CCOP 41 st ANNUAL SESSION

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1 ISSN Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP) Vol. 29 No. 3/4 July-December 2004 CCOP 41 st ANNUAL SESSION AND 44 th STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING & 14, November 2004, Tsukuba, Japan The 41 st CCOP Annual Session was held at the EPOCHAL Tsukuba International Congress Center from November 2004, Tsukuba, Japan and the 44 th Steering Committee Meeting was held at the Conference Center of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), on 14 and November The host facilities were provided by the Government of Japan through the Geological Survey of Japan/National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (GSJ/AIST). The 41 st CCOP Annual Session was attended by 141 delegates from Member Countries and Cooperating Countries/ Organizations and staff of the CCOP Technical Secretariat (CCOP T/S). Lao PDR and Finland were also in attendance as observers. The Opening Ceremony was graced by Dr. Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, President, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Dr. Kisaburo Kodama, Senior Vice President, AIST, Mr. Katsumi Moriyasu, Principal Deputy Director of United Nations Administration Division, Global Issues Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Mr. Hiroshi Hirota, Director-General for Technology Policy Coordination, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Dr. Anthony J. Reedman, Senior Advisor, International Year of Planet Earth. Mr. Somsak Potisat, CCOP Steering Committee Chairperson and Dr. David Prior, Chairperson of CCOP Advisory Group delivered their opening addresses. Dr. Eikichi Tsukuda, Head of the Delegation of Japan was elected Chairperson of the Session and Prof. Dr. Zhang Hongtao, Head of the Delegation of China, was elected Vice-Chairperson. The Representatives from the United Kingdom, Japan and Korea were elected as General Rapporteurs. IN THIS ISSUE n CCOP 41 st Annual Session and 44 th Steering Committee Meeting n CCOP Technical Activities n CCOP T/S Director s Mission n Information Update n Meetings, Visitors and Guests n Scientific Note n New CCOP Publications n CCOP Calendar of Events

2 2 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December 2004 EDITORIAL BOARD Mr. Chen Shick Pei Director Dr. Young-Soo Park Regional Expert Ms. Marivic P. Uzarraga Geodata and Information Management Mr. Simplicio Caluyong PPM Coordinator Ms. Petcharat Sarawisutra Technical Programmes Ms. Sunit Prokati Publication and Documentation Dr. Anthony Reedman Honorary Advisor CORRESPONDENTS Cambodia: Ms. Mak Boly China: Mr. Xiao Hanqiang / Mr. Li Zhijian Indonesia: Dr. A.A. Polhaupessy Japan: Dr. Takemi Ishihara Korea: Dr. Hee-Young Shin Malaysia: Mr. Ab.Halim Hamzah Papua New Guinea: Mr. Stevie Nion The Philippines: Mr. Angel A. Bravo Thailand: Mr. Samai Chiemchindaratana / Mrs. Chintana Wongsaard Vietnam: Ms. Ta Thi Vinh Hien The CCOP Newsletter, issued biannually, is a publication of the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP). First issued in 1974, its main purpose is to keep readers abreast with information of CCOP concerns and interest, to disseminate information of CCOP activities and projects either in progress or to be implemented, as well as to publish short scientific papers or notes concerning recent discoveries and new findings. Articles or information in this Newsletter may be copied, summarized or translated into any language provided that acknowledgement is made and a copy of said print sent to CCOP. Contributions are invited from all interested persons and organizations, whether or not associated with CCOP, in the following forms: 1. Concise and informative newspaper clippings with date and sources; 2. Announcement of meetings, seminars, field trips, or publications relevant to CCOP s scope of activities; 3. Articles on any subject related to geoscientific investigations in the region. Results or progress reports of scientific or technical work are welcome and will be published under the authors name as a scientific paper or notes. Reports should not exceed 5,000 words in length including diagrams and references. Diagrams for publication should be clear and drawn to fit an A4 size full page. As space is limited, authors are urged to consider the relevance of all illustrations, tables and diagrams. Photographs can be included where necessary. The Editor reserves the right to reject or edit any articles submitted for publication in the CCOP Newsletter. Please send articles and photographs for publication to : CCOP Technical Secretariat 24 th Floor, Suite , Thai CC Tower 889 Sathorn Tai Road, Sathorn, Bangkok 10120, Thailand Tel: +66 (0) / Fax: +66 (0) ccopts@ccop.or.th / Website: CCOP thanks all Contributors for their support to the CCOP Newsletter Member Countries: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Cooperating Countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Russian Federation, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States of America. Cooperating Organizations: ASCOPE, CIFEG, CPC, UN-ESCAP, EuroGeosurveys, GETECH, IOC, IOMAC, IUGS, PETRAD, UNEP, UNESCO, The World Bank.

3 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December Continued from page 1 A thematic session was held on 17 November 2004 with the theme Geoenvironment of delta and groundwater management in East and Southeast Asia. The session was convened by Dr. Atsunao Marui and Dr. Yoshiki Saito from the Geological Survey of Japan/AIST, and Dr. Byoung-Woo Yum from the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM). The Member Countries and Cooperating Countries actively participated by sharing their experiences and ideas on the above theme. The 44 th Steering Committee Meeting attended by Representatives from the Member Countries was held after the 41 st Annual Session. The Meeting discussed progress of CCOP s programmes and activities, and approved the budget and work plan for Four new initiatives were endorsed in the meeting; (1) Korea-China Sustainable Marine Sand Exploitation Project, (2) Communities and Small-Scale Mining in Asia (CASM-Asia), (3) Development of 3 New RimSim Games and (4) European Asian Thesaurus for Geoscience. The venue of the next CCOP Annual Session was also agreed to be held in China. Meeting on CCOP Brainstorming Recommendations 14 and 16 November 2004, Tsukuba, Japan The CCOP Advisory Group Brainstorming Session, held in the CCOP T/S, Bangkok on 4-7 February 2004, produced fifty-seven (57) recommendations on How should CCOP build on existing strengths and evolve its activities to take advantage of new contexts and opportunities? The recommendations are grouped in eight topics on CCOP; 1) Changing Contexts, 2) Changing Role, 3) Funding, 4) Membership, 5) Steering Committee, 6) Technical Secretariat, 7) Annual Session and 8) The Advisory Group. In connection with this, a special meeting of the Steering Committee and another joint Steering Committee-Advisory Group meeting were held during the Annual Session to extensively discuss the fifty-seven (57) recommendations of the Advisory Group. The Steering Committee meeting approved fifty-three (53) recommendations and agreed to take follow-up action. The action plan will be prepared by the CCOP T/S and submitted to the forthcoming Steering Committee Meeting in March/April 2005 in Phuket.

4 4 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December 2004 CCOP TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES Petroleum Policy and Management (PPM) Project The Norwegian government-supported Petroleum Policy and Management (PPM) Project which commenced in July 2002 is in its second year of implementation. Mr. Simplicio Caluyong from the Philippines took over as the Project Coordinator from 1 July 2004 after Mr. Gunnar Soiland from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, completed his two-year term as Project Coordinator on 30 June A Mid-Term Review of the project was conducted in July in accordance with the CCOP-NORAD Agreement on the PPM Project to assess the implementation of the project. The review team comprised Mr. Ole F. Ekern of Econ Analysis AS, Norway and Mr. Leong Khee Meng of the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. Subsequently, a project planning meeting with the national coordinators of the case-study host countries was organized to discuss the detailed work plan for the remaining half of the PPM Project term and the outline and contents of the Project s tangible deliverables in accordance with the Mid-Term Review recommendations. The Project Coordinator also presented other recommendations of the PPM Midterm review in the meeting. There were two workshops, one seminar and three expert visits/training courses carried out in the second half of National Project Coordination Committee (NPCC) Meetings were also held regularly with the case-study host countries. The homepage of the project at provides details and regular update of the project s activities. Third Workshop of the Philippines Case Study August 2004, Baguio City, the Philippines The 3 rd PPM workshop of the Philippine Case Study on the Sulu Sea Region was successfully conducted in Baguio City on August The main topics were resource assessment, petroleum economics and modeling, and field development options. A total of 36 representatives from the 9 CCOP Member Countries participated in the workshop. In addition to the resource persons from the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE), 4 more (2 from Norway and 1 each from Korea and Vietnam) delivered very good presentations on the above-mentioned topics. Honored guests during the opening ceremonies were Ms. Griselda J. G. Bausa - DOE Assistant Secretary, Mr. Ramon Alan V. Oca DOE Assistant Director and Ms. Kristin T. W aeringsaasen- Norwegian Embassy Commercial Counselor.

5 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December Third PPM Seminar September 2004, Chiangmai, Thailand The 3 rd PPM Seminar was successfully conducted in Chiangmai, Thailand on September 2004 when all countries participating in the PPM project gave presentations highlighting the general updates of their respective upstream industries, knowledge learned from PPM activities and how that knowledge is transferred and disseminated in their respective organizations. The seminar also dedicated a 1-day session to discussion and sharing of experience related to the special topic of marginal fields. Mr. Stig Svalheim of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate explained Norway s experiences related to marginal field development. The highlights of the draft report of the PPM Mid-term Review were presented by the Project Coordinator. The seminar was attended by almost all of the National Coordinators of the PPM Project. Fourth Workshop of Cambodia Case Study 1-6 December 2004, Phnom Penh, Cambodia The 4 th Workshop of the PPM Cambodia Khmer Basin Case Study was successfully conducted at the Phnom Penh Hotel, Phnom Penh on 1-5 December A total of 34 participants from the 9 CCOP Member Countries attended the workshop on the following topics: prospect analysis and petroleum economy with fiscal regime and production curve modeling. H. E. Mr. Te Duong Tara (Director- General of the Cambodia National Petroleum Authority, CNPA), Mr. Men Den (Director of Upstream Division, CNPA and Deputy Permanent Representative of Cambodia to CCOP) and Mr. Chen Shick Pei (CCOP T/S Director) attended the opening ceremony on 1 December Dr. Alfred Kjemperud of the Bridge Group AS (Norway) was the resource person for the workshop. In addition, the fiscal regimes (offshore) of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam were also presented. Some of these fiscal regimes were also used in GeoX modeling exercises for comparative calculation of company/government takes. Exercises on production curve modeling were also conducted using both Excel and GeoX. These exercises provided an opportunity for the participants to experience first-hand the functionalities of the GeoX software but also understand the concepts behind the usage of the software.

6 6 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December 2004 Expert Visits and Training Training Course on Usage of GeoX Software and GeoCAD Mapping July 2004, Phnom Penh, Cambodia The PPM Project Coordinator, Mr. Simplicio Caluyong, together with Mr. Gener P. Revilla of the Philippine DOE conducted a follow-up training course on the usage of the GeoX and GeoCAD software for the technical staff of the Upstream Division of CNPA, Cambodia on July This training aims to enable the CNPA staff to use the above-mentioned software for their own resource assessment and mapping activities. A review was made of the functionalities of the GeoX and GeoCAD software and of volumetric calculation using the Thai model (Pattani Basin). The database of the volume and reservoir parameters using well reports and other documents available at the CNPA was established. Prospects were digitized and analyzed using GeoCAD and GeoX softwares to calculate areas and volumes. The staff was also re-introduced to the CCOP Guidelines on risk assessment of Petroleum Prospects and the Classification System prepared under the Resource Evaluation and Planning (REP) projects, and the value of these documents in the establishment of Cambodia s petroleum database. Training Course on the Application of Organic Geochemistry to Source Rock Appraisal and Hydrocarbon Characteristics September 2004, Manila, the Philippines Khun Supaporn Pisutha-arnond, a senior geologist of the PTT Exploration and Production Public Co.,Ltd. (PTTEP) conducted a short course on Petroleum Geochemistry for the Philippine PPM team on September A total of 18 participants from the various units of the DOE and of the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) participated in the course. This is the 2 nd expert visit to the Philippines. The course reviewed the fundamental principles of the petroleum geochemistry of source rocks and hydrocarbon generation, and demonstrated the direct application of source rock geochemistry to prospect evaluation through lectures and exercises using Philippine data. At the end of the course, most of the participants had learned what tools to use and the processes involved in a systematic evaluation of source rock potentials and hydrocarbon prospectivity of a basin.

7 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December Training Course on GeoX Tools and Economic Modeling of Fields and Prospects 6-9 December 2004, Jakarta, Indonesia The first expert visit for the Indonesia case study was conducted by Dr. Alfred Kjemperud in Jakarta on 6-9 December 2004 with a course on Petroleum economy and GeoX usage. Most of the participants were from LEMIGAS, Indonesia. The objective of the course is to achieve a good understanding of deterministic and probabilistic economic modeling of petroleum projects, both prospects and developed fields, through lectures and practical exercises using the GeoX software. Included in the economic modeling were exercises and discussions on fiscal regime modeling and comparing the impact of using various fiscal regimes from other Member Countries as models on the economics of petroleum prospect and fields. CCOP-PETRAD Seminars CCOP-PETRAD-MLR-CGS-CNOOC Seminar on Health and Safety Environment (HSE) Management July 2004, Tianjin, China The seminar on HSE Management was requested by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Tianjin Ltd., China. This seminar was the second of the 2-part series on Maintenance and Operations, the first of which was conducted in March 2004 in Tanggu, Tianjin, China. This seminar was sponsored by the Ministry of Energy, Norway, through the International Programme for Petroleum Management and Administration (PETRAD) in cooperation with CCOP, CNOOC, the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) and China Geological Survey (CGS). There were in total 61 participants who attended the seminar including 4 female participants. This seminar is very much in line with CNOOC strategy for human resource development and capacity building through sharing of knowledge and expertise.

8 8 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December 2004 CCOP-PETRAD-MLR-CGS-SINOPEC Seminar on Petroleum Geochemical Exploration 9-13 August 2004, Anhui, China This joint seminar between Sinopec, Aker Kvaerner Geo and PETRAD aimed at focusing on the interaction between hydrocarbon systems in basins and their surface traces. The techniques of hydrocarbon seepage exploration have been in use for several years in offshore Norway, with variable success. These regions are also fairly well known with respect to hydrocarbon systems and therefore suitable for discussing the benefits and pitfalls of the technique. The Participants and Guest Speakers shared experiences and knowledge during the seminar. There were much discussions and interaction between the participants and guest speakers, and the seminar derived considerable success from the active involvement of the participants. Participants regarded the PETRAD and CCOP cooperation as an important part of the technology transfer and human resource development needed in the region, and they expressed the hope that such tailor-made seminars and workshops could continue in the future. CCOP-PETRAD-PTT Top Management Seminar and Workshop on Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) November 2004, Bangkok, Thailand The Top Management Seminar and Workshop on Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) was requested by PTT Public Co., Ltd. to PETRAD. The seminar and workshop were organized and conducted by PETRAD and CCOP, and supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Oil and Energy. It was attended by 26 PTT Top Managers on 23 November, and was followed by a workshop on ERM, attended by 37 participants from PTT and 1 from CCOP. The Seminar/Workshop addressed ERM in an oil and gas industry setting. Following the introduction, which outlined how risk management thinking has evolved from the basic principles of underwriting today s integrated systems and practices, the fundamental principles of ERM were presented. The corporate risk policy session outlined the top structure of an ERM approach, with examples of best practice within the petroleum sector.

9 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December CCOP-GSJ/AIST Projects Field Workshop for Volcanic Hazards Mitigation A 4-year project, starting April 2004 The CCOP-GSJ/AIST Project of Field Workshops for Volcanic Hazards Mitigation is a 4-year project which commenced in April 2004 with the support of the Geological Survey of Japan/AIST. This project aims to conduct a comparative study of the volcanic hazards faced by CCOP Member Countries, the medium term predictive methods for future eruptions based on eruptive history, hazards mapping from a volcanic eruption case study and scenario analysis on the eruptive sequence (activity duration, the climax of activity, eruption rate, eruption sites, and eruption style). This is to be achieved by conducting case studies field visits, workshops and research. Special field excursions and training will be arranged for young volcanologists from the concerned Member Countries. Scientific papers from the study will be published. The Project was initiated with the first field workshop for Volcanic Hazard Mitigation held in Japan on 7-14 December A total of 29 participants: 2 from Indonesia, 1 from Papua New Guinea, 1 from Philippines and 25 from Japan were in attendance. The purpose of the field workshop is to exchange information on volcanic activity in each country. Integrated Geological Assessment of Deltas in Southeast Asia (DelSEA Project) A 4-year project, starting April 2004 The CCOP-GSJ/AIST Project on Integrated Geological Assessment of Deltas in Southeast Asia (DelSEA Project) is a 4-year project which commenced in April 2004 with the support of the Geological Survey of Japan/AIST. The purpose of the project is to conduct cooperative geoscientific study/research on the major deltaic areas of East and Southeast Asia by Member Countries of CCOP as a part of the IGCP 475 DeltaMAP project, and to promote the sharing and dissemination of the study/research results in annual meetings of IGCP 475, the proceedings of which will be published in an international journal. The IGCP 475 Annual Meetings are hosted by the participating countries in the region and a next meeting is planned to be held on 9-16 January 2005 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. CCOP will be holding a separate meeting of CCOP Member Country participants with the Project s resource persons and experts during the IGCP 473 DeltaMAP Scientific Meeting to discuss the strategies and the programme for the implementation of the DelSEA project. Training courses are also planned under this project.

10 10 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December 2004 Groundwater Assessment Along Great River Basins for East and Southeast Asia A 5-year project, starting April 2004 The CCOP-GSJ/AIST Project on Groundwater Assessment along Great River Basins in East and Southeast Asia is a 5-year activity which commenced in April 2004 with the support of the Geological Survey of Japan/AIST. This Project aims to make a volumetric evaluation of groundwater resources by a water balance simulation, and to make a groundwater assessment plan along a great river basin in each country and/or area according to the field situation. It is also the objective of this project to extend the database of the CCOP DCGM Phase IV Project by making qualitative groundwater assessment. Geoscience Asian Information Network (GAIN) A 3-year project, starting April 2004 The CCOP-GSJ/AIST Project on a Geoscience Asian Information Network (GAIN) is a 3-year project which was started in April 2004, and is being supported by the Geological Survey of Japan/AIST. This project aims to establish a clearinghouse of geoscience information of East and Southeast Asia where customers worldwide can get the necessary information on the availability of geoscientific information particularly of CCOP Member Countries. Data and information will reside in the respective Member Countries. This will also make use of what has been accomplished in the CCOP Metadata Project, as a starting point to further contribute to the promotion, dissemination and use of geoscientific information in the region. Training on CCOP Clearinghouse Software 9-12 November 2004, Tsukuba, Japan Two staff members from the CCOP T/S were trained on the use of the clearinghouse software in Japan from 9-12 November During the training, the CCOP clearinghouse was set up for the web. It can now be accessed temporarily at this link: Data/ASIA/ until it is moved to the CCOP T/S server. Development of Techniques on Landslide Hazards Assessment Project With the support of the Government of Korea through the Ministry of Science and Technology, CCOP and the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) initiated a 3-year project in 2002 entitled Development of techniques on landslide hazards assessment. The project aims to develop the techniques for the assessment of landslide hazards in the CCOP countries by the application of geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing. Activities for the period included expert visits by the Project Coordinator, Dr. Saro Lee of KIGAM, to Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and the Philippines. Some Member Countries have provided data for preliminary analysis by the Project Coordinator. The project is now entering into its second phase and the activities lined-up include workshops, training and visits by the Project Coordinator.

11 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December SANGIS Project The SANGIS 2 nd Meeting on Asian Multilingual Thesaurus 8-9 December 2004, Bangkok, Thailand The SANGIS 2 nd Meeting on Asian Multilingual Thesaurus for Geoscience (AMTG) was organized by CCOP in cooperation with the International Center for Training and Exchanges in Geosciences (CIFEG) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 8-9 December 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 24 participants were in attendance, including 15 from the Member Countries, 3 resource persons, 2 guests and 4 from the CCOP Technical Secretariat. The progress of the Project including the methodology adopted in its implementation was presented by Mr. Francois Lyonnais, Information Manager of CIFEG. Representatives of Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam also presented their own methodologies and procedures in carrying out the translation of the keywords and terms in the AMTG from English to their own national languages. A presentation of the computerized AMTG was introduced to the participants by Mr. Lyonnais and he invited comments and feedback on its user-friendliness. A beta version of the AMTG CD-ROM was also distributed to each participant for validation of the keywords translation. The Meeting was privileged to have Dr. Kristine Asch from the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany, and Chairperson of the Commission for Application and Management of Geoscience Information (CGI) of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). Dr Asch gave presentations on CGI and Digital Geological Standards; Necessity and Issues during the Meeting. The project is aiming to produce the final CD-ROM of AMTG followed by a printed version. The final AMTG program will be turned over to CCOP, making CCOP as its repository. The Meeting envisages expanding this AMTG with the cooperation of IUGS/ CGI, including the linking of this AMTG to the international thesaurus, the enrichment of the thesaurus vocabulary and usage of this thesaurus on the Web.

12 12 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December 2004 CCOP T/S DIRECTOR S MISSION In conjunction with the mission to China, July 2004, the Director attended the opening ceremony and the morning session of the CCOP-PETRAD-CNOOC-MLR Seminar on Health, Safety and Environment, held in Tanggu, Tianjin. He held discussions with Prof. Dr. Zhang Hongtao, Permanent Representative of China to CCOP, Deputy Director-General of China Geological Survey on cooperation in on-going and future CCOP activities. He was also invited to view some of the possible venues for the 2005 Annual Session which China is offering to host. The visit to the Geological Survey of Japan/AIST on 30 July 1 August 2004 coincided with the eve of change over to a new organizational structure on 2 August, 2004 under the Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ). The Director met with Dr. E. Tsukuda, Director-General of GSJ and other Directors and Deputy Directors of the Institutes and researchers responsible for the GSJ-CCOP cooperation. Details regarding the implementation of 5 GSJ/AIST supported CCOP activities for the year and the preparations for the 41 st Annual Session, Exhibition, Poster Session and the 44 th Steering Committee Meetings were discussed. The Director also attended the Circum Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources (CPC) Meeting held in Honolulu from April Some members of the CCOP Advisory Group were also present including Dr. David Prior, Chairman of the CCOP Advisory Group and Honorary Advisors, Dr. Y. Shimazaki and Dr. Maurice Terman. In the course of the meeting, a signing ceremony for a MoU on CCOP-CPC-ADPC cooperation was held with Dr. Nahum Schneidermann, CPC Chairman. This cooperation focuses on the development of a mutually beneficial partnership aimed at working together to strengthen regional cooperation and disaster management capabilities. A discussion on the EAGER award for researchers of Japan, host of the 2004 Annual Session was held with Dr. T. Ishihara, Dr. Y. Shimazaki and Dr. M. Terman. The Director, on behalf of CCOP, would like to thank the Permanent Representatives of the Member Countries and Representatives of Cooperating Countries and Organizations and their staff for the excellent arrangements and the fine programmes made for his visits. They have accorded the warmest of hospitality, close cooperation and assistance that had facilitated greatly the successful completion of the missions. The missions to Japan and CPC were kindly supported by GSJ/AIST and CPC respectively. Their generosity and assistance to CCOP is deeply appreciated.

13 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December EAGER Grant for 2004 INFORMATION UPDATE Ms. Zhen Li, a PhD student at Nagoya University, Japan received an award from the East Asia Geoscience and Environmental Research (EAGER) Project for her research work entitled High Resolution Climate Change and the Human Impacts on the Song Hong Delta Areas, Vietnam during the Holocene. The EAGER Project is a trust fund set up in the Geological Society of America with 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 researches in Geoscience and Environment in East and Southeast Asia to candidates from the Member Country hosting the CCOP Annual Session. Dr. Terman awarded the grant to Ms. Li during the CCOP 41 st Annual Session held in Tsukuba, Japan on November nd CCOP Annual Session and 46 th CCOP Steering Committee Meetings and September 2005, Beijing, China With the support of the Government of China through the China Geological Survey (CGS), the 42 nd Annual Session and the 46 th Steering Committee Meeting of CCOP will be held at the Minzu Hotel, Beijing, China. The Meetings will be attended by Representatives from the CCOP Member Countries, Cooperating Countries and Organizations and Honorary Advisors to discuss current and future programmes and activities of CCOP. A thematic session on Sustainable Development of Geo-Resources and Geo-Environment will also be held during the 42 nd CCOP Annual Session. The host will also sponsor a one-day geological excursion in the surrounding area. For the details of the programme please visit the CCOP Website at Dates to consider: n 30 July 2005 : Submission of Country and Thematic Papers n 30 July 2005 : Confirmation of participation n 13 September 2005 : Registration / Heads of Delegation Meeting n 14 September 2005 : Opening Ceremony n September 2005 : 42 nd Annual Session n 18 September 2005 : Field Excursion n November 2005 : 46 th Steering Committee Meeting

14 14 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December 2004 MEETINGS, VISITORS & GUESTS July Chief of Administration and Finance attended the Non-Deductable Expenditure seminar in Bangkok, Thailand 7 Mr. Men Den from CNPA, Cambodia visited the CCOP T/S to discuss the PPM activities. 12 Visitor: Mr. Carl Johan Sverdrup, Norway 21 Mr. Ole F. Ekern, the consultant from Norway visited the CCOP T/S to conduct the PPM Midterm Review. August Mr. Simplicio P. Caluyong, PPM Project Coordinator of the CCOP T/S attended the 9 th ASCOPE Joint Committees Meeting held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and presented an update of the Energy Sector activities of the CCOP T/S for the period May-August 2004 and the PETRAD presentation to the members of the ASCOPE committees. 24 Visitor: Mr. M. Takahashi, OYO International 25 IT Assistant attended the seminar on ArcGIS9 Desktop Rollout held in Bangkok, Thailand September Visitor: Mr. Ioannis Abatzis, GEUS/Denmark 11 Mr. Michel Laval and Mr. Lyonnais Francois from CIFEG visited CCOP to discuss the preparation of the SANGIS 2 nd Meeting on Asian Multilingual Thesaurus for Geoscience (AMTG) 29-01/10 The CCOP T/S Director and Dr. Young-Soo Park, Regional Expert attended the ESCAP s Subcommittee Meeting on Environment and Sustainable Development First Session. October Dr. Oystein Berg from PETRAD, Norway visited the CCOP T/S. 6 CCOP T/S Chief of Administration and Finance, attended the seminar on New Accounting Professional Law held in Bangkok, Thailand 8, 19 Dr. Satoshi Murao from GSJ/AIST visited CCOP to discuss the project initiative on Community and Small-Scale Mining in Asia (CASM-Asia) 15 CCOP T/S Assistant to Technical Programmes attended the seminar on Work Planning by Goal Setting held in Bangkok, Thailand 20 Visitors: Dr. Yasukuni Okubo and Mr. Teruki Miyazaki, GSJ/AIST The Regional Expert attended the 6 th Asian Geothermal Symposium held in Daejeon, Korea 30 The CCOP T/S Secretary attended the seminar on Filing Management held in Bangkok, Thailand November The CCOP T/S Director attended the Environmental Geology for Regional Planner Seminar of the Thai-German Cooperation Project at Siam City Hotel, Bangkok 30 Visitors: Mr. Wolfgang Schirrmacher and Mr. Michel Schmidt-Thome, BGR, Germany December Mr. Simplicio P. Caluyong attended the workshop on Asean Energy Services held in Bangkok, Thailand

15 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December SCIENTIFIC NOTE Jiulong Methane Reef: An Authigenic Carbonate Mountain Discovered in the North Slope of South China Sea Hongtao ZHANG (1), Erwin SUESS (2), Yongyang HUANG (3), Gerhard BOHRMANN (4), Nengyou WU (3), Xin SU (5), Xiqiu HAN (6), Olaf PFANNKUCHE (2), Friedrich ABEGG (4), Anton EISENHAUER (2), Jun TAO (3) and other shipboard scientists of cruise SO-177 Authigenic carbonates derived from the methane emission at gas hydrate or cold vent sites are associated with dewatering at active and passive continental margins worldwide. Recently it has been demonstrated that the aerobic oxidation of methane controls the authigenic carbonate formation. It is a crucial element for long-term methane-c sequestration and hence of importance to the objective of evaluating the geological methane source. This environmentally significant process has far reaching consequences for the global carbon cycle and budget and will be among the high priority objectives of any future research on methane and gas hydrates. A Chinese-German cooperative project on the distribution, formation and effect of methane and gas hydrate on the environment in the northern South China Sea was set in early 2004, and a joint expedition cruise SO-177 of RV SONNE was carried out in the east of Dongsha Islands in June-July During the cruise, an authigenic carbonate mountain was discovered using the seafloor video survey with real-time imaging (Ocean Floor Observation System, OFOS), TV-guided grab sampling (TV-G) and TV-guided multi-coring (TV-MUCs). Figure 1 shows the newly completed bathymetric map of survey area. The OFOS survey in the northern structure of survey area with the water depth of m firstly revealed a vast accumulation of vent carbonate debris, pavements and edifices standing above the seafloor and covering the slopes. One typical 30m high carbonate structure, named Jiulong Methane Reef, was proved to be an active cold vent site with the yellow small irregular bacterial patches and white bacterial lining of fissure across the carbonate rock (Figure 2). Some circular pockmarks were observed along the southern, eastern and western flanks of structure between m water depths. In several cases a single upright columnar carbonate pipe was observed sticking up in the center of the pockmark. Although hard to imagine, it appeared that the pipe, initially embedded in a less indurated matrix, might have caused bottom currents to swirl around it and in the process eroded the circular depressions. (1) China Geological Survey, Ministry of Land and Resources, Beijing , China (2) Leibniz Institute for Marine Science (IFM-GEOMAR), University of Kiel, D Kiel, Germany (3) Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, China Geological Survey, Guangzhou , China (4) Research Center for Ocean Margin, University of Bremen, D Bremen, Germany (5) China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing , China (6) Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanographic Administration, Hangzhou , China

16 16 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December 2004 Figure 1. Newly completed bathymetric map of survey area during cruise SO-177. Note Jiulong Methane Reef, two mountains marked CTD 04, 06, 09 and 10 in the north part ofsurvey area, and the Formosa Canyon, complex and dissected slope morphology at the north margin. Figure 2. Jiulong methane reef, pinnacle site, white bacterial mat, yellow bacterial lining along fractured carbonate blocks.

17 Vol. 29 No. 3/4, July-December Subsequent TV-G sampling yielded every conceivable shape and form of authigenic carbonates such as crusts, concretions, odd-shaped fillings of burrows, chimneys with single and multiple open conduits as well as cemented conduits. Several of them appeared to be composed of dolomite, particularly the well-known doughnut or ring-shaped concretions. Three types of authigenic carbonates may be recognized by their morphology. They are chemoherm carbonates, seepage-associated concretions and gas hydrate-associated concretions. TV-G showed the blocky, erect carbonate edifice to be crossed by fractures at the bottom of which clam colonies thrive and bacterial mats line the vertical walls. The erect structures are surrounded by a thick talus apron of carbonate rubble and an enormous number of dead vent clams of all sizes, the largest well over 10 cm long. Preliminary identification as provided by geologists, suggest that these clams belong to at least four taxa: Calyptogena sp., Acharax sp. Conchocele sp. and Bathymodiolus sp.; very likely other species and genera are present. TV-G Sampling yielded several hundreds of whole, articulated as well as disarticulated specimens aside from several kilograms of shell fragments and huge carbonate blocks showing the well-known vent fabric. TV-MUCs were taken at the small active center site of Jiulong Methane Reef and indeed showed 80 um of methane just a few cm below seafloor. This is in agreement with the faint methane plume (1.8 nmol/l above a background of 0.8 nmol/l) detected in the water column at the same site. This fully documented hitherto the unknown cold seep carbonate mounds. The size of these carbonate structures, now largely extinct or fading out fast, and the amount of methane carbon fixed are impressive and must be among to the largest cold seep carbonate accumulations known anywhere in the ocean. Laboratory analyses done on a piece of crust sampled during SO-177 Leg 1, speedily provided to us on board by Anton EISENHAUER of the Isotope Facility at IFM-GEOMAR, unambiguously show that the carbon is exclusively methane-derived ( 13 C =-56.5 to 57.5 per mil PDB) and that the calculated equilibrium isotopic composition of the precipitating fluid is between and per mil SMOW. Since precipitation occurred in contact with seawater, these values indicate glacial ocean water composition. This is further in excellent agreement with the 230 Th- 234 U-ages derived from that same crust placing it at 46.7 ky ago, the low sea-level stand of O-isotope stage 4. Therefore, the inferred enormous activity of gas venting at Jiulong Methane Reef, whether from dissociating gas hydrate or from a free gas reservoir, has occured some time ago and might have been driven by pressure reduction due to lower sea level. (This paper is a revision of the item 2.6 in the Member Country Report of China submitted to the 41 st CCOP Annual Session held on November 2004 in Tsukuba, Japan)

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