CIRCLES
EAGE has three Circles within the association, the Oil and Gas Geoscience Circle (OGGC), the Near Surface Geoscience Circle (NSGC) and the Sustainable Energy Circle. These entities reflect the interests of our members and have dedicated publications, meetings and educational offerings. Each Circle led by a committee overseeing the further development of the circle, its activities and cooperation with the other two circles. All three Circles are also represented in the EAGE Board. The current chairpersons are:
Lucy Slater
Chair Oil and Gas
Geoscience Circle
Esther Bloem
Chair Near Surface
Geoscience Circle
Chair
Sustainable Energy Circle
The purpose of the Oil and Gas Geoscience Circle (OGGC) is to represent and promote the interests of its members and to ensure that each of the Oil and Gas geoscience disciplines of geophysics, geology and reservoir engineering is adequately represented within the EAGE and its functional committees. The above is achieved by:
- Developing communication with members to better define their needs and identify new ideas and developments
- Submitting recommendations to the Board for approval to be implemented by specific committees and for appointing Editors-in-Chief of Petroleum Geoscience and Geophysical Prospecting Journals.
Specific responsibilities:
- Hold Technical Circle meetings at least at the Annual EAGE conference and in September and February of each year
- Assist with the staffing of the permanent committees
- Nominate for Board approval a Technical Programme Assistant for each of the geophysics, geology and engineering and multi-disciplinary studies
- Assist the Technical Programme Assistant with suggestions for workshops, special sessions, chairpersons and referees for the Annual EAGE, NSG and other conferences
- Receive reports from the Technical Programme Assistant and editors at Technical Circle Meetings
- Receive via the division chairman notices, agendas and minutes of permanent committee meetings and provide additional input as appropriate.
The current members of the circle committee are:
- Lucy Slater (Chair)
- Yohaney Gomez Galarza (Vice-Chair)
- Michael Peter Suess (Immediate Past Chair; TPC)
- Erica Angerer (Committee Member)
- Wiebke Athmer (Committee Member)
- Juliane Heiland (TPC)
- Tijmen Jan Moser (Editor-in-chief Geophysical Prospecting)
- Adeline Parent (WGE SIC liaison)
- Matteo Ravasi (YP SIC liaison)
- Jonathan Redfern (Editor-in-chief Petroleum Geoscience)
- Giovanni Sosio (DET SIC Liaison)
- Aart-Jan van Wijngaarden (Technical Programme Officer)
Circle journals: Geophysical Prospecting & Petroleum Geoscience
The Near Surface Geoscience Circle (NSGC) represents the interests of its members who work in all areas of geoscience applied to investigation of the shallow subsurface. Such areas include, but are not limited to, geophysics, geotechnics, engineering geology, mining, geothermal investigation, environment, hydrogeology, archaeology, forensics and soil science. It provides a forum for discussing and improving the application of geoscientific methods to the above-mentioned topics. The Circle publishes its own journal, Near Surface Geophysics, and organises an annual technical meeting, the EAGE Near Surface Geoscience Conference & Exhibition, normally held in September. It contributes to the EAGE flagship journal First Break and collaborates with other societies in organising joint technical meetings. The aims of the NSGC are:
- To foster and encourage the application of geoscience techniques for all near-surface applications;
- To foster education and research in these areas;
- To provide a means for communication between geophysicists and those who use geoscientific data;
- To provide, through meetings, workshops, short courses and seminars, a forum for the exchange of technical information;
- To actively represent the membership in all state and national initiatives that propose regulation or registration of near surface geoscientists, and to keep the membership informed on these issues;
- To work closely with other societies for the furthering of geoscience as applied to matters outside deep exploration.
The NSGC committee members sit as representatives of various local professional groupings. EAGE members are welcome to contact them by e-mail to make suggestions for the development of the Circle. The current members of the circle committee are:
- Esther Bloem (Chair)
- Andreas Aspmo Pfaffhuber (Vice-Chair)
- Micki Allen (Contact Officer EEGS/North America)
- Adam Booth (Committee Member)
- Hongzhu Cai (Liaison China)
- Deyan Draganov (Technical Programme Representative)
- Wolfram Gödde (Liaison First Break)
- Hamdan Ali Hamdan (Liaison Middle East)
- Vladimir Ignatev (Liaison Russia / CIS)
- Musa Manzi (Liaison Africa)
- Myrto Papadopoulou (YP Liaison)
- Catherine Truffert (Industry Liaison)
- Panagiotis Tsourlos (Editor in Chief Near Surface Geophysics)
- Florina Tuluca (Committee member)
Circle journal: Near Surface Geophysics
During a Special Members Meeting on 16 February 2023, the EAGE Board introduced the Sustainable Energy Circle, which was approved by a majority of the votes. More information about the structure and goals of this new Circle will be published soon.
