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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE

PROGRAMMES IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA


(CCOP)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE
48th CCOP ANNUAL SESSION
(PART I)
5-8 NOVEMBER 2012
L ANGKAWI, MALAYSIA

CCOP Technical Secretariat


75/ 10, CCOP Building, Rama V I Road
Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Tel: + 66 (0) 2644 5468
Fax: + 66 (0) 2644 5429
E-mail: ccopts@ccop.or.th
Homepage: http:/ / www.ccop.or.th

August 2013
CONTENTS

ATTENDANCE AND ORGANIZATION 1


OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 47th ANNUAL SESSION 2
ELECTION OF OFFICERS 2
AGENDA ITEM
1. Adoption of the Agenda 2
2. CCOP Progress Report 2
3. Member Countries Reports 3
4. Cooperating Countries and Organizations Reports 3
5. Proposed CCOP Workplan for 2013 4
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6. Date & Venue of the 49 CCOP Annual Session 4
7. Presentation of EAGER Award 4
8. Advisory Group Meeting 5
9. Thematic Session 5
10. Report of the CCOP Advisory Group Meeting 5
11. Other Matters 5
11.1. Report on CCOP Member Country Network 5
11.2. Tokens of Appreciation to Editors of the Book,
Geological Museums in East and Southeast Asia 5
12. General Remarks from Delegations 6
13. Adoption of the Report 7

CLOSING CEREMONY 7

ANNEXES :

ANNEX I : LIST OF PARTICIPANTS .9

ANNEX II : SPEECHES 20
ANNEX III : AGENDA 32
ANNEX IV : CCOP PROGRESS REPORT 33

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ANNEX V : MEMBER COUNTRIES REPORTS 46
Country Report of CAMBODIA 47
Country Report of CHINA 55
Country Report of INDONESIA 76
Country Report of JAPAN 110
Country Report of THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA 138
Country Report of LAO PDR 168
Country Report of MALAYSIA 176
Country Report of PAPUA NEW GUINEA 192
Country Report of THE PHILIPPINES 209
Country Report of THAILAND 218
Country Report of VIETNAM 250

ANNEX VI : COOPERATING COUNTRIES AND


ORGANIZATIONS REPORTS 269
Country Report of CANADA 270
Country Report of FINLAND 275
Country Report of GERMANY 281
Country Report of THE NETHERLANDS 287
Country Report of NORWAY 298
Country Report of UNITED KINGDOM 306
Organization Report of PETRAD 311
Organization Report of UKM 315

ANNEX VII : PROPOSED CCOP WORKPLAN 2013 320

ANNEX VIII : REPORT OF THE ADVISORY GROUP MEETING 325

ANNEX IX : REPORT ON CCOP MEMBER COUNTRY NETWORK 327

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REPORT OF THE 48th CCOP ANNUAL SESSION
5-8 November 2012
Langkawi, Malaysia

ATTENDANCE AND ORGANIZATION

VENUE

The 48th Annual Session of the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes
in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP) was held at the Holiday Villa Beach Resort & Spa in
Langkawi, Malaysia on 5-8 November 2012. It was organized by the Minerals and Geoscience
Department Malaysia, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Technical
Secretariat of CCOP (CCOP TS) in cooperation with PETRONAS.

ATTENDANCE

The Session was attended by representatives of the following Member Countries:


CAMBODIA, CHINA, INDONESIA, JAPAN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, LAO PDR,
MALAYSIA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, THAILAND, and
VIETNAM.

From the Cooperating Countries, CANADA, DENMARK, FINLAND, GERMANY,


JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, NORWAY and UNITED KINGDOM were in attendance.

From the Cooperating Organizations, PETRAD and Universiti Kebangsaan


Malaysia (UKM) attended the session. Also present at the Meeting were the Honorary
Advisers of CCOP.

The staff of CCOP TS and the Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia provided
the necessary conference services.

The List of Participants is appended in this report as ANNEX I.

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OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 48th ANNUAL SESSION

The welcome address was delivered by the Permanent Representative of Malaysia to


CCOP, and Director General, Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia, Dato Yunus
Abdul Razak. Dr. R. Sukhyar, Chairman of the CCOP Steering Committee and Ms. Franca
Schwarz, Vice-Chairman of the CCOP Advisory Group delivered special messages.

The opening address was given by Honorable Tan Sri Datuk Sri Panglima Joseph
Kurup, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) Malaysia, on behalf of
the NRE Minister, Honorable Dato Sri Douglas Uggah Embas.

Also present at the Opening Ceremony were the Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia, H.E.
Shigeru Nakamura, and the Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia, H.E. Nguyen Hong Thao.

Their speeches are attached as ANNEX II.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Dato Yunus Abdul Razak, Head of the Delegation of Malaysia was elected
Chairperson of the Session and Dr Eikichi Tsukuda, Head of the Delegation of Japan, was
elected Vice-Chairperson. The Representatives from Vietnam (Dr. Nguyen Hong Minh) and
Canada (Ms. Carmel Lowe) were elected as Rapporteurs.

AGENDA ITEMS

1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA


(documents CCOP-48AS/1-1, 1-2)

The Provisional Agenda for the meeting was adopted without modification (ANNEX
III).

2. CCOP PROGRESS REPORT


(document CCOP-48AS/2-3)

The Director of the CCOP TS summarized the Progress Report of CCOP (ANNEX IV)
including organizational changes (personnel), the current financial position, technical activities
and cooperation and support from Cooperating Countries and Organizations during the
previous year.

Simplicio P. Caluyong, Project Coordinator of CCOP-Norway EPPM Program


presented the report of EPPM that highlights the technical activities conducted under the 3
Projects, its impact as reported by the national coordinators, and the outcome of review by the
external consultant. He also reported on the new CCOP CO2 Storage Mapping Program
(CCS-M) that is planned to be implemented in 2013 and the extension of the P1 (Phase 2) cross
- border case study that is waiting for the final approval of the Royal Norwegian Government.

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Per Blystad, Representative of Norway to CCOP, thanked CCOP TS, and in particular
the Project Coordinator, Simplicio Caluyong, for the excellent management of the EPPM
Program. Mr Blystad noted that without such excellent management, the Program would not
have been so successful and so positively reviewed by the external consultant.

The Representative of Denmark requested clarification of the slide showing the


payment of the Member Countries Annual Contributions where it was shown that the
contribution of Singapore was included. The CCOP TS Director replied that Singapore had just
renewed its participation in CCOP activities since the 58th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting
in Nanjing, China, March 2012 and he would discuss with Singapore the matter of its annual
cash contribution as a Member Country of CCOP.

3. MEMBER COUNTRIES REPORTS


(documents CCOP-48AS/3-4 to 3-14)

Member Countries had filed their written reports prior to the commencement of the
Annual Session. The Member Countries reports are reproduced in full in ANNEX V. Under
this agenda item Member Country delegations were asked for brief oral presentations of the
highlights of their respective reports.

Additional verbal comments and questions on the verbal presentations are noted below:

JAPAN

On the G-EVER Group Project, the delegation of PNG stated that it has also had its fair
share of hazards such as volcanic eruptions and that they would be glad to participate and share
knowledge and ideas. He further queried whether Japan extends its invitation to other Member
Countries of CCOP to join the Group. The Representative of Japan replied that there is a plan
to share the information from G-EVER with CCOP Member Countries in the future.

4. COOPERATING COUNTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS REPORTS


(documents CCOP-48AS/4.1-15 to 4.2-24)

Written reports were filed prior to the meeting and are reproduced in ANNEX VI.
Additional comments following verbal presentation are given below:

CANADA

Dr Anthony Reedman, Honorary Adviser of CCOP, congratulated Canada on a very


interesting presentation and noted that no doubt many, if not all, the bilateral projects
mentioned and their results would be of interest to a wide range of CCOP Member Countries.
Although many technical papers have been published on the projects, this does not disseminate
the scientific results broadly to CCOP MCs. The CCOP TS might approach Canada with
proposals for dissemination through, say, a CCOP workshop for its members only. He noted
that as CCOP is no longer entirely impoverished, it could invest in this area and the CCOP
Member Countries directly involved in the Canadian collaborations might also be directly
involved in widening dissemination to its fellow Member Countries. It is in matters such as this
that CCOP could fulfill its primary role as a coordinating organization serving all its
members.

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The Representative of Denmark agreed with the comments of Dr Reedman. He
proposed that CCOP E-News could be a good start for disseminating the results obtained
through the bilateral projects. He recommended CCOP TS to encourage the member countries
that have bilateral projects to keep the TS informed of the results of these projects. He further
asked the Representative of Canada to elaborate a bit more on the way their bilateral projects
were funded.

The CCOPTS Director replied that CCOP TS will include in its future plans
dissemination seminars/workshops of existing bilateral projects. As suggested by Dr Reedman,
CCOPTS will contact the Member Countries involved in bilateral projects, to help in the
dissemination.

The Representative of Canada informed the Session that dissemination to CCOP


Member Countries is not currently in the scope of the reported projects but certainly could be
considered for any future projects. This could present real opportunities for CCOP.

The Chairperson, on behalf of the CCOP Member Countries, expressed his deep
appreciation for the various activities reported by the Cooperating Countries and Cooperating
Organizations. These activities not only help in building the capacities of the Member
Countries but also further strengthen cooperation.

5. PROPOSED CCOP WORKPLAN FOR 2013


(document CCOP-48AS/5)

The Director of CCOP TS presented the Work Plan for 2013 for the information of the
Session (ANNEX VII). This workplan will be submitted for approval by the 59th CCOP
Steering Committee Meeting to be held right after the Annual Session.

6. DATE & VENUE OF THE 49th CCOP ANNUAL SESSION

The delegation of Japan updated the Session on its intention to host the 49th CCOP
Annual Session on 20-24 October 2013 at Sendai International Center (SIC).

7. PRESENTATION OF EAGER AWARD

The EAGER Grant for 2012 was awarded to Mr. Ahmad Farid Abu Bakar, a PhD
student in the University of Malaya. The title of his research proposal is The transport and
fate of selected acid mine ions in surface water and river sediment with regards to mining
activities.

Mr Ahmad expressed his deep appreciation to the EAGER Project sponsor, the CCOP
Advisory Group as well as to the CCOP Technical Secretariat.

The Session expressed appreciation to Dr Maurice Terman for his continuous support
of this EAGER Grant for researchers in CCOP Member Countries. The grant was started in the
year 2003.

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8. ADVISORY GROUP MEETING

The Advisory Group met in private session.

9. THEMATIC SESSION

A thematic session was jointly organized by the Minerals and Geoscience Department
Malaysia (JMG), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan
Malaysia (UKM), PETRONAS and CCOP on the topic Geoscience Innovations for
Sustainable Development The Future We Want. Opening Speeches were given by Prof Dr
He Qingcheng, CCOP TS Director, and Dato Yunus Abdul Razak, Permanent Representative
of Malaysia to CCOP, JMG Director General.

The Proceedings of the Thematic Session will be published separately.

10. REPORT OF THE CCOP ADVISORY GROUP MEETING

Ms. Franca Schwarz, Vice-Chairman of the Advisory Group presented a summary


report of the Advisory Group Meeting, the main points of which were included in a power point
presentation (as shown in ANNEX VIII).

The Session congratulated Franca Schwarz, Representative of Germany, and


Ioannis Abatzis, Representative of Denmark as Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the
CCOP Advisory Group respectively.

11. OTHER MATTERS

11.1. Report on CCOP Member Country Network

The Japanese Delegation informed the Session that at the 58th CCOP Steering
Committee Meeting in Nanjing in March 2012, it was decided that an e-mail network of the
Member Countries be established in order to enhance communication and exchange of ideas
among the Member Countries, and Geological Survey of Japan was tasked to act as a hub of
this network (ANNEX IX).

11.2. Tokens of Appreciation to Editors of the Book, Geological Museums in East


and Southeast Asia

The CCOP TS Director presented tokens of appreciations to Dr Anthony Reedman,


Mr Chen Shick Pei, and Prof Shafeea Leman, editors of the Book, Geological Museums in East
and Southeast Asia.

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12. GENERAL REMARKS FROM DELEGATIONS

JAPAN (on behalf of the Member Countries)

On behalf of the Member Countries, the delegation from Japan sincerely thanked the
Government and people of Malaysia through its Department of Mineral and Geoscience, for
successfully hosting the CCOP meetings in the beautiful Langkawi Geopark. The Malaysian
hospitality is indeed overwhelming!

Japan further reiterated the common belief that the social roles of Geological Surveys and other
geoscience organizations are becoming increasingly important in the recent and coming years.
Geological Surveys are now engaged in mitigating geohazards, managing natural resources,
conserving the environment, disseminating geoscience knowledge to the public through
GeoParks and Geological Museums, and contributing to the sustainable development of local
society. The title of the thematic session Geoscience innovations for sustainable
development was timely and meaningful that resulted to the sharing of useful knowledge
among the CCOP member and cooperating countries.

An expression of deep gratitude was also conveyed to Dato Yunus Abdul Razak, the Chair of
the Annual Session, and Dr. R. Sukhyar, the Chair of the Steering Committee, for their
leadership. Special thanks also went to Ms. Franca Schwarz, the Vice-Chair of the Advisory
Group. Ms Schwarz was the central figure for one whole day before the Annual Session,
chairing a special Advisory Group Meeting and facilitating the CCOP Select Finance
Committee Meeting. Also recognized with profound appreciation are the painstaking efforts of
all the staff of the CCOP Technical Secretariat, led by the Director Dr. He Qingcheng, for the
very smooth management of the meetings and the side events.

Jos de Sonneville, Honorary Advisor (The Netherlands)

On behalf of the Cooperating Countries, Cooperating Organizations and Honorary Advisors,


Dr de Sonneville made the general remarks with thanks to the Ministry of Natural Resources
and Environment, Malaysia, in cooperation with PETRONAS, for their generous sponsorship
of the 48th CCOP Annual Session and their choice of the beautiful Island of Langkawi as
session location and to colleagues of the Minerals and Geoscience Department (JMG) under
Director-General Dato Yunus Abdul Razak for making all the delegates feel very welcome and,
together with the Technical Secretariat of CCOP, making everything run smoothly.

He noted that for the last few days the achievements of the last two years were reviewed and all
the delegates have participated in a valuable Thematic Session on Geoscience Innovations for
Sustainable Development. He commented that this has shown once more the value of the work
as an integral part of the solutions that are necessary to meet the challenges facing society
today.

He closed his remarks by stating that CCOP is operating in a fast-changing and fast developing
East and Southeast Asia region experiencing changing models of both internal and external
cooperation and investment opportunities.

MALAYSIA

The Delegation of Malaysia expressed their sincere gratitude to CCOP for trust and confidence
in Malaysia to host the 48th CCOP Annual Session. They conveyed apologies for all or any

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shortcomings and inconveniences in the organizing and running of the Annual Session.

As a host country, Malaysia sincerely thanked and appreciated the collaboration and support
rendered by CCOP TS, Member Countries, Cooperating Countries and Cooperating
Organizations and Honorary Advisors.

Malaysia certainly hoped that all the delegates enjoyed the programme and that during their
stay had experienced local flavours and culture of Langkawi, our geoheritage tropical paradise.
Malaysia will be looking forward to see the delegates in Malaysia and Langkawi, for future
CCOP programmes, or as guests of Malaysia.

13. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT

The report was adopted, subject to minor corrections and editorial review.

CLOSING CEREMONY

The Chairperson then declared the 48th CCOP Annual Session closed and looked
forward to attending the 49th CCOP Annual Session in Japan in 2013.

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ANNEXES

ANNEX I : LIST OF PARTICIPANTS


ANNEX II : SPEECHES
ANNEX III : AGENDA
ANNEX IV : CCOP PROGRESS REPORT
ANNEX V : MEMBER COUNTRIES REPORTS
Country Report of CAMBODIA
Country Report of CHINA
Country Report of INDONESIA
Country Report of JAPAN
Country Report of THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Country Report of LAO PDR
Country Report of MALAYSIA
Country Report of PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Country Report of THE PHILIPPINES
Country Report of THAILAND
Country Report of VIETNAM

ANNEX VI : COOPERATING COUNTRIES AND


ORGANIZATIONS REPORTS
Country Report of CANADA
Country Report of FINLAND
Country Report of THE NETHERLANDS
Country Report of GERMANY
Country Report of NORWAY
Country Report of UNITED KINGDOM
Organization Report of PETRAD
Organization Report of UKM

ANNEX VII : PROPOSED CCOP WORKPLAN 2013


ANNEX VIII : REPORT OF THE ADVISORY GROUP MEETING
ANNEX IX : REPORT ON CCOP MEMBER COUNTRY
NETWORK

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ANNEX I
COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

48th CCOP Annual Session


4-8 November 2012
Langkawi, Malaysia

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

MEMBER COUNTRIES :

CAMBODIA CHINA

H.E. Dr. Men Den (Head of Delegation) Mr. Jiang Shijin (Head of Delegation)
Deputy Permanent Representative of Cambodia to Division Director
CCOP Department of Science and Technology and
Deputy Director General International Cooperation China Geological Survey
Cambodian National Petroleum Authority (CNPA) (CGS) 45 Fuwai Street, Xicheng District,Beijing
#13-14 Russian Federation Blvd., 100037 Peoples Republic of China
Sangkat Kakab, Khan Dangkor Tel: (86-10) 5858 4680
Phnom Penh, Cambodia Fax: (86-10) 5858 4681
Tel: (855-17) 465 738 E-mail: jshijin@mail.cgs.gov.cn
Fax:
E-mail: mendenep@gmail.com ; Dr. Zhang Minghua
menden_ep@yahoo.com Division Director, Geoinformation
Development and Research Center
Mr. Lim Vatha China Geological Survey (CGS)
Deputy Director of Upstream Division 45 Fuwai Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037
Cambodian National Petroleum Authority (CNPA) Peoples Republic of China
#13-14 Russian Federation Blvd., Tel: (86-10) 5858 4305
Sangkat Kakab, Khan Dangkor Fax: (86-10) 5858 4359
Phnom Penh, Cambodia E-mail: zminghua@mail.cgs.gov.cn
Tel: (855-888) 998 877
Fax: (855-23) 866 234 Dr. Wang Yue
E-mail: lvatha2010@yahoo.com Technology and Market Division
Strategic Research Center of Oil & Gas Resources
Dr. Seng Cheaseth Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR)
Assistant 17 Yang Rou Hutong, Xisi, Xicheng District
Cambodian National Petroleum Authority (CNPA) Beijing 100034 Peoples Republic of China
#13-14 Russian Federation Blvd., Tel: (86-10) 6655 8852
Sangkat Kakab, Khan Dangkor Fax: (86-10) 6655 8867
Phnom Penh, Cambodia E-mail: wangyue1667@163.com
Tel: (855-17) 465 738
Fax: (855-23) 866 234 Mrs. Li Qing
E-mail: cheaseth@outlook.com Department of International Affairs
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)
Section C, CNPC Building
9 Dongzhimen North Street, Dongcheng District
Beijing 100007 Peoples Republic of China
Tel: (86-10) 5998 4751
Fax: (86-10) 6209 5367
E-mail: lq_intl@cnpc.com.cn

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Dr. Wu Yinye Mr. He Jiangqi
RIPED of PetroChina Superintendent of Exploration Blocks & Licence
China National Petroleum Corporation Administration
20 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District Exploration Dept., CNOOC Ltd.
Beijing 100083 NO.25 Chaoyangmenbei Dajie, Dongcheng District,
Peoples Republic of China Beijing 100010
Tel: (86-10) 8359 7043 Peoples Republic of China
Fax: (86-10) 8359 7664 Tel: +86-10-8452 6165
E-mail: wyy@petrochina.com.cn Fax: +86-10-6401 1987
Email: hejq4@cnooc.com.cn
Dr. Qian Ji
Vice President Ms. Liu Cui
Exploration and Production Research Institute, Superintendent
SINOPEC International Cooperation Dept., CNOOC
31 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 10083 NO.25 Chaoyangmenbei Dajie, Dongcheng District,
Peoples Republic of China Beijing 100010
Tel: +86-10-8231 2620 Peoples Republic of China
Emailqianji.syky@sinopec.com Tel: +86-10-8452 6641
Fax: +86-10-6460 2824
Mr. Zhou Qingfan Email: liucui@cnooc.com.cn
Division Director
E&P Research Institute, Sinopec Dr. Shi Yujin
31 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083 Deputy Division Director, Land Subsidence
Peoples Republic of China Shanghai Institute of Geological Survey
Tel: (86-10) 8231 2507 930 Lingshi Road, Shanghai 200072
Fax: (86-10) 8231 4733 Peoples Republic of China
E-mail: 21zhouqf@sohu.com Tel+86-10-8452 1113
Fax+86-10-8452 2847
Dr. Wu Jianguang Emailshiyujin1976@163.com
Vice President and Chief Engineer
China United Coalbed Methane Corp., Ltd. INDONESIA
A88 Anwai Ave., Dongcheng District, Beijing100011
Peoples Republic of China
Dr. R. Sukhyar
Tel:+86-10-6428 8878
Chairman, CCOP Steering Committee
Fax:+86-10-6429 8388
Permanent Representative of Indonesia to CCOP
Email: wujg@chinacbm.com
Head, Geological Agency
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR)
Dr. Zhang Shouren
Jl. Jenderal Gatot Subroto Kav. 49, Jakarta
Department of Science and Technology
Jl. Diponegoro No. 57, Bandung 40122
China United Coalbed Methane Corp., Ltd.
Indonesia
A88 Anwai Ave., Dongcheng District, Beijing 100011
Tel: (62-21) 522 8371
Peoples Republic of China
Fax: (62-21) 522 8372
Tel: +86-10-6425 2286
Email: sukhyar@bgl.esdm.go.id
Fax:+86-10-6429 9994
Email: adamzsr@sohu.com
Mr. Calvin KK. Gurusinga, M.Sc (Head of
Delegation)
Mr. Ji Hongquan
Head, Center for Geological Resources (CGR)
Manager of Cooperation & Contract Block
Geological Agency
Exploration Dept., CNOOC Ltd.
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR)
NO.25 Chaoyangmenbei Dajie, Dongcheng District,
Jl. Diponegoro No. 57, Bandung 40122
Beijing 100010
Indonesia
Peoples Republic of China
Tel: (62-22) 727 4705
Tel: +86-10-8452 2223
Fax: (62-22) 720 6167
Fax: +86-10-6401 1987
Email: tupim_dim@yahoo.com
Email: jihq@cnooc.com.cn

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Mr. Dodid Murdohardono, M.Sc Mr. Asep Suryana
Head, Center for Groundwater Resources and Chief, Coal Functional Group
Geological Environment (CWRGE) Geological Agency
Geological Agency Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR)
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Jl. Diponegoro No. 57, Bandung 40122
Jl. Diponegoro No. 57, Bandung 40122 Indonesia
Indonesia Tel: (62-22) 727 4705
Tel: (62-22) 727 4705 Fax: (62-22) 720 6167
Fax: (62-22) 720 6167 E-mail: asepsuryana01@yahoo.com
E-mail: tupim_dim@yahoo.com
Mr. Wawan Irawan
Mrs. Sam Permana Dewi , Ir., M.Si. Head Sub Division of Landslide Mitigation
Head of Center for Geological Survey Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard
Geological Agency Mitigation
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Ji. Diponegoro No. 57 Bandung 40122,
Ji. Diponegoro No. 57 Bandung 40122, Tel: (62-856) 2122 880
Indonesia Fax: (62-22) 727 2604
Tel: (62-22) 720 3205 Email: gedesuantika@vsi.esdm.go.id
Fax: (62-22) 720 2669
E-mail: spermana@grdc.esdm.go.id ; Mr. Yunara Dasa Triana
sampermanadewi@gmail.com Landside Mitigation Staff
Center for Volcanology and Hazard Mitigation
Mr. Gede Suantika, MSI Ji. Diponegoro No. 57 Bandung 40122, Indonesia
Head of Division of Earthqualke & Landside Mitigation Tel: (62-81) 3211 31563
Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Fax: (62-22) 727 2604
Mitigation Email: yunara@vsi.esdm.go.id;
Geological Agency of Indonesia yunaratriana@yahoo.com
Ji. Diponegoro No. 57 Bandung 40122,
Tel: (62-22) 727 2604 Mr. Kumala Hardjawidjaksana, M.Sc,
Fax: (62-22) 727 2604 Senior Researcher
Email: gedesuantika@vsi.esdm.go.id Marine Geology Institute (MGI)
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR)
Mr. Kasbani , M.Sc Jl. Dr. Junjunan No. 236, Bandung 40174
Head of Technical Support Divisaion Indonesia
Center for Geological Resources Tel: (62-22) 603 2151
Geological Agency of Indonesia Fax: (62-22) 601 7887
Jalan Soekarno Hatta 444 Bandung 40254 E-mail: hardjawidjaksana@yahoo.com
Tel: (62-22) 520 2269
Fax: (62-22) 522 6263 Mr. Hanang Samodra, Msi
Email: kas_bani@yahoo.com Senior Researcher
Geological Agency
Mr. Dwi Nugroho Sunuhadi Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR)
Chief, Minerals Functional Working Group Jl. Diponegoro No. 57, Bandung 40122
Center for Geological Resources (CGR) Indonesia
Geological Agency Tel: (62-22) 720 2669
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Fax: (62-22) 720 2669
Jl. Soekarno-Hatta No. 444, Bandung 40254 E-mail: hanangsamodra@yahoo.com
Indonesia
Tel: (62-22) 520 5572 Mr. Jonathan Setyoko Hadimuljono
Fax: (62-22) 522 6263 Senior Petroleum Geologist
E-mail: sunuhadi@yahoo.com PPPTMGB LEMIGAS
Jl. Ciledug Raya Kav. 109 Cipulir
Kebayoran Lama Jakatra Selatan 12230
Tel: 62-21-7394422 ext. 1362
Fax: 62-21-725410
E-mail: jonathansh@lemigas.esdm.go.id
joesetyo@yahoo.com

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Mr. Agus Setyabudhi, M.Sc, Mr. Dikdik Pribadi, M.Sc.
Division Chief Division Chief Cooperation and Program
Cooperation and Affiliation Geological Agency of Indonesia, Ministry of Energy
Marine Geology Institute (MGI) and Mineral Resources (MEMR)
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Jl. Diponegoro 57 Bandung 40122, Indonesia
Jl. Dr. Junjunan No. 236, Bandung 40174 Tel: (62-22) 272 5297
Indonesia Fax: (62-22) 272 6444
Tel: (62-22) 603 2051 Email: dikdik.pribadi@gmail.com
Fax: (62-22) 601 7887
Mr. Edi Purnomo
Mr. Andy Hermanto Sianipar, MT Officer of Geological Agency Indonesia Secretariat
Chief of Section Affiliation, MGI Geological Agency of Indonesia, Ministry of Energy
Marine Geological Institute and Mineral Resources (MEMR)
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Jl. Diponegoro 57 Bandung 40122, Indonesia
Jl. Dr. Junjunan No. 236, Bandung 40174 Tel: (62-22) 272 5297
Jalan Dr. Junjunan 236 Fax: (62-22) 272 6444
Bandung, Indonesia Email: edipurnomobgl@gmail.com
Tel: (62-22) 603 2151
Fax: (62-22) 601 7887 JAPAN
Email: andy.hs@mgi.esdm.go.id
Dr. Eikichi Tsukuda (Head of Delegation)
Mr. Muhammad Wafid A. Permanent Representative of Japan to CCOP
Head of Enegineering Geology Division Center for Director-General
Environmental Geology Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of
Geological Agency of Indonesia Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) AIST Tsukuba Central 7, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba
Jl. Diponegoro No. 57, Bandung 40122 Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan
Indonesia Tel: (81-29) 861 3946
Tel: (62-22) 727 4705 Fax: (81-29) 861 3815
Fax: (62-22) 721 2761 E-mail: e-tsukuda@aist.go.jp
Email: mwafid@gtl.esdm.go.id
Dr. Yusaku Yano
Mr. Oki Oktariadi Deputy Director-General
Researcher Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of
Center for Groundwater and Environmental Geology Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) AIST Tsukuba Central 7, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba
Jl. Diponegoro 57 Bandung 40122, Indonesia Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan
Tel: (62-812) 2107 186 Tel: (81-29) 861 2412
Email: okigtl@yahoo.com Fax: (81-29) 861 8149
E-mail: y.yano@aist.go.jp
Mr. Ridwan Nyak Baik
Energy Working Group, Directorate of Upstream Dr. Hirokazu Kato
PT. PETAMINA, Indonesia State Oil Company AIST Fellow
Jalan Medan Merdeka Timur No. 1A, Jakarta, Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of
Indonesia Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Tel: (62-21) 3815111 AIST Tsukuba Central 7, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba
Fax: (62-21) 3508220 Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan
E-mail: mk.muhlisa@pertamina.com , Tel: (81-29) 861 3516
edipurnomobgl@gmail.com Fax: (81-29) 861 3517
E-mail: h.katou@aist.go.jp
Mr. Jatmianto Jayeng Sugiantoro
Researcher
R&D Center for Oil and Gas Technology
"LEMIGAS"Jln. Ciledug Raya Kav. 109 Ciledug
Jakarta, Indonesia
Tel: +628174816646
Fax: +62217222978
Email: jayengj@lemigas.esdm.go.id
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Dr. Toshihiro Uchida Dr. Shinji Tsukawaki
Director of International Office Professor
Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Kanazawa University
AIST Tsukuba Central 7, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192
Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan Japan
Tel: (81-29) 861 3840 Tel: (81-76) 264 5814
Fax: (81-29) 856 3618 Fax: (81-76) 264 5990
E-mail: uchida-toshihiro@aist.go.jp E-mail: tukawaki@t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Dr. Toru Tamura KOREA


Deputy Director of International Office
Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Dr. Hyo Sook Lee (Head of Delegation)
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Permanent Representative of Korea to CCOP
AIST Tsukuba Central 7, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba President
Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan Korea Institute of Geoscience and
Tel: (81-29) 861 3838 Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
Fax: (81-29) 856 4989 92 Gwahang-no, Yuseong-gu
E-mail: toru.tamura@aist.go.jp Daejeon 305-350, Republic of Korea
Tel: (82-42) 868 3000
Dr. Yasukuni Okubo Fax: (82-42) 868 3808
Senior Researcher E-mail: hslee@kigam.re.kr
Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Dr. Yong Je Kim
AIST Tsukuba Central 7, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba Executive Director, International Cooperation Division
Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan Korea Institute of Geoscience and
Tel: (81-29) 861 3846 Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
Fax: (81-29) 861 3717 92 Gwahang-no, Yuseong-gu
E-mail: yasu-okubo@aist.go.jp Daejeon 305-350, Republic of Korea
Tel: (82-42) 868 3210
Dr. Yoshiki Saito Fax: (82-42) 868 3808
Prime Senior Researcher E-mail: yjkim@kigam.re.kr
Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Dr. Dae-In Kim
AIST Tsukuba Central 7, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba Senior Administrator
Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan International Cooperation Division
Tel: (81-29) 861 3895 Korea Institute of Geoscience and
Fax: (81-29) 861 3747 Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
E-mail: yoshiki.saito@aist.go.jp 92 Gwahang-no, Yuseong-gu
Daejeon 305-350, Republic of Korea
Dr. Joel Bandibas Tel: (82-42) 868 3271
Researcher Fax: (82-42) 868 3808
Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of E-mail: money6@kigam.re.kr
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
AIST Tsukuba Central 7, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba Dr. Kyoochul Ha
Ibaraki, 305-8567, Japan Director/Senior Researcher
Tel: (81-80) 3300 7996 Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
Fax: (81-29) 861 3602 124 Gwahang-no, Yuseong-gu,
E-mail: joel.bandibas@aist.go.jp Daejeon 305-350, Korea
Tel: +82-42-868-3081
Fax: +82-42-868-3414
Email hasife@kigam.re.kr

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Langkawi, Malaysia, 4-8 November 2012
Dr. Jeong Chan Kim Mr. Zakaria Hussain
Leader/Principal Researcher Director
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources Jabatan Mineral Dan Geosains Malaysia
(KIGAM) 19-21 Floor Bgn Tabung Haji Jalan Tun Razak
92 Gwahang-no, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-350, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Korea Tel: (60-3) 21611033
Tel: +82-42-868-3038 Fax: (60-3) 2164 6196
Fax: +82-42-868-3414 E-mail: zbh99@jmg.gov.my
Email: jckim@kigam.re.kr
Mr. Mior Sallehhuddin Mior Jadid
LAO PDR Director, Technical Services Division
Technical Services Division, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah,
Mr. Khampha Phommakaysone (Head of P.O. Box 1015, 30820 Ipoh Perak Malaysia
Delegation) Tel: (60-5) 5406000
Permanent Representative of Lao PDR to CCOP Fax: (60-5) 5406100
Deputy Director General Department of Geology and E-mail: miorsj@jmg.gov.my
Minerals
Department of Geology (DGEO) Dato Zulkifly Abu Bakar
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Director Minerals Research Center
Khounboulom Road, Vientiane Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia
Tel: (856-21) 212 082 Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 31400 Ipoh Perak
Fax: (856-21) 222 539 Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
E-mail: phommakaysone@yahoo.com Tel: (60-5) 5457104
Fax: (60-5) 5477185
Mr. Inpong Homsombath E-mail: zulkiflyab@jmg.gov.my
Deputy Director of Geo-Information Division
Department of Geology (DGEO) Mr. Wahid Abdul Rahman
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Director
Khounboulom Road, Vientiane Jabatan Mineral Dan Geosains Malaysia
Lao PDR 19-22 Floor Bangnnan Tabung Haji Jalan Tun Razak
Tel: (856-21) 212 080 50658 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Fax: (856-21) 222 539 Tel: (60-3) 21611033
E-mail: inp_1960@hotmail.com Fax: (60-3) 2164 6196
E-mail: war@jmg.gov.my
MALAYSIA
Mr. Ling Nan Lay
Dato Yunus Abdul Razak (Head of Delegation) Jabatan Mineral Dan Geosains Malaysia
Permanent Representative of Malaysia to CCOP 19-21 Floor Bgn Tabung Haji Jalan Tun Razak
Director General Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Minerals and Geoscience Department Tel: (60-3) 21611033
20th Floor, Tabung Haji Building Fax: (60-3) 2164 6196
Jalan Tun Razak, 50658 Kuala Lumpur E-mail:
Malaysia
Tel: (60-3) 2161 2082 Mr. Azimuddin Bahari
Fax: (60-3) 2164 6196 Under Cecretary
E-mail: yunus@jmg.gov.my Mineral and Geoscience
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Mr. Mohammed Hatta Abd Karim Wisma Sumber Asli No. 25 Persiaran Perdana
Deputy Director General (Operation) Present 4, Malaysia
Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia Tel: (60-3) 88861434
Headqarters, 20th floor, Bangunan Tabung Haji, Fax: (60-3) 88892672
Janlan Tun Razak, 50658, Kuala Lumpur E-mail: azim@NRE.GOV.MY
Tel: (60-3) 21612073
Fax: (60-3) 21611036
Email: hattak@jmg.gov.my

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Langkawi, Malaysia, 4-8 November 2012
Mr. Idris Ibrahim PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Senior General Manager
Petroleum Resource Exploration Mr. John Arumba (Head of Delegation)
PETRONAS Acting Deputy Secretary
Level 22, Tower 1, Petronas Twin Towers Department Mineral Policy and Geohazards
Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur Management
Malaysia PMB, POM Post Office
Tel: (60-3) 2331 5065 Papua New Guinea
Fax: (60-3) 2331 4004 Tel: (675) 321 5888
E-mail: idris_ibrahim@petronas.com.my Fax: (675) 321 5893
E-mail: john_arumba@mineral.gov.pg
Dr. Mohd Suhaili Bin Ismail
Deputy Director Mr. Leonard Cecil Cranfield
Mineral Resource Unit Executive Manager
Jabatan Mineral Dan Geosains SABAH, Geological Survey Division
JLN Penampang Beg Berkunci 2042 88999 KK., Mineral Resources Authority (MRA)
Malaysia Mining Haus, Poreporana Highway
Tel: (60-8) 8260311 P.O. Box 1906, Port Moresby 121
Fax: (60-8) 8240150 National Capital District
E-mail: suhail@jmg.gov.my Papua New Guinea
Tel: (675) 321 3511
Mr. Joanes Muda Fax: (675) 320 0491
Minerals and Geoscience Department SARAWAK E-mail: lcranfield@mra.gov.pg
Jabatan Mineral Dan Geosains Jalan Abdul Rahman,
Kenyalang Park 93658 Kuching, Malaysia THE PHILIPPINES
Tel: (60-8) 2244666
Fax: (60-8) 2415390 Dr. Elmer Billedo (Head of Delegation)
E-mail: Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)
North Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
Mr. Mohamad Abd Manap Republic of The Philippines
Minerals and Geoscience Department Tel: (63-2) 920 9130
Jabatan Mineral Dan Geosains Tingkat 19, Fax: (63-2) 920 1635
Bangunan Tabung Haji Jalan Tun Razak 50658, E-mail: docebb@hotmail.com
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: (60-3) 21611033 SINGAPORE
Fax: (60-3) 21611036
E-mail: Mr. Rubin Charles (Head of Delegation)
Permanent Representative of Singapore to CCOP
Mr. Mohd Razali Che Kob Head of Division
Principal Geoscientist Nanyang Technological University
PETRONAS 50 Nanyang Avenue, N2-01c-38
Level 16, Tower 1, Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Singapore
Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel: (65) 90300224
Tel: (60-3) 2331 5665 Fax: (65) 67973846
Fax: (60-3) 331 3238 Email: cmrubin@ntu.edu.sg
E-mail: mrazali_chekob@petronas.com.my
Ms. Malinda Kent-Corson
Ms. Wong Yien Lim Undergraduate Programme Coordinator
Geologist Nanyang Technological University
Sarawak Energy Berhad 50 Nanyang Avenue, N2-01c-38
Lot 231 Westwood, Jln. Tabuan Singapore
93200 Kuching, Sarawak Tel: (65) 9799 7405
Malaysia Email: mkentcorson@ntu.edu.sg
Tel: (016) 859 2012
E-mail: wongyienlim@sarawakenergy.com.my

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Langkawi, Malaysia, 4-8 November 2012
THAILAND Mr. Sitthisak Manyou
Geologist Senior Professional Level
Mr. Phitak Ratanajaruraks (Head of Delegation) Department of Groundwater Resources
Department Inspector 26/83 Soi Thanpuyin Pahon, Ngamwongvan Rd.,
Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) Latyao, Chatuchak. Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Tel: +66 (0) 2793 1071
75/10 Rama VI Road, Ratchathewi Email: AUI2099@hotmail.com
Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 2621 9519 Ms. Alin Shintraruck
Fax: +66 (0) 2621 9514 Plan and Policy Analyst
E-mail: phitak@dmr.go.th Department of Groundwater Resources
26/83 Soi Thanpuyin Pahon, Ngamwongvan Rd.,
Dr. Adichat Surinkum Latyao,
Director of Bureau of Mineral Resources Chatuchak. Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) Tel: +66 (0) 2799 3995
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Email: alin_nuk@hotmail.com
75/10 Rama VI Road, Ratchathewi
Bangkok 10400, Thailand Mr. Adisai Charuratna
Tel: +66 (0) 2621 9770 Groundwater Expert Level
Fax: +66 (0) 2621 9773 Department of Groundwater Resources
E-mail: adichat@dmr.go.th 26/83 Soi Thanpuyin Pahon, Ngamwongvan Rd.,
Latyao, Chatuchak. Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Dr. Dhiti Tulyatid Tel: +66 (81) 174 1160
Director, International Cooperation Division GP&P Email: adisai@dgr.go.th
Department of Mineral Resources (DMR)
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Ms. Patchara Sangoen
75/10 Rama VI Road, Ratchathewi Department of Mineral Resources (DMR)
Bangkok 10400, Thailand Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Tel: +66 (0) 2621 9817 75/10 Rama VI Road, Ratchathewi
Fax: +66 (0) 2621 9821 Bangkok 10400, Thailand
E-mail: dhiti@dmr.go.th ; dr.dhiti@gmail.com Tel: +66 (0) 2621 9819
Fax: +66 (0) 2621 9820
Mrs. Sukanjanawadee Maneeratana E-mail: patchara@dmr.mail.go.th
Director
Division of Coastal Land Management Dr. Wanida Chantong
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources Geologist
The Government Complex Commemorating His Majesty Department of Mineral Fuels (DMF)
Building B,120 Moo 3 Chaengwattana Road Ministry of Energy
Toongsonghong, Laksi 555/2, 22nd Fl, Energy Complex Building B,Viphavadi
Bangkok 10210, Thailand Rangsit Rd., Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 2141 1365 Tel: (662) 794 3349;
Fax: +66 (0) 2143 9266 Fax: (662) 794 3277
E-mail: sukan@dmcr.go.th E-mail: wanida.c@dmf.go.th

Ms. Siriporn Soongpankhao Ms. Chatchawan Gladnaka


Geologist Senior Geologist
Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) Department of Mineral Fuels (DMF)
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Ministry of Energy
75/10 Rama VI Road, Ratchathewi 555/2, 22nd Fl, Energy Complex Building B,Viphavadi
Bangkok 10400, Thailand Rangsit Rd., Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 2621 9818 Tel: (662) 794 3279;
Fax: +66 (0) 2621 9821 Fax: (662) 794 3277
E-mail: siriporn@dmr.mail.go.th E-mail: chatchawan@dmf.go.th

TIMOR-LESTE
- Not in attendance

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Langkawi, Malaysia, 4-8 November 2012
VIETNAM
Mr. Ngo Van Hung
Dr. Nguyen Quang Hung (Head of Delegation) Senior Official
Deputy Director General Vietnam Oil and Gas Group
General Department of Geology and Minerals of PETROVIETNAM
Vietnam, MONRE No. 18, Lang Ha Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi,
No. 6, Pham Ngu Lao Street, Hanoi Vietnam
Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tel: (84-4) 38252526
Tel: (84-9) 1336 2341 Fax: (84-4) 3826 5942
Fax: (84-4) 3825 4734 E-mail: hungnv02@pvn.vn
E-mail: nguyenquanghung@dgmv.gov.vn
Mr. Pham Van Huy
Mr. Bui Cong Que Deputy General Manager, Science & Tech. Division
Professor, Senior Researcher Vietnam Oil and Gas Group
Institute of Geophysics, Vietnam Academy of PETROVIETNAM
Science and Technology 18, Lang Ha Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Building A8-18 Hoang Quoc Viet Street, Caugiay, Tel: (84-9) 1305 8699
Hanoi Fax: (84-4) 3826 5942
Socialist Republic of Vietnam E-mail: huypv@pvn.vn
Tel: (84-4) 3756 7305
Fax: (84-4) 3836 4696 Ms. Tran Thuy Dung
E-mail: bcque2010@gmail.com Official
General Department of Geology and Minerals of
Mr. Do Manh Tuan Vietnam, MONRE
Official No. 6, Pham Ngu Lao Street, Hanoi
Department for Sectoral Economic Affairs of Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Government Office of Vietnam Tel: (84-9) 49044722
No. 1 Bach Thao, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi Fax: (84-4) 38254734
Socialist Republic of Vietnam Email: thuydung1979@gmail.com
Tel: (84-0) 80 44206
Fax: (84-4) 38254734 COOPERATING COUNTRIES :
E-mail: domanhtuan@chinhphu.vn
CANADA
Mr. Quang Thanh Le
Official Ms. Carmel Lowe (Head of Delegation)
Ministry of Science and Technolgy of Vietnam Director
113, Tran Duy Hung, Hanoi, Vietnam Geological Survey of Canada
Tel: (84-9) 13505734 Natural Resources Canada
Fax: P.O. Box 6000
E-mail: lqthanh@most.gov.vn 9860 West Saanich Road
Sidney, BC, V8L 4B2
Dr. Nguyen Hong Minh Canada
Deputy General Director Tel: (1-250) 363 6763
Vietnam Petroleum Institute Fax: (1-250) 363 8836
VPI Tower, 173 Trung Kinh, Yen Hoa, Cau Giay, E-mail: clowe@nrcan.gc.ca
Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel: (84-3) 7843061 DENMARK
Fax: (84-3) 7844156
E-mail: nguyenhongminh@vpi.pvn.vn Mr. Ioannis Abatzis (Head of Delegation)
Chief Geoscientific Advisor
Ms. Thi Thanh Ha Nguyen GEUS, Geological Survey of Denmark and
Director General Greenland
Department of International Law and Treaties
ster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam
298C Kim Ma, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam Denmark
Tel: (84-3) 7260099 # 108 Tel: (45) 3814 2535
Fax: (84-3) 7260077 Fax: (45) 3814 2050
E-mail: thanhhalaw@yahoo.com E-mail: ia@geus.dk
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FINLAND NORWAY

Prof. Dr. Elias Ekdahl (Head of Delegation) Mr. Per Blystad (Head of Delegation)
Director General Representative of Norway to CCOP
Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) Senior Geologist
P.O. Box 96, FI-02151 Espoo Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD)
Finland Prof. Olav Hanssens vei 10
Tel: (358-20) 550 2200 P.O. Box 600, NO-4003 Stavanger
Fax: (358-20) 550 15 Norway
Email: elias.ekdahl@gtk.fi Tel: (47-51) 876 188
Fax: (47-51) 551 571
Mr. Esko Korkiakoski, Ph.D. E-mail: per.blystad@npd.no
Project Manager/Senior Specialist
Geological Survey of Finland - GTK UNITED KINGDOM
B.O. Box 1237
70211 Kuopio, Finland Mr. Mike Patterson (Head of Delegation)
Tel: + 35840 5803455 Chief Operating Officer
Fax: British Geological Survey
E-mail: esko.korkiakoski@gtk.fi Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG
UK
GERMANY Tel: (44) 115 9363214
Email: mpa@bgs.sc.uk
Ms. Franca Schwarz (Head of Delegation)
Head of Sub-Department International Cooperation COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS :
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural
Resources (BGR) PETRAD
Geozentrum Hannover
Stilleweg 2, D-30655 Hannover Dr. ystein Berg (Head of Delegation)
Germany Managing Director,
Tel: (49-511) 643 2325 Petroleum Management and Administration
Fax: (49-511) 643 3689 (PETRAD)
E-mail: franca.schwarz@bgr.de Prof. Olav Hanssensv. 10
P.O. Box 600, N-4003 STAVANGER, Norway
JAPAN Tel: (47- 48) 080 750
(see Member Country) Fax: (47- 51) 871 147
Email: ob@petrad.no

THE NETHERLANDS SEADPRI-UKM


Dr. Rien A.C. Dam (Head of Delegation) Mr. Chen Shick Pei (Head of Delegation)
Representative of the Netherlands to CCOP CCOP Honorary Advisor
Manager, International Cooperation No 1617 Jalan Urat Mata, Lorong 3, Kuching 93350,
Deltares Sarawak, Malaysia
P.O. Box 85467, 3508 AL Utrecht Tel: +6082 366161
The Netherlands Email: spche.kch@gmail.com
Tel: (31-6) 10475590
Fax: (31-88) 335 7856 Mr. Choun-Sian Lim
E-mail: rien.dam@deltares.nl Research Officer
Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Institute
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (SEADPRI-UKM)
43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: (60-3) 8921 4853
Fax: (60-3) 8927 5629
Email: chounsian@gmail.com

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Prof. Dr. Mohd Shafeea Leman CCOP TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT :
Professor
Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Institute Prof. Dr. He Qingcheng
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (SEADPRI-UKM) Director
43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia E-mail: heqc@ccop.or.th
Tel: (60-3) 8921 4853
Fax: (60-3) 8927 5629 Dr Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc
Email: mshafeea@gmail.com Regional Expert
Email: ngocnguyen@ccop.or.th
Ms. Jaana Jarva
Mr. Niran Chaimanee
Geologist
Consultant
Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
E-mail: niranch@ccop.or.th
c/o Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research
Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Mr. Simplicio P. Caluyong
(SEADPRI-UKM)
EPPM Program Coordinator
43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
E-mail: sim@ccop.or.th
Tel: (60-3) 8921 4853
Fax: (60-3) 8927 5629
Mrs. Marivic Pulvera Uzarraga
Email: jaana.jarva@gtk.fi
Manager, Project Operation and Information
E-mail: marivic@ccop.or.th
HONORARY ADVISERS : Ms. Sansanee Wudhiwanich
Finance and Administration Manager
Dr. Yoshihiko Shimazaki E-mail: yui@ccop.or.th
Counselor
Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Ms. Piriya Boonsit
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Assistant, Project Operation and Information
2-36 Nishiazabu 3 Chome, Minato-ku E-mail: piriya@ccop.or.th
Tokyo 106-0031, Japan
Tel: (81-3) 3408 1765 Ms. Suntaree Rattanasrisophon
Fax: (81-3) 3408 1765 Accountant/Assistant, Finance and Administration
E-mail: shim-y@giga.ocn.ne.jp E-mail: soon@ccop.or.th

Mr. Jos De Soneville MSc PHD CCOP Technical Secretariat


Senior Advisor CCOP Building
Waterwys 75/10 Rama VI Road, Phayathai
Syzenlaan 44, 2566 WJ The Hague Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
The Netherlands Tel: +66 (0) 2644 5468
Tel: (31 651541663 Fax: +66 (0) 2644 5429
Fax: E-mail: ccopts@ccop.or.th
Email: josdesonneville@waterwys.nl Website: www.ccop.or.th

Dr. Antony Reedman


Honorary Adviser to CCOP
15 Malvern Road, Mapperley
Nottingham, NG3 5GZ
United Kingdom
Tel: (44-115) 962 1063
Fax: (44-115) 960 7294
E-mail: antony@areedman.wanadoo.co.uk

Dr. Hee Young Chun


Professor
Korea National University of Education
914-1602 Treefull City, Sangdaedong, Yuseonggu,
Daejeon, Korea
Tel: (010) 9142 8661
E-mail: chunhyoung@naver.com
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ANNEX II

WELCOME ADDRESS
by
Dato Yunus Abdul Razak
Permanent Representative of Malaysia to CCOP

At the Opening Ceremony of the


48 CCOP Annual Session and 59th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting
th

Holiday Villa, Langkawi, Malaysia, 5th November 2012

HIS EXCELLENCY DEPUTY MINISTER FOR THE MINISTRY OF NATURAL


RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT MALAYSIA, TAN SRI DATUK SERI PANGLIMA
JOSEPH KURUP,
CHAIRMAN FOR CCOP STEERING COMMITTEE, DR. R. SUKHYAR, WHO IS ALSO
PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF INDONESIA TO CCOP,
VICE CHAIR FOR CCOP ADVISORY GROUP AND HEAD OF DELEGATION FOR
GERMANY, DR FRANCA SCHWARZ,
DIRECTOR FOR CCOP TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT, DR HE QINGCHENG
Excellencies, eminent guests, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen,
It gives me great pleasure and honor this morning to have the opportunity to deliver this
welcoming address at the opening ceremony of the 48th CCOP Annual Session and the 59th
CCOP Steering Committee Meeting, hosted by Malaysia. On behalf of the Government and
people of Malaysia, I wish to extend a very warm welcome to distinguished delegates with our
traditional greetings Selamat Datang and Salam Sejahtera. We sincerely hope that all of you
will have a pleasant stay in Malaysia, particularly in this legendary island of Langkawi.

For the benefit of our eminent guests to this opening ceremony, please allow me to say in brief
about CCOP. CCOP is an acronym for The Coordinating Committee for Geoscience
Programmes in East and Southeast Asia. It is an intergovernmental organization whose mission
is to facilitate and coordinate the implementation of applied geoscience programs in the said
Region in order to contribute to economic development and the improvement of the quality of
life.

Member Countries which constitute CCOP are Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan,
Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste,
and Vietnam. There are also 15 number of Cooperating Countries and 13 cooperating
organizations. The Cooperating Countries and Cooperating Organizations together with the
Technical Secretariat located in Bangkok, initiate programs related to capacity building,
technology transfer, exchange of information and organizational linkages for sustainable

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resource development, management of geo-information, geo-hazard mitigation and protection of
the environment.
We are indeed delighted to be given this opportunity to host this meeting for the third
time here in Malaysia. I therefore take this opportunity to thank distinguished delegates for
giving us the honor of hosting this meeting. I also would like to take this opportunity to
congratulate the secretariat, both the local secretariat and CCOP Technical Secretariat, for their
commendable effort in making this occasion to happen in Malaysia. I have no doubt that this
meeting of distinguished delegates will be of great benefit to all of us, that will further strengthen
the ties between CCOP member countries and CCOP cooperating countries as well as enhancing
various cooperation in minerals and geosciences activities with due consideration for sustainable
resource and environmental management.
Excellencys, eminent guests, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen,
The Annual Session has attracted more than 130 participants from member countries,
cooperating countries and cooperating organizations. This years Thematic Session titled
Geoscience Innovations for Sustainable Development: The Future We Want, appropriately
portrays the role of CCOP in promoting geosciences contributions for a sustainable future.
During the Thematic Session we will hear 16 oral presentations, and two key-note papers. I am
sure the paper presentations will meet the Thematic Session objectives to showcase geosciences
innovations in attaining a green economy. I am sure that the selected topics will provide us with
a wealth of information and many opportunities for discussions.
In conjunction with the CCOP Meetings, there will be two Workshops namely Expert
Meeting on Land Subsidence in Coastal Mega Cities and Natural Hazards and Climate Change
Adaptation which will proceed concurrently with the 59th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting. I
would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation and thankfulness to the
Netherlands especially DELTARES for the initiative taken on Expert Meeting on Land
Subsidence. Special thanks also go to University Kebangsaan Malaysia, commonly known as
UKM and GTK of Finland for the initiative to materialize the special Workshop on Geohazards.
The meeting events are important not only for what is presented in the formal technical sessions,
but also for what takes place in the informal gatherings, side meetings, and personal encounters.
Excellencys, eminent guests, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen,
Let me conclude my brief remarks by thanking all those presence here for their sincere
effort and contributions in the preparation of this significant and important event. Special thanks
are accorded to contributors as well as the cooperating organizations who have offered their help
in one way or another. We also appreciate the CCOP Technical Secretariat for facilitating us in
the preparation of the Meetings programs and related matters. Last but not least, I would like to
express my gratitude and heartfelt thanks to all those who have worked so hard in the preparation
of these meetings, which I am certain, will be a great success.
In closing, once again, I warmly welcome all distinguished delegates to Malaysia and
earnestly hope that you will find your visit and stay here in Langkawi interesting, enjoyable and
beneficial. I look forward to a week of exciting interchange of ideas and experience.
Thank you.

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SPECIAL MESSAGE
by
Dr. R. Sukhyar
Chairperson, CCOP Steering Committee
Permanent Representative of Indonesia to CCOP

At the Opening Ceremony of the


48 CCOP Annual Session and 59th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting
th

Holiday Villa, Langkawi, Malaysia, 5th November 2012

YANG BERHORMAT TAN SRI DATUK SERI PANGLIMA JOSEPH KURUP,


DEPUTY MINISTER OF THE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND
ENVIRONMENT MALAYSIA
EXCELLENCIES AMBASSADORS
YANG BERBAHAGIA DATO YUNUS ABDUL RAZAK, DIRECTOR GENERAL,
MINERALS AND GEOSCIENCE DEPARTMENT MALAYSIA AND PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVE OF MALAYSIA TO CCOP
DR. MS. FRANCA SCHWARZ, CHAIRMAN FOR CCOP ADVISORY GROUP
DR. HE QINGCHENG, DIRECTOR, CCOP, TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT
HEAD OF DELEGATIONS OF THE MEMBER COUNTRIES
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND DELEGATES
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

Assalamualaikum WW

Peace be upon us, Good morning

As Chairman of Steering Committee, it is a great honor to deliver a speech in this event.

Allow me to extend warm welcome to all participants in this 48th CCOP Annual Session in this
beautiful Langkawi. On behalf of CCOP Family I would like to thank the Government of
Malaysia in supporting and hosting this event and also the 59th Steering Committee Meeting next
9-10 November 2012, because of the courage of the Minister of Natural Resources and
Environment Malaysia this meeting can happen today.

As you may recall that we missed the CCOP Annual Session last year due to the flood covering
part of Thailand. Today we now assemble here with the same spirit of upholding strong
cooperation among us in enhancing application of geoscience for the benefit of economic and
social welfare of the people in CCOP member countries.

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Excellencys, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Recently the world is facing global financial crisis, of which the effect is still felt until now.
Economic growth in many industrial countries is slowing down; causing reduction of exports
from developing countries to the industrial countries. Besides, China which is an energy
consuming country also reduces its energy demand and raw material of its industries. Decreases
of energy demand such as coal also causes the price of coal declines. At the same time mining
commodity also declines, this situation urges mineral rich countries have to be more efficient in
running the mining operation and also more efficient in utilizing gains from this non-renewable
resources. The impact of global financial crisis is also reflected by declining support from
cooperating countries and cooperating organisations to CCOP especially in the form of long term
projects.

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

ASEAN and East Asia are the most dynamic regions and show prominent economic growth in
the last 10 years. This remarkable growth brings consequence, namely need of enormous energy
and clean water, in many parts conversion of land use due to industry and urbanisation has
dramatically increase and massively taken place. Land conversion also takes place in geological
hazardous areas, making more difficult in disaster risk reduction efforts. All these lead to
environmental and humanitarian problems. The implication of growing economy is that
continuous efforts to explore and to find energy sources are a must. Research and exploration
on renewable energy sources and non-conventional fossil energy should be carried out
continually and cooperatively. Better ground water management is essential, through
conservation and prudent water utilisation. Disaster risk reductions from geological are done
through improved technology and methodology.

Exellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen

Climate change is the other important issue that should be addressed persistently. There is
growing evidence of links between climate change and sea level rise, heat waves, droughts and
rainfalls. Report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggests that the
intensity of tropical cyclone will increase as a result of warmer waters. In regard to Hurricane
Sandy just hit east coast of US, it is said that sea temperature of US norhteast coast are about five
degrees Fahrenheit above average. Moreover, sea levels along the coast are rising up to four
times faster than global average, making the region is more vulnerable storm surges and floods
and massive landslides triggered by high rainfalls.

For East Asia and South Asian countries the natural threads are clear, such as like storms and
also geological hazards, such as earthquakes, volcanoes and land slide.

What we can do then? The world needs more cooperation, collaboration among governments,
private sectors, academia, and international organisations to improve understanding on natural

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phenomena, monitoring, predicting or forecasting the phenomena. This is also that CCOP should
do in the coming years, sharing knowledge and experience among member countries and
cooperating countries and organisation is essential, people have to have better awareness and
preparedness for disasters, capacity building is a necessity, as one of the prime mission of CCOP.
Geoscientists should also open to public and government of what they know and what they do
not know yet. That is the meeting we have right now is about. Through the 48th Annual Session
Meeting we share knowledge and experience so the aforesaid problems can be deliberately
solved for the benefit of CCOP Member countries.

Excellencies, Ladies, and Gentlemen

Finally, I personally and on behalf of the Member Countries of CCOP wish a successful and
fruitful 48th CCOP Annual Session and enjoy staying here in the very enchanting place of
Langkawi. Thank you very much and May God blesses us forever.

Wassalamualikum wr wb,

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SPECIAL MESSAGE
by
Franca Schwarz
Chairperson, CCOP Advisory Group

At the Opening Ceremony of the


48th CCOP Annual Session and 59th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting
Holiday Villa, Langkawi, Malaysia, 5th November 2012

Yang Berhormat Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Kurup, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment Malaysia

His Excellency Mr. Shigeru Nakamura, Ambassador of Japan to Malaysia

His Excellency Mr. Nguyen Hong Thao Duta, Ambassador Of The Socialist Republic Of
Vietnam To Malaysia

Yang Berbahagia. Dato Yunus Abdul Razak, Director General, Minerals and Geoscience
Department Malaysia and Permanent Representative of Malaysia to CCOP

Dr. R. Sukhyar, Chairman for the CCOP Steering Committee, Head of the Geological Agency of
Indonesia and Permanent Representative of Indonesia to CCOP

Dr. He Qingcheng, Director, CCOP Technical Secretariat

Distinguished Guests and Delegates

Ladies and Gentlemen

On the occasion of the Opening Ceremony of the 48th CCOP Annual Session, I am very pleased
to deliver a special message on behalf of the Advisory Group.

As Vice-Chairperson of the Advisory Group I have the honor to represent 15 Cooperating


Countries and Cooperating Organizations, as well as Honorary Advisors from several different
countries.

First it is my pleasure to thank the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment Malaysia, Yang Berhormat Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Kurup, for taking
the time from his busy schedule, and gracing us with his presence here today. As well as the
Ambassador of Japan to Malaysia, His Excellency Mr. Shigeru Nakamura, and the Ambassador
of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Malaysia, His Excellency Mr. Nguyen Hong Thao Duta.

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The Advisory Group very much appreciates Malaysia for their generous sponsorship of the
annual meeting, and especially the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Malaysia for
the welcome that has been prepared.

For many of us this is our first visit to the beautiful coastal city of Langkawi but not the first to
Malaysia. Several of us were fortunate to attend meetings about geosciences in different cities of
Malaysia and we are most grateful to our colleagues in the Minerals and Geoscience Department
Malaysia for their warm welcome, especially Yang Berbahagia. Dato Yunus Abdul Razak,
Director General.

During our Annual Meeting we will have many important things to consider, including a review
of the many activities and achievements that have been made by the Coordinating Committee for
Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP) during the past two years.

On behalf of the Advisory Group I would therefore like to congratulate Dr. R. Sukhyar,
Chairman of the CCOP Steering Committee, and Dr. He Qincheng, Director of the CCOP
Technical Secretariat for all the efforts and thoughtful actions that were realized during the last
time.

Most probably we do not need to remind ourselves that the past two years have again proved the
importance of the need for geosciences to satisfy basic human needs and as a corner stone for
economic development, poverty reduction and good governance. Therefore it is just sequentially
that the Steering Committee has chosen to focus on this topic at the Thematic Session on the
theme Geoscience Innovations for Sustainable Development.

As Geoscientists we know that georesources such as mineral resources, energy resources, water
and soil are crucial parts of the livelihood of present and future generations. Overexploitation or
the improper use of these resources in many countries are not only responsible for inadequate
access to these resources by the poorest sections of the community but also for shortages in
overall supply and therefore a cause of many social and environmental problems.

Due to this crucial theme there is no doubt that we can look forward to important presentations
and discussions about this subject. I am certain that the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience
Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP) has an important role to play in such issues.

CCOPs ability to consider such complex issues has always derived from the willingness of the
Member Countries and Cooperating Countries to work together, and be very successful across
national and cultural boundaries. This unique CCOP cooperation has been based upon the
conviction that improved geoscience knowledge and education are key to a safer and better
world. CCOP projects have had a demonstrable impact, in technology transfer, and personnel
training.

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The Advisory Group stands ready to support and it is gratifying to meet so many friends, who
have traveled far, gathered together in the beautiful country of Malaysia.

Once again, on behalf of the Advisory Group, I sincerely thank the Government of Malaysia for
hosting the 48th CCOP Annual Meeting. We are most grateful to the Malaysian people and our
Malaysian colleagues for their warm welcome and hospitality.

Please allow me to close this special message with the very beautiful motto of Malaysia
Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu: Unity is Strength.

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OPENING ADDRESS
by
YB Dato Sri Douglas Uggah Embas
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia

At the Opening Ceremony of the


48th CCOP Annual Session and 59th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting
Holiday Villa, Langkawi, Malaysia, 5th November 2012

Dato Yunus Abd Razak, Director General, Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia and
Permanent Representative of Malaysia to CCOP;
Dr. R. Sukhyar, Chairman for CCOP Steering Committee, Head for Geological Agency of
Indonesia and Permanent Representative of Indonesia to CCOP;
Dr. David Prior, Chairman for CCOP Advisory Group;
Dr. He Qingcheng, Director, CCOP Technical Secretariat;
Distinguished Delegates;
Ladies and Gentlemen;
A very good morning to all of you.
It is indeed a great pleasure and privilege for me to extend our warmest welcome to all the
delegates who come from all over the world to Malaysia. I would also like to extend my warm
welcome to all of you to this 48th Annual Session and 59th Steering Committee of the
Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia or better
known as CCOP. It is indeed a great privilege for Malaysia to host this prestigious event for the
third time. The first two sessions were held in Kuala Lumpur in 1994 and 2003 respectively. I
also feel greatly honoured to be here this morning amongst such an eminent group of
distinguished geoscientists from not only this region but also from abroad. Langkawi Island was
chosen to host this event for several reasons, among others being the first Geopark in Malaysia
and Southeast Asia. I sincerely hope that your stay in this beautiful and historical island will be
full of invigorating moments.
CCOP was founded based on the mission to facilitate and coordinate the implementation of
applied geoscience programmes in East and Southeast Asia in order to contribute to economic
development and the improvement of the quality of life in the region. By this establishment,
CCOP promotes capacity building, technology transfer, exchange of information and
institutional linkages for sustainable resource development, management of geo-information,
geo-hazards mitigation and protection of the environment. Since its inception 46 years ago, the
organization has achieved many accomplishments as well as successfully overcome significant
challenges such as rapid urbanization and sustainability of economic and social development
through coordinated approach to training, research and the supply of data and information. We

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are proud here to be able to continue that tradition to achieve the strategies outlined in CCOP
Strategic Plan 2010-2015.
Ladies and Gentlemen;
I had the opportunity to lead the Malaysian Delegation to the recent Rio+20 Meeting in Brazil
and I found out that part of the resolutions that have been agreed by the world leaders can be
achieved by the role of geoscientists. Geoscience community provides the knowledge,
experience and ingenuity to meet societys demand for natural resources, environmental quality
and resilience to hazards. With a rapidly increasing human population, demand for natural
resources, concern for security of food, water, energy to combat the threats from global warming
and climate change, it is critical to more fully amalgamate the understanding of the earth system
and earth observation for a sustainable planet.
There is no denying that we are now facing the need for reliable, cost-effective and green energy
supplies. Improving energy efficiency, increasing the share of renewable energy, cleaner and
energy-efficient technologies are important for sustainable development including addressing
climate change. Fossil fuels have filled this role for decades in Malaysia and now we are
exploring new sources of energy such as solar and geothermal energy. With the expertise from
our geoscientists, even though our country has low manifestation of geothermal potential, we are
expecting to develop our first geothermal power plant in Sabah. This achievement has
contributed immensely towards infrastructural and economic development in rural and less
developed areas in Sabah and I really hope that these changes have significant effects on the
environment. On this positive note my Ministry will ensure further explorations over the
potential areas for geothermal be carried out. We can also use this forum for obtaining the
technical know-how, training and guidance to help meet this objective effectively.
Besides energy supplies, I also would also like to emphasize on the need for clean water for this
region. The United Nations estimated that the world population reached seven billion in October
2011 and is projected to reach eight billion by 2030. Clean water than will be our most precious
commodity and I urge that CCOP through smart partnerships with her cooperating countries and
organizations to facilitate R & D to allow geoscientists and engineers to understand and map
water resources, measure and protect the quality and quantity and understand the effect of
climate variability on water resources. It is primarily the responsibility of the individual member
states to assess and manage their water resources. Looking into this, CCOP as an
intergovernmental body can play a role by working within and across societal and political
entities to understand and cooperatively manage water resources within watershed, aquifer and
ecosystem boundaries in line with the resolution agreed on water and sanitation during the
Rio+20 Meeting. Within this scenario since Malaysia does make use of groundwater to a certain
extent, I would like to take this opportunity to urge the CCOP countries to share knowledge on
groundwater development so as to enable countries abstracting and using groundwater do it
sustainably.
Monsoon rains affect Malaysia as well as member countries in the CCOP and it is during this
period that natural disasters like floods and landslides usually occur. Other natural disasters such
as earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, severe storms and drought are not uncommon in CCOP
region and I think you will agree with me that our goal should be to develop resilient
communities where losses are limited and recovery is holistic and rapid. Hence relevant

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stakeholders including governments, international, regional and sub-regional organizations and
CCOPs Cooperating Countries should take appropriate measures in natural hazard reduction
through technical assistance, technology transfer, capacity-building and training programmes. I
really hope that with the strong cooperation between member and cooperating countries like
what we have now can enhance the resilience of cities and communities to natural hazards.
Apart from that, my Ministry is now in the midst of finalising a National Geoscience Policy. The
policy emphasises the important roles of geoscience in security and sovereignty, driving for
economic growth, foster and enhancing a culture of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship,
empowering human capital, institution and strengthening the institutional frameworks for
sustainable development. These objectives will support what we are doing now which is in line
with the management of the current issues like climate change, energy security, clean water and
natural hazards as I mentioned earlier. I have the vision that the National Geoscience Policy will
assist geoscientists in Malaysia to develop plans in accordance to geological factors that will
enhance the development of the country. Member countries are welcome to view our policy
under the spirit of shared learning from one another.
Ladies and Gentlemen;
I would also like to touch on the very important issue of the increasing scarcity of raw materials
in the world. Malaysia was once the worlds largest tin producer and this contributed towards
infrastructural development and urbanization of many towns such as Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh,
Penang and many more. Although Malaysia still has significant mineral resources but we cannot
simply rest on our laurels just because our country is geologically endowed with rich mineral
resources. Left in-situ and undeveloped, our mineral wealth will not generate the capital wealth
needed for the development of our nation. That is why under the National Key Economic Area
launched by our Prime Minister, my Ministry is look towards revitalizing the mining industry
and to ensure that mining be one of the Key Economic Growth Areas for sustained economic
transformation. On the part of the Government, we welcome all efforts to revitalize the industry
and will provide whatever support necessary towards the realization of this objective. The
National Mineral Policy 2 launched in early 2009 is indeed aimed at revitalizing Malaysias
mineral industry as well as encouraging investment in mineral resource prospecting and
exploration but through sustainable mining. It means to say that emphasis must always be
towards sustainable development with rehabilitation of mines in all mining and quarrying
activities carried out. So far Malaysia has done well in this aspect.
How we do it is that, while we celebrate and take pride in the success and positive contributions
of the mining industry, we do not ignore the industrys environmental legacy and the lessons to
be learnt from this legacy. The legacy appears to be the destruction of land and pollution of water
and air in many parts of the world. However, it is heartening to note that perception and attitudes
towards mining activities are changing because of efforts being made to ensure sustainable
mining. Indeed, globalisation in the world today demands that the industry practices life cycle
management in its mineral resource development efforts. It should adopt environment friendly
and best practices to ensure public trust. The prospect of revitalisation and renewal of a depleting
industry is exciting. But in all, it will have to reposition itself in the context of todays needs
where the new imperative is transparency and sustainable development. I am bold to state that
the CCOP Advisory Group together with member countries can play a role in building human
capacity in the management of the mineral cycle from mining to final use of processed minerals.

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Ladies and Gentlemen;
I understand that besides this Annual Session and Steering Committee meeting, a one and half
day thematic session will also be held. Two workshops will also be organized in conjunction
with this Annual Session. The first one is an Expert Meeting on Land Subsidence in Coastal
Megacities and the second one is on Natural Hazards and Climate Change Adaptation. I would
like to congratulate the organizers for conducting those sessions and workshops and I really hope
that it will contribute to the wellbeing of the community.
Finally, I once again remind all present that the Geoscience community has a big role in the
development of natural resources and environmental protection. Your knowledge in geoscience
can strike a balance between economic wealth and environmental health. Thus, I would like to
sincerely thank all of you for your dedication in attending this Annual Session. Your contribution
in fulfilling the CCOP objectives in the promotion and exchange of technical and scientific
information as well as mutual cooperation and technology transfer is very much appreciated. I
wish you all a fruitful meeting and have a pleasant stay in Malaysia. I understand that visits to
several interesting places around Langkawi have been arranged for you but I encourage you to
spend a bit more time to see the Langkawi Geopark and to further explore tropical Malaysia.
With that note, it is with great pleasure that I now declare this 48th Annual Session and 59th
Steering Committee meeting officially open.
Thank you.

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ANNEX III

COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES


IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

48th CCOP Annual Session


4-8 November 2012
Langkawi, Malaysia

AGENDA

OPENING CEREMONY
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
AGENDA ITEM
1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
2. CCOP PROGRESS REPORT ( 2010, 2011 and 1 January to 30 June 2012)
3. MEMBER COUNTRIES PRESENTATIONS
4. COOPERATING COUNTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS PRESENTATIONS
5. PROPOSED CCOP WORKPLAN FOR 2013
6. PROPOSED DATE AND VENUE OF THE 49th CCOP ANNUAL SESSION
7. PRESENTATION OF EAGER AWARD
8. ADVISORY GROUP MEETING (to be held as a separate meeting)
9. THEMATIC SESSION ON :
Geoscience Innovations for Sustainable Development
10. REPORT OF THE CCOP ADVISORY GROUP MEETING
11. OTHER MATTERS
12. GENERAL REMARKS
13. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT

CLOSING CEREMONY

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ANNEX IV

COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES


IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

48th CCOP Annual Session


4-8 November 2012
Langkawi, Malaysia

CCOP PROGRESS REPORT

This report covers the period 01 January - 30 June 2012.

I. ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL

As of 30 June 2012, the CCOP Technical Secretariat (TS) had 10 personnel,


comprising four professionals, five supporting staff and one out-sourced staff member. The
operational organization chart of the Technical Secretariat is shown in Figure 1.

Dr. R. Sukhyar, Chairman of the CCOP Steering Committee, Permanent


Representative of Indonesia to CCOP, Head of the Geological Agency of Indonesia,
continued his services as Chairman of the CCOP Steering Committee. Mr. Leo L. Jasareno,
Director, Mines and Geoscience Bureau, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to
CCOP also continued his service as Vice-Chairman of the Steering Committee until
December 2012.

Dr. David B. Prior continued his services as Chairman of the CCOP Advisory Group.
Ms. Franca Schwarz, Head of Sub-Department International Cooperation, Federal Institute
for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) also continued her service as Vice Chairman
of the CCOP Advisory Group.

At the 58th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting, 26-28 March 2012, Nanjing, China.
The Meeting accepted the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) as a new CCOP
Cooperating Organization. The Meeting also accepted Dr Hee Young Chun, former
CCOPTS Director, and Dr Jos Sonneville, former Representative of the Netherlands to
CCOP, as new CCOP Honorary Advisors. Also the Meeting agreed in principle to accept Dr
David Ovadia of the United Kingdom as CCOP Honorary Advisor subject to verification of
procedure by the CCOPTS.

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Actions Taken on Recommendations of the CCOP Advisory Group and on the
Decision of the 58th Steering Committee Meeting.

The 2011 CCOP Annual Session planned to be held in November 2011, Bangkok,
Thailand was cancelled due to flooding. In conjunction with the 58th Steering Committee
(SC) Meeting held in March 2012, Nanjing, China, some members of the CCOP Advisory
Group met and made recommendations, which were endorsed by the 58th SC Meeting. The
summary of the actions taken on these recommendations is in Annex 1, as well as the
Advisory Group Meetings recommendations at the 47th CCOP Annual Session in 2010 held
in Manado, Indonesia.

Implementation of the CCOPTS Restructuring Plan

Upon the approval of the proposed CCOP TS Restructuring Plan at the 58th Steering
Committee Meeting held on 26-28 March 2012 in Nanjing, China, the following actions were
taken:

The new CCOPTS structure was put in place on 1 April 2012. Accordingly, Mr
Niran Chaimanee was appointed as interim Regional Expert, until Dr Nguyen Thi Minh
Ngoc from Vietnam was appointed as Regional Expert, and officially started her term at
CCOPTS on 16 August 2012. Ms Marivic Pulvera Uzarraga has been appointed as the
Manager of the new division, Project Operation and Information, and Ms Sansanee
Wudhiwanich as Manager of Finance and Administration. Ms Petcharat Fern
Sarawisutra left the CCOP Technical Secretariat on 3 May, 2012. In July, Ms Piriya
Boonsit joined CCOPTS as assistant to the Project Operation and Information Division.

With regards to the Regional Expert position in the new structure, the Meeting
decided to open this post to all the Member Countries for nomination. The deadline of
nomination for the post is 30 May 2012, and evaluation of nominated candidates has been
undertaken in one month. The Meeting gave the authority to the Chairman of the CCOP
Steering Committee to formulate the evaluation criteria. By early July 2012, Dr Nguyen Thi
Minh Ngoc, was offered the post and was announced to all the Member Countries.

With regards to the Automated Management and Operation System (AMOS) to be


developed, a conceptual framework was made and presented at the 58th Steering Committee
Meeting with acknowledgement. The proposed upgrade of CCOPTS computer hardware &
software, and purchase of a new CCOP car was consequently approved upon endorsing the
7th SFC Meeting recommendations.

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Organogram of the

CCOP Technical Secretariat


He Qingcheng
DIRECTOR as of 30 September 2012.
Sansanee Yui
Wudhiwanich
Secretary (ACTING)

PROJECT COORDINATOR REGIONAL EXPERT CONSULTANT

Simplicio Caluyong Nguyen Thi Minh Niran Chaimanee


EPPM Program NGOC Consultant
Coordinator Regional Expert (Temporary)

ADMINISTRATION & PROJECT OPERATION &


FINANCE DIVISION INFORMATION DIVISION

Sansanee Yui Marivic Pulvera


Wudhiwanich Uzarraga
Manager Manager

Senior Assistant

Maid & Cleaning


Service Company Theerayan Thee Soontaree Soon Piriya Nong
Limited Thimasarn Rattanasrisophon Boonsit
(out-source) Clerk/Driver Accountant Assistant
Cleaner

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II. FINANCE
(Ending December 2011 and 1 January 30 June 2012)

At the end of 31 December 2011, total income for the year 2011 was USD
475,572.63. In addition to Member Countries contributions, amounting to USD 350,006.65,
the Technical Secretariat also earned USD 96,792.68 from the management of projects during
the period. The amount of USD 28,773.30 was received from other income which included
interest earned, sale of publications, gain/loss on currency exchange and miscellaneous
income. The expenditure of USD 465,255.13 was incurred for operation and administrative
support. As of December 31, 2011 the CCOP General Fund registered a cash balance of USD
790,090.10 (Annex II of the Progress Report 2011).

From 1 January to 30 June 2012, Member Countries total cash contributions


amounted to USD 170,000.00, that consist of Cambodia (USD 5,000.00), Indonesia (USD
40,000.00), Korea (USD 60,000.00), Thailand (USD 40,000.00), Timor-Leste (USD
10,000.00) and Vietnam (USD 15,000.00) (Table 1).

In addition to Member Countries contributions, the amount of USD 25,876.22 was


earned from the management of projects during January - June 2012 period (Table 2). Other
income during the period amounted to USD 8,148.23 including interest earned, publication
sales, gain/loss on exchange, and miscellaneous income. The total income during the period
was USD 204,024.45. The expenditure of USD 201,719.47 was incurred from operation and
administrative support. The total cash balance as at end of June 2012 amounted to USD
759,082.63. (Annex II). The in-kind contributions of Member Countries; Indonesia and
Korea were also acknowledged (Table 3).

The Financial Reports for the period January - December 2011 (Annex III of the
Progress Report 2011) and January - June 2012 (Annex III) audited by Dhamniti Auditing
Co., Ltd. is attached.

The Technical Secretariat office premise is continuously being provided by the Royal
Thai Government, through the kind arrangement of the Department of Mineral Resources
(DMR), Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, at the permanent CCOP TS
Building within the area of DMRs complex.

The Royal Thai Government through the DMR also accorded the privileges and the
cooperation to enable the Technical Secretariat to operate efficiently and effectively.

China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand provided in-kind


contributions to CCOP by hosting CCOP activities, organizing workshops/training/ seminars/
courses for CCOP Member Countries and sponsoring printing of publications of CCOP.

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Table 1. Cash Contributions of Member Countries for 2011-2012
(Ending 30 June 2012)

2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012


Member Contribution Contribution Contribution Contribution Contribution Contribution Contribution
Countries Received in Received in Received in Received in Received in Received in Expected to
2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2012 Receive

Cambodia 5,000.00** 5,000.00** - 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 -


China - - - 50,000.00 - - 50,000.00
Indonesia - - - 40,000.00 - 40,000.00 -
Japan - - - 40,000.00 - - 40,000.00
Korea - - - 60,000.00 - 60,000.00 -
Laos - 10,000.00 - - 10,000.00
Malaysia - - - 50,000.00 - - 50,000.00
Papua New -
- - 10,006.65 10,000.00 *** ***
Guinea
Philippines - - - 40,000.00 - - 40,000.00
Singapore - - - - - - -
Thailand - - 40,000.00 * - 40,000.00 -
Timor-Leste - - - 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 -
Vietnam - - - 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 -
Total 5,000.00 5,000.00 40,000.00 330,006.65 10,000.00 170,000.00 190,000.00
*Thailand cash contribution for 2011 was received in advance since 2010
**Cambodia cash contribution (USD 5,000) for 2009 and (USD 5,000) for 2010 was received in 2011
***Papua New Guinea cash contribution for 2012 was received in advance since 2011

Table 2. Execution of Project and Activity, from their Management and Income
(1 January - 30 June 2012)
Organized Activities Country Period Amount
with (USD)
GAI-BGR-CCOP Workshop on
November 28-
Landslides in Southeast Asia: Bandung,
BGR December 01, 13,672.92
Management of a prominent Indonesia
2011
Geohazard
4th CCOP-Panya Consultant-DGR
Bangkok, May
DGR Landsubsidence monitoring System 1,411.54
Thailand 2012
Design
CGI/IUGS - GSJ/AIST - CCOP
Bangkok, February 15 -17,
CGI Asian Geoscience Information 2,550.00
Thailand 2012
Workshop
Total Project Management Income 17,634.46
Cash Received Is Advance from projects fund of DGR 8,241.76*
Net Total Project Management Income for Budget Year 2012 25,876.22
Target revenue of Project Management Income FY 2012, USD 115,000.00
*Criteria for received the fund without refund

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III. TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND PROJECT SUPPORT
Capacity building remains a very important issue for CCOP Member Countries.
Hence, activities in the 3 sectors and 7 programmes remain one of the key interests of
Member Countries. To optimize the benefits of the programme supported by the Cooperating
Countries and Organizations, the Member Countries also provide in-kind support. The table
(Table 3) below summarizes the ongoing and planned cooperation and discussion with the
Cooperating Countries and Organizations.

Table 3. Summary of CCOP Technical Activities with Member Countries, and Cooperating
Countries & Organizations

Country/Organization Activities

Supported 58th SC Meeting, CCOP Geochemical Mapping Workshop.


China Supported development of AMOS for CCOPTS.
Organized in cooperation with CCOP the 3rd Training Course on
Geological Mapping Capacity Building for ASEAN Countries.
Workshop on ASEAN Mineral Database and Information System
Indonesia Supported printing of Proceedings of 47th CCOP Annual Session Part II
(Thematic Session)
GSJ/AIST continued to support second phase of the groundwater project
GSJ/AIST continued to support second phase of DelSEA project
Japan GSJ/AIST started to be coordinator for Asia of OneGeology Steering
Group since Oct. 2011.
Training Program on Mineral Resource Database for ASEAN (Jan &
Sept 2012)
Organized courses, Geological Application of GIS/RS, Exploration
Korea Geology/ Mining Methods and Cost Estimating, Groundwater Theory
and Application for CCOP Member Countries.
Cooperation reestablished with Geoscience Australia in future project on
Australia
Environmental and Energy.
Cooperation and support for an Ocean and Coastal Mapping Workshop
Canada
to Member Countries which is available to MC on bilateral basis.
Bilateral cooperation with Vietnam through the DANIDA ENRECA
Denmark
Programme.
Continued support on Mineral, Geohazard and Geoenvironment
Germany
programmes.
Assisted in seeking funding support for the CCOP Geo-environments
The Netherlands
Sector.
Cooperation and Support to the CCOP-Norway Program for Enhancing
Norway
Public Petroleum Management (EPPM).
Pending for research project on Coastal erosion in SE Asia with
Poland
Geological Institute of Adam Mickiewicz, University in Pozan.
Cooperation with GETECH in the production and selling of
United Kingdom aeromagnetic and gravity maps.
OneGeology
United States of Annual EAGER Research Grant by the Geological Society of America
America for CCOP Annual Session host country.
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Country/Organization Activities

Maintained close cooperation through jointly organizing seminars,


information exchanges for the benefit of the Member Countries.
Asean Council on Participation in ASCOPE Joint Committees Meeting to discuss current
Petroleum (ASCOPE) issues on CCOP and ASCOPE energy programmes. Invited Guest
Speakers and Participants from ASCOPE Members to EPPM
Programmes.
Economic and Social Information exchange and discussion, cooperation on technical activities
Commission for Asia as well as organizing workshops and conferences. CCOP reports to the
and the Pacific UN-ESCAP Commission Session and participates in the subcommittee
(ESCAP) meetings.
International Union of CCOP is an Associate Member of IUGS and annually submits an
Geological Sciences activity report.
(IUGS)
CCOP and ASCOPE Members requested seminar topics through
International PETRAD and CCOP to organized tailor-made bilateral seminars for the
Programme for priority needs of CCOP and ASCOPE Members. The seminars
Petroleum coordinated by CCOP for the region. Cooperated in the implementation
Management and of EPPM P2.
Administration 8-week courses (Stavanger, Norway every year in September-
(PETRAD) November) Upstream petroleum Policy and Management and
Upstream Management of Petroleum Development and Operations.
Universiti Supported printing and editing publications of CCOP.
Kebangsaan Malaysia
(UKM)
United Nations Information exchange, discussion and cooperation on Geopark technical
Educational, Scientific activities.
& Cultural
Organization
(UNESCO)

Other Cooperating Countries generally continued their technical support to a number


of CCOP work programmes by providing valuable advice and guidance as well as the
implementation of bilateral technical assistance for CCOP Member Countries. Thanks are
due to all the Cooperating Countries and Organizations for their provision of representatives
to CCOP who have contributed in large measure to the review, assessment and formulation of
CCOP work programmes and for the contribution of technical information.

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IV. TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES
A number of workshops, seminars, training courses, working group meetings and
expert visits were conducted during the reporting period. During the reporting period from
1 January to 30 June 2012, a total of 8 activities were carried out and attended by 269
participants from the Member Countries, as well as from Brunei, Mongolia and Myanmar
(Table 4). Aiming at capacity building, knowledge sharing and technology transfer, and
these activities were highly appreciated by the member countries.

The status of CCOP Workplan 2012 is shown in Annex IV.

Table 4. Summary of CCOP Member Countries Participation in Technical Activities


Sector No. of activities No. of participants
Geo-resources 7 255
Geo-environment - -
Geo-information 1 14
TOTAL 8 269
*including participants from Brunei (4), Mongolia (3) & Myanmar (6)
*there were 57 female participants out of 269.

1. GEO-RESOURCES SECTOR
1-A. ENERGY PROGRAMME
1) CCOP-Norway Cooperation Program for Enhancing Public Petroleum
Management of the CCOP Member Countries (EPPM Program)

The CCOP TS continues the implementation of the 4-year EPPM Program that is
funded by the Royal Norwegian Government in the amount NOK15 Million. The program
incorporates three (3) Projects:
Petroleum Resource Management with a focus on Natural Gas (P1)
Natural Gas Field Development and Environmental Issues (P2)
Metadata on Natural Gas Resources of the CCOP Region (P3)

During the reporting period, a total of four (4) activities, including 3 capacity-building
workshops and a training course, were conducted. The specific titles of these activities are
indicated below:
1. CCOP Norway EPPM Program: S4 EPPM Annual Seminar/Workshop on UNFC
Resource Classification (for Oil, Gas and Minerals) organized in cooperation with
UNECE, 9-10 February 2012, Bangkok, Thailand
2. CCOP-Norway EPPM Program: P3 Special Training on the Usage of the CCOP Geo-
Information Metadata System (GIMS) Metadata Database Build-up and
Management, 13-14 March 2012, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
3. CCOP- Norway EPPM Program: P3W6 Workshop on Metadata Database Build-up
and Management, 15-17 March 2012, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
4. CCOP Norway EPPM Program: S5 Seminar/Workshop - How Should Governments
manage the End of Concession Period and Decommissioning of Oil and Gas
Installations? 12-14 June 2012, Bangkok, Thailand.

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All the activities achieved their objectives of creating awareness on the current issues
related to natural gas development, cooperation and exchange of technical knowledge in a
cross border study, effective data sharing and management, and added knowledge about
sustainable resource management. The presentations and discussions support the on-going
activities in many Member Countries, particularly in the areas of technology research, best
practice and policy development for energy security and climate change impact mitigation.
The documents from the activities were distributed to all the participants and also posted in
the EPPM Program website http://www.ccop.or.th/eppm/ - providing free and useful
references for the MCs.
For the reporting period, a total of 125 participants attended the EPPM Program
technical activities. As usual, they are mostly management representatives of regulatory and
research organizations dealing with upstream oil and gas, as well as from environmental
agencies, academia and national oil companies of CCOP MCs. This brings the total number
of participants to 917 since the start of the EPPM Program. It is important to note that
representatives from Myanmar have also participated in the technical activities with financial
support from the budget of the EPPM Program. Myanmar is in the processes of becoming a
new member country of CCOP.
The female participants represent ~30% of the total number of participants highest
amongst all CCOP technical activities.

2) CCOP/ASCOPE/PETRAD Programmes

With the technical and financial support of the Royal Norwegian Government,
PETRAD, the International Programme for Petroleum Management and Administration,
Norway, has been conducting tailor-made courses, workshops and seminars together with
CCOP TS and CCOP Member Countries and ASCOPE Members. The PETRAD tailor-made
seminars are mainly to facilitate sharing of knowledge and experience on Petroleum
Management, Administration and Technology between managers and experts within
Governments and National Oil Companies. Continued efforts are being exerted and PETRAD
had been particularly resourceful in soliciting support for the seminars requested by the
Member Countries. However, due to budget constraints, PETRAD-CCOP planned bilateral
activities for 2012 will not be carried out with CCOP until PETRADs budget situation
improves.

1-B. MINERAL PROGRAMME


Geochemical Baseline Project: The project is technically and financially supported
by China Geological Survey (CGS) for global-scale sample analyses and pilot study
national/regional scale sample analyses and training courses.
The kick-off meeting: CGS-CCOP Seminar on Geochemical Mapping was organized
for 28-29 March 2012, Nanjing, China with 21 participants.

1-C. GROUNDWATER PROGRAMME


1) CCOP-GSJ/AIST Project on Groundwater Assessment and Control in the
CCOP Region
GSJ/AIST generously continues its support for the CCOP-GSJ/AIST Project on
Groundwater, Phase II. The project postponed project activity due to the 2011 Tsunami in
Japan. The planned meeting of CCOP-GSJ/AIST Groundwater Project in Vietnam in
September 2011 was postponed to February 2013.

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Report on CCOP-AIST/GSJ-CGS Groundwater Phase II Meeting, 2-3 September
2011 in Xian, China is under editing by AIST/GSJ Groundwater Team based on Additional
Budget Provided by AIST/GSJ for Printing Cost & Postage Charge. It is to be distributed
during the CCOP Annual Meeting in Malaysia in 2012.

2. GEO-ENVIRONMENT SECTOR
2-A. GEOHAZARDS PROGRAMME
1) Tsunami Risk Reduction Measures, Phase 2
During the report period, CCOP TS reported and submitted the final report of the
project to the Norwegian Embassy in Bangkok. The Technical publication can be
downloaded from the CCOP Website.

2) CCOP-KIGAM GeoCoast 2; Geohazard Assessment in Asia and South


Pacific Coasts
The GeoCoast 2 project was introduced with an aim of promoting capacity-building
of the Southeast and South Pacific countries in order to mitigate or adapt to coastal
geohazards from the geological point of view.

At the 58th SC, Korea informed that the CCOP-KIGAM GeoCoast2: Geohazard
Assessment in Asia project is unlikely to be launched due to financial constraints. However,
KIGAM continues to support Member Countries to participate annually in geoscience
courses at its International School of Geoscience Resources.

2) Land Subsidence Monitoring System Design Project; CCOP-Panya


Consultant-DGR
In the report period, no activity is recorded for this project. It is planed that an Expert
meeting on Land subsidence in Coastal Megacities will be held on 9 November 2012 in
Langkawi, Malaysia in conjunction with the 48th Annual Session.

2-B. COASTAL ZONE PROGRAMME


1) CCOP-GSJ/AIST Project on Integrated Geological Assessment of Deltas in
Southeast Asia Phase 2 (DelSEA II Project)
CCOP had on-going activities with AIST/GSJ, Japan since 2008. DelSEA II
project which is one of the Geo-Environment programs has been conducted jointly with
IGCP-475 DeltaMAP project for annual meetings and seminars in order to foster exchange of
modern knowledge on deltas, Quaternary geology, sequence stratigraphy, and geological
coastal management and to enhance joint study for better understanding of deltaic coasts and
geological assessment for coastal management.
The planned training course on Coastal Geology Mapping in Malaysia by the end
of 2011 has been postponed to February 2013.

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2-C. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY PROGRAMME1) Environmental Analysis
Support Programme in the CCOP and Other Regions
The 48th CCOP Steering Committees Meeting in Daejeon, Korea endorsed the
Environmental Analysis Support Programme in the CCOP and Other Regions proposed by
AIST/GSJ under the auspices of Japan Radioisotope Association and Iwate Medical
University. This programme has continued supporting in-kind services on environmental
specimens, which are analysed by PIXE method. The service is still open up to the maximum
number of 500 samples per year and it will be continued annually.

3. GEO-INFORMATION SECTOR
1) CGI/IUGS CCOP Asian Geoscience Information Workshop
Endorsed by the 56th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting held in Manado, Indonesia,
22-23 October 2010, the CGI/IUGS CCOP Asian Geoscience Information Workshop was
organized on 15-17 February 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. This is with the funding support of
the CGI, The Commission for the Management and Application of Geoscience Information,
in cooperation with the Department of Mineral Resources, Thailand.
The workshop focused on the following topics: CGI and GeosciML, Mineral
Resources Database, Geological Maps on the Web, and CCOP Geo-Information Activities in
Asia. It was a forum where experts in geo-information gathered and shared experience and
knowledge in current technologies applicable to geoscience.
The Workshop was attended by 20 participants from China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea,
Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and United Kingdom, as well as CCOPTS staff. The
participants wished that similar forums be conducted regularly within CCOP.

2) CCOP Book Project 2009: Geological Museums of East and Southeast Asia
This book is aimed at being a companion volume for the 2008 CCOP book entitled
Geoheritage of East and Southeast Asia which was published in December 2008 and has
generally been well received. Taken together these two books will complete CCOPs central
contribution to the UN International Year of Planet Earth.
At the 58th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting held on March 2012, Nanjing China,
the book has been distributed to all the Member Countries present. The Meeting applauded
Malaysia through the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) for this publication.

3) OneGeology-CCOP
The 49th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting endorsed the OneGeology Project, an
international initiative of the geological surveys of the world led by the British Geological
Survey (BGS) and a flagship project of the 'International Year of Planet Earth'. Its aim is to
create dynamic geological map data of the world available via the web.
To date, CCOPs 1:2M Geologic Map of East and Southeast Asia and the 1:1M
Geologic Maps of Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand have
been made available and accessible through the portal, http://portal.onegeology.org/.
At the 58th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting in Nanjing, China, Japan informed
that the OneGeology Steering Group agreed for Geological Survey of Japan to be the
coordinator for Asia at its meeting in Tokyo, Japan on 27 Sept to 1 October 2011. In this
regard, Japan encouraged the cooperation of all the CCOP Member Countries for this
international initiative. In addition, the British Geological Survey has been OneGeologys
secretariat for the past years, and the institution which will serve as the new secretariat will

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be decided at the International Geological Congress (IGC) session in Brisbane, Australia in
August 2012.
CCOP acknowledges the Geological Survey of Japan, AIST for its support for this
international initiative.

4) CCOP Metadata Phase II


The CCOP Metadata Project Phase II was approved by the 48th CCOP Steering
Committee Meeting held in Daejeon, Korea on November 2006, with the financial support of
China Geological Survey (CGS). It is the objective of this phase to develop a comprehensive
CCOP Metadata Standard for Geoscience in conformity with ISO19115 International
Metadata Standard. CGS had not only provided financial support, but also resource persons
for the project, and shared their vast experience in metadata development with the CCOP
Member Countries.
The Project produced two concrete products, the web-based CCOP Geo-Information
Metadata System (CCOP-GIMS) installed at the CCOP TS server, as well as the CCOP S01
Edition 2 Standard for Geo-Information Metadata.
CGS continues offering its support for GIMS training for Member Countries when
required.

4. FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS


1) East Asia Geoscience and Environmental Research (EAGER) Project

The EAGER Project is a trust fund set up in the Geological Society of America with
the personal contribution of Dr. Maurice Ric Terman, CCOP Honorary Advisor, to be used
for funding research in geoscience in the region. Under the programme, a grant will be made
available for research on Geoscience and Environment in East and Southeast Asia to
candidates from the Member Country hosting the CCOP Annual Session since 2003.

Despite the cancellation of the 2011 Annual Session supposedly held in Bangkok,
Thailand, the EAGER grant for 2011 was still awarded to Ms Mallika Nillorm (Thailand).
The title of her research proposal is Risk and vulnerability from landslide hazards: impacts
of Geotourism in a World Heritage site.

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V. PUBLICATION AND DOCUMENTATION
The following publications were produced during the reporting period. The workshop
and seminar reports and proceedings of the CCOP-Norway Cooperation Program for
Enhancing Public Petroleum Management of the CCOP Member Countries (EPPM Program)
were published on the CCOP website.

General Publication
CCOP E-News Vol. 3 No. 1, July 2012
The CCOP E-News is meant to give the latest news and information on CCOP activities
around the region and worldwide. This replaces the former printed CCOP Newsletter and
will be issued several times a year. The Vol.3 No.1 can be downloaded at CCOP website in
PDF format from this link: http://www.ccop.or.th/download/e-news/CCOP_e-news2012-
06v3n1.pdf

Book - Geological Museums in East and Southeast


This book is for the International Year of the Planet Earth, featuring geological
museums in China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Thailand and
Vietnam. Published in late 2011, the book has been distributed at the 58th CCOP Steering
Committee Meeting held in Nanjing China, 26-27 March 2012. An electronic copy of this
book will be soon made available at the CCOP website.

CCOP Annual Session Proceedings


Proceedings of the 47th CCOP Annual Session Part II
This publication is the proceedings of the Thematic Session on Understanding the Climatic
Change in order to Enhance Geoscientific Contribution for Society and Its Environments at
the 47th CCOP Annual Session held in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia on 17-21 October
2010. Published in late 2011, the printed copies of this proceeding have been distributed at
the 58th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting in Nanjing, China. Printing was sponsored by
the Geological Agency of Indonesia. The PDF file of this proceeding can be downloaded
from this link: http://www.ccop.or.th/download/pub/47as_ii.pdf

CCOP Steering Committee Meeting Reports


Report of the 58th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting
Report including the minutes of the Steering Committee Meeting held in Nanjing,
China on 26-28 March 2012 (electronic).

Technical Activities Reports/Proceedings


EPPM Program
The workshop and seminar reports and proceedings of these activities were published on
the CCOP website, http://www.ccop.or.th/eppm/.
CCOP Homepage
The CCOP Homepage is continuously being updated. New web-pages are added for new
projects and activities.
Sales of Publications
No sales of publication during the reporting period (1 January to 30 June 2012) due to
CCOP TSs migration from paper to WEB publication.

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ANNEX V

COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES


IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

48th CCOP Annual Session


4-8 November 2012
Langkawi, Malaysia

MEMBER COUNTRIES REPORTS

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

48th CCOP Annual Session


4-8 November 2012
Langkawi, Malaysia

Member Country Report


of
CAMBODIA

Submitted by

Cambodian Delegation

(For Agenda Item 3)

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)
CCOP Building, 75/10 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 2644 5468, Fax: +66 (0) 2644 5429, E-mail: ccopts@ccop.or.th, Website: www.ccop.or.th

ANNUAL MEMBER COUNTRY REPORT

Country: CAMBODIA Period: 1 July 2010 30 June 2012

GEO-RESOURCES SECTOR

1. MINERAL PROGRAMME
1.1. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
1.1.1. The JICA compiled 1:1000,000 mineral resource map is being updated using
information from private companies' exploration work.
1.1.2. A mining policy is being set up with UNDP's assistance and cooperation.
1.1.3. A map of landslide prone area in eastern Cambodia is being compiled.

Programme Contact Person:


Mr. Sieng Sotham
Director
Department of Geology
# 79-89, Street Pasteur,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Tel: 855-97-6137850
E-mail: geodept@online.com.kh

2. ENERGY PROGRAMME
2.1. Summary
Petroleum exploration activities commenced in Cambodia in the early 1970s and even
though oil and gas discovery was apparent since middle 1990s, the development phase
has not yet started. During the reviewed period of 01 July 2010 to 30 June 2012 more
petroleum activities in onshore Cambodia have been carried out and two wells were
drilled in offshore Cambodia. A few oil companies have carried out geological and
geophysical studies around the Tonle Sap Lake.
2.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
2.2.1 Declaration of Commercial Discovery
A Petroleum Agreement was made and entered into on 18th March 2002 between
the Royal Government of Cambodia, represented by Cambodian National Petroleum
Authority (CNPA), and the Contractor, Chevron Overseas Petroleum (Cambodia) Limited
and partners.

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With information from the existing wells, the oil pay sands are well defined and the
properties have been assessed. Using analog data sets from existing Gulf of Thailand field
operations, the in-place and recoverable oil reserves can be calculated with the accuracy
necessary for field development. Production flow tests also have been carried out which
flowed from 415 to 860 BOPD. Based on evaluation, the determination of commercial
quantities of Petroleum within Block A was been declared on 31st August 2010.

2.2.2 High Resolution Airborne Gravity and Magnetic Survey.


Block XV, onshore, was awarded to PetroVietnam Exploration Production (PVEP)
Overseas Cambodia Corporation on 12th November 2009 covered an area of 6 900 sq.km
and located in the Tonle Sap Basin. Due to airborne gravity and magnetic survey
conducted by Japan National Oil Corporation roughly outlining possible troughs in the
large area, the high resolution airborne gravity and magnetic survey was added.
The objective of this survey is to outline the preferred area for seismic acquisition
in the next phase. The survey was flown using SGLs airborne gravity system, an airborne
inertial referenced gravimeter. Production flights commenced on October 10, 2010 and
were completed on October 31, 2010. A total of 14 flights were flown during the survey
to complete the planned 6 176 line kilometers. The traverse lines are oriented north-south
and spaced at 1,500 m, while the control lines are oriented east-west and spaced at 5,000
m.
2.2.3 Application for a Production Permit
On 30 September 2010, Chevron Overseas Petroleum (Cambodia) Limited
submitted a Production Permit Application to the CNPA in order to begin development
activity in Block A offshore Cambodia.
This application includes: (1) the specification of the production area applied for
and covered by development activities and future exploration, and (2) the description of a
phased field development plan with a Development Work Programme. Specifically, a
detailed plan of the initial Phase 1a development includes a production platform with 22
wells producing to a captive Floating Storage and Offloading vessel (FSO).
2.2.4 Geological Survey
CNPA and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) signed a
Basic Agreement for a study and survey programme in Block XVII onshore Cambodia on
May 4, 2010.
The geological survey was carried out from December 4 to 19, 2010 and 70 rock
samples in total were collected. The objective of this study is to clarify (1) the existence of
any Mesozoic-Paleozoic sedimentary basins with the required thickness (2) the existence
of reservoir rocks consisting of Carboniferous-Permian carbonates together with
Paleozoic-Meozoic source rock with sufficient maturity for hydrocarbon generation. All
the samples were sent to laboratory for analysis as follows: age dating, source rock
properties, reservoir rock properties, bulk rock composition and fluid inclusions.
2.2.5 Field Geological survey
As the Block XV and surrounding area is virgin territory, one of the key elements
that should be considered as a first priority is the study of the source rock and reservoir
rock by conventional means.

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The geological team of PVEP Overseas and CNPA geologists together carried out
field survey of the northern and eastern part of onshore Cambodia on 12-21 December
2010. The main objective of this survey was to (1) understand lithological and
deformational characteristics of sedimentary strata and (2) preliminarily identify and
assess the relationship between lithologies and regional structures for hydrocarbon system,
particularly source and reservoir rocks.
In relation with this survey, collecting, analyzing and generalizing all available
geological and geophysical data in block XV and adjacent areas are used. The formation
sections, rock characteristics, fossil investigation, sample collection for further analysis
and storage, deformation characteristics will be described in detail.
2.2.6 Shore Base Survey
On 28-30 June 2011, a Chevron Overseas Petroleum (Cambodia) Limited project
team in collaboration with CNPA officials has conducted the shore base survey in Preah
Sihanouk Province. The purpose of the survey is to understand the available capabilities in
Preah Sihanouk Province and the logistics plan for the project.
2.2.7 Rong1-1 Well Drilling
Block F is located dominantly in offshore Cambodia and was awarded to CNOOC
in 2007. CNOOC has conducted 522 Km. of 2D seismic and drill one well to date. Rong1-
1 well was the first exploration well in Block F, which geologically located in Kampong
Som Basin as well. The main objective of Rong1-1 well drilling was to evaluate the
hydrocarbon potential of petroleum system in Basin.
Rong1-1 well was a vertical well and drilled to total depth of 2800 m (as planned
2875 m.) on 06 December 2011-30 January 2012 with plug and abandon as a dry hole.

2.2.8 BPS-1 well Drilling


The Baphoun Sireymongkol-1 well (BPS-1) was the third exploration well drilled
in Block B by PTTEPI, operator of the consortium contractors. The well location was
selected based on 3D seismic data to evaluate the hydrocarbon potential of a significant
structural feature with seismic anomalies not seen in the previous two exploration wells
drilled by PTTEPI.
BPS-1 was a deviated well drilled on 01-09 March 2012 with the total depth of
3004 m. true vertical depth using oil base mud. The main objective was to explore
hydrocarbon potential of 4-way and 3-way dip closure of Oligocene syn-rift play as
primary target and Miocene play as secondary target.
Three poor oil shows were recorded in the interval from 1000 m. to 1300 m. The
well was plugged and abandoned as a dry hole.

2.2.9 2D Seismic Survey in Block XVII


Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation carried out 299.75 km. of 2D
seismic survey in block XVII onshore of Cambodia. Operation was commenced on early
April and completed on the early of September 2012.
The objective of this survey is to (i) clarify basin and main geological feature (ii)
better understand of HC system with focus on Mesozoic-Paleozoic sedimentary sections
for reservoir and source rocks-Permian limestone and Triassic clastic sediments and (iii)
identify and clarify the existence of potential hydrocarbon structures and leads (iv)
evaluate and select the most prospective structure for the next seismic acquisition.

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The 2D-seismic survey was done using 1-3 kg/shot point explosives at maximum,
which act as a vibration source or an acoustic wave source. Nearly 6,000 holes with 50
meter interval were drilled up to 20 meter depth and 60 meter depth for upholes.
Receiving points for each receiver/geophone line were located at 25 meter from one to
another. The explosives and detonators used in the survey were Emulex E700-type
explosives and Deveydet SR-type detonators.

2.3. Proposed Future Activities


- Onshore Geological Cross-border Study
- Geological Study in Onshore Cambodia

2.4. Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities


Require both technical and financial support for these proposed future activities.

Programme Contact Person:


Mr. Lim Vatha
Deputy Director of Upstream Division
Cambodian National Petroleum Authority
#13-14, Russian Federation Blvd., Sangkat Kakab, Khan Posenchey,
Phnom Penh, Kingdom Of Cambodia.
Tel : 855-888-99 88 77, 855-11-95 63 66
Fax: 855-23-866 234
E-mail : limvatha@gmail.com
Website : www.cnpa.gov.kh

3. GROUNDWATER PROGRAMME
Nothing to report

GEO-ENVIRONMENT SECTOR

4. COASTAL ZONE PROGRAMME

Nothing to report

5. GEO-HAZARDS PROGRAMME

Nothing to report

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6. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY PROGRAMME
6.1. Summary
Environmental issues present major challenges major for oil and gas development
in Cambodia. As required under the Cambodian Law on Environment Protection and
natural Resource Management (1996) and the Sub-Decree on Environmental Impact
Assessment (1999), all contractors have to conduct an environmental impact assessment
before the petroleum operation commences.
The purpose of this EIA is to identify and, to the extent possible, quantify the
potential negative and positive impacts of the proposed operation within the contracted
blocks with respect to the environment, values of human use of resources, quality of life,
and health. Once these impacts have been identified, prevention, mitigation, and
monitoring measures will be proposed to minimize the negative impacts.

The scope of environmental impact assessment includes:


- An evaluation of the existing environmental and social conditions in the project
area;
- An assessment of positive and negative impacts during the operation period;
- Proposed mitigation measures to prevent and/ or reduce the potential harmful
impacts to the nearby environment; and
- Proposed monitoring programme to record compliance with regulatory
commitments and to determine if the local environment quality is affected by the project.

The EIA methodology and the main components of the report are as following:
- Data and Information Collection: Primary data on site characteristics were
collected within the vicinity of the proposed project area and at the reference stations
outside. Secondary data on human use of resources, socio-economic conditions and
quality of life values, were collected from literature, government agencies and
independent studies.
- Project Description: Describe the relevant activities of the project from the
preparation to the completion.
- Environment Setting: Environmental data and information that were collected and
assessed in order to understand the physical and biological resources, values of human
use of resources, quality of life, health and safety.
- Impact Assessment and Risk Assessment: All aspects of the planned project
activities were assessed in terms of their potential impacts.
- Impact Mitigation and Monitoring: The monitoring plan was prepared to gather
data and information on the actual environment and changes to it during project
implementation and to provide a basis upon which to evaluate the effectiveness of the
mitigation measures put in place.
- Environmental Management Plan (EMP): The plan covers all impacts that were
identified and the corresponding mitigation measures and procedures. The EMP will
be used for managing and monitoring the impacts that could occur during the
operation.
- EIA Process in Cambodia: The Cambodian EIA process administered by the
Ministry of environment.

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6.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
6.2.1 Environment Impact Assessment for 2D Seismic Block XVII
Moeco Cambodia Oil and Gas Co., Ltd. (MCOG) received the right as operator
from JOGMEC and has contracted International Environmental Management Co., Ltd.
(IEM) to complete the environmental impact assessment for the 2D seismic survey in
block XVII.
Block XVII covers a surface area of 6,500 km2 and is located in a hilly area generally
at a height of 200m-300m in Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear and Siem Reap Provinces,
approximately 200 km north of Phnom Penh.
The EIA survey was carried out from March and ended in mid July 2011 to
collect the field data and then a report was prepared which was approved by the
ministry of environment in January 2012.

6.2.2 Environmental impact Assessment for Exploration Drilling Block F


Block F contractor, CNOOC, has also contracted IEM to prepare the EIA report
for the CNOOC offshore exploratory drilling project 2011. The well is named Rong1-
1 and targeted to drill to 2800 m. The location of the well is about 37km from the
Sihanouk Ville port and approximately 160km from Phnom Penh.
The EIA survey was started from April 20th, 2011 and completed with the approval
from the ministry of environment on November 30th, 2011.

6.2.3 Impact on Small Scale Mining


In the effort to alleviate peoples poverty and the impact from small scale mining
on the environment, the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) in
collaboration with UNDP, is setting up a project on the Management of small scale
gold miners that will ensure the legal status of the small scale and artisanal miners and
provide them with awareness training on safe mining and processing methods.

Programme Contact Person:


Mr. Kun Samith
#13-14, Russian Federation Blvd., Sangkat Kakab, Khan Posenchey,
Phnom Penh, Kingdom Of Cambodia.
Tel : 855-11-62 58 53
Fax: 855-23-866 234
E-mail : kunsamith@gmail.com
Website : www.cnpa.gov.kh

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GEO-INFORMATION SECTOR

7 GEO-DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME


The establishment of a mineral database and cadastre was completed early this year
thanks to the assistance of JICA.

Programme Contact Person:


Mr. Sieng Sotham
Director
Department of Geology
# 79-89, Street Pasteur,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Tel: 855-97-6137850
E-mail: geodept@online.com.kh

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

48th CCOP Annual Session


4-8 November 2012
Langkawi, Malaysia

Member Country Report


of
CHINA

Submitted by

CHINA DELEGATION

(For Agenda Item 3)

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)
CCOP Building, 75/10 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 2644 5468, Fax: +66 (0) 2644 5429, E-mail: ccopts@ccop.or.th, Website: www.ccop.or.th

ANNUAL MEMBER COUNTRY REPORT

Country: CHINA Period: 1 July 2011 30 June 2012

GEO-RESOURCES SECTOR

1. MINERAL PROGRAMME
1.1 Summary

In 2011, China carried out 40 programs of mineral investigation and assessment which
included 558 projects of mineral potential investigation and assessment, some comprehensive
research and 85,000 meters of drilling.

The budget for the mineral projects was about RMB 2,645 million (about USD 419
million). The geological mapping and mineral potential investigations were carried out in 20
major metallogenetic belts of China.

In 2011, China completed the assessment of mineral potential of 13 minerals which


included iron, aluminum, coal, uranium, copper, lead, zinc, tungsten, tin, gold, rare earth,
potash and phosphorus in 2011.

China Geological Survey (CGS), provincial geological surveys, provincial bureaus and
departments of geology and mineral resources, and other industry departments of the central
government were also involved in mineral investigation/prospecting and assessment.

1.2 Annual Progresses Review


1.2.1 Mineral investigation and assessment in major metallogenetic belts

In 2011, China carried out geological investigation and mineral assessment in 20


major metallogenetic belts.

1. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in Tianshan metallogenetic


belts
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included a lead and zinc
deposit, copper and iron deposit, copper, lead and zinc spolymetallic ore deposit, iron deposit,
zinc and copper deposit, copper and nickel deposit.

2. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in Alertai metallogenetic


belts
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included a copper deposit,
porphyry copper, molybdenum and gold deposit, iron and copper deposit, and copper and
gold deposit.

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3. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in Kunlun-Alerjin
metallogenetic belts
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included iron, lead and zinc
deposit, copper and polymetallic ore deposit. It also included mineral potential investigation
and check on new airborne magnetic anomaly.

4. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in Caidamo and its


adjacent metallogenetic belts
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included iron deposit, copper
polymetallic ore deposit, and gold deposit.

5. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in Beishan-Qilianshan


metallogenetic belts
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included molybdenum deposit,
iron deposit, iron and copper deposit, tungsten polymetallic ore deposit, iron and polymetallic
ore deposit, and polymetallic ore deposit.

6. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in Qinling Mountain


metallogenetic belts
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included nonferrous metal
deposit, tungsten polymetallic ore deposit, gold deposit, copper deposit, copper and gold
deposit.

7. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in Gangdisi metallogenetic


belts
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included copper and
molybdenum deposit, copper molybdenum deposit, copper deposit, gold and antimony
polymetallic ore deposit.

8. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in Bangonghu-Nujiang


metallogenetic belts
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included copper deposit,
copper polymetallic ore deposit, and salt lake resources. It included the mineral potential
investigation and comprehensive research of copper polymetallic ore deposits.

9. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in the border areas of


Sichuan-Yunan-Guizhou provinces
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included iron deposit, lead and
zinc deposit, vanadium titanium magnetite deposit, iron and copper deposit, copper, lead and
zinc deposit, gold deposit, and bauxite deposit.

10. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in Sanjiang metallogenetic


belts of southwest China
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included lead and zinc deposit,
copper, lead and zinc deposit, copper polymetallic deposit, iron and copper deposit, lead and
zinc polymetallic deposit gold and antimony polymetallic ore deposit.

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11. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in the south area of
Daxinganling metallogenetic belts
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included lead zinc and silver
polymetallic ore deposit, iron deposit. It also included mineral potential investigations in the
area.
12. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in the north area of
Daxinganling metallogenetic belts
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included iron and copper
polymetallic ore deposit, silver polymetallic ore deposit. The mineral potential investigation
was also carried out.

13. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in the Daxinganling


metallogenetic belts of eastern Lianing and southern Jilin
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included copper and zinc
deposit, iron deposit. In addition the investigation of potential copper, cobalt, zinc and lead
deposit, copper and nickel deposit, and nonferrous metal deposit was carried out.

14. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in metallogenetic belts of


Shansi and Hebei
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included gold deposit, copper,
lead and zinc deposit. It also included investigation of iron and bauxite potential.

15. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in the metallogenetic belts


of western Henan
The geological investigation and mineral assessment included bauxite deposit, zinc
and silver deposit. It also included a mineral potential investigation in the area.

16. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in the metallogenetic belts


of middle and lower reaches of the Changjiang River
This included the investigation of iron and copper deposit, the investigation of
potential copper polymetallic ore deposit, copper and iron polymetallic ore deposit, the
investigation and assessment of copper and iron polymetallic ore deposit and iron and copper
deposit.

17. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in the metallogenetic belts


of Wuyishan
This included the investigation and assessment of copper polymetallic ore deposit
and the investigation of potential copper polymetallic ore deposit and other deposits.

18. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in the metallogenetic belts


of western Hunan and Hubei
This included the assessment of potential lead and zinc polymetallic ore deposit,
investigation and assessment of lead and zinc deposit, investigation of potential lead and zinc
deposit and other deposits.

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19. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in the Nanling
metallogenetic belts
This included the prospecting of tin, lead and zinc polymetallic ore deposit,
investigation of lead and zinc deposit, manganese deposit, copper, iron, lead and zinc deposit,
tin polimetallic ore deposit, and other deposits. It also included investigation and assessment
of copper, lead, zinc, tin polymetallic ore deposit, and assessment of tungsten and tin
polymetallic ore deposit.

20. Geological investigation and mineral assessment in the Qinhang


metallogenetic belts
This included the investigation of copper and gold deposit, copper polymetallic ore
deposit, copper, gold and tungsten polymetallic ore deposit, silver, lead and zinc deposit. It
also included the investigation and assessment of gold and molybdenum polymetallic ore
deposit.

2. ENERGY PROGRAMME

2.1. Summary

In 2011 China continued to maintain the rapid development of its oil and gas resources.
Proved reserves of oil are 1.342 billion tons, of natural gas 722.482 billion cubic meters.
Crude oil production was maintained 203 million tons and natural gas production was101.2
billion cubic meters.

The new proven geological reserve of coal bed methane was 136.733 billion cubic
meters and total proven reserves are 417.64 billion cubic meters.

China carried out the assessment of potential and favorable areas of national shale gas
resources. China's first horizontal well for shale gas was drilled (Wei 201-H1 well) and tested
gas capable of production.

China carried out onshore and offshore gas hydrate exploration and metallogenic
theory and distribution prediction research, the exploration technology research and
development, drilling and production technology research and development, test technology
and simulation studies, database construction and strategy supporting research.

By the end of 2011, China hsd built 2.13 million km of crude oil pipelines, 2.04 million
km of refined oil product pipeline, and over 5 million meters of natural gas pipelines.

In 2011, the 8,704 km-long Second West-East Gas Pipeline was completed, the first in
China to import overseas gas resources from Turkmenistan. Consisting of one trunk and eight
branches, it is connected to the Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline at Horgos in Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region, and reaches Shanghai in the east and Guangzhou and Hong Kong in the
south. The trunk, 4,978km long, and 1,219mm-thick, can transport 30 billion cubic meters of
gas per year.

The overseas M & A activity of China's oil companies concentrated in the deepwater
and unconventional shale gas field in 2011. A total of 127.48 billion RMB (about USD 20.23

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billion) was invested in these fields by the Chinese oil companies who gained interests in oil
production of 68.99 million tons.

In 2011, China carried out the evaluation of conventional oil and gas resources in the
Songliao Basin and Liaohe Depression of Bohai Bay Basin, and oil shale resource evaluation
in northeastern regions. The first systematic investigation and evaluation of shale gas
resources was conducted through investigation and evaluation of the national oil and gas
resources strategy constituency.

The management of oil and gas resources is standardized and orderly, and management
tools have constantly been improved.

2.2. Annual view of technical programmes/activities

2.2.1 Activities of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)

In 2011, CNPC continued to increase its resources and expand its market. The newly
added proven oil and gas reserves were 715.12 million tons and 487.9 billion cubic meters
respectively.

In 2011, CNPC produced 107.54 million tons of crude and 75.62 billion cubic meters
of natural gas at home. In particular, Daqing continued to produce at 40 million tons and
Changqing produced more than 40 million tons. Overseas projects produced more than 100
million tons of oil equivalent in 2011, of which CNPCs share was more than 50 million tons.

2.2.2 Exploration

In 2011, domestic exploration resulted in newly proven oil and gas in place of 715.12
million tons and 487.9 billion cubic meters, and proven oil and gas reserves exceeded 1
billion tons of oil equivalent. The newly proven reserves were mainly contained in
lithostratigraphic reservoirs and low permeability reservoirs that are deeply buried but are
massive in scale and producibility. The oil reserve replacement ratio remained above 100%.

2.2.3 Major Discoveries

New breakthroughs were made in major exploration blocks in Sichuan, Bohai Bay,
Qaidam, Ordos, Junggar, and Hailaer basins. Gas exploration in the Sichuan Basin identified
the great potential of the Sinian System. Exploration in the deeply buried hills in Bohai Bay
Basin showed favorable prospects. In the Ordos Basin, the Lower Palaeozoic strata became a
new exploration target. Lithologic reservoirs with abundant reserves were discovered in the
Jurassic System in the Junggar Basin.

In addition, CNPC made major progresses at Jiyuan and Sulige in the Ordos Basin,
Tazhong and Tabei in the Tarim Basin, Chuanzhong Xujiahe formation in the Sichuan Basin,
Qibei-Chenghai block in the Bohai Bay Basin, north (oil) and south (natural gas) in the
Songliao Basin, Jimusaer Sag in the Junggar Basin, Kunbei in the Qaidam Basin, and Fushan
Sag in the North Bay Basin.

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2.2.4 Crude Oil Production

In 2011, domestic oil and gas production of CNPC reached 167.79 million tons of oil
equivalent, up 2.8% year-on-year. In particular, natural gas contributed 36% of the companys
total oil and gas production.

In 2011, CNPC produced 107.54 million tons of crude oil in China, 2% higher than
the previous year. Despite the challenges of ultra-high water-cut, Daqing continued to
produce at an annual level of 40 million tons, of which more than 13 million was attributable
to tertiary recovery represented by polymer flooding and ASP flooding. Attributing to the
efficient and massive development of low-permeability reservoirs, Changqing produced more
than 40 million tons of oil equivalent, with an average increase of more than 5 million tons for
each of the past four years. In particular, 5.5 million tons of oil was produced from ultra-low-
permeability reservoirs.

2.2.5 Natural Gas Development

In 2011, CNPC produced 75.62 billion cubic meters of natural gas domestically, 4.3%
more than that in 2010. The gas production of Changqing registered another year of rapid
growth in 2011 to 25.8 billion cubic meters. Tarim produced more than 17 billion cubic
meters of natural gas. Production capacity building projects in Sulige and Gaoqiao was
pushed forward. Sulige has become the largest gas field in China.

2.2 Exploration and Development of Unconventional Oil and Gas

CNPC carried out the exploration and development of CBM, shale gas and other
unconventional oil and gas resources. It not only expedites the construction of CBM industrial
bases, but also promotes shale gas demonstration projects.

2.2.6 CBM

In 2011, CNPC enhanced CBM production capacity building in Qinshui Basin and the
eastern edge of Ordos Basin. CNPC newly proved 78.7 billion cubic meters of CBM, built
additional 0.35 bcm/a production capacity, and supplied 420 million cubic meters of
commercial CBM. CNPC made a breakthrough in the exploration of low-coal-rank CBM with
the discovery of the first medium-to-low-coal-rank CBM field of China in the Baode block on
the eastern edge of the Ordos Basin. A production test has shown that the block is
characterized by early gas show, rapid production increase, thick coal seam, good
permeability, and high bottom hole pressure.

2.2.7 Shale Gas

In 2011, CNPC accelerated the building of demonstration zones of shale gas


industrialization at Weiyuan-Changning in Sichuan and Zhaotong in Yunnan. CNPC drilled
four vertical wells and four horizontal ones, and fractured five of them. Well Wei 201-H1 was
completed and fractured, maintaining a daily output of 11,500-13,400 cubic meters. In 150
days of gas testing, output was 1.77 million cubic meters of natural gas, and it became the
first completed horizontal well that began to produce shale gas.

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2.3 Activities of SINOPEC

In 2011, SINOPEC continued to implement the resource strategy of stabilizing reserves


and production in eastern region, expanding reserves and production in western areas,
accelerating exploration and development in southern blocks, pushing forward offshore
exploration and development, making a breakthrough in unconventional resource
development, depending on technologies and building up upstream strength. Great efforts
were made to increase the hydrocarbon reserves and output in the Shengli oilfield complex,
Ordos Basin, Tarim Basin, Sichuan Basin, and from unconventional resources.

In 2011, SINOPEC focused on exploration in key exploration regions and on intensive


exploration in mature fields, such as the Northern rim of the Junggar Basin, the western
depression in the Sichuan Basin, the Northern Slope of the Tazhong area in the Tarim Basin,
Songnan frontier in the Songliao Basin and Southeast areas offshore Hainan Island.
Exploration for unconventional oil and gas has borne initial results.

SINOPEC has also identified regions in which to build production capacity for coal bed
methane.

In the development of crude oil, SINOPEC focused on steady production in eastern China
and growth of production in western China and actively promoted technological
breakthroughs and tests on horizontal drilling and multi-staged fracturing.

In the development of natural gas, SINOPEC focused on gas projects in the Sichuan
Basin and the Ordos Basin.

In 2011, SINOPEC made 5 breakthroughs, 9 examples of important progress and 4


significant discoveries.

The 5 breakthroughs include exploration successes in:


- shallow strata of the Northern rim of the Junggar Basin with a potential of adding 50
million tons of oil reserves in-place
- the middle and shallow strata of the western depression in the Sichuan Basin with a
potential of adding a trillion cubic meters of gas reserves in-place
- the Silurian of the northern slope of the Tazhong block in the Tarim Basin with a
potential of adding 100 million tons of oil reserves in-place
- Songnan frontier in the Songliao Basin with a potential of adding 100 million tons of
oil reserves in-place; and;
- offshore areas with a potential of adding one trillion cubic meters of gas reserves in-
place.

The 9 examples of important progress were made in


- Yuanba block in the Sichuan Basin with newly-added measured geological gas reserve
of 159.2 billion cubic meters;
- matured areas in the Jiyang subbasin in the Bohaiwan Basin with a potential of adding
3-levels of reserves (measured geological reserve, indicated geological reserve and
inferred geological reserve) totalling 300 million tons;
- the Ordovician of the Tahe area in the Tarim Basin with newly-added measured and
indicated geological oil reserves of 170 million tons;
- Western Junggar with a potential of adding measured geological reserve of 47.68
million tons, accumulatively adding 67.39 million tons;

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- Southern area in the Ordos Basin with a potential of adding a 3-level reserve of 160
million tons;
- Hangjinqi block in the Ordos Basin with a potential of adding measured and indicated
geological gas reserve of 81.2 billion cubic meters;
- the Ordovician of the Yubei block in the Tarim Basin with great reserve growth
potential;
- Qingdong depression in the Bohaiwan Basin with potential for forming a base for
reserve growth, and
- the exploration of unconventional oil and gas with key shale oil and gas blocks and
coalbed methane pilot production areas.

The 4 significant oil and gas discoveries are made in


- Wujiaping Formation of the Permian in the Yuanba block in the Sichuan Basin;
- marine formation of the Paleozoic in the Lower Yangtze region;
- Triassic of the Luoyi Basin in the south of Northern China and
- Archaeozoic of the the Jiyang subasin in the Bohaiwan Basin.

In 2011, by implementing delicacy management in its oil field development, SINOPEC


operated smoothly according to its annual production plan and achieved positive results in its
reservoir evaluation and production capacity building. SINOPEC took full advantage of oil
and gas development technologies to support the production capacity building of its new
production zones. The application of development technologies and the efforts exerted in
practical technology research ensured the quality of its production capacity building for new
zones.

Thermal recovery was adopted to accelerate the integration of heavy oil production
capacity, enhance the application of engineering technologies in reservoirs and realize the
different development of low-permeability reservoirs. Fine characterization of fractured
vuggy reservoirs was further strengthened to enhance production capacity building.

SINOPEC also focused on the application of mature production technologies and


integration technology innovation to enhance the recovery factor of matured oil fields.
SINOPEC studied the distribution of remaining oil in different types of reservoirs and drew
up plans for future development. SINOPEC emphasized research of tight-oil development
technologies and achieved initial progress in resource replacement. It carried out basic studies
and research for developing tight oil, including geological requirements for well selection,
staged fracturing and horizontal well drilling. This work greatly supported the experiments on
tight-oil development by laying down a sound foundation for experimental well drillings.

In 2011, SINOPEC completed 2D seismic measurements of 18,583 kilometers and 3D


seismic measurement of 11,361 square kilometers and drilled exploration wells with a total
footage of 21,741 kilometers in 2011. Proved reserves of oil and gas increased by 411 million
barrels of oil equivalent for the year. In 2011, SINOPEC produced 408 million barrels of oil
and gas equivalent, and produced 303 million barrels of crude and 517.07 billion cubic meters
of natural gas in China.

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2.4 Activities of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)

In 2011, CNOOC had net proved reserves of 3.19 billion BOE, including approximately
0.27 billion BOE, and total net oil and gas production of 909,000 BOE per day, including
49,270 BOE per day.

In 2011, CNOOC continued its efforts in exploration and achieved a high record in the
amount of investments in exploration, drilling and 3D seismic data collection work.
CNOOCs exploration work has produced fruitful results with a reserve replacement ratio
reaching 158%.

In 2011, CNOOCs exploration made an aggregate of 13 new discoveries and successfully


appraised 18 oil and gas structures in offshore China. CNOOC also achieved remarkable
results of 3 new discoveries and 2 successfully appraised oil and gas structures overseas.

In 2011, new discoveries were made in core areas mainly included Kenli 9-1, Bozhong
34-3 and Bozhong 34-4 in Bohai as well as Weizhou 12-1S and Weizhou 11-7N in Western
South China Sea.

To ensure resource replacement, CNOOC conducted exploration in core areas while


continuing to explore new areas and new exploration targets. Regarding exploration activities
in new areas and new exploration targets, CNOOC strengthened regional research and basic
research activities in 2011. CNOOC mainly focused on certain key technologies, and
achieved major breakthroughs in new areas such as shallow lithologic traps with large
coverage and high-temperature and high-pressure natural gas. First, drilling works were
carried out in Bohai around the Shijiutuo uplift area and lithologic trap structures with
successful appraisals for Qinhuangdao 33-2 and Qinhuangdao 33-3, further expanded the
scale of this type of oil and gas reservoirs. Secondly, the drilling works of Panyu 10-4W oil
and gas structures in Eastern South China Sea revealed significant potential from the shallow
formation of the Pearl River Basin. Thirdly, the Dongfang 13-1 middle formation of
Yinggehai Basin in Western South China Sea was successfully appraised and resulted in
higher trial production. The breakthrough in high-temperature and high-pressure natural gas,
in particular, is expected to bring a new chapter of exploration for natural gas to the area.
Fourthly, fracturing tests were conducted successfully in the gas reservoir which has low
porosity and permeability in East China Sea, creating opportunities for oil and gas reservoirs
with low porosity and permeability by bringing a new age of exploration to the area. These
achievements have demonstrated the potential in offshore China and serve as examples for
future exploration work in the area. After attaining a better understanding of the geological
structure in offshore China, CNOOC expects the area to continue to be a major source for its
sustainable growth in the future.

In addition, CNOOC made its first commercial discovery, Wushi 17-2 of Wushi sag, in
the Western South China Sea, and the area may be developed into a new oil zone. The
successful discovery and appraisal of the oil and gas structures of Enping 23-1 resulted in
expansion of Enping sag in the Eastern South China Sea.

In 2011, through carrying out the research on reservoirs, refining water flooding, and
enhancing the hourly production rate from oil and gas fields, CNOOC has been able to
maintain a steady growth of oil and gas production from the producing fields, realizing a net
production of 331.8 million BOE.

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In 2011CNOOC focused on moving ahead with the Lufeng 13-2 adjustment project.
The project commenced production at the end of 2011 with a daily peak production volume of
33 thousand BOE. Working with full steam on the regional development model, Weizhou 6-
9/6-10 oil fields expected to begin production in 2012

CNOOC had a heavy-loaded engineering construction program with over 10 new projects
under construction in 2011, major projects expected to commence production in 2012 include
Panyu 4-2/5-1 adjustment project, Weizhou 6-9/6-10, Yacheng 13-4 and Liuhua 4-1. Other
new projects under construction, including Suizhong 36-1 phase II adjustment and Kenli 3-2
regional development, are expected to commence production after 2012.

In 2011, facing with unprecedented challenges in development and production, CNOOC


focused on the following areas to offset the production shortfall and accomplished its adjusted
annual production target: (1) fully maximizing the production capacity of producing oil and
gas fields (2) managing the production of new projects. (3) actively responding to
emergencies and collaborating with various parties.(4) minimizing the impact of typhoons. In
2011, CNOOCs net oil and gas production amounted to 331.8 million BOE.

Overseas development, operations are mainly in Asia, Africa, Oceania, North America
and South America. CNOOC has shifted from traditional oil and gas resources to
unconventional oil and gas resources such as shale oil and gas as well as oil sands. Overseas
reserves, production and oil and gas sales revenue account for 28.6%, 21.1% and 13.7% of
CNOOCs total reserves, production and oil and gas sales revenue, respectively. In 2011,
CNOOCs overseas development achieved the following: firstly, expansion of the shale oil
and gas business in the U.S., secondly, expansion of the oil sands business in Canada, and
thirdly, tapping into the Alberta Basin, a major basin to be developed in East Africa.

In 2011, CNOOC continued to focus on the R&D of exploration, development and


engineering of offshore oil and gas to secure stable growth in reserves and production.

CNOOC has established a number of major projects on key technologies in 2011, mainly
focusing on major technology aspects including: new areas and technologies for offshore oil
exploration, efficient development and enhancement of oil recovery from offshore oilfield,
deepwater oilfield development projects and exploration and development for low porosity
and low permeability oil and gas fields.

To provide strong technical support for new discoveries of oil and gas reserves and to
maintain and increase oil and gas production, CNOOC increased the research and application
of its exploration development technology in 2011. By using the new technology combined
with exploration, drilling and testing, CNOOC successfully conducted drilling at the Bozhong
21-2-1 wildcat, the deepest exploratory well in Bohai, at a depth of 5,141 meters with the
discovery of natural gas, which substantially expanded the exploration territory of the Buried
Hill Structure in Bohai. Oil pipeline acidizing technology was first applied to the horizontal
wells in the Bohai oilfield, which effectively reduced pollution and improved the production
capacity. In the Suizhong 36-1 oilfield, blockage removal technology for horizontal wells has
been successfully applied to six production wells, enhancing the osmotic pressure of oil pay
with increased yield.

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2.5 Coalbed methane activities in China
2.5.1 Activities of China United Coalbed Methane CorporationCUCBMC

CUCBM is a state-operated enterprise which specializes in exploring, developing and


utilizing coalbed methane. In 2011, CUCBM ran 12 exploration projects, which are mainly
distributed in Shouyang, Panzhuang, South, North Shizhuang, Qinyuan, Daning, Liulin,
Linxing CBM block in Shanxi province, Suzhou and East Panxie CBM block in Anhui
province, Enhong CBM block in Yunnan province, Fengcheng CBM block in Jiangxi
province. CUCBM have accomplished a two-dimensional earthquake for about 700
kilometers, 165 vertical wells and a pair of horizontal wells, and submitted the proved
reserves of 58 billion cubic meters. Also CUCBM ran 5 development projects, have finished
750 vertical wells, 8 pairs of horizontal wells, and built flow pipelines for 560 wells and gas
transmission pipelines for 17.36 kilometers. In 2011, CUCBM has made a total production of
400 million cubic meters.

As a national corporation of coalbed methane industry in China, CUCBM is the


sponsor and the initiator of Large Oil-gas Field and Coalbed Methane Developing Special
Project which belongs to National Science & Technology Major Project, China. CUCBM
is carrying out four programs which are Gathering-delivering and Monitoring Techniques
Research in CBM Field, CBM developing Technology research and Equipment
development in the Deep Coal Seam, CBM Vertical Well Developing Demonstration
Project in the Southern Qinshui Basin, CBM Developing Demonstration Project in the
Eastern Margin of the Erdos Basin.

In 2011, CUCBM hds accomplished research of the skid-mounted liquefaction


equipment with the capacity of 15,000 cubic meters per day and the highly efficient dust-
removing and water-removing equipment, also acquired the new-type CBM gathering-
delivering technique with Multipoint Access and Flexible Gathering Technique, CBM
nitrogen foam fracturing technology, Double-step horizontal well developing CBM
technology, CBM Water-power deep penetrating technology, and also applied the new-type
clean fracture fluid in production field. All of the new technologies have promoted the
efficient development of CBM in China.

Up to 2011, CUCBM owned 1,900 wells in total, with proved reserves of 107 billion
cubic meters and 1,100 million cubic meters of production capacity per year. By the end of
2015, the proved reserves will reach 300 billion cubic meters, production capacity will
exceeds 5 billion cubic meters per year, and production will be over 4 billion cubic meters per
year.

3GROUNDWATER PROGRAMME
3.1 Summary

In 2011, several hydro-geological projects were carried out, including groundwater


dynamic investigation and evaluation on the main plains/basins in North China, groundwater
investigation and safety of water supply demonstration in the drought and water-shortage
areas as well as endemic areas, groundwater investigation, evaluation and survey in the karst
areas of Southwest China, groundwater contamination investigation, evaluation and control,
as well as investigation and evaluation on geothermal resources throughout the country.

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3.2 Annual Review of Groundwater Activities

3.2.1 Groundwater dynamic investigation and evaluation of main plains/ basins


in North China

In order to further advance the investigation and evaluation on groundwater dynamic,


more than 30 new main regional sections of groundwater automatic monitoring sites were
established at the seven main plains/basins in 2011, such as North China Plain, Songneng
Plain, Lower Liaohe Plain, Ordos Basin, Yinchuan Plain, Gansu Corridor and Junggar Basin.
The investigation and evaluation systems on the groundwater dinamics of all plains/basins
had been further completed. Since the implementation from 2006, 1:100,000 hydro-geological
investigation with 130,000 km2 and regional hydrogeology drilling with 33,000 meters had
had been totally completed; 52 main monitoring sections of regional groundwater with the
monitoring area of 670,000 km2 had been established; 824 automatic monitoring wells were
newly established or recovered. This work will provide an important basis for monitoring and
protection, and for groundwater contamination and the geological environment.

3.2.2 Groundwater investigation and safe water supply demonstration in the


drought and water-shortage areas as well as endemic areas

The groundwater investigation and safe water supply demonstration in the endemic
areas were carried out by China Geology Survey (CGS) in 2011, including the Datong Basin,
Hetao Basin, Yinchuan Plain and Sichuan province. The demonstrations on the Kaschin-Beck
Disease area in Sichuan province had been implemented through the signatures with Ministry
of Land and Resources and Sichuan Provincial People's Government in 2008 to solve the
drinking safety problems in long-term for the people in Kaschin-Beck Disease area of Aba
county. Within three and a half years, a total of 658 water supply wells were drilled
successfully to solve the drinking safety problems of 160,000 Tibetan compatriots in the 27
Kaschin-Beck Disease counties of Sichuan province.

From 2011s winter to 2012s spring, some areas of Shandong, Henan, Hebei and
Shanxi provinces in China encountered extremely dry conditions. The Chinese government
organized 17 geological survey units to oversee the well drilling. Nearly 10,000 people and
more than 1,000 geophysical prospecting and drilling equipment were involved in the
activities for a period of more than 70 days. A total of 2,349 exploratory boreholes with
333,000 meters and 111% completion rate had been drilled within the working area of
200,000 m2, and 2,227 wells completed with 94.7% average well completion percent, and the
total water yield reached 1,165,000m3/day. These water wells resolved the problems for the
drinking water of more than 2.2 million people and irrigating water of 500,000 acres farmland,
and also provided safety guarantee of domestic water in a long time for the people in the
water-shortage areas.

3.2.3 Karst water evaluation, survey and exploration in Southwest China

1:50,000 hydro-geological surveys within an area of nearly 50,000 km2 in 10 typical


karst watersheds were completed by the Project of hydro-geological, environmental
geological surveys in the karst areas of Southwest China. Since 2003, a total 1:50,000 hydro-
geological surveys within an area of 200,000 km2 in 89 typical karst watersheds hve been
completed. Many karst groundwater demonstration projects were established to solve the
drinking water problems for more than 1 million people and for 500,000 acres of farmland
irrigation.

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3.2.4 Investigation, assessment and control of groundwater contamination

The investigation and assessment of groundwater contamination in eastern China Plain


has been carried out by China Geological Survey(CGS) since 2006. Groundwater evaluation
results show that trace organic compounds and heavy metals can be detected in groundwater
in the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta, etc., but the detectable rate is low.

The database for groundwater contamination investigation in the main eastern China
Plains with total of 37 various examination tables and 140,641 record numbers had been
established, including original material database and comprehensive results database for the
groundwater contamination investigation of the North China Plain, Yangtze River Delta
region, Huaihe River Basin and Pearl River Delta region. This includes 4,159,018 effective
data items in total, 174 digital results diagrams and 181 single-factor layers.

The contaminated groundwater is difficult to remediate. In order to protect valuable


groundwater resources, the State Council issued the National Contamination Groundwater
Prevention Plan in October 2011. According to the Plan, China will invest $5.48 billion to
protect and treat groundwater from 2011 to 2020.

3.2.5 Evaluation and assessment of national geothermal resources

The Requirements on Evaluation Technology on Shallow Geothermal Energy


Investigation and corresponding technical training as well as a report on Assessment of
Nationwide Geothermal Resources Potential were made by the China Geological Survey.
For the evaluation of shallow geothermal energy investigation of key cities and the high-
temperature geothermal resources investigation along the Qinghai-Tibet Railways, 1:50,000
scale hydro-geological mapping of 10,578 km2, 1:50,000 hydro-geochemical survey of 341
km2 and hydro-geological drilling totalling 81,913m has been completed. For the evaluation of
shallow geothermal energy investigation, the on-site thermal response test, pumping and
recharging test as well as geotechnical physical and thermo-physical tests had been carried out
in 29 cities.

GEO-ENVIRONMENT SECTOR

4. GEO-HAZARDS PROGRAMME
4.1 Summary
Twelve (12) geo-hazards projects and 35 work projects were organised in 2011 with
funds of RMB128 million.

4.2 Annual Review of Geohazards Activities


4.2.1 National geo-hazards investigation and comprehensive study

By the comprehensive summarizing of the results of geo-hazards investigations, the


Regulations for Landslide, Collapse and Mudslides Disaster Investigation, Regulations for
Geo-hazards Exploration in Key Towns and Regulations for Geo-hazards Investigation have
been compiled and completed so as to provide the basis for the successful implementation of
special plans.

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The information concerning the details of geo-hazards investigations in 115 counties,
and the fast query and statistical analysis of the information and results of geo-hazard
investigations were realized, so as to provide strong supports for the compilation of national
geo-hazards prevention plans and regional geo-hazards prevention and mitigation in the
Twelfth Five-Year Plan.

By the systematic summary of the investigation and research results on ground


subsidence and ground fissures, the reports on prevention and control of national ground
subsidence were compiled and the The Third National Ground Subsidence Control
Academic Forum was held to significantly improve the ground subsidence prevention and
control level in China.

The 1:50,000 scale geo-hazards investigation in seven counties was completed with
the investigated areas of about 5,000 square kilometers. The integration for the details of the
geo-hazards investigation had been completed in Yan'an city, Baoji city and Qingjiang River
Basin so as to more deeply understood the development characteristics of geo-hazards.

4.2.2 Investigation and evaluation of earth crust stability in major national


engineering areas

The geostress survey and real-time monitoring of ground stress for the 600m deep hole
system had been carried out in the southeast of Beijing and Pingdu city, Shandong. Also, two
micro-seismic monitoring stations were arranged in Beijing Huangzhuang - Gaoliying fault
zone and Sunhe - Nankou fault zone for the first time.

4.2.3 Geo-hazards monitoring and early warning

4.2.3.1 Demonstration on geo-hazards monitoring and early warning in


Ailaoshan region

The main work was to carry out research on the early warning model of the point-
such as maximum potential degree, field supplementary investigation in the points with recent
geo-hazards, inspection and maintenance of geo-hazards monitoring instruments and the
maintenance of rain gauges. The meteorological early warning of geo-hazards in the flood
season and the early warning system and information distribution system, as well as the real-
time monitoring work, etc was carried out. Five landslide disaster points with the installation
of various types of 96 landslide monitors were selected; the installation of 35 automatic
telemetering pluviographs had been completed; a set of GIS-based regional rainfall type of
early warning and analysis system for landslide and debris flow had been researched and
developed, and an early warning and forecasting model had been established to realize the
meteorological early warning and forecasting services for the geo-hazards according to
regional statistical theory and regional dynamics theory.

4.2.3.2 Demonstration for geo-hazards monitoring and early warning in Yaan


region

The main work was to carry out the research on the early warning model for the
landslide induced by earthquakes and the formation mechanism of typical landslides induced
by rainfall, research on the meteorological early warning of geo-hazards in the flood season,
also on the improvement of the early warning system and information distribution system, and
the real-time monitoring work.

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4.2.3.3 Geo-hazards monitoring and early warning in Yan'an city

The main work was to carry out research on the criterion of regional rainfall and
the inspection and maintenance of geo-hazards monitoring instruments in the Baota region,
and their operation for the geo-hazards monitoring and early warning system in Baota region.
The research on the rainfall threshold that can result in loess slumping was carried out in
Yan'an region, and the loess slump disasters induced by rainfall infiltration were researched
respectively according to three modes, i.e. the loess slump disaster induced by slow
infiltration, loess slump disaster induced by infiltration block, and loess slump disaster
induced by through infiltration.

4.2.3.4 Geo-hazards monitoring and early warning in Fengjie county

The main activities were to carry out the inspection and maintenance for the urban
geo-hazards monitoring instruments, complete the construction tasks of 55 GPS monitoring
points, and establish the monitoring network of 5 landslide points.

4.2.3.5 Research and development and demonstration of monitoring techniques


for geohazards prevention as operated by the general public.

The transmission station of geo-hazards monitoring and early warning, satellite


monitoring and warning system, geo-hazards multi-functional alarm, acoustic warning device
of debris flow and protective screen warning system of collapse debris flow had been
developed and assembled; More than 20,000 units of monitoring and warning equipment were
produced; The application demonstration on monitoring techniques for the prevention of
geohazards as operated by the public was carried out in Sichuan and Yunnan to establish early
warning mechanisms and management and operational modes; The early warning information
distribution and management system for the prevention operated by the general populace was
established and improved in Zhaotong city. Moreover, the knowledge disssemination website
on monitoring and warning techniques for the prevention of geo-hazards was established.

5. ENVIRONMENT GEOLOGY PROGRAMME

5.1 Summary

In 2011, China collected the previous geological investigation data within the working
area in the five main coastal economic zones, i.e. Bohai Economic Rim, Yangtze River Delta,
Pearl River Delta, Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone and Beibu Gulf, and the urban
agglomeration in the middle reach of the Yangtze River, also compilation of 1: 250,000
geological environment series maps of bedrock geology, Quaternary geology, hydrogeology,
engineering geology and environmental geology was completed through combining with the
field investigation work. Proposals on strategy were presented with the analysis of major
geological environmental problems in order to provide the geological basis for the regional
economic and social development plans.

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5.2. Annual Review of Activities

5.2.1 Environmental geological investigation and evaluation of important


economic zones and urban agglomeration

The positive results of the specific investigation for the active fault, coastal erosion
deposition, karst collapse and other major environmental geological problems had been
obtained through the 1:50,000 environmental geological investigation in the Caofeidian,
Binhai New Area of Tianjin and other key areas. For example, the investigation of Circum-
Bohai Sea Economic Zone provided an important basis for the addressing development of
international ecological town, seawall design, and construction of coastal highways. The
investigation for the urban agglomeration in the Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone and
the middle reach of the Yangtze River provided fundamental data for the planning and
construction of a comprehensive experimental zone in Fuzhou, ground subsidence in Wuhan,
prevention and control of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan soil and water contamination, and the
emergency water supply in Poyang Lake Economic Zone.

Work also focused on the promotion of information from the geological investigation
of eight cities such as Chongqing, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Tangshan and so on through combining
the geological investigation of 1:50,000 hydrogeology, engineering geology and
environmental geology in key areas. The construction pilots for the three-dimensional
geological environmental information system of Wuhan Metropolitan Area and Caofeidian
Industrial Zone was completed, thus it provides a technical support platform for the
realization of cluster industrialization of the geological data information services. The
construction of geological environmental information system in the pilot area of Wuhan
Metropolitan Area was completed, a three-dimensional geological model was established with
an automatic modeling method. The pilot work for the information system construction of
Caofeidian Industrial Zone was completed and the pilot work at science and technology
demonstration hall was carried out in the Caofeidian Industrial Zone. At the same time,
application of the information system in the implementation of the project provided direct
technical support for the project.

5.3 Study on geological investigation for climate change

5.3.1 Evaluation and assessment of national geothermal resources.

The potential estimation for the shallow geothermal energy resources of China was
completed. Specifically, the shallow geothermal energy resources of China are equivalent to
9.5 billion tons of standard coal, the annually available resources are equivalent to 350 million
tons of standard coal, and therefore 650 million tons of carbon dioxide emission can be
reduced in case of full utilization. According to the evaluation of shallow geothermal energy
resources of Tianjin and the work experience in the development and utilization pilot, the
evaluation of national shallow geothermal energy resources was completely started in 29
capital cities, and the field work for the evaluation of shallow geothermal energy resources
was basically completed in the 12 capital cities started in the first batch.

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5.3.2 Evaluation and demonstration projects of national carbon dioxide
geological storage potential.

The carbon dioxide geological storage potential in deep saline formations, oil fields,
gas fields and CBM fields in China, and the atlas for the evaluation on potential and
suitability of carbon dioxide geological storage of 165 sedimentary basins was basically
compiled. The construction for the demonstration project of Erdos carbon dioxide geological
storage was completed by cooperating with Shenhua Group with the safe injection of more
than 10,000 tons carbon dioxide, the monitoring system for the migration and escape of
carbon dioxide was primarily established to provide demonstration experience for the
implementation of carbon dioxide geological storage in China.

5.3.3 Evaluation of nationwide geological carbon sequestration potential.

The total annual karst carbon sequestration with 37 million tons in China was
recalculated through field investigation and monitoring of four types of areas, i.e. the southern
karst area, northern karst area, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau karst area and Buried karst area in China,
so as to more scientifically and comprehensively reflect the distribution of carbon
sequestration in the current karst areas of China. The study on carbon sequestration shows that
weathering basalt in China had a large potential for carbon sequestration, which can be in line
with the level of karst carbon sequestration; and the experimental study found a microbial
technology which can significantly accelerate the carbon sequestration of ultrabasic rock
tailings, and therefore the technical and economic feasibility for the carbon sequestration of
tailings was improved.

5.3.5 Study on geological record of ancient climate changes.

A breakthrough was obtained in the study on high-resolution geological records of


ancient climate changes. The time series for the high-resolution monsoon climate change
since 1200 years was established according to the stalagmite records, and revealed two times
of the drought and cold events of century scale. The sporopollen environmental records with
the resolution of 50a for the peat since 2000 were obtained in Mianning, Sichuan Province in
the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

GEO-INFORMATION SECTOR

6. GEO-DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME


6.1 Summary
The main objectives and tasks in geo-information work at the China Geological Survey
(CGS) in 2011 and 2012 were as follows: Pushing forward the ongoing geo-information
resource accumulation, enhancing the solid base for geo-information service, integrating all
kinds of geo-information resources with the national geo-database system and completing the
core database of national land and resources in one map. Setting up the national geo-archive
and geo-data service system together with data updating and system maintenance and
producing a series of geo-information products to meet the needs of the country were
important tasks. Upgrading the information technology application level, and formalizing the
main procedures for informationization of both geological survey and geo-information service
in a cluster were additional priorities.

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6.2. Annual Review of Activities
6.2.1 Geo-information and service

Geo-information work at CGS in 2011 and 2012 has made good progress in capacity
building for geo-informatization in the whole procedure of geological survey and national
geo-database development, database updating and maintenance. The main achievements were
as follows:

6.2.2 Optimization of general platform of digital geological survey system

Functions of the general base platform of the digital geological survey system in CGS
have been expanded and optimized. Research on 3-D and multi-dimension geological
modeling has also been carried out. A multi-dimension geo-spatial data model and
interoperability scheme have been proposed. The swap file layout has been defined and a test
of multi-dimension geological modeling has been launched.

6.2.3 Geological survey information grid

A geological survey information grid (GSI-GRID) platform has been developed which
consists of 17 distributed nodes based on GRID and Cloud GIS and other leading information
technology. The platform is the biggest geo-grid of China and can be used to integrate
management of mass and heterogeneous spatial data and provide national public geological
information services.

6.2.4 Informatization of national geological survey work deployment

CGS Office System has been optimized and expanded with application in several
regional centers. A project management system, work deployment assistant system and
remote monitoring and control system for field work safety have made progress and been put
into application. The technical framework consisting of service, work deployment, production
monitoring and schedule control has been set up and has already promoted cooperation and
sharing ability for geo-spatial information within CGS.

6.2.5 Geo-environment early warning system

The general design of functions, system architecture, and security mechanism and so
on of a geo-environment warning system has been completed. Some modules of data
processing have been developed, such as frequency of geo-disaster, rainfall and warning
result diagnoses. A test service node has been set up.

6.2.6 Real time transmission system

All Light real time transmission system which is suitable for geological survey work
has been developed and launched. The system has the ability to transfer video, audio and data
to the backbone network of the China Geological Survey. The pilot of management service
and safety guarantee system for geological survey based on Beidou satellite and IP satellite
technology has been accomplished. The system for either truck-based or portable use has been
optimized in application.

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6.2.7 Application study on information technology utilization in geological survey

Some key and advanced information technology has been studied for possible
application in geological survey, such as Internet of Things for geological survey and
achievements management, digital watermarking for intellectual property management, work
flow for geological work deployment, 3D grid for geo-earth and so on. A series of tool
systems have been developed.

6.2.8 National geo-database development, updating and maintenance

6.2.8.1 National geo-database

Development of the digital 1:50000 geological map database is still on-going, and
360 sheets have been digitized, coordinated and put into the database during 2011 with an
achievement of a total of 3079 sheets finished by the end of 2011. The national spatial data
base of 1:250000 geological maps has been finished and consists of 375 sheets of newly
mapped data in which there are 122 sheets in Tibetan plateau. Over 30,000 sheets from 33
measuring areas of aerial images have been scanned and the quantity has reached 11TB.
Several national databases have been updated, such as the work index database, mineral
deposits and ore field database, geo-information metadata database and work deployment of
geological survey database. A framework of integrated management for the geo-databases has
been designed.

6.2.8.2 Core specimen collecting and geological drill-hole database

Some 20 kilometers of important core specimens have been collected and scanned
in to a database in 2011. A investigation covered 1219 work units for drill hole information
and around 600000 drill holes were checked, which has laid a solid information basement for
national geological drill hole database development. A trial drill-hole database has also been
investigated and about 200 000 meters geological drill data have been collected.

6.2.8.3 Geo-archive digitization and geo-literature database

10,000 volumes of geo-archive and 25,000 volumes of geo-literature have been


digilized. The total numbers of digital geo-archive and geo-literature records have reached
more that 60 000 and 70 000 volumes respectively.

6.2.9 National Geo-information service

Integration of national geo-databases and digital geo-archives has been continuously


carried out in environmental geology, marine geology, aero-geophysics, underground water,
exploration techniques, geo-scientific researches, geo-literatures, geological specimens and so
on, in order to insure a steady servicer and digital geo-information production release.
Some service-clusters have been built up for testing in several provincial organizations and
some organizations under the CGS, in which key techniques such as data and information
sharing, big data transformation, 3D visualization, etc. have been tested for suitability and
reliability. Geo-archive catalogues for services in the China Geological Survey have also been
cleared up.

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6.2.10 Cooperation between CGS and CCOP

China has provided solid support through CGS for CCOP in the field of geo-
information especially in the training of CCOP geo-information metadata standard and web-
based data managing software CCOP-GIMS both in Malaysia and Cambodia and also daily
software system maintenance in the past 12 months.

CGS has launched a project on Integrated Geophysical Data Processing (IGDP) for
CCOP this year as planned, in order to enhance ability building in the field of geo-data
management and processing. Software modification and translation into English has been
done and a user manual is also ready. A training course before the end of this year will be
held in China for CCOP and also ASEAN countries.

CGS has also finished the design of an office automation system for CCOP Technical
Secretariat as asked, and will start the construction work next year.

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Country: INDONESIA Period: 1 July 2010 30 June 2012

GEO-RESOURCES SECTOR

1. MINERAL PROGRAMME

1.1. Summary
World market prices for some mineral commodities have tended to increase recently
caused by political turmoil and economic policies in some countries and this has triggered an
increase in mineral exploration activities in Indonesia. Various local and foreign companies
continue to engage in intensive exploration activity. The Miwah project in Aceh, Belu
Manganese Project in the Belu Regency of West Timor, Lakuwahi project on Romang Island,
the Randu Kuning project in Wonogiri Regency, Suruh and Timahan prospect, Trenggalek
Regency, Soro Arc Exploration in East Sumbawa, Tumpangpitu project, Banyuwangi
Regency and the Tembang Gold and Silver Project in Central Sumatera are several projects
that are still ongoing and are expected to find new resources of metallic minerals in Indonesia.
Chinas policy of termination of rare earth exports has increased the price of these raw
materials for worldwide high technology usage. These resulted in a shift in demand for
mineral commodities which also affect mining activities in Indonesia. The Geological Agency
of Indonesia is actively conducting REE exploration in anticipation of providing preliminary
REE exploration data and information.
Resources and reserves of metallic minerals continue to change with exploration and
production activities of existing companies. Of these, Grasberg, Batuhijau, Gosowong,
Pongkor is still the largest contributor of resources, reserves and production as well as gold
and or copper in Indonesia. While Soroako, Pomalaa, Weda Bay, P. Gag and Tanjung Buli is
the largest contributor of resources and reserves of nickel.
Total resources and reserves of some metallic minerals in Indonesia as atl 2011are
described in table 1.

No. Commodities Total Resources (ton) Total Reserves (ton) Remarks

1 Nickel 2.478.775.751 593.777.500 Ore


2 Tin 2.060.192,17 581.342,10 Metal
3 Bauxite 900.742.407,00 281.043.932,00 Ore
4 Copper 86.472.032,54 27.183.065,13 Metal
5 Gold 6.805,74 2.735,77 Metal
Table 1.

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1.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
During mid-late 2010 until mid-early 2012, The Geological Agency as a government
institution in charge of compiling an inventory of mineral resources and exploration in order
to provide preliminary data, has been conducting an investigation in some selected areas with
different types of mineral commodities such as lead, gold, bauxite, iron sand, ree. nickel, and
copper.
To implement the cooperative project of Geochemical Mapping and Mineral Resources
Assessment Research in Sumatra Island, Indonesia between the China Geological Survey,
Ministry of Land and Resources of the Peoples Republic of China and the Geological
Agency of Indonesia, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia, a 1st phase
was carried out during 2010 2011 in West Sumatera Province.
The metallic mineral inventory in Sangihe Islands and Sitaro Islands, North Sulawesi
found several mineralization indications; haematite at Kawaluso, malachite mineralization at
Lipang, advanced argillic alteration, piritization and malachite staining at northern Sangihe
and Nusa Tabukan Islands, argillic alteration containing 171 ppb Au at Beeng Darat and
Beeng Laut and gold and cinnabar in pan concentrate at Biaro island and Siau island. Base on
secondary data, gold resources were found at Binebase-Bawone and iron sand at Kaluare-
Kalasuge, Naha-Kaluare and Sensong-Lesahe
In Bukit Batu Balai and Takalong, Sekayam District, Sanggau Regency, 2 vein type
mineralization zones were discovered : gold mineralization (Au 17,620 ppb from rock
sample) in barite and quartz vein, copper mineralization(Cu 47,037 ppm from rock sample) in
quartz vein. Gold, cassiterite and garnet are found in pan concentrates from several locations.
A drilling program at Blitar Regency found chalcopyrite filled cracks at interval 430,40
430,55 m and 450,20 450,80 m.
Field obeservations at Jayapura area indicated nickel, chrome metallic mineralisation
that is prospective to be developed,.
Mineralization indications in Pronojiwohaharu dan Lewa districts, East Sumba Regency
were observed from float of quartz veins containing pyrite, chacopyrite, azurite and gold in
pan concentrates at 3 locations. The mineralization is interpreted to result from hydrothermal
processes in andesitic-basaltic volcanic rock.
In Moyo hulu, Plampang and Tarano dsitricts, Sumbawa Regency, alteration and
mineralization occurred in Tertiary volcanic rocks and some gold mineralization was mined
by local people. Mineralization indications are associated with quartz veins with vuggy
texture, but not associated with copper.
REE exploration at Sosortolong area, North Tapanuli, estimated REE resources at 3
block areas, to total 4.426.115,4 tonnes. REE in soil samples have been analysed and
significant results for Ce, La, and Pr were indicated, respectively (600 ppm 1400 ppm), (400
1000 ppm) and (600 ppm 1400 ppm).
Iron sand exploration at West Lampung area resulted total resources of 170.758,0795
ton concentrate containing 53,34 % Fe total and 12,73 %, TiO2 from 4 block area being
estimated.
Bauxite exploration at Sanggau, West Kalimantan resulted indicated resources of
86.632 m3 containing average Al2O3 51,17% Fe2O3 11,6%, SiO2 5,91% and TiO2 1,49% at
Engkitan-Seputau area and 1.370.365 m3 containing average Al2O3 52,63% Fe2O3 9,76%, SiO2
3,57% and TiO2 1,32% at Bukit Darwin area.

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Programme Contact Person:
Calvin Karo Karo Gurusinga
Geological Agency of Indonesia
Jl Sukarno Hatta 444
Bandung, West Java,Indonesia
Email : calvingurusinga@yahoo.com ; dsm@elga.net.id
Phone : +62-22-5202698; +62-22-5205572
Fax : +62-22-5226263

2. ENERGY PROGRAMME
2.1. HYDROCARBON
2.1.1. Summary
Indonesia, like most developing countries, is a fossil-fuel driven country. The primary
energy source fueling Indonesias economy continues to be oil at 50% in 2011. Coal
consumption is becoming more widespread accounting for 24% as the second most consumed
fuel, surpassing gas at 20%. Coal will be the primary domestic energy source, particularly to
fuel new power generation capacity. Hydro and other renewable sources share 6% in the total
energy mix.
Indonesias crude oil production has been declining since 1998, due to maturation of the
countrys largest oil fields and failure to develop new, comparable resources. Oil production
of existing fields naturally declines by approximately 12% per year. By making continuousl
efforts, this production decline could be controlled and limited to about 3% per year.
According to the Directorat General Oil and Gas, Ministry of Energy and Mineral
Resources, the total of Indonesian oil reserves in 2011 was 7,732 million barrels, consisting of
proven reserves of 4,040 million barrels and potential reserves of 3,693 million barrels. With
the total production of 339 million barrel a year in 2010, this means that the proven reserves
are sufficient for only about 12 years if additional proven reserves are not acquired.
Additional oil reserves could be found through the successful implementation of EOR
technologies in potential fields and by exploration drilling in hydrocarbon basins which are
not yet explored.
In contrast with oil production, Indonesias gas production has been increasing since
2007 and is still expected to grow further in the coming years. The increase of gas production
is prioritized for domestic needs. The total of Indonesian gas reserves in 2010 amounted to
153 trillion cubic feet, comprised of proven reserves 105 trillion cubic feet and potential
reserves 48 trillion cubic feet. With the total production 3196 billion cubic feet a year in 2010,
it means that the proven reserves will last for only about 33 years if there are no new
discoveries.
Driven by the fact that the reserves replacement ratios (RRR) for oil and gas are only
36% and 41% respectively, while domestic consumption does not show a significant decrease,
efforts have been prompted to develop unconventional hydrocarbon resources in addition to
renewable energy resources.
In recent years, acceptance of coal bed methane (CBM) as an alternative natural gas
supply is evidenced by the increasing number of operating area licenses issued by the
government. The first gas production for electricity from CBM is targeted for the end of 2011.

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Included in unconventional gas is shale-gas. Based on the results of temporary
identification, Indonesian shale-gas resources are in four regions of Sumatra, Java,
Kalimantan and Papua. The government began compiling the rules of law to facilitate the
development of this resource.
During the period of this report, Indonesia has carried out collaboration with worldwide
organizations to investigate the potential for deployment and development of Carbon Capture
and Storage (CCS) in Indonesia, which offers great potential for reducing CO2 emissions from
large point source emitters, such as coal-fired power plants and oil and gas processing plants.
2.1.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
Indonesian oil and gas reserves status on 1 January 2010, taken as the aggregate of
proven and potential reserves is 7,764 million barrel of oil and 157 trillion cubic feet of gas.
Almost all of the oil fields in Indonesia have been at the highest peak production and
now are in a decreasing condition. To increase the oil production, the government is trying
increasing oil recovery from brown fields. Some efforts which are being carried out include
improving production tools reliability to decrease unplanned shutdown, increasing operational
efficiency, and optimizing production facility, infill drilling, and EOR implementation.
To accelerate development of EOR, the Executive Agency for upstream Oil and Gas
Business Activities (BPMIGAS) asked all Production Sharing Contract Contractor(s)
(KKKS), who have been producing, to implement EOR. For example, Chevron Pacific
Indonesia will process Minas Field for chemicals, Medco will implement EOR in Kaji-
Semoga Field, and also Pertamina E&P in Tanjung Field. The Minas and Kaji chemical pilot
tests will be carried out within this year.
The success of EOR technology implementation is quite considerable remembering that
recently the remaining oil in-place in Indonesia was still about 44,938 million barrels. If EOR
succeeds in increasing the recovery factor by 10 %, then there will be additional reserves of
about 4, 494 million barrels. This addition is a little more than the 2011 national proven oil
reserves.
Indonesias gas production has grown at an average annual rate of about 1.5% over the
last decade. In 2011, Indonesia produced 3.1 trillion cubic feet of gas. An increasingly large
majority of Indonesias gas production has come from non-associated fields in recent years,
with associated gas accounting for about 14% of gross production in 2011. The most
significant areas for current natural gas production are:
East Kalimantans offshore fields, particularly the Mahakam PSCs operated by Total
South Sumatera, particularly the onshore Corridor PSC operated by Conoco Philips
South Natuna Sea, offshore Block B operated by Conoco Philips
Papu, the offshore Muturai and Berau PSCs operated by BP
The development of gas dominates the oil and gas projects in Indonesia during the
period 2012 through 2014. The production design capacity for those projects is 1,068 million
cubic feet of gas per day, 175,150 barrel of oil per day. Those projects are listed in Table 2.

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Table 2: Current oil and gas projects

Production
No. Project Designed Capacity
Commenced
Gas: 100 MMSCFD
1. Tunu 13 C 2012
Oil: 800 BOPD
2. Peciko 7B Gas: 220 MMSCFD 2012
3. Terang Sirasun Gas: 300 MMSCFD 2012
4. Sumpal Gas: 40 MMSCFD 2013
5. Rubi Gas: 50 MMSCFD 2013
6. South Mahakam Gas: 202 MMSCFD 2013
7. Banyu Urip Oil: 165000 BOPD 2014
8. Ande-Ande Lumut Oil: 4300 BOPD 2014
Gas: 100 MMSCFD
9. Madura BD 2014
Oil: 750 BOPD
10. Kepondang Gas: 116 MMSCFD 2014

In finding oil and gas reserves, exploration consisting seismic survey and exploration
drilling is undertaken. In 2011, exploration drilling was done in 99 wells of 237 planned
wells. The number of development wells reached 905 higher than programmed of 895 wells as
shown in Figure 6. Recently, it is noted that KKKS operating in Indonesia is 256 KKKS, in
which 67 KKKS are in production, while 157 KKKS are in exploration and 50 KKKS are
CBM.
In the last 3 years, the bidding for oil and gas working areas tends to decrease due to
lack of good quality data. To encourage investors to be interested in developing oil and gas in
Indonesia, the government has to try to improve such data, especially survey and seismic data
quality. To address this issue, a workshop organized by the Geological Agency of Ministry of
Energy and Mineral Resources was held on June 2011 to set up a Road Map for Upstream
Exploration of Oil and Gas.
CBM exploration and development has intensified in Indonesia in recent years,
particularly since the first Production Sharing Contracts were awarded in 2008. At the same
time gas prices have risen sharply, to $11/Mcf in Central Sumatra and $15/Mcf in East
Kalimantan. (Note that gas prices are 5 to 10 times higher than in North America.)
In March 2011 BP and ENI (VICO) established the countrys first commercial CBM
production, exporting liquefied natural gas from the under-utilized Bontang liquefaction
facility to the high-priced north Asia markets. This project established the worlds first export
of CBM-to-LNG, several years ahead of the Australian plants under construction. ENI
estimated CBM production could reach 420 MMcfd by 2020 from their 13-Tcf block.
ExxonMobil, TOTAL, Dart Energy, and Santos also are testing CBM PSCs, some quite close
to CBM Asias interests. To date, there are 52 active CBM Production Sharing Contracts
across 11 different basins. Figure 1 depicts Indonesias CBM contract area map as of August
2011.

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Indonesia is developing unconventional gas (that is shale gas) besides CBM. Indonesian
shale gas potency is predicted at around 574 TSCF. It is bigger than CBM, which is about 453
TSCF. Shale gas is gas generated from shale rock fragments or a place in which natural gas is
formed. The process needed to change shale rock to becoming gas is about 5 years. The
government now is compiling rules of law for shale gas development. Shale gas development
is a matter previously never considered. However, by technology advance, this can now be
developed. Based on identification result held by the government, there are 7 basins in
Indonesia containing shale gas. The most basins are in Sumatera, namely Baong Shale, Telisa
Shale, and Gumai Shale. While in Java Island and Kalimantan, shale gas is in 2 basins each.
In Papua it is in the Klasafet formation. Up to now, the government has accepted the proposal
of joint studies of shale gas from many investors.
The expanded use of coal for power generation will significantly increase emission of
CO2. With regard to this, it is imperative for Indonesia to investigate options for Carbon
Capture and Storage (CCS) in order to achieve the CO2 emissions abatement target for 2020.
Deployment and development of CCS in Indonesia is also enabling development of highly
contaminated gas fields as, for instance, Natuna D Alpha.
To anticipate the implementation of CCS technology in Indonesia, LEMIGAS has
initiated development of a short-term R&D Roadmap. Last year, LEMIGAS has been
successfully mapping potential geological formations for CO2 storage across the country
along with their storage capacity. LEMIGAS has also identified large stationary CO2 sources
in Indonesia. Another assessment was focused on CO2 management of low-rank coal
utilization in South Sumatera and East Kalimantan.
Since CCS requires extensive funding, international support from worldwide
organizations, such as IEA or ADB, plays an important role in funding CCS activities in
Indonesia. With regard to this, the government of Indonesia is open for any kind of mutual
cooperation for the benefit of both. An international workshop on Determining the Potential
for Carbon Capture and Storage in Southeast Asia, organized jointly by Research and
Development Center for Oil and Gas Technology LEMIGAS and Asia Development Bank
(ADB), was held in Jakarta, 25 April 2012.
2.1.3. Proposed Future Activities
The growing fossil-fuel needs overshadowed by the decline of oil and gas production
and the threat of disruptive climate change are major challenges in the energy sector. Key
areas for international collaboration to address these issues are:
Sharing best practice and lessons learnt in finding oil and gas in remote areas, such as
the deep sea.
Sharing best practice and lessons learnt from oil and gas brown fields development to
maximaise recovery.
Sharing best practices and lessons learnt from CCS projects in conjunction with EOR
or enhanced gas recovery (EGR).
Sharing best practices and lessons learnt in developing unconventional hydrocarbon
resources, such as coalbed methane and shale gas.
Continuously enhance collaboration to improve better understanding of CCS
technologies.

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2.2. GEOTHERMAL
2.2.1. Summary
Indonesia is a country that has abundant geothermal resources. They are mainly
distributed along the Indonesian Volcanic Belts, however some are also associated with non
volcanic environments (plutonic, sedimentray and tectonics). By December 2011, there were
285 geothermal locations with the total energy potential of about 29,215 MWe. These include
8,231 MWe of Speculative Resources, 4,964 MWe of Hypothetical Resources, 12,909 MWe
of Possible Reserves, 823 MWe Probable Reserves and 2288 MWe of Proven Reserve. As of
July 2012, thirty five (35) new working areas (WKP) have been issued by the Government,
12 WKP finish tender, 12 in bidding process, and 7 ready to bid. These areas include Jaboi
(NAD), Seulawah Agam (NAD), Gunung Talang (West Sumatera), Bukit Kili (West
Sumatera), Liki-Pinangawan-Muaralabuh (West Sumatera), Sipaholon-Ria (North Sumatera),
Sorik Marapi-Roburan-Sampuraga (North Sumatera), Rantau Dadap (South Sumatera),
Rajabasa (Lampung), Suoh Sekincou (Lampung), Tampomas (West Java), Cisolok
Cisukarame (West Java), Tangkuban Parahu (West Java), Ungaran (Central Java), Ngebel
Wilis (East Java), Blawan Ijen (East Java), Kaldera Danau (Banten), Guci (Central Java),
Baturaden (Central Java), Huu Daha (West Nusa Tenggara), Sokoria (East Nusa Tenggara),
Atadei (East Nusa Tenggara), Jailolo (North Maluku), Songa Wayaua (North Maluku),
Marana (Central Sulawesi), Suwawa (Gorontalo), Danau Ranau (Lampung), Bonjol
(Sumatera Barat), Mataloko (NTT), Gunung Ciremai (Jawa Barat), and Gunung Endut
(Banten), Bora-Pulu (Central Sulawesi), Telomoyo (Central Java), Way Ratai (Lampung) and
Simbolon-Samosir (North Sumatera).
Indonesia has a set of long term policies for development of geothermal energy, as
embodied in the Geothermal Development Road Map of 2004-2025. Indonesia envisions that
by 2025, about five percent of our national energy needs will be met through the use of
geothermal energy. So far, Indonesia only used 1,226 MWe at 7 locations of the available
resources. This total installed capacity is less than 4 % of the total potential. These include
387 MWe in G. Salak, 200 MWe in Kamojang, 260 MWe in Darajat, 227 MWe in Wayang
Windu, 60 MWe in Dieng, 80 MWe in Lahendong, and 12 MWe in Sibayak.
2.2.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
The geothermal locations are still mainlyl in the stage of inventory survey (157
locations or 53,09%). To increase the status of survey and to accelerate geothermal
development, in 2012 Geological Agency is conducting preliminary surveys, detailed surveys,
heat flow surveys, and core hole temperature surveys. Preliminary Survey is conducted at 3
locations: Boalemo and Pohuwatu (Gorontalo), Mamuju (West Sulawesi), Bangka (Bangka
Belitung). Detailed Survey is conducted at 6 locations: Simisioh (West Sumatera), Talu-
Tombang (West Sumatera), Wai Umpu (Lampung and South Sumatera), Kawende (Central
Sulawesi), Kadidia (Central Sulawesi) and G. Batur-Kintamani (Bali). Magnetotelluric survey
is conducted at 6 locations: Bittuang (South Sulawesi), Suwawa (Gorontalo), Talu Tombang-
Cubadak (West Sumatera), Kawende-Maranda (Central Sulawesi), Kadidia (Central Sulawesi)
and Wapsalit (Maluku). Heat Flow Survey is conducted at 3 locations: Bittuang-Tana Toraja
(South Sulawesi), Suwawa (Gorontalo), Lompi-Tambu (Central Sulawesi). Core hole
temperature survey is conducted at 2 locations: Lainea (Southeast Sulawesi) and Bukit Kili-
Gunung Talang (west Sumatera). Kepahiang (Bengkulu) and Bora (Central Sulawesi). Beside
the survey activities, we evaluate 5 geothermal prospect areas (Bora Pulu-Central Sulawesi,
Arjuno Welirang-East Java, Telomoyo-West Java, Kepahiang-Bengkulu, Gunung Lawu-
Central Java) and examine the characteristic of non volcanic geothermal resources in South
Sulawesi and Classification and Calculation of Potential of geothermal energy in Indonesia.

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Also we conduct monitoring of exploration wells in Mataloko geothermal field in East Nusa
Tenggara.
The Geological Agency also had joint cooperation during fiscal year 2012 with the
Japanese goverment (JICA) in Capacity Building for Enhancement of the Geothermal
Exploration Technologies, with Indonesia University in geophysical study of geothermal
resources, and Gadjah Mada University in evaluation of geothermal prospect areas.
The Record of Discussions between Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
and Government of Republic of Indonesia for the successful implementation of the Project for
Capacity Building for Enhancement of the Geothermal Exploration Technologies was signed
in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 7, 2010.
2.3. COAL
2.3.1. Summary
During 2011, Geological Agency has proposed 30 commercial mining business areas
(WUP) for coal in Sumatera, Kalimantan dan Papua and 4 working areas (WK) for CBM in
Jambi, South Sumatera and South Kalimantan. For the past few decades, coal has acted as a
buffer for conventional oil and gas that contribute to Indonesian energy demand and exports.
Coal bed methane (CBM) and oil shale are the two alternative energy sources that have been
considered as anticipated energy sources that are able to meet Indonesian energy demands in
the future and their potential in Indonesia is continuosly revealed by several preliminary
surveys and by drilling exploration conducted by Geological Agency.
Resources and reserves of fossil energy comodities continue to change with the
exploration and production activities of existing companies. Many private enterprises as well
as state-owned coal companies (PT. Bukit Asam) based in Kalimantan and South Sumatera
are still the largest contributors of coal resources, reserves and production in Indonesia.
Total resources and reserves of fossil energy in Indonesia until 2011 is described in
table 3 (data source: Geological Agency).

No. Comodities Total Resources Total Reserves Remarks

1 Coal 161,000,000,000 (ton) 28,000,000,000 (ton) -


2 CBM 5,810,000,000 (cf) - potency
3 Oil Shale 11,458,000,000 (ton) - -
Table 3.

2.3.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


During the mid-late 2010 until mid-early 2012, Geological Agency as a government
institution in charge of doing an inventory and exploration of fossil energy resources in the
provision of preliminary data have been conducting an investigation in some selected areas
with different types of fossil energy commodities such as coal, coal bed methane (CBM) and
oil shale.
Coal inventory and preliminary survey was focused in some of Indonesias frontier
areas such as in eastern Indonesia, tiny island and national border areas. The coal inventory of
Papua concluded that coal was found in young formations (Neogene). In Kaimana, West
Papua Province, the coal-bearing formation is Miocene Steenkool Formation. Coal seams with
thickness less than 1 m have medium calorivic value (5951 - 6017 cal/g). In Waropko, Papua

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Province, the coal-bearing formation is the Holo-Pleistocene Awin Formation. Coal with
thickness up to 1,5 m has low calorivic value. Small occurences of coal were also found in
some tiny islands in North Mollucas Province. In Taliabu Island, Jurassic coal was found
forming several seams categorized as lignitic to sub bituminous coal. Meanwhile, in South
Halmahera, lensoid coal seams of Middle Miocene age have low calorific value. Coal
inventory in Indonesia-Malaysia border areas were conducted in Nanga Seran, Long Pupung
and Sungai Apan. These activities concluded that coal in those areas, regardless of thickness,
is of good quality (high-very high rank coal) and varies in age (Cretaceous to Miocene)
Inferred resources were obtained by systematic coal drilling that was conducted in two
areas in Tebo Regency, Jambi Province (Muara Kilis and Muara Tebo) in order to get
prospecting areas and complete the national coal database in South Sumatera basin,
particularly. Those activities was conducted in the Muaraenim Formation and revealed that
coal formed several seams with high variety of thickness (up to 8,85 m) and belongs to low-
high rank coal categories.
CBM exploration drilling was conducted in 3 main coal basins in Indonesia, namely
Ombilin Basin, South Sumatera Basin and Barito Basin. CBM Exploration drilling in
Sawahlunto (Sawahlunto Formation) with total depth 428,65 m revealed 6 coal seams
classified as low-very high rank coal. Based on gas content and composition measurement,
total methane resources is 0,604 bcf from 111 ha area investigation. CBM exploration in
Lahat (South Sumatera Basin) and Balangan (Barito Basin) is being conducted and some of
laboratory analyses for gas content and quality determination are still in progress.
The preliminary oil shale survey is conducted in several areas of interest in Indonesia,
mainly in frontier basins such as Sibolga Basin, Melawi Basin and eastern Indonesia (Maluku
Island and Papua Province).

Programme Contact Person:

Hydrocarbon
Dr. Usman, M.Eng
Researcher
Research and Development Center for Oil and Gas Technology Lemigas
Jl. Ciledug Raya Kav 109, Jakarta 12230
Phone +62 21 7222978
Mobile +62 811104257
E-mail : upasarai@lemigas.esdm.go.id

Geothermal and Coal


Calvin Karo Karo Gurusinga
Geological Agency of Indonesia
Jl Sukarno Hatta 444
Bandung, West Java
Indonesia
Email : calvingurusinga@yahoo.com ; dsm@elga.net.id
Phone : +62-22-5202698; +62-22-5205572
Fax : +62-22-5226263

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3 GROUNDWATER PROGRAMME
3.1. Summary
The Geological Agency has conducted: 1) Hydrogeological mapping at 1:250.000 Scale
in Maluku, Sulawesi and Kalimantan; 2) Groundwater Survey which can be subdivided into
several activities such as: Survey on groundwater resource potential of the groundwater basin
in Central Java and East Nusa Tenggara, and Survey on Groundwater Conservation of the GB
in West Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta and Lombok; Groundwater research in Banten;
Engineering Technology on Groundwater Recharge and Modeling in Central Java and Bali;
Groundwater exploration and drilling at 100 villages in 22 provinces; Groundwater Database
and Information Management System were collected and analysed from the above activities.
3.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
Detailed activities related to groundwater which were conducted by the Geological
Agency during the period of July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012 can be described as follows.
3.2.1. Hydrogeological Mapping
The main objective of the hydrogeological mapping at 1:250,000 scale is to obtain
information on hydrogeological units, groundwater occurrence, and productivity of the
aquifers within the mapping areas.
Hydrogeological mapping based on systematic sheets of Indonesia at 1:250,000 scale
was already completed in areas covered by five sheets in 2010, these are Sheet 2707-P.
Masela Island 2708 Babar Island (Maluku), Sheet 2215-Luwuk and 2315-Balantak
(Sulawesi), Sheet 1816-Muaraancalung (Kalimantan), Sheet 0614-Muarasikabaluan and 0714-
Muarasiberut, Sheet 1413-Kendawangan (Kalimantan), Dheet 0911 Manna, Sumatera, Sheet
1417 Siluas, Kalimantan, Sheet 2910, Tual, Maluku, Sheet 2214 Batui, Sulawesi, Sheet 1512
Tanjung Puting and Sheet 1612 Kualapambuang.
3.2.2. Groundwater Survey
Groundwater survey can be subdivided into the following two activities:
1) Survey on groundwater resource potential of groundwater basins. The main objective
of this survey is to get semi-quantitative information on groundwater potential based
on groundwater quantity and quality criteria for drinking water purpose.
Three groundwater basins (GB) were surveyed i.e.
a) Tegal-Brebes GB, Central Java and West Java Province, covering Tegal City, Tegal
Regency, and Brebes Regency, and Cirebon Regency.
b) Kupang GB, East Nusa Tenggara. This groundwater basin covers Kupang City and
Kupang Regency.
c) Wonosari GB. Geographically, the basin covers three provinces i.e. Yogyakarta,
Central Java and East Java.
2) Survey on Groundwater Conservation in the GBs. The main objective of this survey is
to get information on degree of the groundwater damage due to groundwater
abstraction within the groundwater basins.
Six groundwater basin were surveyed, i.e.
1) Bandung-Soreang GB, West Java Province covering Bandung City, Bandung
Regency, Cimahi City, Sumedang Regency, and Garut Regency with an areal
extend of about 1716 Km2.

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2) Semarang-Demak GB, Central Java Province, covering Semarang City, Semarang
Regency, Kudus Regency, Jepara Regency, Demak Regency, and and Grobogan
Regency with an areal extend of about 1839 Km2.
3) Yogyakarta GB, covering . The basin covers Yogyakarta City, Bantul Regency,
Sleman Regency, and Kulonprogo Regency with an areal extend of about 916
Km2.
4) Mataram-Selong GB, covering Mataram City, West Lombok Regency, Central
Lombok Regency, and West Lombok Regency with an areal extend of about 2366
Km2.
5) Padang Pariaman GB. Geographically, the basin covers six regencies/cities. West
Pasaman, Pasaman, Agam, Padang Pariaman, Padang City and Pariaman City.
6) Medan GB. This basin covers twelve regencies/cities i.e. Langkat, Deli Serdang,
Karo, Simalungun, Serdang Bedagai, Asahan, Labuhan Batu, Binjai, Medan,
Tebing Tinggi, Pematang Siantar, and Tanjung Balai.
3) Groundwater quantity and quality monitoring. The main objective of this survey is to
obtain information on impacts of groundwater use and other activities on the
groundwater system.
Five groundwater basin/area were surveyed, i.e.
1) Monitoring groundwater quantity and quality related to groundwater use in Jakarta
GB.
2) Groundwater monitoring related to impacts of mudflow on the groundwater system
in Sidoarjo area, East Java.
3) Impacts of mining activities on the groundwater system in West Sumbawa area.
4) Denpasar Tabanan GB. Geographically, the basin covers seven regencies/cities, i.e.
Tabanan, Badung, Gianyar, Bangli, Karangasem, Klungkung, and denpasar City.
5) Bandung-Soreang GB. This basin covers four regencies/cities i.e. West Bandung,
Bandung, Soreang and Bandung City.
4) Survey on Aquifer Configuration of the GBs. The main objective of this survey is to
obtain information on the aquifer geometries, using geophysics (self potential)
analysis, for support to the next phase in groundwater potency analysis. There are two
groundwater basins that were surveyed, i.e.

1) Metro-Kotabumi GB. Geographically, the basin covers two provinces, i.e.


Lampung, and South Sumatera.

2) Jayapura GB. This basin is a transboundary basin covering Indonesia (Jayapura


and Keerom Regencies) and Papua New Gineau.

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3.2.3. Groundwater research
Groundwater research consists of eight activities, 1) impact of global climate change on
groundwater condition in the Semarang GB, 2) hydrogeological research in area of the Serang
Mud flow, Banten. 3) Groundwater monitoring in the Sidoarjo Mudflow, East Java. 4)
Groundwater research in Sebatik Island, East Kalimantan. 5) Sea Water Intrusion Research in
the northern area of Jakarta GB and Bekasi-Karawang GB, Jakarta-West Java. 6)
Groundwater Flow Modelingh in Tegal-BrebesGB, West Java. 7) Groundwater Recharge
Analysis in Karanganyar-Boyolali GB, Central Java. 8) Groundwater Exploration and
Development in areas of water Shortage was a project undertaken in 24 provinces.
3.2.4. Engineering technology on groundwater recharge and modeling
Engineering technology related to design of an artificial recharge well in a shallow
aquifer system was conducted in the Karanganyar-Boyolali GB. The main objective of this
activity was to select an appropriate recharge well construction that to be applied in different
materials of shallow aquifer systems in the basin.
Meanwhile, three dimensional groundwater modeling of the Denpasar-Tabanan GB,
Bali was completed in order to simulate steady state and transient flow systems. The
calibrated results are useful for developing groundwater abstraction scenarios that should be
used for planning and utilization of groundwater in the frame of sustainable groundwater
resources.
3.2.5. Groundwater exploration and drilling
Groundwater exploration and development in areas of water shortage were activities
undertaken and completed at 100 villages in 22 provinces. The total number of exploration
wells which were then developed to become production wells was 100 wells with the total
discharge attaining 262 L/sec and serving about 262,000 people (Table 2).
Two monitoring wells were also built in the West Jakarta Region (Kapuk area) and East
Jakarta Region (Cakung) within the Jakarta GB. The two monitoring wells will be used to
monitor change of groundwater level in shallow and deep aquifer systems in the two areas of
heavy groundwater abstraction.
3.2.6. Groundwater Database and Information Management System
Groundwater data and information which was collected and analysed from the above
activities are now being managed and continuously developed by the CGREG-GA. All these
data and information on groundwater can be accessed from our URL of database (
http://gis.plg.esdm.go.id and/or http://gis.dgtl.esdm.go.id).

3.3. Proposed Future Activities

The activities related to groundwater which are now being conducted by CGREG-GA
during the year 2011 (after June,30, 2011) can be described as follows :
1) Systematic Hydrogeological Mapping Scale 1:250,000 of six sheets; these are Sheet
0911-Manna (Sumatera), Sheet 1417-Siluas (Kalimantan),Sheet 2910-Tual (Maluku),
Sheet 2214-Batui (Sulawesi), and Sheet 1512-Tanjungputing and 1612-
Kualapambuang (Kalimantan).
2) Groundwater survey, comprising:
a) Survey on groundwater resource potential at Wonosari GB, covering Central Java
Province, Yogyakarta Province, and East Java Province.

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b) Survey on Groundwater Conservation of GBs, comprising:
(1) Padang-Pariaman GB, West Sumatera. The basin covers Pasaman Regency,
Padangpariaman Regency, Padang City, Bukittinggi Regency, Tanahdatar
Regency, and Solok Regency.
(2) Medan GB, North Sumatera. The basin covers Langkat Regency, Medan City,
Deliserdang Regency, Asahan Regency, Karo Regency, and Simalungun
Regency.
3) Groundwater quantity and quality monitoring, comprising:
a) Monitoring groundwater quantity and quality related to groundwater use in
Denpasar-Tabanan GB.
b) Monitoring groundwater quantity and quality related to groundwater use in
Bandung-Soreang GB.
4) Groundwater Research, comprising:
a) Groundwater research in small islands (Sebatik Island, East Kalimantan)
b) Sea water intrusion study in the north Java coastal area (Jakarta GB and
Karawang-Bekasi GB).
5) Groundwater exploration and drilling, comprising:
a) Groundwater exploration and development (production well drilling) in areas of
water shortage; planned to be conducted at 100 villages (100 production wells) in
22 provinces.
b) Groundwater exploration and monitoring-well drilling in the Jakarta GB where it
is planned to construct 5 monitoring wells.
6) National regulations on groundwater management consisting of:
a) Presidential Decree on Groundwater Basins of Indonesaia.
b) Minister EMR Decree on technical guidelines for groundwater inventory,
groundwater conservation zone, groundwater protection zone, technical
recommendation and groundwater permit, and for groundwater management in
outer area of groundwater basins.
3.4. Assistance Required from CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of
Future Activities
1) Information system of hydrogeological map which will be published by CD-ROM and
CCOP Homepage.
2) Groundwater quantity and quality monitoring in urban groundwater basins (network
design of groundwater monitoring wells, installation, expertise and budget).
3) Groundwater quantification and modeling in urban development of groundwater
basins (expertise, training, budget).
3.5. Other Comments
The CCOP groundwater project is needed and useful for CCOP Member Countries and
the current project should be continued and further developed in order to give much more
benefit to the Member Countries.

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In future some problems should be clarified in order to improve the hydrogeological
knowlede of the hydrogeologists from the Member Countries. Some efforts can be undertaken
through the CCOP Project, among other things are:
1) Groundwater experts from donor countries (Japan, China, Korea) should transfer their
knowledge on groundwater management especially on technical aspects.
2) Hydrogeologists from the Member Countries should be involved in evaluating and
analysing data instead of merely collecting and supplying data needed by the project.
According to the National Water Resources Committee of Indonesia, the Ministry
Energy and Mineral Resources will be the Coordinator of Indonesian Hydrogeology data base
from 10 May, 2011

Programme Contact Person:


Dodid Murdohardono
Geological Agency of Indonesia.
Jl. Diponegoro 57
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Fax: +62-22-7206167
Phone: +62-22-7274705
Email ; dodidmurdohardono@yahoo.com

GEO-ENVIRONMENT SECTOR

4. COASTAL ZONE PROGRAMME


4.1. Summary
During the period 2010 to 2012, the Marine Geological Research and Development
Center has conducted coastal zone and marine geological and geophysical surveys in several
areas such as: 1). Pulau Laut, Natuna, Riau Provine 2). East Coast of Bunguran Island,
Natuna, Riau Province. 3).Cilacap coast, Central Java Province and 4). Senunu Bay, south of
Big Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat Province, and 5). Rote island East Nusa Tenggara
Province.
The aims of the study are 1. To obtain coastal geological information with emphasis on
studies of the type and physical properties of lithology, relief and shoreline characteristics; 2.
Undertake sea-floor sediment sampling by using a gravity corer and grab sampler for mineral
resource exploration. 3. To carry out the bathymetric survey of sea floor morphology; 4.
Undertake single channel seismic reflection surveys for seismic sequence stratigraphic and
geological structure studies.
4.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
Thematic coastal zone survey and its resources management in Indonesia are being
carried out by the Marine Geological Research and Development Center. These projects e
coincide with the Planning and Development of Local Government, especially along the
coastline and its surroundings and also for mineral resources development within the coastal
zone. The main results of the project activities were as follows:

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4.2.1. Pulau Laut, Natuna, Riau Province
The study area is located at Natuna Archipelago, Riau Provines. The aim of the study is
to determine the potential of alternate energy and mineral resources, coastal processes and
characteristic of the islands, coastal environments and geological hazards. The bathymetric
data of P. Laut show that the morphology is very deep until close to (100 m) the island but in
the northern part of P. Laut and in the southeastern part is shallow due to coral reef occupying
the area.
Coastal processes and characteristics of P. Laut can be divided into 3 parts such as:
sandy beach; mangrove beach; and cliff beach. Sandy beach can be found in the eastern part
and southern part of P. Laut. The color of sands is yellowish white with size from fine grained
to coarse grained and poorly sorted. Sand is dominated by biogenic debris from reef
limestone. Mangrove beach is located in the southeastern part of P. Laut. The cliffs consist of
stones and are located in the western part of P. Laut.
4.2.2. East Coast of Bunguran Island, Natuna, Riau Province.
The result of the survey in Bunguran island, Riau Province, includes bathymetric data
seismic reflection profiles, sea floor sediment and oceanographic parameters such as wave
measurements and tide gauge readings. Also, the coastal characteristics of the study area were
mapped.
Based on the sediment samples that were taken from around Bunguran Island, the sea
floor sediment types can be divided into four such as: sand, sandy silt, gravelly sand and
slightly gravelly sand. Generally the distribution of sea floor sediment in Bunguran Island is
dominated by silty sand located near the coral reef. Sand can be found locally along the coast
of Bunguran Island.
The coastal characteristic of the study area is dominantly sandy beach and rocky sand,
with mangroves in some places.
4.2.3. Cilacap Coast, Central Java Province
Cilacap is located in the southern part of Central Java and close to Nusa Kambangan
Island. The aim of the survey of this area is to conduct a coastal geological survey in relation
to geological hazards for the Pertamina UP IV harbor . The results of the survey are as
follows:
Seismic reflection profile data show the river channel of the Donan River and thick
sedimentation around Nusa Kambangan.
Bathymetric data show the morphology to be very steep close to the coastline and Nusa
Kambangan Strait and becoming gradually flatter seaward at 21 m water depth.
Base on the data of coastal characteristics; the area is dominated by sand and gravelly
sand. Rock and conglomerate is found in some places on the eastern coast of Cilacap.
Based on 33 samples of sea floor sediment, the distribution of sediment in the area can
be divided into 5 types such as sand, silty sand, sandy silt, gravelly sand and muddy sand.
4.2.4. Senunu Bay, south of Big Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat Province.
Senunu bay is located in the southern part of Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat. Based on
mapping along the coast of Senunu, the coastline of the area is dominated by sands which
contain biogenic material from coral reef. The color of sand is white and light brown. Some
fine sands with iron sands are also found on the Senunu coast.

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Based on analyses of 20 samples, the sea floor sediment is dominated by sand. The
color of sand is white grey; it is fine grained and contains quartz as well as gravel from the
coral reef.
The bathymetric survey of the study area shows a relatively flat topography with depth
between 20 m to 100 m, becoming very steep from 100m to 500 m depth. The area of steep
morphology becomes an area of tailings from PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara. Based on the
side scan sonar survey, the tailing pipes from PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara can be seen to
comprise 3 pipes at the depth of 60 m, 100 m and 116 m with lengths from 2650 meter to
3100 meters.
4.2.5. Rote Island, East Nusa Tenggara Province
Rote Island is located of the southwestern coast of Timor Island. The aim of this survey
is to understand, for local development, the coastal environment in Rote Island. Seafloor
sediment consist of silty sand, sand and reef. Sand is distributed over almost the entire study
area (80%). Silty sand is located in the middle of the study area. Reef is located along the
coast of the study area.
Based on Coastal characteristic mapping, the study area can be divided into 3 parts such
as: 1. Rocky coast. 2. Sand pocket coast. 3. Gravelly coast.
Based on seismic reflection profile interpretation, the coastal terraces and shale diaper in
the study area result from by tectonism. Seafloor morphology shows that the study area is
characterized by undulating morphology.

Programme Contact Person:


Kumala Hardjawidjaksana
Marine Geological Institute,
Energy and Mineral Resources Research and Development Agency
Jl Dr. Junjunan 236 Bandung 40174, Indonesia
Phone: +62-22-6032201, +62-22-6032020 ext. 133
Fax : +62-22-6017887, Mobile phone 0811224250; 08170224250.
Email; hardjawidjaksana@yahoo.com

5. GEO-HAZARDS PROGRAMME

5.1. Summary
During the period of July 2010 June 2012, the Geological Agency conducted research,
and services in volcanology and geological hazard mitigation (volcanic eruptions,
earthquakes, tsunami, landslides), issued early warnings for volcanic activities and landslides
and disseminated geological hazard knowledge to local governments and communities who
lived in the geological hazard zones, produced geological hazard and risk maps for spatial
planning and geological hazard mitigation & education and gave technical recommendations
to the local governments to carry out geological hazard mitigation efforts. It also evaluated the
research investigations and services of volcanology and geological hazard mitigation.

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In the field of volcanic hazard mitigation, monitoring of seismicity, ground deformation
and chemical gas content of magma on active volcanoes were all monitored in order to
understand the stage of volcanic activities and to provide a volcanic hazard early warning
system. Instrumentation and methods of monitoring are always being developed. In addition,
volcano hazard zone mapping and an inventory of potential locations for volcano tourism
were also undertaken.
Earthquake and tsunami mitigation has conducted quick response actions for earthquake
and tsunami disasters, mapping of earthquake and tsunami susceptibility, browsing of
earthquake parameters on the internet and other mass media, mapping of ground
amplification, investigation of tsunamigenic phenomena and also establishment of a database
of destructive earthquakes in Indonesia.
Digital maps concerning earthquake mitigation including maps of earthquake hazard
areas in Lampung, East Java, Central Java, North Sulawesi and West Sumatera, NAD,
Gorontalo, West Sulawesi, West Papua and North Molluca, maps of tsunami hazard areas in
Pangandaran, Jember, Majene and Banyuwangi, updating the database of destructive
earthquakes in Indonesia from 1629 up to the middle of 2012 were all completed.
The program activity concerning landslides included conducting quick responses on
landslide disasters, mapping of landslide susceptibility, monitoring of landslides in vital areas,
survey of landslide and slope stability on the vital road lane, landslide early warning system
and also establishment of a database of destructive landslides in Indonesia.
Digital maps concerning landslide mitigation were published, including a landslide
susceptibility map of Indonesia, a landslide susceptibility map of Bengkulu Province, Ende
(NTT), Karanganyar (Center of Java), Yogyakarta (yogyakarta0, Pacitan (east Java),
Majenang (Central Java), Kediri (East Java), Tana Toraja-Enrekang (South of Sulawesi) and
also a landslide susceptibility map of Maumere (NTT).
5.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
5.2.1. Volcano related activities
Observation and analysis of seismic data from the analog recording with one vertical
seismometer from the Volcano Observatory is currently done for Sorik Marapi, Seulawah
Agam, Peut Sagoe, Burni Telong Marapi, Tandikat, Kerinci, Kaba, Dempo, Galunggung,
Papandayan, Ciremai, Slamet, Dieng, Salak, Sundoro, Sumbing, Bromo, Lamongan, Arjuno
Welirang, Raung, Agung, Tambora, Rinjani, Lewotolo, Lewotobi, Inelika, Ili Boleng, Anak
Ranakah, Egon, Sangeangapi, Ebulobo, Wurlali, Rokatenda, Sirung, Colo, Karangetang,
Soputan, Awu, Bandaapi, Ibu, Dukono, Gamkonora, Kie Besi, Gamalama, volcanoes. Some
volcanoes have been monitored by using more than 1 seismometer such as in Sinabung,
Marapi,Talang, Krakatau, Gede, Tangkuban Perahu, Guntur, Merapi, Kelut, Semeru, Ijen,
Batur and Lokon volcanoes. In addition, a continuous deformation survey has been applied in
Sinabung, Papandayan, Guntur, Merapi, Semeru, Lokon and volcanoes. The purpose of
monitoring is to understand the state of volcanic activities related to the volcano early warning
system.
During the period of 2010-2011,four volcanoes erupted causing more than 200
fatalities, hundreds were injured and more than 300.000 persons were evacuated (see Table 5 )
and in 2012 (to June), six volcanoes erupted causing 100 persons injured and more 6.500
evacuated (Table 6).

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Survey and mapping of volcanoes included;
Volcano Hazard Zone Mapping on Wurlali, Sinabung and Karangetang volcanoes.
Volcano Hazard Assesment on Papandayan volcano.
Volcano Geological Mapping on Wurlali, Sinabung, volcano.
Study of Chemistry of Water and Gas on Dieng, Papandayan, Tangkuban Perahu,
Dempo, Rinjani, Lamongan, Guntur, Salak, Kelimutu, Sirung Lereboleng volcanoes.
Study of Rock Chemistry on Bromo volcanoes.
Volcano Geological Mapping for B-type volcanoes, such as Bukit Daun, Pusuk Bukit,
Karang, Sumbing (Jambi), Belirang-Beriti, Wilis, Sibual-buali, Lumut Balai, Sempu
and Kunyit
Volcano Geological Hazard Mapping for B-type volcanoes, such as Rajabasa,
Ungaran, Sumbing, Talaga bodas, Sibayak, Wilis, Blereang Bliti and Pusuk Bukit.
Geophysical mapping on Sundoro Sumbing, Mahawu, Soputan, Lereboleng and Salak
volcanoes.
Improvement of volcano monitoring instrumentation such as the application of
microprocessor technology for the development of volcano monitoring, CO2 gas sampling and
mapping methods was undertaken at Dieng Plateau.
5.2.2. Earthquake hazards
In the period July 2010-June 2012, there were 10 destructive earthquakes in Indonesia.
Quick response actions were carried out for the Northern Sumatera, July 24, 2010, Bantul
(DIY), August 21, 2010, and Pagai Selatan, Mentawai, October 25, 2010, Kendari, Southeast
Sulawesi, April 25 2011, Tarutung, Northern Sumatera June 14, 2011, Waren, West Papua,
June 26-27, 2011 earthquakes, Tarutung (North Sumatra), Waren (Papua), Singkilbaru
(Aceh), Simeulue (Aceh), Sukabumi (West Java), and Denpasar (Bali). Recommendations
were made to the local governments concerning the ground acceleration of earthquakes and
MMI mapping to determine the level of hazard within particular areas. Technical
recommendations, especially on safe building recovery and development, were also
introduced. Mapping of Earthquake Hazard areas in Mamuju (South of Sulawesi), Pasaman (
West of Sumatera), and North of Aceh ( NAD), Sumbawa Besar, West of Nusa Tenggara,
Gorontalo, North of Sulawesi, Palu, Central of Sulawesi, Kendari, Southest of Sulawesi,
Jayapura (Papua), Toli toli-Buol, Central of Sulawesi is to describe the stage of earthquake
hazards based on geology (morphology, lithology and structural geology), earthquake source
zones, earthquake intensity using MMI scale (taken from historical destructive earthquakes),
calculations of ground acceleration and population distribution. Mapping of ground
amplification in Sukabumi (West of Java), Manado (North of Sulawesi), Sibolga (North
Sumatera), Tuban (East of Java), Tuban (East of Java), Subang, West of Java, Takengon,
Aceh, Palu, Central of Sulawesi, Ende (NTT), Mataram (NTB) is to calculate how large wave
amplitude is amplified in soft sediment.

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The destructive earthquakes in Indonesia during July 2010-June 2011 are shown in
Table 7.
Time Name of
No Location Explanation
Year Month Volcano

4 volcanoes erupted; until the end of


2010: 12 volcanoes in Level II of alert
level, 2 volcanoes in Level III,

August 29 - Erupted, 30.000 persons evacuated, 1


1 2010 Sinabung North Sumatera
September 7 victim
August 6 -
Karangetang North Sulawesi Erupted, 4 persons victims
September
October 25 - Erupted, 415.000 persons evacuated,
Merapi Central Java
November more than 200 victims
November 23 -
Bromo East Java Erupted, no victim
May 2011
2 volcanoes erupted, 17 volcanoes in
Level II of alert level, 3 volcanoes in
Level III, 3 volcanoes in Level IV

March 11 - 24 Karangetang North Sulawesi Erupted, 582 persons evacuated, no


victim

May 23 - 29 Dieng Central Java Increase of emmission gas CO2,


1100 persons evacuated
2011
2 (until July 3 Soputan North Sulawesi Erupted, no victim
June)
July 14 -17 Lokon North Sulawesi Erupted, 5359 persons evacuated, no
victim

August 13 Papandayan West Java Increased to Level III

August 7 Karangetang North Sulawesi Erupted, no victim

Table 5. The volcano eruption during the period of 2010-2011

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Time Name of
No Location Explanation
Year Month Volcano
6 volcanoes erupted; from july 2011
to June 2012: 14 volcanoes in
Level II of alert level, 3 volcanoes in
Level III,
July 2 Soputan North Sulawesi Increased to Level III
1 2011

July 3 Soputan North Sulawesi Erupted, no victim

July 10 Lokon North Sulawesi Increased to Level IV

Erupted, 5359 person evacuated,


July 14 - 17 Lokon North Sulawesi
no victim

24 July Lokon North Sulawesi Decreased to Level III

August 7 Karangetang North Sulawesi Erupted, no victim


August 13 Papandayan West Java Increased to Level III

Anak
September 30 Banten Increased to Level III
Krakatau

December 4 Gamalama Ternate Increased to Level III

Erupted, 2472 persons evacuated,


December 5 Gamalama Ternate
no victim
2 2012 January 24 Gamalama Ternate Decreased to Level II
January 26 Krakatau Banten Decreased to Level II
January 31 Papandayan West Java Decreased to level II
February 2 Semeru East Java Increased to Level III
March 12 Ijen East Java Increased to Level III
May 3 Semeru East Java Decreased to Level II
May 5 Sirung Flores Increased to Level III
May 5 Sirung Flores Erupted, no victim
June 13 Gamkonora Maluku Increased to Level III
June 13 Gamkonora Maluku Erupted, no victim
June 25 Sirung Flores Decreased to Level II
June 26 Soputan North Sulawesi Decreased to Level II
Table 6. The volcano eruption during the period of July 2011-June 2012

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Table 7. Destructive earthquakes in period July 2010 June 2011 in Indonesia.
No. Name of Date of Epicenter (USGS) Depth Mag victim
earthquake happening (Km) Died Injure Damage Building
1 Nothern July 24, 2010 1.02U - 99.50E 10 6.0 SR - - some light damage.
Sumatera
August 21, 8.03S - 110.39E 15 5.0 SR - - some light damage.
2 Bantul, DIY
2010
74 people lost
3 Mentawai, West
Oct 25, 2010 3.61S - 99.93E 10 7.2 SR 428 498 325 heavy damage
of Sumatera
204 light damage
Kendari,
4 - 123 heavy damage
Southeast of April 25, 2011 4.40S 122.82E 18 6.0 -
364 light damage
Sulawesi
520 heavy damage
5 Tarutung, North
June 16, 2011 1.79U 99.13E 10 5.5 255 light damage
of sumatera
Triggered landslide
40 damage
6 Waren, West June 26-27, 26
2.37S 136.60E 12 6.3 SR 1 3 school room
Papua 2011
collapsed

Table 8. Destructive earthquake in period July 2011 June 2012 in Indonesia.

No Name of Date of Epicenter Depth Mag victim


. earthquake happening (USGS) (Km) Died Injure Damage Building
1. Bandung Barat, 6.92 LS dan - - 104 heavy damage
West Java Agustus 28,
107.52 BT 3,3 SR
2011

6.6 3 peoples 7 peoples - 625 heavy damage


2.81 LU dan
110,1 MW/ - 3908 light damage
September 9, 97.85 BT
2. Singkil, Aceh
2011 6.7 SR - 85 school damage

6.1 - Bali : 90 - Bali : 98 heavy


3. October 13, 9,89 LS dan MW/ peoples, damage,
Nusa Dua, Bali 35,1 -
2011 114,53 BT 6.8 SR - Banyuwangi - Banyuwangi : 48
: 1 person heavy damage.
4. April 11, 2,40 LU dan 8,6 SR -
Simeulue, NAD 10 - - Some light demage
2012 92,99 BT
5.9
- 10 heavy damage,
5. Sukabumi, June 14, 7,99 LS dan MW/
24 - -- - 27 middle damage
West Java 2012 106,19 BT 6.1 SR
- 211 light damage

5.2.3. Tsunami
During this period, one tsunami was reported. The Mentawai earthquake, Oct 25 2010,
triggered a tsunami that produced a maximum wave height at the shoreline of about 12 m.
This tsunami caused more than 428 fatalities, 498 people injured, and damage to hundreds of
buildings.
Activities in the tsunami sector included tsunami hazard mapping and investigation on
tsunamigenic phenomena. Tsunami hazard mapping was located along the coastal area of
Sorong (West Papua), and Malang (East of Java), Lombok (West of Nusa Tenggara), Bima
(West of Nusa Tenggara), Sumba (East of Nusa Tenggara), Donggala (Central Sulawesi).
whereas tsunamigenic investigations were located around the West coast of North Sumatera,
Biak (Papua) and Teluk Bima (NTT) Seram, Maluku, Kendari, Southest of Sulawesi, Luwuk-
Banggai (central of Sulawesi), and North coast Gorontalo.

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Tsunami reports and hazard maps have been given to the local governments concerned
with the tsunami hazard areas, based on the areas hazardous potential identified from their
coastal characteristics and from tsunami modeling. Other technical recommendations have
also been given to the local governments in order to improve their coastal management plans,
especially for tsunami hazard mitigation purposes.
5.2.4. Landslides
The landslide program has conducted landslide susceptibility mapping at 13 locations at
1: 100.000 scale. Locations of landslide susceptibility mapping are:
1. Bungku Utara, Central of Sulawesi (juli-des210)
2. Ngada Utara, NTT Province
3. Timor Tengah Selatan, East Nusa Tenggara Province
4. Gorontalo, Gorontalo Province
5. Kerinci, Jambi
6. Mandailing Natal, North Sumatera
7. Lunyuk, Sumbawa Besar, West Nusa Tenggara Province,
8. Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara Province,
9. Wasior, West of Papua Province,
10. Solok, West of Sumatera Province,
11. Tapanuli Selatan,
12. North of Sumatera Province,Mojokerto,
13. East Java Province,Sungai Penuh, Jambi Province.
Landslide monitoring using geodetic methods was carried out at 14 locations, these are:
1. Ciloto, Cianjur, West Java
2. Cipularang, West Java
3. Cipanas-Cianjur, West Java
4. Belopa, South of Sulawesi Province,
5. Kediri, East Java Province,
6. Lampung Barat, Lampung Province,
7. Bajawa, East Nusa Tenggara Province,
8. Majenang, Central of Java Province,
9. Agam, West of Sumatera Province,
10. Tapanuli Utara, North of Sumatera Province,
11. Aceh Besar, Aceh Province,
12. Pasaman, West of Sumatera Province,
13. Kerinci, Jambi Province,
14. Ambon, Maluku Province.

Slope Stability and Landslide Surveys were carried out at 4 locations, these are:
1. Tol Cipularang, Purwakarta
2. Lubuk Laweh, Padang
3. PasarSimpang-Galapung, Agam, West Sumatera
4. Tawaeli-Toboli, Center of Sulawesi
5. Nagreg, West Java
6. Krui, lampung
7. Cadas Pangeran, Sumedang
8. Karanganyar, Center of Java
9. Manggarai, East of Nusa Tenggara Province
10. Palu, Central of Sulawesi

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Quick responses for landslide disasters were carried out at several areas in Indonesia
and recommendations were given to the community and local government based on
evaluation of landslide hazards. The location of landslide disasters were in Subang (West
Java), Bandung (West Java), Bogor (West Java), Garut (West Java), Pacitan (East Java),
Wasior (West Papua), TulungAgung (East Java), Kintamani, Bangli (Bali), Padalarang (West
Java), Pati (Central Java), Wonosobo (Central Java), Wonogiri (Center of Java), Bantul
(DIY), Buleleng (Bali), Bima (NTB), Sitaro (North Sulawesi), Tana Toraja (South of
Sulawesi), Agam (West Sumatera), Padang Panjang (West Sumatra), Pidie (NAD), Palu
Donggala (Central Sulawesi), Nias Selatan (North Sumatera), Sigi (Central Sulawesi),Ambon
(Maluku), Nganjuk (East Java), Ponorogo (East Java), Majalengka (West Java), Ciamis (West
Java), Banjarnegara(Center of Java), Cianjur (West Java), Trenggalek (East Java), Timur
Tengah Selatan (NTT), Empat Lawang (South of Sulawesi), Brastagi (North Sumatera), as
shown in Tables 9 and 10.
Table 9. Landslide disasters July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011 period in Indonesia.

Victim Damages
Number Died Injured Damaged Destroyed Threaten Damaged Destroyed Valley Road
No. Province Buildings Buildings Buildings Another Another (ha) (m)
of Event
Buildings Buildings

1 West Java 43 36 10 791 67 214 4 12 16 330


2 Center of Java 14 14 3 55 23 52 2 1
3 East Java 15 16 8 34 - 113 - 5 50
4 Banten 1 4 3
5 Bali 4 5 2 11 3
6 NTT 3 29 32 2300
7 North Sumatera 2 3 6
8 Lampung 1 2 2
9 Bengkulu 1 3
10 South Sulawesi 5 5 4 1 75
11 Center of Sulawesi 1 14 14
12 Maluku 6 23 9 10 25
13 East Kalimantan 1 3 1
14 West Papua 1 276 1541 116 9
15 North Sulawesi 2 3 70 1
16 NTB 2 2 1 4196 70 3 0 21
TOTAL 102 402 56 6747 188 411 131 27 16 2776

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Table 10. Landslide disaster July 1, 2011 June 30, 2012 period in Indonesia.

Victim Damages
Died Injured Damaged Destroyed Threaten Damaged Destroyed Valley Road
Buildings Buildings Buildings Another Another (ha) (m)
Number Buildings Buildings
No. Province of Event
1 West Java 50 23 20 648 75 583 5 1 15.5 420
2 Center of Java 13 20 0 18 40 4 0 10 80 0
3 East Java 14 14 11 27 7 0 4 0 0 50
4 D.I. Yogyakarta
5 Banten
6 Bali 5 9 4 5 2 0 1 0 3 0
7 NTT 2 728 582
8 NTB 3 10
9 North Sulawesi
10 South Sulawesi
Central of
11 Sulawesi 2 9 804 93 10 10 300
12 North Sumatera 2 8 2 37 15
13 West Sumatera 6 13 1 196 79 2 6 327 350
14 South Sumatera 1 4 1
15 Papua 1 1 2 1
16 Maluku 5 24 3 6 6 6
17 Aceh 1 150 14 90
East of
18 Kalimantan 1 4 1
Total Number 106 129 42 2585 354 618 22 27 1097.5 1120

5.3. Proposed Future Activities


3.1. Volcanos
Increasing the cooperation of research and investigation in monitoring volcano activity
with Kyoto University, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (cq Sakurajima volcano
observatory & Kyoto University) on Guntur and Talang volcanoes.
Continue developing and increasing the monitoring systems in Regional Centers:
Kakaskasen-Tomohon, North Sulawesi Province, Bukit Tinggi-West Sumatera,
Flores, Semeru-East Java and Guntur-West Java.
Increasing information quality and introduction of duties and responsibilities of
volcano observation posts to the local government and communities around the
volcano.
The future volcano hazard mitigation programs of Geological Agency will be focused
on research, volcano monitoring, installation of volcano monitoring instruments,
investigation of volcano geochemistry, volcano hazard zone mapping, and geological
mapping. Proposed volcanoes for this project are Soputan, Lokon, Talang, Ibu, Kelud,
Dukono, Bromo, Batur, Gamalama, Sangeang api, Gede, Lamongan, Tandikat,
Dempo, Agung, Inelika, Kerinci, Dieng, Sorik Marapi, Kaba, Sangeang api, Kelimutu,
Kie Besi, Marapi, Banda Aceh, Ibu, Awu, Papandayan, and lerebole, Sekincau
Belerang, Sibual-buali, Rinjani, Semeru, Merbabu, and Batutara.

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3.2. Earthquake and Tsunami
The earthquake and tsunami mitigation programs will be focused on research and
investigation of earthquakes and tsunami hazard mapping, mapping of ground
amplification, investigation on tsunamigenic phenomena, and investigation on
earthquakes and tsunami. Proposed locations for this project are: Sumba (NTT), South
East Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Jayapura (Papua), Lombok (NTB), Mentawai (West
Sumatera), Teluk Bima (NTT), Ende, Flores (NTT), Mataram (NTB), Pacitan-
Trenggalek (East Java), West Coast NAD, Gorontalo (North Sulawesi), Sumbawa
Besar (NTB), Palu (Central of Sulawesi), Subang (west Java), Tuban (East Java),
Takengon (NAD) and Seram (Maluku), The project needs cooperation with research
Institutions from CCOP Member Countries.
Continue the cooperation with Austalian Indonesian Facility for Disaster Reduction
(AIFDR) to make probabilistic seismic hazard assesment (PSHA) at Province regional
scale.
3.3. Landslides
The future landslide mitigation programs needs cooperation with Research Institutions
from CCOP Member Countries. The project proposed is landslide susceptibility
mapping and slope stability and landslide survey also landslide monitoring, and
investigation of sedimentation and erosion. The sites proposed for the project will be
in Dompu, Bima (NTB), Dairi (NAD), Solok (West Sumatera), South Sulawesi,
Center of Java, Situbondo, Garut (West Java), Kuningan (West Java), Pakenjeng,
Singaparna (Garut), (juli-des 2011)Sumba (East Nusa Tenggara), Kerinci (Jambi),
Kupang (East Nusa tenggara), Atambua (East Nusa tenggara), Lahat (South
Sumatera), Nagrek (Garut), Puncak (Cianjur), Karangkobar (Central of Java), Cipanas
(Cianjur), Cisanggarung Hilir, Cirebon (West Java), Citandui Hilir, Ciamis (West
Java) Dairi (Aceh), Ambon (Maluku), Kutamubagu (North of Sulawesi), Pakenjeng (West
Java), Cipularang (West Java), Cadas Pangeran (West Java) and Situbondo (East Java).
Cooperation with Georisk-German will continue in order to develop the landslide
database using remote sensing data and vulnarability assessment by probabilistic
methods.
Cooperative research with other institutions on volcanic and geological hazards
mitigation:
Sakurajima Volcano Observatory (Kyoto University), DPRI.
Volcano monitoring in Guntur (West Java) and Talang (West Sumatera).
Exchanges of volcano experts to share and develop the capabilities of CVGHM
personnel.
USGS, USA, installation of volcano equipment and volcano monitoring in North of
Sulawesi
AIFDR, Australia, Improvement of volcano monitoring instrumentation such as the
application of microprocessor technology for the development of volcano monitoring
in Flores, East Nusa Tenggara
AIFDR, Australia, to increase advanced knowledge for personnel, concerning
earthquake and tsunami through training and study abroad.

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French government, to develop an appropriate method for monitoring high-
temperature volcanic gases caused by volcanic activity. Research includes Batur-Bali,
Ijen-East Java, Merapi-Yogyakarta, and Papandayan-West Java.
Georisk-German cooperation in the landslide sector.
Local Government
Cooperation between the Geological Agency and local government, before, during and
after the occurrence of geological disasters is focused on technical recommendations and
socialization for geological hazard mitigation.
5.4. Assistance Required from CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of
Future Activities
- The earthquake sector needs a seismic broadband station and deformation station array
to investigate the active fault and seismic gap areas. The tsunami mitigation project
needs digital bathymetric and topographic data at a detailed scale, gridded 0.5 km for
every regency; detail run up points, tsunami sources and financial support for tsunami
mapping, and software for tsunami modeling.
- Instrumentations and processing software assistance for the earthquake, tsunami and
landslides programmes, as the important tools in geological hazard mitigation, needs
to be completed.
- The Geological Agency also intends to increase advanced knowledge for the staff,
concerning volcano and geological hazard mitigation through training and study
abroad that is supported by CCOP Member Countries.

5.5. Other Comments


To improve knowledge about geological hazards and their mitigation, the relationship
among CCOP members need periodic activities such as workshops with interaction and
discussion, or national seminars about volcanic and geological hazard mitigation, also follow-
up such as experience, knowledge, and tsunami modeling program exchange.
Detailed data, the best software, and experts are priorities for mitigation. So the close
relationship among CCOP members is needed in order to increase personnels skill and
knowledge concerning geohazards.
Programme Contact Person:
Dr Surono
Head of Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazards Mitigation
Jl Diponegoro 57.
Bandung, Indonesia
Phone: +62-22-727606
Fax: +62-22-7202761
Email: surono@vsi.esdm.go.id

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6. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY PROGRAMME
6.1. Summary
Rapid physical development in the Indonesian region, as reflected in more widely built-
up areas and the increase the amount of provincial, regency, and municipality development,
has caused a number of problems related to spatial planning and environmental management,
such as land-use conflict, environmental degradation, and increased needs of geological
resources. One attempt, amongst others, to solve such problems is through the supply of geo-
environmental information. In the period between July 2010 and July 2012 the Geological
Agency has carried out inventory and investigation activities related to the geo-environment
in several provinces in Indonesia. The activities include:
- Geo-environment for urban and regional spatial planning
- Geo-environment for monitoring of geological hazards
- Geo-environment for geological conservation
- Geo-environment for waste disposal site selection
- Geo-environment for flood mitigation
- Geo-environment for mining areas

6.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


a. Geo-environment for urban and regional spatial planning
Urban and regional environmental geology investigation is aimed to provide
information dealing with the environmental geology characteristics in an area which can be
used as a reference for urban and regional spatial planning. Environmental geology
information has the benefit that it shows supporting and constraining environmental factors
for urban and regional development, therefore land use planning may not exceed its bearing
capacity. The geo-environment for urban and regional planning investigation activities covers
the area of:
- Bali Province
- East Java Province
- Southeast Sulawesi Province
- Aceh Province
- Central Sulawesi Province
- West Sumatera Province
- East Nusatenggara Province
- North Sumatera Province
- Lombok Island, West Nusatenggara Province
- Tembilahan Urban City, Riau Province
- Northern Part of Bandung Area, West Java Province
- Western Part of Bandung Areas, West Java Province
- Kendal District, East Java Province
- Kutai Kertanegara, East Kalimantan Province

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b. Geo-environment for monitoring of geological hazards
The activity for post geological hazards monitoring lays emphasis on the spatial
function changes due to environmental geological degradation. The information provided
may support utilization of the geological environment, spatial planning, and environmental
management. The activity is carried out in the area of Sidoarjo mud volcano, East Java
Province and post Merapi volcano eruption, Jogyakarta Province. Also Monitoring of
subsidence at Semarang City, Central Java Province.
c. Geo-environment for geological conservation
Investigation of the geo-environment for geological conservation is done through
identification and analysis of environmental geological conditions that have unique, beautiful,
and rare geological morphology. The information may be utilized in conserving geological
phenomena that in the future may be promoted as a geological conservation area. The aims of
this activity are to conserve natural resources of geological phenomena and maintain a
balanced ecosystem. Such areas may be expected to support an increase in community
prosperity . The activity includes inventory of geological heritage and karstic areas. The
inventory covers the areas of:
- Central Java Province
- East Java Province
- West Java Province
- Jambi Province
- Indentification of Karst area in The Banyuwangi District, East Java Province
- Geodiversity Inventaritation of Raja Ampat Distric, West Papua Province
- Identification of Karst area in the Sukabumi Distric, West Java Province

d. Geo-environment for waste disposal site selection


The most important aspect of a municipal waste disposal facility is the site.
Establishment of a waste disposal site needs an appropriate environmental analysis to prevent
health and aesthetical problems and environmental pollution. Among these, it requires
environmental geological consideration in site selection. The study area for waste disposal
site selection as a pilot area is Pagar Alam, South Sumatera Province.
e. Geo-environment for flood mitigation
The activity of geo-environment for flood mitigation is carried out in the South
Bandung area and is focused to identify physical characteristics of the study area. It includes
identification of land use and land use changes, surficial materials, groundwater infiltration
capacity, surface run off, erosion, sedimentation, and river morphology. The result of this
investigation is expected to be useful for evaluation of South Bandung flooding phenomena.
f. Geo-environment for mining areas
The objective of this activity is to provide data on mineral resources, either those being
mined or likely for future development, as well as their geological environments. The activity
also identifies and evaluates the environmental impact of the mining activity and also provides
guidance for environmental management that includes good mining practice and post mining
rehabilitation. The activity covers the areas of:
- Jambi Province
- Central Java Province
- West Java Banten Jakarta Provinces
- Gorontalo Provinces

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- Central Kalimantan Provinces
- West Sulawesi Province
- Environmental Geology in the mining area of Grobogan District, Central Java
Province
- Environmental Geology in the mining areas of Hulu Sungai Tengah District, Central
Kalimantan Province
- Enviromental Geology in the mining area of the North Tapanuli District, North
Sumatera Province

Programme Contact Person:

Dodid Murdohardono
Geological Agency of Indonesia.
Jl. Diponegoro 57
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Fax: +62-22-7206167
Phone : +62-22-7274705
Email ; dodidmurdohardono@yahoo.com

GEO-INFORMATION SECTOR

7. GEO-DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME


7.1. Summary
During the period of July 2010 to June 2012, the Geological Agency continued to
develop geoscience databases and publish geological data and information. Geological
database preparation included geological and geophysical data.
The Geological Agency activities in relation to Geo-information were:
1. Sedimentary Basin Atlas, located in South Sumatra, North Sumatra and Central
Sumatra, Northeast Jawa Basin, Kutai, Bengkulu, Tarakan, Serayu and Barito
Basin.
2. Updating Geological Maps, 1:250.000 to 1:50.000Scale, in Sulawesi, West Papua
and Kalimantan, based on Remote Sensing.
3. Sedimentary Basin Research in Tanimbar (Malucca), Ketungau (Kalimantan) and
Sengkang (Sulawesi).
4. Geological Basic Data and Metadata Development.
5. Airborne Gravity (Papua) and Geochemical Mapping (West Java)
6. E-Government
7. Aplication Digital Library Development
8. Publication

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Recently, the Geological Agency, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia
and Minerals and Geoscience Department, Malaysia had been enhancing their closer
relationship in the field of geology. A similar understanding that geology is not limited by
political borders and of the importance of cooperation projects in geology and mineral
resources is implied in the relevant Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). In the MoU, both
countries had agreed to obtain and explore more bilateral benefit pertaining to geological
resources through cooperation between two countries.

7.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


In order to determine the strategy for utilising the countrys natural resources optimally,
Indonesia has a need and the requirement to produce geological information in the form of a
medium scale geological map. Within this context, the CGS have to conduct further mapping
in the 1:50,000 scale map series. The objectives are to undertake geological mapping and
compilation of 1:50,000 scale geological maps derived from lithological and stratigraphic
investigations, and structural maps at 1:100,000 scale (Java & Madura islands) and 1:250,000
scale (other islands), by using Remote Sensing Techniques and GIS. The production of a
series of 1:50,000 scale map of the entire country will consist of a total of 3612 sheets. It
aimed towards developing and implementing methodologies for using Landsat +7 ETM,
Radarsat2, IFSAR, TerraSarX and SPOT.
So for the period of July 2010 an June 2012, the Geological Agency had finished 1040
sheets of Geological Remote Sensing Interpretation at 1:50.000 scale in MapInfo and
ArcGIS, consisting of Sulawesi, Malucca, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, West Kalimantan, and
West Papua.
The Geological Agency has also published the Sedimentary Basin Atlas of 9 basins
from the total of 128 Sedimentary Basins in Indonesia, these are: North Sumatra, Central
Sumatra, Southern Sumatra, Northeast Java, Kutai, Bengkulu, Tarakan, Serayu and Barito.
Sedimentary Basin research is in Tanimbar, Ketungau and Sengkang.
Geological Basic Data Development from the outcrop observation and Laboratory
Analysis such as : petrography, dating, paeleontology, geochemistry, etc. and metadata
development : data gathering, nomenclature, data structure, design and implementation have
also been undertaken.
Aplication of Digital Library Development has also been completed by the Geological
Agency.
Airborne Geophysical Mapping in Southern Papua and Geochemical Mapping in West
Java have also been undertaken in 2010 by the Geological Agency.
The Geological Agency have produced several publications such as:
1. Geothermal Resources and Development in Indonesia,
2. Geological Ancient Volcano,
3. Geological Barito Sedimentary Basin,
4. Southeastern Sulawesi Geology,
5. Development of Remote Sensing Techniques and Geological Applications in
Indonesia,
6. Geological Album Coal Series,

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7. Life Above Three Plates,
8. Geothermal Investigation Policy in Indonesia,
9. Geological Phenomenon of Sidoardjo Mud Vulcano,
10. Ground Water Management based on the Ground Water Basin,
11. Journal Geology, and Geological Maps.
7.2.1. Scientific and Technical Cooperation in the Field of Geology and Mineral
Resources Indonesia-Malaysia.
The 1st Steering Committee Meeting for Scientific and Technical Cooperation in the
field of Geology and Mineral Resources Indonesia-Malaysia was held on 23 March 2010 at
the Headquarters of the Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
The Meeting agreed to the formation of four Working Groups as follows:
1. Indonesia-Malaysia Geological Correlation Working Group
2. Indonesia-Malaysia Mineral and Energy Resources Working Group
3. Indonesia-Malaysia Geohazard Working Group
4. Indonesia-Malaysia Groundwater, Environmental Geology and Geoheritage Working
Group.
Each working group was presented their project proposals at the 2nd Steering Committee
Meeting on 13 January 2011 at Mercure Hotel, Ancol, Jakarta, Indonesia. The Geological
correlation working group agreed to correlate the geology of Sintang-Silantek in 2011-2012
and Serudung-Nunukan in 2012-2013. Until today the project was successfully executed with
country field work and joint field work activity. The first joint field work had been conducted
covering the geology of Lubok Antu area (Sarawak) in 26-28 July 2011. The second joint
field work for this working group will be conducted in Badau area at the end of October 2011.
The Mineral and Energy Resources Working Group activity conducted joint field work
around the border of Indonesia-Malaysia in the Sarawak area. The similar understanding of
mineral resources occurrence in the border area has built on this activity.
Most of the Indonesia area is an unstable geological area. The country is believed to
have more experience in hazard mitigation. Both parties, Indonesia and Malaysia, agreed to
conduct some geohazard mitigation training. Geohazard working group activity was focused
on sharing knowledge in hazard management, especially in earthquake and landslide
mitigation. Some meetings and field activities were conducted in relation with this working
group.
The Groundwater, Environmental Geology and Geoheritage Working Group is also
focusing activity on sharing experience and on training programs. Hydrogeological
investigation of Sebatik area was agreed to be a priority for working group activity. The
project will cover hydrogeological investigation, satellite image interpretation, groundwater,
laboratory work, data processing and groundwater modeling. Another project is Geopark
development in both countries. Some proposed potential Geopark candidates will be proposed
and discussed.

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Other Comments
The Geological Agency conducted a Workshop on ASEAN Mineral Trade
Database in Manado North Sulawesi on October 20-21, 2010. A system of
ASEAN mineral trade database and information was presented and circulated to
ASEAN member countries. Through the workshop, the system was prepared for
being the preliminary ASEAN mineral trade database that will be reported as
progress in the eleventh ASOMM, Hanoi, Vietnam in 2011.Parallel to the
workshop, a meeting was held between Japan (Dr. Koji Wakita) and Indonesia
(Geological Agency).The meeting agreed that Japan would undertake a capacity
building workshop for ASEAN member countries in terms of Data and
Information Systems Management in Japan.
Ten experts from the Geological Agency who deal with mineral database attended
the Training Program on Mineral Resource Database for ASEAN [ENMD]. The
training was held on February 28 until March 9, 2011 in, Kenshu Center (TKC),
Tokyo, Japan. AIST, METI Japan has appointed the Association for Overseas
Technical Scholarship (AOTS) for organizing this training with the overall
funding from the Japanese Government.
The Geological Agency conducted workshops on the ASEAN Mineral Database
and Information System in Bali on 21-25 June 2011. The workshop was attended
by Vietnam, CCOP technical secretariat and representatives of institutions that
manage the data of minerals. The source persons for the workshop were 3 experts
from Japan (Dr. Koji Wakita, Dr. Tetsuji Ohno and Dr. Joel Bandibas).
Indonesia held The 3rd Working Group Meeting of AFOC to implement the MOU
with JCOAL in Jakarta on 19 November 2010. Indonesia delivered a briefing
presentation to the meeting on the background and information on coal resources
and development of the country. It was suggested that a coal database should be
developed as a template which all ASEAN countries can use as a reference for
inventory and a workshop entitled ASEAN Coal Resources and Trade Data
Management was proposed.
Workshop on roadmap for oil and gas in Jakarta and Samarinda for all stake
holders to improve the oil and gas in Indonesia.
Workshop on Indonesia Geological Resources Data Management in Bali on July
27-30 2010
Dissemination of National Geographic Information System of Geological
Resources inYogyakarta, East Nusa Tenggara, Central and East Kalimantan,.
Updatingexisting database such as ASEAN Mineral Resources and ASEAN
Mineral Trade and Indonesia Geological Resources Database
Updating balance of minerals, coal and geothermal energy
Development of ASEAN Coal Database for ASEAN Forum On Coal (AFOC).
Publishing atlas and metadata of Indonesia geological resources.
Assessment / Evaluation of working area WKP/WUP for minerals, coal,
geothermal and CBM at Indonesia prospective area.
Updating Data of Coal Resources and Reserves Evaluation System.
Development of borehole data management system.

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Programme Contact Person:

Ir Ipranta MSc
Geological Agency of Indonesia
Jl. Diponegoro No. 57
Bandung, West Java
Indonesia
Email: ifranto@yahoo.com
Phone +62-22-7270087

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

48th CCOP Annual Session


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Member Country Report


of
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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
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ANNUAL MEMBER COUNTRY REPORT

Country: JAPAN Period: 1 July 2010 30 June 2012

GEO-RESOURCES SECTOR

1. MINERAL PROGRAMME

1.1. Summary
Due to the soaring metal prices in 2009-2010, many of the public institutes related to
mineral resources and mining sectors in Japan have actively conducted exploration and
exploitation programs of overseas mineral deposits and prospects. In particular, the
acquiring of rare-earths (RE) resources from countries other than China is the most urgent
matter because of the sharp reduction of RE supply from China. The budgetary measures
in FY2010 and 2011 for mineral securement strategy were significantly strengthened by
the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). From the latter half of 2011 to
2012, the prices of light RE largely declined because of the drop of RE demand and the
reopening of Mountain Pass mine in the United States. However, heavy RE is still an
important target of mineral exploration by public and private sectors in Japan, because the
price hovers at ten times more than that of 2009.

1.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


As it did in the last four years, the Rare Metal
Task Force of National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has
conducted integrated research for material
recycling technology, resource saving
technology, development of alternative
materials, and mineral exploration in FY2010
and 2011.
The Mineral Resources Research Group of the
Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment
(GREEN), AIST, has been working on
mineral exploration, and is continuously
Figure 1. MRAM-AIST-JOGMEC joint
conducting the following three programs: 1)
survey in the southern Gobi, Mongolia.
study on the concentration mechanism of rare
metals, resource evaluation, and the
beneficiation of ore minerals, 2) construction of a mineral resources database, and 3)
international cooperation and consulting on mineral resources.

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The group conducted a five-year joint project (2007-2011) on rare earth potentiality in
South Africa and other areas with the cooperation of the Council for Geoscience of the
Republic of South Africa (CGS) and the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals Corporation
(JOGMEC). The group has also conducted a joint-project on the rare earth potentiality in
Mongolia with the cooperation of the Mineral Resources Authority of Mongolia (MRAM)
and JOGMEC (Figure 1). These projects will be renewed each year by the specific
agreement of the parties. The group newly commenced a cooperative study on RE
resources with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 2011.
The group, in conjunction with the University of Tokyo, Kyushu University and other
Japanese universities, also conducted a four-year research project (2007-2010) for
concentration mechanism and potential
evaluation of heavy RE and indium in the
CCOP region with a grant from the Japan
Society for the Promotion of Science.
The group has published 1:5,000,000
Geologic Map of Asia in early 2011 and
1:3,000,000 Mineral Resources Map of
Central Asia in early 2012 (Figure 2).
GREEN has also conducted projects for
resource evaluation of some bentonite
deposits in Japan and the United States to
secure appropriate backfill materials for Figure 2. Mineral Resources Map of Central
potential low-level nuclear waste Asia (Kamitani et al., 2012).
repositories.

1.3. Other Organizations and Private Sectors


In FY2010, METI implemented budgetary measures of some 265 million USD to secure
stable mineral supply, and 107 million USD for R&D and survey of seafloor hydrothermal
ore deposits. Furthermore, in FY2011, METI budgeted 50 million USD for sustainable
development of critical metal resources overseas. These programs are being conducted
mainly by JOGMEC and its subcontractors, and they have carried out mineral exploration
programs worldwide, especially in Southeast and Central Asia, Canada, the United States,
Latin America, southern Africa, and Australia. Their targets are mainly base metal, PGE,
Li and RE. Major trading companies and their group companies have also actively
invested in mineral exploration and exploitation programs mainly in South Africa,
Australia, and Latin America, targeting RE, Li, Ni, Co, PGE, Cu and Fe. These overseas
programs have been mostly operated as joint-ventures with local companies.
The Society of Resource Geology (SRG) held symposia related to rare metals in its annual
meeting in June 2011 and June 2012, entitled Genesis and resource evaluation of rare-
earths and indium and Mineral Exploration in Asia, respectively.

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Tetsuichi Takagi, Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment (GREEN), GSJ, AIST
E-mail: takagi-t@aist.go.jp

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2. ENERGY PROGRAMME
2.1. Summary
The major activities on energy resources in Japan during the past years are concerned with
oil, gas, methane hydrates and geothermal sources, but there was little activity on coal
resources.

2.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


2.2.1 Oil and Gas
2.2.1.1 Domestic Exploration
The main domestic oil and gas fields exist in the basins of Niigata, Yamagata, Akita along
the eastern margin of the Japan Sea, and in Hokkaido. Several gas fields are also expected
in the basins along the Pacific Coast.
In FY2010 and 2011, several investigations and developments were carried out for the oil
and gas fields in Japan. JOGMEC (Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation)
supported the private sector both financially and technically. Technology Research Center
(TRC) of JOGMEC carried out various technological projects, including methane gas
hydrate exploration, enhanced oil recovery (EOR), reserves evaluation, reservoir
characterization, dynamic modeling, drilling, gas to liquid (GTL), and carbon capture and
storage (CCS).
See the following website for more details.
http://www.jogmec.go.jp/english/
The long-term R&D plan of JOGMEC is stated in the following document written in 2007.
http://trc.jogmec.go.jp/pdf/english/topics_LTRDStoward2030_200801.pdf
JOGMEC started a seismic survey project in offshore Japan in 2008 using Shigen, a
vessel dedicated to 3D seismic exploration and data processing in JOGMEC.
The headquarter of JOGMEC moved to Tokyo from Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture in
May, 2011. Although most of the R&D activities have remained at TRC in Chiba, some
project engineering units have moved to the headquarters.
Exploration activities of the private sector in Japan have been carried out mainly by
JAPEX, INPEX Corp., and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration.
A new government-funded offshore drilling program for basic exploration of domestic oil
and gas on Joetsu Knoll in the deep sea Joetsu Basin is planned for spring 2013, which
will be the first one in 10 years apart from methane gas hydrate exploration.

2.2.1.2 Overseas Exploration


Japanese oil industries have been carrying out exploration and exploiting oil and natural
gas in other countries; mainly in Norway, UK, Africa (Libya, Congo, Algeria, Egypt),
Caspian Sea, Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines,
Myanmar, Cambodia), China, Australia, USA, Venezuela and Brazil, in addition to the
Middle East and Central Asia. Activities of Japanese oil and gas exploration companies in
CCOP area in 2010 are described in their homepages.
INPEX Corporation: http://www.inpex.co.jp/english/

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JAPEX: http://www.japex.co.jp/english/
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration: http://www.nex.jx-group.co.jp/english/
Mitsui Oil Exploration (MOECO): http://www.moeco.co.jp/english/
Idemitsu Oil & Gas: http://www.iog-idemitsu.co.jp/
Itochu Oil Exploration (CIECO): http://www.itochuoil.co.jp/e/
Mitsubishi Corporation Exploration: http://www.mcexploration.com/en/

Programme Contact Person:


Manabu Tanahashi, Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment (GREEN), GSJ, AIST
E-mail: tanahashi-m@aist.go.jp

2.2.2 Gas Hydrates


The Agency of Natural Resources and Energy of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry (ANRE/METI) organized MH21 (Research Consortium for Methane Hydrate
Resources in Japan) in 2001 for research and development of natural gas hydrate as
natural gas resources. Activities of MH21 are shown in its homepage:
http://www.mh21japan.gr.jp/english/
The MH21 program moved in to 7-year Phase 2 (FY2009-15) in April 2009. JOGMEC
and AIST are the main components in Phase 2. The main research objective is the R&D
for the gas production in offshore methane hydrate field of Japan.
GSJ/AIST is continuing basic geological and geochemical researches on gas hydrate
deposits. Geophysical and sedimentological characterization of sea-floor hydrate deposits
has been conducted in offshore Joetsu (southern part of Niigata) area with the University
of Tokyo and JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology) since
2004. The University of Tokyo and GSJ/AIST carried out a gas hydrate and sediment
sampling cruise of R/V Marion Dufresne in eastern margin of the Sea of Japan in June
2010. Many Caripso (giant piston) and CASQ (box) cores were sampled in the active gas
hydrate field of Joetsu.
AIST Methane Hydrate Research Center (MHRC, http://unit.aist.go.jp/mhrc/) is a center
of gas hydrate development technological research in Japan. Its main mission is to
develop a safe and efficient method of natural gas production from methane gas hydrate.
ANRE/METI has decided to perform an offshore gas production test from methane gas
hydrate by de-pressurization method at Atsumi No.2 Knoll in Nankai Trough area in late
FY2012 (1st quarter of 2013). The geotechnical site survey drilling by a research vessel
Chikyu of JAMSTEC was successfully carried out in February 2011. In late FY2011
(1st quarter of 2012), Chikyu successfully drilled the upper overburden part of production
test well and several monitoring wells as the first step. The test well will be further drilled
and flow test will be performed for several weeks in late FY2012.

Programme Contact Person:


Manabu Tanahashi, Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment (GREEN), GSJ, AIST
E-mail: tanahashi-m@aist.go.jp

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2.2.3 Geothermal Energy
2.2.3.1 Summary of Geothermal Energy in Japan for 2010-2012
Two geothermal power plants, Onikobe and Takigami, increased their power generation
capacity by 2,500 kW each in 2010. The installed capacity of geothermal power
generation in Japan has reached 540 MWe (Thermal and Nuclear Power Engineering
Society (TENPES), 2012). The total geothermal electricity generated in FYs (from April
to March) 2009 and 2010 were 2,908 and 2,765 GWh, respectively (TENPES, 2012).
Even after the M 9.0 earthquake that hit Tohoku Region (northeastern part of Japan main
land) on 11 March 2011, all of the seven geothermal power plants in the region have
survived and are supplying electricity. The Tohoku Earthquake and consequent shut down
of nuclear power stations have raised the social interest and expectation in renewable
energy including geothermal. New geothermal exploitation activities have already started
in about 15 areas, expecting the enactment of the FIT (feed-in-tariff) system for renewable
energy sources in July 2012. In some areas, installation of small-scale binary cycle plants
using existing high-temperature hot springs is being planned.
The Japanese government has also made some other actions to promote geothermal
developments. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) re-organized and
strengthened subsidies for geothermal surface surveys and drilling. The Ministry of
Environment (MOE) made two important announcements in March 2012, the additional
guideline for permission of geothermal drilling and notification to relax the restriction on
research and development in national parks.

2.2.3.2 Research Activity in GREEN, GSJ/AIST


In 2010, GREEN, in cooperation with other organizations, started two 3-year research
projects funded by MOE, to promote harmonious development between geothermal power
generation and hot springs: (1) Experimental study of the development of an advanced
geothermal reservoir management system for the harmonious development of hot spring
resources, and (2) Development and demonstration of a small-grid power generation
system using hot spring heat sources.

Figure 3. Development of Advanced Geothermal Reservoir Management System

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The goal of project (1) is to develop a geothermal reservoir management system for
development and operation of geothermal power plants without causing damage to
surrounding hot springs. Geothermal system modeling, various kinds of monitoring, and
reservoir simulation will be conducted on two test sites, Hachijo Island and Minami-Izu.
GREEN will investigate effective combinations of modeling, monitoring and simulation
for both geothermal power plants and surrounding hot springs. Project (2) involves testing
a demonstration power plant that uses a Kalina-cycle power generation system with hot
spring water at Matsunoyama Spa, Niigata Prefecture. To optimize this demonstration
plant, GREEN will also model hot spring systems, and study methods for controlling
scaling.
Programme Contact Person:
Keiichi Sakaguchi, Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment (GREEN), GSJ, AIST
E-mail: k-sakaguchi@aist.go.jp

3. GROUNDWATER PROGRAMME
3.1. Summary
The Groundwater Research Group of GSJ/AIST is implementing five research projects; 1)
study of coastal deep groundwater, 2) study of ground-coupled heat-pump systems, 3)
construction of hydro-environment map, 4) technical transfer to Southeast Asian
countries, and 5) basic study for groundwater hydrology. We have organized a
groundwater research project as Phase II in the CCOP Project from FY 2009 to FY 2013.
The project will release a map of hydrogeological information that reflects the latest
scientific data of the Chao-Phraya Plain, Thailand and the Red River Delta, Vietnam.

3.2. Scientific Research Activities for Groundwater


Among the groundwater research projects shown above, the coastal deep groundwater
study is now the most intensive. Movement of groundwater is extremely complicated in
the coastal area, because the interface of saltwater and freshwater and faults can lead the
water to flow upward. This upward groundwater flow should be carefully considered in
studying marine biology and geomorphology, and in understanding the overall water flow
cycle. In our recent study for nuclear waste disposal and carbon capture and storage
(CCS), a large scale water cycle including deeper zone over 1,000 m has been worked out.
The movement of the interface of saltwater and freshwater was observed through a huge
tunnel constructed in the coastal area and a water stability model including deep salt/fresh
groundwater has been made using the results of pF-tests.
Promotion of ground-coupled heat-pump (GCHP) systems, whose effectiveness has been
substantiated in recent studies, is expected to be an effective solution to reduce both urban
heat-island phenomenon in big cities and total CO2 emission, saving energy and
electricity as well. The system utilizes groundwater, which is warmer in winter and cooler
in summer compared to atmospheric temperature, for heating and cooling
houses/buildings. Since subsurface information such as temperature profile, groundwater
condition and its flow rate is important to design more cost-effective systems, we have
attempted to construct detailed numerical models of the groundwater system in major
plains of Japan. A similar study will be carried out in Bangkok, Thailand, in collaboration
with Kasetsart University.

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We also made digital hydro-environmental maps of Japan that provide various
hydrogeological information including water quality, temperature, flow condition, and
water level. Quaternary and Tertiary sedimentary layers throughout the Japanese islands
were analyzed to estimate the total volume of groundwater. The estimated water volume
and flow rate of each reservoir layer of 60 major groundwater basins in Japan will be
published in the new series of the hydro-environmental maps.

3.3. Proposed Future Activities


The CCOP-GSJ/AIST-CGS Groundwater Phase II Meeting was held in Xian, China on 2-
3 September 2010, with twenty-six participants from Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan,
Korea, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, and
the CCOP Technical Secretariat. After the opening ceremony, a session Groundwater
pollution and risk management in the CCOP countries was held by CCOP member
countries. On the second day, Thailand and Vietnam held mapping working group
member presentation entitled "Progress report of hydrological mapping." The meeting
discussed the design of the CCOP Hydrogeological Map, and agreed with the following
two points:
1) The CCOP Hydrogeological Map will contain both basic data (including groundwater
chemical and temperature data) and additional information from each country.
2) The CCOP Hydrogeological Map will be published not only by CD-ROM, but also on
the CCOP website.
The next working group meeting will be held at the 3rd Groundwater Phase II Meeting in
Hanoi, Vietnam, in February 2013. A training course for using groundwater temperature
data will also be held at the meeting.

CCOP/GSJ
Water Environmental Map

Figure 4. CCOP/GSJ Water Environmental Map

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Yohei Uchida, Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment (GREEN), GSJ, AIST
Email: uchida-y@aist.go.jp

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GEO-ENVIRONMENT SECTOR

4. COASTAL ZONE PROGRAMME


4.1. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
4.1.1 Coastal Environment of Okinawa Islands, Japan
The objective of the study of the coastal environment of Okinawa islands by GSJ is to
better understand the relationship between biogeochemical cycles and climate change at
regional and global scales. The project consists of analysis of geochemical parameters
including elemental and stable isotopic composition of carbonates, as well as investigation
of biogeochemical processes and paleo-environment.
Corals offer rich archives of past climatic variability in tropical and subtropical regions,
where instrumental records are limited. We analyzed a 165-year 18O coral record from
Ishigaki Island, southwestern Japan, and compared our results with observed sea surface
temperatures as well as the East Asian winter monsoon and El Nio Southern Oscillation.
Coral skeletal 18O fluctuations have been consistent with other available SST information
since the 1890s. The coral 18O record from Ishigaki Island clearly indicates a decreasing
trend of about 0.2, probably corresponding to seasurface temperature increase in the
area.
The coral 18O data indicated an abrupt shift toward cooler conditions during 19001905,
consistent with the extremely cold winter air temperatures observed in Japan in 1902. The
cold event was also supported by coral Sr/Ca data, which are another established coral
proxy for sea surface temperature. Development of the Siberian High may have intensified
the East Asian winter monsoon at this time, in association with active heat convection in
the tropics and weak westerlies. This cooling may also have been related to the surface
ocean freshening in the Ogasawara Islands in the early 20th century. Thus, several
phenomena were uniquely coupled during the first few years of the 20th century in the
northwestern subtropical Pacific. For further understanding, dual proxy approach with
more coral Sr/Ca data for independent reconstruction of seasurface temperature and
salinity variation is needed. That approach may allow us to test if the cold event found in
this study was a part of repeated regime shifts in seasurface temperature and salinity that
occurred in the region.

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Atsushi Suzuki, Institute of Geology and Geoinformation (IGG), GSJ, AIST
E-mail: a.suzuki@aist.go.jp

4.1.2 Delta collaborative research in Asia and recent publications


Collaborative research on deltas and coastal geology in East and Southeast Asia have been
carried out continuously from previous years with counterparts of these countries; China,
Vietnam and Cambodia.
Two Chinese researchers from Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology (QIMG), CGS were
invited to GSJ/AIST for collaborative research on sedimentation and geology of the
Yellow Sea for two weeks in February 2012, supported by the AIST fellowship program
and Mega-delta program of the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of Japan. The results of
joint studies on paleo-environments in the Yellow Sea between GSJ/AIST and

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QIMG/CGS were submitted to Marine Geology and Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.
Other collaborative research with China on the coastal environmental changes of the
Yangtze delta was published by Wang et al. (2012, Quaternary Science Reviews, 35, 51
62).
Joint field surveys on beach ridges and tidal beaches of the Mekong River delta were
conducted with HCMC Institute of Resources Geography, VAST in October-November
2011 and February 2012 for understanding the late Holocene evolution and coastal
erosion of the Mekong River delta, supported by the Mega-delta program of the MOE.
The results of collaborative research on the Mekong River delta since 2010 were
published from Tamura et al. (2012, Geology, 40, 303306), Hanebuth et al. (2012,
Sedimentary Geology, 261262, 108119), and Tamura et al. (2012, Marine Geology, on-
line). The result of collaborative research on the evolution of the upper Mekong River
delta, Cambodia, with GDMR was published in Li et al. (2012, Quaternary Research, 78,
386399).
The paleo-environmetal study of the Red River delta, Vietnam was also conducted jointly
and was published by Tanaka et al. (2011, Marine Micropaleontology 81, 7787) and
Funabiki et al. (2012, The Holocene, 22, 637648).

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Yoshiki Saito, Institute of Geology and Geoinformation (IGG), GSJ, AIST
E-mail: yoshiki.saito@aist.go.jp

5. GEO-HAZARDS PROGRAMME
5.1. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
5.1.1 Urgent Research Related to the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake
The magnitude (M) 9.0 Tohoku earthquake, which occurred near the northeastern coast of
Honshu, the main island of Japan, at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on March 11, 2011, resulted
from thrust faulting on shallow parts of the plate boundary of the subduction zone. The M
of 9.0 is the largest value ever recorded in Japan. The damage report as of July 31, 2012
from the Cabinet Office, Government of Japan states that 15,876 people were killed, 2,903
are missing, 6,109 were injured, at least 300,000 houses, 4,200 roads, 116 bridges, and 29
railways were destroyed or damaged by the earthquake and/or subsequent tsunami along
the entire eastern coast of Honshu, as well as the Fukushima nuclear power plants. The
majority of casualties and damage occurred from the tsunami with a maximum run-up
height of about 40 m at Miyako City. Many aftershocks and induced inland large
earthquakes have still been occurring, sometimes causing damage.
GSJ/AIST has urgently made plans for research surveys from geological viewpoints to
understand the disasters and to evaluate future risks of tsunamis, inland earthquakes, soil
liquefaction, soil contamination, and ground water pollution. The plans and/or preliminary
results are described in the following sections.

5.1.1.1 Study for Evaluating Tsunami Risk


The tsunami survey of the 2011 earthquake showed that tsunami inundation can actually
reach 1-2 km further than the landward limit of the distribution of past(?) tsunami deposits.
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to focus on the distribution of the past tsunami sand layer, but also to evaluate the scale of
tsunami inundation, applying methods such as chemical component analysis combining
with tsunami simulations. This instruction should be immediately applied to other coastal
areas facing subduction zones such as the Nankai Trough, which have potential to cause
giant tsunamis in the near future. GSJ/AIST therefore conducts field surveys in Shimokita
Peninsula, Boso Peninsula, the Suruga Bay area, the Enshu-nada coast and Shionomisaki
Cape. It should be specially mentioned that, in the Shionomisaki Cape, we identified
tsunami boulders which are thought could be moved at only at the time of a giant
earthquake such as the 1707 Hoei earthquake (M 8.6). This new evidence for a past
tsunami would be a key to evaluate the actual magnitude of a tsunami in the worst case.

Figure 5. Survey areas for paleotsunami


study conducted after the 2011
earthquake (right figure) and photo of
tsunami boulders identified in
Shionomisaki Cape (left photo).

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Masanobu Shishikura, Active Fault and Earthquake Research Center (AFERC), GSJ,
AIST, E-mail: m.shishikura@aist.go.jp

5.1.1.2 Study for Evaluating Inland Earthquakes Risk


The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake has largely increased seismicity not only in the focal region,
but also in inland areas of eastern Japan distant from the main shock focal region. Among
these distant induced earthquakes, the seriously-damaging M 7.0 normal fault earthquake
in the Iwaki region occurred a month after the main shock along the two C-class (less
active) active faults (Figure 6). GSJ, thus, planed urgent surveys to understand and to
evaluate risks of induced inland earthquakes: The paleo-seismological, geophysical
exploration and crustal stress studies have been carried out on these faults to study why
the peculiar large normal fault event occurred in the Tohoku area, which is considered to
be under a reverse fault stress regime. Seismic reflection and borehole drilling surveys are
also planned on the Fukaya and the Ayasegawa reverse fault zones in the Kanto region to
clarify flexure structures due to paleo-earthquake fault motions for evaluations of hazard
due to the flexure by a future earthquake. We also plan to make databases of DEM and
geological formation displacements around eastern Japan for the estimation of
underground fault structures.

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Figure 6. Induced seismicity in inland area of Figure 7. Summary of GSJ urgent survey
eastern Japan. Seismic activities especially in plans after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.
solid ellipsoidal regions have become high.

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Yasuto Kuwahara, Active Fault and Earthquake Research Center (AFERC), GSJ,
AIST
E-mail: y-kuwahra@aist.go.jp

5.1.1.3 Study on Soil Liquefaction Risk


The 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake caused soil liquefaction in many
areas, even in Kanto District. Soil liquefaction occurs under specific ground conditions of
fine-grain sand layers loosely formed, shallow groundwater level and geological structure
causing strong ground motion. This research project focuses on a downstream area of the
Tone River as a target area, and investigates the above factors there, applying various
geophysical investigation methods: electrical resistivity and seismic reflection techniques,
in situ cone penetration test, drilling and trench excavation surveys. In addition, by using
old topographical maps of the whole of Japan, micro-topography analysis has been
conducted to estimate the rough potential of liquefaction on a large scale.
The final goals of our project are 1) developing a system to show liquefaction risk on a
large scale instantly after the occurrence of a certain earthquake, 2) making a detailed
liquefaction potential map based on the investigation in the downstream area of the Tone
River, and 3) developing more effective ground investigation techniques to realize a
detailed estimation of liquefaction risk. The most important thing is informing local
governments and the public about these outputs and promoting their practical use.

Programme Contact Person:


Yuji Mitsuhata, Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment (GREEN), GSJ, AIST
E-mail: y.mitsuhata@aist.go.jp

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5.1.1.4 Study on Soil Contamination Risk
Soil contamination caused by natural and man-made materials is a great concern at coastal
areas of eastern Japan in the cases of huge tsunami events. A large quantity of tsunami
deposits and sediments has been found in land and agricultural fields. Those contain saline
and hazardous materials as well as natural sandy and muddy components that originated
from marine sediments. Particularly, toxic elements of arsenic and lead components in
tsunami deposits have the possibility of health and ecological risks. Thus we have
surveyed tsunami-flooded areas along the eastern coast of Honshu Island, from Aomori to
Chiba prefectures, to identify various kinds of geological and geochemical evidence of
huge tsunami attacks. To clarify the origin of tsunami sediments and the correlation
between coastal and terrestrial sediments, we have investigated the transport of sediments
and the behaviour of heavy metals in material circulation. The interaction between
terrestrial and coastal sediments has been investigated by geological survey applying a
coupled methodology. As a result, it was found that tsunami sediments have a layering
structure similar to turbidite deposits formed by several hits in a short period. The effected
lands are covered by almost sandy sediments with some layers of silt or clay minerals,
which have relatively higher content of organic substances and sulphate. In addition, soils
and sediments that originated from tsunami contain relatively higher concentrations of
arsenic and lead elements, compared with natural background. This suggests that the
deposits were transported from marine muddy sediments with anaerobic environment, and
that the soil characteristics may gradually change in time due to microbiological activity.
The risk assessment has also showed that the risk level of arsenic and lead in the deposits
is not so high compared with industrial soil contamination. Based on the geochemical
survey, a risk map of soil contamination will be developed for various hazardous
materials.

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Takeshi Komai, Institute of Geo-resources and Environment (GREEN), GSJ, AIST
E-mail: takeshi-komai@aist.go.jp

5.1.1.5 Study on Groundwater Contamination Risk


Groundwater flow simulation has been carried out in Fukushima for investigating the
potential migration of polluted water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
after its accident caused by the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.
Detailed 3D hydro-geological models were constructed for the whole Fukushima
Prefecture to examine inward/outward groundwater flows into/from the area surrounding
the nuclear power plant. The model utilizes the AISTs database on geologic basement
depths (Koshigai et al., submitted) to set the depth of each geological layer. A constant
recharge rate was assumed based on the dataset of submarine groundwater discharge in
the Japan islands (Ito and Marui, 2010). Directions of the simulated groundwater flow are
shown in Figure 8. Outward groundwater flows are dominantly toward the west and south
rather than to the north along the circle of 30 km radius of the nuclear power plant. This
result indicates a future possibility that shallow groundwater can be contaminated in areas
in the south and west of the plant, if polluted particles are emitted in the zone within 30
km radius.

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Figure 8. Groundwater flow simulation around Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Atsunao Marui, Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment (GREEN), GSJ, AIST
E-mail: marui.01@aist.go.jp

5.1.2 Other Earthquake Related Studies


5.1.2.1 Studies of Active Faults
Eight onshore active faults: Mahirusanchi-toen, Ochigata, Yanagase-Sekigahara (Figure
9), Yamada, Tonamiheiya, Nishiyama, Sami and Shirakawa fault zones, and eight
offshore active faults: Futagawa-Hinagu (Figure 10), Fukuiheiya-toen, Kuromatsunai,
Kurehayama, Hakodateheiya-seien, Aomoriwan-seigan, Urazoko-Yanagaseyama and
Gomura fault zones, were surveyed by GSJ to determine their distributions and past
activities with the financial support of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science
and Technology (MEXT). The results of these studies will contribute to the long-term
evaluation by the Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion of the Japanese
Government.

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Figure 9. Trenching study at the Yanagase-Sekigahara fault zone in Shiga Prefecture

Figure 10. High-resolution seismic profile of Futagawa-Hinagu fault zone, SW Japan

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Toshikazu Yoshioka, Active Fault and Earthquake Research Center (AFERC), GSJ, AIST
E-mail: yoshioka-t@aist.go.jp

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5.1.2.2 Studies on Seismogenic Processes
GSJ has been implementing a research project to develop a physically-based method for
long-term forecasts of inland active-fault earthquakes. The main study area is the
Itoigawa-Shizuoka tectonic line (ISTL) about 150 km long, in central Japan. We have first
elucidated a non-uniform stress field along ISTL in terms of a stress tensor inversion with
abundant focal mechanism solutions of ultra-micro earthquakes. Secondly, we have been
developing a rheological model of the subsurface structure around the entire Japan islands
for simulating crustal stress and deformation field around some regions including the
ISTL area. We are further developing a prototype model of inland crustal stress
accumulations on the Japanese islands resulting from interactions of the inland plate with
surrounding oceanic Pacific and Philippine Sea plates (Figure 11). The combination of the
rheological and the stress accumulation models and stress state observations will serve as
the initial step toward physically-based long-term forecasts of large inland earthquakes.

Figure 11. Stress state simulated using plate


interactions model, such as subduction of the Pacific
and the Philippine Sea plates with irregular shapes
and collision of the Izu Peninsula on the Philippine
Sea plate. A hypothesis of westward propagation of
the Japan Trench is also accounted in the simulation.

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Yasuto Kuwahara, Active Fault and Earthquake Research Center (AFERC), GSJ,
AIST, E-mail: y-kuwahra@aist.go.jp

5.1.2.3 Precise Monitoring System for the Tokai, Tonankai and Nankai Earthquakes
GSJ/AIST has constructed fourteen observatories in and around expected focal zones of
the Nankai and Tonankai earthquakes, monitoring groundwater and borehole strain from
2006 to 2010. Observation wells of 30, 200 and 600 m deep are constructed at each
observatory. Groundwater level and groundwater temperature are measured in each well,
and a multi-component borehole strainmeter and a borehole tiltmeter are installed at the
bottom of either the 600 m-deep well or the 200-m deep well. The purposes of this
observation array are (i) to detect groundwater and strain anomalies associated with the
possible preseismic, co- and afterseismic crustal deformation, and (ii) to precisely map
short-term slow slip events (SSEs), whose activity is expected to change before the
Nankai and Tonankai earthquakes.
GSJ/AIST and the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention
(NIED) started to exchange AISTs borehole strainmeter data and the NIEDs Hi-net
tiltmeter data on a real-time basis in 2011. The mapping accuracy of the fault model of the
SSEs in and around the expected focal zones of the Tonankai and Tokai earthquakes has

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been improved by analyzing both AIST strainmeter and the NIED Hi-net tiltmeter data
(Figure 12).

Figure 12. Improvement of


fault model of SSE. Fault model
of SSE by using AIST
strainmeter and tilt data (top
left), fault model by using the
Hi-net tiltmeter data (top right),
and fault model by using both
AIST strainmeter/tiltmeter and
Hi-net tiltmeter data (bottom)

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Norio Matsumoto, Active Fault and Earthquake Research Center (AFERC), GSJ,
AIST, E-mail: n.matsumoto@aist.go.jp

5.1.2.4 International Collaborative Surveys on Active Faults and Paleoseismicity


GSJ/AIST conducted international collaborative surveys on active faults and
paleoseismicity in Indonesia with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and in
Turkey with the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA). We
carried out a series of hand-boring arrays and a trench excavation at the Lembang fault in
the suburbs of Bandung, Java Island, Indonesia to contribute the evaluation of earthquake
potential of the active fault. This survey was supported by the Science and Technology
Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) program of Japanese
Government, and we evaluated the long-term slip rate and revealed possible three faulting
events since 13 ka from the fault. In Turkey, we also excavated trenches across the 1939
Erzincan earthquake segment of the North Anatolian fault system to study the faulting
behavior through historical earthquake cycles. Evidence of several paleoearthquakes
including historical events in the 16th and 17th centuries were found by the excavation.

Programme Contact Person:


Yasuo Awata, Active Fault and Earthquake Research Center (AFERC), GSJ, AIST
E-mail: awata-y@aist.go.jp

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5.1.3 Volcanic Hazards
The GSJ/AIST is studying volcanic and magmatic activities from a multi-disciplinary
viewpoint. Eruptive histories of active volcanoes were studied with radiometric dating
techniques and geological mapping.
Quadrangle geological maps (scale 1:50,000) of Haruna Volcano, Atami including
the southern part of Hakone Volcano, and Toga and Funakawa including Ichinomegata
Volcano have been published.
Kirishima-Shinmoedake, Kyushu Island, SW Japan, erupted in the end of January 2011.
The GSJ/AIST surveyed the distribution of volcanic ash estimating the erupted volume,
analyzed eruptive ash, and observed volcanic gas chemistry (Figure 13).
http://www.gsj.jp/kazan/kirishima2011/

Figure 13. The 2011 Eruption of Kirishima-Shinmoedake. Photo by S. Takarada (GSJ, AIST)

The data base on Japanese active volcanoes, and Quaternary active volcanoes in Japan
have been revised.
http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/db099/index-e.html
http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/

Image database for volcanoes was revised to add new data on eruptions.
http://igg01.gsj.jp/vsidb/image/index-E.html

GEO Grid volcanic gravity flow simulation system was released to public (Figure 14).
http://volcano.geogrid.org/applications/EnergyCone/

Joining the JST-JICA project, Multi-disciplinary Hazard reduction from earthquakes and
volcanoes in Indonesia during the period of 2009-2011, GSJ/AIST conducted a
cooperative study to geologically evaluate the frequency and process of caldera-forming
eruptions with the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, Indonesia.
The GSJ/AIST performed geological survey on historical eruptive products from
Klyuchevskoy Volcano in Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia with Institute of Volcanology and
Seismology, Russian Academy of Sciences and Hokkaido University.

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Figure14. Example of Kirishima Volcano by GEO Grid volcanic gravity flow simulation system.

Figure 15. 1983 lava flow from Klyuchevskoy Volcano. Photo taken in September 2011.

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Akira Takada, Institute of Geology and Geoinformation (IGG), GSJ, AIST
E-mail: a-takada@aist.go.jp

5.1.4 Asia-Pacific Region Global Earthquake and Volcanic Eruption Risk


Management (G-EVER)
The first workshop of the Asia-Pacific Region Global Earthquake and Volcanic Eruption
Risk Management (G-EVER1) was held in Tsukuba City, Japan, from February 22 to 24,
2012, focusing on the formulation of strategies to reduce risks of worldwide disasters
caused by earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. The workshop was attended by
152 participants from 12 countries and regions representing 56 national and international
institutes. The participants were encouraged by successful risk mitigation activities and

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progress of local and global risk reduction efforts in their countries and international
groups. Collaboration between geohazard institutes and organizations in the Asia-Pacific
region is expected to advance the science of natural hazards and contribute to reducing
casualties and property losses caused by natural disasters.
The G-EVER1 Accord was approved during the workshop. It consists of 10
recommendations including enhancing collaboration, sharing of resources, and making the
information about the risks of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions freely accessible and
understandable.
The G-EVER Hub website has been established to promote the exchange of information
and knowledge among the Asia-Pacific countries. Several G-EVER working groups and
task forces, such as (1) large-scale earthquake risk assessment, (2) large-scale volcanic
eruption risk assessment, (3) next-generation real-time volcano hazard assessment, and (4)
earthquake and volcano hazard mapping in the Asia-Pacific region, have been proposed.
Establishing data interchange standards and standardized analytical methods for
geohazard risk management is also an important target to promote data sharing and
comparative analyses in the world.
G-EVER workshop is planned to be held every 2 years in the Asia-Pacific countries in
conjunction with major regional events such as AOGS, WPGM and AGU meetings.

Figure 16. Participants of G-EVER1 Workshop at AIST Tsukuba Central, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

G-EVER Hubsite: http://g-ever.org


G-EVER 1 Accord: http://g-ever.org/en/accord/

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Shinji Takarada, Institute of Geology and Geoinformation (IGG), GSJ, AIST
E-mail: s-takarada@aist.go.jp

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6. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY PROGRAMME
6.1. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
6.1.1 Nuclear Waste Disposal
High-level radioactive waste disposal is the concern of various public and private
institutions whose websites are listed below (under related websites). GSJ/AIST
primarily supports the establishment of safety regulation through geoscientific research by
the Research Core for Deep Geological Environments (DGCore/GSJ/AIST), which has
two issues as requirements for the national regulation; studies for reviewing the validity of
preliminary and detailed survey results and studies for the safety assessment at licensing.
In the former studies, concrete safety indicators for judgment will be devised to evaluate
whether the preliminary and detailed survey results by the implementer meet the safety
requirements stated in the Designated Radioactive Waste Final Disposal Act, while in the
latter the basic concepts for the technical judgment at the license application such as
general requirements for safe design and basics on safety assessment will be compiled and
safety indicators for judgment will be devised based on these basic concepts.
Other related research, by the Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment
(GREEN/GSJ/AIST), are the investigations of groundwater behavior along the saltwater-
fresh water interface and developing high-resolution geophysical imaging techniques.

Related websites:
NISA http://www.nisa.meti.go.jp/english/
JAEA http://www.jaea.go.jp/english/
JNES http://www.jnes.go.jp/english/
ANRE http://www.enecho.meti.go.jp/english/
NUMO http://www.numo.or.jp/en/
CRIEPI http://criepi.denken.or.jp/en/
RWMC http://www.rwmc.or.jp/english/

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Yoshio Watanabe, Research Core for Deep Geological Environments, GSJ, AIST
E-mail: yoshio.watanabe@aist.go.jp

6.1.2 Soil Contamination


The Ministry of the Environment enacted the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law
in 2002 to protect the human health from soil and groundwater contamination, which was
later amended in 2010. The law also urges the Japanese Government to establish a
national fund programme for the remediation of contaminated land when the cause of
pollution is not clear and local governments cannot identify the party who is responsible
for the remediation. GSJ/AIST, together with many private companies (geological
consulting, mining, civil engineering, etc.), have been involved in these problems and
conducted research and development. Since the enactment of this law, more than several
hundred cases of soil contamination have been discovered every year. Most of them
require geological survey and corrective actions. Therefore, we have concentrated on
more practical and urgent countermeasures especially for industrial environmental
management. To ensure the smooth implementation of the surveys and countermeasures,
GSJ/AIST has started a geochemical mapping project of toxic heavy metals in selected
regions in Japan. The Geochemical and Risk Assessment Map of Subsurface Soils of

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Miyagi, Tottori and Toyama Prefectures were published in fiscal years of 2007, 2008 and
2011, respectively. The geo-informatics project compiled many data and GIS maps that
are needed for environmental risk assessment, land utilization for industries, and as an
intellectual foundation. GSJ/AIST intends these maps to be used as reference data for
local governments and various fields of private industry and individuals concerned with
land use. An interdisciplinary program among five research units in AIST was being
implemented from 2002 to develop site assessment models and remediation technologies
of soil contamination. We have developed a site-specific risk assessment system, which is
available for site assessment of contaminated land. The more detailed simulation system
was published and disclosed in 2009, and was modified for integrated purpose. The
computer software, Geo-environment Risk Assessment System (GERAS), has been
distributed to more than one thousand companies and institutions, as well as overseas
institutes. Remediation technologies for cleaning up the sites polluted by heavy metals and
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) have been developed with emphasis on utilization
of natural energy and sources, such as solar energy and microbes. A research project
focused on monitoring and assessment of radioactive pollution due to the Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear plant accident has been launched. Soil contamination caused by the
Tsunami disaster on 11th of March, 2011 has also become a target of the survey. The
results related to soil contamination risk induced by the Tsunami Disaster are summarized
and reported in Section 5.1.1.4 above.
http://unit.aist.go.jp/georesenv/georisk/georisk/index-e.html

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Takeshi Komai, Institute of Geo-resources and Environment (GREEN), GSJ, AIST
E-mail: takeshi-komai@aist.go.jp

6.1.3 CO2 Storage (CCS)


To provide technical support for the practical use of CO2 geological storage, we have
launched a joint research project on safety evaluation with national research institutes
under the U.S. Department of Energy in 2010. The project includes two subjects, the
development of cost-effective geophysical monitoring tools and the development of fault
modeling techniques including geomechanical processes.
The former subject involves LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and aims to
develop cost-effective and multilateral geophysical monitoring tools that can be used to
complement seismic surveys. We had summarized a joint work plan to conduct several
survey techniques including gravity, self-potential, and natural micro-earthquakes
measurements at the CO2 injection site in the United States. The latter subject involves
LBNL (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and aims to develop modeling
techniques to incorporate geological deformation and geomechanical processes into a
numerical simulation model for predicting long-term CO2 behavior and the risk
assessment. In this subject a natural-analogue technique is applied to construct the model
with faults.
There are many small-medium CO2 emission sources such as industrial disposals in Japan.
A feasibility study to store a small amount of CO2 in a shallower reservoir was conducted.
100,000 tons of CO2 can be annually stored if the permeability and porosity of storage and
cap rock formations are suitable. In addition, we have promoted technology exchanges
and the dissemination of our research and development results. The 3rd and 4th joint

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workshops on the CO2 geological storage with the Korea Institute of Geosciences and
Mineral Resources (KIGAM) were held at AIST (Tsukuba) in Dec. 2010 and at KIGAM
(Daejeon) in Dec. 2011, respectively.
In 2011, we have promoted the above-mentioned collaborative research work with the US
national research institutes. We also investigated the possibility of induced seismicity
from CO2 injection and the effect of strong motion on reservoir integrity based on
research data from the Tomakomai site, Hokkaido, the candidate site for a large-scale
demonstration project of CO2 geological storage. Our results were used to evaluate total
reservoir assessments and project planning at the site, contributing to the advancement of
the project.

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Shinsuke Nakao, Institute of Geo-resources and Environment (GREEN), GSJ, AIST
Email: sh-nakao@aist.go.jp

6.2. Activities of Other Institutes, Universities and Organizations


6.2.1 Kanazawa University
Kanazawa University concentrated its activities in the CCOP region from the second half
of 2010 to the first half of 2012 mainly in Cambodia as follows:
Two research programmes "ERDAC (Environment Research Development in Angkor
Region, Cambodia)" in cooperation with the Authority for Protection and Management of
Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap (APSARA Authority), Cambodia since 2006 and
"EMSB (Evaluation of Mechanisms Sustaining the Biodiversity in Lake Tonle Sap,
Cambodia)" since 2003 with Department of Geology, General Department of Mineral
Resources (GDMR) and the APSARA Authority have been implemented during the
period.
The ERDAC programme, in which nine Japanese universities and institutions have been
participating, aims first to evaluate the present state of environment, namely atmosphere,
forests, ground- and surface-water and aqueous organisms in and around the area of the
Angkor World Heritage, and secondly to realise pollution-free harmonised environment
among nature, cultural heritage and people in the area on the basis of the results of above-
stated evaluations.
As the phase I of the ERDAC programme was completed in March 2009, the phase 2, in
which the programme includes social and human sciences to grasp changes of life-styles
and mentality of the local people living in the Angkor area corresponding to the present
environmental situation, has started in 2010.
As a part of the activities of the programme, the university has sent eight undergraduate
students to the APSARA Authority as interns in every year since 2010 (Figure 17). The
international symposium Local Societies and Inhabitants in the Angkor World Heritage
in Relation to Recent Environmental Changes of Cambodia was held in Kanazawa in
January 2012 with the supports of UNESCO/Phnom Penh Office, the APSARA Authority,
and Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology of Kanazawa University (Figure
18).

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On the other hand, regarding the EMSB programme, several regular activities, in which
13 Japanese universities and institutions have been participating, have been carried out
since 2003 such as transverse water quality measurements, bottom sediment samplings,
continuous meteorological observation, plant ecological investigation in the floodplain
area, and invertebrate zoological and ichthyological studies in and around Lake Tonle
Sap.
An additional activity of Kanazawa University in Cambodia includes academic support to
a newly-established department of geoscience in the Institute of Technology of Cambodia
(ITC) in 2011.
The university concluded the Agreements for Cooperation and Exchange with CCOP in
March 2011 for sustainable and creative development, and capacity buildings in the
CCOP region.

Programme Contact Person:


Professor Shinji Tsukawaki, Division of Eco-Technology, Institute of Nature and
Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
Email: shinji@se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
Web: http://mekong.ge.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Figure 17. A group photograph of the 3rd Kanazawa University Internship Programme in the
APSARA National Authority of Cambodia held in August 2012.

Figure 18. A snapshot of the International Symposium Local Societies and Inhabitants in the
Angkor World Heritage in Relation to Recent Environmental Changes of Cambodia held in
Kanazawa University in January 2012.

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GEO-INFORMATION SECTOR

7. GEO-DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME


7.1. Activity Report of the Geological Survey of Japan
7.1.1 Publication
7.1.1.1 Maps
During the period of this report (July 2010 June 2012), GSJ published 10 sheet maps, 10
CD-ROMs and 1 DVD-ROM. The coverage over the land reaches approximately 74% at a
scale of 1:50,000 and 1:75,000, and 100% at a scale of 1:200,000. Print-on-demand and
library copy services of geological maps are continued.
1:50,000 Geological Map (5)
1:200,000 Geological Map (1)
1:50,000 Total Intensity Aeromagnetic Anomaly Map (1)
1:100,000 Gravity Map (1)
1:3,000,000 Mineral Resources Map of Central Asia (1)
1:5,000,000 Geological Map of Asia (1)
Marine Sedimentological Map (6 CD-ROMs)
Digital Geological Maps of Japan 1:200,000, North Hokkaido, 2nd Edition (CD-
ROM)
Digital Geological Maps of Japan 1:200,000, South Hokkaido, 2nd Edition (CD-
ROM)
Integrated Geophysical Maps of Usu Volcano (CD-ROM)
Geochemical and risk assessment map of subsurface soils of Toyama Prefecture
(CD-ROM)
Seamless geoinformation of coastal zone coastal zone around Niigata (DVD-ROM)
(http://www.gsj.jp/Map/index_e.html)

7.1.1.2 Others
During the period, GSJ published 19 geoscientific reports. The Chishitsu News, monthly
magazine with almost 60-year history to enhance geoscientific knowledge among the
public, was discontinued in March 2011, and was reformed and renamed as the GSJ
Chishitsu News from January 2012.
New geoscientific reports:
Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan (Vol.61, No.7/8 - Vol.62, No.11/12) (9)
Annual Report on Active Fault and Paleoearthquake Researches (No.10-11 ) (2)
GSJ Interim Report (No.51-58) (8)

Program Contact Person:


Shun Nakano, Geoinformation Center, GSJ, AIST
E-mail: nakano.shun@aist.go.jp

7.1.2 Databases
Major GSJs online databases are a part of the AIST Research Information Databases
(RIO-DB), which are accessible through the internet at
http://riodb.ibase.aist.go.jp/riohomee.html.

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The construction of geoscientific databases has steadily progressed. The followings are
the major databases provided by the GSJ.
Geological Literature Search
http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/DB011/indexE.html
Geological Literature Search System (GEOLIS) and World Geological Map Search
System (G-MAPI) has been merged into Geological Literature Search (Integrate
GEOLIS).
Geochemical map of Japan
http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/geochemmap/index_e.htm
Petrophysical Data Base of Basement Rocks
http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/pb-rock21/index_E.html
Seamless Digital Geological Map of Japan (1:200,000)
http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/db084/index_e.html
Groundwater, Strain and Seismograph Presentation System (Well Web)
http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/gxwell/GSJ_E/
Geological Metadata Clearinghouse
http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/GeoMetaData/MetaAsia/
Active Fault Database in Japan
http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/activefault/index_e.html
Geological Hazard Mapping of East and Southeast Asia
http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/geohazard/indexe.htm
Database of Underground Structure and Borehole Log in the Kanto Plain (Japanese)
http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/boringdb/
Gravity Database (GALILEO)
http://riodb.ibase.aist.go.jp/gravdb/index_En.php

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Satoshi Tsuchida, Geoinformation Center, GSJ, AIST
E-mail: s.tsuchida@aist.go.jp

7.1.3 Metadata and Standards


GSJ has been working as one of the node server-operating organizations for the Japanese
Government's Geographic Information Clearinghouse and providing the metadata of GSJ's
maps. 1600 records in Japan Metadata Profile (JMP) ver. 2.0 formats have been registered
in GSJ's database as of March 2012. GSJ also provided the metadata of the maps of Japan
and CCOP region at the RIO-DB website. 2709 Japanese records and 5032 CCOP records
have been recorded in the RIO-DB version database as of March 2012.

Programme Contact Person:


Yoshiaki Sugawara, Geoinformation Center, GSJ, AIST
E-mail: sugawara-yoshiaki@aist.go.jp

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7.1.4 GEO Grid
GEO Grid (Global Earth Observation Grid) is a grid technology system to securely and
rapidly provide large archives of earth observation satellite data, geoscientific information,
and integrated services with various observation databases and GIS data in an easy-to-use
form. GSJ is promoting GEO Grid as a collaborating research project with two other
research units of AIST: Information Technology Res. Inst. (ITRI) and Inst. for
Environmental Management Technology (EMTech).
http://www.geogrid.org/en/

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Satoshi Tsuchida, Geoinformation Center, GSJ, AIST
E-mail: s.tsuchida@aist.go.jp

7.1.5 OneGeology
The OneGeology project is an international initiative of the geology surveys of the world
which aims to create a dynamic geological map data of the world that is web-accessible.
GSJ has been actively participating in the project. It provides the leadership and technical
expertise in the implementation of the OneGeology project in the East and Southeast
Asian region. GSJ also conducts workshops on how to setup the web mapping service
(WMS) in the region. The GEO Grid server is presently hosting the WMS of the 1:1
million geological maps of Japan and the following Southeast Asian countries:
Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia
GEO Grid server is also hosting the 1:2 million geological map covering East Asia. It is
also currently preparing the geological maps of Mongolia, Vietnam and Papua New
Guinea for inclusion to the OneGeology portal. Under the GEO Grid system, the servers
responses to WMS requests are now very fast. The servers are also capable of handling a
high volume of requests.
http://www.onegeology.org

Figure 19. ASEAN WMS Workshop in Japan Figure 20. OneGeology Map of Japan

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Eikichi Tsukuda, Director-General of GSJ; Vice President, AIST
E-mail: e-tsukuda@aist.go.jp

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8. OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
8.1. Geopark (Japan Geopark Committee)
Geological Survey of Japan promotes the activity of Geoparks in Japan as the secretariat
of the Japan Geopark Committee (JGC). The JGC was established in May 2008. JGC
authorizes national Geopark (Japan Geopark) and also recommends appropriate areas for
registration in the Global Geopark Network (GGN) through the evaluation of application
dossier and on-site evaluation. Five geoparks, Tohya-Usu, Itoigawa, Sanin Kaigan,
Muroto, and Unzen Geoparks, are members of the GGN and Oki Geopark is now under
the evaluating process by GGN. As of August 2012, twenty national geoparks including
above mentioned five global geoparks have been authorized by JGC. They cooperate with
each other under the umbrella of Japanese Geoparks Network (JGN).
Homepages:
Japan Geopark Committee: http://www.gsj.jp/jgc/indexJ.html (Japanese only)
Japan Geopark Network: http://www.geopark.jp/

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Mahito Watanabe, Geological Museum, GSJ, AIST
E-mail: mht.watanabe@aist.go.jp

8.2. Geo-Network Tsukuba


Geo-Network TSUKUBA, established by Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ) and
Tsukuba City in 2009 and funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
(until March 2012), is a new-style multiagency network to promote outreach activities
concerning geo-environmental science in the areas around Mt. Tsukuba. The Geological
Museum of GSJ serves as the executive office.
The network consists of 19 affiliates: 2 city governments (Tsukuba and Sakuragawa), 2
educational institutions (the University of Tsukuba and Takezono High School), 8
research organizations (Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), National Institution for
Environmental Studies (NIES), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
(NARO), Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS),
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), National Research Institute for
Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED), Tsukuba Botanical Garden (National
Museum of Nature and Science) and GSJ, AIST), one science museum (Tsukuba Expo
Center), 4 companies (Radio Tsukuba, OYO Corporation, Simpleway Corporation and
Ritzn) and 2 private organizations (Tsukuba-CU and Tsukuba Interdisciplinary
Environmental Education Seminar (TIEES)).
Under the common scheme of Geo-Environment, the members exchange and share
useful knowledge to promote their outreach activities. The network itself also provides
the citizens many educational opportunities such as science-cafes, field excursions and
presentations to enhance public interest in geo-environment, and these activities have
successfully improved geo-environmental educational level among the citizens. The
network is expected to contribute to the citizens in constructing sustainable society in the
area.
Program Contact Person:
Dr. Tatsuya Sumita, Geological Museum, GSJ, AIST
E-mail: t.sumita@aist.go.jp

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

48th CCOP Annual Session


4-8 November 2012
Langkawi, Malaysia

Member Country Report

KOREA

Submitted by

The Delegation of Korea

(For Agenda Item 3)

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)
CCOP Building, 75/10 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 2644 5468, Fax: +66 (0) 2644 5429, E-mail: ccopts@ccop.or.th, Website: www.ccop.or.th

ANNUAL MEMBER COUNTRY REPORT

Country: KOREA Period: 1 July 2011 30 June 2012

GEO-RESOURCES SECTOR

1. MINERAL PROGRAMME
1.1. Summary
National programmes of geological survey and mineral exploration in Korea were
carried out by the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) and the
Korea Resources Corporation (KORES). KIGAMs domestic mineral exploration project was
focused on the potential evaluation of domestic mineral resources in REE, W, and Li deposits
or in anomalous areas. KIGAMs overseas joint mineral exploration and evaluation
programmes were targeting on three continental regions of Asia (Uzbekistan, Mongolia and
Vietnam), South America (Colombia), and Africa (DR Congo and Ethiopia). KORES is
running a drilling support programme (total 55,000 m) and was carrying out 55 detailed
exploration projects for domestic metallic and non-metallic mines/deposits funded by the
government. KORES also actively performed overseas mineral exploration and survey
projects, which were mainly preliminary surveys, in many countries abroad. These latter
projects are to be gradually expanded.

1.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


Shown in Table 1.1 is a summary of KIGAMs domestic mineral exploration project.
This project aims to evaluate and secure potential resources in Korea.

Table 1.1 KIGAMs Activities of the Domestic Mineral Exploration


Title Period Target Deposits Activities
Re-evaluation of - Surface geological and geochemical
Jan. 2010 ~
abandoned metallic Weondong W deposit survey
Dec. 2012
deposits (W, etc.) - Drilling exploration
- Chungju & Hongcheon - Geological mapping
Exploration and
Jan. 2012~ REE anomaly zones - Geochemical exploration
evaluation of Rare Metal
Dec. 2015 -Wondong W deposit - Geophysical exploration
Resources
-Uljin Li deposit - Drilling

KORES executed a drilling support programme for operating mines and for
prospecting deposits such as Au-Ag, Pb-Zn, Cu, W, Ti(Fe), Mo, limestone, quartzite,
pyrophyllite, graphite and bentonite deposits in Korea. In 2012, KORES has a plan to support
a total drilling depth of 55,000 m (23,000 m for metallic deposits and 32,000 m for non-
metallic deposits). KORES was also actively carrying out 50 detailed exploration projects for
Au-Ag, Fe, Mo-W, Pb-Zn, U, limestone, dolomite and quartzite deposits to secure new
resources (Table 1.2).

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Table 1.2. KORESs Activities of the Domestic Mineral Exploration
Title Period Activities
Drilling support - About 32,000 m drilling of non-metallic mineral deposits
programmes for domestic (limestone quartzite, pyrophyllite, bentonite deposits)
2012
mineral deposits and - 23,000 m drilling of metallic mineral deposits (Au-Ag, Pb-Zn,
prospecting areas Mo, Fe, W deposits etc.)
55 detailed exploration - Drilling of Au-Ag, Mo, Fe and limestone deposits
projects for Mo, 2012 - Exploration of vein type Mo deposits, Fe and U deposit, and
limestone etc. some limestone deposits

KIGAMs overseas mineral cooperation programmes are summarized in Table 1.3.

Table 1.3. KIGAMs Cooperative Activities on Overseas Mineral Resources


Target
Title Period Activities
Countries
Potential evaluation and Mongolia - Surface geological survey
Jan. 2010 ~
exploration of overseas Uzbekistan - Geochemical exploration
Dec. 2012
mineral resources Vietnam - Test drilling
Potential evaluation and DR Congo
Jan. 2012~ - Basic geological survey and mineral
exploration of overseas Ethiopia
Dec. 2015 exploration
mineral resources Colombia

KORES was actively carrying out about 37 overseas mineral exploration and survey
projects for the deposit evaluation in CCOP Member Countries (China, Philippines) and
Cooperating and Related Countries (Australia, Canada, Mongolia, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico,
Madagascar, Niger, Panama, USA, South Africa, Tanzania, Argentina, and Chile). The
summary of the main projects is shown in Table 1.4.

Table 1.4. KORES Cooperative Activities on Overseas Mineral Resources


Title Period Target Countries & Deposit Activities
Australia Queensland Emerald Athena Coal
Target drilling
deposit
Australia Queensland Emerald Taroborah Coal
Regional drilling
deposit
Australia New South Wales Newcastle Wyong
Environmental approval process
Coal deposit
Australia New South Wales Moolarben Coal
In production
deposit
Australia New South Wales Lithgow Springvale
In production
Coal deposit
Preliminary Australia Queensland Emerald
Jul. 2011 In production
Overseas Minerva Coal deposit
~
Mineral Australia New South Wales Lithgow Angus-
Jun. 2012 In production
Exploration place Coal deposit
Australia Queensland Bowen Cockatoo Coal
In production & Target drilling
deposit
Australia Queensland Bowen Togara North
Feasibility study
Coal deposit
Australia New South Wales Narrabri Coal
In production
deposit
Peru Ancash Celendin Cu deposit Regional drilling
Canada Sudbury Shakespeare Cu deposit Test drilling for production
Mexico Sata Rosalia Boleo Cu deposit Preparatory production

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Philippines RapuRapu Cu deposit In production
Bolivia La Pa CoroCoro Cu deposit Target drilling
Mongol Bulgan Erdene Erdenet Cu deposit Regional drilling
Panama Colon Donoso Cobre Panama Cu
In construction
deposit
Peru Rima Marcona Cu deposit Feasibility Study
China Shanxi Beifang Tongye Cu deposit In production
Australia Queensland Bolia Cu-Zn deposit Regional exploration
Construction and preparatory
Madagascar Ambatovy Ni deposit
production
West Austalia White Cliff Ni deposit Regional exploration
China Jiangsu Changjiahang Ni-Lime deposit In production
China Pao-tou Yongxian REE deposit In construction
China Shaanxi Xian-Maxon REE deposit In production
Australia South Australia Maree Ur deposit Target drilling
Canada Sasketchewan Cree-East Ur deposit Target drilling
Niger Niamey Teguidda Ur deposit In construction
USA Arizona Rosemont Cu deposit Environmental approval process
Argentina Sal de Vida Li deposit Target drilling
Chile Atacama NX Uno Li deposit Environmental approval process
South Africa Vlakplaats Coal deposit Target drilling
Canada Capstone Mining Corp. (Cu) In production
Chile Atacama Santo Domingo Cu deposit Definitive feasibility study
Indonesia South Kalimantan Kapuas Coal
Target drilling
deposit
South Africa Northern Cape Zandkopsdrift REE
Target drilling
deposit
Tanzania Ruvuma Mkuju Ur Deposit Regional exploration

1.3. Proposed Future Activities


The overseas mineral exploration and cooperative projects of Korea will be gradually
increased and extended to meet governmental policy. In particular, the cooperative projects
with CCOP member countries will be added continuously.

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Koh, Sang-Mo / kohsm@kigam.re.kr

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2. ENERGY PROGRAMME
2.1. Summary
Regarding the hydrocarbon upstream activities, R&D was mainly carried out by
KIGAM, and the exploration and production operations were managed by the Korea National
Oil Corporation (KNOC). KIGAM has been conducting four hydrocarbon R&D projects in
Korea (Fig. 2.1) and in the countries abroad. KNOC has been exploring and producing
hydrocarbon resources both domestically and overseas, including the CCOP region.

Figure 2.1. Sedimentary basins and blocks offshore Korea.

2.2. Annual Review of Technical Programmes / Activities


The research project entitled Exploration of Petroleum Resources on the Korean
Continental Shelf has been carried out by KIGAM. The main study area from 2010 to 2012 is
the Jeju Basin in the continental shelf of the South Sea, Korea. In 2010, 2D seismic data of
780 Line-km were acquired in the Jeju Basin (Fig. 2.2). At the same time, OBS (Ocean
Bottom Seismometer) data of 135 Line-km were acquired in the area where the basement
structure is not clear from the 2D seismic data. To produce seismic sections, computer
processing is being conducted. Previously acquired data in the study area are also being
collected for the data interpretation.

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Fig. 2.2. 2D seismic data of 780 Line-km were acquired in the Jeju basin of the continental
shelf of South Sea, Korea.

'Construction of Petroleum Information System on the Korean Continental Shelf'


consists of the designing of the data model, development of software system, setting of
hardware system and collection of petroleum exploration data. The petroleum information,
including well data, seismic data, maps and reports, has been collected from the offshore the
Korean Peninsula and integrated into the software system. The data is also being reinterpreted
and modeled to move to the database system. A prototype system was completed in 2009. The
system will be upgraded and additional data will be collected and input to the system.

The Cooperative Research for Overseas Petroleum Resources Information and E&P
Technology Project of 2009, studied the petroleum geology of 14 important petroliferous
basins of nine countries (i.e. Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, China, India,
Indonesia, Yemen) and the arctic area. The fiscal systems of three hydrocarbon-bearing
countries (i.e. Brazil, Egypt and Columbia) have been reviewed. The review of E&P
technologies has included geophysical characterization of the fractured reservoir, 4D seismic
monitoring, hydraulic fracturing, DME technology and so on. These data will be provided to
domestic private petroleum enterprises via an online petroleum information system.
For the 2nd Phase of the Overseas Petroleum Resources Project, KIGAM has commenced
Research on Petroleum Geology of Petroliferous basins and International Cooperation with
Oil/Gas-Producing Countries from 2010 to 2012.

With regard to Gas Hydrate Development project, a total of 6600 Line-km of multi-
channel seismic reflection data were collected by the Korea Institute of Geoscience and
Mineral Resources using the research vessel, Tamhae II. 3D seismic data were also acquired
for assessing the gas hydrate reserves near the drilling sites of UBGH-09 and UBGH-10. An
ocean-bottom seismometer survey was also carried out in the Ulleung Basin wherein UBGH-
9 and UBGH-10 sites are included. Total 13 sites data set were acquired using 8 OBSs and

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R/V Tamhae II. Analysis of the acquired seismic profiles associated with drilling data reveals
several distinct seismic signatures indicative of natural gas-hydrate existence in the basin that
is associated with vertically and/or laterally stacked mass-transport complexes. Among them,
the BSR associated with enhanced reflections is most commonly found over much of the
Ulleung Basin indicating a physiochemical boundary of gas hydrates overlying free gas. In
the Ulleung Basin, seismic chimneys are also characterized by velocity pull-up on the seismic
records (Fig. 2.3.), which appear to be caused by active migration of fluid gas vertically into
the gas hydrate stability zone.

Sediment cores obtained from the Ulleung Basin Gas Hydrate Expeditions were
analyzed for the purpose of the following: Identification of ground truth indicating presence
of near seafloor gas hydrate and gas flume, estimation of index properties for environmental
impacts due to exploitation of gas hydrate, development of well bore stability model for gas-
hydrate-bearing formation, characterization of methanotrophic microorganisms and dissolved
methane concentration and estimation of molecular biomarkers of methanotrophic
microorganisms.

Fig. 2.3. Multi-channel seismic profile showing seismic chimney associated with pockmarks.

Additionally, KNOC has been conducting exploration and production of domestic and
overseas hydrocarbon resources, including the CCOP region.
Domestic E&P: After commencing production at the Donghae-1 gas field in July 2004,
another gas layer, designated the B5 Layer, with reserves of 42 billion cubic feet, was
discovered in early 2005. With the completion of the layer development in November 2009,
the company started the production of natural gas and oil by linking with existing production
facilities at the Donghae-1 gas field. During 2009, the overall production at Donghae-1 gas
field grew by 2 million barrels compared to the previous year, totaling 3.8 million barrels.
Meanwhile, KNOC drilled 1 well (BP-1X) to explore untapped oil reserves under the
continental shelf at Block VI-2 in the Jeju basin between November 2009 and February 2010,
and found oil and gas from Eocene sandstone. From January to July 2009, while evaluating
exploration potential on Block VIII in the deep waters of the East Sea through joint operation
with Woodside Energy Ltd. In Australia, KNOC and Woodside jointly found prospective
resources, and entered into the second two-year exploration period in August 2009, which is
the first deep water drilling campaign in Korea.

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Overseas E&P: Through its expansion strategies, KNOC is transforming itself into a world-
class national oil corporation with a daily production volume of 300 thousand barrels and
reserves of 2 billion barrels by 2012. KNOC took a step closer to these goals with the
acquisitions of SAVIA-Peru, Harvest Energy Trust in Canada and Sumbe in Kazakhstan in
2009.

In Exploration and Production, KNOC will stimulate the efficient and optimal operation of its
existing production fields by stabilizing the operations of newly-acquired blocks and
implementing an integrated HSE management system. The company expected an annual and
average daily production volume to reach 53.8 million barrels and 148 thousand barrels,
respectively, by the end of 2010. Moreover, the company's construction of production
facilities are continuing on schedule for the BlackGold oil sands block in Canada, the ADA
Block in Kazakhstan, and the Block 4 in Yemen, as well as LNG production facilities in
Yemen.

2.3. Proposed Future Activities and Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of
Future Activities
CCOP Member Countries and Cooperating Countries are welcome to join KIGAMs
hydrocarbon and gas hydrates projects.

2.4. Others
Programme Contact Person:
Dr. Park, Young-Soo / pysoo@kigam.re.kr

3. GROUNDWATER PROGRAMME

3.1. Summary
Groundwater will play a more important role in water supply in the future due to
climate change. KIGAM had completed a basic project, from 2009 to 2011, for securing
groundwater resources for coping with climatic and environmental changes. This project is
composed of the following sub-topics: (1) assessment of groundwater resources considering
both quantity and quality in the Geum river basin, (2) securing groundwater through artificial
recharge on water curtain cultivation areas, and (3) characterization of high-mineral water and
CO2-rich water in Jeju Island. KIGAM started a new research programme entitled
Development of integrated core technologies in aquifer recharge system for groundwater
sustainability in 2012. Its goal is to provide an optimal and efficient groundwater artificial
recharge system considering site-specific hydrogeologic condition. Changweon City, located
in the south of Korean peninsula and suffering from frequent drought and water quality
problems along the Nakdong River, was selected as a study area.

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3.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities

(1) Assessment of groundwater resources and prediction according to climate change


Watershed scale vulnerability of the groundwater resource and recharge
characteristics were evaluated according to climate change in the Geum river basin.
Measurement and validation of base flow for estimation of groundwater recharge, infiltration
test and assessment of in-situ soil permeability, groundwater flow modeling according to
climate change, assessment of groundwater vulnerability to contamination, environmental
ecological evaluation, and groundwater quality monitoring were carried out in this study. Also,
monitoring and modeling were performed in Jeju Island to evaluate groundwater resource
change according to sea level rise.

Base flow was measured in outlets at 17 locations except for the area around river
mouth. The results revealed that flow data provided by WAMIS were very different from
those measured in this study, which is coming from rating curve suitable for high flow. The
rating curves for low flow need to be developed to evaluate base flow. And, base flow
separation using PART program developed by USGS was executed about long-term stream
discharge data to assess groundwater recharge on the 17 watersheds from 2000 to 2010.
The average annual base flow on the watersheds was 0.7-295.5 m3/sec and the areal weighted
mean was 43 m3/sec, which was equivalent to 1.34 billion m3/yr.

Groundwater resources were evaluated according to climate change and land use
change in the Geum river basin through groundwater flow modeling with WetSpass and
updated modeling tool. Assessment of groundwater contamination vulnerability considering
land use change in the future was performed using the Logistic regression method. The
vulnerability assessments were tested to the year 2050 and 2100, and groundwater
contamination were highly correlated to land uses.

Finally, a GIS DB on groundwater resource vulnerability according to climate


change and land use change was built, including groundwater occurrences, historic and future
prospective climate change and groundwater budget, contamination vulnerability, and spatial
thematic maps such as soil and geological maps (Fig. 3.1.).

(2) Securing groundwater resource through aquifer artificial recharge on water


curtain cultivation areas. Artificial recharge has been proposed to be the most promising
method to solve the shortage in water resources brought about by climate change. There are
two systems for water curtain cultivation systems for aquifer recharge: groundwater
recirculation water curtain cultivation system and rainwater collection and injection
system.(Fig.3.2) Groundwater recirculation water curtain cultivation system is used for
heating greenhouses from late Fall to early Spring. Spent groundwater is not directly sent to
the aqueduct. Instead, it is sent back to the aquifer in a nearby injection well to prevent
depletion of the groundwater resource, and to make continuous water curtain cultivation
possible. Precipitation on the ceilings of greenhouses during the rainy season is collected in a
rainwater collection and injection system, and injected into the groundwater system to recover
the groundwater level that was lowered due to water curtain cultivation in the winter. The
rainwater collection and injection system is an appropriate method for the recent situation in
which natural recharge gradually decreases due to more frequent heavy rainfall for a short
duration. This kind of precipitation pattern is known to be caused by global warming.

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Figure. 3.1. Prediction of (a) groundwater recharge and (b) groundwater
contamination vulnerability on Geum river basin in 2100.

Figure. 3.2. Schematic diagram of water curtain cultivation system with artificial
recharge of the aquifer,

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A pilot-scale test site was established in Wangjeon-ri, Gwangseok-myun, Nonsan,
Chungnam to study the water curtain cultivation system for artificial aquifer recharge. The
site covers an area of 1.2 km2 excluding roads, and approximately 30% (0.35 km2) of the site
was used for water curtain cultivation. In the Wangjeon-ri area, 420 m3/day/ha of groundwater
is using for water curtain cultivation system estimated by monitoring data of groundwater
level and streamwater level. This amount of groundwater for water curtain cultivation system
is corresponding to 40% of total agricultural use under the assumption of 5 month's operation
period of all nationwide water curtain cultivation systems.

There are a total of 6 wells including two pumping wells, two injection wells, and
two observation wells. Each pumping, injection, observation well comprises one alluvial well
and one fractured aquifer well. Overall protected cultivation systems, using groundwater
curtain with geological circulation and rainwater harvesting consists of a pumping system,
water curtain system, collection system, injection system, operation system, water treatment
system, and monitoring system. To evaluate the hydrogeological characteristics, pumping
tests, tracer tests with conservative tracer, dye tracer and thermal tracer, geophysical logging,
and water quality analysis are performed characterizing the transmissive part in this are;
groundwater velocity, and source of groundwater quality problem are also studied. As a result
of various tests, hydraulic conductivity of 3.4710-6 m/s in fractured aquifer and 1.6210-6
m/s in alluvial aquifer, storativity of 4.5210-4 in fractured aquifer and 0.15 in alluvial aquifer
were estimated. Sustainable yield was estimated to be 18.51 m3/d from step drawdown test.
Analysis of tracer tests estimates effective porosity of 0.105, average linear velocity of
2.6810-3 m/s and longitudinal dispersivity of 0.8 m. Transmissive fractured zone reveals to
be 15-25 m below surface corresponding to a weathered fracture zone based on thermal tracer
test and geophysical logging. The thermal tracer test using cool water reveals that the
recovered from greenhouse roof and injected cool water temperature is recovered to ambient
groundwater temperature when it arrives at the pumping well indicating that the aquifer
circulating water curtain cultivation system is effective to provide warming temperatures to
greenhouses during winter time without dewatering the aquifer.

Preliminary operation of the pilot system during the hot season using hot condition
instead of cold condition resulted in the fact that the geological circulating water curtain
cultivation system is better than the non-circulating system in terms of groundwater level,
pumping rate, and groundwater temperature recovery efficiency. During the practical
operation during winter time in 2010, 6,100 m3/yr of groundwater was reinjected to the
aquifer and if this kind of facility is expanded to the whole greenhouse in the test basin, it will
mean that 0.66 million m3/yr of water can be recharged. It is assumed that at least 50% of
rainwater is collected and injected to injection well through the system, 4,750 m3 of water can
be estimated to inject into one injection well for a year.

(3) Characterization of high mineral and CO2-rich groundwater on Jeju Island

Subsurface geologic structure was investigated using geologic logs and geophysical
exploration to establish a geologic and hydrogeologic model of the area. Resistivity survey
revealed that upper aquifers had highly fluctuated flow system. CO2 sources in high-mineral
water and CO2-rich water was estimated as magmatic CO2 using 13C and 14C. Negligible 3H in
high-mineral water indicated that deep CO2 is effectively isolated by low-permeable layers.
Additional sources other than the soil zone can enhance water-rock interactions resulting in
higher mineral contents in groundwater. To assess proper yield of high-mineral water and
high bicarbonate containing groundwater, a step-draw down test was performed with

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monitoring of hydrogeochemical parameters at 7 wells. During the pumping test, CO2-rich
waters show little variation implying higher chemical stability of groundwater. However,
those wells have significant seasonal variation of many chemical parameters, suggesting that
it may be necessary to control infiltration of recharge water. Under an allowable drawdown of
30 m, the sustainable yield was estimated to be 970 m3/d in average, 281 m3/d in minimum,
3,085 m3/d in maximum, and 551 m3/d in median, which shows that there is high variance in
sustainable yield of wells due to high heterogeneity of geological formations.

3.3 Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities

KIGAM started a new framework 3-year project under the Ministry of Knowledge
Economy (MKE) which deals with groundwater artificial recharge for sustainable water
security. Any information on the subject needs to be shared and we need the assistance and
support from CCOP in relation to those subjects.

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Ha, Kyoochul / hasife@kigam.re.kr on the issue of Development of integrated core
technologies in aquifer recharge system for groundwater sustainability
Dr. Ko, Kyung-Sok / kyungsok@kigam.re.kr on the issue of Integrated technologies in
securing and applying groundwater resources to cope with earth environmental changes
Dr. Kim, Yongcheol / kyungsok@kigam.re.kr on the issue of Securing groundwater resource
through aquifer artificial recharge on water curtain cultivation areas

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GEO-ENVIRONMENT SECTOR

4. COASTAL ZONE PROGRAMME


4.1. Summary
Republic of Korea (hereafter, Korea) resides in a peninsula surrounded by eastern,
western and southern coasts. The eastern coast is generally straight and shows raised
shorelines with prolonged or pocket beaches, rocky cliffs and coastal dunes. The western
coast could be classified as a submerging macro-tidal environment decorated with extensive
tidal flats, narrow beaches and coastal dunes, most of which are being influenced by
continuous sea water invasion. The southern coast is famous for its typical ria-type
configuration and, together with the western, has ca. 3,200 islands. The total length of the
Korean coastline is more than 13,000 km and according to a government report about 30%
has been artificially modified. Recently the main issues on the Korean coasts arise from
coastal reclamation and development, abrupt or gradual sea level rise and the destructive
monsoonal influence. Accordingly the main activities in the coastal zone of Korea are closely
related to high-resolution hydrographic survey, hazard monitoring and forecasting, seawall
design, and environmental impact of infrastructures.

Long-term and large-scale coastal zone programmes would be planned and launched
by either Korean central or local government(Table 4.1). Representative ministries are the
Ministry of Land, Transport and Marine Affairs (MLTM), the Ministry of Knowledge and
Economy (MKE), the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MIFAFF) and
the Ministry of Environment (ME). The executive organizations are usually the Korea
Institute of Maritime Science and Technology Promotion (KIMST), Korea Hydrographic and
Oceanographic Administration (KHOA), Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), Korea Institute of
Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST, former KIOST), and Korea Institute of Geoscience
and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) and the Korea Environment Institute (KEI). The roles of the
local governments cannot be disregarded despite the relatively small scale of their
programmes. In the public or commercial sectors there are several representative executioners
such as the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Company Ltd. (KHNP), Korea Rural Community Corporation (KR), Korea Water Company
(KOWACO), Samsung, Hyundai, Daewoo, GS, DSME, etc.

As the governments efforts to promote global cooperation in line with the UNs
millennium development goals are continued, major international or intergovernmental
programmes are also launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) and
executed by the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

Table 4.1. Summary of representative programmes performed by organizations in Korea.


Area of
Representative Programmes Organization
Interests
Coastline survey and database construction for precise MLTM
determination of marine boundaries, safe maritime KHOA
Shoreline navigation, fishing reef location, and basic marine map KIOST
& publication KIGAM
Coastal Plain
Inundation risk area estimation based on precise elevation KIOST
models in the southern coast of Korea KIGAM

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KR
Sediment dynamics and beach morphology evolution along
KIOST
and adjacent to the Saemangeum Dyke
Kunsan Natl Univ.
MLTM
Estuarine integrated management system development Inha Univ.
KIOST
KEI
Beach monitoring and environmental assessment KIOST
Inha Univ.
KME
Study on the modern tidal sand bars and mud flats as KIGAM
analogues of ancient oil sand sources and reservoirs Chunnam Natl
Univ.
Intertidal Coastal reclamation policy planning and establishment MLTM
&
Nearshore KIOST
Morphodynamics of intertidal and subtidal flats and beaches KIGAM
Universities
Coastline environment changes based on satellite images KIOST
KOWACO
Marine sand aggregate exploration and post-excavation
Nearshore KIGAM
monitoring of dredging sites
to KIOST
Offshore MLTM
Geohazard assessment of the coastal and nearshore zones
KIGAM
International training course on coastal geology and KME
International geohazard KIGAM
Corporation Overseas donation for coastal geohazard monitoring and
assessment systems KOICA

4.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


4.2.1 Coastline survey and database construction for precise determination of
maritime boundaries of Korea
KHOA continues precise geodetic surveys along the coasts of Korea. The main
purpose of the project is to delineate base lines for managing maritime territory and exclusive
economic zone. Together with coastline change data, other related information such as
sediment characters, land usage, shoreline protection, reclamation, tidal ranges, water depths,
sewage system are also collected and stored in a database in order to be used for environment-
friendly development of the coastal area.

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Figure 4.1 Source:
http://www.khoa.go.kr/basic/content/content.asp?sgrp=D01&siteCmsCd=CM0002&topCmsCd
=CM0018&cmsCd=CM0089&pnum=3&cnum=7

4.2.2 Inundation risk area estimation based on precise elevation models in the
southern coast of Korea
Inundation risk assessment study was successfully conducted by KIGAM for an
urbanized beach resort area in Busan. During the five-year research activity two sets of
LiDAR-based digital elevation data were compiled, ground-checked and used for making
basic elevation model. Together with forecast data flood risk area vulnerable to coastal
submergence induced by storm surges could be assessed by KIGAM and the Korean
Meteorologic Agency (KMA). Geographic Information System (GIS) and hydrological
modeling software were evaluated to be useful tools for practical estimation. The project
showed a good example of interdisciplinary cooperation and quantitative approach to coastal
hazard mitigation based on high resolution digital elevation data, meteorological modeling
and information technology. (Fig. 4.2)

Figure. 4.2. The Haeundae beach shown in 3D image and the estimated flooded area.

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4.2.3 Estuarine integrated management system development
In order to construct an integrated monitoring, modeling, and information system a
three-year project was launched by MLTM and executed by Inha University in 2010
(ghlee@inha.ac.kr for personal contact). The work scope is divided into four main sectors; policy,
information, monitoring and modeling. The monitored items are hydraulic condition,
sedimentation, water quality and ecological character. It is expected that the project will
produce valuable information on the estuarine environment and ecosystem in the river mouth
system.(Fig. 4.3)

Figure 4.3. Time-series data showing current speeds and suspended sediment concentrations of the upper, middle
and lower layers measured with an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP).

4.2.4 International training course on coastal geology and geohazard


KIGAMs International School for Geoscience Resources (IS-Geo) opens several
training courses related to coastal geology and geohazard for those participants from domestic
and foreign countries (http://isgeo.kigam.re.kr/) (Figure 4.4.). The courses are designed for
government staff and young scientists and researchers working in the geosciences-related
sectors. There are also several courses for school teachers and students. The in-house lectures
are prepared by outstanding professors and researchers from various countries as well as
KIGAM staffs. Field trips are also made during the training period with visits to
representative sites in the coastal area of Korea. In some courses conducted as a part of
educational donation schemes selected participants could be supported with the necessary
expenses for round-trip travel, meals, accommodation and field trips during their stay period.

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4.3. Proposed Future Activities
Consecutive invasion of typhoons and the catastrophic disaster of Fukushima in Japan
drew nationwide attention to geological phenomena in coastal areas in Korea. Overall review
on the coastal geohazard factors and prevention strategy was, or still is, being made to be
prepared for the gradual as well as abrupt geologic threats. Reinforcement of currently-
operated projects and new evaluation of potential hazardous agents are expected to be made
mainly by the central government. International networks will be emphasized much more in
order to respond to regional or global scale phenomena and to increase the effect of the early
warning system. Meanwhile Green issues should be continuously advanced promoting
coastal zone programs on coastal wetlands preservation, offshore wind farms, submarine gas
discharge, CO2 storage and etc. International support programs operated by Korean
government should be increased in number and scale either through UN or through non-
governmental organizations.
4.4. Assistance Offered to CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future
Activities
CCOP is required to be a leading organizer as well as a friendly advisor for the member
and supporting countries especially for international cooperative work and meetings.
4.5. Other Comments
Programme Contact Person:
Dr. Kim, Seong-Pil / spkim@kigam.re.kr

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5. GEO-HAZARDS PROGRAMME
5.1. Summary
In 2012, KIGAM conducted several R&D projects on geohazards including
earthquake monitoring and landslides on natural terrain (Figure 5.1.). These projects are
conducted as basic research programmes of KIGAM and newly commenced national
research program supported by the government. Several other organizations also perform
their activities related with geohazards in Korea.

Table 5.1. Technical Programmes/activities in Geo-hazards Programme


Discipline Achievement Organization
Characterization of the site response in the eastern part of
Earthquake Korean Peninsula
KIGAM
Hosting Infrasound Technology Workshop 2012 with
cooperation with CTBTO
Development of slope stability analysis methods
considering rainfall infiltration
Landslide KIGAM
New research program of landslide early warning based on
real-time monitoring on natural terrain
Construction of debris control dams KFS
A database of Cut-Slope Management System KICT

5.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


5.2.1 Earthquake
In 2012 KIGAM has performed research on the characterization of earthquakes
occurring in the eastern part of Korean Peninsula. As a first step, KIGAMs earthquake
research team relocates earthquakes and finds a logical relationship between earthquakes and
local geology or man-made events. KIGAM also develops an earthquake hazard accessment
system to mitigate the damage by earthquakes in the eastern part of Korean Peninsula (Fig.
5.1.).

Figure 5.1. Shake Map to estimate damage caused by earthquake.

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KIGAM has played continuously an important role as the National Data Center of
Korea with cooperation with the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization
(CTBTO). In 2012, KIGAM hosted an international workshop, Infrasound Technology
Workshop 2012 from 8 October through 12 October in cooperation with the Provisional
Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the Preparatory Commission for the CTBTO. The purpose of
this workshop was to create an international forum for presenting and discussing recent
advances in infrasound research and operational capabilities of global and regional infrasound
networks.

5.2.2 Landslide
KIGAM performed a research project to develop a method of slope stability analysis
considering rainfall infiltration into unsaturated soil. The purpose of the research is to apply
the method to an early warning of landsliding related with rainfall. KIGAM conducted several
laboratory tests to measure rainfall infiltration velocity by a soil column test and suction stress
of soil by an automatic SWCC test. The tests made it possible to understand rainfall
infiltration characteristics and velocity, and changes of the saturation condition of unsaturated
soils in both drying and wetting processes. KIGAM performed the lab tests for several kinds
of weathered soils that have high potential for landslides caused by rainfall (Fig. 5.2).
KIGAM also derived a modified equation of safety factor of infinite slope considering rainfall
infiltration and wetting front behavior. Based on the rainfall infiltration of soils, the equation
enables one to calculate changes of safety factor dependent on rainfall intensity and time. For
understanding the mechanism of landslide triggering and debris flows, KIGAM installed a
ring shear test apparatus. The test apparatus can measure variations of stress and displacement
dependant on time of various soil materials. It is possible to characterize rheological and
mechanical properties of sliding material under various conditions of rainfall and soils.
KIGAM started a new research program of landslide early warning based on real-time
monitoring on natural terrain. The research program is funded by the Korean Ministry of
Science, Education and Technology (MEST) for five years. A major goal of the program is to
develop basic and original technologies of landslide early warning under extreme rainfall
conditions. The technologies will be studied based on real-time monitoring of landslides and
debris flows by both areal and ground monitoring on natural terrain. If the program is
performed successfully, there will be a significant advancement of early warning technology
of landslide hazards.

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Figure 5.2. Unsaturated soil column tests for rainfall infiltration.

Fig. Ring shear test apparatus and examples of the test results

In the case of the research on manmade slopes, Korea Institute of Construction


Technology (KICT) continuously constructs a database using the cut-slope management
system (CSMS).

5.3. Proposed Future Activities


KIGAM will perform new technological development on environmental hazards
reduction and restoration. The technologies will be applied to soil contaminated areas with
arsenic and heavy metals by mining and industrial activities. They are planned to be
transferred to private companies to create a new technological market on environmental
hazards. Detailed activities and achievements will be reported in 2013.

5.4. Other Comments

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Chae, Byung-Gon / bgchae@kigam.re.kr

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GEO-INFORMATION SECTOR

6. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION


SYSTEM AND COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY ON A MOBILE DEVICE
ENVIRONMENT

6.1. Summary

An Information Programme has been conducted by KIGAM in 2012 including the


design of geological information system and implementation of component
technology on a mobile device environment using a Geoscience Information System
for a geological information service with multiplatform support. In this project, we
developed Open Source basement based international standards and implementation
of high quality geological database using geological information contents we
developed. These can be able to multiplatform service of geological information.

6.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities

KIGAMs Geo-Information project is summarized in Table 6.1. This project aims to


develop geological information system and component technology on a mobile device
environment using GIS based geoscience information system to enhance the usage of
geoscience information generated by KIGAM.

Table 6.1. Geo-Information projects in KIGAM


Title Period Activities Funding Agency
Ministry of
Information Jan. 2012 ~ Tectonic evolution of the western Gyeonggi Block and
System Dec. 2014 construction of geologic DB system Knowledge
Economy

6.2.1. System design

Recently, according to the increased requirements of geological information users, a


high quality national geological information service is demanded. Moreover, there are many
type of user platform desktop and mobile devices. In this project, we developed an Open
Source basement based on international standards and implementation of high quality
geological database using geological information content that we developed. These can be
able to multiplatform the service of geological information. The overview of this project is
shown in Fig.6.1. Fig. 6.2 describes conceptual diagram of multiplatform service system of
geological information.

Figure 6.1. Overview of project.

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Figure 6.2. Conceptual diagram of multiplatform service system.

6.2.2. Implementation of component and validation of system database

Definition of symbol style of features in geological map OGC standards for


definition and presentation of geological features in geological layers are SE(Symbol
Encoding Standard) and SLD(Styled Layer Descriptor Profile). In this project, we developed
SLD generator for effective presentation of features of geological maps.
Implementation and validation of database Digital geological maps (scale
1:1,000,000, 1:250,000 and 1:50,000) based on Bessel TM coordinate system are
transformed to WGS84 for integration with open geographic information such as Open
Street Map, Google Map, etc. Then, we tested the transformed geological database by
integration with various map clients that support WMS international standards such as Google
Earth, ArcGIS, Quantum GIS, OpenLayer, etc (Fig. 6.3).

(a) ArcGIS MWS (b) GoogleEarth WMS

Figure 6.3. Validation of database using (a) ArcGIS MWS and (b) GoogleEarth WMS.

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Implementation of operation functions in a mobile environment We implemented
basic GIS functions for supporting mobile environment such as layer control, zoom in/out of
map and inquire properties; and special functions for mobile device such as touch-based user
interface, location-based function, geo-coder, etc. Then, we tested them using various web
map clients based mobile platform (Fig. 6.4.).

Figure 6.4. Tests using various mobile devices (JQuery mobile, Sencha touch).

Implementation of operation functions in a desktop environment We


implemented basic GIS functions for supporting desktop environment such as layer control,
calculating distance and area, inquire properties, etc; and special functions for desktop such as
mouse pointer control, legend of layer, etc. Then, we tested them using various web map
clients in the desktop environment (Fig. 6.5.).

Figure 6.5. Tests using desktop

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Lee, Saro / leesaro@kigam.re.kr

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KOICA INVITATION TRAINEE PROGRAM

7. Introducing More About KOICA Invitation Trainee Program


7.1. Summary of KOICA Program
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) was founded as a
government agency on April 1, 1991, to maximize the effectiveness of Korea's grant aid
programs for developing countries by implementing the government's grant aid and
technical cooperation programs.

In the past, development cooperation efforts were focused on meeting the Basic
Human Needs (BHNs) of developing countries and on fostering their Human Resources
Development (HRD). However, the focus has now shifted to promote sustainable
development, strengthen partnerships with developing partners, and enhance the local
ownership of beneficiaries. Additionally, global concerns such as the environment, poverty
reduction, and gender mainstreaming, have gained significant importance in the
international community.

Due to the continuously changing trends in development assistance efforts and


practices, KOICA is striving to adapt to these changes by using its limited financial
resources effectively in areas where Korea has a comparative advantage. In particular,
Korea has the unique experience of developing from one of the poorest countries in the
world to one of the most economically advanced, as recently demonstrated by Koreas
entry into the OECD/DAC (Development Assistance Committee) on November 25, 2009.
The know-how and experience Korea gained from this transition are invaluable assets that
allow KOICA to efficiently support the sustainable socio-economic development of its
partner countries and to offer them hope for a better world. KOICA has 8 aid theme
programs, including education, health, governance, rural development, ICT, industry &
energy, environment & gender, and climate change. KIGAMs Mineral Exploration and
GIS/Remote Sensing Program corresponds to KOICAs Industry & energy aid theme, and
that encourages KIGAM to provide 4 KOICA invitation trainee programs for mineral
experts from 21countries over the last 19 months.

7.2. KIGAM-KOICA Invitation Trainee Programs (2011~ 2012)


Name of the Projects Participating Countries Funding
Year
(Date) (Number of Participating Experts) Agency

Development Cooperation for Energy Resources: Cambodia, Colombia, Fiji, Kazakhstan,


Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Myanmar,
2011 Mineral Resources Exploration and GIS/Remote South Sudan, Timor-Leste, Uganda, Viet KOICA
Sensing (September 19 ~ October 5) Nam, Yemen (12 Country, 12 Experts)

Development Cooperation for Energy Resources: Cambodia, Colombia, Ecuador, Fiji,


2012 Mineral Resources Exploration and GIS/Remote Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Mozambique,
Myanmar, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Uganda, KOICA
Sensing (April 1 ~ April 28) Yemen (12 Country, 19 Experts)

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7.3 KIGAMs Mineral Exploration and GIS/Remote Sensing Program for Foreign
Experts
The objectivities of the invitation trainee programs are to provide professional
knowledge of ore genesis as well as the modeling and exploration of mineral resources, to
transfer the advanced technology of GIS and Remote Sensing, and to establish an
international network of professionals and officials related to mineral resources.

The programs consist of series of lectures, practical exercises, on-site visits in Korea,
and group discussions and presentations. Lectures are, on those above two programs;
Introduction to GIS, Construction of Geospatial Data using GIS, Geostatistics,
Introduction of New Technology for Mineral Exploration, Analysis of Stable Isotopes for
Mineral Exploration, and Geological Application of GIS and Remote Sensing and etc.
Instructors also encourage time for group presentations and discussions for enhancing
foreign experts knowledge. KIGAM also values human networks to encourage
international research cooperation. As for those rationales, acquainting and impressing
every expert who visits KIGAM and Korea are very important, and we coordinate those
needs by taking them to famous Korean tourist and industrial sites.

7.4 Others
Programme Contact Person:
Dr. Kim, YoungJe / yjkim@ kigam.re.kr,
Dr. Lee, Saro / leesaro@kigam.re.kr, and
Dr. Chang, Se Won / swchang@kigam.re.kr

Figure 7.1. Lecture and Field trips.

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8. KOICAs Training Programs for Geoscience & Mineral Resources

CCOP
Year Course Organizations Participants
participants
Mineral Timor-Leste, Mongolia, Myanmar
Korea Institute of
Exploration and (2), Vietnam (2), Uzbekistan (2),
Geoscience and 3
GIS/Remote Kazakhstan (3), Turkmenistan,
Mineral Resources
Sensing Philippines (2)
Development of
Korea Resources
Mineral Bolivia (11) -
Corporation
Resources
2010 Safety
Bolivia, Uzbekistan, Zambia (2),
Supervision in Korea Resources
Zimbabwe (3), Kazakhstan (2), -
Resource Corporation
Peru (3)
Development
Natural Energy & Mineral
Resources-based Resources
Peru (15) -
Economic Development
Development Association of Korea
Mineral Timor-Leste, Mongolia, Myanmar,
Korea Institute of
Exploration and Vietnam, Sudan (2), Yemen,
Geoscience and 3
GIS/Remote Uganda, Kazakhstan, Cambodia,
Mineral Resources
Sensing Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, Fiji (2)
Energy & Mineral
Resources-based
Resources
Economic Peru (15) -
Development
Development
Association of Korea
2011
Resources-based
Economic and Korea Resources
Mongolia (16) -
Industrial Corporation
Development

Development of
Korea Resources
Mineral Bolivia (14) -
Corporation
Resources
Timor-Leste (2), Mozambique (2),
Mineral
Korea Institute of Mongolia, Myanmar (2), Vietnam,
Exploration and
Geoscience and Sudan (2), Ecuador, Yemen, 3
GIS/Remote
Mineral Resources Uganda (2), Cambodia (2),
Sensing
Colombia (2), Kyrgyzstan, Fiji
Timor-Leste (2), Mozambique (2),
Mineral
2012 Mongolia, Myanmar (2), Sudan (2),
Exploration and Korea Resources
Ecuador, Yemen, Uganda (2), 2
GIS/Remote Corporation
Cambodia (2), Colombia (2),
Sensing
Kyrgyzstan, Fiji
Energy & Mineral
Resources-based
Resources
Economic Peru (16) -
Development
Development
Association of Korea

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8.2. KIGAMs Training program
8.2.1. International School for Geoscience Resources (IS-Geo)
IS-Geo of Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) was
established to spread the accumulated research know-how achieved by KIGAM's legacy of
more than 90 years. The major goals of IS-Geo are to cultivate the creative talents and meet
training needs in the field of mineral resources, geo environments, groundwater, CO2
sequestration, oil & gas and marine & coastal geology to prepare the nation's future by
operating world class job training and education programs. Futhermore, IS-Geo will
contribute to the national development through the accomplishment of the central role in
securing national strategic mineral and energy resources by fostering the experts of overseas
resources exploration and development through on the job training with creative kernel
education, by cultivating the future kernel human resources for the resource development
through the expansion of international cooperative training programs with industries,
universities and institutions, and by constructing international human networks for resource
diplomacy through the global capacity building and the promotion of international
cooperation.

8.2.2. Training Courses for Foreigners


A. Regular training course
Mid- to short-term practical training on-site using the latest equipment and facilities
are regularly offered by IS-Geo to accomplish excellent research. This course is focused on 4
research divisions of KIGAM, such as geology, mineral resources, petroleum & marine, and
geologic environment. Most of the CCOP countries are invited for the every training course.
KIGAM has covered all expenses for at least one participant from each country except for
Malaysia in some cases, Japan, and China so far. The total expenses for airfares and daily
allowances provided to the CCOP participants are approximately 200,000 US$/year from
2010 to 2012. The expenses for the accommodation, the lecturers and the staff, and other
facilities have been contributed in kind to the regular training courses as well.

B. Customized training course in needs


Education and training programs are continuously offered to cultivate the experts
effectively through the courses open by the request of KIGAM research teams, private sectors
or other institutions as well. Foreign and domestic specialists or graduate students may attend
the customized training course at their own expense. Details of these courses will be
announced in IS-Geo website (http://isgeo.kigam.re.kr).

C. University of Science & Technology (UST)s degree courses


To meet the needs of accomplished professionals, KIGAM , with its highly advanced
research facilities and practical on-site programs, offers in partnership with UST, Ph.D. or
Master's degrees accredited by UST. The major courses admitted to the foreigners are
different every semester. Admission schedule will be announced in IS-Geo website.
Major courses
(1) Science: Geoinformatic engineering, Isotope geochemistry
(2) ET: Geophysical exploration, Petroleum resources technology, Resources recycling
(3) NT: Accelerator and beam nano engineering, Nano-mechatronics
(4) New courses in 2013 fall: Environmental hydrology, Mineral resource

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8.2.3. Regular Training Courses in 2010-2012

Year Course Duration Participants from CCOP Countries

Mineral Resources Apr. 26~ Cambodia (2), Indonesia (2), Malaysia (2), Philippines
Exploration Jun. 4 (2), Thailand (2), Vietnam (2)

Geological Cambodia (2), Indonesia (2), Malaysia (2),


Jun. 7 ~
2010 Application of Papua New Guinea (2), Philippines (2),
Jun. 25
GIS/RS Thailand (2), Vietnam (2)
Groundwater and Cambodia (1), Indonesia (1), Malaysia (1),
Surface Water, Aug. 26 ~ Papua New Guinea (1), Philippines (1),
Science & Sep. 6
Thailand (1), Timor-Leste (1), Vietnam (1)
Management

Mineral Resources Mar. 7 ~ Cambodia (1), Indonesia (1), Malaysia (1), Philippines
Exploration Apr. 15 (2), Thailand (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Vietnam (3)

Sediment-hosted and
May 16 ~ Cambodia (1), Malaysia (1), Philippines (1), Thailand
Unconformity-related
May 29 (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Vietnam (2)
Mineral Deposits
Geological
Jun. 7 ~ Cambodia (2), Malaysia (2), Philippines (1), Thailand
2011 Application of
Jul. 1 (1), Timor-Leste (1), Vietnam (2)
GIS/RS
Groundwater Science
Jul. 6 ~ Cambodia (1), Indonesia (1), Malaysia (1), Philippines
and Advanced (1), Thailand (1), Timor-Leste (1), Vietnam (1)
Jul. 25
Groundwater

Coastal Geology and Sep. 19 ~ Cambodia (1), Indonesia (1), Malaysia (1), Philippines
Geohazard Sep. 30 (1), Thailand (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Vietnam (1)

Geological
Jan. 30 ~ Cambodia (1), Indonesia (1), Malaysia (1), Philippines
Application of
Feb. 24 (1), Thailand (1), Vietnam (1)
GIS/RS
Exploration
Geology/Mining Feb. 20 ~ Cambodia (1), Indonesia (1), Malaysia (2), Philippines
Methods and Cost May 11 (1), Thailand (1), Vietnam (1),
2012 Estimating
Cambodia (1), Indonesia (2),
Groundwater Theory Jun. 11 ~ Papua New Guinea (1), Philippines (1),
and Application Jun. 26
Timor-Leste (2), Vietnam (2)

Facies Models and Dec. 3 ~


Sequence Dec.14 CCOP countries
Stratigraphy (TBD)

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8.2.4. Regular Training Courses Planned in 2013
Duration
Course Participating Countries
(Tentative schedule)

Geological Application of
February 18 ~ March 15 CCOP countries & others
GIS/RS

Exploration Geology/
Exploration Management April 29 ~ June 14 CCOP countries & others
and Evaluation

Groundwater Theory and CCOP countries & others


June 24 ~ July 5
Application

Coastal Geology & CCOP countries & others


September 3 ~ 20
Geohazards

Contact Persons
Director : Dr. Chang, Se Won / swchang@kigam.re.kr
Coordinating Researcher : Ms. Lee, Ock-Sun / sun@kigam.re.kr
Dr. Jo, Kyoung Nam / kjo@kigam.re.kr
Secretary : Ms. Kim, Munie / munikigam@kigam.re.kr

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9. Introducing Joint Committees for Energy and Mineral Resources Cooperation
9.1. Summary
Fierce competition to secure mineral and natural resources is well underway around
the world. Furthermore, the world economy is becoming even more unstable due to price
fluctuations of various energy resources. Accordingly, the resources policies are now
emerging as an international issue - and Korea is no exception.

In accordance with the high demand for natural resources, most countries, including
Korea, endeavor to secure sustainable energy as well as protect against global warming so
as to keep the earth safe and clean. The Korean government considers these issues as
among the principal issues for future growth.

KIGAM has great responsibilities in all of these areas as a government-supported


research institute. Moreover, KIGAM has cultivated international cooperation with
mineral-rich yet less developed countries, including countries in Africa and Latin America
as well as several CIS countries. Currently, KIGAM has 59 MOUs in effect with
associated geoscience institutions in 31 countries and two international organizations to
conduct continuous joint-research with advanced countries.

Thereby, KIGAM has greatly contributed to the development of the nation and
society and has developed state-of-the-art technologies.

9.2. KIGAMs Energy Envoy Records from 2011 to 2012


- SouthAfrica (The Council for Geoscience, 2011.07.25)
- Ethiopia (Geological Survey of Ethiopia, Ministry of Mines, 2011.07.09)
- Colombia (The Ministry of Mines and Energy of Colombia, 2011.09.13)
- USA (United States Geological Survey(USGS), 2011.10.05)
- Russia (VSEGEI, 2012.02.02)
- China (China Geological Survey, 2012.04.27)
- ICDP (Intl Continental Scientific Drilling Program, 2012.05.30)
- China (Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment (IMHE), 2012.07.03)
- Denmark (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), 2012. 9. 9)

Figure 9.1. KIGAM & USGS and KIGAM & GEUS MOUs

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Lee, Yongje / yjl@ kigam.re.kr,
Mr. Kim, Dae In / money6@ kigam.re.kr

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

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Langkawi, Malaysia

Member Country Report


of
LAO PDR

Submitted by

Khampha Phommakaysone
Inpong Homsombath

Department of Geology and Minerals (DGM)


Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

(For Agenda Item 3)

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ANNUAL MEMBER COUNTRY REPORT

Country: LAO PDR Period: 1 July 2010 30 June 2012

GEO-RESOURCES SECTOR

1. MINERAL PROGRAMME
1.1. Summary
Despite Lao PDR being a small country, the minerals sector is important to the Lao
economy, accounting for about 50 % of the exports and 10 % of the state revenues. There are
over 500 known mineral occurrences, which are distributed throughout different parts of its
territory. These include gold (porphyry, epithermal, skarn, sediment hosted & placer types),
copper (porphyry, supergene, skarn, epithermal & others), Copper-nickel (magmatic type),
lead-zinc (skarn, VHMS, VMT types), gemstones (sapphire), tin (greisens-hydrothermal &
residual), aluminum (laterite bauxite) and, iron. Amongst the hydrothermal deposit types,
metallic mineral resources are found within three fold belts (the Sukhothai fold belt; Louei-
Louangprabang fold belt; and Phou Luang Indochinese fold belt) whilst evaporites are present
in the basins. Some prospective mineral occurrences are under exploration for evaluating
reserves and some have been brought in to exploitation for local production and export.
Exported mineral commodities include gold, copper, tin, lead, zinc, gypsum, coal, and
industrial minerals and construction materials. The minerals sector is important for Lao
economic growth as it accounted for 8 % of GDP in 2010. In order to promote sustainable
mineral development, Laos has just revised its Law on Minerals and is drafting the
Implementing Decree of Mineral Law and other related regulations.
In August 2011, the Department of Geology was renamed as Department of Geology and
Minerals (DGM) and transferred to the newly established Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment (MONRE). As part of the new administrative structure, DGM is now
responsible for the processing of prospecting and exploration licenses and granting the pre-
feasibility permits, these being duties that previously belonged to the Department of Mines
(DOM).

1.2. Review of Technical Programmes / Activities


In the period from July 2010 to September 2012, the Department of Geology and
Minerals (DGM) has implemented two mineral prospecting and exploration projects and some
other activities in regional surveys for mineral resources.
Geological and mineral mapping at different scales have been funded by the national
budget and assisted by foreign countries and international organizations. Geological and
mineral mapping at 1:200,000 scale currently covers only 54.86% of the country area
(236,800 km2) but is expected to be completed by the year 2020.

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Mineral investigation projects were carried out in some districts of Vientiane province
and some mineral occurrences including gold were found in Nam La upstream areas and
copper in the Namthong area. A Project on mineral prospecting and exploration in Xieng
Khuang province (815 km2) began in 2010.
A project on Mineral Prospecting and Exploration in Saravan, Xekong and Attapu
Provinces has found some potential bauxite resources in the Bolaven and Sanxay plateaux
within weathering alkaline basalt.
During 2010-2012 cooperation activity in regional survey for mineral resources in the
some areas of Bolikhamxai and Xiengkhuang provinces have been conducted with JMEC
(Japan Mining Engineering Center for International Cooperation). The results of this show
some geochemical anomalies in stream sediment sample (Au>0.5 ppm) in Thabok NE, Ban
Phadai Ban Hatkhipheung and Ban Muang Mo North Sub areas. Other anomalies detected
include: Hf (11.9ppm), La (770 ppm), Th (520 ppm), W (136 ppm), Y (183 ppm) and Zr (275
ppm) in Ban Muang Mo North Sub area.
The cooperation project with SUMITOMO Company is to study the North East part of
Khamkeut District.
Studies in stratigraphic correlation and geotourism in Mukdahan (Thailand) -
Savannakhet province (Lao PDR) were undertaken in cooperation with the Department of
Mineral Resources (DMR) of Thailand.
A project on 1:200,000 geological and mineral mapping in South Luang Prabang was
approved by the Vietnamese government and will start by beginning 2013.
In addition approximately 219 companies (339 projects) invest in the mineral sector.

1.3. Production of Mineral Commodities.


Laos became a gold - copper producer in 2003 when the Sepon mine started mining
operations by Lane Xang Mineral Co Ltd. At present, besides Sepon mine, Pan Australian
Resources is operating in gold-copper production and more than 50 domestic and foreign
companies are exploiting deposits for gold (Au), copper (Cu), tin, coal, lead-zinc and other
minerals on a small and medium scale. Production of minerals is summarized in Table 1.

Commodity Unite 2007 2008 2009 2010 Remark


Copper metal T 62,612 63,540 67,571 62,448
Copper concentrates (25%) T 4,094 103,659 25,4192 301,733
Gold + silver dore T 9.261 6.997 6.476 5.289
Zinc Concentrate (45%) T 2,350 2,950 2,000 10,000
Tin concentrate (60%) T 1,109 551 598 907
Gypsum T 232,250 337,304 761,331 509,489
Coal T 681,715 379,273 466,082 445,035
Table: Mineral production from 2007 to 2010

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1.4. Proposed Future Activities

Promote geological and mineral investigation and exploration in order to have


adequate data for evaluating the potential of Lao mineral resources and to
formulate short-term and long-term development plans for the mineral sector and
to attract local and foreign investment in the mining sector;
Continue the implementation of the project on mineral prospecting and
exploration in some areas of Attapu, Xekong, Saravan and Xieng Khuang
provinces.
Undertake geological and mineral mapping at 1:200,000 scale in South Luang
Prabang (15,519 sq km) in cooperation with the Department of Geological and
Mineral Resources of Vietnam (2013-2017).
Continue the study on stratigraphic correlation and geotourism with the
Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) of Thailand.
Conduct the project on geological and geochemical mapping at 1:200,000 scale
covering 16,309 square kilometer in Xaiynabouly province supported by the
Chinese Government.

Fig.2: 1:200000 geological mapping coverage

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1.5. Assistance Required from CCOP / Other Member Countries in Support of
Future activities
The DGM is continuing to seek aid from foreign countries and international organizations
regarding the following needs:
- Strengthening the capacity for geological mapping and mineral resources assessment
in Lao PDR using new methods and techniques including mathematical methods in
geology; modeling of mineral deposits using GIS; remote sensing; financial project
modeling, risk and market analysis; geochemical data processing; assessment of
mineral resources using 3D methods; chemical and petrographic analysis.
- Scholarships for MSc and PhD degree studies for DGM staff in the field of
geosciences.
- Upgrading the mineral and geochemical analysis capability of DGM laboratory,
particularly Rare Earth Elements analysis.
- Participation in international symposia, conferences and seminars

2. ENERGY PROGRAMME

Despite the discovery of large oil and gas fields in the neighboring countries of
Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam, until recently the oil industry has not regarded Lao PDR
as a particularly attractive country in which to explore for hydrocarbons. As a result, the
current potential for finding oil and gas fields is limited to the low-lying terrain in the areas
around the Vientiane and Savannakhet basins.
DGM has currently no Energy Programme activity. There were 2 companies exploring
for oil and gas (Salamender Energy Co. and Petro Vietnam Co.Ltd.), but as from 2011 only
one company (Petro Vietnam Co Ltd) is exploring for oil and gas in the southern Champasack
province (14,140 ha).

3. GROUNDWATER PROGRAMME
3.1. Summary
Groundwater investigation has mostly been undertaken as part of the 1:200 000 scale
geological and mineral mapping by DGM in cooperation with foreign geological institutions.
In 2011, the Water Resources and Environment Agency (WREA) conducted a study on
groundwater resources assessment.

3.2. Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities.


- Training and study tour in groundwater resources management.

Programme Contact Person:


Name: Sounthone Laolo
Position: Deputy Director of Geological Division
Department of Geology and Minerals
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

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4. COASTAL ZONE PROGRAMME


As Lao PDR is a land-locked country there is no activity in this CCOP Programme area

5. GEO-HAZARDS PROGRAMME.
5.1. Summary.
Lao P.D.R. is only slightly affected from by impacts of earthquakes. Nevertheless,
even though earthquake epicenters may be distant, some earthquakes can be felt in the
country, especially in the Northern provinces, but the magnitude is not high and damage to
buildings or to human life is not severe.
Lao P.D.R. has no seismological stations for earthquake monitoring. In the past, no
institution was responsible for this matter so in 1997 the responsibility of seismological
observation and monitoring was mentioned in the new role and functions of the Department
of Meteorology and Hydrology. However, in this field until now, there is no station, no
observations or data and no seismology technicians or scientists.
In the future, one or two seismic stations should be installed, particularly in the
northern part of Laos. Also, seismological training should be undertaken and international and
regional cooperation should be established.
However, geo-hazards such as landslides, mudslides and flash floods occur in many
provinces of Lao PDR causing increasing amounts of damage to both property and people.
DGM and DOM, responsible for geological hazard management, have planned to select
prototype areas for sustainable rehabilitation in 3 zones (Northern zone: Luangnamtha
province; Middle zone: Vientiane province, Borikhamxay province; Southern zone:
Champasak province, Attapeu province). The main activities will comprise detailed
geological mapping at scale of 1:4,000, adjusting the existing streams and establishing
rehabilitation planning with the local communities.

5.2. Future Plan Activities and Technical Programme.


- Active Fault study:
The major goal of DGMs study in 2011-2012 is to delineate the characteristics of
faults in Xayaboury Province and to define the means for earthquake mitigation for several
communities affected by the fault groups in the Xayaboury Province by compiling active fault
maps.
- Landslides, mudslides and flash floods investigation:
Geological investigation by DGM and DOM will be conducted in landslide, mudslide
and flash flood risk areas to collect geological data and assess hazards and vulnerable areas of
Northern zone: Luangnamtha province, Luangphrabang province.

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5.3. Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities.
- Active fault study
- Landslides, mudslides and flash floods investigation

Programme Contact Person:


Name: Soukhansak Sisouk
Position: Director of Environmental and Mining Inspection Division
Department of Mines
Ministry of Energy and Mines

6. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY PROGRAMME


6.1. Summary
DOM in cooperation with the Department of Environment collected and analysed
surface water samples and residual soil samples in some mining areas.
6.2. Proposed Future Activities and Assistance from CCOP
Assessment of contamination from mining operations in some selected areas.

GEO-INFORMATION SECTOR

7. GEO-DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME


7.1. Summary.
A variety of databases are now being constructed in government and international
organizations in Lao PDR, including a database for the Mekong River by MRC, a
fundamental geographical information and infrastructural database by NGD, a forestry, soil,
and land-use distribution database by MAF, and an electric power supply database by MEM,
These datasets can be used as fundamental surrounding information for a future Geo-science
database in the DGM, which would provide an information backbone for mineral resources in
this country. New topographical maps at 1:50 000 scale are under preparation for the major
part of country at the National Geographical Department in a USD 5 million Finnish funded
SNGS project.
Geo-database information in DGM has been used to create and manage mineral
resource maps, such as the 1:1,000,000 geological map produced by BGS, a mineral resource
map produced by an ESCAP project, and two parts of southern and middle Laos on 1:200,000
geological maps completed by INTERGEO (Vietnam) and also some mining concession
distribution maps amongst others. However, these datasets are insufficient for a fundamental
database for geological and mineral resources because of database management issues, such
as incomplete data, data errors, and mixing of data types.
Under the Finnish funded LAOFIMIN, available geodatasets (partly digitized) have
been unified into geographically uniform and easy-to-use ArcGIS file geodatabase format
including topographical base data (originating from NGD), existing geological maps (at 1:1M,
1:500 000 and 1:200 000 and 1:100 000 scale), complemented with mineral databases and
concession areas.

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7.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities.
7.2.1. Lao-Finnish Mineral Institutional (LAOFIMIN) Project (Sep2009-Nov 2011)
The Lao-Finnish Mineral Institutional Mineral Institutional Project was composed of 4
components:
- Geo-information and data management
- Training in GIS-aided geological mapping
- Mine closure procedure
- Promotion in mineral investment
The results achieved by activities and implementation of the LAOFIMIN project, in
particular the first and second components conducted by DGM and Geologial Survey of
Finland (GTK), are as follows:
- Available spatial geodatasets have been compiled into a geographically uniform and
easy to use Lao Geodatabase corporate database
- Selected staff members have the necessary technical means and capacities to use the
ArcGIS programme efficiently to add, modify and store geodata, and produce desired
integrated maps to support the fact-based decision making processes at MEM and to
guide the scientific or practical goals of its departments.
7.3. Proposed Future activities
- Participating with other member countries in CCOP Metadata Project Phase II
- Basic design and large quantity of collected data, ranging from infrastructure to
geographic information for future geo-science GIS database will be used for the
fundamental construction of the database and will be supplied for exploration
activities.
- Geological Information Development Plan for the Lao PDR is supposed to create
geological maps with the scale from 1:200,000 to 1:10,000 and to revise the countrys
geological maps. The project might be coordinated with the Geo-science GIS database
in this study to create a GIS database and install it into DGEM.
- Construction of database for processed satellite imagery data.

7.4. Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities


- Technical Training for DGM Staff in construction and maintenance of future geo-
science GIS databases in order to improve their database and GIS skills.
- Assistance in construction of database for processed satellite imagery data

Programme Contact Person:


Name: Inpong Homsombat
Position: Director of Geo-information Division
Department of Geology
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

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48th CCOP Annual Session


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Langkawi, Malaysia

Member Country Report


of
MALAYSIA

Submitted by

Ling Nan Ley / Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia

(For Agenda Item 3)

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ANNUAL MEMBER COUNTRY REPORT

Country: MALAYSIA Period: 1 July 2010 30 June 2012

GEO-RESOURCES SECTOR

1. MINERAL PROGRAMME
1.1. Summary
During the review period, Malaysia through the Minerals and Geoscience Department
Malaysia (JMG) continued with mineral exploration and mineral research and
development activities. All the 4 geochemical laboratories of JMG that provide testing and
consultative services to assist mineral resource evaluation were accredited MS ISO/IEC
17025:2005 certification under the Malaysian Laboratory Accreditation Scheme.
In line with the effort to reduce bureaucracy in the application for permits and licences to
export minerals, the eBMGPermit - an online application was developed.
1.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
1.2.1. Mineral Exploration for Metallic Minerals
Metallic mineral exploration involves regional reconnaissance and follow-up/detailed
geochemical surveys.
Reconnaissance evaluation for metallic mineral resources was carried out in Johor,
Selangor, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Sarawak covering a total area of 755
km2. Preliminary study showed that there are occurrences of potential mineral deposits in
most of these states.
Follow-up/detailed metallic mineral resource evaluation was carried out in Negeri
Sembilan, Perak, Kedah, Kelantan, Terangganu, Pahang, Sarawak and Sabah covering a
total area of 410 km2. Gold, iron ore, tin ore and manganese anomalies were identified.
1.2.2. Mineral Exploration for Industrial Minerals
The industrial minerals studied with their respective coverage areas are clay 201.5 km2,
silica sand 112 km2, silica rock 156 km2, feldspar 66.4 km2, titanium ore 53 km2,
construction sand 11.15 km2, dimension stone 6.25 km2, fine mica 3 km2 and
limestone 4.37 km2. Estimated reserves for dimension stone (1,157 million tonnes),
construction sand (5.33 million tonnes), feldspar (4,274 million tonnes), silica rock (30.06
million tonnes), clay (65.55 million tonnes) and limestone (930.6 million tonnes) were
identified from the studies.
1.2.3. Mineral Exploration for Energy Mineral
Coal exploration and evaluation were carried out in the states of Sarawak and Sabah
covering a total area of 115 km2.

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The coal evaluation study in Murum-Plieran, Belaga, Sarawak has successfully delineated
7 coal seams with thicknesses ranging from 2.0 m to 12.0 m. The longest extension of a
coal seam traced in the Ulu Plieran area stretched a distance of 5 km. Reconnaissance coal
exploration in Sarawak involved reassessment of coal resources at the former Sadong
Colliery which was abandoned during the Second World War. The ex-colliery is now
designated as the Bukit Ngili area, Simunjan, where 4 coal outcrops with thicknesses
ranging from 0.2 m to 0.8 m were located.
In Sabah a total of 12 coal seams were delineated in the Sinobang Block, 11 in the Ulu
Pinangah Block and 7 in the Susui Block with indicated reserves of 1.2 million tonnes, 3.5
million tonnes and 48.2 million tonnes respectively.
1.2.4. Mineral Research and Development
The scope of mineral research and development is the production of value-added items
and advance material from local silica sand, clay, kaolin and rock resources and the
development of these mineral resources in a sustainable manner. Some of the R&D
projects carried out are:
(a) Clay R&D products Body Formulation
R & D is being carried out on local clays and other ceramic raw materials such as feldspar
and silica to develop ceramic bodies. This research was conducted in collaboration with
other agencies and industries that use these bodies for the purpose of commercialization.
Several formulations of table wares and ceramic balls bodies were developed. The bodies
were designed using the Rational Approximation and Compositional Estimation approach.
(b) Prototype reactor for manufacturing PCC
A prototype reactor for producing precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) has been
successfully developed. Several tests of its effectiveness have shown its potential use in
industry. Registration for a patent has been initiated.
(c) R&D crystalline glass tile production using local silica sand
Glass tile is a unique product having flash/high luminosity. It has higher durability to
fading compared to ceramic and stone tiles. The R&D is focused on manufacturing glass
tiles using local silica to replace tiles imported from overseas countries. This will increase
the usage of local minerals.
(d) R&D soft glass manufacturing using local silica sand
Soft glass is a type of glass that has lower melting temperature and stays soft for a longer
period. Its manufacture is based on soda lime glass and has many uses. Rod shaped soft
glass is used in the handicraft industry for glass bead manufacturing. This will aid the
local craft industry because glass bead manufacturing does not require sophisticated
equipment and expertise.
(e) R&D on Acid Mine Drainage issues in mines
To enhance the sustainability of mining operation and mine closure, R&D on acid mine
drainage in mines was carried out to control the environmental impacts of mining sulphide
minerals. Waste and low grade rocks that were to be disposed in dry dumps were
characterised and classified according to their potential to form acid. The treatment of
acidic mine water was carried out using zeolites and fly ash. This will assist in the better
management of acid mine drainage during mining operations and after mine closure.

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1.2.5. eBMGPermit
The eBMGPermit has been designed to simplify and expedite the application process for
permit to export minerals. Through the system, mineral export permits can be applied for
using the online eBMGPermit application system. The eBMG Permit was officially
launched on 2nd August 2011 by the Honourable Minister of Natural Resources and
Environment. As of September 2012, a total of 4798 applications have been processed.
1.2.6. Analytical Geochemistry
The geochemical laboratories of the Minerals and Geoscience Department, Malaysia
continue to play their pivotal role by providing testing and consultative services to assist
mineral resource evaluation, ground water resource development, and environmental
protection and conservation in the country.
For the period 01 Jul 2010 to 30 June 2012, a total of 113,171 chemical analyses, physical
and technological tests were completed for various geochemical, metallic and non-
metallic minerals, coal, ground water samples and mine effluents.
MS ISO/IEC 17025:2005 certification under the Malaysian Laboratory Accreditation
Scheme was renewed for the three geochemical laboratories in Ipoh, Kuching and Kota
Kinabalu until the year 2014. The geochemical laboratory in Kuantan was also recently
granted MS ISO/IEC 17025:2005 certification in April 2011 for one geochemical test. The
duration of ISO 17025 certification and scope of accreditation for each laboratory is
detailed below:-
MS ISO/IEC 17025:2005 LABORATORY ACCREDITATION
Laboratory Duration of Certification Scope of Accreditation
Ipoh, Perak Since 1997 [15years] 24 tests:-
Silica sand- 7
Limestone- 5
Gold Bullion 1
Groundwater 11
Kuantan, Pahang Since 2011 [1 year] 1 geochemcial test
Kuching, Sarawak Since 1999 [13 years] 16 chemical/technological
tests for coal
Kota Kinabalu, Since 2004 [8 years] 3 soil tests
Sabah
Total number of accredited tests- 44

1.3. Proposed Future Activities


Malaysia will continue with:
(i) Data collection through mapping, geochemical and offshore surveys.
(ii) Exploration and evaluation of non-metallic resources.
(iii) R&D work on local mineral resources.
(iv) The geochemical laboratories are committed to and will continue to strive for
excellence in the quality of testing services by:-

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a. implementing stringent in-house quality assurance protocols in all testing
schemes to ensure validity of test results,
b. organising and participating in relevant local/international proficiency testing
schemes or programmes to evaluate technical competency, and,
c. extending the scope of MS ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation in chemical
testing to include new methodologies of analysis like Inductively-coupled
Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometric (ICP-OES) and X-Ray Fluorescence
Spectrometric (XRF) techniques.
1.4. Assistance Required from CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future
Activities
Assistance from CCOP is required in:
(i) Training on processing, integration and interpretation of geochemical,
geophysical and geological data.
(ii) Expertise in R&D with specific reference to industrial minerals.
1.5. Assistance Offered to CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future
Activities
1.5.1 Assistance in Coal Laboratory Development and Coal Quality Testing
The Coal Laboratory of the Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia has acquired
more than 20 years of experience and technical expertise in coal testing and is well-
recognised as a competent testing laboratory in the country for coal quality evaluation.
The laboratory currently has in its equipment inventory, a comprehensive range of
modern instrumentation to perform ultimate and proximate analysis as well as
technological tests for coal samples. The laboratory adopts internationally recognised
ASTM (American Society of Testing and Materials) Standard Methods for the testing of
coal and the entire scope of 16 coal quality tests conducted by the coal laboratory is
currently MS ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited.
Malaysia through the auspices of the Minerals and Geoscience Department is in a
favourable position to offer technical assistance (advice and training) to fellow CCOP
member countries intending to set up a laboratory for coal testing, as well as the
implementation/conduct of coal quality testing activities in the laboratory.
1.5.2 Assistance in the Assay of Gold by Fire-assay and Cupellation
The laboratory in Ipoh operates a gold testing facility to assay gold purity (fineness of
gold) in gold bullion samples by cupellation, while the laboratories in Kuantan and
Sarawak are fully equipped to conduct analysis of trace gold in geochemical exploration
samples by fire-assay pre-concentration, cupellation and flame atomic absorption analysis.
All the three laboratories are technically competent to perform gold analysis by the fire
assay/cupellation technique and the government of Malaysia through the auspices of the
Minerals and Gesocience Department can also offer technical expertise to fellow CCOP
member countries seeking assistance to set up a fire-assay laboratory for gold testing.

Programme Contact Person:


Ab Halim Hamzah, JMG [abhalim@jmg.gov.my]

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2. ENERGY PROGRAMME
2.1. Summary
During the review period of July 2010 to June 2012, a total of 17 new Production Sharing
Contracts (PSCs) were signed.
Aggressive and vigorous exploration activities were being conducted in Malaysia as
seen from the increase in seismic acquisitions and the amount of exploration drilling
performed when compared to the previous review period. A total of 23,710 line-km of 2D
2
and 15,212 km of 3D seismic data were acquired and 62 exploration wells (11
appraisals) were drilled resulting in 36 significant oil and gas discoveries.
Crude oil and gas production are shown in table below:

Period Crude Oil (kboe per day) Gas (Bscf per day)
July 2010 June 2011 512 5.9
July 2011 June 2012 469 6.0

2.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


2.2.1. New Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) Signed
Seventeen new exploration PSCs were signed during the review period. Details are as
follows:

No. of Year Signed


Block Area
PSC 2010 2011 2012
Peninsular
Malaysia 6 1 3 2
Shallow
Water Sarawak 7 2 3 2
Sabah - - - -
Peninsular
Malaysia - - - -
Deep
Water Sarawak 1 - 1
Sabah 3 1 - 2

2.2.2. Geophysical Surveys


A total of 23,710 line-km of 2D and 15,212 km2 of 3D seismic data were acquired during
the period. Details are as follows:

NEW 2D SEISMIC NEW 3D SEISMIC


REGION
(Line-km) (km2)
Peninsular 3,810 2,049
Malaysia
Sabah 5,448 6,793
Sarawak 10,946 9,876
Total 23,710 15,212

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2.2.3. Exploration and Development Drilling
A total of 62 exploration wells (11 appraisals) were drilled resulting in 36 significant oil
and gas discoveries.
2.2.4. Production of Oil and Gas
During period July 2010 to June 2011, Malaysias average daily crude oil production was
512 kboe per day and gas production was 5.9 Bscf per day.
For the period July 2011 to June 2012, Malaysias average daily crude oil production was
469 kboe per day and gas production was 6.0 Bscf per day.
The table below shows the breakdown of the production according to area:

Period
Production Area
July 2010 to June 2011 July 2011 to June 2012
Peninsular
45% 46%
Malaysia
Crude Oil Sarawak 22% 24%
Sabah 33% 30%
Peninsular
35% 31%
Malaysia
Gas Sarawak 62% 65%
Sabah 3% 4%

2.2.5. Reserves
The oil and gas reserves in Malaysia are as follows:
As of Januari 2011:
i) Crude oil and Condensates : 8 BSTB
ii) Natural Gas : 8 TSCF
As of Januari 2012:
i) Crude Oil : 3 BSTB
ii) Natural Gas : 40 TSCF
2.3. Proposed Future Activities
Malaysia would like to propose three to four energy related seminars / workshops to be
carried out in 2012. The titles of the seminars / workshops will be submitted for CCOPs
consideration before the end of the year.
2.4. Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities
Expertise in hydrodynamic play and fractured basement play.
2.5. Assistance Offered to CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future
Activities
Basin analysis and sequence stratigraphy.
Programme Contact Person:
Azani A Manaf, National Coordinator for EPPM (Enhanced Public Policy Management)
[azanima@petronas.com.my]

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3. GROUNDWATER PROGRAMME
3.1. Summary
Groundwater is increasingly playing a more important role in supplying the domestic,
industrial and agricultural water needs of the country. As such, groundwater investigation,
development and monitoring continued to be actively carried out in the country during the
review period.
3.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
3.2.1. Groundwater Exploration and Development
Groundwater was developed both in hard rocks and alluvium in almost all the states for
water resources. Studies were also conducted in order to obtain information for basin
modelling purposes. Construction of groundwater wells for peat fire fighting was
successfully implemented in the states of Johore, Kelantan, Pahang, Sarawak and Sabah.
3.2.2. Groundwater Monitoring
Groundwater monitoring has been consistently carried out during the review period in
order to ensure groundwater resources sustainability and also to prevent degradation of the
groundwater resources due to over-pumping and contamination. The monitoring work
carried out included measuring water table, groundwater sampling, and land subsidence
monitoring. A total of 400 water wells were monitored during the review period. Data
from the monitoring work indicated that there were no significant changes pertaining to
the water level, water quality and subsidence..
3.3. Proposed Future Activities
Malaysia will continue with the development of groundwater resources in various parts of
the country.
3.4. Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities
Assistance from CCOP is required in groundwater resource assessment and monitoring.

Programme Contact Person:


Mohammed Hatta Abd. Karim, JMG [hattak@jmg.gov.my]

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4. COASTAL ZONE PROGRAMME


4.1. Summary
The sustainable management of the coastal zone in Malaysia forms an integral part of the
coastal development and, therefore, continual efforts are made by the government to study the
coastal zone resources and coastal ecological habitats.
4.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
4.2.1 Coastal Programmes undertaken by Department of Irrigation and Drainage
a. Tsunami Study
In light of the December 2004 tsunami, a tsunami modelling study was carried out for the
west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The modelling study simulated the processes of a
potential tsunami wave propagating into a channelised water body such as the Straits of
Malacca and to study how the wave would be amplified as it reached the shallower coastal
areas and flood plains. Several classification maps which delineate the dangerous and safe
coastal zones were produced. These maps should help the decision makers to manage any
similar future disaster more systematically and enable them to plan effective mitigation
measures.
b. Integrated Shoreline Management Plans (ISMPs)
The ISMP programs carried out by the Department of Irrigation and Drainage are tailored
in line with the principles of Integrated Coastal Zone Management to address the major
issues and problems facing our shorelines. It is an integrated approach that takes into
account all the sectoral activities that affect the coastal areas and it gives due consideration
to economic, social, environmental and ecological issues. The goal is to develop a
management tool to harmonise all the activities in the coastal area to support a broader set
of management objectives for the coastal area.
To date, the Department of Irrigation and Drainage has completed ISMP for Pahang,
Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Labuan and Miri, Sarawak. Two other ISMP are
currently ongoing, these ares in Sabah and Johor.
4.2.2 Marine Geology Programmes undertaken by Minerals and Geoscience
Department
JMG undertook 3 projects and was one of the lead agencies for the on-going continental
shelf project.
a. Coastal Geology Mapping in Penang Island
The beaches of Penang are healthy due to the limited human modification to the coast and
the continuing supply of sand brought down to the coast by rivers. The absence of
groynes, breakwaters, and major reclamation on all the coasts except those on the
northeast and east of the island is the main reason for the healthy state of the beaches.
There will be seasonal changes to some beaches and some may show longer term change
reflecting changes in the wave climate and sediment supply but these are natural and the
loss of sand on one beach or part of a beach may be balanced by accretion on a nearby
beach.

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The major reclamation at Tanjung Pinang may have affected the beaches at Gurney Drive
but these beaches and associated coastal defenses are relatively stable. There are no
natural beaches on the largely reclaimed east coast of the island south of Georgetown,
and they appear to be relatively stable. Large volumes of sand are brought in to form the
reclamations and some of this may be lost and move on to nourish and add to the
protection on adjacent beaches.
b. Coastal Studies at One Fathom Bank, Straits of Malacca
The purpose of the study is to understand the coastal processes and the formation of the
sand banks in that area for proper management and sustainable mining of the offshore
sand resources of the area.
Sediment transport, littoral currents and pollution dispersal in the region could all be
inter-related to the One Fathom Bank (OFB), either directly or indirectly, and the hydro-
dynamics and chemo-dynamics of that environment. The OFB also appears to be a major
repository of sand resources. Any attempt to mine, dredge or otherwise disturb the OFB
and the shoals around its vicinity could have widespread environmental and economic
impacts, some of which could have regional as well as national implications. Thus, the
study undertaken is directed towards bridging this gap in information on the OFB so as to
assess its impacts and the economic implications of sand mining.
c. National Offshore Sand Resource Study Phase 2 in Offshore Sarawak
Phase 2 of the National Offshore Sand Resource Study was carried out off the waters of
Sarawak. The study was to determine the potential sand reserves and impacts of sand
mining on the environment. The study commenced in December 2008 and was completed
in September 2011.
4.2.3 Extended Continental Shelf Project
Malaysia and Vietnam made their joint partial submission of their entitlement in the
South China Sea in accordance with Rule 4 of Annex 1 to the Commissions Rule of
Procedures to the Commission through the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 6
May 2009. They made their plenary presentation to the Commission on Limits of the
Continental Shelf (CLCS) at the 24th Session of the Commission on the Limits of the
Continental Shelf in New York on 27 August 2009. Their submission had been deferred
due to protests from China and The Philippines. Continual work on the continental shelf
project was maintained throughout 2010 till 2012.
4.3. Assistance Required from CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future
Activities
As offshore sand mining is on the increase in the developing coastal states, government
agencies need to regulate and monitor the sand mining activities effectively. In moving
towards establishment of a more effective monitoring role by the relevant agencies,
Malaysia proposes that CCOP might organise a special conference on offshore sand
exploration and mining in Japan or South Korea, so as to coincide with a study tour to
where offshore sand is being used in the construction industry as well as for reclamation
purposes.

Programme Contact Person:


Dr.V.R.Vijayan, JMG [vjgeomarin@gmail.com]; [drvijay@jmg.gov.my]

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5. GEO-HAZARDS PROGRAMME
5.1. Summary
The rapid pace of development has resulted in increasing scarcity of areas ideal for
development and at times the development has encroached on environmentally sensitive
areas including hillside areas. Accordingly, Malaysia, through JMG, has taken proactive
measures to try to prevent or minimise geo-hazard occurrences by implementing
geological terrain mapping, engineering geological mapping and undertaking studies on
peat and soft soils. Information from these mapping projects were used widely in land-use
planning by local authorities and government agencies. Geo-hazard investigations were
carried out whenever there were occurrences of geo-hazardous events such as landslides
and sinkholes in order to determine the possible causes and thence endeavoured to
propose viable effective mitigation and prevention measures to the relevant agencies.
JMG also received requests for engineering geology advisory services from various
sectors. On the whole, geological terrain mapping was carried out in almost all the states
with overall coverage of 1075 km2 whereas engineering geological mapping and studies
on peat and soft soils were only carried out in a few states.
5.2. Proposed Future Activities
Malaysia will continue with:
(i) Geological Terrain Mapping
Through geological terrain mapping, thematic maps such as Slope Maps, Terrain Maps,
Erosion Maps, Physical Constraints Maps, Engineering Geology Maps and Construction
Suitability Maps will be generated. These maps have proven to be useful for development
planning purposes.
(ii) Investigation of peat areas
Investigations of peat lands will be conducted in various states. The physical and
engineering characteristics of these peat lands will be studied.
(iii) Stability of slopes and limestone hills
Investigations will be conducted on slopes and limestone hills in several states to map
dangerous slopes or cliff faces and to demarcate the safe and danger zones especially at
the base of the limestone hills.
5.3. Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities
Expertise in peat study particularly in overcoming the engineering problems associated
with development on peat land.
5.4. Assistance Offered to CCOP in Support of Future Activities
Malaysia has acquired expertise on geological terrain mapping and is in a position to
advise or transfer the knowledge to whichever neighbouring countries are interested in
developing the mapping technique.

Programme Contact Person:


Mohd Badzran Mat Taib, JMG [badzran@jmg.gov.my]

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6. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY PROGRAMME
6.1. Summary
The environmental geological programme carried out involves mainly groundwater
monitoring and specific environmental geology studies.
6.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
6.2.1. Groundwater Monitoring
Groundwater monitoring with regards to groundwater contamination and pollution
migration was carried out in the state of Kelantan near a waste disposal site. Routine
groundwater quality monitoring was carried out in all the groundwater catchment areas.
6.2.2. Specific Environmental Geology Studies
Environmental geology studies were carried out in Perak to identify the source of arsenic
contamination at a new settlement area on ex-mining land and to identify the source of
methane gas emission at another site.
An environmental impact study was also carried out at Sg. Baleh and Batang Rajang
areas, Sarawak to investigate the environmental impact caused by the widespread large
scale landslides.
6.3. Proposed Future Activities
Malaysia will continue with:
(i) Groundwater monitoring;
(ii) Environmental geology studies at areas of concern.
6.4. Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities
Expertise in groundwater especially in the area of contamination monitoring and
mitigation.

Programme Contact Person:


Mohd Badzran Mat Taib, JMG [badzran@jmg.gov.my]

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GEO-INFORMATION SECTOR

7. GEO-DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME


7.1. Summary
During the review period, quite substantial progress has been achieved in the geo-
information sector. The geospatial technology has been broadly used in both routine and
long-term initiatives such as: old geological maps reconciliation, geospatial data sharing
and also data entry and updating in our newly accomplished integrated databases
development. To ensure proper and continuation in the implementation of mineral and
geoscience activities in the department, a series of guidelines were published.
7.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
7.2.1. Geological Maps
Continuing efforts in providing informative yet good quality geological maps (scale of
1:63,360), old maps (mostly in ammonia printed form) were reconciled by the use of GIS.
A total of 100 sheets of such maps, out of 139 sheets covering the whole of Peninsular
Malaysia, were reproduced. Along with the old maps re-production, new geological
maps containing new geological information obtained from current mapping work done
by our researchers were also made available. Both the old and new geological digital data
were then, merged to a new edition of the 1:750,000 scale "Geological Map of Peninsular
Malaysia". The draft map was expected to be completed by September 2012. The new
map is planned to be published by the end of 2012.
7.2.2. Dissemination of Geospatial Data
As a contributing member of the Malaysian national spatial data infrastructure
programme, JMG plays its supporting role by providing the latest mineral and geoscience
geospatial datasets (including the metadata) for the National Geospatial Database hosted
by Malaysian Centre for Geospatial Data Infrastructure (MaCGDI). A user-friendly
mineral and geoscience related data policy was introduced in 2011 to state clearly the
data-sharing procedure and the revised data-charges and also to promote data security
awareness. Collaborative work and data sharing with other government and non-
government agencies was also undertaken for the purpose of the betterment of society.
To ensure efficient data sharing, a set of standard and common features and attribute
codes are required. Therefore, a national MS1759 Features and Attributes Code has been
initiated to compile appropriate codes to be applied by both data producers and users of
geospatial data. A few categories have been set up and among them is Theme: Geology
(including Geolithology, Mineral, Fossil, Mining, Exploration, Geological Features and
Geosciences). The compilation task was started in 2010 with a final draft was to be
completed in September 2012. The Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia
(SIRIM), a government wholly-owned company, plans to publish a finalised standard
document in 2013.

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7.2.3. Development of Database and Data Centre
Since the completion of the Minerals and Geoscience Information System (MINGEOSIS),
the JMG-owned integrated geospatial and textural database information system, at the end
of 2011, intensive data entry and updating tasks have been carried out. The MINGEOSIS
includes 8 databases: Hydrogeology, Industrial Minerals, Geochemical Exploration,
Metallic Minerals, Engineering Geology, Coal Exploration, Mines and Quarries. The
MINGEOSIS is a dynamic system which will be continuously upgraded, enhanced and
expanded. Information obtained from reports of previous work and current findings are
consolidated into a single system, as our goal is to act as the national depository for all
information related to geoscience and mineral resources of the country.
JMG is also developing a range of web-based GIS applications. At the moment these
applications are only available for internal use. A Data Centre to house the servers,
applications and data has been set up.
7.2.4. Publication of Guidelines for Mineral and Geoscience Activities
JMG is in the process of documenting and publishing a series of guidelines related to
mineral and geoscience activities undertaken by JMG. These guidelines would provide
comprehensive references to ensure professionalism and quality of all work carried out by
JMG. To date a total of 10 guidelines have been published.
For the geospatial activities a proper implementation of the GIS technology is crucial to
ensure data integrity, quality and security.. A guideline is drafted to delineate common
data handling and management practices. The compilation of the guideline which started
in 2010 is planned to be finalised by the end of 2012.
7.3 Proposed Future Activities
The MINGEOSIS system will be expanded to include databases for Geophysics, Research
& Development, Quaternary Geology, Environmental Geology, Geological Mapping and
Geoheritage.
Development of new GIS web-based simple analysis applications to fully utilise the
mineral and geoscience databases are also planned.
7.4 Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities
Malaysia welcomes technical assistance in the following areas:
(i) Expert advice on developing applications.
(ii) On-the-job-training on various aspects of database development and management.

Programme Contact Person:


Mohd Zulkiflee Che Soh, JMG [zulkiflee@jmg.gov.my]

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JOINT TECHNICAL COOPERATION

1. MALAYSIA-THAILAND BORDER JOINT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (MT-JGS)


The Malaysia-Thailand Border Joint Geological Survey project (MT-JGS) was established
during the 7th Meeting of the Joint Committee for Malaysia-Thailand in Kuala Lumpur,
24-25 January 1995. Both parties agreed to carry out in phases, a joint geological survey
along the border.
Since the commencement of the programme in the year 2000, 5 transect areas have been
surveyed, namely; Gubir-Sadao Transect Area, Batu Melintang-Sungai Kolok Transect
Area, Pengkalan Hulu-Betong Transect Area, Bukit Batu Puteh-Satun Transect Area and
Belum-Hala Transect Area. The report of all the 5 transect areas has been successfully
published.
During the review period, joint studies were carried out on the Stratigraphic Correlation of
the Singa-Khuan Formation and Litho- and Biostratigraphic Correlation of chert beds in
various rock units along the Malaysia-Thailand border. Reports on both joint studies were
to be submitted to the Malaysia-Thailand Border Joint Geological Survey Committee
(MT-JGSC) during the Ninth MT-JGSC Meeting held in Trang, Thailand on 12th
September 2012.
Joint surveys on the Geological Conservation and Geological Tourism in Langkawi-
Tarutao Islands and Geology of Langkawi-Tarutao Transect Area were carried out by both
parties during 2011 and 2012 respectively. The joint surveys are expected to be completed
in September 2013.
The Malaysia-Thailand Border Joint Geological Survey (MT-JGS) has benefited both
countries in terms of geological correlation and geological resources along the border. It
also served as a platform for sharing the knowledge and expertise among the two
countries.

Programme Contact Person:


Mohd Badzran Mat Taib, JMG [badzran@jmg.gov.my]

2. MALAYSIA-INDONESIA SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN


THE FIELD OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on 22 March 2010, at the Ministry
of Natural Resources and Environment, Putrajaya between Malaysia and Indonesia to
enhance and develop mutual cooperation in the field of geology and mineral resources.
The MoU acknowledges the importance of geology and mineral resources in the
development of the economies of the two countries. The areas of cooperation include
joint geological survey, geological resources and mineral investigation, exchange of
scientific and technical information, exchange of scientists and technical personnel to
work on collaborative research and development projects.
The 2nd Steering Committee Meeting and Four Technical Working Groups (TWG)
Meetings were held on 10th-13th January 2011 in Ancol, Jakarta, Indonesia. The
respective TWG meetings had discussions pertaining to the proposed cooperation
activities by both countries. The agreed resolutions were then submitted to the Steering
Committee for reviewing and endorsement.

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The activities that were implemented during 2011 by the various Technical Working
Groups were:
a) Geohazards in Klang Valley, 25-29 April 2011, Kuala Lumpur. TWG
Geohazard
b) Working visit to Silantek Coal Mine and Surrounding Areas, 9-14 May 2011,
Sarawak TWG Mineral and Energy Resources
c) Capacity Building on Risk Assessment and Management of Earthquake and
Landslide Hazards, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah , 12-16 July 2011 TWG
Geohazard
d) Training Course on Inventory and Exploration of Geothermal Resources, 18-
22 July 2011, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. TWG Mineral and Energy Resources
e) Geological Mapping Correlation Programme, Kuching, Sarawak, 25-29 July
2011, Kuching, Sarawak TWG Geological Correlation
f) Geohazards in Bandung, 18-22 September 2011, Bandung, Indonesia TWG
Geohazard
g) Training in Geoheritage Assessment and Management, 10-14 October 2011 in
Kuala Lumpur and Pulau Langkawi TWG Hydrogeology and Geoheritage
The 3rd Steering Committee Meeting on Scientific and Technical Cooperation in the field
of Geology and Mineral Resources between the Minerals and Geoscience Department
Malaysia and Geological Agency Indonesia was held on 5th July 2012 in Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah, Malaysia. Prior to the Steering Committee Meeting, the Four Technical Working
Groups (TWG) Meetings were held back to back on 3rd 4th July 2012 at the same venue.
Some of the activities undertaken during the year 2012 were reported as follows:
a) First Interim Meeting on Hydrological Study in the Sebatik Island and Joint
Field Check, 21-23 February 2012 in Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia - TWG
Hydrogeology and Geoheritage
b) Geological Correlation and Field Excursion at Badau-Kantu Valley,
Kalimantan, Indonesia, March 2012 TWG Geological Correlation

Programme Contact Person:


Hamadi Che Harun, JMG [hamadi@jmg.gov.my]

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

48th CCOP Annual Session


4-8 November 2012
Langkawi, Malaysia

Member Country Report


of
Papua New Guinea (PNG)

Submitted by
Delegation of PNG

(For Agenda Item 3)

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)
CCOP Building, 75/10 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand

ANNUAL MEMBER COUNTRY REPORT


Country: PAPUA NEW GUINEA Period: 1 July 2011 30 June 2012

GEO-RESOURCES SECTOR

1. MINERAL PROGRAMME
1.1. Summary
The year has been a time for continuing the rebuilding of the Geological Survey of
Papua New Guinea. The keys to this are the recruitment of well-qualified geologists and the
continued scanning of material from the technical library and the cataloguing of rock and core
holdings. The lack of suitably trained and experienced geologists in the employment pool has
led to the recruitment of new graduates and the creation of training schemes in the Geological
Survey to maximize staff potential. The recruitment of a manager of Geological Mapping and
Mineral Exploration from Western Australia and a database geologist from BGS in the United
Kingdom have assisted in the creation of a robust methodology for modern geological
mapping and the creation of new databases. The delivery of radar data and air photography
and notebook data from Geoscience Australia's archive has assisted in updating geological
maps of PNG. Unfortunately the resignation of the manager of Geological Mapping and
Mineral Exploration in early 2012 due to lack of funding for helicopters for field mapping has
somewhat set back this process.
The EU funded GEOMAP archive with updates to the geological mapping was
completed during the year with significant upgrades align with the previous symbols and
mapping standards and was officially released to clients at the PDAC Conference in Toronto
in March 2012. Training programs and staff research associated with this project and through
CCOP have assisted in building the knowledge of the Geological Survey geologists. The
change from MapInfo to ArcGis and training of staff in the interpretation of airborne
geophysics and remote sensing data has facilitated transition to modern methods of geological
mapping and future data delivery of both tenement and geoscience data over the web. This
will allow updates to geoscience data to be linked to a range of World Bank and MRA funded
projects in the future including a Mining Tenements Management System.
The digital capture of archival library data continued during the year but has been
delayed by the lack of scanners to be delivered under World Bank funding and by lack of staff
and delays in fixing existing in-house scanners. The project is now scheduled to be
completed by mid-2013. Country wide regional geochemistry is on the agenda for PNG to
request assistance at the CCOP forum in November 2012. Community based geoscience in
line with GSD's service delivery continued during the year with water and infrastructures -
based projects

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1.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
This year was been a time to consolidate gains from a range of training and education
gains from staff commencing higher degrees in overseas universities.
Compilation and final editing of the 1:100 000 Geological map publication series over
the Central highlands from the GEOMAP project was a major mapping activity from July
2011 to June 2012 with release of all geological mapping products in March 2012 at
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). Completion of the GEOMAP
project included delivery of a GEOMAP archive of technical reports and ancillary data such
as palaeontology, petrology and isotopic age dating and all geophysics and geochemistry data
and associated pdf map products and Map Info GIS coverage. This data set is available on
external hard drive from MRA. To date 3 sales of this data have been completed. The release
of the geophysical and geochemical data sets continues to be a major impetus for renewed
exploration in PNG with significant interest being shown by major global companies in
acquiring new exploration tenements in PNG. Significant follow up with more detailed
surveys covering the area of the GEOMAP areas and adjacent areas has been a feature of
some programs by exploration companies.
A metallogenic map of the D'Entrecasteux islands was released in late 2011. Work on
the metallogenic 1:250 000 Special maps (RAMU and WABAG) of the Central Highlands has
been advanced with likely completion of the Ramu Special map in late 2012. The
metallogenic mapping project forms part of ongoing development of a new annual digital
product on PNG Mines and prospects called 'PNG Minerals' and these are expected to be
released in late 2012. Update of the Wabag Special metallogenic map should include edge
matching and merging of geological map units identified under the GEOMAP Project with
previous geological mapping of the southwestern part of the area mapped previously by
Geoscience Australia and the Geological Survey of PNG. This map joining will be a pilot
project in line with a World Bank project to join all PNG maps at 1:250 000 and to eventually
create a seamless coverage of PNG for the global One Geology Project under IUGS.
Geological Survey cartographers have taken studies to MSc level externally in Australia and
by correspondence in the United Kingdom. The MSc project by the senior cartographer will
focus on a method to produce seamless geological map coverage of PNG and develop a
stratigraphic lexicon on PNG geological units as part of the One Geology Project.
Field training orientation for staff and development of the quality of point data
observations was carried out in the Wau 1:250 000 map sheet in August 2011 in order to
produce a more up-to-date geological interpretation for this important mineral producing
region. A technical note outlining observations was produced (TN2012/2). One staff member
is commencing an honours project of on the Morobe Granodiorite with field work planned for
August and September 2012.
Five staff continued MSc level studies in collaboration with overseas universities at
Leeds and Leicester University in the United Kingdom (UK) and at Clausthal University in
Germany. Research projects have advanced in Bougainville and at the advanced Wafi-Golpu
Project (Morobe Province) with submission of results expected in late 2012 and in late 2013
to early 2014.
Most rock samples from previous geological mapping in PNG have been
photographed and stored ready for the construction of a new core shed. As a future initiative
it is envisaged that images of these rock samples will be available as spatially located data
within PNG on an updated MRA website.

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The Geological Survey Division has advanced urban geology project update in the
Port Moresby 1:50 000 area with a goal of updating this map and using the local area for
field-based geological mapping training. A report has been prepared and parts of the map will
be visited to check the boundaries between engineering rock units to complete this project and
deliver a new urban geology map. Other major centres in PNG such as Lae Madang and
Wewak are planned for future projects on urban geology. Staff attended the International
Geological Congress in Brisbane in August 2012.
Geological mapping and mineral Exploration
The major project carried out was staff training in geological mapping in the Wau area
in August 2011 culminating in the completion of a technical note bases on the mapping
program. The lack of available funding in the 2012 budget for helicopter support curtailed
activities and staff concentrated on completing existing projects and a new product PNG
minerals and working locally on work on the urban geology of Port Moresby.
A catalogue of all air photography and note book data from 1:250 000 geological
mapping in PNG by Geoscience Australia was scanned and delivered to Mineral resources
Authority and is being incorporated in an updated digital catalogue of all PNG photography.
Geotechnical, geophysical and and hydro projects
Geotechnical projects included work on the urban geology of PNG, the hydropower
project at Purari and Hella and planning for mine inspections and assessment of landslips,
foundation investigations (Kudjip Hospital) and mitigation of geohazards in local areas. A
prefeasibility study was completed for the Simbu Lime Project in Simbu Province in
November 2011 and is awaiting funds for carrying out the feasibility study to determine the
limestone resources.
The revised digital urban geology map of Port Moresby at 1:50,000 was completed in
June 2012 by the Geotechnical and Hydrogeology Branch. It is only a draft and will be edited
for publication at the end of the year. This project will be extended to other major urban
centres such as Lae, Madang, Goroka and Kokopo/Rabaul.
The Geotechnical and Hydrogeology Branch was involved in the supervision of
geotechnical drilling and core logging at Purari Hydropower Project site between May and
August 2012 as part of the feasibility study. The project is estimated to generate about
300MW power and is a one of the largest single hydropower project ever undertaken in PNG.
The Geophysical Mapping Branch completed a magnetic survey of the of the Kusi
area, Garaina District. The target is a porphyry-style Cu-Au mineralization hosted in meta-
sediments. The project lasted ten days.
Significant interest has been shown by a number of companies in exploring for coal
and associated coal seam gas in PNG. There is very little comprehensive data on this resource
in PNG and Geological Survey is collaborating with companies to create a comprehensive
database of coal occurrences resources and analyses. Staff training in coal seam gas
investigation was initiated due to the interest in this resource. Site visits to coal seam gas
drilling by InterOil at Smipen and Drimgas sites were undertaken. Oil Search donated two
containers full of drill cores extracted from the coal Seam Drilling program. The cores have
been freighted to Port Moresby and are in temporary storage in containers at Mining Haus.
Sampling of this core was undertaken as part of an assessment of coal resources of PNG.
A Branch member was involved in deep crustal research of the Eastern Papua region.
The project is in partnership with Lamonte University (Colombia), USA. The project came to
a conclusion in August 2011 and training in the data processing was held in May 2012.

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Branch staff assisted Reykjavik Geothermal Company complete a reconnaissance
survey of the Karkar Island. The team held talks with the Provincial Authorities, the District
Authority, the Local Level Government and the local landowners. The team was received a
warm welcome from all levels of the audience.
A groundwater survey was also conducted for Finschafen town, Morobe Province. The
investigation was conducted for Water PNG, in an attempt to find a suitable groundwater
aquifer to supply the town and surrounding communities. The investigation was for seven
days.
A GNS-supported sampling program was completed in the Wau-Bulolo areas. Water
and gas samples from hot streams and creeks were collected and sent down to the GNS
laboratory, Wairakei, for further analysis. The project lasted just over two weeks.
A mineral exploration program commenced in the Rigo district Central Province. The
project combined a ground magnetic survey and geological mapping in an attempt to explain
the existence of a gossan in the area. The project lasted two weeks. A second phase of the
project continued into March 2012, but in a different location. The second site was mined for
manganese and ceased operation during World War II.
In May 2012 another ground magnetic survey was conducted in the Highlands of
Papua New Guinea in an attempt to locate drill targets for a porphyry Cu-Mo deposit. Drilling
has now commenced in the area.
A staff member of the group continues to participate actively in the UN sanctioned
Delimitation project (or continental shelf extension project)
For the ongoing management of the digital archive library records management
training and conference attendance was undertaken during the year. Staff attended the SOPAC
conference in Fiji in December 2011 and contributed to a country report of minerals and
petroleum.
Information and marketing (IMB)
Conferences and events attended included PDAC, Mines and money Beijing and
Sydney, China Mining and PNG Australia business forum. Information and marketing
provided a range of spatial information products both a standard products and customized
maps for clients and produced the six monthly MRA technical Bulletins and the "Mineral
Tok' newsletter for clients. Advertisements of products and services were also handled for
both online magazines and the PNG business directory. IMB also has a public relations
function for the MRA and produces supplements and articles to newspapers of work carried
out by the authority and organises presentations and events to attract clients to increase
interaction between MRA staff and the client base.
List of Geological Survey Technical Notes and maps July2011- June 2012
BANDELOW, F., 2011: 1:100 000 Geological map series of Papua New Guinea, Sheet
7987 Musak. Port Moresby: Mineral Resources Authority.
DOBMEIER, C. J., 2011: 1:100 000 Geological map series of Papua New Guinea, Sheet
7787 Jimi. Port Moresby: Mineral Resources Authority.
DOBMEIER, C. J. and PAPUA, S., 2011: 1:100 000 Geological map series of Papua New
Guinea, Sheet 7788 Rain. Port Moresby: Mineral Resources Authority.
DOBMEIER, C. J. and POKE, B., 2011: 1:100 000 Geological map series of Papua New
Guinea, Sheet 7887 Aiome. Port Moresby: Mineral Resources Authority.

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DOBMEIER, C. J., POKE, B. and WAGNER, B., 2011: 1:100 000 Geological map series
of Papua New Guinea, Sheet 7886 Minj. Port Moresby: Mineral Resources Authority.
EGARA, S.S., 2011: Martyrs Memorial High School groundwater study report.
Geological Survey technical note 01/2012.
GEOMAP ARCHIVE 2012: All technical reports and database and maps from the
Geomap Project 2006-2011.
IRARUE, P., KUNA G. and SWALILI, D., 2012: 01/2012, Kudjip Seismic refraction
survey, Geological Survey technical note 01/2012.
KUNA, G., 2011: Geotechnical appraisal of Gulf Southern highlands Highway route,
Desk study Report submitted to Dept of Transport.
MOSUSU. N. and GIWI. L., 2011. Magnetic signature of the Kusi mineral prospect,
Garaina, Morobe Province, Geological Survey technical note 05/2011.
MOSUSU. N, 2011; Resistivity survey for ground water development at Finschhafen,
Morobe, Geological Survey technical note 09/2011.
MOSUSU, N, IRARUE, P and VERAVE, R, 2012, Magnetic signature of the Kotna
mineral prospect, Hagen, Western Highlands Province: Mineral Resources Authority,
Papua New Guinea, Technical Note 2012/02, 18p.
SAROA D, TSIPERAU CU, ABIARI I, BOKUIK AL, KUMAN N, LAHAN MM, POKE
B, TEVLONE AP and SHEPPARD S, 2012: A preliminary re-examination of the geology
of the WauBulolo area: Mineral Resources Authority, Papua New Guinea, Technical
Note 2012/2.
SPIELER, O. & HOEFLAKEN VAN, F., 2011: 1:100 000 Geological map series of
Papua New Guinea, Sheet 7488 Double. Port Moresby: Mineral Resources Authority.
SPIELER, O. S., 2011: 1:100 000 Geological map series of Papua New Guinea, Sheet
7686 Wapenamanda. Port Moresby: Mineral Resources Authority.
TIMM, F., 2011: 1:100 000 Geological map series of Papua New Guinea, Sheet 7986
Bundi. Port Moresby: Mineral Resources Authority.
TIMM, F., 2011: 1:100 000 Geological map series of Papua New Guinea, Sheet 7785
Ialibu. Port Moresby: Mineral Resources Authority.
TIMM, F. & MUKE, L., 2011: 1:100 000 Geological map series of Papua New Guinea,
Sheet 7885 Kubor. Port Moresby: Mineral Resources Authority.
TIMM, F., 2011: Geology of Kubor Anticline, PNG. Geological Survey technical note
07/2011.
WAGNER, B. & SPIELER, O., 2011: 1:100 000 Geological map series of Papua New
Guinea, Sheet 7786 Hagen. Port Moresby: Mineral Resources Authority.
Papua New Guinea is ranked in the top 10 destinations for mineral exploration and
development in Raw Materials Group survey, Sweden, 2011). The Mineral Resources
Authority (MRA) continues its mandated function by regulating the mining industry in PNG
and make readily available information on geology, exploration, tenements and mining to
investors. There is significant interest by foreign companies for Exploration Licenses (EL).
The Mining Advisory Council (MAC) meets regularly to deliberate on several applications
and renewals. there has developed a backlog of applications for exploration tenements in

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PNG due to the success of the pre-competitive data released under the GEOMAP project and
the world demand for mineral resources (particularly from China and India).. Lower growth
rates in China may temper the demand in the next 12 months.
Projects gaining international interest and moving towards production in 2012 in PNG
are Xstratas Frieda River, Harmony Gold & Newcrests Wafi-Golpu, Marengos Yandera
and Nautilus Solwara 1. Except for Solwara 1 which has been granted a Mining
Development License, the projects have advanced to, or are at, the stage of completing
Feasibility Studies. All have already commenced the consultative processes with the
Governments and stakeholders of Papua New Guinea on mining these resources.
Operating mines in the country continue to sustain the National Governments budget,
with more than 60% of the revenue. Mining will continue to contribute revenue for the
development of the country for the next 4-5 years. This percentage contribution currently
experienced may increase with the export of LNG starting 2014/15. This period will also be
the time the above mentioned mining projects will start production or are in the final stages of
their constructions.
1.3. Proposed Future Activities
A new geophysical survey has been planned to fly to the West Papua border region.
The proposed flying to the west of Area 1 would attempt to link the geophysical survey with
the geology of West Papua. It is proposed that discussion between PNG and Indonesian
CCOP representatives discuss this option at the committee meeting.
It is proposed that a database of coal resources of PNG be compiled from industry and
government sources and to seek funding for the establishment of a new functional group in
Geological Survey to cover this role. The lack of trained geoscientists in PNG in coal
geology presents an obstacle to this proposal.
1.4. Assistance Required from CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future
Activities
Require assistance in enhancing and interpretation of geophysical images; in
association with other available geological and geochemical datasets (see 1.1). Assistance is
also required in the design of a country-wide regional geochemistry study in line with those
carried out by other members of CCOP.
1.5. Assistance Offered to CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future
Activities
It may be possible that our experiences in processing and interpreting of geophysical
datasets, especially airborne magnetic and radiometric, and their usefulness in field geological
mapping, can be highlighted or presented in a workshop to other CCOP members particularly
related to interpreting such data along an active plate margin.
1.6. Others Comments
There is a strong need for the procurement of appropriate tools (eg, software and
hardware) to enable integrated interpretation of geophysical datasets and to develop country-
wide datasets. Current configurations do not allow for smooth processing of the large datasets
generated during the MSSP program in PNG. New configurations are being planned with
updated hardware and software subject to funding.

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Programme Contact Person:
Mr. Leonard Cranfield: Executive Manager
Geological Survey Division
Mineral Resources Authority
P. O. Box 1906
PORT MORESBY 121, NCD, PNG
Phone: (675) 321 3511/Fax: (675) 320 0491
Email: lcranfield@mra.gov.pg

2. ENERGY PROGRAMME
2.1. Summary
A reconnaissance survey of the Wau-Bulolo area for geothermal development was
conducted by the Geological Survey Division. The team from the Geophysics and Geological
Mapping conducted water and gas sampling and scouted new areas of geothermal
manifestation. The samples were later sent down to the GNS Sciences laboratory at Wairekei
for analysis.
GNS Science assisted in the program by conducting training for the Geological Survey
team and providing advice on sample preparation using preservatives. Pre-field training was
conducted at Wairakei and in Port Moresby.
GSD staff also accompanied Reykjavik Geothermal Company (RGC) to Karkar
Island, which is seen as a potential site for future geothermal development.
A staff member of the Geological Survey is currently on a 6-month geothermal
training assignment in Iceland, following a successful application for scholarships with the
Icelandic Government. The staff member returns end of October, 2012.
2.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
Development in the geothermal sector appears to be hampered by the non-existence of
a geothermal policy, despite the huge interest in developing the resource by major
international companies.
Reykjavik Geothermal Company continues to be interested in the geothermal resource
if the country. The company was granted exploration license over Karkar Island in late 2011.
Further work could not be carried out due to restrictions placed by the Attorney General. The
company, however, with the support from the Mineral Resources Authority, is highly
regarded by the landowners and the Madang Provincial Government, and is keen to start
exploratory work once given the approval. RGC is targeting a 100 MW geothermal plant to
meet the electricity demand of the town and mining operations.
The Mineral Resources Authority carried out a sampling program in the Wau-Bulolo
geothermal areas. The sampling program was requested by Newcrest Mining Limited through
the Geological Nuclear Sciences (GNS) of New Zealand. GNS provided training for members
of the investigation team and also helped prepare sampling equipment prior to conducting the
sampling program.
Work on a World Bank-supported geothermal study in the country is nearing
commencement after TOR and Project proposals have been completed and a successful
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As part of our on-going commitment to train staff in geothermal exploration, a staff
member of the Geological Survey is currently on a 6-month geothermal training course at the
United Nations University Geothermal Training Institute, in Iceland. This follows a
successful application for scholarship with the Icelandic Government. The staff member
returns end of October, 2012.
2.3. Proposed Future Activities
GSD will carry out sampling programs in selected geothermal sites with the assistance
of GNS, in a study to be funded by the World Bank. The project is expected to commence in
November 2012 and will last about 18 months.
2.4. Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities
CCOP may assist in designing an appropriate geothermal database for the country and
providing technical expertise in development of a case study.
2.5. Assistance Offered to CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future
Activities
As a collaborative project, our officers can share the experiences and exchange ideas
in conducting geothermal water sampling and direct current resistivity methods around
geothermal areas.
2.6. Other Comments
Our officers need more exposure to geophysical field exploration techniques in
geothermal and mineralized terrains, and training in mapping of different mineral deposit
styles in mineralized areas.
Programme Contact Person:
Mr Nathan Mosusu, Manager
Geophysical Mapping Branch,
Geological Survey Division
Mineral Resources Authority
P. O. Box 1906
PORT MORESBY 121 NCD, PNG
Phone: (675) 321 3511/Fax: (675) 320 0491
Email: nmosusu@mra.gov.pg

3. GROUNDWATER PROGRAMME
3.1. Summary
Community water supplies were investigated through groundwater studies in Kimbe
Town. A project for drilling on Daru Island was undertaken where Geological Survey was
contracted by PNG Sustainable Development Programme to oversee their groundwater and
geotechnical drilling programs in Daru town and possibly additional areas within the Western
Province.
3.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
PNG Water Board was assisted with a TOR for Kimbe drilling. Progress is currently
awaiting drillers to arrive at Kimbe for a ground water project and a project for rehabilitation
of the Popondetta groundwater borehole. The drilling program in Daru Township is an
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Kundiawa and developing a plan with PNG Waterboard for the Wau - Bulolo ground water
and study of the Vanimo to Angoram project. Finchhafen groundwater borehole pump testing
is scheduled for late 2012.
3.3. Proposed Future Activities
Seek out contracts for future community based groundwater projects and assist local
and provincial government requests for developing stable and clean water supplies. The
ongoing purchase of down hole borehole logging tools include a camera, SP, resistivity,
gamma, temperature, fluid resistivity, caliper and associated accessories is planned for late
2012.
3.4. Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities
CCOP may assist in designing an appropriate groundwater database for the country
based on modern ideas of what such a database should contain. Currently there is no
operating database in PNG, but a database has been supplied by BGS and is under review.
3.5. Assistance Offered to CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future
Activities
Little can be done from PNG as at the moment there are only 2 staff members.
Programme Contact Person:
Mr. SimonEgara, Senior Hydrogeologist
Geological Survey Division
Mineral Resources Authority
P. O. Box 1906
PORT MORESBY 121, NCD, PNG
Phone: (675) 321 3511/Fax: (675) 320 0491
Email: segara@mra.gov.pg

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4. COASTAL ZONE PROGRAMME


In 1999 a CCOP COASTPLAN programme report, titled Geology and Natural
Hazards of Lae city and surroundings, Papua New Guinea was produced. It was a joint
project undertaken by CCOP TS, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Government and the Department of Mineral Resources of Papua New Guinea. Since then no
further coastal zone studies have been undertaken.

Programme Contact Person:


Raymond Yamai, Assistant Director Chris Mckee, Acting Director,
Engineering Geology Branch Geohazards Management Division
Geohazards Management Division DMPGM
DMPGM Private Mail Bag
Private Mail Bag PORT MORESBY, NCD
PORT MORESBY, NCD Papua New Guinea
Phone: (675) 321 5888, 3215891 Fax: (675) 321 5893
Email: raymond_yamai@mineral.gov.pg Email: chris_mckee@mineral.gov.pg

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5. GEO-HAZARDS PROGRAMME
5.1. Summary
The Department of Mineral Policy and Geohazards Management (DMPGM) is new
and emanated from the former Department of Mining and is responsible for (1) formulating
policies related to mining/exploration and (2) monitoring of geohazard activities in PNG and
the region. The latter responsibility of DMPGM will be discussed further here. Within
DMPGM a Division called Geohazards Management was created and its role is to monitor
and assess geological hazards, like earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, landslides and mass
erosion events, in PNG and the region. The Division provides advice on the mitigation
measures to relevant authorities and communities and where possible it provides early
warnings of the effects of these hazards. Through applied research the Division aims to
improve the capabilities to monitor, assess and where possible predict geological hazards in
PNG. The Division comprises three Branches; the Rabaul Volcanological Observatory, Port
Moresby Geophysical Observatory and the Engineering Geology Branch and they are
responsible for the monitoring of volcanoes, earthquakes,/tsunamis and landslides/mass
erosion in PNG respectively.
5.2. Volcanic Hazards
5.2.1. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
Routine monitoring of monitored volcanoes is ongoing. The Australian Government
through its Aid Agency (AusAID) extended the Twinning Programme at the Rabaul
Volcanological Observatory when the first phase concluded in 2010. AusAID also funded the
Strengthening Natural Hazards Risk Assessment Capacity in PNG where the East New
Britain Province was selected as the pilot province. The project started in late 2010 and is
ongoing.
Arrangements with CTBTO to establish an additional auxiliary seismic station AS76
and an infrasound IS40 at Kerevat PNG were almost concluded.
Volcanic Activities
The monitored volcanoes of Papua New Guinea were generally quiet in 2010, with the
exception of the Tavurvur and Ulawun volcanoes.
Manam volcano remained generally quiet throughout 2010. Ulawun changed its quiet
status of activity with the commencement and continuation of high frequency volcan-tectonic
earthquakes from about July 2010 onwards and Manam showed some signs of renewed
activity from occasional night glows from the two summit craters during the last few months
of the year.
Bagana, considered as the most active volcano in Papua New Guinea due to its sub-
continuous effusive activity, continued to erupt in 2010 and continued in 2011. The effusive
emissions of lava from the summit crater rolled down the western flanks of the volcano but
the volume of lava was insignificant and didnt cause any alarm.
Tavurvur, one of the two volcanoes that erupted at Rabaul in September 1994,
remained quiet in 2011 with low level of intermittent emission of ash.
Monitoring Activities
RVO persevered to maintain its monitoring equipment at Rabaul and the selected
high-risk volcanoes including Ulawun, Manam, Lamington and Pago.

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The seismic monitoring network at Rabaul was maintained at a reasonable level. A
couple of stations which had been off were restored in 2011. The tide gauge network
consisting of three stations was partially restored after a long period of inactivity. An upgrade
of the real-time Global Positioning System (GPS) of four stations for deformation
measurements began during the last quarter of the 2010 By the end of the year three of the
stations were restored but two continued to have problems. The work continued in 2011.
The monitoring stations at Ulawun, Pago, Garbuna, Manam and Lamington,
consisting of single seismic stations operated below satisfactory levels, mainly due to
technical problems associated with power problems, lack of parts etc. At some places like
Ulawun, local recordings are done on site but data transmission to RVO could not occur due
to faults in some of the system components. Despite these shortfalls, daily reporting of
volcanic information by the volcano observers, which also included Bagana, using HF voice
radios are maintained at a satisfactory level. Two stations in West New Britain have ceased
data transmission and work has been undertaken to restore operation.
Special Projects/Programs
Discussions and the compilation of a document commenced on a proposed new 4-year
AusAID-funded Geoscience Australia-RVO Twinning Program following the cessation of the
similar existing program in mid-2009.
RVO participated in a series of consultative review meetings on AusAIDs
Framework for Australian Assistance to Disaster Management in Papua New Guinea 2003-
2008 to determine its strengths, weaknesses, impacts and lessons learned, in anticipation for
drawing up a new program, the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Program.
The Strengthening Natural Hazards Risk Assessment Capacity Program workshop was
held in July 2011, in Kokopo East New Britain Province and coincided with the official
launching of The Rabaul Volcano report by the Deputy Secretary of DMPGM.
Community/Public Education
Community and public education on volcanic and other geological hazards like
earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, etc., continued to feature strongly in RVOs 2010 activities.
These activities were focused in the Rabaul area with visitors to RVO from a wide range of
backgrounds including educational institutions. Posters and leaflets were given to the visitors.
Similar activities in communities of the other high-risk volcanoes were restricted by
funding.
5.2.2. Proposed Future Activities
Future activities for RVO will be guided by the mandatory responsibilities of the
observatory and the overall 5-year strategic plan for the Department of Mineral Policy and
Geohazards Management.
Some specific, planned activities include the following:
Continue to restore and upgrade monitoring equipment at Rabaul and the other high-
risk volcanoes.
Upgrade data transmission mechanisms from the remote high-risk volcanoes to RVO
at Rabaul. The current system uses modem-configured HF radios. Upgrade of this
system is year-marked for the next two years; however, there are plans to phase this
out with VSAT systems. The outcome of this will depend on funding.

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Improve power supply systems for volcano monitoring at selected high-risk volcanoes
including Ulawun and Lamington with the installation of solar farms.
Relocation of the Volcano Observatory to a new location and fitted with a state of the
art volcano monitoring system.
5.2.3. Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities
RVO receives its core operational funding from its mother department, the
Department of Mineral Policy and Geohazards Management, however, it has also benefited
immensely though aid funding from the Australian Government through its international aid
agency, AusAID, and from UNDP/ SOPAC.
With donor funding, RVO was able to achieve the following:
Improve the monitoring systems at Rabaul and selected high-risk volcanoes,
Upgrade the GPS network
Upgrade the modem-configured HF radios for transmission of volcanic data from the
remote high-risk volcanoes to RVO.
Increase in computer hardware
However, there is still more to be done and RVO certainly would welcome any
assistance with funding and technical experts of the proposed activities outlined in (5.2.2)
from CCOP, Co-operating Agencies/Countries and Member Countries.
5.2.4. Assistance Offered to CCOP in Support of Future Activities
No assistance was provided to CCOP during the reporting period.
5.2.5. Other Comments
The main issues that affect the work of RVO are lack of timely and sustained funding
and properly skilled personnel for some of its key sections. For example, restoration of some
of the monitoring equipment at other high-risk volcanoes dragged on due to lack of qualified
technical staff in the Electronics Section.
Programme Contact Person:
Ima Itikarai, Assistant Director Chris Mckee, Acting Director,
Volcanological Observatory Branch Geohazards Management Division
Geohazards Management Division DMPGM
DMPGM Private Mail Bag
P.O. Box 386, RABAUL, ENBP PORT MORESBY, NCD
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Ph: (675) 9821699/Fax: (675) 982 1004 Ph: 321 5888, Fax: (675) 321 5893
Email: hguria@global.net.pg Email: chris_mckee@mineral.gov.pg

5.3. Earthquake/Tsunami Hazards


5.3.1. Annual review of Individual Technical Activities
A magnitude 7 earthquake Island occurred in the neighboring Indonesian Province of
Papua, Biak, on January 3rd 2008. Within the PNG region 16 earthquakes of magnitudes 6
and 221 of magnitude 5 occurred in the period January 2008 to 09 August 2009. A total of
1595 earthquakes of magnitude 3.4 occurred during the period. From these earthquakes no
tsunamis were generated.

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Apart from the routine monitoring of seismic activity, work on the EU funded (EDF9)
replacement of the seismic network is continuing with the formulation of tender documents,
spearheaded by Geoscience Australia. The project commenced in January 2008 with a
deadline of four years to December 2011.
5.3.2. Proposed Future Activities
Seek counterpart funding from PNG Government to compliment the proposed Seismic
Network referred to above and to rehabilitate the PMGO Office and Seismic Station set up in
Port Moresby. Submission for these requests is in train at the time of reporting.
5.3.3. Assistance Required from CCOP of Future Activities
Funding is and will be a major constraint, therefore additional funding is required for
operational expenses in training of staff with the relevant software and hardware, applications
and tools, and as well as the maintenance of network components and facilities.
5.3.4. Assistance Offered to CCOP in Support of Future Activities
Annual membership fees/contributions.
Other Comments
PNG has been a long-time member of CCOP and would encourage continuing
collaboration in projects that would be of benefit to PNG and the region. To meet the
departmental vision 2009-2015, a state-of-the-art communication system is to be deployed
both for data transmission to PMGO from seismic stations and for information dissemination.
The system has to be compatible with the seismic network hardware and software to be
procured and deployed nation-wide in the next two years. For this, initial costs are to be
sought from potential donors. There will be counterpart funding sourced as well.
Programme Contact Person
Mathew Moihoi Chris Mckee
Assistant Director, DMPGM Acting Director, DMPGM
POM Geophysical Observatory Branch Geohazards Management Division
Geohazards Management Division Private Mail Bag
Private Mail Bag, PORT MORESBY NCD PORT MORESBY, NCD
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Ph: (675) 321 4500 /Fax: (675) 321 3976 Phone: (675) 321 5888/
Email: pmgo@daltroncom.pg Fax: (675) 321 5893
Email: john_arumba@mineral.gov.pg

5.4. Landslide Hazards


5.4.1. Annual review of Individual Technical Activities
No activities were completed and no new ones were started during the reporting
period. The annual review covers only the ongoing activities undertaken for the period 2010-
2011 by the Engineering Geology Branch.
The Engineering Geology Branch commenced operation in the beginning of 2009 and
strategic mapping and assessment of landslide affected areas has become a priority task of the
branch as, early in the year, a big portion of the main Highlands Highway linking the coast to
the inland areas failed due to unusually high rainfall. The landslide was mapped and assessed
and a report was produced for relevant government agencies to take corrective measures.
Since then normalcy has been restored on the highway. Library search on all previously
reported landslides is ongoing.

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Presently there is no database or a landslide map covering all of PNG on any scale
therefore the branch aims to create a landslide database and produce a landside hazard map at
the smaller scale (1:250,000). A Terms of Reference has been developed for a technical
assistance project through the UNDP/SOPAC to the Geohazards Management Division. It is
envisaged that technical capacity within the branch would be boosted with hands-on field
exposure in pilot areas to be mapped on the most vulnerable sections of the Highlands
Highway. Ensuring sustainability of this one-off assistance to our major activity and
professional help will be important to achieve the Departments vision.
The World Bank has also come on board to assist with re-equipping the engineering
geology soils laboratory. Funding for this exercise was initially promised to be made available
in September 2011 but due to reasons known only to the funding agency it will be made
available in March 2012, under the World Bank Transport Project.
Risk assessment of landslides will be done after the landslide hazard map is produced.
It will also be limited to areas where actual investment or infrastructural development is
taking place.
5.4.2. Proposed Future Activities
Besides carrying out landslides investigations the branch is also embarking on the
following activities:
Construct a user friendly data base for landslides. Currently there is none.
Carryout landslides mapping by using remote sensing methods.
Purchase new equipment for the laboratory for rock and soil tests.
Develop landslide hazard maps at 1:250 000 scale.
Carry out studies on the Engineering Geology of towns in PNG.
5.4.3. Assistance Required from CCOP of Future Activities
Assistance from CCOP TS will be required in the areas of;
1. Creation of a Landslide Data Base and provision of technical expertise
2. Provide training in Remote Sensing and to acquire satellite imagery interpretation
software and hardware to aid in landslide mapping.
Other Comments
Any assistance in the areas mentioned above will be highly appreciated.
Programme Contact Person:
Raymond Yamai Chris Mckee
Assistant Director, DMPGM Acting Director,
Engineering Geology Branch Geohazards Management Division
Geohazards Management Division DMPGM
DMPGM Private Mail Bag
Private Mail Bag, PORT MORESBY, NCD PORT MORESBY, NCD
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Ph: (675) 321 5888 Phone: (675) 321 5888/
Fax: (675)321 5893 Fax: (675) 321 5893
Email: raymond_yamai@mineral.gov.pg Email: chris_mckee@mineral.gov.pg

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6. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY PROGRAMME
6.1. Summary
The only activity in this section was a radiometric survey of part of Sudest Island in
the far southeast of PNG.
6.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
A study of possible radioactive sources on Sudest Island, Milne Bay Province proved
no significant sources of high radioactivity in the areas indicated by locals in the area
(TN2/2011).

Programme Contact Person:


Mr Nathan Mosusu, Manager Geophysical Mapping Branch,
Geological Survey Division
Mineral Resources Authority
P. O. Box 1906
PORT MORESBY 121
NCD, Papua New Guinea
Phone: (675) 321 3511/Fax: (675) 320 0491
Email: nmosusu@mra.gov.pg

GEO-INFORMATION SECTOR

7. GEO-DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME


7.1. Summary
The Mineral Resources Authority (MRA) through its Geological Survey Division is
the manager of all mineral resources and geological information in Papua New Guinea. It is
the custodian of all exploration, scientific, technical and other earth sciences publications on
Papua New Guinea.
7.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
GMRIS (Geological and Mineral Resource Information Systems) installed under the
last EU SYSMIN project is not sustainable. The system collapsed due to lack of technical
training to managers of the system.
7.3. Proposed Future Activities
A significant project being developed under the current World Bank Technical
Assistance2 (WBTA2) is the digitization of geochemistry point and drill holes from
open exploration reports in the Geological Survey archives. The project will also include the
conversions of hard copy reports into electronic formats. Consultations are underway with an
Australian company, Terra Search, on this project.
A proposed proposal for training is in place for resource modeling using existing
geological and mineral resource data from the Geological Survey. Initial discussions have
been made with potential trainers from Australia.

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7.4. Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities
Assistance to revamp the defunct GMRIS is appreciated and link with an online tenure
management system under investigation by MRA. This would include staff training and
reassessment of the technical phase of the system. Recent quotes for the revamp of GMRIS
are very expensive and need to be reviewed relative to the future direction of MRA.
Capacity building and up-skilling staff in remote sensing.
Acquisition of high resolution satellite images covering the entire country or around
the mining lease and impacted areas to monitor ongoing mining operations.

Programme Contact Person:


Arnold Lakamanga Chris Mckee
Manager Information & Marketing Acting Director, DMPGM
Mineral Resources Authority Geohazards Management Division
P. O. Box 1906 Private Mail Bag
PORT MORESBY, NCD PORT MORESBY, NCD
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Phone: (675) 321 3511 Phone: (675) 321 5888, Fax: (675) 321 5893
Fax: (675) 320 0579 Email: chris_mckee@mineral.gov.pg
Email: alakamanga@mra.gov.pg

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Member Country Report


of
THE PHILIPPINES

Submitted by

Delegation of the Philippines

(For Agenda Item 3)

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ANNUAL MEMBER COUNTRY REPORT

Country: PHILIPPINES Period: 01 July 2010 - 30 June 2012

GEO-RESOURCES SECTOR

1. MINERAL PROGRAMME

1.1. Summary

At present, there are thirty three (33) operating metallic mines in the Philippines. These
mines have contributed US$ 16.14 Billion in investments to the economy since 2004. The
primary mineral commodities remain gold, copper and nickel. Since 2004, the revitalization
of the minerals industry has generated approximately US$4.453 Billion in total investments.
Total mining investments were US$ 968.3M in 2010 and US$ 618.5M in 2011.

1.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities

1.2.a. On-going Activities

1.2.a.1. Resource assessment

Based on the Memorandum of Understanding signed on November 29, 2007 by the China
Geological Survey (CGS) and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) and a
subsequent Project Annex No.1 for Nickel and Copper Mineral Potential Assessment in
Central and Southern Philippines, geologists and other personnel of both institutions
undertook stream sediment sampling in July 2010. The field areas were in Surigao del
Norte, Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Norte. Laboratory chemical analyses for the
elements cobalt, chromium, nickel, copper, lead, vanadium, zinc, silver, gold, arsenic and
antimony were undertaken in the Nanjing Geological Survey Center of the CGS. 1696
samples were collected from an area of around 2,000 sq. kms. The study delineated five
(5) areas with various geochemical anomalies. Soils samples were taken from two of the
five areas with geochemical anomalies in December 2010. A total of 130 samples were
gathered from the Malimono and Santiago areas.

Another Agreement on Geological and Mineral Investigation Cooperation between the


CGS and the MGB was signed on July 28, 2010 and a draft Project Annex for the
Copper, Chromite, Iron, Nickel and Other Metallic Mineral Potential Investigation and
Assessment in the Philippines was about to be signed towards the end of 2010. The
finalization of the envisioned new Project has been suspended informally.

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The Philippines participated in the CCOP seminar on Geochemical Mapping held at the
International Conference Hotel in Nanjing, China from March 28-29, 2012 through the
attendance of Ms. Vheina Marie P. Quintana, Senior Science Research Specialist and
concurrently Officer-in-Charge of the Geosciences Division of the Mines and
Geosciences Bureau Regional Office No. IX in the Southern Philippines.

1.2.a.2. Promotional Activities for the Mining Industry

The annual Mining Philippines Conference and Exhibitions for 2010 and 2011 were held
in September of both years at the Hotel Sofitel, Pasay City. One purpose of the Conference
and Exhibition is to promote the Philippine minerals industry. The Conferences showcased
the successes and the contributions of mining ventures to the countrys economy. The
MGB- Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Chamber of
Mines of the Philippines lead the discussions about the future of the mineral industry as a
major driver for national progress.

To further promote the Philippine minerals industry to prospective investors, the


Philippines participated in the Asia Mining Congress that was conducted in Singapore in
April 2011.

1.2.a.3. Assessment and Rehabilitation of Abandoned/ Inactive/Closed Mines Project

List of activities during the period:

Geo-environmental risk assessment of five (5) abandoned/inactive/closed mines and


the preparation of an Environmental Management Plan for each were initiated and are
continuing. The five mines are:

1. Antamok Mine Antamok, Benguet Gold


2. Black Mountain Mine Tuba, Benguet Gold
3. Dizon Mine San Marcelino, Zambales Copper, Silver
4. Consolidated Mine, Inc. Mogpog, Marinduque Copper
5. Basay Mine Basay, Negros Oriental Copper

For the former copper and pyrite mine site, the Bagacay Mine in Hinabangan,
Western Samar, the following activities have been undertaken:

1. The 50 hectares of land within the periphery of the former mining area that was
zoned into three blocks have already been revegetated/ reforested with the
following native species Mountain Agoho, Ptericarpus Indicus, Acacia Auri and
Acacia Mangium. This was done in coordination with the DENR Regional Office
No. VIII.

2. Research on Phytoremediation continues. The research has established the


diversity of species that could survive in the acidic soil.

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3. An engineering mitigating measure is the construction of a diversion
channel/pipeline so that the water of the Guila Guila Creek upstream of the
mining area would be diverted from flowing into the mine area. This is to
minimize the generation of acidic mine drainage and thus prevent further
contamination of the Taft River that is downstream from the mining area. The
measure will also bring spring water to Barangay Bagacay. 1.5kms. of the 5 km
channel/pipeline and two water reservoirs have been completed.

4. A second engineering mitigating measure was the construction of a limestone


rock dam at the creek beside the copper shipping-grade extraction area. This is
to neutralize the acidity of the water flowing through the area.

2. ENERGY PROGRAMME

2.1 Summary

The Department of Energy (DOE) continued its goal of attaining energy self sufficiency thru
the search for indigenous oil, gas, coal and geothermal resources. The conduct of the
Philippine Energy Contracting Round (PECR) for petroleum and coal were successfully
concluded for the calendar year 2011 to 2012. For petroleum, fifteen (15) areas were offered
to potential investors. For coal, 38 prospective areas were offered for bidding.

Oil production from July 2011 to June 2012 has reached 1.6 million barrels (MMB), posting
a decrease of some 900,000 barrels compared to the period from July 2010 to June 2011
output. Main production came from the Galoc Oil Field that has now produced a total of 1.44
million barrels for 2012. On natural gas production, Malampaya gas field produced 142
billion standard cubic feet (BSCF) of gas. This reflects a 2.7 percent decrease in gas
production from the previous level of 142 BSCF. Malampaya also produced a total of 5.0
million barrels of condensate for the period in review.

The DOE estimated the countrys total coal resource potential at about 2.37 billion MT, of
which the estimated proven (in-situ) and mineable reserves stood at approximately 428.8
million MT (MMT) and 317.8 MMT as of December 2011.

2.2 Annual Review of Technical Activities

2.2.a. Philippine Energy Contracting Round

The Philippine Energy Contracting Round (PECR) provides an opportunity for


investment though public contracting rounds for awarding petroleum service contracts
and coal operating contracts. It is the desire of the Department of Energy (DOE) to adopt
the most effective strategy for promoting and attracting local and foreign investment to
accelerate the exploration, development and production of the countrys indigenous
resources. The contracting round is consistent with national interest and policy for energy
strategy and security.

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The PECR 4 for petroleum was launched last 30 June 2011 with 15 areas offered. Four
investment road shows in Singapore, Australia, Italy and the USA were also conducted by
the DOE to attract potential investors. The PECR for Coal was launched on 01 December
2011 offering 38 coal areas. Of the 38 coal areas offered, 9 are located in Luzon, 3 in
Visayas and 26 in Mindanao.

2.2.b. Production

Oil production from July 2011 to June 2012 has reached 1.6 million barrels (MMB),
posting a decrease of some 900,000 barrels compared to the period from July 2010 to
June 2011 output. Galoc Oil Field has now produced a total of 1.44 million barrels for
2012.

Malampaya gas field produced 142 billion standard cubic feet (BSCF) of gas and 5.0
million barrels of condensate for the period in review.

Coal production reached about 7.54 million MT for the period 01 July 1011 to 30 June
2012 or a decrease of 3.52% from about 7.82 million MT for the previous period.

2.2.c. Power Generation

For the review period, the total electricity generated by the countrys geothermal plant
was 10,112.00 gigawatt-hour of electricity compared to 10,218.66 gigawatt-hour of
electricity generated from July 2009 to June 2010 period.

3. GROUNDWATER PROGRAMME

3.1. Summary

The Groundwater Resource Assessment Programme is a regular on-going activity in support


of the governments thrust to provide a safe and dependable water supply source in the entire
country. Hydrogeological, groundwater quality and georesistivity surveys were conducted in
specific areas (barangay/municipality) to assess and delineate potential groundwater supply
sources. For the period July 2010 to June 2012, the Central Office and 15 Regional Offices
conducted groundwater resource assessment in 27 municipalities and 5 provinces nationwide.

3.2 Annual Review of Technical Activities

3.2.a. Groundwater Resources Assessment and Vulnerability Mapping Project

This is one of the major programs of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau. It aims to
generate critical information and a data base on the groundwater resources availability
and vulnerability in the various regions and areas of the country and make the basic
information available to authorities responsible for water resources management and
development, physical framework and land use planning, land use classification and
allocation, and regional as well as local developmental project development.

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The field survey included the conduct of a well and spring inventory as main sources of
potable water supply; water level measurements; ground truthing/mapping; water quality
measurements for pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity and total
dissolved solids; groundwater sampling for analysis of major, minor and trace ions; and
georesistivity survey.

3.2.b. IWAVE Project

Under the International Atomic Energy Agency Water Availability Enhancement


(IWAVE) Project, the Philippines was selected as one case study country. The IWAVE
Project in the Philippines is being implemented in cooperation with the National Water
Resources Board (NWRB) and Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI). The
objective is to formulate a detailed plan for addressing the gaps in maintaining
hydrological data and information to strengthen the countrys capability for conducting
comprehensive water resources assessment. One of the main outputs of the project is the
preparation of a national document entitled Water as a Critical Infrastructure Subsector
of the Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016 - Investing in Resource Assessment
Capability for Planning and Management of Water Infrastructure.

GEO-ENVIRONMENT SECTOR

4. COASTAL ZONE PROGRAMME

4.1. Summary

The MGB, through its Marine Geological Survey Division, covered 210 municipalities
within 15 provinces under the Coastal Geohazard Assessment and Mapping Project during
the 2 year period covered by this report.

4.2. Annual Review of Technical Activities

4.2.a. Coastal Geohazard Assessment Of Sea Level Rise Due To Climate Change

Field surveys consisting of coastal geohazard assessment and shoreline mapping using
GPS/differential GPS were carried out along the coasts of the following areas:

Biliran
Northern Leyte
Antique
Aklan
Iloilo
Northern Cagayan
La Union
Negros Oriental
Northern Samar
Cebu
Bataan
Zambales

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Misamis Oriental
Misamis Occidental
Lanao del Norte

4.3. Proposed Activities and Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future
Activities

This aims to come up with a comparatively more comprehensive implementation of the


projects under the coastal zone program, aside from the current activities relating to the
mapping and assessment of coastal areas critically susceptible to geohazards. Initiatives
will further focus on the study of sea level rise resulting from global warming and
extreme weather conditions as effects of climate change.

5. GEOHAZARDS PROGRAMME

5.1. Summary

The DENR-MGB has been implementing its National Geohazards Assessment and Mapping
Program since 2005 with the primary objective to identify areas in the country that are
susceptible or prone to various geologic hazards and provide the vital information to various
stakeholders in order to lessen or mitigate the impacts of these events. The MGB focused its
effort on landslides and flooding. The National Geohazard Assessment and Mapping Program
is a component of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Program of the Government.

DENR-MGB is currently finalizing the GIS-based geohazard maps to facilitate the


dissemination of information through the MGB Website.

5.2 Annual Review of Technical Programmes/Activities

5.2.a. Program of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau

By 2010 the DENR-MGB had completed the assessment and mapping of cities and
municipalities totaling around 1,634 nationwide at a scale of 1:50,000. MGB personnel
have issued advisories to officials of barangays (villages) that are in critical areas
relative to landslides and flooding. The completion of the 1:50,000 scale assessment and
mapping is being complemented by the production of the GIS-based geohazard maps
wherein around 80% of the maps have already been completed.

DENR-MGB conducted around 20 province-wide information and dissemination


seminars and workshops and provided about 65,000 geohazard maps to LGUs and other
stakeholders and national and local disaster management and planning agencies.
Municipal and Barangay-level information dissemination and disaster awareness and
preparedness campaigns were also conducted as well as technical assistance for
proposed relocation sites of natural disaster-affected areas.

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Considering the possible adverse impact of the La Nina weather phenomena of heavy
precipitation during the rainy season and extreme weather conditions over much of the
country, particularly the eastern seaboard, MGB provided all local government units
(LGUs) with a list of possible areas (province/municipalities/barangays) that could be
seriously affected by various hazards, both natural and man-induced, arising from
abnormal climatic events. The local government officials were likewise advised of the
most appropriate measures to take in the event their areas are affected.

DENR-MGB started in 2011 its multi-year program (targeted to be completed end of


2014) on the detailed mapping at a scale of 1:10,000 for areas identified to be prone to
landslide and flooding hazards (particularly those that are frequented by intense rainfall
and typhoons).

These geohazard areas were either classified as highly hazardous, moderately hazardous
or slightly hazardous areas in order to come up with a susceptibility map. Old and active
landslides, flood prone areas, geologic structures and lithologies were identified and
plotted on the map.

Landslide susceptibility parameters include slope gradient, weathering soil


characteristics, rock mass strength and human effects. Landslide modelling using a
Geographic Information System will be made employing bivariate statistical methods
published by ITC-UNESCO in the 1991 Geographic Information System for Slope
Instability Zonation (GISSIZ).

For flood hazard mapping, reconstruction of flood histories in the study areas was
undertaken through interviews and review of any documentation available. Results of the
assessments were provided to the local chief executives with appropriate threat advisory.
The advisory informs them of the areas susceptibility to flooding and contains
corresponding recommendations.

Areas critical for geohazards in around 260 cities and municipalities were assessed.

5.2.b. Hazards Mapping and Assessment for Effective Community-Based Disaster


Risk Mitigation (READY) Project

Under the framework of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Councils Collective Strengthening for Community Awareness on Natural Disasters (or
CSCAND) Working Group, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau has been actively
collaborating with other hazards mapping agencies such as the Philippine Institute of
Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and
Astronomical and Services Administration (PAGASA), National Mapping and Resource
Information Authority (NAMRIA) and the Office of Civil Defense in the conduct of
disaster risk management activities such as the Hazards Mapping and Assessment for
Effective Community-based Disaster Risk Management (or READY Project) and
Enhancing Risk Analysis Capacities for Flood, Tropical Cyclone, Severe Wind and
Earthquake for Greater Metro Manila (Risk Analysis Project).

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With the support of the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the READY Project, which is now
in its final year, is now undertaking the completion of multi hazards mapping of at least
seven (7) prioritized provinces out of the 27 targeted by this 5-year project. This is being
complemented by the conduct of Rapid Earthquake Damage Assessment (REDAS) for
selected local government units.

The CSCAND Working Group, is now implementing the Risk Analysis Project with
Geoscience Australia as its partner and AusAID as a supporting organization. Major
activities include the acquisition of LIDAR images for the Marikina-Pasig River Basin
area, development of an exposure risk database and modeling for floods, earthquakes and
severe wind. Results of the study will be integrated into the development of a disaster
management plan for the concerned local government units.

GEO-INFORMATION SECTOR

7. GEODATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

7.1. Summary

The program is called Geological Database Information System (GDIS). The application has
limitations or implementation constraints which would not be an impediment towards the
attainment of its objectives. The main objective of the GDIS is to allow users to view
available information such as geohazard maps, geological maps, mineral resources, and the
Geological Bibliographic System.

Through the web, www.musers would be able to:

Search and view the 1:50,000 scale Landslide and Flood Susceptibility Maps of the
Philippines
Search and view the 1:50,000 scale Geologic Maps of the Philippines
Search and view the MGB Geohazards Assessment at barangay level
Search and view the inventory of metallic and non-metallic resources of the
Philippines
Search and view the database of geological references consisting of internal reports,
journal articles, theses, and articles from different conference proceedings

7.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities

The posting in the MGB website of the Geohazard Maps produced by the Lands Geological
Survey Division of the MGB is a continuous process. Geohazard maps are posted as soon as
they are produced. This is an initial effort intended to ultimately lead to an interactive web
mapping services.

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48th CCOP Annual Session


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Langkawi, Malaysia

Member Country Report


of THAILAND

Submitted by

Thailand Delegation

(For Agenda Item 3)

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ANNUAL MEMBER COUNTRY REPORT

Country: THAILAND Period: 1 July 2010 30 June 2011

GEO-RESOURCES SECTOR

1. MINERAL PROGRAMME
The Royal Thai Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) has a role in preservation,
conservation and rehabilitation of natural resources and the environment in Thailand. The
DMR is also responsible for supervising mineral exploration and production.

For fiscal year 2011

1.1. Summary
During the reporting period (fiscal year 2011), the DMR has carried out two
technical projects which are the Exploration and Assessment for Mineral Resources and
Mineral Exploration and Assessment for Mineral Zoning

1.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


1.2.1 Exploration and Assessment for Mineral Resources
1.2.1.1 Regional mineral exploration and assessment
1.2.1.2 Detailed mineral exploration and assessment
The regional mineral exploration and assessment project aims to /build a database and
assess mineral resource potential areas. The project working areas are in the north eastern
part of Thailand (2/2554 Loei province) and the the northern part of Thailand (1/2554
Nakhon Sawan and Kampangpet provinces) (Figure 1). It was implemented by
subcontracting private exploration companies under the supervision of the DMR.
Detailed mineral exploration and assessment is carried out by the Bureau of Mineral
Resources (BMR), DMR. The objective is to assess mineral deposit areas and mineral
reserves. The project working areas are: 1) Kampangpet province (fluorite); 2) Kanchanaburi
and Petchaburi province (Tin) and 3) Lampang and Chiang Rai provinces (kaolinite) (Figure 1).

1.2.2 Mineral Exploration and Assessment for Mineral Zoning


This project was managed by the BMR with Chulalongkorn University to perform
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). The objectives of this project are mineral
zoning, mineral reserves and mineral resources management. The project working area is Ban
Kreang Kawiya, Tipuye village, Tong Pha Phum district, Kanchanaburi province (Figure 1).
The exploration target is a Pb-Zn deposit covering 0.24 square kilometers and the mineral
reserves are 125,848 metric ton.

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Figure 1. The project working areas in fiscal year 2011 (Nakhon Sawan,
Kampangpet, Loei, Lampang, Chiang Rai, Petchaburi and
Kanchanaburi provinces)

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For fiscal year 2012

1.1 Summary
During the reporting period (fiscal year 2012), DMR has carried out two technical
projects which are the Exploration and Assessment for Mineral Resources and Mineral
Exploration and Assessment for Mineral Zoning

1.2 Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


1.2.1 Exploration and Assessment for Mineral Resources
The Exploration and Assessment for Mineral Resources Project can be divided into
two sub-projects including the regional mineral exploration and assessment (Ngao and
Danchang areas) and the detailed mineral exploration and assessment (Tin and Rare-earth
elements).

1.2.1.1 Regional mineral exploration and assessment


The regional mineral exploration and assessment project aims to /build a database and
assess mineral resource potential areas. The project working areas are Ngao and
Danchang areas.
Ngao area covers 3,600 square kilometers in the northern part of Thailand. It is
covering parts of Lampang, Payao, Phare and Nan provinces (Figure 1). The obtained result
is recognition identification five mineral potential areas, including POT-1 (Pb-Zn-Cu), POT-2
(Sb-Cu), POT-3 (Sb), POT-4 (Ba), and POT-5 (Sb-Ba) (Figure 2).
Danchang area covers parts of Supanburi, Kanchanaburi and Uthaitani provinces. The
result is two mineral potential areas of Tin, Tungsten and heavy minerals (Figure 3).

1.2.1.2 Detailed mineral exploration and assessment


The detailed mineral exploration and assessment objective is to assess a high mineral
potential area for defining a mineralization zone (or ore body) and estimating mineral
resources/reserves. The project emphasis is on tin and rare-earth elements (REE). The
working areas are: 1) Ratchaburi provinces (Tin), and 2) Kanchanaburi province (REE).
Ratchaburi provinces is located in the western part of Thailand, comprising
Takopittong subareas in Suan Phueng district, Ratchaburi province covering 1.55 square
kilometers (Figure 4), which it is expected to find in primary and secondary Tin deposits. The
estimated mineral resources (333) are respectively of about 11,600 metric ton.
Kanchanaburi province comprising Ban Phu Muang and Huai Haeng subareas
(Figure 5), in which it is expected to find REE residually accumulated as ion-adsorption
dominated type within the weathered granitic crusts. The total REE (REE) contents in the
areas range from 17 to 1,064 ppm, dominantly Ce, La, Nd and Y. The LREE/HREE ratio is
approximately 80:20 in for both areas. The estimated mineral resources (333) are respectively
about 6,200 and 18,400 metric tons of REE metal, with average grades ranging from 190 to
316 ppm of REE content.

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NG-1

Figure 1. Regional exploration area Ngao (Lampang, Payao, Phare and Nan Province) and
the selective area NG-1 for defining mineral potential areas.

Mineral potential area


National park area
Wild life conservation area

Figure 2. Defined mineral potential areas within the selective area NG-1

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Mineral potential area
Selective area
National park area
Wild life conservation area

Figure 3. The regional exploration area (Danchang Area) and the selective area for defining
mineral potential areas.

1.2.2 Mineral Exploration and Assessment for Mineral Zoning


The project area is located in western and southern parts of Long District, Phrae
Province, covering 149 square kilometer, with mountainous volcanic and sedimentary rock
terrain. The objectives of the projects comprise gold exploration and evaluation, zoning of
gold deposits, geology of gold deposits, and guidance of gold administration and management
in the zoning area.
There are two types of gold deposits found in the project area, primary and secondary
gold deposits. The secondary gold deposit is visible and accumulated in recent sediments of
streams and top soil. The panning survey totaling 68 samples of 187 samples showed various
amounts of secondary gold, of which was a guide to the primary gold deposit sources. The
primary gold deposit is invisible and associated with epithermal quartz veins and silicified
rhyolite. Totally 355 rock samples had been collected for geochemical analysis. The analysis
result indicated some significant of primary gold bearing rocks with Au content varying from
5 ppb up to 210,000 ppb. Integration of all information from the exploration revealed 8 areas
of gold deposit which can be zoned with a total indicated gold resource approximately 14 tons
(United Nation Framework Classification (UNFC) code 232).
The output of the project has been presented to the local residents and the provincial
officers in order to discuss and hear some public opinion. The guidance of gold administration
and management in the zoning area has been summarized and proposed within four different
aspects, namely, conservation, environmental, social and academic aspects.

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Figure 4. The detailed tin exploration areas of Tokopittong in Rachaburi Province and
mineral deposit areas.

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Kanchanaburi

Myanmar
Ratchaburi
Myanmar
Huai Haeng

Huai Haeng
Ban Phu Muang

Ban Phu

Ban Phu Huai Haeng

Pitting site
Pitting site
Mineral deposit area Mineral deposit area

Figure 5. Detailed REE exploration areas of Ban Phu Muang and Huai Haeng in
Kanchanaburi Province and defined REE mineral deposit areas.

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1.2.3 Mineral Zoning and Geological Resources Management

Project Background: Mineral resources development involves several stakeholders in


society. Systematic management of mineral resources is needed in terms of effectiveness and
fairness. For this, participation is needed from relevant stakeholders. This project was set up
in 2006 to propose the management measures in each individual province for effective
planning and management of its geological resources.
Initially, DMR compiles various data and information; maps at 1:50,000 scale of the
geology, mineral potential and mining license areas, natural parks, forests, wildlife reserves,
other restricted areas and land-use conditions, conservation geological sites and national and
local economic situations are included.
The next step is to define the areas for potential development, considering the land-use
conditions and relevant laws and regulations. At this stage, the areas for mineral utilization
have been divided into three groups namely,
(1) Preserved areas (e.g., national parks, forest parks, wildlife sanctuaries, area of
no animal-hunting, ramsar site, natural conservation site, fossil site, archaeological site and
mangrove preserved zones): mineral resources in these areas will be preserved and are the
last-priority for utilization
(2) Conserved areas (e.g., reformed land for agriculture, watershed areas class one,
environmental protectorate area, forest zones restricted by laws (regulations and cabinet
resolutions), mineral research survey areas designated by Mineral Act B.E. 1967, (Section 6
bi): mineral resources are planned to be used in the near future, or at present with certain
conditions,
(3) Development areas (e.g., economic forest zones, industrial rock zones, mining
license areas and mineral development areas designated by Mineral Act B.E. 1967, (Section 6
quad): mineral resources in these areas have no law, regulation or public restrictions for
development. Prioritization of the development areas of each mineral commodity is
considered by economic, social and environmental factors.
All the mineral zones in these three areas are also graded by their values. Measures
and recommendations for effective mineral planning and management are then proposed in
the preliminary report of each province. Finally, these reports will be sent to the relevant
stakeholders for comments. Consultation meetings will be organized in every province prior
to submission of a final report to the cabinet for approval. Executives and technical people as
representatives of relevant agencies such as DMR, Department of Primary Industries and
Mines, Office of Natural Resources Policy and Planning, Provincial Offices and Local
Administrative Offices will be invited to join the consultation meetings.
After six years (2006-2011), the project was carried out in 51 provinces covering:
Northern region; Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Lamphun, Mae Hong Son, Nan,
Phayao, Phrae, Uttaradit, Phetchabun and Phitsanulok.
Central region; Nakhon Sawan, Saraburi, Lopburi, Phichit, Sukhothai and Uthaithani.
Eastern region; Prachinburi, Rayong,Chachoengsao, Chon Buri, Chanthaburi, Sa Kaeo
and Trat.
Western region; Kanchanaburi, Tak, Prachaub Kiri Khan, Phetchaburi and Rachaburi
and Ranong.
Southern region; Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phattalung and Trang.

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Northeastern region; Loei, Kanlasin, Udonthani, Nong Khai, Nongbua Lampu,
Khonkhean, Mahasalakham, Chaiyabhum, Nakhon Ratchasima, Burirum, Surin, Roi-Ed,
Sri Saket, Ubon-Ratchathani, Amnajaroen and Yasothon.
Activities Completed during this year: This year, the work was carried out in four
selected provinces, three provinces in the northern part of the northeastern region namely
Nakhon Phanom, Sakhon Nakhon, Mukdahan and one province in the northern region namely
Kamphaengphet.

1.3 Proposed Future Activities.


The Mineral Exploration Program outside Legally protected Areas will also be
involved in similar work in different areas next year and the Mineral zoning and geological
Resources Management program will continue next year in a number of selected provinces.

Programme Contact Person:


1. Mr. Wudhikarn Sukserm
Senior Geologist, Mineral Resource and Standard Division
Bureau of Mineral resources
Department of Mineral Resources
Rama VI Road, Bangkok, THAILAND
Tel: (66) 0 2621 9782, Fax: (66) 0 2621 9786
E-mail : Wudhikarn @dmr.go.th

2. Mr. Rath Jitrattana


Acting-Director of Spatial Planning Division
Bureau of Geological Resources Policy and Planning
Department of Mineral Resources
Rama VI Road, Bangkok, THAILAND
Tel: (66) 0 2621 9816, Fax: (66) 0 2621 9820-1
E-mail : pracha@dmr.go.th

2. ENERGY PROGRAMME
For fiscal year 2011

2.1. Summary
Exploration activities included seismic surveys (2D and 3D) together with drilling
of wells both onshore and offshore. Petroleum production and imports are similar to last year.
Petroleum exploration activities began to shift from seismic exploration to exploration drilling
as most exploration blocks from the 20th bidding round were close to the end of the first
exploration period.
Crude oil production rate was 146,000 barrel per day (bbld) which slightly lower
than last years average rate of 166,000 bbld. 19% of Crude oil production is from onshore oil
fields. Two new onshore oil fields started production in the reporting period adding about
1,500 bbld and many blocks are still in the exploration phase. More onshore and offshore
fields are expected to come into production in the near future. Natural gas production
increased 1 % from last year. Last years average gas production rate was 3,370 MMscfd

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compared with this years rate of 3,400 MMscfd. The majority of natural gas (96%) was
produced from fields in the Gulf of Thailand and the remaining was from onshore fields - 2
fields in the NE of Thailand (120 MMscfd from the Sin Phu Horm and Nam Phong) and
Sirikit Field in the central plain basin producing associated gas of about 40 MMscfd.
Condensate production decreased from last year at an approximate rate 78,700 bbld in 2010
compared with 91,100 bbld in 2009.
However, the total amount of petroleum production in the Kingdom can only meet
approximately 45% of the total country demand (Figure 1). The energy demand and import
amounts have similar values as last year. The indigenous supply increased about 7% from last
year. Coal use is still as high as 34.93 million tons per year while the domestic coal supplied
only 18.03 million tons, or 52% of coal used. The total coal consumption in 2010 slightly
increased from last year from 34.93 million tons to 34.51 million tons. The total amount of
coal imported also increased slightly from 16.39 million tons in 2009 to 18.02 million tons in
2010.
As of December 2010, Thailands preliminary proved energy reserves (P1) as
announced by the Department of Mineral Fuels (DMF) consisted of 10.6 trillion cubic feet
(Tcf) of natural gas, 245 million barrels (MMbbl) of condensate and 197 MMbbl of crude oil.

2.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


a) New Petroleum Licensed Applications (PLA)
Since the end of June 2009, 6 new production area applications (PAA) have been
granted. One area is located in the Gulf of Thailand (East Moragot) while the other 5 areas are
located in Phitsanulok, Phetchabun, and central plain onshore basins.

b) Exploration Activities
Exploration activities continued over the period of July 2010 to June 2011. This
resulted from several geophysical surveys awarded in the 19th and 20th Bidding Rounds. 2D
seismic of 2,762 km was acquired (about 5,838 km was acquired last year). Of these 2,762
km, about 1,133 km are from onshore areas and 1,629 km from offshore areas.

A total of 2,318 km2 3D seismic was conducted both onshore and offshore. 3D seismic
volumes are quite similar to last year (2,663 km2) as 3D seismic seems to be a new key to a
change in the NE region in better identifying the fracture system in the carbonate reservoir. Of
these 2,318 km2, about 767 km2 are from onshore areas and 1,551 km2 from offshore areas.

Concerning drilling, a total of 25 exploratory wells were drilled during July 2010 to
June 2011, comparing to 15 wells last year - 17 wells in onshore basins and the other 8 wells
in the Gulf of Thailand. Development wells were reported at 466 wells, comparing to 466
wells last year - 79 onshore wells and 387 offshore wells.

2.3. Proposed Future Activities


- Training on conventional oil and gas monitoring.
- Training or some short courses on conflict negotiation and public awareness.
- Training or some short courses on Carbon Capture and Storage policy and regulation.
- Training or some short courses on unconventional petroleum policy and regulation.

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During the year, 23 DMF officials were involved in 7 activities held by CCOP:
1. One official attended CCOP EPPM-P3W4: Workshop and training in the new
version of CCOP Geo-information Metadata System (GIMS) - in Cooperation with
the CCOP Metadata Phase 2 Group, Shanghai, China, July 2010
2. Four officials attended CCOP EPPM-EPPM P1W3: North Sumatra Mergui Basin
Case Study: Basin Modeling, Map Integration and Fractured Basement, Langkawi,
Malaysia, August 2010
3. Two officials attended CCOP EPPM-EPPM P2W5: Mapping of CCS Potential
Reservoir and Selection Criteria & CCOP-ASCOPE-PETRAD Meeting to develop
a CO2-CCS Regional Program, Bali, Indonesia, September 2010
4. One official attended EPPM Program Seminar 3 (S3): National Program addressing
the Climate Change issues - Role of Geosciences, Bangkok, November 2010,
Bangkok, Thailand
5. Two officials attended CCOP EPPM-P3W5: Workshop/training for Metadata
encoder and data managers using the new CCOP GIMS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
January 2011
6. Seven officials attended CCOP EPPM-P1W4: North Sumatra Mergui Basin Case
Study: Workshop on Seismic Stratigraphy and Petroleum play concepts, Chiang
Mai, Thailand, February 2011, Chiang Mai, Thailand
7. Six officials attended CCOP EPPM-P2W6: Workshop on developing strategies for
public awareness and acceptance of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) into
geological reservoirs, June 2011, Bangkok, Thailand

Figure 1. Petroleum balance of Thailand as of December 2010.

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For fiscal year 2012

2.1 Summary
Primary energy consumption of Thailand is about 1.9 million barrel per day. 44%
is from natural gas, 37% is from oil, 17% is from coal, and 2% is from hydro power.
Coal use is 35.3 million tons per year while domestic coal can be supplied 18.97
million tons or 54% of the demand. The total coal consumption in 2011 is slightly increased
from last year (34.93 million tons to 35.3 million tons). The total imported coal decreased
from 16.9 million tons in 2010 to 16.33 million tons in 2011.
Crude oil production rate is 110,965 barrel per day (bbld) which is decreased from
last years average rate of 121,571 bbld. Indigenous crude oil supply accounted for 27% of
crude oil consumption. 21% of crude oil production is from onshore oil fields, and the rest is
from the Gulf of Thailand.
Last year the average gas production was 2,678 MMscfd which is similar to this
yearsrate of 2,692 MMscfd. Indigenous natural gas supply accounts for 80% of the
consumption. The majority of natural gas (96%) is produced from fields in the Gulf of
Thailand and the remaining is from onshore fields - 2 fields in the NE of Thailand (120
MMscfd from the Sin Phu Horm and Nam Phong) and some associated gas of about 40
MMscfd from Sirikit Field in the central plain basin. Condensate production increased from
last year (83,772 bbld in 2010 to of 88,203 bbld in 2011).
As of December 2011, Thailands preliminary proved reserves (P1) as announced
by the Department of Mineral Fuels (DMF) consisted of 10.6 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of
natural gas, 239 million barrels (MMbbl) of condensate and 215 MMbbl of crude oil, which
are similar to last year proved reserves of 10.6 Tcf of natural gas, 245 million barrels MMbbl
of condensate and 197 MMbbl of crude oil.

2.2 Annual Review of Technical Programme/Activities


a) New Petroleum Licensed Applications (PLA)
From July 2010 to June 2012, 10 new Production Areas (PAs) have been granted. 4
areas are located in the Gulf of Thailand while the other 6 areas are located in Phitsanulok,
Phetchabun, and central plain onshore basins. G8/50 is the first production area in exploration
blocks of the 20th Bidding Round (23rd May 2007 to 22nd May 2008). More production areas
from the 18th 19th and 20th Bidding Rounds is expecting to come into production.
b) Petroleum Exploration Activities
Exploration activities continued over the period of July 2010 to June 2012 resulting
from several concessions awarded in the 19th and 20th Bidding Rounds. 2D seismic of 5,798
km, 1,484 km are from onshore areas and 4,314 km from offshore areas.
A total of 9,573 km2 3D seismic survey was conducted, 2,028 km2 from onshore areas
and 7,545 km2 from offshore areas. A total of 118 exploratory wells, 54 wells in onshore
basins and the other 64 wells in the Gulf of Thailand, were drilled during July 2010 to June
2011. Development wells were reported at 897 wells, 149 onshore and 748 offshore.

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2.3 Proposed Future Activities/Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of
Future Activities.

a) Training or short courses on conflict negotiation and public awareness


b) Training/workshop on petroleum fiscal regime
c) Training on unconventional oil and gas
d) Workshops on petroleum concession bidding best practice

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From July 2010 to June 2012, 30 DMF officials have involved in 8 activities held by CCOP:

1. CCOP EPPM-P3W4: Workshop and training in the new version of CCOP Geo-
information Metadata System (GIMS) - in Cooperation with the CCOP Metadata
Phase 2 Group, Shanghai, China, July 2010 - one official
2. CCOP EPPM-EPPM P1W3: North Sumatra Mergui Basin Case Study: Basin
Modeling, Map Integration and Fractured Basement, Langkawi, Malaysia, August
2010 - four officials
3. CCOP EPPM-EPPM P2W5: Mapping of CCS Potential Reservoir and Selection
Criteria & CCOP-ASCOPE-PETRAD Meeting to develop a CO2-CCS Regional
Program, Bali, Indonesia, September 2010 - two officials
4. EPPM Program Seminar 3 (S3) : National Program addressing the Climate Change
issues - Role of Geosciences, Bangkok, November 2010, Bangkok, Thailand - one
official
5 CCOP EPPM-P3W5: Workshop/training for Metadata encoder and data managers
using the new CCOP GIMS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 2011 - two
officials
6. CCOP EPPM-P1W4: North Sumatra Mergui Basin Case Study: Workshop on
Seismic Stratigraphy and Petroleum play concepts, Chiang Mai, Thailand,
February 2011, Chiang Mai, Thailand seven officials
7. CCOP EPPM-P2W6: Workshop on developing strategies for public awareness and
acceptance of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) into geological reservoirs, June
2011, Bangkok, Thailand - six officials
8. Five officials participated in CCOP- EPPM- P1W5: North Sumatra-Mergui Basin
Case Study: Workshop on Petroleum Play and Prospect Analysis during October
2011, in York Jakarta, Indonesia.
9. Two official attended CCOP--NORWAY EPPM Program: Workshop on UNFCC
Resources Classification for Oil, Gas, and Minerals during February 2012, in
Bangkok, Thailand.

Programme Contact Person:


1. Dr. Phumee Srisuwon
Senior Geologist
Mineral Fuels Management Division
Department of Mineral Fuels
1010 Shinawatra Tower III, Chatuchak
Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
Tel: (66) 0 2791 8300 Ext. 5105,
Fax: (66) 0 2791 8357
E-mail1: phumee@dmf.go.th, phumee@yahoo.com

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2. Trin Intaraprasong (PhD)
Reservoir Engineering and Petroleum Economic Group
Department of Mineral Fuels, Ministry of Energy
555/2 Vibhavadirangsit Rd., ENCO B, 22nd Floor,
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 Thailand
Tel: (662) 794 3347
Fax: (662) 794 3277

3. GROUNDWATER PROGRAMME
3.1 Summary
The Department of Groundwater Resources (DGR) has been cooperating with CCOP
under the project entitled CCOP-GST/AIST Groundwater Project Phase II. The aim of the
project is to implement hydrogeological data and a Geographical Information System (GIS) of
the Upper Chao Phraya and Lower Chao Phraya basins that can be applied into the provided
CCOP website. Recent work has been in the processing of detailed hydrological mapping at a
scale of 1:50,000 and combining the MIS (Management Information System) linkage with
GIS respectively.

3.2 Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


3.2.1 Groundwater and Land Subsidence Monitoring
Land subsidence in Bangkok and its vicinity has been serious during the last three
decades of extensive groundwater development and there has been a lack of tools to monitor
land subsidence continually and effectively. Hence, DGR launched a project namely Systematic
Land Subsidence Monitoring by Stations in the Critical Area. Currently, DGR has finished
Phase I, comprising two exploration boreholes at the depths of 600 m. and 300 m. located in
Samut Sakorn and Samut Prakarn provinces respectively (Figure 1). The results of drilling
such as sample cutting, electric logging and soil testing are being evaluated for detailed design
of permanent land subsidence monitoring stations including groups of boreholes expected to
be drilled and the kind of electronic devices to be applied. Also, InSAR technology has been
conducted in order to make a parallel check with land subsidence measurements in the future
(Figure 2).

Figure 1. Drilling well for land subsidence monitoring design

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Figure 2-3. Application of InSAR technology for land subsidence monitoring
3.2.2 Clean Drinking Groundwater for Schools
Responding to a lack of clean drinking water for children in schools, particularly in
rural areas, DGR has developed a routine that is to provide clean groundwater by drilling a
well including a purification system. In this year, DGR has carried out 372 units and has
completed a total of 1,149 units since 2008. The eventual target throughout of the country is
planned at 2,478 units (Figure 3). In addition, DGR has served and provided 922 systems for
water supply in the areas of scarce water resources.

3.2.3 Conjunctive Water Use


DGR has implemented a pilot project integrating groundwater and surface
water for supporting economic development since 2010. Recent global warming is a serious
world problem considering water demand for agricultural purposes. In Thailand, water
management incorporating the concept of conjunctive water use is anticipated to be useful in
the future. In order to cope with this problem, high groundwater potential resources are
evaluated throughout the country and 4 pilot areas of each region of Thailand have been
selected for actual construction (Figure 4) and subsequent monitoring of their responses in
terms of economic management as well as possible agricultural products.

Figure 4. Clean drinking groundwater system

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3.2.4 River Bank Filter (RBF) Project
RBF is a new project launched by DGR this year. The first phase will involve
feasibility studies looking for suitable sites in terms of hydrogeological criteria for further
concrete development. The concept of RBF is to develop high shallow groundwater potential
by having many horizontal intake wells drilled in the main caisson and then water will be
pumped for water supply to cities or towns, even for industrial purposes. Hence, the sites must
be in shallow unconsolidated sediments with high groundwater yields or along the main river
banks (Figure 5).

Figure 5. The system of River Bank Filter (RBF) project

3.3 Proposed Future Activities


3.3.1 Geothermal Exploration (GP)
DGR is going to launch a project on geothermal exploration in order to support
clean energy development, particularly in electricity production. Because of the recent limited
resources for electricity generation, geothermal resources are considered as a new alternative
clean energy source for the future. Thailand has many hot spring occurrences in a zone
elongated from North to South in the western part of the country and some in the central part.
In previous studies, more than 20 years ago, this kind of the project was unsuccessful in terms
of exploration of proposed potential targets. In the next operation, by using the new combined
technology of geophysical instruments and computer programs, the results are expected to
better in acquiring a good understanding of potential geothermal resources.

3.3.2 Deep Groundwater Investigation (DGI)


DGI is the other new project to be launched in parallel with GP, above, using
the same high efficiency geophysical instruments. The first priority target areas will be in the
northeastern part of Thailand. There are many salt domes underneath the Phu Tok aquifer
that have fracture zones occurring along their sides which actually have high and good
groundwater yields. If the salt domes and their dimensions could be better located by
geophysical surveys, the good aquifers would be easily identified for further development.
Generally, good aquifers with high potential in northeastern Thailand are very difficult to
locate successfully.

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3.4 Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities
Many member countries of CCOP are leaders in geothermal development for
economic electricity production. These countries have different knowledge and experiences
including experience as donor and advisory countries. Till now, CCOP has never cooperated
in, nor promoted, this aspect. Due to climate change and a common interest with other
countries looking for clean energy, CCOP should support and put this kind of project into the
action plan.

3.5 Assistance Offered to CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future Activities


As above.
Programme Contact Person:
Mr. Adisai Charuratna
DGR Expert in Research and Development
Department of Groundwater Resources
26/83 Soi Than Puyingphahol
Ngam Wong Wan Rd., Lad Yaw
Jatujak District, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Tel : (66) 0 2660 2501, Fax : (66) 0 2660 2519
E-mail : adisai54@yahoo.com

GEO-ENVIRONMENT SECTOR

4 COASTAL ZONE PROGRAMME


4.1 Summary
Programmes were carried out by the Department of Marine and Coastal resources
and the Department of Mineral Resources as described below.
4.2 Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
Department of marine and coastal Resources (DMCR)
In 2011, the Department of marine and coastal Resources (DMCR) gathered the
shoreline data in the form of GIS from various research projects carried out from 2001-2008
and has provided Geo-Infomatics data regarding shoreline erosion in Thailand. The shoreline
length is measured at 3,148.23 km. in total involving 23 coastal provinces. The coastline can
can be divided as follows; The Gulf of Thailand side is measured at 2055.18 km. covering 17
provinces while the Andaman side is measured at 1093.14 km. covering 6 provinces.
DMCR organized an International Symposium on Sea Level Rise and Coastal Erosion
on April 28-29, 2011, in Bangkok, Thailand. Presentations of international and Thai experts
on several topics included 1) Dr.Lawrence P. Hilderbrand entitled Policy Context and the
Role of Senior Governments in Adaptation to Coastal Erosion and Sea-level Rise, 2) Dr.Pete
Zuzek entitled Science and Engineering Tools to Understand Coastal Dynamics and Develop
Effective and Sustainable Solutions to Coastal Erosion, 3) Professor Dr.Anton S. Micallef
entitled An Overview of Coastal Erosion and Sea Level Rise in Europe, 4) Professor
Dr.Klaus Schwarzer entitled Coastal Erosion Strategies for Investigation and Development
of Protection Schemes, 5) Dr.Jungho Nam entitled Korea Societys Challenges for Coastal
Risk Management, 6) Professor Dr.Wong Poh Poh entitled Coastal Erosion-Challenges and

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Mitigation Measures, and 7) Associate Professor Dr.Sutat Weesakul entitled Coastal
Erosion at the Upper of Thailand: Problem Identificaion and Remedies. There are
recommendations that can be applied in Thailand, with topics as follows: Policy and plans,
Techniques and Models, Development Investment and Beach Protection, Legal-Rules and
Regulation, Regional Cooperation.

The Thai-Cabinet issued 3 resolutions on 26th August 2007, 22nd September 2008, and
th
20 April 2010 to solve the coastal erosion problem systematically and theoretically by
considering the possible side effects. This is to encompass all organizations which are the
Harbor Department, the Public Work and City Planning Department, the Natural Resources
and Environment Policy and Planning Office, the Ministry of Interior, Provinces, and local
area management and organization should be encouraged. The DMCR has already been
assigned to establish the responsible unit will become the focal point to solve the coastal
erosion problem in 2011-2016.
The cabinets resolution on 20th April 2010 regarding the budget integration to prevent
and solve the coastal erosion problem along 23 provinces under the 2011-2016 budget of
19580.8 million Baht to be implemented through 933 projects which can be identified to 4
plans as follows;
- Design and analysis report management regarding the impact of environment and
construction plan; 325 projects under budget of 15,492.5 million Baht.
- Investment of global warming Impact prevention and management plan; 112 projects under
the budget of 2,010 million Baht.
- Dilapidated area and ecosystem restoration plan; 328 projects under the budget of 1,664
million Baht.
- Promoting knowledge and cooperation plan; 258 projects under the budget of 414.3 million
Baht.

The Marine and Coastal Erosion Prevention Management Office of DMCR have been
working on possible solutions for coastal erosion and coastal restoration projects in
conjunction with participation of local people. The project is being implemented by placing
bamboo as rows preventing and dissolving the wave energy during the budget year 2010 in
Samuth Songkram, Samuth Sakorn, Samuth prakan and Chacherngsao. The total length is
7265 m. Another project was to install some concrete poles to solve the same problem in Tan
Yongpao, Pattani province in 2009.
Regarding the study of the master plan for solving coastal erosion, the DMCR teamed
up with academic institutes and consultant companies in the East Coastal area, upper and
lower part of the Gulf of Thailand side (from Ta Lum Puk cape to Songkla Lake river).
Besides, there is a study to design the solution for the coastal erosion in Lam Fapa, Pra
Samuth Jadee, Samuth Prakarn, where the most severe erosion takes place.

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Department of Mineral Resources
Sea floor Mapping Results in the Upper Gulf of Thailand
By the marine geology division
The Department of Mineral Resources is establishing a Sea floor Mapping Program
in order to provide the base-line data needed to produce systematic current map series of
nearshore-offshore surficial geologic character and sediment distribution. The program is
consistent with the National Economic and Social Development Plan. Many of these maps
can serve many other purposes. The marine science community, educators, students and
others are encouraged to use these data to generate GIS products for their own purposes.
Accurate statewide mapping of seafloor substrates and bathymetry of Thailand nearshore
waters is a crucial component necessary to guide multiple ocean management decisions.
Designating and monitoring marine reserves, understanding sediment transport and sand
delivery, ensuring shipping safety, identifying dredging and dumping sites, helping identify
fault dynamics, helping describe tsunami potential, regulating offshore coastal development,
and illuminating the dynamics of fisheries and other marine species, are just a few of the
applications that would benefit from coastal and marine mapping data and products. Detailed
bathymetric maps are also critical in the development of an ocean circulation model that will
allow better prediction of potential ocean responses to environmental and anthropogenic
changes.
In fiscal year 2011, the Bureau of Geo-technology, Department of Mineral Resources
conducted the total of 3,000 km bathymetry survey lines, 3,000 km very high resolution
shallow seismic reflection profiles, and 730 sea floor sediment sampling sites encompassing
eight Royal Thai Military map sheets in order to collect valuable information on the sea floor
and sub-sea floor. The geochemical distributions of (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ti, Cu, V, Pb,
Zn and Ni) concentrations in 250 seabed sediments were determined by using the Aqua-Regia
ICP-DES method.
The modern sea floor topography of the Upper Gulf of Thailand is relatively smooth
and has little relief, except on the eastern part of the area (offshore Chon Buri province) where
bathymetric depressions were encountered. The delta front in front of the Chao Phraya River
mouth is slightly steeper (1:1,500 ; 0.03o) than in front of the Mae Klong, Tha Chin river and
Bang Pakong mouths (1:2,000; 0.02o).
According to shallow seismic data, two main seismic sequences of the late
Quaternary strata that formed during and since the last glacial maximum were identified. The
Lower Sequence, was interpreted as complex sedimentary strata, consisting of stiff alluvial
silty clay alternated with silty sand and dense sand deposited during regression period of late
Pleistocene low stand sea level. The surface depth of this sequence ranges from 0 to 55 m.
numerous cut and fill channels were clearly seen. The Upper Sequence was interpreted as
Holocene sediment deposits. It was sub-divided into 4 units according to the environment of
deposition. Unit A is characterized by channel-filled seismic facies. It is interpreted as an
estuarine channel deposited during the transgression period of late Pleistocene-early
Holocene. Unit B displays a lobate shape, (1-3 km wide, 5-10 km long and 2-7 m thick) with
aggrading seismic configurations, being deciphered as a submerged offshore sand ridge. This
unit is locally found in three areas; offshore Cha-am district of Phetchaburi province, Sri
Racha and Banglamung districts of Chon Buri province. Unit C clearly displays acoustic
blanking/ turbidity facies due to gas bubbles contained in the sediments. It is locally found at
river mouths and their vicinities. It is interpreted as sub-tidal flat sediment facies being
composed mainly of gassy and organic-rich clay/sandy clay sediments. Unit D blankets
almost 90 % of the survey area with thickness ranging from 0 to 19 m. The thickness
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Holocene to Recent. The absence of any trace of any barrier sand in offshore area in the inner
part of the upper Gulf is explained by the very low gradients on the seabed which promote the
landward migration of transgressive barriers under conditions of rising sea level. In addition,
the absence of the regressive barriers as sea level fell towards the last glacial period reflects a
lack of available sand. Instead of regressive sand deposits, thick marine clay blankets (Unit D)
indicate that very little amount of coarse sediments have been transported to the inner part of
the upper Gulf since the Holocene marine transgression till present.
The results of seabed sediment sampling reveals that the seabed sediment consists of
76% marine mud, 14%, sandy marine mud, 9% marine muddy sand, and only 1% sand. The
12 heavy metals showed a wide range of concentrations. Generally, heavy metals
concentration in the sediments decreased with increasing distance from the shoreline. The
average heavy metals concentrations from the highest to the lowest are Fe (15,268.2 mg/kg),
Mn (791.15 mg/Kg), Ti (115.34 mg/kg), Zn (40.56 mg/kg), Cr (24.89 mg/kg), V (21.63),
Ni (15.31 mg/kg), Cu (13.38 mg/kg), Pb (10.88 mg/kg), Co (7.18 mg/kg), As (3.06 mg/kg)
and Cd (< 0.30 mg/kg) respectively. All of them, except Cd, are concentrated in three main
river mouths; Tha Chin, Chao Phraya and Bang Pakong, and adjacent areas. The results
indicate that the high concentrations of heavy metals in marine sediments are particularly
affected by the high contribution of terrigenous materials through the main rivers. The
behavior of heavy metals in marine sediments, in comparison with other previous studies, is
complex due to seasonal and geographic variations in the terrigenous fluxes by rivers.

4.3 Proposed Future Activities


The challenging mission of DMCR concerning the coastal erosion problem will be in
particular, coordination of the integration plan for the year 2011-2016 and building a
cooperation system for all relevant organizations.

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Programme Contact Person:
1. Mr. Worawoot Tantiwanit
Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Thailand.
Tel (66) 0 2141 1283, Fax : (66) 02143 9244
E-mail: w_tantiwanit@yahoo.com
2. Mr. Panu Thongchit
Director, Bureau of Geotechnology
Tel (66) 0 2621 9610, Fax : (66) 0 2621 9612, Mobile 084 730 7008

5 GEO-HAZARDS PROGRAMME
For fisical year 2011
5.1 Summary
Thailand is located in a tropical zone where heavy rainfall can occur in the rainy
season starting from May to December. Large landslides and flash flood triggered by the
heavy rainfall also occur in this period. Exceptionally, in this year, large landslides and flash
flooding happened in the March dry season in three provinces, Krabi, Nakhon Si Thamrat and
Surat Thani, in the southern part of Thailand. The landslides and flash floods caused a lot of
damage and casualties. Sixty-four people were killed and the total cost of damage is estimated
at around 10,000 million Baht.
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) investigated the events and found that
only 14 casualties were in landslide affected areas whereas 50 casualties were in flash flood
areas. The smaller number of casualties in landslide areas rather than in flash flood areas were
because in the landslide areas, landslide watch networks or the community-based landslide
watch networks had been established. From this result, DMR has implemented the
Efficiency Increasing of Landslide Monitoring System Project in the high landslide risk
areas of 17 provinces.

5.2 Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


5.2.1 The Efficiency Increasing of Landslide Monitoring System Project
The Project has the objective to map the landslide risk at community level on a scale
1:10,000, to establish the landslide watch networks in upper, middle and down stream
localities in both landslide and flash flood prone areas, and to integrate a landslide monitoring
plan. The project was conducted in high landslide risk areas of 17 provinces, Ranong,
Chumphon, Surat Thani, Krabi, Nakhon Si Thamarat, Phang Gna, Phatthalung, Trang (in the
southern part and Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Tak, Lampoon, Lampang, Nan,
Phayao, Phrae and Uttaradit (in northern part).
The landslide risk at community level mapping was conducted between June and July
by using various techniques depending on the areas, ranging from air survey by helicopter to
ground checking. Satellite data and Ternary data were also used to delineate the flooded areas
and landslide scars. More than 20 teams of geologists were sent to recheck landslide affected
boundary and to coordinate with the local governments and local people. The heads of
villages and some local people were invited to be involved in the landslide watch networks.
anual rain gauges were distributed to the network, 1 or 2 rain gauges per village. Installed rain

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gauges were located by GPS and the mobile numbers of the networks were recorded. Then a
safety place for the village was chosen (Figure 1).

Figure 1 shows the Landslide Risk in Community Level Map.

Data and activities of villages, local government, Thai Meteorology Department


(TMD), Department of Water Resources (DWR), Department of Disaster Prevention and
Mitigation (DDPM), National Disaster Warning Center and DMR were integrated to be a
simple landslide monitoring plan (Figure2). The plan can divided into 4 periods,
1. Normal period; exchange weather condition and rainfall data between government
offices and local people,

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2. Watch period; the networks or the local people are monitoring rainfall and water
level in streams with supporting data form government offices. If they notify
landslide signals, the networks must inform the head of the village.
3. Warning period; the head of the village authorizes dissemination of landslide
warning through siren and village speaker.
4. Rescue period; the mayor of landslide affected area will deploy his rescue team to
the area and will request nearby municipalities and other offices to help his people.
The network training courses are planned to be conducted in September of this year.
At the beginning more than 1,000 local people are planned to join the courses in 3 provinces
(Krabi, Nakhon Si Thamrat and Surat Thani) which were seriously affected by landslides.
The participants are divided into small groups of villages according to their drainage basin or
according to streams that flow through their villages. A one day course is composed of basic
knowledge of landslides, landslide risk areas, landslide signals, rainfall measurement,
landslide evacuation plan and exchange of ideas. The rest of villages in other provinces will
be trained in the same way in the next official year.

Rainfall
Landslide
TMD & DWR Watch
Networks
Water Level
Landslide Signals

DMR Watch
Head of Village Warning
Bulletin

Warning and Evacuation


Permission Inform
Rescue Mayor of
Relevant Request Down Stream
for Help Municipality
Offices& Villages
NDWC
Inform

District
Governor and DDPM

Figure 2. shows the flowchart of the Landslide Monitoring Plan.

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Fiscal year 2012

5.1 Summary
In 2011 many parts of Thailand was affected by serious flooding and landslide. The
damage cost was estimated a round 45.7 billion US$ or ranking as the fourth most damage
disaster in the world. There were 13.6 million affected people and the flooding caused 815
casualties. Therefore Thai government and Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) put
more effort in mitigating the affects from geohazards especially landslides. In this year DMR
is conducting many activities under the geohazards mitigation programme such as landslide
risk mapping at the community level, establishing landslide watch networks, increasing
efficiency of the landslide monitoring system, developing of landslide models and landslide
rehabilitation.

5.2 Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


5.2.1 The landslide Risk Mapping at Community level
The Project has the objective to map the landslide risk area at community level at a
scale of 1:10,000. The maps show the areas which are prone to be affected by landslide and
flash floods. Moreover they will include the location of landslide watch network houses,
safety places and rain gauges. In this year DMR has a budget to do the activity in 190 sub-
districts in northern and southern part of Thailand.
5.2.2 Establishing The Landslide Watch Network
This activity has conducted since 2001 or for more than 10 year. In 2012 DMR
established the networks in 5 provinces, Chaiyaphum, Prachinburi, Sakaeo, Phetchabun and
Lopburi. Here 1885 local volunteers from 353 villages, 51 subdistricts and 21 districts joined
the network. At this moment there are more than 17,000 networks in 2318 villages of 48
provinces, mainly from northern and southern parts.
5.2.3 Increasing Efficiency of the Landslide Monitoring System
This activity has two main components, landslide monitoring and landslide drill. The
landslide monitoring is operating through the Geohazards Operation Center of DMR. The
center will monitor the heavy rainfall in landslide risk areas. In cases where heavy rainfall is
longer than 3 hours or more than 100 mm., the center will disseminate a watch bulletin and
inform the networks in the area. Then the networks will be on the duty to closely monitor
landslide signals in the local areay. If the networks notify landslide signals they will inform
the head of the village to issue a landslide warning and to evacuate people to safe places. The
landslide drill is a method for testing the above system.
5.2.4 The Developing a Landslide Model
The mathematical landslide model was firstly developed in 1988 and was used for
mapping landslide hazard areas. The first model was GIS based utilizing parameters of
geology, topography, landuse and so on. Until this year DMR is developing the new
mathematical landslide model by applying slope stability a method for northern and southern
parts of Thailand. The main parameters are geology, topography and rain fall infiltration. The
model also is a dynamic model and its results will be changed according to the amount of
rainfall and it can predict landslide risk areas in advance. In the future DMR hope that the
result form the model is very useful for monitoring and warning of landslides, not only for
DMR but also for relevant agencies and local governments.

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Figure 2. shows the dynamic landslide model of Namman Subdistric, Thapla District,
Uttaradit Province.

5.2.5 The Landslide Rehabilitation


In the last decade large landslides have occurred nearly every year and in some years
there were many events. All landslide affected areas required rehabilitation for basic issues
such as roads, bridges, water pipes and electricity supply. From the viewpoint of geologists,
the affected areas must take some actions to mitigate the potential future effects from
landslide. Therefore DMR is introducing the prototype of small and easily constructed
structures including retaining walls and monkey cheeks (flood and landslide reservoir),
together witj channel improvment and stream rerouting. In this activity DMR also uses the
plastic flapped sack in the structure and integrates local knowledge as well as local
participation. Every year the prototypes are introduced to two provinces and this year DMR
is working in Chairai and Lampang Provinces.

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Figure 2 shows the landslide reservoir by applying the plastic flapped sack, Ban Pangma-o,
Lampang Province.

Programme Contact Person:


Mr. Lertsin Laksasakulwong
Director, Bureau of Environmental Geology
Department of Marine Resources, Thailand.
Tel (66) 0 2621 9790, Fax : (66) 02621 9795
E-mail: w_tantiwanit@yahoo.com

6 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY PROGRAMME


6.1 Summary
Saline Soil Area Development Project in Northeast Thailand.
The four-year (2008-2011) project was launched in 2008 in response to His
Majesty the Kings advice and initiation on development of saline soil area in NE Thailand..
The project involves sustainable development of both geological resources through the
mitigation of saline soil problems. In this integrated project, DMR is responsible for the study
of rock salt formation and its contribution to saline soil and the dispersion of salt in the study
area.

Duration: 2008 2011


Objectives: (a) To set up Saline Soil Study Centre of and by the local community
(b) To develop and improve soil quality of saline soil area
(c) To improve the quality of life of local people
Project Area: Tambon Haiyong, Phangkhon District, Sakon Nakhon Province
located within Nam Un watershed, as a project area.

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6.2 Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities (Saline Soil Development
Project)
During 2008-2009
- Investigative surveys on geology, underground geology and hydrogeology..
- cooperating with National Science and Technology Development Agency,
Department of Rice, Land Development Department and Phimai Salt Company Limited for
saline soil rice cultivaiond experiment.
In 2010
- The Department of Mineral Resources focused on the experimental solutions
to the problem in more saline areas to investigate;
(a) use of bentonite to prevent permeability of underground salt water
(b) use of NaWa clay to modify structure of saline soil: add clay particle or
residue sand faction
(c) Leaching of saline soil to salt water treatment pond.
(d) fill NaWa clay to lift up paddy field or, on the other hand to reduce the
groundwater level

Work carried out in 2011


- Saline Soil Study Centre of Tambon Haiyong, Phangkhon District established
- 1 person namely Mr. Krue Suwanchairop to be a master agriculturalist at the
provincial level.
- Extend results of saline soil investigation to cover all areas of Phangkhon
District, Sakon Nakhon Province with a network of agriculuralists in Phangkhon District.

Work carried out in 2012

During 2012 the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) carried out the Saline Soil Area
Development Project in Northeast Thailand (phase 2: An extension in Khon Kaen (Ban Tum,
Ban Ped, Ban Wa, and Dang Yai districts) and Udon Thani province (Ban Fang, Pon Sung
Sawad, Pon Sung Tai districts). This involved l
- The dissemination of knowledge concerning solutions of saline soil problems from
the Saline Soil Study Centre of Tambon Haiyong to target areas in 2012 (Khon
Kaen and Udon Thani Provinces)
- Cooperating with research teams from Khon Kaen University (led by Assoc. Dr.
Wittaya Trilogade) and Udon Thani Rajabhat University (led by Dr. Wibol
Pensuk) for saline soil rice cultivated experiment.
- 1 Conference (on April 27, 2012 at Ban Haiyong Sakon Nakhon province, 121
participants), 1 brainstorming meeting in Khon Kaen province (on June 28, 2012
at Chaipat Hotel, 148 participants) and 1 brainstorming meeting in Udon Thani
Province (on 26 July 2012 at Kedsuk-Resort Hotel, 150 participants) to encourage
cooperative network of local government and communities.
- 3 person namely Mr.Chainarong Maong-nil (Khon Kaen province), Mr. Wijit Raj-
Jampi (Udon Thani province) and Mr.Supot Rayabsri (Udon Thani province) to be
a master agriculturalist at the provincial level.

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- 2 Saline Soil Study Centers established (Ban Tum Saline Soil Study Centers in
Khon Kaen province and Ban Pon Sung Saline Soil Study Center in Udon Thani
province)

6.3 Proposed Future Activities


Proposed work in 2013 will be the extension phase of The Saline Soil Area
Development Project in Northeast Thailand in 2 provinces (Mahasarakham and Roi Et).
Activities in 2013 will involve the encouragement of a cooperative network of local
government and communities and the establishment of Saline Soil Study Center.

6.4 Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities


Workshop on matters related to saline soil areas improvement in CCOP Member Countries.
Programme Contact Person:
Mr. Phureewat Jenrungroth
Director, Non-metallic Mineral Division
Bureau of Mineral resources
Department of Mineral Resources
Rama VI Road, Bangkok, THAILAND
Tel: (66) 0 2621 9825, Fax: (66) 0 2621 9825
E-mail : Phuyot@dmr.go.th

GEO-INFORMATION SECTOR

7. GEO-DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME


For fiscal year 2011
7.1 Summary
The Department of Mineral Resources implemeted an in-house activity only in the
CCOP-CGS Metadata project. Totally, 369 metadata of the geological maps that were initially
done in Phase I have been uploaded to the Phase II platforms. Activities on GEO Grid and
One Geology project were temporarily suspended due to technical problems.

7.2 Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


7.2.1 CCOP Metadata Phase II Project
Technical transformation of geological map-metadata in Phase I had been carried out to
meet compatibility with metadata schema of Phase II. Therefore, 369 metadata records in
Phase I had been transformed and stored in the Phase II environment. However, some
information was not uploaded due to system bugs of an application. Correction, therefore, had
to be done on a record by record basis. Currently, the correction has not been finished due to
the metadata server being down.

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7.2.2 Global Earth Observation Grid (GEO Grid) Project
The GEO Grid portal was shut down due to system damage after the tremendous
tsunami attack on Hokkaido in early March. Meanwhile permission for the research project
was also ended at the same time. Since the recovery of the GEO Grid system in June, any new
research projects are to be submitted to the GHZ VO-manager.

7.2.3 One Geology Project


DMR had provided space for setup of the project server since 2009. Geological map
and information on 1:1,000,000 scales were stored in the server that served for WMS through
the One Geology portal. During the last few months the server was down due to power supply
shortage that caused failure of the application. The problem was reported to TS in late July.
Now, new launching of the program awaits the installation of the application from CCOP TS.

For fiscal year 2012

Sumary
Activities on prevailing cooperation projects temporarily ceased in this year. There
are many reasons such as technical problems of the application server, new implementation
for public services and uncertainty of flagship measure.

Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities


ASEAN Mineral Resources Database and Information Project
This is an active cooperation project now. CCOP was invited to participate and share
available database and information for the development of ASEAN mineral resources
database and information. This project was initiated by Indonesia to ASOMM. After few
years of the application launching, reviews on the progress and outcome showed negative
signs. Therefore, the Japanese government decided to advise and support with either budget or
technical implementation. The output is intended to establish OGC standards on web map
services, to reduce the task of data entry by each member state and to make attractive and
friendly usage available to all users.
DMR participated a training course in Japan and a workshop in Yogyakarta. The
DMRs trainees took all knowledge from the trainer to develop and publish an attractive web
map service on the ASOMM page of our website.

CCOP Metadata Phase II Project


At least new 50 records of geological map-metadata were prepared for uploading to
the server. These had not uploaded and published yet because the metadata application server
had out of controlled since the last year report.

Global Earth Observation Grid (GEO Grid) Project


Neither new requirements nor research on the geologic resources resulted in
application for ASTER imagery or DEM. Many projects require larger scales of image
resolution therefore they tend to choose the most suitablee. On the other hand, the GEO Grid
project had developed a new global digital elevation model (DEM) disseminated for public
use in many WMS portals. These portals are easily accessible and free to download.

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One Geology Project
The management and maintenance of the country information faced some problems
because of of the retirement of the former coordinator and ownership of the data. Moreover,
the server that was also malfunctioning waits for new replacement from the CCOP TS. This
project will be a part of the ASEAN mineral resources database that will supply WMS of the
geological information in future.

7.3 Proposed Future Activities


- Continuous preparation of metadata information of newly published geological
maps in order to update on the CCOPGMIS portal, once the server is ready for service.
- Continuously sharing of experience and participation for improving activities of
the CCOP metadata standard.
- Continuous feature improvement and data updating on either the DMR server or
ASOMM server.
- Transferring knowledge on the OGC standard on web map services to make good
image and understanding concept of the development to all related DMR members.
- Creating research and expanding knowledge on WMS either applicability or
standardization.
- New research projects concerned with geological hazards are expected to submit
requests for satellite imageriy, either ASTER, MODIS or PULSAR.
- Interactive WMS on geological hazards is planned to be setup on the DMR
website.
- OGC standards on WFS (Web Feature Services) and GeoSciML for open platform
on data exchange and on-line processing.

7.4 Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities


- Intellectual rights grant to DMR for installation of CCOPGMIS system for public
dissemination of geological maps and publication-metadata in native language.
- Technical and knowledge support for installation and modification of the
CCOPGMIS application.
- IT specialists and in-house training courses on OGC standards and GML schema
compatible with GeoSciML are required for capacity building.

- Replacement of new server is required for supporting services.

7.5 Assistance Offered to CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future


Activities
-Technical assistance and instruction on the CCOPGMIS.
-Technical assistance and instruction on GIS training.
-Technical assistance and instruction on the CCOP-CGS metadata system.
-Technical assistance and demonstration on fundamental OGC standard for web map
services
.
7.6 Other Comments
- The CCOP Technical Secretariat should construct a common route for regular
circulation of active projects to coordinators and resource persons showing measures and
activities to proceed.

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- Each project (either ended or ongoing) should be regularly evaluated. The
evaluation results to be reported to the committee in order to stimulate coordinators for more
responsibilities.

Programme Contact Person:


Mr. Sompob Wongsomsak
Director, Information Division
Mineral Resources Information Center
E-mail: gisdmr@hotmail.com,
sompob2501@gmail.com

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

48th CCOP Annual Session


4-8 November 2012
Langkawi, Malaysia

Member Country Report


of
VIETNAM

Submitted by
CCOP Vietnam

(For Agenda Item 3)

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)
CCOP Building, 75/10 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 2644 5468, Fax: +66 (0) 2644 5429, E-mail: ccopts@ccop.or.th, Website: www.ccop.or.th

ANNUAL MEMBER COUNTRY REPORT

Country: Vietnam Period: 1 July 2010 30 June 2012

GENERAL ACTIVITIES
In the report period from July 2010 to August 2012, the Geological Sector of Vietnam
experienced several important events: Celebration of the 65th anniversary of the Geological
Sector of Vietnam, receiving the Golden Star Order, adoption of new 2010 Mineral Law and
upgrading the Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam into the General Department
of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam.
1. CELEBRATION OF THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL
SECTOR OF VIETNAM
On 02 October 2010, the MONRE and the Department of Geology and Minerals of
Vietnam, coordinated with other organizations and units in the Sector, solemnly organized the
65th Anniversary of the Geological Sector of Vietnam, receiving the Golden Star Order
awarded by the State to the Geological Sector of Vietnam. With the achievements and great
contributions made in past years, the Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam was
honourably awarded the First Class Independence Order by the State.
On this occasion, a seminar "For the growth and sustainable development of the
Vietnamese Mining Sector" was held on 30 September 2010 with the participation of mineral
managers at central and local levels, typical organizations, individuals and businesses engaged
in mineral activities in the country. Many major topics were discussed at the seminar, such as
the actual situation after 13 years of implementing the Mineral Law, the implementation of
the mineral plans, the current situation of mining in Vietnam, recommendations for
sustainable development of the mining sector and environmental protection in mining
activities in Vietnam.
A science conference on geology and mineral resources was held on 01 October 2010
with the participation of near 300 delegates from various organizations and agencies, together
with international delegates. Many topics were discussed at the Conference, such as: geology,
mineral resources, environmental geology, geohazards and information technology for
geological and mineral research and investigation. On this occasion, the Journal of Geology
published a special issue with nearly 60 scientific articles on results of recent research by
geologists.
2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND
MINERALS OF VIETNAM AND ADOPTION OF THE NEW 2010 MINERAL
LAW
To enhance the role of the geological sector in meeting the ever increasing need in basic
geological and mineral survey and State management of mineral resources and mineral
activities to serve sustainable socio-economic development, on 16 August 2010, the
Government issued a Decree amending and supplementing the functions, duties, powers and
organizational structure of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. This included
the upgrading of the Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam into the General
Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam (GDGMV). After a period of preparation
and reorganization, GDGMV officially started its operations from 01 July 2011. At the same
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time, a new 2010 Mineral Law was adopted by the 12th Legislature National Assembly at its
8th Session on 17 November 2010 and this took effect from 01 July 2011.

GEO-RESOURCES SECTOR
1. MINERAL PROGRAMME
1.1. Summary
Vietnam conducted many activities related to the Mineral Programme of the Geo-
Resources Sector including geological mapping, mineral investigation and solid mineral
potential assessment.
1.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
1.2.1. Regional Geological Survey
The units of GDGMV continued geological mapping and mineral investigation at the
scale of 1:50,000 in many provinces countrywide. From 2010 to 2012, two projects of
geological mapping and mineral investigation at 1: 50,000 scale were carried out in two
areas: Ha Quang and A Hoi - Phuoc Hao. As a result, many new discoveries in geology and
minerals have been made.
a) The Project Geological mapping and mineral investigation at 1:50,000 scale of the
A Hoi - Phuoc Hao Map sheet group realized by the Southern Geological Mapping Division
has clarified characteristics of the newly discovered (from 2004 to 2011) spilitic basaltic
rocks. Geological-mineral and thematic maps of an area of 2,250 km2 were established.
+ Valuable geological discoveries include: discovery of a basalt-andesite effusive
formation which forms the basis of establishing the Pa Lan Formation of Middle Ordovician
age; investigation and recognition of geohazards including landslides, flooding, flash floods,
scouring of river and stream banks, radioactive manifestations and etc.It was found that
events happen not only because of natural factors, but also because of mineral activities.
+ Concerning minerals, 46 mineral occurrences were discovered and registered on the
area of the map sheet group, among them, 23 mineral and mineralization manifestations were
newly discovered, especially of high prospect potential are iron and gold ore occurrences (2
iron ore occurrences: Con Zot and Pa Lan; 4 gold ore occurrences: Khe May, Phuoc Xuan,
Song Thanh and Khe Vinh); construction materials and uranium were also of high potential;
besides, there still are industrial minerals, thermal and mineral waters. Survey results allowed
geologists to delineate 14 areas of iron, gold and construction materials for further
investigation and assessment.
b) The ProjectGeological mapping and mineral survey at 1:50,000 scale of the H
Qung Map Sheet group, Cao Bng Province was compiled by the Northern Geological
Mapping Division., Although working on an area with many difficulties concerning
topography, communication and shortage of budget, in the period 2011-2012 the Division
completed the above project successfully, making many new discoveries in geology and
valuable minerals. As a result, geological-mineral and thematic maps of an area of 1,730 km2
were established.
+ New valuable discoveries on geology include: fossils of brachiopods, bivalves,
coniconchs, corals, forams and conodonts in many localities; discovery of unconformable
relations between basalts (including pillow basalts) of the Bng Giang Formation and
limestone of the Bc Sn Formation.

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+ For minerals, 49 deposits, mineral occurrences and mineralization manifestations
were discovered and registered on the area of this map sheet group, amongst them 8 were new
discoveries and 15 re-investigated. Discoveries with good prospects included: skarn magnetite
ore of high quality and potential in Cao Lu, Lung Luong and Khuoi Tong areas; gold
mineralization occurrences in Loc Xoa, Duoc Lang, Khuoi Tong and Na Dong areas.
The Centre for Marine Geology and Mineral Resources under the Vietnam
Administration of Sea and Islands achievemedthe following:
a) Project component 1: Investigation of geological, geodynamic characteristics,
mineral resources, geoenvironment and prediction of geohazards in offshore areas of
Vietnam from the 30m to 100m water depth at 1: 500,000 scale (referred to as PC1) under
the Project Investigation of geological, geodynamic characteristics, mineral resources,
geoenvironment and prediction of geohazards in offshore areas of Vietnam (referred to as a
Government project):
- The boundaries and distribution area of Quaternary stratigraphic units present in the
study area have been delineated; the presence of 3 eruptive stages in the area of Con Co and
Phu Quy islands, consisting of N2, Q12-3 and Q2 formations.
- In addition, some thickness variation rules of the Quaternary sediments have been
identified. In the Cua Nhuong - Thuan An area the thickness of Quaternary sediments
increases from the shore seaward. In the Ninh Chu - Ham Tan area the thickness of
Quaternary sediments increases toward the Cuu Long basin. In the Vung Tau - Ca Mau area
the thickness of Quaternary sediments increases toward the Nam Con Son and Malay-Tho
Chu basins.
- The Quaternary stratigraphic units are differentiated on the principle of genesis and
age in relation with depositional cycles based on the results of fossil (algae, spores and pollen,
foraminifers) determinations, the results of C14 isotope, chemical, DTA, XRD, Eh, pH,cation
exchange and quantitative mineralogical (e.g. particle size distribution) analysis of superficial
sediment, drill core, gravity core samples and the results of interpretation of high resolution
shallow seismic data. The distribution area of Quaternary sediments was delineated as based
on the results of interpretation of topographic, geomorphologic and side scan sonar datas so
that the boundaries are of high accuracy.
b) The Project: Geological and mineral investigation at 1/100,000-1/50,000 scale in
Nga Son - Dien Chau coastal offshore area (0-30m water depth (referred to as the Nga Son
- Dien Chau Project) was started. Field survey has been completed in the the Nga Son Cua
Hoi area with 1,290km of geophysical lines and 141 geological survey stations in an area of
241km2.
1.2.2. Solid mineral potential assessment
a) GDGMV has completed several projects designed to assess the potential of titanium
zircon, manganese, uranium, copper, molybdenum, kaolin and feldspar in the whole country.
- The Project Investigation and assessment of titanium-zircon placer potential in the
Red Sand formation in Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan and North Ba Ria - Vung Tau areas was
approved for implementation in two years: 2009 and 2010. By November 2010, the project
had been completed and the final report has been prepared..
An area of over 770 km2 has been determined as the distribution area of red sand with
high placer prospects. The thickness of the ore body is from over 10 to nearly 190 m and the
average thickness of the reserve calculation blocks is usually over 40 to 130 m. The project
has delineated the distribution area and assessed resources for the 10 ore bodies on the 4
areas: 1) Tuy Phong area with 3 ore bodies, 2) North Phan Thiet area with 3 ore bodies, 3)
South Phan Thiet area with 1 ore body and 4) Ham Tan area with 4 ore bodies.
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This result has put titanium ore to the 3rd rank in the top metallic minerals of large
resource and reserves in the country (after aluminium and iron ore) and made Vietnam to be
one of the worlds countries with the highest titanium resource potential.
- The Project Investigation and assessment of manganese ores in the Dong Tam area,
Bac Quang District, Ha Giang Province was realized by the North-eastern Geological
Division. As a result, the geological-mineral map at 1:25,000 scale was established on an
area of 60 km2, delineating 3 manganese-iron ore prospect areas, namely: Dong Tam, Coc
Hec and Trung Thanh. Among them, there are 11 primary ore bodies and 3 erratic ore bodies.
The total resources at 333+334a grade reach 4.4 million tons of ore, of which the resource at
333 grade is about 3.8 million tons.
- The Project "Investigation and assessment of copper ore potential in the Thuan Chau
area, Son La Province" realized by the Northwest Geological Division has initially
discovered 6 copper ore bodies in Ban Long and Coc Phat areas, with ore body thicknesses
from 0.5 to 4.5 m, and copper content varying from 0.5 to 6.74%.
- The Project "Investigation and assessment of molybdenum and copper ore potential in
the Kim Chang Ho area, Bat Xat District, Lao Cai Province", realized by the Northwest
Geological Division, has delineated 28 km2 containing molybdenum ore manifestations and
initially has delineated 6 ore bodies.
- The North Central Geological Division implemented the Project: Assessment of
kaolin and feldspar potential in the Huong Phong, A Roang areas, A Luoi District, Thua
Thien Hue Province. As a result, 4 areas with industrial kaolin prospects were determined
(Ph Vinh - Hng Phong, A Rong, Hng Lm and A Su) with a total area of 15 km2
containing 20 ore bodies of weathering origin, derived from fine-grained granite and aplite,
and some of redeposition origin. The recovery under sieve of <0.2 mm reaches 45-80% with
Al2O3 content of 20-28% and Fe2O3 of 0.39-1.28%. The total resource of 333+334a grade
reaches more than 3.1 million tons (333 grade is of 810 thousand tons). Based on these
investigation results, 3 areas of good prospect with a total area of 1 km2 in Ph Vinh, Hng
Phong and A Roang were proposed for further exploration and possible exploitation.
- The Centre for Research and Transfer of Geological-mineral Technology realized the
Project: Processing airborne geophysical materials of the Mng Xim area, Qung Nam and
Qung Ngi Provinces. The studied area is 4,200 km2. As a result, a schema of endogenous
mineral prospect zonation was established on the basis of geophysical data from the Mng
Xim area at 1:50,000 scale. In this, 25 areas of potential for endogenous minerals with
different scales and levels of prospect were delineated, including 11 prospect areas of A1
grade, 10 areas of A2 grade and 4 of B grade.
b) The Vietnam Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources has implemented several
research projects investigating the material composition and assessment of mineral resource
potential.
- Completed the research project: Research and establishment of the scientific basis for
developing the lead-zinc ore formation models in North Vietnam. Lead - zinc ore formation
models in North Vietnam have been developed with 3 representative deposits (areas): the Cho
Dien deposit in Bac Can, the Huoi Pao deposit in Yen Bai, the Bang Thanh - Ban Lin lead
zinc ore zone in Phia Da Na Cang area, Cao Bang province.
- Completed the research project: Research and establishment of the scientific basis for
determining the existence of porphyry type Cu-Au deposits in Vietnam, with the aim to orient
the mineral investigation and assessment. As a result, the existence of porphyry type Cu-Au
deposits in Vietnam has been identified, serving as the basis for further investigation and
assessment.

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- Completed the metallogenic research and mineral resource prediction of the SW margin of
Kon Tum geoblock.
- Completed the research on potential and utility value of sericite in Neoproterozoic -
Lower Paleozoic and Jurassic - Cretaceous metamorphic rocks in NW Vietnam.
- Is implementing the Projects: Research on geologic structures and evaluation of
mineral potential (Cu, Au, Sb, Pb-Zn) in Huong Hoa - Cu De area; Petrologic research of
lamprophyric rocks and related mineral resources in NW Vietnam and Research for
developing tin ore deposit models in Vietnam.
- Is carrying out the research and evaluating the potential of puzzolan for producing
construction material serving the socio-economic development of the Central plateau by
clarifying the potential, material composition and possible uses of puzzolan for construction
material.
- Is carrying out research on the scientific and legal bases for inscription, conservation
and rational use of geoheritage sites and for the construction of geoparks in Vietnam.
- Implemented the research project: Sedimentology of Neogene formations in the
Central Highlands and related minerals. Studied and clarified geological structure, material
composition of the formations filling the Neogene basins in the Central Highland; carried out
research on rock facies, paleogeography and development history of Neogene basins in the
Central Highland; research on favourable preconditions for the formation of mineral resources
in the Central Highland Neogene basins.
- The Geological Analysis and Experiment Centre realized the Project, Manufacturing
standard sample collections of ultramafic rocks, dolomite and radioactive ores used in
experimental analysis. As a results, 4 standard sample collections of grassroot level were
manufactured with a stable duration of 10 years including: standard sample of ultramafic rock
SM-1 with a weight of 12.5 kg, standard sample of dolomite Do-1 with a weight of 12.5 kg, 2
standard samples of uranium MC-U1 and MC-U2, each of them has a weight of 15 kg. These
standard samples were analyzed in experimental labs in Canada, Australia, China and Japan
and have an error lying within the permited limits.
Besides the results in geology mentioned above, in implementing Project component 1:
Investigation of geological, geodynamic characteristics, mineral resources, geoenvironment
and prediction of geohazards in offshore areas of Vietnam from 30m to 100m water depth at
1:500.000 scale (referred to as PC1), the Centre for Marine Geology and Mineral Resources
under the Vietnam Administration for Sea and Islands has achieved some results in terms of
solid mineral resources.
In the 30-100m water depth areas of Cua Nhuong - Thuan An, Ninh Chu - Ham Tan
and Vung Tau - Ca Mau, placer and construction material (sand for land reclamation)
prospects have been found, in particular: In the Cua Nhuong - Cua Thuan An area where
there are 3 placer prospects and 3 construction material prospects; in the Ninh Chu - Ham
Tan area there are 4 placer prospects and 2 construction material prospects; in the Vung Tau -
Cape Ca Mau area there are 3 placer prospects and 4 construction material prospects.
1.3. Proposed Future Activities
- Continue geological mapping and mineral investigation at 1: 50,000 scale.
- Carry out the project "Overall investigation and assessment of bauxite and lateritic
iron ores in South Vietnam".

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1.4. Assistance Required from CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future
Activities
- Strengthen the capacity in overall assessment of Vietnams mineral potential by
advanced technology.
- Strengthen the capacity in geological mapping, mineral investigation at the scale of
1:50,000 basing on digital technology.
- Upgrading the geological labs of the GDGMV, especially isotope analysis for mineral
investigation.
1.5. Assistance Offered to CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future
Activities
- Sharing experiences in geological and mineral mapping at the scale of 1:200,000 and
1:50,000.
- Sharing experiences on the investigation and assessment of solid mineral reserves.
1.6. Other Comments
In the period from July 2010 to June 2012, international cooperation activities of
GDGMV were maintained and developed. GDGMV had many cooperation activities with
Germany, Japan, Korea, Czech Republic, China and ASEAN countries:
- Implementing the Agreement on Economic, Cultural and Techno-scientific
Cooperation between the Governments of SR Vietnam and Lao PDR, the Project "Geological
mapping and mineral survey at 1: 200,000 scale in the North Vientiane - Luang Pha Bang
area" was appraised by the GDGMV and technically approved by Laotian authorities in
Vientiane in December 2010. The project is to be implemented with the use of non-
reimbursable financial assistance of the Vietnamese Government to Lao PDR.
- The Project "Basic geological investigation on rare-earth elements associating with
gold-copper-iron oxide mineralization in Lao Cai, Yen Bai and Lai Chau Provinces, Vietnam"
continued to be realized by the GDGMV in cooperation with the Japanese Oil, Gas and
Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC). During 2010, JOGMEC carried out the survey and
assessment of resource potential of rare-earth elements of ion absorption type in the weathering
crust in the Ben Den area, Lao Cai Province in an area of 26 km2. The thickness of the
weathering crust varies from 7 to over 20 m.
- In the past year, GDGMV sent many staff abroad to attend training courses, study
tours, visits to exchange experience in geological survey, mineral exploration in various
countries such as Korea, Japan, Czech Republic, China, Malaysia and Indonesia. Besides,
GDGMV also sent staff to attend workshops and training courses within the framework of
ASEAN mineral cooperation, the International Geological Map of Asia Project (IGMA5000).
Programme Contact Person:
Dr. Tran Van Mien, Director of Geological Division, General Department of Geology
and Minerals of Vietnam. Email: mientv@dgmv.gov.vn

2. ENERGY PROGRAMME
2.1. Summary
In 2010, 2011 and the first 6 months of 2012 Vietnam produced a total of 61.5 million
tons of oil equivalent, including 38.5 million tons of crude oil and 23 billion cubic meters of
gas.
As for coal, in the same time Vietnam produced 123 million tons of coal.

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2.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
2.2.1 Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Activities
2.2.1.1 Oil and gas Exploration Activities
In 2010, 2011 and the first six months of 2012 a total of 15 Petroleum exploration and
production contracts were signed, of which 14 contracts are in Vietnam.
So far, 89 Petroleum Contracts have been signed in the form of JV, PSC, JOC and BCC,
of which 58 are currently in operation.
In the same time, there were: 10 new oil and gas discoveries were identified, the total
hydrocarbon reserve of Vietnam increased by 100 million tons of oil equivalent and 17 new
oil and gas fields in domestically and abroad have been put into production.
2.2.1.2 Oil and Gas Production Activities
In 2010, 2011 and the first six months of 2012 Vietnam produced a total of 38.5 million
tons of crude oil and 23 billion cubic meters of gas taken from oil and gas fields in domestic
and foreign fields: such as Bach Ho- Rong, Ruby, Rang Dong, Lan Tay- Lan Do, Su Tu Den,
PM3- Cai Nuoc, Dai Hung, Ca Ngu Vang, Su Tu Vang, Topaz, Pearl, Nhenhetxky,...
2.2.1.3 Scientific Research Activities within the framework of CCOP and bilateral
cooperation with CCOP cooperating countries
Projects supported by Norwegian Government: In 2010, phase III of the Development
of Management Systems on Health, Safety and Environment in the Vietnamese Petroleum
Industry Project was implemented. This project was completed at the end of Quarter II of
2011.
Projects supported by Danish Government: the project to Enhance Research Capacity
(ENRECA) involving the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA). Vietnam
Petroleum Institute (VPI) and the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)
have completed the ENRECA-Phase I and Phase II Project and are now carrying out Phase
III.
In 2010 VAST together with CCOP/GSJ/AIST successfully organised the Workshop
Monitoring and Evaluation of Coastal Erosion in Deltas in Hai Phong. In 2011,
PetroVietnam in coordination with VASI, CCOP Technical Secretariat and PETRAD
organized a Workshop on Gas hydrate in Ha Long Quang Ninh in March and the Workshop
on Oil and gas exploration and production in deep water areas in Da Lat Lam Dong in
September. In 2012, PetroVietnam in coordination with PETRAD organized the Workshop on
Small Scale LNG (liquefaction, shipping, terminal, distribution) and Vapour Recovery on
FSO in Hue city in September.
2.2.2. Downstream activities
In 2010, 2011 and the first 6 months of 2012 PetroVietnam completed the investment
and put into operation the Dung Quat oil refinery, Dung Quat polypropylene producing
factory and the CO2 collecting system for collecting the CO2 from discharge smoke of Phu
My urea factory and Ca Mau urea factory. Investment procedures for the Nghi Son oil
refinery and petrochemical complex in Thanh Hoa and the Southern refinery and
petrochemical complex in Long son, Vung Tau are being carried out. The Rang Dong - Bach
Ho - Phu My, Nam Con Son and PM3-Ca Mau gas pipeline systems are in safe and smooth
operation.

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2.2.3. Coal Activities/Operations
In 2010, 2011 and the first 6 months of 2012, there were 123 million tons of coal
produced and exploration and reserves assessment activities were also conducted with good
results.
2.3. Proposed Future Activities
Vietnam will implement successfully the EPPM Project together with other CCOP
member countries.
Programme Contact Person:
Mr. Ngo Van Hung, Senior Officer, PetroVietnam. E-mail: hungnv02@pvn.vn

3. GROUNDWATER PROGRAMME
3.1. Summary
In the past year groundwater investigation activities were conducted mainly by the
Centre for Water Resources Planning and Investigation (CWRPI).
3.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
* In the period from July 2010 to June 2011, the CWRPI steadily developed in the field
of water resources planning and investigation. Below are described some typical groundwater
projects carried out by the CWRPI:
- Project Investigation, assessment, planning for use of groundwater and surface
water in coastal and island areas.
By collecting and synthesizing data, interpreting remote sensing images and additional
field investigation such as geophysical survey, drilling, pumping test, sample collection and
analysis, the following results have been obtained:
Various aquifers in the coastal and island areas have been identified and their water
bearing properties have been clarified: In East Bac Bo coastal area: one (1) porous aquifer,
eight (8) fissured aquifers; in the Red river delta coastal area: three (3) porous aquifers, ten
(10) fissured aquifers; in the North Trung Bo coastal area: three (3) porous aquifers, fifteen
(15) fissured aquifers; in the South Trung Bo coastal area: three (3) porous aquifers, three (3)
fissured aquifers; in the Nam Bo coastal area: eight (8) porous aquifers, one (1) fissured
aquifer; in island areas: two (2) porous aquifers and five (5) fissured aquifers. The Water
samples from all the main aquifers with potential for exploitation have been collected and
analysed to assess the quality of the groundwater in these aquifers.
The groundwater exploitation reserves in the coastal areas explored and assessed are:
measured reserve (A): 64,351 m3/day, indicated reserve (B): 308,419 m3/day, possible reserve
(C1): 4,852,201 m3/day.
The groundwater exploitation reserves explored and assessed on 18 islands are:
Measured and indicated reserve (A+B): 10,390 m3/day, possible reserve (C1): 33,950 m3/day.
The water demand for domestic and industrial service water supply in the coastal and
island areas to the year 2020 as calculated and predicted by the Project is 7,076,035 m3/day.
This includes: East Bac Bo coastal area: 369.663 m3/day; Red river delta coastal area:
692.024 m3/day; North Trung Bo coastal area: 1,843,157 m3/day; South Trung Bo coastal
area: 4.709.851 m3/day; Nam Bo coastal area: 1,674,160 m3/day. The Project has assessed the
possibility to meet the above demand and proposed the orientation for groundwater resource
exploitation and use in the coastal areas and 10 detailed investigation areas.

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- The Project Assessing the impact of climate change and sea level rise on mineral
resources was realized by the Office of the GDGMV. The results showed that, in 29 coastal
provinces, the mineral resources of Viet Nam are have the risk of being impacted by climate
change, both directly and indirectly, resulting in damage to reserves and quality and by
dissemination of polluting agents. According to statistical data, from 149 to 254 mineral
occurrences in coastal areas, with a sea level rise scenario of 0.65 m and 1 m respectively,
would be submerged or isolated. Impacted minerals include coastal titanium-zirconium
placers, gas, peat, construction materials and mineral-thermal water.
The report also proposed several solutions for adapting to climate change in order to
protect and exploit minerals which would be impacted by : giving priority to investigation,
exploration, exploitation and use of several occurrences in order to reduce the damage and
quality degradation of the mine; managing and processing mine wastes so as to prevent their
dissemination and any resultant environmental pollu-tion; soil rehabilitation and environmental
recovery after exploitation; establishing the project of delineating national reserve areas for
several minerals, such as titanium placers in red sand, and to have measures to limit the
impact of climate change and protect mines.
- Project: Investigation of groundwater resources in remote areas of Nam Bo-phase
3.
Geophysical survey, hydrogeological drilling, pumping tests were carried out, with
collection and analysis of groundwater samples from 30 boreholes in 30 areas (covering 18
population areas, 11 border guard stations and 1 army camp) in 30 communes. These are
remote, border areas of 20 districts in 8 provinces of Nam Bo plain.
As a result of the Project implementation the hydrogeological characteristics of 30
investigation areas have been clarified, areas with prospective groundwater potential have
been delineated, distribution areas, depth of occurrence, thickness, lithological composition
and water bearing properties of aquifers, water quality (chemical composition, iron content,
microelement and bacteria contents) have been determined, serving as the basis for further
hydrogeological investigations.
29 boreholes have been delivered to the local authorities, army units and border guard
stations for ground water extraction for domestic water supply to serve the people and army
units in the remote, border areas with a total discharge of 15,370m3/day.
The results of the Project implementation have ensured clean water supply and
environmental sanitation in the rural areas, contributing to the improvement of the health,
material and spiritual life of the people and army units living and serving in remote and
border areas.
* Groundwater monitoring was continued in the areas of the Red river Delta, Mekong
delta and Central Highlands by the Centre for Water Resource Planning and Investigation,
with 730 monitoring wells.
The following results have been obtained:
A. Red river Delta
1). Water level
In intensive groundwater extraction areas, the water level declined continuously. At
some monitoring stations, e.g. Mai Dich (Cau Giay, Hanoi), the drawdown has nearly reached
the maximum permissible value.

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The maximum drawdown measured in monitoring well Q.63a (Mai Dich, Cau Giay, Ha
Noi) on 30 December 2011 was 28.73m, accounting for 61.70% of the maximum permissible
drawdown.
-2,00

-3,00
Q.109a
-4,00

su mc nc (m)
-5,00

-6,00

-7,00

-8,00

-9,00

-10,00

-11,00
12/95 12/97 12/99 12/01 12/03 12/05 12/07 12/09 12/11
Thi gian (thng/nm)

The hydrograph at monitoring well Q.109a


(Truc Phu-Truc Ninh-Nam Dinh)

2). Water quality


a. Upper Holocene aquifer (qh2)
In qh2 aquifer, the average TDS value in the dry season of 2011 was 2266 mg/l, 13/36
samples exceeded the permissible standard. All of 7 samples analysed for ammonium content
gave the value exceeding by many times the permissible standard. The average ammonium
content (as N) of all samples collected in the dry season of 2011 exceeded the permissible
standard by 92.4 times. In particular, in monitoring well Q.57 (Tan Lap - Dan Phuong - Ha
Noi), it reached 23.30 mg/l (exceeding the permissible standard by 233 times).
b. Lower Pleistocene aquifer (qp1)
The summary results of monitoring in qp1 aquifer show that the average TDS value in
the dry season of 2011 was 607 mg/l and in rainy season was 578 mg/l.
As regards micro-elements, in the dry season 17 of 32 samples have manganese content
(Mn) exceeding the permissible standard; 4 of 32 samples have arsenic content (As)
exceeding the permissible standards; the highest As content is monitoring well Q 58a (Hoai
Duc - Hanoi), reaching 0,1500 mg/l (exceeding the permissible standard by three times). The
contents of other micro-elements are within the permissible limits. In the rainy season, 12 of
30 samples have manganese content (Mn) exceeding the permissible standard; 4 of 30
samples have arsenic content (As) exceeding the permissible standard, the highest As content
is in well Q.58a (Hoai Duc - Hanoi), reaching 0.387 mg/l (exceeding the permissible standard
by 7 times). The contents of other micro-elements are within the permissible limit.
B. Mekong Delta
1). Water level
In intensive groundwater extraction areas, the water level declined continuously. At
some monitoring stations, the water level declined steeply and nearly reached Hcp: e.g. 12th
district, Binh Tan district, Ho Chi Minh city.
* Ho Chi Minh region: The lowest water level measured at the well Q015030 qp1
aquifer (An Lac-Binh Tan) on 06 March 2011 was 29.93m, accounting for 59.86% Hcp; At
well Q019340 - qp2-3 aquifer (Dong Hung, District 12) on 30 April 2011 was 36,42m,
accounting for 72,84%.

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-7,00
Q011340

-12,00

su mc nc (m)
-17,00

-22,00

y = -0,0032x + 99,889
-27,00
R2 = 0,8978

-32,00
12/95 12/97 12/99 12/01 12/03 12/05 12/07 12/09 12/11
T hi gian (thng/nm)

The hydrograph at monitoring well Q011340


(Tan Chanh Hiep- District 12- Ho Chi Minh City)

2). Water quality


The contents of some components, usually TDS, NH4+ (as N) and micro-elements such
as Mn, As, Hg. in the water exceed the permissible limit, in particular as follows:
- TDS value: In the main aquifers, the monitoring wells meeting the permissible
standard as fresh water (below 1500mg/l) account for 50 to 66% of the total number of
sampled wells.
- Other indicators: In the Mekong river delta special attention should be paid to Mn and
NH4+, which exceed the permissible standard in the nearly all main aquifers such as qp1,
qp3, n22. Typically in monitoring well Q616040 (Ben Luc township, Ben Luc district, Long
An - aquifer qp1) the NH4+ content is 23,65mg/l in the dry season and 24.54mg/l in the rainy
season; in monitoring well Q409020M1 (Ward 3, Soc Trang city, Soc Trang - aquifer qp3) the
NH4+ content is 5.03mg/l in the dry season and 11.71mg/l in the rainy season;
C. The Central Highland Region:
1). Water level
a. Q aquifer
The monitoring results summarized from 20 wells show that the monthly mean
elevation of the water level in Q aquifer is 536,37m, minimum 535.51m in April and
maximum 537.33m in October.
b. Q2 aquifer
The monitoring results summarised from 18 wells show that the monthly mean
elevation of the water level in Q2 aquifer is 647.58m, minimum 645.50m in April and
maximum 649.99m in October.
c. N2-Q1 aquifer
The monitoring results summarized from 49 wells show the monthly mean elevation of
the water level in N2-Q1 is 619,64m, minimum 617.82m in April and maximum 621.95m in
October.
d. N aquifer
The monitoring results summarized from 18 wells show that the monthly mean
elevation of the water level in N aquifer is 408,25m, minimum 406.48m in April and
maximum 410,35m in October.

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2). Water quality
At monitoring wells, the results from analysed water samples show that the water
quality of the Cental Highland region is relatively good, there is no sign of groundwater
pollution. The average TDS value of the groundwater in the dry season is 148mg/l, in the
rainy season is 142mg/l. The contents of micro-elements in groundwater mostly meet the
permissible standard, except for Mn. 13.04% of samples (in dry season) and 4.35% of
samples (in rainy season) have Mn contents exceeding the permissible standard. The highest
Mn content is in well LK18T (An Khe township, An Khe district, Gia Lai province), reaching
1.19 mg/l.
3.3. Proposed Future Activities
- Continue the investigation and assessment of groundwater resources in coastal and island
areas;
- Continue the investigation of groundwater resources in remote areas of Nam Bo and
hand over the remaining boreholes to the local authorities for exploitation and use;
- Continue working on the amendment law on water resources to be submitted to the
National Assembly for adoption.
3.4. Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities
Technical assistance for groundwater monitoring and pollution assessment projects.
3.5. Assistance Offered to CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future
Activities
Sharing experiences on hydrogeological mapping, groundwater resources assessment
and groundwater monitoring.
Programme Contact Person:
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Ha, Officer-in-charge of Centre for Water Resource Monitoring and
Forecasting, Water Resource Investigation and Planning Centre. Email:
lehahoai@yahoo.com

GEO-ENVIRONMENT SECTOR
4. COASTAL ZONE, GEOHAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
PROGRAMMES
4.1. Summary
From the middle of July 2010 to September 2012, many activities related with the
coastal zone, geohazards and environmental geology were carried out by units of DGMV,
Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) and Vietnam Administration for
Sea and Islands (VASI).
4.2. Annual Review of Individual Technical Activities
4.2.1. Activities carried out by GDGMV
- The projects "Monitoring of radioactive environment in mineral deposits in the 2009-
2010 stage" and "Delineating areas containing toxic minerals and assessing the possible
environmental impacts on the Vietnamese territory (mainland part) for sustainable socio-
economic development" realized by the Geological Division for Radioactive and Rare
Minerals have resulted in determination of the current status of components of the radioactive
environment in each mineral deposit distributed in the Northern provinces, compilation of a
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Ngai and Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Lam Dong and Ba Ria - Vung Tau
provinces and delineation of areas containing toxic minerals at 54 deposits and mineral
occurrences in 13 provinces..
- The research project "Research and establishment of scientific bases for assessing the
safety in exploration and exploitation of radioactive ores in the Thanh My area, and
proposing preventive measures" was completed by the Geological Division for Radioactive
and Rare Minerals. The results of the project allow us to establish procedures for assessment
of radioactive environmental impact caused by exploration and exploitation of radioactive
ores and to propose some preventive measures to ensure the safety in radioactive mines.
- The project "Investigation, assessment, determining the cause and proposing
measures to avoid and minimize injuries caused by sudden geohazards" realized by the
Northwest Geological Division has identified that the sudden geohazards in the Huoi So
Commune, Tua Chua, Dien Bien Province were caused by activities of the faults which
created three NW-SE trending fractures. On this basis, some measures aiming to avoid and
minimize damage were proposed.
- The Project "Assessment of environmental status in mining areas of Nghe An and Ha
Tinh Provinces" realized by the North Trung Bo Geological Division has identified
manifestations of low-level air pollution in active mines located along Highway 8B, in the
section passing the Hong Linh Town.
- The Project "Research on the application of downhole seismic method to establish the
procedure of calculating elasticity parameters for earthquake-proof foundation engineering
in the Ho Chi Minh City area and neighbouring provinces" realized by the Southern
Geological Mapping Division has obtained good initial results. The results of test
measurements in three areas with different geological conditions have shown consistence
between the downhole seismic and geotechnical drilling data..
4.2.2. Activities carried out by Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral
Resources
- The geohazard research project: Assessment of current status of geohazards in Ha
Giang, Cao Bang, Tuyen Quang and Bac Can, determining their cause, predicting and
proposing measures for prevention and mitigation of damage is being carried out.
- The Project: Investigation, and assessment of geothermal potential in East Bac Bo
region is being carried out to assess the geothermal potential in the East Bac Bo and some
unsurveyed areas on the right side of the Red river and to propose the strategy for using the
geothermal sources to serve socio-economic development of the region.
- The Projects: Editing for publication of the Geochemical map of Vietnam at
1:1.000.000 scale; Investigation and assessment of environmental status in key mining
areas of Northeast Bac Bo region; Investigation and research of geoheritage sites in and
proposal for construction of geoparks in North Vietnam and Research on scientific and
legal bases for inscription, conservation, rational use of geoheritage sites and construction of
geoparks in Vietnam.
- The 2nd Asia Pacific Symposium on Geoparks was successfully organized. On the
basis of several research projects on park and geoheritage sites, MONRE assigned Vietnam
Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources to be the agency directly organizing and
inscribing the Dong Van Karst Plateau (Ha Giang province) in the Global Geopark Network.

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4.2.3. Activities carried out by the Centre for Marine Geology and Mineral
Resources, Vietnam Administration for Sea and Islands
- The Project: Investigation of geological, geodynamic characteristics, mineral resources,
environmental geology and prediction of geohazards in Thua Thien Hue - Binh Dinh offshore
areas (0-60m water depth) at 1: 100.000 scale (referred to as Thua Thien Hue - Binh Dinh
Project). The field surveys were carried out from 2011 to June 2012. A set of original
geophysical and geodetic data (high resolution seismic, marine magnetic, side scanned sonar
data) in the offshore areas of Thua Thien Hue- Quang Ngai has been acquired as the basis for
detailed differentiation of seismic sequences related to stratigraphic units, to serve the geological
and mineral investigations in the project area. The initial result has determined that the offshore
area of Thuan An (Thua Thien Hue) has had considerable placer and construction material
potential.
- The Project: Investigation of geological, geodynamic characteristics, mineral resources,
environmental geology and prediction of geohazards in Vietnam offshore areas (completed in
2012). The results are as follows:
a). In Geology
- The age of Quaternary sediments in the area of 0-100m water depth has been determined
based on the results of paleontological analysis and absolute age dating for Holocene and Late
Pleistocene sediments by 14C isotope method.
- Determined the time of volcanic eruption in the area of Con Co island and neighbouring
areas of Phu Quy island (N2, Q1 and Q2).
- The distribution area of Quaternary sediments have been delineated based on the results of
topographic-geomorphologic analysis, the side scanned sonar data, etc. The boundaries are of
high accuracy;
- The distribution law and evolution history of Quaternary sediments through different
depositional cycles have been clarified based on the basic survey data at 1:500.000 scale in the
offshore area of 30-100m water depth combined with the results of study in the coastal offshore
area of 0-30m water depth.
- The existence of ancient coastal zones at 90-120m, 50-60m, 35-45m water depth has been
confirmed by the Project through research on sedimentation, geomorphology and material
composition of the sediments. Ancient river channels and ancient coastal zones have been
discovered in seismic bands, they are of importance in mineral prospecting.
b). Minerals
- Six placer prospects (ilmenite-zircon, rutil +anatase) have been delineated. The total
inferred resource of 334b category is 87,226,580 tons.
- Ten prospects of construction materials have been delineated. The total inferred resource
of 334b category is 155.94 billion m3
c). Environmental Geology
- Sea water geochemical environment: Weakly alkaline - weakly oxidising environment
(7.5< pH<8.5; 100mV<Eh<150mV) characterizes the whole area, both for the superficial and
bottom water layers.
- Seabed sediment geochemical environment: The typical formation environment of the
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d). Geohazards
Geohazards which can have impacts on offshore areas of 0-100m water-depth include:
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, etc. The geohazards of meteorological hydrodynamic
origin are mainly storm surges and high waves. The area is of high seismic risk (with
magnitude 4.5-6.1 in Richter scale, possible up to magnitude 7 in Richter scale) due to direct
impacts of earthquake generating fault zones (Meridian 110, Ma river faults, etc.), as well as the
risk of volcanic eruptions in the area of Phu Quy-Hon Hai islands. Most impacted will be offshore
structures (oil and gas extraction facilities) and islands.
- The Project: Investigation, research, assessment and prediction of vulnerability of water
and bottom sediment environment due to pollution in offshore areas of Vietnam (finalized in
2012). The characteristics of water environment and bottom sediment at the offshore areas of
Vung Ang (Ha Tinh); Thu Bon river mouth, Cu Lao Cham (Quang Nam); Dung Quat (Quang
Ngai); Thi Nai lagoon (Binh Dinh); Hau river mouth (Soc Trang) have been clarified. Total
suspended solid was discovered in the beach of Vung Ang, Dung Quat and Thi Nai lagoon, and
mercury contamination, radioactive and insecticides with chloride radical in the bottom sediment
of Hau river mouth.
- The Project: Geological and mineral investigation at 1/100,000 1/50,000 scales in Nga
Son- Dien Chau coastal offshore area of 0 to 30m water depth (implemented in 2011-2012). The
field surveys were carried out from 2011 to June 2012. A set of original geophysical and geodetic
data (high resolution seismic, marine magnetic, side scanned sonar data) in the offshore areas of
Nga Son- Quang Thai has been acquired as the basis for detailed differentiation of seismic
sequences related to stratigraphic units, to serve the geological and mineral investigations in the
project area.
4.2.4. Activities carried out by VAST
- Coastal zone programme: On 7 June 2012, at the Institute of Oceanology under the
VAST, the opening ceremony of the exhibition room for the objects collected from offshore
areas of Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagos in the Sea Museum of the Institute of
Oceanology was solemnly organized. For the first time the Exhibition Room displays diverse
and ample collections of objects representing geology, mineral resources, bioresources and
environment collected directly from the archipelago areas in the recent period.
- Environmental geology programme: On 24-29 November 2010, the Institute for
Marine Resources and Environment under VAST in collaboration with the Geological
Survey of Japan organized the Workshop on geoenvironment characteristics of the coastal
area of the Red river delta. The Workshop was organised in Hai Phong city, funded by
CCOP, the Workshop programme included a 3-day field excursion in the margin area of the
Red river delta.
- Geohazards programme:
+ The Institute of Geophysics under the VAST implemented and completed phase 1 of
the Project "Modernization of the seismic station network for earthquake notification and
tsunami warning in Vietnam". A survey has been carried out for selecting the sites for
construction of 30 seismic stations, the equipment have been purchased, 9 wide range seismic
stations of the Project have been put into operation. The Project is to be implemented during a
5 year period.

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+ From 8 to 10 November 2010, the Institute of Geophysics in collaboration with
Geophysical Association of Vietnam organized successfully the 8th ASC General Assembly
(ASC 2010) Mitigating seismic hazards and disasters in Asia. In the Assembly, 145
scientists from 32 countries participated together with 200 Vietnamese scientists with 128
papers presented. Besides, special training courses were organized before and after the
Assembly with trainees from various countries and a scientific field excursion with hundreds
of participants.
4.3. Proposed Future Activities
- From 15 to 16 September 2011 VAST in conjunction with VASI of MONRE will
organize the National Workshop on International cooperation in marine research and
investigation;
- Continue phase 2 of Project "Modernization of the seismic station network for
earthquake notification and tsunami warning in Vietnam";
- Construction of radioactive environment monitoring stations in areas with mineral
deposits (2009 2010) and carrying out long term monitoring;
- Compilation of natural radiation background map of Vietnam at 1: 1,000,000 scale;
- Investigation of geohazards in areas along Highway 7, Ca river, Nghe An province and the
area along Highway 8, Ngan Pho river, Ha Tinh province;
- Delineation of areas containing hazardous minerals and assessing their possible
impacts on the environment in the territory of Vietnam (the mainland part) to serve the
sustainable socio-economic development;
- Continue implementing Component 1 of the Project Investigation of geological,
geodynamic characteristics, mineral resources, geoenvironment and prediction of geohazards
in offshore areas of Vietnam in the offshore area of Vietnam with 30-100m water depth,
scale 1/500,000;
- Research on the history of climate change and sea level rise in Late Pleistocene
Holocene period and long-term prediction of their future impacts in Vietnam.
4.4. Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities
- Investigation of geohazards in Vietnam.
- Application of new technologies for investigation of marine resources and
environment.
4.5. Assistance Offered to CCOP/Other Member Countries in Support of Future
Activities
Assist Cambodia in investigation on geology, mineral resources, environmental geology
and geohazards in coastal and shallow offshore areas.

Programme Contact Person:


Dr. Quach Duc Tin, Director of Science, Technology and International Cooperation
Department, General Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam. E-mail:
tindcmt@gmail.com

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GEO-INFORMATION SECTOR
5. GEO-DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
5.1 Summary
The geodata and information management activities are carried out by many
organizations including the Centre for Information and Archives of Geology under the
Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam, now the General Department of Geology
and Minerals of Vietnam.
5.2 Annual Review of Technical Programmes / Activities
- From the beginning of July 2010 to June 2012, in the project "Computerization of
geological reports in the Geological Archives", GDGMV computerized 72 geological
reports, bringing up the number of computerized geological reports to 1,341.
- From August 2011 to August 2012, Geological Archives received 100 basic
geological investigation and mineral exploration reports, bringing up the number of
geological reports in the Geological Archives to 3,450.
- Geoscience bibliography: the Geoscience bibliography has been continuously updated
into the database of magazines and books directories in the Geological Library. 27,000 new
bibliographic items were converted to SANGIS format developed by CCOP and CIFEG, so
far 1,000 items have been updated.
- Participated in the project "Development of the software to be used jointly for natural
resource and environment sectors", geology and mineral component, disseminated the project
results to Provincial Departments of Natural Resources and Environment.
- Completed the plan for the project "Establishment of national database for geology
and mineral resources" as a component in the project "Establishment of national database for
natural resources and environment" to be implemented in period 2010 - 2015.
- Completed the project Editing for publication of the 1/1,000,000 scale Geological and
Mineral Resources map of Vietnam for integration with the International OneGeology
program.
- Application of IT in administrative reform. Updating regularly the website of
GDGMV including the English version.
- Publication of the Journal of Geology series A (in Vietnamese) and series B (in
English) were on schedule; Completion of the publication of the Annual Report 2011 of
GDGMV.
5.3 Proposed Future Activities
- Implement the 5th year of the project "Computerization of geological reports in the
Geological Archive" (5 years);
- Implement phase 2 of the project "Establishment of national database for geology and
mineral resources as a component in the project "Establishment of national database for
natural resources and environment", to be implemented in 2010-2015;
- Participate in the implementation of the project Development of the Natural
Resources and Environment Information Network" led by the Department of Information
Technology;
- Participate in the implementation of the project Construction of the electronic
information portal of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment led by the
Department of Information Technology;
- Initiate 3 new projects to be implemented in period 2012-2015;
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- Intensify the training and technology transfer to subordinate units of GDGMV.
5.4 Assistance Required from CCOP in Support of Future Activities
CCOP is requested to continue exchanging information, IT and software, to provide
technical assistance in compilation and publication of geological and mineral resources maps
at 1/ 1,000.000 to conform with the International OneGeology programme.
5.5 Assistance Offered to CCOP in Support of Future Activities
Sharing experience in processing, synthesizing data to serve geological investigation
and mineral assessment projects.
Programme Contact Person:
Mr. Tran Hong Hai, Director of the Centre for Information and Archives of Geology,
GDGMV. E-mail: haitrh@yahoo.com

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ANNEX VI

COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES


IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

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COOPERATING COUNTRIES AND


ORGANIZATIONS REPORTS

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Cooperating Country Report


of
CANADA

Submitted by

Dr. Carmel Lowe


Geological Survey of Canada

(For Agenda Item 4)

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES
IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)
CCOP Building, 75/10 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 2644 5468, Fax: +66 (0) 2644 5429, E-mail: ccopts@ccop.or.th, Website: www.ccop.or.th

ANNUAL COOPERATING COUNTRY REPORT

Country/Organization: CANADA Period: 1 July 2010 30 June 2012

1. Summary
Natural Resources Canada (Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), Canada Centre for
Remote Sensing (CCRS)) continues to engage in a number of formal bilateral projects
with Japan, China and Korea, principally in the areas of remote sensing, energy and
natural hazard research. It is developing new agreements with CCOP member countries,
including Thailand, to expand collaborations in these research areas, as well as to initiate
new partnerships in marine geohazards, geochemistry, 3-D geologic modeling and
airborne geophysics. In addition, it continues to be engaged informally with member
countries on a range of other geoscience and remote sensing issues. Canada actively
supports the training of highly qualified personnel from CCOP member countries.

2. Review of current technical activities and geoscience programmes in the CCOP


Region (Multilateral or Bilateral)

CHINA
Following the successful completion of a multi-year joint project between Natural
Resources Canada and the China Geological Survey on the application of Canadian
RADARSAT technology to the assessment of landslide hazard within China - specifically
on the Danba landslide located west of Chengdu, Sichuan Province discussions on
follow-up projects were advanced. A new agreement signed by both agencies in Canada in
March, 2012 aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Chinese developed fibre optic landslide
monitoring technology relative to more standard real-time monitoring technologies
typically employed by geotechnical companies in Canada. The results of this project are
expected to provide important guidance for the effective mitigation of these hazards in all
landslide prone countries and also potentially enhanced marketing opportunities for the
Chinese developed monitoring system.

During the review period, a number of bilateral meetings between these agencies also
explored the potential for collaboration in geochemistry, 3-D modeling and airborne
geophysics and project proposals to advance these collaborations have been developed
and are currently being reviewed by the agencies management.

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Japan:
Natural Resources Canadas CCRS continued collaboration with the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency, JAXA, (formerly NASDA) on the utilization of synthetic aperature
rader (SAR) satellite systems (e.g. Radarasat, ALOS-2) in the area of
calibration/validation and in SAR Interferometry (InSAR) and discussions are underway
to formalize collaboration on Earth Observation data exchanges.
Collaborations were also on-going, principally through the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals
Corporation (JOGMEC), on the study of terrestrial gas hydrates beneath the permafrost in
Canadas Mackenzie Delta. During the review period, analysis and interpretations of the
full suite of data generated by a 2007/08 production test were completed and a
comprehensive account of the findings will be published as a Geological Survey of
Canada Bulletin later this year. The production test, which demonstrated proof of
concept of commercial-scale production rates from gas hydrates by controlled pressure
drawdown has been successful in stimulating industry interest in this new energy resource.
Both JOGMEC and Natural Resources Canada have been approached by private sector
companies for advice on the design of follow-up industry-led gas hydrate production tests.
Fertile collaborations also continued with Japan through a number of different agencies
and universities on the hazard posed by subduction earthquakes and on detailed
comparisons of the structures and geological processes active in the Nankai, Japan Trench
and Cascadia subduction zones. Highlights for the review period include completion of
Phase I of the SeaJade experiment in Cascadia (deployment of Japans ocean bottom
seismometers off Canadas west coast) and, as part of an IODP effort, deployment of
marine borehole observatories based on Canadian technology in the Nankai subduction
zone off southeast Japan. Both of these efforts were collaborations between Japan Agency
for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and the GSC with each party
benefitting from the transfer of technologies. Results from the experiment are providing
new insights into the deformation active in subduction zones during the inter-seismic
phase of the earthquake cycle. Discussions on a successor to the SeaJade experiment were
also advanced and are expected to culminate in a new agreement to be signed by
JAMSTEC and GSC later this year. Understanding of the deformation and physical
processes active during the co-seismic and post-seismic phases of the Tohoku earthquake
and its devastating tsunami were advanced through informal partnerships between
personnel at the GSC, Tohoku University and the University of Tokyo.

KOREA
A collaborative geoscience research agreement was signed between Natural Resources
Canada and the Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) in February, 2012. During the
course of this review period the agencies made significant advances in the development of
a new multi-year/multi-phase collaborative project on marine geohazards (also intended to
include participation of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Monteray Bay Aquarium
Research Institute and the United States Geological Survey). Specifically, technical
meetings were held in Canada and Korea to define the goals, key elements and logistics
for the first phase of the project which will take place in Canadas Beaufort Sea in 2013
using KOPRIs new state-of-art Polar Class 6 icebreaker, Araon. These goals include the
identification and evaluation of marine geohazards (permafrost degradation, submarine
landslides, gas release features, etc.), an assessment of the risks they pose to the
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risks might best be mitigated. The study will also examine the extent to which climate
change acts as a trigger or modifer of these natural hazards.

In a separate and long standing collaboration with the Korean Institute of Geoscience and
Mineral Resources (KIGAM) Canada provided scientific advice in support of the second
round of gas hydrate drilling that took place in the Ulleung Basin in summer 2010. The
highly successful experiment is described in multi-authored Expedition Report recently
published by KIGAM. In addition, Canada continued to contribute expertise in gas
hydrate drilling and the interpretation of well log data to this initiative. The results of
these contributions will be presented in a special publication of the journal of Marine
Petroleum Geology tentatively scheduled for release in March 2013.

TAIWAN
Canada continues highly productive informal collaborations with the Central Weather
Bureau, the National Central University and Academica Sinica in Taiwan on studies of the
episodic tremor and slip phenomena and on the development and validation of seismic
techniques for real-time landslide monitoring.

THAILAND:
Canada is engaged in discussions with the Thailand Geo-Informatics and Space
Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) on developing a new Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) in the area of geospatial technology / remote sensing. The MOU
would build on previous satellite/remote sensing collaborations that Canada has had with
GISTDA dating back to the 1980s.

3. Proposed future activities and assistance to CCOP in support to current and future
activities
Canada plans to continue the active transfer of domestically-developed technologies of
interest and relevance to CCOP member countries, to engage in collaborative projects on
issues of mutual interest and, to support the training of highly qualified personnel from the
CCOP region in the geosciences and related fields. In particular, it is very pleased to be a
contributor to the special workshop on Land Subsidence in Coastal Mega-Cities which
will be held in Langkawi, Philippines on November 9, 2012.

CHINA
Meetings are planned between Canada and China Geological Survey to review progress
on the co-operative landslide monitoring technology project and to hold an in-depth
review of bilateral project proposals in the fields of geochemical research, 3-D geological
modeling and airborne geophysics.

Employees from the China Geological Survey will visit Canada in late November to
install fibre-optic monitoring technology developed in China at a multi-instrumented
landslide site in British Columbia.

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Meetings are also planned with the Chinese Academy of Sciences to review progress on a
current multi-national (Australia, Brazil, Canada and China) project focused on the use of
remote sensing to monitor global change that was initiated in 2009. A secondary objective
of these meetings is to gain an improved understanding of the S&T plans and priorities of
the recently merged Centre for Earth Observation and Digital Earth and the Institute for
Remote Sensing Application with a view to assessing future opportunities for
collaboration.

KOREA

A Canadian mission to Korea is planned for November, 2012 to finalize and sign an
agreement annex on the above-noted marine geohazards collaborative project.

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Cooperating Country Report


of
FINLAND

Submitted by

ESKO KORKIAKOSKI (Lao PDR)


PHILIPP SCHMIDT-THOM (Vietnam)
JUKKA LAUKKANEN (Mongolia)

Geological Survey of Finland

(For Agenda Item 4)

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CCOP Building, 75/10 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 2644 5468, Fax: +66 (0) 2644 5429, E-mail: ccopts@ccop.or.th, Website: www.ccop.or.th

ANNUAL COOPERATING COUNTRY REPORT

Country/Organization: FINLAND Period: 1 July 2010 30 June 2012

1. Summary
During the reporting period the Geological Survey of Finland undertook the following
activities in the CCOP Region:

1. The Lao-Finnish Minerals Sector Institutional project (completed Dec 2011)


2. Mining Cadastre System project in Lao PDR (on going)
3. Climate change adaptation project in Vietnam (VIETADAPT) (on going)
4. Mineral processing in Mongolia (on going)
5. A Memorandum of Understanding with the China Geological Survey
6. Visiting Fellowship at the South East Asia Disaster Prevention Institute
(SEADPRI)

2. Review of current technical activities and geoscience programmes in the CCOP


Region (Multilateral or Bilateral)

2.1 Lao-Finnish Minerals Sector Institutional Project LAOFIMIN

The overall objective of the LAOFIMIN project was to support the minerals sector
development as a fundamental driver of the Laos economy. This was done by strengthening
the capacities of Mines and Geology Departments in the governance of national mineral
resources in a sustainable and economically viable manner and using geoinformation as a
decision making tool and for the promotion of minerals investments.

The project was implemented by GTK with the Department of Mines (DOM) and the
Department Geology (DGEO) of the Ministry of Energy and Mines as local partners. The
duration of the project was 26 months (Sep. 2009- Nov. 2011) and included 25 working
months by GTK experts. The total budget was of ca. 500 000 . It was financed by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland.

The project was successfully completed and consisted of four components:

1) Geoinformation and data management


o Available spatial geodata sets were compiled into a geographically uniform
and easy-to-use Lao GeoDataBase
o Available geological maps were unified into ArcGIS format (partly digitized)
o Selected staff members have capacities to use ArcGIS programme efficiently

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2) Training in GIS-aided geological mapping
o Field training, geological mapping using GIS, satellite image interpretation
3) Mine Closure
o Two guidebooks were prepared: (1) Handbook for Mine Closure and (2) the
Principles of Mine Environmental and Social Monitoring
4) Promotion of minerals investment
o Instructions of administrative procedures related to minerals sector
development and licenses were compiled into leaflets and updated MEM
websites
o A promotional leaflet, Mining in Laos PDR, was prepared and published
o The Lao PDR was incorporated into the international OneGeology portal,
which is a worldwide compilation (currently 117 countries) of 1:1M scale
geological maps providing countrywide geological maps through the internet
to the public (http://portal.onegeology.org or http://www.onegeology.org). The
GTK server provides this service for Lao PDR

2.2 The Mining Cadastre System project in Lao PDR

The Mining Cadastre System project in Lao PDR is a natural continuation of the LAOFIMIN
project. It started in October 2011 and will continue for two years. Objectives of the project
are to strengthen the cadastral organization and build a new cadastral system for the
management of map data and to assess the current cadastre system in order to propose a
uniform grid system to be used in Lao PDR. The implemented Lao Mining Cadastre System
(MCS) is based on the Block system using a 200 m x 200 m grid (Cadastral Units -CUs), and
is used to reserve areas for new concessions. The use of spatially a fixed CU grid prevents
overlapping license areas. The project takes into consideration the revised Mining Laws, and
the licensing practices in order to improve the coding system by assigning the unique
identifier for each individual license or application. As a result, the new spatial database
(MCS), based on the new coding system, has been prepared.

During the project the existing prospecting, exploration and mining licenses have been
transferred into uniform coordinate units and combined with the Lao GeoDataBase (Lao
GDB) prepared by the LAOFIMIN project. They both are using the international ITRF96
coordinate system due to its compatibility with the WGS84 coordinate system and GPS. The
spatial accuracy of the licenses on the cadastral block system based on fixed CUs is verified.

The contract for the project between the Lao Ministry of Energy and Mines and GTK was
signed on 15th of June, 2011. GTK, being active in Lao PDR for other Finnish funded
projects, was selected as a consultant to the Mining Cadastre project using so called Single
Source Selection. It is funded by the World Bank and the value of the contract is about USD
200 000, excluding the hardware and software purchased under a separate WB budget.

The contract includes 7 working months for the GTK experts and includes collaboration with
the Department of Mines (DOM) from the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) and the
Department of Geology and Minerals (DGM) from the new Ministry of Natural Resources
and Environment (MONRE). As a result of the revised administrative restructuring the
granting of mineral rights in the Lao PDR was split last year into two parts. The prospecting,
exploration and pre-feasibility licenses are granted by DGM while permit for the detailed
feasibility study and the mining license are processed by DOM.

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2.3 VIETADAPT project

VIETADAPT - Development and implementation of climate change adaptation measures in


coastal areas of Vietnam

Project duration: October 2011- December 2013


Financial frame: 500 000
Financed by: Finish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ICI Funds)

Overall VIETADAPT objective

To contribute to the Vietnamese Climate Change Adaptation Strategy by developing


adaptation measures in local planning procedures.
Background:
The coastal areas of Vietnam are developing strongly and growing in population
Sea level rise is expected to lead to salinisation of groundwater aquifers
Other climate change impacts might sseverely affect humans and ecosystems in the
coastal areas.

Activities

Communication and dissemination of climate change adaptation in science-stakeholder


cooperation
Applying model predictions for coastal and off-shore planning
Applying models and predictions to ensure drinking water supply
Developing climate change and socio-economic scenarios for local climate change
adaptation
It is intended to hold workshops in combination with the CCOP annual meeting on the
building of scenario workshops for climate change adaptation

Partners:
The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
The Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment (IMHEN)
The Vietnamese Centre for Water Resources Planning and Investigation (CWRPI)
Subcontractor:
The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Associated partner (for regional dissemination and overall support): South East Asia
Disaster Prevention Institute (SEADPRI)

A Vietnamese delegation visited the final BaltCICA conference in January 2012 in Helsinki,
Finland. The background of the project is largely based on achievements of the BaltCICA
and by participating in the conference the Vietnamese partners had the chance to hold
discussions directly with key scientists and decision makers. In addition, several workshops
and training sessios were held.

In April 2012 a first scenario workshops to identify climate change impacts and related
vulnerabilities were held in Thanh Hoa and Vung Tau in Vietnam. The results of these
workshops will be processed to identify potential adaptation options.

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In September 2012 four young Vietnamese scientists participated in several training courses
on groundwater modeling, and use of ArcGIS at the Geological Survey of Finland in Espoo.

Further activities in 2012 comprise a workshop adjacent to the CCOP Annual Session in
Langkawi, Malaysia.

2.4 Improvement of Mineral Processing Services of Central Geological


Laboratory, Mongolia CHINGGISS PROCESS

Background

An overall need was recognised: to produce research information for the mineral sector of
Mongolia - to be utilised in technical-economical evaluation of ore resources
A need for better service capacity at the Central Geological laboratory (CGL) was
identified particularly in the area of Mineral processing
The project idea was proposed by CGL to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Purpose

The main purpose was to improve the service capacity of the Mineral Processing
laboratory of CGL
Training of personnel
Purchase of new equipment
Overall, the purpose was to enhance the general service capacity of CGL by training in
issues like governance, administration, information management, quality systems and
reporting
The project would also enhance cooperation and networking of CGL, and make the
services of CGL better known
Project scope: To develop methods and technologies for extracting valuable metals and
minerals from their ores

Project setup

So-called ICI-project (Institutional Cooperation Instrument) between the Central


Geological Laboratory (CGL) of Mongolia and the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
Project is financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Project duration is +1.5 years: Dec 2009 Sept 2011
Budget 500 000 EURO
Training periods in Finland and in Mongolia

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2.5 Development of research services for REE-ores at Central Geological
Laboratory (CGL), Mongolia CHINGISS PROCESS II

Background
The CHINGISS PROCESS II project is a clear continuation for the CHINGISS
PROCESS project described above.
During the first collaborative project, a need for further development of research services
was presented by CGL, and also identified by GTKs experts, focusing on the
characterization and processing of REE ores. The high-tech elements, the Rare Earth
Elements among them, are expected to be increasingly important in the future. Mongolia
has a high potential for deposits of strategic minerals, REEs being a good example.
The CHINGISS PROCESS II project would strengthen the knowledge and capabilities of
both institutes (CGL and GTK) in the areas of REEs geology, mineralogy and
processing.

Purpose
The main purpose was to improve the service capacity of the Mineral Processing
laboratory of CGL
Training of personnel
Purchase of new equipment
Another purpose was to enhance the general service capacity of CGL by training in
issues like governance, administration, information management and reporting
The project would also enhance cooperation and networking of CGL, and make the CGL
services better known
Mineral processing : methods and technologies for extracting REE-minerals

Project setup
So-called ICI-project (Institutional Cooperation Instrument) between the Central
Geological Laboratory (CGL) of Mongolia and the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
Project is financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Project duration is 2.5 years: July 20012 December 2014
Budget 500 000 EUROs
Training periods in Finland and in Mongolia

Implementation
Two field trips to REE deposits in Mongolia has just been completed by Mongolian and
Finnish geologists
Mineral processing studies have been started
The purchase of equipment has been started

3. Proposed future activities and assistance to CCOP in support of current and future
activities
Hold workshops on scenario building for climate change adaptation as a joint science-
stakeholder approach. The workshops are to be held in close connection with the CCOP
annual meetings. To this end special funds have been reserved under the VIETADAPT
project.

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Cooperating Country Report


of
Germany

Submitted by

F. Schwarz
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, (BGR)
Germany

(For Agenda Item 4)

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CCOP Building, 75/10 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Tel: +66 (0) 2644 5468, Fax: +66 (0) 2644 5429, E-mail: ccopts@ccop.or.th, Website: www.ccop.or.th

ANNUAL COOPERATING COUNTRY REPORT

Country/Organization: Germany, BGR Period: 1 July 2010 30 June 2012

1. Summary
During 2010 and 2012 the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
(BGR) has continued its activities in SE Asia with its local partners.
In the Scientific-Technical Cooperation sector several projects are ongoing. BGR is
cooperating with Indonesia in an Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. Scientific cooperation
with the Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) is realised with the Chinese
Geological Survey in the areas of mineral and energy resources, management of geological
data and data bank systems as well as CO2-storage (CCS) in geological formations. In the
field of environmental geology specific hydro-geological aspects in areas of karst and georisk
zoning, applying the multi hazard approach, were recently added.
- Seismic risk analysis Yanqing with China and the Philippines in the Project Rift
processes and basin development in the northern South China Sea (RISE) and furthermore in
the multilateral project Groupe Recherche Industrie South China Sea.
The Technical Cooperation sector comprises three projects funded by the German
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). One project is in
Indonesia: - Good Local Governance: Component Mitigation of Georisks. In Vietnam the
project Improvement of Groundwater Protection is ongoing. In 2011, BGR started a new
project on Support for a sustainable Development of the Mining Sector in Lao PDR.

2. Review of current technical activities and geoscience programmes in the CCOP


Region (Multilateral or Bilateral)
Peoples Republic of China

Geo-Information:
Sino-German Cooperation in Geosciences between BGR and the Ministry of Land and
Resources (MLR)

BGR and MLR work together in accordance with the cooperation agreement signed in
1979, with The Chinese Geological Survey (CGS) as the partner institution for BGR. The
exchange program for the Sino-German Scientific Knowledge Exchange Program is
negotiated between the partner institutions and every two years a wide field of geo-scientific
disciplines are covered. In the exchange period of 2010 and 2011, activities on Land
subsidence and on the drilling data base ended. During the exchange period 2012-2013
activities will continue on information technology systems, mineral and energy resources data
and CO2 storage in geological formations. Under the environmental geology topic, hydro-
geological issues related to karst aquifers and geo-hazard zonation will be new tasks for
knowledge exchange.

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- Seismic risk analysis - Yanqing
The Yanqing Project is a joint project of BGR and the Chinese Earthquake
Administration (CEA). An array of 9 seismological 3-component broadband stations is being
used to investigate the Yanqing-Huailai basin, a seismically active region about 80 km
northwest of Beijing. The goals of the project are observation and analysis of near-field
records for a better understanding of the source process and as a contribution to the seismic
risk analysis of the Beijing region. As first steps the seismicity has been analyzed and local
velocity models have been derived. Ongoing work aims at the further refinement of the
velocity structure, the integration of neighboured stations of Chinese networks and the
incorporation of geological (tectonic) models of the area into the interpretation of the
observations. In October 2012 BGR experts will visit CEA for jointly coordinating the further
course of the project.

- Information technology.
Based on cooperative results from 2009-2011, exchange in research on 3D
applications and digital geo-information will continue in 2012-2013, specifically discussing
standards and mechanisms for spatial data infrastructure.

- The Mineral and Energy Theme


Under the mineral and energy theme exchanges of data and policy information on
mineral resources, supply-demand situation on selected mineral commodities and special
metals for future technologies were conducted.
The publication of the Report on Supply and Demand of Steel Alloy Metals
(Manganese, Vanadium, Chromium and Molybdenum) in the world (including EU Countries
and the PR China) is scheduled for the end of 2012.

- CO2 Storage in Geological Formations.


The CO2 theme will continue in the next exchange period.. Based on cooperative
results from 2009 to 2011, the two sides will study a large-scale CO2 geological storage site in
deep saline aquifers in the Ordos Basin of China.

- Environmental Geology
Under this new topic two areas have been identified. Information exchange is planned
on specific issues related to karst hydrogeology, specifically numerical groundwater flow and
transport modelling, geochemical modelling and monitoring systems.
Geo-hazard assessment applying a multi hazard approach and hazard zonation in relation to
regional and town planning are envisaged for exchange of experiences.
Further activities could be specified during a first visit to China by a joint BGR mission of the
two sections in 2012.

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Geo-Environment:
Investigations for the final disposal of radioactive waste
Based on the Memorandum of Understanding between BGR and BRIUG signed in
2010, the work is continually focused on:
- the methodological study of site characterisation,
- the study of the stability of underground excavations and underground repositories,
- the study of the mechanical and hydraulical properties of the granite of the Beishan
site in China,
- the study of migration of radio nuclides in fractured rock.
3D numerical calculations were carried out by the BGR using code OpenGeoSys.
These calculations consider the whole disposal system for the optimisation of the vertical
tunnel-borehole disposal concept. The results of these 3D calculations were analysed in
comparison with the 2D calculation results from BRIUG. The results will be published in the
coming international conference IRSM 2011 in Beijing. A workshop within the EC-PEBS
project was held in Beijing. The long-term thermo-hydro-mechanical and chemical behaviour
of bentonite was discussed based jointly on the laboratory, mock-up and in-situ measured
results. Additionally, the Chinese partner is preparing the data from the deep borehole
measurement from the Beishan site for BGR, which is necessary for the construction up of a
geological model.
Geo-Resources:
Rift processes and basin development in the northern South China Sea (RISE)

The joint research project in cooperation between BGR and Second Institute of
Oceanography (SIO), Hangzhou, P.R. China continued with Dr. Weiwei Ding from SIO
visiting BGR as a guest scientist for 6 months in 2010/2011. During his stay data from the
South China Sea were jointly interpreted.
Geo-Resources:
Rift processes and basin development in the northern South China Sea (RISE)

The joint research project in cooperation between BGR and Second Institute of
Oceanography (SIO), Hangzhou, P.R. China continued with Dr. Weiwei Ding from SIO
visiting BGR as a guest scientist for 6 months in 2010/2011. During this stay data from the
South China Sea were jointly interpreted.

Indonesia

Geo-Environment:
Good Local Governance: Component Mitigation of Georisks

The Technical Cooperation project Mitigation of Georisks between the Indonesian


Geological Agency of Indonesia (GAI) and BGR started in 2002 and was extended in 2011.
The project was originally implemented as a component of an existing GIZ project on civil
society and inter-municipal co-operation for strengthening good local governance and is now
executing the third phase which is envisaged to end in June 2014. Its objective is to strengthen
the service provision of GAI in the georisk sector by supporting the fields of landslide hazard
assessment, seismic microzonation, risk assessment and risk-sensitive spatial planning.

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Within the framework of the project, the GAI-CCOP-BGR Workshop on Landslides
in Southeast Asia: Management of a Prominent Hazard was held from 28th of November
until 1st of December 2011 in Bandung, Indonesia. Participants from more than 10 countries
seized the chance to have fruitful scientific and governmental exchanges of information on
topics ranging from landslide hazard assessment to remote sensing as well as GIS-
applications and conducting related disaster management.

Laos

Geo-Resources:
Support for a Sustainable Development of the Mining Sector

Starting in June 2011 the Long term project Support for Sustainable Development of
the Mining Sectorprovides support for the Department of Mines Lao (DOM) and the
Department of Energy and Mines Lao (PDEM). During the first three year phase the project
aims to enable the mine and environmental divisions of DOM and local governments of
selected provinces to fulfil their tasks in the fields of mining project assessments and mines
inspection (mine safety, labor/health and environmental protection) and to establish a legal
framework for mines inspection. The project contributes: technical consultancy, training,
equipment and international long and short term consultants. The project aims to encourage
the: improvement of health and safety of workers and local communities in mining areas,
reduction of environmental damage caused by mining operations, enhancing the potential for
creating economic and social benefits for state, region or communities, improvement of
resources-use-efficiency (e. g. recovery of valuable minerals, energy, water, reagents) and
implementation of risk management strategies based on valid data. In the long term, the
project aims to contribute to more transparent and sustainable governance and management of
the mining sector in general.

Vietnam

Geo-Environment:
Improvement of Groundwater Protection

The aim of the project carried out by the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment (MONRE) and its subordinate Centre for Water Resources Planning and
Investigation, (CWRPI) in cooperation with the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural
Resources (BGR) is the improvement of groundwater protection in Vietnam. Based on
enhanced investigation, modeling, planning and management of groundwater resources
exercised first in pilot areas, integrated water resources management should improve the
quantity and quality of the groundwater as a main source for drinking water. Great importance
is being accorded in this context to the establishment of groundwater protection areas and the
embedding of protection aspects in regional planning. The objective of the 1st implementation
period was to support CWRPI and selected DONREs in capacity building towards Integrated
Water Resources Management (IWRM). Focus of the 2nd implementation period is the
improvement of Groundwater Investigation, Planning and Management in CWRPI and
selected DONREs. The project started in 6/2009. The first phase ended in 12/2010 (1.5 years).
The second phase is envisaged as lasting until mid 2014 (3.5 years).

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Geo-Resources:
Support for a mines inspectorate

Starting in September 2004, the Technical Cooperation project Support for a mines
inspectorateaimed to support the Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam (DGMV)
to establish a Mines or Mineral Inspectorate, provide basic and further training in the fields of
mining and processing of minerals, mining regulations, safety operations, work safety, health
protection, mine surveying, data processing and environmental protection for Vietnamese
counterparts. The project has also included an elaboration of an Investors Guide for
Vietnams extractive industries sector. The project phased was out in 2010.

3. Proposed future activities and assistance to CCOP in support to current and future
activities

Geo-Environment:
CCOP Workshop on Groundwater Management - Vietnam

BGR envisages conducting a workshop in cooperation with CCOP on Groundwater


Management in Vietnam at the end of 2013/ beginning of 2014. The aim of the workshop is to
facilitate exchange of experience among CCOP member countries regarding Groundwater
Management. In cooperation with the BGR project partner Centre of Water Resources
Planning and Investigation (CWRPI) the project concepts and results of the Vietnamese -
German Technical cooperation project Improvement of Groundwater Protection in Vietnam
could be presented and project activities in the project pilot area Nam Dinh demonstrated.

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Cooperating Country Report


of
Netherlands

Submitted by

F. Schwarz
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, (BGR)
Germany

(For Agenda Item 4)

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COOPERATING COUNTRY REPORT


The Netherlands
2010-2012

Geological Survey of The Netherlands (GSN)


and Deltares

Geological Survey of the Netherlands (GSN), formally under TNO


(Netherlands Organisation of Applied Research)
Information management tasks for the Netherlands territory
Oil & Gas, deep subsurface (CO2 storage, etc.)

Deltares, the autonomous knowledge institute for delta technology,


including many geoscience aspects of delta and coastal areas
applied research and advisory tasks in deltas, coastal lowlands,
river basins
International cooperation
Knowledge transfer and training partner organisations
Specialist advisory services (Hydraulic/offshore engineering,

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THE DUTCH: WATER, SUBSURFACE, COASTAL
Focus of Dutch collaboration is on WATER, in the Water
Mondiaal programme

1. Vietnam, with a focus on the Mekong Delta,


2. Indonesia; with a focus on the greater Jakarta Ciliwung
delta area,
3. Bangladesh, Dhaka; water management and water supply
4. Thailand; following Bangkok floods

Associated issues: general environmental and geoscience


topics:
water hazards (i.e. floods, tsunami, drought)
disaster risk reduction (DRR)
use of groundwater and underground storage, subsidence
IWRM in coastal and delta zones.

Cooperation projects in Vietnam


Projects and collaboration
with partners:

Hanoi: MARD, MONRE


IWRP, NRSC, IMHEN
Hanoi Water Resources Univ.

Ho Chi Minh City


Vietnam National Univ. VNU -
WACC; SIWRR, SIWRP
DWRPIS, Steering Centre for
Flood Control - HCMC
Provincial PCs
Can Tho University
&
Dutch and/or International
Consultants

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Some projects in Vietnam

Mekong Delta Plan; long-term integrated Master Plan for climate


adaptation, water and flood management and sustainable
economic development.
Ho Chi Minh City Flood and inundation management; Technical
Assistance project to develop effective flood management
strategies for the greater HCM City area, including the
development of a flood model, assessment of current and future
land subsidence, evaluation of technical infrastructure measures,
institutional strengthening and capacity building.
Ho Chi Minh City Moving towards the sea; Technical Assistance
project to develop and introduce climate adaptation concepts and
measures in urban planning, including improved urban water
management.
Supporting studies and collaboration with local R & D institutes;
on groundwater management, water quality, land subsidence in
the delta, capacity development for higher education and applied
research, modeling tools.

SYNTHESIS DOCUMENT

8 Supporting sectoral reports


with concise summaries

350 pages of documentation

Reference & source materials

Community of experts

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Dam & Dike inspection & monitoring;
integrated methodology

Airborne Ground survey


survey
Remote sensing Monitoring from space
survey

In Vietnam there is large demand (++ dam locations) and serious concern

Innovative and state-of-the-art data collection methods (Netherlands-based)

Combination of different & complementary techniques to obtain maximum result

Knowledge transfer and staff training; technology transfer

Versatile information access and use, on PC or


personal device in user-oriented format

Open Access data sharing Cost


recovery on tailored information
products

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The HCMC Flood and Inundation
(HCMC-FIM) project
D N CHNG NGP KHU VC
THNH PH H CH MINH

Input for flood & climate robust urban planning

Steering Centre for Flood Control institutional


support, knowledge transfer, training
Flood model and flood management strategy
Evaluation of hydraulic structures and Master
Plans
Analysis of current and future land subsidence

The project area

Hydraulic model includes


Saigon, Vam Co and
Dong Nai rivers,
sea level, tides
rainfall
topography

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HCMC SUBSIDENCE MODEL RESULTS
applied in flood model > future flood vulnerability
Current land subsidence Future
areas derived from the subsidence
InSAR study (2025), with
major areas
>0,5 m, up to
1,8 m lower.

UNIVERSITY capacity building

Nuffic NICHE Capacity Building for Higher Education


Three major projects (HCMC, Hue and Hanoi)
3 x 2,5 M Euro funding, 4-5 year projects
Prioritised topics: water management, climate change adaptation, disaster
reduction
Investment in local educational capacity, facilities, systems research

VNU-HCMC
WACC
HWRU

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Indonesia; Jakarta and Coastal Lowlands

Jakarta Coastal Defence Strategy project: focus on identifying sustainable


solutions for coastal defence for Jakarta
Subsidence (groundwater extraction, infastructure development
Rising sea level, poor coastal defense, land reclamation
Floods from river basin (urbanization, climate change

2010 2050

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Coastal lowlands management

Peat and Lowland Resources and Quick


Action Planning for the
Assessment and
Implementation of a National
Lowland Strategy. Nationwide
Screening
(QANS)

This project assesses the


limitations and possibilities
for sustainable
development of Low-lying
areas, often with significant
peat soils in view of CO2
emissions and subsidence
risks associated with water
table lowering and
deforestation.

BANGLADESH DELTA PROGRAMMA

DELTA MANAGEMENT, including:


Water safety and flood
management, including
subsidence studies for Dhaka
Integrated Water Resources
Management (IWRM) and water
supply issues
Delta sustainability, climate
change adaptation and quality of
the environmental system
Knowledge transfer and training

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THAILAND: BANGKOK FLOODING

Currently, bilateral cooperation activities with Thailand are


being revived after the November 2011 floods. In 2012
projects are prepared that include:
Integrated Flood Management
1. Greater Bangkok area Master Plan support
(including flood risk & operational management,
adaptation to climate change,
land subsidence
2. Flood inundation modelling
for Lower and Middle Chao
Phraya basin
3. Conceptual Plan study for
WRM and Flood Risk
Management

HIGH LEVEL CONSULTATION ON EMERGENCY


MEASURES

Advising PM Yingluck (Nov. 2011)

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Bangkok floods: levee breach

To conclude: OPPORTUNITIES

CCOP Countries and The Netherlands: cooperation


opportunities

1. National priorities and project focus


2. Regional partnerships: with national agencies and also with
Japan, China, Singapore organisations
3. Water and subsurface issues (subsidence, groundwater,
geohazards
4. Knowledge development and transfer, (software) tool
development
5. KGB formula: Knowledge, Government, Business partners
6. Joint financing, but active participation from ADB, Worldbank
and other international funds

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Cooperating Country Report


of
Norway

Submitted by

Per Blystad
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate

(For Agenda Item 4)

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CCOP Building, 75/10 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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ANNUAL COOPERATING COUNTRY REPORT

Country/Organization: NORWAY Period: 1 July 2010 30 June 2012

1. Summary
The last two years have been active years in the cooperation between CCOP and Norway.
The main activities have been implementation of workshops and seminars of the
Enhanced Public Petroleum Management Project (EPPM). The activities in EPPM Project
1 and EPPM Project 3 are reported here. The extensive activities of Petrad, including
those that are part of the EPPM P2 project, are reported separately.
There has also been activity on several bilateral projects with different CCOP Member
Countries.

2. Review of current technical activities and geosciences programmes in the CCOP


Region (Multilateral or Bilateral)
a) Program on Enhancing Public Petroleum Management of the CCOP Member
Countries (EPPM Program)
The EPPM Program was approved by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(MFA) and an agreement between CCOP and MFA was signed on 10th July 2008. The project
period is 1. July 2008 30 June 2012 and the budget is NOK 15 million.

The goal of the programme is to create the highest possible value for society from
petroleum resources in order to improve the quality of life of the people in the CCOP member
Countries.

The objectives of the Programme are:


1. To enhance the capability and capacity of Member Countries in assessment
of the undiscovered petroleum resources with focus on natural gas.
2. To enhance the capacity and capability of member Countries in natural gas
development and clean development mechanism and environmental issues.
3. To set up an easily accessible metadata on natural gas resources of the
CCOP Countries for knowledge sharing and preservation on natural gas
resource exploration, exploitation and environmental impact mitigation.

The EPPM project comprises three main areas, addressed in three projects:
Project 1 (P1): Petroleum Resource Management with focus on Natural Gas;
Project 2 (P2): Natural Gas Field Developments and Environmental Issues; and
Project 3 (P3): Metadata on Natural Gas Resources of the CCOP Region.

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The EPPM project is implemented in cooperation with the NPD, supporting the
activities under the P1 and P3 projects, and Petrad, supporting the P2 project. Agreement on
cooperation between CCOP and NPD, and between CCOP and Petrad where signed 9th
October 2008.

The project also includes a Feasibility study on Networking of Petroleum Geosciences


Institutes and Petroleum Geosciences Organizations in the CCOP Member Countries. The
networking study has been carried out by the Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research
Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (SEADPRI-UKM), who was commissioned to
conduct the project and CCOP Technical Secretariat in a collaborative effort. A report of the
study is now available at the CCOP TS.

During the reporting period, a total of eight capacitybuilding workshops have been
conducted; three for project P1, three for project P3, and two for project P2. Details of the P2
projects will be reported separately by Petrad. In addition three Program Seminars have been
carried out, two planning meetings for Case studies, and one special training course. The
workshops for P1 and P3 were as follows:

The third workshop of P1 (P1W3): North Sumatra Mergui Basin Case Study:
Basin Modelling, Map Integration and Fractured Basement, was carried out in Langkawi,
Malaysia 2nd to 5th August 2010.

From CCOP MC a total of 42 persons were attending the workshop. In addition 2


persons from ASCOPE attended. Resource persons from Norway were Mr. Arne Forsberg
from Statoil ASA and Mr. Knut Henrik Jakobsson, NPD.

The workshop covered basin modelling with focused on all geologic elements and the
processes involved for hydrocarbon accumulation. The PetroMod 1D (express freeware) of
IES was used as the basin modelling tool for the workshop and was supported by case studies
from Malaysias basins and other basins of the world. In addition a presentation of a case
study from Vietnam on Fractured basement was given. Status on updated and integrated data
for the basin study was presented by the three case-study countries. The workshop was
finished by a one-day excursion/field work on fractured basement in Langkawi area.

The fourth workshop of P1 (P1W4): North Sumatra Mergui Basin Case Study:
Workshop on Seismic Stratigraphy and Petroleum Play concepts was carried out in Chiang
Mai, Thailand 21st to 25th February, 2011.

The workshop covered seismic stratigraphy and common risk segment maps as well as
Petroleum System assessment and Play/Prospect analysis. The case study countries presented
the update of the accomplished work and the plans forward. The workshop was finished with
a one day excursion/field work in the Chiang Mai area.
From CCOP a total of 33 persons from the CCOP Member Countries participated as
well as representatives from ASCOPE. Resource person from Norway was Mr. Knut Henrik
Jakobsson, NPD.

The fifth workshop of P1 (P1W5): North Sumatra Mergui Basin Case Study:
Workshop on Petroleum Play and Prospect analysis was carried out in Yogyakarta,
Indonesia, 12th to 14th October, 2011.

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The workshop covered petroleum prospect and petroleum play analysis. Totally 35
participants attended the workshop. Program director Gunnar V. Soiland from NPD was
resource person. Prior to the workshop a coordination meeting between the three case study
countries Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand was held. The workshop was finished with a one
day geological excursion in the area around Yogyakarta.

The fourth workshop of P3 (P3W4): Workshop and training in the new version of
CCOP Geo-information Metadata System (GIMS) in cooperation with the CCOP
Metadata Phase 2 Group, was carried out in Shanghai, China, 20th to 22nd July 2010.
From CCOP Member Countries a total of 33 persons participated.

The objectives of the workshop is to further train the participants in the usage of the
GIMS, developed by the China Geological Survey (CGS) for the Project, including data entry
and metadata management. The workshop tested the new version of the software, developed
after the P3W3 held in Pattaya. Feedback on experience with use of the software is considered
for incorporation in the next version of the GIMS. The GIMS software will be hosted at a
server in CCOP TS to avail further testing of the software after the workshop.

The fifth workshop of P3 (P3W5): Workshop/training for Metadata encoder and


data managers using the new CCOP GIMS was carried out in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17th
to 19th January 2011.

The objective is to further enhance the knowledge of data managers and encoders from
the Member Countries participating in the EPPM Program P3 on the new CCOP Geo-
information Metadata System (GIMS) that is developed by the China Geological Survey
(CGS).
The training was based on the latest version of the software. The data used for the
training was real data selected by and from the member countries. It was agreed that the
country teams will continue to load their own data using GIMS. Clarification of different
terms was discussed and changes/improvements were agreed upon.

From CCOP Member Countries a total of 25 persons participated.

The sixth workshop under P3 (P3W6): Workshop on Metadata management Systems


was carried out in Phnom Penh, 15th 17th March 2012.

The objective of the workshop was to further enhance the knowledge of data
managers and encoders from the Member Countries on database management. From Norway
Mr. Knut Henrik Jakobsson from NPD participated.

From CCOP Member Countries a total of 40 persons participated

In conjunction with the sixth workshop, a two days training course on usage of GIMS
was organised for Cambodia, Lao-PDR, Timor Leste and Myanmar prior to the workshop.

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Under project P2, two workshops have been carried out:

EPPM P2W5: Mapping of CCS Potential Reservoir and Selection Criteria &
CCOP-ASCOPE-PETRAD Meeting to develop a CO2-CCS Regional Program, Bali,
Indonesia, and

EPPM P2W6: Workshop on developing strategies for public awareness and


acceptance of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) into geological reservoirs, Bangkok,
Thailand.

These will be reported separately by Petrad.

The third EPPM Program Seminar (S3): National Program addressing the Climate
Change issues - Role of Geosciences, was organised in Bangkok, 11th -12th November 2010
with representatives from the CCOP member Countries and from NPD, Norway.

The fourth EPPM Program Seminar (S4): Seminar/Workshop on the UN


Classification System for Oil & Gas and Mineral Resources was organized in Bangkok,
Thailand 10th -11th February 2012.

The fifth EPPM Program Seminar (S5): Seminar/Workshop on How should


Governments Manage the End of Concession Period and Decommissioning of Oil and Gas
Installations? was organized in Bangkok, Thailand 12th 14th June, 2012.

b) Tsunami Risk Assessment and Mitigation in South and South East Asia.
The project was initiated after the catastrophic tsunami that followed a large
earthquake offshore Sumatra in December 2004. The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)
have cooperated with CCOP and with CCOP Member Countries in tsunami related issues.
Phase I of the project was concluded early 2006 and Phase II was concluded at the end of
2009. Preparatory work for a Phase III was initiated by CCOP and NGI, but due to lack of
funding the work was terminated.

c) Development of Cambodias Oil and Gas Sector


In December 2010, OfD made the decision to refrain from starting new programmes in
Cambodia for the time being. The target date for production start in 2012 necessitates focused
attention on short-term activities rather than long term capacity building within the CNPA. To
this end, hands-on practical training for CNPA staff and representatives from the Ministry of
Finance will be provided through on-going UNDP and World Bank programmes, partly
funded by OfD.

d) Development of Management Systems on Safety and Pollution Control in the


Vietnamese Petroleum Industry, Phase III
The objectives are to establish a sustained process for further development of health,
safety and environmental management in the Vietnamese petroleum industry to minimize the
risk of personnel injuries, major accidents and environmental damage.

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Phase III aims at implementation of the Safety Management Regulation and
accompanying guidelines. Petrovietnam is the cooperating institution in this project. The total
budget for Phase III is NOK 7.1 million. Phase III project started in 2008 and was concluded
in 2011.

The project has been completed very successfully and the goals have been reached.
The following activities have been carried out:
Activity 1 Baseline Study
Activity 2 Development of HSE planning
Activity 3 Development of HSE Auditing
Activity 4 Risk Based Inspection/Maintenance Guidelines
Activity 5 HSE recording Incident/Accident Reporting Guidelines
Activity 6 Data Control System and database
Activity 7 Development of Emergency Response Management
Activity 8 Oily and Hazardous Management guidelines
Activity 9 Document Control Procedure
Activity 10 Assistance to implementation of HSE Management System

An Experience Transfer Conference was organized in Da Nang City in October


2011. This aims at relevant organizations in Petrovietnam.

The total cost for the full project, including Phase I, II and III, is approximately NOK
54 million (equivalent to USD 9 million at exchange rate of 6 NOK/USD).

The project has been evaluated and concluded as very successful. The evaluation
report can be found here:
http://www.norad.no/no/aktuelt/nyheter/_attachment/395656?_download=true&_ts=139f700d
b01.

e) Assistance in developing the management of petroleum in Timor-Leste


The goal of the project is to assist the Government of Timor-Leste in managing the
petroleum activities in such a way that the petroleum sector delivers the greatest possible
benefit to the people of Timor-Leste.

The purpose is to increase competence and capacity of the authorities of Timor-Leste


such that the public sector can manage all petroleum activities, in particular within technical,
legal, health, safety and environment (HSE) compliance, and in revenue management.

Project period: 20082013


Total budget: NOK 67.2 million

Cooperating institutions:
Timor-Leste State Secretariat for Natural Resources (SERN)
Timor-Leste Ministry of Finance (MoF)
Timor-Leste State Secretariat for the Environment (SEMA)

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Cooperating institutions in Norway:
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of the Environment
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate

The programme consists of the following main components:


Resource management including data management and legal advice
Revenue management
Financial management
Environmental management
Education and training
Technical assistance

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2010


Timor-Leste achieved the status of an EITI compliant country in July 2010. The long-standing
legal challenge of compelling taxpayers to maintain copies of their books and records in
Timor-Leste to facilitate audit of oil companies, was resolved in 2010. A comprehensive audit
of selected taxpayers started in November 2010. A record amount of USD 36.7 million was
collected in audit revenue in 2010.

An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was carried out for the first two drilling
activities in Timor-Leste Exclusive Area. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between
SEMA/DNMA and SERN/ANP was signed in December 2010 for cooperation in HSE
matters.

A Timorese Master student on Norwegian scholarship graduated from the University of


Stavanger and was appointed Acreage Release & Promotion Director at ANP in May 2010.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2011


Knowledge of sustainable petroleum management was improved due to capacity building and
support in the fields of evaluation of resources and reserves, production strategy, field
development concept, the issue of flaring of associated gas and fiscal metering. An amended
Petroleum Fund law, including a new investment policy that allows for a higher degree of
diversification, was approved.

Four master students graduated from Norwegian universities in 2011 and took up important
positions in Timor-Leste governmental institutions. The State Secretariat for Environment
National Department (DNMA) received basic training in environmental management and
environmental data management in the petroleum sector.

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3. Proposed future activities and assistance to CCOP in support to current and future
activities
a. A request for extension of the EPPM project P1: North Sumatra Mergui
Basin Case Study, into a Phase II. Extension is both geographically, to cover
Myanmar part of the basin and also time wise to incorporate participation of
personnel from Myanmar. Un-utilized funds from the EPPM project are
proposed to be used for this extension.
b. A post-EPPM project activity, following up on Carbon Capture and Storage
(CCS) issues that were introduced during the EPPM Project, is currently being
developed by the CCOP TS in close cooperation and consultation with the
Member Countries and with several international expert centers. The project
will focus upon creating an Atlas of CO2 storage potential in the CCOP region.

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Cooperating Country Report


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UNITED KINGDOM

Submitted by

Mike Patterson / British Geological Survey


Keyworth, Nottingham

(For Agenda Item 4)

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COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE
PROGRAMMES IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)
CCOP Building, 75/10 Rama VI Road, Phayathai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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ANNUAL COOPERATING COUNTRY REPORT

Country/Organization: UK/BGS Period: 1 July 2010 30 June 2012

1. Summary
During the reporting period BGS saw the successful completion of a 5-year geological
mapping and mineral potential assessment project of the Papua New Guinea Highlands
(GEOMAP), undertaken in partnership with Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH and the
Council for Geoscience SA, with funding from the EDF. Details of this project and its outputs
have been given in previous submissions. A 3-year geochemical mapping assistance project in
Nigeria (WB-funded) was competed in July 2011. The only other major geological mapping
project remaining is that currently being conducted in the United Arab Emirates for the UAE
Ministry of Energy, which is due to complete in November 2012.
A major landslide in August 2010 at Zhouqu, a county town in SW Gansu Province,
China led to much speculation on the causes of the disaster, with deforestation, hydropower
development and mining all being blamed. Following an invitation from Professor Meng
Xingmin of Lanzhou University, a number of UK researchers visited the area in November
2010 in order to apply a more rigorous scientific approach to the question. BGS in partnership
with two UK universities was successful in securing Urgency Grant funding from the Natural
Environment Research Council (NERC) to support field data collection, modeling and
preliminary geohazard assessment. The specific BGS contribution involved developing
preliminary process models and constructing a geohazard risk distribution map for the
Zhouqu area (see illustration below). A principal conclusion that can be drawn from the study is
that there is a complex pattern of landform evolution in the region that strongly influences
landslide and debris flow potential.
A new company was formed in December 2010 by the Natural Environment Research
Council (NERC), of which the BGS is a component institute. The company is registered as
IGS (International Geoscience Services) Ltd but has a five-year renewable licence issued by
NERC to trade as BGS International. The new company is located on the BGS site at
Keyworth, under the leadership of its Managing Director (David Ovadia, formerly Director of
BGS Resources & Business), Technical Director (Bill McCourt, formerly Head of BGS
International Business Development), and Commercial Director (Peter Zawada). The
Executive Director of BGS, John Ludden, is a non-executive director on the Board of BGS
International, and BGS, through NERC, owns 67% of the shares in the Company at the
present time.
The role of BGS International is to take forward the externally funded overseas
geological mapping and capacity building previously carried out by BGS in-house, and to do
so at more competitive prices and with greater flexibility. It has access to current and past
BGS staff, and to other associates from the international geoscience community. BGS
International, rather than BGS itself, will in future be submitting tenders for projects funded
through the World Bank and others. BGS will continue to pursue its research interests
globally, but funded from its own budgets.
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Risk map showing buildings and infrastructure susceptible to future debris flow activity in the Sanyayu and
Luojiayu valleys, Ghansu Province, China. the town of Zhouqu appears bottom left.

2. Review of current technical activities and geosciences programmes in the CCOP


Region (Multilateral or Bilateral)
With the completion of the PNG GEOMAP project in March 2011, BGS has no other
ongoing geological mapping or mineral assessment projects in the CCOP Region.
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) provided Urgency Grant funding
at short notice in order for BGS to undertake a field-based study of the geological background
to the Japan tsunami of 11 March 2011. Three visits to Japan were undertaken by Professor
David Tappin, BGSs principal Marine Geohazards expert, accompanied on two of these by
Hannah Jordan (Coastal Geomorphologist) and on one by Dr. Colm Jordan (Remote Sensing
Geologist). Three peer reviewed papers have so far resulted, together with the publication of a
short non-technical paper in July 2011 (all listed under section 4 below). Studies under the
present funding arrangement are due to continue during 2012. The principal objectives of the
researches are to investigate the impact of the tsunami on the coast and the extent and type of
deposits and indicators left by the tsunami before they are destroyed. A further objecting is to
develop a mapping methodology using high resolution satellite imagery uploaded onto a
tablet PC developed by BGS for digital field data capture. This methodology was used on the
ground to map the tsunami deposits, together with information on run-up, flow depths and
flow direction, landslides, liquefaction, and general damage.
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David Tappin was invited to present an intensive training course on Coastal Geology
and Coastal Geohazard organised by the International School for Geoscience Resources of
KIGAM. The course took place during September 2011 at Daejeon, Korea. A Hazards
Workshop, entitled Tsunami disasters: how effective has science been for mitigation planning
and disaster relief?, was held at University College London on 6-7 September 2012.
BGS continues to take an active interest in technical issues related to carbon capture
and storage, particularly in China, where we currently maintain links with the Chinese
Academy of Sciences, LinksChina Investment Advisory Limited (LC), and other agencies.
BGS has undertaken research on CO2 storage since 1992. Our carbon dioxide storage team
consists of over 22 staff skilled in storage capacity estimation, storage site characterization
and development, application of monitoring technologies to storage sites, analysis of
geochemical and geo-mechanical processes and related storage project reviews. A member of
BGS staff (Ceri Vincent) was invited by the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy
Research, Beijing Institute of Technology (CEEP-BIT), to attend the China-Australia
Geological Storage of CO2 Technical Symposium at Beijing on 16-21 April 2012, where she
made a presentation on Challenges of CCS in developing economics: a comparison of CC
projects in China and South Africa. Funding was provided by CEEP-BIT. Ceri Vincent has
also been invited to speak at a conference hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology
in Beijing on 16-20 October 2012.
BGS maintains its close involvement in One Geology and in this respect provided two
representatives to attend a One Geology Steering Group meeting in Tokyo in September 2011.

3. Proposed future activities and assistance to CCOP in support to current and future
activities
BGS will continue to develop its capability in the area of carbon capture and storage
(CCS) and is keen to secure funding for CCS projects in the CCOP region.
BGS has been awarded funding by its parent body (NERC) to undertake a two-year
project aimed at making our database designs freely available to all via the BGS website. We
are currently seeking project partners, including CCOP member countries, who are interested
in trying our designs and would benefit from BGS help on implementing and amending such
designs. We are not looking for any financial contributions and we would like to hear from
anyone with a geological or technical interest in how geological data is captured. Further
information can be obtained at: http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/dataModels/home.html
Other areas in which BGS continues to develop its expertise include shale gas
prospecting, underground disposal of radioactive waste, marine geoscience, mineral
commodities resource security, volcanology and seismology, and databasing.

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4. Reports/publications of technical activities for dissemination to CCOP
Member Countries including contributions to GRID-Net

BGS personnel are indicated in bold characters

Cook, C.G., Jones, R.T., Langdon, P.G., Leng, M.J. & Zhang, E. 2011. New insights on Late
Quaternary Asian palaeomonsoon variability and the timing of the Last Glacial Maximum in
southwestern China. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30 (7/8), 808-820.

Densmore, A.L., Li, Y., Richardson, N.J., Zhou, R., Ellis, M. & Zhang, Y. 2010. The role of
Late Quaternary upper-crustal faults in the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Bulletin of
the Seismological Society of America, 100 (5B), 2700-2712.

Evans, H., Tappin, D. & Jordan, C. 2012. Waiting for the next big wave. Planet Earth,
summer 2012, 26-27. (Short, popular feature describing BGS field work in Japan following
the tsunami): http://www.nerc.ac.uk/publications/planetearth/2012/summer/sum12-bigwave.pdf

Goto, K., Chague-Goff, C., Fujino, S., Goff, J., Jaffe, B. E., Nishimura, Y., Richmond, B.,
Sugawara, D., Szczucinski, W., Tappin, D. R., Witter, D. R. & Yulianto, E. 2011. New
insights of tsunami hazard from the 2011 Tohoku-oki event. Marine Geology, 290 (1-4), 46-
50.

Li, J., Riding, J.B., Cheng, J. & H e , C . 2011. Latest Jurassic< earliest Cretaceous
(Tithonian< Berriasian) dinoflagellate cysts from the Yanshiping Group of the northern
Qinghai-Xizang Plateau (Tibet), western China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology,
166 (1/2), 38-45.

O'Dochartaigh, B.E., MacDonald, A.M., Darling, W.G., Hughes, A.G., Li, J.X. & Shi,
L.A. 2010. Determining groundwater degradation from irrigation in desert-marginal northern
China. Hydrogeology Journal, 18 (8), 1939-1952.

Pitfield, P.E.J.; Brown, T.J.; Idoine, N.E. 2010. Mineral information and statistics for the
BRIC countries 1999-2008. Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey, 119 pp (The
BRIC countries are made up of Brazil, Russia, India and China, which are important emerging
economies in the global market. This report presents production and trade data over a 10 year
time period with extended commentary and analysis, and can be freely downloaded as a PDF:
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/statistics/worldStatistics.html )

Tappin, D. R. 2011. The March 2011 Japan tsunami. Teaching Earth Sciences, 36 (2), 7-9. (
http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/15350/1/ESTA_The_March_2011_Japan_tsunami_NORA.pdf )

Vincent, C., Poulsen, N.E., Rongshu, Z., Shifeng, D., Mingyuan, L. & Guosheng, D. 2011.
Evaluation of carbon dioxide storage potential for the Bohai Basin, north-east China.
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 5 (3), 598-603.

Vincent, C., Zheng, R., Chen, W., Ding, G., Li, M., Dai, S. & Poulsen, N. E. 2011. A
geological storage option for CO2 in the Bohaiwan Basin, east China? Energy Procedia, 4,
4641-4647.

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Cooperating Organization Report


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PETRAD

Submitted by

Dr. Oystein Berg,


Managing Director

(For Agenda Item 4)

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ANNUAL COOPERATING ORGANIZATION REPORT

Country/Organization: PETRAD Period: 1 July 2010 30 June 2012

1. History

Petrad is a non-profit Foundation established by the Norwegian Government in 1989 to


coordinate and facilitate sharing of knowledge and experience within the Petroleum Sector.
This is done through tailor- made courses, seminars and projects in cooperation with
Government Institutions and National Oil Companies in developing and industrializing
countries. A total of more than 19000 managers and experts from 111 countries have
participated in the Petrad programs so far. Experts and lecturers for the various activities
come mainly from the Norwegian Petroleum Authorities, Norwegian and International
Petroleum Industry, Universities and R&D Institutions. However, a large number of
international lecturers have also made their contributions. Petrad draws each year on the
expertise of approximately 200 lecturers from more than 150 government agencies,
companies and organizations

Petrad has conducted a total of 199 courses and seminars in cooperation with government
agencies and national oil companies in East and South East Asia through the ASCOPE and
CCOP organizations with a total of 8700 participants.

Petrad has in addition had 220 participants from the region attending two 8-week programs
held in Stavanger, Norway, every year since 1991. Most of these participants have received
scholarships worth approximately USD 35.000 each. These scholarships have been made
available through Norad and the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

Petrad has with very limited financial support from the Norwegian Government (Ministry of
Petroleum and Energy Funding) been able to arrange a very large number of activities with
CCOP and ASCOPE and its Members. This has been possible because many of the speakers
used by Petrad who come from Norwegian Petroleum Authorities and Petroleum Industry,
have been willing to assist on courses and seminars without any charge for time and have in
very many cases also covered their own cost for travel and accommodation.

All logistics and practical administration for the Petrad seminars in East and Southeast Asia
have until the end of 2011 been done by the CCOP Technical Secretariat in Bangkok in
cooperation with the host organization. However, as of 2012, the Norwegian Ministry of
Petroleum and Energy stopped financing Petrads activities with CCOP and ASCOPE. The
few activities undertaken in 2012 were financed by Petrads own capital whilst trying to find
alternative financing for coming years.

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2. Petrad activities with ASCOPE and CCOP Members in the period 1 July 2010 14
September, 2012

The following activities have been arranged in cooperation with Petrad since 1 July 2010:
Seminars / Workshops/Courses
2010
EPPM P2: Regulatory Framework for CCS - storage into geological formations,
HSE/CDM/Flaring, Bangkok, Thailand, 29 June 1 July, 2010
Visit by China Ministry of Land and Resources, CNPC, CNOOC and SINOPEC to
Stavanger and Oslo, 18-22 September, 2010.
EPPM P2: Mapping of CCS potential reservoir and selection criteria, Bali, Indonesia,
28 September 1 October, 2010
Global depositional evolution and petroleum system events of main foreland basins,
Wuyshan, China 23-26 November, 2010
2011
Deepwater Subsea Tie-back, Kuching, Malaysia , 24-26.1.2011
Gas Hydrates, Halong Bay, Vietnam, 1-3.3.2011
EPPM P2: Developing strategies for public awareness and acceptance of CCS,
Bangkok, Thailand, 7-9.6.2011
Petroleum exploration and production in deepwater, Vietnam, 12-14.9.2011
Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) through drilling, well service and IO, Yogyakarta,
Indonesia, 3-4.10.2011
ASCOPE Guidelines for Decommissioning, Bangkok, 20-21.10.2011
How to manage end of concession period, Bangkok 25-26.10.2011
Strategy for E&P operations, Xiamen City, 5-7 December, 2011
2012
EPPM S5: How to manage the End of Concession Period and Decommissioning of Oil
and Gas Installations, Bangkok, Thailand, 12-14.6.2012
Study tour to CCS Technology Centre by BPMIGAS, Pertamina, Institute Teknologi
Bandung, Mongstad, Norway, 30.7.2012
Small Scale LNG and Vapor recovery on FSO, Hue Vietnam, 14-16.8.2012
EPPM S6: CCS Opportunities in the CCOP Region, Bali, Indonesia 12-14 September,
2012
8-week courses in Stavanger, Norway
Participants from the following countries in East and Southeast Asia participated in
Petrad's 8-week courses in Stavanger, Norway:
20 September 11 November, 2010:
Petroleum Policy and Management': Cambodia (1), China (3), Timor Leste (2)
Petroleum Development and Operations': China (3), Malaysia (1), Papua New Guinea
(1), Philippines (1), Timor Leste (1), Thailand (1)
19 September 10 November, 2011:
Petroleum Policy and Management': Mongolia (1),Thailand (1), Timor Leste (1)
Petroleum Development and Operations': Cambodia (1), Mongolia (1), Papua New
Guinea (1), Timor Leste (1)
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17 September 8 November, 2012:
Petroleum Policy and Management': China (1), Malaysia (1), Myanmar (1),
Petroleum Development and Operations': China (1), Indonesia (1), Malaysia (1),
Mongolia (1), Myanmar (1), Philippines (2)

Many of these have received scholarships worth about USD 35.000 each which have been
provided by either by Norad or the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

Other activities

Dr. Oystein Berg, Managing Director Petrad has been a Member of the following:
Academic Advisory Council, Universiti Teknologi, Petronas, Malaysia (2007-2012).
Merdeka Award, Malaysia. Nomination Committee for Health, Science and
Technology (2007-2010)

Petrad has in addition assisted with numerous visits from members from ASCOPE and CCOP
countries to Norway.

Petrad has also assisted Petrovietnam University with professors on various subject areas.

3. Future activities and assistance to members of CCOP and ASCOPE

As mentioned above, the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy stopped financing
Petrads activities with CCOP and ASCOPE as of 2011. The few activities undertaken in
2012 have been financed by Petrads own capital whilst trying to find alternative financing for
coming years.

At the time of writing it is highly uncertain that Petrad will be able to continue cooperation
with CCOP and ASCOPE.

The extensive Petrad programs in developing countries in Africa and Latin America will
continue as before as will the Petrad 8-week programs.

We hope to bring more information about the possibilities of further cooperation with CCOP
and ASCOPE at the CCOP Annual Meeting.

4. Reports/publications of Petrad activities for dissemination to CCOP and ASCOPE


Members.

All reports from previous Petrad seminars in East and Southeast Asia are available through
the CCOP Technical Secretariat in Bangkok.

5. Others

Petrad managing director is most grateful for friendship and the excellent cooperation with
CCOP TS and CCOP Members since 1984.
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Cooperating Organization Report


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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
(UKM)

Submitted by

Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Institute


Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (SEADPRI-UKM)

(For Agenda Item 4)

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ANNUAL COOPERATING ORGANIZATION REPORT

Universiti Kebangsaan
Organization: Period: 1 July 2010 30 June 2012
Malaysia (UKM)

1. Summary
CCOP has a very close relationship with the Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research
Institute of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (SEADPRI-UKM). This relationship is an
expansion of the many years of close cooperation that CCOP has had with the Institute for
Environment and Development (LESTARI) of UKM. A MoU for cooperation between CCOP
and UKM has been in effect since 19 July 2007. On 21 May 2012, SEADPRI-UKM was
th
formally informed that the 58 CCOP Steering Committee meeting in Nanjing, China
accepted UKM as a new CCOP Cooperating Organization in recognition of its long record of
collaboration and shared experiences in CCOP activities. The signing of the MoU between
CCOP and UKM and its subsequent elevation to Cooperating Organization was strongly
supported and facilitated by the Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the CCOP, the
Director General of the Minerals and Geoscience Department, Malaysia.

Many activities have been jointly undertaken between UKM and CCOP over the past decade
under the auspices of the Minerals and Geoscience Department of Malaysia. The activities
were organized to recognize the importance of regional cooperation and build capacity of
geoscientists in addressing issues related to sustainable development. Highlights of some of
the current initiatives include the following:-
Joint organization of the Thematic Session on Geoscience Innovations for
Sustainable Development: The Future We Want to be held on 6-7 November 2012, in
conjunction with the 48th CCOP Annual Session in Langkawi, Malaysia.
Joint organization of the Workshop on Natural Hazards and Climate Change
Adaptation to be held on 9 November 2012, in conjunction with the 48th CCOP
Annual Session in Langkawi, Malaysia.
Final report is under preparation for the CCOP-SEADPRI-UKMs collaborative
project on Feasibility of Networking Petroleum Geoscience Institutions in East and
Southeast Asia.
A proposed project on Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia was
submitted to the ASEAN Secretariat under the India-ASEAN Green Fund mechanism
in 2011. The project has been endorsed by ASEAN and was submitted to the Indian
Government for approval in August 2012.

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2. Review of current technical activities and geoscience programmes in the CCOP
Region (Multilateral or Bilateral)
Joint activities between CCOP and UKM focus on building capacity of geoscientists in
expanding geoscience to support sustainable development. The ongoing activities include the
following:-

(i) 48th CCOP Annual Session: Thematic Session, 6-7 November 2012

At the 48th CCOP Annual Session in Langkawi, Malaysia, UKM will jointly organize the
Thematic Session Geoscience Innovations for Sustainable Development: The Future We
Want scheduled for 6-7 November 2012 with the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment Malaysia, the Minerals and Geoscience Department, Malaysia, Petronas and
CCOP Technical Secretariat. The theme aims to show-case geoscience innovations
contributing to sustainable development by Member Countries geoscience organizations
either alone or as part of a multi-disciplinary effort, particularly in relation to a attaining green
economy.

(ii) Workshop on Natural Hazards and Climate Change Adaptation, 9 November 2012

At the 48th CCOP Annual Session in Langkawi, Malaysia, the Southeast Asia Disaster
Prevention Research Institute (SEADPRI-UKM) will jointly organize with the Minerals and
Geoscience Department, the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) and CCOP a workshop on
Natural Hazards and Climate Change Adaptation to be held on 9 November 2012. The
workshop aims to sensitize the geoscience community to risk and vulnerability assessments
with respect to disasters and climate change as well as to improve the identification of socio-
economically feasible adaptation options.

(iii) Feasibility of Networking Petroleum Geoscience Institutions in East and Southeast


Asia

The CCOP-SEADPRI collaborative project on Feasibility of Networking Petroleum


Geoscience Institutions in East and Southeast Asia is divided into 2 phases: Phase 1 for
petroleum geoscience and Phase 2 for the other disciplines of geoscience. The CCOP
Technical Secretariat contributed USD 45,000 for Phase 1 of the Project while SEADPRI-
UKM supported Phase 2.

The purpose of the Phase 1 Project is to determine whether a platform could be provided for
promoting sharing of knowledge, human, financial resources, facilities, experience in
curriculum development and conduct of joint activities in petroleum geoscience. The
immediate objective is to determine whether it is feasible to establish a regional petroleum
geoscience network and to propose a collaborative mechanism for this purpose. A network
of networks framework has been proposed. This is envisaged as a CCOP network for the
petroleum geoscience institutions including universities initially. The framework could then
be applied for other sectors of geoscience such as geohazards, environmental geology,
mineral and groundwater resource. For each sector, the Network of Networks would link
national networks, regional network(s) of universities as well as regional organisations.
Besides networking within the sector, the proposed CCOP Network of Networks can facilitate
cross-disciplinary sharing, exchange and collaboration. The central hub of all the networks is
the CCOP Technical Secretariat, which serves as the Anchor Organisation and manages the

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networks. The Project proposed that the Network of Petroleum Geoscience Institutions be
established by building on the existing EPPM network to include other institutions that have
petroleum geoscience activities, to expand the scope of the activities beyond EPPM, and to
enhance the level of sharing and collaboration among the network members.

Phase 2 focuses on developing a multi-disciplinary network of researchers on climatic


hazards. It draws on a LESTARI-UKM project entitled Assessment of Higher Education
Needs for Climate and Ecosystems Change and Adaptation that commenced in December
2009. The study is undertaken within the framework of the United Nations University
Network for Climate and Ecosystems Change Adaptation Research (UN-CECAR). The
objective of the assessment is to map the genuine need for enhancing climate change and
related degree programs. The findings will serve to inform CCOP on the multidisciplinary
expertise available in East and Southeast Asia and mechanisms to form linkages with such
groups. The potential for geoscience expertise to strengthen multi-disciplinary research
groups will also be identified.

3. Proposed future activities and assistance to CCOP in support to current and future
activities
Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia

SEADPRI-UKM has submitted a project proposal on Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation


in Southeast Asia to the ASEAN Secretariat under the India-ASEAN Green Fund
mechanism in 2011. The project has been endorsed by ASEAN and was submitted to the
Indian Government for approval in August 2012. This is envisaged to be a 3-year project
involving all ASEAN Member Countries. Several of the ASEAN Member Countries that are
also CCOP Member Countries have already been identified to participate. CCOP is invited to
participate in the project whereby its Member Countries irrespective of their membership with
ASEAN will be able to benefit from the project in various ways. CCOP Member Countries
that are also Members of ASEAN will be able to participate directly in the project. CCOP
Member Countries that are not in ASEAN can also benefit through sharing of information and
knowledge, as well as participation in the dissemination seminars under the CCOP platform.

4. Reports/publications of technical activities for dissemination to CCOP Member


Countries including contributions to GRID-Net
(i) Geological Museums of East and Southeast Asia
The book on the Geological Museums of East and South East Asia, published in 2011, is the
second in the series under the joint publication project between LESTARI-UKM and CCOP.
The first in the series entitled Geoheritage of East and South East Asia was published in 2008.

(ii)Report of the CCOP-SEADPRI Collaborative Project


The report of the CCOP-SEADPRI Collaborative Project entitled: Proposed Framework of
Networking Petroleum Geoscience Institutions in East and Southeast Asia was submitted to
the CCOP-Technical Secretariat in 2009. The report for the second phase and a manuscript
authored by Begum, R A, Pereira, J J, Chen, S.P. & Caluyong S P. is currently under
preparation.

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5. Others

Several other activities have been jointly undertaken between UKM and CCOP over the past
decade. The activities were organized to recognize the importance of regional cooperation and
build capacity of geoscientists in addressing issues related to sustainable development. Below
is a summary of some of the activities that were organized.

Roundtable Dialogue on Role of Geoscience in Governance for Sustainable


Development and Human Security: The dialogue, held on 1 November 2006, was
co-organised by CCOP, LESTARI-UKM and the IUGS Commission on Geoscience
for Environmental Management (IUGS-GEM) in conjunction with the 43rd CCOP
Annual Session, in Daejeon, Korea. The proceedings, edited by Joy Jacqueline
Pereira and Chen Shick Pei and funded by LESTARI-UKM, were published in 2008.

Geoheritage of East and Southeast Asia: The book, edited by Mohd Shafeea Leman,
Anthony Reedman and Chen Shick Pei was jointly published by LESTARI-UKM and
CCOP in 2008. CCOP Member Countries contributed country chapters, the CCOP-
Technical Secretariat and LESTARI-UKM coordinated the editorial process. Printing
of the book was funded by LESTARI-UKM.

Workshop on the Practice of Knowledge Management for Enhanced


Performance: The workshop held on 10 June 2009 was organised by SEADPRI-
UKM, CCOP Technical Secretariat, the Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM) and
the Mineral and Geoscience Department Malaysia (JMG) with support from the JT
Frank Academy and PETRONAS in conjunction with the Eleventh Regional Congress
on Geology, Mineral and Energy Resources of Southeast Asia (GEOSEA 2009) held
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Asian Dialogue on Geoheritage Conservation: The dialogue was organized by the


Malaysian Geological Heritage Group and the Geological Society of Malaysia in
conjunction of the Eleventh Regional Congress on Geology, Mineral and Energy
Resources (GEOSEA 2009) in June 2009. The dialogue was attended by 30
participants from 6 CCOP Member Countries, with support from the UNESCO Global
Network of National Geoparks (GGN) and the Asia Pacific Geoheritage and Geoparks
Network (APGGN).

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ANNEX VII

Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes


in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP)

48th CCOP Annual Session


4-8 November 2012,
Langkawi, Malaysia

PROPOSED CCOP WORKPLAN 2013

I. Technical Programme
GEO-RESOURCES SECTOR
Project/ Activities Schedule Remarks
Date / Venue Proposed by, Supported by, Submitted
to, Participated by Status, Specific
trends or future requirement
Energy Programme
CCOP CO2 Storage Mapping
CO2 Storage Mapping Program (CCS-M) Approved by 57th SC Meeting
Facilitating Phase 2014-2017 March 2011, Chiang Mai,
- Kick-off Seminar and workshops Thailand.
March 2013 Project proposal is formulated
Phase 1-Case Study TBC. and submitted to CSIRO, Global
Phase 2- Application of Knowledge CCS Institute and Geoscience
learned Australia, Australia for financial
support for year 1 of the
program and to Norwegian
Embassy as potential funding
agency
Enhancing Public Petroleum Management (EPPM) Programme
EPPM P1-Phase 2 2013 The proposal will use the
A Case Study on the North Sumatra- TBC remaining fund from EPPM
Mergui-Andaman Basin (Indonesia, Program (no additional cost to
Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar) Norway). Application to the
Royal Norwegian Embassy
(RNE) Bangkok for the fund
support of the subject has been
favorably endorsed by the RNE
to their Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MFA)

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Project/ Activities Schedule Remarks
Date / Venue Proposed by, Supported by, Submitted
to, Participated by Status, Specific
trends or future requirement
Mineral Programme
Geochemical Baseline Project: 2011 - 2015
Seminar on Geochemical Mapping Scheduled early The kick-off meeting: CGS-
2013 CCOP Seminar on Geochemical
Mapping was organized in
(tbc.) March 28-29th 2012, Nanjing,
China with 21 participants. CGS
will provide finance and
technical supports.
Groundwater Programme
Groundwater projects
CCOP-AIST Groundwater Project 4-years Support by Japan (AIST/GSJ)
Phase II (2008-2011)
CCOP-GSJ/AIST-CRWPI - 26-28 February Support by Japan (AIST/GSJ)
Groundwater Phase-II Meeting 2013 all MC will be invited
Hanoi, Vietnam
CRWPI - Centre for Water Resources (Host country: CRWPI)
Planning and Investigation, Vietnam

GEO-ENVIRONMENT SECTOR

Coastal Zone Programme


Integrated Geological Assessment for 4-years Support by Japan (AIST/GSJ)
Deltas in Southeast and East Asia, Phase (2008-2011) In cooperation with IGCP475
II (DelSEA-II)
CCOP-DelSEA-UMT Phase II Short Terengganu, Support by Japan (AIST/GSJ)
course on Coastal/Quaternary Geology Malaysia all MC will be invited
and Remote Sensing (Host country: University
10th 16th Malaysia Terengganu)
March 2013

Environmental Geology Programme


Environmental Analysis Support 2006 2013 Approved by the 48th Steering
Programme for CCOP and Other Committee. Assisting MCs and
Regions (On-going) other countries in PIXE analysis
Environmental Analysis 2013 Support by Japan (AIST/GSJ)
Participate by all MC
Status of Project: On going
PIXE System expand function to
accommodate the requested

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GEO-INFORMATION SECTOR

Project/ Activities Schedule Remarks


Date / Venue Proposed by, Supported by, Submitted
to, Participated by Status, Specific
trends or future requirement
Integrated Geophysical and
Geochemical Data Processing IGDP 2011 2014 Endorsed by 57th SCM, March
2011, Chiangmai, Thailand as
New Initiative.

IGDP Software Usage Training & 2013 (tbc)


Workshop
China

II. Publication and Documentation

Budget
Publication / Activities Schedule Remarks
(US$)

General Publication
CCOP E-News 2013 - several issues / year
Web Publication

CCOP Annual Report 2012 May 3,000 500 Hard copies

CCOP Annual Session Proceedings


th
Proceedings of the 48 Annual Session - 25 Hard copies and
March 1,000
Part I 200 CD-ROMs
th
Proceedings of the 48 Annual Session -
Part II (Thematic Session) January - In-kind contribution of
Malaysia
CCOP Steering Committee Meeting Reports
th
Report of the 60 SC Meeting May 60 Hard copies
st 500
Report of the 61 SC Meeting December 60 Hard copies
Others
Publication of CCOP Promotion
2013 500 -
Activities and Brochures
Purchase of technical publications, books,
2013 500 -
maps and subscription of periodicals

Editor 2013 1,950 -

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III. Mission Trip, Visit Member Countries, Cooperating Countries
& Organizations, Project Issues
Project / Activities Schedule Budget Remarks
Date / Venue (USD) Proposed by, Supported
Type of Activity by, Submitted to,
Duration Participated by
Status, Specific trends or
future requirement
Director Mission Trip / Visit to Member Countries and
Cooperating Countries
Courtesy visit Brunei May 2013 Director or/and
Darussalam for promoting the Brunei Darussalam Regional Expert
participation as member
country
Courtesy visit Timor June 2013 Director or/and
Lester/Singapore Regional Expert

Courtesy visit US/Canada March 2013 Director or/and


Regional Expert

Mission Trip for participation in Conferences / 22,000.00


Organizations / Meetings
The 4th PAGES Open Science 13-17 February 2013 Regional Expert
Meeting 2013 - The Past: A GOI, India Partly supported by GOI
Compass for Future Earth
(airfare, 5 days
http://www.pages-osm.org/ accommodation)
69th Session Economic and October 2013 Director and Manager of
Social Commission for Asia Project Operation and
Bangkok
and the Pacific Information
ASOMM Meetings 2013 Manager of Project
Operation and Information

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IV. IT & Database Development
Activities Schedule Budget Remarks
(USD)
Improvements of the CCOP Homepage 2013 -
and Maintenance
Automated Management and Operation 2013 - Installation at CCOPTS.
System (AMOS) Usage Training

V. Administration and Finance


Activities Schedule Budget Remarks

(USD)
CCOP Training Programmes 2012 2,000.-
60th CCOP Steering Committee Meeting 30 April 3 May 38,000.-
2013
Ubon Ratchathani
49th CCOP Annual Session
61st CCOP Steering Committee Meeting Japan 35,000.-
9th CCOP Finance Committee meeting

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ANNEX VIII

COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES


IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

48th CCOP Annual Session


4-8 November 2012
Langkawi, Malaysia

REPORT OF CCOP ADVISORY GROUP MEETING

Summary of meeting and recommendations

The Advisory Group is pleased to be asked to report on its discussions and recommendations
that may provide helpful contributions to the continued success of CCOP.
We are gratified that the Steering Committee and the Technical Secretariat have taken
thoughtful actions in response to our recommendations from previous years.

Topics
Report of the last CCOP Advisory Group Meeting (Oct. 2010, Indonesia / Manado) and
of the Special CCOP Advisory Group Meeting (March 2012, China / Nanjing).
Discussion with the director of the Technical Secretariat.
Discussion about core issues.
Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson.

Election of officers
Franca Schwarz was elected Chairperson of the Advisory Group.
Ioannis Abatzis was elected Vice-Chairperson of the Advisory Group.

The Advisory Group observes and recommends


Observation: A balanced budget has been achieved, which gives a more sustainable base to
explore more opportunities.
Recommendation: Any excess over a reserve of one years operational expenses should be
constructively used for making CCOP more visible and strengthening the capacities of MCs
and TS (e. g. workshops, seminars).

Observation: The TS has been reorganised. However the reduction of personnel leaves the TS
with reduced expertise and capacity to generate and manage new projects.
Recommendation: CCOP should retain and temporarily finance the services of Mr. Caluyong
to deliver on current projects (such as EPPM extension and CCS) and assist with creation of
new project proposals.

Observation: The Workplan for 2013 as presented in the meeting papers is highly speculative
and in places inaccurate.
Recommendation: More time has to be given in the annual meeting for discussion and
subsequent adjustment of the workplan before it is presented to the SC for approval.

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Observation: There are increasing bilateral cooperative links between the MCs in the
geoscience areas.
Recommendation: CCOP should establish a procedure to identify and track such links and
encourage wider dissemination of the results through CCOP.

Observation: Funding of CCOP projects by external agencies is becoming increasingly


problematic.
Recommendation: To support implementation of the current suite of identified projects
CCOP must fully explore internal funding opportunities by wealthier MCs.

Observation: CCOP has recognised the need to generate projects in a regional context and
establish deeper relationships with other regional bodies (e. g. ADB, ASCOPE, ASEAN+3)
and potential funding sources.
Recommendation: CCOP should make greater efforts to become more visible in the region by
promoting its capacity to such bodies.

Observation: There are increasing links to other thematic areas which go beyond traditional
geosciences (as discussed in the CCOP roundtable Geoscience Governance in Sustainable
Development in Beijing, 2005 annual session).
Recommendation: MCs national CCOP committees should broaden their representation to
take account of multisectoral nature of sustainable development.

Observation: The Advisory Group has recommended in the past that serious consideration
should be given to the procedure of selecting the director of the TS.
Recommendation: The selection of the director should be based on the candidates technical
and managerial merits and not on other considerations. The SC should consider how best to
achieve this through procedures for election of future directors.

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ANNEX IX

COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMMES


IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (CCOP)

48th CCOP Annual Session


4-8 November 2012
Langkawi, Malaysia

Agenda Item 11 Other Matters (by Japan)


Report on CCOP Member Country Network

At the 58th Steering Committee Meeting in Nanjing in March 2012, it was decided
that an e-mail network of the Member Countries be established in order to enhance
communication and exchange of ideas among the Member Countries, and Geological Survey
of Japan was tasked to act as a hub of this network.

In accordance with this decision, GSJ had approached all Member Countries to
nominate one or more geoscientists to serve on the network.

Representatives from 9 countries, namely Cambodia, Indonesia, Korea, Laos, PNG,


Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Japan were nominated by July and operation began in
August 2012. We are having very good communication among these countries. Countries
which have not yet nominated a member of the network are requested to do so at their earliest
convenience.

Dr. Toshihiro Uchida, Dr. Toru Tamura and Mrs. Sumiko Miyano constituted the hub.
Contact person is Toru Tamura. e-mail: toru.tamura@aist.go.jp

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