25 Years of Energizing Exploration

SPG India geared up for organizing its 12th Biennial International Conference & Exposition at JECC Jaipur from 17th -19th November 2017.The themes of this biennial event were always in tune with the prevailing situation in oil industry and challenges faced by it. It varied from Exploration in the 21st century to Leveraging Technologies for E&P Business for Mitigating Exploration Risks to Solutions through Technologies, Uncertainty to Possibility and the theme is “Energy through Synergy” for the current conference. A common platform was envisaged to resolve & establish the technical ideas and practical experiences for improved interactions & knowledge sharing among E&P industries and academia. Society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG) India was established in 1992, with a small group of 30 Exploration Geophysicists 25 years ago at Dehradun. SPG is presently affiliated to international societies “Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)” USA, European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) - Netherlands & Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (ASEG), Australia. As part of Continuing Education (CE) Programme during 12th Biennial International Conference and Expositions, of SPG India Jaipur 2017, twenty two (22) CE courses were conducted on 15.11.2017 at Jaipur as Preconference courses and two more are planned on 20.11.2017 as Post Conference courses at Mumbai and New Delhi. The teaching faculties from USA, Canada, Germany, Norway, Mexico and Indian IIT, University and CSIR Institutes participated in the programme.