Start Planning Now For Fall in Cancun
Conference Begins Oct. 24
It's
not too early to get ready to attend the year's premier international
conference.
This year's
AAPG International
Conference and Exhibition, sponsored jointly with the Mexican
Association of Petroleum Geologists, will be held Oct. 24-27 in
Cancun, Mexico.
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It's
not too early to get ready to attend the year's premier international
conference.
This year's
AAPG International
Conference and Exhibition, sponsored jointly with the Mexican
Association of Petroleum Geologists, will be held Oct. 24-27 in
Cancun, Mexico.
The preregistration
deadline is Sept. 23.
The site
for all activities is the Cancun Convention Center, featuring a
nearly 30,000-square-foot ballroom that will house the large exhibits
area.
The meeting's
theme is "Petroleum Industry in the 21st Century: Technology, Business
and Frontiers," which will be explored through field trips, short
courses, special talks and a technical program that features more
than 340 presentations.
The technical
program — details of which are now available in print and online
— is divided into six themes:
- Deep-Water Exploration,
Development and Production — Six sessions
dealing with the latest developments from the areas of Gulf of
Mexico, Angola, Brazil and other regions.
- Geology and Seismic
Interpretation —
Six sessions devoted to imaging, interpreting, modeling and understanding
subsurface geology from seismic data.
- Mexican Basins and
Beyond —
Three sessions focusing on the host country's basins, plus looks
at the remaining potential of the Americas.
- Management and Strategy
—
Six special sessions.
- Beyond Conventional
Petroleum —
Three special sessions on impact structures, environmental and
gas monetization topics.
- Exploration and Production
Concepts and Technologies —
Nine sessions, including two provided by the SPE, on production
and remote control, drilling practices, IT, carbonates, fractures,
heavy oil and mature basins and fields.