SEAPEX, the South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society, is a non-profit organisation with objectives as defined in the Constitution being: • To advance the science of geology and related Earth Sciences, with particular emphasis on petroleum and natural gas exploration, development and production in Southeast Asia; • To foster the spirit of scientific research throughout its membership; • To promote technologies for finding, developing and producing hydrocarbons; • To disseminate information relating to petroleum geoscience; • To inspire a high standard of professional conduct on the part of its members; and • To act as a body to improve the awareness of oil and gas industry issues in the community. SEAPEX is based and registered in Singapore and currently has currently has 1,115 worldwide Active, Life and Student Members. SEAPEX holds regular meetings in Singapore on the second Friday of every second month, which consist of a social gathering and a 45-60 minute presentation on topics related to the “upstream” sector of the oil and gas industry. SEAPEX meetings are open to both members and non-members. On the same day, the Singapore Scout Check Meeting is held, which attracts representatives from over 102 oil and gas member companies from the greater Asia-Pacific region. SEAPEX has also successfully held several technical/farmout forums. Informal meetings are held periodically by SEAPEX members in Bangkok, Jakarta, Houston, London, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Perth, Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh, Auckland and Calgary. SEAPEX publishes every quarter, a newsletter/bulletin, the SEAPEX Press, which is distributed worldwide to members. SEAPEX organises a biennial exploration conference (SEC), in Singapore. SEAPEX publishes Proceedings of its Conferences, books, and/or maps/reports of general interest to the upstream sector. SEAPEX is an Affiliate of the AAPG.