Oil Patch Insider

May conference will focus on natural resource development

“North to Alaska: geoscience, technology and natural resources” will be the theme of a joint meeting of the Pacific Section — American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Western Region — Society of Petroleum Engineers and Cordilleran Section — Geological Society of America taking place in Anchorage in May 2006. Technical sessions of the joint conference will take place May 8 to May 10 and there will be pre-meeting and post-meeting field trips. The conference will include exhibits, theme sessions, workshops and short courses.

The broad format of the conference will promote innovation and cross-discipline approaches in energy and natural resources development. The conference will provide a stimulating forum for the exchange of ideas and innovations across the disciplines of geoscience and petroleum engineering. A varied list of topics will include the petroleum geology of the North Slope; emerging opportunities through viscous oil and Arctic gas development; rural energy in Alaska; recent advances in reservoir characterization and the geology of the circum-Arctic and Cordillera.

Registration for the conference is open now. And anyone also wishing to submit an abstract for an oral or poster technical presentation needs to do so by Feb. 7.

Field trips will include a Kuparuk field tour on Alaska’s North Slope, at no cost to participants. BP (Exploration) Alaska will provide transportation and ConocoPhillips will host the tour. But space on the tour will be limited — early conference registration will be necessary to secure a place.

Further information on the joint conference is available at http://www.anchorage2006.com.