Winners for the best oral and poster presentations at the recent AAPG International Conference and Exhibition in Calgary, Canada, have been announced.
The winners include the first-ever Student member to be the sole author of the best international poster award.
The best presentations were:
Gabriel Dengo Memorial Award
(best paper)
♦ Petroleum Systems of the Northern Red Sea, presented by AAPG member Jennifer Scott, Hess Corp., London, England.
Co-authors were AAPG members Benn Hansen, Niall McCormack and Laura Lawton, all with Hess Corp. in London, England, and members John Guthrie, Steve Crews, Andy Pepper and Caroline Burke, all with Hess Corp. in Houston.
Other co-authors were Graeme Gordon, Dean Griffin, Rod Graham and Tim Grow.
Ziad Beydoun Memorial Award
(best poster)
♦ Forebulge Influence on Deposition of the Cretaceous Castlegate Sandstone, Book Cliffs, Utah, USA, by AAPG Student member Kathryn Hoffmeister, of the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan.
Scott and Hoffmeister will receive their awards at the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, set April 10-13 in Houston.