Petrolia Pioneers Society

03/30/2016

Hey Hey! Please join the PPS on APRIL 4th (from 6-8pm) for EARTH SCI Trivia at the Grad Club! Beverages and Grad Club gift cards galore! Looking forward to seeing you cats at our year-end event!!

02/02/2016

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists with SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) and Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG) invite you to join us for the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition 19–22 June, 2016, plus pre- & post-events, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

01/27/2016

Please come and join the PPS next Wednesday, February 3rd at 5:30 pm (in BGS 1053) to enjoy a presentation by Michael Webb, courtesy of the CSPG 'University Outreach' Lecture Tour. He will be delighting us with thoughts about reservoir heterogeneity in the Athabasca Oil Sands. Please see the attached poster for additional details!

01/27/2016

Please come and join the PPS next Wednesday, February 3rd at 5:30 pm (in BGS 1053) to enjoy a presentation by Michael Webb, courtesy of the CSPG 'University Outreach' Lecture Tour. He will be delighting us with thoughts about reservoir heterogeneity in the Athabasca Oil Sands. Please see the attached poster for additional details!

12/16/2015

Attention! Are you an Earth Science MSc. or PhD? ... This grant opportunity might be of interest to you ...
The AAPG Foundation Grants-In-Aid Program provides financial assistance to graduate students currently enrolled in a Masters or Ph.D program. Candidate’s thesis research must have “application to the search for and development of petroleum and energy-mineral resources", and/or to related environmental geology issues. Grants range in value from $500 to $3,000.
Application Deadline: Monday February 15th 2016.

Please see the attached link for the application form!
http://aapg.gia.confex.com/aapg_gia/2016/cfp.cgi

The AAPG Foundation’s Grants-in-Aid program promotes research in the geosciences. Grants are made to provide financial assistance to graduate students (currently enrolled in Masters or Ph.D. programs) whose thesis research has application to the search for and development of petroleum and energy-min…

11/28/2015

Fellow Earth Scientists! Please consider joining us this coming Monday November 30th, at 6:00pm ... for a pre-exam, study break!

10/21/2015

Please come join us at the AAPG Visiting Geoscientist Lecture -- and hear some interesting insight from Peter Putnam ... TOMORROW! October 22nd, 1:30 - 2:30pm in BGS 1069

http://www.events.westernu.ca/events/earth-sci/2015-10/peter-putnam-AAPG.html

October 22, 2015 - The importance of field work and rock work in developing Canada’s bitumen reservoirs

10/21/2015

Busy morning. We just finished putting all the grant deadlines into the calendar on the front of our website. Its FREE money, so why not apply?

The most pressing deadlines include:
- Glen Ruby: Oct. 31
- CSEG Foundation: Nov. 1

See the complete list at: https://uwopetroliapioneers.wordpress.com/scholarships-award-opportunities/

And add all of the dates to your personal calendar by clicking the + Google Calendar button on the bottom of our calendar on our homepage.
https://uwopetroliapioneers.wordpress.com/

10/21/2015

Display case is finally done! Come take a look if you are headed to the main floor washrooms, class, the outcrop room, or if you feel like a walk down the hall. It's got models of some of the infrastructure for oil and gas, info about the Oil Museum, info about the club, a list of our executive officers, and our email and website.

10/19/2015

This Thursday (October 22nd) Western will be hosting AAPG Visiting Geoscientist, Peter Putnam (full bio: http://www.aapg.org/career/training/in-person/visiting-geoscientist/details/articleid/16875/peter-putnam).

Peter will be giving us a talk entitled “The importance of field work and rock work in developing Canada’s bitumen reservoirs” – a topic which I think most of us can relate to, or we wouldn’t have all those fun field photos and stories when we come back from the summer.

Join us from 1:30-2:20 on Thursday in BGS 1069.

All are welcome.

Coffee and donuts will be provided.

Peter said he can probably stick around after his talk, so for anyone who is interested, we will be going over to the grad club post-lecture.

Peter Putnam is a geologist with 34 years of varied global experience at both technical and executive levels. His endeavors have covered the areas of exploration, development (inclusive of primary, secondary and thermal recovery), operations, reserves assessments, research and training. A graduate o…

10/06/2015

Thank you to all of those who joined us on our exciting visit to the Oil Museum of Canada, in Oil Springs, ON this past Saturday! We hope that you had as much fun as we did ... :)

10/05/2015

A Friendly Reminder ... Free CSPG and AAPG Memberships for Students!
Consider joining/renewing your AAPG and CSPG memberships. These memberships are free for students. They give students access to publications from the societies and are also a great way to show others that you have a serious interest in geology.

AAPG: http://students.aapg.org/
CSPG: http://www.cspg.org/