15GSTT 1990 ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY
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GSTT 1990 ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY |
Joint Ventures being the most important source of financing;
New Technology and updated concepts;
The role of Horizontal Drilling in efforts to increase recovery,
Farmouts and Lease Operatorships
Rationalisation of the Oil and Petrochemical Sectors.
Mr. Troy Rambarran, reviewed the performance of the society over the past year:
"On May 15, 1990, Winston Ali (President 1989/90) and Derek Hudson (1st VicePresident 1989/90) resigned because
they were assigned to work with the Mobil -Trintopec Joint Venture in Dallas Texas. At the same time Deo Maharaj
Treasurer 1989/90) also resigned. Deo had indicated at the time he was elected, that he can hold the post only
temporarily. An Extraordinary Genera! meeting was therefore convened on May 16th and the following replacement
officers were elected:
H. Troy Rambarran - President
W. Chaitan - 1st. Vice President
J. Chambers - Treasurer
The new executive subsequently agreed to appoint Keith Bally as 2nd Vice President.
Further to these developments, W. Chaitan informed the Executive that he would be leaving the country shortly and
would therefore relinquish his post. Clearly, the Executive was having a rough time staying together. Despite this,
during the year, four (4) Technical sessions covering topics in Geophysics and Oilfield Exploitation were held.
A Geological Conference and a Technical Training were also hosted.
GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE:
The 1989/90 executive year was highlighted by the successful hosting of the "Second Geological Conference
of the GSTT and Symposium on the Cretaceous This Conference was held in conjunction with the International Correlation
Program, at the Holiday Inn, Port of
Spain on April 3-8, 1990.
The Conference consisted of four parts:
(1) Technical sessions and Symposium on South East Caribbean
(2) Poster Session.
(3) Exhibitions - Showing State-of-the-Art, Computer Applications in Geology and Geophysics
(4) Field Trips -
Miocene to Cretaceous Trinidad
Structural Styles in Trinidad
Tobago Geology.
There were over one hundred participants at the Conference, and twenty-six papers were presented at the Technical
Sessions, seven papers at the Symposium; seven Exhibitors, and five Poster sessions.
The Technical Sessions consisted of 30-minute talks in areas of structure, petrology, geophysics, sedimentology,
geochemistry, economic and petroleum geology. The special symposium on the Cretaceous of Trinidad and Tobago, the
Caribbean and Related areas organised by W. Volkeimer (Argentina) and W. M Ali (Trinidad) successfully related
important geological problems of Trinidad and Tobago to those of the other nations from Latin America.
In summary, we can say that the papers and discussions of attendees from the various subfields produced many new
insights into old problems, but they also successfully identified several remaining primary questions concerning
the mechanisms and history of geologic development .
From all indications, the Conference was highly successful, and it received favorable reviews locally, regionally,
and . In this respect, I will quote Dr. Pindell in "Episodes" Vol.13 No.1, pa 1, but before I do, let
me point Out that "Episodes" is the official quarterly journal of the International Union of Geological
Sciences, IUGS. It covers developments of regional and global importance in the Earth Sciences. The IUGS is one
of the largest and most active non-governmental scientific organization of the world.
"Episodes" had this to say.
"The three days of technical sessions and subsequent field trips were beautifully organized and executed and
no one can say that the Conference was anything other than a great success. The GSTT is to be commended for its
motivation and effective efforts in coordination".
Congratulations to Derek Hudson, Chairman of the Conference Committee and all his hard working Committee Members
for an excellent job, and we now look forward eagerly to the publication of the proceedings.
The GSST successfully designed,planned and conducted a four-day Training seminar during March 20-23, 1990, at Trintoc
Human Resources Center, Point-a-Pierre. The course was entitled "Drilling Fluids and Well Planning - A Synergistic
Approach", with Enos Thomas as the lecturer. Mr. Thomas is the Drilling Manager at Trintoc.
The Training Seminar attracted twenty nine participants, including Drilling Engineers,Petroleum Engineers, Geologists,
and Drilling Fluids Engineers from (1) Service Companies, (2) Operators, e.g. Trintoc, Trinmar, Amoco and Trintopec,
(3) and Ministry of Energy - these three crucial groups that interact in the local oil industry.
This seminar emphasized the integration of the Disciplines of Geology, Drilling Engineering and drilling Fluids
Engineering in well-planning and identified potential problems at the pre-planning stage.
The significance of this project goes beyond its technical or financial success, for as one consultant quipped,
"we have now entered the domain of the experts". Congrats to the Chairman of the Education Committee
and thanks to Mr. Enos Thomas and Trintoc for their support in this venture.
I guess as your new president, I am expected to say something!
Ladies and gentlemen, I am not good at this, so I shall just make a few comments. Fellow professionals, the decade
of the 90's is upon us and we must be prepared as geoscientists. The integration of high technologies and the professionals
who use them will be vital if we are to succeed. Consequently, we must continue to aggressively pursue the acquisition
of advanced technology.
Success in the local petroleum industry must not only be guided by the crises of the Middle East, but by our own
abilities to integrate successfully high tech teams of Managers, Geologists, Geophysicists, Geochemists, Petrographers,
Reservoir Engineers, Economists and Lawyers -yes, lawyers, legal personnel well versed in Exploration and Production
strategy. In my view, one of the most important developments needed today is the greater integration of Geology
and Engineering - multi-disciplinary teams of professionals, with a holistic approach towards oil finding and reservoir
management to ensure that we win maximum reserves in the most efficient manner.
As John A. Masters of Hunter Exploration (Calgary) puts it, "In tomorrow's complex technology, you cannot
put individuals up against well integrated teams. It is a no contest situation."
In this respect, I hope to see Geologists and Engineers working together as a unified team and soon, maybe, the
State owned Oil Companies pooling their resources- 'freeing up' -just a little to ease the flow of Technical data
among themselves, and to operate in unison, for progress and growth - for the upliftment of our beloved country.
I would certainly like to see INTEGRATED TEAM-WORK.
In closing, let me thank the past Executive and Society members for their support.
I will also like to thank you for your vote of confidence by electing me to be your President during this new term
of office and I look forward to an active and exciting year.
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