AAPG Regional Conference in Athens: unconventional approach

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November 22, 2007, 15:29

The regular conference of the European branch of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists took place in Athens on 17-20 November of last year.


It was devoted to the issues of new oil and gas exploration areas, production achievements and the latest technologies, as well as the development of the oil and gas potential of the Great Mediterranean, the Middle East and North Africa.

The slogan of the conference was "Defying our myths."

We have some important news: the board meeting of the European branch of AAPG proposed to hold a regional AAPG conference in Ukraine!

The topics of the reports (348 in total) at the conference were divided into two thematic sections that could satisfy the most demanding requests of oil geologists: regional issues and specialized issues.

The Black Sea section was very interesting, demonstrating achievements in understanding the geological structure and evolution of the basin, as well as the latest successes in oil and gas exploration in this region. Ukraine was presented by informative reports delivered by the subsidiary company "Oil and Gas Industry Research Institute".