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Summer Report 2013
Eötvös University Student Chapter of AAPG
Budapest, Hungary
Summer Report 2013
Introduction
This semester has begun with the election of the new executive committee of the
AAPG for the next fiscal year, which was a decision we made last year. It turned out to be
successful as the new and the old committee can work together and the newly elected
students can easier take over the leadership experiences.
It was hard to organize well the semester events for students and geosciences
professionals, but all the programs were very successful. We are glad that we were able
to cultivate the connection with the Aberdeen University Student Chapter and
participated on their spring short course, and we are also glad for the invitation to the
first European Student Chapter Leadership Days from the LaSalle Beauvais Student
Chapter.
In addition to the above mentioned, summer field trips and their organizations
are still in progress (European Student Chapter Leadership Days in LaSalle Beauvais,
Dolomites field trip in Italy & Moesian-Carpathian field trip in Romania, Budapest
Education Days).
It was a special pleasure in the middle of May that our Student Chapter won the
AAPG Outstanding International Award, which further strengthen our enthusiasm.
János Csizmeg
President
Website: aapg.elte.hu
E-mail: [email protected]
Summer Report 2013 Faculty Advisor:Professor János Haas Member ID: 10055523 [email protected] http://geoscience.elte.hu/html/j_haas_en.html Executive Committee for the 2012-2013 term: President János Csizmeg [email protected] Earth SciencesPhD Vice-President Attila Schlakker [email protected] Geology MSc Treasurer Lilla Tőkés [email protected] Geology MSc Secretary Attila Balázs [email protected] Geophysics MSc Head of the Publicity Commitee
Attila Várkonyi [email protected] Geology MSc
Executive Committee for the 2013-2014 term: President Lilla Tőkés [email protected] Earth Sciences PhD Vice-President Tímea Havril [email protected] Earth Sciences PhD Treasurer János Csizmeg [email protected] Earth Sciences PhD Secretary Zoltán Téczely [email protected] Geophysics MSc Head of the Publicity Commitee
Balázs Horváth [email protected] Earth Sciences PhD
Webmaster Péter G. Kovács [email protected] Geology MSc Actual known members of the Student Chapter: 59
Name Degree subject Member
ID
Róbert Arató Geology MSc 10066889
Attila Balázs Geophysics MSc 10066890
Viktor Balogh Geology MSc 10089822
Dóra Bán Geophysics MSc 10087788
Viktória Baranyi Earth Sciences PhD
Barbara Krisztina Beke Earth Sciences PhD 10092134
Laura Bérdi Earth Sciences BSc 10088880
Tünde Bodnár Earth Sciences BSc 10097400
Viktória Bors Geology MSc 10060407
Dániel Budai Earth Sciences BSc 10088821
Dóra Csengődi Geology MSc
János Csizmeg Earth Sciences PhD 10060462
Luca Farkas Geophysics MSc
Tamás Garamhegyi Geology MSc 10094644
Erik Gordos Earth Sciences BSc 10093049
Tímea Havril Earth Sciences PhD 10073638
Renáta Hevér Geophysics MSc 10089136
Anna Horányi Geology-Geophysics PhD 10060423
Balázs Horváth Geology PhD 10060415
Bence Horváth Geology MSc 10086321
Zsolt Horváth Earth Sciences BSc
Zsuzsanna Kapui Geology MSc 10094401
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Márton Kemény Geology MSc
Ágnes Király Geophysics MSc 10060427
Ádám Kocsis Earth Sciences PhD 10091266
Melinda Koncz Geophysics MSc
Anikó Koczán Environmental Sciences BSc
Dániel Kőrösi Earth Sciences BSc 10098093
Gellért Péter Kovács Geology MSc 10087956
Orsolya Lukovszki Earth Sciences BSc 10097753
Dávid Mészáros Geophysics MSc 10090088
Daniella Micsinai Geology MSc 10081741
Mária Molnár Geology MSc
Zsolt Nagy Geology MSc 10085747
Alexandra Németh Geology MSc
Csilla Orgel Geology MSc
Szilvia Ormándi Geology-Geophysics PhD 10097372
Rebeka Oross Earth Sciences BSc 10085976
Domokos Pásztor Geology MSc
Edina Pável Geology MSc 10066893
Attila Petrik Earth Sciences PhD 10066894
Dávid Pintér Geophysics MSc
Zóra Pók Geology MSc
Jennifer Sarrang Earth Sciences BSc 10085801
Attila Schlakker Geology MSc 10066895
Bence Solymosi Geophysics MSc 10082135
Márk Somogyvári Geophysics MSc
Nándor Szegedi Geophysics MSc 10081533
Rachel Lilla Szilágyi Geology MSc
Zoltán Téczely Geophysics MSc 10089818
Mihály Temes Geology MSc 10066896
Lilla Bea Tőkés Geology MSc 10073644
Ágnes Török Geology MSc
Ádám Zoltán Tóth Geophysics MSc 10060428
Bernadett Ildikó Tóth Earth Sciences BSc 10070713
Balázs Trásy Geology MSc
Viktória Ünnep Geology MSc
Attila Várkonyi Geology MSc 10070714
Enikő Várkonyi Geology MSc 10066898
The new members are highlighted with red.
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Activity Maps
4th IGSC, Berlin
AAPG IBA2013 , Prague
Petroleum Geology in the
Heart of Industry
short course
Aberdeen
Demjén Field Trip
MOL Danube Refinery
Museum of the Hungarian
Petroleum Industry
Tófej-1 & Ortaháza gas
processing plant
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MOL Danube Refinery Tour
5th February
On the 5th February our Student Chapter
visited the MOL’s Danube Refinery in
Százhalombatta. The refinery can be found in
Pest County, 27 km far from Budapest.
At the beginning of our tour we watched a
short movie about the refinery. The group then
attended a brief lecture about the details of the
working units, processing technologies and the
products of the facility. The Danube Refinery is the only Hungarian MOL refinery which
refines crude oil. It’s capacity is 8,1 Mt/year, what makes it one of the largest refineries in
the Middle European Region. Ninety percent of the processed crude oil is imported from
Russia and is a Russian Export Blend (REB).
After the lecture we had the chance to visit several working units on a bus trip and to
take a look at the directory room, which seemed like the deck of a space ship from a sci-fi
movie. At the end of the trip we visited the Friendship II crude oil pipeline whereby REB
comes from.
It was a great opportunity to learn about the downstream sector and to meet with a
specialist who answered all our questions. The guidance of Norbert Ruff (co-worker of MOL
Plc.) is highly acknowledged.
See more: http://www.mol.hu/en/business_centre/refining_marketing/refining/
Mária Molnár
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Meeting of the Mineral Resource Classification, Evaluation and
Management
21st February
The Hungarian Geological Society (MFT), the Hungarian Geological and Geophysical
Institute (MFGI) and the Hungarian Mining Authority (MBFH) organized the Meeting of the
Mineral Resource Classification, Evaluation and Managment to discuss the actual questions,
methods and problems of this topic for Hungary in the ceremonial hall of the MFGI. Several
leaders and professionals of the concerned professional Associatons and Companies from
the hydrocarbon and solid mineral mining have given presentations as well.
The organizers have provided time for the future generation geoscientists, the Eötvös and
Miskolc Student Chapters of the AAPG and for the Eötvös Student Chapter of the Society of
Economic Geologists to introduce ourselves and our activity. Balázs Czeglédi (Miskolc) and
János Csizmeg (Eötvös) presidents have presented about the AAPG Chapters with big
enthusiasm.
We are very grateful for the opportunity to be able to join this noted professional
Meeting and develop our contacts with the geoscience Societies, Institues, Companies!
Balázs Czeglédi (left) and János Csizmeg (right) are talking about the AAPG Student
Chapters
János Csizmeg
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L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant
12th March
We are very grateful for the Grant! This is the first year when one of our member and
the Eötvös Studen Chapter won this. Our awarded undergraduate Erath scientist student is
Dániel Budai, and he would like to use the Grant for a basin research. The other part of the
Grant earned to the Eötvös SC will be used to complete the budget of the Dolomites field trip
from 29th July to 3rd August.
János Csizmeg
„I would like to thank the AAPG Foundation for the L. Austin
Weeks Grant. It means a huge support for me and also means an
appropriate feedback to our Student Chapter to continue our work.
In this year I am planning to start a study about the Neogene
hydrocarbon system of a selected area in the Pannonian Basin with
Petromod 2012 basin modeling software. To complete this I will use the
Grant to order vitrinite reflectance analysis on the core samples of an selected well. Hopefully,
my research will be successful and it will help me to start my career.”
Dániel Budai
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EAGE Student Lecture Tours 25th March
Dr. Bjorn Wygrala and Dr. István Vető visited the Eötvös
Loránd University in Budapest to give a short course about
Basin and Petroleum System Modeling and about the Shale
Gas Perspectives.
First Dr. Wygrala presented the conventional and the
unconventional resources. After that he shortly described the
risk factors related to the ’essential elements’ of the
petroleum system. During the session we have learned about
the importance of the petroleum system analysis. A basin
model gives a complete and unique record of generations,
migration, accumulations and loss of hydrocarbon
in a petroleum system through geologic time.
He introduced the modeling process, the
data types, workflows and goals of typical
applications through a case study from Alaska
North Slope exploration in a live 3D Petromod
software presentation to illustrate these points. It
was a great opportunity for us to learn more about the petroleum system modeling because
today it is generally applied from the early exploration to field development.
On the afternoon lecture Dr. István Vető gave
us general information about the deposition of the
shale gas source rocks in case of different models.
He also defined the main criterion of shale gas
occurrences and talked about the basic techniques
for shale gas production. The main focus was on the
thermic shale gas development. He highlighted the
main parameters of the reservoir (such as porosity, TOC and the exact location of the gas
inside the shale). At the end of the lecture he showed different production methods and
some potential Hungarian occurrences (Kössen Marl & Tard Clay Fm.).
Thank you for the lecturers the event, these were very useful, because the importance of
unconventional hydrocarbon occurrences such as shale gas is increasing nowadays!
Daniella Micsinai
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AAPG Imperial Barrel Award 2013 – European Region, Prague
21st – 23rdMarch
Due to the successes of the last years and the great interest of European Universities
AAPG’s European qualifying of IBA competition was organized in Prague in this spring again.
It was the 6th time that the Eötvös University Team participated at the IBA. This year’s team
was built up by 3 MSc geologists (Daniella Micsinai, Enikő Várkonyi and Ágnes Török) and 2
MSc geophysicists (Bence Solymosi and Attila Komor) who were led by professor György
Pogácsás, Faculty Advisor and János Csizmeg, Consultant.
Our study area was situated in Nova Scotia offshore this year. The start of preparation
was not so easy but all of our efforts were not useless because during this time we could
improve our skills in HC exploration and finally we learned to work in a team.
This competition was an excellent opportunity to peep into the work of HC companies
and to acquire a lot of experience in HC exploration and last but not least we have built
international relationship with the other teams of European universities.
Enriched with new experiences we hope that the Eötvös Team can get place in the next
year.
Ágnes Török
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Petroleum Geology in the Heart of Industry - short course organized
by the Aberdeen University AAPG SC
6th – 14th April
This year two members of Eötvös AAPG SC (Ágnes Király, Attila Balázs) and Lisbon
University AAPG SC had the chance to participate in the short course “Petroleum Geology in
the Heart of Industry” organized by the Aberdeen University AAPG SC. It was the second
time that the Eötvös SC got an invitation and we all hope that this successful cooperation
between the chapters will continue in the future.
The week contained several exciting programs from field trips, through a conference
to interesting exercises held by experts from the E&P industry.
Participants of the short course in the real heart of the European E&P industry
During the week we visited the Halliburton and the BP headquarters in Aberdeen
where we could learn about their activity in the North Sea area and about the changing
world of exploration.
We participated in a few field trips where we studied about the geological and
geodynamical evolution of Scotland. We visited Devonian Old Red Sandstone outcrops and
investigated some recent sedimentological features too.
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One of the most unique parts of the short course was a conference at the King’s
College of Aberdeen University about the economical, legal and geological aspects of
hydrocarbon exploration in the 21st century.
After all one can say that this week was unforgettable for every participant because
we experienced some really up-to-date aspects of geophysics and geology, we had the
chance to examine how the companies work in the heart of the oil industry and last but not
least we got to know some new friends from Lisbon and Aberdeen AAPG Student Chapters.
Attila Balázs
Examine well log instrument at
Halliburton
How we look our future in the
petroleum indusrty
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Visit theMOL wellsite, the gas processing plant & the Museum of the
Hungarian Petroleum Industry in Zala
19th April
The Eötvös SC organized together with the
Department of Physical and Applied Geology a one
day field trip to Zala, West Hungary focusing on the
E&P facilities. More than 20 students got the chance
to visit the exploratory drilling Tófej-1. Before the
trip on the 12th of April András Németh from the
MOL Plc. gave us a detailed presentation about the
hydrocarbon geology of the Zala Basin and the Tófej
prospect drilling in progress. On the field in
compliance with severe safety standards we saw
the drilling equipment, such as drill pipes and
rotary heads and we have learned about their use.
After that, we also visited the mud logger cabin
where we could see the the analysis process of the
cuttings taken directly from the well. We were in luck because when we went up to the
rotary table we were able to observe the method of inserting a new drill pipe. We had expert
guides during the whole visit so beside
the practical things we learned a lot about
the drilling process as well.
The next stop was a gas processing
plant in Ortaháza where we saw a lot of
interesting equipment and learned that
the natural gas extracted from a well
should go through many steps of process
until it can be utilized in households. We
also saw what they do with the unusable
part of the gas. Gas processing plant, Ortaháza
The Tófej-1
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At the end of the day we went to the Museum of the Hungarian Petroleum Industry in
Zalaegerszeg, which is already an annual stop for the Eötvös students. There were old
geophysical instruments and a few modern vehicles of a Hungarian geophysical company.
We saw some old oil rigs which were very different from the one we saw in Tófej. There was
also a very interesting exhibition about the history of the petroleum industry in Hungary.
Enikő Várkonyi, Balázs Horváth
Museum of the Hungarian Petroleum Industry - An old oil rig
Museum of the Hungarian Petroleum Industry – Vibrator truck
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4th International Geosciences Student Conference in Berlin
25th - 28th April
At the end of April two members of the AAPG Eötvös Sudent Chapter travelled to
Berlin to the 4thIGSC. Thanks to our multiannual relationship with the Bucharest Student
Chapter, we were able to organize to make the travel together. This conference is sponsored
by the SEG, AAPG and EAGE, and some great companies also supported this event. The
conference offered a good possibility to practice holding presentations in English and to
build new relationships.
In the conference both of us held an oral presentation, with great success. We had got
the chance to talk with some experts from the Total, Exxon, Prospectiuni, AAPG, EAGE, SEG,
etc. These conversations were mostly about our professional future, and it was gratifying,
that the World is full with possibilities.
Attila Balázs presents his study about the Pannonian Basin
Ágnes Király
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Senior Professional Meeting
8th May
After the successful Young Professional Meeting of the previous semester we decided
to organize a similar meeting with senior experts, so we invited seven representatives from
hydrocarbon exploration and service companies active in Hungary. They gave short
presentations and shared their experiences
with the students about the hydrocarbon
exploration: Balázs Gellért (MOL Hungarian
Oil and Gas Plc.), Gábor Bada (TXM Falcon),
Frank Thompson (Schlumberger), Mikhail
Shevelev (NIS), Levente Szabó (Hungarian
Horizont Energy), David LeClair (Sand Hill
Petroleum BV) and Géza Wórum (Geomega).
They also introduced the structure of
the company and the jobs they are working
at, and gave us some useful advices as well,
like the importance about an explorationist’s
carrier, that we have to be geoscientists, not
just geologists or geophysicists.
During the breaks and after the
presentations a small buffet was prepared
and we had the chance to ask questions and
converse directly with the invited experts.
The meeting was very interesting and
useful to get to know better the work and life
in the hydrocarbon industry. We thank all the
lecturers for this great event!
Rebeka Oross
David LeClair’s lecture
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Eötvös Student Chapter won the AAPG’s Outstanding
International Student Chapter Award
20th May
Schlumberger announced on 20th May
2013 its contribution of five scholarships to the
AAPG Outstanding Student Chapter Awards.
Two universities were selected as the 2013
chapter winners and four additional
universities were awarded “Honorable
Mention Student Chapter” scholarships. Eötvös
University Student Chapter was one of the
prize winners. On behalf of the Eötvös SC, the
award was taken by András Németh (MOL Plc.)
in Pittsburgh, at the AAPG Annual Convention
and Exhibition.
Tímea Havril
The Eötvös SC Committee took over the prize from AndrásNémeth on the Discussion
of the NeogenePannonian Basin, Budapest
Vlasta Dvořáková (AAPG Europe Region
President) & András Németh (MOL Plc.)
with the Honorable Mention Award of
the Eötvös SC, Pittsburgh
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Discussion on the Neogene Pannonian Basin
30th May
The Upper Miocene infill of the back-arc Pannonian Basin has been studied for
decades and is still under great interest. The stratigraphy, particularly the sequence
stratigraphy of the basin, the geodynamics related to the Messinian event are all hot topics
currently under research. We have invited several renowned scientists both from the
industry and academics to present and discuss their results about this theme on the Eötvös
University for a wider publicity of the geosciences.
This event was a great occasion for
András Németh (MOL) to hand over the
AAPG Outstanding International Student
Chapter Award to the Eötvös SC, which
raised further the light of the event.
Five lectures were held: the newest
theories in sequence stratigraphy was
described by István Csató (MOL), the
revision of the chronostratigraphy of the
basin was discussed by Imre Magyar (MOL, MTA, ELTE). Györgyi Juhász (MOL) and György
Pogácsás (ELTE, MOL) presented the newly found Alpár
Canyon in the Upper Miocene, Orsolya Sztanó (ELTE, TXM) &
co-authors showed the cycles of shelf and slope growth and
the deep-water sand accumulation in the Makó Trough and
Frank Horváth (ELTE) & co-workers talked about the
Messinian event and related geodynamics. The chairman of
the event was László Fodor (ELTE, MTA). The short lectures
were followed by a lengthy discussion to allow differing views
to be expressed. The views got closer by the end of the
discussion. The students benefited from the experience as
the topic is not extensively discussed in regular coursework
studies.
Lilla Tőkés
Imre Magyar presents the chronostratigraphy of the
Pannonian Basin
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Demjén Field Trip (North Hungary)
7th June
This field trip was organized by the AAPG Miskolc Student Chapter to Demjén with
the aim of getting insight into the local hydrocarbon system and to get a better
understanding of the exploration & production procedures. Two outstanding lectures were
addressed to the audience in the local establishment of MOL Plc. in the vicinity of Eger. The
first lecture was given by János Blahó, geologist, who made us familiar with the geology of
the territory, the different attributes of reservoir rock and various fault systems. The second
lecture which was given by István Varga, oil engineer, was about the history of hydrocarbon
exploitation of Demjén, the reserves and the various engineering solutions used in
production.
Having listened to these presentations, we were guided in the oil field of Demjén (in
the MOL establishment) visiting the equipment park and one of the still active wells which
provides 2-3m3 petroleum per day.
Then we could get acquainted with the reservoir rock of hydrocarbon (Kiscell Clay) in
the famous Kis-Eged outcrop where the Late Eocene – Early Oligocene succession can be
studied. Finally, we were directed to the last quarry found in Noszvaj that reveals the matrix
supported latest Early Oligocene Noszvaj Member of Kiscell Clay which was interpreted as a
submarine debris fan. In the quarry we could see some nice faults, fractured and oriented
János Blahó, geologist is giving a lecture
about the geology of the oil fields
The still active DK-4 well in the MOL
base
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pebbles within the fault zones and several sedimentological features (imbrication, normal
and inverse gradation etc.).
In summary, we spent a very
substantial day together with the
Miskolc SC that was very useful for
every participant. All of us better
understood and got a glance how a
complex hydrocarbon system looks like
and what challenges we have to face in
the hydrocarbon production. Last but
not least, we seized the opportunity to
thank our guides (János Blahó & István
Varga) for the amazing lectures and
interesting guidance during the day.
Attila Petrik
Some students are trying to guess the presence of
hydrocarbon by touching the reservoir rock
István Varga is informing us about the
production procedure
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Finances
January - June 2013
Incomes
(HUF) Incomes (USD)* Notes
Left from previous semester 282,773 1,285
MOL Plc. Support 860,000 3,909
Papp Simon Foundation Grants 330,000 1,500
AAPG Grant for Dolomites field trip 834,240 3,792
for the next semester
L. Austin Weeks Grant 110,000 500
for the next semester
AAPG International Outstanding Student Chapter
- Honorable Mention 55,000 250
for the next semester
Total 2,472,013 11,236
Date Activities Details Expenses
(HUF) Expenses
(USD)* Notes
5-Feb MOL Danube Refinery Tour travel (bus rent) 30,000 136
25-Mar
EAGE Student Lecture Tour travel of the lecturer independent supported by
EAGE
21-23 March
AAPG IBA 2013, Prague travel, accomodation & meal
of the Eötvös Team independent
supported by AAPG Europe
5-14 April
Aberdeen short course travel (flight tickets) 180,000 818
19-Apr Visit the MOL wellsite &
facility in Zala independent, supported by
Papp Simon Foundation 150,000 682
25-28 April
4th IGSC, Berlin accomodation 30,000 136 own cost
8-May Senior Professional
Meeting snacks & refreshments 8,000 36
30-May
Discussion on the Neogene Pannonian Basin
snacks & refreshments 8,000 36
7-Jun Demjén field trip travel (with car) 10,000 45
Total 386,000 1,755
Left for the next semester 2,086,013 9,482
*220 HUF = 1 USD
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Plans for the next semester (July – December 2013)
European Student Chapter Leadership Days organized by the LaSalle Beauvais SC – from
7th to 12th July
Dolomites field trip with Bucharest, Cluj, Miskolc & AGH University (Krakow) Student
Chapters – from 29th July to 3rd August
Moesian-Carpathian field trip organized by the Bucharest SC – from 18th to 25th August
Budapest Education Days – at 5th and 6th September
invited lecturers:
Bruno Tomljenović (University of Zagreb), László Csontos (MOL), Gábor Vakarcs (Kuwait
Energy), László Fodor (Eötvös University, Hung. Acad of Sciences), Márton Palotai (Eötvös
Univesity)
AAPG Distinguished Lecture Tour, Terry Englander – at 10th October
3rd Workshop on the Pannonian Basin, István Csató – in Autumn/Winter
Visit of a drilling and/or seismic survey – depends on the actual opportunities
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Acknowledgements
First of all we would like to thank the continuous support of our faculty advisor, Professor János
Haas and for the AAPG to remunerate our activity with the „Outstanding International Student
Chapter – Honorable Mention” Award and with the L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant.
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the MOL Plc., the AAPG and the Papp Simon
Foundation which allowed us to organize several colourful events in this semester.
Special thanks to András Németh for his advices, efforts and continuous enthusiasm. István Bérczi
and András Király are acknowledged as well, since it was their effort that resulted in a generous
fund of MOL Plc. and Papp Simon Foundation.
We appreciate the great help from Klára Gulyás concerning our finances.
Thank you to the EAGE, specially to Wan-Min Huang for the great Student Lecture Tour!
We are very grateful for the lectures to Bjorn Wygrala, István Vető, Gábor Bada, Frank
Thompson, Balázs Gellért, Levente Szabó, Géza Wórum, Mikhail Shevelev, David LeClair, Imre
Magyar, Györgyi Juhász, György Pogácsás, Frank Horváth, Orsolya Sztanó & István Csató.
We are pleased for the cooperation to the Aberdeen, Bucharest, Miskolc and LaSalle Beauvais
Student Chapters, to the Hungarian Geological Society, the Hungarian Geological and
Geophysical Institute and the Hungarian Mining Authority.
For the preparations, visits and guidance of the field trips to the MOL facilities (refinery, wellsite, gas
processing plant) we are very thankful to András Németh, György Pogácsás, Norbert Ruff and last
but not least to the Museum of the Hungarian Petroleum Industry.
We greatly acknowledge the continuous help of Brian McBroom, Andrei Panaiotu and Csaba Vígh.
The Eötvös University Student Chapter is sponsored by
supported by
partners
Papp Simon
Foundation