Category Archive Informative

22 August 2019

The history of the Student Chapter at Ebonyi State University goes back to early 2017. After
the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationist conference in 2016 students from the university
decided to band together and for a student chapter at their university – a first in West-Africa.

Since its inception, the chapter shows how diverse backgrounds in geosciences can be
combined in a single strong chapter.

The students behind the EAGE EBSU chapter are clearly passionate about geosciences. The
vision of the SC is to create an enabling platform for leadership, technical and professional
growth of its members through service, dedication and research. The SC also provides
opportunities for students to enhance their technical and professional skills.

Looking at their activities, the student chapter does not only talk the talk but definitely
also walks the walk. Webinars play an important role in knowledge acquisition. More
practical experience was gained with a field visit to the Anambra Basin – one of the seven
major basins in Nigeria. Building on their knowledge and experience, the chapter worked
together with Home Waters Geoscience Consult on the organisation a booth camp. This featured a
training on electrical data acquisition for ground water exploration. To further promote
their work, members of the chapter have continuously participated in regional conferences
with associations such as NAPE, AAPG and SPE.

The inclusive character of the SC creates a platform for all to develop both professionally and
academically irrespective of gender, race or ideology. The SC recently concluded its election
process which gave way for a new board of executive according to the EAGE Student Chapter
Guideline. Nwali Immaculate Uchechi was chosen as the first female president of the SC. A
welcome development!

An strong position for women in STEM research, including geoscience, is crucial in securing a solid
base for the future of energy. Within EAGE, this is spearheaded by the EAGE Women in Geoscience
Community. Since the establisment of the community in 2013, this has proven to be an engine of
innovation. Not only does the community organise events on thought-provoking topics, but
their mentoring programme has helped many student and recent graduate with their career
development.

We congratulate Nwali on her appointment as chairperson of the student chapter and we look
forward to working with the SC in the year to come. Keen to learn more about the chapter?
You can the SC on Facebook @NAPE EAGE EBSU SC or send a mail via eage.ebsusc@gmail.com.
They are open for collaborations and partnerships on future activities.

15 August 2019

The Laurie Dake Challenge, previously known as the FIELD Challenge (a Fully Integrated EvaLuation
and Development), is a competitive challenge organized by the EAGE Student Fund (ESF)
since 2011. It brings together teams from around the world to compete
at the annual EAGE Conference and Exhibition.

The Laurie Dake Challenge 2020 will once again challenge students to work on a cross‐disciplinary geoscience and engineering
integration challenge within their universities. The competition has several rounds:
(1) an exploration round;
(2) an intermediate deliverable of the field development plan; and,
(3) the final presentation of the field development plan. All teams work with the same data set, this
year provided by Shell.

Are you keen to get involved, make sure to follow the EAGE Student Fund blogs and students
social media updates! A first tip to get ready: aim for a diverse team – history shows the
best results in the competition build on a variety of personal and scientific backgrounds.

Insights from last years’ winners

IFP School team – winners of the Laurie Dake Challenge 2019 – provide a good example. The
team defined themselves as both multi-cultural (with people from Venezuela, France,
Brazil and Argentina), as well as multi-disciplinary in gathering one geologist, one geophysicist,
two reservoir engineers and one petroleum engineer.
They have been through a workflow which aimed to build an integrated development plan, from the
geological study to the design of the subsea facilities, while assessing the
economics of the
project and taking into account potential additional prospects in the immediate surroundings.

It can be summarized as follows:
• Definition of a geological conceptual model.
• Building of the static reservoir model.
• Computing simulations through a dynamic model.
• Designing the subsurface facilities and the global development plan.
• Economic analysis to see the feasibility of the project.

The team defined the integration of seismic data as a constraint for the facies modelling of
the turbiditic complexes as one of the most challenging parts. A great amount of
time and effort was need to understand the geological model of the field, prior to building
the dynamic model. For them, another point was to make important assumptions derived
from analogs in order to address a certain lack of data.
This experience has allowed the IFP team to apply the skills acquired in their various training
programs at IFP School in concrete terms. It was a real challenge to reconcile this project
over 6 months in parallel with their studies, but the team worked in a good mood and with enthusiasm.
Having different backgrounds and fields of study helped them to support each other and overcome
the different steps of the challenge.

IFP team:

” It was interesting to assess our capacity to be flexible

and adapt to the challenge’s demands: each step carried its load of

expectations, goals and deliveries (report, videos, presentation).

A communication, regular meetings and team spirit were key

elements to carry out this project alongside our studies.”

Five other finalist teams were involved in the 2019 edition of the Laurie Dake Challenge:
University of Stavanger ( second place), Dalhousie University and Instituto Mexicano del
Petroleo ( Third Place), Institut Teknologi Bandung , Petroleum University of Technology. All of them
worked very hard and have delivered impressive presentations to the jury.
Since the same data set was given to all the participants, it was exciting to see how all the different teams
interpreted and used the information at their disposal.

Damarys Castillo, Serugue Abreu e Santiago, Gregory Charles Barrere, Diego Potenzoni and Floriane Mortier;
who are members of the the IFP Team, wish to thank the pedagogical team of IFP School for its
support and guidance, as well as the EAGE and EAGE Student Fund for this rich opportunity that
allowed us to learn a lot and meet with teams from all over the world.

Get started!

Exited to give the challenge a shot yourself? Time to start thinking about composing your team!
Applications for the Laurie Dake Challenge open on 13 October 2019. From this date, teams
can apply online at EAGE Students site.
Each university team should include a multi-disciplinary team of full-time geoscience and
petroleum engineering students, with a maximum of one PhD student per team.

8 August 2019

This award is for the best thesis in Geosciences and Petroleum Engineering presented by
university graduates from Italian universities, as well as by Italian nationals graduated
anywhere in the world. The Award is dedicated to the best theses regarding the energy industry,
and included renewable energy, alternative feedstocks for green refinery and energy economy
and management for the first time. With the award, the participating organisations want
to encourage and reward young professionals at the beginning of their career in the industry.

This contest is a joint initiative of SPE Italian Section, EAGE and Assomineraria, the
Italian Petroleum and Mining Industry Association. The award series started in 1993. Since
2001 it is associated with the name of Gustavo Sclocchi. Sclocchi was manager at Eni s.p.A. and
keen supporter of the award over the years.

Competition for the award has been stiff. Over the course of the last 26 years 683 theses have been
submitted out of which 136 have won awards. This year proved no exception, with 36
theses competing for the prizes.

2019 Sclocchi Award winner announced

Nominees for the award are accepted for two categories: Master of Science & Doctor of Philosophy,
and Bachelor of Science & 2^nd level Master.

This year’s winners are:

Category: Master of Science & Doctor of Philosophy:

Chiara Amadori: 3D architecture of the Po Plain – Northern Adriatic Basin
since the Messinian Salinity crisis through Pliocene – Pleistocene time

Claudio Chesi: Facies and depositional architecture of the two
transtentional continental basins: The Permian succession of the Orobic
basin and of the Norwegian Danish basin

Marco Giuliani: Computational intelligence: a hybrid technique for the
process modeling and production optimization of an oil field

Category: Bachelor of Science & 2^nd level Master

Italo Luciani: Streamlines integration in Reservoir Management workflow
to optimize water injection in a brown field

 The special mentions were awarded to:

Xing Zhen: Two-grid full-waveform surface-wave inversion by means of a
genetic algorithm.

Simone Reguzzi: Lithostratigraphy and petrographic analysis of the
Permian succession of the orobic basin margins (Pizzo Dei Tre Signori –
Barbellino Lake, Orobic Alps, North Italy).

Giorgio Russo: Implementation of virtual metering models using real time data.

Giacomo Lazzeri: Experimental use of drone remote sensed data for quickly
mapping of wildfire burnt areas.

Submission Sclocchi Award 2020 now open!

The EAGE Student Fund is happy to support this prestigious award targeted at university students
in Italy and Italian student abroad for the 2020 submissions.

The instructions for participation in the contest are reported here and
in SPE  Italian Section.  

In order to submit an entry, your submission must be submitted by the following deadlines: 

Contact Information and Abstract – deadline December 31rd, 2019
Complete electronic copy of the thesis – deadline January 31st, 2020
Graduation Certificate – before the Award Ceremony in March 2020

Any questions can be addressed to:
sclocchiaward.speitaly@gmail.com. The Evaluation Committee shall select the theses
considered to be the most worthy of receiving the Award. Its decision is final and is not subject to
appeal.