"Life in the Field" Photo Contest

AGI, AIPG, AGU, and GSA are proud to host the 2014 "Life in the Field" Photo Contest

We are looking for any and all geoscience images featuring your internships, research, or geoscience work as a whole. Photos can include indoor or outdoor work that depict the real working world of geoscientists. We want your best photos showing what geoscience work and research looks like and why you love being a geoscientist. Submitting epic photos allows participants the opportunity to win prizes from the collaborating geoscience societies. 

All submitted materials should be sent to workforce1@agiweb.org

Deadline to submit is July 25, 2014

Our staff will choose the best submitted photos and the first, second, and third place photos will receive prizes. 

All participants must abide by the rules and regulations below: 

- Individual entrants cannot submit more than 10 photos

- Along with the submitted contest photos, entrants are required to submit a  2014 Photo Release Form

- All photos featuring individuals' faces require entrants to submit a  2014 Model Release Form for each and every individual featured in a submitted contest photos

- By submitting a photo, the entrant gives AGI, AGU, AIPG, and GSA permission to use this material in future printed and digital publications. 

- If your photo shows your field location, consider submitting it—with some brief text—to AGU’s Postcards from the Field (guidelines here)

- Photos submitted past the deadline of July 25, 2014 will be ineligible to win any prizes.

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NED University students secured 2nd position in SEG Middle East Challenge Bowl 2014

 

The 8th Annual SEG Middle East Challenge Bowl was successfully organized in collaboration with Dhahran Geoscience Society (DGS) on 28 April 2014 at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. DGS has been leading the SEG Middle East Challenge Bowl since 2006. Fuad Somali, Saudi Aramco and DGS Vice President, hosted the competition.

This year's challenge bowl competition featured 11 teams from Middle East universities, as follows:

Egypt:       ·Ain Shams University

KSA:         ·King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)

                   ·King Abdulaziz University
                         
                         ·King Saud University

Kuwait:    ·Kuwait University

Pakistan: ·NED University

UAE:        ·Petroleum Institute Abu Dhabi (2 separate teams of female & male students)

                        
                         ·United Arab Emirates University

Muscat:   ·Sultan Qaboos University (2 separate teams of female & male students)

Semi – Finalists:
 
·    Sultan Qaboos University (bottom left)                                        

 

·         UAE University (Top Left)    

·         KFUPM (Top Right)

·         NED University (Bottom Right)

 

 

 

Sultan Qaboos University & NED University competed for the final spot

The student s from NED University, Sheikh Mubin Ashraf – Final Year and Asiya Abbasi – Third year of Petroleum Engineering secured 2^nd place after a nail biting competition with the Sultan Qaboos University.

1^st Place Winners – Sultan Qaboos University

 






Challenge Bowl winners from Sultan Qaboos University (from left): Aiman Bakhorji (DGS President), Mus'ab Mansoor, Dr. Hesham El-Kaliouby, Sawaa Khamis Rashid, and Fuad Somali (DGS Vice President)



2^nd Place Winners – NED University

 

Challenge Bowl 2nd place winners from NED University (from left): Asiya Abbasi (B.E Petroleum), Aiman Bakhorji (DGS President), Fuad Somali (DGS Vice President) & Sheikh Mubin Ashraf (B.E Petroleum)   Keep visiting TheGeoscienceForum.

 

 

Dear Fellows, We hope you all are in great health, SPWLA (Pakistan Chapter) has arranged Session no. 2 on OPEN HOLE LOGS ---- RESISTIVITY LOGS on 3rd of April, 2014 at Pakistan Rowing Club, Rawal Dam, Lake View Site. Speaker: Mr. Mustaghees Ahmed Domain Champion Schlumberger 4:00-5:00 Pm : Rowing in Rawal Dam and also Coaching session on Rowing (Optional , but we wish you all to come and enjoy the rowing) 5:15 pm – 6:15 Pm : Session on Resistivity Measurements Sponsored by : HALLIBURTON PAKISTAN Note: Time schedule will be followed strictly. Regards Syed Asad Ali Kazmi General Secretary SPWLA Pakistan 051-92002-3195 03005352546