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American Geosciences Institute (AGI) – Nonprofit scientific federation including around 50 geoscientific organizations founded in 1948; American Geophysical Union (AGU) – Nonprofit organization of geophysicists; American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, also known as Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and ...
The Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics (IPT) was established in 1973, shortly after the start of production (Ekofisk field) from the Norwegian continental shelf. The department came to include Petroleum Engineering as well as Geophysics , which is seen as a major strength of the petroleum education at NTNU.
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) is one of the world's largest professional geological societies with about 17,000 members across 129 countries.The AAPG works to "advance the science of geology, especially as it relates to petroleum, natural gas, other subsurface fluids, and mineral resources; to promote the technology of exploring for, finding, and producing these ...
It was established in 1963 and is sponsored by the China Petrochemical Corporation Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute and the Petroleum Geology Professional Committee of the Geological Society of China. [1] The editor-in-chief is Guo Xusheng (Chinese Academy of Engineering). [2]
In 2020 the QS World University Rankings included the discipline of Petroleum Engineering for the first time. The ERA (Excellence in Research Australia) is the Australian Government’s attempt to assess research quality and impact. As a School focused largely on a single industry sector, its research outputs do not align with a single ERA ...
Geologist Theron Wasson surveying over Jakeys Fork, Wind River range, near Dubois, Wyoming, 1941. Theron Rhodes Wasson (1887–1970) was a leading American petroleum geologist and engineer, who pioneered the use of geophysical surveys to find oil and gas.
Since 2001 she has held the William Stamps Farish Chair at University of Texas, and, since 2009 she has served as the dean of the Jackson School of Geosciences at Texas. [2] In 2013 she became the president of the American Geosciences Institute. [3] She was a founder of GeoScienceWorld, an international journal aggregation for geoscientists. [4]
In 2008, the SEG Foundation launched a program called Geoscientists Without Borders. The program helps geoscience students and experienced geoscientists apply their knowledge and technical skills towards the mitigation of natural disasters in some of the world's neediest communities. [4]