Finalists Announced for 2015 IBA Competition

The semi-finals rounds have been completed, and now 12 teams from around the world are bound for Denver to participate in the finals of the 2015 AAPG/AAPG Foundation Imperial Barrel Award competition.

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The semi-finals rounds have been completed, and now 12 teams from around the world are bound for Denver to participate in the finals of the 2015 AAPG/AAPG Foundation Imperial Barrel Award competition.

The finals competition will take place May 29-30, with the winning team announced at 3 p.m. at the IBA ceremony in the Mile High Ballroom of the Colorado Convention Center - the same location as the opening session, which will begin at 4 p.m. All are invited to attend.

The finalists, all winners of their respective Region and Section competitions, are:

  • Africa Region -University of the Western Cape
  • Asia Pacific Region - Curtin University, Perth, Australia
  • Canada Region - Queen's University
  • European Region - Royal Holloway University
  • Latin American Region - Simon Bolivar University
  • Middle East Region - King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
  • Eastern Section - To be determined (semi-finals were held April 24, after EXPLORER deadlines)
  • Gulf Coast Section -University of New Orleans
  • Mid-Continent Section - University of Oklahoma
  • Pacific Section - University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • Rocky Mountain Section - University of Montana
  • Southwest Section - University of Texas, El Paso

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