July 2008 Newsletter
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A message from the President
Firstly, I'm very pleased to say that our June 26th One-Day Seminar on "The Use of Statistics in Formation Evaluation" was a great success. A high quality series of talks combined with a good sized audience to result in a worthwhile day for all. Several thought provoking issues were raised that lead to extended discussions both inside and outside the lecture theatre and I hope we all learned from one another.
Thanks therefore go to all those who gave presentations on the day, and indeed all those who attended, listened to what they had to say and responded in kind. A great vote of thanks goes in particular from the Committee to our own VP Newsletter, Adam Moss, who championed the seminar from its instigation as an idea many months ago, secured the majority of speakers and organised, along with other committee members, many things behind the scenes.
This month we have an evening presentation from another Committee member, Kirill Shymglia of Exxon Mobil. You will see an abstract on the talk he intends to give further on in the Newsletter. Thereafter there will be the customary summer break in August before we reconvene in September. Please keep your eyes on future Newsletters and the website www.lps.org.uk to see what is being planned at the LPS for Autumn-Winter 2008.
Also you will see this month that we changing the way in which we disburse monies that we
raise through memberships, seminars and advertising on the website to worth causes.
Specifically we are proposing to give bursaries and grants to students, academics and
university departments who include a significant amount of petrophysical content in their
studies. In the past we have funded, or part funded PhD students, and that requires giving a
large amount of monies to a single cause for an extended period of time. We now propose
casting our nets a little wider and giving smaller sums to a larger amount of recipients. See
more on the application process below.
Regards
Jonathan Lean LPS President