EAGE was founded in 1951 when much of the formality of an earlier era still persisted. But, from the beginning, the Association managed to stay true to its motto ‘Quaere et Invenies’, Seek and ye shall find. EAGE and its successors reached out first to geophysicists, but then as the nature of the petroleum industry changed, it broadened its platform. There were watersheds in 1989 and again in 1995 over the EAEG, EAPG and establishment of the EAGE we know today.
The evolution of EAGE, its growth and structure, almost perfectly reflects the emergence of the geosciences and petroleum engineering industry with its related academic and research institutions. This is true also for our mining and civil engineering membership and activity.
The years between the first ‘organised’ EAGE meeting in Scheveningen (The Netherlands) in 1951 and the present have demonstrated to be a phenomenal progress in a science and practice which is often in fact almost always, very complex and challenging. Huge obstacles, theoretical and operational, have been overcome to the immense benefit to the petroleum industry and by extension to the society as a whole.
The table below recaps the locations of the EAGE Annual meetings and the Presidents leading the Association through the years.
85th meeting
Oslo
E. Wiarda
84th meeting
Vienna
J.M. Rodriguez
83rd meeting
Madrid
D. Orlowsky
82nd meeting
Amsterdam
D. Orlowsky
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E. Muijzert
81st meeting
London
M.C. Pöppelreiter
80th meeting
Copenhagen
J.J. Biteau
79th meeting
Paris
J.J. Biteau
78th meeting
Vienna
C.D. Ward
77th meeting
Madrid
M. Alfaraj
76th meeting amsterdam
P.S. Ringrose
75th meeting
London
G. Gonzalez
74th meeting
Copenhagen
L. Srnka
73rd meeting
Vienna
J. Underhill
72nd meeting
Barcelona
D. Calcagni
71st meeting
amsterdam
M. Abdulbaqi
70th meeting
Rome
P.A.F. Christie
69th meeting
London
F. Roar Aamodt
68th meeting
Vienna
Th. Kortekaas
67th meeting
Madrid
G. Williams
66th meeting
Paris
O. Dubrule
65th meeting
Stavanger
D. Milne
64th meeting
Florence
P. Van Riel
63rd meeting amsterdam
H. Gaertner
62nd meeting
Glasgow
E. Robein
61st meeting
Helsinki
M. Peltoniemi
60th meeting
Leipzig
F. di Cesare
59th meeting
GENEVA
J. Smethurst
58th meeting amsterdam
M.A. Ak
57th meeting
GLASGOW***
I. Gausland
F.X. Führer
56th meeting
Vienna
T. Bodoky
O.Skontrop****
55th meeting
Stavanger
I. Gausland
F.X. Führer****
54th meeting
Paris
J.J. Nooteboom
J.M. Bowen****
53rd meeting
Florence
J.-P. Henriet
K.-A. Oppebøn****
52nd meeting
COPENHAGEN
G. Omnès
W.F. Steenken****
51ST meeting
BERLIN (W)**
M.J.G. Cox
W.F. Steenken****
50th meeting
The hague
H.J. Körner
49th meeting
Belgrade
W. Goudswaard
48th meeting
Ostend
F. Rocca
47th meeting
Budapest
K.A. Oppebøen
46th meeting
London
P. Kennet
45th meeting
Oslo
D. Stefanovic
44th meeting
Cannes
A.W. Smit
43rd meeting
Venice
D. Michon
42ND meeting
Istanbul
W.J. Jankowsky
41ST meeting
Hamburg
D.S. Parasnis
40th meeting
Dublin
L. Alfano
39th meeting
Zagreb
P.N.S. O’Brien
38th meeting
The Hague
G. Grau
37th meeting
Bergen
R. Bortfeld
36th meeting
Madrid
H.J. Hoogeveen
35th meeting
brighton
S. Werner
34th meeting
Paris
N. Anstey
33rd meeting
HANNOVER*
C. Aynard
32Nd meeting
EDINBURGH
O. Koefoed
31ST meeting
VENICE
R. Cassinis
30th meeting
SALZBURG
B.F.J. Kunz
29th meeting
Stockholm
Th. Krey
28th meeting amsterdam
A.A. Fitch
27th meeting
Madrid
S.E. Saxov
26th meeting
PAU
J.J. Breusse
25th meeting
LIÈGE
J.J. Breusse
24th meeting
STRASBOURG
I. de Magnée
23rd meeting
Wiesbaden
C. Morelli
22nd meeting
LONDON
C. Morelli
21st meeting
triest
H. Closs
20th meeting
THE HAGUE
H. Closs
19th meeting
PARIS
B. Baars
18th meeting
VIENNA
B. Baars
17th meeting COPENHAGEN
V. Baranov
16th meeting
MUNICH
V. Baranov
15th meeting
LONDON
J.M. Bruckshaw
14th meeting
The HAGUE
J.M. Bruckshaw
13th meeting
BORDEAUX
L. Solaini
12th meeting
Brussels
L. Solaini
11nd meeting
MILAN
E.H. Hedström
10th meeting
HAMBURG
E.H. Hedström
9th meeting
LONDON
G. Brinckmeyer
8th meeting
PARIS
G. Brinckmeyer
7th meeting
THE HAGUE
J. Goguel
6th meeting
COPENHAGEN
J. Goguel
5th meeting
MILAN
D.T. Germain Jones
4th meeting
PARIS
D.T. Germain Jones
3rd meeting
HANNOVER
A. van Weelden
2nd meeting
LONDON
A. van Weelden
1ST MEETING
THE HAGUE
A. van Weelden