Meetings

The CCOP Technical Secretariat in cooperation with Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) and Vietnam Petroleum Institute (VPI) will be conducting the UCM6 in Danang City, Vietnam.  The objectives is to have an enhanced understanding on the Guideline Methodology for the assessment of oil and gas shale resources - looking into the assessment parameters and work flow.  UCM6 will focus on shale basin mapping and mineral quantification analysis.

The CCOP Technical Secretariat in cooperation with KIGAM, will be conducting UCM5 on 10-12 May 2016.  This is a follow up meeting/workshop to enhanced the understanding of the Guideline methodology for the assessment of oil and gas shale resources.  The workshop will focus on the assessment parameters, work flow, data, and best practices. Discussions on the shale map development is also included in the agenda.  The final venue will be confirmed soon- either in Bangkok or Vientiane (Lao PDR).

The CCOP Technical Secretariat in cooperation with KIGAM and Cambodia's General Department of Petroleum conducted the 4th Meeting and Workshop (UCM4) of the CCOP -KIGAM Unconventional Oil and Gas Project in SiemReap as one of the associated Meetings of the 66th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting.  UCM4  provided an opportunity for the national coordinators to share their experiences,  report the progress of their assessment of shale oil/gas resources and also re-examine the goals, objectives and implementation of the Project. 

The CCOP Technical Secretariat in cooperation with Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) and Department of Mineral Fuels, Thailand conducted the UnCon Meeting 3 (UCM3) in Chiangmai, Thailand on 22-24 September 2015.  The objectives are to use a geology-based assessment methodology to assess the potential of oil and gas shale resources in the CCOP member countries.  The workshop sessions provided an opportunity to look deeper into the various methodologies used in the assessment and agree on the methodology that will be used as Guideline for CCOP member countries.

The CCOP Technical Secretariat in cooperation with KIGAM successfully launched the UC Project last 9 June 2015 in Gyeongju, Korea.  The event was attended by more than 100 participants from various Korean governmental organizations, oil and gas companies, academic institutions, and CCOP member countries.  Right after the UC Project launching, a 2-day workshop was conducted focused on Methodologies on the assessment of gas and oil shale resources with case studies mostly from the experiences of USGS.  To cap the event, a 1-day field work was organized by KIGAM to inspect some outcrops and cultural heritage sites in Gyeongju and Pohang.