbro quarries where the reservoir characteristics of an engineered underground heat exchnger can be debated.  This will be followed by a visit to Punggol Point, where the volcanics will be examined.  The final stop will be at the Sembawang 70 degree Celcius hot sprint where a hydrogeology model for Singapore will be presented along with the case for three geothermal prospects in Singapore.

The charges are S$35 per person, which includes lunch and field trip notes.  The trip will start at 8:30am promptly from the Orchard Hotel.

Come prepared for heat, rain, thirst and gentle walking.

08:30am Board transport at Orchard Hotel
09:30am Dairy Farm Quary: granite hydrogeology: granite jointing and granite permeability
11:00am Little Guilin Quarry: gabro hydrogeology: potential hot rock heat exchanger
12:00am Lunch near Bukit Timah
13:45pm Depart for Punggol
14:30pm Punggol Point: volcanic carapace to the Bukit Timah Granite: reservoir blanket
16:00pm Semawang: visit 70 degree Celcius hot spring
18:00pm Arrive back at Orchard Hotel

To register for this field excursion, please contact Ms Judy Foong at judy.foong@seapex.org.

LONDON, MONDAY 12 JULY 2010

Speaker: Alan Williams
Topic: Satellite Seep Discoveries Fact or Fiction? Or a Cook's Tour of Thirty Five Years of Seep Hunting
Sponsor: di international
Venue: Harcourt Arms, 32 Harcourt Street, London W1H 4HX
Time: 18:00 

For further details please contact Val Clure (vclure@phelimited.com) or Chris Atkinson (catkinson@worldwidepetroleumservices.com).

Please signify your intention to attend the above meeting for catering purposes.  This meeting will be on the evening prior to the London SE Asia Scout Meeting.

KUALA LUMPUR, THURSDAY 15 JULY 2010

Speaker: Maz Farouki (PGS)
Topic: Beam Migration
Sponsor: PGS
Venue: Room 301, KL Convention Centre
Time: Doors open at 17:30; presentation at 18:30

Please contact Chris Howells (chowells@talisman-energy.com) to be added to the KL email distribution list.

Upcoming Kuala Lumpur meetings:

Wednesday 13 October 2010

Wednesday 3 November 2010

Friday 3 December 2010 (Christmas Party)

MANILA, FRIDAY 16 JULY 2010

Speaker: Joseph Lambiase (SEAPEX Distinguished Speaker)
Topic: Borneo Deltas: Challenging the Models
Sponsor: COR
Venue: Top of the Citi by Chef Jessie, 34/f Citibank Tower, Paseo de Roxas, Makati City
Time: 18:00

Please RSVP before Friday 9 July 2010 to marian.glorioso@sos.com.ph.

PERTH, WEDNESDAY 21 JULY 2010

Speaker: Simon Crellin (Petroleum Services, Deloitte)
Topic: A review of Asia Pacific E&P activity
Venue: TBA
Time: TBA

HO CHI MINH CITY, THURSDAY 22 JULY 2010

Speaker: Carl Notfors (Chief Geophysicist, CGGVeritas, Asia Pacific Region)
Topic: Recent Advances in Marine Seismic
Sponsor: CGGVeritas
Venue: Serenade Room (7th Floor), Hotel Majestic, 1 Dong Khoi, District 1, HCMC
Time: 18:00

Please contact Ngo Ba Bat (nbbat@fairfield.com.vn) to be added to the HCMC email distribution list.

HOUSTON, WEDNESDAY 25 AUGUST 2010

Speaker: Jerry Moon (Coastal Energy Company)
Topic: Thailand: An Emerging Paleogene Play
Sponsor: di international
Venue: Black Labrador, Churchill Room, 4100 Montrose Boulevard, Houston, TX 77006
Time: 17:00 - 20:00

Please RSVP to Ian Cross (icross@moyesco.com) or Allan Filipov (afilipov@fairfieldnodal.com).

Upcoming Houston meetings:

Thursday 14 October 2010
Speaker: Richard Lorentz (KrisEnergy)
Topic: KrisEnergy: Rebirth of an Independent

Thursday 17 February 2011
Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA

Note: This is NAPE and Scout Meeting week in Houston.

Possible 2011 Farmout/sale forum.

ADVERTISING IN THE 2010 Q3 ISSUE

Create publicity for your organization

Advertising inside the front and back cover of the SEAPEX Press is available for 2010 on a first- a
first-come-first-served basis at S$600.00 per issue.

Advertise in our 2010 Q3 issue, which will be out in September 2010.

Deadlines:

Write-up: 15 August 2010
Artwork: 20 August 2010

Worldwide circulation, with more than one thousand copies mailed out every quarter. If interested, please complete the attached Booking Form.

INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE - TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION, 9 - 10 SEPTEMBER 2010

AAPG GEOSCIENCES TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP - SINGAPORE, 27 - 29 OCTOBER 2010

Be an Expert Presenter! And mark the dates!

More details at www.aapg.org/gtw/PorePressureSingapore/index.cfm.

For information on sponsorship investment opportunities, please contact Adrienne Pereira at apereira@aapg.org.

OSEA 2010, 30 NOVEMBER - 3 DECEMBER 2010

Discounted rates are available for the SEAPEX Pavilion! For more information please go to the following link: www.edmktg-ses.net/Email/OSEA1019thWave/index.html.

SEAPEX - South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society. All rights reserved.

Best Regards,
Judy Foong for Stephen Doyle – President of SEAPEX

Secretariat Office for SEAPEX
Phone +65 6533 2988
Fax +65 6533 1886

Email: seapex@seapex.org
Website:www.seapex.org