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The 1st AAPG/EAGE Papua New Guinea Petroleum Geoscience Conference & Exhibition is designed primarily for those who explore for petroleum accumulations, appraise them and seek to develop them as producing oil and gas fields. Petroleum Geoscientists of all kinds from: wellsite geologists to exploration program managers; geophysicists to geochemists; and stratigraphers to sedimentologists, and all those others who contribute to the elucidation of the hydrocarbon endowment of a place like Papua New Guinea are most welcome.
The conference will take place from 25-27 February 2020 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. For more information on the conference,click here
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Update on the Coronavirus Situation
On behalf of the organizers AAPG & EAGE:
Note to Delegates from Michael McWalter, Conference Convenor; 10th February 2020
Mr Greg Balavue, Deputy Secretary, Department of Petroleum and Energy, a major supporter of our conference and I met with the Mr Patrick P. Epe, Executive Officer to the Chief Migration Officer of the Immigration and Citizenship Authority (ICA) on Thursday morning 6th February 2020. Mr Epe advised us that entry should still be possible for our delegates attending our PNG Petroleum Geoscience Conference provided that visitors to PNG follow the quarantine rules.
At that time, this includes the complete prohibition of arrivals into PNG in instances where those passengers had originated in China. Indeed, anyone who has been in China within 14 days of arrival in PNG will not be allowed entry.
As for others arriving into PNG from Asian airports, Mr Epe advised that they would be allowed entry, subject to successful completion of quarantine questions posed by the uplifting airlines at the port of embarkation, and completion of quarantine screening on arrival including completion of a Health Declaration Form and Temperature Screening, with anyone suspected of having the 2019 Novel Coronavirus being required to undergo a period of 14-days quarantine.
As to the fluidity of the situation, Mr Epe suggested that for those coming from infected nations (other than China) where cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus had been reported, intending visitors should check on the latest requirements with the nearest PNG mission. We agreed to stay closely in touch so that we might be able to convey the latest information to our delegates.
We thanked Mr Epe for his time and told him we would advise our delegates accordingly.
To suppress the spread of the Coronavirus, Delegates can understandably consider an alternative form of greeting to substitute for the handshake and may wish to consider avoiding touching their faces.
We have requested that the Hilton Port Moresby provide sufficient sanitizers at Registration, within the Conference area, and in other public areas. Frequent hand-washing with soap is still recommended.