Call for the 2012 Regional SPE Honours and Awards nominations

The 2012 Regional SPE Honours and Awards Ceremony May 2012, Doha, Qatar The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) has a distinguished tradition of recognising its members for their contributions to the industry. Members can receive awards for their technical contributions, professional excellence, career achievements, service to colleagues, and industry leadership. You can start sending nominations for the 2012 Regional SPE Awards now! Simply follow the steps below to submit your nomination: Download and complete the nomination form (incomplete forms will not be accepted) Include a statement of the reasons for proposing the candidate Send to section@spe.org before 15 February 2012 A resume or CV is not necessary. Nominations are considered confidential. Extra Links… 2011 Regional Award Winners FAQs Nomination Form Join the 2012 Awards Committee Plan to Attend! Tickets will be available to purchase soon. Plan to Sponsor this Prestigious Event! For more information, contact Sween Rajan at srajan@spe.org.

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"Petrophysics Session", By Mr. Hesham Hasaneen

AAPG-CUSC (Cairo University Student Chapter) has arranged a technical session on petrophysics with Mr. Hesham Hasaneen on October 30, 2011 (6:00PM-8:00PM) at Ibn Sinai Hall, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Session details:

1. An overview about petrophysics.
2. Well logging tools and techniques.
3. Importance of well logging.
4. How to interpret logging data.

About the instructor:

Mr.Hesham Hassaneen,

1. Was Assistant general manager petrophysics division in GAPCO
2. Petrophysics manager of Petroget Company.
3. 30 years experience.

Be Ready, and use your log tool to interpret what the earth have within it.

Source: Mehmoud Hussien, Vice President AAPG, CUSC

AAPG-CUSC "Return is Our Turn"

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Portrait of Prof. Dr. Tahseenullah Khan, Islamabad, Pakistan

SEG-Alex Annual opening (2011-2012)

The SEG-Alex annual opening is for the year 2011-2012 is scheduled on October 27th, 2011 at Yehia Anwar Hall at 4:00 PM (Local Time).

SEG-Alex team would like to have the honor and invite you all to attend our annual opening for SEG-Alex student chapter for the academic year (2011-2012) where we are going to introduce our new structure then enjoy our session with Mr. Hassan El Kabbary HR development trainer who holds a diploma in HR development from Cambridge international university, another one in NLP(neuro-linguistic programming) from the Canadian Center and International Union of NLP trainers.

Hoping that you would all enjoy spending good time with us
" at the 27th of october 2011 , Yehia anwar Hall 4:00 pm"
Waiting for you .............don't miss it
 

SEG-Alex team
"Process you capabilities and Interpret your future"

Source: Moustafa Mady

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Have Floods Changed with Increasing CO2 Levels?

Only one of four large regions of the United States showed a significant relationship between carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere and the size of floods over the last 100 years. This was in the southwestern region, where floods have become smaller as CO₂ has increased. 

This does not mean that no strong relationship between flooding and greenhouse gases will emerge in the future. 

An increase in flood magnitudes remains one of the most anticipated impacts of climate change, and land and water resource managers are asking questions about how to estimate future flood risks and develop effective flood mitigation strategies for the future.  

A new report published by U.S. Geological Survey scientists in the Hydrologic Sciences Journal looks at this potential linkage using historical records of floods throughout the nation. Scientists studied flood conditions at 200 locations across the United States looking back 127 years through 2008. 

"Currently we do not see a clear pattern that enables us to understand how climate change will alter flood conditions in the future, but the USGS will continue to collect new data over time and conduct new analyses as conditions change," said USGS scientist and lead author Robert Hirsch. "Changes in snow packs, frozen ground, soil moisture and storm tracks are all mechanisms that could be altered by greenhouse gas concentrations and possibly change flood behavior. As we continue research, we will consider these and other factors in our analyses." 

The decrease of floods in the southwestern region is consistent with other research findings that this region has been getting drier and experienced less precipitation as a likely result of climate change. 

"The relationship between greenhouse gas concentrations and floods is complex, demonstrating the need for long-term streamflow data to help guide future flood hazard mitigation and water resources planning," said Matthew Larsen, USGS Associate Director for Climate and Land Use Change. "USGS streamgages provide real-world data to help scientists understand this relationship. Planning for water supplies and flood hazards should be informed by a combination of predictive modeling approaches as well as statistical approaches such as this study." 

The USGS operates over 7600 streamgages across the United States, collecting data on the amount of water flowing in streams and rivers. This study used data from 200 of these USGS streamgages, each of which had between 85 and 127 years of data through 2008. 

Climate changes that could influence flood magnitudes include shifts in the intensity and tracks of various types of storms and changes in the type of precipitation (rain versus snow). The conditions on the landscape when large storms arrive can also change (for example, smaller snowpacks, less soil moisture and less frozen soil). All of these can influence the size of floods. Of course, human activities within the watershed can also have a major influence in the size of floods. These include urbanization, building of dams and levees, and shifts in vegetation types and drainage of soils and wetlands. At the present time, we see much larger changes in flooding from these causes than we can see from greenhouse forcing. 

In this study, the United States was divided into four large regions, and research showed some regional differences in the way that flood magnitudes have varied with CO₂ concentrations over the past century. In the northwestern and southeastern regions of the United States, there is virtually no evidence of increases or decreases in flood magnitudes over the study period. The northeastern region (which stretches from the middle of the Dakotas and Nebraska all the way east to the New York and New England area) shows a tendency towards increases in flooding over this period. 

The article, "Has the magnitude of floods across the USA changed with global CO₂ levels," is available online. The article contains a map of the results and extensive tables, which identify the streamgages used in the study and the site-specific findings for each of them. 

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Core Analysis Training course in American University in Cairo

Core Analysis Training course in (AUC)

Because the best is yet to be and science is meant to be, get ready for (ALXUSC_AAPG) upcoming event "core analysis training course in the American University in Cairo (AUC).

1. (ALXUSC-AAPG) offers you core analysis training course (12 hours (6 theoretical-6 practical)) .
2. certificated from The American University in Cairo (AUC).This course costs a lot in any training center what about (AUC)!!
3. But with (ALXUSC_AAPG), it's only for 100 L.E with a Co-Operation with the American University in Cairo.

Limited seats……… Hurry up.
For the registration and more details please click HERE

Source: Alxusc Aapg "THE BEST IS YET TO BE" 

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